I didn’t expect the presidential hopefuls to mention the Occupy Wall Street movement because of the general conservative disregard for the movement as a whole. However, the issues of a lack of middle-class jobs and an inability of recent graduates to pay off student loans without those jobs is a completely separate issue.
Most students would frown upon decreasing the number of days in winter break, but adding those days to a weekend in October might be worth the sacrifice. The fall break university officials have been considering could prove to be beneficial to students and their study habits.Research has proven that for optimal memory retention, sleep is a necessity.
A new state law aimed at irresponsible keg use likely won’t do much to curb the problem of underage drinking. The law requires the keg buyer to attach his or her name and information to the keg as of Nov.
If the Tea Party movement can be associated with elderly ultra-conservative voters, the Occupy Wall Street movement sweeping major cities across the country can be attributed to the young far left, as the majority of those protesting are in their 20s.
I’d like to thank Victoria Merritt for caring enough about access to campus Intramural facilities that she took the time to submit a well-written opinion in The State News (10/10). I agree with everything she writes and certainly as Director of Recreational Sports and Fitness Services support her views on the value of physical activity and healthy behavior choices. I only wish to explain how building hours are established at IM Sports-West, East and Circle.
Occupy Wall Street. Are we here to destroy America and American enterprise? No. We are here to restore America.
This column is not meant to be particularly cruel or nasty against any one professor, but to be a plea, a plea for this professor to stop. Academic or personal freedoms stop when those freedoms encroach upon the rights of others.
A lack of dialogue between students and the city could sour the relationship. There has to be balance. The next manager has to stay tough enough on student residents that permanent residents are satisfied. He or she also must understand the student perspective well enough to attract students to live in East Lansing.
Sitting in Noodles & Company in front of my mac and cheese and in the middle of a meeting, I read the text message my mom sent: “My grandmother passed away :(.” Buica, as we used to call her, lived in Romania.
I love Grand Rapids. I was born and raised in the city and witnessed its transition into a medical mecca firsthand. So I am perhaps slightly biased on the issue of the expansion of MSU’s College of Human Medicine. Then again, I’m allowed to be biased; I don’t write newspaper headlines.
Adding unnecessary, unwarranted bureaucracy for public universities is just another day for the state government.A bill was introduced in the Michigan House last month to create a single 11-person board to assess the efficiency of state universities. The bill primarily is sponsored by State Rep.
Today as construction rattles the walls of campus here at MSU, I can’t help but object to some of the information contained in the article “New construction projects replace parts of campus,” published Sept. 15.
For college students who are constantly stressed with academic, professional and social pressures, it comes as a welcome outlet to reduce stress and improve moods. Weekend hours are reduced to accommodate for fewer exercise fiends, but the weekend should be the best time to get in a good workout.
As college students live away from home for the first time, they might choose to make more adult decisions, such as becoming sexually active. Young people generally understand some of the unintended consequences of sex, such as unwanted pregnancies and HIV.
Not many people know this, but the 1790 Naturalization Act limited immigration to “a free white person.” It is from this first document that the categorization of the many races of our world first entered American policy. Were the founding fathers wrong to exclude non-whites (practically meaning non-Europeans) from moving to “The Land of Opportunity?” Modern sensibilities must certainly say “Yes,” and open up our great nation to more people, instead of attacking others based on race.
The image of the college student doing homework in the library with a mountain of books in front of them might soon disappear. This week, the Oxford University Press launched a database of academic works exclusively for e-readers.
Straddling the top two steps of the wood porch of my parent’s house the summer of 1963, I wondered aloud, “Am I ever going to hate any type of music as much as my parents hate rock ‘n’ roll?” The answer, nearly 50 years later, is yes and no. Yes, because at one time or another since then, I have thought I absolutely hated country music, classical music, rap, hip-hop, alternative music and grunge rock.
I am writing to clarify some facts regarding the quote from Lindsey Little-Clayton in The State News article “Red Cedar Closure Decision Pending” (SN 9/27). Ms. Little-Clayton stated, “To imply that Red Cedar (Elementary School) is the only school with diversity is both wrong and offensive.” It is not implied that Red Cedar is the only East Lansing school with diversity.
A friend recently asked me which season is my favorite. My response was “Fall, of course.” Aghast, she replied, “Why?
It’s sad to say, but racism, sexism and homophobia still exist in this country and on this campus.