Kyle Olson was right when he raised the question, “How can SN support affirmative action?” (SN 11/28). Do you expect us to take The State News’ condemnation of racism seriously when it fully supports state-sponsored racism in the form of affirmative action? Every day, whites, Arabs and Asians are discriminated against when applying to enter a university or even for a job.
There is a serious problem on this campus - close-mindedness. As a spokesperson for the group of students involved the Meridian Mall discrimination case, I do not understand how others can judge our group as loiterers, martyrs, opportunists or any other degrading word claiming that we were causing a disturbance or were disrespectful. This story was definitely front page news.
I must say, I have read some ridiculous letters to The State News lately, but I think Andy Bledsoe’s takes the cake (“Discrimination affects whites too,” SN 11/30). I was amazed at the blatant lack of understanding Bledsoe displayed of the issues he chose to rant about in his letter. First, he does not seem to understand the difference between racism and discrimination.
I think voting is worthless. Hang with me here a second - I can back this up. But with a 2 percent voter turnout on campus in the recent election for city council, I don’t think I have to back anything up.
Nov. 20’s resignation of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly representative for the College of Communication Arts and Sciences left more questions than answers.Monica Leslie’s departure from the assembly leaves one less hardworking member to represent MSU students.
The budget cuts caused by the $500 million shortfall in the state budget hurt many beneficial programs, including 19 health care clinics around the state that lost about 75 percent of their funding - a sacrifice that should not have been made.These clinics, which include 14 on school grounds, supply health care to already underserved areas.A 200-person rally outside the state Capitol on Wednesday had parents, students and legislators demanding Gov.
For the past two weeks I have been confused by the ongoing series of letters to this page. Writer after writer has decried the settlement between MSU students and the Deb Shop at Meridian Mall.
I am writing in response to the neglect of The State News to acknowledge Ramadan this year. I opened my paper Nov.
The university could do students a great service by pushing back the due date for tuition bills.A month before classes begin for the spring semester, students have already received their tuition bills and are expected to pay up, one of the earliest billing cycles in the Big Ten.At other schools such as The Ohio State University or Purdue University, students are not expected to pay until about Jan.
The U.S. Supreme Court should cast aside Congress’ latest attempt to prohibit the posting of explicit material on the Internet as an ineffectual attempt to perform a task that should belong to parents.Justice Department attorneys argue it’s futile to try and keep children off of particular sites on the Internet, with Web navigation as easy or easier than changing the channel on a television.The court is expected to rule next year on whether Congress overstepped the Constitution with a 1998 law meant to curb children’s access to Internet pornography.But just like the protections in place to keep children from accessing pornography on cable TV or to block out particular programming, parents do have access to software to help police their child’s time on the Internet.The use of Internet filters by parents, schools and libraries is a more effective way to keep kids from accessing porn sites - and protects First Amendment rights online.Protecting children from illicit material should be, above all, a parenting issue.
With all the recent tragedy in the United States it is hard to believe members of the Legislature are focusing their efforts on punishing minors and students like us for underage drinking.
For a while now, I have felt vaguely threatened by Oprah Winfrey, and only recently have I realized why.
You know what? I could be a rich man by now. If I knew all the times I’ve been thrown out of stores I could get $1,000, I would cause a ruckus in every store I went to. I know that is a harsh exaggeration, but I have a point. I have lived in East Lansing for about 17 years.
I have been exceedingly disappointed in the coverage of racism and race relations in The State News as of late.
He may be best known for his bombastic style and famous clients, but attorney Geoffrey Fieger proved he has a caring side, too.Tuesday, the MSU-Detroit College of Law announced Fieger, a 1979 DCL graduate, is donating $4 million to give the school the nation’s first trial practice institute for law students.Participants in the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute will have the opportunity to gain experiences through high-tech trial courtrooms, clinics and simulations.The institute is a two-year program designed in collaboration with practicing trial lawyers and judges, giving law students special real-world experience and other lessons to help them be more successful in the courtroom.Fieger’s donation will also help support an annual lecture series that showcases nationally known trial lawyers.
Gretchen Whitmer is one of the hardest working legislators in the House of Representatives. While she and I do not agree on everything, in the Legislature or on the football field, we were a part of a concerted effort by university administrators, student advocacy groups and legislators throughout the state to repeal the tuition tax credit. Contrary to allegations of partisanship on Whitmer’s part, this was a bipartisan effort to do away with an underutilized program and put dollars back in the pockets of students - a bipartisan effort that failed by one vote. Not only is it not partisanship to point out the measure failed by one vote - it is important for the community to know it failed by the vote of a tardy local representative, Paul DeWeese, who is now running to represent much of the impacted constituency in the state Senate. Rep.
I found the editorial “Colorless” (SN 11/27) very ironic, bringing light to the fact that the ethnicity of the Council of Racial Ethnic Students and the Council of Progressive Students liaison is irrelevant.
Am I the only one who thinks there was a huge overreaction by The State News regarding the African American students who were kicked out of the Meridian Mall? I certainly hope not.
Kudos to MSU President M. Peter McPherson for his involvement in the call for border security talks between the United States and Canada. A letter signed by 21 U.S.
It was a little scary on Tuesday morning as I prepared to come to campus. I usually watch “Today” on NBC - one eye on the TV and the other trying to see how badly I have put myself together. In the middle of this fashion disaster, I watched two interesting events unfold.