Students might not search for the words “converted frat house” when looking for an apartment, but the former Lambda Chi Alpha house appears to be a promising option for student living next fall
It’s been an eventful weekend in the Middle East. The United Nations passed a resolution permitting the use of force in Libya, where Bahraini protesters were bullied, bloodied and butchered by government forces.
As an anonymous poet once said, “Spring has sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where the flowers and organic farming is.” Or something like that.
Wall Street was subjected to a lot of blame during the recent financial crisis. Much of the anger and frustration was understandable. It is true banks were allowed to take risks for which they were not held accountable.
The vast majority of people funneling into Spartan Stadium every fall want to watch some football, not gain access to a military fort.
What would cause 7,000–10,000 people to head to the state Capitol in protest over the last few days? Didn’t Gov. Rick Snyder promise to do big things if he were elected? Presumably, there are a large number of Michiganders asking themselves these very questions, but only the previously mentioned protestors were riled enough to show up.
Now more than ever, being a celebrity has turned into much more than what one does with his or her time on the screen or in front of the crowd.
The balance of power is tipping even more into Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s hands. With the recent signing of a bill giving him executive power over municipalities deemed to be in dire financial straits, it seems the power of the governor’s office is expanding.
As a member of the MSU Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, and a teaching assistant who provides health insurance for my wife and daughter, I hope to inform readers of the deplorable health coverage available for the partners and dependents of MSU graduate students.
Green vomit isn’t something of which Irish people necessarily are proud. For some reason, a decent amount of MSU students seem to think that’s what celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is about.
It’s hard to imagine an organization handling a situation so sloppily it manages to violate its own constitution. And yet ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, recently was cited for violating its own constitution by deciding to hold a special election in March to create a unicameral system.
Disasters have a devastating effect on people’s personal lives, the landscape, economies — the list goes on. However, what effect do natural disasters have on faith?
There are lots of ways former Spartan and NFL football player T.J. Duckett could spend his time, fame and fortune. He commendably chooses to give back to the community.
Many people are unaware of the diversity within Indian culture. Beyond headlines of spectacular economic growth lies a nation of more than 1 billion people, each one with a unique story to tell. India has 28 states, each with its own culture and language.
Last Saturday, 100,000 people marched on the Capitol of Wisconsin. The protest, given lip-service by every cable news station, was in defiance of Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recently passed bill to strip government workers of collective bargaining rights.
It seems the East Lansing medical marijuana ordinance finally is budding as the East Lansing City Council nails down of more details. East Lansing City Council has shown steady, measured progress with its decisions on the issue and appears be continuing on the right path
Normally, I find it vile when political commentators make comparisons likening our statesmen to fascist regimes, but when I take a look at the agenda unfolding in the Midwest, it increasingly has become difficult not to feel concerned.
For a long time I’ve considered myself a pessimist or cynic — capable of seeing the problems in life and providing negative criticism, but struggling with finding real solutions.
Sneaking around with paint cans in tow during the darkest hours of the night might not be the most glamorous way to create art, but it has its place in the world — it’s a colorful collision of free speech and vandalism.
It is a general belief that college students care little about academics and even less about academic policy.