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.
The column by Craig Pearson (“Empathy, passion make us human,” SN 1/17) about empathy is enlightening.
A few weeks ago, millions of concerned citizens gathered to topple a great injustice in their government. However, this gathering did not occur in Cairo, New York, or any other city around the world for that matter — it happened in cyberspace.
Athletics Director Mark Hollis is making improvements to Spartan Stadium and the MSU football program, but the program’s gain could be fans’ financial loss.
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.