NEWS
Get to know COVID-19
A guide to the CDC and MDHHS tips for social distancing during the Coronavirus.
MICHIGAN
Meet Jordan Woodruff, one of the officers behind ELPD's Twitter account
Woodruff, an officer of three and a half years, is one of three officers who contribute to ELPD social media. In light of the quarantine situation, ELPD's Twitter content includes reminders to social distance and wash hands.
COMMENTARY
Column: Stay-at-home order extended until at least … sigh
This is our new normal. Until further notice.
MSU
MSU to freeze tuition rates in response to COVID-19
MSU will freeze tuition for the 2020-21 academic year.
NEWS
State News Sports Roundtable: A look at Michigan State football and when it might return
This week on the State News Sports Roundtable: When football might return and expectations for the team.
MSU
ASMSU selects Office of the President after two late-night Zoom calls
ASMSU elections went beyond 3 a.m. for the second night to finalize its Office of the President via Zoom.
MSU
How the MSU interior design program has handled the online transition
Interior design is one of many Michigan State programs disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
MSU
MSU's Spring Career Fair is next week, here's how to sign up
Michigan State's virtual career fair is scheduled for next Thursday and Friday.
MSU
Michigan State executives take pay cut due to COVID-19
MSU executives take a reduced pay as a part of the financial consequences caused by the novel coronavirus.
PHOTO VIDEO
The Dinner Table Podcast: Weed
This week on The Dinner Table Podcast, Tessa Osborne and Griffin Wiles dig into weed, what age is acceptable for smoking, facts about weed and the different ways to go about it. They share their own experiences with weed culture and dissect the culture surrounding it. Tessa and Griffin's views do not reflect those of The State News.
MSU
Missed opportunities: Students react to study abroad cancellations
“I know a handful of people who were also going to study abroad this summer and are disappointed it is not going to work out. We all made peace with it because we know how big of an issue COVID-19 is and the importance of staying home.”
SPOTLIGHT
'Uncertainty and loss': The impact of COVID-19 on student mental health
With universities closed nationwide and executive orders calling for people to stay home, many students have found themselves struggling with mental health in ways they hadn’t before.
PHOTO VIDEO
Social Distancing Diaries Ep. 5: Living with family members, significant others during quarantine
On this episode of the Social Distancing Diaries, Katie O'Brien Kelley and guests discuss living with family and significant others during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COMMENTARY
Column: What life was like when my mom had COVID-19
"It wasn’t like a flu or a cold where her symptoms would ease at certain times of the day. It was a constant feeling of defeat, pain and weakness and no matter what murmur she left me with, it always meant those feelings."
MICHIGAN
Spartans fundraise to provide protective equipment to medical communities in need
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Spartans are helping professionals on the frontlines by raising funds and contributing resources to make 3D-printed personal protective equipment, or PPE, including N95 masks and face shields.
COMMENTARY
Editorial: Wanda Blanchett best equipped for provost role
The State News endorses Wanda Blanchett as MSU's next provost.
FOOTBALL
COVID-19 leads to uncertainty for upcoming college football season
When will the world have football again?
MSU
ASMSU elects Abii-Tah Bih as next student body president
International relations and comparative cultures and politics junior Abii-Tah Bih will serve as the president of Michigan State's undergraduate student government for the 2020-21 academic year.
FOOTBALL
Former Spartan Brian Allen first NFL player to test positive for COVID-19
The former Spartan is "healthy and on the road to recovery."
MICHIGAN
'Operation Gridlock' protest follows extension of 'Stay Home, Stay Safe' order
A crowd of an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 individuals participated in the "Operation Gridlock" protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's extension of the Stay home, Stay safe order at the capitol on Wednesday April 15.