The question on everyone's mind, "Will history repeat itself?" is a moot point. It's not really a question, but rather a choice MSU students will make about whether to celebrate (or sulk) graciously or cut a fresh wound into the image of the university. Everyone is excited to have both of MSU's basketball teams advance to the Sweet 16.
I felt a deep sense of institutional pride on Monday when I read the State News editorial endorsing the Worker Rights Consortium ("Sign up" SN 3/21). Movimiento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlan, or MEXA, and Students for Economic Justice, or SEJ, have been working hard on this moral issue for more than five years.
With the ASMSU elections in full swing, I appreciate Wednesday's Page One article publicizing the elections.
Remember the clear plastic backpacks, metal detectors and false bomb threats? If you attended a high school that understandably freaked out after the Columbine tragedy, these things probably still stick out in your memory.
The money's as good as gone. With Republican lawmakers consenting to Gov. Jennifer Granholm's plan to eliminate budget shortfall in the state on Wednesday, Michigan's public universities and community colleges stand to lose $30 million in state funding. The likely cuts, which will eliminate $5 million from MSU's general operating budget, are hard to accept.
Chris Meagher's column "Jump on the MSU wagon" (SN 3/22) was very unprofessional.
I am writing in regards to the column "Jump on the MSU wagon" (SN 3/22) by Chris Meagher in Tuesday's paper.
I know what Darrell Hughes meant when he wrote that it's frustrating that we have classes with foreign-speaking teaching assistants ("Faculty must take steps to better accommodate inquiring students" SN 3/21). For example, right now I have a class where my TA hardly ever speaks English.
I would encourage the author of the editorial "Too Far" (SN 3/22), in which it was argued that Congress' interaction in the Terri Schiavo case was a violation of state sovereignty, to read the 14th Amendment to the U.S.
What do a courthouse, a church and a school have in common - aside from being the foundations by which the law, spirituality and education are, respectively, delivered? All three are places you can get shot. Here, in this country, March Madness has taken a literal connotation. If you are clueless as to what I'm talking about, let me fill you in. On March 11, a man who had been charged with breaking into his ex-girlfriend's house and raping and sodomizing her repeatedly over a three-day period went on a rampage.
Enlightenment of affirmative action is in place as a response to an earlier letter entitled, "Affirmative Action causes grad rates" (SN 3/2), by Joseph Blaim. Mr. Blaim's gross error of affirmative action is apparent.
The Terry Schiavo case is unfortunate in many ways. It's unfortunate that Terry has had to go through such tragedy, as well as her family.
If the ever-rising cost of tuition irritates you and extraneous costs you pay to groups such as ASMSU feel like a kick when you are down, hold on to that feeling. Turn on your computer and go to studentelections.msu.edu to vote in ASMSU's election.
The State News' editorial on the Terri Schiavo case smacks of hypocrisy ("Too far" SN 3/22). If The State News is going to support "state sovereignty" when it comes to human life, then they will need to immediately begin to adjust their position on what they call "a woman's right to control her body." The moment that states are allowed to make that decision, half the country would outlaw abortion.
I am writing in response to the 3/22 letter from Sarah Rotole regarding public use of our waterways in Michigan ("Private property should stay private"). Before calling The State News ignorant, you should look in the mirror.
Glancing skyward at a gas station sign, it's not hard to be troubled and discouraged by the soaring price of petroleum these days.
"No more homework, no more books. No more teacher's dirty looks." Headlines in recent news have completely coined a new meaning for this last phrase.
I am writing in response to the editorial "Sign up" (SN 3/21). I just wanted to express my thanks to The State News for taking a position on this issue and bringing it to the attention of members of the student body who may not have been familiar with it.
I am writing in response to the editorial titled "Coast conflict" (SN 3/18). The ignorance of the author is so blatant I was rather stunned to see the article in print. First of all, I want to state for the record that I agree with the idea that anyone should be allowed to utilize public property, provided they use it properly.
Not long ago, a random reader e-mailed that he'd grown weary of my joyless and monotone columns; he urged me to "lighten up" and write about something that made me happy.