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Commentary

COMMENTARY

Electric car stations will make e.l. green

In a time when preserving the environment is a concern on the minds of many people, the city of East Lansing is doing its part in going green, and hopefully encouraging residents to do the same. Plans to install two electric car charging stations in the city were presented on Feb.

COMMENTARY

Bond represents school’s future

Those of you who have always voted in favor of bonds, whose kids are receiving or received a great education, and are planning to vote no, consider the needs of teachers and kids now and in the future, not the needs of decades ago.

COMMENTARY

Student input should produce better ANGEL

Any MSU student or faculty member who has ever felt any frustration when dealing with ANGEL — presumably, the majority of students and faculty — can take a sigh of relief. Thankfully, the course management system slowly is being replaced.

COMMENTARY

Close quarters

I’ve lived in a lot of places. I’ve lived in a house with a colorful cast of characters in East Lansing, I’ve lived in an apartment in Columbus, Ohio, with three complete strangers (in a place that hates the entire state of Michigan, no less) and I’ve lived in the dorms by myself and with other people.

COMMENTARY

Bond does more harm than good

On Feb 28, the voters in East Lansing will approve or reject a proposed $53 million school bond. If approved, the East Lansing School Board intends to demolish and rebuild five existing elementary schools all within three miles of White Hills Elementary.

COMMENTARY

At-large students weaken ASMSU’s clout

A lack of participation from students at University Council meetings has ASMSU representatives concerned, but their solution might just be as bad as the problem. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, recently implemented a new student caucus that will gather at-large students, which are student-held positions in University Council, to discuss issues with each other before presenting their concerns at council meetings.

COMMENTARY

Parking fines excessive, ludicrous

It is great that MSU has been able to build and maintain parking areas by using money generated from parking violation fines. My personal experience with this source of MSU’s revenue goes back to me taking the evening short course on fruit production.

COMMENTARY

Foreign policy change helps US

Since the end of World War II, the United States kept a tradition of making bilateral agreements with Asian countries. American policymakers have had an incredibly successful track record of advancing our economic and security interests, building upon these relationships to adapt to a fast-changing world.

COMMENTARY

Smoking ban good idea, difficult to execute

Smoking on campus can be bothersome to students who are nonsmokers. When walking to class, it is common for students to be hit with a whiff of cigarette smoke — a smell that can be very irritating for some — or have to walk behind someone with a cigarette in their hand.

COMMENTARY

Students need more mental health help

In a time when money isn’t in abundance at MSU, university programs are going to have funds cut. It’s an unfortunate reality ­— one that is affecting the mental health and well-being of the university’s students. The Counseling Center has provided assistance to a record-breaking 3,050 students and counting this academic year, in comparison to the 2,750 students during the 2010-11 school year.