I've been labeled with many derogatory titles for using this forum to speak out against war with Iraq. I've been branded a traitor to my country and touted as a supporter of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, all for using my American freedoms to champion against an unjust and immoral tide of U.S.
Can't you guys at least try to be more moderate? When you are attacked for being liberally biased (which is quite often), there are always a million letters to the editor and editorials defending you and claiming your objectivity.
Terence Blackburn always knew he was going to be a lawyer.But he didn't always know he was going to be an educator.While studying law at Columbia University, the MSU-Detroit College of Law dean met a breed of teachers that he never wanted to emulate."The model of teaching there was one that I absolutely detested," Blackburn said.
The MSU men's tennis team will host Notre Dame today in a rare, midweek contest. The No. 66 Spartans will take on the No.
I'm writing this letter to Chris Seljeskog and The State News because I agree with his letter about walking on the right ("Right side of hall is the way to travel," SN 2/18), and to kindly ask the readers to not just apply that rule to walking through the halls, but on the sidewalks outside as well.
This is in response to the letter about the peace rally ("Saturday's rally is worth supporting," SN 2/14). You say thousands of Iraqis have died because of trade sanctions since the Gulf War.
You know those kids who set themselves on fire to mimic Johnny Knoxville? Remember the kids who heard Beavis and Butthead say "Fire!" and set their neighbor's house on fire?
The proposal to add a footnote about gender identity to MSU's Anti-Discrimination Policy has been moved on to the Academic Council - the final step before it reaches the MSU Board of Trustees, who will ultimately decide if it will become policy. "This is something that is really important and deserves as much discussion as we can get it," said Jon Sticklen, engineering professor and member of the committee who developed the report. The Academic Council is scheduled to meet at 3:15 p.m.
If you're like most students on campus, you're looking for a quick and easy way to make money before spring break. There are various methods to get what is essentially money for nothing.
This is in response to Alec Gibbs' letter, "'Grading The Profs' is of no use to 'U,'" (SN 2/18). Please come down from your soapbox and view the real world.
By rowing a combined million meters, the MSU Crew Club raised more than $3,500 with pledge money at Ergathon 2003 on Saturday at IM Sports-Circle.
Relief for the congested traffic on Harrison Avenue might be on the way. A new south campus road, built solely for bus use, would ease travel from Spartan Village to the commuter lot, while eliminating train delays, says Jim Froehlich, service planning manager for Capital Area Transportation Authority. The project, which would be funded through federal grants, calls for constructing a road connecting Crescent Road to the Lot 89.
Champaign, Ill. - The Fighting Illini didn't need the Orange Krush, their student section, to beat the Spartans on Tuesday night. Illinois dominated MSU for almost the entire game, en route to a 70-40 shellacking. Illinois guard Dee Brown paced his team.
A fire Monday afternoon on Martin Street in Lansing killed 2-year-old twin boys, Lansing fire Capt. Marvin Helmker said.Firefighters responded to a fire call on the 1600 block of Martin Street and when they arrived they saw "heavy fire coming out of a second-story window," Helmker said.Firefighters first searched the house for residents inside the home and found the twin boys dead in an upstairs bedroom.
Many of Michigan's county health departments would not be able to effectively handle a bio-terrorist attack, Genesee County Health Department Director Robert Pestronk told the House Health Policy Committee today.Despite the state's budget crisis, Pestronk said about $25 million would be needed statewide to adequately prepare for a bio-terrorist strike."Local health departments and the public health system in Michigan are just not uniformly prepared and don't have the resources needed to either plan for or handle these threats locally," he said.But Dr. Dennis Jurczak, deputy medical director for the Ingham County Health Department said by definition, local health departments would not be relied upon to handle a biological disaster."When you have a disaster, you have to work with other agencies," he said.
School supplies are getting cheaper these days.ASMSU is hoping to expand its services to students by offering one-subject notebooks with MSU's undergraduate student government's logo on the front."It's an interesting program to investigate," Academic Assembly Chairperson Matt Clayson said, adding the program has yet to be finalized, but the assembly will be reviewing the proposal."It all depends on finances," he said.The notebook program surfaced after the organization had success with distributing about 10,000 bluebooks to students around campus."This would not replace the bluebook program," said Steve Lovelace, Academic Assembly representative for the College of Arts and Letters.ASMSU would save money by using the same design in the notebook's front page, which includes a list of services provided by the organization as well as its phone number and the Web site address, Lovelace said."They have to look at them everyday," he said.
At a time when much of the nation is focused only on a potential war with Iraq, it's good to see other Americans keeping atop important domestic issues. Four MSU professors lent their names to a full-page New York Times advertisement last week questioning the long-term outlook of President Bush's proposed $1.3-trillion tax cuts. The ad was sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan Washington economic think tank.
Two former Spartans could soon be standing side-by-side once again.Former MSU head football coach Bobby Williams shifted from Detroit Lions running backs coach to wide receivers coach Monday.One expert says Detroit could benefit from the change if the Lions choose former MSU wide receiver Charles Rogers in April's NFL Draft.B.
A recent string of crimes on and near MSU's campus can be attributed to the elements of a college town, a criminal justice professor says. With about 50,000 residents in East Lansing, including about 15,000 students living on campus, criminal justice Professor Mahesh Nalla says students face an elevated risk for becoming victims of assaults or robberies.