MSU students filled the STEM building Thursday night for this year's Springticipation. Students could view and interact with some of the over 200 registered student organizations present at the event as well as see a cultural showcase put on by the MLK Commemorative Student Committee.
Boston University Faculty Director and Associate Professor Dr. Anthony Jack gave a talk at MSU on Thursday as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration that ran throughout the week. The talk, titled “Revisiting the Beloved Community: Health Colleges’ Supporting our most vulnerable as we work for Health Equity," focused on the ways in which differences in students' backgrounds can influence how they navigate college curriculum.
With a sprawling campus, Michigan State University can sometimes be hard to navigate, and many students turn to transportation methods like bicycles or buses. However, especially with winter settling in, the high volumes of students using MSU's Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, buses can make traveling a nuisance.
Food Fight! opened at the MSU Museum Thursday with a focus on spurring conversation about food production and security.
Since the rise of the Civil Rights Movement in 1954, protest marches have long been a form of activism in fighting to end racial segregation and exclusion. It was at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held in 1963, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the exalted "I Have a Dream" speech. Communications senior and member of Alpha Phi Alpha Brandon Foster will be the coordinator for the 2024 MLK Commemorative March. For Foster, who was also coordinator last year, the march "means a lot to him" because it brings diversity, equity and inclusion within MSU.
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaching on Monday, Jan. 15, a variety of events on campus are commemorating and celebrating the holiday throughout the week.
Since its opening in 1828, the Library of Michigan is home to many selections of public interest in the surroundings of the Lansing area. However, there may be some interesting collections that the public may not know about, which serve as mementos from key points in the state’s history.
With winter break approaching, most of the campus will shut down and schedules will change, meaning MSU students will have to decide if they want to travel back to their hometown or stick out the three weeks on campus. Students staying on campus will have resources available to them during the break.
Roughly 6% of students at Michigan State University are Black, and with recent racial incidents going unaddressed by university administration, many Black students feel it has been hard to connect with departments like the Board of Trustees on campus to support and aid them in their issues.
A critically-acclaimed a capella group, Voctave, is bringing a festive performance to Michigan State University’s Wharton Center on Dec. 12 with a one-night holiday show.
A new White House Initiative aims to address disparities in women's health research. Michigan State women's health scientists agree that increased funding will improve the field.
The replica of Lansing’s historic Turner-Dodge House which has been used as a Christmas and Fourth of July parade float for nearly 25 years is up for auction until Dec. 14 after the city sold the storage barn it is kept in.
The East Lansing community celebrated the eagerly anticipated annual community event, Winterfest, on Saturday at the Hannah Community Center, consisting of a variety of family-friendly activities and events.
Michigan State University's African American Celebratory, or AAC, hosted its annual Fall Black Grad event, which took place in the MSU Union Ballroom yesterday at 4 p.m. This is the 22nd Black Grad ceremony, and around 73 graduates were present with friends and family.
Holiday light shows are showcased each December, but how much work is required behind the scenes? Meet Josh Tkaczyk, the mastermind of a light show in Mason.
The Michigan Coronavirus Dashboard via Bridge Michigan states that there has been a 23 percent increase in hospitalizations during the week of Nov. 28th compared to the week prior. The week before claimed at 26 percent increase.
Finals week is traditionally one of the most stressful times of the year for college students. Lack of sleep from all nighters spent studying and troubles with time management result in unhealthy study habits that only increase stress levels.
Throughout November, Tiktok Influencer Prayag Mishra has become a prominent figure of what has become known as the “sassy man apocalypse” on social media. Human biology freshman Isha Alsam said she feels culturally represented by Mishra. “As a Brown person myself, we’re very silly and I love seeing that one side in Brown men,” she said. “There needs to be more of that.”
Over the years, "sexual" marketing became more widespread, starting with tobacco companies but slowly moving on to others industries like clothing and appliances. While many may think that sexually suggestive ads would have gone down the drain in light of social issues like the #MeToo Movement, it turns out the concept is still very much alive ... it’s just taken on a new form.
As the fall 2023 semester comes to a close, MSU freshmen reflect on their first semester on campus and discuss what they've enjoyed, decisions they regret, and what excites them for the future.