MSU rightfully is committed to the health and safety of our students, but a recent administrative action requiring mandatory health insurance for all undergraduate students was enacted without the authority of the MSU Board of Trustees.
The character flaws of leaders and the cultural tendencies that affect them have a profound influence on public policy. They have childhood experiences that define their personalities. Some are stubborn, some are insecure. The prejudices observed in their families, friends, or geographical regions inform their decision making processes.
MSU students searching for off-campus housing options will be given a new location to add to their list of potential apartments next spring.
Recently, a column was posted in The State News criticizing the treatment of America in Hollywood (“America not what media makes it,” SN 2/29). The author suggested that the American media should present family values, strong morals and the ideals America was founded on.
When I read the opinion piece entitled “Don’t ignore Israel’s wrongdoings,” written by guest columnist Mitch Goldsmith, which ran in this publication on Feb. 22, I immediately was taken aback.
Tuesday night’s election brought out members of the East Lansing community to vote on the controversial $53 million public school bond proposal, resulting in a slight victory for those against the proposal — 52.64 percent to 47.36 percent.
The recent efforts to ban smoking on campus have been focused on moralizing about students’ personal choices rather than improving health.
Recently, I was thinking about what has become of modern patriotism. Hollywood, the window the world uses to look into the lives of Americans, has fallen victim to xenocentrism — the desire to be like another culture — and the pressures of foreign producers.
A speedy bill passed by the state Senate last week could take away the rights of graduate student employees across the state. The bill might not have as big of an effect on MSU as other universities, but it could create problems for the university in the future.
In “Don’t ignore Israel’s wrongdoings,” (SN 2/23) Mr. Goldsmith takes the time to provide sources by inherently biased organizations, and then to provide his minuscule view of a complicated situation.
Today, Michiganians will go to the polls and vote for their party’s Presidential nominee. Republicans have four very different candidates to choose from, but Michigan would do well to support the true conservative — former Massachusetts Gov.
Now that the Michigan Republican presidential primary is here, candidates have been running around campaigning for votes and endorsements — but many voters remain unimpressed.
Back when I first started paying property taxes in my adopted hometown in 1974 or so, a neighborhood old-timer told me one time, “A school board will spend as much as you let them.” He cautioned me to look at the details, not to be bound by my natural pro-education instincts as the father of a two-year-old.
On Feb. 16, Diane Nash, one of the “true pioneers in the civil rights movement,” appeared in East Lansing.
Many students believe college is a time to explore new possibilities and try new things before entering the real world of adulthood. Some might discover a passion that leads to an unexpected major or make new friends who will open their eyes to a different culture.
For a journalism project last week, I was interviewing various people about the economy’s effect on local businesses.
Elementary schooling helps to build the character and lay the foundation of future education for a student. For some East Lansing children, however, the school in which they’ve begun their educational journey soon will be forced to shut its doors because of a financially and morally ambiguous decision.
I am very encouraged to learn that the proposal to strengthen Michigan’s renewable energy standard to 25 percent by 2025 has the support of Democrats, Republicans and independents.
This week, a collection of MSU groups brought two Israeli soldiers to campus in an event dubbed “Israeli Soldiers Stories” as part of a broader campaign of misinformation sponsored by Israel and its allies in the States.
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.