I believe that Laleah Fernandez ("'U' should help out student-parents" SN 4/21) misses an important point regarding the university's obligations toward student-parents: Having a child and all that it entails is solely the volitional choice of the parent.
Should an East Lansing motorist strike an East Lansing pedestrian on an East Lansing street at an unsafe speed, it seems contrary that anyone but an East Lansing resident rectify the situation. But more and more, as East Lansing streets and others around the state increase or lower speed limits, local officials have very little to do with any modification whatsoever.
Ben Baker ("Realistic-looking rifles need to go" SN 4/20) needs to get a proverbial grip.
Even though President Bush has declared the war in Iraq over, the violence has not settled down, prompting contractors to rightfully reconsider their place in the country's reconstruction.
A huge thanks goes out to those of you at The State News who have given me the choice to take 8 a.m.
It is that time of year again, when nature and environment enthusiasts from across the globe unite to celebrate planet Earth.
You know teenagers today. They're crazy. Much crazier than when we were all teenagers. They try to find ways to stay out past curfew, snag their first beer or first drug and then try to top it all off with a clumsy first venture into having sex. Those crazy, rotten teenagers.
The College of Human Medicine has a 40-year history of commitment to humanism, diversity, educational innovation and the medically underserved populations across Michigan.
I feel that 8 a.m. classes are very important in establishing not only a good sleep schedule, but also dedicating one's self to the class at hand.
The MSU Administration has made decisions in response to the budget crisis that have significantly harmed the quality of education at our university.
I urge my colleagues across MSU to attend the Academic Senate meeting today at 5 p.m. in B108 Wells Hall.
In the midst of all the chaos that comes with the end of the year, there are two major dates that students should save: Today is Earth Day and April 25 is the March for Women's Lives.
MSU is not a "child-friendly university." I believe this is due, in part, to the fact that student-parents are not considered by administration on any level.
In response to Ben Baker's letter ("Realistic-looking rifles need to go"), I would like to throw my two cents in.
I was deeply disappointed by the column "Being vegan enjoyable, humane, delicious, thank you very much". I would have thought that The State News would have made sure that all facts in the story were true.
I went through a pile of my old opinions and thought that at this time of the semester, there always is a need to refocus some of the ideas of the past into a renewed vitality for the present.
This is in response to the recent opinion article titled "Relax, Eco", to The State News editorial board.
I feel 100 percent safe in consuming dairy products because I have chosen to educate myself about milk production - that is why I became so alarmed when I read Sonia Khaleel's "Being vegan enjoyable, humane, delicious, thank you very much". I would like the opportunity to respond to the overexaggerated comments made about the dairy industry by presenting The State News' readers with some facts.
On April 15, The State News ran an editorial titled "Relax, Eco," in which we told MSU's student environmental group to be happy that the Simon Power Plant was converting to natural gas. The group campaigned last year to get the university to consider renewable energy options, and in our editorial Thursday, we told its members to stop complaining and to see the upside of the situation.
What's the difference between Walter Sobchak, a fictional character from the Coen brothers' 1998 film "The Big Lebowski," and Duke University? In the film, Walter knew "life does not start and stop at your convenience." When his fictional friend Donny irked him enough, Walter loudly would remind Donny of exactly that.