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(11/19/20 2:00pm)
As Europeans began to colonize North America, Native Americans were placed in reservation boarding schools, where students were taught English and subjected to forced cultural assimilation.
(10/20/20 3:20pm)
Firsts are cherished souvenirs in everyone’s life - first kisses, jobs, cars and concerts. The firsts we tell are usually unforgettable tales about life-altering moments, told over and over - exaggerated each time they're retold. But some firsts are neither; some are so rememberable they can be told as they happened, even if they weren't as far-reaching. Example: The first time I sunk my teeth into a Conrad's Number One.
(10/29/20 4:00pm)
Dating during a pandemic would have been much more complicated just years ago. But, with today’s technology, students were able to choose if and how they continued dating while being on strict lockdown.
(10/12/20 12:00pm)
Chance Morrison, his girlfriend Nicole Kiogima, brother Chase Morrison and nephew Cayden Morrison, all race regularly with the racing group Potterville Sod Slingers. Sometimes venturing to race in Ohio, the family tricks out lawnmowers to go high speeds around a track. Each race, their friends and family come to watch, cheer them on, share food, and laugh. The atmosphere is light, but the racers get serious when they need quick fixes for their carts in between races.
(10/28/20 3:40pm)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, East Lansing religious groups have been creative when it comes to activities and services, as well as providing a spiritual experience to community members during stressful times.
(09/28/20 5:27pm)
Fraser Tea is a small, Michigan based tea company that has recently partnered with Biggby Coffee, an East Lansing based company. The company is owned by brothers John, Bernard and Tom Fraser. Shown is the warehouse where all the tea is blended, packed, and shipped from.
(09/21/20 2:38pm)
Since Aug. 18, when President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. announced that Michigan State would transition to a fully online curriculum for the fall semester, a transition began for the students as well. Gone is the lecture hall, computer lab, science lab and every other form of traditional classroom. Instead, the students of MSU have begun to work in their very own COVID classrooms. This photo story is a compiled gallery of work submitted by each member of our photo desk, to visually depict what a COVID classroom looks like during the fall semester of 2020.
(09/03/20 3:00pm)
A May 2020 graduate, MSU alumna Jillian Matasovsky and her fiance had been wanting to get a cat for almost a year now.
(09/03/20 1:00pm)
For 15 years, Lansing-based musician Dan Laird has been playing music with his friend Mark Collins. Originally a part of a four-piece band and operating as a duo on the side, in 2013, Laid and Collins decided to commit to performing together once the band went its own way.
(08/11/20 6:01pm)
During the interview process for a position on East Lansing City Council, Ron Bacon was unaware that the city hadn't appointed a Black council member since 1973.
(08/04/20 12:00pm)
Military veteran Gary Brown owns 26 homes. Well, that’s if you count his 25 bee houses.
(07/20/20 1:00pm)
When word of the novel coronavirus hit the states in early March, the subsequent lockdowns, mask mandates and spike in cases felt surreal.
(07/02/20 4:00pm)
When his internship with Under Armour was rescinded due to COVID-19 concerns, supply chain management senior Andrew Chen did not expect to discover an opportunity to help students around the world instead.
(08/03/20 1:00pm)
A recent MSU graduate, Zaria Phillips said she used to straighten her hair all the time. She would make sure to stay out of the sun so she could preserve some lightness in her skin and didn't indulge in Black culture. It wasn't until she was older that she realized she will always be Black and people are never going to see her as anything but that.
(06/10/20 6:01pm)
The State News sat down with Michigan State alumni Joseph Hrabnicky and Cory Hilton to discuss their time playing the university’s beloved mascot, Sparty. Due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the two were unable to follow the sacred, decades long tradition of proudly walking across stage and receiving their degrees while donning the shiny, green boots.
(05/29/20 3:14pm)
After COVID-19 closed Michigan State's doors, many students within the College of Music had to scramble to find the instruments they needed to practice at home instead of at school.
(04/23/20 10:20am)
It's been a little more than a month since Michigan State's campus was operational, and students have been passing the time at home in all sorts of different ways. I don't think I'm alone in saying that I feel like I've been living the same day over and over again. I wake up around noon, grab something to eat, then I blink and all of a sudden it's 8 p.m.
(04/23/20 2:30pm)
With the transition to online classes causing a sudden change in students’ and professors’ daily routines, many classes have changed their end-of-semester projects to incorporate the COVID-19 pandemic.
(04/14/20 4:46pm)
It should be noted the type of camera or the quality of the gear does not make a photographer, but we still have our favorites to use. State News photographers are free to checkout company gear, but we also like to use our own. Below is a series of some of the gear we take on assignment, and why we like to use it.
(04/02/20 12:30pm)
In 1999, the meningitis outbreak hit Michigan State when a member of the marching band received a positive diagnosis.