During my year here at MSU, I’ve found there is a lot more to learn in college than what is taught in the lecture hall. So, I’ve compiled a list of some of the lessons I learned as a freshman I was forced to figure out the hard way.
If someone was to ask you to name the candidates running in the ASMSU elections next week, could you do it?
Beginning last week, stiffer penalties — sometimes up to a five-year felony sentence — now can be levied against those convicted of shoplifting in Michigan. A dozen circumstances now are evaluated to determine whether an individual’s acts could be categorized as “organized retail crime,” which could range from deactivating store security devices to conspiring with accomplices and receiving store goods.
When I was in fourth grade, I received some of the worst advice from my father a parent could give.
There never should be a consequence for doing the right thing, and if there is one state that has made that clear, it’s Michigan.
Today, April 3, marks the one-month-remaining point in the semester. The last day of finals week is exactly one month from today.
If ignorance was a crime, Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema would be found guilty on all charges.
When I was 7, I expected to get my graduation cap and gown around the same time I’d get a ring on my finger. I’m not sure where this timeline came from, but as I grew older, I began to realize how silly it was. If I ever get married, it’ll happen when I meet a person I’d be comfortable spending the rest of my life with. Most of my peers agree with me.
In his first weeks as pontiff, Pope Francis has made it perfectly clear he isn’t afraid to break from routine.
On March 26, anyone active on social media witnessed or participated in the red equal-sign takeover. That day, the U.S. Supreme Court entertained arguments concerning gay marriage for the first time, in the case that challenged California’s Proposition 8 — Hollingsworth v. Perry — and the federal Defense of Marriage Act — U.S. v. Windsor.
For the better part of this week, it was hard to visit any social media site without being reminded of the arguments being heard by the Supreme Court.
Many of us know exactly where we’ll be tonight at 9:45. For the 11th time in Tom Izzo’s tenure, MSU will battle in the Sweet 16 — taking on Duke in a matchup that is as much anticipated nationally as it is locally
Everyone is familiar with coincidences. When these all-too-perfect coincidences occur, most people think nothing of them and move along with a dismissing shrug — which is the completely sane and practical thing to do.
We all have things that bother us about the opposite sex. From the clothes they wear to the things they say, sometimes guys and girls just don’t see eye to eye. Here are the top eight things opinion writer Greg Olsen and opinion editor Katie Harrington can’t stand about the opposite sex.
What characteristics do you need to be recognized as the gender you identify with? Is it strictly an issue of biology or something that depends more on what gender the individual considers himself or herself to be?
I sat one night recently watching numerous commercials that asked me to send donations to every conceivable part of the known universe. _Craig Gunn is a guest columnist at The State News and an academic specialist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
In 1990, not one U.S. state had an adult obesity rate above 15 percent. In 2011, more than 12 states had obesity rates above 30 percent, Michigan being in that category. There are studies that project more than half of America will be obese by 2030.
According to a report released last week by Education Sector and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a decline in the teaching loads of tenured faculty members could play a role in driving up tuition costs.
Controversial court cases often generate severe public reactions, which jolt the way the original problem is handled and remembered.
The legalization of marijuana generally has been an issue of morality and social acceptance above all else, and because of that, the debate never has particularly interested me.