Before the walkout began at 1 p.m., attendees were urged pick up different colored beads — each color representing a different reason for why someone is affected by suicide. Each person who came to the walkout wore at least one bead. Most wore at least two.
Although Risky Studios will still operate out of the same building at 301 M.A.C. Ave., their space has grown. They've upgraded from one room to a separate room for each service they provide.
A staircase in Wells Hall that is typically used by busy students rushing to class was transformed into a stage for 15 performers, including three special musical guests on Friday, April 14.
The annual African Student Union gala is back with a "Roots to Africa" theme this year. The event is open to any MSU student who wants to learn more about African culture. It's a good chance to "broaden your horizons," Kandji said.
The event showcased 24 films. The opening film of the night was "Coffee for One" — a story produced by a team of five Michigan State University students.
Close to 20 billion sanitary napkins, tampons and applicators are dumped into North American landfills every year. However, there are a variety of alternatives for mainstream menstrual products that are not only more sustainable, but also more cost-efficient and include fewer health risks for the user.
"Hairspray," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Mamma Mia!" and more —Tickets are now on sale for the Wharton Center's 2023-'24 Broadway season, which includes six Broadway productions.
“(This book starts) many conversations that need to be had about race and policing and America as a whole,” award-winning author Jason Mott said. “So I hope it just starts the conversation.”
More than 900 students will present research projects at the 25th annual Undergraduate University Arts and Research Forum. There were over 1,000 creative submissions this year.
MSU Graduate Employees Union President Ava Hill said she hopes the University of Michigan Graduate Employee Organization's strike starts a larger conversation about the way graduate workers, as well as other campus workers, are treated at universities.“There's a lot of people here who are overworked and underpaid."
"In that moment it hit me; I'd be screwed because I couldn't move our furniture to barricade the door," Olguin said. "And then students in Berkey who were going out the window ... would that even have been a possibility? Where would that have left me?"
Michigan State University appointed Harvey Amoe III, commonly known as Chip, to the role of Director of Sustainability on Wednesday. His goal is to address climate change and its threat to human health in the best way possible during his time at MSU, he said.
Michigan’s sex education program only mandates teaching about two things: HIV and AIDS and promoting abstinence as a healthy lifestyle. However, many sexual education policy experts are advocating for a more expansive minimum to be taught, one that includes not only discussion of sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, but also the concept of "sexual citizenship."
In the case of a tornado warning, MSU Department of Police and Public Safety has emergency guidelines in place for students on campus to follow.
Festival manager Emma Selby said that the scope of the festival has grown since she became involved with the event in 2019. Over 100 films will be shown, many of them being short films. Over 60 hours of content will be played across three different venues, she said.
Cissne no longer thinks of class lessons as important. Instead, she views them as a checklist of tasks to complete before summer so she can finally cope with her feelings during break.“I shouldn’t have to wait to have to comprehend my feelings,” Cissne said. “I should have been able to have that time (now).”
Seeing news of more incidents of gun violence can be triggering for MSU students who are still trying to heal after the tragedy, like social relations policy and international relations freshman Khushi Gooroochurn."Now that it has happened, it’s as though it cannot stop happening.”
