While in England, a British gentleman incredulously asked me, "Why do so many Americans drive around in big trucks?" I laughed and said: "Don't try to figure it out - it's just our national insanity." It's an outcome of cheap gas and the quintessentially American culture of extreme consumption.
As the football team's on- and off-the-field actions tarnished MSU's integrity in 2002, efforts to deny the release of police reports involving Spartan athletes only further smears the institution's reputation. Spartan All-American wide receiver Charles Rogers allegedly pushed an MSU parking enforcer in October, according to the Ingham County prosecutor's office.
I would like to express that the Michigan State University Residence Halls Association (RHA) has earned my trust, and I think that all students living in residence halls should support RHA.
The campus was blanketed by snow while you toasted eggnog by a yuletide log and a roasting fire with crackling chestnuts.
Congratulations to Michigan's first woman governor, Jennifer Granholm. Now that Granholm has begun her job she, like John F.
Athletics administrators seem to think the Spartans' newest football head coach is the right person to turn what became black and blue in 2002 into Green and White once again.
The choice of new football coach for MSU was one of the most important decisions Ron Mason will make in his career as athletics director.
As I received my final grades last semester, one thing became clear - grade inflation is getting out of control.
In "The good the bad and the Sparty" (SN 12/6), The Checkbook Award going to the Residence Halls Association makes it sound like there is a lack of trust for the organization.
Winners of 2002 Spartan of the Year • Sparty - It might be a little cheesey to name "The Spartan"Spartan of the Year, but the (believed-to-be) largest free-standing ceramic statue in the world has had a rough life.
Two years ago, I decided I never wanted to graduate from college. It wasn't because I hated classes; I generally like them.
Trustee Colleen McNamara's role as the executive director of the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association is a clear conflict of interest with her role as an MSU leader. Her decisions with respect to the university should be made based on her role as trustee, not her role in the private sector.
Still paying for past sins? In response the editorial "Go sell it" (SN 12/5), the Residence Halls Association, today, is still haunted by the sins and mistakes of the past.
I must admit that I was a bit confused by the closing portion of Dan Roosien's letter to the editor "Columnist's words were hypocritical" (SN 12/02). I was equally bothered by the intolerance displayed in the column about which he referred ("Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views," SN 11/26), and must whole-heartedly agree that sort of expression does not tend to serve its cause as the author might have intended. That being said, I was disappointed that Roosien would chose to close a commentary that scolds intolerance with a statement of intolerance.
I am one of the friendly crossing guards stationed on the corner of Wilson Road and Harrison Avenue.
After reading Scott Henkel's column "Graduate union out to improve quality of life, learning for 'U'" (SN 12/4), one would think I was lucky to survive five years of graduate school without the Graduate Employees Union.
If work continues as they have been, mid-Michigan could soon be brought up to speed on the information superhighway thanks to the help of MSU's services.
I could not believe The State News chose to publish such an awful column ("Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views," SN 11/26). The author was not only wrong, but completely intolerant. I find it ridiculous that we pay money for a paper and are force-fed liberal ideas every day.
The Residence Halls Association has some earnest explaining to do if it wants students to take the organization's request to renew its $21 per semester tax seriously in the spring. In the same vein, it is important for the more than 14,500 students living in the residence halls, who foot the bill, to take the time to hold their RHA representatives accountable.
So the holidays have finally arrived. I think it is highly probable that some Christmas zealots have been foaming at the mouth and dreaming about this wondrous time for months.'Tis the season for overpriced items, maddening mobs packing shopping outlets, lots of food, mistletoe, wrapping paper and so on and so forth.