It's sad to think racism is an evil difficult to eliminate completely. There will always be those among us who are ignorant enough to believe if someone belongs to a different race or ethnicity he or she is a lesser human being.
Whoever said the color code ("Orange Alert," SN 5/22) was meant for you?
It's really a shame that you have to scrape the bottom of the barrel in your attempt to smear the present administration ("Orange Alert," SN 5/22). At worst, the color coding of the alert status is harmless.
To call ASMSU (" ASMSU useless as student government," SN 5/22) a bunch of slackers shows your ignorance to what they actually do.
Summer session has begun and the world of MSU is truly different than that time we call the "academic year." That time between August 25 and May 1 when the population of MSU is in full bloom at 40,000-plus students and faculty members and support staff of more than 10,000.The summer session resounds with the light language of the birds and the rippling murmurs of the Red Cedar.
Just because Annika Sorenstam didn't make the cut doesn't mean she should give up. Sorenstam didn't get to fully compete in the Bank of America Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, last weekend, but she wasn't alone.
In reply to your comment about the terror alert system ("Orange alert," SN 5/22), I think it is great for you to make a statement that the color alert system is not doing justice to our country, but nowhere in your commentary is there any suggestion about what should be done to better serve our country's defensive needs. In my eyes, this editorial is nothing more than divisive.
Professor Andrew Hogan ("'U' much better off without McPherson", SN 5/22) wrote to criticize the State News for an editorial supporting President McPherson upon his departure for Iraq (SN 4/18). Hogan assails the McPherson administration is a "triumph of self promotion," and blames McPherson for a plethora of social and educational ills.
Jonathan Malavolti made some good points in his critique of Jayson Blair's not-so-recent exploits at The New York Times ("Plagiarizing, pathetic Blair should be forgotten like old news," SN 5/22). Malavolti's assertion that we should just forget Blair is incorrect, however.
I am an MSU alumnus and a Vietnam veteran. I certainly hope MSU students and faculty members have expressed their opinion about President M.
This is in response to the letter to the editor titled "Women belong in kitchen, not PGA," (SN 5/21). What on earth could have been going through Shaun Reed's head when he decided to write this piece?
It's yellow, it's orange. Maybe a soft coral or an off-white. Thanks to Tom Ridge, secretary of the new Department of Homeland Security and creator of the five-level, color-coded terrorism warning system, we are now at the orange level, the second highest level, which means there is a high risk of terrorist attacks. This system can give people a feeling of infancy.
Not everyone at MSU shares The State News' sentiment about President McPherson's departure ("McPherson's appointment in Iraq is great for our president, but we hate to see him leave," SN 4/18). The McPherson administration at MSU is the triumph of self-promotion over good governance.
When you attend class at an institution of higher education, you go to learn. But society puts too much pressure on students, telling them a high grade-point average is everything.
One day I hope to work at the New York Times, wait, let me rephrase that. One day I hope to write for the New York Times, hold on, allow me to add something else. One day I hope to present the news through my writing in a newsworthy and factual matter. I wonder where Jayson Blair falls in the above statements. Blair used to work for the New York Times.
I was a student at MSU for four years, and I can't think of anything ASMSU did to help me. They charged me $16 a semester and all I got was a low-quality bluebook. Their Web site doesn't have any information or services on it.
In regards to the construction column ("Excessive summer construction a nuisance for students who stay," SN 5/19), it seems Natosha Diggs didn't do her homework.
During the last years of college nearly every student finds themselves trapped in a downward spiral. It began with your high school graduation party.
As any parent would be, I was immediately concerned after reading MSU's unenviable ranking as No.
It's time for change. Most states in America still have constitutions filled with male pronouns, proclaiming 'he' should do this and 'he' should do that. But now is the time to take the hammer to the glass ceiling. Our state constitution should reflect Gov.