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BASKETBALL

No. 19 Spartans to host Loyola Chicago

It’s been one day since an emotional Tom Izzo addressed the media following his team’s 32-point victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, where the head coach promised his playing rotation would be shortened. After watching the film, a more subdued Izzo hadn’t changed his stance.

MSU

OISS explains international student tax fee increase

ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, reviewed international student taxes, which increased by at least $100 for all undergraduate international students this summer, at its Thursday night meeting, discovering extra funds are being used to support a work study program and ambassador program scholarships.

COMMENTARY

Daily interactions leave lasting impression

Anyone who knows me will tell you I am not, and never have been, a morning person. This is a problem that has plagued me my entire life. As far back as I can remember, up until my last week of high school, mornings in the Olsen house followed a very similar pattern when it came to the issue of waking me up.

NEWS

Getting in the Game

In 2013, the MSU Board of Trustees will add another MSU ex-athlete to its roster. As a result of the November elections, former football co-captain Brian Mosallam was elected as the newest member of the university’s governing board — meaning half of the board’s eight seats will be filled with former MSU student-athletes.