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VOLLEYBALL

COLUMN — Winless weekend won't define volleyball season

No. 23 MSU (4-2 overall) did not get the results it wanted over the weekend after losing consecutive games to No. 17 UNC (4-1 overall) and No. 20 Duke (5-1 overall) at home as part of the ACC- Big Ten challenge. However, these losses can be attributed to the growing pains of a tough non-conference schedule and are not indicative of the team the Spartans can become.

FEATURES

Go greek, go white

This weekend, the streets of East Lansing swarmed with women dressed to impress, with sore feet, as they walked to each sorority house on campus. It was a weekend of introductions, first impressions and anticipation.Recruitment has officially begun.

MSU

Coffee Hour welcomes international students

Spartans young and old are known to share various traditions. One such tradition is the weekly coffee hour, a get-together for international students hosted by the Office of International Students and Scholars.Peter Briggs, director of

COMMENTARY

Clean up our throwaway culture

Couches were piled on top of each other. Love seats shoved in between made a mix of leather and suede, muted colors and cross-hatched fabric. Minor holes and tears in cushions turned into full rips from heavy rains and cold weather after previous owners left the furniture outside during the harsh winter. It's a scene from one apartment complex that is replicated near dumpsters across East Lansing.

MSU

ISIS activity worries Iraqi students

Over the summer, heavy attention has been drawn to the Middle East, especially after a video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley by a radical Islamist militant group surfaced on the Internet.