It was disconcerting to read The State News article ("Fox News, ESPN 2 added to campus TV" SN 6/13) about the Residence Halls Association's elimination of The New York Times readership program in order to fund the inclusion of Fox News into the student cable system.
I mean, how lucky are we to have such a cool team? I am arguably the biggest Detroit Red Wings fan one can find, but the Detroit Pistons are threatening to take that title away very soon ... just how lucky are Detroiters, that we have an NBA team that can pick up the slack, and just like that, start to give the city championship hopes and then actually deliver on it.
Part of being professional is being responsible and willing to be held accountable for things that go wrong.
After hearing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to have federal law supersede state laws regarding medical marijuana, I couldn't help but jump for joy.
I am glad that MSU's honoring of the brutal dictator Robert Mugabe is finally becoming known ("Honorary degree debated" SN 6/9"). As an alumnus, it troubles me to have a degree from an institution that proudly lists Mugabe on its Web site of honorary graduates.
George W. Bush repeatedly addresses the nation by saying it takes "hard work" to spread democracy in the world.
"Suggested listening: The Blanks' album would be great to listen to when riding in the car, having some friends over or just for the times when the listener wants to be a porch monkey ("Local band's latest album good mix of musical genres" SN 6/16)." You all do realize that this is a very, very nasty racial epithet, right?
MSU's campus can be a big, confusing place for incoming college freshmen. For this reason, MSU has the Academic Orientation Program, a two-day briefing on courses, living arrangements and more.
Kasey Moyes, you're right. Your letter is unsuitable for readers ("War necessary, can rarely be avoided" SN 6/9). To say in most cases that "going to war and putting soldiers in harm's way is not the last resort - it's the only resort" is absurd and dangerous.
My next car will have a notebook set into the dash, and I'll tie a pen to my wrist every morning.
I wish to express my outrage at the shady process used to bring Fox News to the university cable system.
So is that the new fad? Thanking the United Nations for giving "Saddam Hussein plenty of time to hide and get rid of" the WMD, as Kasey Moyes claims ("War necessary, can rarely be avoided" SN 6/9)? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the whole purpose of the 1991 cease-fire and resolutions were for precisely that purpose - to get rid of the WMD.
Weighing the pros and cons of the not guilty verdict in the Michael Jackson child-molestation case is befuddling.
Last time we checked, we don't have police badges - nor do our paychecks distribute through the East Lansing Police Department.
I am writing in response to Kasey Moyes' article, ("War necessary, can rarely be avoided" SN 6/9). Forgive me, but after reading the opening paragraph, I find it hard to understand that after your "experiences" of so many losses of lives through war, that you should be so anxious to dismiss negotiations and go straight to war.
I am absolutely flummoxed as to how the university drew the conclusion that a substantial minority of responses requesting Fox News be added to the "U-Tube" lineup translates into a mandate to replace a time-honored and trusted news source, The New York Times, with a cable news channel owned by Rupert Murdoch ("Fox News, ESPN 2 added to campus TV" SN 6/13). When I took the Residence Halls Association survey, I was under the impression that it would merely be a reshuffling of the channels.
At first glance, I considered the possibility that Kasey Moyes' letter ("War necessary, can rarely be avoided" SN 6/9) was tongue-in-cheek.
Buying a new car involves weighing priorities, weighing your wallet and sometimes a little bit of impulse.
Recently, many of us in "Generation X" have had a brief and interesting history lesson into a subject that we have heard lots about, but know very little of.
We've said it a hundred times, but we'll say it again - there would be no East Lansing without MSU.