NEWS
COLUMN: The root of MSU's transparency issues
MSU has a transparency issue, but the problem goes far beyond a secretive Board of Trustees, our columnist writes.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: Being an international student when everything feels uncertain
When I was younger, the United States always seemed like the place where things worked.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: Oh captain, bye captain — The toll of losing Red Savage
MSU hockey has been a thing of wonder this season. But following the injury to senior forward captain Red Savage, something has changed for the worse, and it seems like the Spartans are missing their captain presence.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: Tom Izzo, the greatest Big Ten basketball coach of all time
The torch has been passed. The satchel now bears green and white. The throne once labeled “Greatest Coach in Big Ten History” now belongs to Tom Izzo.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: An international student’s experience of the MSU mass shooting
Feb. 13, 2023, was an ordinary winter night in East Lansing — until it wasn’t. The air was crisp, and the streets were quiet as students returned to their dorms, libraries, and dining halls, finishing another routine day at Michigan State University. Then, a notification. A hurried message. A hushed murmur turning into a collective realization — something terrible was happening.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: Spartan athletics reignites success and unites fandom
During the decade of the 2010s, Michigan State athletics reigned supreme with ranked team after ranked team. After a bit of a falloff over the past couple of years, a sudden burst of success has re-emerged MSU as a top athletic school in the nation.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: We want to welcome you into our newsroom
On Monday, Oct. 14, the newsroom will be open to the public so the community can meet our student and professional staff and tour the newsroom.
COMMENTARY
After a whirlwind four years, our goodbye to MSU
In the coming years, we will look back on our time at MSU and know that we are vastly different people because of it. Our time spent bringing you the news might be coming to an end, but there are countless talented student journalists behind us that will keep MSU informed forever.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
COLUMN: Why Tom Izzo’s words are so comforting for grieving Spartans
It’s OK if you shed a tear during Tom Izzo's speech at Wednesday night's vigil. You certainly weren't alone.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: Why we celebrate being women in sports
In honor of the 37th National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the women of The State News sports and multimedia desks share what the day means to us. Here are our perspectives on being women in sports and why we celebrate today.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: My first semester was okay, and that’s okay
Environmental Reporter Alex Walters attempts to explore his experiences the only way he knows how: with a FOIA request, in AP Style.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
COLUMN: Why MSU women's soccer recent success is here to stay
Jeff Hosler knows the goal is championships, and he certainly seems to be on the right track to bring one or more to East Lansing before his time here is done.
COMMENTARY
COLUMN: The Batman's Riddler is an online extremist
"Throughout 'The Batman,' I continued to see the signs, although subtle, that Paul Dano’s version of the Riddler was a spitting image of today’s online right-wing extremist," writes political reporter Dan Netter.
LIFE
10 underrated female artists to add to your playlist this month
In honor of Women's History Month, Culture Reporter Amalia Medina is back with more recs, this time for female artists to listen to.
LIFE
Movies by and about women to watch this Women’s History Month
In honor of Women's History Month, Culture reporter Amalia Medina shares her favorite movies made by and for women.
COMMENTARY
When self-care creates careless consumerism
The "clean" aesthetic: effortless? Or only accessible by those who can afford to buy all of the right products? Lifestyle reporter Miranda Dunlap talks to consumer behavior and retail experts to explain how our current era of self-care promotes consumerism and impossible beauty standards.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
College Media Madness: Help The State News win a championship
Click here to head to our donation page to help us do what we do best in March, win.
COMMENTARY
Column: My experience as a low-income, first generation student
Mental health reporter Julian Stainback speaks on his experience as a low-income, first generation student, and provides resources available for those in need of support.
COMMENTARY
Column: To the Ukrainian soldiers I met
While I may not have spoken to these men, I saw them everyday. I ate lunch a few tables from them. I shopped for deodorant in the same aisle. They joked with each other six feet from where I joked with my friends.
LIFE
Column: Celebrating Valentine's Day as a single person
Celebrating Valentine's Day doesn't have to be all about the couples, it can be a day to celebrate yourself. Mental health reporter Julian Stainback compiles a list of ways to celebrate Valentine's Day as a single person .