Many MSU students remember their time in high school, counting down the days to graduation and planning their next stage in life. That’s how all of MSU’s students ended up here.
The relationship between politics and hip-hop has been an unsteady one to say the least. You can draw parallels between it and a family reunion — politics being the well-to-do success story families rave about, while hip-hop settles into a role of the talented yet troubled youth whose potential is squandered by several character flaws.
MSU prides itself on being integrated among American students and having one of the largest international student populations among U.S. universities. But how integrated are we?
Misdeeds in a politician’s private life can be bothersome, but not as bothersome as when that politician is hypocritical about them. For example, I don’t believe I have a double standard when I say I’m angrier with the typical Republican when he or she has a sex scandal than when the typical Democrat does.
Thank you for publishing Alice Dreger’s recent letter regarding bicycle-motorist issues, E.L. bikers deserve more respect from city, motorists (SN 9/9).
The second biggest cliché charging political pep talks (behind unqualified belches to vote) is preaching that citizens “get informed.” The only difference in the following argument is that I’m not asking. I’m telling.
For any experienced MSU student, it’s not exactly an unusual experience. A class is going on just like normal when the conversation suddenly takes a turn toward the political arena.
In response to the letter Classroom not forum for professors’ political ideas (SN 9/9), the writer incorrectly assumes that healthy political debate between students and professors will negatively affect their grade in the class and should be somehow disallowed due to the university’s position receiving taxpayer money.
For many people, today’s morning sun brought with it a sense of dread and loss — the same sense it has brought every year for seven years. Odds are good that most Americans will pause at some point today and reflect on where they were when they heard the news that fateful day the nation was attacked.
The Republican Party is commencing its campaign smokescreen, only this year it wears lipstick and high heels. This isn’t me stereotyping or belittling Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at all.
The topic of Republican presidential nominee John McCain came up in my American studies class today. I found it amazing that in a class with absolutely no political background my teacher still found it appropriate to reserve the last half-hour to explain to us why McCain’s vice presidential pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was racist, and why her supporters were chasing a dream of white, 1950s America.
I think I’m already sick of this presidential election. Turning on the TV two months before election day, I’m already finding the airwaves swamped with political ads. Newspaper headlines are dominated by what the campaigns are doing — with The State News as guilty as the rest.
The issue of campus security is consistently on the minds of university administrators, bringing up the question of how to most efficiently alert students. Last year, MSU initiated a system that would alert students of emergencies via text message. Now they are looking for additional ways to bring emergencies to the immediate attention of students.
Even with the renewed push for green energy, the idea of the average home having its very own wind turbine seems straight out of science fiction. It might be time to drop the “fiction” part.
I never thought that, at age 42, I’d turn into one of those radical bicyclist demonstrators, but I think I’m ready. The last few weeks of bicycling in this town, combined with East Lansing City Council’s frustrating answers to my questions about the lack of bike lanes, have sent me over the edge.
This year, change is inevitable. At the Democratic National Convention, a mainstream party supported an African American to be the future president.
As the credit crunch continues to wreak havoc, students in need are finding their financial aid awards are becoming smaller and smaller while tuition costs rise and rise. Many are turning to private loans to bridge the gap and get the money they need to continue their education.
With an master’s degree in communication from MSU, I have been interested in The State News coverage about the possibility of lowering the drinking age to 18. The Amethyst Initiative, calling for “an informed and dispassionate debate” on lowering the drinking age has been signed by 129 college presidents.
This November, many students will cast their votes and have a voice in who will be the next president of the United States. Besides just voting, students across campus have taken active roles in organizations and campaigns to help elect the candidate they support. Yes, the presidential election this November is very important.
MSU students received a half-hearted piece of good news this year when it was announced state funding for higher education would increase by 1 percent. Unfortunately, looking at the previous five years, the increase was an anomaly.