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Two plaintiffs come forward, release identities in Nassar lawsuit In 1997, Boyce was in the MSU Youth Gymnastics program. Her involvement eventually led her to be treated by Nassar. Boyce said she suffered from back pain, which She got a phone call from her mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law had seen an article on ex-MSU doc- Nassar began to treat her for. She quickly realized tor Larry Nassar, the man who had treated her his “treatments” made her feel uncomfortable. The “treatments” consisted of Nassar allegedwhen she was a gymnast in MSU’s Youth Gymnastics program in the late 1990s. Her mother-in-law ly placing his fingers into Boyce’s pubic area in informed her of how Nassar was accused of sexu- order to “relieve back pain.” Boyce said there were instances where Nassar would “grunt” like he was ally abusing USA Gymnastics gymnasts. At first, she defended Nassar, a man who now aroused and remove his belt during the procedure. “What doctor takes their belt off during an faces lawsuits at the state and federal levels for allegations of criminal sexual conduct. She cit- exam?” Boyce said. Other instances of alleged inappropriate behaved her memories of being told the alleged sexual abuse she faced was nothing more than a “med- ior included Nassar saying and asking Boyce about performing oral sex on her boyfriend all ical treatment.” But upon recalling more experiences from her the time, she said. Boyce said she was mortified practices and treatment sessions, she began to real- by the question. After a few appointments with Nassar, Boyce ize Nassar’s treatments were not “medical” at all. decided to bring her concerns to former MSU gymHe had sexually abused her at the age of 16. Her name is Larissa Boyce. She is a mother, a nastics coach Kathie Klages, who at the time served daughter, a former athlete and she is coming for- as her coach for the youth team often. “She did her own investigation,” Boyce said. “She ward as another alleged victim of Nassar. Once known in the Denhollander et al v. Michigan State was trying to get to the bottom of it, but that’s not Lansing resident Larissa Boyce, left, talks to husband Adam Boyce, right, during a conversation University et al lawsuit as “Jane BMSU Doe,” she the right way to respond when someone comes to about former MSU employee Larry Nassar on March 24 at Church Wyble P.C. at 2290 Science is now coming forward in the hopes her voice can you with allegations of sexual abuse.” Parkway in Okemos. Boyce, a former MSU gymnast who was allegedly sexually abused by Nassar, Looking back, Boyce discussed how after she told has decided to dismiss anonymity to encourage change and challenge stigma. “When your house is be used to initiate changes in institutions, support other victims of sexual abuse and help pre- Klages about how Nassar made her uncomfortable robbed, you come forward. Well, our bodies were robbed,” Boyce said. PHOTO: CHLOE GRIGSBY Klages had the other gymnasts walk into her office vent sexual assault in the future. to asked them about their thoughts. One by one they walked into ue seeing patients by ignoring the problem. She said people who Klages’ office, and down the line she asked them if Nassar made were supposed to be mandatory reporters — like Klages and even them uncomfortable, Boyce said. Only Boyce and another girl, who Nassar himself — did not do their jobs to prevent sexual abuse from happening. eventually withdrew her statements, stood in front of Klages. “The administration is saying, ‘Well, we didn’t know anything, “When I went to her, she should have done something right away, even if it was her friend,” Boyce said. “I think immediately she should our people didn’t say anything, or nobody came to us.’ Well, yes, we did,” Boyce said. “I came to them in ‘97 and then Tiffany Lopez have filed something even if she didn’t believe me.” Boyce noted Nassar and Klages, to her knowledge, had been came to them and whoever else came to them. They knew about it.” Boyce said because its employees failed to act, MSU failed to profriends for years dating back to working at Great Lakes Gymnastect victims. While she’s still an MSU fan, she admitted it has gottics in the early 1990s. 421 E.Grand River She said she believes Klages held her friendship with Nassar above ten harder to root for them through this process. “I feel like they haven’t shown integrity through this. I feel like her safety and Klages’ reaction to her concerns were complete awe. Eventually, Klages said if Boyce wanted to file something she would, they’re more worried about their image than the survivors of this,” she said. “They’re more worried about making sure that they look but Boyce said Klages made her feel pressured to not file. like they are innocent of knowing anything instead of saying, ‘We’re “She made me feel like I had a dirty mind,” Boyce said. Boyce did not tell her parents at the time and decided not to go sorry this happened on our watch.’” Don’t miss the Green & White Fastforward to 2014, Grand Ledge resident Tony Guerrero, father forward with the investigation. “Nobody wants to come forward with something like that,” Boyce of Jane AMSU Doe, is sitting in the medical exam room with NasGame this Saturday 3:00 pm sar “treating” his daughter right in front of him. said. “It’s hard. It’s scary.” Spartan Stadium Jane AMSU Doe, a minor in the lawsuit, fractured her back while Boyce went back to being treated by Nassar and on her first appointment back, Nassar was already aware of her conversation performing in gymnastics. Her pain, much like Boyce, led her to Nassar. Guerrero said his daughter began seeing Nassar when she with Klages. was 11 or 12 years old. “I feel like they haven’t shown “He seemed like I could trust him,” Guerrero said. Guerrero described Nassar as “friendly” upon first meeting him. integrity through this. I feel like Guerrero sat in the room while his daughter was treated and they’re more worried about their started to notice signs of what he thought to be inappropriate procedures. Guerrero said Nassar touched his daughter’s genital area image than the survivors of this.” every time. He said Nassar explained it as aligning her spine. “One time we were there for her knee and he adjusted her spine,” Larissa Boyce, Guerrero said. “Now, I know why.” Jane ‘BMSU’ Doe in the Denhollander et al v. Michigan Parallels can be drawn from both Boyce and Guerrero. Both said State University et al lawsuit Nassar never wore gloves during his “treatments.” Both alluded to Boyce said she apologized to Nassar and during her “treatment” the views of Nassar as a “god” and how it was a privilege to work with a doctor with ties to USA Gymnastics. that day, Boyce said Nassar allegedly acted “angry” with her. Guerrero said he is riddled with guilt. The last time Boyce talked to Klages was in 1998, when she quit “I blamed myself because I was right there with my little girl while gymnastics altogether. “I felt ashamed every time I went there,” Boyce said. “I felt embar- he did it,” Guerrero said. Guerrero said he believes MSU did not contact or give him any rassed every time I went back there. I lost the desire to do it because warning about Nassar and for that they must be held accountable. I felt like everybody looked at me differently.” “MSU should be held accountable,” Guerrero said. “Everyone at After she stopped going to MSU’s Youth Gymnastics program, she held no resentment toward MSU. Originally from the area, Boyce MSU should be gone. They covered for him.”Going forward, Boyce said she wants accountability and integrity from MSU. She said said attending MSU as a student felt like a natural choice. “I grew up around here. I remember when we were little we always she believes the university is more worried about their image than used to go ride our bikes on campus with my family and go feed the survivors. @SBSMSU “MSU is my alma mater. I want them to do the right thing,” Boyce the ducks, so it felt like home to me,” she said. But, Boyce said she does think MSU enabled Nassar to contin- said. “I want them to have integrity here.” 351-4210 sbsmsu.com BY MADISON O’CONNOR AND RACHEL FRADETTE FEEDBACK@STATENEWS.COM
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‘Whip-its’drug surfaces on campus amid usual incidents BY MARIE WEIDMAYER MWEIDMAYER@STATENEWS.COM
Since the start of the spring semester, MSU police have responded to five reports of inhalation of a chemical agent, possibly whip-its, at Hubbard Hall. There have been no other incidents of this nature reported anywhere else on campus. Two of the five cases are listed as active in the Clery Crime and Fire Log and three are inactive. MSU Police Capt. Doug Monette could not confirm that all five cases involved whip-its, but he said informational posters regarding the effects and legal ramifications of using whip-its have been hung up around campus. He also said inhalation of a chemical agent is typical of a college campus. “I remember seeing (whip-its) years and years ago,” Monette said. According to the poster, whip-its are containers “filled with nitrous oxide that are commonly used to recreationally inhale nitrous oxide to cause a dizzy, euphoric feeling.” Whip-its can cause the user to lose consciousness and feel numb. The intentional misuse of inhalants can result in a 93-day misdemeanor under Michigan law. According to a study published by the University of Michigan, the use of inhalants among college-aged people has been less than 2 percent since 2005. While campus has seen some incidents, the city has been free so far. East Lansing has not seen significant use of inhalants recently, East Lansing Police Department Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.
“Right now the thing that we see is heroin use and abuse,” Gonzalez. “That is the biggest trend, not just for East Lansing but also regionally throughout the Lansing area and Jackson area as well. ... It seems to be in line with the national trend as well. The heroin use has ramped up quite a bit throughout the country. We’ve seen quite a few overdoses and deaths from it.” According to the crime log, MSU Police has responded to one case involving heroin in the past 60 days. An arrest was made for the possession of heroin on March 25 near Farm Lane and Physics Road. There are two incidents involving “dangerous drugs” in the crime log in which the type of drug is not specified. There also was one incident with a synthetic narcotic and one with methamphetamine in the past 60 days, according to the crime log. Despite the use of inhalants and the incidents involving other drugs, marijuana continues to be the leading source for drug stops. MSU Police has responded to 40 incidents involving marijuana, which range from use, possession and selling, in the past 60 days.
“Right now the thing that we see is heroin use and abuse ... It seems to be in line with the national trend as well.” Lt. Steve Gonzalez, East Lansing Police Department
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Nassar in the news: Judge signs gag order, limiting statements BY CONNOR CLARK CCLARK@STATENEWS.COM
Judge signs order restricting comments in Nassar case | The Detroit News A Michigan judge hearing a case against former MSU employee Larry Nassar issued a gag order on March 29, limiting what accusers and their lawyers can say about the sexual-assault allegations. Attorneys for Nassar argued public statements have created a “mob mentality” and could hinder a fair trial. Prosecutors took no position on the defense motion, which was granted with some modifications by Ingham County Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina. The gag order bars parties from talking about material not already in the court record. Another restriction says Nassar must be referred to by his name or “the defendant.” This comes after a press conference by state Attorney General Bill Schuette, during which he called Nassar “a monster.” The Detroit News added the motion highlighted comments on social media by David Mittleman, an attorney with Church Wyble law firm in Okemos, Mich. The law firm currently represents several alleged victims suing Nassar, MSU and USA
Gymnastics. In a series of posts, Mittleman called Nassar “dangerous” and a “serial pedophile predator,” the Detroit News reports. Judge bars potential Nassar victims from speaking publicly | Lansing State Journal The State Journal reported the same information about the gag order, however it adds: “It’s unclear who could be considered a potential witness because witness lists have not yet been filed in the case. Nassar’s attorneys could call former Nassar patients who say the doctor didn’t sexually assault them. In the documents they filed on Monday, Nassar’s attorneys said they will ‘definitely’ call two of the civil attorneys as witnesses.” They ended their report with background about Judge Aquilina, an adjunct professor at the MSU College of Law, a private school that works as an affiliate of MSU. Aquilina’s daughter, Jen Davis, will start as the MSU Media Communications team’s public relations director on April 17. Nassar was charged in November, Davis applied for the position in October. Nassar, his attorneys and the Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting Nassar, agreed with Aquilina regarding no conflict of interest surrounding her daughter and the case, the State Journal reports. Follow along with the Nassar in the news story, which is publishing daily at statenews.com.
Former MSU employee Larry Nassar looks to the court during the arraignment on Feb. 23 at 55th District Court in Mason, Mich. Nassar pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of criminal sexual conduct. PHOTO: CHLOE GRIGSBY
MSU professor, Shedd Aquarium partner up BY RILEY MURDOCK RMURDOCK@STATENEWS.COM
An MSU professor and Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium are teaming up to study the effects of viruses in aquatic environments. The goal of the partnership is to learn how to develop healthier aquatic environments for animals and plants, Joan Rose, the Homer Nowlin Endowed Chair of Water Research at MSU, said in a press release. “They had a gap in studying viruses there, so we began talking about how we might work together on studying a built environment,” Rose said. “They engineer natural systems to keep fish and mammals from all different environments … so we thought, ‘What better place to go and look at the health of water, the healthy water microbiome, than in the aquarium?’ We combined our efforts and our interests.” According to the release, the research is part of Shedd’s Microbiome Project, “the world’s first comprehensive look at microbiomes in a humanbuilt and controlled aquatic ecosystem.” Rose and MSU postdoctoral researcher Jean Pierre Nshimyimana work with Shedd Vice President of Animal Health William Van Bonn and other researchers on the project. In their preliminary research, Rose and her team have hypothesized that the diversity of animals in a biome correlates with the diversity of viruses. “It’s very exciting to look at, ‘What does a biodiverse microbiome in an aquatic environment look like and when does it get upset?’” Rose
said. “If there’s an upset to it, if the animals aren’t feeling well or the temperature goes out of whack or something else happens, what happens to that stable system?” Rose said the research will involve identifying more aquatic viruses as well as key viruses associated with disease, which might have an international impact. “Only a very small percentage are identified, so our databases are very poor for trying to identify viruses, so we think we’ll be able to add to this database and that will be very, very valuable globally for the scientific community,” Rose said. Rose said her initial scholarship is for two years, but her work could continue for up to a decade. “We’re busy writing other grants, so hopefully we’ll get other funding to continue this work into the next decade, five to 10 years, and we’ll see where it goes,” Rose said. “(I’m) very very excited, (this partnership is) one of a kind in the world.”
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University reorganizes Counseling Center to help with mental health BY MILA MURRAY MMURRAY@STATENEWS.COM
An attempt to rid campus of the stigma behind mental health is in full swing at MSU. During Mental Health Awareness Week, multiple organizations around MSU will work on ways to release the stereotypes and provide events, services and stories to add to the mental health discussion on campus. One of the most prominent influences impacting mental health is the MSU Counseling Center, currently being renovated into a new integrative health model, Counseling and Psychiatry Services, or CAPS. “Long-term plans include an increased focus on mental health education and primary prevention as part of a broader health and wellness system,” MSU Counseling Center Director Scott Becker said in an email. “This will allow us to serve a wider range of students by promoting positive mental health prior to their need for individual treatment.”
As different events during the week, such as Embrace the Rain, focus on the discussion of mental health, students spoke out about their own struggles with mental illness. “I decided to speak after I had taken a medical withdrawal and I was academically recessed from MSU for a year because of my struggle with depression and anxiety,” social relations and policy junior Colin Wiebrecht said. “I thought that maybe by speaking about it, I can help not only myself but other people who were listening and encourage people to not hide their struggles and seek help if they needed it.” Wiebrecht avoided the Counseling Center and sought care off campus because of the criticisms of waiting time and shortage of counselors, both issues the new renovations address. How the Changes Address the Criticism Many of the concerns with the MSU Counseling Center were addressed in a petition drafted last
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year by political science junior Aaron Stephens, founder of the Coalition of Higher Mental Health Standards. “At the time that we formed the coalition, the Counseling Center did not even have a director,” Stephens said. “There was a two and a half year vacancy in that position, so obviously that was an issue that needed to be solved and that was solved very fast after the petition started, but there are still issues that are happening.” The petition received 2,000 signatures and support within the first three weeks not only from students, but from staff and faculty as well. It called upon the university to make it a priority to allocate the resources the MSU Counseling Center needed, specifically ensuring the health services will be integrated together, creating shorter wait periods for students seeking counseling. “When the psychology and psychiatry departments weren’t integrated together, not only wait times for seeing someone in the Counseling Center but then, if you needed that actual medicinal help, you would have to wait another three to four
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tution to ensure that students can feel like they are represented in the Counseling Center in terms of their race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender.” Becker promised to not only continue providing culturally sensitive and multilingual services to international students, but CAPS is also planning to begin sponsoring an online counseling service provided by Morneau-Shepell that offers web and phone based counseling from providers in students’ countries of origin. These providers understand their language and culture and have information about existing on-campus resources at MSU. Included in the multiple student groups and backgrounds on campus, graduate students hope for the future effectiveness of the MSU Counseling Center and the accommodation of their needs that are different from undergraduate students. Doctoral student Sarah Owocki, whose younger brother committed suicide, seeks long-term counseling and wants to get rid of the stigma behind seeking help. “You have a built-in reluctance to seek treatment and almost a perception that it’s something for undergraduates and that they wouldn’t be skilled in addressing concerns,” Owocki said.
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Future Planning Owocki said she would might have been part of a “silent majority” of students affected by what’s going on around them, but would be too reluctant to seek help. “I honestly don’t know if I had been an undergraduate in this environment, if I would have been comfortable seeking services,” Owocki said. To Stephens, one can only do so much to release the stigma, and the institution and students must work to promote
The MSU Counseling Center and the Students Becker noted focus groups consisting of student representatives from ASMSU, Council of Graduate Students, or COGS and the Student Health Advisory Council currently serve on CAPS design teams and participate in the planning process. ASMSU and COGS held student town hall meetings for interactions between administrators, psychiatrists, student leaders and students to generate discussions and express
In the Hands of the Students “In addition to the more integrated and expanded range of clinical, outreach, and prevention services, I envision a range of efforts on campus to improve the climate for mental health and to encourage dialogue, help-seeking, and student support,” Becker said. Not only are there student groups and efforts such as ASMSU’s Spartan Support Network, the Mental Health Awareness Club and Stephen’s petition, there are also other choices. Wiebrecht spent time away from MSU for his mental health by means of medical withdrawal after speaking with an adviser and providing letters from his psychologist, an option available for students at MSU. “It was a good process,” Wiebrecht said. “I think that if it was made more visible to students, then a lot more students will take advantage of it and use it. It’s kind of hidden in those corners of the MSU website where you have to be looking for it specifically to find it, but I thought it was a good process.”
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concerns. Becker said the MSU Counseling Center is switching to CAPS and its location to Olin Health Center by fall of 2017. “Going forward, I’d like to make sure that the core team that is designing this new model will actively reach out
to students and ask for their input, will ask for their opinion and really ask, ‘Is this what you are envisioning for your mental health services?’” Santavicca said. “Because ultimately, the commitment that we’re seeing under this new structure is that it’s all student driven.”
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DeWitt resident Heather Frarey looks at her store The Record Lounge on March 28 at 111 Division St. Frarey has owned the shop, which is now closing, for nine years. “It is what it is ... sometimes things happen for a reason,” Frarey said. PHOTO: CHLOE GRIGSBY BY RILEY MURDOCK RMURDOCK@STATENEWS.COM
The Record Lounge owner Heather Frarey stood behind the counter of her shop and watched longtime customers browse through her stock around 6 p.m. Tuesday, for the last time in East Lansing. The Record Lounge’s eviction stems from unpaid rent, said Julie Barrett-Horan, a manager with Cron Management. Cron Management has taken over management of the property for The State News. “The reason for removal has nothing to do with, ‘We just wanted the space back,’ as I feel like maybe has been implied on social media yesterday and today, but it’s because of rent issues,” Barrett-Horan said. “We’ve been working with her for several months … she agreed that she hasn’t been an ideal tenant. … There were a lot of in between communications and emails that she also ignored. It’s just a matter of business.” In a Facebook status posted at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday. Frarey wrote she was informed the owners of the space needed it and the store had two days to move out of the location. Frarey said she found the news around 2:30 p.m. the same day she posted her status. Frarey said although The State News owns the building, everything has gone through Cron Management. The State News General Manager Marty Sturgeon said she was just hearing about the situation as of Wednesday morning. “These things rarely happen in just a couple of days,” Sturgeon said. “There has been a long history with rent payments, which is obviously what this is all about, and so it’s not a surprise, and it may feel like it’s happening quickly but it’s not a quick thing.” Cron Management, as an agent of The State News, filed a complaint against Frarey and The Record Lounge that alleged The State News was owed $3,340 in unpaid rent from Oct. 1, 2016 to February 2017, as well as $100 in filing and service costs, according to documents obtained from 54B District Court. Barrett-Horan said The Record Lounge had not made a full payment of their $800 a month rental rate during that period. The plaintiff, Cron Management, was awarded the $3,440 in a small claims judgement on Feb. 6, through nonappearance default. “Initially we just filed in small claims just trying to get
her to pay because we were not being successful in communicating with her directly, and a lot of times being served up court papers prompts people to figure it out and handle their biz,” Barrett-Horan said. “That didn’t turn out to work, she didn’t show up for court, we got a default judgement, but small claims is not an eviction process, that’s just a money judgement.” The judgement states if it is not paid within 30 days, the defendant must pay the judgement in full or disclose to the court and plaintiff in writing the location of all of their assets, according to the documents. Cron bypassed that step and went forward with eviction, Barrett-Horan said. “In trying to collect the small claims judgement, we could’ve gone that route,” Barrett-Horan said. “In this case, The State News Board decided to go forward with eviction rather than having the debt just continue to add up while we were being ignored and not paid.” Frarey was served a notice on Feb. 7 through the court stating she had seven days to pay the rent or vacate the space, or the landlord may take her to court to evict her. On Feb. 16, a summons was issued for Frarey for a court date on March 6. The summons notified Frarey that the plaintiff had filed a complaint seeking to recover possession of the property and receive a money judgement. Barrett-Horan said Frarey paid the previous judgement almost in full in court on March 6, but a new judgement was issued against her. The March 6 judgement states that the plaintiff has a right to recover possession of the property, and The Record Lounge owes the plaintiff a $1,016.80 Possession Judgement and a $371.80 money judgement for damages and costs. The possession judgement included a rent payment of $840 to retain possession. Frarey signed and agreed to the judgement on March 6, according to the documents. The judgement also ordered the plaintiff could apply for an order evicting the defendant if the possession judgement was not paid in full by March 16. “If they had done that, that would have satisfied that, we would’ve had to start over with eviction proceedings if she fell behind again,” Barrett-Horan said. “Our position after this many months was that she needed to be ... paid up completely, and that’s what that payment would have done at that time.” READ MORE ABOUT THE RELOCATION AT STATENEWS.COM
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Dantonio breaks silence, addresses state of team before spring game BY COLTON WOOD CWOOD@STATENEWS.COM
It has been 55 days since MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio’s last press conference on National Signing Day, which was on Feb. 1. Dantonio spoke in front of reporters for the first time March 28 since an alleged sexual assault involving three MSU football players and a staff member was made public and resulted in the emergence of three investigations. Dantonio, who is entering his 11th season at the helm of the Spartan football program, made a statement through a university release on Feb. 28 regarding the incident and said it was something he is “extremely concerned about and taking very seriously” in the statement. However, he was not available to take questions at that time. Dantonio said on March 28 the decision to suspend the three players was a choice made by t he administ ration at MSU and the football program. Several days after the allegations were made public, it was announced the director of college advancement and performance Curtis Blackwell was suspended with pay. Although his suspension has not officially been connected to the alleged sexual assault case of the three athletes and MSU staff member, Dantonio dismissed any questions regarding Blackwell.
extremely concerned about),” Dantonio said. “We wanted to respect the process and all and everything that goes along with that.” Although the Green-White Spring Game is Saturday at 3 p.m., Dantonio diverted any talk about football because of the seriousness of the alleged incident. “I think to stand up here and talk about who’s going to be our quarterback right now is trivial compared to what we’re dealing with,” Dantonio said. “That’s why I’ve not wanted to do that. Didn’t want to come up here and talk about spring practice, talk about depth charts or those types of things because I thought it was unfair to the investigation as a whole, so we refrain from doing that.” Dantonio said he hopes not discussing football will speak volumes to how serious the program is taking the accusations. “I think by (not talk ing about football), I hope everybody understands how serious that we are taking this relative to our football program Head coach Mark Dantonio gives a speech on Feb. 1 at Spartan Stadium. Dantonio held a press conference about National Signing and what we’re trying to do,” Day. It was the last time Dantonio held a press conference in front of the media until March 28. PHOTO: JON FAMUREWA Dantonio said. “I hope everybody understands that it ’s involved in.” Despite the investigations not business as usual — that everything that we’ve done surrounding the team, Dantonio said the players will has been done collectively.” Dantonio added that there wear their respective name proudly presents have been other players sus- and number on their jerseys pended from the program just like in previous years. As a result, the fans and beyond the three who are involved in the alleged sex- media will be left with rumors ual assault case. However, he and speculation as to who is on the field and who isn’t. would not state any names.
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He did announce, however, cornerback Drake Martinez has decided to transfer. “This is an extremely challenging time for all of us,” Dantonio said. “I don’t think there’s any question that it’s impacted our program from how we do business on a dayto-day basis with (the media) to how we do business internally, how our players are interviewed to access to our spring practices to everything we’ve done and that’s because of the process that we’ve been
“My goal in coming here was to always foster a program where there was accountability, there was integrity and that there was class in everything that we tried to do from winning to how we lost on the football field — everything involved,” Dantonio said. “And that will remain in place as we move through this, and as difficult as it is today to stand up there, those are the things that have to remain in effect as far as Mark Dantonio is concerned.”
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Hughes eyeing start of Big Ten play BY COLTON WOOD CWOOD@STATENEWS.COM
After exploding for 41 runs against Big Ten foe Illinois, the MSU baseball team scuffled its way to a 3-2 loss against Western Michigan University on Tuesday. The loss dropped the Spartans’ record to 15-6, though their Big Ten mark is untouched at a still perfect 3-0. The flat effort, though, wasn’t because of junior outfielder Brandon Hughes, who hit four home runs in the Spartans’ sweep of Illinois. Most notably, his three homers in the third game of the series propelled him to earning national recognition. The Sterling Heights, Mich. native continued his impactful season at the plate as he recorded one run, two hits, an RBI and two stolen bases in Tuesday’s loss. “He had a decent day,” MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. said after the game. “I think there were a couple at-bats he would like to have back.” Boss, however, pointed out Hughes’ impact as the leadoff hitter in his lineup. He said while Hughes is hitting well, it’s part of his responsibility to spray the ball around the field. “As a leadoff hitter, he’s got to be able to put the
ball in play consistently and make us go,” Boss said. “So two hits are good. He’s feeling good at the plate right now. At the same time, I think every guy needs to take a look at what they could have done differently to help us win that ballgame (Tuesday).” After Tuesday’s loss, the Spartans remain atop the Big Ten standings with Minnesota and Indiana. Both teams also hold an undefeated conference record of 3-0. The Spartans hold the second-best overall record in the Big Ten as their 15-6 record only trails University of Michigan, which holds an 18-6 record. The Wolverines are 1-2 in conference play. While MSU has dropped some of its games, Boss said he believes his team was in the fight every game. “You look at every game that we’ve played, as biased as I am, I think we had a chance to win every one of them,” Boss said of the losses the Spartans have suffered thus far this season. The Spartans will continue their long homestand as MSU will play nine of their next 11 games, including the three-game series this weekend against Minnesota, at home at McLane Baseball Stadium. “It’s good to play at home,” Boss said. “Our guys are excited to play at home.”
Junior left-handed pitcher Keegan Baar (14) pitches the ball during the game against Western Michigan University on March 28 at McLane Stadium at Kobs Field. The Spartans were defeated by the Broncos, 3-2. PHOTO: CHLOE GRIGSBY
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Ultimate Frisbee teams’ play style varies by competition, teammates BY JONATHAN LEBLANC JLEBLANC@STATENEWS.COM
In major college sports like basketball and football, the atmosphere consisting of fans in the stadium and tailgating beforehand is what draws many to watch MSU athletics. For the players, the draw is the atmosphere within the locker room and battling with alongside teammates against the opponent. For the athletes of the men’s and women’s MSU Ultimate Frisbee teams, the friendly atmosphere on the field between both teams is what separates the sport from the rest of the pack. “I do like that aspect of, ‘Hey, we hate these guys’ guts (so) let’s tear them up,’” supply chain management senior Charles Robertson said. “But at the same time, it’s nice to have that spirit of the game … where if someone fouls me and I don’t call it … they go like, ‘Hey dude call that foul, I fouled you.’ You’re not going to get that someplace else.” The spirit of the game of Ultimate Frisbee has been a center point of the men’s team since 1971, while the women’s team has been around since the 1990s, women’s captain Lindy Torvinen said. Psychology junior Daniel Brown said he first heard of the men’s team at MSU when he was on his high school’s Ultimate Frisbee team. “It’s just really fun,” Brown said. “Because it was so much fun, I wanted to play it because I played it so much I got good.” The two teams play in separate divisions in the U.S. Ultimate College Division: the men’s division and the
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women’s division. Torvinen said even with the teams separated by gender, the two play together during spring break at a co-ed tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Torvinen said playing co-ed was different than playing all-female Ultimate Frisbee. “It’s really cool because there’s not that many sports that are competitive at a high level that are co-ed,” Torvinen, a psychology senior, said. “There’s the whole thing of men learning how to throw to women because they’re not quite as fast, but women are also incredibly valuable on a mixed team.” Torvinen said women are valuable on a mixed team because when a team has strong women, it usually means the “team is stronger.” “Women usually win the game,” Torvinen said. Robertson avoids playing in co-ed because of the speed of the game in co-ed is slower, and Robertson prefers a more high-paced game which he said, “You don’t get that with the women’s.” “It’s not as physical,” Robertson said. “I generally avoid that and I go with just the men’s because I can play physical, I can play fast and that’s a lot of fun to do.” But no matter what league players choose or what their preferred style of play is, there is still a lot to learn, Torvinen said. She has been playing Ultimate Frisbee for four years. “You’re not only thinking of what you’re suppose to be doing, but you’re thinking of how everybody else is moving on the field and there’s so many different strategies and layers to it,” Torvinen said. “You learn so many things Supply chain management senior Charles Robertson attempts to complete a pass your freshman year because most people haven’t played as no-preference freshman Grant Pearce defends him during an Ultimate Frisbee practice on March 23 at Munn Field. PHOTO: JON FAMUREWA before they started here, and you just keep learning.”
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Student uses jazz to support Lansing BY JAIMIE BOZACK JBOZACK@STATENEWS.COM
Jazz studies senior Dakota Peterson doesn’t just play drums for a hobby, but rather she plays in multiple groups and uses her skills to raise money for different organizations around Lansing. Peterson is involved with Solidarity Helps Raise Impoverished and Marginalized People, or SHRIMP. This group uses the arts to fundraise for people in need. “The goal of the group is to give back to our direct community,” Peterson said. “Not only that, but branching further from that we want to work on community building and hopefully down the line that looks like having workshops, having a space that we can hold these workshops, continuing to fundraise for organizations that need money and creating relationships with these different organizations in Lansing.” Peterson said since the group started in September 2016 they have already raised more than $2,000 for Village Summit, a community center in Lansing. The last event featured spoken word performance, a comedian and a number of bands that included Peterson’s own allgirl jazz combo, Tesserae. “It is important that we all for one understand where we are,” Peterson said. “I am lucky enough to have access to what I need, now others are not as fortunate to have that.
It’s not only because I want to but I feel like it wouldn’t be right if I wasn’t doing what I could to help in whatever way I can ... It is a humbling experience to be able to raise money for organizations that really need it and know that you are helping them.” Peterson said the group is currently deciding what organization to donate to next and is in the process of coordinating its next event. “There is so much going on, and I think that is one of the problems that we have had as an organization is choosing which battles we are going to fight,” Peterson said. “Flint is still a serious problem. Not only that, but you have sexuality, race, gender, socioeconomics and ability and you have all these different routes that you could choose. It is kind of overwhelming at times.” Peterson said she would like to use her ability to play music to bring people together. “Music is like a healing experience and music adds a space for community building, too,” Peterson said. “One of my professors said something before we played a concert for MLK and he was like, ‘Just play because the people in the audience, they need this. This is like one of those only good things they are going to be experiencing recently, so just remember to play because they will feel you.’” READ MORE ABOUT PETERSON AT STATENEWS.COM.
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