While the state budget is not yet finalized, it looks increasingly likely that the Legislature will not be able provide adequate funding for Michigan’s 15 public universities.
Rumor has it our tuition at MSU may rise by 10 percent. Coupled with the rising costs of room and board, books and other supplies necessary for a successful college experience, this news of a likely tuition increase is the last thing many want to hear. So whose fault is it anyway?
I’ve never really thought of myself as “macho.” I don’t wear boots or chop down trees, I don’t chug a six-pack of beer in the span of a couple minutes and I don’t attempt to fine-tune the reverberation in my belches.
In two years I will be a teacher in one of our nation’s public schools. I was therefore appalled to read it is even being suggested by some that we place metal detectors randomly throughout schools and arm our school officers with guns (“ Officers discuss school violence,” SN 6/20). I firmly believe people, including students of all ages, will behave according to how they are treated.
After years of struggle by Yugoslavian authorities, NATO officials and the international community, Slobodan Milosevic is one step closer to being extradited to the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. Yugoslav police last month announced the discovery of evidence linking former President Milosevic to possible war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo conflict, and on Saturday the Yugoslav Cabinet voted 8-1 to approve a decree paving the way for his expected journey to the United Nations tribunal. Police say they have found at least two mass graves in Serbia, presumably filled with the bodies of ethnic Albanians. The decision to extradite comes two years after the United Nations indicted Milosevic for crimes against humanity during his crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, which ended after the NATO bombing campaign in 1999.
The editorial criticizing the Michigan penal system (“Hard time,” SN 6/18) for imposing strict visiting policies is ignorant and obviously lacks the understanding of what purpose a prison serves.
About the time I was 7, I was sure about a few things in life. I knew firsthand I was put on this earth to be a star on the television show “Kids Incorporated.” Around the age of 11, these dreams were crushed with the realization that it might not happen.On the bright side, at 21 years old I am living out my other childhood dream: living in New York City.
The Michigan Senate is making a grave mistake by allowing oil drilling in the Great Lakes. The Senate passed two bills supporting drilling in May, with backers split evenly along party lines.
I bought a new CD last week. “Pneumonia,” by Whiskeytown. A fine title in the tradition of country music: romantic, tragic and evocative.
I’m fat. Obese, actually. Yes, it was a startling, and a little unnerving, discovery for me.
Dating can be compared to a large piece of chocolate cake. At first glance, the confectionery is perfect.
The Michigan prison visitation policy, which has recently come under scrutiny, is much too strict and has too many downfalls to be considered effective. The policies, which were enacted in 1995, were challenged by several prisoners and overturned by U.S.
The entire world hates us. Americans are loud. Loud and obnoxious. We think it’s OK to do whatever we want, whenever we want.
I am new to the East Lansing area, having just graduated from law school out-of-state. I often study on campus to have a change of scenery.
During the snowstorms of finals week in December, what was the university’s statement on snow removal?
As a member of the College of Human Medicine, the headline ( “Study: med college racist,” SN 6/14) certainly got my attention.
I am disappointed to see that The State News has given such a prominent place and uncritical treatment of the recently released “study” by the Center for Equal Opportunity ( “Study: med college racist,” SN 6/14). Your article reports the findings of this report with little or no critical analysis of the data or the organization that produced it.
There’s a word some people need to learn: responsibility. In your article (“Election flaws discovered,” SN 6/6), Nikki O’Brien, coordinator for African American Student Affairs at MSU, along with the editorial board of The State News, acted irresponsibly.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”So begins Charles Dickens’ French Revolution-era novel “A Tale of Two Cities.” So also begins my segue into a discussion I had with a fellow radio-show host Friday (Incidentally, this is in no way intended as any sort of shameless self-promotion.
The Michigan prison visitation policy, which has recently come under scrutiny, is much too strict and has too many downfalls to be considered effective. The policies, which were enacted in 1995, were challenged by several prisoners and overturned by U.S.