Ramble on … • The world's a pretty tense place right now. The terror alert has gone from Roy to G to Biv without much insight into why, how or what the hell each code level really indicates as it fluctuates here and there for no publicly known reason.
Four years ago, then-presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush made MSU a priority stop on their respective campaign trails.
George Bush has asked Congress to create a brand new position of National Intelligence Director that would be the main advisor on countering terrorism. This new intelligence czar would try and coordinate all of the U.S.
August. Finally. The hottest month of the year is also the hottest month of the presidential campaign.
With the Democratic National Convention having just passed, and the Republican version coming up, all eyes are fixed on the country's two political powerhouses and their over-the-top, self-patting-on-the-back get-togethers.
As long as there are open polls, there will be flimsy excuses for not visiting them. The lines are too long.
Scientists at MSU say they have discovered a new atom at the Cyclotron on campus, thusly proving for once and for all that the Cyclotron is not an amusement ride for students and run by a carny.
In past columns, I have written about President Bush and his rather bizarre relationship with God. Reports of Bush claiming to receive his instructions directly from the Almighty are distressingly easy to find.
A running contention of our bipartisan system of politics has long been the exclusion of those who lean neither right nor left.
Instead of having the nation circling themselves wondering where, when and how another terrorist attack might arrive, Homeland Security officials said Sunday financial and international organizations in New York, New Jersey and Washington D.C.
Once again, opponents of Michigan's mandatory helmet law are attempting to establish legislation that would greatly reduce its effectiveness.
Detroit is a modern day story of a city with an unspoken duality in stark contrast. The Pistons (who play in Auburn Hills) are champions of the world, but the city of Detroit is only champion of decay and confusion. In a recent article published in Playboy, Frank Owen provides a graphic perspective into the unseen Detroit.
I am concerned that Amber Morris has found yet another forum for her self-righteous views ("Same-sex parenting, lack of scientific support dangerous to children" SN 7/27). What is her beef with gays and lesbians?
Amber Morris, let's get married. And then maybe, um, we could have children? What do you say?
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.