Peters campaign deceitful

Pamela Gates needs to be fired. Gates is the interim dean at Central Michigan University that was caught on video tape assaulting a student, and since my last column regarding the incident, the story has gone national. »

SVSU should revisit CampusAlert

The severe weather that hit Mid-Michigan in the middle of the month had me worried for my safety. It's not that I don't trust the safety measures that SVSU has in place, but I'm not sure if the measures are properly executed when needed. »

Smoking policy fair, if imperfect

SVSU's new smoking policy is closer to what seems to be the trend in public legislation, which is simply the complete prohibition of smoking in the public sphere. Smokers are now relegated to the parking lots, which addresses the common complaint of walking through a "cloud" of smoke to get to or leave class. Yet, the policy is balanced and carefully crafted, if necessarily imperfect. »

Vote "yes" on Bay County library millage

submitted by Nicholas Madaj

Since some of the readers of the Valley Vanguard are residents of Bay County, I encourage these readers to vote "yes" on the Bay County Library System millage request on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. »

Standardized testing a way around grade inflation

To call America's educational system dysfunctional would be an extreme understatement. But to say that it doesn't do its job would be an oversimplification of an incredibly complex problem - are America's secondary and post-secondary institutions simply not doing anything? »

New entertainment avenues deserve look

The fallout of the Plain White T's concert will be seen as some as a major hiccup in the operation of Program Board. However, I think this could be a turning point in how this campus organization works to bring entertainment to SVSU students. »