The Tuition Guarantee is dead. It’s been dead. Somebody please bury it so we can move on to better things. In the face of the dismal state budget forecast released Tuesday, it is unlikely MSU will receive a preferred level of funding from Michigan lawmakers.
It was disappointing to read the editorial “Shorter retorts” (SN 1/16) on the Lansing City Council’s decision to take away three minutes of speaking time from the public.
I was recently made aware that parking in one of the parking decks on campus between 2 and 6 a.m. is an offense.
While the church is not at all obligated to host the play and they do not “support homosexuality,” I do agree with The State News in that shutting down the play makes the church appear intolerant (“Bad Break,” SN 1/9). In reality, if a play with homosexuality cannot be performed in this church, then neither should one with divorce, theft, murder, sexual immorality, eating rabbits or pigs, or wearing clothing woven of two different kinds of materials. Truthfully, we are all sinners and fall short of the glory of God.
It’s agitating that a major university can’t do a better job managing class scheduling and show more respect to its students who enroll in them. More than 350 spring semester classes were canceled by university officials, and many sections within departments have been combined.
Restricting the hours off-campus students have access to computer labs will create a variety of inconveniences. Beginning this semester, computer labs are no longer being monitored by lab assistants.
I waited for weeks for the premiere of the new CBS drama, “First Monday,” starring James Garner.
Anyone who knows me could tell you that I’m not a sports fan. Actually, anyone who sees me could tell you that.
I read Alison Barker’s article, “Students find hope in aid” (SN 1/14). Like Mike Skamiera, I was a low-income and first-generation college student.
Whoever said that the church was right in not allowing the play to go on as planned must be pretty strict Christians (“Play seeks a home,” SN 1/8). What are you afraid of?
So let it be said. I need help. I’m not a good columnist. Well, I don’t exactly mean I’m not good.
T.J. Duckett should be thinking about his long term future, not the quick money he might get from an NFL contract (“T.J.
No matter what evidence is cited, creationists will never believe in evolution. They believe that all humans on earth have come from just two people who managed to avoid the genetic defects of inbreeding.
The public’s right in a democracy is the ability to speak its opinions to its elected officials.
The new Student Support Division at the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety sounds as if it has the potential to be a positive bridge in the relationship between police and students. But we fear the new division may end up being nothing more than lip service - another wedge in the relationships among members of the MSU community.
As an alumna of East Lansing High School, I completely support the students’ protest against the ban on school travel (“High school students protest ban on out-of-state trips,” SN1/10). They have taken a bold action to protest for something they believe in, and it can only mean that they are going to be strong and determined individuals who are passionate.
This letter is in response to David Stone’s rant about teaching children creationism (“Children should learn creationism,” SN 1/15).Take a look at the First Amendment.
There’s no need to reiterate the distressing and heart-wrenching feelings that consumed the nation on and after the Sept.
T.J. Duckett made a terrible decision to enter the NFL. The guy is too slow for NFL linebackers, who are every bit as strong as he is.
As a land-grant institution, MSU should do all it can to make itself accessible to students of all economic backgrounds. A study released last week by the Lumina Foundation for Education said that four-year public colleges in 45 states, Michigan included, are not affordable to low-income students without financial aid. Even after utilizing all the financial-aid options available, many students still cannot afford to attend college, but one of the founding principles of a land-grant university is to provide education to the everyday man.