Each year we travel about 1,800 miles, but seeing that gas companies keep moving gas prices up, I and most of the people I know are not planning to travel outside of Michigan - or outside of town.
In the realm of popular culture, certain axioms repeat their validity as the years roll on. Young people will celebrate the styles and fashions of 20 years previous in an attempt to create unique identities.
This is in response to the State News, front page article "Risk vs.
What a cop out, what a crock: Editor's note: It is the practice of The State News to not identify the race of accused, at-large suspects unless other descriptive factors exist that will narrow down the list of suspects substantially.
Could (MSU President M. Peter) McPherson possibly have worse timing? On a day dedicated to celebration for the graduating seniors and their friends and family, our esteemed president has to steal the limelight by announcing plans for his retirement at the university's convocation ceremony.
The old saying goes, "don't do the crime if you can't do the time." Or is it, "don't do the crime if you think you might get caught?" Or better yet, "don't get caught doing something stupid if you don't know the consequences." The Recording Industry of America is making an example of nine accused MSU students who they say chose to share copyrighted music using the university network. The university was required by a court order to release the names of the students involved to the RIAA. While the school was responsible for locating the identified individuals, they did not take part in their punishment nor did they take the matter any further within the university.
The editorial "Research Bucks" (SN 4/29) reflects several misconceptions about university funding, graduate education and indeed the nature of a university. One, the assertion that "the more numbers divulged, the more sensible the move to Grand Rapids is becoming," is unfounded.
The abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers amounts to nothing less than a human rights disaster. Public outcries for the court martialing and detainment of those who directly participated in the abhorrent acts leads one to believe that the common perception is that the individuals should be held accountable.
I have glanced at two articles recently run in the State News and am appalled at the poor reporting done by your staff.
I just got done reading your article "Students concerned about low graders as final tests approach" (SN 4/30) that my wife showed me.
When George Bush was governor of Texas, the Texan prison system was denounced for sexual abuse and beatings of prisoners.
In light of MSU President M. Peter McPherson's coming departure, we at The State News think it apropos to disclose some of the quirks and idiosyncrasies common to MSU's 19th president. The "M" stands for Melville.
What did you want to be when you grew up? Today, children of progressively younger ages are telling their parents that what they want to be is the opposite sex. On a recent episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," children as young as age five were documented as desiring a sex change operation.
Stealing is wrong, no matter what. Not even if you're just stealing the latest Britney Spears tune electronically - it's still stealing. The Recording Industry Association of America announced earlier this week that it will sue 69 college students across the country, out of almost 500 total offenders.
Mayo robbery article should have said race During the week of April 19, a male student was brutally beaten unconscious and robbed while not resisting to give up his wallet ("3 men rob Mayo Hall room, still at large" SN 4/23). In that same incident, a woman was punched and thrown into a radiator when she tried to intervene. Did anyone read about the severity of the attack?
The responses to Jim Lala's column ("Liberal students' silent protest doesn't need words to be whiny" SN 4/26) amuse me.
At the beginning of spring semester in 2001, a smart-alecky freshman chemistry student contacted the opinion editor of The State News, inquiring about an editorial columnist opening.
As a wide-eyed freshman, armed with a pen and a notepad, I frantically walked along Harrison Avenue searching for the site of my first story as a State News reporter. Fighting the dark, cold air and wet January sky, I paced back and forth along that long, foreign road.
I was wondering, how exactly did Condi Rice get the nod to speak at commencement? Clearly our impartial, unbiased President M.