When we were little, we sat at our desks writing the names of each and every classmate in our fourth-grade class on a valentine. On Valentine’s Day, we would stuff each other’s bags and boxes full of cards, candies and treats and spend the day laughing and running, fueled by our sugar rushes.
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.
Recently, Holt High School was devastated by the loss of three young people involved in an accident that took place during the early morning hours of Jan. 30. The car was heading south down Hagadorn Road when the driver lost control and struck two trees.
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.
The topic of scientific laws recently came up in one of my courses. Reflecting on our discussion about the importance of having immutable laws to fall back on, I was reminded of an argument that needs greater exposure and understanding in our social conscience.
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.
College newspapers exist for one purpose: to connect all 45,000 singular dots on an expansive campus and make them a community, not only a college. That is why The State News is missing out on a potentially game-changing opportunity with its poorly executed Best of MSU Awards.
When Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” a novel highlighting the ups and downs of Chinese-American motherhood, was excerpted in the Wall Street Journal last month, it created quite a stir across the country.
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.
I want readers to know the stereotype of all Muslims as terrorists is not true. Every society has its “bad people,” which for Muslims is about 3 percent of the population. So, here is a general idea of how the other 97 percent feels about the problems going on.
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.
When the mediocre Michigan Wolverines embarrassed our men’s basketball team at home, I thought karma was at work. Punished by the likes of Syracuse and Texas, struggling in the Big Ten, our gentleman Spartans had finally hit rock bottom.
After working hard for years to receive a bachelor’s degree, graduates could be disappointed to find themselves without a budding professional career. But with a poor job market, internships are becoming a viable option when full-time jobs are scarce.
As you already might know, the ASMSU has recently ratified a bill (Bill 47-19-18) that will merge both assemblies into a single body and therefore cut the size of ASMSU roughly in half.
A people’s struggle is unfolding within Egypt and other Middle Eastern nations. Once again, the U.S. has ignored the suffering of the masses, backing the despotic few who gain wealth and power through the oppression of their people and the promotion of American economic and military interests.
Whether it was spent sleeping, sledding or sloshed, it’s safe to say the MSU community can agree on one thing: Wednesday’s snow day was spectacular. Even though the final accumulation of 11 inches was not quite as impressive as predicted, the mere threat of an impending “Snowpocalypse” was enough for MSU to cancel classes — a good decision by university administrators.
As a retired history professor, I read the column by Matt Korovesis with a certain bemusement (On rage, rebellion and new tragedies, SN 1/26). He assumes that, prior to the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, the U.S. was a workers’ paradise.
The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia began with a fruit vendor who wasn’t operating with the proper paperwork. When he was stopped by the police, the police proceeded to humiliate the man.
A current proposal to make the Michigan Legislature part-time simply is not the correct solution to balance the state’s budget. Michigan’s legislative branch does not account for a significant amount of the state budget and therefore should not be high on the list of funding to consider.