One begins with an "f." The others begin with "s" and "c." They are the three four-letter words that still get a rise out of the American people.
Last fall, a noise ordinance that hoisted hefty fines and possible jail time for party throwers really cramped some students' style.
Imagine the right-wing policies of the Bush administration in a second term when voters can no longer force them out.
In 33 years as an employee of MSU, I have seen acting administrators sit in the seat of power for a few days and then decide that they were made for the job even though they said they had no ambitions for it.
MSU is considering upgrading criminal background checks before offering employment to new faculty members.
Same-sex marriage is certainly a critical issue at debate in our nation today. Issues have been raised on both sides of the debate, and it has become clear that empirical, scientific arguments are most important when discussing this dilemma.
Editor's note: The following column contains graphic details of a sexual assault. "Why didn't she go to the police?" It's one of the most commonly asked questions about sexual assault, and on the surface, it makes sense.
Before drug courts became a method of satellite justice to Michigan's criminal court system, the addict was known as a criminal and a disease was considered a breach of the law.
After the U.S. Congress declared genocide in Sudan, the world police that is the United States is once again stuck in a tough situation, especially in lieu of the disastrous foreign-relation spectacle in Iraq. In the last 15 months, nearly 30,000 people have been slaughtered, and more than 1 million black Africans have found themselves homeless because of the conflict.
According to Lance Armstrong, the color yellow has taught him what it means to suffer. Suffering hasn't come for Armstrong in a 125-mile-long stage of the Tour de France as he chases the customary yellow jersey of the tour's pack leader.
Maddie Trier straight-up accuses the residents of Hamtramck of being anti-Muslim racists in terms of their motivation for voting on the noise ordinance that regulates the calls to prayer from the local Al-Islah Mosque ("Controversy over call to prayer in Hamtramck showcases intolerance" SN 7/20). Certainly we can admit to the ignorance of extremist zealots frightened that the call will destroy their faith.
I have a complex relationship with guns. On one hand, I firmly believe that there's no place in society for AK-47s and other assault weapons.
Have you ever wondered why you never received a call back from an employer for whom you really thought your skills and personality were a wonderful fit?
Here's your microphone, John Kerry. Your people have gathered and the whole world is watching - here's your chance.
Since marijuana hasn't been too provocative a subject across news wires lately, it seemed odd to me for Reuters news service to grace the world with an astoundingly vague story on the changing face of U.S.
Somewhere in-between the morning garbage trucks, the afternoon bustle of people running errands and midnight train whistles, Hamtramck might soon be hearing Muslim prayer calls reminding Islamic followers to worship their God. Yet, some residents have argued that there would be too much noise in the city, which has caused many homeowners in the city to complain. Church bells already are being rung in the city and don't seem to arouse much debate - possibly because it is the dominating religion or because it has been tradition. But to approve of only one kind of religion's prayer calls shows intolerance. The purpose of a prayer call is to remind believers and followers to take a few minutes out of their busy schedules and pray.
The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center does not deserve to hand out free ice cream in celebration of their service to the MSU community.
The New York Times recently reported on a relatively new psychotherapy that seems to be raising eyebrows in the clinical psychology world.
In her letter, "Marriage definition needed, gay unions problematic" (SN 7/15) Amber Morris stated we have no idea of the psychological impacts this (gay marriage) could have on children around the United States.
In the days following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, little sympathy or understanding was extended to the Muslim and Arab communities in the United States.