I think we all need to stand up and give Matt Eckenrode a round of applause. His response to my recent column, "People don't disagree with war to be trendy, they care about lives lost" (SN 10/6), perfectly exemplifies the ignorance and hypocrisy that is the pro-war movement. Let's start off with the Downing Street Memo.
As of Oct. 10, 2,161 coalition soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq. And the number of dead will almost certainly continue to rise.
It's 2005. Finally, MSU is going wireless. Across the state, other colleges and universities have a wider range for students to access their wireless networks. A high-ranking university in diverse fields of research should not be forced to catch up.
A letter, "MSU profs oppose intelligent design as science" (SN 10/5), was published regarding an article about a trial in Dover, Pa., and I would be delighted to answer Kim Beaubien's questions. Scientists are fighting a losing battle in America because of persistent attacks from the religious right, with fewer Americans entering the sciences and the ignorance of the general public.
I was both saddened and offended by the House of Kabobs review (SN 9/23). Your reviewers first made fun of the decor and then turned up their noses at dishes that include cabbage.
Kim Beaubien, who wrote "Intelligent design a scientific possibility" (SN 10/10), should leave the science to scientists. The important point that she misses in her letter is that Intelligent design is not science.
Everyone deserves a fair trial, even when the person is Saddam Hussein. On Wednesday, the former dictator pleaded not guilty to charges actions during his reign as president of Iraq.
It's an age old question: Does distance make the heart grow fonder? Or is the saying true: out of sight, out of mind? When it comes to relationships, I still have to debate the issue. Three years ago, as a senior in high school, my boyfriend and I drifted apart pretty fast.
In response to "Paid getaway" (10/14), is it really that unfeasible for a student group to spend its budget on itself and still be benefiting those students it serves at the same time? Publicly traded companies invest in themselves for employee enrichment and developmental trips all the time with little argument from any shareholders.
Spam. We all get it and we all hate it. Unfortunately, there is very little we can do about it. It is time for the government to come up with a solution. The recent seizure of financial records, computers and disks from the home of a West Bloomfield, Mich., resident demonstrates just how large a problem this has become. One person operating from home had a collection of more than 150 million e-mail addresses. The same person was sued in 2001 by Verizon Communications Inc., who claimed that he shut down the company's network with spam. This clearly would increase the cost of doing business by taking up time and manpower to fix the situation. Many people do a significant amount of their communication using e-mail and having an inbox full of junk doesn't facilitate efficient work ethic. If it is possible for the government to organize and implement a program such as the National Do Not Call Registry, why is it not possible to do the same for e-mail? Spam filters and laws attempt to protect our inboxes, yet they are still overcrowded on a daily basis. Aside from the annoyance of receiving large amounts of e-mails that have little or no use, many of the solicitations have offensive content. Penis enlargement devices.
Companies have a responsibility to make information about their products available to the public. However, consumers also need to take personal responsibility for their actions. On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to allow the Bush administration to go after a $280 billion penalty for tobacco companies that supposedly mislead consumers about the harms of smoking.
I was quite disappointed in The State News' column by East Lansing Capt. Juli Liebler "One drunken weekend in E.L.
Who is a journalist? It's a simple question, but it has an increasingly complicated answer.
I do not sense the fear yet. The left seems to be quiet about the recent nomination of Harriet Miers and the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts to the U.S.
Is it really necessary for there to be a major election for us to care at all about voting? Apparently so. It seemed last year that voter apathy was in decline.
Imagine, in the not-too-distant future, a prospective mother walking into an in-vitro fertilization clinic, checking a box before the procedure that would allow the practitioners to remove a single cell from a fertilized egg. The single cell will be used to further medical research. The embryo wouldn't be harmed. It's not science fiction.
A recent study suggesting women are more likely to engage in a sexual encounter with a member of their own sex points to a larger question of how sexuality is defined in our society. Can you define someone in one sexual category? Nearly twice the percentage of women, compared to men, said they had at least one sexual encounter with a member of their own sex.
I am offended by an instance of grossly irresponsible journalism in the State News editorial headlined "Oct.
I was listening to a young man the other day complaining about his younger siblings and what wretches they are.
Do you remember what happened? You should and you should care. Following MSU's loss to North Carolina in the NCAA Final Four on April 2, the streets on and near campus were packed with students leaving the bar or their friends' homes.