COLUMN: My experience reffing an intramural basketball game
Reffing basketball can be hard, but it can also be very rewarding. So, as the MSU intramural Division I semi-final basketball games rolled around, I thought it would be a good idea to throw on my striped reffing shirt and officiate the game. With some good fouls called, odd situations and high tensions — this is my experience officiating an intramural basketball game.
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COLUMN: Masaki Takahashi is doing something different
Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between performer and audience. He's inspiring young writers and creating a community in Lansing. Masaki is doing something different.
COLUMN: Women's March Madness bracket prediction — Spartans to Elite Eight
With Selection Sunday behind us, the women's NCAA tournament — or March Madness — looms large. This means that its officially bracket season, and, with high aspirations, I believe to have created the perfect bracket, featuring Michigan State, exciting matchups and a handful of Cinderellas.
COLUMN: Men's March Madness bracket prediction — Spartans to Final Four
With Selection Sunday behind us, the men's NCAA tournament — or March Madness — looms large. This means that it's officially bracket season, and, with high aspirations, I believe to have created the perfect bracket, featuring Michigan State, exciting matchups and a handful of Cinderellas.
COLUMN: March magic set to ignite as 2025 NCAA basketball tournament nears
With March rolling back around, the greatest playoff format of all time ricks back off: The NCAA basketball tournament. This wonderful and riveting tournament has it all, from a soon to be national champion, brackets, Cinderella's and the One Shining Moment video.
COLUMN: The electric fans behind MSU hockey's success
There are many perspectives to a college hockey game: the players, the teams, the game itself. Then there are the fans, and I believe MSU hockey has the best of the best. Fans like student section ticket holder Addison Swanson, MSU alumni Darby Lexcen and Michigander George Schrink all love to witness the electrifying atmosphere that Munn Ice Arena brings.
COLUMN: The impact of MSU athletics hiring Jon Dykema from the Detroit Lions
Amidst a new age of college athletics with money being the name of the game, MSU made a strategic move by creating a new position in its athletic department by hiring former Detroit Lions executive Jon Dykema, who will serve as MSU's Executive Senior Associate AD/Student-Athlete Management and Assistant General Counsel.
Here’s your sign: Places to live on campus based on your zodiac
The best places to live on-campus based on astrological stereotypes.
COLUMN: The art of the house party
Students at MSU are no stranger to the house party. But is there more than what’s typically thought of as young adults engaging in rampant hedonism? Our columnist says yes, there is.
COLUMN: Oh captain, bye captain — The toll of losing Red Savage
MSU hockey has been a thing of wonder this season. But following the injury to senior forward captain Red Savage, something has changed for the worse, and it seems like the Spartans are missing their captain presence.
COLUMN: Tom Izzo, the greatest Big Ten basketball coach of all time
The torch has been passed. The satchel now bears green and white. The throne once labeled “Greatest Coach in Big Ten History” now belongs to Tom Izzo.
EDITORIAL: DEI is critical to the well-being of campus. We’re standing by it — MSU should too
MSU is in the midst of a defining moment. With its $4.6 billion endowment, the university is at risk of losing funding and support if it does not adhere to federal orders, such as those targeting diversity programs. DEI is critical to the well-being of campus. That’s why we’re standing by it — and MSU should too.
COLUMN: An international student’s experience of the MSU mass shooting
Feb. 13, 2023, was an ordinary winter night in East Lansing — until it wasn’t. The air was crisp, and the streets were quiet as students returned to their dorms, libraries, and dining halls, finishing another routine day at Michigan State University. Then, a notification. A hurried message. A hushed murmur turning into a collective realization — something terrible was happening.
COLUMN: For two MSU shooting survivors, the grieving process has been far from linear
For two students who witnessed the shooting firsthand, grieving within an institution that seemingly wants to keep the process moving has been a challenge. They don’t want what happened to fade away with time. They want the community to remember what happened that night.
COLUMN: Spartan athletics reignites success and unites fandom
During the decade of the 2010s, Michigan State athletics reigned supreme with ranked team after ranked team. After a bit of a falloff over the past couple of years, a sudden burst of success has re-emerged MSU as a top athletic school in the nation.
