An insight into what a day on an MSU CATA bus looks like, while exploring the positive and negative experiences students and bus drivers have with the bus system on campus.

Students repainted The Rock in blue and white with the slogan “Bring them home now!” and a recreation of the Israeli flag. Organizers handed out LED candles, yellow ribbon pins and Israeli flags ahead of a community prayer for the Israeli Defense Forces and for the safe return of the hostages in Gaza. 

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Taylor Swift's latest album "The Life of a Showgirl" leaves listeners disappointed.

Four-star wide receiver Tyren Wortham has decommitted from Michigan State, reopening his recruitment just days after the Spartans’ 38-27 loss to Nebraska. Wortham, the No. 40 receiver in the 2026 class and MSU’s top commit, had been verbally committed since June. His decision highlights growing recruiting concerns amid the team’s recent struggles, as other programs pursue top targets like linebacker Braylon Hodge. In today’s college football landscape, winning remains the key to retaining talent—something MSU hopes to get back to soon.

The Challenge MSU is a semester-long competition at Michigan State University where students face off in bizarre, often intense challenges that test everything from physical strength to social strategy, with two contestants eliminated each week. The ultimate winner takes home $1,000, and organizers say the variety and unpredictability of the tasks—many drawn from the mind of club president Matthew Metrick—make the experience both chaotic and compelling.

Surplus Store offers pumpkin carving, crafts and more with a Fall Fest.

MSU women's soccer tied 1-1 with Ohio State, extending their undefeated streak in the Big Ten.

MSU women's soccer is back in the rankings at No. 16 with Noelle Henning winning Big Ten Freshman of the Week and Emerson Sargeant winning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.

Michigan State’s defense delivered its best pass-rushing performance of the season, sacking Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola five times to keep the game within reach. But offensive struggles, including Aidan Chiles’ 9-for-23 passing line, proved too much to overcome as the Spartans fell 38-27 on the road.

In a back and forth game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, special team blunders and offensive struggles helped Nebraska push past the Spartans 38-27.

A tradition famous to Michigan State, the 2025 Izzone Campout on Friday night marked the start of a new season of Basketball at MSU.

With a roster full of new players, the Michigan State hockey team faced an exhibition test against the Windsor Lancers. The Spartans took a 4-0 victory in front of a packed crowd for their return to Munn. 

MSU men's soccer lost 2-1 handing Penn State their first Big Ten win of the season. A game that came down to execution saw Penn State be more clincial with their chances getting them a win despite MSU being the far better side.

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

Reshirt senior goalkeeper Zac Kelly and freshman midfielder Peter Soudan earned Big Ten accolades for MSU men's soccer after back-to-back top 5 ranked wins in the same week for the first time in program history. 

After sifting through more than 6,000 files, publishing 12 stories and reporting for months, The State News reporters Alex Walters, Owen McCarthy and Theo Scheer were awarded the 2025 Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award by the Society of Professional Journalists.

In the sea of red where the sold out Nebraska football crowd promises stimulating energy, the Spartans take on a sophomore quarterback by the name of Dylan Raiola, a confident and NFL-caliber player that could give MSU some fits defensively. To stop Raiola and his Cornhusker squad, the Spartans must play better defense, which means tackle, generate pressure, communicate, cover, play attack coverage, win one-on-one’s and have success in the small details..

On Wednesday, Oct. 1. four-star wing Julius Avent announced his verbal commitment to MSU on social media. 6-foot-8 220-pound Avent is nationally ranked as the No. 78 player overall and the No. 13 power forward.

Taylor Swift's latest album "The Life of a Showgirl" is coming out October 3. The album will release will be celebrated in theaters at "The Official Release Party of a Showgirl."

Michigan State University assistant professor Darryl Seligman has led the first-ever scientific paper published about 3I/ATLAS — a project he co-authored with Atsuhiro Yaginuma, graduate student Tessa Frincke and several other collaborators. 

MSU says it's heard nothing from the Department of Education regarding the federal government's 22 open investigations into the university, raising questions about what will ultimately come from the probes.

When redshirt sophomore Stanton Ramil left Michigan State’s Sept. 20 matchup against USC with an injury, redshirt freshman Rustin Young was thrust into the spotlight. The little-known offensive lineman played 51 of 60 snaps, more than his entire career to that point, and held his own against a Trojan pass rush averaging nearly five sacks per game. Once a four-star recruit from Hawaii who followed head coach Jonathan Smith from Oregon State, Young now finds himself in line for a bigger role as the Spartans battle mounting injuries on the offensive line. With Nebraska’s less disruptive pass rush on deck, Saturday could mark Young’s first career start — and an opportunity to solidify himself as a key piece of MSU’s future.

Disciplinary charges against a student who confronted the MSU president underscore concerns around free speech on college campuses, and come as public figures adjust to an era of heightened political violence.

2 burglaries, 15 cases of larceny and hazing were reported this past week. MSU disclosed the incidents under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, which requires universities to list reported criminal offenses publicly.