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(02/09/10 12:11am)
Thanks to the overwhelming popularity of MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” no man could count how many “Jersey Shore” parties there were on campus last weekend. At the time, I lamented and wondered what our society actually is coming to, but then I put a little more thought into it.
(02/08/10 12:14am)
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:
(02/05/10 12:24am)
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.
(02/04/10 12:18am)
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.
(02/04/10 12:14am)
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.
(02/03/10 12:23am)
George Clooney took a fall off the dock and into the saltwater and one thought ran through my mind as he dried off. What happened to his cell phone? His iPod? His Personal Digital Assistant?
(02/02/10 12:56am)
The political season has seemed continuous since the last election cycle as both parties have appeared to continue campaigning and have left the governing to nobody.
(02/01/10 12:26am)
On Jan. 21, a huge change that likely will affect all of the MSU community, past and present, was announced. Within hours, local and national news outlets ran stories about this potentially game-changing announcement.
(01/29/10 12:17am)
Any MSU student who has not heard or read about the changing of the Spartans helmet logo must have been very busy hiding under a rock somewhere this past week.
(01/28/10 12:52am)
The recently released book “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime” not only has become a New York Times bestseller, but also has been the subject of national discussion.
(01/27/10 12:44am)
I wrote a column in December encouraging students to continue the holiday cheer and spirit throughout the year. And as we’re coming to the bitter end of January, I have to say I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the kindness I’ve been greeted with during the new year. The amount of help I’ve seen students — and others across the nation — offer Haitians after the recent earthquake also is impressive.
(01/26/10 12:21am)
We’ve all heard it as many times as we can count. Frequent tanning is quite possibly the Antichrist for your skin. Whether you are a man or a woman, middle-aged or just entering middle school, your skin will signify how well (or poorly) you treat it when it comes to sun damage.
(01/22/10 12:23am)
More than a week has passed since disaster struck Haiti and its people. International aid has poured in from even some of the poorest countries to provide relief. Extensive coverage of the earthquake’s damage has shown us the true devastation the Haitian people are facing.
(01/21/10 12:34am)
When I turned on the 24-hour news stations during winter break, I expected to hear the usual rabble about violence in the Middle East and low holiday sales, but instead I was shocked to stumble across what the military somehow viewed as a good idea — jailing women who become pregnant on duty in Iraq.
(01/20/10 12:09am)
There were times even in the summer when I heard whispers that the local restaurant Brother’s Grill might be closing its doors. But when the doors to the restaurant closed last week, it became clear to me that yet another independently owned business went down.
This closure of Brother’s, 403 E. Grand River Ave., might not be permanent. There is yet to be official word it is gone for good, but this is just another case of how important it is to support local businesses.
(01/19/10 12:57am)
There is a 14th century parable about a well-respected blind philosopher whose reputation was “accidentally” tarnished by a mistake that he did not “see” coming. The philosopher was diagnosed with an illness that caused him to lose his sight over time. The doctors even informed him that if he were to go outside during the day, the light would worsen his already inhibited sight. The philosopher did not realize how severe this problem was, and one day figured that his sight had improved and he went for a walk.
(01/15/10 12:20am)
For those of you who pick up on it, forgive me my blatant hypocrisy in this column. Maybe it’s my general life-skepticism, my hyper critical view of the world, or my pure and genuine disdain for the current state of our society as a function of the marriage of individual delinquency and group complacency, but my reading of opinion columns seems to be highlighting, in small doses, what tends to be wrong with people these days.
(01/14/10 12:34am)
Once again an election is around the corner, and this time Michigan will be choosing a new person to lead the state. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has been a failure regardless of what anyone may tell you, be it her fault or not. Now citizens of Michigan will throw a dart and select a new person to fail in the highest seat of government in the state. The field of candidates for governor is even more pitiful than that of the 2008 presidential election in that there is no actual leader.
(01/13/10 12:35am)
As we’re now roughly past the first two weeks of 2010, New Year’s resolutions are in full force. Gyms are packed, cigarettes are being put out and money is being saved.
(01/12/10 2:27am)
New Year’s Eve always is more exciting when a somewhat significant change in numbering occurs. As we left behind yet another decade, we were instantly handed another pressing question: how to pronounce years during this decade.