I am registering my displeasure with the new sports ticket policy ("New ticket system in place," SN 7/28). The release of the information falls just one week after tickets went on sale - too late for patrons to make a fully informed decision whether or not to purchase tickets.
Chicago - Every season has its changes, but the Big Ten's best are expected to continue performing at an elite level. Michigan and Ohio State are again picked to finish as the top two teams in the conference, with Iowa placing third. The Wolverines return 16 starters including sophomore quarterback Chad Henne and running back Michael Hart.
Chicago - MSU football head coach John L. Smith is excited about what happened in the off-season for the MSU football team.
The State News has been discussing the April 2-3 disturbances for quite some time now, and often the topic has been whether police officers acted improperly.
As its unfortunate title suggests, "Stealth" should have stealthily stayed out of theaters and off the big screen.
Four candidates will compete in the odd-year election primary held on Tuesday. Two candidates will continue on to the general election in November.
The day before MSU football players report for practice, head coach John L. Smith has taken on the task of rallying support for an entirely different cause. This Saturday, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, or JDRF, will hold a Walk To Cure Diabetes on campus, kicking off at Ralph Young Field.
Fine China produces mellow pop rock with a sound that's not innovative, experimental or extremely unique - maybe even generic. Perhaps the members of Fine China aren't looking to stand out; they're content with producing radio friendly tunes.
After spending about five days in Japan, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said the "fruits" of her trip with Gov.
A 28-year-old MSU alumnus died while serving in Iraq on Wednesday. Spc. Adrian J. Butler was killed while riding in a vehicle after a bomb exploded near it, his mother said. The 2000 graduate entered the Army with the intent of joining the FBI, his mother Peggy Donaldson said.
I think Ryan McCormick's recent column mistakes prudence for pride ("British gov't should try to understand deeper issues behind attacks" SN 7/28). Tony Blair's policies, and Bush's all along, have not been simply stubborn, hardheaded reactions to situations.
Frustrating waits at campus railroad crossings will soon be alleviated by $16.8 million in state funding to build an underpass on Farm Lane.
I am writing in response to the article regarding how lawmakers are trying to ban "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" from store shelves ("State asks for recall of explicit game" SN 7/28). Granted, the makers of the game were irresponsible for putting hidden, sexually explicit scenes in the game, but why does the game need to be pulled from the shelves if it is properly re-rated with the "adults only" rating?
Trees now tagged with "do not disturb" signs can be found in many counties in Michigan to detect the emerald ash borer, spotted in a tree in East Lansing. The Michigan Department of Agriculture, or MDA, along with the Michigan Cooperative Emerald Ash Borer Response Project are "girdling" 12,000 ash trees in counties not affected by the emerald ash borer so they can detect and contain the insect, according to the MDA. "Each of those trees is 'girdled,' where they cut a band of the bark off the tree.
It's the middle of the summer and the beginning of August, so it's tough to get excited about the upcoming hockey season, but why not be excited about it? After this weekend, the National Hockey League has a full schedule, rookies from not one year but two - seeing as there was no draft last summer - and the rules are going to be different. Opening night is Oct.
The idea that someone would equate lying to his parents about a bad grade or sneaking a friend into the cafeteria for free food to the many controversial and complex issues of homosexuality is both insulting and laughable ("Bible says all sin is equal in God's eyes" SN 7/28). It is insulting not only because it trivializes the basic American rights we gays are denied each day - such as marriage, hospital visitations for our dying partners, tax advantages which come with marriage, adoption rights and my right to defend this country I love so much, etc.
An organization pushing for looser marijuana laws released a "Truth Report" in late July in an attempt to dispel the federal government's claims against the drug. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, wrote "Your Government Is Lying To You (Again) About Marijuana" as an updated response to a letter sent by a White House official in 2002 to every prosecutor in America to convince them to become more harsh on marijuana cases, NORML Senior Policy Analyst Paul Armentano said. "This is a policy on ideology," Armentano said about the government's attacks on marijuana.
"They should legalize it, it's definitely not as bad as it's made out to be." Jeff Pink psychology senior "Yes, I don't think there's evidence that it does a lot of harm." Ashley Ballard psychology junior at Western Michigan University "Just imagine if the government made it legal, they could be making the money themselves." Randy Rivas residential building and construction sophomore at Lansing Community College "I have no definite opinion, there's a good and bad side to marijuana, just like everything else." Nicolas Hampton East Lansing resident
I fail to understand why The State News continues to print the hateful rhetoric of Benjamin Greathouse when it is clear he is the sole voice of his self-proclaimed "majority opinion." Perhaps he failed to notice that his third letter in just as many weeks was literally surrounded by dissenting opinions. I suppose I should be thanking him, though.
An interesting religious conversation took place recently in the letters section of The State News. The discussion, on sin and homosexuality, reminded me of a quote from the brilliant British philosopher Bertrand Russell, "When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue.