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SPORTS

MSU gymnastics posts record bars score vs. Rutgers

In its final home match of Big Ten play, Michigan State not only secured a victory but also made history. During the second rotation on bars, MSU posted a season-high score of 49.575, tying for the second-highest bars score in program history — behind only the 2023 Spartans' 49.725 against Northern Illinois.

STUDENTS

MSU graduates invent color-changing straw to prevent drink spiking

Recent graduates of MSU have founded Safety Straw Inc., a product to prevent non-consensual drink spiking. Their goal is to make the bars in East Lansing safer for students, with the hopes to expand to other college towns. The idea for the Safety Straw, which changes color from yellow to red when it comes into contact with date-rape drugs, was born from co-founder Jack Rushlow's personal experience with this issue.

STUDENTS

Encouraging a love of reading: MSULA welcomes all students

Michigan State University Literature Association (MSULA) has a goal is to make reading for pleasure a manageable hobby for college students who are often bogged down by assignments and class readings. The club hosts bi-weekly meetings and reads two books a semester together, digging deep into the cultural relevance of the books they read in their discussions.

MSU

MSU calling on students to lobby federal government, defend financial aid

A letter from MSU's Government Relations office is calling on current and former recipients of federal financial aid to contact their elected representatives and express the importance of student aid. Rather than being in response to any particular executive order or piece of legislation, the letter is asking for students to express their support for financial aid amid an "uncertain federal funding environment."