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FRIB continues progress on $730M facility

For the last six months, Mike VanHouten has scaled the ladder of a 150-foot tower crane and gone to work at the construction site of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB — located on campus near the Wharton Center.

COMMENTARY

Coming to MSU made me understand privilege

During my experience at MSU, I have gotten the opportunity to broaden my perspective and meet students from backgrounds different from my own. In many cases, I found students didn’t have the same opportunities I had, even though they were working just as hard.

BASKETBALL

Despite .500 record, women's basketball still ranks in the top 10 in attendance nationally

The product on the floor may not have been as well decorated this season in comparison to years past, but that hasn't stopped loyal supporters in walking through the turnstiles.  According to the MSU athletic department, the Spartans rank first in the Big Ten and eighth in the country in total attendance for women's basketball games as of Feb. 17.  This was evident during Sunday's upset victory over No.

BASKETBALL

Women's basketball tops Illinois 67-65

Tori Jankoska is further proving to her critics that Aerial Powers isn't the only superstar in the making on the Spartans roster.  Playing a major role in last Sunday's upset over first-year Big Ten participant and No.

BASKETBALL

Halftime: Women's basketball leads Illinois 42-30

Whenever sophomore guard Tori Jankoska finishes a contest as the team's leader in the points column this season, the Spartans have come away with a victory.  That was evident when MSU nearly caused a court storming this past Sunday in East Lansing when they knocked off No.