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or years the city of East Lansing has been going green. Not in school spirit, but through a number of environmental initiatives. East Lansing has been moving toward a more sustainable agenda and with the recent changes to city policy, the trend is growing. One of the largest city programs is for recycling. The city allows for many modes of recycling for citizens. “We have both a curbside program and a drop-off site,” East Lansing Environmental Services Administrator Catherine DeShambo said. East Lansing recycles over 1,000 tons of waste each year which consists of anything from boxboard, cardboard or paper, to glass, tin and even steel. In the past year, East Lansing saw a 10 percent increase in curbside recycling. The sustainability successes began with a long-term plan by the city to change its ways. In 2007, the city signed on to the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. The program is run by the United States Conference of Mayors and aims “to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets,” by reducing greenhouse emissions by 7 percent within five years. After this agreement, the city established its own climate sustainability plan to put the city on the track towards a greener future. The plan set goals to create green waste and energy policies and set an example for the greater area. The city also created a com-
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Lowell, Mich., resident John Ogle, left, helps Muskegon, Mich., resident Glenn Wilson, right, carry his plane out of a field Saturday, at Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron Field in Grand Ledge, Mich. The planes featured wingspans over 80 inches in length, and several of the planes cost up to $5,000 to assemble. Plaques for "Best Flight" or "Best Model," among others, were awarded to the various remote control pilots.
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“I think it’s important to get a taste of the true product,” Mike Metzger, vendor for Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery
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2007
The city signs on to the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which sets goals to reduce greenhouse emissions by 7 percent in 5 years.
2009
The city partners with Eaton County and Delta Township to give Compact Florescent Lightbulbs, or CFLs, to Lansing area residents as well as collecting old CFLs for recycling.
2010
The city adopts a Green Building Incentive Policy which requires environmentally friendly certifications on all future building policies to promote energy efficient design practices.
2011
The Non-Motorized Transportation Plan passes, implementing the complete streets policy to consider pedestrians and non-motorized transportation in addition to cars.
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City Council approves two Zipcars to be placed in the downtown area. Zipcar creates a vehicle sharing program that allows car rental services on an hourly or daily basis.
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Council approves new purchasing policies for city vehicles. The vehicles will now take into account sustainability in addition to price value.
Crane, professor and proliferator of MSU’s Voice Library, has died
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Communication senior Maevea Bottex holds flowers Sunday at the East Lansing Farmers Market behind Biggby Coffee. The market opened Sunday for the first time this summer.
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This year, the opening day of the East Lansing Farmer’s Market’s usual aroma of fresh produce was combined with the scent of fresh pavement. The fifth year of the market began Sunday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion
of improvements to the market site. Improvements included the resurfacing of the parking lot, a permanent performance area, twice as much bicycle parking, walkways, basketball hoops and new landscaping, Community Events Assistant and Market Manager Abby Rudnicki said. City of East Lansing Communications See MARKET on page 2 u
On June 1, former MSU professor and head of the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, Maurice Crane, died in East Lansing, the Lansing State Journal reported. He was 87 years old. Crane was born in Atlantic City, N.J., in 1926. He received a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois, according to a biography on the MSU Library’s website. In 1953, Crane came to MSU where he taught humanities. After G. Robert Vincent retired, Crane took over as the new head of MSU’s Voice Library in 1974, the biography said. The Voice Library is the largest academic voice library in the nation and is home to different sound materials such as speeches, interviews, lectures and performances. With taking on the role of head of the Voice Library, Crane became a source for radio and television producers, broadcasters and scholars. Crane received the Distinguished Faculty Award, MSU’s highest faculty honor, in 1979. After being named the head of the Voice Library, he stressed the importance of building the library and making it available for the public to use as a research tool, the biography
The Voice Library, which Crane spent 26 years working on is the largest of its kind in the nation. said. As head of the Voice Library, Crane allowed the public to utilize the library’s card catalog and he instituted a policy which let the public borrow copies of recordings not under copyright. “What Dr. Crane did was take a small private collection which was very important, and popularize it, make it accessible, and add to it at an incredible rate,” John Shaw, Crane’s successor and longtime assistant, told the Lansing State Journal. Aside from serving as head of the Voice Library, Crane was a local television personality. Crane hosted a show called “Passing Through,” on which he interviewed interesting visitors to campus such as American psychologist and writer Timothy Leary and comedian Dick Gregory, the LSJ reported. In 1984, Crane was nominated for a Grammy for his cassette collection of speeches given by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Crane retired from MSU in 2000, but continued to live in the East Lansing area until his death. There will be no visitation or funeral for Crane as he chose to donate his body to MSU for research.
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News brief Athletic revenue increased $4 mil. A successful season in both basketball and football translated into a revenue increase for MSU athletics, yet the program slipped a spot in the Big Ten rankings compared to last year. According to numbers released by USA Today, the total revenue for 2013 is $97,942,726, a nearly $4 million increase from 2012’s revenue of $93,946,707, the seventh highest revenue among Big Ten schools. MSU had the sixth highest revenue among Big Ten schools in 2012, one place behind Minnesota. Ticket sales increased by about $2.5 million and contributions and rights both increased by nearly $2 million. Total expenses came to $93,743,529 in 2013, an increase of more than $5 million from 2012 and their largest sum of expenses in the nine years, USA Today reported. Coaching and staff received nearly $30 million in expenses, over $2 million more from last year. More than $12 million was given out in scholarships and more than $18 million went to the buildings and grounds. MSU was ranked 17 in the highest expenses out of the 230 schools. The revenue increase came with a subsidy, or financial support from the institution, of $1,772,415, or 1.81 percent. School funding decreased by nearly $3 million and is at the lowest it has been in the nine years reported by USA Today. CASEY HOLLAND
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Webberville, Mich., Resident Heather McAdams sells products to customers Sunday, at East Lansing Farmers Market, at Valley Court Park behind Biggby Coffee. McAdams is one of many returning sellers at the Farmers Market.
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Infrastructure improvements brings new amenities to vendors, shoppers at farmer’s market. from page one
Coordinator Ami Van Antwerp estimated about 75 to 100 people attended the ribbon-cutting, and was pleased with the turnout, especially given the rainy weather beforehand. She said East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett, city council members, and representatives from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Veritas Design Group and Laux Construction made appeara nc e s f or t he ribbon-cutting. The Michigan Economic Development Cor poration provided a $3,500 grant for the enhancements, and Veri- Abby Rudnicki, Market Manager tas Design Group and Laux Construction were in charge of fresh dairy products. He said Sunday was his first designing and implementing time attending the East Lansing them. Rudnicki said they were cer- Farmer’s Market and — happy tain more than 200 customers with his success at the market attended, as the 200 reusable — he plans to continue coming bags for the first arrivals were each week. “I’m overwhelmed,” he said, gone, but believed that numadding that the demand for his ber was far greater.
product outnumbered the supply. Karen and Mark Manrique, from Delta Township in southwest Lansing, said they have been loyal customers to the market since it opened. Karen Manrique said they frequent the market each week unless they are out of town. She said they feel it’s important to buy local at the farmer’s market because it’s healthier, supports the community, and causes “less problems with nature.” She also enjoys the entertainment each week and was pleased to see the new performance plaza. “When we walked up, that’s the first thing we noticed,” Manrique said. “It’s great to have a permanent structure.” Rob Klajda, the first musician to play on the new stage, said this is his third year performing at the market. He said it is much better to play beneath the permanent structure than the temporary tent used in past years. He believes it will be nice for musicians to play in the shade on sunny days and not have to have electrical cords exposed to the elements in rainy weather. Klajda said he enjoys playing at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market because of the “diverse audience and positive, upbeat atmosphere.”
“Traffic has been steady. There hasn’t been a lull yet.”
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mission on the environment, which is appointed by the council and makes recommendations on green policy. Over the past seven years, East Lansing has implemented numerous policies to reduce its carbon footprint. “ We ’ ve made l ig ht i ng improvements ... created policy that favors walkability and non motorized transportation ... wetlands protection ordinances ... sustainability certifications to developments,” East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas said. More recently, the city has appropriated funds to add rentable Zipcars for citizens to temporarily use. On June 3, the city council passed a resolution to change the purchasing policies for city vehicles. The city will now take the effi-
ciency of the vehicle as well as its ability to use alternative fuels into consideration instead of just the price value. "(The cit y ’s initiatives) reach much further than recycling,” DeShambo said. The city is not alone in its valuing of the environment. Across the street, MSU prides itself on its sustainability efforts and often works with the city. Recently, MSU partnered with the city for its annual Recycle! East Lansing event. “The university helps with the book collection for this event. The books are brought back to our facility where they are either sold for reuse or donated to charities,” MSU Waste Reduction Coordinator David Smith said. The university and city both attend the Regional Recycling Coordinating Committee, which meets monthly to discuss waste reduction and recycling. “We are always looking for opportunities to work with MSU,” DeShambo said. “I think that when we share information, both entities strive to do better.”
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“Traffic has been steady,” she said. “There hasn’t been a lull yet.” Large crowds came even despite the absence of some vendors. Because the East Lansing Farmer’s Market stipulates that vendors offer only 100 percent homegrown products, a few vendors did not attend the opening day because their crop was not yet ready. Mike Metzger, a vendor for Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery, LLC, supports the policy. “I think it’s important to get a taste of the true product,” he said. Metzger provides goat cheese and said people have a bad impression of it because storebought goat cheese is not fresh. He, on the other hand, milks 135 goats and two cows to produce
MSU police sent out an alert early Sunday morning to warn students of an armed robbery that occurred on Hillcrest Avenue and Grand River Avenue at Crunchy’s. Despite the alert, Crunchy’s manager Mike Krueger said nothing out of the ordinary happened around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning when the alert was sent out. Krueger said Crunchy’s itself was not robbed and no one heard or saw any signs of a robbery outside. “Crunchy’s wasn’t robbed, but I can’t speak to what hap-
pened outside or out back (of Crunchy’s),” Krueger said. “I’m not sure how this rumor got started, but it sure is a pain in the butt.” MSU Spokesman Jason Cody said MSU police were not involved since the incident happened off-campus, but after hearing about the incident from East Lansing police, MSU police wanted to ensure student safety and issued a secure-in-place and sent out a series of three alerts, describing the suspect as a black male wearing a black T-shirt, khakis and a ball cap. An East Lansing police shift sergeant could not be reached for comment Sunday.
In the June 2 edition, the caption of a photo in the story entitled ”‘Be a Tourist in Your Own Town’ encourages residents to explore greater Lansing and MSU” erroneously referred to Webberville resident Zackary Wagner as Zackary Taylor.
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Community radio drone club elevates pastime to new heights By Casey Holland cholland@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn
The sky above CARDS Field in Grand Ledge was dotted with remote controlled planes soaring overhead this weekend, though they weren’t planes one would typically see in the sky today. The planes were modeled after World War I and World War II fighter planes. From Thursday to Saturday, the Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron, or CARDS, hosted its 10th Warbirds and Classics Over Michigan event, which drew around 70 pilots and 150 model planes to the field for a weekend of flying and camaraderie. Each plane had a wingspan of at least 80 inches and were made to scale. Many of them were built from scratch with up to $5,000 put into parts and assembly. As the three-day event went on, around 1,000 spectators came out to watch the model planes loop and glide across the sky. Pilots occasionally competed in “gaggles,” where they sent as many World War I or World War II planes as they could into the sky to combat each other, dogfight style. “I think people are drawn in just because of the nostalgia of the world war planes and the chance to look at history,” contest director Gerry Kesler said. “It’s like a piece of history. A lot of people, especially older fellows, can relate to some of these planes. Some were in them. ... The planes helped give us our freedom, that’s what it’s all about, really.” The pilots didn’t only come from the Lansing-based club — enthusiasts from across Michi-
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gan, Ohio and even Canada flocked to the event. University of Michigan alumna Jordan Hall was the only female pilot present during the weekend. She said her interest in model aviation was sparked after joining a club at her university. She spent three years learning to fly on a simulator and this is her first year taking her models to the sky with a remote control. “Doing loops and rolls is pretty fun,” she said. “Watching out for other planes is pretty tricky, but it’s a lot of fun. I like doing it.”
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ELHS seniors identified in prank vandalism By Olivia Dimmer odimmer@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn
East Lansing Police are investigating vandalism reported Friday morning at East Lansing High School. Upon investigation, police found graffiti on the outside of the high school. The vandals had spray painted “Seniors 2014” and “2014” in black and white spray paint on several areas of the building. School officials are working to clean up the damage and no estimate has been made to how much it will cost the school. East Lansing Police Lt. Scott Wriggelsworth said the vandals will face malicious destruction of property charges and will most likely have to pay damages to the school. East Lansing High School is hoping to have an estimate on the cost to repair the damage sometime next week. Anyone with information regarding the incident is directed to contact the East Lansing Police Department.
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MSU a lu m nus Ross Wegryn-Jones, the contest director and announcer of the event, has been flying remote controlled planes since he was 17. He said he has watched the planes grow more elaborate as time goes on, some even including actual jet turbine engines. “It isn’t golf,” he said. “Golf can be relaxing and you get to talk amongst your friends. You get to do that here — you get to talk to people who share a love for aviation. We’re all aviation nuts, but we’re not gutsy enough or don’t have the resources to fly full-scale. This is the next best thing — it’s an engineering pursuit, modeling pursuit and skill wrapped up in one.”
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Essexville, Mich., resident Kirk Wheeler pushes his plane toward the airfield Saturday at Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron Field in Grand Ledge, Mich. The Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron offers radio-controlled aircraft training for students on Tuesday evenings.
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Tiananmen Square remains cautious subject for MSU’s Chinese students to have a skewed or incomplete view of events in their own country’s histories. But he said there’s a difference between an imperfect understanding and purposeful attempts to erase an entire event from China’s history. “What’s unusual is how much effort the Chinese government has put into erasing it,” Wasserstrom said. Wasserstrom said students who study abroad in North America are curious to know information they were previously not entitled to. While the day was met with a mix of silent, inward remembrance and vocal, candlelit commemoration outside of China, Potter said it is important to remember what those students were standing for in Tiananmen Square. “A public discussion of this would be a way to bring closure for an event that is still very painful,” Potter said.
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On June 1, 1989, Pitman Potter had finished teaching his last class of the term at Peking University in Beijing, China. Three days later, on June 4, in Tiananmen Square, a peaceful, pro-democracy movement led by university students was violently ended by the Chinese military, killing an untold number in the process. It all unfolded just miles from Potter’s office and apartment. Defying an order to stay indoors, Potter, who is now a professor at the University of British Columbia, said witnessing the crackdown was terrifying. He observed tanks and soldiers who looked “serious and intimidating” from an overpass near the square. Wednesday marked the 25th anniversary of the massacre, but for many in China the day might be best left unremembered. And for MSU students from China, who make up almost 10 percent of the undergraduate population, the event is not widely discussed. Several Chinese MSU students, when approached to comment on the events in Tiananmen Square, either declined to be interviewed or claimed ignorance about the events. But Potter said while discussions of the events in Tiananmen Square are widely stifled, many are aware of what occurred. “They actually know more about it than they are prepared to talk about,” Potter said. “It’s sort of like a family secret that everybody knows about, but nobody can talk about.”
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He said many Chinese students studying abroad still have reservations about discussing the movement because they might have relatives vulnerable to government retaliation. Environmental geosciences senior Ge Zhang said she is not fully aware of the events of June 4th, 1989, or what the day commemorates. She said she became more knowledgeable about the tragedy once she came to the United States. “The biggest difference is here there is more freedom to say what you want,” Zhang said. She said many of the people in China who are not readily exposed to media, such as those who live in the countryside, take the government at its word. “I was taught (to love) the government,” Zhang said. “As I grew up, I realized which (facts are) true and which (are) not.” Potter said public discussion
of the events, also known as the ‘89 Democracy Movement, is widely stifled within China. History professor at the University of California, Irvine Jeffrey Wasserstrom said it is not uncommon for the world’s youth
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“Women are slowly but surely becoming more equal to men as time goes on, but it seems as if double standards are still holding us back. Double standards do not exist. I’m tired of people acting like they are some type of key rule to life. There is no law that states that women are required to be domestic simply because they are women.”
The fault in our films M y assistant coach lent me the book “The Fault in Our Stars” last week. I read it in less than a day, shut the book, cried about one page in particular, bookmarked several thought-provoking pages, and blew up everyone’s Twitter feed with #TFIOS quotes. Its movie counterpart made an estimated $26.1 million on Friday, while Tom Cruise’s new film “Edge of Tomorrow” cashed in $10.6 million for a distant second place in movie releases. For those of you not familiar with the plot, the story’s protagonist and narrator, Hazel, is a teenage girl with stage IV thyroid cancer. She reveals to the reader her honest thoughts on cancer, her fears on how it affects her parents, the depths of her favorite book, and her romance with fellow cancer patient, Augustus (Gus) Waters. Since the movie came out, young girls have taken to social media to profess the attractiveness of the actor Ansel Elgort, who played Augustus. They tweet about how much they bawled through the film because of its romantic and tragic love story. Unfortunately, these girls missed the point, and the screenwriters did too. The screenwriters, in a successful attempt to appeal to the teenage girl demographic, focused strictly on Hazel and Augustus’ romance. Hazel’s parents and friends became minor characters.
Her mom was portrayed as a dumbed-down ver y rea l pa r t of my life that “gal pal” who tried too hard. In one scene on an airplane, Hazel’s mom the book version told Hazel and Gus, “You two are adorable.” successf ully con— Sierra Williams, State News reporter She also used the word amazing so many times nected with. WaterI thought I was watching “The Bachelorette”. ing down the plot to Read the rest online at Here is a character that was multi-faceted in emphasize the love stostatenews.com/blog. the book, but minimized to mere interjections ry was a cowardly move on the director’s part. in the film. I understa nd My mom died of uterine cancer the film is already in April. She was an extraordinary Guest columnist more than t wo hours woman who led a strong and charilong. Some parts of the story table life. John Green’s novel, “The needed to be modified or trimmed, “Seeing the film version of The Fault in Our Stars,” challenged me but diluting nearly every charac- Fault in Our Stars offended me to think about her and her disease ter except the teenage lovers was in a different way. because it downplayed a very a poor and tasteless choice. In his book, Green captured both One of my all-time favorite real part of my life that the book how cancer affects entire support films, “Forrest Gump,” was also systems, and how cancer does based on a book. It manages to successfully connected with.” not swallow up a person’s whole Melanie Brender capture a love story while also identity. brenderm@msu.edu emphasizing Forrest’s relationI do not have cancer, but I lost ships with friends and family. “The involved in his or her life. weight, sleep, fitness, optimism, drive and a slew of other things due to my Fault in Our Stars” could have done the same. To be fair, “Twilight” wasn’t necessarily bad, “The Fault in Our Stars” had a chance at and “The Fault in Our Stars” wasn’t either. But mom’s fight with the disease. A number of family members and friends are journeying through becoming a movie masterpiece. Instead, it decid- downplaying the scope of cancer and Hazel’s personal hells to come to terms with my mom’s ed to throw itself next to the “Twilight” mov- support system in “The Fault in Our Stars” is struggle as well. This in no way compares to ie series. more than inaccurate. It’s insulting to those of The focus is on the lovers and the dialogue us that have experienced the realities of a lifewhat she went through; rather, it shows that cancer harmfully affects more than just one is long and lifeless. Kristen Stewart’s charac- threatening disease. ter in “Twilight” also has a father who plays an person. Melanie Brender is a communications and Seeing the film version of “The Fault in Our extremely minimal role — as if any teenager social relations and policy senior. reach her at Stars” offended me because it downplayed a in a romantic relationship doesn’t have parents brenderm@msu.edu.
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BLOG: Not all men should be “banned”
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I don’t mean to get very broad and generalize (which was what this article advised against), but I think a major problem in society is that we sensationalize and popularize negative events, bad behavior, and generally promote fear. Everyone knows that Justin Beiber got pulled over drunk driving and went to Canada, but how many people know that Bill Gates is one of the world’s biggest philanthropists. Everyone knows that the NSA is out there to get all our digital data and collect every last piece of information on us, but how many people know which major tech companies promote privacy and data security?
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“Not all men” turned into “let’s redefine men” pretty quickly. Stop self righteously apologizing for all men. If the minority of our sex wants to act like trash, then all men should not be blamed for it, and you shouldn’t be apologizing for something you didn’t do. The point of this article should be “stop pingeonholing us as sexual predators” not “let’s work together to redefine manliness.” I’m sorry to break it to everyone, but not one man thinks masturbating on camera is a rite of manhood, the freaks just like the attention.
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h av e a strategy when it comes to the game “Never Have I Ever.” For people unfaCasey holland cholland@statenews.com miliar with the game, it involves friends, or people trying to get to know each other, who gather in a circle and hold up ten fingers. Each person says something they haven’t done, and the people who have done that act put a finger down. Reporter
The acts can range from goofy to very personal. From “never have I ever seen an episode of ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’” to “never have I ever drank alcohol.” If I want to make the entire circle put a finger down, all I have to do is say, “never have I ever been kissed.” You read correctly, folks — I’m 19 years
old and have yet to experience a butterfly-inducing first kiss. I always used to feel like I was falling behind, and the more time that passed by, the less likely it would be for me to catch up. It kept me awake at night. I tossed and turned for endless hours as I ran through every possible thing that must be wrong with me. I thought I just wasn’t pretty enough, or fun enough or just enough in general. I didn’t tell many people about my lack of a love life, because I was genuinely embarrassed by it. There should not be time limits imposed by society when it comes to life experiences. Not experiencing your first kiss or having sex by the time you’re twenty doesn’t mean that it won’t happen to you. You don’t have to go to college right after you graduate, and you don’t necessarily need to have a driver’s license when you turn sixteen. Everything happens to people at a different pace, but through pop culture the media tends to shame people who don’t experience these things before certain
points in their life. Take “We’re the Millers,” for example. The awkward fake-son Kenny admitted that he had never been kissed, which stunned Casey, Emma Roberts’ character. “Wait, what? Aren’t you like, 18?” she asked in the film. Even innocent comments like this stung me and reinforced my own inner argument that something was wrong with me. And sometimes, mentally unstable indi-
“Not experiencing your first kiss or having sex by the time you’re twenty doesn’t mean that it won’t happen to you. You don’t have to go to college right after you graduate, and you don’t necessarily need to have your driver’s license when you turn sixteen.”
viduals can take society’s expectations to heart and react violently. The USCB shootings occurred because Elliot Rodger, a disturbed individual, felt entitled to these superficial expectations and lashed out because he didn’t receive them. I have come to terms with the fact that my life is going to happen on its own time, and there’s no point in wanting to rush socalled “coming-of-age” milestones. It wasn’t until this year that I realized not having kissed anyone doesn’t make me a weirdo, nor does it make me any less of a person. Putting a time limit on things like this and all other firsts can be harmful, and honestly, it takes away from the moment you’re already living in. Everything will happen, eventually. My mom didn’t find the love of her life until she was older than 40. My grandma wants to start taking community college classes. I’m getting my driver’s license this summer. Don’t dwell on what hasn’t happened — focus on all of the moments you still have left to experience, whenever they may occur. Casey Holland is a State News reporter. Reach her at cholland@statenews.com.
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Student design heads to nationals
Marching band practice field construction sees progress
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A MSU engineering start-up that recently won $100,000 in a regional competition will move onto the national finals, sponsored by the Department of Energy on Thursday. The team’s prize-winning design would reduce costs and increase the effectiveness of geothermal power plants, said Zach Hoyle, mechanical engineering graduate student and Black Pine Engineering Chief Executive Officer. The design incorporates their woven wheel technology, which is a turbomachinery wheel forged from woven carbon fiber rather than metal.
Construction crews broke ground on the new turfgrass marching band practice field in May and construction will continue through August. The ongoing project is taking place in the southeast corner of Munn field, which will be home to the Spartan Marching Band beginning in August. The field will also be lined for soccer and intramural sport usage. With a price tag of about $1.3 million, funding for the construction of the field comes from donors and from the Forest Akers Trust, which gifted the funds to the marching band. The original field lies adjacent to Demonstration Hall, in which the marching band is based. The current field is grass-only and easily becomes riddled with ankleendangering divots. The existing safety concerns were enough to implement the project. The new artificial surface will also be weather resistant. “We can beat up a grass football field like no other,” director of the Spartan Marching Band, John Madden, previously told the The State News. “If it rains once, the grass doesn’t have a chance.” A month into the proj-
“I wanted to work with like-minded people who wanted to change the world and aren’t content with the traditional route of doing things.” Zach Hoyle, Engineering Chief Executive Officer
Hoyle said the benefit of using woven carbon fiber is that it’s lighter, cheaper to produce and allows for greater integration into whatever system it’s implemented in. “It’s something that has the potential to drive down clean energy costs,” he said. “The turbomachinery wheels are used everywhere, but they’re really expensive and that’s really slowing the growth of clean energy in the U.S.” Hoyle said there’s a lot on the line at the national competition. They stand to win $100,000, the favor of potential investors and a chance for a feature in Scientific American Magazine, if the majority of people vote for their design. The woven wheel and its application in geothermal technology was developed by mechanical engineering professor Norbert Mueller. Hoyle became involved with the technology last year when he approached Mueller with the idea of commercializing the technology.
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East Lansing residents Raymond Rahall, left, and Josh Hamilton, right, repair pipes Friday at Munn field. Munn field is one of many areas under construction this summer.
ect, construction representative Todd Wilson said production is on schedule. The field is meant to mirror the football field in Spartan Stadium, mimicking the positioning of the
field in conjunction with the added factors of sunshine and performance conditions. The project includes a 32-foot tower which will be used for observation and filming. The
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ate TurtleCell, a cell phone case with built-in retractable headphones. The case, which fits the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s, is available for pre-order on their official website. “Basically, we worked really hard to solve the problem: when you’re walking to class and all you want is to get a quick music fix,” Lindlbauer, a co-founder of the product, said. “We incorporated that into a phone case that prevents the breaking, losing and tangling of headphones.” Paul Jaques, the director of
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It started with a simple problem that plagues many college students. MSU alumnus Jeremy Lindlbauer and his childhood friends, University of Michigan alumni Paul Schrems and Nick Turnbull, were frustrated with trying to untangle headphones between classes when all they wanted was a “quick music fix.” The trio teamed up to cre-
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The MSU baseball team saw two players drafted in the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft on Saturday — outfielder Jimmy Pickens to the Cincinnati Reds in round 15 (455th overall), and catcher Joel Fisher to the Philadelphia Phillies in round 23 (682nd overall). Pickens was a top contributor to the Spartan offense last season, posting 38 runs and leading the team with a .318 batting average. The senior outfielder’s strong 2014 campaign, which included a 13-game hitting streak from March 7-April 2 where he batted an average of .404, culminated into an All-Big Ten First Team selection at the end of the season. “Jimmy was one of our two best guys offensively
and, I think, really prepared himself well for the draft and for a career for baseball,” baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. said. “He possesses the tools a lot of those guys were looking for as far as athleticism and foot speed and especially power, and he showed all three for us this year.” Pickens, who was drafted in the 41 round by the Detroit Tigers in 2011 after graduating Brother Rice High School in Rochester Hills, Mich., succeeded in his goal of improving his draft stock. “He was drafted out of high school and really wanted to work hard to improve his draft status, and he did that,” Boss said. “(I’m) very happy for him, excited for his future.” Fisher had a solid campaign for the Spartans last season with 39 RBI’s and threw out a Big Ten-best 30 potential base stealers. The 6-foot-3 right-hander was huge for MSU in the Big Ten Tournament, hitting .471 with six RBI’s to help the Spartans reach the semi-final round, where they fell to Indiana, 7-4. You can’t really measure the impact that he had on our program because the job that he did, the catcher is kinda like the quarterback out on the field,” Boss said. “He did that for four years and was really really good, won a Big Ten title as a freshman. And just the leadership he brought to the table was extremely good from a talent perspective. “He was as good as a catch and throw guy as we saw anywhere in the country. He got hot there towards the end in the Big Ten Tournament with the bat and I think that really helped him.” Next season, the Spartans will welcome back junior designated hitter Blaise Salter, junior righthander Mick VanVossen and redshirt junior lefthander Jeff Kinley, who did not get drafted last weekend. VanVossen, who was the No. 1 pitcher for MSU last season, pitched a career-best .282 ERA and posted an 8-3 overall record. Salter was an offensive powerhouse with 50 RBI’s and a .317 average. Kinley missed a portion of his 2013 campaign because of blood clots, which Boss said may have affected his draft stock as he worked to recover preblood clot form. “It’s a situation where they certainly take that and have the motivation to prove to all 30 pro organizations that they’re capable of being successful at the next level,” Boss said. “I think that goes into their approach for summer baseball, the way that they lead our ball club next fall, and the work that they put into the offseason.” photos by Danyelle Morrow/The State News photo Illustr ation by haley kluge/The State News
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Haslett, Mich., residents Iris Freridge, left, and Miranda Cristales, right, laugh together Friday, outside the Lake Lansing Band Shell in Lake Lansing Park South in Meridian Charter Township, Mich. Lansing-based musical group Soulstice performed the opening night of the summer concert series.
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The season-opener for the Sounds of Summer Concert Series took place on Friday at Lake Lansing Park South, offering students and residents a chance to grill out, beach-bum and enjoy live music. Occurring every Friday through the end of August, the Lake Lansing Band Shell Committee reigns in various musical acts, from barbershop stylings, to polka, to classic rock, and grants attendees free-of-charge parking and admission. All the while, concert-goers can utilize the paddle boats, concessions, volleyball sand courts, grills, picnic areas, playgrounds, a bounce house, beach area and an inflatable slide. On Friday the band Soulstice jammed out on saxophone, trumpet, bass, electric guitar and drums, playing top 40 hits and inciting dancing among the crowd. Band Shell Committee member and Haslett resident Laura Gilles said the committee selects bands that are suitable for all tastes and vary in genre. Gilles said the concert series is a welcoming place for people of all ages and a chance to learn more about one another.
“It’s a place where you meet your neighbors — everybody comes,” Gilles said. “Everybody gets to know one another and see the children grow.” Media and information sophomore and Haslett resident Dan Stephens has spent his past three summers working at the park. Stephens said the Band Shell is a driving force of community spirit and summertime celebration. “This bandshell wasn’t always here, and ever since they built it there’s been a great sense of community around here,” he said. Aengus McIntosh, Haslett resident and Band Shell Committee chairperson, said the concert series has been a central part of the community since its inception 12 years ago.What started off as an event with an average attendance of nearly 100 people, grew ninefold in the number of concertgoers, McIntosh said. Reema Aldhaneem, mechanical engineering senior, decided to celebrate the sunny Friday with friends by grilling out at the park. The music, she said, was an unexpected addition to the evening. Aldhaneem said she found the park several years ago when she was bored and looking for something to do. She said the park is a nice addition to life in East Lansing.
Upcoming concerts June 6, Top 40s from Soulstice June 13, Barbershop from Capitol City Chordsmen June 20, Concert from Lansing Concert Band June 27, Country from North Country Flyers July 4, Patriotic from Meridian Community Band July 11, Soul from Soultown Band July 18, Classic rock from Sudden Impact July 25, Sock hop from Sea Cruisers August 1, Polka from Linda Lee Brown August 8, Caribbean from Living Soul August 15, Oldies from Oldies but Goodies August 22, Blues from Blue Catz August 29, Modern Mix from Party of Seven SOURCE: http://pk .ingham. org/