EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Time For Three, Okemos High School students perform at Wharton Center

Amy Cho

January 30, 2025

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Michigan State University’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts welcomed a Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble Time For Three. The ensemble combined different genres of music and instruments, along with a hint of comedy, to deliver a performance that left audience members with an experience to remember. The show also featured student musicians from Okemos High School.

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MSU college abruptly cancels Lunar New Year event, citing Trump DEI orders

Alex Walters  and  Owen McCarthy

January 30, 2025

MSU cancelled an annual Lunar New Year celebration following new executive orders targeting DEI and concerns from students.

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Pike, other frats, reported to MSU for hazing, sexual abuse

Alex Walters  and  Owen McCarthy

January 30, 2025

Numerous people — including top MSU administrators — told campus police to investigate frats. What happened next is complicated.

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People protest Trump's actions at Lansing capitol building

Anna Barnes

January 29, 2025

At noon Wednesday, protesters gathered at the capitol building in Lansing to protest the actions of President Trump. With minimal organization through social media, the protesters held signs reading several different slogans on topics ranging from transgender rights to economic grievances.

COMMUNITY

A guide to thrifting near MSU

Dakota Hendren

January 29, 2025

University students often want to get new things while being on a budget, making secondhand stores the perfect shopping grounds. The Lansing and East Lansing area has a variety of thrift stores for MSU students to explore.

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White House reverses course on federal funding freeze

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

January 29, 2025

The White House's budget office rescinded a freeze on all federal grants and loans after spurring confusion about the viability of financial aid among MSU students. The reversal also frees some researchers from concerns that funding for their projects could be halted.

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Students utilize podcasts as form of self expression, entertainment

Amy Cho

January 29, 2025

Podcasts are digital audio files that users can stream or download and listen to. Popular platforms, like Spotify and Apple Podcasts, allow individuals to listen to their chosen podcasts. MSU students are using podcasts as a way to express themselves and explore their creativity, as well as enjoying them as convenient forms of entertainment.

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Federal funding freeze won’t affect financial aid, MSU says

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

January 28, 2025

A memo released by the White House's budget office late Monday night calls for freezing all federal grants and loans implicated by President Trump's recent executive orders and directives. Financial aid for students appears to be exempt from the funding freeze, and MSU is telling researchers to continue work unless directed otherwise.

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MSU student to sue after being accused of dining hall theft

Theo Scheer

January 28, 2025

An MSU student's change in appetite exploded into an angry confrontation and multiple calls to the police at a dining hall last summer.

COMMUNITY

State representative Julie Brixie presents $125,000 to MSU Student Food Bank

Melody Meyer

January 28, 2025

On Monday, Jan. 27, State Rep. Julie Brixie presented a tribute of $125,000 to the MSU Student Food Bank. Brixie presented the tribute and took a tour of the MSU Student Food Bank facilities, located in Olin Health Center. The tribute will go toward efforts to expand their services, as more and more students utilize the food bank each semester.

BUSINESS

New One North location opens their doors, replaces Reno’s

Anna Barnes

January 28, 2025

A new One North Kitchen & Bar has opened at 1310 Abbot Road, replacing Reno's. With a more sophisticated atmosphere, One North is attempting to draw in customers seeking a high-end dining experience.

ENVIRONMENT

Trump's withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement sparks concern

Reiel Ghiglia

January 27, 2025

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump’s administration announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. The U.S.'s withdrawal from the agreement has sparked concern about climate change across the country. MSU professors and students discuss their concerns for Michigan.

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California wildfires raise questions of AI's environmental impact

Reiel Ghiglia

January 27, 2025

The raging California wildfires have sparked conversation about Artificial Intelligence's role in harming the environment. With the exponential growth of AI and increasing usage in college-level students, MSU experts and students discuss the need for better understanding of AI and its impacts.

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Trump opens MSU, other universities to potential DEI probes

Emilio Perez Ibarguen

January 27, 2025

A recent executive order directing federal agencies to identify potential investigations into institutions of higher education may place MSU in the crosshairs of President Trump's anti-DEI efforts.

COMMUNITY

Public art provides a sense of place, community

Hannah Locke

January 27, 2025

The East Lansing Public Arts Commission and the Public Art on Campus Committee work to ensure that public art installations are a part of construction or development projects in East Lansing and on MSU's campus. These groups aim to incorporate public art in order to provide a sense of community, provoke thought and elicit emotions.

ENVIRONMENT

Weir on MSU’s campus faces possible removal

Anna Barnes

January 27, 2025

MSU’s Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is seeking a grant from the DNR to remove the weir, a low-rise barrier built across the Red Cedar River to control the flow of water. The weir no longer serves a purpose, and is increasing flood risks.

SPORTS

MSU sports shine across pivotal weekend matchups

Alana Lundgaard

January 27, 2025

Michigan State University's winter sports programs are thriving, and had another weekend with wins across the board.

COMMUNITY

MSU 'Stuff the Library' book drive aims to provide diverse literature for school libraries

Hannah Locke

January 26, 2025

Through February, the MSU community can give books or monetary donations to the Stuff the Library book drive, which is an effort to put more books that celebrate diversity and represent students of many backgrounds into school libraries. 

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Whitmer's MSU board decision looms while leaders want to move on

Alex Walters  and  Owen McCarthy

January 26, 2025

As the governor’s looming intervention drags on, those atop MSU say they’re content to put the board’s tussling behind them.

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Student Book Store stops renting books as online textbooks grow in popularity

Hannah Locke

January 24, 2025

The Student Book Store will no longer be renting books to students—a symptom of a changing industry and online academic landscape.