What do Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Sen. Barack Obama have in common? Their celebrity status, of course. Sen. John McCain recently released a Web ad that compares Obama to the two pop divas and dubs him as the biggest celebrity in the world.
A bill to protect students from soaring tuition rates and overpriced textbooks passed through Congress Thursday. With a House vote of 380-49 and an 83-8 approval from the Senate, the bill now awaits a signature from President Bush.
A five-star hotel on Mackinac Island doesn’t seem like it would be the best place to conduct university business, but that’s where the MSU Board of Trustees traveled for their annual retreat. The two-day retreat gives the board some extra time to review the past year and see where the university can improve in the future.
You’re sitting at Espresso Royale, enjoying a cappuccino and studying for a big exam. In walk 40 men with guns holstered to their sides. Do you fear for your safety and consider running out the door or ducking for cover? Or do you thank your lucky stars someone is exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms?
While many countries around the world have been focusing on “going green” and steering away from global warming, China seems to have just caught on to the growing trend.
When many people hear the phrase affirmative action, the first word that comes to mind is inequality. The word minority has even been misinterpreted as only relating to race. But just as the word minority is inclusive of race, sex, religion and sexual preference, so are affirmative action programs.
Parents find it easy to complain about the way their children are learning today. They say teenagers spend too much time online and not enough time with a book in their hands. Research no longer necessarily involves a library and a card catalog. But that doesn’t mean the Internet has killed education or reading.
Most Americans are aware of the dangers cigarettes and other tobacco products pose to our health. For people in lesser developed countries, Bill Gates is going to make sure they’re knowledgeable about the damage tobacco products can do to their body.
Some genius thought it would be a great idea to post a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the United Auto Workers Web site outlining the Democrats’ plan to take over Michigan. Now, their secret has been exposed to the world.
How would you feel if police officers became a familiar sight in the dorm hallways when you were on your way to the community bathroom?
Believe it or not, college students have a lot more in common than stressing over exams and partying on the weekends — at least in Michigan.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has been taking some heat for his lack of knowledge in foreign affairs — but this past weekend he might have proved that he is willing to learn.
As fall semester draws closer with each passing day, so does the burden of scraping up money for textbooks. For those who can’t afford steeply priced textbooks, many of them turn to alternatives such as shopping online, pairing up with a classmate to share a book or refrain from buying books at all.
When students opened their MSU e-mail accounts on Monday evening, they were greeted with an e-mail from President Lou Anna K. Simon. Unfortunately, the e-mail wasn’t a chain letter and it wasn’t sent to ask students how their summer was going.
How many times have you purchased an item online and realized that it was only a cheap version of the real thing? This seems to be a common occurrence on some peer-to-peer shopping Web sites, and numerous companies have set out to end the trend of phony products.
What could possibly be so charming about a clunky, gray, 50-pound bicycle? The Vélib’ — a bicycle named for a combination of the French words for bike and freedom — has become an immensely popular mode of transportation throughout Paris. In its first year, the company saw 27.5 million trips taken by Parisian riders, with an average 120,000 trips each day.
The most bitter topic of discussion for the past five years might be the Iraq war. As if it weren’t bad enough, the taste may become even more unbearable after the Bush administration recently announced that they are considering withdrawing additional combat forces from Iraq in September and reassigning them to Afghanistan in order to meet the need for additional troops in the country.
Wouldn’t it be great if some of the most debilitating diseases could be cured at the touch of a button? Unfortunately that’s not possible, so some special interest groups are pushing to lift Michigan’s ban on stem cell research so that dream can become somewhat attainable. Voters will have the opportunity to approve the proposal to allow stem cell research come November.
Ever heard of a guy named T. Boone Pickens? If you haven’t, it might become a household name if he follows through with his multibillion-dollar plan to help solve America’s energy problems.
What a person does during their time on the Internet should be protected; but users have yet to see the protection they deserve.