http://www.statenews.com When Jeremaya Martinez-Boyd left East Lansing to study abroad in the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2006, he didn’t think he would set a record. en-us Foundry4 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:44:03 -0400 Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:52 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16463/view Well, good for him. Wish I had as much money to travel like that! Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:14:16 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16463/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16469/view Wow, he took her name? What a total jackass! Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:04:05 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16469/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16471/view Wow! Pretty nice curiculum! Too bad David Ingold doesn’t know jack shit about geography… Puting Queretaro in Baja California kinda ruins the nice graphic. It defeats the purpose of showing a map if you make it so inacurate. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:15:22 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16471/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16474/view Ben- why do you get so worked up over him taking her name? Nothing wrong with them trying to correct a misogynistic tradition… Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:32:28 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16474/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16484/view I agree with Ben. I am a female who got married in 02 and kept my own last name (going to change it now that I’m having a baby in October) But for a guy to adopt his wife’s last name just seems really wimpy. Like he’s a total puss. I just have a really hard time respecting that. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:17:06 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16484/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16497/view @ Ben and 200 grad – You have to consider that his wife lives in a country where lastnames of both spouses are hyphenized. There’s no more reasons for them to pick the US way over the Mexican way of adopting lastnames. It’s their decision, period. The only strange thing about it is that he’s having her name before his own name. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:36:09 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16497/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16498/view Why are you guys so upset about him taking her name? I’m sure you all agree that women should take the man’s name, but why not the man take the woman’s? It’s a large part of both people’s identities and they are sharing it with one another. He obviously also has ties to Latin American culture from his studies, and he wants to share it with his wife. Why is that so wrong? 2000 grad, why are you okay with keeping your own name but not with a guy adopting a woman’s? It seems like you should support that. He’s not a wuss. He is a strong man who is secure enough with himself that he can adopt his wife’s name. I doubt many guys would be “ballsy” enough to do that. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:39:21 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16498/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16507/view FYI...He doesn’t come from a wealthy family. He had to work hard to pay for all the trips. Also, he’s not a wimp or a puss at all. He’s one of the realest and strongest people I’ve ever met. You have no idea what he went through before he came to MSU. He’s been through more as a young man than most people go through in their entire life. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:22:47 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16507/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16515/view Yes, he comes from a country where last names are hyphened. But, who cares if a man takes his wife’s last name? Does it make him less of a man? Why should a woman be expected to always change her identity. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:22:07 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16515/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16538/view I would like to personally thank everyone for taking an interest in my story and most of all for giving your honest opinions about my name change as well as my historical accomplishmentat MSU. Best wishes to everyone and I hope that my story has inspired one of you to strive to make history at MSU . Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:32:01 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16538/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16541/view Jeramaya, Congrats! I went on two study abroads and thought that was awesome! I’m sorry you had to read opinions from the idiots about something trivial Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:47:25 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16541/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16617/view common, where is my apology for having to read an article from the SN about something so trivial? Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:30:54 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16617/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16700/view Congrats! I think that him having traveled five times is impressive. I admire his strenght and his work ethic. Even thought he doesn’t come from a wealthy family he has managed to travel and learn other cultures and that is what we should look at more than why he changed his name. I truly admire him and he is an example to follow. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:24:35 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16700/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16724/view He is quoted as saying: “I adopted that name so she could share my name and I could share her name. That way, when we marry, our kids can have an American last name as well as a Hispanic surname.” Dumb A$$! Martinez IS an AMERICAN name. Boyd is probably Irish or Scottish. It would appear that Study Abroad failed to fully educate this individual. Through the ignorance evident in his comment I would surmise that he is nothing more than a tourist rather than a true traveler. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:43:11 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16724/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16750/view I think it’s interesting that a so-called “Ph.D.” called someone a “Dumb A$$”... especially since Martinez IS a spanish name?! Aparently your PhD failed to educate YOU. There is no such thing as a true American name anyway.. idiot. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:27:41 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16750/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16781/view I am appalled at certain people’s reactions. Women take men’s names without question and when a man does it he gets hounded? I know Jeremaya personally and the last word I would use to describe him is “wimpy.” I think the fact that he has been able to go on so many trips confirms that completely. It takes a strong person to not get discouraged by financial setbacks and still achieve what he or she wants to do. I think the world would be a much better place if as many people were as dedicated to learning about other cultures and traveling as Jeremaya is. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:36:38 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16781/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16800/view Definition: A patronymic surname meanign “son of Martin.” Martin is from the Latin “Martinus,” a derivitive of “Mars,” the Roman god of fertility and war. Surname Origin: Spanish Alternate Surname Spellings: MARTINS, MARTINSON Hmm, maybe this supposed PhD should check their facts, a simple two second search on google yielded the above results. http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/m/bl_name-MARTINEZ.htm Also, there is no such thing as an American name, we’re a nation of immigrants, thus we have surnames from different countries. Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:52 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16800/view