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Jacob Seiler is a senior majoring in journalism with a minor in public relations at Michigan State University. Seiler was born and raised in a small, rural town called Portland, Michigan. With many years of involvement in 4-H as a youth, he aspires toward a career that requires him to be heavily involved with his community. After earning his bachelor's degree, Seiler hopes to use what he learned through his journalism courses to create conversations on how communities can improve.
In addition to climbing suicide rates, the LGBTQ+ community faces disparities regarding the law. Student-led organizations offer safe spaces for queer youth on Michigan State University’s campus.
As absentee voters turned out in numbers weeks before the 2022 general election, many wondered how this would affect the in-person voter turnout. Election officials and precinct chairs in Ingham County, Michigan, said that their days have been slow or mild to start, but turnout was projected to be the same after all is said and done. In recent years, younger voters have been turning out in large numbers, and on Michigan State University’s campus, that was the case.
The Lansing School District is in a good financial state, according to its 2022 audit, on the strength of a $129.7 million bond issue voters approved on May 3. The audit was reported six months later at the district’s Nov. 3 meeting.
The bond will build four new schools, refresh Sexton High School and update HVAC systems in classrooms across the district. The bond was approved with 71% of the vote.
Jacob SeilerCapital Area District Libraries community engagement specialist Jill Abood prepares one of her citizenship group members with a list of various practice questions. Capital Area District Libraries offers a wide variety of free public services throughout its numerous branches. Libraries are a place where many seek education and oftentimes create a sense of community in the process. Capital Area District Libraries community engagement specialist Jill Abood has been spearheading the citizenship classes at the South Lansing branch since 2016.
“We, as a state, have a very vibrant immigrant population,” said Abood, 50. “The goal of our program is to support people in the best way to prepare them to pass their citizenship exam.”
Ingham County, especially the greater Lansing area, has a flourishing and diverse population.
Two political groups faced off Oct. 13 at Michigan State’s Business College Complex on Shaw. The catalyst was an appearance by conservative political activist Candace Owens.
Students United Against Fascism member Spencer Leslie lays down the ground rules for the protest to remain peaceful before igniting the first chant of the evening.Protestors begin to gather outside of Michigan State University’s Business College Complex.As Candace Owens took the stage upstairs, protestors began to fill the downstairs lobby. Tensions begin to rise as more protestors arrive.Protestors gather at the bottom of the stairway shouting their chants upward.Many protestors ascend the stairs to bring their chants closer to the event. One of the many signs carried by protestors as they chanted.