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SPORTS

Men's tennis says goodbye to seniors

Two games. Two more games before everything that the seniors have worked for since they first arrived at East Lansing comes to an end.  Gijs Linders can still vividly remember his sophomore year when MSU earned their first bid to the NCAA tournament back in 2013 in the tennis program's 100th year of existence, who said it's something that he'll never erase from memory.  The window for accumulating one in a lifetime achievements is slowly closing, as even though the reality that their tennis careers at MSU is reaching it's final checkmark, it hasn't fully hit both the Amsterdam native and Doug Zade.  Linders, who's coming off his final home meet this past Sunday following a 7-0 defeat from No.

MSU

Breakdancing Club gears up for area-wide competition

MSU Breakdance club will compete against other Midwest breakdancing crews this Saturday as part of the Red Cedar Ransom 6 at The Loft in Lansing.

FEATURES

Humans of East Lansing

“I was in the Army Reserve in college. I spent my service in California in Monterey Bay, and California is my favorite state. There’s a highway that stretches from San Diego to Los Angeles, to San Francisco and into Seattle and up to Canada. Highway 1. It’s just beautiful scenery driving up the coast.”

BASKETBALL

Denzel Valentine will take Spartans to new heights next year, according to Tom Izzo

After losing to Duke in the Final Four round of the NCAA Tournament, junior guard Denzel Valentine vowed that MSU would return next season. Head coach Tom Izzo placed his faith in his captain during his end-of-season press conference on Thursday, saying he believes Valentine will help the Spartans live up to expectations next season. "He, I think, will take this team to new heights next year," Izzo said.

BASEBALL

MSU baseball tops Michigan 4-2 at Comerica Park

On a beautiful Tuesday night in Detroit at Comerica Park, home of the Tigers, the baseball team the Michigan Wolverines by a score of. U-M was better early as the Wolverines starting pitcher junior Evan Hill retired the first seven MSU batters before a single from freshman outfielder Brandon Hughes with one out in the bottom of the third. Despite the strong start by Hill the Spartans were able to strike first.

MICHIGAN

Heavier police presence felt at area bars

Some student bar-goers on campus have noticed an increase in police presence in bars downtown recently, but ELPD retains it’s nothing out of the ordinary. “Basically, two cops walked in at Rick’s and spoke to the manager for a couple minutes, and on their way out, they asked two girls for their IDs, and ended up charging them,” finance sophomore Matt Luberto said about his experience last weekend.