The forecast predicts that the high will be 57 and the low will be 31.
We are happy, scared, and angry’: War gives some Iranian students and faculty reasons for hope
When Maryam Naghibolhosseini woke up on the morning of Feb. 28 to the news that the United States and Israel had attacked Iran, it signified the end of a long wait for her. “We’ve been waiting for this for so long,” said Naghibolhosseini, an associate professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences and the faculty advisor for the Iranian Student Association at Michigan State University. “When it started, I woke up happy.” Since the beginning of the war, Iranians in the U.S. have been split over how they should feel about an expanding war in which the ostensive purpose is to replace an authoritarian government they say they loathe, but has also killed thousands of civilians. For some Iranian students and faculty at MSU, the war has forced them to reconcile with the human toll of military strikes against a country they have ties to. Still, some say they support the war effort, arguing that life under the current government was untenable. Their stance reflects one position that members of the Iranian diaspora have taken regarding the war. In American cities with large Iranian populations, including Detroit, protests in favor of and against the war effort have taken place.
MSU gymnastics earns No. 3 seed in fifth-straight NCAA Regionals bid
No. 11 Michigan State gymnastics has earned its fifth straight bid to the NCAA Gymnastics Regionals and will compete as the No. 3 seed in the Tempe Regional starting April 2. MSU will first compete in Session I against second-seeded, sixth-ranked Georgia, BYU and Southern Utah. The top two teams will advance to the regional finals — the NCAA Gymnastics Sweet 16 — and could face first-seeded, third-ranked Florida; fourth-seeded, 14th-ranked California; Penn State; or the winner of a play-in meet from Session II. “It’s pretty much what we expected,” said head coach Mike Rowe. “We’re excited. It’s a good bracket.” The top two teams from the regional final advance to the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 16 and 18, where they will face the top two teams from the remaining three regions.
MSU women’s tennis edged by UCLA 4-1 after tough West Coast stretch
Michigan State women’s tennis showed signs of growth but ultimately fell 4-1 to UCLA on Sunday as the Bruins’ consistency and precision took control in singles after a promising doubles start. The Spartans opened with one of their strongest doubles performances of the season, a phase head coach Kim Bruno emphasized has been a work in progress. “I mean, we’ve been working on this — it has been our Achilles’ heel, you know — and we’ve turned it around. It’s bravery. That’s what it comes down to: just going up, being the one who can dominate the middle, go get a volley and take control of neutral balls. We did a great job of that today. It was fun, exciting doubles, good energy,” Bruno said. MSU built momentum early, winning the doubles point behind assertive net play and improved chemistry — a key breakthrough against a UCLA team that rarely drops that category.
