Ernst "Ernie" Lucas and I shared some very memorable and meaningful moments together while I attended MSU (1990-95). Oddly, Lucas was one of the only constant adults in my life during that time - among the montage of hazy "comings and goings" of my college career.
Today I received two phone calls and three e-mails informing me that Ernie "the Can Man" Lucas had passed away.
East Lansing, Meridian Township and other surrounding cities do it. And if everyone's doing it, why shouldn't we? ASMSU Director Vikas Menon has been looking into broadcasting assembly meetings on campus cable.
The idea that someone is going to commit a rape because the Ned's Book Store gorilla made him view women as objects is ridiculous.
Ah, the early '90s. That magical half-a-decade where most people of the 20-something persuasion grew up, laughed, loved and learned a lot.
As a woman, the issue of abortion is not only personally important, it is a huge voting issue. In the upcoming year, and as primaries roll around, it will become tantamount to the presidential elections - especially as the next president will undoubtedly appoint at least one Supreme Court justice. We have the choice to elect stalwart advocates for women and life to office.
Marriage is a civil and legal contract between two consenting adults. Religion has nothing to do with the legal bindings of such a public union.
We've all learned that Iowa's caucus is a horrible farce. Any voting system that asks people to come in and express their initial support but then allows candidates' supporters to collude, to cajole neighbors and to have a "redo" in order to fix the results is not a democracy.
Political initiatives on the federal and state levels are asking citizens and lawmakers to adopt a more pragmatic concept of what "separation of church and state" really means. Most recently, a package of bills passed by the state Senate - and expected not to be contested by Gov.
Returning to campus, I took some extra time to observe the people here and the buildings. Mostly, however, what struck me was the large number of people that make it possible for us students to be here and pursue our careers in such an elite environment.
In the critically acclaimed 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry," Hilary Swank plays a girl whose life is ripped apart by betrayal, rape and murder because she identifies as a man.
With the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade today, you might be wondering why this Supreme Court decision should matter to college students: One in five women who have abortions are college students. Could you finish school if you became pregnant?
When George W. Bush was still the governor of Texas in 2000, months away from being elected the 43rd president of the United States of America, he sat opposite David Letterman in the Ed Sullivan Theater and said, "I'm a uniter, not a divider." It's now abundantly clear as we step into the next presidential race that the United States of America is more politically, socially and ideologically divided than it has been in decades. Concurrently, in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, Bush had the opportunity to quell the fear that many Americans have of a nation being torn asunder by differences in politics.
This letter is in response to the article "Women's Council boycotts E.L.
Jamin T. Villarreal has created a false idea of what "evolution" is and proceeds to knock down his own caricature of the science ("Scientists base claims on faith, too" SN 1/15). I am a science educator and researcher, and it is because of my concern for this type of ignorance that I write to you today. The study of evolution is no more based on faith than is the study of the solar system.
Your editorial regarding partial-birth abortion, "Her choice" (SN 1/20), is off-base.
When I picked up The State News this morning and glanced at the top of the first page, I noticed "Sparty time: 'U' mascot named top in country (SN 1/21)." I was so excited to rip open the paper and read an article all about how and where he had won.
In one sentence, Craig Gunn promotes the beheading of Bill Gates because he's wealthy, and in the next, he states he has "nothing against capitalism." Gunn ("TV shows glamorizing wealthy pushes over-consumption") claims we have the right to "earn money, and spend it any way we desire," unless we earn too much. Unfortunately, Gunn fails to identify who gets to decide how much is too much and how it will be stopped.
George Bush is out of touch with middle-class America and reality. Over 3 million jobs have been lost, and he is doing little to rectify the problem.