Thank you, Charles Rogers. In an otherwise disappointing football season, you gave Spartan fans a reason to continue watching games. I only wish you would have been able to showcase your skills for a winning team and a New Year's Day bowl game. I think that the catch you made in the back of the end zone against Notre Dame might be the best I've ever seen.
It's official. Charles Rogers is taking his leave of Spartan Country, forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL Draft.
I thought John Bice's column "Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views" (SN 11/26) made an obvious point to the open-minded and objective thinking people of this world. As he stated, depending on where you live, one might be afraid to speak openly why people are "killing" in the name of God. John Lennon was a famous person who wrote a song called "Imagine." He was very brave to suggest that people imagine a world with no religion. Most people live in fear of being ridiculed for not believing, so they lie.
Now that the Spartans' lackluster football season has come to a close, the squad is desperately seeking a head coach.
John Bice is yet another atheist in a long list who seeks to defame his opposition without understanding it, all the while accusing them of the same wrong ("Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views," SN 11/26). Life is not so polarized that anything religious makes it inherently contradictory to science. Creationists do not blindly believe evolution to be false, but rather, believe in creation because they are aware of the inherent flaws in a naturalistic worldview.
In his column "Don't leave college as an assembly-line product, think about life" (SN 11/25), Shawn Wozniak claimed he wasn't attacking certain majors.
It is clear Mike Pendracki is a member of the "Chefs," the 1979-81 original pie pranksters ("Pie prankster gag was not original," SN 11/26). He has encoded his confession in his writing and who else would get so worked up about pie pranks as to know about the radio spot, the book about pie attacks and the Web site to find the book? Pendracki refereed to the original pie "hits" as a "reign of terror," clearly reminiscing about the good ol' days with his pie-tossing gang. Although the 25 professors who endured the creamy attacks decades ago are really old now, and probably can't throw a cream pie all too well, I suggest they team up, find Pendracki, and give him the pieing of a lifetime.
I am a captain in the U.S. Army and despite being stationed 1,000 miles from MSU and my hometown of Lansing, I still make it a point to read The State News every morning online.
The same old argument is once again being made in the letter to editor the "Hall decorations promote Christmas," (SN 11/21). While I do understand the author's disappointment in the university for, perhaps, showing some sort of religious bias, I must ask: Is it such a pressing issue that someone must once again criticize the lights the university has displayed during the winter every year I've attended MSU? Is a giant jack-in the-box, a snowman, snowflakes or a Santa Claus really something that makes MSU exclusively Christian? Santa and snowflakes are not Jesus Christ.
Now that the dust has settled on the gubernatorial race in Michigan, Jennifer Granholm has emerged as the new leader for the state, and it looks like she's on the right track. After receiving the nod to be Michigan's next governor, Granholm responded to President Bush's radio address concerning homeland security. In a recent radio address, Granholm showed her desire to emerge as an effective leader only weeks after being elected, making sure the public understands what her intentions are for Michigan's stake in homeland and economic security. She highlighted her plans with the possibility of creating new jobs, making health care affordable and keeping communities safe. Instead of sitting idly by as Gov.
On one recent chilly morning, my roommate and I woke to begin our daily routines. As we made the tedious trek to the community bathrooms, we were greeted by toilets that didn't flush, sinks with no water and showers that wouldn't run. After filing a complaint with our resident mentor, we learned that the water had begun to flow again. Ecstatically, I ran to the sink, turned the faucet and watched the water turn clear to brown.
Visions of gridiron greatness and riveting rivalries might come to mind when imagining heated matchups of college football teams.
As an ASMSU representative, I will not give an excuse for our "lack of responsibility" with the misplacing of software licenses.
An atheist is kicked out of Boy Scouts for professing his beliefs. An Alabama Supreme Court justice erects a 5,200-pound granite shrine to the Ten Commandments in the state courthouse.
I was appalled to read The State News editorial "Bank buster" (SN 11/22), which basically belittled Gov.
What copycats! Pieing of professors has a long history at MSU. In 1979, the "Chefs" began to "hit" (pie) professors.
On Wednesday, I was proud to be a part of an organization that proved it is dedicated to equality and fairness. Without a single vote of dissension, the Residence Halls Association agreed to actively support the campaign for same-sex domestic partner benefits for students.
Imagine sitting in a review session for a test you aren't prepared for while your professor is assailed with mock "cream" pies.
It is sometimes difficult for students' voices to be heard across a college campus, but here at MSU, students have the chance to have theirs broadcast loudly. A newly created minority program on the university's campus radio station WDBM (88.9-FM), the Impact, is a prime example of that. The minority program is set to air once a month as part of Impact's weekly Exposure series.
Last week, ASMSU's Academic Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to urge the governor and the Legislature to keep the promise they made not only to MSU but other universities around the state for zero decreases in appropriations in exchange for increases in tuition no higher than 8.5 percent. To better prepare for the budget cycle, ASMSU has convened a board of students to familiarize themselves with the budget process of the university, the appropriations process at the Capitol and the impact of executive orders on students at MSU. The administration has not only been open, but helpful to the board of students, as they learn the complexities involved in creating a budget for a university the size of MSU.