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Column: How my roommate almost married to get out of a housing contract
Leaving an MSU housing contract for marriage reasons could work, but you'll have to try it on your own.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Column: Potential aside, it's time to produce for Michigan State women's basketball
Women's basketball reporter Devin Anderson-Torrez gives his thoughts on the Spartans as they head into the final week of the regular season.
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Column: We wronged Rebecca Black
Here's the thing: Black is the same age as I am. I don’t know how, at the time, I thought subjecting another human to that extensive public humiliation was funny.
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Column: ‘I fear spiders and commitment’
What makes committing to a relationship so daunting and why?
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Column: I wrote a self-love letter and I think you should, too
"This year, I'm taking the time to recognize how important it is to love myself and all of the unique things about me."
NEWS
Column: Long distance relationships are worth it
"Loving someone that's over 700 miles away can be tough. It can cause you to miss them constantly. It can be draining. It can cause you to be touch-starved. It can cause anxiety. It can cause stress. It can also be entirely worth it."
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Taylor Swift: The country star to pop icon that shaped the last 13 years of my life
Reminiscing on a dynamic Taylor Swift and her career throughout the years.
FOOTBALL
Column: Why Mark Dantonio's legacy will always be complicated for those who grew up in it
Why I will praise Mark Dantonio's legacy, but it will also come with an asterisk.
COMMENTARY
Editorial: MSU should financially commit to halting climate change
Michigan State should reorient its investment portfolio from fracking, mining and oil production — but there has to be more than that. The university should set a date for committing to 100% renewable energy and lay out an updated Energy Transition Plan.
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COLUMN: Generalizing OCD is unacceptable
Administration reporter Maddie Monroe's experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder provides insight beyond generalization.
FOOTBALL
Column: Michigan State Football can thrive, but only if Dantonio can address his own limitations
A look forward to the 2020 MSU football season.
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The Dinner Table Column: Our 'Jaded' Egg
Tessa Osborne and Griffin Wiles debate the ethics of Goop, a lifestyle brand founded by celebrity Gwyneth Paltrow, in lieu of the new Netflix original "The Goop Lab" series.
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'Smooth as raven's claws': On the deaths of Kobe and Gianna Bryant
Trying to make sense of a tragedy and a complicated life.
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Column: 2 years later, this is how I reconcile my time at Michigan State
"As a concerned senior, I ask you not to forget the period of history in which this university's school colors became teal and white instead of green and white."
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Reclaim MSU: 'We believe that the legacy trustees have failed MSU'
"We call on them to step aside and make way for others who can better meet the needs of our university."
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Column: Men’s experiences of sexual assault are too often erased
"I needed narratives from people I could identify with, but instead, experiences like mine are erased, glossed over, an afterthought."
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The Army of Survivors: 'We as survivors are taking back our power'
"By advocating for change and working to support other survivors, my story was no longer about him but about survivors and the community working together to create something more powerful than he ever was."
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Firecracker Foundation: ‘We need allies to rise up’
"Survivors will never be able to end sexual violence on their own. We need you."
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Editor's note: This community still stands by survivors
The State News' editor-in-chief introduces the 2020 survivors issue.