Unless you go to Lobby Day and make you opinions heard-Go!
by in Commentary
Next Wednesday students will have a chance to tell Minnesota lawmakers their opinions on past legislation and their ideas for future bills at the annual Lobby Day at the state capitol. This is a very important day for the colleges and universities in this state and we urge as many students who can to go.
Several student senators tell their side
by in Commentary
In response to the Spur's Jan. 22 editorial regarding the Student Senate, the standpoint to which the editorial department has the subject is in the slant which points to Senate as a group of renegade radicals who only think, care, and act about their own issues and problems.
The Super Bowl: a picture of dichotomy
by in Commentary
Football is America's sport; I make this statement with no reservation. Baseball has been plagued with player strikes and a miserable commissioner, the basketball season is too long for the average American's attention span, and golf... Lately I have seen two disturbing elements within the Super Bowl (God's gift to man) that threaten to erode its credibility among its viewers.
Mariachi Fiesta is no tastebud siesta
by in Commentary
A few weeks ago my friends and I decided to try out the El Tequila Mexican restaurant in downtown Marshall. None of us had been there before and-despite our previous evening's activities-we thought a little Mexican food would do us some good. (Just for the record, when I say "we thought," I really mean "they thought"-I personally thought mixing a spicy Mexican dish with the remnants of Saturday's whiskey still in my stomach was a risky little game but, like usual, I figured I'd try it anyway.
by Bryce Rausch in Commentary
Many people, like employers, nag about how when you go to college you need a major to get a "job" or to earn "respect." I am what the person on the street, who knows what decisive means, calls indecisive. When I go to rent a movie, it takes at least an hour and when nature calls I can't decide which bathroom to use.
by in Commentary
Recently we have been working hard while short some senators and a vice president. Adam Lund has been announced the new Student Association Treasurer and began work this past week. Those senators currently involved have been working hard and genuinely striving towards the betterment of the association.
by Chrissy Bendel in Commentary
Starting the first week in February, Southwest Minnesota State University will have its own American Democracy Project website. For those of you who haven't heard, SMSU is partnering with the New York Times newspaper as one of 150 colleges and universities (one of only six in Minnesota) on the three-year American Democracy Project.
Tana Zwart
by Tana Zwart in Commentary
McDonalds. It's quick, easy and you don't have to worry about doing the cooking. There's nothing better than a slab of processed beef topped with all the fixings (including those weird looking pickles that manage to teeter on the line between artificial and natural).
