These days, it seems as if everyone tries to get “free” money. Credit cards are easier and easier to obtain, and students remain extremely susceptible to credit card offers and the accompanying debt.
We were delighted to read Kate Jacobson’s column Women’s rights a worldwide issue (SN 4/21). It was an insightful and passionate account of the situation for some Afghani women struggling to stay free of violence in their streets and homes. We also appreciated Jacobson’s reflection on the relationship between our rights at home and the rights of women in other countries. Too often citizens in the U.S.
Before leaving MSU’s main campus for my clinical rotations as a third year medical student, I feel compelled to express an ongoing problem.
“R-E-C-Y-C-L-E, recycle! C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E, conserve! Don’t you P-O-L-L-U-T-E pollute the water, sky or sea, or else we’re gonna get, what we deserve!” Do you remember that song from the Nickelodeon TV show “Rocko’s Modern Life?”
It’s something everyone has thought or felt at one point in their college career — they’re being robbed blind by buying books.
More than 2.1 million students between the ages of 18 and 21 drove under the influence of alcohol in 2006. College binge drinking continues to dominate college campuses in the U.S. and claims many lives.
A few months ago, I witnessed a homeless man being escorted out from under my apartment complex staircase by police. Drifting in and out of consciousness and struggling to stand up unassisted, the bearded traveler denied any and all accusations of drunkenness as the two officers apprehended him with blue latex gloves gripped around their hands.
Justice is a dish best served in another country. That’s the message state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem, is sending with her proposed legislation to deport foreign inmates after they serve at least half of their minimum sentence in Michigan. Smith’s logic, however, does nobody justice.
During the next week we’re going to see a story or two like Laptop stolen in library (SN 4/21) every day, since everyone who’s never in the library will be there studying for finals.
I was happy to see Greg Thon continuing the discussion on animal issues in his letter Learn basics of agriculture before passing judgements (SN 4/17).
With trees budding out all around us, I just want to say thank you to the MSU Board of Trustees, President Lou Anna K. Simon and everyone who has had a hand in planting all the trees around campus.
The environmental movement is an intriguing phenomenon across college campuses. Often the most enticing solutions are those that seem to provide a quick fix, but it is clear that there is no silver bullet to solve the environmental and economic problems deeply embedded in the U.S. today.
Never forget. It’s a phrase repeated for years by people who wish to remind the world of what happened during the Holocaust. More than 6 million Jews perished in World War II Nazi concentration camps, decimating the Jewish population.
I stumbled upon an article in The New York Times that says President Barack Obama wants to replace the system of federally-backed private loans with a directly-funded federal loan program.
I would never call myself a feminist. It’s not because what I think feminists promote is wrong.
Michigan’s economy is in one sorry state. That’s not news to anyone. Daily headlines read that Michigan and the rest of the country are economically spiraling downward, and everyone from pundits to professors are offering their solutions on what should be done.
Let me start this off with a caveat: I’d really rather be working on my studies so I can get a job and become a productive member of society than writing this letter — maybe help pull Michigan out of the red or something.
At Lansing’s Collins Road Post Office on the evening of April 15, informational pickets from the Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice and the Peace Education Center raised concerns that our federal government spends too much on the military and too little on human needs.
Though it’s more than 18 months away, the 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election has taken its place among the top political stories in our state. With Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s term limited, making her ineligible to run for a third time, the race has drawn a broad field of prospective candidates from both parties.
Twitter. Facebook. Blogging. There are many ways to keep in touch with each other these days, and the government is making no exception.