I know what you’re thinking. “Oh no, another music elitist who thinks MP3 sound quality is inferior to vinyl when, in all actuality, they sound the exact same.”
The April 24 front page story (“Trouble in Paradise” SN) misleads readers to believe a tremendous amount of crime occurs during MSU-sponsored study abroad programs.
In a report by the Associated Press earlier this week, it revealed the Department of Justice had wiretapped and obtained recordings of up to two months of conversations and records of reporters and editors.
Daydreaming during lecture is not an uncommon occurrence. Our daydreams can be anything ranging from minor thoughts such as what we are going to eat for lunch to deeper topics, such as what we will end up doing with our lives.
Last week, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill setting it up to become the 12th state to legalize gay marriage and the second state in the Midwest to allow same-sex weddings, but the first to pass a law out of its Congress.
It’s going to be strange seeing my byline in The State News for the last time today.
After four years of living in East Lansing, we’ve become accustomed to life in a college town. Now that we’re about to graduate and make our way back into the real world, we’ve realized there are some things we have to relearn about life outside of college.
As a placekicker, Alan Gendreau isn’t accustomed to being the center of attention — but all that seems likely to change during the course of the next two days.
How does where we’re from shape our identity? We certainly like to express that association to emphasize community and belonging; every piece of MSU clothing you will see today is a perfect example of that.
Genocide: the deliberate killing of an entire race of people. Denial: the refusal of acceptance. Recognize: the acceptance of the truth.
As an independent student government, ASMSU should rally students to see the reasons why transferring their funds to an on-campus account would be wrong step and prove the university at fault.
When I was in eighth grade, my American history teacher posed a question I always had trouble answering.
Last Wednesday, the U.S. Senate voted down a bill on gun background checks 54-46, bringing angry shouts of “shame on you” to the Senate floor.
When you register for a semester at Michigan State University, the university collects three taxes from you in addition to tuition.
We’ve all been there. From that tingly feeling you get after an amazing first kiss to not being able to listen to your rainy day iTunes playlist without incessantly weeping — we’ve been there. College is a crazy time.
A competitive athletic program is a commodity valued by colleges and universities across the board.
As Earth Day draws near, people across Michigan will be considering the ways in which they can protect the earth and their local environment.
Providing everyone with equal opportunities to excel is a fundamental principle presumed to exist in this country.
A large part of what you do — the activities you participate in, the sports you play, the way you act in certain situations — contributes to who you are as a person. These little pieces paint a bigger picture of who you truly are deep down inside. To my dismay, a large part of who I am — or seem to be — is dependent upon how others see me.
I’m one of the few folks who has voted in every student election while here at MSU. It’s been an interesting four years of noticing how things have changed at ASMSU. When I came here, there were two assemblies and almost no one ran opposed for student elections. In 2011, the first election with one assembly, turnout was less than 3 percent. Clearly something needed to be done.