East Lansing — The students marched through the Michigan State campus in a column of defiance Friday evening, determined to make their voices heard.
“Silence is compliance,” they chanted as they made their way to a rally at the Hannah Administration Building. Once there, one of the organizers of the demonstration, Siaira Milroy, told the crowd that while it was “heartbreaking” to see Michigan State in the national spotlight for all the horrific reasons it is right now, that’s all the more reason to speak up and “to call out the university we love.”
A couple hours later, inside the Breslin Center, a half-hour before tip-off of sixth-ranked Michigan State’s 76-61 victory over Wisconsin, there was another voice striking a defiant tone in a brief media appearance.