Shine on, Spartans

MSUToday - Featured stories March 9, 2017
In my dream, I was near a lake holding my phone when I slipped and fell into the icy water. I quickly raised my left arm so my watch would stay dry, but unfortunately, my phone was in my right hand and fully submersed. My slumbering mind cared nothing about being cold — only about my phone being wet.
When I woke up in the morning, the first thing I did was reach for my phone to turn off the alarm. I rubbed my bleary eyes and looked at the screen. I rubbed them again and shook my head. Somehow, inexplicably, there were two large water spots under the glass. I’m not kidding. They were not there the night before. Did I actually sleepwalk into a lake? Did my dog drool on it? Or was it just another weird instance of the “shining” I sometimes have?
I’m going with the last one. I’ll file it right under my ability to say a random phrase minutes before someone on television says the exact thing (particularly with bad reality television). Or alongside the fact that lights go out as I walk under them. And right up there with the spidey sense I share with my sisters and my daughter.  I can’t explain it, nor do I understand it. It’s just one part of what’s inside me that makes me who I am.
As individuals, we’re made up of plenty of different qualities and traits, but as Spartans, we share a certain spirit that is deep inside our DNA. Spartans have an intense drive to succeed, a determination to solve challenges and yes, a will to make a difference. 
That fortitude is what allows Spartans to make this world a better place for all of us. Whether a student, researcher, athlete, artist, scientist or leader, our ...


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