What do traffic jams, cockroaches and Nickelback all have in common? Unfortunately for the members of Congress, the answer isn’t something to be proud of.
Just one week after Manti Te’o, Notre Dame All-American linebacker and media darling, became undoubtedly the largest and most public catfishing case in history, more questions have been raised than answers revealed.
I sat by her bed and read the sentences, over and over, so many times I lost count. “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?”
We all know someone who has had the phrase, “I don’t want to start a relationship because we’re graduating soon,” dropped on them. But what if you meet someone now, just mere months from graduation? Should you jump into a new relationship head first? Or avoid the potential pain and messiness you could face at the end of the semester? Opinion editor Katie Harrington and opinion writer Greg Olsen share their views on whether or not to take the leap.
Second semester is starting to take off. Professors are beginning to assign homework and projects, and the last thing anybody wants now is to get sick—especially with the flu.
In each of our lives, we have certain questions that never seem to get answered. Whether these unknowns become doubts we spend years trying to make peace with, or barriers from the past we might always feel trapped behind, they stand out to us and miraculously seem to find their way back in our minds when we least expect.
It was a nightmare we all remember too well. With just a few hours left to submit an assignment, you opened your computer to find your worst fear had come true: ANGEL was down.
Religion is something we are exposed to, something that is brought upon us at a young age. Many babies are baptized during the first few months after they are born. Some children are sent to religious private schools, and others simply attend religious services with their family during the weekend.
Take a moment and think back to the last time you saw some sort of violence portrayed in the media. Did it seem like something that might cause someone to inflict similar harm?
After we won our independence from the British crown, the threat of tyranny was fresh in the minds of the Founding Fathers as they met in Philadelphia the summer of 1789. James Madison drafted the Bill of Rights to secure unalienable rights for the people not explicitly stated in the Constitution. In terms of the Second Amendment, he was securing a right of the people to bear arms, not a privilege.
As an MSU professor who has encountered a few students who appear to be mentally ill, I was drawn with interest to The State News article, “Fragile: As mental health enters national debate, MSU reaches out to community.”
Now that the election coverage finally has been expunged from our systems, one word keeps gnawing at my brain — the word, “professional.”
November was a great month for supporters of easing laws against marijuana use. Following the election, residents from states across the country, including Colorado and Washington, helped pass referendums to reduce penalties for possession of the drug and even ways to make it easier to obtain or grow. Many cities also made similar decisions on easing drug restrictions, including five cities in Michigan.
There are some moments in your life when the curtains behind your eyes are drawn and you are forced to accept the awful truth that is unveiled. For me, last night was one of those moments.
There is a sense among many in our culture that the wealthier you are, the greedier you are, and the wealthy don’t pay “their fair share.”
There are few things in this world harder to resist when driving than the sound of a cellphone going off. No matter how hard each of us might try to fight the urge to look down and see which one of our friends is trying to contact us, we probably each have been guilty of giving in and picking up our phones.
Somewhere between seeking directions in the parking lot of a backwoods strip club and maneuvering around the Christmas tree in the main intersection of town, I wondered if I made the stupidest decision of my life.
When a national tragedy occurs, there are some responses that seem appropriate and others that don’t.
The first time partaking in the process, it can seem like a scam.
The end of 2012 was a heated time for the state of Michigan and a particularly busy period for the legislators in Lansing.