~ A team of four Salem State University business students led by senior accounting major Wendinyiide (Wendy) Tenkodogo]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 1.2765124 Opinion Wendinyiide (Wendy) Tenkodogo Opinion http://www.salemstatelog.com/opinion/editorial-1.2765121 By Mike Anderson
By: By Mike AndersonSports Fans Growing up in New England Know Nothing About Losing

With the Patriots playing in the Super Bowl this coming Sunday, I thought I'd share with you my memories of what sports were like for me when I was growing up. People who were born in the early-1...

I live in a world inundated by music. When I was accepted into college, music was the subject I decided to commit to for the next four years. Its components I continuously have to understand, memorize and utilize. The more I learn, the more I notice th...

I've been living on campus ever since I started attending Salem State University, and I've had very few complaints up until now. The dorms have been generally comfortable and fun to live in and I've had no problems. Obviously, not everything about the ...

Bullying appears to be more prevalent now than in past generations. This may or may not be the case but instigators have gone to such extremes that victims have taken their own lives. One thing is for certain: the media is providing more evidence of th...

College students and stress are words that are a match made in heaven, especially at the end of the semester. Final exams, projects, papers and other fun stuff always seem to be due on the same day. and nbs...

Whenever I put this newspaper together, I always find some interesting stuff from the Salem State police log. So I copy and paste the activities that police have been responding to around campus into the newspaper because people like to read the police...

Ah, the dreaded Christmas season is practically here. Santa Claus will be out and carolers will be singing 'Winter Wonderland' very shortly. It also means more money will be coming out of bank accounts so that people can buy nice gifts for loved ones. ...

It was around 2:30 a.m. one night, and I was scrolling through my newsfeed on Facebook. Amidst the posts of pictures of parties I wish I went t...

Dear Editor-in-Chief, I am writing in response to your editorial titled 'Sense of Entitlement and Laziness Needs to Go Away,' published in the Oct. 7 issue of the Log. I found the idea that a majority of freshman and sophomore age students at our U...

I'm a die-hard sports fan, and the Red Sox have been my favorite team since I can remember. They always have been, and always will be. I vaguely remember going to my first Red Sox game back in 1993, but I do remember that they ...

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to some of the advice offered in Jacqueline Kamel's article 'Advice From a Senior: Listen Up, Freshmen!' (September 23, 2011, page 8). As someone who often teaches first-year courses, I was just about to clip t...

Choosing not to vote when it's a privilege to do so is perplexing. Personally, I know an individual on YouTube telling people not to vote in the upcoming election. This is America and we are granted free speech, but discouraging young people from votin...

1.2640620 Opinion Tiffany Ashton / Log Associate News Editor Opinion http://www.salemstatelog.com/opinion/editorial-sense-of-entitlement-and-laziness-needs-to-go-away-1.2640609 Michael Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
By: Michael Anderson, Editor-in-Chief

After meeting with President Patricia Meservey last week, it got me thinking about a few things. It was as if a lightbulb went off in my head. You ever have one of those? It was one of those 'aha' moments. I brought up a few issues with her, including ...

On Wednesday March 30, Salem State University kicked off its 2011 Speaker Series with a conservative political activist and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich. Looking into a possible candidacy for the 2012 presidenti...

Dear Editor, The article you published recently on the Semester at Sea program (February 18, 'Semester at Sea Program, Intriguing but Pricey') did not do the program justice and in fact contained many erroneous statements. The article also provided a...

Salem State's Student Theater Ensemble (STE) is currently working their 'underpants' off for their upcoming production that will be performed towards the end of this month. The Underpants, directed by SSU alum Britt Mitchell and assistant directed ...

A film screening and panel discussion about Lyme disease will take place March 31 at the Callan Studio Theatre on North campus. Under Our Skin, a film about Lyme disease--one of the most controversial and fastest-growing epidemics at...

Whether you're driving into parking lot Peabody, Central or South, you inevitably come across an inescapable and often irritating problem: finding a parking space. For most Salem State commuters, snagging a parking space is almost impossible; why i...