“The Gateway.” The name of a proposed development plan near the split of Grand River and Michigan Avenue brings connotations of an open and brighter future. But the Gateway could end up blocking off more than it opens.
Following the summer-time exodus of students from East Lansing, pentagrams, meaningless statements and depictions of penises and weed leaves summarize the overlapping confusion that now is the Rock.Within a month, the communal billboard has degenerated.
I’ve been more than a little indecisive when it comes to my education. I have a long-standing passion for environmental conservation, so of course I wanted my major and future career to reflect that.
As a Michigan State varsity track athlete, summertime means spandex shorts and sports bras.
I will clarify that I am not justifying a violent act nor lessening the tragedy of Elliot Rodger’s shootings in UC Santa Barbara. Those are not my intentions and, as a feminist, I am completely against his actions.
By Olivia Dimmerodimmer@statenews.comTHE STATE NEWSnnNot all men perpetuate violence against women, we know that.
Living away from home provides more opportunities for growth and freedom. It forces a person to come into their own and figure out how they’re going to make ends meet, and after college, that’s going to be the reality for a lot of people.
When finals week ended, I attended MSU’s Leadershape program with forty-nine other MSU students.
Short. Tall. Fat. Skinny. Young. Old. White. Black.These are just eight words of thousands that are supposed to define who we are.Across the world, young girls look at photoshopped images of models all with the same long, thin figures and ask themselves why their bodies don’t look like that.
Summer is here, and for some of us that means in addition to enjoying warm weather, beach vacations and extra hours to binge-watch Netflix, it’s time to start taking online courses from home. Online classes aren’t for everyone, even if you might need the extra credits.
There is a stigma that follows people who take pills for disorders like anxiety. With more medicines being developed each year and rising awareness efforts, I don’t see as much criticism towards people who take medicine anymore.
The friend zone: An apparently inescapable place where lovelorn attractions go to slowly wither until their eventual and unavoidable death.To those unfamiliar with the term, the ‘friend zone' is a hypothetical situation in which a person wants to remain friends with someone who would much rather have a romantic relationship with them.Being “friend zoned” is, in today’s youth, seen as a terrible fate.
I can remember cutting out construction paper hearts, scrawling swirly, left-handed inscriptions on "one free hug" coupons.
The story regarding the appointment of Margaret Crocco as the chair of the Department of Teacher Education (“Former University of Iowa dean with checkered past hired at MSU,” April 24) was inflammatory and misleading.
We have come to a point in our education system where a number on a transcript is supposed to define who you are.I graduated high school with a 3.8 (thanks, math), a 30 on my ACT and zero work ethic.
For some reason I always thought my last day of class would hold some kind of celestial significance. I’d even imagined it how it might go a few times this semester — as cheesy as it sounds, I pictured it as a sentimental affair, one where I would show up on time, pay extra special attention and maybe retain a few snippets when I look back on it decades from now.
The paradise might not be perfect after all, but a paradise it remains. For me this was the perfect identification of my country.Honduras might not seem to stand out in the map for most of my peers at MSU.
Back home, I drive by the largest mosque in America on my way to the mall.For every Jack or Sarah in my class, there were three Alis and a Malak.I got a few extra days off every year for Ramadan, a Muslim holiday.Where I wore scarves around my neck for fashion, many of my female classmates wore them around their heads year-round for religious reasons.Street signs, business names and even letters sent home from the schools come in English and Arabic.I grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, one of the largest Arab communities outside of the Middle East with 40,000 Arab-American residents out of 98,000 overall, second only to Paris.
MSU Board of Trustees Chairman Joel Ferguson has served on the board since 1986 and has been its chairperson since 1992 — longer than some college students have been alive.One might think that with such a history of service to the school, he would come to respect the students he represents. His comments about student activism at the Board of Trustees meeting suggest otherwise, however.
Fellow members of the MSU community:I write today to thank several people. First, in January of this year, a systematic underpayment of approximately $100,000 to graduate teaching assistants from last summer was resolved through a mutually pleasing agreement between the Graduate Employees Union and MSU.