Finals week: 5 tips from MSU students

Five tips from MSU students on surviving the end of the semester and finals week.

MSU receives $3.2 million grant to fund research on stevia plants

Ryan Warner, associate professor and chair of the Plant Sciences Recruiting Committee of the department of horticulture at MSU, has been researching stevia plants in his lab since 2010. Recently, MSU and Warner’s team received a grant of $3.2 million to fund their ongoing research of the sugar-replacement plant. 

MSU students share advice on applying to study abroad programs

MSU Hospitality Business senior Lamont Davis knows nothing about rainforest bugs and tree species, but that didn't stop him from studying abroad in Costa Rica. 

A look at the 2017 East Lansing Winter Glow Festival

 The streets of Ann Street Plaza were filled with holiday cheer during the annual Winter Glow Festival on Dec. 2. 

Student survives cancer treatment, returns to competition

Despite her diagnosis in 2014, she joined her teammates and participated in what she thought might the last race of her rowing career.  Immediately after stepping off the dock she would soon be entering herself in a much different race, against Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. 

Lansing Jaycees to host annual Stuff the Bus event

As the holiday season begins to get into full swing, one organization local to the Lansing area is stepping up to provide for community members in need.

Thanksgiving break an opportunity for international students to explore

 Thanksgiving — unlike some other holidays — is uniquely American. Sure, there’s Canadian Thanksgiving, but that’s in October. For international students at MSU, Thanksgiving is a four or five day period of wide-open time.  

Five ways to show Spartan pride this holiday season

Can you believe October is already over? Well believe it. The weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, the squirrels on campus are becoming hoarders; these are all signs of the holiday season being right around the corner and that winter is coming.

After five years of being open, Broad Museum struggles to reach initial attendance quota

Five years after its grand opening on Nov. 10, 2012, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum has struggled to live up to visitor numbers expectations since the original prediction for the $28 million museum.

Video: How do Native American students celebrate Thanksgiving?

The State News interviewed several Native American students at MSU to hear how they interpret the holiday. 

Column: Don't worry, MSU men's basketball will be fine

On Tuesday night, MSU fell to Duke 88-81 in basketball. With Duke being #1 in the country, that doesn’t seem like a bad loss, until you remember MSU was a close #2. The Spartans hung tough for about 75 percent of the game but faltered in the end, letting up a slew of Grayson Allen three-pointers and ultimately falling by seven points.

Life of an RA

For those who still own a flip phone, looking to be a part-time babysitter, holding down the dorms and aiding to college students beck and call, being a resident assistant is the job for you.

MSU helps take pandas off endangered species list

Over the past decade, efforts have been made to restore the revered pandas establishment in the wild. It had become an endangered species, and by 2003, MSU launched a reintroduction program for pandas through the China Center for Research and Conservation of the Giant Panda in the Wolong Nature Reserve.

State News Music Podcast: Early November Albums

Working while learning: what's best for MSU students?

Recent research found that working while learning can result in better education and a likelihood of a stronger career in the future, especially when the early work is related to their field of study. But do students feel the same?

Men's basketball ready for "talented" Duke team, and rest of season

It sounded like thunder coming from inside the tunnel, fans screaming and stomping their heels into the bleachers, Sparty darting back and forth across the court, cheerleaders standing tall with their pompoms in the air. Basketball season is back, and the energy for the first game of the season was electric. 

Video: Broad Art Museum presents: "Accessible Art"

State News Pop Culture Podcast: 'Stranger Things 2' cast are just kids and celebrating Christmas early

Welcome back to the State News Pop Culture Podcast! In episode three, McKenna Ross, Rachel Fradette and Sasha Zidar

MSU's Department of Geography hosts a presentation on the potential environmental implications of Trump's border wall

Opinions in the U.S. are divided over the ethical and financial implications of the current administration’s proposed border wall. 

1 year after the 2016 election

Three-hundred and sixty-five days after one of the most shocking election victories in U.S. history, members of the Spartan community are reacting to our newest president’s time in office.