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MFA candidate brings ecological art to the Broad Art Museum

Hailey Becker is finishing her master's of fine arts by exhibiting her original piece titled “An oracle is useless unless she is poisoned,” in Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum's MFA exhibition. Becker is also pursuing a Ph.D. in forestry and uses her background in science to inform her artistic decisions.

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Ballet and opera are alive and well at MSU, Chalamet

MSU music professors and MSU Ballet Club president discuss the role of ballet and opera in pop culture, highlighting the importance of an art form that has endured for centuries amid actor Timothée Chalamet's recent controversial comments.

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MSU seniors share bucket list items to achieve before graduation

For underclassmen, the end of the spring semester usually signals the start of summer break and time away from their studies. However, for current seniors, the end of the spring semester means graduation and the close of their undergraduate career. With graduation just around the corner, some seniors choose to create a bucket list, compiling a multitude of must-do items before May.