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Liquor violations due to many factors
New statistics from the MSU Police Department show an increase in liquor violations in the year 2011.
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Bill package all-around poor idea
House Bill 5711 and House Bill 5713 suck, and that’s the nicest thing I can think to say about them. Last month, Michigan Sen. Rick Jones quickly pushed the anti-abortion super bill through the Senate Judiciary Committee and on to the Michigan Senate to be voted on.
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Go out and vote in today’s primaries
Today’s primary might seem to be not as big of a deal to some as the upcoming Nov. 6 presidential election, but it is still important for East Lansing residents and MSU students to vote in today’s primary.
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Michigan lacks “cool” factor
Michigan has a Cool Cities Initiative, which was instituted by Gov. Jennifer Granholm in 2004, “aimed at revitalizing cities in Michigan to make them more vibrant and energetic.” The primary push behind the initiative was the debilitating amount of recent college graduates who, upon graduation, immediately located the nearest exit and ran straight through it.
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MSU finally finds ANGEL replacement
Following years of deliberation and searching and students’ continued technological problems, MSU has finally chosen a new learning management system, or LMS, to replace the nearly obsolete ANGEL.
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MSU hosts exclusionary Group
Campus and East Lansing often play host to a barrage of summer camps and conferences during the summer. Sports camps, leadership summits and youth groups from all over the state and the nation come to MSU’s world-class facilities to utilize the mostly vacant student housing during the hottest parts of the year.
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Thoughts from abroad
The Office of Study Abroad reports that close to 3,000 students travel overseas each year on university-sponsored programs. This does not surprise me. Everyone and his or her brother, it seems, has been across the ocean at least once this summer, and they all have the Facebook photos to prove it. My friends have been checking in from all corners of the globe — so many places that I can’t even keep track.
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Data-driven schools forget individuals
Technology continues to advance the lives of citizens around the world as continual innovation and new ideas help shape day-to-day routines.
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Laws won’t change human nature
As the nation reels from the massacre in Aurora, Colo., the debate over gun control has once again reared its ugly head. Rather than have an unwinnable debate about our right to bear arms, we should have a more productive discussion on human nature — a much more unchanging topic, but one that dictates everything society has to offer.
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Olympic time delay bothersome to many
The Olympic Games are an event every two years that helps to unite countries from across the world. Although conflicts continue to occur among countries, athletes are given the chance to put these differences aside for a couple of weeks and unite in a competitive atmosphere while representing their homelands.
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Olympic rules need makeover
If you watched the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremonies, you likely noticed the group of three athletes dancing their way around the stadium.
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College cost tool useful for students
The cost of attending college has risen for the past several years, and many students have a hard time grasping the effects of student loans and comparing the many costs of higher education.
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Disco dancing on Bastille Day
I come from an exceedingly frugal family. My parents decided at a young age that instead of taking lavish vacations, they would rather pay for me to go to college debt-free. Although when I was younger I was angry when spring break would come around and I would be home alone while others were on vacation, I appreciate it now more than ever.
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Disco dancing on Bastille Day
I come from an exceedingly frugal family. My parents decided at a young age that instead of taking lavish vacations, they would rather pay for me to go to college debt-free. Although when I was younger I was angry when spring break would come around and I would be home alone while others were on vacation, I appreciate it now more than ever.
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Penn State sanctions harsh, but necessary
In an unprecedented decision, the NCAA decided Monday morning to hit Penn State University, or PSU, with a number of sanctions and bans.
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Living a blogger's life
The last month or so has been entertaining for me. Let me explain. About eight months ago, after I’d applied to work at The State News and was not immediately hired, I decided to join the staff of a website that covered the Chicago Bulls.
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Food trucks right idea, wrong place
I love food. Pure and simple. Any place, any time you put some grub in front of me and you best believe I’m taking care of it. I’m the president of the clean-plate club. A human garbage disposal.
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Energy transition falls on all of MSU
There is a consensus in the scientific community that global climate change is occurring due to the burning of fossil fuels by automobiles and factories. In an attempt to avoid adding to the problem, MSU is looking for alternative, renewable energy sources to reduce its carbon footprint.
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Some charity might prove to be more harm than good
I think it’s great someone is promoting more volunteerism on the part of MSU students. We need to be more than just consumers, but also contributors to Greater Lansing. There should be compassion toward others and people should seek to serve, in tangible ways, those in less fortunate circumstances, often through little to no fault of their own.
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Election reform laced with fraud
Election law is boring. There’s really no way around that fact. It doesn’t boast the furor and excitement that surround political issues such as gay marriage, abortion, gun regulation or even taxation mainly because it’s not easy to classify positions on election law into a form that can be ragefully shouted or quaintly packaged onto a placard at a rally.