Remember the art of compromise? Remember back in the day when people and politicians actually were able to come together and somehow figure out a way to come to some sort of reasonable agreement?
The newly established Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, endowment fund that is designed to reward graduate and professional students with scholarships is an overall positive and worthwhile investment.
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.
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.
In response to the column that ran Oct. 19 (“Column ignored price of hunting,” SN 10/19), I want to say death is not specifically cruel. Death is death. When someone hunts they cause death. So what?
Taking five seconds to reply to a text message might not seem like a major distraction from a class, but to put it simply, it is. Laptops are an essential note-taking tool in classrooms these days, but they also tempt students to do other things that have nothing at all to do with notes or class.
The late Phil Ochs once penned a tune called, “Love Me, I’m a Liberal.” It is in the spirit of that great folk ballad that I write this column. Friends, Spartans, countrymen/countrywomen, I just have to say: It’s awesome to be a liberal.
In her Oct. 14 column, “Divisions Do Not Dictate Character” (SN 10/14), I found it interesting that Kristen Kitti associates upstanding moral character with an affiliation with an organized religion.
In the article, “Hunting not on the way out yet” (SN 10/7), staff writer Laura Fosmire writes on what she believes to be the vibrant historical and contemporary tradition of Michigan hunting.
I take issue with the repeated claim that modern e-books lack the convenience of a textbook. I admit that compared to the average person I have an advantage in this argument because I am paid to monitor developments in the e-book market intensively.
Viable solutions to a real problem are needed to offset the impact of people on the environment. We should be aware that human desire for many of the items we take for granted in the developed world negatively impacts the environment.
The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, or MMMA, received 63 percent of the vote and the majority of the support of Michigan’s 83 counties back in 2008. Now, the East Lansing City Council is looking for resident input on how to deal with distributing medical marijuana to licensed patients.
The online news source AlterNet recently published an article by John Dolan that can best be described as an exposé on the educational infrastructure set up in Iraq since the country was invaded by the U.S. seven years ago.
Yes, MSU has a ways to go in completing our streets with bike lanes, but Fernando Fitch — quoted in “Sustainability leaders promote mass transit, bicycles” (SN 10/12) — and other motorists of like mind on campus need to know and respect the fact that bicyclists have the right, according to the state vehicle code, to ride their bikes on streets whether or not they have bike lanes.
We appreciate The State News editorial board recognizing that the ASMSU “Higher Education, Higher Priority” rally is “a step in the right direction” (“ASMSU has right idea, but needs better execution,” SN 10/8). The higher education rally is Oct. 22 at the Capitol.
According to a recent study by the American Institutes for Research, Michigan college dropouts have cost taxpayers more than $251 million during a five-year span from 2003-08, and policymakers and educators think something should be done. Most everyone would agree with that assessment.
A little more than a month has passed since the alleged sexual assault in Wonders Hall, in which Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III had said he “believed” two MSU basketball players were involved.
Throughout the latter half of September, Capitol Hill was divided more than usual. Democrats and Republicans squared off over the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill that would have ended the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” or DADT, policy.
Students at MSU are lacking in this year’s homecoming parade. All student groups, organizations and councils are encouraged to participate in float building. This year, it seems only about 10 groups have decided to join in on the tradition.
It’s probably safe to assume that most of us have been in the type of situation at one point or another where we just cannot attend class and we have a pretty good reason for missing it, too.