MSU officials and state lawmakers are once again playing the blame game with state funding. Around and around the blame will go, and no matter where it stops, students will lose. Last week, House Republicans introduced a bill that would take $18 million in state funding from MSU.
I am disappointed in the information gathered and reported in “Dude, where’s my bike?” (SN 9/19) For example, how many are stolen a year?
I used to joke about not wanting to be an organ donor, but that has changed. I have the opportunity to save a life by giving a part of myself. It is because of people who gave from themselves that I still have my father today. It is the least I can do to give back so that someone else can save the person they love.
If the university is seeing a rather constant increase in the student population each year, the MSU police and the university should be prepared for possible bicycle thefts on campus.
On Friday, the Palestinian Authority will seek statehood recognition from the U.N. The bid reflects popular frustration with the current dynamics of the peace process.
Today, the U.S. military policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” or “DADT,” ended with a whimper for most of America’s youth, instead of a bang.
Help prove the value of the arts every day. Proclaim the importance of art to our daily lives. Link art wherever and whenever you can to increased creativity and innovation; to business and revenue generation; to putting heads in beds; and globally, to peace, justice and understanding.
Have you ever thought about the educational system in which you grew up and the courses you were required to take?
Last week, ASMSU did something that will benefit students in a tangible way. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, announced the cancellation of its annual retreat in favor of investing the $5,000 in a mobile application. The potential app would track the location of Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, buses and would be based on an similar app used by Indiana University. This editorial board has been critical of ASMSU’s actions in the past — with good reason.
Finally. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, finally has gotten something right. Instead of wasting our tax dollars on an unnecessary retreat, ASMSU finally is going to help make student life a little bit better.
Many people can recall memories of Sept. 11 as crystal clear. For the longest time, I thought I could, too.
We have all heard the cries of “As soon as I graduate, I’m getting out of Michigan!” That view, though, is what’s keeping the state from truly beginning to propel itself forward. The mentality of an inability to succeed in Michigan is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In East Lansing, it is illegal for a landlord to refuse to rent to you or for an employer to refuse to hire you simply because you are a student.
During Monday’s Republican presidential debate, CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer posed an interesting scenario to the candidates: If a perfectly healthy young individual without health insurance gets in an accident, who should help pay for his medical care? For the death of another human being through no fault of his own, the Tea Party crowd cheered.
Unfortunately, students are finding it harder and harder to pay for the life-altering college experience after they leave. Nationwide, student loan defaults have risen from 7 percent in 2008 to 8.8 percent in 2009, the highest rate in 12 years, according to the Department of Education. With financial assistance on the decline and defaults on the rise, students should exercise caution when taking out loans.
Every fall, fleets of couches and chairs are left behind on the streets of East Lansing by tenants who don’t know or don’t care about how to get rid of them. Hopefully, that will not be the case in the future.
Although the president plans to release his plan for how to pay for this act next week, one has to wonder how, while our education system has been failing for years, our infrastructure crumbling for years, our police force getting cut for years, we will suddenly be able to afford to fix all of these things.
I was under the impression a public institution such as MSU would be a place of forward thinking, and the administration would take my opinion into account to make decisions that represent the greater good of the Spartan community.
Aug. 26 marked the official beginning of the 2011 Spartan football season. A crowd of more than 75,000 gathered to cheer on the Spartans as they easily defeated the Youngstown State Penguins 28-6.
The MSU Board of Trustees often has to make difficult decisions that affect MSU’s future. Last week, sadly, they chose poorly.