COMMENTARY
Cutting yearbook funds good for all
We’ve all seen the many racks of yearbooks left untouched each year. Now, ASMSU is working to get rid of the excess.
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Friday night football is good choice
By having the college football season start Friday night under the Spartan Stadium lights, this Labor Day weekend is sure to be one to remember. The familiar rhythm and beat of the fall semester weekend is changing in at least one positive way this year.
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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.
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New Facebook photo settings not perfect
Social media platforms such as Facebook are making it more difficult to be unknowingly embarrassed, but the only way to avoid such an issue is to act in an Internet-friendly manner at all times.
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This is your page, take advantage
There are many ways to be heard on the opinion page of The State News by thousands of readers and those who view the online content. It is my hope that at least a few of you want to take advantage.
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‘NEW’ ASMSU only talk, need action to prove it
ASMSU seems eager to improve its image, but students — especially incoming freshman — should believe it when they see it.
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Against linear education
My time as an undergraduate at MSU has come to an end. It wasn’t a bad two years. I worked for a competitive publication, met good people and, through the help of professors and classmates, found new ways to look at the world. All that being true, I still wish I had taken more time to smell the roses.
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Peace commission good idea in theory
A group of peace activists would like you to think the act of activism itself lends credence to an argument that otherwise wouldn’t be as strong. The problem is the outcome of their actions likely will be negligible.
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SIRS as a ‘living document’
As I read Craig Pearson’s column “Let students in on info” (SN 8/8)), I remembered when — almost 10 years ago — I commented on the issue of Student Instructional Report System, or SIRS.
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Compromise at the heart of US democracy
For the first time in history, the U.S. has lost its prestigious AAA credit rating. Markets around the world tumbled more rapidly than any time since the 2008 financial crisis.
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Solve problems before violent outbursts
The last few days have been tumultuous ones in London, where riots have swept through the city. The police have been slow to react; no one knows what the rioters are protesting (or if they’re protesting anything at all at this point), and irrevocable damage to London’s global image has been done.
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Loan cuts hurt grad students, future
A bleak outlook lies ahead for current and future graduate students. Because of the debt ceiling deal reached by Republicans and Democrats in Congress last week, for next year and the foreseeable future, there will be no more federally subsidized loans for graduate students.
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Let students in on info
We’ve all done it. At the end of the semester, as many as three different sheets of paperwork cycle the classroom or lecture hall en route to a fat envelope that some poor chap gets drafted into taking to an office somewhere, never to be seen again.
COMMENTARY
Age discrimination claim weak, spiteful
It’s extremely difficult to find a job in Michigan right now, no matter your age. But that’s not stopping one would-be MSU professor. Nicholas Spaeth, 61, filed an age discrimination complaint against the MSU College of Law in a U.S. District Court because he was denied an interview for a teaching position.
COMMENTARY
Legislators must move on from tuition
In their zealotry to “protect” students, state lawmakers almost dealt them a body blow. Over the last two weeks, there’s been a battle going on between state lawmakers and MSU officials over the rise in MSU’s tuition rate.
COMMENTARY
A cautious approach to increased enrollment
With summer winding down, returning students very shortly should expect to see a lot more freshmen walking around with maps in front of them.
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Troop withdraw has promise
In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, a unique opportunity has presented itself for the U.S. After a near-flawless operation in Pakistani territory reminded the world of the reach and power of the U. S. military, we are now able to enter the arena of international affairs in a position of strength.
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Troop withdraw has promise
In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, a unique opportunity has presented itself for the U.S. After a near-flawless operation in Pakistani territory reminded the world of the reach and power of the U. S. military, we are now able to enter the arena of international affairs in a position of strength.
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Senator misses point of marijuana offer
If an elected official misses the point, is his statement still right? State Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, was right when he said that he didn’t “think it’s appropriate to offer any enticement to vote for or against elected officials of any kind.” Unfortunately, the subject he was talking about had nothing to do with enticing voters.