COMMENTARY
Life lessons prove its wise to leave opinions open to change, growth
So let it be said. I need help. I’m not a good columnist. Well, I don’t exactly mean I’m not good.
So let it be said. I need help. I’m not a good columnist. Well, I don’t exactly mean I’m not good.
Here lies the 53-game home winning streak of the MSU men’s basketball team at Breslin Center. Thanks for the memories - Nov.
Have you ever seen that episode of “The Simpsons” in which Homer Simpson and a group of townspeople, after searching for buried treasure, are sitting at the bottom of a large hole in the ground, pondering how they will escape?
Staying in Seattle with friends during the semester break, I had the opportunity to watch the movie “Get Real.” This British film is an exquisite portrayal of the struggles of Steven Carter, a closeted gay teen in his senior year of high school.
New Year’s Eve is the second most popular day to propose. That is why I was not too surprised when one of my best friends called me to tell me her boyfriend proposed to her.
As much as I would like to write one of my typical columns in which I quote political leaders and shove facts and statistics down your throat to prove my point, I think I’m going to lay off this week.
Everyone on campus had a few more choices when they went out to pick up a newspaper this morning. With the start of the new semester, the Lansing State Journal and USA Today began distributing copies of their newspapers as part of the MSU Readership Program, which already includes The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
My watch read two minutes to midnight when I turned my attention to the TV and anticipated the coming of a new year.
It’s this time of year that reminds me just how old of a 21-year-old I am. Graduation. I guess it’s been happening slowly for the past three years - I’ve been creeping up the seniority ladder as my elders at The State News have vanished off into the real world.
While driving around the rainy streets of Detroit a few weeks ago with one of my best friends, I learned something new: Kid Rock makes punk rock.
Obviously you might have thought this opinion piece was going to be a guided tour of all the things you should or should not do when it comes to preparing for those evil days of the semester - finals.
Editor’s Note: Mary’s been an emotional mess lately, and as she is graduating, begged for a goodbye column.
I was somewhere in the third hour of my LSAT when the words began to lose focus. They began to dance around, disappearing into the page only to pop up again in other places.
Usually, I don’t get too caught up in the spirit of holidays. Sure, I enjoy the time off from school and celebration associated with holidays, but I tend to get sick of the commotion and commercialization obscuring the true meaning of holidays.
As I begin my last column of the year, I’d like to thank everyone for reading and wish you all a happy holiday season.
I think voting is worthless. Hang with me here a second - I can back this up. But with a 2 percent voter turnout on campus in the recent election for city council, I don’t think I have to back anything up.
For a while now, I have felt vaguely threatened by Oprah Winfrey, and only recently have I realized why.
It was a little scary on Tuesday morning as I prepared to come to campus. I usually watch “Today” on NBC - one eye on the TV and the other trying to see how badly I have put myself together. In the middle of this fashion disaster, I watched two interesting events unfold.
It’s amazing what happens when a little game of fantasy football kicks off. About three months ago, 11 of my friends and I decided to start our own fantasy football league in Yahoo!
I spent a lot of time over Thanksgiving break visiting old friends I haven’t seen or spoken with in a long time.