I recently came across an article in The New York Times. I read that the Obama administration will be using foreign aid to as a tool to promote gay rights across the globe.
A ring of uncertainty surrounds the MSU Board of Trustees’ closed-door meetings. The day before most open meetings, the board holds work sessions that are closed to the public— a practice that should unsettle students.
In a recent column titled “Don’t give hateful slurs power,” (SN 12/6) what seemed to be a potentially interesting column quickly turned to be a collaboration of outlandish and unrelated statements.
Cycling in the winter can be full of challenges. Wet and slippery conditions, poor lighting, distracted drivers and cold temperatures can all make your ride more difficult. You don’t need to put your bike away until spring, however.
We’ve all seen the “You wouldn’t steal a car, so you shouldn’t steal a movie” commercials at movie theaters and thought of them as jokes. However, there’s nothing funny about the number of MSU students that appear to have no problem stealing digital media.
I must take issue with some of the assertions made and conclusions reached in the editorial entitled “New Mayor, Council Have to Earn Trust” (SN 12/05).
Sometimes I find myself guilty of underestimating the power of student organizations. I knew the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, was capable of influencing the campus because it proved that much during the racial incidents at the beginning of the year.
It seems at MSU as though diversity is lacking and could use some growth. Following a recent release of guidelines from President Barack Obama’s administration for universities to take additional factors into consideration during the application process, MSU potentially could increase its admissions diversity for the better.
Sports Illustrated, or SI, offended me at the first Big Ten championship game on Saturday in Indianapolis between MSU and the University of Wisconsin.
With all the discussion about free speech on campus, I feel now is a good time to give my thoughts on the power certain words have. Words have no power except what you give them.
Gov. Rick Snyder is attempting to open the lines of communication between in-state technological companies and job seekers, which hopefully will assist college students to continue working and living in Michigan.
MSU needs to start moving in the right direction. The idea of moving the campus from coal to an alternative energy source in the near future is by no means an impossible task.
When a beloved student or friend dies, when a well-respected coach or university — such as Penn State University — loses its way, when terrorists reveal how vulnerable we Americans are, we grieve. The losses might be phases of development, self-images, relationships, separations, beliefs, emotional states, or cultural myths.
After the latest East Lansing City Council election, the council has been shaken up, but not necessarily for the better.
I was in Lincoln, Neb., for the Nebraska-MSU football game, and I was impressed by all the Spartan fans I talked to that day — each one I talked to said they were having a great time, were received well and were happy about Nebraska being in the Big Ten.
It seems like the not-so-subtle rallying cry of many individuals across the countryside in the past few days is that fantastic phrase, “I am ImpOtent!” Now I realize that you may have looked at this a couple of times and thought that the writer is an idiot and can’t even spell “important.”
Football fans on campus are buzzing about the upcoming Big Ten championship game the Spartans will play Saturday. The game won’t be played in Spartan Stadium, but changes to MSU fans’ game-day experience are on the horizon.
Congratulations to the Spartans! Along with our beloved “Michigan State Fight Song,” here’s a little ditty I’ll be singing on Friday as I drive south on I-69 through Hoosier Land.
With the end of the fall semester lurking its way into our lives, the only thing that goes through a college student’s mind is finals.
With the temperature dropping and snowflakes beginning to fall, many students are going to turn to their cars as an alternative form of transportation — yet parking is a hindrance. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, recently passed a resolution in an attempt to expand available parking for students on campus.