It is a politician’s job to get elected every two to four years. Once elected, constituents re-elect incumbents overwhelmingly. Given that narrative in American politics, our politicians have very little incentive to take a detailed look at policy measures.
The discussion about MSU’s energy policy, specifically its dependence on the T.B. Simon Power Plant, is drawing the attention of many around campus — thanks in large part to the MSU Beyond Coal Campaign.
I love to write. It’s what I want to do with my life, although I’m not sure what or who I want to become; a professor in academia, a journalist, a starving poet, an aspiring novelist?
With its proposed iClicker rental program, ASMSU is taking another step in the right direction — finding useful programs that make student life easier.
A popular trend in hygiene during the past 10 years has been the use of antibacterial hand soap. Most people use antibacterial hand soap on a daily basis. It can be found in households, hospitals, food establishments and schools. People are concerned with spreading flus and other viruses, so they believe using antibacterial hand soap will kill the “germs.”
On Oct. 27, my wallet went missing. Fearing the worst, I immediately had all of my cards cancelled and then headed to the Secretary of State office to get another driver’s license. I did all of this at once, within about two hours, without going home.
It wasn’t too long ago that I sat down and wrote a piece lamenting the lack of letters to the editor. My exact words were, “Unfortunately, no one writes letters anymore. I don’t only mean in the traditional pen-and-paper way, I mean letters to the editor in general.”
Nicknamed “black out in a can,” Four Loko and other alcoholic energy drinks have been banned from Michigan vendor’s shelves. Like other recent Michigan bans, it does little to address the problems in a community with an entrenched binge drinking culture.
In his response to a recent letter on the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture, MSU alumnus Phil Letten makes statements about his view of animal agriculture — statements that are biased, have no factual background and are untrue (“The plight of farm animals extends far beyond antibiotics,” SN 11/3).
As Election Day results dominated the headlines of newspapers across the state of Michigan this week, I couldn’t help but flip directly to the sports section.
The Republican tsunami swelled through Michigan on Tuesday, and cost the Democrats at least one seat on the MSU Board of Trustees. Although we welcome our new Trustees Mitch Lyons and Brian Breslin with a big “Go green, go white,” it’s a shame that Colleen McNamara cannot return for another term
Tuesday’s results should come as a surprise to no one. Republicans firmly are in the driver’s seat in Michigan. If one is a Democrat, Tuesday’s result probably stung more than a little, but really it should be an anger tempered by inevitability. The bad economy had “backlash” written all over it.
For some, asking for help produces the most demeaning and vulnerable feeling possible. It’s difficult to admit we might not know everything, that we aren’t experts in all subjects and to admit fully and publicly that sometimes we simply do not know.
Last week, The State News published a letter written by Dan Schmidt in which he criticized the protestors at the Izzone Campout for “ignor(ing) facts in the attempt to prove a point” (“Protestors at Friday’s Izzone Campout were in the wrong,” SN 10/26).
Joel Sparks did make some good points in his article, “Zoology students’ letter was misleading, accusatory” (SN 11/1). However, he never mentioned why farm animals need antibiotics to stay alive. Virtually all farm animals live out their lives on what are considered factory farms.
I was deeply saddened and shocked to read Mitch Goldsmith’s rail against our local public zoo in Tuesday’s paper (“Vote ‘no’ on zoo millage extension” SN 11/2). As a zoology student — with the goal of becoming a zookeeper in just such a zoo — I hate to think this is the image the general public holds about these facilities.
Arizona’s infamous new immigration law was written and paid for by private prison corporations. The law — SB 1070 — requires law enforcement officials in Arizona to detain anyone who cannot prove his or her citizenship.
The stiffer penalties for those who drive with a blood alcohol content, or BAC, of .17 or above are the kind of distinctions that are important when it comes to how our society deals with DUIs.
Today voters will decide whether to support a millage for Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo. The proposed millage would extend the current Ingham County property tax and raise millions for the local zoo. Without those millions “the Potter Park Zoo cannot survive,” according to Potter Park Zoo Board President Rick Kibbey.
For the most part, this editorial is a summation of the endorsements made by the editorial board throughout the past four issues along with a paragraph that best describes the rationale used for the choice.