Many of the U.S.’s top universities are taking radical new steps to accommodate transgender students and offering coverage for gender reassignment surgery as part of their student health insurance plans.
I am sure the majority of people reading this column fall somewhere within the age bracket in the title. One of my recent readers said it might be a good and possibly interesting idea, but no one that age would even care.
MSU students might have a say in what becomes of many of the vacant properties littering the city of East Lansing’s downtown district.
The 21st century so far has provided a gold mine of technology. Never before has communication, transportation and the access of information been so incredibly efficient.
Representatives across the state are debating the pros and cons of passing a bill to drop the foreign language requirement in Michigan high schools.
President Barack Obama is a busy man. Last week, he delivered the State of the Union address prior to traveling to a factory in North Carolina, speaking to a pre-kindergarten class in Georgia, meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Washington D.C. and presenting 18 Presidential Citizens Medals. Obama then flew to Chicago to discuss policies presented in the State of the Union, and now is in Florida playing golf and taking a couple days off.
If MSU wants to establish a reputation for having an internationally-friendly environment, its students must be willing to broaden their cultural horizons and reach out to students of all backgrounds.
When you’re in your 20s, you don’t seem to have much influence on the fate of the world.
If there were any question marks surrounding the plans President Barack Obama has for the next four years, they likely have been laid to rest.
A close friend recently said to me that I don’t seem to embrace my heritage. I, of course, denied it. But he was right.
In 1883, Francis Galton published “Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development” and introduced to the world the term “eugenics.” His view was that for the betterment of the human race, society should improve itself by weeding out the “undesirables.” Galton pressed for the study of eugenics to become widespread. These ideas did take root — much closer to home than you might expect.
Critics are up in arms about a proposed 2 percent increase in state higher education funding — arguing the amount doesn’t do enough to restore past cuts.
During a conversation last week, I was pressed for my comments on the United States and its relationship with the world, socialism, communism, monarchies and of course, democracy.
Advocates for Michigan’s budding film industry worry their state’s silver screen soon could be in danger — at least if proposed funding cuts are as impactful as they fear.
Advocates for widespread U.S. immigration reform are celebrating what many hope is a foot in the door for broadening the rights of young illegal immigrants.
The sounds of sniffles accompanied by rustling as students locate Kleenex tissues within pockets echo within the lecture halls of MSU. The months of November through March host the cold and flu season.
Whoever said words hurt more than actions clearly was a writer — or at least spent time writing for a university newspaper.
Besides sharing a border, Metro Detroit and northern Michigan are far from the same. From the people and activities to the culture, opinion editor Katie Harrington and opinion writer Greg Olsen battle it out to decide which part of the state offers the most.
The permissible killing of U.S. citizens using drone strikes has been disclosed in a leaked Justice Department memo — leaving many Americans questioning the legal control of their government.
The question had come up between my roommate and me before. Truthfully, we didn’t often visit the majestic land of music, light and laughter that roars to life just north of Grand River Avenue nearly every night. Most nights resembled this one: the two of us pouring over schoolwork, exchanging music and playing cards. The posed question made that all feel empty. After all, we have just a handful of years of attendance at Michigan State.