Mental health is a serious issue that is, unfortunately, not taken seriously by many. But mental illness isn’t something that should be brushed off or shoved in a corner. That’s why next week is East Lansing’s Mental Health Awareness Week.
I believe MSU students are not involved enough with our neighboring city. Students do not take advantage of the vibrancy and opportunities in Lansing. Students do not spend enough time giving back to another community.
From a 90’s generation perspective, I’ve found the change in lifestyle with advent of the internet to be fascinating. I remember those elementary school weekends, when I was helplessly sitting at home instead of playing outside due to rain.
Paranormal is a broad, umbrella term for everything pertaining to fantasy, mythology and legend. It can be anything from ghosts to angels to vampires. The question is this: Do you believe in it?
Academic dishonesty is inherently a touchy subject. When egregious, discipline must be harsh.
For the first 18 years of my life, I barely had to worry about what I wore. That's what happens when you attend private Catholic schools.
Yes, I do realize that it is the 21st century. However, after reading that we will be switching over to Microsoft Outlook, it seems that the university will forever live in the past and may never become unstuck in time. I was excited at first when I saw the headline.
As the writer of this essay, I can both sympathize this new ‘disease,’ while at the same time loathe it completely. The disease of which I speak is sweeping the nation in increasing numbers, almost reaching epidemic proportions: earbuds and headphones.
The assumption of human fallibility, I want to suggest, is a good way to approach the issues of toleration and civility on a university campus.
Lou Anna K. Simon has been a stable, and at times polarizing, figure at MSU for a decade. She has brought record enrollment — and tuition hikes — with her.
A recent hot button topic across collegiate athletics is the compensation of student athletes for play and the use of their likeness.
Rachel Fradette misses the mark badly in her recent opinion piece on MSU’s relationship with SeaWorld.
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. That means just about every student is going to be out in East Lansing, trying to get a Guinness at an overcrowded Dublin Square Irish Pub or waiting in a seemingly endless line for Conrad’s.
At a university with roughly 50,000 students, it can be tough to stand out, especially in a lecture hall with hundreds of people in attendance. Because of this, some students can often go an entire semester without ever speaking to or meeting their professor personally. This is a problem.
The 2014-2015 men’s basketball team is in a transition year. However, despite being unranked, the team is poised to make yet another NCAA tournament.
Not all women, especially globally, have the choice to be a feminist and although women might not want to contribute to their own oppression, they often do so out of not having a choice.
Hipsters have begun to be declared a “subculture” or “movement.” The way I see it is when a culture prides itself on status or having certain things or acting a certain way, it becomes less of a movement and more of a clique.
Monday was one of the saddest and most frustrating days in my college journalism career.
Sometimes, the act of observing a phenomenon can actually change its outcome.
When finishing high school, students are faced with the tough dilemma of figuring out what they want to do with their lives.