Happy Earth Day, Spartans! Many students and groups throughout campus are devoted to making MSU more sustainable. Read more about their efforts on pages 5-9.
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Student farms contribute to sustainability BY MARIA BRAGANINI MBRAGANINI@STATENEWS.COM
Potatoes and potato chips are tested Tuesday at Michigan State’s Crop and Soil Science Teaching & Research Agronomy Farm. PHOTO: HANNAH LEVY
The salad bar in the dining hall, lined with fresh ingredients — vibrant spinach, juicy cherry tomatoes, colorful peppers and green cucumber — are grown closer to your plate than you think. The Bailey GREENhouse was completed in 2012, allowing students from MSU’s Residential Initiative for the Study of the Environment, or RISE, experience hands-on learning about organic growing methods, composting and the food cycle. Students have begun planting, harvesting and growing herbs and microgreens using soil from university composts. Assistant student manager and horticulture and environmental studies senior Jorhie Beadle first began volunteering at the greenhouse after transferring to MSU, unsure of where her food came from, nervously eating in the dining hall. Since volunteering at the greenhouse, Beadle’s perception of greenhouses has changed. “We like that we’re small,” Beadle said. “We demonstrate that food can be grown in a small space.” The greenhouse, primarily operated by students, has started exploring with bees and other crops, including herbs to produce a line of tea. All of the produce grown by the certified organic farm is sold to MSU dining areas — Brody Square, The Gallery at Snyder and Phillips halls, the McDonel test kitchen and Kellogg Center. With dreams of being an alternative medicine herbalist, student manager and horticulture and environmental studies junior Allison Stawara said the farm has narrowed down to what she envisions doing in the future.
“I’m passionate about sustainable and organic farming,” Stawara said. Stawara said getting as close to being a stable entity with economic independence is a goal of the Bailey GREENhouse. The new tea line, brainstormed by RISE students last year, was introduced to Kellogg Center this week. Using excess herbal leaves and stems, students at the greenhouse begin the process by dividing the extra product from the purchased. The students the clean and dry the extra leaves and stems in order to grind and blend the leaves into a uniform size. In addition to student farmers, the tea line also has incorporated MSU business and packaging students in preparation for the release. With the extra help from outside majors, Beadle said she is still surprised when students outside of the horticulture major volunteer at the greenhouse each week. “They still love growing food and getting their hands dirty,” Beadle said. “It’s our ancestors, what we’re rooted in.” Beadle and Stawara both believe education and student involvement is important when it comes to the greenhouse. “Getting people more connected with food that they’re eating is one of the benefits of the greenhouse,” Stawara said. The Bailey GREENhouse also uses the rooftop and outdoor space, investing in different revenue. Beadle said diversifying the species of vegetation and plants grown aids in sustainability and makes the greenhouse more like a natural environment. “Diversity is key to making things work, we embrace it,” Beadle said. “We replicate an ecosystem, something less managed.”
Advancements help make MSU livestock farms greener BY JESSICA STEELEY JSTEELEY@STATENEWS.COM
MSU farms work to make sure the land and campus is more environmentally friendly, with notable efforts arising in the last few years. “The obvious one is manure mixed with food waste — the anaerobic digester,” MSU Dairy Farm manager Rob West said. West explained the south campus anaerobic digester mixes the manure from MSU farms with food waste from the cafeterias to produce methane gas, which helps produce electricity for some of the buildings on the south part of campus. “Manure naturally produces methane gas. By mixing it with food waste and food rinds, it can be recycled to produce electricity,” West said, adding that burning the gas produces a cleaner emission. MSU farms have also become more eco-friendly by getting MAEAP certified, said MSU Beef Center manager Tristan Foster. MAEAP, the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program, looks at how a farm manages their manure, making sure it’s stored properly and safely, and how soil and other environmental aspects are impacted by a farm, Foster said. “(They’re) making sure we’re being environmentally responsible,” Foster said. Although the MAEAP certification is not required and farms volunteer for the scrutiny, all of the farms, as a part of MSU, chose to be certified and 2
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they all passed, Foster said. Aside from making sure their practices are safe, MSU farms also research to insure general agriculture practices are conducive to the environment. Agronomy Farm manager Brian Graff said research done in his department involves running experiments to assure pesticides and other chemicals will actually help crops grow without negatively affecting the environment. He said the research also helps farmers know the right amount of a chemical to use. Graff adds students conduct lab, greenhouse and field research to gather data and achieve results. Though farm emissions minimally impact the environment compared to automobile emissions, the beef farm has still researched products to try to reduce methane and ammonia gases given off by the beef farm, Foster said. He added that the beef farm recycles all of their waste, including bedding and manure. Plus, they provide food to areas all around campus, such as milk for Dairy Store cheese, and beef for some MSU cafeteria meals, West said. Because auditors, such as MAEAP, verify that farms maintain environmental components on their land, the beef farm makes sure to fence cattle away from the wetlands as well, so the water is not contaminated. MAEAP certified and research bound, MSU farms know the safety of agriculture production.
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Birding Club fosters One year later, Be Green student wildlife appreciation Spartan projects are blossoming For these students, birdsong is literally music to their ears — PAGE 6
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Meet Elizabeth Brajevich, one of Glamour Magazine’s Top Ten College Women — PAGE 7
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Greg Monahan Opinion editor opinion@statenews.com @thesnewsopinion
LETTER: MSU’s color is too dark, don’t stick out A few weeks ago, there I was, sitting at the latest Final Four in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 4. Across from me sat the vibrant blue of the Kentucky fans. Below were the equally bright blue of the Duke partisans. And at the other end of the stadium was the eye-popping red of the Wisconsin followers. The thousands of MSU fans in attendance? Pretty much invisible. Again. Be it a bowl game, an NCAA basketball tournament or any other large gathering, you can be pretty sure that the Spartan faithful in their dark green colors will be largely invisible to the on-site spectators, as well as to the TV audience. MSU fans merely blend into the rest of the crowd. The reason is pretty simple. MSU’s dark forest green color is almost imperceptible to the human eye.
As proof, why do you suppose MSU has “white out” games in the basketball season and not “green out” games? Could it be because fans dressed in white make such a dynamic visual impression? So isn’t it about time MSU did something about that other color in the equation? As in, consider switching to a brighter, more resonant and more vibrant green? In a modern, electronic age when first impressions often mean so much, how can we not try something new? The alternative is to continue to allow Spartan athletic teams and their followers to exist in near-visual obscurity on the national stage. Go green! By all means. Let’s just be sure the world can see it Larry P. Miller MSU graduate B.A. in Journalism
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It’s on us to acknowledge and alter our warming climate
BY RACHEL FRADETTE
1st Summer Session 5/18 – 7/2/15 Professor Nwando Achebe
35%—Yes, but I haven’t been able to go through with it yet.
Earth Day started in the 1970s and has grown to become a day of education and celebration for our environment. For years, the part regarding environmental education has been struggling to receive national attention to their extremely credible and pressing issues. Climate change is among the issues that often has been put down because several people and politicians believe it is a myth. I’m trying to understand how politics come into play with this issue, but I can’t. The Earth is universal and does not belong to one particular party or country. Equal responsibility should be shared both in educating the public and fixing the problem. And after decades of minimal, if any, progress on the issue, the responsibility to combat climate change will fall on our generation.
Denying climate change has become ridiculous when one acknowledges the research going on to prove its effects. Here are the facts according to the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA — the worldwide carbon dioxide concentration in the air has increased by nearly 40 percent since the pre-industrial time. Currently, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the highest it’s been in at least 800,000 years. The greenhouse effect is natural and necessary in order to keep the Earth a normal temperature for human life and to protect the Earth from dangerous, powerful UV rays. However, the greenhouse effect has become a problem because of humans actively releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases into the air. The effect has begun to raise the Earth’s overall temperature because of the trapped gases, contributing directly to global warming. These facts are not mythical or made up for conspiracy, they are just sad. We are slowly warming our Earth and wounding the environment in the process. Our generation is the key to helping the planet. The green movement could quickly die if
people do not educate and speak to others about environmental awareness. Wastefulness is a huge problem in our society, and it needs to change. Too often people ignore their carbon footprint and overuse resources selfishly. Both MSU and the U.S. government are two examples of institutions going to great lengths to finally acknowledge climate change and how dangerous our high carbon emission levels can be. President Obama looks to limit U.S. carbon emissions and take a historic step, finally getting the White House on board with the issue. Recently, MSU’s Energy Transition Plan was brought up announcing that MSU hopes to reduce its coal use and ultimately reduce carbon emission by 18 percent. Transitions like this will take time, but once it takes off, this generation of college students will see the positive effects of not denying climate change. We just have to hope that we’re not too late in trying to fix the issue. Earth Day is a reminder of how beautiful our world is. To not fight for its well being would harm future generations and pose a risk to life as we know it.
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Look for this directory in the paper every Wednesday and online at: www.statenews.com/religious Ascension Lutheran Church 2780 Haslett Rd., E. Lansing Between Hagadorn & Park Lake Rds. (517) 337-9703 Sunday Worship: 10am Sunday School: 9am Adult Bible Study: 9am ascensioneastlansing.org Edgewood United Church, UCC 469 N. Hagadorn East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-8693 Sunday: 10am LGBTQ Celebrating, Justice and Peace Congregation www.edgewood.org Faith Fellowship Baptist Church 1001 Dakin St. Lansing, MI 48912 517-853-9897 Sunday Morning Worship: 11am Sunday School: 10am Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study: 6:30pm Van service available to church Campus Bible Study: Thursday at 7:30pm in Chemistry Bldg. www.ffbc.us
“We got some timely hitting and we’ve been hitting really well as of late. It was great to come back here and play home game and get a win.”
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Percentage of waste diverted on campus in 2013-2014 through sustainability efforts. Read more on page 11.
Blaise Salter, MSU first baseman, on Tuesday’s baseball game against Toledo. Read more online.
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Okemos Community Church 4734 Okemos Rd. Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 349-4220 www.okemoscommunitychurch.org Sunday Worship: 10am Sunday School: 10am-11:15am Adult Studies: 9am & 11am
Hillel Jewish Student Center 360 Charles St., E. Lansing (517) 332-1916 Friday Night Services: 6pm, Dinner: 7pm September - April
Little Flock Christian Fellowship A Non-DenominationalEvagelical Church MSU Alumni Chapel (Basement Hall) Sunday Worship Service: 10am-12 Noon. Fellowship Lunch after the service
Peoples Church 200 W. Grand River Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-6264 www.peoples-evolution.org Sunday Worship: 10:30am Tuesday: Love Life: 7-9pm Wednesday: Dinner at 5:30pm, Journey at 6:30 Quan Am Buddhist Temple, MSU Meditation Center 1840 N. College Road Mason, MI 48854 (517) 853-1675 (517) 347-1655 www.quanamtemple.org 7-8:30pm Every Thursday Red Cedar Friends Meeting 1400 Turner St. Lansing, MI 48906 (517) 371-1047 redcedarfriends.org Sunday Worship: 9:00am, 10:30am River Terrace Church 1509 River Terrace Dr, East Lansing, MI (Across from Hubbard Hall) (517)-351-9059 riverterrace.org Sunday: 9 am & 11:15 am w/ Shuttle Service
St. John Catholic Church and Student Center 327 M.A.C. Ave., E. Lansing (517) 337-9778 Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12pm, 5pm, 7pm www.stjohnmsu.org Trinity Church 3355 Dunckel Rd. Lansing, MI 48911 (517) 272-3820 Saturday: 6pm Sunday: 9:15 am, 11am http://trinitywired.com College/Young Adult Service Sundays at 11am in the Student Auditorium Unity Spiritual Renaissance 230 S. Holmes St. Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 484-2360 or (517) 505-1261 Sunday: 10:30am Wednesday: 6:30pm meditation Office: Monday-Thursday 9:30-12:00 University Baptist Church 4608 South Hagadorn Rd East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-4144 www.ubcel.org 10 AM Worship service 11:15 Coffee Hour 11:30 Sunday School University Christian Church 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-5193 universitychristianwired.com Sunday: 11:15 am Sunday Bible Study: 10:15 am University United Methodist Church MSU Wesley 1120 S. Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-7030 universitychurchhome.org msuwesley.org Sunday: 10:30am 9:00am Garden Service in the summer TGIT: 8:00pm Thursdays Sept. - April WELS Lutheran Campus Ministry 704 Abbott Road East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 580-3744 www.msu.edu/~weisluth 6:00pm Saturday
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Islamic Center of East Lansing 920 S. Harrison Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-4309 www.Lansingislam.com info@Lansingislam.com 1st Friday Prayer: 12:15 pm 2nd Friday Prayer: 1:45 pm
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Martin Luther Chapel 444 Abbot Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-0778 martinlutherchapel.org Sunday: 10:30am & 7:00pm Wednesday ON FIRE : 7:09 pm Mini-bus pick-up on campus (Fall/Spring)
One Community-Lutheran (ELCA)/ Episcopal (TEC) Campus Ministry 1020 South Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-2559 www.facebook.com/onecommunitymsu First Baptist Wednesdays: On campus Church of Okemos Student Worship 7:00pm 4684 Marsh Road (at MSU Alumni Chapel) Okemos, MI 48864 Sundays: 8:30, 10:45am (at (517) 349-2830 University Lutheran Church) www.fbcokemos.org Worship Celebration - Sundays Sundays: 8:00, 10:00am (at All Saints Episcopal Church) at 10:45am
Biochemistry and neuroscience senior Chris Porzondek teaches Okemos resident Sarah Shim, 9, about photosynthesis Saturday during the MSU Science Festival in the Chemistry Building. Porzondek is a member of the Plant Biology Club which had an educational booth at the event. Read more on page 11. PHOTO: KELSEY FELDPAUSCH
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Birding club appreciates diverse wildlife BY JESSICA SATTLER JSATTLER@STATENEWS.COM
When waking up for an 8 a.m. class in the spring semester,
one of the first things a students is likely to hear are birds singing outside their window. Most don’t give these birds a second thought, but
those songs are music to a birder’s ears. With the warmer weather, spring provides a great opportunity for those who might be
interested in birding – slang for bird-watching – and have been looking for a good time to start. MSU Bi rdi ng Club v ice
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president and animal science junior Meredith Anderson said she has been birding for almost two years, though her uncle taught her about
backyard birds when she was younger. A menager ie of species including robins, cardinals, crows and sparrows can be seen on the casual walk to c lass, but A nderson said there are a few special spots on campus where more unusual birds can be spotted. Her favorite area is a small plot of pine trees surrounding a small pond just south of the Natural Resources Building, she said, where warblers tend to make a pit stop during spring migration. “The rest of the year, it’s a good spot for sapsuckers and wo o dp e c ke r s,” A nde r s on said. “There’s a good variety because of the pond.” As far as other areas on campus go, you’re more likely to find birds in Sanford Natural Area than Baker Woodlot, Anderson said. “Sanford is more open,” she said. “And Baker has a lot of old growth trees, so anything you see is going to be high up.” For b eg i n n i ng bi r de r s, Anderson offered a few tips. “I would say, first of all, get binoculars and keep your ears open,” she said. “You can train your ear really well by listening to songs, and if you’re somewhere with more diversity you’ll learn to recognize common songs and be able to seek out the songs you’re less familiar with.” The conditions outside can affect birding success, as well. “A lot of people say earlier morning is best, and I tend to want a sunny day,” Anderson said. OTHER WILDLIFE CLUBS Birding Club members aren’t the only ones who search campus for critters — the MSU Herpetology Club frequently goes “herping” for salamanders in natural areas on campus. While these clubs focus on the wildlife, other organizations look to keep the campus environment clean as a whole. The MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Club leads the semiannual Red Cedar River Cleanup, as well as hosts many other outdoors events. In addition, MSU Greenpeace is working to fight against oil companies like Enbridge to keep our water and soil clean. The Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment, or RISE program, is launching the Bailey Tea Project out of Horticulture Greenhouses and Sustainable Spartans just installed a solar-powered table in South Neighborhood to conserve energy.
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Student recognized by Glamour magazine BY ZOË SCHUBOT ZSCHUBOT@STATENEWS.COM
While many MSU students spent these past few weekends basking the sun and dreaming of summer, environmental economics policy junior Elizabeth Brajevich was in New York accepting an award from Glamour Magazine as one of their Top Ten College Women 2015. Brajevich is the founder of Worms Eat My Garbage, a campuswide composting initiative that aims to “close the loop in our food production cycle” according to Brajevich. As a freshman, Brajevich noticed that while MSU had composting programs in place, they took place on student organic farms that many students had
no knowledge of. With the help of a $5,000 Be Spartan Greenzs grant and support from the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment) students, Brajevich and three of her friends were able to bring worm composting to the student greenhouse. The money was also used to buy worms and bin mateBRAJEVICH rials, publicize the project and pay students to bring food waste from the Brody Square. While Brajevich is fully aware of the impact that
she has made through the Worms Eat My Garbage program, she believes that the real impact she is leaving lies in the work she does with young people. From tutoring to teaching PE dance classes to students following budget cuts in the East Lansing School District, Brajevich’s passion for working with young people has been a key to her success. Through the Worms Eat My Garbage program, she has spoken to over 600 kids and their families about worm composting. “I see kiddies that I know all the time in the Brody cafeteria ice cream line, I’m always recognizing some kid from the Lansing or East Lansing school district that I’ve had the opportunity to talk to about science or about how even though
you’re young you can do really cool things,” Brajevich said. “It’s cool to be able to teach them about science and about worms and ecology and the importance of environmental stewardship when they’re so young and eager to learn it.” While Brajevich is aware of how much she has managed to accomplish at such a young age, she said that she is constantly inspired to see how much her fellow students are accomplishing as well. “I think (my success) is really exciting but it’s also interesting to see how much all of the students at MSU have accomplished. If you look around, the more you get to know people, the more you realize that your peers are doing really cool things,” Brajevich said.
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Beekeeper Meghan Milbrath displays a panel of the beehive Friday on the balcony of Bailey Hall in Brody Complex. These students will nurture the beehive to maturity, which they hope will enable the bees to pollinate plants in their greenhouse and increase the declining bee population. PHOTOS: ERIN HAMPTON
needed for a healthy ecosystem,” Thorp said. Hinson first became interested in honeybees last summer, when she began working with beekeeper Meghan Milbrath. After learning the basics, Hinson decided she wanted to Every day, select students at MSU are going above and beyond to make their campus more environmentally friend- bring the beehives back to campus. She said since she arrived at MSU, the beehives had ly, working with bees, planting gardens and spreading mesbeen taken down because there were concerns that they sages of sustainability. This all comes from the Be Spartan Green Student Project would attack the students, even though no one had ever Fund, which provides students with the monetary resources been stung. “There’s this misconception that bees they need to carry out the environmenare the insects that go and sting peotal projects they have created. “For us, this ple, and that’s not their purpose,”HinNow, about a year after three of these son said. projects received the green light for the education is Hinson said honeybees have a vital fund, progress has been made as a step for all of these importance in the ecosystem, especialin the right direction to help make camstudents to start ly because the flowering plants that propus a greener place. vide fruits and vegetables depend on the thinking about bees for survival. BAILEY HALL ROOFTOP what is healthy, She said the main goal of putting the BEE COLLABORATION what is normal, hives on the roofs is to educate stuWith increased pesticide use, loss of habdents and give them a chance to become itat and urban sprawl, honeybee colonies what is needed involved in beekeeping. are becoming weaker and even disapfor a healthy For Hinson, working with the bees propearing, according to psychology senior ecosystem.” duces a calming effect, and she said she Alexis Hinson, creator of the Bailey Hall has loved learning about their complex Rooftop Bee Collaboration. colonies and social structures. “That combination that puts the colLaurie Thorp, “The foundation of knowledge that I’ve ony under stress leaves them more RISE director been able to gain from it this year, you vulnerable to things that they used to can’t put a price on that,” Hinson said. have resistance to,” RISE director Laurie Thorp said. Thorp said bees are an indicator of a whole ecosystem A TRULY GREEN SPACE health, and by association health of humans and of our Next door to the beehives lies environmental biology and zoology sophomore Hanna Brenner’s project, A Truly Green planet. “They’re kind of waving a flag at us right now, say- Space. “Our projects really work well together because the bees ing ‘We’re in distress, we’re not healthy, you better look will be able to pollinate the green space,” Brenner said. around,’” Thorp said. She said the purpose of the project is simply to creShe said perfect landscaping has been normalized, with solid green lawns and no weeds, even though it’s healthy ate a beautiful area on campus that is also good for the environment. to have a variety of plant species. It all started during a RISE seminar when Brenner had This is why the Bailey Hall Rooftop Bee Collaboration to write a grant proposal. She wanted to create something offers a safe habitat for honeybees to live and flourish. “For us, this education is for all of these students to start that would stand apart from the other gardens on campus. The garden is unique in that it’s made up entirely of Michthinking about what is healthy, what is normal, what is BY LAUREN OWINGS
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igan plants and will always be low maintenance. two,” Frey said. Zaback said they aim to inform students on The reason for this is the focus on greenscaping, which is basically environmentally-friendly how sustainability applies to them personally. “We’re hoping to show peolandscaping. ple that sustainability is a Brenner said ordinary landlifestyle,” Zaback said. “It’s scaping takes a lot of resourc“We’re hoping to about the little choices you es, work and water. Especialshow people that make every day.” ly with the use of fertilizers, sustainability Zaback said students see it’s not always good for the political conversations about environment. is a lifestyle. It’s environmental issues, but “Greenscaping enhances it … about the little there’s not a lot of discusthat’s part of what really makes choices you sion about what people can it a green space, is that it gives do about it individually. back,” Brenner said. make everyday.” “When it comes down to Horticulture senior Jorhie it, the environmental impact Beadle said because the garden Ian Zaback, biological science junior that’s going to be made is not is right next to the Red Cedar going to be by large compaRiver, runoff from the road nies, it’s going to be by all will filter through it and create a better habitat for the animals that live nearby. of us working together to make a difference,” She said one of the original project’s goals was Zaback said. Frey said many people are simply unaware to draw attention to a beautiful area of campus of their impact. They don’t realize how much that wasn’t really being used. Students in Brody Neighborhood participated a single person can make a difference. She said this causes over-exploitation of in the planting of the garden so they could learn resources and diminishes the ecosystem, first-hand how greenscaping works. “I think having students coming out and getting which then trickles down to water systems their hands dirty helps them to reconnect with the and food, eventually causing a whole out-ofbalance habitat. land,” Beadle said. The fall semester workshops focused on water She said that connection has been lost over time, and she believes it’s important that students are conservation, and this semester’s workshops actively involved in the environment and in the focused on urban farming. Since many heavily-urbanized areas in the production of the food they eat. “I think it just brought more meaning into the U.S. suffer from food deserts or the inaccesproject,” Brenner said. “Not only were we learn- sibility of fresh food, urban farms are begining about greenscaping and what it can do for the ning to pop up across the country. These farms will provide fresh fruits and vegenvironment and how beautiful it can look, but people that have seen this and have been involved etables to benefit the local economy and the health of the people living in those areas. can influence this into their future.” During the first workshop of the semester, As a sophomore, Brenner will be around for a couple more years to keep the project going. After Zaback said received overwhelming support she graduates, the RISE program will take it over from students when asked if they would be so that MSU will never lose its Truly Green Space. interested in starting MSU’s own urban garden. Zaback and Frey are planning on writing a guide for the students who take on the project STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY This year, biological science junior Ian Zaback so they don’t make the same initial mistakes. He said their main goal is to connect with and environmental biology and zoology sophomore Kathryn Frey teamed up to organize other Spartans to leave this lasting idea of pera series of sustainability workshops for MSU sonal sustainability. “We hope that we can create a network of students. “We were both very into community out- environmentally-conscious students across reach and environmental sustainability, and campus, and that we can work together to we thought what better way to combine these achieve other goals in the future,” Zaback said.
Here’s how you can help the environment too REUSE YOUR BAGS When you go to the grocery store, bring your own reusable bag. You will save tons of plastic that would end up sitting in landfills!
LUNCHBAG IT Pack your lunch in an insulated lunch bag or tupperware to avoid using paper or plastic bags. You’ll reduce landfill waste one lunch at a time!
BYOM Take your own mug when you go to coffee shops. It might seem odd, but if you buy just one cup of coffee in a disposable cup every day, you’ll create about 23 pounds of waste in a year!
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS This is an easy one — turn off the light when you leave the room. It might not seem like a big deal to leave it on, but so much energy can be saved with this simple step.
WATER CONSERVATION Don’t leave the water running when you’re brushing your teeth or washing dishes, and don’t waste time in the shower! Many people don’t realize that a few minutes will make a difference.
RECYCLE This one is obvious, but many people are too lazy to go out and buy a recycling bin when it’s easier to just throw containers in the trash. But recycling helps the environment a lot more than you would think.
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RISE students observe as graduate student Meghan Milbrath shifts panels of the beehive Friday on the balcony of Bailey Hall in Brody Complex.
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Suzy Merchant looks to rebound after long season BY KARAM HADID KHADID@STATENEWS.COM
Women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has always had a passion for basketball. After playing at Central Michigan University, Merchant went on to be an assistant coach for Oakland University. It was a couple more stops, including a long tenure at Eastern Michigan University, before Merchant finally landed in East Lansing. She has coached the Spartans’ women’s basketball team since 2007. Since taking over as head coach at MSU, Merchant led women’s basketball to its first ever Big Ten Title in history. Additionally, Merchant quickly became the fastest Spartan coach to reach 100 career wins. This past season, however, ended with MSU failing to make the NCAA tournament, and losing in the Big Ten tournament to Maryland — a Final Four team. The season was anything but predictable, with injuries constantly altering lineups and player availability. Despite this, Merchant looked at the season as “unique,” and was pleased with the results and is optimistic for the future. “I think we were an extremely dangerous team, and we were a team that real-
ly fought and competed hard,” Merchant said. “I think that’ll transition extremely well next year.” The team battled injuries to several players and even lost freshman guard Jasmine Lumpkin for personal reasons. “I look at it as the glass half full because it gave opportunities to other kids that might not have gotten it, and they really developed and played well for us,” she said. Being optimistic was certainly necessary with the season going the way it did. Mental toughness and perseverance was essential, and Merchant tried to make sure the players understood this. Merchant said she values having a connection with players, as it naturally allows for better performance. On any sports team, communication is key, and MSU basketball is no different. Communication within the team is great she said, but Merchant said she especially values the communication at MSU between different sports coaches. “You can pick up the phone and call anybody. I don’t think there’s anybody in the country that can stack up to MSU in terms of how we support each other,” Merchant said. TO READ THE REST OF THE STORY, VISIT STATENEWS.COM
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Earth Day Students can take small steps for the environment
Plant biology senior Elena Michel holds a plant for Williamston resident Lauren Schafer, 8, to touch Saturday during the MSU Science Festival in the Chemistry Building. Michel is a member of the Plant Biology Club which had an educational booth at the event.
possible. Michel said some of her daily attempts to be environmentally friendBetween pollution, deforestation and ly include recycling, keeping the lights everything in between, it’s undeniable off as much as possible and not leavthat the little blue planet Earth has ing the faucets running. She also said she rides her bike whenseen better days. However, there are plenty of students ever she can, but if she has a long trek on campus who are devoted to saving ahead of her she tries to take public transportation. the planet. With the stress of classes, work and Plant biology senior Elena Michel and ever y thing else in genomics and moleclife, she said it’s easy ular genetics senior to put the state of the Joseph Uebler, who “Sustainability is planet on the back are co-presidents of a huge issue right burner. t he Pla nt Biolog y now. If people T hat bei ng said, Club, said they’re both Michel and Uebler passionate about that. aren’t proactive said it’s imperative Michel, who is cur- now about saving foe people to become rent ly work ing on the planet, we more aware of how a project involving bioenergy, said her could get into scary their actions affect the planet. interest in the plan- times as far as our “Sustainability is a et stemmed from her environment goes huge issue right now,” childhood. with pollution.” Uebler said. “If peoShe said she used ple aren’t proactive to play in the woods with her neighbor and Joseph Uebler, now about saving the help her mother out in molecular genetics senior planet, we could get into very scary times the garden. as far as our environ“I ended up working on a farm when I was in high school ment goes with pollution.” Although it’s difficult to exactly and then ever since then I knew I wantdetermine how people are impacting ed to study plant biology,” she said. Uebler said he grew up on a farm, the planet, Michel said it’s well-known so agriculture and plant biology have certain resources, such as fossil fuel, also been a part of his life since he are starting to run out. “We need to start looking for other was a child. He said saving the earth is a huge solutions for energy in the future,” she task, but every day can make a dif- said. “I think the earlier we start lookference. Some of the things he does ing, the earlier we start trying to save regularly include walking as opposed these resources, the bigger impact it to driving and recycling as much as can have on the future. BY LESLIE HEMENWAY
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Recycling efforts amplified by campus centers BY KATIE WINKLER KWINKLER@STATENEWS.COM
While curbside recycling might be convenient for East Lansing residents, not all items can be dumped in a box at the end of driveways. East Lansing residents Luke Roy stacks labeled storage bins in his garage to separate his recycling that he cannot drop on curbside or that he has an excessive amount of each week, including plastic bags, metal and cardboard. “I recycle for the benefit of the planet. I want to keep things out of the landfill,” Roy said. “I keep hearing about plastic bags floating in the ocean and different kind of debris.” He travels to MSU’s Recycling Public Drop-Off center at the Surplus Store and Recycling Center with his shepherd collie mix, Sparty, to help the environment. The Surplus Store and Recycling Center also advocates to reuse all items. Construction management junior and Sparty’s maintenance worker Thomas Lyons
visits the store to get some good deals. “I think (the Surplus Store and Recycling Center) promotes the recycle mentality,” Lyons said. “It lets people come in and buy some good products at decent prices.” Interim director of sustainability Ann Erhardt said the Recycling Center collects all of the waste and recycling from campus, sorts and ships it to the commodities they sell it to. According to the MSU’s 2014 sustainability report, these efforts diverted 57 percent of waste between 2013 and 2014, meaning that from all of the waste on campus, this amount did not reach the landfill. The Surplus Store and Recycling Center resells items varying from office furniture to old athletic uniforms. The MSU Office of Sustainability runs outreach programs including advocating for water and energy conservation, recycling and safe biking. Erhardt said making the systems around campus easier to use gets more people involved with “green” efforts. The City of East Lansing has a drop-off
recycling center near the Lake Lansing Road entrance to I-127. For some residents this can be an inconvenient location. Initially, MSU’s Surplus Store and Recycling Center was established for faculty and staff use, but has grown to surrounding community residents and students using the services, Erhardt said. The sustainability report found that the public recycling serves residents from more than 30 different zip codes, which gathered about four million pounds of material last year. Students like kinesiology senior Emma Bizzigotti do not go out of their way to recycle, but take their items when they are on campus or near the East Lansing drop off center. With the “Be Spartan Green” campaign, Erhardt hopes that students pick up good habits and continue to use them later in life. “We hope that students will walk away with the behavior that this is how you do it, how you find it — it doesn’t take much more time to do the right thing and recycle,” Erhardt said.
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Events, crafts and other Earth Day activities BY RYAN SQUANDA RSQUANDA@STATENEWS.COM
MSU is hosting many campus events to celebrate Earth Day and sustainability. EARTH DAY EXTRAVAGANZA In partnership with MSU Greenpeace, Sustainable Spartans will host the Earth Day Extravaganza Wednesday at the rock on Farm Lane. Students can stop by between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for free potted plants, activities and giveaways. MSU BIKES BICYCLE INFORMATION OPEN HOUSE The MSU Library Environmental Committee will host a Bicycle Information Open House from noon to 2 p.m. in the Main Library’s Reference Instruction Room. Students, faculty, staff and community members can learn about local area bicycling
organizations such as MSU Bikes, the Lansing Bike Co-op and the League of Michigan Bicyclists at the event. FLOWER POT CRAFT NIGHT The University Activities Board will be hosting its last craft night of the semester at 7 p.m. in Room 50 in the MSU Union. University Activities Board will be recycling tea tins into flower pots, and will even be offering those who attend the event seeds to take home and plant. The event is free for all MSU students plus one guest with a valid MSU ID. BE SPARTAN GREEN OUTSTANDING AWARDS Starting at 3 p.m. in the Jackson Lounge of Wharton Center, MSU will honor 10 Spartans who have made significant contributions to on-campus sustainability.
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