If you haven't seen "The Da Vinci Code" yet, your roommate has. Or your parents, or your neighbor.
Affirmative action, or "positive discrimination," as they call it in Britain, needs to be completely banned in the state of Michigan as a means of considering college admittance.
When Microsoft Corp. became a multi-billion dollar enterprise, I used to talk about how much I despised Bill Gates.
President Bush announced last week that he will send nearly 6,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to stem the constant flow of thousands, if not millions, of illegal immigrants coming into the country.
Before addressing Professor Indrek Wichman's statements in both his e-mail to the Muslim Students' Association, or MSA, and his letter printed in The State News ("Prof.
Some stories are told to inform, and some stories are told to entertain. For example: Hoping to slow down a slaughter that has claimed more than 200,000 lives, a cease-fire was signed by Sudan's largest rebel group earlier this month.
My name is Kate Polesnak, and I am an Air Force ROTC cadet. This summer, I am spending 28 days in the grueling heat of Panama City, Fla.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is losing her ambition. It wasn't more than three years ago when the newly elected governor made the commencement speech for the graduating class at the University of Michigan.
There's been a lot of talk lately about whether or not the United States should be speaking directly to Iran. The issue heated up after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a highly unusual 18-page letter to President Bush last week.
Reader, that's you, I want to introduce you to something. Right here before your very eyes is The State News Opinion Page. Are you excited yet? As the new opinion editor, I feel it is my duty to make sure you, the reader, and this page have a good relationship. In the hope of creating a better reading experience for you, the Opinion Page has a new face this summer.
Lansing Coalition Against Nazis, or LCAN, was disgusted at The State News' front page profile of the National Socialist Movement entitled "The mind of the modern Nazi" (SN 4/20). The article and the accompanying photograph were completely sympathetic to the National Socialist Movements', or NSM, message of white supremacy, hate, intimidation and violence. We recognize The State News is interested in publishing thought-provoking, relevant, unbiased articles, but "The mind of a modern Nazi" was none of these.
Justice is a function of social harmony, and both of these are preceded by fairness — those who fall under a law must feel that they are being treated fairly in its execution.
For MSU Academic Governance system, the 2005-2006 academic year was a good year. Day-to-day operations of university-level standing committees have continued to effectively deal with the issues mandated in bylaws for each standing committee — the governance Web site, www.msu.edu/unit/acadgov, enumerates these bylaws, and links to chronicles of standing committee actions, as well as listing other information about governance. In addition, in 2005-2006 governance has dealt with a number of global issues: the liberal learning core of undergraduate education, possible expansion of the MSU College of Human Medicine to Grand Rapids and reforms for the processes and structure of the Academic Governance system.
My dad calls me a vagabond. Do you know what that means? It's not exactly the most endearing nickname.
On April 19, members of Phi Tau Mu — a transgender organization on campus — as well as a number of allied activists participated in what was dubbed a "bathroom crawl." The point of the event was to raise awareness about issues surrounding gender identity.
Anyone who drives a car and lives in East Lansing knows how difficult it can be to find a place to park in this city. Especially in the neighborhoods. A colleague of mine recently reminded me of how hard parking can be and how the city often makes it a lot harder. He had a friend staying over at his house and wanted to call the East Lansing Police Department to have his friend's license plate number put on a list so he could park his car in the street and not get a ticket. It was something he had done before and was surprised to find out that he couldn't. I called East Lansing police Capt.
In the fall of 2002, I wrote my first State News opinion column, "Religious majority doesn't understand atheist views" (SN 11/26/02). The lack of unapologetically secular and atheist perspectives in the mainstream press, especially at a time of increasing religious fundamentalism, motivated me to write. I'm appreciative to The State News for allowing me to articulate a minority and largely unwelcome viewpoint.
Take Back The Night is an annual event at MSU as part of a broader, international movement to help raise awareness about sexual assault, domestic violence and other violence against women. Marches have been held as far back as the 1970s and were often spearheaded by the radical feminist movement.
Recently there's been a vigorous discussion regarding the reliability of the Bible in general and the New Testament in particular.
Equality is the overarching basis of the freedoms we enjoy in this country. Without equal status before the law our legal system is perverted and our lawmakers are allowed to govern according to their own whims, fears and prejudices.