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From rival to Spartan, Sheridan chasing standard he grew up watching

Back in the fall of 2008, redshirt sophomore quarterback Nick Sheridan took the field for Michigan in its final home game of the season against Northwestern. The matchup ended in a 21-14 victory for the Wildcats, improving their record to 8-3 under third-year head coach Pat Fitzgerald. Eighteen years later, the same quarterback once covered in maize and blue returns to the state of Michigan, trading in the Block M for a Spartan helmet to coach alongside Fitzgerald as the newly hired Michigan State head coach’s offensive coordinator. A transition that could have been a culture shock was instead met with familiarity — it wasn’t a rival’s campus, it was an old home. “There’s history here with my dad coaching here when I was a kid, and so I was very familiar with just the community, the school, the history, the tradition,” Sheridan said at Tuesday’s media availability. “This was an easy decision. There’s an opportunity for me to come home.”

Fate of the Earth Symposium highlights student-led sustainability

Community emerged as the common thread woven throughout the Fate of the Earth Symposium, held in the MSU Union Ballroom from March 26 to March 27. The second annual conference, organized by MSU’s Environmental Science and Policy Program and the Office of Sustainability, focused on sustainability, whereas the first conference was centered on water systems. The symposium featured final presentations for the Be Spartan Green Challenge, which showcased Michigan State students’ ideas to create a more sustainable campus. Finalists first entered the challenge by submitting a proposal addressing a sustainability issue they noticed MSU has overlooked. They then presented their ideas before a panel of MSU faculty judges, who evaluated each solution to determine the winner of the $1,000 prize. The judges’ winning solution addressed RHS’s recycling problem by converting closed and abandoned trash rooms in dorms into recycling rooms, making recycling a more convenient option for residents.

MSU men’s basketball surprises students with IM West pickup game

Four days removed from its Sweet 16 loss, the Michigan State men’s basketball team isn’t sulking in disappointment. Five MSU players — Carson Cooper, Coen Carr, Cam Ward, Jesse McCulloch and Divine Ugochukwu — took to IM West to play pickup basketball with students and engage with the fan base. It was hot and stuffy in the main gym at MSU’s biggest student recreation center, but that didn’t deter the crowd of hundreds of students looking to interact with the players they usually only get to see in-game. Around 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Cooper put out an invite on his Instagram story announcing he and his teammates would be around for some hoops. Two and a half hours later, the gym was full of students cramming into the bleachers and along the sidelines. Cooper said being able to come out and be with the fans who have supported him through four years is something he’s glad he can do. “It’s awesome. These guys are the best,” Cooper said, talking about the hundreds of student fans in attendance. “They show up for home games and everything. So, for them to come out here for some intramural BS is pretty cool.”