Guest Essay: An open letter to my Spartan community

Guest essay by Morgan Shipley, Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality and MSU Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies

Guest Essay: Post-trauma, we need empathy, understanding about the most vulnerable community members

Guest essay by Guo Chen, MSU Associate Professor 

Guest Essay: Run. Fight. Hide.

By: Lisa Parker, '95, Senior Director of Alumni Relations, MSU Alumni Office

Guest Poem: My education comes with a trigger warning

By Lauren Raycraft, Behavioral Neuroscience PhD candidate

Guest Essay: 'MSU saved my life.'

By Jonathan Amos, 2022 social relations and politics alumnus

Guest Poem: Sonnet 193 — Your Sacred Guns

Guest poem by David L. Stanley, class of 1981

Guest Essay: My MSU is No More; the Michigan State Shooting

Guest essay by David L. Stanley, Class of 1981

Guest Poem: The Rock

Guest Poem by Filomena Nunes, MSU Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and physics professor

5 must-watch powerful films by Black directors

In Hollywood, an industry historically dominated by white males, the success of movies directed by and starring Black artists are exceptionally important to representation and the formation of identity.  Here’s a list of five impactful films by Black directors that highlight important perspectives and moments of history.

COLUMN: There’s no book on how to be editor-in-chief during a mass shooting

How do you effectively lead a newsroom through an event like Feb. 13? You don't. At least not effectively.

EDITORIAL: We’re not going to class Monday

This was our home. And it will never be the same.

Being sexually assaulted was awful. Reporting to MSU might have made it worse.

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.

COLUMN: An alternative goodbye from a cynical senior

Stop asking senior Noah Edgar how he feels about graduating, just read his column.

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.

EDITORIAL: Big Ten must discipline racist acts and protect student-athletes of color

Performative activism against racism has no place here. It’s time to be proactive and support the players of color in all sports across the conference. Anything else is not enough. 

COLUMN: I'm 20 years old and I haven't had my first kiss.

My first kiss doesn’t have to be perfect and romantic. It doesn’t even have to be memorable. But it should happen because I genuinely want it to, not because I feel pressured to fit some sort of societal norm.

COLUMN: My experience with the hours-long Brody Square voting saga

Throughout all of Election Day in Brody Square, students waited hours in line to re-register to vote in Ingham County.  So did Entertainment Reporter Liz Nass ... on the biggest news day of the year. Here's how it went. 

COLUMN: The transgender experience in East Lansing

Being openly LGBTQIA+ is undeniably difficult. Even with legal protection and anti-discrimination laws, it can be difficult to feel safe in your community. This begs the question: is East Lansing an LGBTQ+ friendly place?

EDITORIAL: We, too, have lost all confidence in the Board of Trustees

Like the students, faculty and our president, we have lost confidence in the Board of Trustees as it is currently.