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MSU

MSU students continue calls for divestment at administration building study-in

Students walked out of class Friday for a study-in at the Hannah Administration Building, where they sat in the lobby of the Office of the President to protest what they described as MSU’s complacency in genocide. This was the latest in students' efforts to call on MSU to divest from Israel and other entities funding the nation since the war began last year.

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.