MSU needs to use more discretion when hosting summer events. Last weekend, they hosted a conference for Quixtar, a company affiliated with Dick DeVos and Amway that is accused of organizing pyramid schemes.
Chris Hansen's letter "DeVos should serve time for Quixtar scam at MSU" (SN 7/16) shows another small voice making incredible accusations at a company that has no need for such accusations. What Mr. Hansen does not understand is what the compensation plan quixtar.com and its sister company Amway offer is better than any sales compensation plan offered in the nation.
The U.S. Farm Bill is an important piece of legislation and a big opportunity. Congress has the opportunity this year to reform the bill and improve the livelihoods of small farmers around the world, including here in the United States. The current system does not benefit America's small farmers.
It should not come as a surprise that corporations, unions and those who are otherwise wealthy have a political agenda.
Trojan brand condoms recently premiered a new, controversial ad campaign that features a ritzy bar full of thin, beautiful women and giant, personified pigs.
I take issue with the editorial "Higher tuition drives students away" (SN 7/10), accusing universities - such as MSU - of "gouging" students.
MSU shamed itself by hosting a pyramid scheme rally last weekend. Thousands shelled out cash they made at their day jobs to honor Quixtar, which is related to Dick DeVos' business, Amway. Let me tell you about this "amazing opportunity:" Quixtar's team of zombies tries to convince others they'll soon be millionaires by fabricating how much money they make, paying outlandish membership fees, buying motivational books and CDs, and buying overpriced items from quixtar.com. Relentless efforts to get others to join ruin families and friendships.
As a proud Spartan alumna, I was thrilled when my son decided to attend MSU. He will be a sophomore this fall, and he is looking forward to returning to campus at the end of August.
Few people in the U.S. hold the belief that there should be less involvement in the government by taxpayers.
MSU is stepping up and becoming an environmentally friendly leader for universities everywhere - one step at a time. While it would be very easy for the university to sit back and continue doing things the way everyone is used to, MSU is spending a little bit more money and time to formulate ideas and solutions around campus to reduce emissions, promote biofuels and create a more natural environment. Lawn mowers and other landscape equipment on campus now use biofuels to replace diesel fuel, lubricants, oils and grease.
The agriculture industry has played a vital role in Michigan's economy for hundreds of years, and the industry has been changing to meet the demands of our state, generation after generation.
Readers have asked, repeatedly, that I acknowledge some good aspect of religious belief. Religion does offer some worthwhile benefits, of course, like a sense of community and incentive to be charitable, but such things can be obtained without abandoning reason.
With tuition rising well into unaffordable rates and no help in sight, it is important that the Board of Trustees stops merely hiking tuition costs and starts looking at alternative solutions to generate revenue on campus.
ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT - I am sure year-round as well as this summer many of us are living in fear of the awful power of the acronym.
How do you turn a job that a Depression-era vice president said wasn't worth a "bucket of warm spit" into a new, fourth branch of the federal government? Elect one Richard B.
The Michigan House of Representatives is looking to increase voter turnout among young people in elections.
After almost 100 years in existence, the NAACP is still dedicated to its original cause - ending racial discrimination in the U.S.
What's wrong with labeling a portrayal of an African Ubangi leader a "witch doctor of the Ubangi savages," as he gestures at a person prostrate on the ground below him? Or what about the label, "Old Squaw snake medical discovery" next to the image of a young American Indian woman, as she puts a snake to her mouth while others wrap around her arms? Do these words and what they suggest even see the light of day anymore? Both of these individuals are portrayed in Kresge Art Museum's "Circus: The Art of the 'Strange and the Curious'" exhibit currently on campus until July 27. Included are 12 wall-sized, painted canvas banners from old circus sideshows that sought to lure paying customers inside to gape at the "strange and curious." And there it all begins - the step back into the 20th century via these banners that date from the early 1900s up until the 1970s.
Your editorial "Higher tuition drives students away" (SN 7/10) complains, "the state and the university are in the habit of gouging students." News bulletin to The State News: the "gouging" largely constitutes an effort to keep paying the faculty salaries which largely make MSU's high-quality education possible.
In regards to the article, "17% is how much more new MSU students may pay in tuition" (SN 7/9), I feel the university has abandoned us, not the state Legislature.