This letter is in response to the controversy over the series of ads about Palestinians. As a pro-Israel MSU student, I support publication that displays facts about Arab communities celebrating on Sept.
After reading the article, "In reality, making a band far from easy" (SN 3/13), I must first say that I agree, it is hard to find and maintain a band with like goals.
Nonminorities might face racism now and then, but it is nowhere near the severity of the treatment minorities face every day from teachers, bosses, co-workers and classmates.
The protests of campustruth.org are acceptable but do not refute the truth behind these pictures. Regardless of the light in which it paints Palestinians, these pictures are accurate. I charge the protesters to disprove the pictures of Israelis mourning on Sept.
This is in response to the editorial "One-man show" (SN 3/11). Why should the president "choose his statements with more caution" when our nation's security is at risk?
I'm glad to see The State News decided to run Michael Perez's column, "Running ads could incite violence, perpetuate discrimination" (SN 3/10) on the same day as said inflammatory ad.
According to the Constitution and its chief interpreters, all opinions - even those that are ignorant or unpopular - have a place to be heard in the United States. In late February, The State News entered into an advertising contract with campustruth.org and the One Truth organization.
After a few years of diligently reading newspaper editorial pages, I have discovered one universal truth: In every newspaper, no matter how liberal or conservative the editorial board, someone will regularly write a letter to the editor decrying a "liberal bias" in the media.
I would like to reply to the letter by Joe Stein, "Band belongs in the corner of Breslin" (SN 3/10). If you had half the commitment the MSU band students have you would not be posting such an idiotic remark.
It is difficult for me to understand how the campustruth.org advertisements are racist against Palestinians - to me they seem to be against terrorism and hate.
I've come to the conclusion that life would be a lot easier if things were in fact just like Hollywood fantasies portrayed them to be. We certainly would never need to devote much thought or energy into deciphering who is good and evil in the world - the good guys would all wear white cowboy hats and the bad guys would sport black ones.
I would like to applaud the actions and words of Kevin Hardy regarding the ads from campustruth.org.
I am upset and disappointed by The State News' decision to run ads placed by campustruth.org. Campustruth.org is a group which purports to tell the "truth" and acknowledges in its ads that there are "two sides" to every story.
In a collapsing economy that's leaving no federal, state or city agency untouched in its unpredictable path, one campus organization was able to keep its budget within just $35 of the previous year's. That organization is... ASMSU? MSU's undergraduate student government that loves to try to jack up our taxes by $3 to provide us with "free" 50-cent blue books has suddenly reached a plateau of financial stability in a shaky economic climate.
It's one thing when a mom-and-pop store goes down on Grand River Avenue, but when titans like Big Boy are falling dead, some questions are raised. The Big Boy at 101 E.
I would like to commend Michael Perez for his column, "Running ads could incite violence, perpetuate discrimination" (SN 3/10). The State News is irresponsible for running ads which reinforce false stereotypes about Arabs.
I strongly support Michael Perez's criticisms of your publication of campustruth.org's advertisement in the same issue, in which Israeli and Palestinian responses to the Sept.
I was offended by the last column by Farhan Bhatti ("Jihad needs to be clarified to U.S.
This is a response to Magan Butler-Coleman's letter ("Nonminorities are not racism victims," SN 2/27). It is interesting to hear that the vice president of the Akers Hall Black Caucus would have such a narrow-minded opinion.
I have noticed a few campustruth.org (or as I'll say, skewed campus truth) ads placed in the paper, one of which paints Palestinians as lunatics who glorify destruction while Israelis are illustrated as peace-loving victims of Palestinian brutality.