The recent article in The State News (“Are You Employable?” SN 1/27) might have created undue stress for many MSU students who are in liberal arts colleges.
Internships during college can provide quality, real-world experience for students before they enter their field after graduation, but making students pay for their internship credits is discouraging and costly. A committee within ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, is looking into certain colleges’ requirement of students to pay for credit hours at a higher cost than the university spends to provide resources to students during their internships.
As a first-year student at Michigan State, my exploration of all that campus has to offer is far from over. However, as I’ve made my way through the many landmarks, as a female I was surprised to discover the women’s lounge in the Union.
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled on an appeal filed by Julea Ward, a former graduate student in Eastern Michigan University’s counseling program.
Super Bowl commercials usually get talked about just as much as the actual game does. Most are funny, and a few make viewers think, but this year one politician’s racist commercial made viewers wonder if they heard correctly.
On Jan. 1, 2013, a new health care policy protecting affordable access to birth control will go into effect.
Our government recently had an opportunity to take a small step toward energy independence. Building the Keystone Pipeline would have allowed oil from Alberta, Canada to be transported down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Given the costs and fees MSU students pay to attend school, the last thing students need is another financial burden, but that is exactly what some got this year.
Plagiarism in college is a serious issue that demands officials’ attention, but MSU might be making premature decisions to prevent students from plagiarizing.
Sitting in the Meridian Mall food court the other day sipping an iced tea, I witnessed a conversation between a group of middle-aged men discussing the Super Bowl and the case for the 1991 Washington Redskins being the greatest team in Super Bowl history.
There was a recent opinion article that criticized political movements here and abroad. While I admire Mr. Joyce’s hope for results, I disagree with his sentiments.
As someone who has been taking Adderall for a while, I am offended by people who use the drug just to “get through exams” and by people who believe that is all the drug is used for.
National Signing Day for college football was earlier this week. For an overwhelming number of high school football players, that’s as good as it’s going to get.
A court decision made by the Michigan Court of Appeals last fall is not taking residents into consideration, and has left many citizens wondering where the future of medical marijuana is headed.
Kudos to the State News for shining the spotlight on the recent announcement to raise football ticket prices for the 2012 season and to athletics director Mark Hollis for seizing the opportunity to capitalize on what appears to be the most attractive home football schedule in years.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed several measures to lower college tuition.
When reports show an increase in jobs, it is usually a positive indicator of the economy heading upward.
As a graduate of MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences, I am appalled at the lack of journalistic standards in our state’s major newspapers.
With all the articles swirling around protests in the State News these days, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities among my fellow opinion writers but that got me thinking about the similarities between the protests of MSU Greenpeace, Occupy Wall Street, the online protests, and the Tea Party movement.
Last week, a local politician made some politically incorrect statements, but his apology — or lack thereof — is gaining an equal amount of attention.