For a long time I’ve considered myself a pessimist or cynic — capable of seeing the problems in life and providing negative criticism, but struggling with finding real solutions.
Sneaking around with paint cans in tow during the darkest hours of the night might not be the most glamorous way to create art, but it has its place in the world — it’s a colorful collision of free speech and vandalism.
It is a general belief that college students care little about academics and even less about academic policy.
Holy shit I swear a lot. I have no problem with people who swear like sailors and have ingested more soap than water over the years of washing out their mouths.
It’s one thing to promote a certain message or specific agenda; it’s entirely another thing to do so effectively. The Coalition Against Sexual Violence has completely valid concerns about “rape culture” in the U.S. and at MSU.
It was with great shock that I read The State News articles that virtually condemned the Wisconsin protests (Big picture: time to reduce deficit, Protests in Wisconsin predictable, but misguided, SN 2/28).
Not too long ago, I was listening to the other students in my philosophy class discuss issues of justice and global equality. I heard someone say something ill-informed about the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Merging the two existing bodies of ASMSU into a single decision-making assembly is a solid step toward efficiency and a return to tax-exempt status.
For a highly educated man who ran for governor using his education and “nerdiness” as a platform, I am astounded that Gov. Rick Snyder is willing to drastically cut funding to the public school system.
I was in Chicago at the Congress Theater on Halloween 2008 when Lupe Fiasco announced the name of his third album, “LupEND.” Since then, it has been postponed and renamed — to “Lasers” — with only three of its tracks released on the Internet.
After the recent invention of the Kindle, Nook, iPad and other electronic reading devices, it’s easy to conclude people like the idea of accessing books and information in digital form.
On Feb. 23, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, announced new standards for on-campus boilers that could become the long-awaited catalyst for which various MSU environmental groups have been looking.
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.