This is my fifth year at MSU. I will be graduating this spring and I will definitely miss MSU. I will not, however, miss East Lansing. I cannot wait to leave this city.
East Lansing is building new condominiums to attract young professionals and recent graduates to come live in the city, but I have some thoughts that might work better. Perhaps if the city treated students as their lifeblood instead of a population to abuse for financial gain, maybe then students would stay. Perhaps if there were somewhere for visiting friends and relatives to park, maybe then students would stay.
The Parking and Code Enforcement Web site says, “Each year the City is proud to welcome MSU students … back to East Lansing for another exciting year …” So I ask myself, what is more welcoming: the scores of police officers busting parties and writing minor in possession tickets (for your safety of course), or the $40 parking tickets and tow trucks?
I’ve almost finished my time at MSU, but I have some advice for younger students. Register to vote in East Lansing; you’re going to be dealing with the aforementioned garbage until you graduate.
Kyle Elliott
mechanical engineering senior
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