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COMMENTARY

Art turns shame into strength

In the past, tattoos were applied for various reasons; the embodiment of magical protection, a relief from pain, a declaration of vengeance, victory, religious belief or humiliation.

COMMENTARY

Goldsmith's column offered little besides sensationalism

I fear Mitch Goldsmith’s article, “Column ignored price of hunting” (SN 10/19), was sensationalist, at best. While he noted that staff writer Laura Fosmire “relies on the myth and romanticized conceptions of hunting” for the lack of her family background, I come from a long line of individuals who hunt as well as others who do not.

NEWS

A constitutional question

Under the state’s current constitution, a ballot proposal is automatically generated every 16 years, asking voters if they would like to rewrite the document. If passed by voters, the proposal would set in motion a constitutional convention to write the fifth constitution in Michigan’s history.

FEATURES

Aziz Ansari entertains, delivers laughs at MSU

The average-looking 27-year-old, who dresses like a GQ model and jokes around like a high school freshman, walked on stage as if he’d been doing stand-up comedy since birth. Maybe it was because Ansari’s act was the first stand-up comedian I’ve seen, but I, creepily sitting by myself in a sea of people, chuckled quite a bit more than I had expected I would.

NEWS

ASMSU promotes Friday higher education rally

ASMSU’s Academic Assembly worked to promote its upcoming “Higher Education, Higher Priority” Rally at its Tuesday meeting in an assembly room littered with handmade “Stop the Cuts” posters and members sporting “Higher Education, Higher Priority” buttons.

MICHIGAN

Alumna inducted to Women's Hall of Fame

Mary Aikey has spent an entire lifetime fighting for causes she believed in. In one night, she was given recognition for it all. Aikey, a former executive director of Greater Lansing’s Young Women’s Christian Association, or YWCA, and an MSU alumna, was one of 10 women inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame by the Michigan Women’s Historical Center.

NEWS

Living City

Bigger Brush Media was created with one goal in mind, expose Michigan music. Creator Dave Suchanek teamed up with long time friend Kevin Pritchard and began recording local musicians and haven’t stopped since.

MSU

Community members speak at international student reception

A world map speckled with pins representing MSU international students’ home countries welcomed students and community members to the Union Ballroom on Tuesday night. More than 100 international students gathered and met with community leaders for the 7th Annual Reception for International Students and Scholars.