As a retired history professor, I read the column by Matt Korovesis with a certain bemusement (On rage, rebellion and new tragedies, SN 1/26). He assumes that, prior to the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, the U.S. was a workers’ paradise.
The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia began with a fruit vendor who wasn’t operating with the proper paperwork. When he was stopped by the police, the police proceeded to humiliate the man.
A current proposal to make the Michigan Legislature part-time simply is not the correct solution to balance the state’s budget. Michigan’s legislative branch does not account for a significant amount of the state budget and therefore should not be high on the list of funding to consider.
This is in response to the last Friday’s editorial, MSU should move forward on gender-neutral housing, (SN 1/28). The reasons provided supporting gender-neutral housing on campus were: A bare majority (56 percent) of students want it for themselves, transgender students would no longer feel discriminated against and unisex bathrooms would be offered.
At last Thursday’s MSU men’s basketball game against Michigan, I tried to take the challenge issued in The State News by Paula Parker for non-Izzone fans to cheer the team on (Time for rest of Breslin Center to make some noise, SN 1/27).
When it comes to the environment, I am a tree hugger. I believe humanity’s carbon imprint on God’s Earth is both immoral and unsustainable.
The whole process of paying for college is confusing enough without the burden of overwhelming student loans. The government’s higher education funding — or lack thereof — has left students shouldering the brunt of college costs, much of it in the form of student loans (read: debt).
Proposed gender-neutral housing at MSU would be a positive step toward a more inclusive and diverse campus. The Residence Halls Association, or RHA’s, move to make Gender Neutral MSU a sponsored group is the first of many important steps in becoming a gender-neutral campus.
This letter is addressed to all of those who attend the MSU men’s basketball games at Breslin Center
In a fully developed industrialized society such as the U.S., can one live an existential life? When I use the word existential in this context I mean: Can one operate according to one’s free will?
As the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, searches for a new police chief following former police Chief Tom Wibert’s resignation in October 2010, it should take its relationship with MSU into consideration.
The decision to merge ASMSU’s Student Assembly and Academic Assembly should not be taken lightly.
Following the attempted assassination on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., I began reading Mark Ames’ book “Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan’s Workplaces to Clinton’s Columbine and Beyond.”
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is very much like the federal income tax form: difficult, time-consuming and, in many cases, necessary.
The State of the Union speech President Barack Obama gives tonight will allow him to reframe the next two years of his presidency. His upcoming legislative agenda, reputation and vision will all be on the line.
The recent deadly shooting in Tucson, Ariz., brought many important issues to light, including mental health care, gun control and, more locally, MSU’s plan to prevent similar situations.
The MSU Residence Halls Association’s, or RHA’s, passing of the bill supporting gender-neutral housing on campus, as mentioned in the article “RHA passes bill to support gender neutral housing” (SN 12/8), is an important step for the rights of transgender students.
Last Saturday marked the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the ruling that legalized abortion in 1973 contingent on fetal viability. In the decades after, a debate between “pro-choice” and “pro-life” ensued, exploiting scientific and legal jargon to form a bipolar war over a complex issue.
Graduate students often face obstacles, including financing child care, which can prevent them from finishing or even starting graduate school. A new child care fund recently started by the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is a good start to helping alleviate financial stress for graduate students with children.
This year marks a time of new beginnings according to the founder of the Passion movement, Louie Giglio.