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Protests need clarity, credibility to be effective

Published 02/08      4 comments

It is the students’ right to protest, but in order for such protests to be successful, they need to have an organized stance. Different concerns shouldn’t be downplayed, but they can’t be promoted all at once in a cacophony of hoots and hollers. Read more »

Responsible funding needed to restore promise

Published 02/07      8 comments

Promises aren’t made to be broken, and Gov. Jennifer Granholm apparently would like to make sure the Michigan Promise Scholarship doesn’t go down in history as one of her broken guarantees. Read more »

Editorial board admits errors in recent census piece

Published 02/04      13 comments

Like many MSU students, we forgot to do our homework yesterday. In yesterday’s editorial concerning the 2010 U.S. Census, Students should complete census thoughtfully (SN 2/4), we put forth an uninformed opinion based on faulty assumptions and information. Read more »

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Memorial Day musings

As bad as it sounds, I’ve never really thought about the basic nature of Memorial Day. Like many others, I’ve always simply seen it as a day off work (or not, as the case is when you work at The State News).

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TV shows portray societal extremes

The television does not determine our value as a society. There are plenty of trends and shifts in entertainment, and these do not represent societal changes. Read more »

Gender roles should not be so inflexible

A famous quote from author Nancy R. Smith has made its way around the world, allowing people to explore the gender roles that society has embedded into our everyday lifestyles and thoughts: Read more »

GM, Ford stalling despite good sales

Like many other Michigan residents, I know or am related to a lot of people who are a part of the struggling automotive industry. So, like many other Michigan residents, I was excited when I heard that the two leading American automakers — Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. — had increased their sales in the month of January, compared to the same month a year earlier. Read more »

Thieleman's criticism of president unjustified

I guess it’s a good thing that Eric Thieleman is indifferent to torture, because getting through his most recent column was just that. It was so bloated with generic political invective I could have sworn that it was pieced together from crumpled up pieces of paper from Glenn Beck’s wastebasket. Read more »

Rekindle romance this Valentine's Day

As we near what easily could be considered the most polarizing of holidays, that which takes center stage in most of our minds does so with increasingly less clout. If romance is not lost, it is losing its way. If romance is not dead, it is slowly dying. Read more »

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Ignorance prevalent in both praising, panning of Obama

Tibergien and Thieleman serve as a shining example to the lack of knowledge between those on both sides of the aisle. Shape up, America. Get informed or stay home. Read more »

Help fight negative body image, eating disorders

Someone once told me to never tell yourself something you would not say to another person. Basically, “treat yourself the way you would want to be treated.” I do not believe many people would tell another person they are fat, so why would one say that to themselves? Read more »

MSU can't afford to continue burning coal

The editorial “Moving beyond coal good idea, too costly” (SN 2/3) raises a very important point. We must consider the true cost of burning coal to Spartans and the state of Michigan. Moving away from coal is not only something that is good for the environment and public health, it’s something that we have to start doing right now for our pocketbooks as well. Read more »

Editorial position flawed, disregards policy guidelines

We would like to clarify some of the facts about the rules and guidelines regarding the 2010 U.S. Census that were inaccurately conveyed in your editorial Students should complete census thoughtfully (SN 2/4). Read more »

Thieleman's criticism of president unjustified

I guess it’s a good thing that Eric Thieleman is indifferent to torture, because getting through his most recent column was just that. It was so bloated with generic political invective I could have sworn that it was pieced together from crumpled up pieces of paper from Glenn Beck’s wastebasket. Read more »

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Gov. Jennifer Granholm delivers the State of the State address Wednesday evening at the Capitol.

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