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Greek life offers diverse opportunities for students

April Jones
September 17, 2013

Greek letters and signs are everywhere around campus with Rush week kicking off, but not all the pledges will be flocking to the major fraternities and sororities. Special education junior Manisha Manchanda is one student who elected to steer away from the stereotypical “sorority girl” image and join a multicultural sorority. “What I like best is that everyone respects … that we all grew up in different parts of the world,” said Manchanda, who is a member of Sigma Sigma Rho, a traditional Southern Asian sorority.

SPORTS

Saturday's game could come down to trenches

Stephen Brooks
September 17, 2013

Ever since a thrilling fake field goal named after a kids movie sealed an overtime victory for the Spartans in 2010, the MSU-Notre Dame rivalry has been defined on the offensive and defensive lines.

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MSU police, Faculty Senate talk student safety

Justine McGuire
September 17, 2013

A few days after the Navy Yard shootings, a presentation on how to handle a gunman in a classroom might have brought up more questions than answers at a Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday.od The presentation focused on the resources available to faculty that would help them prepare for situations involving violence in classrooms. “It’s a suspect using a weapon in an ongoing assault, this would not be a barricaded gunman as we more commonly know from news and media,” MSU police Capt.

MEN'S SOCCER

Spartans ready for Bowling Green

Zach Smith
September 17, 2013

The next game is the biggest game of the year. That’s the new motto for the MSU men’s soccer team (3-1-0) heading into a showdown with Bowling Green (1-2-2) at 5 p.m. Wednesday evening at DeMartin Stadium.

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Cross country picks up two Big Ten weekly honors

Omari Sankofa II
September 17, 2013

The recognition train for MSU athletes continues to roll. Following Big Ten honors handed to volleyball outside hitter Lauren Wicinski and soccer goalkeeper Zach Bennett, redshirt junior Leah O’Connor and redshirt sophomore Caleb Rhynard, both of the cross country team, have been distinguished as Big Ten Cross Country Athletes of the Week.

FOOTBALL

Notre Dame to be 'great experience' for Cook

Dillon Davis
September 17, 2013

Game of the Century. Little Giants. The flag plant. Dating back to their first game in 1897, the MSU-Notre Dame rivalry is one of college football’s oldest rivalries and holds significant cultural importance to both programs while generating some of the sport’s most lively atmospheres.

VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball closing in on grueling Big Ten schedule

Omari Sankofa II
September 17, 2013

A No. 14 ranking certainly isn’t anything to be ashamed of. But for volleyball head coach Cathy George, MSU’s No. 14 ranking only highlights the amount of work that needs to be done before Big Ten play begins Sept. 27. Despite the strong start, MSU (8-1 overall) is only ranked fifth in a stacked Big Ten conference as of Sept. 14.

FEATURES

Spartan Coney in business

Anya Rath
September 17, 2013

Derrick Austin, the co-owner of Spartan Coney, learned to cook for himself at a young age. “I’m from a family of nine boys and one sister,” Austin said with a grin creeping across his face.

NEWS

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MSU football fans who attended last weekend’s home game may have noticed, and were perhaps infuriated by, the “GO BLUE” message written across the sky.

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MSU Alumni Association executive director combats 'Go Blue' skywriting in positive way

Celeste Bott
September 17, 2013

MSU football fans who attended last weekend’s home game may have noticed, and were perhaps infuriated by, the “GO BLUE” message written across the sky. But hundreds of Spartans are responding to the skywriting in a surprising way — donating thousands of dollars to ovarian cancer research. The idea came from MSU Alumni Association Executive Director Scott Westerman, who he had a sense of what skywriting costs based on his experience as a private pilot.

COMMENTARY

Penn encouraged, not silenced, student input

Ryan McDonough
September 17, 2013

I graduated from Michigan State in 2005, and I had the pleasure of having English professor William Penn about 10 years ago. I remember the class very vividly and still talk about it to this day. We would have extremely difficult pop quizzes consisting of only a handful of questions from the assigned reading. Everyone in the class scored horribly on these quizzes.

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Student government moving ahead

Nolly Dakroury
September 16, 2013

A spring and summer of struggle on parts of MSU’s undergraduate student government, ASMSU, still did not manage to gain enough student attention. Very few students know what their student government has been going through, let alone that they do have a student government.