Many people are unaware of the diversity within Indian culture. Beyond headlines of spectacular economic growth lies a nation of more than 1 billion people, each one with a unique story to tell. India has 28 states, each with its own culture and language.
Last Saturday, 100,000 people marched on the Capitol of Wisconsin. The protest, given lip-service by every cable news station, was in defiance of Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recently passed bill to strip government workers of collective bargaining rights.
It seems the East Lansing medical marijuana ordinance finally is budding as the East Lansing City Council nails down of more details. East Lansing City Council has shown steady, measured progress with its decisions on the issue and appears be continuing on the right path
Normally, I find it vile when political commentators make comparisons likening our statesmen to fascist regimes, but when I take a look at the agenda unfolding in the Midwest, it increasingly has become difficult not to feel concerned.
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.