Column: The final chapter of college comes with an empty finality
I sat at my kitchen table debating how I wanted to start this column.
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I sat at my kitchen table debating how I wanted to start this column.
Michigan State women’s basketball is off to their best start since 2012-2013. The Spartans are 8-0 after their road win over Purdue started off the new year in winning fashion.
By Tony Maurer, Michigan State freshman studying constitutional law and political theory.
This year was rife with change, and The State News is changing with it.
I pose for a photo (Cleveland Browns jersey, center) with three of my current roommates and some friends after MSU's home opener in 2018. The game was one of the last two home games I attended as just a student while in college.
I remember the first time I walked into Spartan Stadium as a freshman in college.
If you were searching through the mosh pit that has been Twitter over the last few weeks, you would think that the Michigan State football program was leaps and bounds behind the rest of the Big Ten.
As the cold weather settles in and the holiday decorations slowly make their way up onto doors and windows, college students are preparing to make the annual trip to their hometown for the holidays.
No matter your political beliefs or leanings, women of color can all agree on one thing now that the dust has settled from this election: This isn’t just a win for Kamala Harris. This is a win for all of us.
It was there, then it was gone.
Weeknights at 7:30 will never be the same.
When I received the email that said my student account had been updated, I was eating lunch in Midland High’s hottest social spot, Eyeball Alley. I logged into my portal and saw the congratulations message and felt a weight drop from my shoulders. I was able to contain my excitement, but it was everyone else that went into a frenzy. It just so happened that the student leadership class had set up a table to promote something or other, and of course, they had a megaphone.
I’ve recently been trying to wake up earlier, something my girlfriend has inspired me to do. But it’s hard … really hard some days. Monday, Nov. 9 was no exception.
Amid a suspenseful presidential election and a worsening global pandemic, students are expected to put aside their anxiety and stress to push through online classes. The impact on students’ mental health is only expected to get tougher.
This election is pretty important, but especially for students. Generation Z makes up 10% of the voting population this cycle, which has a significant impact on final results, according to Pew Research Center.
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Presidential debates used to be boring … but civil.
Recently, I’ve had a lot less motivation to write. As a reporter for The State News and a journalism major, this was not a position I wanted to be in. However, quarantine was causing me to feel overwhelmed and question everything I knew, and I know I'm not the only one.
My family is moving out of my childhood home and into a new, small Michigan city. My dad's been commuting three or so hours to and from his job as the chief operating officer of a credit union every single day since the start of the year; While he sees my brother quite often, he's tired of missing out on watching my two sisters, the last two birds in the nest, grow up and make their way through high school. So, they're uprooting and embracing change.
The Nov. 3 general election determines Michigan’s electoral college votes for president, its pivotal U.S. Senate seat, its delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, its state legislature and its state Supreme Court justices.