It might seem a bit early for a Halloween-related column, and it probably is. But while in line at Starbucks a few days ago, I overheard a conversation from a fellow female student about her Halloween costume plans.
Last fall, Michigan voters approved Proposal 2, which lifted harsh and outdated restrictions on stem cell research and provided for strict ethical guidance.
Last week, The State News published an editorial praising ASMSU’s recent accomplishments — most notably its attempt to start a need-based leadership scholarship and efforts to testify in favor of a student medical amnesty bill.
Last year, when Jared Rapp confronted a university parking officer about a parking ticket, he likely didn’t intend for it to lead to a long lawsuit about his First Amendment rights. But, for better or for worse, that’s what happened.
Throughout the years, I have heard every conceivable complaint against the police departments in the area. Students complain continuously about how they are treated by the police and how they, the students, have no respect for anyone in a uniform.
Dan Faas’ column, Abbreviations Killing English (SN 10/14), is more exasperating than educational. The notion that the English language ever could undergo “complete bastardization” cheerfully ignores the fact that English is itself a bastard language.
No. A word repeated during a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that spoofed President Barack Obama’s failure to deliver on key campaign promises.
Student leaders in need soon might receive a helping hand in paying for school if a new scholarship proposed by ASMSU gets off the ground.
The recent articles about “untracked” teaching assistants, or TAs, on campus missed the larger picture. Heather Guenther and the State News editorial board emphasize the lack of centrally-tracked data about TAs on campus but ignore both the localized relationships between TAs and their faculty of record (or “mentors” as Guenther calls them) as well as the unique advantages offered by TA-taught courses.
Some of the more appreciated lyrics of our generation are those of Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. These lyrics include, “I scream for the sunlight or a car to take me anywhere, just get me past this dead and eternal snow, because I swear that I am dying, slowly but it’s happening.”
When money is tight in government, the arts usually are cut right away. Considered expendable and unimportant, art, music and other cultural programs often are the first to see the chopping block in favor of more “valuable” programs or services.
On Sept. 15, I reported to the East Lansing City Council on a favorable outcome in the case of Phil Bellfy v. East Lansing Historic District Commission. I recently read a guest column published in The State News, City misrepresents outcome of lawsuit (SN 10/5), wherein Mr. Bellfy claims I misrepresented the outcome of this lawsuit in my report to council, misinterpreted the decision and simply lied to City Council in my report. That accusation is absolutely false and I would like to set the record straight.
Are words weighing you down? Too many syllables got you sagging? OMG dude — you, like, totes have to try out abbreves. They’re sweeping the naysh!
The battle over network neutrality — a battle that’s been waged in the technology world for years now — might be approaching its end.
I disagree with Eric Thieleman’s recent guest column, Service industry killing America (SN 10/8), on several points.
If a government executes an innocent person, is it murder? It’s a question that has been troubling me for a few weeks, ever since I read about the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham.
The Michigan state Legislature recently approved a plan to move the Michigan State Police headquarters from its current location at 714 S. Harrison Road to a brand new facility in downtown Lansing.
After two years of college, I did not think I still would be hearing phrases such as, “That’s so gay,” or, “This is so retarded,” on campus. I almost feel like I am back in high school, where I heard these sayings all the time.
When President Barack Obama was campaigning last year, many compared him to do-gooders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela. The hope among many was that, one day, he would be listed among those great figures.
This just in: News is not objective. Don’t get me wrong; for the most part, news stories are objective in nature, but not the objective described by Merriam-Webster, as “expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices or interpretations.”