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Draymond Green arrested in E.L. for assault early Sunday morning BY SHIREEN KORKZAN SKORKZAN@STATENEWS.COM

Golden State Warriors forward and former MSU basketball star Draymond Green was arrested for assault in downtown East Lansing at 2:28 a.m. Sunday, according to East Lansing’s 54B District Court records. He apparently had slapped MSU football player Jermaine Edmondson, according to documents obtained by MLive. According to CrimeMapping.com, an assault occurred downtown around that time at the corner of Abbot Road and East Grand River Avenue, though it is unconfirmed whether or not it is the same incident. Scott Wriggelsworth, detective lieutenant for East Lansing Police, said the victim was a man, and he sustained no injuries. Green was subsequently taken to the East Lansing city jail and booked. He posted a $200 bond and was released later that morning. “We are aware of news involving Draymond Green in Michigan over the weekend,” The Golden State Warriors said in a statement. “At this point, we are collecting information and will have no further comment until we have a better understanding of the situation. Green played basketball for MSU between 2008 and 2012. He has been playing for the Warriors since he was selected 35th overall in the

2012 NBA draft. The Warriors won the 2015 NBA Championship and lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the final game of the 2016 Championship. Earlier this summer, Green was selected to join Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August. MLive reported Draymond Green has officially filed a plea of not guilty. His attorney, James T. Heos, filed a request for waiver of arraignment. Andrea Andrews Larkin, East Lansing District Court Judge, approved the request today. Green now doesn’t have to appear in an East Lansing court for his pretrial conference, which is scheduled for August 4 at 10 a.m. The Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro begin August 6. USA Basketball said it is aware of Green’s arrest, but no decision has been made regarding his status on the team. Heos, a Lansing-based attorney who specializes in personal injury and malpractice for Church Wyble, could not immediately be reached for comment. TMZ obtained a video reported to show the arrest of Green. He is videoed outside of Conrad’s Grill, near the Park District, where he is shown being calmly taken away by police. An employee at Conrad’s Grill said they saw Green in the restaurant early Sunday morning, but did not see the arrest take place. Senior forward Draymond Green prepares to address the crowd on April 3, 2012 at Breslin Center. The game against Ohio State was Green’s last at Breslin Center. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

Rally hosted to protest police violence BY SHIREEN KORKZAN SKORKZAN@STATENEWS.COM

Black Lives Matter Lansing, along with other local organizations, hosted a rally Friday to protest recent police killings inside Union Missionary Baptist Church, Lansing’s oldest African American church. The rally lasted about three hours. Rev. Dr. Melvin T. Jones has been Union’s senior pastor for 31 years and is very active in the Lansing community. He co-founded Black Lives Matter Lansing three years ago. He is also president of the Greater Lansing Clergy Forum, an association of African American pastors, and co-chairman of Action of Greater Lansing, a social justice group that does community organizing around various issues. These organizations, including the local NAACP branch, are part of a coalition that’s in dialogue about how to improve the Lansing community, including the importance of being active in local groups and being informed voters. Jones said he was pleasantly surprised by the event’s turnout of about 200 people because information about the rally had only been posted the day before. He said the recent backto-back killings of two black men, Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota, by police officers prompted the quick formation of this event. “It means people in the community are seriously interested in this discussion, and I’m glad,” Jones said. “We wanted to join with those communities and the national voice, the cry of police shooting of unarmed black men.” Many people spoke about their personal experiences and concerns regarding police and race relations to an audience of various races, religion, ethnicities and sexual orientation. Anyone was allowed to speak on stage. One of the speakers was Essra Azim, an Egyptian-American Muslim woman who graduated from MSU with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2014.

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“I felt like it was my duty to go,” Azim said. “If anybody is going to be discriminated against and they feel like their justice isn’t being served, we need to step up to the plate. Staying silent won’t help anyone. It won’t help the black community. It won’t help the Muslim community. It won’t help the LGBT community. It won’t help anyone. When we’re united, we’re definitely a stronger front.” Azim said she was actively looking for upcoming local rallies in response to Sterling and Castile’s deaths when she came across this one through word of mouth. She attended the event with three of her Muslim friends, who are all members of The Islamic Society of Greater Lansing. Jones said he thinks the Lansing Police Department works hard and tries to do a good job, but being more accountable and transparent would instill trust back into police agencies. “So much is not known with internal investigations with relationships between police and prosecutors,” Jones said. “It’s difficult to deliver justice when the system seems to be so skewed. We think the commission has the ability to hold police accountable for bad behavior...It has the authority and the power. We just don’t think they do what they have been slated to do.” Jones also mentioned a need for the Lansing police force to have more officers who are minorities and who live in the city they are serving, not in the suburbs. According to the United States Census Bureau, as of April 1, 2010, approximately 23.7 percent of Lansing’s residents are black. In East Lansing, the number is 6.8 percent. Azim said she thinks her message successfully came across to attendees. “When you dehumanize a race, it’s so much easier to not give them their civil rights and to not give them justice,” Azim said. “So as a community we all have to come together and discuss and interact with one another so that we’re not ignorant to one another.”

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“Staying silent won’t help anyone. It won’t help the black community. It won’t help the Muslim community. It won’t help the LGBT community. It won’t help anyone. When we’re united, we’re definitely a stronger front.” Essra Azim, Class of 2014 MSU alumna

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British journalist and commentator Milo Yiannopoulos to visit MSU in December BY CAMERON MACKO CMACKO@STATENEWS.COM

British journalist and conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, currently a senior editor for Breitbart.com, will be coming to MSU on Dec. 7, according to a schedule released last Wednesday. His appearance will be part of the Dangerous Faggot Tour, a series of campus tours where he speaks on topics such as feminism, free speech and Donald Trump, who he affectionately calls “Daddy.” His attacks on feminism, the Black Lives Matter Movement, safe spaces, progressives, higher education and the current state of American politics has earned him respect among those on the “alt-right,” or those who identify as on the right but don’t necessarily identify with the Republican Party. At the same time, it has earned him distain on many campuses and by those on the left. His tour has caused students to protest across the campuses he visited. In May, his appearance at DePaul University caused an uproar when a student climbed on stage and student demonstrations erupted in the streets. Yiannopoulos debated feminist Julie Bindel at the University of Michigan in February, where they discussed the topic ”does feminism have a free speech problem?"

The MSU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty have announced they were the ones who invited Milo Yiannopoulos to campus, although have not released more information, writing on the event page they were bringing “the most fabulous supervillian on the internet” to MSU. “We live in a time where innocuous chalk writing drives some students to near mental breakdowns while demanding authoritarian action by university administration,” the group wrote on the event page. “This sort of abhorrent behavior will be addressed, among other topics.” Though the group said Yiannopoulos is political, they are not endorsing a political party or candidate. They have not responded to multiple requests for comment. A campus group, to bring a speaker, would have had to go through Office of Student Affairs and Services. “We have speakers of all persuasions, political opinions come to campus for all different kinds of reasons,” MSU spokesperson Jason Cody said. “It would be no different. We’re a university where we welcome free speech and debate and lively conversation about important topics.” Additional details on the planned event are unavailable. Check statenews.com for updates.

Brighton resident Web D’Jamoos, 7, has color powder blown off of him during The Color Run Tropicolor World Tour on July 9 in Lansing, Mich. D’Jamoos said that this was the first 5k that he has ran. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

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RELIGIOUS GUIDE Spotlight 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 Adult Bible Study: 9am Sunday School: 9am Worship Service: 10am ascensioneastlansing.org Chabad House of MSU Your Jewish home, away from home 540 Elizabeth St. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 214-0525 chabadmsu.com Friday evenings: 20 minutes after sunset followed by Shabbat dinner Saturday: 11am, Torah reading at 12pm Faith Fellowship Baptist Church 1001 Dakin St. Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 853-9897 Sunday Morning Worship: 11am Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study: 6:30pm Van service available to church Campus Bible Study: Tuesday at 7:00 pm in Chemistry Bldg. www.ffbc.us Greater Lansing Church of Christ 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI (Meeting at the University Christian Church building) (517) 898-3600 Students welcome! Sunday Worship: 8:45am Sunday Bible class: 10am Wednesday: 7pm - praise and worship Students please feel free to call for rides http://www.greaterlansing coc.org Hillel Jewish Student Center 360 Charles St. East Lansing, MI (517) 332-1916 Friday Night Services: 6pm, Dinner: 7pm September - April

Lansing Church of God in Christ 5304 Wise Rd. Lansing, MI 48911 http://lansingcogic.org/ Worship hours Sunday: 10:30am, 5:00pm Monday Family Prayer: 6:00pm Little Flock Christian Fellowship A Non-Denominational- Evagelical Church MSU Alumni Chapel (Basement Hall) Sunday Worship Service: 10am-12 Noon. Fellowship Lunch after the service Weekly Bibly Studies & Students’ Meetings. littleflock.msu@ gmail.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 Worship: 9pm Mini-bus pick-up on campus (Fall/Spring) River Terrace Church 1509 River Terrace Dr. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-9059 www.riverterrace.org Service times: 9 & 11:15am St. John Catholic Church & Student Center 327 M.A.C. Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823 www.stjohnmsu.org Worship hours Sunday: 8:00am, 10:00am, Noon, & 7:00pm Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 12:15pm The Islamic Society of Greater Lansing 940 S. Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 For prayer times visit www.lansingislam.com

University Baptist Church 4608 South Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-4144 www.ubcel.org 10 AM Worship Service 11:15 Coffee Hour 11:30 Sunday School University Christian Church 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-5193 universitychristianwired.com Sunday: 11:15 am Sunday Bible Study: 10:15 am University Lutheran Church (ELCA) One Community: Lutheran/ Episcopal Campus Ministry 1020 South Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-2559 www.facebook.com/ onecommunitymsu Sunday Worship 10:45am University United Methodist Church MSU Wesley 1120 S. Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-7030 universitychurch home.org msuwesley.org Sunday: 10:30am 9:00am Garden Service in the summer TGIT: 8:00pm Thursdays Sept. - April WELS Lutheran Campus Ministry 704 Abbot Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 580-3744 www.msu.edu/~weisluth 6:00pm Saturday

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Approaching the conventions: what to watch for leading up BY RACHEL FRADETTE & STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI RFRADETTE@STATENEWS.COM SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

In just over 100 days Americans will flock to the polls to vote for the next leader of the nation. Many will vote along party lines — lines determined only months prior. They’ll vote mainly for two candidates — candidates given the final party blessing only those same amount of months earlier. After over a year of campaigning, bickering, mudslinging, discussion and vying for spots to nominate the potential president, it comes down to two weeks in July to cement platforms, policies and presidents in hopes of creating a new American future or re-upping and sustaining the current one. In just four days, Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, home to the Republican National Convention, will be filled with thousands of GOP delegates hoping to return their party to the White House. Four days after the GOP convention concludes, the Democrats will stage their strategy in Philadelphia, vying to retain the White House and ensure the American people that the future continues to lie in their leadership’s hands. Here’s what is important to watch for and know as the conventions are set to begin. The Conventions The main objective of a convention is to pick the man or woman who best represents the party ideas and nominate him or her as the candidate of said party. After capturing the delegates needed following victories in primaries and caucuses, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the presumptive nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties respectively. They are expected to receive confirmation as each party’s nomi-

“The parties are writing platforms as a sort of document to share their issue positions and principles with the electorate and with themselves.”

nee at the conventions. Though naming a presidential candidate is the primary purpose, the conventions have taken on more grandeur over the years. Nowadays, delegates on committees within in the convention have largely been responsible for creating party platforms and rules governing the conventions. Those committees primarily meet before the convention. The Republicans met earlier in the week to discuss the 2016 platform and the Democrats polished theirs last week. “Meshawn Maddock and Joe Hune, they’ve been doing a tour, kind of, across the state talking to folks to see what kind of input they have for that platform,” Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said. The focus this year will be on how much the public voice has been listened to. On one end, some of the Republican establishment has been leading a charge to unseat Donald Trump from his presumptive nominee position. While many delegates are bound by state laws to vote for the candidate they are pledged to, the party could vote to allow the delegates to become unbound and vote for whomever they choose. Thus it would circumvent the will of the people who overwhelmingly voted for Trump. When it comes to the Democrats they’ve unrolled what they have called their “most progressive platform” in the history of the party. The reason behind this has partially laid with the popularity of the ideals of Bernie Sanders and his push for those ideals to reach the platform. Outside of the rules and platforms being unveiled, the conventions host a wealth of speakers. Included in the GOP speaking docket, thus far, are former primary rivals of Trump’s, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz. Also speaking will be former college basketball coach Bobby Knight, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, Mich. Attorney General Bill Schuette and members of the Trump family. The speakers for the Democrats have yet to be announced but conventional wisdom would suggest President Obama will give a speech as he has recently made a campaign appearance alongside Hillary Clinton. Schedules have yet to be released for the daily events for both conventions. However the polarizing election has revved up the activist appeal and many groups will be traveling to the streets of Philadelphia and Cleveland to protest.

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The Platforms A political party platform, the set of principles, goals that extends an arm to the public, sets the foundation for a presidential run. “The parties are writing platforms as a sort of document to share their issue positions and principles with the electorate and with themselves,” Director of the Institute For Public Pol-

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“The Democrats used to always have liberal policy positions, but have increasingly adopted conservative or less liberal over all rhetoric.” Matt Grossmann, Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research icy and Social Research Matt Grossmann said. Platform goals can be united or battled over depending on the circumstances of the policies. “There used to be fairly public and somewhat important battles over platform language,” Grossmann said. Grossmann said the platforms are less controversial than in the past. He said the platform are like “marketing documents” that are used to present their stances to the members of the party and voters. In other countries’ political parties, manifestos are produced which puts platforms on the international spectrum, Grossmann said. “No one is directly accountable to anything written in the platform,” Grossmann said. “The positions come first and then they are written into the platforms. There’s been large change depending how far you go back.” The Republican Party changed its position on education going from stating that the Department of Education should be eliminated to the Donald Trump speaks with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on June 29, 2015, in Chicago. MICHAEL TERCHA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS next platform saying the federal role should be expanded, Grossmann said. He makes this comparison of Bob Dole and George W. Bush, 1996 to 2000 platforms. He said the changes have been studied over time. “The Republican Party used to articulate conservative principles, but its policy positions weren’t particularly conservative,” Grossmann said. “The Democrats used to always have liberal policy positions, but have increasingly adopted conservative or less liberal over all rhetoric.” Grossmann said Trump has a “hands-off” approach when it comes to the party’s platform. Both parties have made slight and drastic changes over time through development. Sanders and Clinton have had a considerable affect on the party’s current platform. “This is the first Democratic platform we’ve seen in a long time that seems to have been a fairly active point of discussion,” Grossmann said. The route of progressive changes went from Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton to the party platform, Grossmann said. Sanders endorsed Clinton during a rally in new Hampshire, this comes after Clinton had met with Sanders on different occasions. “She will be the democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next President of the United States,” Sanders said, according to a livestream posted by The Hill. Sanders withholding Clinton’s endorsement led her to adopt new policies including the $15 minimum wage, higher education reform and healthcare. Six Michigan delegates sit on the Democratic National Convention Committee: Lena Thompson, Ron Owens, Liza Estlund Olson, Abby Dart, David Coulter and David Benac. Two Michigan delegates, Sen. Joe Hune and Meshawn Maddock are serving on the GOP platform committee while Matt Hall and Judy Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks to supporters in Dallas at Mountain View College on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. JOYCE MARSHALL/ Schwalbach serve on the rules committee. FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/TNS T H U RS DAY, J U LY 1 4, 2 01 6

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The fans and faces of the 2016 Common Ground Music Festival

Fans of rapper Icewear Vezzo cheer during Common Ground Music Festival on July 8 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, Mich. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

East Lansing residents Haley Chummier, left, and Maddie Allen pose for a photo on July 10 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

Lansing resident Josh Waters cheers for Rise Against during Common Ground Music Festival on July 6 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, Mich. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

Battlecreek resident Jennifer Trayer prepares a gyro during Common Ground Music Festival on July 10 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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From left to right, East Lansing residents Luci Hylen and Allison Drzal watch Annika Drzal high five Kid Quill during Common Ground Music Festival on July 10, 2016 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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Common Ground Music Festival brings musicians of all genres

Rap artist A$AP Rocky performs on stage during Common Ground Music Festival on July 8 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, Mich. A$AP Rocky was the headliner for day four of the music festival. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

Canaan Smith throws a bottle of whiskey to a festival attendee during Common Ground Music Festival on July 9 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, Mich. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

Jason Derulo performs during Common Ground Music Festival on July 10 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing.

Daya sings into the microphone on July 10 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing.

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A car damaged by a tree pictured on July 10 on Bailey St. The storm lasted for 10 minutes and power outages were reported across Ingham County. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

BY ISAAC CONSTANS ICONSTANS@STATENEWS.COM

It was as if Mother Nature herself wanted the fourth day of Common Ground to be shut down. But despite the weather, the festival successfully proceeded as scheduled. Friday at 5:00 p.m., the heavens opened up as rain, hail and winds tormented festival-goers and devastated stages in the early part of the day. “I actually got lifted off the ground trying to hold my tent down,” Tyler Picard of Pro Dynamics, the company in charge of setting up for most stages, said. “The hail was crazy.” A 90-degree day turned cloudy, and immediately people scattered to shelter. Large hail pellets and strong winds quickly drenched all who weren’t covered and destroyed the rest of the set-up. After the tempest passed, Tyler’s crew proceeded to clean up for the next two and a half hours, resetting amplifiers, replacing tattered banners, and ensuring that the stages and equipment were safe to use.“The sound guys at the stage, they were pouring water right out of their sub(woofers). So they were kind of questioning whether the stage would ever come back up,” Picard said, at one point wondering if the festival would be able to continue that day. Shortly, the clouds vanished, and the festival resumed in full force following the diligent work of festival employees and volunteers. “We fixed what we could, got rid of what was broken and the show goes on,” Picard said. From there, the flooding crowds poured in, all lined up at the main stage to see the night’s headliner, ASAP Rocky. Many in attendance had gotten to the festival hours before showtime to stake out their spots. While waiting for the storm to subside, however, those fans lost their placement towards the front of the line, setting up groups of anxious, die-hard ASAP Rocky fans jockeying for position. Luke Van Ess arrived at the grounds at 1 p.m., long before the festival gates even opened. For the four-time festival-goer, it was ASAP Rocky he wanted to see, and Van Ess was ready to run for his well-earned spot against

the stage. “Being front row,” Van Ess said in response to what he was most excited about. “I just really like ASAP’s music; it’s going to be hype.” Cleanup crews raked down the grass towards the front of the stage as hordes awaited the mad sprint that would ensue for front-row spots. In the background, a closely positioned fan hollered what was on everybody’s mind: “Front row!” The crowd straightened up, not one person wanting to be a second slow starting the race. “We’re ready to race,” Van Ess’s friend Aaron Cross said, assuming a similar launching position to those beside him. “We’re ready as soon as they tell us.” Soon enough, the free-for-all happened, and the crowd stampeded the main stage, which first would host Blake Wilson, followed by French Montana and ending with ASAP Rocky. The attendance at ASAP Rocky was unmatched on the day, and as his show concluded, the crowd left satisfied. But for others, the main stage notables weren’t even on the top of their list. Detroit rapper Black Milk with his band Nat Turner attracted an extremely passionate crowd to dance along to his eccentric sound, selectively incorporating elements of jazz, techno and hip-hop. The last performing artist of the night was DJ Quik, a Compton beat-maker most famous for his involvement with west coast hip-hop legends, such as N.W.A., 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. After DJ Quik bid adieu to his fan base, Adado Riverfront Park emptied out the final listeners, all dry and having forgotten the damper of the day’s beginning. “I think (the rain) made it better,” Van Ess said. “It makes it more of an experience.”

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Michigan painter vends his art at Common Ground Music Festival BY RENE KISS RKISS@STATENEWS.COM

Aside from various musical performances, activities and food vendors, Common Ground Music Festival 2016 featured a slew of artists selling paintings, jewelry and clothing. One artist from Walled Lake, Mich. caught the eye of many festival-goers. Selling canvas paintings, prints and lapel pins, 29-year-old Kevin “KPac” Pacynski picked up the brush for the first time four years ago after being bedridden due to a medical condition known as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS. POTS is a medical condition in which a change from a position of laying down to upright causes an increase of heart rate, and as much as the diagnosis and treatment of POTS changed and took from Pacynski’s life, it gave back a sense of purpose, passion and “untapped freedom.” “It was like there was something in me waiting to get out,” Pacynski said. Shortly after discovering his talent and passion for art and color, in 2014 Pacynski opened his shop, KPac Kreations, on Etsy.com where his acrylic paintings, prints and pins are available for purchase. Most of Pacynski’s art seems to be inspired by the outdoors and wilderness around him, featuring pine trees, lakes and other landscapes which have a very “Michigan” feel to them. With very vibrant colors contrasting darker silhouettes, his artistic-style is very identifiable. “I feel the world has enough black and white,” Pacynski said. “It’s my job to add some color to it.” For now, Pacynski is attempting to sell most of his work vending at various music and art festivals in hopes of being able to finance a cross-country road trip “in search of a cumulative vision of unity through the eyes of all cultures and, in doing so, translate this idea into art people can feel the idea through,” according to the artist’s website. This dream is what brought Pacynski to Common Ground Music Festival, which was his first time vending there. "(Common Ground) has been pretty fun so far,” the artist said on Saturday. “Tuesday and Thursday were my best days so far.” This year, he has vended at Great Lakes Art Fair in Novi, Mich., Shed 5 Sundays (an art fair at the Detroit Eastern Market) and

Walled Lake resident Kevin Pacynski talks about his art during Common Ground Music Festival on July 9 at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, Mich. Pacynski started painting four years ago and runs his own business called KPac Kreations. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

East Lansing Art Festival. Upcoming, Pacynski will be vending at Dally in the Alley in Detroit on Sept. 10 and DIY Street Fair in Ferndale on Sept. 16 through 18. “Not only is the people watching worth it alone, but the conversations and connections you make with (people) are unri-

valed in the ‘real world,’” Pacynski said about his experiences with vending at festivals. “The care and passion in people is unprecedented in anything I’ve experienced. People may be the worst thing to happen to our planet, but they may very well be the best thing as well.”

Kayak rentals offer unique festival experience BY SASHA ZIDAR SZIDAR@STATENEWS.COM

Thousands of people were in Lansing last week enjoying Common Ground Music Festival, and thanks to a local kayak and boat rental company, many were able to experience the festival in a different persespective– on the Grand River. River Town Adventures is a kayaking, boat and shuttle rental company in Lansing, located on 325 City Market Dr. The kayak and shuttle services were started in 2014. According to River Town Adventures, Michigan’s longest river is the Grand, flowing over 252 miles, where River Town provides shuttles to customers looking to take on the long journey down the river. John Trevains, an employee at River Town Adventures, was working Thursday evening as concert goers rented out kayaks to see Common Ground from a unique perspective. “Everything here is so laid back and chill,” Trevains said. “We’ve done a lot of cool events this summer, Common Ground being one of them.” On the 4th of July, River Town provided a night-paddling event and boat rentals for Lansing residents wanting to watch fireworks on the water. “We do shuttles all the way down the Red 9

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Cedar and we do multiple shuttle trips on the Grand River as well,” Trevains said. River Town Adventures offers trips on the Grand River from as far south as Diamondale and all the way west to Grand Ledge. It is open Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to dusk and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to dusk, and specific kayak and canoe trips can be found on the company’s website.

“We’ve done a lot of cool event this summer, Common Ground being one of them.”

John Trevains, employee of River Town Adventures

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Illuminated boats pictured on July 4 on the Grand River. Boaters were waiting along Adado Riverfront Park for the City of Lansing’s fireworks to start while some launched fireworks from their boats. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

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Beyond headliners: a look inside two up-and-coming Common Ground acts BY THOR MALLGREN TMALLGREN@STATENEWS.COM

Headliners such as Milky Chance and A$AP Rocky are the main draw at Common Ground, yet some of the festival’s best acts can be found playing the smaller stages. Ellis Hailing out of Ann Arbor, Ellis is an alternative-rock outfit described by its frontman, Hunter Lukas, as “a happier Earlier November... or a heavier Coldplay.” Lukas said the band, composed of Lukas, Nick Anderson, Alex Pineau and Christian Hall, has been together in some form for quite a while — a few of the members have known each other since kindergarten. According to Lukas, the group played around with a mix of genres and names throughout their time together, eventually landing on Ellis and their current sound. “We named it Ellis because it was like Ellis island — like a new beginning. Like a start to an exciting new life,” Lukas said. Although the band in its current form is only a year and a half old, Ellis is already being backed by a producer in New Jersey and playing festivals across the country. “We make a lot of connections with people and people will sometimes connect with our music and keep asking us to play shows,” Lukas said in explanation of the band’s steady growth. “We’re passionate about what we do, and we play music from the heart. People will get on board if you’re doing something that you really love and showing it.” And the proof is in the pudding for Ellis, which had fans approaching them after their show, as well as purchasing Ellis merchandise from the sales tent. Lukas said their current focus is Ellis’ first full length album, which he expects to release soon. Irontom Stylized as IRONTOM, this Los Angeles-based band plays with a sound and attitude reminiscent of vintage Arctic Monkeys alongside the powering guitar and vocals of classic rock, with heaps of other sounds such as keyboard and psychedelic flourishes to boot. Irontom’s guitarist Zach Irons, who also plays lead guitar for AWOLNATION, said he wants the band’s sound to come across as new and exciting. “That’s just our mentality about music and being a band. Hopefully it’s new — to us it is. I don’t know if anybody else (is doing what we do),” Irons said. The five piece band performs with an energetic and almost sporadic-style, embodied by lead vocalist Harry Hayes, who keeps the stage alive by constantly moving to his band’s tunes. “This last year has really been a big year for us,” Hayes said. “It just seems to keep getting better and better.”

Lead singer Harry Hayes of Irontom performs on July 5, 2016 at Common Ground. Irontom was preforming on the Sparrow Stage.

Christian Hall of Ellis plays the drums on July 5, 2016 at Common Ground on the Sparrow Stage.

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Lansing Catholic Church fundraises for high school athletics at Common Ground Festival BY SASHA ZIDAR SZIDAR@STATENEWS.COM

Without volunteers from the Lansing and East Lansing community, the 2016 Common Ground Music Festival would not have been possible. Hundreds of locals rushed to sign-up for the unpaid job. They simply received purple shirts that said, “2016 Common Ground Volunteer” and a special wristband that gave them all-access to the festival grounds.

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With that being said, there are also many non-profit organizations that gathered their very own volunteers to help raise money for their organizations. Lansing Catholic High School volunteered to work two tents at Common Ground to help raise money for Lansing Catholic Church and Lansing Catholic High School athletics. “Common Ground allows us to run two of their tents,” Jene St. Germain, coordinator of the Lansing Catholic High School vendors at Common

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Ground, said. “We have one next to the main stage and one in the center of the festival grounds.” Volunteers for the high school came out from different athletic clubs to serve all of the Common Ground ticket goers. “We are here all week, it’s a lot of fun,” St. Germain said. “We get to watch the concerts from our tents because we’re so close to the Main Stage.” This was the fourth year St. Germain and her husband worked at Common Ground for Lansing Catholic Church. “We have a bell at our tent,” St.Ger-

main said. “So anytime someone gives us a tip, we ring the bell and sometimes even let the customer ring the bell.” The Lansing Center runs the food and beverage and volunteers of Lansing Catholic run the vendors for their organizations. “As far as total money raised, we’re not sure,” St. Germain said. “We don’t find out until the end of the Common Ground Music Festival.” Currently, Lansing Catholic High School currently has a Vision 20/20 plan that is funded through fundrais-

ing of volunteers in the Lansing Catholic Community to help raise money to help families with tuition, teachers salaries and help build an athletic stadium for sports. The goal for the Vision 20/20 plan is raise $5 million and to help build the Lansing Catholic community, and the purpose of their appearance at Common Ground was to get a step closer to that goal. Officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment on what the amount raised was.

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Detroit-born rapper, Black Milk, cites long list of ‘greats’ before show BY ISAAC CONSTANS ICONSTANS@STATENEWS.COM

Stepping inside the trailer of a popular hiphop recording artist, expectations are nothing short of comedy musical “This Is Spinal Tap” levels of prodigal booze, drugs and women. True or not, that’s just the way tours are portrayed. Actually going inside the trailer of Curtis Cross, better known to the public as the Detroit-born emcee and producer Black Milk, those notions are immediately dispelled. Inside of the drab room containing no more excitement than several scattered fold-out chairs, a portable table draped with a white tablecloth and a couple of half-empty water bottles, Cross leans back and exchanges small talk with Aaron “Ab” Abernathy, a member of Nat Turner, the band that is accompanying Black Milk on tour. It’s their twelfth stop of the tour that still has a month to run. “Crazy little lineup,” Cross said regarding Common Ground’s other performers. “Man, I didn’t really know the lineup and who was on the bill until last minute.” With their concert just an hour away, Cross and Abernathy seemed completely tranquil. Uninterrupted by the bass-tremors of the ongoing French Montana concert, conversation ranges from sports to past shows. As the preconcert jitters eroded over the

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More Michigan drivers and passengers are wearing their seat belts. Michigan’s seat belt use rate has increased to 94.5 percent so far this year, the highest it’s been in five years. MSU led the federally-funded study on behalf of the state of Michigan and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Click It or Ticket campaign. “This is good because it ensures people are less likely to die in crashes or suffer from severe injuries,” Anne Readette, communications manager for the Office of Highway Safety Planning, or OHSP, a division of Michigan State Police, or MSP, said. “Any increase in people buckling up is a success story.” To come up with this statistic, Dr. Timothy J. Gates, associate professor of MSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, led a team of researchers in observing the seat belt user rate in more than 30,000 passenger vehicles at 200 locations

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stagnated at around 93 percent. “I’ve been in the office a long time, and many, many years ago, getting 70 percent seemed a stretch. Could we even get that far?” Readette said. “To get over 90 percent is a really good thing, but it’s still not perfect.” According to MSP’s recent press release, “every one percent increase in seat belt use means an estimated fewer 10 traffic deaths in 100 fewer serious injuries.” Readette recommends seatbelts, even as cars come with more safety features. “We all like to think we can avoid a crash but you never know what others are going to do, and the best defense is wearing your seat belt,” Readette said. “Newer vehicles have more safety features like airbags, but the number one safety device is the seat belt. When you’re buckled up, you get the best safety benefits from all of the airbags in your vehicle if you are properly belted in place.” Gates and his team will conduct the same study again after Labor Day for the annual, federally-mandated survey.

“We all like to think we can avoid a crash but you never know what others are going to do, and the best defense is wearing your seat belt.” Anne Readette, Communications Manager of the Office of Highway Safety Planning