Journalism and creative writing junior Cassidy Howard, along with a team of other students, created a short filmed titled "What's Left Behind?" The film showcased Howard's poetry about gun violence and school shootings, and the complex emotions that lay in their wake.
On Thursday, Jan. 30, guests gathered at the MSU Union to attend the "Moon & Mingle: Lunar New Year Celebration." Hosted by MSU’s UAB, attendees were encouraged to celebrate by creating cultural crafts, trying new food and watching "Crazy Rich Asians."
The history of Party Hollow has gone largely unrecognized at MSU. But the bizarre tale behind this ordinary patch of land reveals how the university’s "misfits" found community in the middle of the woods.
On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Michigan State University’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts welcomed a Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble Time For Three. The ensemble combined different genres of music and instruments, along with a hint of comedy, to deliver a performance that left audience members with an experience to remember. The show also featured student musicians from Okemos High School.
Over 250 registered student organizations packed into the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Wednesday evening to present their organizations and recruit students at MSU’s annual Springticipation.
University students often want to get new things while being on a budget, making secondhand stores the perfect shopping grounds. The Lansing and East Lansing area has a variety of thrift stores for MSU students to explore.
Podcasts are digital audio files that users can stream or download and listen to. Popular platforms, like Spotify and Apple Podcasts, allow individuals to listen to their chosen podcasts. MSU students are using podcasts as a way to express themselves and explore their creativity, as well as enjoying them as convenient forms of entertainment.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib joined Michigan State University students via Zoom Thursday to discuss pressing issues, including the dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives under the Trump administration and the recent ceasefire in Gaza.
On Monday, Jan. 27, State Rep. Julie Brixie presented a tribute of $125,000 to the MSU Student Food Bank. Brixie presented the tribute and took a tour of the MSU Student Food Bank facilities, located in Olin Health Center. The tribute will go toward efforts to expand their services, as more and more students utilize the food bank each semester.
The East Lansing Public Arts Commission and the Public Art on Campus Committee work to ensure that public art installations are a part of construction or development projects in East Lansing and on MSU's campus. These groups aim to incorporate public art in order to provide a sense of community, provoke thought and elicit emotions.
A new exhibition at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum focuses on food justice and its wide-ranging implications. Looking at the history and impact of agriculture in Michigan, the collection explores "questions of food knowledge, production, scarcity, and consumption."
Through February, the MSU community can give books or monetary donations to the Stuff the Library book drive, which is an effort to put more books that celebrate diversity and represent students of many backgrounds into school libraries.
Over 60 undergraduate students from a dozen MSU colleges presented their research Friday in the eighth annual Diversity Research Showcase. The event was part of the university's week-long celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Students endured below freezing temperatures Thursday night to honor those killed in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war, in light of the recent ceasefire. Over cups of hot chocolate, they painted The Rock with an image of the Palestinian flag and words over it that read "NO JUSTICE NO PEACE."
Attendees gathered at the Michigan State University's Student Union on Thursday night to participate in Bidding Blitz, an event hosted by UAB and Student-Made Michigan State, which encouraged attendees to explore student businesses. By interacting with the representatives of each business stationed at a table, guests were able to gain fake money, which they could then use to bid on different handmade items from the student businesses that were pre-purchased by UAB.
Daughter of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz, spoke at MSU's fourth annual Malcolm X Muslim Studies Community Forum on Tuesday. She spoke about her father's legacy and inspiring a new generation of "change-makers."
Braving the cold, the MSU community came together on Monday morning to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy at the 45th annual commemorative march in the IM East gym.
From Jan. 21 - Jan. 26, "Shucked," a Tony Award-winning musical comedy, will be coming to Michigan State University’s campus. Featuring a book written by Robert Horn, a Tony Award winner, "Shucked" will be shown at the Cobb Great Hall at the Wharton Center of Performing Arts.
Students, faculty and community members came together to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr's legacy in an act of "radical community" during the MLK Student Leadership Symposium at Michigan State University. The event, which featured dancing, a keynote address and various artistic performances, was held on Jan. 18 in the MSU Union ballroom from 2:15 to 6:45 p.m.
