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Students unpack study abroad experiences when returning to MSU
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Spartan Stadium and surrounding buildings were evacuated late Wednesday afternoon for a bomb scare that ended up proving false. MSU Police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said the threat was called in through central dispatch at 3:15 p.m. Police evacuated Spartan Stadium and the surrounding area and relocated personnel to areas in Wells Hall and near Munn Ice Arena. Nathan Blixt, an employee in Web Services said officers walked into a conference room in the offices attached to the stadium told employees to evacuate. “There was a police officer that came into our meeting,” Blixt said. “He said, ‘just get out of the building, walk as far West as you can.’” Employees stood across Chestnut Road from the stadium watching police as K-9 units entered the building, presumably to search for the presence of explosives. By about 4:20 p.m. employees began to disperse. For those who left the building with their belongings, the evacuation meant an early end to the work day. When the evacuation order was given, recent graduate and MSU Museum employee Riley Ravary was working in See SCARE on page 2 u
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Packing for, preparing for and financing a study abr oad pr og r a m can be difficult, but for most students the hardest aspect of studying abroad comes at the end of the trip — returning home. In the past few we e k s, a n abu ndance of MSU students have spent time readjusting to American culture, timezones and food as they are just now returning from summer study abroad programs. Office of Study Abroad E x e c ut i v e D i r e c t o r Bret t Berquist said about 2,000 st udents choose to study abroad du r i ng t he sum mer, more t han any other time of year. He said the reason behind the popularity of summer study abroad programs is simple — convenience. “As a public institution we find a
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lot of our students during the summertime work and tr y to get coursework out of the way,” Berquist said. “In choosing study abroad, they can take programs (that are) shorter than the regular semester, essentially being gone for a shorter period of time.” The 300 study abroad programs MSU facilitates span all seven continents and range in duration from 10 days to six weeks, although Berquist said a 10-day study abroad program is not typical. “Most of the summertime programs grant MSU credits and count towards a degree. T hey are credits students would have paid for anyway. We have actually found that students who study abroad generally graduate one semester faster,” Berquist said. But Berquist stresses the “intenseness” of the experience, both the transition to a new culture and the switch back to the States. It jolts students out of their comfort zone and leads to cultural and personal awareness. Going Abroad, Then Going Home See ABROAD on page 2 u
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49 sexual assaults place MSU fifth in Big Ten 84 64 61 54 49 By Casey Holland
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A data table compiled by the Washington Post on Sunday illustrates exactly how MSU’s campus, with .41 sexual offenses occurring for every 1,000 students, compares to other universities in Michigan and the U.S. With 49 sexual offenses reported between 2010 and 2012, MSU occupies the 11th highest spot, right behind four other Big Ten schools. Pennsylvania State University holds the highest number of offenses; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has the third highest; followed by Ohio State University with the fourth and Indiana University, Bloom-
ington, with the seventh highest. The table showcases data collected from about 1,570 public and private nonprofit universities scattered throughout the nation. The colleges had previously submitted data to the Education Department under a campus safety law requiring them to disclose crime on campus, called The Clery Act. Out of the more than 1,500 schools on the table, about 45 percent did not report any sexual offenses during the three-year period of 2010-2012. MSU, with a reported enrollment of 48,783 students, had 49 cases reported during those three years, but coordinator for the MSU Counseling Center Sexual Assault Program Shari Murgittroyd said the
number is small compared to how many could have actually happened. “Depending on which research you look at, one-fourth or onefifth of women will be sexually assaulted during their time at university,” she said. “Of the more than 40,000 students enrolled at MSU, 51 percent are female. One-fourth of that amount would be in the thousands. ... The small numbers don’t surprise me — I think they’re a reflection of our culture and what we know. It’s not disturbing, it’s what I expect. Most don’t report these crimes.” MSU’s number of reported forcible sexual assualt cases,
Total number of reported alleged sexual offenses between 2010 and 2012
Pennsylvania State University
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Ohio State University
Indiana University Bloomington
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Total enrolled during those years
45,783 43,426 56,387 42,133 48,783 Florian Cherdron/SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST
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more inside Where to buy fireworks On eve of holiday, there are plenty of options for those looking to watch, buy fireworks Owosso, Mich., resident, Sienna Baker, 11, browses a selection of fireworks on Wednesday, at Jeff’s Fireworks, 3340 E Lake Lansing road. Jessalyn Tamez/The State News Campus+city, pg. 3
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Continued Bomb SCARE
Evacuations due to bomb threat that eventually proved false lasted approximately two hours.
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the Central Services building which sits in the shadow of the stadium’s east end. “We were supposed to evacuate, but we didn’t hear about it,” Ravary said. As other university employees dispersed, Ravar y and a colleague were walk ing around the Stadium toward Munn Field. She said she wasn’t particularly worried about the threat. “I got an email saying we were supposed to evacuate, and there was a bomb threat, but a threat is not necessarily the real deal,” Ravary said. Shortly after 5:00 p.m. East Lansing Police reported the stadium had been reopened to car and foot traffic, and a bomb had not been located. MSU a nd Ea st L a n si ng Police are still investigating, but reported shortly before press time that MSU Police have two suspects in custody, but did not release any further information about the suspect’s identities or their motives. Content Editor Olivia Dimmer contributed to this report
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The Fourth of July is like any other summer holiday at MSU in that East Lansing is not the most popular place to be. “We’ve probably lost at least 40,000 students so that tends to quiet things down,” East Lansing Police Department Captain Jeff Murphy said. Even t hough t hings around MSU are expected to be fairly quiet, Murphy said the department will
Abroad
After returning from study abroad, students find there is an adjustment period from page one
Even though media and information senior Abhilasha Singh was born in India, returning there for her summer study abroad program was a unique kind of culture shock — one that came with leaving her home country at only 8 years old, and returning more than a decade later. “Going there I was like, ‘Oh I know the language, it’s very similar to the culture,’ but in India as soon as you leave your native state you’re pretty much a foreigner because the language changes every five kilometers,” Singh said, emphasizing the country’s 22 official languages and broad, multicultural composition. Singh said her study abroad trip, entitled “Beyond Bollywood: Taste of Indian Media,” was a lways pac ked w it h activities and sights to see, so when she returned home for the summer, the lack of a rigid schedule was a shock. “When we came back it was at least a week to take it all in, our schedule was so go, go, go, and we saw so many amazing things we never got the chance to take it in,” she said. “But it hit us on the last night when we had a bit of time to ourselves to pack and reminisce.” Besides the abundance of
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still keep an eye out for a few things, including drunk driving, disorderly conduct and loud parties. “There will (probably) be several drunk drivers arrested,” Murphy said. Murphy said there will be normal staffing in East Lansing Friday night. “ T he Fou r t h of Ju l y i s not h i ng for us compared to some of the other times in East Lansing like Welcome Week, football games and St. Patrick’s Day,” he said. As for the MSU Police Department, Sergeant Flofree time, adjusting to a new time zone also gave Singh difficulty. “Jet lag was really bad; I didn’t leave my room for two days,” she said. “There’s about a 20-hour time difference between here and India.” Amol Pavangadkar was the lead instructor in “Beyond Bolly wood: Taste of Indian Media,” and had his own struggles transitioning back to the states. Besides reconnecting with family and friends he left behind for multiple weeks while during the study abroad program, Pavangadkar said the culinary swap from India to Michigan has been a sad one. “After returning back to the U.S. we’re still getting used to the food,” he said. “We had access to whatever we wanted in India, and back to reality and regular mac ‘n cheese I think has been a major adjustment.” In addition, the population in India varies greatly from the sparse MSU summer campus. “There are people everyw h e r e , c r o wd s of p e o ple every minute in India,” Pavangadkar said. “People returning to the U.S. will notice a lack of companionship and won’t see many people around them.” Making the Most of Study Abroad Office of Study Abroad peer advisor and MSU alumna Taylor Sandweg went on
r e ne Mc Glot h ia n-Taylor said the department will also enforce the city ordinance and keep an eye out for drunk drivers. “We will have additional people on this weekend,” Mc Glot h ia n-Taylor sa id. “We’ll be making certain that the roads are safe.” McGlothian-Taylor advises those who plan to consume alcohol Friday night to make sure to drink where it is safe. W hile East Lansing is expected to be uneventful, the residents who do choose to stick around can head
downtown at 10 p.m. to the Adado Riverfront Park for the fireworks show. Although fireworks will be displayed in the park, Lansing Parks and Recreation Director Brett Kaschinske said the general public is not allowed to set off fireworks of their own at the park. While East Lansing and MSU police departments will be keeping a close eye on the East Lansing area, Kaschinske said the Lansing Police Department will be in charge of security at the fireworks show.
“We had access to whatever we wanted in India, and back to reality and regular mac ‘n cheese I think has been a major adjustment.” Amol Pavangadkar, Lead study abroad instructor
her first study abroad program during the summer prior to her freshman year — and the transition back to MSU was not difficult enough to deter her from participating in another study abroad program. So t wo su m mer s ago, Sandweg went on a second study abroad experience — she interned in India. After returning, Sandweg knew she wanted to play an integral part in helping other students participate in study abroad programs, so she became a peer advisor at the Office of Study Abroad. “I wanted to get the word out there about study abroad,” she said. “No one in my family had ever studied abroad, it just wasn’t something we talked about, but I wanted to be someone to show students who want to study abroad, if I can, you can as well.” Packaging senior Olivia Sabbagh studied abroad this summer at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy from May 15 to June 21, but said the transition back to America wasn’t bad despite the latenight sleeplessness. “I had a direct flight back to America and arrived at 3:30 p.m. our time, 9:30 p.m. Italian time,” Sabbagh said. “Some nights we would be up
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until 3 a.m. so the time change wasn’t hard to get used to on the way back.” Because Ita ly has a strong A merican presence, the cultural transition wasn’t hard to make for Sabbagh either. At the end of her experience, Sabbagh said she was left with a newfound appreciation for MSU’s campus, American professors and her classmates. “All the people I met I will be friends with for a long time, and most of them being from Michigan State is great because I can still see them throughout the year and maintain that friendship,” she said.
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assaults
MSU takes initiative to prevent sexual assaults, offer assistance to victims. from page one
which includes rape, sodomy, fondling and sexual assault with an object, continues to rise each year. A total of 14 sexual offenses were reported on campus in 2010 and 15 were reported in 2011. The number jumped to 20 in 2012. Department of Education Public Affairs specialist Jane Glickman said in an email it is evident that more students and advocates are filing Clery Act complaints and being productive on their own behalf than there used to be. “MSU ranks well to the extent of seeing the number reported,” Paulette Granberry Russell, the senior advisor to the President for Diversity and Title IX coordinator, said. “The goal we’re all trying to achieve, consistent with what the Department of Education wants to see, is an increase in the number of students who are comfortable to come forward.” MSU has taken steps to ensure students, especially incoming freshmen, feel safe enough to come forward if they believe they have been the victim of, or witnessed, a sexual offense. All incoming freshmen are required to participate in the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Program, or SARV, where students are educated about sexual assault, reporting entities, available student resources and myths regarding sexual assault. Incoming freshmen also are required to watch an e-learning video called Sexual Assault Firstyear Education, or SAFE. Murgittroyd said she feels the more the university educates its students about sexual assault, the more students will feel safe enough to report it if it happens to them. MSU had the 10th highest number of reported cases per 1,000 students out of 49 Michigan schools. Of those schools, 20 had zero reported alleged cases. “A lot of other schools might not feel that support,” Murgittroyd said. “And I don’t know for sure, but maybe that’s why there are zeros reported.”
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Two Republicans, four Dems vie for Mich. Congress seat By Michael Kransz mkransz@statenews.com The State News nn
Students who registered to vote in Michigan’s 8th congressional district before June 7 can vote in the upcoming August 5 primary, which decides the Democratic and Republican challengers seeking Rep. Mike Roger’s open seat in Congress. Rogers, who announced his retirement from politics in March, has served in Congress since 2001. The two Republicans and four Democrats who are vying for a spot on the November ballot met Tuesday in Brighton for an open forum.
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Owosso, Mich., resident, Sienna Baker, 11, browses a selection of fireworks on Wednesday at Jeff's Fireworks, 3340 E Lake Lansing Road. Baker plans on going to Higgins Lake, Mich., with her family to celebrate the Fourth of July.
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or to the show, a concert from Lansing’s Concert Band will take place at 8 p.m.
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Fourth of July is right around the corner and there are many celebrations occurring this weekend in the Lansing area. Local stores also offer a large selection of sparklers and roman candles to put on your own personal fireworks show. WHERE TO WATCH FIREWORKS July 3: Sharp Park, Delta Township At dusk Delta Township will kick off their Fourth of July celebration at Sharp Park on 1401 Elmwood Road. Prior to the show, a concert will occur from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the amphitheater. July 4: Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing At 10 p.m. fireworks will hit the sky at Adado Riverfront Park for Lansing’s Fourth of July celebration. Adado Riverfront Park is located at 501 N. Grand Ave. Pri-
July 4: Central Park South, Meridian Township Meridian Township’s fireworks show will begin at 10 p.m. at 1990 Central Park Drive in Okemos. Two optimal viewing locations are the Township Municipal Complex located on Marsh Road or the north side of the Meridian Mall. July 4: Ingham County Fairgrounds, Mason Bring lawn chairs to watch the fireworks display at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason at dusk. Food and games will also be available prior to the start of the show. The fairgrounds are located at 700 E. Ash St. July 4 and 5: Cooley Law School Stadium, Lansing A fireworks celebration will follow the Lansing Lugnuts baseball games. Both games, against the Great Lakes Loons, begin at 7:05 p.m. at Cooley Law School Stadium at 505 E. Michigan Ave.
WHERE TO BUY FIREWORKS Phantom Fireworks With more than 1,200 locations in the U.S., Phantom Fireworks call themselves America’s premier fireworks store. Some of their best sellers include blue streak rockets, which are high-flying rockets with a display of blue stars, and silver sonic warheads which shoot treeshaped blasts into the air. Open from 8 a.m. to 1.a.m., daily. 6141 W. Saginaw Highway Lansing Charter Township, MI (517) 321-2502 Jeff’s Fireworks From fireworks to floating sky lanterns, Jeff’s Fireworks has a large selection to offer. Jeff’s also offers replacements for any dud fireworks. Open year round from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays with extended hours during holiday weeks. 3340 E. Lake Lansing Road East Lansing, MI (517) 351-5333
Fraternity starts campaign to fundraise for brother with cancer By Meagan Beck mbeck@statenews.com The State News nn
Graduation is a period of transition for outgoing seniors. That was especially true for MSU alumnus Alex Berlin, who was diagnosed with cancer a week after walking. Berlin was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer which primarily affects children and young adults. Human biology senior Alex Loji said Berlin notified his fraternity brothers about what was going on through a Facebook group. “Our initial response was we want to do something for him,” Loji said. To raise awareness of the disease, advertising junior Aaron Macciante created a fundraiser with his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers in honor of Berlin. Macciante said the Twitter account “Lift For Berlin” and the hashtags #LiftForBerlin and #LFB are meant to inspire people to be active. Berlin, who is not able to work out as much anymore, was previously active
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in hockey and weightlifting, but cancer makes being active difficult. “We all decided since he can’t go to the gym as much, we would be more active for him,” Macciante said. Macciante said he was encouraged to start raising money after success of the Twitter account and hashtags.
“We’d also like Alex’s experience to show yet another example of true Spartan will.” Randy Berlin, Alex’s father
Berlin said the account and the hashtags have been really encouraging for him and he’s trying to be strong through the fight. “I want to eliminate the bad stigma associated with the word ‘cancer,’” Berlin said. Macciante said seeing Berlin in the hospital and going through chemotherapy, there is no excuse for people not to be active. “We’re trying to get peoples’ motivation levels up,” Macciante said. “I’m really interested to see
how this goes.” Almost every other tweet on the “Lift For Berlin” Twitter account shows pictures of people lifting or working out. Alex Berlin’s father, Randy Berlin, said he would like the account to raise more awareness for the group of sarcoma cancers. “We’d also like Alex’s experience to show yet another example of true Spartan will,” Randy Berlin said in an email. “Through all the Spartan support we’ve received, it’s a real thing.” The goal of the fundraiser is to raise $10,000. So far, $1,030 has been raised. While in the hospital, Alex said he was visited by a nonprofit group called Miles 2 Give. The group travels across the country as a team to raise money for sarcoma research. Alex said he was touched by the group and their purpose, and would like some of the money to go to them. The rest will go to another charity that has yet to be determined. Macciante said Alex has expressed he does not want any of the money to go toward him, but to sarcoma cancer research.
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American Eagle Superstore Aside from their normal hardware supplies, American Eagle Superstore also sells a large selection of fireworks including roman candles, fountains and bottle rockets. Open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. 901 N. Larch St. Lansing, MI (517) 482-3765
FIREWORK SAFETY 1. Make sure all children have adult supervision when using fireworks. 2. Do not throw fireworks or point fireworks at people. 3. Dispose of fireworks by soaking them in water before throwing them into a trash can. 4. Light only one firework at a time. 5. Do not mix alcohol consumption with firework use.
Mike Bishop According to his website, Bishop is a proponent of cutting government spending and lowering taxes. Rogers has endorsed Bishop, saying he would make the 8th district proud.” “If I had the opportunity to champion a piece of legislation it would be to do whatever I could to generate, to kickstart, this economy, to get government out of the way, to reduce regulation and to find a way to get us back up and working again,” he said at the forum. Bishop is a MSU alumnus and former Republican majority leader of the Michigan Senate. He served in the state House from 1999 to 2002 and in the state Senate from 2003 to 2010. Tom McMillin McMillin said dr iv ing down the national debt and deficit, along with repealing the Affordable Care Act, are important to his campaign. “We have a very serious debt and deficit problem. We continue, unconscionably, to pile that debt and deficit on our kids and grandkids,” he said. McMillin said he supports government transparency and greater attention to NSA surveillance programs. McMillin has served in the Michigan House since 2008.
Democrats
Ken Darga Darga’s platform is devoted to restoring manufactur-
ing jobs in the United States. According to his website, the loss of manufacturing jobs has put the country’s economy and security in jeopardy. One of the key issues of his platform is giving funding higher education, according to Darga’s website. Darga served as Michigan’s State Demographer for 22 years before retiring to run for Congress. Susan Grettenberger Grettenberger, a MSU alumna and Central Michigan University professor, said her platform is one of economy, education, environment and equality. Grettenberger said one of her first actions in Congress would be passing legislation that allows students to borrow at the same rates banks borrow at, because students are “getting crushed right now” by student loans. Jeffrey Hank Hank, a MSU alumnus and attorney, said he’s running because the current state of affairs necessitates an “American Renaissance,” which includes attaining 100 percent renewable energy, among other policies. According to his website, Hank said in Congress he would work to offer student loans at decreased rates and create programs for students to work off their debt through public service. “The current situation of rising college tuition and the method of providing more debt in order to get an education, particularly in an economy where wages are stagnant or decreasing and job opportunities are lacking, is not acceptable,” Hank said in a statement on his website. Eric Schertzing Schertzing, a MSU alumnus, has served as the Ingham County Treasurer since 2001. Schertzing said many of the key issues he supports are bipartisan issues that are stunted by partisanship. “Priorities I would take to Washington include creating good-paying jobs, rebuilding our infrastructure, investing in education and job training,” Schertzing said.
RELIGIOUS GUIDE Look for this directory in the paper every Thursday and online at: www.statenews.com/religious Ascension Lutheran Church 2780 Haslett Rd., E. Lansing Between Hagadorn & Park Lake Rds. (517) 337-9703 Sunday Worship: 10am Sunday School: 9am Adult Bible Study: 9am ascensioneastlansing.org
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Congregation Shaarey Zedek 1924 Coolidge Road East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-3570 www.shaareyzedek.com Friday Evenings: 7:30 Shabbat Evening Service (Reform) Saturday Mornings: 9:00 Shabbat Morning Service (Conservative) 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 First Baptist Church of Okemos 4684 Marsh Road Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 349-2830 www.fbcokemos.org Worship Celebration - Sundays at 10:45am Greater Lansing Church of Christ 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 898-3600 Sunday Worship: 8:45am Sunday Bible Study: 10:15am Sunday Evening: Small Group Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00pm www.greaterlansingcoc.org 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-Denominational- Evagelical Church MSU Alumni Chapel (Basement Hall) Sunday Worship Service: 10am-12 Noon. Participatory Singing and Worship, Communion (Lord’s Table), and Bible Lesson. Fellowship Lunch after the service Weekly Bibly Studies & Students’ Meetings. littleflock.msu@gmail.com littleflock@hotmail.com www.littleflock.org Martin Luther Chapel 444 Abbot Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-0778 martinlutherchapel.org Sunday: 9:30am & 7:00pm “Wednesday ON FIRE” resumes Aug. 27 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 Wednesdays: On campus Student Worship 7:00pm (MSU Alumni Chapel) Sundays: 8:30, 10:45am (at University Lutheran Church) Sundays: 8:00, 10:00am (at All Saints Episcopal Church 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: 9:00 am, 10:30 am
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he Internet is a forum flowing with opinions, interactions and opportunity. It is also fraught with hateful comments, bullying, and aggravating inaccuracies. A recent court ruling has opened the cyber-floodgates. On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against the HHS mandate of the Affordable Care Act and in favor of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., and Mardel. The decision was based on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. Under the HHS mandate, for-profit companies had to provide employees with abortifacients, or abortion-inducing drugs. These included morning-after pills and intrauterine devices (IUDs). The company owners opposed he mandate on religious grounds based on their Christian faith. Many angry bloggers and social media
At Hobby Lobby, full-time employees make a minimum wage of $14 an hour, and part-time employees make an hourly wage of at least $9.50. Additionally, the Supreme Court ruling only applies to closely-held corporations. According to the Internal Revenue Service, a closely-held corporation is one in which more than 50 percent of the company is controlled by a maximum of five people. Many have expressed outrage over this court decision, and I find this outrage to be poorly-founded. Employees are not entitled to bosses who will fund their beliefs. They are entitled, however, to a fair paycheck, which they can spend as they wish. There are many facets of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that deserve further explanation and research. I encourage readers to seek these answers before voicing unfounded opinions on the Internet. Melanie Brender is a communications and social relations and policy senior. Reach her at brenderm@msu.edu.
First, a distinction must be made users spun the Court ruling into a doomsbetween abortifacients and contracepday prophecy. Others resorted to maktives. An abortifacient affects the fertiling profanity-laced terrorist threats. ized egg, while a contraceptive “Our Supreme court is a prevents that egg from becomf***ing joke,” one person tweetGuest columnist ing fertilized in the first place. ed. “F*** you #HobbyLobThis is not a case about conby and anyone else who suptraceptive coverage. It is a case ports that evil company. Burn about drugs that cause early aborit to the f***ing ground.” tions and whether or not comAnother person sarcasticalpany owners must act against ly tweeted that the Christian their religious beliefs to provide thing to do following the Court these drugs to their employees. decision is to burn crosses in Hobby Lobby covers the expensthe Hobby Lobby parking lot. Melanie Brender es of condoms, most birth conWhile these Twitter users brenderm@msu.edu trol pills, and other contracepchose to champion hype tives for its employees. The comover facts, you are empowpany also pays its employees enough to ered to form your own opinions based purchase abortifacients on their own. on real information about the case.
“This is not a case about contraceptive coverage. It is a case about drugs that cause early abortions and whether or not company owners must act against their religious beliefs to provide these drugs to their employees.”
Hobby Lobby employees have a right to birth control that shouldn’t be restricted
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he United States is the land of the free. As a journalist, I recognize my freedoms often, but I also know at some point a line has to be drawn with the freedom everyone is given. National craft store chain Hobby Lobby was created by David Green, an Evangelical Christian who believes his billion-dollar company belongs to God. I will not attack Green for his religious beliefs or opinions on birth control — he is fully entitled to both. But those opinions have now infringed on the rights of his employees. In 1993, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was instituted to prevent other laws from disturbing a person’s right to exercise their religion, was passed. Since the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, mandates companies provide their employees with birth con-
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Birth control is a woman’s choice and her responsibility. Her choice shouldn’t concern her employer whatsoever as her employer has no right to be involved in their employees’ personal lives.”
nies the right to not allow free contraceptrol under their insurance plans, Green tion for employees, if they so desired. and members of his family who own othYes, employees who are angered by the er Hobby Lobby locations refused to allow ruling can leave their job, and there are their female employees that right. ways to get birth control outside an employFreedom of religion is the freedom to er. But let’s look at the cost of contracepexercise it in and out of your place of wortives compared to a worker’s income. ship without the fear of oppression. No one Full-time employees at Hobby Lobby are should be stopped in public for praying or paid at least $14 an hour and part-time be discriminated against for wearing ceremployees are paid $9.50 an hour. tain clothes because of their reliAccording to the Planned Parentgion. And as annoying as it may be, reporter hood website, the “abortion pill” I don’t think the Wells Hall preachcan cost from $300 to $800 dollars. er here in East Lansing is doing For a woman working full-time anything wrong — he should just at Hobby Lobby without this pill pick a better place to preach, or mayon her insurance, it would take be be a bit more polite about it. her more than 21 hours of work In the workplace, freedom of relito pay off a pill that costs $300 — gion can be expressed just the same that’s half a full-time work week. as in public. But CEOs should not be A part-time employee wanting to able to decide on the ease of access Meagan beck mbeck@statenews.com pay off an $800 pill would have to the rights of their employees. to work 84 hours to pay it off and The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that at 20 hours a week, that’s a full month of closely held for-profit corporations cannot be work. For the $300 pill, which would be the forced by the government to give employees more likely option for a part-time worker, it free birth control under Obamacare. Closewould still take 31 hours. And this is withly held companies are 50 percent or more of out taking income tax into consideration. the value of a company’s stock must be held Birth control is a woman’s choice and indirectly or directly by five people or fewer. her responsibility. Her choice shouldn’t To put this into bigger perspective, an concern her employer whatsoever as her estimated 90 percent of companies in the employer has no right to be involved United States are closely-held. So, the in their employees’ personal lives. Supreme Court just gave a lot of compa-
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Since the Supreme Court ruled for the Hobby Lobby case, this may lead to other religions appealing against the Affordable Care Act. Take Christian Scientists for example. People who practice this religion do not believe in vaccinations. Because of this ruling, a Christian Scientist company owner now has the right to appeal the right to deny their employees the yearly flu vaccine under their insurance. In this context, the ruling seems a bit ridiculous. The same goes for ruling against contraceptives. Allowing free birth control is a movement towards better health for women and not allowing birth control is another step back. As Americans, we are allowed certain freedoms by our Constitution but the line has to be drawn when those “freedoms” infringe on the rights of others. David Green can be fully anti-contraception and that is his freedom, but that freedom should not follow through to his company or to employees who might not share his views. All companies should be following the Affordable Care Act it is the law and that’s where the line has been drawn. There isn’t an official religion in this country, and we should respect all religions, but one person’s religious beliefs cannot be allowed to infringe on the rights of others. Meagan Beck is a State News reporter. Reach her at mbeck@statenews.com.
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Local bars offer specials on beer, liquor, food for holiday East Lansing residents will flock to fireworks and parades for the Fourth of July weekend, but when it comes to the nightlife, the local bars and restaurants will be filled with holiday discounts and specials. Here are some of the deals that will be available at various bars and restaurants around the city during the Fourth of July festivities.
Light and Labatt pints will be $2 and Washington Apple Shots will be $2. The restaurant will also serve a cheeseburger combo with a pitcher of beer. A Labatt pitcher and Bud Light pitcher will be $11 and a Premium Pitcher will be $13.
of the Month includes Miller Lite, Summer Shandy and Game Changer. Prices for the specials vary depending on the beer.
Peppino’s Sports Grille Peppino’s Sports Grille has yet to announce their specials, though employees said guests can expect specials on the Fourth of July.
Dublin Square Dublin Square will be providing $3 pints for all of their draft beers.
HopCat HopCat will feature it’s usual $7 burger and beer combo from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday.
Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub Harper’s will feature a special drink to mark the Fourth of July holiday. For $3, guests can try the Rocket Pop, which employees said taste like the red, white and blue “Firecracker” popsicles.
Woody’s Oasis Bar & Grill Captain and Bacardi rum will be available for $3 at Woody’s Oasis Bar & Grill. All bomb shots will be $4, Bud
Buffalo Wild Wings While Buffalo Wild Wings will not feature a special Fourth of July drink, their “Beer of the Month” specials will be included that day. Beer
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Dewitt, Mich., residents Jacob Wever, 2, and Kaleb Wever, 12, program and play a pinball game Wednesday during MSU Maker Day at the Main Library.
The Black Cat Bistro The Black Cat Bistro will be closed on the Fourth of July.
The Riv The Riv will feature $3 American-made beer on the Fourth of July. Similar to Harper’s, the bar will also feature a special red, white and blue “Firecracker” popsicle drink. Prices for the drink will vary.
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Anyone can be a maker. The idea of ‘maker culture’ is the idea that learning is best achieved through doing. It’s the philosophy in which a person should create things using their hands or by using technology in a unique way. Groups of students seeking their master’s degree in educational technology set out to develop innovative methods of learning through the use of programs they designed themselves on Wednesday as part of MSU Maker Day. The Master of Arts in Educational Technology program collaborated with MSU Libraries for the first time on Wednesday, and also collaborated with the College of Engineering and the College of Veterinary Medicine to celebrate being makers. The students, divided into teams of two or three, crafted various games and activities designed to encourage minds to think computationally, to notice patterns and to develop their own ideas about how to create. The project was taken on in the hope that students would take their findings and new ideas for learning back into their teaching and share their ideas with their colleagues, Director of Graduate Certificate Programs in Educational Technology Michelle Hagerman said. Hagerman said the students wrote the software for their
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Clawson, Mich., resident Craig McMichael uses a salt shaker as a video game controller Wednesday during MSU Maker Day at the Main Library.
activity using the “scratch” programming language. One group featured a musical activity in which participants were connected by wires to a software program which, when triggered by skin to skin contact such as a high-five, registered a musical sound. The participants completed the circuit allowing the program to understand the command given. “We think about it in terms of how these kinds of activities can support interdisciplinary thinking and problem solving in classrooms,” Hagerman said. Graduate student James Kurleto said anyone who makes something is a maker. They’re investigating the role of technology in education. “We give students ownership of their projects; we tap into their creativity skills,” Kurleto said. “They can learn by not
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The Fourth of July is a day of celebration, revelry, food and fireworks for most Americans. Citizens of East Lansing, however, might want to think twice before launching those dazzling mortars into the air. On July 1, the city issued a statement reminding citizens of the Fourth of July rules and regulations. In particular, the city warned citizens of the ordinances regarding fireworks. Since the state of Michigan legalized larger, commercial fireworks to the public, East Lansing has made an effort to regulate them. Commercial fireworks are defined as, “fireworks that explode and/or leave the ground,” according to the city’s website. The state of Michigan has general regulations toward commercial fireworks, such as only allowing them during the days surrounding a national holiday, for example — Fourth of July, New Year’s Day and Memorial Day. The city also establishes time restrictions during these days. The city only allows comme r c i a l f i r e work s to b e launched during the hours of
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“There (are) not too many areas in the heart of the city where it is safe to shoot fireworks.” Jeff Murphy, East Lansing police captain
A not her problem is t he potential safety issue of using commercial fireworks. East Lansing Police Department Captain Jeff Murphy said the condensed city of East Lansing is no place for the larger fireworks. “Unless you have a nice big lot, it’s not really safe to shoot them off anywhere in a congested neighborhood,” Murphy said. “Find somewhere ... there is a nice big lot or get permission from other citizen(s) to use their private property.”
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The city also forbids the use of fireworks on any public property, such as sidewalks and streets. “There (are) not too many areas in the heart of the city where it is safe to shoot fireworks,” Murphy said. Beier also said the late night revelry, coupled with potentially dangerous fireworks, could be a deadly mixture. She recalls one scenario where a late-night celebration turned into a near catastrophe. "(Near my home) there is a (student) co-op and they were launching fireworks off the roof,” Beier said. “One landed on the roof and caused a horrible fire.” These types of accidents are the ones Beier hopes the ordinance prevents. Any citizens using fireworks under the influence of alcohol or to destroy private property could see a stricter penalty. “You could end up spending 90 days in jail and (a $5,000 fine),” Murphy said. The penalties for violations where a person is injured or killed could warrant up to $10,000 and 15 years in jail. “Firework s have always have been a big part of the Fourth of July,” Beier said. “(But) if you’re going to live in the city, you have to be a decent neighbor.”
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 7 — Travel at your own risk. Make a good impression with your quiet discipline. Take the time you need. Maintain objectivity. Put your money into home and family. Leave yourself a secret message.
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Above: Interdisciplinary studies in health and society senior Jenni Opie works in the garden at the side of her co-op house June 25, 2014, at Hedrick House, 140 Collingwood Drive. Hedrick House uses the garden to make house dinners that they also share with neighboring co-ops. Right: Interdisciplinary studies in health and society senior Jenni Opie, left, and psychology senior Scott Kallek work in the garden at the side of her co-op house June 25, 2014.
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Hedrick House, like all other Michigan State co-ops, prides itself on being owned and operated for the mutual benefit of its members. The flourishing garden that can be seen in the yard of the 140 Collingwood Drive residence is operated on the same principle. “We pooled money together with the garden too,” psychology senior and current resident of Hedrick House Scott Kallek said. “Whoever wanted to be involved split the cost.” Kallek said the garden helps bring the house together, especially in the summer during the transition period when old ten-
ants meet the newcomers. The garden provides an opportunity for the house’s 15 roommates to meet each other and work together. Additionally, the garden increases the sense of community between Hedrick House, its neighbors and surrounding coops, whom Kallek said they share their harvest with. He said neighbors are welcome to the produce, and Hedrick members also contribute to events hosted by other co-ops, such as potlucks. Jennifer Opie, an interdisciplinary studies in health and society senior who is also a resident of the house, said they have used the plants they produce in the garden to make dishes that include pesto, kale chips, vegetable stir fry and — her personal
favorite — pizzas. She said these ingredients come from abundant harvests of tomatoes, basil, peppers, spinach, zucchini, carrots, brussel sprouts and more. The garden also boasts a healthy bed of flowers. Kallek said they sourced some of their crops from Green Eagle Farm, a family farm in Onondaga, Mich. Steve Grose, co-owner of the farm, said Kallek traded labor for the crops, and Grose offered him the “odds and ends” of plants at the end of the season last year. “It (has) been a slow year for everyone, but successful,” Kallek said. “We’ve had more food than we can eat.” Opie attested to this, but said the excess food can be convenient.
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“I just had frozen pasta sauce that we made last year from our veggies,” she said. Kallek said in the summer the Hedrick House residents who have stayed on campus don’t necessarily cook communally due to their varied schedules. However, it becomes more structured in the fall when the crops are complete and harvested, he said. A community garden like the one in the yard of Hedrick House contributes to the sense of belonging, which Grose said is important today as many people make little effort to meet their neighbors. “People can be dispersed even if they’re living next to each other — they don’t know each other,” he said. But a garden, “it brings people outdoors in(to) an immediate neighborhood.”
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Since early June, ESPN had counted down the top 50 best college basketball coaches in the United States. On July 2, they announced Michigan State’s own Tom Izzo at number three. Getting into the top three college coaches is no small feat. ESPN credits Izzo’s powerful resume, which includes 468 wins, 17 consecutive NCAA tournament bids, six Final Fours and a national championship, for his placing. The ESPN article collected interviews from people who worked with Izzo throughout his career, including former MSU player Draymond Green and athletic director Mark Hollis. “Sometimes he’ll bring you in his film session, just you and him and you realize it’s like you aren’t watching the same film at all,” said Draymond in an interview with ESPN. ESPN writer Eamonn Brennan said Izzo’s postseason consistency places him a notch above most coaches. “Expecting Final Fours is silly, because getting to the Final Four is insanely hard,” Brennan wrote. “Here’s the most impressive thing you can say about Izzo, then: In his 19 seasons in East Lansing, Izzo has made the whole thing look so rote that it’s more surprising when his teams don’t get to the Final Four than when they do.” Last season, Izzo led the Spartans to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament, losing to Connecticut. Rounding out the top three on ESPN’s list are Kentucky head coach John Calipari taking the top spot and Florida head coach Billy Donavan as the runner-up. Derek Gartee
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