NEWS
SpartyPark is expensive, but offers new options
Many of us can remember the freshman frustration of not being able to have cars on campus.
COMMENTARY
Online classes not for everyone, but can teach time management skills
Summer is here, and for some of us that means in addition to enjoying warm weather, beach vacations and extra hours to binge-watch Netflix, it’s time to start taking online courses from home. Online classes aren’t for everyone, even if you might need the extra credits.
COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL: Laughing at student activism makes Ferguson undeserving of trustee title
MSU Board of Trustees Chairman Joel Ferguson has served on the board since 1986 and has been its chairperson since 1992 — longer than some college students have been alive.One might think that with such a history of service to the school, he would come to respect the students he represents. His comments about student activism at the Board of Trustees meeting suggest otherwise, however.
COMMENTARY
Free speech should be celebrated on campus
With warm weather comes sunshine, birds singing, longboarders, outdoor seating at The Peanut Barrel and more people visiting campus — but they’re not always here just to take a stroll along the Red Cedar River.Last week’s slew of demonstrators, protesters and Bible-slingers are evidence that as soon as the snow melts, this campus becomes a forum for discussing opinions and beliefs.With about 49,000 students, it makes sense for student groups as well as outside organizations to want to spread their ideas to students who are forming their own political and social beliefs.This is the U.S.
COMMENTARY
Spartans can come together without being destructive
Two very different events brought hundreds, if not thousands of students together in the past week.
COMMENTARY
Time to defund ASMSU?
ASMSU, representative elections are coming up, which means deciding whether or not voting is a worth-while choice.
COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL: MSU should be open about Dept. of Ed. investigation
A couple weeks ago , some of us might have overlooked a university email about MSU’s efforts to improve awareness of student safety, especially focusing on sexual violence.
COMMENTARY
Students turned to social media to make sense of shooter reports
Check out how the events unfolded through the eyes of the MSU community’s posts on Twitter.
COMMENTARY
Take E.L. fire laws seriously — or else
East Lansing’s leaders are fed up. Almost every year, there has been at least one night where students celebrate — or retaliate, depending on the outcome — after a big MSU game.
COMMENTARY
ASMSU’s new president right to focus on image
Kiran Samra isn’t like most of ASMSU’s previous presidents. She is not a James Madison student, and she’s a woman. But most unlikely, she’s never voted on an ASMSU bill.
COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL: Where will Obama speak this Friday?
As we prepare for President Barack Obama’s scheduled arrival, crucial details remain a mystery — where will he be speaking, and will we even be able to see him speak?
COMMENTARY
MSU should have alerted campus of shooting sooner
Two hours and 20 minutes. That’s roughly the amount of time it took for news of a shooting less than a mile from campus to be reported to students by the university.
COMMENTARY
MSU fans should leave gender out of rivalry
Campus was packed Saturday as MSU basketball fans welcomed ESPN’s College GameDay to cover our biggest rivalry game of the season against Michigan. Unfortunately, one Spartan fan took it too far.
NEWS
What to take from Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address
Most college students are still looking for answers about the possibility of increased state funding toward higher education after Gov. Rick Snyder’s State of the State address last Thursday night, but chances of a drastically higher investment from the state seem slim. Snyder touched on a vast range of topics, but didn’t emphasize higher education funding in his speech.
COMMENTARY
State surplus: invest in higher ed, make college affordable
The state of Michigan reported a possible $1.3 billion surplus in revenue heading into the 2014-15 fiscal year.
COMMENTARY
Limiting Board trips a step in right direction
When news broke last fall that members of the MSU Board of Trustees had spent more than $100,000 on travel and entertainment expenses, we were outraged to discover trustees had so frivolously spent university funds. As a majority of the board voted to increase tuition last year, seeing trustees spend funds toward the end of their term, renting limousines and staying in hotel suites on the university’s dime was extremely concerning. But the university’s recent move to limit unnecessary spending by putting restrictions on international trips, event and ticket availability, hotel costs and limousine rentals is a step in the right direction. In 2012, Trustee Faylene Owen took a trip with her husband to Germany to see the MSU men’s basketball team play Connecticut at the Ramstein air base.
COMMENTARY
Don’t put off taking required courses
It’s the time of year when you might be second-guessing your scheduling choices, realizing that class you thought sounded like an easy 4.0 actually is going to be your hardest class yet or perhaps your seemingly perfectly-crafted last semester of college actually might turn out to be one of your toughest.
COMMENTARY
MSU was right to delay classes, allow OSU game
As most of us kept an eye on university weather calls the last few days, waited to find out when we would need to brave the cold and officially make our first treks across campus for spring classes, administration successfully juggled the interests of multiple parties affected by the closures — including keeping basketball fans happy.
COMMENTARY
Policy changes could help fill stadium seats
With Thanksgiving weekend, a harsh student ticket policy and 43-degree weather on schedule, it’s a safe bet to expect a pitiful showing of students for Saturday’s game against Minnesota.