Sections Options Links InteractiveThere was a small article in Time Magazine recently about two Rocky Mountain towns (Denver and Hailey, Idaho) that voted to make investigation, citation and arrest of criminals caught with marijuana the lowest priority of local law enforcement. Hailey voters even endorsed usage of the plant for medical use and industrial hemp production.
This is the article that I have waited two weeks for. After over a month after the event has ended, Mr. Pulliam continues to play up the subject of students being "excluded" from a SAC event. The ghost hunter lecture given by Chris Moon on Oct. 9 continues to be held as an enormous controversy in the eyes of Pulliam.
SAC is NOT excluding anyone from these activities because everyone is always welcome at SAC meetings. These SAC exclusives are a way for those who do participate in SAC and work their hardest to put these events together for the student body to receive a small token of appreciation.
Diversity is a major issue in this area and more specifically, on this campus. It has been for quite some time and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. The administration has made it a point to strive for more diversity, especially in regard to incoming students.
Following the coverage of the Bear Paw publicity stunt, I was disappointed by remarks made by Eberhard and his followers. It's clear from their remarks that they don't understand campus policies or understand how to build a movement. To deflect criticism from Greenwood parents, Eberhard claims that the campus shouldn't have built the Bear Paw in its present location, as if President Marshall Gordon could have predicted how unborn students would use campus facilities.
Football football football! It seems every time I open The Standard I'm reading yet another comment about how bad our turnout at a game was, and how we students should be ashamed of ourselves for not being a part of this football frenzy. In fact, many of these comments come close to outright stating that only someone who attends a football game can be considered a true MSU student; the rest of us are simply cretins, daring to be interested in something else and giving it our attention.
Mr. Garretson, you sir, are a fool. Your recent column, in which you blatantly insult the sport of football, is absolutely absurd. You point out that most of your "encounters with ball players usually end with the threat of physical harm." You blame it on your face, I believe that it is more your insufferable attitude.
In regards, to Garretson's article, "Sports offer minimal entertainment, useless" I must say that when reading your article, which I must admit I usually enjoy, at 8 a.m. this morning I was filled with a certain feeling, let's call it anger followed by indifference.
Hey Ben Johnson, have you ever heard of something called a job? Apparently not according to your open letter to the editor. Did you know that a lot of college students have to work on the weekends because of our weekly classes? Well you must not know that either because your letter is an insult to everyone who has a job during the school semester.
Let me preface this by saying that I love football. On Sunday afternoons you will find me not at the mall, like many girls, but in front of the TV watching the Chiefs take on whoever they play that week. In fact, I love almost all sports. That said, I hope that readers realize that I am not trying to bash or downplay sports in any way here.