In May of 2022, Michigan State University and the State News alumnus Aaron Foley debuted his book "Boys Come First," a novel exploring the lives of three gay friends from Detroit. Now, the book has reaching new heights, after Amazon bought its rights with the intention of adapting it into a TV series.
Construction has started on MSU's new Student Recreation and Wellness Center to be finished in February 2026. With it comes new hope for the reinstatement of MSU's swim and dive team and concerns over the student fee attached to the project.
The rumors are true: Blue Owl Coffee, a staple for Michigan State University students and East Lansing residents, is moving from Ann Street to Trowbridge Road after five years. The Ann Street location will close during Thanksgiving break and the new location will officially open as an up-and-running coffee shop on Dec. 1st.
If you've scrolled through TikTok or Instagram in the past few months, you may have come videos that involve enthusiastic influencers running up to a random passerby, shoving a mic in their face and then asking a slew of questions, like "how much rent do you pay," or "can you rate how attractive this girl is?" MSU legal experts and students weighed in on whether the trend is an invasion of privacy or not.
Michigan State University Trustee Dianne Byrum has called on the university to "thoroughly investigate" allegations that the identity of the woman accusing football coach Mel Tucker of sexual harassment was leaked to the press.
MSU leadership knew a complaint had been filed against Tucker in December. Why did no one do anything about it?
With MSU not having a set policy on the use of generative AI in the classroom, professors were entrusted with creating their own plans on whether to exclude or embrace the technology. “(It) requires an almost complete rethinking of how education works,” one professor said.
Members of MSU's Collegiate Recovery Community have designated dorm floors to provide them with a safe and supportive living environment. But when these spaces are shared with non-CRC students who did not know they would be living on substance-free floors, challenges arise.
As the search for MSU's next president continues, almost everything about it remains a secret. Members of the search committee say the confidentiality is an asset, but the community and experts say it's a cause for concern.
Brenda Tracy, the rape survivor and advocate who accused MSU head football coach Mel Tucker of sexual harassment, said she was forced to come forward because her identity was leaked to the media by a "outside party."
Across the globe, many countries have different workplace customs and expectations that dictate how employees can balance their work and social lives. For many international students at Michigan State University, American workplace expectations can often require an adjustment.
MSU's Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum kicked off the year with its fall opening party on Friday. The event introduced the museum's four new unique exhibits to the public.
Brenda Tracy, the survivor and advocate who filed a sexual harassment report that led to the suspension of MSU football coach Mel Tucker, refuted Tucker's statement about the ongoing investigation. "This is just more of the same DARVO, deflection, victim blaming and lies that I’ve been dealing with now for months," she wrote on social media.
Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker has released a statement responding to allegations of sexual harassment.
In an email to the MSU community Monday afternoon, Interim President Teresa Woodruff addressed concerns regarding MSU's process to suspend football coach Mel Tucker. Woodruff wrote that "confidentiality does not mean that steps were not taken."
MSU's W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, the nation’s oldest maintained botanical garden on a university campus, celebrates its 150th anniversary this Wednesday, Sept. 13. To celebrate the sesquicentennial, there will be a public celebration at the garden with music, food and activities from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Michigan State's head football coach Mel Tucker has been suspended without pay after a report revealed he is under investigation for sexual harassment.
MSU’s interim president and athletic director will hold a press conference Sunday at 5 p.m., hours after news broke that MSU is investigating head football coach Mel Tucker for sexually harassing a rape survivor and advocate who was advising his team.
“I think that MSU needs to fire (Tucker),” one student said. “If the MSU athletic department only suspends him, I think we as students need to boycott the football games.”
Having just begun his fourth season as MSU coach, a USA Today report was released uncovering an ongoing investigation of Tucker after he was accused of sexually harassing known sexual violence educator and rape survivor Brenda Tracy.