In Ian Brown’s editorial cartoon and Judy Whipple’s letter to the editor (Redistribution not a good policy for class grades, U.S. economy, SN 10/28), they compare Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s tax policy to a classroom where all students with 4.0s would all receive 3.0s, so students with 1.0s can get 2.0s.
In the recent editorial endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (Obama right candidate to lead country in 2009, SN 10/29), the editors have fallen victim to the same empty rhetoric that has captured the nation.
This is my fifth year at MSU. I will be graduating this spring and I will definitely miss MSU. I will not, however, miss East Lansing. I cannot wait to leave this city.
We didn’t talk politics at last Friday’s football game. One mother told me about her worry over her son’s imminent surgery for a nagging shoulder injury that ended his season two games early.
With candidates facing issues of health care, minimum wage and small business taxes, local small business owners said they’ll be glad when they actually see action.
It’s been a long and brutal 11 months in the realm of politics, but tonight the battle ends and tomorrow every news publication and news program will be plastered with the faces of our new executive branch. Regardless of who will be named the winner, history will be made as we’ll either have the first black president or the first female vice president of the United States.
Voters in the 8th Congressional District should elect Bob Alexander, who is running as a Democrat against Republican incumbent Mike Rogers.
College students from Ingham, Clinton and Eaton counties should vote “no” on the 19 local proposals in the tri-county area for new taxes, increased taxes and renewals. If your parents help fund your education, they will have less money to give you if the millages pass today.
Before you cast your vote today, think of the reasons why you’re voting the way you are. Is it because you’re well-informed of all the issues? Maybe it’s because you’re a stern Democrat or Republican? Or for many people in the United States, maybe it’s because they’re taking on the “everyone else is” attitude?
Bryce Colquitt stands over his North Case Hall dorm room futon, ironing a white T-shirt. The home to residential James Madison College, Case Hall houses many politically active students. As the political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore meticulously runs the iron over his T-shirt, he talks about the campaign he volunteers for.
Like the economy in the presidential election, this year’s race for the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office could be defined by one issue: The handling of Claude McCollum’s wrongful murder conviction last year.
A busy table full of information and candy attracted students to Spartans Vote 2008 seven in locations around campus Thursday.
When John McCain was beginning his first stint in the U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama was enjoying life as a 21-year-old political science junior at Columbia University. Now 47 years old, Obama has yet to finish his first U.S. Senate term, but many students said they think he is ready to be the nation’s president.