OPINION: Police oversight is not up for debate

Proposed amendments to an East Lansing ordinance are looking to reduce police oversight. It's not the solution people think it is.

OPINION: Male loneliness is a common cold

Our national conversation about male loneliness ignores some of its less extreme manifestations.

OPINION: Charlie Kirk's death is a threat to campus discourse

The assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has tremendous implications for speech on campus.

OPINION: This isn't working

Trump's removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board is confronting MSU with a decision: Enter the fray or keep its heads down.

COLUMN: The root of MSU's transparency issues

MSU has a transparency issue, but the problem goes far beyond a secretive Board of Trustees, our columnist writes.

COLUMN: The humanities are dying, who's to blame?

The humanities are experiencing a decline; perhaps it's everyone's fault, our columnists write.

COLUMN: MSU men's basketball has fallen behind program standard. Why?

Sports reporter Douglas Doty says MSU men's basketball has fallen behind its program standard and outlines three main reasons why.

COLUMN: Censorship at Broad Art Museum contradicts MSU’s commitment to discourse

The State News' columnist argues that MSU’s cancellation of the opening party of the exhibition titled "Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People" shows that its “commitment to the arts” is nothing more than a facade. The Broad Art Museum has become a place of censorship that relies on what MSU deems as an acceptable identity, he says.

COLUMN: Where does the line get drawn on politics in university governance?

State News columnist Jack Williams argues that problems on MSU's board are a result of the institution itself, not just individual trustees. The solution lies in constituency voting, he says.

COLUMN: Live Nation's exploitative monopoly must end

Ticketmaster hosted the sale for Olivia Rodrigo's "GUTS" tour in September, along with the controversial sale for Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” this past summer. Many users could not secure tickets to either concert due to Ticketmaster’s “Verified Fan” system, which forces users to enter a presale raffle with a verified account. Nowadays, even just the opportunity to pay for ridiculously overpriced tickets is a prize.

Letter from the editor: A message to our campus community

COLUMN: MSU is barring media access. We can't cover community healing without it.

"It shouldn’t be a battle to send a journalist to cover what’s happening at our public university," State News Editor-in-Chief Morgan Womack wrote.

A thank you letter to you, The State News from 4-year SNewsers

We can’t wait to walk across the stage next week, proudly wearing our State News stoles. We can’t wait to see the finale of our college careers as student journalists. We can’t wait to think about SNews and smile at the memories we’ve formed.

After a whirlwind four years, our goodbye to MSU

In the coming years, we will look back on our time at MSU and know that we are vastly different people because of it. Our time spent bringing you the news might be coming to an end, but there are countless talented student journalists behind us that will keep MSU informed forever. 

A farewell to Michigan State from your student newspaper leaders

Goodbye State News and goodbye Michigan State University. We hope we did you proud.

COLUMN: After 4 years, here's what I've learned dating at MSU

When I first started at Michigan State University, I was still dating my high school boyfriend. Let's just say it ended poorly, with him driving out of my parent's driveway blasting "Cold as Ice" by Foreigner. 

EDITORIAL: Students are already living in fear. We can’t live in ignorance too.

MSU, you can’t give students their sense of security back. But you can help us help keep our community safe. 

Guest Essay: 'What Feb. 13 taught me about the horror of familiarity'

By Mary Fogg-Lidel, MSU student

Guest Essay: 'Fight for our right to grow old'

By Ryan Mondalek, MSU Graduate Assistant

Guest Poem: 'When I Heard'

By Cassidy Howard, MSU journalism freshman