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THERE’S AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL PRESSURE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND THAT DOESN’T ALLOW PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT feel fulfilled MENTAL HEALTH FREELY. I couldn’t for some reason.

The vocabulary and the way that There is way people talk about mental health more to me than or illnesses in general. I think that’s where we need to start — my disorders. by changing the conversation. I was in and out, up and down with depression for a long time.

I started feeling that I was IT’S NOT TALKED ABOUT different from There’s an AND THERE ARE NO in my everyone else. imbalance brain and that’s Things started to feel off.

okay.

People tend to think that you’re just lazy when you’re depressed and they don’t understand.

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I MADE IT MY MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY COULD FEEL THAT WAY. Even if you move on and you get better., you’ll always remember how you felt..

When you talk about mental health, people kind of say, ‘Well don’t you have more important things to do than be sad all the time?’ IT IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE ON THIS CAMPUS.

ON THE INSIDE this week is mental health awareness week. with campus organizations hosting events to bring more attention to mental illnesses and attempting to lessen the stigma surrounding them, these brave students shared their own experiences living with mental illnesses. — PAGES 6 AND 7

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After snow and rain, MSU prepares for possible Red Cedar River flooding BY RACHEL FRADETTE RFRADETTE@STATENEWS.COM

As temperatures rise, the snow melts away and April showers bring May flowers, the banks of Red Cedar River are slowly getting higher. With more rain to be expected, according to recent forecasts, flooding is bound to happen. “Flooding mostly happens around this time of year, early spring when thawing or melting is occurring in the ground,” Infrastructure Planning and Facilities maintenance engineer and central control supervisor Stacy Nurenberg said. Nevertheless, Nurenberg and other experts at MSU said there’s not much to worry about in terms of flooding this year. “The river is high,” fisheries and wildlife professor Daniel Hayes

“We will have floods. There are times it rains a lot and times there’s a lot of snow melting, and that’s just how nature works.” Daniel Hayes, fisheries and wildlife professor

said. “That’s clear. But whether we’re in a flood is a different story.” Hayes said there are standards the National Weather Service uses to gauge flooding, and while the river has gotten pretty high at some points this year, it hasn’t entered the “flood” range yet. Nurenberg said at MSU, no flood damage has occurred on a gauge reading of 8.6 feet and lower, but MSU begins taking preventative measures at about 6 feet. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as of Wednesday afternoon, Red Cedar River’s last observed height was around 4.8 feet. “(The Red Cedar flooding) hasn’t and is not expected to affect anything this year,” Nurenberg said. Nurenberg also said should Red Cedar River ever start to flood this year, Infrastructure Planning and Facilities has an extensive flood plan to put in place to protect MSU assets. “We can predict what is affected at each river level as it rises, and we have mapped out the actions that need to be taken to protect our assets as much as we can,” Nurenberg said. “Extreme flooding conditions will include using flood protection devices to build walls to protect certain buildings in the floodplain. Measures are

Red Cedar River is flooded March 17 on Farm Lane. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

also taken to protect MSU’s utility infrastructure of steam and electric, which are all underground and cross the river to get from the power plant to north campus.” Hayes also clarified floods are not always a distinctly negative occurrence. “One of the things is, as humans, we have these connotations of floods being damaging,” Hayes said. “But it’s worth recognizing that our word for ‘flood’ is normal. For a lot of the big rivers, like

the Mississippi and the Nile, floods are what made them the cradle of civilization and important agriculturally.” Hayes said floods, in our terms, usually aren’t good or bad. They just are. “We will have floods,” Hayes said. “There are times it rains a lot and times there’s a lot of snow melting, and that’s just how nature works.”

Bill proposed to protect student journalists BY RACHEL FRADETTE RFRADETTE@STATENEWS.COM

Lawmakers in Michigan introduced Senate Bill 848, the Student Free Press and Civics Readiness Act, which could help protect high school and college journalists’ First Amendment rights. Bill 848 aims to educate and aid young journalists on subjects such as censorship and their First Amendment rights. Michigan State Sen. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) introduced the bill to the Senate on March 8. Since its introduction, the bill was passed unaminiously in the Senate Judiciary Committee and will move on to the Senate floor. Bill 848 enacts school’s officials cannot restrain the expression of school-sponsored media. School officials may only intervene if the subject material falls under specific conditions such as slanderous, libelous, unwarranted invasion of privacy, violates a state or federal law and if the material could incite dangerous behavior. Additionally, the bill would protect students by not allowing schools officials to dismiss a student journalist or media adviser for the content of a student’s expression. “We want to make sure that it’s really clear what student journalists can publish and can’t publish,” Michigan Interscholastic Press Association, or MIPA, executive director and MSU journal2

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ism professor Jeremy Steele said. Steele said the bill would help clarify the rights of both the journalism students and advisers. It would put together a list of where school officials can step in. Currently, there is gray area in terms of legislation that causes confusion about roles of both.

“Understanding the ethical responsibilities that come with the First Amendment is important and ought to be encouraged at both the high school and collegiate level.” Sue Carter, MSU journalism professor

He added MIPA advocated for the introduction of the bill. “A lot of guys are afraid to say anything negative or say how they truly feel,” journalism sophomore Zach Barnes said. Barnes said he works at Impact 89FM and can sometimes feel the wave of censorship when deciding what content to publish. “I think you should be able to have an opinion or ask the questions you feel are important to your story,” Barnes said. Steele said the group who pushed for the legislation to get intro-

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duced was inspired by a group of college students in North Dakota who drafted a bill on the subject and had it pass in the state. “I think it is important that journalists who are in high school have the opportunity to exercise their First Amendment rights,” MSU journalism professor Sue Carter said. Eight states have similar protective bills enacted in the states. About six states have legislation being introduced or close to introduction, Steele said. “Understanding the ethical responsibilities that come with the First Amendment is important and ought to be encouraged at both the high school and collegiate level,” Carter said. Carter said education is essential so students can know and exercise their rights. “What this bill does is try to balance the responsibilities that school officials have to make sure that students are safe,” Steele said. Steele said it’s important to make sure students are engaged citizens. “At MIPA, we definitely see the need for legislation like this and we see the benefits every day from the students who participate in journalism activities whether it’s in high schools or colleges and universities across the state,” Steele said. Editor’s note: Jeremy Steele is a member of The State News’ Board of Directors.

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Short NCAA Tournament run impacts local apparel sales

Copeland and Davis lead Spartan football in the spring

Anti-Semitic culture felt by some MSU students

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RELIGIOUS GUIDE News Look for this directory in the paper every Thursday and online at: www.statenews.com/religious Ascension Lutheran Church 2780 Haslett Rd., E. Lansing Between Hagadorn & Park Lake Rds. (517) 337-9703 Adult Bible Study: 9am Good Friday 1PM & 7PM Easter Breakfast 9:00 AM Easter Service 10:00 AM ascensioneastlansing.org Chabad House of MSU Your Jewish home, away from home 540 Elizabeth St. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 214-0525 chabadmsu.com Friday evenings: 20 minutes after sunset followed by Shabbat dinner Saturday: 11am, Torah reading at 12pm Eastminster Presbyterian Church 1315 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823 (517) 337-0893 www.eastminsterchurch.org Sunday School for All Ages: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 10:30am UKirk Presbyterian Campus Ministry www.ukirkmsu.org Faith Fellowship Baptist Church 1001 Dakin St. Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 853-9897 Sunday Morning Worship: 11am Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study: 6:30pm Van service available to church Campus Bible Study: Tuesday at 7:00 pm in Chemistry Bldg. www.ffbc.us First Baptist Church of Okemos 4684 Marsh Rd. Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 349-2830 www.fbcokemos.org/worship Sunday worship: 10:45am Greater Lansing Church of Christ 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI (Meeting at the University Christian Church building) (517) 898-3600 Students welcome! Sunday Worship: 8:45am Sunday Bible class: 10am Wednesday: 7pm - praise and worship Students please feel free to call for rides http://www.greaterlansingcoc.org

Lansing Church of God in Christ 5304 Wise Rd., Lansing, MI 48911 http://lansingcogic.org/ Worship hours Sunday: 10:30am, 5:00pm Monday Family Prayer: 6:00pm Little Flock Christian Fellowship A Non-DenominationalEvagelical Church MSU Alumni Chapel (Basement Hall) Sunday Worship Service: 10am-12 Noon. Fellowship Lunch after the service Weekly Bibly Studies & Students’ Meetings. littleflock.msu@gmail.com www.littleflock.org

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MSU alumnus Rex Kendle shops March 23 at 421 E. Grand River Avenue. Kendle was in town visiting friends who live in the area. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

“I would expect at least a 10 percent drop in business,” said manager of Campus Corner Chad Freehauf, compared to this time last year during MSU’s Final Four run. “I can’t put an exact figure on it, but we’ll definitely lose some.” It’s a weird thing to think about, given MSU’s success through the past couple of years. “We’re spoiled, we’re spoiled,” Freehauf said. “Especially with both teams doing well the past couple of years.” For others like Mike Wylie, assistant manager at Student Book Store, or SBS, the wins through the years have been just an added bonus to an already solid business model. “Did it affect our business? Absolutely, but you’ve got to take a long, long view of an excellent season,” Wylie said. “Both as business and as a community we benefit both from Michigan State and our sports program(s), so you have to take the good with the bad.” SBS employees don’t see the loss as an anything

other than unfortunate and view trips to the Final Four as something special, which can add money to the register at the end of day. “Those are exceptional events and there’s no way you can make up for them,” Wylie said. “If you build your business model about always going to a Final Four, you need to reexamine your business model.” However, Tom Tatum, a manager of Campus Street Sportswear, saw the loss as almost a sigh of relief for the business. “I know sales were kind of huge last year but we’re also not bringing in a bunch of extra merchandise, so it’s actually letting us get rid of stuff that we’ve been trying to get rid for a while,” Tatum said. “So they’ll buy that instead of Final Four stuff.” In terms of hurting the business however, Tatum mentioned he was uncertain whether or not a deep tournament run might have helped business. “Yes and no,” Tatum said. “It all remains to be seen.” Furthermore, Tatum said Campus Street Sportswear wasn’t planning to bring in a lot of Final Four merchandise if the team made it. “We weren’t gonna go too crazy on it this year,” Tatum said. “It almost seems like it’s better when there’s staggering.” Staggering meaning a once-every-so-many-years event, which would propel more people to buy when the rare event happens instead of repeated trips to the big stage. Though basketball might have caused an unexpected loss in revenue, MSU football’s trip to the College Football Playoff added another element to the money picture. For some it wasn’t worth it. “No one seemed to want it,” Tatum said about the playoff gear at Campus Street Sportswear. For others, it bolstered the money flow. “Boosted business big time,” Freehauf said of the playoff. But it wasn’t enough to make up for the money last year’s Final Four run generated, Freehauf said. The businesses, however, will do their own things to offset the missed opportunity. “Bringing in new merchandise and styles,” Freehauf said. “Freshen up our window displays, try to make everything look nice and new and hope for a good graduation.”

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Outside of the teams themselves, the biggest benefactors of a Spartan victory might just be the apparel shops along Grand River Avenue. And for the past 10 years or so business has boomed as MSU has piled up victories on the games’ brightest stages. But after years of seemingly endless wins in basketball and a resurgence in football, the impact of extra revenue can be taken for granted. A year after an unexpected run to the Final Four which resulted in unanticipated revenue for East Lansing’s apparel shops, the shocking upset of MSU basketball last week has three shops finding ways to add the cash to the drawers they’ve been accustomed to.

“I would expect at least a 10 percent drop in business. I can’t put an exact figure on it, but we’ll definitely lose some.” Chad Freehauf manager of Campus Corner

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Ryan Kryska Managing editor feedback@statenews.com @thesnews

overcoming stigmas of mental illness BY RACHEL FRADETTE

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Each year, MSU hosts a Mental Health Awareness Week with help from the Associate Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU. This week aims to highlight resources, generate discussions, and ultimately lessen the stigma surrounding mental illness. These four students share their own battles with mental health in hopes that it will shine a light on what it is like to live with a mental illness. BRYN

For an active, young student-government member, who was all of the sudden losing touch, fear began to take over. Political theory junior and ASMSU vice president for governmental affairs Bryn Williams first started to notice a change in his own behavior during his sophomore year of college. “I couldn’t feel fulfilled for some reason,” Williams said. He said he spent the summer of 2014 working for ASMSU and when the school year started something was going wrong. “It was an entirely different experience,” Williams said. “It was just something that didn’t feel right.” Williams said he was unsure of what caused him to feel this way, and concluded it was a variety of things. “My social life took a hit because of that,” Williams said, adding that he had trouble feeling comfortable in social situations. He said he no longer enjoyed going out to places because of a lot of social pressure.

“There’s an immense amount of social pressure on college campuses and that doesn’t allow people to talk about mental health freely,” Williams said. Williams said he felt like everyone was moving quickly around him while he was stuck. The fear of speaking with someone while already in a vulnerable state could be a reason many people shy away from help, he said. “When you first start to understand the implications of a slightly altered mental health state, you don’t recognize the extent to which you may be just actually in need of talking to someone,” Williams said. Williams said during winter break he had an injury that needed corrective surgery and that the limit on his mobility dug a ditch for his already low mental state. His family began to notice. “They just realized I wasn’t who they knew me to be,” Williams said. During his bout with depression, he lost friends. He said both ends stopped trying. Williams said his struggle with “minor depression” has made him advocate for those who feel like they’re alone in the fight.

Political theory junior Bryn Williams smiles for a portrait in the pool March 17 at IM Sports-Circle. Williams says he feels most at peace and free from his troubles when he swims. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

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When most people are nine years old, they are finally starting to come out of their shell and try new things. Business freshman Emma Cantrell had just been diagnosed with depression and was trying to figure out why she felt the way she did. “I started feeling that I was different from everyone else,” Cantrell said. Cantrell said she was on and off medication until her freshman year of high school.

“I didn’t want to tell anyone about it because I blamed myself. I felt like it was something that I brought upon myself. ... I was in and out, up and down with depression for a long time.” Emma Cantrell, MSU business freshman

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Cantrell described her freshman year as a low, vulnerable time. She said she started to talk to a boy she went to school with about her suicidal thoughts and depression, and it quickly went wrong. “I missed a lot of warning flags,” Cantrell said. “He sexually assaulted me.” Cantrell said she eventually told her parents and went to police, but nothing came out of the process. “I didn’t want to tell anyone about it because I blamed myself,” Cantrell

said. “I felt like it was something that I brought upon myself.” Cantrell said the next day she made an attempt to take her life. She said she was taken to a mental hospital and went through therapy. “I was in and out, up and down with depression for a long time,” Cantrell said. Cantrell said after returning home from a study abroad trip, things began to go wrong and she attempted suicide again, this time as an adult. Her transition to college was not an easy one with her mental disorder. “I skipped all of my classes for three days and just laid in bed,” Cantrell said. “I felt depressed.” Cantrell said her battle eventually improved, but she still struggles every day. “There’s a lot of misconceptions about mental health and mental hospitals,” Cantrell said. Most people don’t know what to do about mental health or how to act around it, Cantrell said. “People tend to think that you’re just lazy when you’re depressed and they don’t understand,” she said. Her own experience has made her able to talk with people who struggle with their own mental state. She said everything she’s been through defines who she is, but in a positive way. “My normal is depression, and that’s not just sad all the time” Cantrell said, adding that her depression is not something she will get over, but is a part of her that she will always have. “Even if you move on and you get better,” Cantrell said. “You’ll always remember how you felt.”

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NICK Social work junior Nick Holcman plays guitar in his room March 18 in East Lansing. Holcman said he doesn’t know where he would be without music and has been playing guitar since he was 9 years old. PHOTO: EMILY ELCONIN

When social work junior Nick Holcman was twoyears-old, he and his mother started to notice he was changing. “Growing up, I always kind of felt that something was wrong,” Holcman said. Holcman, a transgender man, struggled with gender identity most of his young life. He said he experienced gender dysphoria, or the feeling of one’s sex not matching their gender, throughout his childhood and into his teenage years. “It got so bad that my freshman year of high school I tried to commit suicide,” Holcman said. Holcman said he wound up in a mental hospital, where he finally heard the word “transgender.” He was then diagnosed with depression and a generalized anxiety disorder while in the hospital. He said his diagnosis brought him solace because it put a name to how he was feeling. “At the time I was very prone to the stigma of medication with mental health disorders,” Holcman said. With the harsh stigma surrounding medication for mental health disorders, he said he still struggles with the stigma and has yet to go on medication. “I also struggled with self-harm,” Holcman said. “High school is really an intense time for everyone.”

Holcman said after his diagnosis, he wanted to help his peers who were struggling with mental illnesses. He is the co-founder of the MSU chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms, or TWLOHA. The organization raises money for mental health resources and provides assistance to those dealing with self-harm. He said the organization has become a support group for anyone who is battling a mental health disorder. Holcman came out as transgender his freshman year of high school, and said this confusing time began to show him how large the stigma is surrounding mental health. “When you talk about mental health, people kind of say, ‘Well, don’t you have more important things to do than be sad all the time?’” Holcman said. Holcman said he has bad social anxiety and doesn’t like to leave his house. His only experience with on-campus resources was to get approved to start hormones through Olin, he said. The process took about four months. Holcman’s own experience have made him fight for and offer advice to anyone dealing with mental health alone. “Find help,” Holcman said. “Talking about it is really the most important.” Read the full profiles at statenews.com.

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Microbiology-environmental biology senior Mirijam Garske meditates to a reading of the poem “All The Way” by Charles Bukowski March 19 in her apartment in East Lansing. Garske has been meditating since she was in the eighth grade. PHOTO: EMILY ELCONIN MIRIJAM

A simple act — walking to class or sitting in lecture — can spiral into a terrifying event for microbiology-environental biology senior Mirijam Garske. Garske was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and a panic disorder in addition to her phobias, which can cause problems with her anxiety. “It’s such a huge issue,” Garske said. “There are so little resources available around

campus.” Garske describes her experience with Olin Psychiatry Services as a “complete disaster.” She said there was a four month waitlist when she sought help during her junior year. Garske said last year she would avoid a class throughout the semester because of its large size and improbability of her being able to escape. She said her claustrophobia affects her on a day-to-day basis in addition to her anxiety.

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48 Animal in the Chinese zodiac 49 Karen and Adam on a hill? 53 Eellike fish 54 Brand with classic “beep beep” commercials 58 Forte 59 Eddie and Arsenio in a concert venue? 63 Scams 64 __ firma 65 Exam type 66 Some honored Brits: Abbr. 67 Aerosol targets 68 Europe’s highest volcano

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18 Acclaim 22 “You __ Destiny” 24 To the manor born 25 Dijon deity 26 Property recipient, in law 27 Nile threats 28 Hot stuff? 29 Affection 34 Campus breeze 35 It might be a big benefit 36 Cut and paste, say 38 Muzzle wearer, probably 39 Derisive shout 42 One way to get backstage 46 Worked in a salon 47 Art major’s subj. 49 Rattling sound 50 Golden calf maker, in Exodus 51 “Peachy-keen!” 52 Second-deepest U.S. lake 55 Trading center 56 Feud faction 57 Clay crock 60 Good bud 61 Guess wrong 62 Dorm deputies: Abbr.

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Someone once told me I shouldn’t write about mental illness. He said no one wanted to read about people who couldn’t get out of bed in the morning, adding that anyone who has panic attacks needs to “man up and get over it.” Of course, as he said this he was HOLLAND unaware of the fact that I had medication for depression and two anxiety disorders in my purse. My cheeks heated up, but I bit back a defensive response as he belittled the experiences of myself, family members and closest friends, mostly because I found myself wondering if he was right. So, consider this column a big middle finger to his opinion. I was diagnosed with severe cases of generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder and a mild episode of major depressive disorder at the beginning of my sophomore year at MSU, though the counselor said she believed I’d been dealing with these issues since I was a child. She probably wasn’t wrong. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, or ADAA, the median age for symptoms of social anxiety disorder to appear is 13 years old. Generalized anxiety disorder tends to be onset between childhood and middle age. What everyone had brushed off as shyness during my youth was actually a sometimes overwhelming, and admittedly irrational, fear of being around other people. That fear morphed into a need to be drunk at parties in order to be comfortable and morphed further into panic attacks, once so severe my neighbors could hear me hyperventilating through the walls. After I was officially diagnosed, my mental illnesses became conversation starters — ”Did you know your uncle has anxiety so severe that he can’t even drive on the freeway?” and “You know, depression actually runs on our side of the family,” were suddenly approachable topics whenever family members and friends saw the little green bottle of pills from Olin Health Center. I never knew how to

respond to them, because I knew their hearts were in the right place, but I couldn’t help but wonder where these conversations were when I was young and afraid because I had no idea what was wrong with me. But conversations centered around mental illness were a rarity while I was growing up, and any of those few conversations only strengthened the negative stigma. In high school, self-harm was construed as a cry for attention and being too anxious to present in front of the class was dismissed as an excuse to get out of the assignment. Mental health wasn’t taken seriously — I didn’t want people to whisper that I was crazy or making excuses, so I kept what I felt to myself. Bottling those feelings backfired horribly by the time I made it to MSU, and without the friends I’d made who recognized my symptoms and pushed me to go to Olin, I probably would have continued to sweep my symptoms under the rug. According to a 2007 survey from the ADAA, 36 percent of people who have social anxiety disorder wait approximately 10 years or more before actively seeking treatment, so about the time those 13 year olds are in college or preparing to leave it. If the importance of mental health was addressed at a younger age — if mental health was treated to be as much of a priority as physical health usually is — maybe it wouldn’t take so long for people to feel safe talking about it. When I broke my arm in elementary school I was excused from weeks of writing assignments. After a panic attack kept me up until past 2 a.m. and I missed one of my morning classes, I was refused the opportunity to make up a quiz. Anxiety to me means picking at the skin of my fingertips until they bleed to distract myself. It means sitting in the middle of Wells Hall while my hands start to shake and my throat starts to constrict with the beginning of a panic attack. It means the constant, lingering fear that everyone, even the people closest to me, wishes I wasn’t around. Every reaction seems like an overreaction to the outside eye. To someone with an anxiety disorder, these overreactions are a response to genuinely believing everything is falling to pieces around them. Read more at statenews.com

Many mental health resources available ON-CAMPUS RESOURCES MSU Counseling Center: The counseling center at MSU has resources for just about everything, including couple’s counseling, substance abuse counseling, LGBT resources and sexual assault resources. No scheduled appointment is necessary for most of their services. Their walk-in hours are from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Friday. MSU Counseling Center Student Services 556 East Circle Dr. Room 207 517-355-8270 MSU Sexual Assault Program: A unit operating within the MSU Counseling Center, the Sexual Assault Program works with victims of sexual assault by providing counseling services and support groups. Their crisis phone line is open 24 hours a day. 517-372-6666 Olin Health Center at MSU: The Olin Health Center is available for health screenings across the board, offering STI testing, vaccinations, women’s health services and relaxation services such as massages. They also have a pharmacy with free on-campus pick up and delivery, and prescription refills can be requested 24/7 via phone or online. 463 E. Circle Drive 517-353-6546 MSU Safe Place: MSU Safe Place is Michigan State’s resident relationship

abuse program, which offers services like emergency shelter, counseling services, safety planning and support groups. All services are free and confidential. 517-355-1100 MSU POLICE Emergency: 911 Business Line: 517-355-2221 Off-campus resources The Listening Ear: The Listening Ear are volunteers trained to handle many crises including depression, suicide, loneliness, sexual assault and grief. They are open 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. 2504 E. Michigan Ave. 517-337-1717 Community Mental Health: A clinic that specializes in mental health services in the Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties. 812 East Jolly Road Phone: 517-346-8200 Mental Health Crisis Hotline: 517-346-8460 Gateway Community Services: Gateway Community offers its services to youth ages 12-20 who are living on the streets or “couch surfing.” They offer temporary housing and have a 24-hour hotline. 517-882-7217 Toll free: 1-877-833-3689 4287 Five Oaks Dr. in Lansing National Suicide Prevention (Lifeline)

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Return of Vayante Copeland and Ed Davis to bolster MSU defense BY SOUICHI TERADA STERADA@STATENEWS.COM

Defense wins championships. The common saying is uttered often by both sports fanatics and critics alike. For the Michigan State football program, they know firsthand how important it is to have a great defense. That’s why the return of both Vayante Copeland and Ed Davis will be huge for the Spartan defense going forward. Spring practice is underway in East Lansing and the addition of the two adds a new element to the defense.

“Prior to the injury, (Copeland) is a quick-bodied guy, great ball skills, great tackler in space. I thought he had a great first game against Western Michigan.” Mark Dantonio, MSU football head coach

During the Spartan’s magical season in 2013, where they won a school-record 13 games, the defense stood out the most as the team leaned on it all year. To cap that season off, they won the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl. Just a few months ago on New Year’s Eve, the Spartans were painfully shutout 38-0 in the College Football Playoffs by the Alabama Crimson Tide. On the other end of the spectrum, a great defense can kill momentum and stifle the offense. In the past, Michigan State has featured first round NFL talent in the secondary. Former first round picks Darqueze Dennard and Trae Waynes come to mind when thinking about those great Spartan defenses. Copeland appears to be following the footsteps of those two players. A redshirt freshman last year before going down for the season, he earned his starting spot at cornerback. Head coach Mark Dantonio had high praise for the next potential great corner in Spartan lore. “Prior to the injury, (Copeland) is a quick-bodied guy, great ball skills, great tackler in space,” Dantonio said. “I thought he had a great first game against Western (Michigan).” Before going down with a neck injury during

Then-junior linebacker Ed Davis high fives linebackers/special teams coach Mike Tressel during the game against Indiana Oct. 18, 2014, at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 56-17. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO.

the game against the Oregon Ducks, Copeland was playing extremely well. In that one game against Western Michigan, he had four tackles, two for loss. He capped it all off with his first career interception in the end zone that helped seal MSU’s first victory. While the nature of a neck injury can be extremely tricky, Copeland seems to have not missed a beat during his time out. “He looks quicker, faster, very under-controlled, very balanced,” Dantonio said. “That’s what he’s demonstrated throughout winter conditioning.” In the case of Davis, he’s put into an interesting position right away. During his absence, then-sophomore linebacker Jon Reschke filled in admirably. During the Spartan’s win against

the Ohio State Buckeyes, he was a key part in limiting them to a season-low 132 yards. In terms of what to do with the two, it’s a predicament. In the past, Dantonio hasn’t had a problem with having too much talent on his team, but the linebacker situation offers Dantonio options that he hasn’t seen in his 10 years at MSU. “I think Reschke would be a guy that would probably move out (to strongside linebacker),” Dantonio said. “(Reschke is) faster than Ed (Davis). Although Ed has the athletic ability to move out there as well. I’m not sure which.” Dantonio then went on to mention how strong the linebacking crew is at Michigan State. Not just Davis and Reschke, but fifth-year senior Riley Bullough will also be back this season.

Listed atop the depth chart is also sophomore Andrew Dowell. While Davis might seem like he’s coming in and disrupting the linebacking core, there’s no denying his talent. During his junior season, he received an honorable All-Big Ten mention and was primed to capitalize to explode his senior year. The season-ending injury to Davis was a huge bummer for last year’s team. But for the 20162017 squad, it looks to have a huge impact for MSU’s quest to another Big Ten championship crown. Both Davis and Copeland will play a huge role in 2016. It remains to be seen but they both add another dimension to the team, giving the coaches tons of flexibility.

MSU gymnastics reaches NCAA Regionals BY JOHN LAVACCARE JLAVACCARE@STATENEWS.COM

The MSU women’s gymnastics team has earned a spot in the NCAA Regional Championships for the 17th time in program history, according to a press release. The Spartans will be the No. 6 seed in the Athens regional, hosted in Athens, Ga. at the University of Geor-

gia campus. The Spartans will compete against Arizona, George Washington, Georgia, LSU and Oregon State in Athens. T he Spa r ta ns a re ma k i ng t hei r second-straight NCAA Regionals appearance. Last year at the Ames regional hosted by Iowa State University, MSU finished fourth out of six competing teams. The top two scoring teams at

each regional earn a spot at Nationals. The women’s gymnastics team is coming off a seventh-place finish at the Big Ten Championships hosted by the University of Nebraska last week. The Spartans finished with a 195.475 team score, their best Big Ten Championship finish in seven years, according to the release. Junior Elena Lagoski and sophomore Hailee Westney were named to the AllT H U RS DAY, MARC H 24, 2 01 6

Big Ten Championship team. The Spartans were led in regional qualifying score by senior Lisa Burt, who finished 11th in the Big Ten with a 39.265 score for the regular season, according to the release.Burt and teammate Lagoski were both named to the All-Big Ten Second Team for their regular-season performances. The regionals will take place April 2. TH E STATE N E WS

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DENZEL VALENTINE Position: senior guard Height: 6-foot-5 Hometown: Lansing

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AKYAH TAYLOR Position: senior guard Height: 5-foot-11 Hometown: Elkhart, Ind.

POINTS PER GAME: 19.2 ASSISTS PER GAME: 7.8 REBOUNDS PER GAME: 7.5 FG %: .462 3-PT FG%: .444

POINTS PER GAME: 10.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME: 8.2 BLOCKS PER GAME: 1.2 FG %: .561 FT%: .752

POINTS PER GAME: 7.5 REBOUNDS PER GAME: 5.5 BLOCKS PER GAME: 1.8 FG %: .598 FT%: .605

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POINTS PER GAME: 11.4 REBOUNDS PER GAME: 5.1 STEALS PER GAME: 2.2 FG %: .436 3-PT FG%:. 39

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TOP MOMENTS FROM MEN AND WOMENS BASKETBALL SEASONS Dec. 12 Men: MSU 58 Florida 52 With the 2000 National Championship team on hand to watch at Breslin Center, MSU found a way to grind out a victory against the Gators.

Nov. 17 Men: MSU 79 Kansas 73 Valentine’s 29 point, 12 rebound, 12 assist triple-double led the way as the Spartans earned a huge non-conference victory against a talented Kansas Jayhawk squad at the Champions Classic in Chicago.

Nov. 26 Men: MSU 99 Boston College 68 Valentine had his second triple-double of the season, this time a 29 point, 11 rebound, 10 assist performance as the Spartans routed the Golden Eagles to help MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo to his 500th career victory. 10

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Jan. 23 Men: MSU 74 Maryland 65 Coming off a three-game losing streak, this game had everything -- College GameDay, a rocking Breslin Center, sweet jerseys, and yes, a Spartan victory.

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Feb 18 Women: MSU 70 Rutgers 67 MSU snapped their season-long two game losing streak in a come from behind victory against Rutgers. Aerial Powers finished with 27 points and 14 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season and the 43rd of her career.

Feb 27 Women: MSU 107 Ohio State 105 (3OT) The Spartans clinched third place in the Big Ten standings in a 107-105 triple-overtime upset victory against No. 5 Ohio State.

March 13 Men: MSU 66 Purdue 62 The Spartans went down to Indianapolis on a mission — win a Big Ten Tournament championship. Three days later and three victories later, mission accomplished.

Mar 18 Women: MSU 74 Belmont 60 MSU advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating the Belmont Bruins by a final score of 74-60. Powers becomes MSU’s all-time leading scorer.

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Former MSU athlete Jay Vincent changing his life BY JOSH THALL JTHALL@STATENEWS.COM

For some, it could be easy to just give up after being sentenced to prison. That’s not the case for former MSU basketball star forward Jay Vincent, who has spent his whole life proving people wrong and staying positive and is determined to rebuild his life. In 2011 Vincent was sentenced to serve five-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilt to tax evasion and home inspection fraud, where Vincent and an associate defrauded 20,000 people for over 1 million dollars, accoriding to an ESPN report from 2011

“I turned things around. I’m not the kind of guy that’s going to sit around and just let something happen, but I try to make a positive out of it. ” Jay Vincent Former MSU basketball forward

Vincent served his prison sentence in a minimum-security prison camp in Ashland, Ky. Vincent served about fourand-a-half years of his original sentence and is currently living in a halfway house in Battle Creek since his release on Jan. 28, working on rebuilding his life. “I was going to make something out of it,” Vincent said. “I turned things around. I’m not the kind of guy that’s going to sit around and just let something happen, but I try to make a positive out of it.” Since being released from prison, Vincent has come out with a book called “The United States vs. Jay Vincent — Survive or Die” & “100 NBA Secrets.” Vincent said he has $24 million in book contracts for his tell-all book and said he hopes to repay everyone he wronged. Vincent said it was important for him to get his story

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out there to show people that anyone can get in trouble with the law at anytime, but anyone is also capable of rising above it. “I created ‘The United State vs. Jay Vincent’ & ‘100 NBA Secrets’ because I wanted my story to get out,” he said. “I felt like it would be very positive if people could hear what happened to me, look what happened to me and see how I came above it.” In the book, Vincent mentions letters written to him by former teammates while he was in prison, including a letter former MSU teammate Earvin “Magic” Johnson wrote to the judge in Vincent’s case, asking the judge to be lenient when deciding Vincent’s prison sentence. Vincent also has several letters in his book written to him by former MSU coach Jud Heathcote, who Vincent became pen pals with during his prison sentence. “Everybody always told me coming to prison, you’ll find out two things,” Vincent said. “There’ll be people who you thought were your best friends or people on your side who will forget about you. Then there will be people who really didn’t have much to say and then you end up being one of their friends, and that’s what happened with Coach.” Vincent said despite not having a strong relationship with his former coach after leaving MSU because of both their busy schedules, Heathcote stepping up and contacting him really showed Vincent how much his former coach cared. Jay Vincent’s younger brother Sam Vincent, who is now a head coach for Al Manama, a basketball team in Bahrain, said he now understands as a coach the special relationship coaches have with their players. Sam said he thinks his brother’s contact with Heathcote was huge during his time in prison. “I think it means a lot,” Sam said. “I think now, coaching, I think the role we (coaches) play in trying to develop players makes us have to care about them in a lot of different ways. And I think (coaches) carry along a long, passionate understanding and feeling about all your players that you spend time with.” Read more at statenews.com

International relations junior Jacob Gordon poses for a portrait on March 22 at Hillel House at 360 Charles St. Gordon is currently Vice President of the Jewish Student Union. PHOTO: EMILY ELCONIN

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Jewish students talk anti-Semitism at MSU BY CONNOR CLARK CCLARK@STATENEWS.COM

Political science sophomore Jesse Yaker, president of MSU’s largest Jewish fraternity on campus Alpha Epsilon Pi, said the worst anti-Semitic act he experienced at MSU happened at his fraternity. A composite picture of fraternity members was vandalized with Nazi symbols and “Hitler

mustaches” were drawn on the members in the picture. “That affected me so personally,” Yaker said. “Other than that, I haven’t had any other anti-Semitism on campus.” Yaker wears a Star of David on his necklace when he walks around campus. He said no one has ever made a big deal of it. International relations junior and vice president of the Jew-

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ish Student Union Jacob Gordon detailed an instance when he was approached by a student who said they were from Palestine. Wit h so muc h con f lic t between Israel and Palestine, Gordon said they were able to speak respectively and non-violently. “It could have been blown out of proportion,” Gordon said. Gordon said that more dialogue between students and minority groups is the key to rid MSU of any form of bigotry or xenophobia. He said he believes MSU is providing enough resources for students, however students are not aware of these resources. Comparative culture and politics senior Nathaniel Strauss estimates about 20 percent of Jewish students have experienced some sort of microaggression. Strauss said those microaggressions came from ignorance rather than actual hatred toward

International relations junior Jacob Gordon poses for a portrait on March 22 at Hillel House at 360 Charles St. Gordon is currently Vice President of the Jewish Student Union. PHOTO: EMILY ELCONIN

the Jewish community. Strauss said in his four years as a student he has not experienced any anti-Semitic incident to his

memory, only what others have told him they have experienced. Most of these issues, he said, happen within the resident halls

because new students might not have been exposed to Jewish culture. Read more at statenews.com.

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