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DEFENDING THEIR COURT Women triumph over U-M for 12th time — 61-46 By Stephen Brooks brook198@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
The MSU women’s basketball team welcomed fi rstyear Michigan coach Kim Barnes AriMSU 61 co to the inU-M 46 state rivalry in overwhelming fashion Monday night. Once the Spartans overcame a poor shooting stretch at the beginning the game, the rout was on. MSU (18-4 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) took advantage of an explosive run in the second half to down rival Michigan (16-6, 5-4) for the 12th consecutive time, 61-46. “I think Michigan State is the program that sets the bar, obviously, for the state of Michigan,” Barnes Arico said. “They have a great fan base. They have a great following. They have a great program. They have a rich
tradition, and they win. … When I came (to Michigan), this is the program I look at, and the program that has done a tremendous job in our state, and that is something we are striving for and achieving to be.” It was a pivotal win for MSU as both teams began the game stuck in a pack of five teams with identical 5-3 conference records sharing third place. The Spartans have finished second or better in the Big Ten in each of the last four seasons. Both teams wore special pink uniforms at Breslin Center for MSU’s annual Play 4Kay game to raise awareness for breast cancer. A n active crowd of 8,812 fans covered the arena’s lower bowl in a mix of green and pink with intermittent patches of blue or maize. “It was amazing. We love the support, we love Spar-
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Senior forward Courtney Schiffauer drives the ball down the baseline with U-M center / forward Rachel Sheffer trailing her. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines, 61-46, Monday at Breslin Center.
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MSU beats U-M at Breslin: “Get Off My Court” By Josh Mansour mansou13@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
It was supposed to be close. Ide nt ic a l c on f e r e nc e records. Overall records separated by just a game. One of the mainstays of the Big Ten’s elite against a program on the rise, with a new head coach and coming off its fi rst NCAA To u r n a m e n t b e r t h i n 11 years.
But when Kiana Johnson stood with the ball in her hands, arms crossed as the fi nal seconds ticked off the clock, an authoritative message of dominance was sent. “Get off my court,” Johnson said was the thought on her mind as she stood near midcourt. “It’s personal.” To quote a line from the HBO series “The Wire:” “If you come at the king, you’d best not miss.” Yet the Wolverines missed
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Yet the Wolverines missed again. And again. And again. And again. U-M made just 17-53 shots, or 32.1 percent again. A nd again. A nd again. And again. U-M made just 17-of-53 shots (32.1 percent) and by the time it was fi nished, the MSU women’s basketball team had done what they had done the previous
11 times the Spartans tangled with the Wolverines: They won. MSU (18-4 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) extended its win streak over its rival to 12 games, knocking off Michigan (166 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) 61-46, making sure it remained more than a decade since the Wolverines had won in East Lansing. JUSTIN WAN/THE STATE NEWS “As soon as the game came my freshman year, From left, senior guard Tracy Nogle, sophomore forward Becca I was like ‘Oh man, I hate Mills, and sophomore center Jasmine Hines smile as they stand See HOOPS on page 2 X
at the conclusion of the game. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines, 61-46, Monday at Breslin Center.
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Council votes tonight on hookah, Bistro Future of downtown business, development on line as key items come up for consideration By Michael Koury kourymic@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
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Food industry management senior Sonia Viera sits at her desk while working on Monday at Student Services. Viera works in the Office of Financial Aid as a student advisor.
Study: Minorities better handle jobs during school By Lilly Keyes keyeslil@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
As a 13-year-old girl picking asparagus in the fields of Texas with her parents, food industry management senior Sonia Viera always dreamed of working in an office. Now, as a student advisor for the MSU Office of Financial Aid , she does it for 14 hours each week. And although she admits
having to juggle everything — school, work and loans— can be diffi cult at times, she couldn’t picture being at college without working, too. “I would always say, ‘When I get older I’m going to go to college so I can be in an office and get my parents out of this job,’” Viera said. “I’m the fi rst one to come to college and have that stress … I’m the oldest too, so it’s on See MINORITY on page 2 X
At tonight’s regularly scheduled East Lansing City Council meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, council will vote on whether to renovate the former Evergreen Arms apartments and whether to approve a liquor license for the Black Cat Bistro, a high-end restaurant set to be built downtown. The council also will hold a public hearing on proposals to ban any new hookah lounges from establishing in the city and whether landlords should be required to give voting registration information to new tenants. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in the city council chambers at City Hall.
Future hookah lounges The proposed ordinance first was discussed at a Jan. 8 work session. The proposal is intended to prevent unhealthy businesses from coming to the city in light of state legislation banning smoking in public buildings, but local hookah lounges have expressed concern it might discourage business from moving downtown. While the proposal will not affect the two hookah lounges currently in East Lansing, it would ban additional lounges from coming to the area.
Redevelopment on 341 and 345 Evergreen Ave. Formerly known as the Evergreen Arms, the buildings have been abandoned since 2008 and were planned to be a part of the City Center II project. The property still is under ownership of the City Center II developers. There have been concerns about renovations because of lack of parking and proximity of the buildings might be a fire hazard. The site plan for the project was rejected unanimously by both the Planning Commission and the Downtown Development Authority. “Now’s not a good time to bring this back to life as apartment buildings,” Beard said.
Liquor license for Black Cat Bistro A vote on the liquor license was postponed after an East Lansing police sting in December found Dublin Square Irish Pub, 327 Abbot Road, was one of three restaurants to sell alcohol to a minor. Arnulfo Ramirez, partial owner of Dublin Square, also is a co-owner of the Black Cat Bistro. “I think the recent sting operation reinforces my belief that some of these establishments aren’t managed as well as they need to be,” Councilmember Kevin Beard said. “I still don’t believe we need another establishment opened ‘til two in the morning.”
Requiring landlords to hand out voter registration information Another public hearing will be held on a proposed ordinance requiring landlords to provide tenants with voter registration information. “I think that including that registration information with the lease material is that extra push to get the student to register,” ASMSU Director of Public Relations Haley Dunnigan said. Landlords said the proposal would place an undue burden on them, especially since the information is available through state programs.
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Police brief Student struck by van, not injured A female MSU student was struck by a van Monday night at the corner of M.A.C. Avenue and Grand River Avenue while walking across the street, witnesses said. The van appeared to have minimal or no damage, and the woman was not taken to the hospital. East Lansing police Sgt. Chad Connelly said there is an ongoing investigation to determine who is at fault. Premedical freshman Robin Cross watched the accident occur and said it appeared the student had been walking across the road with a man when the light changed to green and the van hit her. Connelly could not confirm whether drugs or alcohol were involved in accident. No arrests were made, and it is unknown if any charges will be filed. DARCIE MORAN
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tan nation,” sophomore guard Kiana Johnson said. “The student section was great. … We just want to make the fans happy. I feel like it gives us more energy. We can feed off the crowd.” Monday’s matchup was nothing like the previous episode of the rivalry, which MSU won on a buzzer-beater in Ann Arbor. The Spartans made just six of their fi rst 22 shots from the floor but responded with a 7-0 run starting with 13 seconds left in the fi rst half through nearly the fi rst three minutes of the second. The Green and White grew the lead to as large as 21 points and never led by less than 12 after the fi rst two minutes of the second half. “It really isn’t about tallying things up,” said head coach Suzy Merchant. “This team is different than any other team we’ve had in the past. And for us, this is the only chance we’re going to get to play at home with this group of kids. So for us, it was a focus on we don’t want Michigan to win the game on Breslin court. I don’t care how many times
it’s been. “ For tallying purposes, MSU improves to 61-15 all-time in the series with the Wolverines. Sophomore Becca Mi l ls paced MSU with 12 points off the bench in another balanced scoring night for the Spartans. All five starters scored at least eight points. Merchant praised junior guard Klarissa Bell’s effort on the defensive side. Bell played 38 minutes and spent the majority of the game chasing Michigan sharpshooter Kate Thompson, one of the Big Ten’s most prolific 3-point shooters. Thompson, also the Wolverines’ leading scorer at 15.2 points per game, was held to 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting. The Spartans as a whole — in a battle of the No. 1 and No. 2 scoring defenses in the conference — suffocated the Michigan offense into shooting 25.9 percent in the second half and just 32.1 percent on the night. “I’m a Spartan and they’re Wolverines, so there’s a major, major rivalry — and there always will be,” Merchant said. The Spartans now have won two straight games as they prepare to head to State College, Pa., for a date with Big Tenleading Penn State on Sunday. The Nittany Lions handed MSU its worst loss of the season at Breslin Center on Jan. 6, 76-55.
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Junior guard Klarissa Bell runs toward the net for a layup Monday at Breslin Center. The Spartans lead the Wolverines, 29-22, at the half.
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t h i s te a m i m me d i ate ly,” Johnson said. “It was just like ugh, everything about them. Their colors, just get away from me. I hate the big blue ‘M,’ all that. It’s just annoying. Over there,
I feel like they’re just arrogant, and I don’t like it.” And although U-M already had left the court, waiting along the scorers table to shake hands before the fi nal buzzer sounded, it wasn’t the fi rst time the Wolverines were noticeably absent. The first time was at the beginning of the second half, when the Spartans used an 11-0 run to take a 38-22 lead that all but sealed the game, with the lead swelling to as much as 21 points and never shrinking to fewer than 12. It ’s what led Michigan’s
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me to be a role model for my family.” Although about 20,000 students are given paychecks by MSU each year, a recent study done by Psych Central suggests minority students, such as Viera, tend to have more stable grades when working longer hours while simultaneously going to school. When working 15 hours or more each week, the negative correlation between GPA and hours worked was stronger for non-minority students. For Latino and black students, this connection was different — the study saw stable grades and less alcohol use than their non-minority counterparts. Rubén Martinez, an MSU expert in race and ethnic relations and the education of ethnic minorities, cited the high value minority students often place on their employment as a possible reason for these results. “One could argue that finances are more critical to (minority students) and a job might be more (important) to them,” Martinez said … “Being able to maintain a steady fl ow of income is critical for them.” Because Viera’s parents can’t afford to pay for her education, she said the money she gets from her part-time work
is crucial, and she combines this income with loans to cover all of her expenses. The Psych Central study also stated minority students are more likely to work extensive hours during the week than non-minority students, which Martinez said is symbolic of the importance many students put on their jobs. “It … reflects a commitment on their part to succeed,” Martinez said. “It’s tough to do all of that and balance all that committed to success … Those who do work long hours tend to have a higher commitment level.”
senior forward Nya Jordan to say her team “lost its will.” By the time it was done, six players had scored eight or more points for MSU, illustrating for the Wolverines’ first-year coach Kim Barnes Arico just where her program hopes to be. “It is defi nitely important to us and a place we are striving to be,” Barnes Arico said. “They are an excellent program right now and that’s where we want to be.” If it wasn’t senior guard Jasmine Thomas draining a 3-pointer, it was Johnson pull-
ing up to knock down a midrange jumper. When it wasn’t junior guard K larissa Bell driving for a layup, it was Becca Mills scoring in the post. Again and again each shot fell, one after another, from one player or another, keeping order restored in the Great Lakes state. “However else they do outside of playing against us, I really don’t care, honestly,” Bell said. “But when they play against us, we’re not going to let them win, and that’s just how it is.”
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Bi l l Morga n, e x per iential learning and on-campus internship coordinator for MSU Career Services, said in order to avoid this overwhelming feeling, students should stick to 15 hours of work, in addition to class, a week. He also said although working and studying combined can make for a hefty load, it can help students of all backgrounds manage their time productively. “The research we’ve seen suggests that working 10-15 hours a week can help a student become more organized,” Morgan said. “And in doing such, it actually may help them improve their grades.”
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Students earn multiple TV, radio awards By Robert Bondy bondyrob@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
Last Friday, MSU radio and television broadcasting students received the most first-place awards at the 2013 Michigan College Broadcast Awards. Students, some of whom were members of Impact 89FM and Focal Point television, received a total of nine awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, or MAB, with 13 students involved. MSU boasted the most first-place finishes out of the Michigan colleges that participated in the event, according to a press release from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. The winners will be honored at the Main Luncheon of the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference and Expo at the Lansing Center on March 13. MSU normally brings home a fair share of awards each year, MAB Foundation Executive Vice President Julie Sochay said. Some of the College Television awards won by students
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were related to MSU’s Advanced TV News course, said the course’s instructor Bob Gould, Focal Point’s executive producer. During the course, students report for Focal Point. Gould encourages his students to enter their class work that airs on Focal Point, he said. “They don’t like to enter, but
when they do they are happy about it,” he said, adding since many students aren’t in his class when submissions are due, he sometimes submits their work. Journalism senior Chloe Hill submitted work from Gould’s course for the Michigan Army National Guard Current Events Program award and received the
top prize. Hill said she was surprised by her first-place finish because it was her first time applying for any journalism award of this nature. Hill said she hopes the award will help her reach her goal of producing her own environmental-sustainability television show. “It’s nice to have that little extra boost to my self confidence towards the end of my college career,” Hill said. Mechanical engineering junior Eric Schendel also was surprised to win an award from MAB, he said. Schendel was part of a team that won the first-place Public Service Announcement award in the College Radio sector, and said he felt the achievement was a great start for him at Impact, especially considering last semester was his first semester at the radio. “It’s definitely been a great way for me to start off my stay at the radio station,” Schendel said.
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MSU ENDOWMENTS INCREASE, FUNDRAISING STILL ESSENTIAL By Samantha Radecki radeckis@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
To MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, one of the biggest areas MSU can improve on is its fundraising efforts. While a North American trend in overall university endowments shows a slight decrease of 0.3 percent, MSU has increased its endowments by 0.2 percent from the 2011 fiscal year, according to the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. Vice President for University Advancement Bob Groves said endowments are private donations in the form of investments in the university for at least $35,000 that will last for a number of years, depending on the agreement made between MSU and the investor. Most of MSU’s endowments come from independent corporations and
foundations. While MSU’s endowments have increased, some administrators have said MSU should expand fundraising efforts. In 2012, MSU ranked 38th among public and private universities nationwide in endowment amounts, the institute reported. In the past 20 years, MSU has increased its endowments significantly, reaching more than $1.7 billion in endowments in 2012, according to MSU’s Common Investment Fund. During former MSU President John Hannah’s days, Simon said MSU’s financial priority was not to collect funds from private donations. To Hannah, funding was meant to come from institutional government subsidization. “I worry that we have not been as successful in fundraising as we need to be,” Simon said. “We are very late in the game (for) a big university.” Simon said it now is in the uni-
HITTING A Okemos resident Regan Johnson rehearses for the Purim play Sunday at Kehillat Israel, 2014 Forest Road, in Lansing. Members of the Kehillat and Shaarey Zedek congregations are reworking the music of “Mamma Mia,” acting out a story from the biblical Book of Esther.
versity’s best interest to ramp up its funding efforts. Scott Westerman, executive director of the MSU Alumni Association, said MSU can always improve its fundraising efforts. “The ultimate goal of any endowment is to make sure that there is enough money to make sure it can (function),” Westerman said. “Any improvement we can make in our endowments will definitely benefit students today and tomorrow.” To Trustee Brian Mosallam, the answer to increasing MSU’s endowments lies in pushing toward a more involved philanthropic tradition at MSU, with funds from private donors to increase endowments that could increase scholarship funds and potentially cut tuition rates. Mosallam said it is necessary to ensure students realize how much alumni donations affect their education. “When I graduated from school and I received a call from the Col-
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lege of Engineering to make a donation, I didn’t understand the importance of it,” Mosallam said, adding it now is in his interest to ensure students get past this “disconnect.” Mosallam said he now donates yearly to the Spartan Fund. Social relations and policy senior Robert Irland, production manager at MSU Greenline, an organization that gathers donations from MSU alumni and friends, said he sees value in fundraising. “We are trying to build more of the culture of philanthropy though Michigan State … through just raising awareness among faculty, staff and the student body (about) how a lot of the things they take advantage of here, and might take for granted, are because of endowments and are because of people who have been here before and are helping out,” Irland said.
DACA students to be issued driver’s licenses as of Friday By Kellie Rowe rowekell@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
Lansing groups gathered Monday to celebrate a victory for what many hope will be the beginning of widespread U.S. immigration reform, starting with students. Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced Friday the Department of State will issue driver’s licenses to young immigrants who are part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program implemented last June. Qualifying participants are young immigrants who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children by their parents. Deferring action means the government does not consider deporting these young adults a top priority, temporarily saving them from threats of deportation, said Veronica Thronson, assistant clinical professor at MSU’s College of Law and director of the Immigration Law Clinic. There are about 1.8 million U.S. immigrants eligible for the DACA program, according to the Immigration Policy Center. On Monday, immigration reform advocacy groups headed to the Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., in Lansing, to kick off the “Dream For All” campaign asking for comprehensive immigration reform and to fill out thankyou cards for Johnson for allowing DACA students to obtain driver’s licenses. “The feds now say they consider these young people to be lawfully present while they participate in the DACA program, so we are required to issue driver’s licenses and identification cards,” Johnson said in a statement. Johnson’s announcement came days after President Barack Obama laid out a plan to help about 11 million immigrants achieve citizenship status. Last Tuesday, Obama said the majority of the millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally, “aren’t looking for any trouble.” Obama said immigrants help the U.S. by keeping the workforce young and technology cutting edge. “There are brilliant students
from all over the world sitting in classrooms at our top universities,” he said. “They’re earning degrees in the fields of the future, like engineering and computer science. But once they finish school, … there’s a good chance they’ll have to leave our country.” Maximo Anguiano, coordinator of Action of Greater Lansing’s Civil Rights for Immigrants Task Force who was in attendance at Monday’s event, said the organization admittedly has seen many defeats throughout the seven years it has been fighting for immigration reform, but between Johnson’s announcement and Obama’s talk of immigration reform, he feels things are looking up. Graduate student Cristina Venegas, president of Comunidad Latino-Americana, an MSU student group that welcomes Lati-
“The feds now say they consider these young people to be lawfully present while they participate in the DACA program.” Ruth Johnson, Michigan Secretary of State
no students to campus, said students from Latin American work hard in the U.S. because many want to take what they learned and apply it when they return home. She said she’s happy to hear DACA students now have the same opportunities as most MSU students. “It’s not their fault that their parents bring them here,” she said. “I think that it’s good they can get their license and be able to drive and go to work.” Thronson, who has interviewed MSU students who qualify for the DACA program, said Obama’s promise to help student immigrants is a positive step toward helping immigrants come to MSU. “There is definitely major impact not only (for) college students but also for students who are looking to enroll at MSU,” she said.
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“The State of Michigan recently proposed a deal with Detroit: A 30-year lease to turn the nation’s largest island park over to the state — in exchange landing the cash-strapped city a $6 million windfall per year. This money could have bolstered recreation services in a time when the 142-square-mile city is teetering precariously on the edge of bankruptcy. — Simon Schuster, State News reporter
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he fate of one of MSU’s most paramount projects is on shaky ground as negotiations between the university and Washington grow increasingly nuclear.
Last week, a national advisory committee backed a ranking of federal funding priorities that placed the planned Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at MSU, or FRIB, second out of three nuclear physics research centers in the country. Despite getting the nod for steadied federal funding from a stop-gap funding bill in September, the committee ranked FRIB second behind the Contin-
uous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility in Virginia and just above the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at New York’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. The U.S. Department of Energy had requested $12 million for MSU’s nuclear research facility for the 2013 fiscal year — the same amount approved by Congress for the current year, but significantly less than the $55 million laid out in the university’s original agreement. Current funding allows for work to continue on FRIB, but at a slower pace than originally laid out. In a worst-case scenario, MSU’s program potentially could be discontinued if the federal government no longer has the means to support all three research centers. Although this news shouldn’t indicate a need for the university to panic anytime soon when considering the overwhelming positives FRIB presents for the state, it’s hard not to be disheartened by the committee’s ranking. In 2008, MSU was chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy as the site for the now $680 million nuclear physics research facility — edging out other institutions and moving to the forefront as a leader in our nation’s scientific community — but issues in funding have been no stranger to its
development. In April 2012, the project had to receive a $40 million lifeline from the U.S. House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee to further its progress while the university searched for additional funding. This backing was $18 million dollars more than the amount set out in President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget proposal. But as turbid as our country’s current financial situation is, when you consider how many areas could be positively impacted by FRIB, these repeated delays become nothing short of disappointing. For Michigan, the need for this project is evident. FRIB has been touted as a massive boost for an ailing state, promising to create hundreds of permanent jobs and generate $1 billion during its first decade. But as vital as this project is for Michigan, FRIB is equally important to the continued success and development of MSU. In addition to expanding the university’s nuclear physics program, which is ranked highest in the nation, FRIB would make MSU a global leader in scientific research and a haven for some of the world’s
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top scientists. Imagine the sense of pride future students would receive from knowing the things they were learning about in class didn’t happen far away, but instead at the very university they attend. Becoming a leader in any field should be a goal in the framework of every university, and something that is supported — not compromised — by our nation’s policy makers. Lawmakers always will be forced to make difficult decisions during hard economic times, but making cuts to education shouldn’t be seen as collateral at the top of this list. FRIB has the potential to cement MSU as a global leader in nuclear research for years to come. Hopefully funding is secure enough to see its completion.
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he 2010 Michigan ban on smoking in bars and restaurants was implemented with the intention of creating a healthier, more enjoyable dining experience. I can tolerate the smell of smoke. It doesn’t bother me — although I certainly understand why it bothers others. My interest, however, is not with the political controversy that envelopes the ban, but rather, the economic dilemma. A recent report from the University of Michigan was released with the intention of “clearing of the air.” Did the ban have an economic impact on Michigan business? Consider, after all, that we have a government telling restaurant owners what is and is not allowed in their establishments — a notorious warning flag of economic inefficiency. The report concluded, however, there were no negative economic effects on bars and restaurants — with the excep-
tion of night clubs, which, prior to the ban, experienced rising sales and have since seen a decrease in sales. This, for the most part, seems to be pretty good news — at least economically. However, I am puzzled as to why we needed a ban in the fi rst place. Let’s think about this. Say you are the owner of a restaurant here in East Lansing, and let’s assume there is no ban. You have the freedom to permit or to prohibit smoking in your establishment. You must now decide what would best satisfy your customers and best serve your business. You fi rst have to determine what type of customer you want to attract. Do you want casual diners who enjoy a glass of cabernet sauvignon with a meal, or do you want hard drinkers? Do you want parents with their children, or do you want rowdy college kids? Perhaps you want to attract both and divide your restaurant into smoking and non-smoking sections. If you want to attract fam-
ilies, it might make sense to ing sections and non-smoking ban smoking. If you believe sections. If they removed the you could make more money ban today, and every bar and from rowdy student patrons, every restaurant were to allow then allowing smoking might smoking, one can imagine the be the economically-efficient fi rst owner to recognize “the potential business in a smokechoice. Either way, should this not free establishment.” I get it, by the be a choice that is left up to the own- GUEST COLUMNIST way. You want to eat at your favorer of the business? ite restaurant withIt is, after all, his or out smoke clouding her business. the air. The fact is, howBut doe s you r e v e r, to d ay we right to a smokehave a government free meal trump an enforcing a ban, owner’s right to run and the question is their business as whether or not that ALEX BROOKS brook194@msu.edu they please? I really is a good idea. don’t think so. One commonly The smoking ban is a good voiced concern about removing the ban is that all restaurants example of how a government suddenly will allow smoking entity limits our economic and there will be nothing but choice. And while this forced intrusmoke-fi lled rooms. I am confident, however, there always sion did not have a significantwill be accommodations for the ly-negative effect, decisions vast majority of customers in a by government to intervene with force generally prevent free society. Before the ban, there were an economy from reaching its smoking and non-smoking res- full potential and causes ecotaurants. There also were smok- nomic hardship, if not outright
decline and poverty. A recent study done by The Heritage Foundation, in partnership with The Wall Street Journal, ranked every country in the world by “economic freedom.” Economic freedom, by their definition, is the “fundamental right of every human to control his or her own labor and property. In an economically-free society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume and invest in any way they please, with that freedom both protected by the state and unconstrained by the state.” Where would you guess the United States ranked? If you had asked me, I would have said fi rst — or at least the top three. Alas, no. The Land of the Free comes in at number 10. Notably, the United States falls behind Canada, which ranks sixth, Australia, third and Hong Kong at number one. What is more alarming is our “economic freedom score” — a score measured using the set of criteria previously mentioned — actually dropped when com-
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pared to last year’s. The drop is because of declines in monetary freedom, business freedom, labor freedom and fiscal freedom. Although the U.S. is well above world averages, the U.S. now has registered a loss of economic freedom for years and has received its lowest score since 2000. In the event you do not feel that economic freedom is important, consider the standard of living along the full spectrum of planetary nations. The top percentiles include Hong Kong, Switzerland, Japan, Great Britain and the U.S. The 50th percentile is occupied by countries like Peru, Mexico and Poland and the bottom percentiles include North Korea, Iran and Cuba. It certainly would appear there is correlation between f reedom and standard of living. Is it possible that our current-economic malaise and our declining score are related? I believe that is precisely the case.
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fandom, it’s as though the world once again has been permitted to continue its orbit around the sun. For others, it brings a shadow of doubt into the music industry. Although much speculation still remains, multiple reports have said the split was brought on by bassist Pete Wentz’s interest in solo ventures and tension in regard to their change in sound. Regardless, the four have put aside any differences and decided to try again. I’ll never forget the first time I heard an FOB song. Seated on the bench at halftime during my
Let the punk gods rejoice. After a less-than-brief threeyear hiatus, pop-punk band Fall Out Boy, or FOB, once again is making headlines for their reunion, upcoming tour and album, which was announced Monday. Their much-awaited new album, “Save Rock and Roll,” is expected to drop May 7. Their 2013 tour includes stops across Europe and the United States, including a visit to The Fillmore in Detroit. For hard-core fans and those embarrassed by their secret-inner
varsity basketball game, a friend handed me an earphone from her iPod and told me to listen. My seventh-grade self was mesmerized by lead singer Patrick Stump’s pipes in “Dance, Dance.” From then on, I was absolutely hooked. But at the height of their success and the peak of my infatuation, they began to change. Their sound shifted. Although popular in sales, their fourth album, “Infinity on High,” showed a subtle switch from their purposefully gritty-suburban Chicago sound to more radio-friendly hits.
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With the release of their fifth album, “Folie à Deux,” it seemed the band had lost themselves. Pete Wentz married a Simpson sister. Patrick Stump became depressed, slimmed down dramatically and posted furiously on his Tumblr account. The album held no hard-core appeal. Although the lyrics were there to a degree, the sound was borderline pop, which brought a large backlash from some of FOB’s most loyal fans. As a fan, I definitely can say I was more surprised by their reunion than I was by their 2009
“break.” But when I heard the news Monday morning, my inner skinny jean-clad teenage self was overcome with hope for the band and their future. They might have gone down swinging, but that doesn’t mean they’ll stay down in the depths among other teenage-punk bands. Sure, they might have changed their sound. They might have lost some fans. They might have hosted some incredibly tense concerts amid their breakup. But I truly believe they have the potential to reflect inward, embrace and rise from their musical ashes.
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The Specktators sign with MTV, Sony MSU alumnus-made By Omari Sankofa II sankofao@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
When MSU alumnus Matt Duda of The Specktators fi rst got an email from MTV in midNovember, he couldn’t believe it. “I initially thought it was fake,” he said. “We emailed them back, they asked us for songs and stuff like that. Eventually we set up a conference call, and it was two and a half weeks before we heard from them again.” A few months later, Duda and his younger brother, supply chain management senior Patrick Duda, are excited for the future of their hip-hop/ electronic group, who recently were signed by MTV and Sony/ ATV’s “Extreme Music.” When MTV called them back in November, Patrick Duda said it took a while for the news to set in. “It wasn’t as big as a deal to us as I would have thought,” he said. “Once we decided to go for it, and once we started telling other people, it started to sink in. Now we look back at it and it’s like ‘Wow, we’ve come a long way.’” Matt Duda, who graduated from MSU last year and goes by the name “Moe-T” within the group, said it’s been a sixyear process from starting the band to getting signed. “I actually started out doing my own singular thing around ‘06, ‘07,” he said. “I just per-
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The Specktators, composed of brothers Matt, left, and Patrick Duda, right. The duo recently signed a deal with MTV and Sony/ ATV’s “Extreme Music.”
“Now signing with MTV gives us a new platform that we can reach a whole new audience with.”
Patrick Duda , who goes by the name “Packi” in the group, said The Specktators was initially a side hustle. “We were both going to school, both work ing and everything,” he said. “Then it just got bigger and bigger, and now we’ve gotten to the point where it’s something that we want to do for the rest of our lives.” It initially took Patrick Duda a while to get over the hump of realizing music was becom-
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formed at local bars and things like that ... I realized (my younger brother) was better than me at rapping, and I was better at producing.”
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Even though the Super Bowl is over, the commercials still are making a buzz among fans and advertisement companies. MSU alumnus Nate Daniels worked on a Doritos commercial, called “Fashionista Daddy,” with Daniels director Mark Freiburger to win Doritos’ annual “Crash the Super Bowl” competition. Daniels and the other finalists did not know who won the competition until the commercial aired live during the Super Bowl. “All the groups were in a suite watching the screen, and I was crazy nervous when sitting with the other finalists,” Daniels said. “I was hoping all day, and I had a sense that we had a chance to win, but we never truly knew.” While they did not win the Facebook vote to secure them airtime against four other finalists, Doritos executives from the competition chose Daniels’ commercial for millions of viewers to see. “When I found out we won, I grabbed Mark and spilled my bag of Doritos all over him,” Daniels said. Students who watched the Doritos commercial, such as commu-
nication freshman Kelsey Anderson, said they enjoyed the commercial because it was something they could relate to. “It’s kind of a proud moment to know that someone who went to MSU had a part of it,” Anderson said. “I have a good relationship with my dad so it was cool to see a daddy-daughter commercial.” Freiburger said he was overjoyed when he saw the first frame of the commercial, but also said he felt bad for his competitors. “Seeing the commercial for the first time was a mixed bag of emotions,” Freiburger said. “There was a lot of joy and relief, but there was sadness because the other finalists in the room lost.” Doritos was offering a cash prize to any of their ads that placed in the top three of the USA Today Ad Meter, but Daniel’s commercial ended up in fourth place, one place shy of winning a cash reward. “We worked so hard on this commercial, so not winning the USA Today contest was kind of a bummer,” Daniels said. “I know I’ll get over it, I am just excited to have my work seen and enjoyed by 100 million people.” With the success from the “Fashionista Daddy” commercial, both Daniels and Freiburger said they are open to working on another Super Bowl commercial. “I am certainly open to making more commercials for the Super Bowl and even working with other companies,” Daniels said.
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ing his career. “The only thing holding me back at the beginning was putting myself out there and telling people ‘This is my music, this is what I’m doing,’” he said. Matt Duda handles the production and Patrick writes and raps the lyrics, something that he’s always enjoyed. “I’ve always loved hiphop and I’ve always loved writing,” he said. “Getting into college, I looked into journalism and English and things like that because it was a big interest of mine.” Graduate student Josh Trexler, who is a friend of Patrick Duda, said he’s seen the group improve since they fi rst started. “Obv iously they have their strengths, Patrick is writing the music, Matt is mastering the music,” Trexler said. “From listening to it when they first started, they’ve gotten infi nitely better at what both of them do.” Now that The Specktators have a deal, Patrick Duda looks for ward to seeing what the future holds. “We’ve been working our way up constantly trying to do the right thing, build a fan base,” Trexler said. “And now signing with MTV gives us a new platform that we can reach a whole new audience with.”
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Injuries might sideline Harris, Trice Valentine appears to be past freshman wall By Dillon Davis davisdi4@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
The bench continues to shrink for the No. 12 MSU men’s basketball team. After battling the injury bug earlier this season, freshman guard Gary Harris and sophomore guard Travis Trice both left Thursday’s 80-75 win against Illinois with a new set of ailments. Trice took a shot to the head in the first half against the Fighting Illini and did not return to the bench for the second half of action. MSU head coach Tom Izzo said it has not been determined if Trice suffered a concussion, and he did not practice with the team Monday. Harris also left Thursday’s game in the second half with back spasms but participated in several team drills Monday. Both players are questionable to play in Wednesday’s game with No. 18 Minnesota (7 p.m., Big Ten Network), though Harris insists he would like to play. “I couldn’t do everything in practice today,” Harris said. “Just kind of taking it easy and not jumping right back into things and hoping I can do more tomorrow, and it’ll feel better on Wednesday.” The duo already have been shaken up this season, forcing Izzo to turn to MSU’s other role players on an already depleted roster. Harris sprained his left shoulder in a November 2012 game against Boise State, and his right
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shoulder briefly popped out in a team practice before the Dec. 22 victory over Texas. In 20 games this season, Harris leads all Big Ten freshmen and is second on the team in scoring with 12.8 points per contest. The injury to Trice potentially is more concerning, as the Huber Heights, Ohio native nearly missed the first three weeks of the year after suffering a concussion and a broken nose in the team’s regular season opener against Connecticut. Trice was not made available for comment Monday. Izzo said losing two of the team’s top shooters could make the road in the Big Ten much more difficult for MSU, as he expects it would for any team in the same circumstance. “If those two guys aren’t playing for any extended period of time we’re in trouble,” Izzo said. “But Michigan’s in trouble, Indiana’s in trouble, everybody’s in trouble if two of your better shooters, better players aren’t playing, I don’t expect that. “That can decimate anybody’s season.” With the two players’ previous struggles with injuries this year, the impact can be seen and felt in the rotation on the practice floor. Having already lost sophomore guard Brandan Kearney in December when he left the
team to transfer to Arizona State, the injuries force the team to turn to others such as freshman Denzel Valentine and sophomore Russell Byrd for quality minutes. Sophomore guard/forward Branden Dawson said the team practiced well Monday, but certainly missed the abilities of Harris and Trice. “We kind of missed those guys because they’re two of our best shooters, but during the season, those guys have kind of been up and down,” Dawson said. “First, Gary had the shoulder injury and then Travis had the concussion, so without those guys — they’re two main aspects to this team.” With five of the team’s final nine games coming against teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25, Izzo said his team will need to patch a roster together until his two guards are ready for a healthy return. “We’re just gonna piece it and grind it and try to get through it whatever way we get through it,” he said. “I don’t have the answers because I don’t know who’s gonna be there but when somebody’s not there, it’s somebody else’s opportunity.”
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After leading the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory Sunday night, it’s a season of winning for the talented man under center. But the feeling for the MSU wrestling team could not be more different. With a pair of losses last weekend, the Spartans have lost eight-straight matches, and are an abysmal 0-7 in the Big Ten. But it’s not the results that are so disappointing, it’s how they’re getting them. Countless times this season the Spartans were looking good, but one pin, one takedown or even one escape lost the momentum, and more
importantly, the match. You could blame it on the youth, the opponents or the lack of effort, but in reality it’s a combination of all three. It’s the little details that must be improved if MSU is to salvage this season, and with a showdown with Michigan looming, the sooner the better. But the good far outweighs the bad. The motto for head coach Tom Minkel is to get better every week, and it is apparent his mantra has been working. With a 26-3 record and seven pins, who knows how far No. 7 junior heavyweight Mike McClure can go in the
Freshman guard Denzel Valentine tries to drive past Illinois guard Joseph Bertrand. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Illini, 80-75, Thursday at Breslin Center.
By Josh Mansour mansou13@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
Weaving his way through the defense, Denzel Valentine spotted his teammate open in the corner on the opposite side of the court — yet, that wasn’t where he passed the ball. Instead, he made a routine delivery to a teammate stationed near the top of the key, who swung the ball to the open player in the corner. Pass, pass, shot, score, fist pump. The pattern repeated itself over and over. No, this wasn’t in the No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team’s (184 overall, 7-2 Big Ten) 80-75 victory over Illinois on Thursday, in which Valentine produced arguably the best game of his young career, netting a career-high 14 points. It was in a Jan. 29 practice two days earlier. It was one of the first glimpses of a possible breakthrough on the horizon for a first-year player who joined the starting lineup four games into his collegiate career, but recently was moved to the bench, relegated to talk of running into a “freshman wall.” “I’ve been having good practices the last week and a half; I just didn’t transfer it to the game,” Valentine said. “I was putting pressure on myself. I just took the pressure off and just went in there and played.” “Pressure” has been a word regularly discussed in regard to Valentine since he decided to follow in the path of his father, playing basketball just seven miles from
the high school where his father coached him to two state titles. But as he sat at his locker Thursday night, Valentine said the nerves came from a different source. “I was just getting down on myself too much, feeling sorry for myself,” Valentine said. “I need to just let that stuff go and listen to what (the coaches) say, not how they say it, and just play.” In search of a way to break through, Tom Izzo reached out to the last man to coach his freshman to success — Valentine’s father, Carlton Valentine. “I asked his dad to come over the other day just to talk and see how we can help him because he’s
been struggling,” Izzo said. “That was Valentine’s best game, and I’m going to give his dad some credit.” Denzel Valentine admitted there was nothing his father said that MSU’s coaches hadn’t said countless times before. Yet, this time the message clicked: bad plays will happen, but successful players don’t let them linger into the next. “I did play better, but I’m really (critical) of myself,” he said. “I didn’t make all the right plays and … I’m not going to just pat myself on the back. You can always get better. Everybody can always get better. I took a step up, but I still can get a lot better.”
NCAA Championships. After each loss he came back stronger. He has two 10-match winning streaks on the year. Senior 149-pounder Dan Osterman is having a better victory lap than the final season of Seinfeld. He has two huge wins against No. 7 Jake Sueflohn of Nebraska and Mike Kelly of Iowa, and even his less successful outings give the team someone to rally behind. His goal of being on the podium at season’s end seems within reach. The team is growing by leaps and bounds after every match. In the nation’s premiere
wrestling conference, where three of the top five teams are in the Big Ten, there’s no doubt each match is going to be a challenge. After stepping in for the injured senior David Cheza, sophomore 157-pounder Ryan Watts arguably has had the biggest challenge of any wrestler on the team. He’s faced No. 1, 2 and 6 in the last few weeks, and although he didn’t win, he proudly came out with a good showing as the respect for him within his team soars. Sophomore 184-pounder John Rizqallah is setting himself up for a long and very success-
ful career in green and white. Seven of the 10 wrestlers in MSU’s starting lineup are freshmen or sophomores, and there are talented athletes waiting in the wings. The experiences from this season will only benefit them. Flacco lost to the Patriots a year ago, and now is planning a parade in the streets of Baltimore. In the end, you only can have success after suffering some disappointment. The trip to Disney World won’t happen this year, but MSU is setting themselves up to have magical success in the future.
JUSTIN WAN/THE STATE NEWS
HOCKEY
BACK OF THE NET
—Alyssa Girardi, SN
A breakdown of all the goals scored thus far by the MSU ice hockey team
*Goaltenders not included in player count
2 GOALS
SCORE BY CLASS
10
26
Freshmen
Sophomores
(8 players)
(3 players)
12
10
Seniors
Juniors
(4 players)
(5 players)
MSU leading goal scorer, Matt Berry (11 goals)
SCORE BY POSITION
STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO
7
51
Defensemen 1ST PERIOD
Forwards
2ND PERIOD
3RD PERIOD
MSU GOALS SCORED IN REGULAR SEASON 16
18
22
GOALS ALLOWED IN REGULAR SEASON 21
31
22