Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

Commentary

COMMENTARY

Hobby Lobby employees have a right to birth control that shouldn’t be restricted

Meagan Beck
July 2, 2014

The United States is the land of the free. As a journalist, I recognize my freedoms often, but I also know at some point, a line has to be drawn with the freedom everyone is given.National craft store chain Hobby Lobby was created by David Green, an Evangelical Christian who believes his billion-dollar company belongs to God.I will not attack Green for his religious beliefs or opinions on birth control ? he is fully entitled to both.

COMMENTARY

Minimum wage jobs give life perspective

Emily Jenks
June 18, 2014

T?his might be a bit biased coming from me ?— I love my minimum wage job. When I’m not fighting crime, watching and reading “Game of Thrones” or editing at The State News, I work as a sandwich artist at a Jimmy John’s back home.

COMMENTARY

Integrate with international students

Henry Pan
June 15, 2014

The other day while in the car with a group of friends, we got into a conversation about why it was hard for domestic and international students to integrate on campus because so many of us were a part of organizations dedicated toward making MSU’s already diverse campus more incorporated.

COMMENTARY

Grudges aren't worth the time

Meagan Beck
June 11, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, I received a text message from someone I hadn’t spoken to in months. The sender of the text was a former coworker and friend ? “former” being the operative word.Through a series of events – me leaving the job, her getting a new boyfriend – we stopped talking.

COMMENTARY

The fault in our films

Melanie Brender
June 9, 2014

My assistant coach lent me the book "The Fault in Our Stars" last week. I read it in less than a day, shut the book, cried about one page in particular, bookmarked several thought-provoking pages, and blew up everyone’s Twitter feed with #TFIOS quotes.

COMMENTARY

Live life at a comfortable pace

Casey Holland
June 8, 2014

I have a strategy when it comes to the game “Never Have I Ever.” For people unfamiliar with the game, it involves friends, or people trying to get to know each other, who gather in a circle and hold up ten fingers.

COMMENTARY

The Rock is what we make it

Michael Kransz
June 1, 2014

Following the summer-time exodus of students from East Lansing, pentagrams, meaningless statements and depictions of penises and weed leaves summarize the overlapping confusion that now is the Rock.Within a month, the communal billboard has degenerated.