In the realm of popular culture, certain axioms repeat their validity as the years roll on. Young people will celebrate the styles and fashions of 20 years previous in an attempt to create unique identities.
What did you want to be when you grew up? Today, children of progressively younger ages are telling their parents that what they want to be is the opposite sex. On a recent episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," children as young as age five were documented as desiring a sex change operation.
At the beginning of spring semester in 2001, a smart-alecky freshman chemistry student contacted the opinion editor of The State News, inquiring about an editorial columnist opening.
As a wide-eyed freshman, armed with a pen and a notepad, I frantically walked along Harrison Avenue searching for the site of my first story as a State News reporter. Fighting the dark, cold air and wet January sky, I paced back and forth along that long, foreign road.
MSU's administration needs to remember to mind its manners when dealing with the people who comprise the majority of this university. The administration enraged the faculty by announcing plans for an academic rearrangement before consulting the academics themselves.
The phone number has been dialed, and my heart is pounding. It's a familiar number, one that appears numerous times on my phone's call history.
Patrick Walters' opinion in this column does not reflect the opinion at large of The State News.
The liberals were out again. This time, covering their mouths with Duct tape and handing out fliers to impressionable college kids - kids who are too ignorant to see that there is another side to the debate. On the fliers they were passing out, they made their desires noted.
We often look at star athletes and dub them heroes. Whether hitting the game-winning shot, scoring a tying goal or leading a team to a championship, the "man of the moment" becomes a hero to his fans. But when it comes to the real meaning behind the word "hero", it is supposed to be connected with a person known for achievements of unparalleled courage and strength, especially those who sacrifice their lives. A true hero is someone who can (and does) give up everything for an honorable cause.
I survived the MSU President M. Peter McPherson Experience, and all I got was this lousy column. There are some things every MSU student should do before they graduate.
In the midst of all the chaos that comes with the end of the year, there are two major dates that students should save: Today is Earth Day and April 25 is the March for Women's Lives.
I went through a pile of my old opinions and thought that at this time of the semester, there always is a need to refocus some of the ideas of the past into a renewed vitality for the present.
If you're living under a rock or choose to exist in a constant state of denial, you might not know that it's MSU Pride Week.
Who's at the top of your NFL Draft board? With the NFL Draft only four days away, professional football fans finally have something worth talking about.
Move aside, Hockeytown. The Pistons have come to put an end to the parties you've thrown so nicely for the past decade in the Motor City. The red, white and blue thank the Winged Wheel for taking care of sports-crazed fans in Detroit. But no more. Since last season, April hasn't been just about pucks and sticks, it has been about an ever-growing 'fro leading a team back up into the Detroit spotlight. The two Detroit teams in the playoffs right now share one common thread - anything less than a trip to the sport's respective finals this season is unacceptable.
It's not easy being vegan. Sometimes, people ask me why I would ever switch to a life sans cookies and pizza, and it's always hard for me to give them a straight answer.
The girl holding the door open for me looked horrified. I was going to class in Holden Hall, and I noticed as I got closer to the door that she had been holding it open for me for a good two minutes. "I can get the door myself, you know," I told the girl as I maneuvered my wheelchair through the door. Her response?
Our public schools are under attack from religious warriors crusading to inject creationism into science classes.
Hey, I have an idea. Let's get drunk and eat expensive curry! Once again, the perennial jumping beans in the East Lansing City Council have found a new venue in which to express horror and distress.
The proposal to move three quarters, and subsequently all, of the students of the College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids is ill-conceived.