Despite an economy that continues to scuffle, Michigan and Gov. Rick Snyder got some good news when the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that Michigan’s unemployment rate was as low as it’s been since September 2008 — 9.3 percent.
America has just ended one disastrous war. We are still fighting another. But already some brave people are demanding yet another war.
Last week, The New York Times wrote about the new student activism invigorated on American campuses after the birth of the Occupy encampments throughout the country.
On the corner of Michigan Avenue and Cedar Street in downtown Lansing, there could sit a brand- new casino if Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s lofty plans go through. Although his plan sounds like an improvement for the city, the chances of success are extremely low.
As one of the few cities in Michigan with a nondiscrimination ordinance protecting gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, East Lansing is a front-runner in our state in the fight against hate.
This week, I am writing in response to a comment collected from an MSU student in The State News article, “NCAA rejects scholarship cuts to student-athletes.” (SN 1/18) The comment suggested that NCAA student-athletes receive enough publicity already for their athletic participation, and the amount of money they save from their athletic aid in the form of tuition, book stipends and/or room and board should be enough. As a member of an Olympic sport team, I find this comment to be laughable.
The university’s transition to 100 percent renewable energy is becoming a realistic possibility rather than just talk, which is an encouraging step forward for MSU.
The Guest Columnist piece “New security measures ineffective” (SN 1/19) showed a stereotypical view of the night receptionist where “the night guard is often just a student watching a movie.” I am a night receptionist, and I can tell you that not everyone just watches movies while at work.
Bailouts have become one of the most hated policy choices of in recent memory. Such acts affirm every fear we have of the political establishment’s unhealthy ties to corporate interests. There has been near-unanimous opposition to the bailouts that occurred three years ago.
Students shouldn’t have to choose between a minor in possession charge or their friend dying an alcohol-related death.
The MSU Energy Transition Steering Committee has been in progress for more than a year and they don’t have a plan that will set our goal of 100 percent renewable energy in a reasonable amount of time. President Lou Anna K.
While reading The Detroit News the other day, I came across an article about long-distance relationships and, because I’m on the brink of one myself, I eagerly read it in hopes of discovering some new information about dating long distance.
The MSU Counseling Center is taking new strides to help some students feel more at home upon arriving to MSU, and its efforts could give those students a new outlook on college life.
The Michigan House Judiciary Committee is taking up the Medical Amnesty bill (HB 4393) Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Case Hall recently implemented a card scanner system that requires a student ID to open doors to living quarters. This follows the lead of several other dormitories in response to concerns about student safety.
Senate Democrats have been discussing a new policy initiative that could possibly offer grants to in-state students attending public universities in Michigan, but its success could be detrimental to the state. The Michigan 2020 plan, as Democrats are calling it, would provide nearly full tuition — about $9,500 a year — to in-state students who have spent their whole K-12 education in Michigan schools, including public, private and home-schools.
Are American politicians out of sync with the public when it comes to foreign policy? There is considerable reason to believe so.
A new study published this month by Dan Johnson of Washington and Lee University shows experimentally that reading fiction increases empathy.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, conducted a health and safety survey to figure out how aware students are of its services, and the results were telling. RHA Director of Health and Safety Zachary DeRade said on a scale of one to 10 of how aware students were of RHA’s health and safety services, the average response was a five.
Growing up right outside of the Motor City, I always felt a torn loyalty between the jobs of many friends and family members employed by Detroit’s auto industry and our environment.