NewsfeedLast week, the SVSU Board
of Control voted to increase
tuition by 6.9 percent for
the upcoming school year.
The Vanguard understands that the
increase is necessary to allow the
University to continue providing
quality education and services to
students, but we question the forces
in the state that make the increase
necessary. »
On a rainy Sunday morning
in May, I drove more than
an hour out to a small
church in Sanilac for the
morning service. I asked the greeter at
the door for an extra bulletin, something
I could tuck away to remember this special
day. I made my way down the aisle
to the pew where my father sat with his
sisters, who drove hours from different
parts of the state to be with us. Their
presence among the regular congregation
of about 30 members made the
assembly seem larger than usual. »
Let’s face it: technology
has taken over. We spend
countless hours in front of
our computer screens social
networking, doing homework, doing
real work, playing games and keeping
entertained. I work on a computer
at least eight hours a day, followed
by a few more hours programming,
streaming Netflix to my TV and
flipping through digital ebooks. As
much as I love classic entertainment
elements of entertainment of my old
records, my paperback books and
my typewriter, there is no escaping
the fact that soon our entire lives and
everything that defines us will exist on
a microchip. »
Shortly after receiving my first
ever opinion article this week, I
talked to our editor-in-chief to
narrow my focus and to figure
out which of my many opinions should
take precedence above the rest and
be circulated in op-ed form to the
Vanguard’s readership. »