NEWS
Forced integration not the way
If we’re being honest with ourselves, America has never come to grips with its racial history and probably never will.
COMMENTARY
US justice system not broken
Justice is an ideal, a subjective opinion that varies from one person to the next, a concept of moral rightness based on ethics. Asking for justice is the equivalent of asking for happiness. One person may say justice for a murderer is death — an eye for an eye — where another person might say that a murderer deserves life in prison to sit with their guilt.
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Protest discriminatory state bills
Usually, the ignorance exposed by the “down home values” crowd is pretty predictable, and I’m able to shrug it off as I go about my day. That is, until I learned about the newest Republican onslaught against equality and fairness, this time in the form of House bills 4770 and 4771.
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2012 Olympics have much to offer
With summer 2011 coming to a close and fall beginning last Friday, there has been one thing on my mind — summer 2012.
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Teamwork key to research’s success
For Gemma Reguera, conducting successful research is all about the people. “It’s like raising kids,” she says of working with a team of students in her microbiology lab.
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Handling medical pot on campus
Although medical marijuana is allowed in the state of Michigan, federal law still lists it as illegal, and Eastern Michigan University, the University of Michigan and Oakland University follow federal law. MSU and Eastern Michigan’s medical marijuana policies on campus are slightly different from other the other universities’ policies.
COMMENTARY
Organ donors save lives, families
I used to joke about not wanting to be an organ donor, but that has changed. I have the opportunity to save a life by giving a part of myself. It is because of people who gave from themselves that I still have my father today. It is the least I can do to give back so that someone else can save the person they love.
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Make art, culture priorities in life
Help prove the value of the arts every day. Proclaim the importance of art to our daily lives. Link art wherever and whenever you can to increased creativity and innovation; to business and revenue generation; to putting heads in beds; and globally, to peace, justice and understanding.
COMMENTARY
Study civics before voting
Have you ever thought about the educational system in which you grew up and the courses you were required to take?
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American Sikh’s 9/11 perspective
Many people can recall memories of Sept. 11 as crystal clear. For the longest time, I thought I could, too.
COMMENTARY
Selfish Tea Party crosses line
During Monday’s Republican presidential debate, CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer posed an interesting scenario to the candidates: If a perfectly healthy young individual without health insurance gets in an accident, who should help pay for his medical care? For the death of another human being through no fault of his own, the Tea Party crowd cheered.
COMMENTARY
Obama’s jobs plan needs work
Although the president plans to release his plan for how to pay for this act next week, one has to wonder how, while our education system has been failing for years, our infrastructure crumbling for years, our police force getting cut for years, we will suddenly be able to afford to fix all of these things.
COMMENTARY
On game day, grab gallon bags
Aug. 26 marked the official beginning of the 2011 Spartan football season. A crowd of more than 75,000 gathered to cheer on the Spartans as they easily defeated the Youngstown State Penguins 28-6.
COMMENTARY
Author more than ‘One Book’
When I had heard that MSU chose Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” as its 2011 One Book, One Community selection, I was ecstatic.
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Get rid of warning labels, fear
No wonder we have so many warnings. They really don’t have any logical basis other than the fear that if all the outrageous bases aren’t covered, a lawsuit is sure to follow. Wouldn’t it be nice to take the real fear out of our lives and remove all those 1-800 numbers?
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Then and now: how 10 years can change everything
The tragic events of Sept. 11 continue to shape American actions and feelings 10 years after that day. The influence of 9/11, though, has waned as the psychological wound heals.
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Palin sustains political sexism
I don’t mind that Sarah Palin thinks Russia can be seen from her house in Alaska. It didn’t bother me when she thought North Korea is our ally in an interview about our nation’s foreign policy.
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5 ways for US to compete
I was able to read editorials written by great columnists this summer, and I noticed a contrast between those smart people and our politicians: Most times, the columnists explained their public policy solutions with substance first and ideology second.
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Welcome back to ‘Spartan Ville’
My name is Omar Thabet, and I am a journalism sophomore. This will be my second year writing opinion columns for The State News. I always like to be creative with my writings, so I hope you enjoy my first column, a poem welcoming back all the students to the MSU campus.
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Students obliged to seize world
If you’re a student, no matter who you are or what your past is like, on Wednesday you resumed your obligation as a Spartan.