I find the “Bizzaro” cartoon by Dan Piraro on Oct. 12 quite offensive. If Mr. Piraro thinks that staying up all night, sleeping all day and getting all dressed up for the evening is basic training for a stay-at-home mom, he’s an idiot. Have him trade places with any stay-at-home mom for one week.
With the now unpredictable economy, retailers are beginning to worry how to stock shelves and what to expect when it comes to customer purchases. Perhaps because of this confusion - and adding to our own - some stores have begun to display Christmas decorations.
First thing I did when I got last Monday’s issue of The State News was go through the entire sports section, desperately looking for a story or even a mention of the two amazing victories the MSU softball team achieved Oct.
I would like it known that students were not the only ones denied access during “The Cold War” (“Access denied for students at ‘Cold War,’” SN 10/10). All of the women who were in need of a restroom were also denied access to that restroom, the only ladies’ room on the upper concourse of the east side of Spartan Stadium. I missed all of the first intermission and about six minutes of the second period just trying to use the restroom, as I had to go all the way down because there was no way to get in and out of the area near the student section. I am an avid Spartan hockey fan and came to watch the game and help my alma mater set a record.
Thanks for the lesson regarding “one of the most sordid betrayals of trust in recent sports history,” (“Irish wronged by ‘U’ athletic program,” SN 10/10). I think a better question to ask is why didn’t Notre Dame and Bob Davie come to the same conclusion Bobby Williams did? Maybe it was more important for the team to be out on the field supporting the United States than sitting in the locker room watching “Rudy.” I think if you asked most fans they would come to a consensus it was appropriate for the teams to be on the field in honor of the victims.
Contrary to what Craig Gunn would have us believe (“Time for the dissolution of organized religion?” SN 10/4), the greatest crimes against humanity have been perpetrated due to the lack of organized religion and not because of it. Look at the Stalinist Soviet Union, an officially atheist country, which exterminated up to 40 million of its own people.
As the winningest coach in college hockey, Ron Mason is expected - and deserves - to receive a $20,000 raise today.
I am a longtime MSU football season ticket holder and MSU alumna. I would like to know why the chariot, horses and Spartan driver that circle the field before the games have been replaced?
Homecoming is not only about football and tailgating. It is the most public chance for students to show school pride and represent the university.
I remember sitting in my class at Berkey Hall gazing out the window the morning of Sept. 11. My daydreams were interrupted by my cell phone ringing. “Turn on a TV,” my sister yelled through the phone.
America is going to war. We are marching blindly forth like marionettes, our emotions manipulated by those who plotted the attacks of Sept.
I am writing in response to the review on the American Hi-Fi/Phantom Planet show, where you dismissed Phantom Planet as “obscure” (“American Hi-Fi rocks campus with basic rock ’n’ roll,” SN 10/10). I thought that since that review may be the only exposure your readers may ever have to Phantom Planet, they should know a lot of people did enjoy the band.
After sifting through endless jargon, I feel that I can summarize all of Rishi Kundi’s points into one long-winded, yet effective sentence (“Scholars must remember they’re Americans,” SN 10/4). I interpret he says that we (being Americans) must maintain a low level of objectivity and scrutiny toward the Sept.
Our silence is our most menacing enemy. That silence allows society to make the rules for us by defining who we are, and what we hope to accomplish in our lives.
Congress needs to exercise a little more restraint. Certainly many members have heard the cliché “loose lips sink ships.”Yet, that’s just exactly what could happen if certain members of Congress continue their methods of handling classified information.It was discovered last week that congressional leaders had leaked sensitive information regarding troop deployments and military security to the press.A furious President Bush sent out a memo in response, ordering key department heads limit their briefings to the four major leaders - Senate majority and minority leaders, and House majority and minority leaders - and the chairpersons and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees.The president is willing to compromise with Congress and expand the circle of lawmakers who are allowed to receive the most confidential briefings.
The Michigan Public Service Commission would like to provide clarification to your Oct. 2 editorial “Power play.” Your editorial questioned whether the selection of three public relations consultants in connection with the energy competition customer education campaign required by Public Act 141 of 2000 was done in a manner that advantages the major electric utilities.
Monday was Columbus Day. It caught me by surprise, and I’m sure most of my friends didn’t know about it.
Traumatized by their attackers, sexual assault survivors are made to feel ruined and humiliated. But they’re not only victimized by the rapist who attacked them, but by the society that treats them.Survivors have long received the short end of the stick when it comes to reporting the crime and getting medical treatment.One of the best ways to find and convict a rapist is through the use of a rape kit, a small box containing various tools to collect forensic evidence.But these kits, along with the personnel costs, examination fees and hospital stays involved add up - sometimes with a bill of more than $800 that the survivor pays.And even then, examinations can often be cold and inattentive, completely lacking in the care the situation demands.
In the last three weeks Congress has been working quite diligently to pass legislation, the vast majority relating to the events of Sept.
America. The land of the free, and the home of the brave. Those familiar words rang in the back of my mind as I watched in horror at Sept.