
Local pastor Tracy Edmond speaks passionately to the moderator at Hannah Community Center on Friday, Jan. 27. Edmond said schools should have a male presence and mentors for children to deter violent activity.

Communication senior Charlotte Plotzke speaks into a megaphone on a snowy morning in front of the Hannah Administrative Building on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Students gathered to protest the Board of Trustee’s refusal to release documents about the university’s response to Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse cases.

CAPS staff member Jessica Oyoque-Barron organizes a stack of t-shirts that read "WE CAN STOP SUICIDE" at the "Out of the Darkness" walk for suicide prevention on Sunday, April 16, 2023. The event, a collaboration between CAPS and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention culminated in a "walk of hope and healing."

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) speaks to the crowd at a "Lunch and Learn" event held at Case Hall at Michigan State University on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Stabenow discussed topics like climate change, gun violence and voting and took questions from audience members.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) wears a Spartan Strong pin at a "Lunch and Learn" event held at Michigan State University on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Among other topics, Stabenow discussed gun violence with students about two months after a shooting on MSU's campus killed three and injured five.

MSU Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) staff Olivia Scott (second from left) and Jessica Oyoque-Barron under an umbrella at the "Out of the Darkness" walk for suicide prevention on Sunday, April 16, 2023. The event began with light rain but soon cleared up and the walk continued.