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Students scale campus with MSU Parkour and Freerunning Club

For some of the students on campus invested in parkour, the sport is as serious as training daily and as relaxed as an excuse to jump off of things.

MSU

Keep your enemies close

“Beat Michigan” shirts. Smack talk on social media. U-M’s block ‘M’ spray-painted green with “S-U” scrawled next to it. A taxidermied wolverine in a maize and blue vest, hanging by a noose from the back of a van with license plate “ST8 VAN” along with a banner reading, “The only good Wolverine …” parked outside the Starbucks on Grand River Avenue. There’s no mistaking it — it’s Michigan week.

SPORTS

Spartan Marching Band protects Sparty statue during traditional Sparty Watch

The week leading up to the Michigan football game is typically an emotional one for most Spartan fans, but for the marching band, it’s also a time to participate in a long-standing tradition.Sparty Watch is an annual marching band tradition, during which members of the band gather at the Sparty statue in the week leading up to the Michigan football game.

FEATURES

For MSU cycling guru, proper maintenance remains a constant lesson

TIM POTTER:MSU Bikes part of MSU Sustainability, this is Sustainability weekwhat MSU bikes is doing is every day of the week we’re in an diff residential neighborhood offering minor maintenancebrake, shifting, oil for chainsother things like offering my advice helping students with proper fit or talking with them where they ride or bike safety advceI try to make sure people are safe and help them with other issues while working on their bikelast year was first year we’re short staffed this fall so I do as much as I can on my ownI helped about 15 people yesterday with their bikeshopefully I can help even more students with their bikesa lot of times they don't know they need air or oil, I see them ride by and see their tires are soft so I suggest giving them air i can do the same things with bikes as doctorsseats to low, squeaky chains free - it’s a way to give back to community and introduce people to the concept of to maintaining their bikes eventually we may charge through wifi or something but right now it’s free so students should take advantage of itwithin 5 or 10 minutes i can help a bike with minor thigns but minor thigns can turn to major things if the bike has been neglectedit’s good to get it checked out before it falls apart because then it gets bicycling is a great way to get around, you’re not impacting environment at all.enjoy the speed of it and healthcontributes a lot to our whole mission of sustain for the campus and part of the reason w’ere part of sustainability for campus a lot of students don’t ride because it’s getting colder, can stay warmer because it’s exercising it’s not as big of an issue to ride in the cold as people may thinki like to encourage people to keep riding through bad weathergenerally freeVANDENBIL- It’s in a really convenient location I think with the halls over here,” Vandenbil and it's nice and only takes a few minutes out of your day and it lengthens the life of your bikeSITAR- I like riding my bike to class because it’s a lot quicker than walking

SPORTS

Field hockey seeks consistency with U-M looming on Friday

It was a weekend of ups and downs for MSU field hockey. On Friday, the Spartans shut out No. 18 Iowa in a 2-0 victory in one of their best complete performances of the year. Coming back on Sunday against No. 11 Northwestern however, MSU had no answer for the Wildcats’ offense and were defeated 5-2.