While I’m as thrilled as anyone that political advertisements are over, we now find ourselves in the midst of another election season: holiday shopping season. But this time around, we’re voting with our dollars.
Affirmative action has become a difficult topic for discussion in the state of Michigan. With multiple legal battles and statewide votes, the program has been both banned and supported by Michigan universities when making admissions decisions.
Ever since my senior year of high school, I knew I wanted to attend MSU during some point in my life.
East Lansing is a city that has a lot to offer its residents and the MSU community. This town has many different restaurants, places to hang out and things to do and is starting to build its art and cultural presence.
There are certain days throughout the year you look forward to, and others you wish could slip by without any indication they ever took place.
During the past century, MSU has built a good reputation in Michigan and around the United States. Now, it seems, the institution has become successful in providing MSU with a strong reputation around the globe.
Picture this: The work week officially is over. Your last classes for the week have been completed. All homework and quizzes have been finished, papers have been revised and submitted and lecture notes have been recorded.
For almost all college students, landing the job of their dreams is a goal formed from the minute their acceptance letters arrive in the mail.
Even if you don’t know the source, I’m sure we’ve all heard this line from Cato the Elder: “Patience is the greatest of all virtues.”
Last week, many Americans went to their local precinct to cast a ballot for who they thought could better run the country for the next four years.
Editor’s Note: Views expressed in guest columns and letters to the editor reflect the views of the author, not the views of The State News. _Ron Kim is a guest columnist at The State News and an English junior.
As students and East Lansing residents drive west on Grand River Avenue toward Lansing, they might notice a new sign hung on an abandoned building. The sign reads: “East Lansing City of the Arts,” branding the city as a cultural haven.
The Republican Party needs to drop its social conservatism, or risk dying out. Why did Mitt Romney lose the election? I’m sure political pundits will be giving their answers for months, but in the endless squabble, I hope one key fact isn’t lost: The GOP platform is severely detached from what the average American actually believes. And unless the party wakes up and realizes this, it will inevitably wither away.
For MSU English professor Marcia Aldrich, writing is like thinking. “Because I’m a writer, what I do, if there’s time and opportunity, is write,” Aldrich said.
As students at MSU, we embrace a “go green” mantra from the second we arrive here. Although the phrase usually is used as a way to cheer on sports teams, it also recently has developed an environmentally conscious connotation, as
I am really, really terrible at saving money. I always have considered myself a giving person. I usually will take my friends out to dinner or get them lavish presents for their birthdays, even if the favor is not returned. I usually will contribute more to the tip pile than my friends when going out for dinner. And I always have had a good amount of money saved for recreational college use.
On Tuesday night, America voted to re-elect its first African American president. Although this a progressive step for a country with a past of racism and bigotry, the United States took another step toward equality by electing enough female senators to break the record for the most ever to sit in the Senate. States, such as Massachusetts and Wisconsin, elected their first female senators, putting the total number at 20.
In much of society today, working for the greater good generally is valued above focusing on one’s own personal needs. A community that focuses on collective action is stronger than one that preaches individual pursuits.
It has been a painstaking journey since the election cycle began more than a year ago. Since then, negative attacks have been thrown from both sides in an effort to gain votes, and in doing so, each side slightly tainted the character of its opponent.
Like many people my age, I had been looking forward to election day for a long time. I had been told from nearly every source of authority in my life that voting is the pinnacle of democratic civic engagement in this republic and that I should be thankful to live in a place where voting is an option. As a public policy student, I was more than excited to experience taking part in this pivotal exercise.