After recent allegations and an admission from the famous comedian, stories told during Hasan Minhaj’s stand-up comedy specials are under scrutiny for fabricating scenes and stories where he experienced racial discrimination that never happened.
The Feb. 13 campus shooting at Michigan State University impacted students and the community in so many ways; for most, the grief and shock they experienced created trauma that still lingers. Many students have realized that noises or other daily occurrences they previously didn't pay much attention to have become triggers, or anything that causes a person to relive past trauma.
As students enroll in spring semester courses, some might receive their top choices while others are scrambling to find interesting classes to fill up their schedule.
The Broad Art Museum hosted the grand opening of the highly anticipated Center for Object Research and Engagement, or the CORE, on Friday. Unlike some of the museum's other exhibitions, which rotate every few years or so, the CORE provides a permanent space for over thousands of objects that the university has been accumulating as far back as 1945.
MSU's Abrams Planetarium held its annual Pink Floyd planetarium show Friday night, showcasing celestial displays alongside the band's "Dark Side of the Moon" album.
The East Lansing Film Festival, or ELFF, has officially started and is taking place in Meridian Mall's Studio C! Celebration Theater until Nov. 16, marking the event's 26th anniversary. During the festival's opening night yesterday, community members filled the theater with complimentary popcorn and brochures explaining each film in hand, after walking a small red carpet to get inside the theater – a mirrored appreciation for the movie-watchers and their support for the independent films.
Miss Black & Gold scholarship pageant, an annual event hosted by the Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, celebrated the hard work women have demonstrated as students at Michigan State University.
MSU's presidential search has entered its final phase in a full embrace of the total secrecy that has defined the contentious process. Critics say the secrecy doesn't make sense, and worry about the results.
“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.