As students return to campus, many fall sick with what is socially known as the "frat flu." However, a doctor can't prescribe medicine for the frat flu. So, what are students really sick with?
Members of MSU's Black Students' Alliance invited guest speaker Vice President for Public Safety and Chief of Police Marlon Lynch to answer questions regarding public safety, policing and racial discrimination on campus.
MSU's homecoming parade will be on Friday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m. The parade, which travels through the streets of East Lansing and campus, will feature the Spartan Marching Band, Michigan high school marching bands, MSU campus groups, community organizations, university officials, Sparty and more.
As the ongoing writers' and actors' strikes in Hollywood pass the 125-day mark, Michigan State University film students are growing uncertain about their futures. “I don't want anybody going out there thinking that they're going to just have a set position in the set job that they're going to be offered,” journalism and music performance senior Aiden Binford said. “It's very jarring. It's very unstable.”
On Sept. 13 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., around 2,000 Michigan citizens surrounded the Michigan Capitol for the “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” rally to bring more attention to mental and public health and wellness. The main organization that held this rally was the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan, or CMHA, with different associated organizations representing each county in Michigan.
The East Lansing Farmers Market, or ELFM, welcomed ‘Spartan Appreciation Day’ on Sunday Sept. 17. ‘Spartan Appreciation Day’ was meant to recognize the city’s special relationship with Michigan State University and welcome students to the community.
Students, family, alumni and faculty will join Michigan State University in the celebration of Homecoming 2023 with a host of events. The festivities will begin on Monday, Sept. 18 to Sunday, Sept. 24.
The Spartan Marching Band inspires collaboration amongst the MSU community in a time where apprehension looms.
The summer of 2023 has been a whirlwind for popular culture and feminism, with Taylor Swift's Era's Tour causing a small earthquake, "Barbie" making pink waves in the film industry and Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour projected to become the highest-grossing tour of a female artist ever. For many Michigan State University students, all three have been integral in redefining feminism, beauty and sexuality.
In May of 2022, Michigan State University and the State News alumnus Aaron Foley debuted his book "Boys Come First," a novel exploring the lives of three gay friends from Detroit. Now, the book has reaching new heights, after Amazon bought its rights with the intention of adapting it into a TV series.
If you've scrolled through TikTok or Instagram in the past few months, you may have come videos that involve enthusiastic influencers running up to a random passerby, shoving a mic in their face and then asking a slew of questions, like "how much rent do you pay," or "can you rate how attractive this girl is?" MSU legal experts and students weighed in on whether the trend is an invasion of privacy or not.
Members of MSU's Collegiate Recovery Community have designated dorm floors to provide them with a safe and supportive living environment. But when these spaces are shared with non-CRC students who did not know they would be living on substance-free floors, challenges arise.
Across the globe, many countries have different workplace customs and expectations that dictate how employees can balance their work and social lives. For many international students at Michigan State University, American workplace expectations can often require an adjustment.
The start of a new academic year calls for mastering the art of navigating CATA buses. What better way to do so than by uncovering the hidden treasures of Greater Lansing?
Today, the City of Lansing hosted a memorial service to honor the lives lost and the bravery of not only first responders, but the citizens of the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. Key members at the memorial included Lansing mayor Andy Schor and first responders from across the city.
Recent extreme weather events have generated discussion among MSU experts over climate change and its implications for Michigan.Earth and environmental sciences professor Bruno Basso said climate change is increasing the frequency of severe weather.
September is Hunger Action Month across the nation, encouraging food donation to fight hunger and the uncertainty of food in American households.
On Sep. 5 at noon, around the courtyard and on the steps of the Michigan Capitol, a crowd of roughly 500 people chanted, “the rent is too damn high!” The demonstration was to express their disapproval of Lansing housing conditions and costs.
With over 50,000 total students at Michigan State University this fall, transportation has stood out as an issue students have been worried about while starting school. Here is a guide to each method of transportation and how students feel about them.
