Staying up all night to protect a statue in October might sound a little ridiculous to the average person. But to the Spartan Marching Band, it’s a traditional duty the band is glad to uphold.
Recently, the cupcake challenge has taken over the MSU Snapchat story. The goal is to eat a whole cupcake in one bite and without using hands. The State News asked students to try out the challenge and see if they could be successful.
Incidents of racism have been prone to the U.S. for years now, but particularly on college campuses this has been an issue as well. Baltimore by Kristen Greenidge is a thought-provoking play that deals with the issue of racism on a college campus. The name of the play comes from a poem written by Countee Cullen called Incident, which discusses Baltimore in the context of racism. The play follows college freshmen, as they have to take on the issue of blatant racism after a racial drawing is written on someone’s whiteboard. Kristy Allen is a first year MFA candidate and portrays Dean Hernandez in the play spoke with the State News about why the play is important. “Regardless of what people feel like about the incident that is portrayed in the play, it leaves the audience with at least the idea that they should be able to have a conversation about race,” Allen said.
A cappella fans were treated to a special concert last Friday and Saturday. The fifteenth annual Accapalooza was held at the Hannah Community Center and featured seven of MSU’s collegiate a cappella groups.
The Hammocking Club really likes to hang out. But with MSU’s recent ban on hammocking on campus, hanging out has been a little more challenging than usual.
“A simple act of kindess creates an endless ripple.” This quote is what student organization Do Random Acts of Kindness, or Do RAK, lives by.
For the next two weekends, East Lansing will be significantly quieter with the football team playing away games at Rutgers and University of Michigan.
Broadway and New Jersey are coming to East Lansing next week, and they’ll be making some noise.
For more than a decade, the Izzone Campout has been a tradition for students who buy season men's basketball tickets.
For chemical engineering sophomore Brandon Bilinski , being a member of an a cappella group seems like an unusual activity.
This past summer, Catherine Polgar, a sustainable parks, recreation and tourism junior, biked across the country to make a difference. Polgar biked for the non-profit organization Bike & Build, which raises money and awareness for affordable housing in the United States.
Student groups and other organizations celebrated MSU's 100th Homecoming on Friday during the parade through the streets of East Lansing.
Desmond Jones, a band which formed three years ago at MSU, spent the past weekend of their fall tour performing in the Lansing area. On Friday, they went back to their roots and performed a show at The Loft in Lansing with bands After Funk and Walsher Clemons. The band consists of MSU alumni John Nowak , Isaac Berkowitz , Chris Bota and John Loria , and Brandeis University alumnus George Falk.
The Grand Marshal is an honorary position for a Spartan who has gone on to do great things.
Looking for something to do tonight? Desmond Jones, an MSU-based musical group, will be performing tonight at Summer Circle Theatre by Kresge Art Center at 7 p.m. The group has been on tour since the end of August and performed at U-Fest during the beginning of the semester. Desmond Jones will also be performing on Oct.
Homecoming is this week and to kick off the festivities, let The State News test your MSU knowledge!
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Mariam Alamiri Alamiri is an international student from Saudi Arabia studying human resource management.
When human resource management senior Mariam Alamiri came to MSU from Saudi Arabia in August 2012, she had one goal — to find herself.