July 5, 2009

Spartans voice their choice on student section T-shirt designs

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The State News
Updated 06/24/2009 10:42pm

There’s no place for Democrats or Republicans with an important vote facing MSU students — it’s time to decide the 2009 football student section T-shirt. Voting for the upcoming season’s student section T-shirt can be done at http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062209aaa.html, and the voting period ends July 17.

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