Also in Letters to the Editor

• Smoke-free air legislation doesn’t harm businesses

  Updated 06/10/2009 7:21pm

  As a recent graduate of MSU, a current resident of East Lansing and a frequenter of many of East Lansing’s bars and restaurants, I support a comprehensive smoke-free law.

• MSU bike registration policy unfair, needs revamping

  Updated 06/09/2009 7:44pm

  On May 21, I rode my bike to the MSU Veterinary Medical Center. After a long day, I walked outside to discover that someone had stolen my bike! I walked inside the clinic to get the number of the campus police from the receptionist, only to find out that she had seen an MSU truck with numerous bikes on a trailer pass by.

• Pulling out article leaves out critical information about study

  Updated 06/09/2009 7:47pm

  I think the comments at statenews.com about the article Got protection? Study finds pulling out effective (SN 6/8) speak for themselves: The withdrawal method is not newsworthy and students still do not feel that it is an effective form of birth control.

• Assisted suicide should remain private matter for families

  Updated 06/03/2009 9:04pm

  For months I hadn’t thought about 1963; not even one bad dream. But the editorial by Gabrielle Moore, Assisted suicide not real answer (SN 6/1), brought it all back.

• Columnist off mark with assisted suicide comments

  Updated 06/03/2009 7:18pm

  I just wanted to comment on Gabrielle Moore’s column on assisted suicide, Assisted suicide not real answer (SN 6/1).

• Campus fine art show deserving of coverage

  Updated 05/19/2009 7:39pm

  It is 6:15 p.m. I have been working all day at the university and I am tired. I would like to go home to at least eat dinner and relax a bit before I mow the lawn, but I do have to comment on the front page article of Monday’s issue of The State News.

• Stereotypes about military do not apply to all members

  Updated 04/30/2009 7:34pm

  I’m writing in response to a letter written by Bradley Gershel, Obama must bring real change by ending brutal policies of past (SN 4/29). I have never served in the military but many of my closest friends currently are serving in both the Marine Corps and U.S. Army.

• Expensive textbooks should at least be high quality, correct

  Updated 04/30/2009 7:35pm

  I purchased “Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences” by Robert R. Pagano for a psychology statistics class this semester. I was surprised when the price tag read nearly $165 because it was a small book with no interesting pictures and boring black and blue print. When I got the book home and inspected it closer, I noticed a whole chapter near the back of the book was bound upside down!

• Students who live off campus can participate in recycling

  Updated 04/29/2009 6:59pm

  Students moving out of East Lansing’s neighborhoods for the summer are encouraged to participate in the off-campus expansion of MSU’s Pack Up, Pitch In recycling event.

  The event will offer off-campus MSU students with an opportunity to be MSU green while keeping the East Lansing community clean during spring move-out.

• Responsible environment key to safely enjoying alcohol

  Updated 04/29/2009 7:00pm

  In response to Anupama Sridaran’s letter Students need to understand consequences of drinking (SN 4/23), Anupama is correct in stating there is a large percentage of underage drinking on college campuses throughout the United States. Anupama is also correct in stating that in some cases, the use and abuse of alcohol can be a detriment to the studies and career paths of some students.

• Obama must bring real change by ending brutal policies of past

  Updated 04/28/2009 7:36pm

  It has been argued by leading scholars such as Noam Chomsky that our efforts in the War on Terror have made us less safe. American foreign policy as of late has exempted itself from international law while sanctioning those who are deemed as threats, and it is this kind of behavior that fuels the flame that is extremist anti-American sentiment.

• Common arguments against gay marriage need to be dispelled

  Updated 04/27/2009 7:17pm

  Since the 2009 Miss USA pageant, there has been a surge of pundits jumping at the chance to subjugate gays. Due to this egregious attempt to bastardize, and subsequently isolate, the gay community, it is incumbent upon gays to address several topics. Homosexuals in America, eager to quell the Christian radicalism masked as conservatism, need first to perform a self-evaluation.

• Smoking regulations need to be further enforced at MSU

  Updated 04/23/2009 7:33pm

  Before leaving MSU’s main campus for my clinical rotations as a third year medical student, I feel compelled to express an ongoing problem.

• Column about feminism spoke to goals of MSU gender center

  Updated 04/23/2009 7:35pm

  We were delighted to read Kate Jacobson’s column Women’s rights a worldwide issue (SN 4/21). It was an insightful and passionate account of the situation for some Afghani women struggling to stay free of violence in their streets and homes.

  We also appreciated Jacobson’s reflection on the relationship between our rights at home and the rights of women in other countries.

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• Students need to understand consequences of drinking

  Updated 04/22/2009 7:11pm

  More than 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 and 21 drove under the influence of alcohol in 2006. College binge drinking continues to dominate college campuses in the U.S. and claims many lives.

• Trees around campus will be appreciated for years to come

  Updated 04/21/2009 7:23pm

  With trees budding out all around us, I just want to say thank you to the MSU Board of Trustees, President Lou Anna K. Simon and everyone who has had a hand in planting all the trees around campus.

• Agricultural practices that harm animals are unacceptable

  Updated 04/21/2009 7:42pm

  I was happy to see Greg Thon continuing the discussion on animal issues in his letter Learn basics of agriculture before passing judgements (SN 4/17).

• More security needed around library to prevent theft issue

  Updated 04/21/2009 7:28pm

  During the next week we’re going to see a story or two like Laptop stolen in library (SN 4/21) every day, since everyone who’s never in the library will be there studying for finals.