Thursday, January 1, 2026

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

Multimedia

HEALTH

Gender-affirming supplies for T-REx students now available

Free gender-affirming supplies are now available for trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse students at MSU, as the result of a collaboration between The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) and University Health and Wellbeing (UHW). The goal is to allow for an increase in inclusivity, belongingness, empowerment and well-being.

COMMUNITY

MSU Beal Botanical Garden addresses inaccurate plaque after 70 years

In 1953, the MSU Corn Foundation installed a plaque commemorating Professor William Beal’s pioneering work in hybridizing maize. This plaque, which still remains in the Beal Botanical Garden today, celebrates Beal as the first person to cross corn, increasing the yield of 53%. But these claims are untrue. And in 2022, the Beal Botanical Garden staff began to address these falsehoods with a sign. 

COMMUNITY

Andy T's is the heart of MSU’s hayride tradition

For decades, hayrides have been a cherished tradition at MSU. Various clubs and organizations gather at Andy T’s corn field where they sit on hay bales around a fire and take a trip around the property on wagons. But Andy T’s is more than just a yearly destination for MSU students, it’s a staple within the local community founded by owner and namesake: Andy Todosciuk.

MSU

MSU pro-Palestine students hold remembrance night to mark year of war in Gaza

Pro-Palestinian students and supporters gathered at Beaumont Tower Monday evening to commemorate one year since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel and reflect on the lives lost in the year since. The event served as a space for attendees to remember and reflect on the more than 40,000 people who have been killed in Gaza and surrounding areas, and to reiterate demands for MSU to divest from Israel.