Standing in front of 40 religious and academic leaders in Najaf, Iraq this summer, I wondered how they would react to the presentation I was about to give.
My daughter Kelly’s graduation with a master’s degree from the University of Liverpool this December afforded my wife, mother-in-law and I ample reason to head “across the pond” to the United Kingdom this holiday season.
Equality in Michigan took a large step in the wrong direction last December. Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill that restricts public employers from offering benefits to domestic partners, including same-sex couples.
During political elections, we hear a lot about Christian or “values” voters. In the presidential campaign already underway, candidates have been striving to appeal to voters by expressing their political positions in terms of religious conviction.
Fate has given the Republican Party an incredible opportunity to take back the White House in 2012. Presidential elections are inextricably linked to the economy, and President Obama thinks he can buck a 76-year trend by being re-elected with such high unemployment.
Adding extra taxes to students’ room and board bills never sounds like a positive thing, but a plan being discussed by the Residence Hall Association, or RHA, has the potential to bring many healthy changes for students.
In September, ASMSU’s officers collectively decided to cancel ASMSU’s annual retreat and reallocate the funds for the purpose of developing a mobile application which would allow students to visually locate an on-campus bus route via the vehicle’s real-time GPS location.
I recently came across an article in The New York Times. I read that the Obama administration will be using foreign aid to as a tool to promote gay rights across the globe.
A ring of uncertainty surrounds the MSU Board of Trustees’ closed-door meetings. The day before most open meetings, the board holds work sessions that are closed to the public— a practice that should unsettle students.
In a recent column titled “Don’t give hateful slurs power,” (SN 12/6) what seemed to be a potentially interesting column quickly turned to be a collaboration of outlandish and unrelated statements.
Cycling in the winter can be full of challenges. Wet and slippery conditions, poor lighting, distracted drivers and cold temperatures can all make your ride more difficult. You don’t need to put your bike away until spring, however.
We’ve all seen the “You wouldn’t steal a car, so you shouldn’t steal a movie” commercials at movie theaters and thought of them as jokes. However, there’s nothing funny about the number of MSU students that appear to have no problem stealing digital media.
I must take issue with some of the assertions made and conclusions reached in the editorial entitled “New Mayor, Council Have to Earn Trust” (SN 12/05).
Sometimes I find myself guilty of underestimating the power of student organizations. I knew the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, was capable of influencing the campus because it proved that much during the racial incidents at the beginning of the year.
It seems at MSU as though diversity is lacking and could use some growth. Following a recent release of guidelines from President Barack Obama’s administration for universities to take additional factors into consideration during the application process, MSU potentially could increase its admissions diversity for the better.
Sports Illustrated, or SI, offended me at the first Big Ten championship game on Saturday in Indianapolis between MSU and the University of Wisconsin.
With all the discussion about free speech on campus, I feel now is a good time to give my thoughts on the power certain words have. Words have no power except what you give them.
Gov. Rick Snyder is attempting to open the lines of communication between in-state technological companies and job seekers, which hopefully will assist college students to continue working and living in Michigan.
MSU needs to start moving in the right direction. The idea of moving the campus from coal to an alternative energy source in the near future is by no means an impossible task.
When a beloved student or friend dies, when a well-respected coach or university — such as Penn State University — loses its way, when terrorists reveal how vulnerable we Americans are, we grieve. The losses might be phases of development, self-images, relationships, separations, beliefs, emotional states, or cultural myths.