I wish you could see what I see every day. I wish you could see that there's a whole wing of the Student Services building where the lights burn late and the police scanner is always on.
WinnersDetroit Pistons Although they can't claim 2004 in its entirety as a banner year for the Bad Boys - see the Losers section - a championship trophy put serious shine on the city of Detroit as the consummate team.
The driving idea behind a bill that would reform U.S. intelligence is to tighten communication and bring all the United States' spy organizations under one roof.
This is the 58th time I've written a column for The State News. Sometimes, I wonder if that's a record, but then my friends usually take away the spray paint I've been huffing and I stop caring. This is going to be the last column I ever write for The State News.
I was very upset upon reading the article, "RHA to dump recycling," on the front page of Friday's edition of The State News.
Wednesday's feature piece on coffee ("Perfecting the drip" SN 12/8) was long on style and a bit too short on the costs.
There's a long tradition of superstars receiving special treatment just because they're famous, especially when it comes to legal matters.
Do our sports writers actually bother to watch the games they write about? Over and over, I've seen nonchalant columns with a pretentious level of caring and thoughtfulness about football games. I cannot imagine a single soul who is not outraged by the enormous disparity in officiating fairness experienced by the Big Ten in the last two Saturdays.
In response to Bradley Wilson's letter on Wednesday defending Bryan Dahl's editorial regarding the public school system in Michigan ("Columnist's writing style is appreciated" SN 12/8), there is good reason to respond to this attack on not only our public schools, but to the wonderful teachers we have in this state. For as long as I can remember, public school teachers and their unions have been used as a scapegoat for the flaws in a school district.
In Tuesday's online poll, you ask whether I think President Bush's plan for Social Security would work.
The way it stands now, no matter what happens with Social Security, our generation will bear the brunt of the burden. Right now there are major problems with Social Security that can't be ignored, so it's good that President Bush is on top of it - even if his plan might leave something to be desired. It stands to reason that a system the government devised to take care of a changing demographic doesn't seem to cut it, but having something in place to debate and work from will instigate the first crucial step to reform. Bush's new plan splits the taxes, funneling some into regular Social Security and the rest into a personal account for people to invest or save.
Although I'm sure the outraged masses are sick of beating a dead horse over Bryan Dahl's column about injecting choice into schools ("Teachers' unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" SN 12/1), I'd like to voice my support of the author. I'm certain Dahl had his facts straight - it's not like he said anything extremely off-the-wall.
In regard to the State News editorial "Legitimacy" (SN 11/30), there is a historical perspective to be considered regarding how ASMSU became the bicameral organization that it is today. Prior to 1991-92, there were two organizations that represented students on campus: ASMSU's Student Board, the elected student government with taxing authority; and the Student Council, the appointed body of voting student seats on the Faculty Academic Council, chaired by the president and the provost. When the constitutional revision process began in 1991, the main intent was to have the voting student seats of the Academic Council be elected, not nominated by chairpeople of different academic departments to further their respective agendas.
The first obligation of a journalist is to the truth and their first loyalty is to his or her fellow citizens.
Whether you like it or not, America needs an Ohio recount. First, let me get this out of the way: It's unlikely that Sen.
For quite some time, news on the FOX Network has been perceived - rightly or wrongly, depending who you listen to - as a conservative mouthpiece in broadcasting.
The city of East Lansing is blaming MSU students for the change in the neighborhoods and number of residents with school children.
In response to Bryan Dahl's opinion column, "Teacher's unions are to blame for lax improvement in public schools" (SN 12/1), I have a few comments. Did you know private and charter schools are not required to administer the same standardized tests that public schools are mandated to administer? Since the tests are not the same, comparison of test scores is equivalent to comparing apples to oranges. Did you know that private schools carefully select their students? They do not provide education for all.
President Bush has a few good reasons to change his mind about the Kyoto protocol, especially if he wants to make good on his campaign-end promise to bring Democrats and Republicans closer. By having the United States sign back on to the Kyoto protocol, Bush has an opportunity to right his wrongs with the United Nations.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently warned, "Given the size of the U.S. current account deficit, a diminished appetite for adding to dollar balances must occur at some point." Greenspan, in his adorably cryptic way, was explaining that foreign investors will eventually grow weary of lending money to the United States. The Los Angeles Times reported that in September foreign investors finally balked at taking on more U.S.