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MSU

Students sell bracelets to help charities

Students might soon be noticing a pop of color on the wrists of classmates who are part of one organization’s mission to raise awareness for various issues currently facing society. The bracelets, made by the California-based company Pura Vida, are beginning to gain popularity on college campuses throughout the nation with the help of students, said psychology sophomore and MSU Pura Vida campus representative Gia Georgiades.

SPORTS

Spartans fall despite individual success

It was in their grasp, but the Spartans just couldn’t pull off the upset. The MSU wrestling team dropped its final Big Ten dual of the season 24-13 to No. Ohio State, but the match was much closer than the score indicates.

FEATURES

MSU hosts annual comics forum

Diana Busby jump-started her career creating comic books with the knowledge and experience she gained in a course she took during the summer. The studio art and media arts and technology senior said although she developed an interest in comics at a young age, she would not have been able to turn her passion into something more without the help of Ryan Claytor, a professor in the Department of Art & Art History.

COMMENTARY

“Redskins” moniker inappropriate

Sitting in the Meridian Mall food court the other day sipping an iced tea, I witnessed a conversation between a group of middle-aged men discussing the Super Bowl and the case for the 1991 Washington Redskins being the greatest team in Super Bowl history.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Order Restored

The No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team held on to their halftime lead and beat No. 23 Michigan, . Coming off a knee sprain Tuesday at Illinois, senior forward Draymond Green willed the Spartans to victory with 14 points, 16 rebounds and assists.