NEWS
Magic Johnson on Izzo's legacy, MSU's Final Four berth
Magic Johnson weighs in on the Final Four.
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Marching FOUR-ward
A tale of two halves: MSU defeats Louisville, 76-70, during overtime. The Spartans are now advancing to the Final Four — head coach Tom Izzo's seventh run.
COMMENTARY
One Spartan's commitment to watching MSU basketball, 12 hours ahead in Beijing, China
It’s 2 a.m. on a Monday morning. Normally, I’d be fast asleep, except for one issue: It’s March, the Spartans are on and I’m in Beijing, China. As a die-hard Spartan, one of the most challenging things for me since I moved to Beijing in 2011 has been keeping up with my MSU sports.
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MSU basketball's rally cry turns into results
Throughout the entire summer, the MSU basketball players sculpted their mindsets around one thing — Indy. Following a 76-70 win against Louisville , the Spartans have turned the battle cry into results.
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Final four venues have changed over time
The first ever NCAA Final Four took place in 1939 in front of 5,500 fans at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois when the Oregon Ducks beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 46-33.
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MSU fans from Michigan and upstate New York made it to the Carrier Dome to see Spartans
Cincinnatus, New York resident Troy Halstrom sometimes catches flack from friends for rooting for MSU in a region filled with Syracuse fans.
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Student organizations educate peers about different cultures
MSU is home to an abundance of religions, ethnicities and cultures. Some students are doing all they can to promote their customs.
FOOTBALL
MSU football: Five things to watch during spring practice
As the MSU football program heads into its second official week of spring practice, plenty of buoyancy and confidence rides behind an upcoming season filled with inflated expectations and uncertainty leave the team asking themselves a few questions before the spring game at Spartan Stadium on April 25. Coming off of a miraculous Cotton Bowl victory over Baylor last season and winning their first Rose Bowl title in over 20 years back in 2014, the Spartans come into spring with a loaded senior class, led by quarterback Connor Cook, defensive end Shilique Calhoun and center Jack Allen. A combined 15-1 Big Ten record in the past two seasons, with the one loss coming from the hands of eventual NCAA national champion Ohio State, MSU remains as one of the elites in the conference, but that could change if the recent issues with police, the absence of NFL draft hopefuls and the uprising of certain programs in the conference continue to be a problem once the season gets underway. With that being said, here are five things to look out for this spring for the Spartans: Replacing Pat Narduzzi From 2011-2014, Pat Narduzzi was responsible for MSU becoming the only team to rank in the FBS Top 10 in total defense and rushing defense.
SOFTBALL
Softball's most recent win could provide blueprint for the rest of the season
Sunday’s victory over Penn State might provide a blueprint for the softball team going forward on how to be successful.
NEWS
MSU seeks to expand other portions of international enrollment
Admissions Associate Director of Office of Admissions Patricia Croom said that MSU is working to recruit more international students from regions less represented on campus, such as South America and Scandinavia.
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Intercultural aides seek to close gaps between cultures
Though they all agree that their job is to help and encourage students, these ICAs experience a range of challenges in their jobs.
FEATURES
Student orgs help to keep cultural traditions alive
The Pilipino American Student Society, better known as PASS, is a club dedicated to celebrating Filipino culture.
FEATURES
Latina students find sisterhood, support system in sorority
As the first Latina sorority in the nation, Lambda Theta Alpha runs off the principles of unity, love, and respect.
COMMENTARY
Stereotypes harm campus culture and encourage discrimination
Stereotyping, the most common and unacknowledged source of exclusion in any community, puts a label on how a person should act or live according to sex, race, personality and other identifying factors.
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Dining halls offer many cultural and religion-friendly food stations
When one thinks of culture, many things come to mind -- music, sports, clothes -- but also food. For Michigan State, a university with over 7,000 international students, one place where this comes into play is the cafeterias. From Brody Complex to Akers Hall, many things have been done to appeal to different cultures across campus.
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Muslim students find time to pray in hectic college life
Before the sun rises, international relations junior Mohammed Rathur wakes up to pray. As a Muslim, he prays five times a day, throughout the day.
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Founding Director of Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum dies
Michael Rush, the founding director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, passed away March 27 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, an MSU statement said.
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Those arrested in Cedar Village basketball celebration will face charges, possible expulsion from MSU
DTN Management Co. will possibly evict any of those arrested if they are found to reside in DTN-owned apartments.
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One weekend, two rowdy celebrations in Cedar Village for MSU basketball victories
Bagels and cereal thrown in the air, crowd surfing, a naked man and an inflatable Sparty on the first floor outside his window — that was the atmosphere at Cedar Village after the MSU defeated Louisville and advanced to the Final Four on Sunday afternoon.
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Students drawn to course because of marketing techniques
MSU students have to take certain classes to graduate, ones that meet very specific requirements.