This is an open letter of disgust to all members of the MSU Students for Life organization. What in the world did you hope to achieve with your disgusting photos outside of Wells Hall?
I know, “Not another 9-11 article.” For those who feel that way I apologize, but when I took a look around me for some ideas, I was surrounded by headlines reading anthrax reports, “America strikes back” and the latest clues leading to the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terror network. But the terrorist attacks have been covered in papers across the country over and over again.
The truth is ugly, but the reality of abortion is important for people to realize. The displays near Wells Hall showed the gruesome truth of abortion in a way that words cannot easily reveal.
In response to Jason Munford’s letter (“Parade wrong place for pro-life group,” SN 10/19) I would like to say that Students for Life is a registered student organization at MSU.
If the goal was to spark discussion and surprise, the supposed “genocide pictures” posted around Wells Hall on Monday and Tuesday certainly accomplished their task. MSU Students for Life and the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform organized “The Genocide Awareness Project,” a photo exhibit of aborted fetuses alongside historical examples of genocide, including victims of the Holocaust and Rwandan and Cambodian massacres. The Wells Hall courtyard is known for startling displays and protests, and the last couple of days have proved to be no exception. But this was not the best way to make a point.
After leaving Wells Hall for one of my classes I was astounded by very explicit images. All around me were signs declaring “Genocide Pictures Ahead” and not knowing what was going on I moved closer to the display.
The Juice is loose - and this time it’s absurd. O.J. Simpson is in court again, as the sole defense witness for himself against charges of auto burglary and battery charges. In his testimony in a Florida courtroom Tuesday, Simpson asserted, among other things, that he never had to lie with his life depending on it, and that he had never been accused of being an actor - a comment that produced laughter throughout the courtroom. Facing up to 16 years in prison if convicted, Simpson answered a series of questions in cross-examination, some of which were barred as Prosecutor Abbe Rifkin began treading the line on items relating to his ex-wife, and the criminal trial in which he was accused of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. During normal times this news might make more prominent headlines, although it really shouldn’t.
I agree with Jason Munford (“Parade wrong place for pro-life group,” SN 10/18) that the Homecoming parade was a “family event” that “should yield family content.” That is precisely why MSU Students for Life decided to participate when invited.
With all that has happened in the last month and the events that continue to escalate hour by hour, I began to listen closer to things that perhaps never captured my attention before. I have started to focus on the diatribes that go on with characters who have the power to influence large numbers of fairly ignorant and uninformed people.
As an MSU student studying in Germany, I am observing from afar countless challenges to the security and well-being of the American public.
I am a graduate student in psychology and a member of the Graduate Employees Union. I joined because I have taught many courses at MSU and realize teaching assistants are fundamental to the university and its mission to educate undergraduates.
I was disappointed to read some of the comments from Rep. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, in your article of Oct.
It was only a month ago that the Rev. Jerry Falwell uttered some of the most irresponsible words about the cause of the Sept.
So there were all these people with disgusting pictures standing in front of Wells Hall on Monday. Give me the Wells Hall preachers any day.
Last week when I questioned the wisdom of our military strategy, a lot of readers found it downright amusing.
As University of Michigan President Lee Bollinger’s departure to become Columbia University’s president looms, the Board of Regents is beginning the process to find his successor.We hope the regents learned their lesson from the presidential search that produced Bollinger, as well as the more controversial episode here that brought President M.
There is not expected to be good news for the financially minded today. State economists are meeting to examine Michigan’s fiscal future.Three state agencies will be participating in a revenue-estimating conference to discuss the state’s economic shortcomings and what may be done to combat them.The situation is better than the early 1980s.
Thanks to the members of the state House Appropriations Committee who kept their watches running Thursday.The committee voted 18-11 to revive the repeal of the tuition tax credit, which appeared to die two days earlier in subcommittee.
Smashed. Bombed. Wasted. Blown out. They all mean pretty much the same thing - drunk. College campuses look similar on weekends.
I have noticed people espousing that criticism of our government is inappropriate due to the events of Sept.11 and most recently in a letter that criticized Native American groups for protesting Columbus Day (“U.S.