It’s a common sight in many MSU residence halls — large, open space lounge areas that look even larger with no people using them. There are tables and couches and sometimes even a TV, but rarely people. Even in the recently renovated Snyder and Phillips halls, often there are no bodies to fill the new leather couches and chairs.
Last week, an unarmed student at Grand Valley State University named Derek Copp was shot by police during an unannounced drug raid at his apartment. Copp was a normal college student just like you and me. If you think the war on drugs doesn’t affect you, think again.
And I thought that our student-run community newspaper’s forthcoming 40th anniversary was a big deal. Seriously, congratulations to The State News on a century of publication.
At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, the East Lansing City Council decided on changes to its riot ordinance that make it easier to arrest and convict more students. The city’s basic anti-riot strategy is to outlaw street celebrations like Cedar Fest.
As a state representative for the Lansing area, I have to disagree with the position The State News editorial board took in its editorial Smoking ban should be decided by restaurants (SN 2/16). The editorial board missed the main point of smoke-free legislation: Keeping workers healthy, plain and simple.
After 52 people were arrested in connection with last year’s Cedar Fest riot, the East Lansing City Council took steps Tuesday to clarify what constitutes unlawful behavior during a riot.
In response to Joshua A. Kaplan’s letter Think about current lives, hardships of many Israelis (SN 3/17): If you need a title from me, “What about Palestine?” could work.
MSU employee Charlotte Wilks knows firsthand that railroad crossings can be dangerous. She once saw a fellow employee climb between the cars of a stopped train near her laboratory in the Life Sciences Building. The employee’s daughter had gotten sick while in day care on the other side of the tracks.
Everyone across the country is telling Michigan the same thing: Sacrifices must be made. Michigan has been portrayed as Uncle Sam’s disobedient, immature, thumb-sucking nephew. The other 49 nephews and nieces are stubborn, going through the growing pains of a degenerating superpower.
Taking a year off before enrolling in college can be viewed as either a significant challenge or an opportunity depending on how the student plans to spend the year. However, a recent proposal by President Barack Obama could give students added incentive to wait.
As an American, I implore my fellow citizens to stop what they are doing. Stop cooking. Stop working. Stop driving. Just stop. Stop and count out 15 seconds and feel how long those brief moments in time truly are.
As students go green for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, they shouldn’t forget to go to class today or Wednesday, either. It is every student’s right to do what they please with their money — and let’s be honest, there is a tremendous amount of deals today at bars across East Lansing.
Political discourse in our country, sadly, is often no better than what one would find in middle school children, where the shortage is not in the quantity of opinions, but in concrete facts on which to base those opinions. It is far easier for politicians to resort to demagoguery and rhetoric than to actually educate themselves on the issues they face.
I am not a big fan of bottled water, but I would suggest that professor Rick Bernsten, who wrote the letter University should only sell environmentally safe bottles (SN 3/6), and others stop for a moment and think about it before they clamor for a ban on water sales.
The editorial East Village project could hurt community (SN 3/4) and article Student housing at stake in E.L. redevelopment (SN 3/2) continue to recycle the same misrepresentations of the East Village project as earlier articles and editorials.
Almost two years ago, I wrote a column in The State News about a few days I spent in Washington, D.C., with 150 kids and teens with type 1 diabetes who were advocating for federal funding for a cure.
The U.S. middle class has felt the crunch of college for many years. With middle class students being too well off for federal financial aid but without the ability to pay for college without taking out loans, more assistance has been needed for a while — but any actions to improve the middle class situation must take the rest of society into account.
Cory Connolly’s articulate column Bottled water not worth cost, harm (SN 2/26) accurately enumerated the many negative environmental impacts of the explosion in bottled water consumption.
Daily reports describe the struggle to improve our nation’s health care while controlling its cost. Among the trillions to be spent, surely there is room for a cost-effective form of alternative medicine that has been scientifically established to aid patients’ physical as well as mental health.
Institutions can seem like scary things. When we think of an institution we think of big, immovable structures that exist whether we like it or not. But despite the aura we typically get from the faceless concepts of university and policy, there are real people behind them, and we can and should have the power to influence them.