It’s one thing to promote a certain message or specific agenda; it’s entirely another thing to do so effectively. The Coalition Against Sexual Violence has completely valid concerns about “rape culture” in the U.S. and at MSU.
Merging the two existing bodies of ASMSU into a single decision-making assembly is a solid step toward efficiency and a return to tax-exempt status.
After the recent invention of the Kindle, Nook, iPad and other electronic reading devices, it’s easy to conclude people like the idea of accessing books and information in digital form.
In a college town inhabited mostly by young adults, it is important to provide protection for students. As many students at MSU search for houses and apartments for the upcoming academic year, city officials want students to know they are protected against housing discrimination.
With the recent budget cuts, tuition and living costs constantly on the rise, students don’t want to see their money go to waste — or filet mignon.
Living on campus always will be off-putting to some students, and no amount of “Live On” table toppers and “Rock the Block” events can change that.
When choosing colleges and majors most students are making career-based decisions instead of considering the value of a well-rounded education.
Responsibility for incidents that occur at a party is a sobering and necessary hazard of hosting parties. Make no mistake, when it comes to any alcohol-related issue stemming from a party, authorities will hold whoever provided the alcohol responsible.
A proposed change to Michigan’s item-pricing laws boils down to choosing between jobs and consumers or businesses and money. Michigan’s Legislature should think hard about who it’s working for when considering a bill to loosen an item-pricing law that currently requires most groceries to be labeled with individual price tags.
As one wanders MSU’s sprawling campus, the MSC smokestack easily is recognizable as a prominent part of the Spartan skyline. But the $1.4 million it would cost to do vital repairs and ongoing upkeep costs just can’t be justified in light of the university’s budget woes.
In his 2012 budget proposals, Gov. Rick Snyder wants to implement a minimum 15 percent budget cut for university funding. With a cut of more than $240 million to higher education, there only is one thing left to say: This is the last straw.
Labels are an unavoidable part of life. Tall or short, blonde or brunette, big or small, and so on. But, what happens when numbers become our labels?
Although MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s State of the University YouTube videos won’t go viral, they’re worth a look for all types of Spartans.
The rehashing of a statewide ban of K2 and other cannabislike substances is more ridiculous this time around with an added ban on products marketed as bath salts. This ban, which is expected to pass with flying colors, is a “redo” of the ban accidently undone at the end of last year.
Sorry everybody, but our Bridge Cards were just trumped by the state of Michigan. New legislation to take effect in April no longer will award food assistance based purely on college-student status.
ASMSU’s $3,000 donation to start a fund aimed at encouraging MSU grads to settle in East Lansing is well intentioned, but let’s leave city matters to city officials.
The world should be full of engineers wearing tutus and ballet slippers as they discover new ways to construct a bridge. Maybe not while they’re working but definitely on the weekends.
Tweeting with a #hashtag @thesnews should be in every college student’s digital lexicon. As social media such as Twitter gain prominence, MSU students at least should have an account to stay on top of the latest in social media.
MSU students paying thousands for an education should be able to call an occasional “mulligan” for less-than-spectacular grades. University administrators should move forward with changing MSU’s current retake policy to allow for students to repeat classes regardless of first-try grades.
A new package of laws to regulate overdraft regulations in state-chartered banks will help keep Michigan-based banks from exploiting their members. If passed, banks no longer will be able to fleece their members’ accounts and roll in the profits.