Here we are: the final weeks of the academic year and, consequently, my final column. As I brainstormed for a topic for this week, I decided that my last column should be a culmination of the things that brought me to this point, something I really wanted to put out there while I had the opportunity and the platform.
When freshmen enter college, it is a completely foreign experience unlike any other. There are the adjustments of eating in a cafeteria everyday, living away from home, doing their own cleaning and laundry, and for many students, it’s the first time they have to share a room.
In Friday’s letter to the editor, (“Gun-free zones weaken daily life,” SN 4/6) Dennis argues against the ban on concealed weapons on campus.
On Feb. 26, an event occurred that proves racism still is alive and well in this country. It also reaffirms some negative aspects of human character. The shooting of Trayvon Martin is a very unique case.
After years of planning, talking and virtually nothing being accomplished, the City Center II project finally is breaking ground.
In Tuesday’s editorial “Weapons Bill Doesn’t Ensure Campus Safety,” (SN 4/3) it became clear that many people feel that carrying a firearm in school is not a good idea.
I love the financial crisis. Well, not “love” it, since it caused millions of Americans to lose their homes, ground economies to a halt on not one but two continents and is part of the reason I and thousands of other graduating seniors can’t find a well-paying job.
When a college student obtains a credit card, it should be a responsible, mature decision about when one has the proper income to afford it.
Although Christian Hokans’s sentiments of bicycling and recycling (SN 4/2) are laudable, the impending global devastation that will be on our doorstep before the end of most of our lives requires far more than personal lifestyle changes.
In honor of the class of 2012 and its upcoming graduation in May, I felt compelled to compile a list of “to do’s” for MSU students during the course of their undergraduate studies.
House Republicans haven’t tried to hide their displeasure with MSU’s health care mandate, and students are caught in the crossfire as the two parties battle out their differences.
With a bill proposed that would allow law-abiding citizens with a concealed weapons license to carry their guns on campus, a lot of people now are wondering if college students really can handle the responsibility of carrying a weapon on campus.
The Union is about to get wallpapered — with knowledge. On April 13, the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, or UURAF, will see almost 600 students descend on the Union, carrying with them nearly 300 posters and preparing for more than 120 oral presentations.
Upon entering college, many students see political or athletic activities they were interested in during high school fall to the wayside.
The fate of the middle class hinges on the November presidential election. If Mitt Romney is elected president, the middle class is doomed.
Racism has been defined as “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.”
Safety on college campuses is a concern on the back of many people’s minds, and Michigan lawmakers are trying to ease that concern a little bit.
This is one of the major times of the year when people search for new housing space in East Lansing. Because there is no MSU Housing Fair this spring, it is especially important to remind readers of East Lansing’s civil rights ordinance that protects against discrimination in housing, public accommodations, services and employment.
Ah yes, an unusually warm spring day, and I’m sitting by the Red Cedar River, pondering life beside the sound of billowing rapids. All at once I see it, a piece of plastic floating through my otherwise unspoiled view of nature.
After months of meetings and developments, ASMSU has achieved little progress on its tracking mobile application for MSU students, faculty and local residents. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, has planned to develop an app to track Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, buses on mobile phones.