Finding the Best Nooks

By: MaryKate Carter and Louie Glinzak

Spring is here. That means it’s time to come out of hibernation, leave your UGGs behind, and soak up some sun. When the temperature climbs over 50, every grassy knoll becomes a beach. Weather sun bathing, volleyball, or frisbee is your game, it’s time to head outside. With only a few weeks of school left, be sure to explore. Michigan State is proud to have the biggest geographical campus in the country. Don’t miss out on some great spots to kick back and relax a little.
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Seniors, Looking for a Career? Good Luck

By: Katherine Rohr

With the economy in the deepest recession the country has seen in decades, businesses are cutting back on hours, wages, and number of employees. Finding a summer job has been a difficult task for many students at Michigan State University. “You can apply, but we’re not really in a position to be hiring any time soon,” is a common response for the floods of students looking for employment across the state, in hometowns, and even here in East Lansing.
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Lipstick on a Pig, Take Two

By: Ameek Sodhi

During the campaign, then Senator Obama made a striking observation. He said calling the failed policies of the last 8 years change did not make them change. He compared it to putting lipstick on a pig – saying it’s still a pig no matter what you try and disguise it as. He also mentioned he was not going to just change policies; he was going to change how things are done in Washington. Fair enough Mr. President, let’s talk pig.
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Living a Healthy Lifestyle

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By: Louie Glinzak

With beach weather not to far from us, it is time to once again think about looking good in that swimsuit you have tucked away in your dresser drawer. Once again, it is time to exercise, eat right, and get that beach body we all want to have.

However, with all of the fad diets and dieting pills around us, you must be careful with what you use and how you go about leading a healthy life while trying to look great at the beach.

Exercise and eating right are both key when trying to lose weight or getting back into shape. The best way to get that beach body is to do it the old fashioned way by watching what you eat and getting a little sweaty. Not only is exercising good for you physically but it may also becomes mentally good for you as well.
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Facebook Changing Faces

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By: Joe Shanley

It is 10:30 on a Saturday morning. You’ve been out partying all night and all you want to do is enjoy stale Raman noodles and unwind by reading the ridiculous drunken wall posts and friend requests you made the night before on your Facebook page upon your arrival home.

However, as a marketing scheme, Mark Zuckerberg has AGAIN, for the UPTEENTH TIME, decided to change the format of your profile page, bolstering it with ridiculous applications and features that are completely unnecessary and are getting in the way of the juicy stuff. As an avid Facebook user, I find these continually changing templates absolutely ridiculous and totally unnecessary.
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Comrade Obama

By: Don Higgins

How long can this love affair with Barack Obama last? Sure the economic times are hard, but Obama’s administration just made it harder to live and breathe in America. Not only did we have to painfully suffer through the bailout process, but now our generation (and probably that of our children) will be paying for the “stimulus” bill for the rest of our lives.

How is this justified? In nice terms, it’s not. How does building a Monorail from Disney Land to Las Vegas help me or stimulate the economy? Quite frankly, it does not help one single person. This thing is going to sit and rot for years (if they even ever finish it). Does Congress really think people taking their children to the land of Mickey Mouse are going to board the train to Sin City shortly there after? If so, I think they have more important issues to work out.
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Five Bailout Myths

By: Ameek Sodhi

Bush’s tax cuts got us in this mess
This is the most widespread myth out there about the global recession. Two things are important to understand. First, this recession was caused by a housing bubble bursting and banks stuck with toxic assets on their balance sheets. The current downturn has nothing to do with the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. Second, there seems to be a common demonizing of Bush’s tax cuts just because they are unpopular. To set the record straight, his tax cuts got us out of a recession he inherited from President Clinton. The tax cuts worked quickly and were effective in recovering the economy.
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Editor’s Desk: Keep Summer Simple

By: MaryKate Carter

Summer is coming and coming fast. However with parents losing jobs and summer job markets tightening, many students are finding it more difficult to see the light at the end of the finals tunnel this year. Still, let’s remember what summer really means. Summer is a time for stargazing from your rooftop, ice cream on crazy hot days, and driving with the sunroof open. Even if you can’t afford that week in Cancun or a month long road trip with your buddies, summer is a time for fun in the sun.

The simple joys of the summer season do not have to break the bank.
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Pro-Life Students Rally in Ann Arbor

By: Aaron Majorana

On April 4, Students for Life of Michigan held its annual conference at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The conference was intended to assist student activists to become more effective in promoting pro-life issues on their campuses. The conference hosted various breakout sessions and panels and was attended by both Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and Michigan Congressman for Western Wayne and Oakland Counties Thaddeus McCotter.

Before the conference began, students gathered outside a local Planned Parenthood in Ann Arbor, which serves as an abortion clinic for the area, for silent prayer. The silent protest showed the movement’s multi-denominational roots as students prayed different prayers according to their traditions. Catholic students in particular prayed the Rosary while others simply prayed according to their beliefs.
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Conservative Columnist Talks Free Speech

By: Jacob Bodnar

Townhall.com columnist and University of North Carolina at Wilmington professor, Mike Adams, spoke about standing up for conservative values on campus at Anthony Hall on Thursday, April 17.

The group, Conservative Faculty and Staff, brought Adams in to speak; Adams spent most of the time discussing cases that he’s dealt with on college campuses regarding administrators abusing their power.

Adams began his talk with a story describing how he got a national column and got involved in fighting for First Amendment rights on campuses. Adams said that after the attacks on the World Trade Centers on September 11, he received an email from a former student who is a communist. The student’s e-mail claimed that the United States was at fault for the attacks.
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