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Editorials

COMMENTARY

Downtown area unlike other cities

With empty storefronts and vacant buildings littering downtown East Lansing, it’s no secret that part of the city lacks any real liveliness that most downtown areas pride themselves on. Then again, it’s clear East Lansing is far from the average city. Most college towns in the U.S.

COMMENTARY

Food trucks offer unique experience

As food truck popularity is growing and interest in the different type of vendor is rising, East Lansing has risen to the hype, and it’s bound to make many MSU students and local residents pleased. Last week, the East Lansing City Council passed a policy resolution allowing for two food trucks in the downtown area, on Albert Avenue between Division and Charles streets.

COMMENTARY

Farmers market has many local benefits

The East Lansing Farmers Market continues into its fourth season this summer. As a weekly marketplace offering residents a variety of fruits, vegetables and other fresh ingredients, the farmers market also promotes local sustainability and benefits the local economy. The East Lansing Farmers Market runs from 10 a.m.

COMMENTARY

FRIB will gain worldwide regard

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, is a proposed construction project at MSU that would help the university continue its research in nuclear physics at a faster pace than it ever has before.

COMMENTARY

City center II issues far from being done

After 11 years of a proposed construction project being discussed at East Lansing City Council meetings, the City Center II project was effectively killed Tuesday night when the council voted unanimously not to enter into a development agreement with Strathmore Development Co.

COMMENTARY

Synthetic drug ban necessary for state

Gov. Rick Snyder took the liberty of signing a series of bills into law Tuesday that ban the use, sale or possession of synthetic marijuana substances including K2 and Spice, and other synthetic drugs like bath salts.

COMMENTARY

Bill step toward banning abortion

A highly contentious bill that restricts abortion passed in Michigan’s House of Representatives Wednesday. Although allies of the bill said its content helps to keep women safe from being coerced into receiving an abortion and keeps high standards in the operating room, opponents of the bill say it is a step toward banning abortion in Michigan altogether.

COMMENTARY

Crime conviction too soft, lenient

After almost a year since its beginning, the Andrew Thompson case came to a close on Wednesday, leaving many baffled at his sentencing and wondering whether or not the punishment fits the crime.

COMMENTARY

Alumni should have option to keep emails

An email is a type of communication college graduates utilize to approach possible employers and to remain in contact with college associates. For alumni who still use their MSU accounts, this form of communication could be truncated, leaving many angered and confused about how to handle transferring their information and alerting their associates of this change in contact information.

COMMENTARY

Tuition raises rest on many shoulders

Tuition increases are a hassle both students and administrators detest. But as the MSU Board of Trustees has its upcoming decision on whether or not a tuition increase is necessary — and how much it will increase — the board must take all necessary steps to keep tuition low despite a lack of appropriate state funding, placing less of a financial burden on MSU students.