Opinion
The new tailgating guidelines imposed by the University, which outlaw the use of "games of entertainment" - or more specifically, beer pong - and "implements which encourage excessive alcohol" - beer bongs - have been met with widespread student criticism. First imposed for the Oct. 8 Homecoming game, the guidelines have made quite an impact on student tailgating in the Ryder Center parking lot. Witnessing the atmosphere before a home game in September and before Saturday's game was like night and day, and proved that the guidelines are the most extreme of solutions that could have been used to solve a problem that may not even exist. »
The most devastating natural disaster of the year has displaced millions. The total devastation of the affected areas is still yet unknown, with many bodies unaccounted for. »
The inherent presumption of innocence and the right to due process and a fair trial are all ideals that this country was founded on. However, the fact that a charged individual must be proven guilty amongst his or her peers is taken for granted by many in this country. With Friday's indictment of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, it has become clear that this process is also one that is only truly emphasized when it is convenient to do so. »
With the Michigan economy stuck sputtering in neutral, it's a fair bet many, if not most, of SVSU graduates in the upcoming years will be looking elsewhere in the nation for employment. Michigan colleges and universities continue to spit out college graduates in a manufacturing-geared state, which means that while unemployment after graduation was once consigned only to philosophy majors, the sorry shape of Michigan's economy will leave many more graduates out in the cold looking for work. »
submitted by Marc Bodrie
This is in regards to your article "Cards Crushed" in the Monday, Oct. 17 issue of the Valley Vanguard.
I would like to challenge coach Randy Awrey's opinion that the defense did not play up to his expectations. Where does he come off saying that? His quarterback didn't play well at all. If anything, the blame should be on his offense, not defense. You can't have a defense on the field as long as they were against a team like Grand Valley. »
You will receive little argument from me if you say America's youth is in trouble. Kids barely old enough to tie their shoes are starting to commit crimes and if nothing changes, society will be in for a serious wake up call in the next 10 to 15 years. But while our attention is occupied on the teenagers and kiddies, another group of people is growing disturbingly vicious right under our noses: senior citizens. »
It is fitting that Harriet Miers appeared on the front page of most newspapers in the week leading up to Halloween. Her obtrusive nose, her immense forehead, her tenebrous eyes, and her hematic lips are dreadful. Add a witch's hat and her costume is complete. What was George W. Bush thinking when he nominated Miers to be a Supreme Court Justice? »
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