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Owen Tosh said it best in this week's article on the wireless network at SVSU: it's like Frankenstein's monster. Cobbled together over a period of experimentation and expansion, the troubled system begs for a cohesive and comprehensive upgrade. As students, we'd rather pay for an expensive system that works than an expensive system that doesn't work. »
I have read Patrick Konesko's article in the March 17 edition entitled "Speech rights endangered." I found his article to be excellent; it showed wisdom and common sense. »
Regarding "Universal health plans are unfair" (March 10). I respond as a RN, SVSU student (MSN), and citizen. The author's overall message was that it is to his benefit (and society's) not to provide healthcare to all citizens. »
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) - whose self-described mission is to "defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities" - evaluated SVSU's current policy on discrimination and harassment, giving it their "red light" rating reserved for policies that "clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech." FIRE's bone of contention concerns the prohibition of "degrading comments or jokes" about race and gender, but also about age, height, and weight. FIRE Director of Legal and Public Advocacy Samantha Harris asks rhetorically: »
JuicyCampus.com is a controversial Web site that has been making the rounds in national and university newspaper headlines recently. The site, which posts rumors of college students and professors for all to see, has drawn the scorn of many student governments, faculty associations, as well as the media itself. »
I remember thinking in high school how unfair it was for teachers to ban food and drinks from the classroom (as if they weren't busy enough preventing other dastardly deeds such as wearing a hat in school or the use of red ink pens). »
