Athletic doping: MSU athletes say it’s not worth it

On Dec. 5, the International Olympics Committee ruled that Russia will be suspended from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games because of doping. The country had two scandals back in the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games, and now they are paying the price for their previous actions. Doping is the act of illegally using drugs or other substances in order to enhance athletic performance. Performance enhancing drugs have long been a problem in sports and local athletes here at Michigan State say the cheat isn’t worth the risk.

Why Net Neutrality Affects Us All

The internet as we know it may not be the same in the next couple weeks if we kiss net neutrality goodbye. Professor and Chairperson for the Department of Media and Information Johannes Bauer explained what net neutrality exactly is. “Net neutrality is a set of policies that constraints Internet access providers from discriminating against certain types of content and certain types of devices or certain types of content providers,” Bauer said. Without this principle behind net neutrality, our freedom on the World Wide Web will be reduced immensely. Bauer does research with the Quello Center at Michigan State and studies the implications behind why proposals such as this are placed in the first place.