It's inhumane to kick out homeless
The East Lansing City Council is wasting time and energy on an unnecessary goal: criminalizing East Lansing's homeless population.
The East Lansing City Council is wasting time and energy on an unnecessary goal: criminalizing East Lansing's homeless population.
Another day, another misguided student protest. Not that, fundamentally, the student protesters who came out to oppose Colorado Republican Rep.
More East Lansing residents soon could be calling downtown home. On Tuesday, East Lansing City Council members approved plans for new apartments and condominiums to be built on Grand River and Albert avenues. While these condos, and probably the apartments too, aren't cost effective for most students, they could bring more permanent residents into East Lansing. The new building on Grand River Avenue will have nine two-bedroom apartments for rent, and the building on Albert Avenue will have three one-bedroom apartments and 33 two-bedroom apartments, all of which will be inhabited by owner occupants. Plans like this could help to keep MSU graduates in East Lansing after their four years are done.
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is finally starting to make a move toward running in the upcoming 2008 presidential race and it's about time. For some time now, Obama has been evasive when asked if he would run in '08, laughing at the question or dodging it altogether.
In Pagosa Springs, Colo., last week, a couple was told by their neighborhood homeowners association that they must take down a four-foot wreath shaped like a peace symbol and pay a penalty of $25. The official reason behind the decision?
After a wildly embarrassing season, which lead to the further embarrassing public humiliation and firing of former head coach John L.
No form of power should be abused, and that goes for Taser guns, too. According to a recent State News article, East Lansing police officers have used Taser guns an average of twice each month this past year.
In a turn that should surprise no one, violence erupted in Iraq during the weekend. Sunni gunmen killed 21 Shiite men in front of their families, while elsewhere in the war-torn country, car bombs erupted killing 200 and further wounding 250. As the situation in Iraq steadily crumbles, U.S.
Be careful what you say or do the Pentagon just might be watching you, especially if you're a member of an anti-war group. There have been numerous cases of our government unwarrantedly spying on U.S.
New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel proposed a somewhat radical method of ensuring that the United States does not sink itself into a poorly conceived quagmire: He wants to reinstate the draft. The logic behind his suggestion is understandable.
At a conference Sunday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair finally began to talk some sense. After years of being little more than President Bush's cheerleader on the Iraq war, the "war on terror" and all of the fallout associated with both of those failures, Blair has begun to change his tune and announced a wiser and more considerate plan for the Middle East.
On Tuesday two votes in two different countries made mighty declarations for the gay community. One vote made a positive leap forward, while the other continues to support homophobia and discrimination. The same day the South African Parliament voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage, the United States' Roman Catholic bishops passed support for initiatives to teach gay and lesbian Catholics to remain celibate by a vote of 194-37. As the first nation in Africa to remove legal barriers from same-sex marriage, the South African Parliament's decision is courageous and representative of progressive steps every country should be taking.
On Monday, the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments about whether or not voters should be required to show photo ID before casting their ballot. After voting debacles in past elections, it's understandable why voting should be more closely monitored, but requiring voters to show identification is not a valid way to go about making the voting process more fluid. In Michigan, the law does not require voters to show photo IDs at the polls except in some specific circumstances, like voters who register by mail. This law discourages some people from voting rather than encouraging more citizen participation in elections.
Not a week after sweeping both the U.S. House and Senate, the Democratic Party starts to crack and not based on Iraq policy or President Bush's tax cuts, but on the election of the majority leader of the House. This wouldn't be so bad for the Democrats if it were the first time they've splintered, but the party has a history of in-fighting.
Student loans are the perpetual thorn in the sides of most college students in the nation. Facing the exponential increase in tuition that most colleges have instituted throughout the years costs have risen by double digits in the past decade and show no signs of slowing students have increasingly turned to student loans. However, federal aid for students has not kept up with the ever-climbing tuition rates, causing massive student debt.
Finally, nearly 40 years after his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. is getting the memorial he deserves.
Students are finally collectively angry enough to band together and fight a worthy cause. The banning of affirmative action thanks to the passing of Proposal 2, the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI brought more than 125 upset students to Friday's MSU Board of Trustees meeting. Although some students were a bit immature not waiting for their turn to speak and not allowing trustees the opportunity to give answers to their questions students' anger and frustration is completely warranted. Students want a response to the passing of the MCRI from the trustees and from MSU President Lou Anna K.
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, or MCRI, has nothing to do with civil rights. With a misleading name and a suspected illegal ballot placement, the proposal, which sadly passed in Michigan last week, bans affirmative action in certain cases.
This election season brought about some major change. Democrats are in and just like lots of Republicans Donald Rumsfeld is out.
Elections are over. Proposal results are in and the result to at least one Michigan proposal is embarrassing. The most important ballot measure Michiganians voted on this election was, without a doubt, Proposal 2 the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative.