Celebrity chef Paula Deen’s announcement that she has diabetes should be a wake-up call about the dangers of eating meat, cheese, butter, and other fatty, cholesterol-laden foods.
Michigan State University is by all accounts a big school. It has big sports teams, a big campus, a big reputation — and for many students, big classes.
Sometimes the right candidate for a job might be someone with fresh and new ideas rather than a familiar doctrine.
In early January, the Obama administration released the Pentagon’s new guidance, “Sustaining U.S.
It’s a well-known fact that this generation is amidst a social media revolution. We get our news from Twitter, make plans through Facebook and find our friends on Foursquare.
If the MSU Board of Trustees vote today to proceed with certain projects on campus, students can expect to see a variety of improvements over the next few years.
In his campaign to take over the White House and set things to his right, Mitt Romney allows, “the last three years have held a lot of change, but they haven’t offered much hope.
To train, to teach, to instruct, to guide — these are just a few words describing what it takes to be a coach in any sport in the world today.
Despite an economy that continues to scuffle, Michigan and Gov. Rick Snyder got some good news when the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that Michigan’s unemployment rate was as low as it’s been since September 2008 — 9.3 percent.
America has just ended one disastrous war. We are still fighting another. But already some brave people are demanding yet another war.
Last week, The New York Times wrote about the new student activism invigorated on American campuses after the birth of the Occupy encampments throughout the country.
On the corner of Michigan Avenue and Cedar Street in downtown Lansing, there could sit a brand- new casino if Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s lofty plans go through. Although his plan sounds like an improvement for the city, the chances of success are extremely low.
As one of the few cities in Michigan with a nondiscrimination ordinance protecting gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, East Lansing is a front-runner in our state in the fight against hate.
This week, I am writing in response to a comment collected from an MSU student in The State News article, “NCAA rejects scholarship cuts to student-athletes.” (SN 1/18) The comment suggested that NCAA student-athletes receive enough publicity already for their athletic participation, and the amount of money they save from their athletic aid in the form of tuition, book stipends and/or room and board should be enough. As a member of an Olympic sport team, I find this comment to be laughable.
The university’s transition to 100 percent renewable energy is becoming a realistic possibility rather than just talk, which is an encouraging step forward for MSU.
The Guest Columnist piece “New security measures ineffective” (SN 1/19) showed a stereotypical view of the night receptionist where “the night guard is often just a student watching a movie.” I am a night receptionist, and I can tell you that not everyone just watches movies while at work.
Bailouts have become one of the most hated policy choices of in recent memory. Such acts affirm every fear we have of the political establishment’s unhealthy ties to corporate interests. There has been near-unanimous opposition to the bailouts that occurred three years ago.
Students shouldn’t have to choose between a minor in possession charge or their friend dying an alcohol-related death.
The MSU Energy Transition Steering Committee has been in progress for more than a year and they don’t have a plan that will set our goal of 100 percent renewable energy in a reasonable amount of time. President Lou Anna K.
While reading The Detroit News the other day, I came across an article about long-distance relationships and, because I’m on the brink of one myself, I eagerly read it in hopes of discovering some new information about dating long distance.