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It seems just about every week you can find a news report about a high school teacher being arrested and charged with having sex with a student.You look…

Just because you've been found guilty of a crime and sentenced to prison, doesn't mean you no longer have a voice, an opinion, something to say.And that's…

This is the week we say farewell to autumn and officially welcome winter. (Unofficially, we can all agree, winter has arrived early and seems to have…

When was the last time you got a hand-written note in the mail?When was the last time you wrote a note in cursive?The recently approved Common Core…

Michigan State University's Writing Department is testing out a new way to educate its students and, potentially, the masses.Professors Julie Lindquist…

This piece featured on Stateside is part of an ongoing series called The Living Room, curated by Allison Downey."There are those for whom fishing is not…

Written by Jack NelsonGun. The spinnaker fills. Michigan’s shoreline recedes as we head for a buoy 100 miles north in Huron’s crown. Thunderheads march…

Written by Katie CaralisIt's been more than 13 years, but I can still hear the voice of the man who spent my childhood selling peanuts outside Tiger…

Written by Timothy KooyThrow out the nostalgic native story about a mother protecting her cubs and Sleeping Bear Dunes is a fiery heat trap. My family and…

Seven years ago, political science professor Ron Stockton was mentoring a student from Poland who was struggling with a writing assignment. So Stockton…