Sections Options Links Classifieds InteractiveWhat are the university safety officials overlooking? The fact that a massacre larger than that of Virginia Tech could easily happen at MSU. Ask yourself this question, when have you ever seen a SPD officer on campus or a university official in the classroom buildings.
The first thing I noticed Monday morning when I left my residence hall was a plethora of campaign signs littering our campus. The scene was not a new one - by this point I've seen two homecoming campaigns and two presidential campaigns being run on campus.
A series of troubling events has shocked college campuses around the country in the past few days. Beginning with the tragedy at Virginia Tech, threats have started to fly around universities nationwide. Two local events the past two mornings have given this issue a chilling local significance.
Everything is more glamorous in the movies. Even the scattering of ashes in the entertainment arena is portrayed as something beautiful or poetic. I am here to tell you that disposing of a person's remains is not as romantic as it looks. My dear auntie, Susie, has been entrusted with the great responsibility of being the executor of an elderly lady's will and estate.
The future of warfare may be at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. It is at this school that Dr. Ronald Arkin is developing a set of rules that could determine how robot soldiers will kill on the battlefield. Potentially even more important, he is also figuring out how to keep those robots ethical.