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"The State News" Calls for Simon Resignation

WKAR Public Media | By Al Martin
Published January 18, 2018 at 5:02 PM EST
Al Martin / The State News

 Rachel Fradette is the Editor-in-Chief for The State News, Michigan State University’s student newspaper. Fradette and her editorial team published a piece today calling for the resignation of President Lou Anna K. Simon in light of the Larry Nassar sentencing hearings.

 

 

Fradette joined our own Al Martin on Current Sports to discuss how and why the editorial piece made it to print.

For full interview listen here.
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