Opinions on same-sex marriage shift

Buren Blankenship, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Starkville, Miss., recently asked a group in his youth Sunday school class, “What does a person have to do to earn God’s love?”  Someone replied, “Be born.”

Mississippi State University’s EcoCar2 team gears up for final evaluations in Yuma, Ariz., and locations throughout San Diego May 13-23. The team is continuing its participation in the General Motors and Department of Energy “EcoCar2: Plugging into the Future” competition. 

Mississippi State University boasts a number of successful graduates from best-selling authors to professional sports players to Supreme Court justices.

Will McLellan, Mississippi State University lacrosse player, passed away Monday morning in Starkville. McLellan experienced a ruptured aorta, according to an email from his mother. She said doctors told her he died instantly. McLellan would have celebrated his 24th birthday Friday.

Michelle said she always had a feeling in high school she was a lesbian, but due to her strict, conservative family, she knew her sexuality would not be welcomed. In third grade, Jonathan noticed something was different when he found a fascination with popular artist and brand, Lisa Frank, and in the ninth grade, he came to terms with being gay.

 Willie Jerome Manning, who was convicted of killing two Mississippi State University students in 1992, is requesting a new trial.

Mississippi State University’s longtime sociology professor has been named the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.