Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

News

MSU

ASMSU at risk of losing fall student tax

After a decision was made in April by the university to withhold summer student tax dollars collected for ASMSU, university officials have threatened to cut the organization’s funds for the 2013-14 academic year as well.

MICHIGAN

Groups push for more higher education funding

It’s no big secret that state funding for universities, including MSU, has taken cuts over the past 10 years. That has some advocates pushing for the recently reported $482.6 billion 2013 revenue surplus to go toward higher education.

NEWS

50 years of art

As live eclectic music blared in the streets of East Lansing, spectators gathered to view a variety of fine arts, crafts and music from artists and musicians — locally based and from across the nation.

MICHIGAN

Craft beer week emphasizes quality

As sunbathed students swat flies late into the evening on restaurant patios, warmer weather is here to stay. With this seasonal metamorphosis, where students traditionally trade in their blue books for beachwear, seasonal beers are stocked on shelves across the state.

MICHIGAN

State Republicans attempt to adjust image in Senate race

With Republicans eying the open 2014 U.S. Senate seat, the Michigan GOP said changing tactics, pushing for a more grassroots campaign to attract voters after pointed questions about the party’s exclusivity once it failed to garner strong minority support in the 2012 presidential election.

MICHIGAN

MSU students reflect on Syria civil war

With Syria, like most of the countries in the Middle East experiencing protests against the corruption and lack of democracy, MSU students and faculty are engaging in practices of giving back to those who are suffering.

MICHIGAN

Consuming insects boosts nutrition

To eat or not to eat, that is the question. According to a new study found by the Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO, one major and readily available source of nutritious and protein-rich food that comes from forests are insets.