With over 130 K-9 comfort dogs serving in more than 26 states, Lutheran Church Charities, also known as LCC, is able to deploy their services within 24 hours of an invite.With three dogs from Indiana, two from Ohio and one from Michigan, most handlers traveled across state lines for MSU students as they coped with the tragedy.
The secret it out: you may have more in common with a whale than you think, according to National Geographic photographer and filmmaker Brian Skerry.
With a population of just over 50,000 students, Michigan State University’s sidewalks are often bustling with students on the way to their next class. Sometimes, problems can arise amongst the mix of walkers and bikers sharing these paths. Both bikers and walkers agree that there needs to be more communication on sidewalks.
Many Michigan State University alumni look back fondly on their college years and remember the late nights spent in Rick's, the Saturdays spent in the bleachers of Spartan Stadium or the long hours spent studying.Some look back on these college years and know that they are an integral part of their love story.
What started with a Facebook post has led to hundreds of boxes of free meals delivered to students by community members volunteering their time. Though Golden Harvest, a breakfast joint in Lansing, is infamous for its limited morning hours, owner Vanessa Vicknair decided to pause normal hours of operation to help students following the mass shooting on MSU's campus.
February is a time for love. Following the Feb. 13 mass shooting, February has become a time to show how much Spartans mean to each other and themselves. This includes Black love — Allen wants to see media that exhibits Black love as strong, healthy and beautiful to help paint the correct picture.
“I am the proud resident assistant to 87 students. After the events on Monday night, I am an RA to 86.”
Following the recent mass shooting on Michigan State University’s campus, Jordynn Greeson, a hair stylist at Capellini Salon in Okemos, stepped in to comfort students the best way she knows how – by doing hair.
International students at Michigan State University could not go home following the Feb. 13 mass shooting on campus. Some, housed by their friends and roommates, were able to escape elsewhere.
Broaddus, a CNN correspondent based in Chicago, came back to the place she calls home at 2 a.m. on Tuesday to report on the mass shooting on MSU's campus shooting. The task, she said, has been incredibly difficult.
Ink Therapy offered pre-selected tattoo options centered around MSU. Each tattoo was $40 and half of the proceeds went to the victims’ families to help cover their expenses. 500 people had lined up by the time the shop opened and the line wrapped around the block.
“Pass fail is great, but … there was a petition to have Zoom, and over 10,000 people signed it,” Cabrera said. “It just doesn’t feel like we’re being heard. You can’t pay me to go back to campus right now.”
Gless went on foot to get her friend – she was told to drive her car or not go at all, but she couldn’t leave her friend alone.Shock ran through her body, she said.
“I think the parents need to remember they need time to heal too,” MSU parent Eric Swanson said. “This was the biggest panic attack most of us have ever had. I've told friends that I’ve never felt as scared and helpless in my entire life as I did during those hours, and as much as we need to be there for our kids, we need to heal too.”
“I’m just trying to be the adult that I needed when I was a kid,” Reser said. “I know what it’s like to be a student that just wants to go home.”
“We were just kind of laying there, it was kind of just a strange feeling because we were told everything was ok but it didn’t really feel like it,” journalism freshman Ava Moschete said.
On how the Oxford community has moved on from its mass shooting, if there’s a timeline for when normalcy will resume, Haden said “it’s impossible to truly heal from something like this.”
MSU researchers have discovered a way to allow the switchgrass plant to reach its full potential as a biofuel crop, following a discovery of one of its growth limitations. The discovery could ease dependence on fossil fuels as a source of energy.
Dance styles included Standard, Smooth, Latin and Rhythm. The event welcomed over 165 competitors at IM Circle — 40 of whom are on MSU’s team — from various states, including a team from Waterloo, Canada.
“(The event) is kind of a rejection of the idea that Valentine’s Day is only for people with partners,” Dombrowski said. “Love can be all kinds of things: it can be self-love or loving your friends.”