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Spring means teaching transitions for education majors

As the spring semester comes to a close, first-year education graduate students are finishing their year of student teaching while undergraduates prepare to lead their own classrooms — a task, said Gary Scott, an education senior, that is critical to taking the next step in education.

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NEWS

Spartan summers

It’s that time of year again. Caps and gowns are arriving on doorsteps, torturous final exams loom around the corner and dorm-room clutter becomes organized, soon to be boxed away.

MSU

MSU Cookie Club holds baking competition

Derek Tisler knows about cookies. On Thursday, Tisler put his cookie knowledge to the test and entered his batch of cookies in the MSU Cookie Club’s cookie baking competition in the basement of Mason Hall.

BASEBALL

Spartans win at Comerica

Detroit — Sophomore pitcher Andrew Waszak had been to Comerica Park before. But never like this. In the first-ever college baseball game at the stadium in Detroit, Waszak gave up one run in seven innings en route to MSU’s 3-1 win against Central Michigan on Wednesday night. “I’ve been to a game here, and I’m looking down at the players,” said Waszak, who is from nearby Rochester Hills.