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Senior and soccer player named prestigious 2016 Rhodes Scholar

They say hard work pays off and the saying seems to be true for senior Sarah Kovan.  Her work balancing a double major in comparative cultures and politics and human biology, studying abroad and playing starting midfielder for MSU’s women’s soccer team has paid off in the best way: she has been named a 2016 Rhodes Scholar. The Rhodes Scholar is a prestigious American scholarship program that sends students to study postgraduate work at University of Oxford.

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Islamophobia hits home with MSU Muslim students

In light of the recent atrocities in Paris, Beirut, and Baghdad, many individuals of the Islamic community explore an interesting duality between feeling total remorse for the victims of these tragedies along with fearing how their fellow Americans will now perceive them.