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SOCIAL JUSTICE

MSU law professor creates project uncovering cases with legal citations of slavery

PJ Pfeiffer
October 2, 2023

MSU Law Professor Justin Simard started the "Citing Slavery Project" in 2020 after researching sources for a project and stumbling upon citations of slave cases by modern judges. “The goal of the project is to document all cases involving enslaved people, either as litigants or as the property and dispute, and (we cite) all the cases... on our website,” Simard said. “It is essentially to get scholars and lawyers to recognize the important influence that slavery has played on the development of American law.”

FOOTBALL

Alan Haller addresses MSU football head coaching search, appreciation of Spartan community in issued letter

Jacob Smith
October 2, 2023

The 2023 season has been quite the rollercoaster for the Michigan State Football team. Following the firing of Head Coach Mel Tucker for cause officially last Wednesday, a new identity is demanded by the Spartan faithful as the program attempts to restore the culture it once had before Tucker’s incident. Athletic Director Alan Haller issued a community letter on Monday to recognize the frustrations the MSU fan base has in addition to providing an update on Michigan State’s plan to conduct a head coaching search to fill the role. The Spartans are winless in the three games coached by interim head coach Harlon Barnett after Tucker was suspended back on Sept. 10. 

COMMUNITY

MSU Indigenous community members celebrate Orange Shirt Day, honor boarding school victims

Jack Williams
October 2, 2023

In May of 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior, or DOI, released an investigative report identifying approximately 500 Native American boarding schools across the United States and Canada that existed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Three of them existed in Michigan, and one did not close until 1983. Now, Indigenous students, faculty and community members of Michigan State University are making sure the atrocities committed against their communities are not forgotten. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, commonly known as Orange Shirt Day, honors the countless number of children who were sent to Native American boarding schools, many of whom never returned.

PODCASTS

Sports Round Table: Back to the roots

It's always good to go back to where things started. Although unable to make the podcast, co-host Thomas Cobb invited the guy who nearly started it all. Join us this week as we talk about MSU and mainstream sports with former host Nick Lundberg!

STUDENTS

Students discuss campus safety on home football game days

Ridhima Kodali
October 2, 2023

During game days, it's common for people who don't attend MSU to walk into campus buildings and residence halls as they follow their friends or join in the festivities. For many MSU students, however, something as simple as holding the door open for the person behind them can create a safety risk.

FOOTBALL

Jonathan Kim creates kicking history with 58 yard field goal in loss to Iowa

Jacob Smith
October 1, 2023

The Michigan State Football team couldn’t hold onto their lead as they struggled to generate any momentum on offense in their 26-16 loss to Iowa Saturday night. Redshirt senior kicker Jonathan Kim produced one of the more consistent performances on the night for the Spartans, and was a big contributor to MSU's scoring. Kim was 3/4 on made field goals, including 1/1 on extra points.