I’m not going to talk about marijuana. I’m going to talk about the cannabis plant, known as a superior medicine since the world’s first medical text, the Pen Ts’ao by Emperor Shen Nung, was written in China 5,000 years ago.
The following is a quiz. Please consider it carefully. Do you find yourself mindlessly channel-changing, looking for some stimulation?
The College of Education’s decision to freeze admissions to the special education visual impairment program is disagreeable and detrimental to the college and the university. Administrators from the college and university have placed a hold on admissions for new students after the recent resignation of Professor Susan Bruce, essentially the program’s leader. The visual impairment specialty includes deaf blind, visual impairment and orientation and mobility education and is only one of two visual impairment programs in the state. There are currently about 30 students involved in the program, who have been assured they will be able to graduate with degrees in special education visual impairment. The National Federation for the Blind is planning to sponsor a rally June 8 in front of the Administration Building to support the program. A $1.5 million grant intended for recruitment was recently awarded to the department, but may be in danger if the program doesn’t have enough students, Bruce said. This is a terrible time to put a hold on admissions.
A couple of weeks ago, in the midst of President Bush’s attempt to push a solution to the energy crisis on the rest of the country, his adviser, Ari Fleisher, made one of the most completely stupid statements I’ve ever been privileged to hear from a supposedly intelligent person.“The president believes that (high-energy consumption) is an American way of life, and that it should be the goal of policymakers to protect the American way of life.
I’m writing in response to the column about young Republicans on campus. I would just like to make a few points about the Republican Party and its members, which Ryan Weltzer brought up (“Writer puzzled by political views of peers,” SN 5/30). I have been a Republican for my whole life, which is undoubtedly influenced by my parents.
Ryan Weltzer’s gentle perplexion at the possibility of conservative thinking amongst his peers may amply demonstrate the answer to the very question he presents (“Writer puzzled by political views of peers,” SN 5/30). It is not surprising in the least that he should be a journalism major, given the admission of his political orientation.
Do you people know what day it is? Sure, you deceptively print the correct date on the top of the front page, but the rest of your paper feels like a time warp.
The Bush administration’s current heralding of an energy crisis is right on target. There is obviously an energy shortage, because, seriously, who would ever fabricate such a crisis for purely political and economic gain?
While it is unfortunate the L.A. Globe nightclub is being forced to shut down because of liquor law violations and numerous police calls, the three owners of the club should try to clean up their establishment and get it back in business. The Lansing City Council voted in March to block renewal of the club’s liquor license.
Have you ever sat and listened to a group of small children talking about their parents? There is always an enormous amount of pride and fervor in their little voices.
The article “Knott pleads guilty to lesser charges” (SN 5/24) has me stunned.
State Sen. David Jaye was booted from office Thursday. I’m glad. But I know a lot of people aren’t.
What is it that makes young people conservative? I’ve had many arguments with young Republicans who have perfectly legitimate political arguments, but I still can’t understand what makes them conservative. Like many young people, I was initially influenced by my parents’ values.
I have often heard about the cops here in East Lansing being corrupt. I have heard so many stories and once it happened to me.
In reading what Shane Singh had to say about a billboard in East Lansing, (“Billboard doesn’t serve and protect” SN 5/23), I could not hold my tongue.
The departure of Vermont Sen. James Jeffords from the Republican Party last Thursday was an accreditation to the American legislative system.
Sen. David Jaye’s actions are deplorable and quite disappointing, but this does not give the Senate adequate grounds for dismissal. Jaye, R-Washington Township, faced charges in a Florida court for domestic abuse against fiancée Sonia Kloss, but the charges were dropped last week.
I do whatever my dead hamster tells me to do. In my junior year of college, I quit a research job and stole a hamster.
Recently I sat watching the lights go dim on one of my favorite restaurants. Being a long-term local I could almost say for nearly nine years it was one of my haunts.
In response to your editorial (“Good Medicine,” SN 5/17), I would like to point out that cannabis has no lethal dose and its pharmacological effects have never caused a single death in more than 5,000 years of recorded history.