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“WHAT WOULD YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO TO GET EXPELLED IS WHAT I’D LIKE TO KNOW, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE KICKING SOMEONE’S DOOR DOWN AND PHYSICALLY ATTACKING THEM, ALONG WITH MAKING DEATH THREATS AND STALKING THEM — AND DOING IT TWICE — SHOULD PROBABLY BE ENOUGH.” - Elizabeth on the handling of her case MSU has implemented new ways of dealing with sexual assault and harassment cases, based off of recommendations from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. However, some students and victims feel the federal mandates are too vague and MSU has not done enough. — PAGES 4 AND 5
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Ann Sherman poses for a portrait on Jan. 25 at her home in East Lansing. Sherman is an MSU law professor and the assistant solicitor general in Michigan. PHOTO: EMILY ELCONIN
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A strong, determined and intelligent woman, Ann Sherman started her successful life and career from simple, humble beginnings. “I came from a family of four kids and a single mom and I always saw my mom working so hard to give us the life we deserved,” Sherman said. “Before my parents’ divorce, my dad was a patent engineer, so we lived in an affluent neighborhood. After the divorce, we had a very simple lifestyle and wanted for a lot. This has caused me to know a lot of extremes throughout my life.” Now, Sherman has two prestigious jobs as the assistant solicitor general for the State of Michigan and an adjunct law professor for MSU. Sherman said her childhood taught her many things she still uses in her life today. “I came out of my childhood with a strong sense of family and loyalty and a very strong work ethic,” she said. “My childhood is the reason I do the work I do today.” Sherman arrived at her work by taking a winding path. Before she was a lawyer, Sherman was a trained classical flutist. “Obviously, I didn’t do this for the money,” she said. “I did it for what I could impart in the people who listened to my music.” After Sherman received her bachelor of fine arts in music from the University of South Florida, she went on to get two masters. Her first masters degree was in music theory pedagogy from USF and her second was a masters of music in flute performance and literature from Northwestern University. Right after her graduation, Sherman moved to Mexico for four years to start her orchestral career. “It was amazing,” Sherman said. “I was able to immerse myself in the culture and I didn’t feel like a tourist at all. ... I went to and played in different villages and beautiful concert halls and learned so much about music.” Eventually, Sherman found her way to East 2
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people of the state of Michigan,” Sherman said. Now, as an adjunct law professor and an assistant solicitor general in the department of the attorney general, Sherman said she loves her life and loves the work she is doing. “Whether you are high in the government or you are in law enforcement, it is a unique value to serve the people,” Sherman said. “To me it’s a vocation, not a job.” She said both government work and being a professor are similar in that they both seek to help people. “I want to impart to my students that it’s not about who has the most talent but about who makes the most of what they have,” she said. “My students are very bright and will have many job offers, and I think public service will be a high calling for many of them.” T H U R S DAY, JA N UA RY 2 8 , 2 01 6
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Finance junior Nick Bonaccini, a second year member of the Spartan Ski Club, was one of almost 500 MSU students to pack into seven buses and travel cross country to Keystone, Colorado, during winter break. PAGE 6 Little did Bonaccini know, he would be returning home with a broken femur. On the last day of the Keystone trip, Bonaccini and his friends ventured to the backside of the mountain. “I love our game. I love our Heading down one of Bonaccini’s skis fell off. industry. I love being around He attempted to stop himself on one foot, but it and I love being a part of it. I was unable to. just wanted to come back and be “I was in such shock at that point, I couldn’t around the game of basketball.” even feel my leg.” Bonaccini said. After realizing the severity of the injury, he decided to take a semester off. Bonaccini will return to MSU after his recovery and said he originally joined Spartan Ski Club to meet people because it’s one of the bigFormer men’s basketball player Austin Thornton gest clubs on campus. Human biology sophomore Carolyn Bussinon being a graduate assistant for Izzo and the Spartans See page 9 eau also made the trip to Keystone during winter break. “It was actually a little terrifying going without much practice,” Bussineau said. “And a lot
of times I had to go alone because most of my friends were faster than I was, but it kind of added to the experience … because it was like a personal growing experience.” Having joined the club a year ago, Bussineau said she has also gotten to experience what the club has to offer in the fall. The club hosts tailgates every other weekend, themed parties, a hayride and various other events, the club’s president, supply chain management senior Michael Cass said. Cass estimates about half of the Spartan Ski Club doesn’t ski or snowboard. Many members join Spartan Ski Club to come to the social events and utilize the club for meeting new people and making friends. A big contributor as to why the club has become one of the largest on campus is it allows anyone to join, Cass said. The club president said the Spartan Ski Club is purposed to provide a fun and relaxed welcoming environment for members. Cass said the e-board also strives to give members the most of their money and membership. The main goal is for members to have a positive experience and to make friends, Cass said. With new events coming up this semester, Cass said he hopes to leave the club in a better position for his successor to build and improve on.
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MSU’s attempt to patch broken sex assault policies draw criticism BY RAY WILBUR RWILBUR@STATENEWS.COM
During winter 2013, Elizabeth was a visiting faculty member at MSU, when her ex-boyfriend — a graduate student and teaching assistant at MSU — broke into her apartment and attacked her significant other. This incident followed stalking and threats made to Elizabeth and her loved ones. Elizabeth, who asked that her last name not be published, called 911 while she said she hid in the bathroom. He was charged with felony breaking and entering, which would be reduced to a misdemeanor following a plea bargain. She remained quiet until the same perpetrator assaulted another woman at MSU — this time, an undergraduate student. At this point they both reported their cases to MSU’s Title IX office in October 2014. In December 2015, Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Denise Maybank chose to overturn a decision to expel that graduate student and instead suspend him for two years, even though he had been found responsible for both cases of policy violation — a harassment violation against Elizabeth in 2013 and harassment violation against the undergraduate student in 2014. Maybank did not respond to various emails and phone calls regarding this story. The State News was told by her assistant a comment would be made via email on Jan. 27. As of 5 p.m. on Jan. 27, The State News did not receive comment from Maybank.
The accused party was already serving a university imposed probation for his 2014 case at the time of Maybank’s decision and had been through the hearing board and the appeals committee — both of which found the sanction of expulsion appropriate. “What would you actually have to do to get expelled is what I’d like to know, because it seems like kicking someone’s door down and physically attacking them along with making death threats and stalking them — and doing it twice — should probably be enough,” Elizabeth said. Elizabeth’s case, like the two others mishandled in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, report from Sept. 1, 2015, highlights an issue in the way MSU handles sexual assault and harassment cases that the university is working to address through revisions and updates to its sexual assault and relationship violence policy. Since before the OCR’s investigation, MSU spokesperson Jason Cody said the university had been working to revise that policy again and continues to do so. And not just the policy, but the process of investigation as well. From adding sexual assault counselors to participating in sexual assault climate surveys, the OCR recommended numerous things to help create a safer campus and improve investigations. A Title IX lawsuit has been brought against MSU, President Lou Anna K. Simon and Maybank by Emily Kollaritsch, Shayna Gross and two anonymous women who allege MSU mishandled their sexual assault and harassment cases by taking too long to investigate, among other complaints. The complainants “respectfully declined” comment because of the ongoing lawsuit. WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT WILL
While MSU has implemented some of the OCR’s recommendations and plans to implement more during the course of this year, some students and survivors, like Elizabeth, said the federal recommendations are too vague and do not give clear guidelines for things like repercussions in sexual misconduct cases — something MSU has not clearly defined. A major change to the way MSU handles sexual assault cases was the creation of the new Office of Institutional Equity, or OIE, in April 2015 — before the OCR report was made public — to handle all harassment and discrimination cases, including sexual assault
and relationship violence. Along with the creation of this new office, MSU has hired a new Title IX coordinator and six additional Title IX investigators, who work directly with people who report sexual assault or harassment, since the office opened. In Elizabeth’s case, she said her investigator cared about her and supported her throughout the process, but she said she thought she was overworked. At the time, MSU had only two full-time Title IX investigators. “My investigator was really good, actually, and I could tell she cared about bringing justice,” she said. “But I think MSU still needs to prioritize hiring investigators who really know what they’re doing.” While MSU has added resources for victims of sexual assault and harassment, the OCR found MSU had far exceeded federal time constraints for cases under investigation because there was a distinct lack of communication between investigators and the claimant, according to the OCR report. Aside from the lack of communication, the judicial process can be long and arduous because it requires several levels of review if either party chooses to challenge findings. Universities are supposed to take no more than 60 days to complete an investigation. In Elizabeth’s case, she underwent nearly a year long process of reviews and appeals. “Every time I had to go meet with an investigator or go to a hearing it was like living (my experience) over again,” she said. In order to make this review process faster, Cody said it has been streamlined by expanding the size of the pool of candidates trained to serve on the student misconduct review panel, which is responsible for imposing sanctions. Along with attempting to streamline the process, MSU created the Sexual Violence Advisory Committee, made up of representatives from various student groups and faculty, which began meeting in fall 2015. Meetings will continue throughout the spring semester, including a planned open meeting with MSU’s campus, MSU’s Title IX coordinator Jessica Norris said. Norris said MSU has already participated in one campus survey — something the OCR recommended — conducted by the Association of American Universities, which found that among female undergraduates who responded, 24.8 percent experienced completed or attempted non-consensual penetration or sexual touching involving physical force or incapacitation. Of the roughly 50,000 graduate and undergraduate students at MSU, 8,352 responded to the survey.
Sexual misconduct investigation: A roadmap What happens when a student files a sexual misconduct complaint. Office of Institutional Equity The OIE is the first step of the investigation. A Title IX investigator looks into the allegations and if they find a party responsible of violating the sexual assault policy, they refer the case to the student conduct process.
Review Panel The student conduct process begins with a review panel comprised of one student, faculty member and staff member drawn from a roster of trained undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff. Individuals are appointed by the Office of the Provost annually and do not serve concurrently on any other student conduct review boards. The review panel convenes to review challenges to the findings of the OIE and to determine appropriate sanctions if the policy has been violated.
Appeal to Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Denise Maybank Either party or the OIE investigator may appeal a decision to overturn the OIE findings to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Services on the basis that the Review Panel did not apply the appropriate standard in rendering its decision. Appeals must be filed within five class days of the review panel’s decision.
Imposition of Sanctions In matters where the OIE investigation results in a finding of a policy violation and after all challenges to the finding have been resolved, the Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution Office administrator or the Review Panel will determine the appropriate sanction. The administrator/review panel will review the available record, including any written statements from the parties, and determine the appropriate sanction.
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If a student appeals the OIE findings the review panel may: -Decide it has no jurisdiction and dismiss the challenge. -Direct the OIE to re-open the investigation to clarify its findings or remedy procedural errors. -Uphold the OIE investigation finding. -Decide that sufficient reasons exist to conduct a hearing regarding the challenge.
If the Review Panel determines sufficient reasons exist to conduct a hearing regarding the appeal, both parties are notified five days before the planned hearing. The victim has the decision to appear or not. The parties and OIE investigator have two class days from receiving the hearing notice to provide the Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution Office with the names of his/her witnesses or advisors. The parties and OIE investigator will receive a second notice containing this information not less than one class day prior to the hearing.
Leading up to and after the investigation How MSU’s mishandling of sexual assault cases came to light and the effects of the OCR investigation. — RAY WILBUR
2/21/ 14 University officials announce sexual assault awareness efforts University officials publicly announces new initiatives meant to heighten awareness of student safety, particularly in terms of sexual violence and sexual assault, according to a statement emailed to the MSU community. 4/23/14
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2/24/14 Feds probe MSU for sexual assault misconduct The U.S. Department of Education reveals it is investigating complaints about MSU’s handling of sexual assault accusations.
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Simon announces MSU will aim to improve its handling of sexual violence on campus this fall MSU said it will aim to improve its Sexual Harassment Policy and expand its 2004 Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence.
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January 4 / 2 0/ 1 5 MSU to create new office for discrimination, assault claims MSU creates a new office for discrimination claims, including sexual assault and relationship violence, an area previously managed by the Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives headed by Paulette Granberry Russell, according to an MSU statement.
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Investigation: 285 days of fear and waiting The State News publishes an investigation detailing how one victim of sexual assault waited 285 days for her case to be resolved.
“(Maybank’s) decision further proves to me that the university does not take violating the sexual assault policy seriously and that needs to change”
Alterations forthcoming on MSU sexual harassment policy As of Jan. 1, MSU’s Sexual Harassment Policy was replaced by an updated and more thorough Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct policy.
MSU has agreed to implement every OCR recommendation and plans to do so by the end of the year, but even with this, students and survivors said they are still concerned with the fact that one person — the vice president for student affairs and services — has the power to overturn the entire process of investigation, while there are no set sanctions for specific violations of MSU’s sexual assault policy. Per the OCR’s recommendation, MSU will list all possible sanctions it might impose following a sexual misconduct finding, ranging from a written warning to dismissal from a course to expulsion. Nowhere in MSU’s policies does it say which sanctions will be imposed for which level of violation. “There is really no protocol for how they decide what sanctions are appropriate, and it’s up to Denise Maybank, ultimately,” doctoral student Apryl Pooley said. “This is something I know a lot of people think should change because there’s got to be some kind of guideline on that and there’s not.” Pooley, who is friends with Elizabeth and has been advocating for better sexual misconduct policies since before the OCR report, said she believes people who are found responsible for misconduct should face set sanctions, so survivors know MSU is serious about handling sexual assault and harassment. Along with subjective sanctions, the entire judicial process is left up to the decision of Maybank if the accused party appeals to her, which is what ultimately occurred in Elizabeth’s case. Elizabeth said this power gives Maybank the ability to overturn and render worthless months of investigation. “Obviously having this one person at the end of months and months of appeals and investigations being able to overturn a decision without any checks and balances is a big problem,” she said. While Maybank explicitly said in a letter to Elizabeth that, while she agreed with the previous findings in her case that her perpetrator was responsible for violating the sexual misconduct policy, she decided to just temporarily suspend him. She said in a letter to the accused party, “I note that you had no disciplinary record prior to this incident. While your conduct was inexcusable, the recommended sanction of dismissal is not commensurate to your conduct violation.” “I felt like someone had punched me in the gut,” Elizabeth said. This decision defined Elizabeth’s case and continues to define her opinions about the way MSU handles sexual assault and harassment. “Her decision further proves to me that the university does not take violating the sexual assault policy seriously and that needs to change,” Elizabeth said.
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9/ 1 / 1 5 9/ 3 / 1 5 Federal report reveals MSU counselor accused of sexual harassment allowed to keep job four years after. One of the larger allegations against MSU in the report was one of a university counselor who was reported as having sexually harassed women who were seeking counseling after being sexually assaulted.
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1 1 /4 / 1 5 MSU hires new Institutional Equity director, Title IX coordinator MSU hires a new Director for its recently created Office of Institutional Equity, as well as a Title IX and Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator.
Investigation finds MSU mishandled sexual assault cases The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights found MSU did not resolve two separate sexual assault cases quickly enough in accordance to OCR mandates.
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Survey reveals nearly 1 in 4 undergrads who responded experienced sexual assault Results of a survey, directed by the Association of American Universities, or AAU, and developed by a social science research firm are released, shedding light on both local and national perceptions of sexual assault on campuses.
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12/ 17/ 15 Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Denise Maybank overturns decision to expel a graduate assistant who was found responsible for two incidents of sexual harassment. After roughly a year of investigation and review hearings regarding Elizabeth’s case, Maybank overturns the sanction of expulsion and instead institutes a two year suspension for a graduate student found responsible for two instances of sexual harassment. One against Elizabeth and one against an undergraduate student.
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Four women file Title IX lawsuit against MSU, aim to bring attention to national issue Four women file a Title IX civil lawsuit against MSU, President Lou Anna K. Simon, and Vice President of Student Services Denise Maybank over complaints about how their sexual assault cases were handled during their time as students at MSU. The lawsuit is seeking economic damages, but no dollar amount was specified in the copy of the case file.
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Bryant McIntosh Sophomore guard Has started all 21 games this season 15.1 ppg (.439 FG% .369 3FG%) 76 rebounds 148 assists (leads team) 59 turnovers (leads team) 23 steals (leads team)
18.4 ppg (.453 FG% .406 3FG%) 118 rebounds 113 assists 18 steals (leads team)
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Has started all 21 games this season 14.1 ppg (.382 FG% .286 3FG%) 73 rebounds 71 assists
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Seventh in the Big Ten with a 72.9 team free throw percentage In eight games this season, MSU is shooting 37.6 percent from beyond the arc, good for fourth in the Big Ten MSU holds opponents to a 31.7 shooting percentage from beyond the arc, good for third in the conference.
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Residence hall workout rooms are lacking
Education sophomore Heather Onak does a plank on Jan. 27 at Snyder-Phillips Hall. She stretched after running on the treadmill. PHOTO: KELLY VANFRANKENHUYZEN BY ALEXIS SARGENT ASARGENT@STATENEWS.COM
Regardless of its name, the weight room of Snyder Hall does not contain any weights or barbells. Other residence hall workout areas have the same issue. The rooms are either lacking in equipment or contain damaged equipment. Business preference freshman Kate Llewellyn said she has experienced the same issues with the fitness center in Yakeley Hall.
“We want students to be healthy, and we know the role that fitness plays in that. We make sure that we are offering a wide variety of classes that meet the different needs and requirements of students.” Ashley Chaney, Associate director of communication for Residence Education and Housing Services
She said the fitness center only has one working treadmill and two ellipticals. Some students also struggle with not having any kind of workout room available to them in their residence hall. “My dorm hall, McDonel, doesn’t have a workout room at all,” business preference freshman Paul Lindow said. “It would be nice to work out in my own dorm instead of walking to IM-East.” While the conditions of complimentary residence hall workout areas are becoming increasingly run down or are lacking in equipment, some recent residence hall workout areas are requiring students to purchase memberships.
One of these workout areas is the Wonderbodies Fitness Area in the Wonders Residence Hall. Though the location of this fitness area is convenient for students who live in Wonders Hall or in South Neighborhood, the financial aspect might not be as convenient. “I have a Wonderbodies membership because I live in Wonders Hall, and it’s easiest to go there,” James Madison freshman Olivia Kreft said. “The membership is really expensive though. It’s about as much as the regular IM membership.” According to the MSU Live On website, memberships for the Wonderbodies Fitness Area are $70 for one semester. This type of membership is called the “Green Membership.” This price is relatively similar to the fitness center package most purchased by students — the $85 semester pass that offers membership to the IM Sports Circle, IM-West and IM-East recreational buildings. MSU Residential Education and Housing Services also offers several options to students free of charge. One of these options is the Live On and Be Fit program, which is when the MSU RHS services partners with the Recreational Sports and Fitness to provide many types of group exercise programs in the neighborhoods where students live. Ashley Chaney, associate director of communication for Residence Education and Housing Services, said the program tries to look at the full experience of being a student who lives on campus. “We want students to be healthy, and we know the role that fitness plays in that,” she said. “We make sure that we are offering a wide variety of classes that meet the different needs and requirements of students.” Aside from exercise centers and classes, MSU also boasts a wide array of intramural and club sports for students.
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Unknown to many, MSU is home to one of the few publishing houses to exist on a university campus. Tucked in the southern end, it could easily be overlooked by passersby. However, founded about 70 years ago, the MSU Press publishes 30 to 40 works a year and helps MSU to stand out among American colleges for a variety of reasons. “There are only about 100 universities in the U.S. with their own publishing houses out of the two or three thousand colleges in the U.S.,” MSU Press senior acquisitions editor Alex Schwartz said. Among the most impressive of the press’ works are those related to Africa. “The people we’ve worked with have told us how hard it used to be for African authors to get their work published and printed in the U.S.,” MSU Press marketing and sales manager Julie Reaume said. “We’ve opened up some avenues for these authors over the years.” A book published by the press about growing a disease resistant strain of cassava is a favorite memory of MSU Press editor-in-chief Julie Loehr. “We gave a free copy to a man from a village in Africa and he sent us back some pictures of their village and a letter saying that the book had changed their lives,” Loehr said. Cassava is a plant commonly consumed in Africa, often used to make tapioca in the United States. Works centered around Africa include the prison letters of African National Congress member Ahmed Kathrada, who was incarcerated for 26 years with Nelson Mandela. Kathrada spoke on campus and met with staff from the MSU Press, Reaume said. She said the experience moved her. “Kathrada didn’t seem bitter about his time in prison, in his mind they (anti-Apartheid activists) won,”
Reaume said. Being a part of the press gives staff new ways to experience the books that are published. “When you’re in publishing you get to meet the person behind the book,” Reaume said. “Writing is very emotional for authors, it’s their life’s work.” Other current MSU Press projects include translating numerous Arabic language works into English. “It’s very important that the U.S. and other Western countries have access to the narratives and stories of the Middle East,” Schwartz said. “These stories really show and denote the human experience, and no matter what society or culture you are in there are always truly human experiences that transcend boundaries.” Translating these works can prove to be difficult for the press. “It’s a challenge to translate the oral and lyrical nature of Arabic poetry to the more literary style of English,” Schwartz said.
“When you’re in publishing, you get to meet the person behind the book. Writing is very emotional for authors, it’s their life’s work.” Julie Reaume, MSU Press marketing and sales manager
Schwartz hopes the works give Arab-Americans cultural connections they may otherwise miss out on. “There are many Arab Michiganders who will not learn Arabic — these books help to give these people a better understanding and appreciation for their culture,” Schwartz said.
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Sports Austin Thornton’s impact is felt, from walk-on to graduate assistant BY NATHANIEL BOTT NBOTT@STATENEWS.COM
Austin Thornton has always had a knack for shooting. Playing in high school at Cedar Springs High School, he averaged 26 points per game his senior season, shooting 49.8 percent from the field and 86.3 percent from the free-throw line. In fact, he holds the Michigan High School record for most made free throws with 572 and places second with 54 consecutive makes from the charity stripe. Thornton walked on to the basketball team at MSU in 2007 — something head coach Tom Izzo is very partial to, as Izzo was a basketball walk-on himself at Northern Michigan. He had his best year his senior season, playing just less than 22 minutes, averaging just more than five points per game and shooting more than 47 percent from three-point range. Career-wise, he averaged 2.5 points, shot 40.2 percent from the field and 87.4 percent from the free-throw line. Now three years removed from the MSU basketball team, he is a graduate assistant for Izzo and the Spartans, and Thornton could not be happier to be back. “I love our game,” Thornton said. “I love our industry. I love being around it and I love being a part of it. ...I just wanted to come back and be around the game of basketball. I spent three years in the corporate world and it was great. I learned a lot. I worked for a great company called Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, got some great working experience, some great real life experience.” It sounds like Thornton had everything he could ask for, gearing up to take his professional career to the next level. But basketball was always close to the former fan-favorite Thornton. “I very quickly found out and realized that that was work, and to me, being around the game of basketball, it is work, it is tough, but to me it’s all play,” Thornton said. “I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, enjoyed every second of it, and I made the right choice.” Izzo now has two graduate assistants who used to play for him, Thornton and 1999 alumnus Thomas Kelley. Izzo knows that Thornton has provided the MSU players with a different perspective on not only the game of basketball, but the future of their playing careers or professional careers. “(Thornton) moved out of Disney World into the real businessman world,” Izzo said. “Coming back, he has a better appreciation. I think he can explain that to players. It’s been good for us, I think it’s been good for him, and I do think it’s helped us with our free throw shooting.” Thornton has plenty to teach the young players on the team, one of which being how to handle the demand and energy level that Izzo asks his players to give him every practice and every game. Known for his animated reactions, Izzo lets the players know when they mess up, but Thornton makes sure the players stay focused. “Everyone has their growing pains for coach, but our guys, almost every single one of them are extremely coachable, they listen, play hard, and compete,” Thornton said. “The biggest lesson I learned as a player for coach Izzo, you don’t always want to listen to how coach says things, you want to listen to what he’s saying, the substance of what he’s saying.” As far as growing pains go, take senior forward Colby Wollenman. He came to the team as a walk-on from Wyoming with no knowledge of the area or what to expect from Izzo. That’s where Thornton came into play. “He took me under his wing my freshman year,” Wollenman said. “I was new to the campus, new to everything. He talked me through things basketball wise and in terms of class and school and life and he really helped me a lot of ways. It’s really cool to have him back four, five years later.” Thornton is currently working primarily with the post players, and even though that was a little funny to Wollenman at first, he understands Thornton knows the game inside and out, and just because he played guard, doesn’t mean he can’t teach post. “It’s funny, but when you play enough basketball, watch enough basketball, you learn both post and guard fundamentals,” Wollenman said. “He was ready to play a four his fourth year I think, they bulked him up and he was going to play the four a little bit, so he kind of rotated with the bigs when he was playing so he
Graduate assistant Austin Thornton takes a seat after a time out during the game against Maryland on Jan. 23 at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Terrapins, 74-65. PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL
“I was new to the campus, new to everything. He talked me through things basketball wise and in terms of class and school and life and he really helped me a lot of ways. It’s really cool to have him back four, five years later.”
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has an understanding there as well.” The common theme throughout Thornton’s career was his free throw shooting. He was solid in every facet of the game, but was always a safe bet to knock down free throws when given the opportunity. Last season’s team was plagued by poor shooting, posting a 63.2 percent as a team from the free-throw line. “That’s not like us, we have always been a really good skill team, a really good free throw shooting team,” Thornton said. “It’s something I watched last year and came in wanting to help change. It’s funny how that works, when you put extra effort in, you are successful.” With Thornton’s help, guys like Wollenman have climbed from shooting 22 percent last season from the line to 70 percent. Matt Costello is up to 77.6 percent from 67 percent in 201415. Gavin Schilling and Marvin Clark Jr. have both raised their foul shooting by more than 10 percent. As a team, MSU has improved to 72 percent.
Costello might be the most improved, as he is tied for the most free-throw attempts on the team with Eron Harris. Both players stand at 67 attempts, and with Costello already only 12 attempts behind his total number of attempts last season, he might be living at the stripe during games, just like how he lives there in practice. “AT’s been trying to get us to do better in the post, better post moves, but every single day he says you have to make 100 free throws and then you can leave the gym,” Costello said. “It’s really helped me this year to improve my free throw percentage and I’m shooting a lot of free throws this year. Finally being able to hit all of them consistently I think it’s really helping the team out.” The stats don’t lie — Thornton has certainly been a key to MSU’s shooting improvement. He brings the extra effort, and you’ll find him under the hoop, feeding basketballs to the players. It isn’t a myth that he won’t let them leave until their job is done.
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This is a part one in a series of six stories profiling MSU’s Sports Medicine faculty. In the world of sports, the coaches and players tend to receive all the acclaim, glory and either wanted or unwanted celebrity statuses. Even in East Lansing, students see MSU athletes as celebrities and tell their friends stories about how three football players are in his or her class. But there is another group of people who also see superstar athletes, just not in the same fashion. This group would be the team of surgeons, trainers and physicians at the MSU Sports Medicine Facility. Take Dr. Douglas Dietzel, a man who witnessed an arthroscopic surgery in college, which is a minimally invasive joint procedure, leading him down the path to change his major to sports medicine as an undergraduate student at Ball State University. After graduating from Ball State, he went on to obtain a doctorate of osteopathy from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has been working at the MSU Sports Medicine facility for 20 years and has been head orthopedic surgeon for the MSU football team and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at MSU for the past 10. MSU Sports Medicine Facility does take care of the Spartan athletes, but in many cases their work isn’t limited to just MSU. Dietzel has been working with Holt High School and Holt Athletics for nearly 18 years. And to go along with his title of clinical director for the MSU Sports Medicine Facility, having a comfortable working relationship with the other surgeons at the facility is paramount. “From an atmosphere standpoint, we all really get along well,” Dietzel said. “We have a great group of (doctors) that all have a common belief and understanding on how to take care of the athletes and what we are trying to accomplish. ...Although we are fans, we try not to be fans when it comes to our sports. We try to do what is in the best interest of the athletes, so that is extremely important to us.”
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every day, but they are here even more. It’s a is a little more urgency to get some of the stuff very symbiotic type of relationship, where we done and get them back performing quicker.” Regardless of the scenario, Dietzel stays work very closely with them and they work true to his passion for sports medicine with very closely with us.” Fortunately, it is fairly rare that MSU Sports the same passion he had while attending Ball Medicine Facility is asked to perform surgery. State. He currently works at Lansing Community Dietzel was surprised when he had to perform two surgeries in one week for the MSU foot- College and as the medical director for the ball team this past season, as two is usually Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program at McLaren Orthopedic Hospihow many he has to perform tal, in addition to Holt High total across an entire season. “We have a great School and MSU. “It’s usually just once or That’s not all. twice in the season where group of (doctors) He continues to serve as we have to do surgeries on that all have a board member of the Amerthe football players or some common belief and ican Osteopathic Academy of of these athletes,” Dietzel Sports Medicine and remains said. “At the end of the sea- understanding on a member of the Arthrosson, typically we will take how to take care copy Association of North care of a lot more of the ath- of the athletes and America. letes with surgeries and deal what we are trying He was formerly a certified with issues that have been athletic trainer, ATC, for the building up or that we have to accomplish.” Philadelphia Eagles, but has been working with throughDr. Douglas Dietzel found his home at MSU, and out the year.” MSU football orthopedic surgeon luckily for the football athFrom Dietzel’s perspective, letes, it doesn’t appear he is the craft of performing surgoing anywhere. gery on football players is “To be fortunate enough to be in a situation still challenging, even with the abundance like this, it has just somehow worked itself out of experience he maintains. “The reality is, some of these guys are very for me,” Dietzel said. Dietzel is one of many physicians, trainbig, so we can’t use some of our normal instruments to do stuff because they are so big,” ers and surgeons at MSU, and even though Dietzel said. “Most of the surgeries are fairly it took him until college to find his calling, routine, but the reality is it’s a little different his behind-the-scene efforts are making an level with these athletes and sometimes there impacting on the football field.
Features The State News to move ‘home’ to second floor of current location BY DANIELLE DUGGAN DDUGGAN@STATENEWS.COM
“Moving home” is the way Marty Sturgeon, general manager of The State News, described the publication’s move from its current space on the first floor of 435 E. Grand River Ave. to the second floor of 435 E. Grand River Ave. “We’re an ideal second floor business because we don’t rely upon foot traffic for our business and so, in a way, this feels like we’re moving home,” Sturgeon said. The State News moved to the first floor of its Grand River Ave-
Steele said. “The move will not change the way news is distributed and the only change for the organization itself will be the location of its employees’ desks,” Steele said. Members of the management staff said they expect the move to have only positive impacts. “It will be a much more open area than what we have here where, clearly, we’re divided into departments,” Sturgeon said.
nue location in 2005 from Student Services on MSU’s campus. The entire staff will move operations upstairs. The decision to move came primarily from the hope of increasing profits for the publication. State News Alumni Association president, former reporter and editor-in-chief for The State News and MSU journalism professor Jeremy Steele said the move will turn the bottom floor into a financial asset and there are plans to rent it out to other businesses. The profits will go toward keeping the paper afloat,
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