The forecast predicts a high of 66 and a low of 48.
Bullough returns to MSU after 12 years, but ‘Spartan Pride’ never left
The same man who left East Lansing in 2014 as an All-American linebacker with “Spartan Pride” tattooed across his biceps walked into Michigan State football’s team meeting room for Tuesday’s media availability — now standing at the front as a coach. For a program filled with frustration after a 4-8 season, the hiring of Max Bullough in December as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach reignited a fan base desperate for something to believe in. Social media is flooded with alumni, fans, and former players showing support for bringing the Notre Dame linebackers coach home. It also created an opportunity for a brotherhood of players from MSU’s glory days to reconnect, regardless of how long it had been. It’s been 12 years since he strolled through East Lansing as a student and nearly 11 years since he last visited campus. Now, he stands as a 34-year-old husband to his wife, Bailee, a father of four boys, and a coach with seven seasons under his belt. But his love and respect for the university — and his drive to bring it success — remain just as strong as they were when he was in pads under former head coach Mark Dantonio.
Faculty, administrators warn of rating site pitfalls
As the spring semester nears its end, Michigan State University students will be asked to evaluate their instructors anonymously through the university’s Student Perceptions of Learning Surveys. Some of those students will then head to another site, Rate My Professor, to conduct a second, potentially more candid, evaluation. Since the creation of Rate My Professors in 1999, students at MSU and elsewhere have turned to the site to inform their semesterly course selections and write reviews for incoming students. But while Rate My Professors has become an essential tool for schedule building — roughly 9.5 million people visited it in March, according to web traffic aggregator SimilarWeb — faculty and administrators warn that its reliance on anonymous reviews, with no way to confirm if someone is actually enrolled in a class, is ripe for exploitation. Research into the site has also found that female professors consistently receive lower scores than their male colleagues, while other papers have identified the close link between instructors’ lenient academic expectations and high ratings. In 2023, MSU introduced the Student Perceptions of Learning Surveys, which were meant to emphasize evaluating personal learning rather than teaching perceptions and would allow academic programs to garner additional feedback through customized questions. Since their introduction, students haven’t had access to SPLS survey results. This is because multiple academic years of responses are needed for reliable aggregated results, said Jessica Livingston, the director of communications within the Office of the Provost.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib calls for U.S. envoy to Sudan at MSU Union panel
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., joined a consortium of panelists at Michigan State University Sunday afternoon to raise awareness of the Sudanese civil war, saying she would request the restoration of a U.S. envoy to the country. The “Women at the Forefront” panel featured key figures in Arab American organizing across the country, including Khadega Mohammed, the first Sudanese American community engagement officer for the Arab American National Museum, and Suehaila Amen, the national organizing director for the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee. The panel was part of a series of events held in the MSU Union over the weekend as part of the Sudanese Synergy Summit, a two-day conference meant to bring together the Sudanese diaspora. The summit was organized by the Najwa Foundation in conjunction with myriad MSU student organizations, including Sudanese Spartans and Students for Justice in Palestine. U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed was an opening speaker for the panel. Advocates for ending the civil war and subsequent genocide in Sudan have been closely associated with the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S., who vouch for the end of weapon exchanges between the U.S., the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
