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Student takes designs to runway Apparel textile design senior Mikayla Frick is building her brand and career at MSU PAGE 2
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Will college athletes get paid? California’s new Fair Pay to Play Act could compensate athletes, and other states might follow PAGE 7
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It’s On Us, but it’s also on MSU
LEAVE YOUR PAIN HERE Judge Rosemarie Aquilina empowered a sisterhood in the wake of Larry Nassar. Now, she’s an icon in lifting others’ voices in the fight against sexual assault
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