Go home, Ralph Nader. This might sound blunt, it might be mean, but it's exactly what most Democrats were thinking Sunday morning when environmental activist and consumer advocate Nader announced he was running for president as an independent.
Mahatma Gahndi once wrote, "An eye for an eye and soon the world will be blind." Vengeance is an inescapable aspect of the human psyche.
If there are two simple things I've learned in my three and a half years at MSU, they are that convenience and community are indelible. In order to understand where I'm headed with the ensuing tirade, I must first digress.
Two weeks is the perfect amount of time to do a lot of things. Wimbledon, a long vacation, even a two-week seminar on something.
I am writing in response to the article "Provost to release blueprint" (SN 2/18). The re-envisioning of the liberal arts and sciences by Michigan State University leadership may indeed by a necessary step in keeping MSU competitive and serving of the citizens of Michigan.
I wish that we could skip the days of this oppressive stupidity and move on to where relationships are people's own business. Remember when America didn't think that there should be interracial dating?
If you're going to move one of MSU's strongest colleges out of Mid-Michigan to Grand Rapids, it has to be for a better reason than the one MSU spokesman Terry Denbow gave - "We can't define what the move is." And if one of the university's top officials doesn't even know the reason why, wouldn't it make more sense to wait and announce such a move once the position can be defended? Since the beginning of the semester, discussions have been held regarding a potential move of the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids.
The editorial "Crass cash" (SN 2/17) was a valid "opinion," but was very insulting to all those with ample intelligence who read it.
Reading Tuesday's editorial, I can't say that I was surprised at your staff's stance on the white-only scholarship offered at Roger Williams University ("Crass cash" SN 2/17). What appalled me, though, was how quickly you labeled this act "completely and utterly ignorant." Perhaps The State News should do a little research before insisting your opinions on others. I do realize that racial relations are no laughing matter.
I personally did not see the performance by OutKast at the 2004 Grammys. The day after, however, images of Andre "3000" Benjamin's misrepresentation of Indigenous people was posted on Native Web sites and Native newspapers throughout Native country. My reaction to this situation was one of sadness, shock and a part of me was glad.
Homeland security is grabbing American political attention. It's our nation's foremost problem - hence, the war, the spending, the colors, the duct tape. And the upcoming presidential election certainly lends itself for candidates to bring a viable solution to the public.
What does the average MSU student miss most about dormitory life? The curtailed freedoms? The inebriated sign-ins, followed by next-day disbelief and remorse about who was "signed in"? Perhaps the waffle machine? In a roundabout way, the average off-campus dweller or squatter misses all of those.
I am writing in the defense of Ryan Gartland ("Math requirement waste of time, cash" SN 2/12), in that the arguments presented against him were not completely sound.
Again, I find myself rolling my eyes as yet another female college student regurgitates the propaganda she's been fed as a part of the "first generation to have had the right to abortion since birth" ("Women should make decisions about own bodies, need choices" SN 2/12). Lindsay Staron tries to convince me that abortion is safe.
If you've ever wanted to ask President M. Peter McPherson a question, here's your chance. No topic is off-limits.
I am a dancer/choreographer for the MSU Repertory Dance Company. We just gave a phenomenal performance last weekend at Fairchild Theatre.
"A racist perpetuation of American Indian traditions and customs?" Wow, The State News is even more liberal than I thought for sanctioning such an opinion in its Monday editorial about OutKast performing at the Grammys ("Careless costume" SN 2/16). So, The State News thinks that, after hunting them down, killing them and kicking them off their land, now we should let all the Native Americans' traditions and customs die off as well?
Have you ever driven across campus and seen someone from your class pulling into a faculty-only parking space and getting out of his or her car, while rather arrogantly locking the door and striding toward class?
I wanted to thank Bryan Newland for his article, "Outkast performance insulting, should be reprimanded by all" (SN 2/17). Why didn't anyone say anything?
In no way was Shawn Wozniak's column "out of touch" ("TV teaches people to value material wealth not humanity" SN 2/13). His insight is more in touch and morally correct than most college students here today.