I’ve always found religion … interesting. I had it shoved in my face a bit last semester. First, when I was sent to take pictures of the Wells Hall preacher on a random Monday and spent 20 minutes trying not to listen to him telling anyone who would listen — and of course, everyone who wouldn’t — that we were all going to hell.
Despite displeasure from the state Legislature, fellow students and parents, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon seems bent on keeping the new health care mandate in place.
Having been in the United Kingdom for a little over three weeks now, I have made no fewer than ten trips to Sainsbury’s, the local grocery store with ubiquitous orange plastic bags that one sees everywhere in Cambridge.
Over my past four years at MSU, try as I might, I have never been able to successfully pay for college on my own. When I say “pay for college,” I am referring not only to the rapidly rising cost of tuition, but also the added costs of food, clothing and shelter — not to mention the exorbitant price of textbooks.
If you asked me where I would be attending school for college at any point during my junior or senior year of high school, I never would have told you MSU.
Four years ago, I first stepped foot into The State News. I thought I was starting my dream of a journalism career, even with all the talk of the journalism industry dying.
Back in the 19th century, travel writing was a pretty big deal. Literary greats like Henry James, Mark Twain and Robert Louis Stevenson weren’t just producing novels — they also were vacationing all over the globe and publishing books about what they saw over the course of their journeys.
For those of you who repeatedly read my articles, first of all, thank you; I appreciate both the support and the criticism that comes from writing about controversial topics. I am glad my writing inspires debate, even if it sometimes turns to ad hominem attacks, because writing that goes undisputed deserves neither to be read nor written.
On May 16, my old high school announced it had received a bomb threat. Unsurprisingly, both parents and students started freaking out a bit, with many students not attending school the next day as a result.
I’ve never been much of an activist. As a journalism student, I’ve always been the person covering events and political rallies rather than participating in them. But as new laws that undermine women’s rights in the U.S. continually are enacted around the country, I’m feeling a lot more pressure to actively speak about these issues.
I often have been amused and mildly disturbed by the way The State News and MSU students close an academic year. On April 29, 2011, for instance, “A Year in Review” in The State News focused on the exhilarating football championship, disappointing basketball season and no classes due to snow.
I want to like Mitt Romney and endorse him in the upcoming election, but it feels like on a daily basis he is making it more difficult to do so.
As I stood in the middle of Farm Lane on May 1, I couldn’t help but wonder why there were exactly three of us standing in front of the rock commemorating the International Worker’s Day.
No one can disagree with the fact child sexual abuse must stop. I realize this is a topic that people quickly avert their eyes from because of how uncomfortable this issue is. It gets swept under the proverbial rug, and we even might refuse to acknowledge it completely.
I am honored to be the new opinion writer for The State News this summer. As an employee of The State News and a freshman double majoring in journalism and international relations through James Madison College, it feels as though I’m almost starting to write as many words as I speak on a daily basis. This realization caught me by surprise.
Apparently, public involvement is equal to being a “witch hunt,” at least in the case of Trayvon Martin. At least, it is to some. The shooting of Martin is not a unique case.
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association, or MIPA, spring conference in Lansing, which hosts high school and middle school journalists from across Michigan who receive awards in newspaper, yearbook and video journalism. MIPA is something that is near and dear to my heart because I was, as they call attendees, a “MIPA kid,” and I remember the excitement I felt when I won awards during my time at Traverse City Central High School’s student newspaper, The Black & Gold.
I used to refer to The New York Times best-seller list when I wanted to find something new to read. If everyone else was reading it, I thought, it must be decent. Millions of people can’t be wrong.
This week is ‘World Week for Animals in Laboratories,’ an internationally recognized week of activism and outreach aimed at raising awareness about the plight of animals in labs and the abuses of animal experimentation.
Breaking up with my boyfriend forced me to do what I should have started at the beginning of the school year — make friends.