Everyone is offended by everything these days. If it’s not a slip of the tongue on the radio or a comedic routine gone dreadfully awry, it’s a coffee house name change or a radical political author fighting for free speech.
Ladies, you may kindly move on to page 5. This one’s for the guys. Men, what the hell happened to manliness? No, I’m serious. And I’m not talking about society’s idea of masculinity either — loudmouthed men who love beer, baseball, brothels and “Braveheart.”
It’s been an eventful week for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The little-known politician took the national stage after presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain chose her to be his running mate and subsequently endured a media storm rarely seen outside the Lohan family.
When it comes to green power in Michigan, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is Michigan lawmakers recently passed legislation to reduce the percentage businesses contribute for new renewable energy for the state. The bad news is Michigan residents now will be footing the majority of the bill.
Any student who has hung around East Lansing during the summer knows campus undergoes a major transition when the fall semester starts up and the teeming hordes descend on MSU.
All eyes might have been on Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and the Democrats last week, but starting today, the media spotlight shifts to the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis where the Republicans are holding their National Convention.
As an army veteran, I read with interest Drew Robert Winter’s column Support war before enlisting (SN 8/29) on enlistment. It soon became apparent that Drew has no clue about how the military works.
Gustav — yet another hurricane decimating the Gulf Coast — has presented our country with the opportunity to right the wrongs that made Hurricane Katrina so devastating three years ago.
As I begin my senior year at MSU, I have always used The State News as an informative and entertaining tool to stay updated on my campus town. Unfortunately, I have recently become concerned with articles published about students involved in the Cedar Fest riots/celebration.
Congratulations, Kwame Kilpatrick. You’ve made it eight months bogged down in a quagmire of legal scandal and felony charges. Eight months of sitting in office while accusation after accusation has come at you. It’s high time your ride ends.
To most Americans, military enlistment is admirable service to one’s country – no questions asked. Military members are praised with such fervor that questioning this automatic gratitude and approval is met with outright hostility.
I’m glad to hear that the good folks over at the Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care finally collected enough signatures to get the legalization of medical marijuana on the ballot in November.
In an effort to unite the Democratic Party, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., officially released her delegates Wednesday. Finally. At long last, Clinton took her hard-earned delegates aside, thanked them, and for the first time, encouraged them to vote for and work to elect Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., who will presumably accept his official nomination tonight.
Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech. The success of King’s speech, however, was ironic. At the end of his allotted eight minutes, the minister improvised. The memorable lines, “I have a dream” and “let freedom ring,” came spontaneously. The prepared text was adequate, the improvised remarks inspiring. Woven together, the two parts of the speech were powerful.
Abortion is a hot topic in our society, but it basically boils down to one question: When does an embryo or fetus deserve basic human rights? People who are pro-choice believe that this change comes later in the pregnancy or at birth, while those who are pro-life believe that this important change comes at conception.
For news junkies, Friday was both heaven and hell. In the excruciatingly long wait for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to send out the infamous text message announcing his choice of a running mate, viewers of the cable news networks were witness to some classic TV moments.
I am writing to express my concern with a statement made in Students, experts split on impact of VP Choice (SN 8/24).
I am writing in response to the editorial titled Lower drinking age encourages safe consumption (SN 8/26).
The first week of classes is well under way, and MSU’s campus bustles with activity after a long summer break. Despite the little annoyances of classes, many MSU students have been waiting all summer to get back together with their friends, live in their own space off campus, and jump back into the party scene. Permanent community members, however, might not be so happy.
In a perfect world, we’d be able to use a person’s emotional age to determine when it’s appropriate for him or her to begin drinking. Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect world and are forced to use age as the deciding factor. But how can we determine the appropriate age to drink?