On Tuesday, Feb. 11, the multiple Tony Award-winning musical, "MJ the Musical," arrived on Michigan State University’s campus. The jukebox musical is based on the life of the "King of Pop," Michael Jackson, played by Jordan Markus.
His painting is an abstraction of the horror that occurred in just 15 minutes that night. He used colors, shapes and angles to convey the emotion and energy he felt in the classroom.
Feb. 13, 2023, was an ordinary winter night in East Lansing — until it wasn’t. The air was crisp, and the streets were quiet as students returned to their dorms, libraries, and dining halls, finishing another routine day at Michigan State University. Then, a notification. A hurried message. A hushed murmur turning into a collective realization — something terrible was happening.
The students' experiences that night — one hiding in the Union and the other hiding in his fraternity house — shook them. Now, two years later, they say while it’s not something they can forget about, they have made progress toward healing.
For two students who witnessed the shooting firsthand, grieving within an institution that seemingly wants to keep the process moving has been a challenge. They don’t want what happened to fade away with time. They want the community to remember what happened that night.
On Wednesday night, Sotelo shined offensively with a career-high 17 points for No. 22 Michigan State University women’s basketball when they defeated Wisconsin 91-71.
On Jan. 5, an MSU student returned to her Cedar Village apartment during winter break to find a man inside. Police soon realized they'd arrested him the night before.
Ending a two-game homestand, the No. 22 ranked MSU women's basketball team dominated the Wisconsin Badgers, using all-around play to roll towards a 91-71 win.
Through the efforts of ASMSU and the National Social Norms Center, the fan-favorite ducks campaign returns two months after it was terminated.
Young generations in America are growing up in a world where school shootings are recurrent. On Feb. 13, 2023, a mass shooting occurred on Michigan State University's campus, taking the lives of three students. Since then, many have reacted differently to stories of shootings and other acts of terror presented in the media.
With the two year anniversary of the MSU shooting approaching, Maya Manuel, a co-curator of the exhibit and MSU alum, knew that she could make a space that students would want to visit and heal in. The exhibit was curated to bring awareness to gun violence and to depict healing through “artivism.”
There’s still plenty of cold weather ahead for MSU baseball, but senior captain Sam Busch and his team are prepared for the 2025 campaign.
After 13 home wins, Michigan State University men’s basketball suffered its first loss at Breslin Center this season, falling 71-67 to Indiana on Tuesday night.
Most of the security upgrades MSU has embarked on since the shooting — including adding more locks to classroom doors, installing a centralized security center and refining the university’s emergency notification system — are now complete, but their implementation hasn’t always gone smoothly.
The State News’ administration reporters and host Alex Walters discuss MSU’s busy week, the board doubling down on DEI and protections for undocumented students amid federal threats, and making deals to temper fights closer to home.
MSU seemed in control early. Not for long. Indiana warmed up and found its pulse toward the end of the first half and rode a single-digit lead for the remainder of the night.
Jack Williams, Kyra Mabone and events and entertainment reporter Amy Cho get into the aesthetics and evolution of early 2000s rom coms.
Following a rough loss to rival Michigan, the MSU women's basketball team is using an "onto the next" mentality ahead of their matchup against Wisconsin.
Running from Feb. 4 to April 30, the exhibition "Techno: The Rise of Detroit’s Machine Music" will be showcased at the MSU Museum. The lead exhibition curator and MSU english professor Julian Chambliss worked with community curator and administrative team member at the Underground Resistance (UR) John Collins to create this exhibit.
Whether classes are held on future anniversaries of the Feb. 13, 2023, campus mass shooting will continue to be made on a yearly basis. The decision is made by a committee of students, faculty and other community members who plan the university's program for the anniversary.