The party is over: Two valuable MSA reps. go independent
The Sept. 3 Michigan Student Assembly meeting featured a significant political realignment. Engineering Rep. David Burden of the Students' Party and LSA Rep. Andy Schor of the Wolverine Party decided to drop their party affiliations. Their announcements allow for a new MSA political culture - a less partisan assembly that is more responsive to its constituents.
Roads to ruin: State should increase gasoline tax
Michigan roads and highways are in trouble. Between the post-World War II era and the early 1960s, Michigan drivers insisted on alternatives to main roads, to alleviate congestion. The state responded by building new roads. However, it built them quickly, with little regard for their endurance. The state needs an immediate and widespread program to repair its roads and bridges. The best way to fund the project is to increase the state gasoline tax eight to 10 cents per gallon over the next several years.
Remember third parties in November
Every four years something amazing happens in the United States. It all starts with the fact that our nation's leadership is peacefully exchanged in a free election - an exchange such as that is almost unheard of in the majority of the countries in the world.
Daily ignores benefits of early rush
It seems strange that every year the editors of the Daily take time from their schedule to deride the largest voluntary student organization at the University.
The target is the Greek community in general and first-year student rush in particular.
Viewer-friendly sports from your own living room couch
This campus is way too obsessed with sports. Not that I have anything against them. Being in shape is cool. Team spirit, I've heard, is invaluable in fostering the cooperative skills needed to become a successful office politician. I wouldn't know because I swore off team sports after getting nailed in the face with a softball in seventh grade. It wasn't the end of a promising career, anyway; I was a third-string right fielder who never made it to first base.
09-12-96