Republicans are playing a dangerous game of chicken over the budget and debt in an attempt to score a few political points by demanding that Congress make significant cuts to discretionary spending before the debt ceiling can be raised.
In a college town inhabited mostly by young adults, it is important to provide protection for students. As many students at MSU search for houses and apartments for the upcoming academic year, city officials want students to know they are protected against housing discrimination.
I just had sat down to enjoy my breakfast last Friday when I flipped to the last page of the weekend edition (SN, 2/25) of The State News to discover something that truly disturbed me.
Not sure if anyone has noticed, but the media has played up Wisconsin as if it were of epic importance. MSNBC would have us believe it is indicative of the Republicans’ secret — but now public — plan to strip all workers of their rights.
With the recent budget cuts, tuition and living costs constantly on the rise, students don’t want to see their money go to waste — or filet mignon.
Living on campus always will be off-putting to some students, and no amount of “Live On” table toppers and “Rock the Block” events can change that.
Let me start off by saying all Muslims are terrorists. Florida Pastor Terry Jones was right when he said “Islam is of the devil.” Also, Jones was right when he said it’s not silly to try to start a day where everyone burns the Quran, Islam’s holy book.
With the recent revolutions in the Middle East — Egypt perhaps most notable among them — media outlets have begun to speculate about the consequences for Israel.
When choosing colleges and majors most students are making career-based decisions instead of considering the value of a well-rounded education.
I am writing in regards to the column As regimes fall, Israel takes stage (SN 2/16), by guest columnist Joel Reinstein.
So many people swoon at the classic “Jerry Maguire” line, “You complete me.” I cringe. I cringe at this widely-accepted thought of looking to another person for completion.
Responsibility for incidents that occur at a party is a sobering and necessary hazard of hosting parties. Make no mistake, when it comes to any alcohol-related issue stemming from a party, authorities will hold whoever provided the alcohol responsible.
Last spring, after looking at a number of apartments, I decided to make an unusual housing decision. I decided to become a commuter student.
My roommates and I sometimes affectionately call our house The Real World: East Lansing. It is a true story of six strangers choosing to live in a house and finding out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real crazy.
Gov. Rick Snyder’s state budget proposal contained some ideas worth considering and several that should sound alarm bells for those concerned about Michigan’s future: a $222 million cut to colleges and universities; a $100 million cut to revenue sharing, which funds essential services provided by communities; and a $470 per-pupil cut to K-12 educati
I recently had the opportunity to attend the teach-in panel on the uprisings throughout North Africa and the Middle East hosted by the Arab Cultural Society. The panel featured several professors from various colleges at MSU.
A proposed change to Michigan’s item-pricing laws boils down to choosing between jobs and consumers or businesses and money. Michigan’s Legislature should think hard about who it’s working for when considering a bill to loosen an item-pricing law that currently requires most groceries to be labeled with individual price tags.
As a current MSU senior, I am very connected with the campus community. I relate to the university in many ways, but one aspect of the experience I feel is quite significant is the history and tradition surrounding all of us here.
When the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut all federal funding to Planned Parenthood last Friday, women across the country began to organize to create a coalition so tenacious God herself would sidestep.
As one wanders MSU’s sprawling campus, the MSC smokestack easily is recognizable as a prominent part of the Spartan skyline. But the $1.4 million it would cost to do vital repairs and ongoing upkeep costs just can’t be justified in light of the university’s budget woes.