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Festival frenzy TOP LEFT: Lansing resident Elijah West, 9, is taught how to play the tuba during the Lansing Juneteenth Freedom Festival on Saturday, at St. Joseph Park. TOP RIGHT: The United States Air Force puts on a show Saturday at the Jazz Festival on Albert Rd. BOTTOM LEFT: Lansing resident Dennis Preston plays on a drum kit made out of scrap metal during Old Town Scrapfest on Saturday

in Lansing’s Old Town. The drum kit, titled “Heavy Metal Band” and created by the team Scrap On My Mind, took third place. BOTTOM RIGHT: East Lansing resident Tia Longo tastes wine during the 15th Annual Festival of the Moon and Sun on Saturday, at Turner Street and Grand River Avenue in Lansing’s Old Town. The festival featured a wide selection of Michigan wines and brews.

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he Greater Lansing area was abuzz last weekend with a plethora of festivals in East Lansing, Lansing and Old Town. There was music at the East Lansing Jazz Festival and the Festival of the Sun and the Festival of the Moon in Old Town, which simultaneously marked the beginning of the Lansing Beer Week. At St. Joseph Park in Lansing, residents also celebrated the anniversary of the abolition of slavery.

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Trustees approve tuition increase By Casey Holland cholland@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

Spartan students will have to pay more green during the upcoming school year as the Board of Trustees approved a budget of $1.2 billion and raised tuition between 2.6 and 3.6 percent at their meeting Friday. Freshman and sophomore in-state students saw a raise

of 2.6 percent, $11.25 more per credit hour. There will be a 2.9 percent increase of $13.75 more per credit hour for upper division in-state students. Out-of-state undergraduate students will see a tuition increase of 3.6 percent, which amounts to $41 more per credit hour. In-state lower division students who take 30 credits next year would pay about $13,200 overall and in-state upper divi-

sion students with 30 credit hours will pay about $14,708. An out-of-state student taking 30 credit hours will pay $34,965. T he same increase was applied to the College of Engineering, though many students voiced concerns about the tuition hike coupled with the college’s programming fees, which adds $524 to the overall tuition total. “It’s always a concern when

tuition increases, our goal is to have our students graduate with as little debt as possible and make sure that tuition goes down,” the Associated Students of Michigan State University president and human biology senior James Conwell said. “So of course it bothers me. That’s why the state needs to value education more — is because students simply cannot take more debt.” The tentative budget for the

2015-16 school year was also released at the meeting, which included a possible 4 percent tuition increase for both lower and upper division in-state students. The 2014-15 budget also included a 5.9 percent increase in state appropriations. It increased the overall allocation of funds to financial aid 4 percent, while graduate assistants were allocated an additional 1.5 percent. Four per-

cent more will go to utilities and an additional 3 percent to health care. Faculty salaries included 2 percent for general merit, which is distributed by the dean and department chair to faculty members based on their reviews. The college market, a raise given to faculty members who are particularly valuable or at-risk of being See TUITION on page 2 u

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Continued Police briefs Student found dead in apartment The Meridian Township Police Department is launching an investigation after responding to a report of a death on the 2200 block of Burcham Drive at 11:31 a.m. Thursday morning. Upon entering the residence, officers found the body of a 22-year-old male MSU student. MSU Spokesman Jason Cody confirmed the student was accounting sophomore Xin Yue Zhang, despite erroneous identification of the student as Xin Yue Zhan in a statement posted on the police department’s web page. The residence showed no signs of forced entry, violence or theft, according to the statement. The cause of death is still unknown. The student’s body is currently being examined by the Ingham County Medical Examiner, who will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Anyone who has information regarding the incident should contact the Meridian Township Police Department.

Print toner cartridges stolen An embezzlement was discovered at the Hannah Administration Building earlier this month, MSU police said. Three employees at the Hannah Administration Building have reported toner cartridges missing from their offices. The first complainant reported at least three cartridges stolen since March. The second reported five cartridges stolen between June 4 and June 10, and the third reported three cartridges stolen between May 30 and June 3. The MSU Department of Police has sent a report of embezzlement to the Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review, Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. There is one suspect at this time, and the investigation is still under way.

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Two bike thefts June 16 A 27-year-old student reported his bike and bike lock stolen from the north side of the Natural Resources building between 10:10 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. on June 16. The bike, a Raleigh Revenio, was estimated to be worth $1500 and the lock was said to be worth $25. The bike is black, blue and white and is not registered. Another bike theft occurred on June 16 at the Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences building. A 31-year-old male said his bike was locked at the racks and was stolen between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The bike was a bright green and black Haro Flightline One and was valued at $500. There are no suspects for both thefts.

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As a closing to National Pollinator Week, MSU held its third annual Bee Palooza on Sunday at the Horticulture Gardens. The purpose of Bee Palooza was to increase awareness, inform the public on the importance of pollinators and educate people on what they can do to improve the environment for pollinators. Attendees had the chance to learn about the 400 species of bee which can be found in Michigan. Professor of entomolog y Rufus Isaacs said Bee Palooza was the only celebration in

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Michigan of National Pollinator Week. “We give people examples of how to build the nests for some of the bees (and) how to plant certain native plants that will help give them food during the year,” Isaacs said. “We’ve got a station that will educate (attendees) on all the different kind of bees and put all that together here in the Demonstration Gardens.” One of the big events of Nat iona l Pol linator Week occurred Friday when President Barack Obama announced a nat iona l me mor a ndu m directing agencies to better pollinator health. B e e Pa lo oz a at te nde e s were able to learn about honey and bumble bees and the

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ble for lower income students to come to MSU. “To say that we could devote all appropriations to a tuition decrease is probably not realistic, if we want to maintain the quality of our programs here,” Byelich said. “It’s a tough call. … People are still able to come to MSU. How? We have allocated more money for financial aid, and as a result of that we’ve been able to maintain enrollment.”

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lich, the assistant vice president and director of the Office of Planning and Budgets, said there are two ways the university would be able to freeze tuition or to have the chance to lower it. One of those ways would be if the university received more state appropriations. The other would be if inflation decreased. He added that MSU’s financial aid program, which has grown 65 percent in the past five years, helps make it possi-

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deans of the colleges’ recommendations to no more than 20 percent of the faculty. All three will be distributed at the beginning of October 2014. The college budget included $11.7 million allocated to academic competitiveness. President Lou Anna K. Simon said during the meeting the budget is a turnaround budget after many years of large deductions and expenditures. Though tuition has been on a constant rise, David Bye-

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Charcoal grills and fresh-cut grass aren’t the only things leaving a memorable scent in the air this season — the unique odor of the rare corpse flower will soon permeate the hot, summer breeze. “Since they don’t flower regularly, they have, in the evolutionary sense, settled on recruiting the types of beetles who are attracted to decaying meat,” W. J. Beal Botanical Garden assistant curator Peter Carrington said. The flower grows to be anywhere from six to nine feet in height, with a base width of up to four feet. The corpse flower also blooms rarely. The last time it bloomed at MSU was in 2010. It will bloom again in the next week, making it possible for students at MSU to have a chance to see this singular occurrence during their time on campus. Carrington said it is impressive for the corpse flower to bloom twice in only four years, especially since they don’t always bloom easily, even in their native habitat of Indonesia. “It is literally one of the wonders of nature, to see this thing,” Carrington said. “There (are) only a handful of these plants that have flowered outside their natural habitat in a decade.” The flower will stay in bloom for 24 to 48 hours at some point in the next week. In bloom, the corpse flower releases a putrid odor meant to attract flies or beetles in order to pollinate. Size and scent make viewing

this flower a rare opportunity in MSU’s botanical attractions. The blooming corpse flower is located in MSU’s Plant Biology Conservatory on Wilson Road. “Something this huge garners attention even in the jungles of Sumatra,” Carrington said. Pinpointing when the plant will bloom can be as difficult as predicting the weather, curator of W. J. Beal Botanical Garden Frank Telewski said. Many factors are taken into account, and the corpse flower’s bloom could be early next week depending on how warm the weekend weather is. “Warmth accelerates it,” Telewski said. “When it stores up enough energy in the bulb ... it will flower.” Visitors to the conservatory can view the flower beginning this weekend from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and weekdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To gain a better observation of the flower and to bring it to a wider audience, a live video feed will be equipped in the conservatory and made available to the public online. Telewski said part of his job is connecting people to plants and developing a sense of value in them. “It captures one’s imagination,” Telewski said. “A lot of these plants are available to introduce people to the diversity of plants from around the world.” He said he hopes the flower will remind people that botanical life is a large part of human life — from the air we breathe, to the food we eat. “Plants are just important,” Telewski said.

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foods which pollinators have an impact on. They also could have their faces painted with drawings of bees. Isaacs said pollinators are important in the production of fruit and nut crops such as almonds and apples. Pollination occurs when pollen grains fertilize the seedproducing ovaries in flowers. Bees play a major part in this by assisting in the transfer of the grains to the flowers. MSU alumnus Mike Krcmarik said he came to Bee Palooza because he has his own hives and wanted to learn more about bees. “Ever yone a lways ta l k s about how (bees) are going through this special process ... I thought it’d be cool to see

what it’s all about,” Krcmarik said. One station informed attendees how to garden the beefriendly way, and allowed them to take home a native seed mix to add to their own gardens. Graduate student Emily May educated attendees on how to make a garden draw in bees, and said having certain flowers in a garden is important because they provide food for bees. “If you can, plant a garden that has abundant blooms throughout the season to support bees all the way through ... and then have a variety of colors and different f lower shapes, because different bees like different kinds of flowers,” May said.

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Theatre department alumni took last weekend as an opportunity to gather once more as students, performers, friends, and as the first group of students to perform in Wharton Center when it was completed in 1982. Members of the MSU theatre department alumni — all graduates of the eighties — decided to stage a three-day reunion, gathering alumni from around the country and meeting in East Lansing. About a year ago, 1984 graduate Brian Veit created a Facebook group to get the troupe back together, roughly 30 years after they took their exit from MSU’s stage. The group visited all their old hang-outs, including dinner at The Peanut Barrel and

“It just made me laugh to remember all those happy times ... This reunion feels like we’re doing a play,” Leslie Kay, 1986 Alumna

viewing productions at the Summer Circle Theatre. “We were there back when you could still throw peanuts on the ground,” Veit said. “(The) Peanut Barrel was an excellent place to hang out and socialize.” Many of t he alumni in the group stayed in touch over the years, and Veit said they didn’t really have to get reacquainted. “They tend to clique — they tend to stick together,” Veit said. “Whether good or bad, you’re a big, dysfunctional family.” Andrea Salloum, 1989 graduate, who now lives in Chicago, Illinois, said it’s important to spotlight the sense of community among members of the theatre department by having a reunion.

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“We’re so old school, the people of the eighties,” Salloum said. “When we graduated, we had no way to reconnect.” Though the reunion reconnected old friends, it also was reminiscient of the early days in Wharton Center, with which some of the alumni share an anniversary. Many of the alumni who attended the reunion were part of the inaugural performing arts company in 1982, Wharton Center’s opening year. They were the first class of students to work and perform in the newly constructed building and 1981 graduate Bruce Hart said one thing that hasn’t changed since the eighties is MSU’s beautiful architecture. “It was nice seeing all the young theater folks coming up and knowing that they were going to have the opportunity to perform in such a great facility,” Hart said. Leslie Kaye, 1986 graduate, said she loves the history of MSU. “I felt like a movie star,” Kaye said. “It was brand new, beautiful.” The alumni got to experience theatre in a building so new, with so many memories to make — and what continues to connect them is their love for the arts. “It just made me laugh to remember all those happy times,” Kaye said. “Doing a play, you get thrown together and you get very close very fast. This reunion feels like we’re doing a play.” The reunion brought the group back to their roots, Salloum said. She said it was kind of like a rebirth for the passion and dedication of theater. But that ’s not the only remaining tie the group has, they all lived out their passions at MSU and took the skills they acquired into their later lives. “There’s not a day that goes by that I’m not grateful for what Michigan State taught me,” Salloum said.

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MSU alumni played an integral part in pulling off the Festival of the Moon and the Sun that took place last weekend in Lansing. Executive director and MSU alumna Louise Gradwohl said the Festival of the Sun began as a promotional event to bring people to the neighborhood. The Festival of the Moon was added five years later. “It was just a really great way to encourage a new audience down here and make them see that there was a revitalization happening,” Gradwohl said. “It has just slowly evolved and we’ve gotten a larger and larger crowd.” More than 130 different types of beer and wine were poured for attendees and gave participants a chance to enjoy Old Town during the festival, which served as a fundraising event for the Old Town Commercial Association, which funds the Old Town Farmer’s Market, Scrap Fest and other parts of Old Town such as the Turner Street Outdoor Theater. The Festival of the Moon is a celebration of one of the shortest nights of the summer and the Festival of the Sun marks the summer solstice. In addition to the food, beer and wine samplings, henna tattoo artists were inking festival attendees, live bands seranaded attendees and a psychic gave readings. Festival director and MSU alumna Grace Guerra said the event helps introduce people, particularly students, to the area. “I don’t think Michigan State students know about Old Town, so it’s really cool when you get some kids that come out and check it out,” Guerra said. The Festivals of the Moon and Sun coincide with Lansing Beer Week which began June 20 and continues until June 28. Outside of the festival,

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More than 4,000 people took part in a two-day festival at Lansing’s St. Joseph Park to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the United States nearly 150 years ago. The Lansing Juneteenth Freedom Festival featured hiphop performers, soul food, gospel music, head-wrapping demonstrations and an MSU-led “instrument petting zoo,” among other celebratory activities. The festival is part of the country-wide commemoration of emancipation known as Juneteenth, which dates back to June 19, 1866, the year after federal troops marched into Texas to enforce the emancipation of all enslaved blacks in the state, who were among the last to be freed. The Lansing Juneteenth Freedom Festival started from humble beginnings as a backyard church event 21 years ago, board member of the Lansing Juneteenth Committee Cheryl Benjamin said. Benjamin said the festival was about knowing and sharing history and the opportunities made available through struggles of those who came before. “It’s important to know your history,” Benjamin said. “The thing is knowing where you came from, recognizing those that blessed you beforehand and sharing that knowledge and culture to those who are before you.” Willie Davis, an education and sociology professor at Lansing Community College, likened Juneteenth to the Fourth of July. “I always look at (slavery) as an interlude in our history, because we were not slaves, we

were enslaved,” Davis said. “We came out of a forced enslavement of a free people, so now we’ve returned back to our free selves.” The festival also offered participants two days focused on strengthening community bonds. Some children at the festival took part in the music with the MSU Community Music School bringing out an assortment of brass and woodwind instruments, staging an instrument petting zoo. Vocal performance senior Katherine Nunn, who was working the event Saturday, stressed the importance of music in children’s lives.. “The arts programs are just being cut more and more,” Nunn said. “It’s so important to give (children) this experience and let them try things, because

Lansing resident Ryan Paul takes a drink during the 15th Annual Festival of the Moon and Sun on Saturday at Turner Street and Grand River Avenue in Lansing's Old Town. Right: St. John’s, Mich., resident Michele Sample pours wine during the Festival of the Moon and Sun in Lansing’s Old Town. The festival featured a wide selection of Michigan wines and beers.

That’s How We Brew, a home brewing supply store in Lansing, educated guests on how to craft an Oktoberfest lager. Among the beer and wine available to try were samples from some of Michigan’s own breweries such as Bell’s and Founders. Gradwohl said there were samples not only from Michigan brewers, but also from national brewers. Interdisciplinary studies in social science junior Tyler Moreno said she thought the festivals were a great way to try different kinds of beer or wine. “The best part about this season is finding all the different kind(s) of beers and different kind(s) of brewing companies and knowing what I want to buy in stores,” Moreno said.

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Lansing resident Ny'jah Rembert, 5, far right, performs Saturday at St. Joseph Park in Lansing. Rembert is a member of Women With Words, one of the many performances held at the Lansing Juneteenth Freedom Festival.

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The transition helped with something that I claim much of my college experience has done — it helped me grow up a little bit more. The transition from a dorm room to an apartment building has been smooth for me, and not nearly as intimidating as I originally thought it would be. It ended up being somewhere I preferred to the dorms, even though I did not excel at living as an adult at first, seeing as I only just figured out that certain grocery stores are cheaper than others. Apartment life offers a different type of growth compared to dorm life, and it brings with it new, adult responsibilities. Casey Holland is a State News reporter. Reach her at cholland@statenews.com.

to escape the room’s confines and just go somewhere — anywhere — else. In an apartment, I have my own space and a lot more of it. I still share a room, but spend most of my time sitand making your own rules. mer nights, we make do with fans. iving in Holden Hall freshman ting by the window in the livLiving in my own apartment Even though most of my meals have year, I ate three meals a day, ing room so I can look outside. ended up being micro- means that I can come home at spent time with my roomReporter There’s space in the kitchany hour without having to flash wavable, I can easily mate in our little, squaresay that I prefer apart- my ID at someone. I’m not restrict- en to cook meals or, in my case, microwave and experiment with ment life to dorm life. ed to the cafeteria menus, and shaped home and endured many them. I never knew that macaIt wasn’t that I didn’t I can cook what I actually want nights drowning in a pool of my roni and cheese and barbecue get along well with my to eat, and do some experimentown sweat because there was no sauce could go so well together. roommate — she’s one ing — believe me when I say Most of the meals I’ve had that I’m no Gordon Ramsay. of my closest friends. air conditioner. the time and patience to make The transition was strange at My experience in the have been either of the microdorms only lacked one first. The only time I’d ever lived Now that I’m subleasing an wavable variety, peanut butaway from home was in a dorm thing — freedom. apartment in Cedar Village, Casey holland ter and jelly or some form of room, which is essentially just a Sure, the dorms I’m lucky to make myself two cholland@statenews.com glorified cube. I would become ant- macaroni and cheese. I’ve had offered me a sense meals a day, and while my roomto budget for groceries, which sy and feel enclosed when I was of freedom beyond what I’d known mates and I still spend time togethwasn’t something I stressed hanging out there. It was hard to at home. But nothing compares er, we each have our own space. Even over while living in the dorms. really focus because I was eager to really having an adult lifestyle though I still suffer through sweaty sum-

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he odds of coming to Michigan State with a set of divorced parents are 50-50. An even split, right down the middle. I had simply lived under the assumption that they would always be in my favor. At the beginning of my sophomore year, divorce became an official word in my home. Up until then I had always considered myself to be a “go with the flow” type of person. Not much bothered me, I lived my days believing that everything happened for a reason, and I kept myself emotionally distant from my academic, professional, and even my personal life. For some reason the signing of the divorce papers flipped a switch in my mind. Seventy-five miles away I struggled to come to terms with what was happening back home. I got distracted emotionally, pulled

“For some reason the signing of the divorce papers flipped a switch in my mind. 75 miles away I struggled to come to terms with what was happening back home.” myself away from the life I viewed as “falling apart.” If I wasn’t at work or in class, I was at home sitting in bed, door closed and locked, refusing to talk to people. I stopped dancing, something I had always enjoyed. If I was at work, I was distracted from my job, failing to do the one thing that I still enjoyed. If I was in class, I was fidgety, forgot assignments, struggled through exams and managed to earn the lowest grades I’ve had in years. After a while, I learned to distance myself, physically and emotionally, from the situation. Eventually I found myself back on track. I asked myself whether I would have changed my reaction if I could have, if I would have tried to remain emotionally detached from the situation from the beginning. I always come to the same conclusion: I would have done the same thing. I would have let myself fall off the tracks momentarily, so that I could take something away from the experience in the end.

Maybe at times it felt like the white-picket-fence family was disappearing, or that I was losing something that I could never again find. But now, looking back, I realize it was the exact opposite. My family was doing nothing but moving to different cities and extending itself. My support system was going nowhere, the only difference is now I have to make two phone calls instead of one, I spend the holidays in two different places — everything simply doubled, and nothing disappeared. Was my life seemingly a mess for a little while? Slightly. But going through the experience made me realize something that I once again live by. Things will happen in life that can’t be changed. People will move away, lose touch, get divorced or die. The first time something major happens in your life, something that completely upends a portion of it, it will probably affect you more than you want it to. But the key is to not let it happen again, and to learn from it and to accept that change is inevitable. But a change in one aspect of your life shouldn’t make you struggle in other aspects. Instead, it should let you grow. When I turned 19, in the middle of the divorce, I accepted my fear of needles and did the unthinkable — I got a tattoo. When it isn’t covered, people always ask what it says or why I got it. It’s from a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson titled “In Memoriam A.H.H.,”

after a friend of his passed away. My tattoo is a part from section 27, stating “‘Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all.” It emphasizes that love is an emotion that needs to be felt, because it’s so powerful. Even if it doesn’t work out in the end, the experience of something is what matters over the success of something. I had a solid 18 years with a whole family and all of the experiences that come with it. It’s something that can never be taken away, even if a family becomes fragmented. Memories might fade, but they will remain in some capacity. Driving to Pennsylvania in the summer to see my grandfather, taking a day trip up to a cabin with my cousins, and taking a family vacation to Grand Haven for a weekend or stripping off the ugly wallpaper in the kitchen of our new home are all experiences of togetherness with my family that I will someday be able to write into a memoir. I might live in East Lansing, my brother might be in Metro Detroit with my mother and her boyfriend and my father might be in Sterling Heights with his girlfriend. My cousins and extended family might be around the country. But they’re still my family, and they’re individual pieces of a larger puzzle that, when placed together carefully, make me whole. Danyelle Morrow is the Photo Editor at the State News. Reach her at dmorrow@statenews.com.

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‘Scrappy’ artists vie for Scrapfest honor By Colleen Otte cotte@statenews.com The State News nn

For Ivan Iler, crafting from scrap metal is a trade, a hobby and a newfound obsession — and at Old Town Scrapfest he also proved his talent for metal sculpting. As the owner of Hammer In Hand Custom Cycles in St. Johns, Iler builds motorcycles for a living, but on Friday and Saturday he showcased how he puts the same skills to use in his free time. For the second consecutive year, Iler was Scrapfest’s first place winner. He was also the People’s Choice Award winner for his display “The Fiddler,” which was a metal windmill which harnessed wind energy to move a small fiddle player beneath it. Iler, along with 17 other teams of artists, had just two weeks to fashion a sculpture out of up to 500 pounds of scrap metal. “We get applications in April ... and then this year it was May 31 ... we (went) to Friedland Industries, the junkyard in Old Town, and teams have one hour to collect up to 500 pounds of scrap metal,” Scrapfest director Bridget Gonyeau said. “After that, they have two weeks to build, and they can only use materials from that scrapyard.” Iler said he and his team — Ian Markiw, Michele Iler and Megan Markiw — will likely participate in Scrapfest in the years to come. “Kinetic stuff is always fun to make, and you don’t get much of an opportunity to make it, so Scrapfest is like a reset button,” he said. “I actually got hooked on it — now if you go to our

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Top left: People look at Team Hammered's piece "The Fiddler," during Old Town Scrapfest on Saturday in downtown Lansing. The piece took both first place and the People's Choice Award. Top right: St. Johns, Mich., resident Ivan Iler adjusts a portion of his piece, “The Fiddler,” during Old Town Scrapfest on Saturday in Old Town in Lansing. Iler, along with Lansing resident Ian Markiw, took first place for the second year in a row. Bottom right: The piece was inspired during last year’s festival, when the artists saw a fiddler playing barefoot on stage.

to raise money for Old Town and raise awareness in the community.” David Such, co-chair of the Scrapfest planning committee and the proposer of the entire festival idea to Friedland Industries six years ago, agreed Scrapfest is important both in promoting art and being “green,” considering the amount of scrap metal repurposed by the artists. Scrapfest showcased the artists’ sculptures during the Festival of the Moon and Sun to allow more spectators to enjoy

shop there (are) junk metal sculptures all over the place.” But he said the importance of Scrapfest to Lansing goes far beyond the fun and the individual gain from the live and online auction of the pieces. Iler said he and his team didn’t have a specific goal for how much their winning sculpture would sell for in the auction. “It really doesn’t matter what it goes for — I hope it goes for a lot just because it would really help all of this out for next year,” Iler said. “The whole idea of doing all this is all just

the artwork. “The reason we attached it to the Festival of the Sun and Moon was because we thought people going to the festival would also be interested in looking at art. This has kind of taken on a life of its own,” Such said. “It’s so varied, abstract ... It reaches all level(s) of people.”

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CAHS Woofstock ends in 35 animals finding new homes By Beth Waldon bwaldon@statenews.com The State News nn

MSU alumnus Kevin Marquardt adopted his German Shepherd/Lab mix, Delilah, in August of 2013 from the Capital Area Humane Society. On Saturday, he took her back to the shelter to visit the place where the pair first met. Marquardt, who knew he wanted a dog as soon as he moved into a pet-friendly apartment, said visiting the shelter helped show his support for the humane society and their mission — and also to

show off his four-legged friend. “My roommate is a preveterinary major and she volunteered here,” Marquardt said. “We’d been looking into getting a dog when we moved into a new apartment ... so as soon as we got a new place that allowed dogs we started shopping around. We knew we were going to adopt just because it helps the dogs and it’s a good cause.” Marquardt, along with numerous other participants, attended Capital Area Humane Society’s heir third Annual Woofstock Adopt-a-Thon on Saturday, which gave alumni animals a chance to visit the shelter and gave shelter

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“Every year it’s a lot of work, we do adoptions on a daily basis, but this is a large-scale adoption event, so certainly a lot more planning goes into an event like this,” Palmer-Willson said. Palmer-Willson said out out of approximately 200 animals st the shelter, 100 were available for adoption Saturday. In addition to the Adopt-aThon, Woofstock hosted an alumni walk for pet owners who have previously adopted dogs. The pet owners brought their dogs back to the shelter and went for a onemile walk around the Capital Area Humane Society property.

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“We really like to celebrate our alumni, or the folks who adopted from us, and we like to see those animals come back to the shelter. So each year we host an alumni walk,” Palmer said. “We encourage folks who adopted dogs specifically ... to come back, bring their animals, celebrate their adoption and it gives us the chance to see that they’re in a happy home.” The Capital Area Humane Society raised funds for the shelter by hosting a bake sale at the event. Capital Area Humane Society Director of Operations Holly Lawrence said the funds raised from

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the bake sale will go toward medical care for the animals, including vaccinations. Lansing resident Pierre Brown said he found out about Woofstock on Facebook. He has two cats and thought about adopting another cat or a guinea pig. Brown said he was compelled to choose adoption because shelter animals deserve a second chance. At the end of the event 35 animals had been adopted.

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Horoscope By Linda C. Black 10 IS THE EASIEST DAY — 0 THE MoST CHALLENGING

Aries (march 21-April 19) Today is a 7 — It’s easy to get into a spiritual or philosophical frame of mind. Postpone tasks, and find words of love and visions of beauty. Read poetry, play music, and appreciate art made by others. taurus (April 20-may 20) Today is a 6 — Take extra care of yourself today and tomorrow. Pamper yourself with rest and healthy food. Think and talk about love. The words come easily, with Venus entering Gemini today. Surround yourself with kindness.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7 — Share your heart out at home with Venus in Gemini. Your attention and energy are wanted and needed there. Today and tomorrow are good for home repairs and renovations. Restore love with small kindnesses.

sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21) Today is a 7 — Handle financial and family matters today and tomorrow. Tie up loose ends and update the records. Love is the bottom line... make sure your dear ones know how you feel. Speak from your heart.

Virgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Today is an 8 — The Taurus Moon invites fun and play with friends and family over the next two days. Take some time off. Work’s not going anywhere. Express love, with Venus in Gemini. Share precious time together.

capricorn (dec. 22-Jan.19) Today is an 8 — Study, research, and embark on an educational journey today and tomorrow. It’s easier to share your passions, with Venus in Gemini. Let others know what you love. Take it slow and easy.

gemini (may 21-June 20) Today is a 7 — Make plans today for profits tomorrow. There’s plenty of work, and organization today helps when things get chaotic. File papers, catch up on correspondence, and return calls. With Venus in Gemini, you find the right words.

Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22) Today is a 7 — Breakdowns at work could get frustrating. Step back and review the situation. Take a deep breath, and look to get to the heart of the matter. You’re brilliant at expressing love, with Venus in Gemini.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18) Today is an 8 — A rise in career status could be possible over the next two days. Focus on what you love, and on having more of that. Talk about how awesome it would be. Get specific.

cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is an 8 — Let your loved ones know how much you adore them. You know just what to say, with Venus in Gemini. Today and tomorrow your communication skills are in rare form. Express what you feel.

scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21) Today is a 7 — You and a partner may disagree on priorities. Be willing to compromise. Sit down and make an action plan. Don’t let small potatoes become big problems. Love is the most important thing. Share it.

pisces (feb. 19-march 20) Today is a 7 — Friends help you surmount obstacles and blockages today. Things may not go as planned, but your team’s behind you. Let them know how much you love and appreciate their talents and efforts.

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Left: Jazz

studies senior Walter Cano performs Saturday during the Jazz Festival. Cano was one of many students performing during the weekend.

Above: Root Doctor bassist and vocalist James Williams signs autographs Saturday at the Jazz Festival.

jazz festival fills downtown with brass By Derek Gartee dgartee@statenews.com The State News nn

The sweet sound of saxophone, piano and upright bass enveloped East Lansing’s downtown on June 20 and 21 for the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival. The croon of soft melodies and stunning solos carried on until 12:30 a.m. each night and spanned from the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum to Abbot Road. “Even though we had bad weather (on June 20) it was a

very good turnout,” Summer Solstice Jazz Festival coordinator Benjamin Hall said. The festival has become a staple in the large lineup of East Lansing summer festivals. The event has a storied history in East Lansing, all beginning with a night of music on campus. “The very first Summer Solstice Festival was held at midnight at Erickson (Hall) Kiva,” jazz pianist and MSU professor of music theory Ron Newman said. “Everybody would come over on campus and they started at midnight on the 21st for the solstice. We played all through the night.” Newman has played at many of the Summer Solstice Festivals in his 24 years as an MSU professor. He plays with his wife,

Sunny Wilkinson, who was also a jazz professor at MSU. “I taught at MSU for 18 years as jazz vocal professor,” Wilkinson said. The festival has come a long way since its inception in the Erickson Hall Kiva many years ago. Today, the festival is citywide with over 8,000 attendees and requires months of planning. “We have a Jazz Festival citizen board, volunteers, fundraising efforts, sponsors and staff to bounce ideas off of,” East Lansing city manager George Lahanas said. “People go for one or two days, but they can’t imagine how much effort it takes to put this stuff on.” The city and university collaborate to bring the festival

to life. Internationally accomplished bassist and MSU director of jazz studies Rodney Whitaker works as the artistic director for the festival. “We are very fortunate to have (Rodney) Whitaker working with the festival. His connections allow us to get ... elite talent on the stage,” Lahanas said. Some of the elite talent this year included Grammy Awardnominated singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, New York Trumpeter Benny Benack III and United States Air Force big band, Airmen of Note. The community appreciation of jazz music, coupled with the strong jazz program at MSU, creates an oasis for the genre. “It’s a jazz mecca,” Newman

Right: Lansing

resident Markayla Gilbert, 5, dances to music Saturday at the Jazz Festival on Albert Road.The Jazz Festival offered activities and music for all ages.

said. East Lansing’s reputation for good jazz shows no signs of deteriorating. “I think that within the next five years this will be one of the top jazz festivals in Michigan at least,” Hall said. “Probably regionally.” While the notoriety of the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival could bring new talent to the stage, Wilkinson said the most

important part of the festival is the audience. “It’s important to keep the public involved in the music otherwise it gets to be really insular,” Wilkinson said. “We need an audience.”

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Trustees approve contracts, construction By Casey Holland cholland@statenews.com The State News nn

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In their approval of next year’s $1.2 billion budget, the Board of Trustees voted on four athletic faculty contract extensions and renovations to several venues in their meeting Friday. T he board voted to continue the contract of athletic director Mark Hollis from July 1, 2017 to June Hollis 30, 2018. Hockey head coach Tom Anastos, enter ing his f ou r t h ye a r with the program, was voted to receive a Anastos contract extension beginning July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. Coming off a promising season which ended in an Elite Eight exit at the hands of UConn, head basketball coach

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With the 2014 NBA draft mere days away, it appears the MSU basketball program will see two players walk the stage when NBA commissioner Adam Silver calls their name. ESPN analyst Chad Ford tweeted last Friday that guard Gar y Harris and for ward Adreian Payne are among 21 players who have been invited to the green room for Thursday’s draft. A green room invitation is traditionally a strong indicator that a player could be a high draft pick, and recent mock drafts support the notion that Harris and Payne could become lottery picks. Harris, who averaged 14.9 points, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals during two years at MSU, is a

near-consensus lottery pick. NBA.com’s consensus mock draft, which weighs predictions from 12 sources, places Harris at No. 12 to the Orlando Magic. CBS Sports listed Harris at No. 9 on June 19. On the low end of the spectrum, Harris is listed at No. 13 by NBA Draft Insider, and three mock drafts pegged Harris outside of the lottery. Despite middling college assist numbers, many mock drafts consider Harris, an undersized shooting guard who measured at 6-foot-4 inches tall at the 2014 NBA draft combine, is a player who could potentially transition to the point guard position in the NBA. 23-year-old Adreian Payne, who averaged 16.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and .423 3-point shooting at MSU last season, is a potential late lottery pick according to eight of the 12

mock drafts on NBA.com. Despite being old by NBA draft standards, Payne’s shooting and athletic ability enables him to stand out from the rest of the big man crop. If Harris and Payne are drafted in the lottery, it would be the first time in MSU history two MSU players are drafted in the top-14. MSU hasn’t had two first round picks since 2006, when guard Shannon Brown went No. 25 to the Cleveland Cavaliers and guard Maurice Ager went No. 28 to the Dallas Mavericks. MSU had consecutive drafts with two picks at the beginning of the millennium — guard Mateen Cleaves and forward Morris Peterson went No. 14 and No. 21, respectively, in the 2000 draft, and guard Jason Richardson and center Zach Randolph went No. 5 and No. 19, respectively, in the 2001 draft.