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It's Time to Give Up on Gender Reveal Parties

Gender reveal parties have become less about celebrating the birth of a child and more about garnering attention on social media. Over-the-top gender reveal parties have also caused extensive property and personal damage, not to mention perpetrating outdated beliefs about sex and gender. With even the inventor of

Consequences of Consumption

There is a rising demand for food as the human population continues to grow; however, feeding so many people requires resources and transportation that often harm our land, water and air. Although it’s not possible to feed so many people and entirely eliminate the damage we do to the

Only You Can Prevent Wildfires

Only You Can Prevent Wildfires

Wildfires have always been a part of the landscape in the American West. Fire’s violent ability to destroy also ensures the health and regenerative ability of the forests and grasslands in which we recreate. Its impact completes an important step of the nitrogen cycle in the soil and helps

Hold the Plastic Cutlery

We are caught between COVID-19, our commitment to protecting the environment, our desire to support local restaurants and a growing mountain of plastic cutlery, straws, packets of ketchup, soy sauce, relish and napkins. For the last several months, we have been ordering take out from many of our favorite

Students' Choice: Expanding Participation in Convocation

Convocation, defined by Merriam-Webster as “a ceremonial assembly of members of a college or university,” is an event that formally welcomes the incoming class to MSU each year. Each convocation speaker and corresponding book represents a message from the university to its students, and, of course, the selection of

The Environment Needs Your Advocacy

The Environment Needs Your Advocacy

Note: This article has been edited for clarity (i.e. a sentence has been added at the beginning of the second paragraph). A post on Instagram on August 11 from the Outdoor Advocacy Project declared that the Bureau of Land Management has cancelled its 2020 plan to auction off 85,

Head to Head: Pumpkins Save Lives

In a world plagued by wildfires, hurricanes, deep political divides, and, well, actual plagues, there exists one savior — one salvation that transcends political lines and country borders. It comes around once a year as crisp autumn winds awake from their slumber, and this year earlier than ever. Yes, you guessed