Every fairly large college town is basically the same – the bars, the student ghetto, the unusually high amount of coffee shops, the street.East Lansing and Columbus, Ohio, home of The Ohio State University, are two examples.
I’d like to comment on the official justifications of an undercover police officer investigating a student activist group last spring. One justification offered for this action was that group members participated in violent protests against the World Trade Organization, World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
This letter is in response to “Alcohol can cause many nasty side effects” (SN 4/2). In his column, Craig Gunn has described a utopian society, which by its nature and the laws of thermodynamics (order-producing systems produce disorder), is inherently flawed.
Your editorial “Cell phone legislation completely unnecessary” (SN 3/26) addresses the hazards of cell phone use while driving.
A new law requiring doctors to report the names of domestic abusers is not a good idea. The law requires doctors to report the names, if known, of abusers or face misdemeanor charges.
A lot of blacks lived in my suburban Detroit area, and I interacted with them all the time. They were like everyone else - and they were part of my culture.
Legislation proposed in the state House that would require sprinkler systems to be installed in residence halls should be passed. State Rep.
So far in my life I’ve had two major disappointments. The first came when publishers rejected a pop-up book for children I had created called “Watch your eyes!” The second came this past weekend. Having spent a year out of MSU with my degree, I was hoping to see our Spartans win another NCAA Championship.
Everyone enjoys laughter.It boosts self-esteem, and gives you the feeling people are listening to what you say.
The university’s motivation to cut men’s varsity sports to comply with Title IX is understandable, but it should look into other ways of encouraging gender diversity in athletics without having to cut programs.MSU Athletics Director Clarence Underwood announced in April 2000 that the men’s gymnastics team would be cut as a varsity sport because of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
The graduate teaching assistants will soon be voting on unionization and naturally there are the pros and cons for unionization.
Relationships fail. They fall apart about as swiftly as your most recent attempt to attend all your classes, eat your veggies and lay off the Coors Light.
I’ll have to agree with Lance Brinks (“Diversity not a hockey issue,” SN 4/5). The idea that hockey is somehow racist is absurd.
This is in response to “Alcohol can cause many nasty side effects” (SN 4/2) by Craig Gunn.
There was once a great discussion. It was in the newsrooms and around the dinner table. In the classroom and at the bar.
As a student here at MSU I frequently walk to class, work and around Grand River Avenue - just like a majority of the other students here on campus. More than once I have witnessed a few close calls between people who are walking and people who are driving.
Thank you so very much for informing me I am a bigot because I enjoy hockey. I never realized that black people are not welcome in the sport.
As a student activist at Yale University, I was tremendously disturbed to read Jeremy W. Steele’s article about police infiltration of the MSU affiliate of United Students Against Sweatshops (“Activist group exposes undercover officer,” SN 4/3). While police infiltration of student and other dissident groups has a long history in the United States, that infiltration has often ended in tragedy.
At the end of this column is a short byline explaining that, if you want to write to me, you can do so at kundiris@msu.edu. I’ve been writing this for a year, and in the process I’ve received close to 200 letters.