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Amnesty bill chance to save young lives
Students shouldn’t have to choose between a minor in possession charge or their friend dying an alcohol-related death.
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Steering committee lacks commitment
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.
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Absence makes the heart adjust
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.
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Seeking help has no stigma for students
The MSU Counseling Center is taking new strides to help some students feel more at home upon arriving to MSU, and its efforts could give those students a new outlook on college life.
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Legislation deserves student support
The Michigan House Judiciary Committee is taking up the Medical Amnesty bill (HB 4393) Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
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New security measures ineffective
Case Hall recently implemented a card scanner system that requires a student ID to open doors to living quarters. This follows the lead of several other dormitories in response to concerns about student safety.
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Potential grants not realistic option
Senate Democrats have been discussing a new policy initiative that could possibly offer grants to in-state students attending public universities in Michigan, but its success could be detrimental to the state. The Michigan 2020 plan, as Democrats are calling it, would provide nearly full tuition — about $9,500 a year — to in-state students who have spent their whole K-12 education in Michigan schools, including public, private and home-schools.
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Americans have rounded worldview
Are American politicians out of sync with the public when it comes to foreign policy? There is considerable reason to believe so.
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Empathy, passion make us human
A new study published this month by Dan Johnson of Washington and Lee University shows experimentally that reading fiction increases empathy.
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Student input key to better RHA services
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, conducted a health and safety survey to figure out how aware students are of its services, and the results were telling. RHA Director of Health and Safety Zachary DeRade said on a scale of one to 10 of how aware students were of RHA’s health and safety services, the average response was a five.
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Cleaner cars mean cleaner future
Growing up right outside of the Motor City, I always felt a torn loyalty between the jobs of many friends and family members employed by Detroit’s auto industry and our environment.
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Students need financial protection
Over the holidays, President Obama appointed a director for his new and controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB.
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MSU needs to close education value gap
When people pay more for a service or good, they expect to receive a higher quality item. But according to a recent report by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, MSU students are experiencing increasing costs disproportionate with the quality of the university.
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Get the most out of time at MSU
MSU is a large university, so many students here seek ways to become a member of something smaller to establish relationships with fellow students and university faculty.
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Allow me to introduce myself
Growing up, I started talking at a very early age. My parents like to joke that I haven’t stopped since, and they’re probably right. It didn’t take much of that talking for them to realize I was very opinionated, either.
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ANGEL browser issues embarrassing for MSU
A majority of MSU students recognize the phrase “Warning: you are using an unsupported browser. Some ANGEL functions like messaging, drop boxes, and others will not work correctly” all too well.
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Work left to do at Guantanamo
Jan. 12, 2012, is the 10th anniversary of the day when terrorism suspects were subjected to indefinite incarceration in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, generally in the absence of any charges or trial.
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Violent rhetoric obscures choices
January marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down many repressive state laws criminalizing abortion. The right to make one’s own intimate medical decisions is not only a legal imperative but also empowering and provides a path toward social and political equality.
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E-books are future of student learning
MSU students could start to see electronic books, or e-books, become an integral part of their college experience if a pilot study on e-books at MSU is successful.
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Renewable energy no fairy tale
“Trust the process.” This is what student environmental activists in groups such as MSU Greenpeace and MSU Beyond Coal have been told time and time again by MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon.