Matt Treadwell remarked that “the book known as the Bible... is not exempt from human error.” (“Biblical message found beyond wording,” SN 1/30) While I agree that sometimes mistakes are made in copying or translation, reading from a modern Torah scroll (the five books of Moses) in Hebrew is identical to reading from the Dead Sea Scrolls, even though there is a “publishing” gap of 2,000 years.
Recently The State News printed an article that placed MSU at the top of the alcohol arrest list (“‘U’ tops U.S.
The focus of President Bush’s first State of the Union address Tuesday night was not only appropriate, but necessary. Bush spoke of his vision for the war on terrorism beyond Afghanistan to a dozen countries that he said harbor terrorists and “an axis of evil” of three more that seek weapons of mass destruction.
State and the local governments must work together if there is going to be any type of growth within Michigan cities.
This is in response to the editorial “Smoke Free” (SN, 1/ 29). The State News’ commentary suggests that students who wish to live in a smoke-free environment should have a right to do so.
I hate columns about abortion - along with brochures, pamphlets, speeches and signs - for two reasons.
Reading Rishi Kundi’s article about a haircut experience made me realize something about myself ( “Haircut experience brings fears of balding,”, SN 1/24). I am proud to be bald.
The State News should seriously think about eliminating its lame, tasteless and ill-informed editorial cartoonist.
State addresses and annual reports should highlight the good and bad of any community. But all too often, the bad is buried underneath the good.
Even though I am not living in the dorms next year, I want to thank the Residence Halls Association for banning smoking in more residence halls for next fall (“RHA grants halls smoke-free status,” SN 1/28). I think RHA should consider making all dorms nonsmoking sometime in the near future.
I was elated to see that finally the university would be replacing athletics director Clarence Underwood (‘U’ wants Mason for A.D.,” SN 1/28). Since 1999, Spartan athletics have been supervised by this man who has been quoted as saying the only reason women play sports is for college scholarships.
We just wanted to take a second to express our disappointment in our Wolverine neighbors to the southeast. It’s seems our friends are having trouble accepting the fact that their poor excuse for a basketball team may lose its eighth straight meeting with the Spartans tonight at Breslin Center.
Numbers don’t mean much. Especially when they appear in a list without any type of context. The U.S.
While reading an Associated Press news story Monday, I learned a popular version of the Bible is being revised to include gender-neutral wording.
Anyone with an e-mail address knows the annoyance of receiving unsolicited advertisements every day, and any effort to lessen the frustration of junk e-mail is welcome. Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm is initiating a fight against the intrusive marketing.
Jan. 22’s article (“Byrum discusses election reform with student Dems,” SN 1/22) quoted a student referring to last year’s elections where “students were disenfranchised,” and urging “changes and reforms so that what happened to me wouldn’t happen to anyone else.” The rest of the article detailed state Sen.
I am writing in response to your editorial “A step backward” (SN, 1/24), and would like to address misconceptions in the editorial.
It’s hard for people like me not to be skeptical of the new Student Support Division created by the MSU police.
Despite opinion claims, the Residence Halls Association could not take that claimed step back by “scrapping StateWalk” at its last meeting (“A step backward,” SN 1/24). As key interpreters of the RHA constitution, only the policy committee can initiate a removal of StateWalk, so reading that StateWalk was on the chopping block was quite the surprise to me.
In life there are those who smoke and those who don’t. Members of each group should feel comfortable residing in their designated areas. The Housing Options Committee approved measures last semester to give students living on campus the choice to live in smoke-free environments. Next fall, all rooms in South Hubbard and East Shaw halls with be designated smoke-free environments.