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FOOTBALL

Bell, Maxwell eyeing bowl appearance as season winds down

For Le’Veon Bell, there is no doubt. The Spartans will make a bowl game, and he won’t be convinced otherwise. As the MSU football team (5-5 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) prepares for its home finale against Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) on Saturday (noon, ESPN2), it will look to extend its bowl streak to six consecutive seasons.

MSU

OCat hosts anti-discrimination event

Criminal justice freshman Sherronia Dorsey-Walker is proud of where she comes from, and the reason she attends MSU.

FEATURES

Teaching specialist meets top network producers

When Amol Pavangadkar, a teaching specialist and senior producer for the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences, was selected for an exclusive weeklong program, he had no idea he would talk to some of the biggest names in television production.

NEWS

Gates Foundation donates to MSU

On Tuesday, university officials announced MSU received a $7.8 million grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Gates Foundation Global Development Program.

NEWS

Tapped Out

For years, the keg arguably was the center of party culture — holier than the “Must be 21 to drink” signs scotch-taped to grungy rental house walls and the red Solo cup itself.

MEN'S SOCCER

Men's soccer prepares for NCAA Tournament

Just a day after receiving a Big Ten Tournament championship title, the MSU men’s soccer team (11-9-1 overall, 3-3-0 Big Ten) had to move on from its glory and look ahead to what’s next: an NCAA Tournament.