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Michigan State Softball: Jacquie Joseph Must Be Fired

I've had an infamous history when it comes to discussing Michigan State head coaches.

During my tenure with The State News this past year, the daily student-run newspaper at Michigan State, I wrote a column stating my displeasure for Suzy Merchant, the women's basketball head coach, for a magnitude of reasons.

A day later, I received a message from Mitch Lyons on social media, the Vice Chairperson of MSU's Board of Trustees, who said I was "very spiteful" for what I wrote about the Central Michigan graduate.

The column even grabbed the attention of MSU's athletic department, who couldn't believe that a freshman journalism major would have the audacity to publish a piece with so much negatively on a woman who accepted the position before I graduated from the fifth grade.