Opinion
On Monday at a truly heated meeting, the Kochville Township Planning Commission unanimously recommended the approval of the rezoning of land at the southwest corner of Davis and Pierce roads from single-family residential to mixed-use. While the proposal of rezoning still must go through a Saginaw County planning board and get approval from the Kochville Township Board, the Planning Commission's approval was still a huge decision amidst strong resident dissent. But the Board did the right thing, both for its community, and SVSU. »
The Hardball forum with Representative John Stewart was billed as an honest, frank discussion with students about the state of higher education funding in Michigan. Unfortunately, with evasive answers to poor questions highlighting Hardball, the event should have been called "Softball," as it failed to offer little of merit to students in attendance. »
After a week of revisiting the horrors of 9/11, witnessing the apocalyptic scenes of a flooded New Orleans, and seeing an orchestrated suicide bombing campaign in Iraq, it has been difficult to be optimistic about the world. There has been a total focus on everything wrong in society, and little focus on who is trying to make it a better place. »
I'm getting sick of all our country's commercialism. It seems every major sports stadium in the country is named after a billion-dollar company, businesses are sponsoring every event they can get their hands on. It's despicable and wrong. »
submitted by Emily Hammerbacher
I'd like to thank Randy Painter for his interest in the functions of the Student Association in his September 12 commentary titled "SA member additions unnecessary." Although I believe SA's actions are always debatable, I believe Mr. Painter's article presents a misleading picture of a larger story. »
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