Big Ten trade: Sharing resources helps students
The University of Michigan and Michigan State University have recently formed a partnership to help students from both schools. Increasing the resources available to students through partnerships that leave rivalries on the athletic field is an idea worth expanding to include the entire Big Ten Conference.
Backhanded bill: Good intentions are clouded by poor means
In May, the state House passed the Campus Sexual Assault Information Act, drafted by state Rep. Laura Baird (D-Okemos). The package of bills requires state universities to adhere to guidelines dealing with sexual assault cases in order to be eligible for many financial aid programs such as the Michigan Competitive Scholarship Program and the Tuition Grant Program.
Banning alcohol will not attack the 'problem' of binge drinking
Last week, the nation's academic community was reminded of the frailty of life, as embodied by the senseless loss of an 18-year-old student to alcohol. Following first-year student Scott Krueger's tragic demise from overdrinking at an MIT fraternity party, students and collegiate authorities scrambled to respond to the second recent drinking death of a young student - they brainstormed about alcohol and its impact on society and ruminated about how to get alcohol out of the hands of the nation's youth.
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