Outsourcing TAs hinders learning
I can’t begin to imagine being on the same intellectual page as a teaching assistant who doesn’t attend class, has never stepped foot on campus and lives 8,000 miles away.
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I can’t begin to imagine being on the same intellectual page as a teaching assistant who doesn’t attend class, has never stepped foot on campus and lives 8,000 miles away.
In my daily trolling of the Internet, I often stumble upon some outrageous stories. However, a story posted on CNN.com really took the cake for me this time around.
The iPad is one of the coolest things I’ve looked at and played with in the past couple of years. The new Apple gadget is so much fun to toy with, it makes me want to run out and buy one. But the iPad has to be one of the most useless new pieces of technology in a long time.
As I approach the final month of my undergraduate career at MSU, like so many others, I am reminded of the things since my freshman year. The experiences I have gone through will no doubt impact the rest of my life — whether positive or negative.
My brother is a United States Marine. I remember the first day we found out he joined. I remember the look on my mother’s face. I remember the tears we cried when we saw him graduate from boot camp. I remember the anxiety when I found out he was going to Afghanistan. He is a proud soldier, and although I’ve had my reservations about watching him go, I am proud of him too.
My hometown of Adrian, Mich., finally gained national attention this week, thrust onto the prominent stage of fame and fortune. But it was only because of a group of militia extremists plotting to build bombs and kill police officers.
It’s that time of year again: the weather’s getting warmer, the days are getting longer and this weekend will be host to one of the year’s most exciting celebrations.
Being a “green” university is a reputation on which MSU can pride itself. However, keeping tabs on the more than 40,000 students on campus isn’t an easy thing to do, and new steps toward being more environmentally friendly must be done in increments.
If you’ve been following the Detroit Public Schools, or DPS, you’re probably familiar with this story: DPS is a completely dysfunctional school system, run by a corrupt school board whose bungling has ruined the district’s finances and completely failed its students.
Taxing tanning salons because they cause cancer. Maybe the legislators are on to something.
Google’s companywide motto of “Don’t be evil” sounds a bit ironic considering the company’s business in China. But recent days have shown the company is willing to stand by its words.
There was a story that I once heard when I was younger that was titled “Annie’s Apples.” It was the story of how a little girl named Annie was picking apples with her grandmother one fall day and Annie began to notice how her grandmother had a bucket full of red apples and her bucket was full of green apples.
President Barack Obama has succeeded in a cause that many presidents have attempted to tackle since former President Theodore Roosevelt. Many presidents said it would be a great thing for the country to pursue.
Before you dive into my column and think, ‘Oh great, just another vegan preaching to me about how demonic it is to eat an egg for breakfast,’ I’ll be clear from the get-go: I like meat. I like meat just as much as the next red-blooded American.
Many things have been said about the decreasing value of an undergraduate college degree.
It’s not always easy being green.
Ring, ring, you have officially been dumped by someone else who was paid to do it.
It might be too late to reach many students with this message. St. Patrick’s Day is Wednesday, and it is, without a doubt, one of the biggest drinking days seen on a college campus. Many students start their binges Tuesday night. Others begin before the sun even rises on Wednesday morning.
The saying goes that war is hell.
According to a recent report released by the Department of Homeland Security’s, or DHS, Office of Inspector General, between 2006 and 2008 the department lost 289 weapons in the line of duty. No amount of language can demonstrate the actual gravity of this properly enough, so I will just state it as plainly as possible: DHS agents literally lost and forgot their weapons.