Michigan State University will resume its athletic events this weekend following the mass shooting Monday on its campus.
"In consultation with mental health professionals and in conversations with our student-athletes it became apparent that a return to practice and competition is a crucial part of their recovery," athletic director Alan Haller said Thursday. "Student-athletes were given an active voice in the decision to return to competition, as well as the autonomy to make their own individual choices about participation."
Haller added that sporting events "can be a rallying point for a community in need of healing.