Mary M. Lindemann writes of the heart-rendering social circumstances she encountered while performing her duties as a social worker pre-1973 ("Celebrate women's right to choose"). She takes special care to remark that these issues happened pre- Roe v.
Every incoming politician must deal with the bad decisions of the previous administration. And Gov. Jennifer Granholm has had plenty to deal with in the past year.
Week after week, I am astounded by the bigotry in John Bice's columns. Rarely does a week go by without a hateful word printed about Christians, or religion in general, by Bice. In his latest column ("Science relies on confidence, strength of evidence, not faith"), he writes about "comically wacky religious beliefs." Why does Bice always resort to childish name-calling?
Kashmir's "Paradise on Earth" has become the bone of contention between India and Pakistan, perhaps because it symbolizes the founding ideologies of both nations: A Muslim homeland for Pakistan and a secular democracy for India. Over the course of 50 years and three full-fledged wars, both countries have played tug-o- war over it, and all they have managed to do is take away life from the most beautiful valley on earth. Perhaps the time has come to make a fresh start and give a lease on life to the people of the valley.
It's about time someone in the MSU community stood up and said something about Michael Moore and his misleading tactics ("Moore's movie packed with lies about American gun culture"). Lee Ehlers has done us all a great service by highlighting the inconsistencies of the anti-gun activists.
In response to the "Clear-path cause", students need to get a grip.
It's difficult to be an undergraduate student and maintain a sense of civic duty. Thanks to exit polls, census information and just about every statistic on the subject of voter apathy, the college-age voter is easily identified as the most indifferent.
I am writing in response to several anti-choice items which have appeared in The State News recently but to the letter "Elect responsible, pro-life candidates" in particular. In a country where nearly 80 million pregnancies are unintended each year and nearly half of these result in abortion, it is sad that women who make this choice are ostracized by some who claim to be advocates for women.
What would it take for a college freshman, during his or her first Welcome Weekend, to get off on a good foot with MSU's student government? Don't look for a punch line - ASMSU is serious about Welcome Weekend 2004.
How discouraging it was for me to read Katie Wilcox's column, ("Women need to be educated about abortion, learn life facts," SN 1/22), having been a social worker in the early 1970s, before Roe v.
Religion and the concept of faith are recurring themes in my columns; as a result, I am frequently inundated with e-mails loaded with one misconception after another.
David Thompson is right about needing to thank those who work on campus and make "our lives and dreams possible." ("Thanking 'U' for all they do on campus" SN 1/22) However, the work they do doesn't ensure success for everyone. Thompson mentioned thanking those who clear the sidewalks of snow and ice and make it safe for us to get to class.
Lee Ehlers' review of "Bowling for Columbine," "Moore's movie packed with lies about American gun culture" (SN 1/21), is another attempt to discredit Michael Moore, and he is the latest to fail miserably.
It isn't a good week to be a vagina in New Orleans. The Associated Press reported over the weekend that Jesuit-affiliated Loyola University has apparently blocked a production of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" on the campus of the Louisiana school. The school's president, the Rev.
A few weeks ago, I read many articles about the abundance of MSU parking citations given out recently.
The lack of support and morality shown in the opinion pages of The State News ("Bad Bush!" SN 1/22) makes me weep bitter tears of fear every night as I try to sleep, and nothing disturbs me more than those immoral heathens who would try to do away with traditional marriage. In President Bush's State of the Union address, he specifically called for an end to the threats against the moral and religious values that we all hold and which cannot be refuted (Christian values are obviously the only valid ones, that's why there aren't any other religions, right?). I would like to issue a call to arms to all my fellow Christian brothers and sisters, for our very ways of life are under assault.
Thanks for the story about Ernie ("Local figure 'Ernie the Can Man' remembered by community" SN 1/23). I was at MSU from 1987-91, and he was as important a part of MSU to me as anything or anyone. Lucas was everywhere.
Students shouldn't have to break out their snowshoes to make it to class, but with snow-packed sidewalks and more flurries expected, it seems like the only safe way to go.
Last Friday, this newspaper reported on the death of Ernst Lucas, better known to Spartans everywhere as "Ernie the Can Man." If you didn't know Ernie by name, you knew him by face.
Homeland security is an essentially broad topic. Its life grew from the rubble of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and has since spawned a cooperative domestic effort, ranging from community watch programs to the USA Patriot Act to the US-VISIT program, designed to streamline immigration. In a speech to the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors on Jan.