Recent Articles
The thin line: eating disorders weigh on students' lives
For months, Erin Ruth was able to hide her secret beneath baggy clothes. But the summer before she began her freshman year at MSU, her mother caught a glimpse of her as she stepped out of the shower.
Support of friends, professionals aid women struggling with eating disorders
In a society bombarded with images of emaciated bodies aimed at representing the ideal figure, those with eating disorders have grown to both worship and fear the scale.Erin Ruth became obsessed with the scale - weighting herself every day.
Hillel showcases photo documentary
For Irene Fertik, documenting the black experience in the United States has been a lifetime pursuit - yet her most recent endeavor to photograph Ethiopian Jews has become therapy.The Californian artist, who became depressed after the death of her father, was looking for a way to heal.
Having a cow
Amid the nasal sounds of cows voicing an occasional "moo" and herdsman coaxing preoccupied heifers into the milking parlor, Mina struggled through a difficult, nearly four-hour labor, finally giving birth to a baby boy - or male calf - at MSU's Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center.
Milk producers vote on ads
Michigan dairy producers will receive a ballot in the mail next week to vote on whether to continue a statewide marketing and educational program promoting milk.Public Act 232, which must be renewed every year, provides funding toward advertising dairy products and nutrition education in schools and throughout the state.
