Broadening the range of the city's representatives, the City of East Lansing is adding the Mayor’s Youth Commission to their city government this coming November.
This school year, MSU is offering an introductory course in Kichwa, an Indigenous language spoken by Quechua people primarily in the northwest region of South America.
MSU's Fostering Academics, Mentoring Excellence program provides support and resources to students who are former foster youth, have experienced homelessness or are otherwise independent. FAME coordinator Chiquita Whittington said the program provides members with support networks that traditional students would typically receive from their parents.
Just like the title says, hosts Shakyra Mabone, Jada Vasser and Anthony Brinson III will talk about some random topics. They discussed things about Black hair and perms, how they prefer to make sandwiches and anything else they thought of. Also, if you get the title reference, you're so cool!
The Quilt Index is an open access website that showcases photos and descriptions of over 87,700 quilts submitted by people all over the world. MSU art history professor and Quilt Index Director Marsha MacDowell said each quilt is made to reflect artists' stories and connect with viewers on a deeper level.
The "Roman Empire" trend, which has swept across social media in recent weeks, is simple: women ask men- typically their boyfriends or spouses- how often they think about the Roman Empire, to which many men reply, "constantly." However, people are questioning if men actually think about the Roman Empire that much, why they're so interested in it and, more recently, what their own "Roman Empire" is.
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.”
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.
The complete timeline of Tucker's downfall, from the now-infamous alleged phone call to his contentious firing.
The basics of life for MSU students have stayed relatively the same, but new places and updates to campus have caused students to do a complete turnaround on some of their activites.
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.
Early Monday morning, the sidewalks of Abbot Road were filled with students wrapped in blankets, lined up outside of The Abbot in hopes of signing a new lease with the complex.
The Michigan State volleyball team moved on to 11-4 and 3-1 in the Big Ten after the team defended off a late run from the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
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!
MSU Career Services Network added another notable resource for students looking to bridge the gap into professional careers: the Career Closet.
Reported cases of three relationship violence and sexual misconduct crimes on campus have increased since 2021 and updates to campus safety have increased, the 2023 Security and Fire Safety Report finds.
Animals at Potter Park Zoo held enrichment activities on Sunday to get the animals' predictions for the Michigan versus Michigan State game.
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.
Men's soccer battles Penn State to a 0-0 draw in defensive stalemate.
The Spartan Family Sensory Room was unveiled last Tuesday. The room is meant to be a safe space for individuals with autism and sensory needs.