The decision not to notify residents immediately upon receiving a report of a sexual assault on campus was poor judgment on the part of university officials. A full day after a sexual assault reportedly took place outside Holden Hall, university officials and hall directors still had not notified residents and other students of the occurrence.
The price MSU officials paid for a safer tailgating was to, in effect, destroy tailgating as it once was.
National Coming Out Days proudly commemorates lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender lives on a nationwide scale.
On Saturday, millions of Afghan citizens bravely defied the threat of physical harm and death to do for the first time what we here in America have come to take for granted. They voted. When, despite threats of Taliban violence, Afghan men and women stepped out to the polls by the hundreds to participate in the country's first presidential election, democracy took a step forward.
The creation of the MSU LBGT Students of Color Scholarship becomes all the more meaningful when put in context. The scholarship was the product of one student - LaJoya Johnson - standing up to address a real need. A person who is both a racial ethnic minority and lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender faces discrimination from two fronts.
After America was attacked at home, we lived in fear. Fear of being attacked again and fear of doing the unpatriotic.
Paul Bremer, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, deserves to be protested. He was a key figurehead of an unjust, or at least questionable, war.
In a twisted attempt to steal some spotlight, the Michigan Republican Party is asking prosecutors in Ingham, Wayne, Antrim and Isabella counties to file criminal charges of voter fraud against filmmaker Michael Moore.
It's rare that a vice presidential debate actually commands attention. Tuesday's debate did more.
Editor's note: Each Wednesday, The State News editorial board will address a key issue of the presidential campaign.
To all of you who got out and registered to vote, thank you from the bottom of our ink-stained hearts.
In an effort to regulate campus-wide tailgating into a responsible, "healthy, family atmosphere," MSU officials have decided to focus on the Wilson tennis courts.
Democracy in action is a beautiful thing. When the majority, or minority, are compelled to risk their social status in the name of promoting what they feel is important, so be it.
In a country that values freedom, it is hard to believe that residents of some cities - East Lansing included - cannot show their support via yard signs for a candidate prior to 30 days before the election.
Thursday's presidential debate was by no means a blowout for John Kerry. Many people, including some conservatives, were worried that President Bush's intrinsic lack of public speaking ability would crumble under the pressure of Kerry's well-tuned debate tactics, but that didn't exactly happen. Needless to say, the damage was done.
If anything has caused fewer applicants to Big Ten schools in Michigan, it is not student laziness or student apathy.
Baseball is back; or at least it is in Washington, D.C. For a city that has not seen a home run or a fly ball in 33 years, the movement of the Expos from Montreal to the nation's capital is good thing, for both D.C.
As if we needed yet another reason that Bill O'Reilly needs to keep his mouth shut. When Jon Stewart, host of the "The Daily Show," appeared on the Sept.
President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry do not like to look stupid. The candidates' campaigns wanted to secure their insecurity at the debates by not allowing certain camera shots and angles, and asked the networks to abide.
Editor's note: Beginning today, The State News editorial board will address key issues of the presidential campaign every Wednesday edition.