“This moment calls on us to demonstrate that we are a community of care and compassion,” Woodruff wrote. “Our campus, after all, is many students’ front and back porch, and it should always feel like a safe and welcoming home.”
Two individuals carried out a "Halloween prank" during a class in Giltner Hall last Tuesday, causing some students and the professor to fear for their safety.
Michigan State University's WE ARE SAATH and University Activities Board lit up the Union with a Diwali celebration last evening.
After 50 years of MSU's Society of Women Engineers chapter, current members, alumni, staff, and advisors reflect on the organization's significance in supporting women in engineering.
The Spartan Food Security Council is partnering with Sparty’s Kind Kids to run a food drive for student parents and their families who are in the Student Parent Resource Center. The drive will start Nov. 13 and run through Nov. 15.
In sworn affidavits, all eight MSU trustees say while they did meet “informally” in April to discuss releasing the documents relating to the university’s handling of disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar, there were no votes or formal actions taken at the closed-door meeting.
Walking along the outskirts of the Michigan Capitol building, hundreds of anti-abortion supporters and activists joined together in a “March for Life" rally, hosted and organized by Michigan Right to Life, at noon today. The rally was arranged to be held a year after the 2022 Ballot Proposal 3, or the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, which placed the right to abortion care into Michigan constitutional law, was passed. Earlier Wednesday morning, Right to Life filed a lawsuit against Proposal 3, arguing that the abortion access violates federal constitutional rights.
College of Education students navigate a change in their program while facing communication issues from coordinators.
Michigan State University's Students United for Palestine and the Arab Cultural Society held a vigil at the Rock for former Humphrey Fellow Tariq Thabet. Several organizers and community members spoke at the vigil to commemorate Thabet, who was killed by an Israeli bombing in Central Gaza City.
Berkey Hall will reopen for classes in the spring 2024 semester, though classrooms directly affected by the Feb. 13 shooting will stay closed for now. With students currently choosing classes for next semester, they are faced with the decision of whether to select classes in Berkey.
MSU announced that the external law firm Miller & Chevalier will conduct the investigation into trustee Brianna Scott’s allegations that board chair Rema Vassar violated board bylaws and university policies.
Michigan State University has expanded the scope of an outside investigation at the Board of Trustees' request, now asking lawyers to probe the source of a recent State News story reporting on the privileged document that spurred the investigation in the first place.
We’ve all seen it: the so-called “trauma bangs” or damaged “do-it-yourself” bleach blond hair that ensues after someone goes through a bad breakup. It is common for people to change their appearance after ending a relationship, but why exactly do we see frustration in the form of drastic hair transformations?
The Lansing Model Train Show and Sale took place on November 5, 2023 and drew in crowds of around 3,000 people.
Interm head coach Harlon Barnett and the Michigan State Spartans travel to Columbus Ohio to take on the 3rd ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in a key BIG 10 matchup. Katin Houser and the MSU offense aim to take down OSU's top ranked defense, while MSU's defense tried to stop this highflying physical offense.
Tariq Thabet, a Michigan State University Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow from 2021-2022, was killed by an Israreli bombing of his apartment in Central Gaza City. Many MSU and East Lansing community members mourned his death and shared how Thabet touched the lives of those around him.
Michigan State is holding their annual "It's on us" week of action events this week. Evens include sharing messages, tie dyeing tote bags, leaving a handprint on a banner and assembling self-care kits all in efforts to combat sexual violence and providing awareness to those in need.
At the last Board of Trustees meeting, an MSU trustee suggested holding a special meeting to discuss voting on releasing the long-withheld Nassar documents. Now, the board is silent on whether that meeting will take place.
Despite MSU's commitment that active violent intruder training would become mandatory following the Feb. 13 shooting, the training has yet to be finished and its completion will be made optional. The choice not to require the training was influenced by feedback from the community concerned with the emotional impact the training could have on traumatized individuals.
"The Hip Hop Nutcracker" is coming to Michigan State University's Wharton Center on Dec. 6. Among the show's stacked cast is legendary rapper and singer Kurtis Blow. Blow, the MC for "The Hip Hop Nutcracker," called the role "another feather in (his cap)" over his over 40-year career.