I plan to leave Michigan for a warmer, sunnier state after college. The snow just has lost its appeal. As people get older, the excitement about snow days disappears, and the inconveniences and increased driving hazards brought on by snow are enough to ruin plans. Winter does have one very strong element not many people recognize when arguing about its positives and negatives.
Growing up is something most people can’t wait to do when they’re youngsters. Now, as we’re well in the midst of growing older, many of us students can’t believe life almost is in full swing.
Proving that climate change is false does nothing but allow one political party to point fingers at the other to sway votes. This polarization of public policy doesn’t help our country move forward from use of fossil fuels, but rather holds us back. Instead, we should focus on changing our policies and practices.
No matter which category you belong to, Valentine’s Day should have been a meaningful day of celebration. What it shouldn’t have been, however, is what so many of us choose to make it: a superficial 24-hour period with forced restaurant reservations, cheesy cards purchased at CVS, hoping you put enough effort into the day to make your better half somewhat satisfied with your performance as a romantic.
With the popular MTV series “16 and Pregnant” coming back for a second season this month, 10 new teens will be examples of the unintended consequences of teen sex. Sadly, this reality isn’t just confined to television.
When I was 16, like many 16-year-old girls throughout history, the only thing I ever wanted to do — besides get my homework done, pass my driver’s test and hang out with friends — was talk to boys. Something I find to be a natural part of growing up was not tolerated for Medine Memi, a 16-year-old girl from Kahta, a city in Southeastern Turkey.
Funerals can make you think about a lot of things. Whether it’s the realization of how one person can change so many lives or how much you loved and cared about somebody, the solemn event can alter a person’s life and strike them with a huge reality check.
The television does not determine our value as a society. There are plenty of trends and shifts in entertainment, and these do not represent societal changes.
A famous quote from author Nancy R. Smith has made its way around the world, allowing people to explore the gender roles that society has embedded into our everyday lifestyles and thoughts:
Like many other Michigan residents, I know or am related to a lot of people who are a part of the struggling automotive industry. So, like many other Michigan residents, I was excited when I heard that the two leading American automakers — Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. — had increased their sales in the month of January, compared to the same month a year earlier.
I guess it’s a good thing that Eric Thieleman is indifferent to torture, because getting through his most recent column was just that. It was so bloated with generic political invective I could have sworn that it was pieced together from crumpled up pieces of paper from Glenn Beck’s wastebasket.
As we near what easily could be considered the most polarizing of holidays, that which takes center stage in most of our minds does so with increasingly less clout. If romance is not lost, it is losing its way. If romance is not dead, it is slowly dying.
George Clooney took a fall off the dock and into the saltwater and one thought ran through my mind as he dried off. What happened to his cell phone? His iPod? His Personal Digital Assistant?
The political season has seemed continuous since the last election cycle as both parties have appeared to continue campaigning and have left the governing to nobody.
On Jan. 21, a huge change that likely will affect all of the MSU community, past and present, was announced. Within hours, local and national news outlets ran stories about this potentially game-changing announcement.
Any MSU student who has not heard or read about the changing of the Spartans helmet logo must have been very busy hiding under a rock somewhere this past week.
The recently released book “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime” not only has become a New York Times bestseller, but also has been the subject of national discussion.
I wrote a column in December encouraging students to continue the holiday cheer and spirit throughout the year. And as we’re coming to the bitter end of January, I have to say I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the kindness I’ve been greeted with during the new year. The amount of help I’ve seen students — and others across the nation — offer Haitians after the recent earthquake also is impressive.
We’ve all heard it as many times as we can count. Frequent tanning is quite possibly the Antichrist for your skin. Whether you are a man or a woman, middle-aged or just entering middle school, your skin will signify how well (or poorly) you treat it when it comes to sun damage.
More than a week has passed since disaster struck Haiti and its people. International aid has poured in from even some of the poorest countries to provide relief. Extensive coverage of the earthquake’s damage has shown us the true devastation the Haitian people are facing.