This is in response to the letter about the peace rally ("Saturday's rally is worth supporting," SN 2/14). You say thousands of Iraqis have died because of trade sanctions since the Gulf War.
I'm writing this letter to Chris Seljeskog and The State News because I agree with his letter about walking on the right ("Right side of hall is the way to travel," SN 2/18), and to kindly ask the readers to not just apply that rule to walking through the halls, but on the sidewalks outside as well.
Can't you guys at least try to be more moderate? When you are attacked for being liberally biased (which is quite often), there are always a million letters to the editor and editorials defending you and claiming your objectivity.
I've been labeled with many derogatory titles for using this forum to speak out against war with Iraq. I've been branded a traitor to my country and touted as a supporter of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, all for using my American freedoms to champion against an unjust and immoral tide of U.S.
Most of us have heard the phrase "stop and smell the roses," but very few of us have given it a second thought or made a point to do so. I'm one of those people. Hi.
I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to every student and faculty member at MSU who did not show up at the peace rally Saturday to show support for either side of the crisis.
This letter is in response to "Everyone doesn't have to conform to society's expectations," (SN 2/17). I find it sad (and offensive) that the writer somehow groups being a masculine man with rape and dominance.
MSU trustees should be ashamed of themselves for sitting on their hands while their Maize and Blue neighbors are being hauled into a court case that could alter university admissions policies across the country. Whether they find themselves in agreement with the University of Michigan's law school affirmative action policies is beside the point.
As a student here at MSU, I believe we should add on to the ASMSU tax in order to purchase environmentally friendly energy.
Everyone knows that trying to park at the dorms is a nightmare. That's one of the many reasons I moved off campus - to avoid accumulating even more parking tickets.
The best things in life are free, and sometimes so are the little annoying things. Buying notebooks every semester after paying an arm and a leg for books can be a serious burden, but students across campus might be able to take notes for free soon.
After reading the article, "Student calls flier 'satire,'" (SN 2/10) I was outraged.
I am writing this letter to discuss a pet peeve of mine in hopes of fixing it. I am talking about how people on campus do not know how to walk.
Matt Treadwell's column about President Bush needing to be removed from power is outrageous ("For world peace, Bush needs to be removed, not Saddam," SN 2/12). Saddam Hussein is an evil man, and his time has run out.
Don't be surprised if football jerseys contain marriage proposals and invite you to strip clubs next season. OK, so maybe they won't, but a proposal banning advertising flights above stadiums nationwide that passed Friday will limit advertisers' gameday promotion. President Bush will now decide whether or not to make the bill official, which would ban all advertising flights for one year over stadiums beginning an hour preceding and an hour after an event. Unfortunately, the bill will pass, so we'll see MSU head football coach John L.
I recently purchased a copy of Mark Grebner's popular "Grading the Profs." This booklet is an analysis of data the university collected from 1999 to 2002, and rates professors against each other accordingly.
Dotted between the flakes of snow, the images of the downtown mural stand out among the red brick buildings and the stillness of the afternoon: the flag of Puerto Rico, a stylized representation of the Fifth Sun of the Mexica (Aztec), and rows of emerald-colored stalks of corn rise from the cold concrete.
At a time when much of the nation is focused only on a potential war with Iraq, it's good to see other Americans keeping atop important domestic issues. Four MSU professors lent their names to a full-page New York Times advertisement last week questioning the long-term outlook of President Bush's proposed $1.3-trillion tax cuts. The ad was sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan Washington economic think tank.
I was amazed to read the "Born to be wild" editorial in The State News (SN 2/13). The gist of the argument, as I understood it, was that: 1) College is a time to be wild and throw restraint to the wind, 2) Since sex sells, it must be okay to sell it, and 3) It was just good fun and no woman was forced to do anything that she did not want to. In response: Argument 1 completely disregards the consequences of one's actions.
I would like to respond to "Terror propaganda," (SN 2/11) as well as Matt Lemere's letter "Terror alert could serve a purpose," (SN 2/14). What I am surprised to hear is that citizens of this nation were surprised about the Sept.