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As a Spartan, you are empowered to tailor your business and management education to your specific interests and career goals. MSU’s undergraduate programs in the Eli Broad College of Business consistently rank among the nation’s best, and many business majors also exist across our other degree-granting colleges — such as advertising management, packaging or construction management. Plus, The Princeton Review ranked MSU in the top 15 on its list of top 50 undergraduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation in 2021.

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The MSU Alumni's Spartan Pathways travel program offers you the opportunity to experience hassle-free domestic and international tours with fellow Spartans.

We offer a large selection of travel opportunities that introduce you to each destination's social, cultural and recreational activities. All our tours are of the highest quality and offered by only the most reputable and experienced travel companies.

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Welcome to the Eli Broad College of Business, one of the largest AACSB-accredited undergraduate business programs in the world. Our top-ranked faculty combine multidisciplinary backgrounds to provide a diverse educational experience, and our career management team connects students with the networks they need to succeed.

Upon graduation, our students join the Broad alumni network of over 80,000 business and community leaders in all 50 states and 88 countries. They go on to inspire teams, drive innovation and make business happen.

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Undergraduate students in the Broad College of Business have choices. With seven business majors and nine business minors from which to select, Broad empowers students to tailor their business education to their specific interests and career goals.

Students completing undergraduate programs in the Eli Broad College of Business receive a bachelor of arts degree. Broad undergraduate students are required to complete a core curriculum that exposes them to diverse subjects and develops well-rounded foundational business knowledge.

Enrollment in the Broad College of Business is limited, and admission to the Broad College is competitive. Students with a strong work ethic, demonstrated scholarship and leadership abilities are encouraged to apply.

Admission is a two-step process: students must apply first to the Broad College, then to their intended major.

The Broad career management team supports all business-interested students of all majors from freshman year through graduation. They are a full-service center dedicated to career coaching, career education and ultimately, Spartans transforming from successful students into successful alumni.

Reach your maximum academic potential while utilizing the academic support offered by Michigan State and the Eli Broad College of Business. We offer a host of free support services—individual and group peer tutoring, and academic skills workshops—as well as space to gather and study with peers.

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The Residential Business Community (RBC) is a residential academic experience designed to support and enhance students’ development as business students in a diverse world. Students who participate in the RBC will experience support as they transition to college life and the MSU campus, gain access to resources for successful admission to the Broad College and careers in business, grow in cultural intelligence and leadership competency skills and develop a network of corporate recruiters and MSU alumni built throughout their college career.

The Financial Markets Institute (FMI) provides comprehensive training to a select group of highly motivated finance and accounting students at Broad. After joining the institute, student scholars pursue a challenging academic program aligned with their professional interests. Scholars are offered invaluable professional opportunities, such as co-managing a multi-million dollar investment fund and visiting financial services firms across the United States.

At Broad, one of our greatest assets is our diversity. Multicultural Business Programs (MBP) is a diverse, team-oriented group of academic specialists, graduate assistants and undergraduate students that represent a wide variety of cultural, economic and racial/ethnic backgrounds. MBP provides a number of opportunities for students within a supportive community.

Students who study abroad discover that stepping outside of their cultures to live and study in a foreign country influences their careers and educational choices, increases self-confidence, enhances cultural tolerance and understanding, and facilitates lifelong friendships. With more than 260 programs in more than 60 countries on all continents, there are opportunities for all students at Broad to bring a global perspective to their bachelor’s degree.

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U.S. Education secretary to launch back-to-school bus tour that includes swing states

By: shauneen miranda - august 26, 2024 5:19 am.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at Department of Education headquarters on July 22, 2024. (Official Department of Education photo)

WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Thursday he is launching a “2024 Back to School Bus Tour” in early September that will include stops in multiple battleground states across the United States as he and other Biden administration officials highlight their work in investing in public education.

While not a campaign event, the Sept. 3 to 6 tour will take place in the swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, along with stops in Indiana and Illinois. As schools are getting back in session, the department said Cardona, Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten and Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal  will shed light on the administration’s “commitment to helping students and communities recover from the impacts of the pandemic by improving academic achievement and succeed from cradle to college and career.”

Cardona said “this year’s Back to School Bus Tour will remind the American people why the Biden-Harris Administration has unapologetically fought for public education, the foundation of opportunity in this country, and the contrast between our efforts and those who wish to destroy public education,” per a Thursday statement.

The Education secretary added that he is “looking forward to lifting up what’s working in public education and celebrating the exciting work taking place in our schools and communities to ensure that all students, no matter their race, place, or background, have opportunities to succeed and contribute to our country.”

Cardona and other officials will be talking about some of the Biden administration’s initiatives in education, such as promoting the importance of regular attendance, providing student debt relief — including through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program — expanding full-service community schools and widening mental health support access at schools.

The department said it has invested more than $357 billion under the Biden administration to “strengthen education across America.”

This year’s tour, with a “Fighting for Public Education” theme, will kick off in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sept. 3. Other stops in the Badger State will include Madison and Milwaukee. The Education Department said White House domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden and Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will also be at some of the stops.

Officials will also visit Chicago, Illinois, and La Porte, Indiana.

Cardona and other administration officials will then take the tour to Michigan, with stops in Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit. Becky Pringle, president of the  National Education Association , will join the tour in Grand Rapids, according to the department. NEA is the largest labor union in the country.

The tour will wrap up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and feature U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Both the  NEA  and  AFT  have endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, the vice president.

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Shauneen Miranda is a reporter for States Newsroom’s Washington bureau. An alumna of the University of Maryland, she previously covered breaking news for Axios.

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Cyclists gear up for 53rd DALMAC bike ride across Michigan this week

More than 1,000 bicyclists are convening in mid-Michigan this Wednesday and gearing up for an annual ride across much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

Cyclists with the Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw bike tour, or DALMAC , are embarking on their 53rd journey up north this week. The tour is named after a former state lawmaker who advocated for bicycles having the same right to the road as motor vehicles.

Dan Stockwell, director of the ride, said DALMAC fundraises to support bike-friendly programs and infrastructure across the state.

"We've done a lot to promote the use of bicycles in Michigan," Stockwell said. "We've done a lot to promote safety, and the grants that we've made have really helped a lot of communities encourage bicyclists. So I think our impact is has been significant.”

The ride begins on the Michigan State University campus, with multiple routes heading up the central and western parts of the state. Stockwell said cyclists join the ride for many reasons, from the challenge of pedaling for hundreds of miles to reuniting with friends or supporting bike safety.

He added groups enjoy stopping to grab ice cream and swim in the state’s lakes and rivers.

"We also have a wonderful stop that we make at the East Boardman church, where the folks at the church have made over 800 pies over the years, and we stop and have pie there and really enjoy that," he said.

Riders conclude the journey by taking a picture with their bikes in front of the Mackinac Bridge. The organizers make safety along the way a top priority.

“We require everyone to wear a helmet, of course, and we encourage them to have bright lights," Stockwell said. "We also work with law enforcement along the route and advise them that the cyclists will be coming through." Copyright 2024 WKAR Public Media

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MSU Basketball To Take Huge Step in Recruitment, Hosting One of the Top Players in the Country

Michael france | aug 24, 2024.

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Tom Izzo, Michigan State basketball's iconic head coach, is still looking for that first commit from the 2025 recruiting class. There are plenty of candidates.

Trey McKenney, that uber-talented in-state guard that has five-stars on every profile and could be another in the long line of Flint-to-East Lansing greats. Another five-star in forward Niko Bundalo, a Serbian superstar who helped Western Reserve Academy to a prep national championship this spring. Cam Ward, Chris Cenac, Jalen Haralson, and Jordan Scott all seem to be warm to the Spartans.

Whoever might emerge as the first commit is still anyone's guess with official visits just beginning for the Green and White. How the class will shape out is even more an enigma. The picture will be clearer in the fall as winter approaches.

The Spartans do have a potentially big break coming their way. Five-star forward Dwayne Aristode, the No. 19 player in 247Sports Composite rankings and the No. 3-ranked small forward, will be visiting East Lansing next weekend on an official visit.

It is not uncommon that it works out this way for recruits. Aristode will likely attend the Spartans' home opener in football, against Florida Atlantic.

Bundalo told me about a lengthy golf cart ride with Izzo, who took him through the tailgate and all around to witness the electric atmosphere of Spartan Stadium on gameday. That it's a night game will only add to the environs.

Aristode is a blue-chip prospect through and through. On3's Jamie Shaw lauded the prospect as one of the best around, regardless of class.

"Aristode has a strong yet projectable frame with excellent length and positional size. A Dutch national, the physical makeup already gives him a leg up," Shaw wrote . "Then when you wrap this frame around some twitchy athleticism and straight-line burst, you can see why there is intrigue around the long-term outlook of Aristode. Listed at 6-foot-7, Aristode has shown confidence as a spot-up shooter, especially as a corner floor-spacer. And currently, that is where a lot of his value lies. His length and athletic makeup allow for defensive projection, especially as an off-ball guy who can guard down a lineup as he continues to get stronger.

"Aristode will need to continue diversifying his ball handling. Self-creation in the half-court will open up a few more archetype pathways for him to grow into. However, when you look at this positional size/frame, athletic makeup, and the ability to shoot, there are some valuable top-end outcomes that are possible."

NBA Draft Room called Aristode a "standout two-way player with a NBA frame and a versatile game."

"Does a bit of everything on the court, rebounds the ball well and can impose his will on the game with his size and strength," NBA Draft Room's report reads. "Gets above the rim with ease and has special tools, with legit NBA size and athleticism. Flying under the radar."

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Bryce Underwood, nation's top QB, ready to lead Belleville on its 'revenge tour'

The excitement for the upcoming season has an added factor at Belleville.

It is something that gold medal gymnast Simone Biles and Belleville five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood share in common.

Like Biles, Underwood is undertaking, as his coach put it, his "revenge tour."

It stems from Belleville’s stunning 36-32 Division 1 championship-game loss to Southfield A&T (and quarterback Isaiah Marshall) that ended last season.

Making it more painful is that it followed championship game victories in Underwood’s freshman and sophomore seasons, leaving the 6-foot-4, 210-pound quarterback with a sizable chip on his shoulder. Even if it isn’t visible to the naked eye.

“Definitely, for sure,” Underwood said. “There ain’t no real chip on my shoulder, but I’ve got one for sure.”

So does everyone else connected to Belleville football.

The Tigers were riding an impressive 38-game winning streak heading into that championship game.

It left them with an itch they haven’t been able to scratch since that night in Ford Field.

Making it worse, the Tigers were heavily favored that day to win their third straight state title.

Combine those factors and you understand why Belleville, once again, is ranked No. 1 in the state heading into the season .

“Coming off the loss, this year is going to bring the dog in me more,” said senior defensive back Adrian "AD" Walker, who has committed to Miami (Ohio). “I’m going to be more confident on the field — stronger, more physical.”

For the Tigers, everything begins and ends with Underwood, who has committed to LSU and is the consensus No. 1 quarterback in the country.

He has been a starter since Day 1 of his freshman season, and he has had a brilliant first three seasons.

Belleville coach Calvin Norman has seen a growth in Underwood, on and off the field.

“It’s his leadership, his ability to control the offense,” Norman said. “He can read defenses to where, if he needs to change the play, he knows to change the play, and kids respond to him.”

Most high school quarterbacks, given the opportunity to change the play at the line of scrimmage, would audible into a play calling for them to sling it 50 yards into the air.

Norman believes Underwood is more mature than that.

“There were a couple of times he had the whole offense to himself and he ran it to a T,” Norman said. “He’s not that guy where you give a quarterback and all he’s doing are throwing long passes. All of his passes he’s throwing, there’s a reason why he’s throwing them.”

Another reason why Belleville is favored to win its third state title is the presence of Elijah Dotson, a 6-2 transfer from U-D Jesuit.

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Dotson, who has committed to Pittsburgh as a defensive back, is also a receiver, and playing with Underwood seems like Christmas morning to him.

“I knew how good he was,” Dotson said. “I never had a quarterback like that so it just makes my job a lot easier. It was a less of a ‘Wow,’ and more of a ‘This is great.’ “

A December transfer, Dotson had all spring and summer to work with Underwood, and it seemed like it took no time at all before they were on the same wavelength.

“As soon as I got there, we were getting our connection down like this,” Dotson said, snapping his fingers. “We knew for us to be that good of a team, me and him needed to have good chemistry.

“He already had chemistry with everybody else who’s been there, but since I transferred I had to get that chemistry down with him, but I think we’ve got that now.”

Although Underwood and Dotson have made quite a connection, one of the things Dotson admires about Underwood is that he is an equal opportunity quarterback.

That means that Walker and Antwon Thomas, another Miami (Ohio) commit, will also be frequent targets of Underwood. Defenses can’t gang up on Dotson to stop the Belleville passing attack.

“There’s no favoritism with throwing the ball,” Dotson said. “Everybody’s going to touch the ball. We have so many good receivers on the team that they can’t double me because then AD is going to get the ball; they can’t double AD because then Twon’s going to get the ball.

“We have an elite receiving corps so they can’t focus on one person. It makes his job a lot easier and it makes our job a lot easier become one-on-one with any of us is going to be a long day for the DBs.”

Dotson knows exactly how a long day for a defensive back can feel, playing against Underwood in practice. Defense is Dotson’s main emphasis and it can be painful when Underwood is throwing in his direction.

But if approached with the right mindset, Dotson said, it can pay dividends down the road.

“We go at it in practice; he makes me a lot better,”  he said. “I knew he was a dog and he’s the one who kind of convinced me to come to Belleville. That makes me a better player, makes me a lot more disciplined and pays a lot more attention to detail.”

Those dividends are already quite obvious. Linebacker/running back Ray-Mond Smith said Dotson’s presence in the secondary will make the defense even better than it was a year ago.

“Elijah coming in, it wasn’t adjusting to him, it was easy because his football IQ and smarts is just insane,” Smith said. “It’s something I’ve never really seen. I love playing on defense with him and having behind me at safety, I just feel more comfortable.”

Although this is only Norman’s second year as head at Belleville, overall it is his 21 st season running a program.

And yet, this season is already a new experience for Norman.

“I approach it different because they approach it different,” Norman said of his players. “They are senior-led, meaning everything I have them do, they do it without me forcing them to do it. They do it with great effort. They compete every day at practice.

“It really makes my job easier to coach these young men. I’ve been coaching a long time, I see a difference in them. It is senior led and it’s their team.”

In reality, it’s Underwood’s team, and the other players are fine with that.

They watch and see all of the time he has put in to preparing for this season and they think he had shown improvement across the board.

“He’s better than he was last year,” Walker said. “He’s better in every way.”

Thomas believes there are also intangibles at work, making Underwood unstoppable this fall — and making a third state title possible.

“He has a goal — not to lose this year,” Thomas said. “He’s better this year, but not just throwing the ball, but being a better person — being a better human being. He also motivates people with the success he has, he reaches out to help people have success.”

As he prepared for this season, Underwood made sure he and his teammates worked hard in the offseason because their more recent visit to Ford Field ended with their only loss of the season. 

“It should be a driving for everybody on this field,” he said of the loss to Southfield. “This summer was fun. We enjoyed ourselves, we got better.”

How much better will begin to be determined at 4 p.m. Friday when the Tigers meet Clarkston in the Prep Kickoff Classic at Wayne State.

It is that chip on Underwood’s shoulder, just like the one Biles carried with her through the Paris Olympics, that may take Belleville back to Ford Field.

“He doesn’t like to lose, so he’s on a revenge tour,” Norman said. “The level that he’s at, the other players have to get to that level. So they have a mission, and you can see it at practice every day.”

Mick McCabe is a former longtime columnist for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at  [email protected] . Follow him  @mickmccabe1 . Order his book, “Mick McCabe’s Golden Yearbook: 50 Great Years of Michigan’s Best High School Players, Teams & Memories,” now at  McCabe.PictorialBook.com .

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U of Michigan’s pro-Palestinian student leaders have vowed ‘no business as usual’ unless the university divests from Israel

The University of Michigan’s new student government campaigned on a simple message: Until the school agrees to divest from Israel, “No Business As Usual.”

Michigan’s Central Student Government is in charge of disbursing a $1.3 million annual budget, funded by student fees, among hundreds of student groups. But in the wake of its election victory in the spring, the Shut It Down Party is vowing to withhold funding from all student groups unless the university agrees to divest.

“If CSG cannot be used to support our pursuit of divestment, we will take decisive action to disrupt the status quo,” a March campaign statement from the party reads . “We will halt CSG activity and funding dispersal until the University of Michigan divests. We will Shut. It. Down.”

The university says it will circumvent the student government if it carries out the pledge. Still, the tactic has some students alarmed.

“Without this funding a lot of student organizations can’t function as they should, making a lot of students’ lives worse,” said Ryan Grover, a student and rugby player, at a student government meeting Tuesday night. “They’re going to be a lot worse off mentally. They’re going to be a lot worse off physically.”

The student government narrowly voted to approve a $400,000 fall budget at the end of the meeting — potentially setting up a repeat of the summer session, when Michigan’s student government president Alifa Chowdhury vetoed a proposed budget for student groups . Chowdhury is the leader of Shut It Down and a member of the pro-Palestinian student collective TAHRIR Coalition, which organized the school’s pro-Palestinian encampments in the spring.

Whatever happens, the saga offers a stark indication that protest over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is on track to shape another school year, with potential consequences even for students who aren’t engaged with either side of the divide.

Chowdhury did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. A student government representative deferred to the school’s public relations department.

“The University of Michigan will make funding available to registered student organizations who apply for funding for the fall semester,” a spokesperson said in a statement to JTA. “U-M’s Vice President for Student Life and the Dean of Students notified the Central Student Government on August 19 of the decision to immediately institute a temporary funding process. This step was taken at the request of senior leaders within the CSG assembly, after the CSG president in June vetoed a budget resolution that had been passed unanimously by the assembly.”

The fall budget approved on Tuesday was not unanimous: It passed 25-15.

Most of Michigan’s Jewish groups receive their funding from Michigan Hillel, which is an independent nonprofit, meaning they are insulated from student government funding decisions.

“All my programs are running normally, and I really only heard about this because my dad sent me an article,” Ian Rosenberg, a representative of the university’s Jewish Engineering Association, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

But Michigan Hillel says the spillover effects on Jewish students could be significant.

“We are deeply concerned about the potential impact for any student organization who may rely on CSG funding and the broader chilling effect this could have for Jewish students on campus,” Michigan Hillel said in a statement. “In the past, Hillel student groups have received funding from CSG for campus-wide initiatives, and it’s unfortunate that this situation could impact community-building efforts and further divide students.”

The organization added, “It is disheartening to see student government leaders prioritize a divisive and discriminatory agenda over the well-being of their fellow students.”

Other student groups at the university that hold varying stances, including the Arab-Jewish Alliance and the school’s chapter of the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace, did not immediately return requests for comment. The school’s JVP chapter supports the encampment movement and the TAHRIR Coalition.

Michigan’s isn’t the only student government to take action after school leaders did not meet student demands over Israel. This week, the student senate at The New School in New York City also promised to “freeze funding to all student organizations until divestment is achieved.”

Other student government leaders have clashed directly with their campus Hillels: The University of British Columbia’s student union nearly voted last semester to boot Hillel from campus , while a federal complaint filed against Purchase College in New York by a pro-Israel group alleges that the school’s student government has also targeted its area Hillel .

Some universities struck deals with student activists last semester to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampments in exchange for making formal presentations about divestment proposals . But Michigan was not one of them, and, after briefly considering the issue in March, the school’s Board of Regents said there would be no “divestment of any kind from the university endowment.”

Michigan — whose Ann Arbor campus is home to large Jewish and Palestinian student populations — has experienced an aggressive strand of activism on campus that has stretched beyond encampments to include vandalism of a Jewish regent’s business , disruptions of student awards ceremonies and new-student orientations and, last weekend, a harassment campaign at the state Democratic convention in support of a Palestinian activist’s failed bid for a regent seat .

In some ways, the flagship state school has lately taken a more aggressive posture toward pro-Palestinian protesters than many others of its size. Last fall, President Santa Ono removed another student government proposal from a ballot that would have called for the school to divest from Israel, and simultaneously announced a new institute for the study of antisemitism.

The school has disciplined some of its encampment participants and rescinded a civil rights award that had been given to a student protest leader after she published an Instagram post calling for “death and more” to “every single individual who supports the Zionist state.” The latter action led dozens of other honorees last week to renounce their own awards — named after Martin Luther King Jr. — as they joined the calls for divestment .

Ono was called to testify about antisemitism on his campus before a Congressional committee earlier this month . The testimony took place behind closed doors.

At the student government meeting, some who supported divestment urged those who were distressed about potentially losing funding for student groups to redirect their anger toward Michigan’s Board of Regents.

“A lot of people obviously believe in this cause,” said Dana Owaida, a Palestinian representative on the student government. “Why are we angry at students who are really just reflecting the opinions of the masses when really the regents could just fix this problem?”

But others said they worried that blocking funding for student groups was a misplaced effort.

Teddy Masterson, who recently earned a master’s degree at Michigan and now works at the university, said he was mad at the regents for their handling of pro-Palestinian protests. At the same time, he said, “We’re just one assembly. We’re not the Pentagon.”

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Cyclists gear up for 53rd DALMAC bike ride across Michigan this week

More than 1,000 bicyclists are convening in mid-Michigan this Wednesday and gearing up for an annual ride across much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

Cyclists with the Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw bike tour, or DALMAC , are embarking on their 53rd journey up north this week. The tour is named after a former state lawmaker who advocated for bicycles having the same right to the road as motor vehicles.

Dan Stockwell, director of the ride, said DALMAC fundraises to support bike-friendly programs and infrastructure across the state.

"We've done a lot to promote the use of bicycles in Michigan," Stockwell said. "We've done a lot to promote safety, and the grants that we've made have really helped a lot of communities encourage bicyclists. So I think our impact is has been significant.”

The ride begins on the Michigan State University campus, with multiple routes heading up the central and western parts of the state. Stockwell said cyclists join the ride for many reasons, from the challenge of pedaling for hundreds of miles to reuniting with friends or supporting bike safety.

He added groups enjoy stopping to grab ice cream and swim in the state’s lakes and rivers.

"We also have a wonderful stop that we make at the East Boardman church, where the folks at the church have made over 800 pies over the years, and we stop and have pie there and really enjoy that," he said.

Riders conclude the journey by taking a picture with their bikes in front of the Mackinac Bridge. The organizers make safety along the way a top priority.

“We require everyone to wear a helmet, of course, and we encourage them to have bright lights," Stockwell said. "We also work with law enforcement along the route and advise them that the cyclists will be coming through."