On Friday, April 11, East Lansing co-op Montie House hosted a tree planting event that left them with four new trees and valuable skills for their future planting initiatives. The Till Utopia Garden donated the trees and a representative taught Montie House members how to plant them.
Charlie Kirk, conservative media personality and founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), visited MSU's campus as part of The American Comeback Tour on Friday, April 11 and debated students outside of Wells Hall.
The brief claims that the Trump administration’s policies afflict the "central tenets of American democracy" that are "necessary to create the free academic inquiry at the core of teaching and research at American colleges and universities."
The gesture represents further fracturing between MSU faculty members and Denno — an embattled trustee who they’ve long argued is unfit to serve on the board.
Board Chair Kelly Tebay said immigration enforcement is a "federal issue" that is "not directly related" to MSU Police's campus safety responsibilities.
Michigan State is aware of 12 international students whose visas have been revoked by the Trump administration, a university spokesperson said Friday.
Michigan State University students discuss the ways they use AI tools like ChatGPT in their lives and in the classroom, and the various benefits and drawbacks it poses.
Expanded opportunities for fishing along the Red Cedar River and other bureaucratic adjustments were adopted by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees at its April 11 meeting.
Plans to construct a "Spartan Gateway District" on the Michigan State University campus were approved at the Friday board meeting, though not without some concerns from trustees and community members.
Friday’s policy tweak — which passed with a 5-3 vote — seems to represent a closing chapter in the saga of the policy, which started amid broader division on the board in fall 2023.
Every semester Sustainable Spartans hosts a trash pick-up competition where club members spend an hour picking up litter around campus for the chance to win a free scoop of ice cream from the Dairy Store. Sustainable Spartans is a project-based student led organization with the goal of making MSU more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Trustees Dennis Denno, Rema Vassar and Mike Balow broke with the board, voting against a proposed increase in room and board rates for the upcoming academic year.
President Kevin Guskiewicz said that while those funds won't replace federal funding — and "could not fully do so" — it demonstrates the institution's "deep commitment" to its research mission.
Two grants supporting stewardship efforts and accessibility improvements at the Michigan State University Museum were terminated within the last 24 hours, the museum director said.
The push-back represents further discord between MSU and the Trump administration.
Recently, Eat at State announced operational changes for Thrive at Owen and The Vista at Shaw, located inside Shaw Hall in the River Trail Neighborhood, that will be put into effect during the Fall 2025 semester. As part of these changes, Thrive will be closed on weekends and The Vista at Shaw will open on weekends.
Chef Suree "Mai" Richardson moved to the U.S. in 2015 after growing up poor in Thailand. She met her husband Mark online, and together they started their own food truck, Eato Chef. After five successful years at Horrocks Farm Market, Chef Mai has decided to move the Eato Chef food truck to Florida and continue her business there. The truck was hand built, the food is made fresh daily and the advertising is minimal – but that hasn't stopped her from having lines around the parking lot.
Finance sophomore Alina Morse started Zolli Candy, a candy brand that prioritizes healthy options, at 7 years old. Now, studying at MSU, Alina Morse's company employs student interns, takes philanthropic action through the Million Smiles Initiative and works to make people happy through candy.
The Michigan State University Roial Players Just a College Sketch Show (Roial JACSS) held its annual Sketch Show on April 4-6 at the RCAH Theater. The show, titled “A Matter of Life and Sketch,” revolved around six comedy actors trapped in a theater who must put on an impromptu sketch show for their live audience.
Redlining and its direct correlation with environmental discrimination continue to infest Lansing neighborhoods. The aftermath of I-496’s construction demolishing Black neighborhoods are still being repaired, and studies highlight Lansing as being more prone to environmental injustice. Organizations in the community are working together to combat the effects of redlining.