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People that are out of college with jobs pay less for housing than students do, because the students are demanding.” Will Randle,
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n recent years, developers across East Lansing have been building apartment complexes that look more like resorts than student rentals. With amenities such as tanning beds, fitness centers, ball courts and study lounges, the apartment complexes are a one-stop-shop for both recreational and study needs. And in-unit amenities, including granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors, resemble an upper-middle class suburban home rather than a cramped, squalid dorm. Although some cost anywhere from $600 to $1,000 per person each month depending upon the number of roommates, high-end apartments that “elevate the concept of student housing” are on the rise, Planning, Building & Development Director Tim Dempsey said. “We are seeing a trend toward higher-end housing units,” Dempsey said. “It isn’t just East Lansing that’s seeing this, you can see this in every
college community across the U.S.” Those vying for renters in the high-end housing market in East Lansing include The Lodges of East Lansing, Hannah Lofts & Townhomes, Midtown Apartments, St. Anne Lofts, and The Rocks at Chandler Crossings, which opens in fall 2015. Luxury living Apartment complexes and university dorms including amenities that “meld the academic and social” have been on the increase, said Arthur Lidsky, president of Dober Lidsky Mathey, Inc., a campus consultancy firm. “I think we’re seeing more of that now than we’ve seen in the past,” Lidsky said. Nick Sinning, marketing assistant for Capstone Collegiate Communities, which manages Hannah Lofts & Townhomes, said the reasoning behind offering more amenities is that students, many of whom are living on their own for the first time, desire convenience. “It’s just making everything convenient for our residents,” Sinning said. “By having a fitness room
The price of luxury Two bedrooms, two baths: $749 - $799 Three bedrooms, three baths: $649 - $664 Four bedrooms, four baths: $599
St. Anne Lofts
Studio: $995 - $1,000 One bedroom, two occupants, one bath: $772.50 - $797.50 Two bedrooms, one bath: $850 - $1,047.50
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Hannah Lofts
Studio: $950 One bedroom, one or two occupants: $1,050 - $1,200 Two bedrooms, two baths: $735 - $825 Three bedrooms, three baths: $625 - $675 Four bedrooms, four baths: $625 - $650
The Lodges of East Lansing
Studio: $929 - $939 One bedroom, one occupant: $1,069
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One bedroom, one occupant: $765 - $975 Two bedrooms, two baths: $575 - $649.50 or $1,150 - $1,299
Chandler Crossings, Emerald-style
One bedroom, one occupant: $1,035 Two bedrooms, two baths: $692 - $766 Three bedrooms, three baths: $600 - $635 Four bedrooms, two baths: $513 - $532 Four bedrooms, four baths: $563 - $606
more inside Great expectations MSU football has high hopes for 2014 season Danyelle Morrow/The State News
Junior quarterback Connor Cook talks to the media during Football Media Day at the Huntington Club of Spartan Stadium. Coming off of a 13-1 season and a Rose Bowl victory, the Spartans are due to kick off the season Aug. 29. sports+features, pg. 6
Public Art proposal City Council considers proposal that would have developers set aside money for public art projects campus+CITY, pg. 3
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MSU alumni unite for one-night performance at the loft By Meagan Beck
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MSU alumna Lauren Lograsso performs on Friday at The Loft in downtown Lansing.
party because I’m an alumni of Michigan State,” Redd said. “I felt like me coming back here, I could gain more fans.” Gr a nd R apid s r e side nt Shushanna Uhe said she also met LoGrasso and Redd while working with MSU Telecasters, and came to The Loft to support both of her friends from college. “It’s kind of cool to take a trip, enjoy the atmosphere and see my friends perform and do their best and cheer them on and give them support,” Uhe said. The second of the open-
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With more than 99 percent of precincts reporting in, the Republican and Democratic candidates on the East Lansing ballot for the upcoming November election have been finalized. In the battle for Rep. Mike
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Rogers’, R-Brighton, seat, Mike Bishop will contend as the Republican candidate against Democrat Eric Schertzing, according to the Ingham County Clerk’s Office. The contest for the seat of term-limited state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, a MSU alumna, will be held bet ween Republican Craig Whitehead and Democrat Cur-
tis Hertel Jr. Incumbent state Rep. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, will contend against Republican Frank L. Lambert to maintain the seat. And with nearly 99 percent of precincts reporting in, the Capital Area Transportation Authority will receive their millage renewal by a percentage of nearly 75 to 25.
in our clubhouse, you don’t need to have that expense. With a shuttle, you don’t need to have that bus pass and parking. College is stressful enough, especially if you have to work too, so convenience is that biggest thing.” Opening in the fall, Hannah Lofts & Townhomes will provide their renters with many conveniences, from free tanning to a late-night bus that runs until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, Sinning said. “We just want to go above and beyond and build a reputation of being the best place on campus,” he said. In 2015, Chandler Crossings, which recently added a theater room and dog park to their list of amenities, will add 376 beds of high-end housing known as “The Rocks.” The developers didn’t disclose how much the new units would cost. Will Randle, vice president of WestPac Campus Communities, which owns and manages Chandler Crossings, said the addition and their amenities are about meeting student housing expectations that exceed simply wanting a place to sleep and eat. “The general business climate for student housing exceeds the rates of the market-rate housing,” Randle said. “People that are out of college with jobs pay less for housing than students do, because the students are demanding (an all-inclusive) lifestyle, not just the place to live, but the lifestyle.” Although the attempt to achieve an inclusive lifestyle at Chandler Crossings has proven attractive for many students, its complex is located several miles from campus. Rent prices in downtown East Lansing have shown students will pay a premium for proximity to campus, even
without a swimming pool. Above HopCat, St. Anne’s Lofts offers one-bedroom, 390-square-foot studio apartments for $1000 a month. But for students willing to share a bedroom, they’ll receive the addition of a proper living room at the cost of $772 per person, per month. Tracing the boom In East Lansing, Dempsey said, the shift toward student apartments with “centralized amenities,” such as basketball courts and pools, occurred at the turn of the century when national developers and investors took an interest in student housing in the area. And while many real estate sectors f loundered during the Great Recession, student rentals remained a sure bet because of stable or increasing enrollment numbers, Dempsey said. “If you go back to like the early 2000’s, that was the first time that we started to see an interest in student housing from larger scale developers from outside of the area,” he said. “And that trend has only accelerated over the last decade.” As larger-scale apartment complexes offering centralized amenities became more preva lent, t he of fer i ngs became the expectation for many prospective and current students, fueling a market demand, Dempsey said. “People now have, maybe, a different understanding of what’s available and what they want,” Dempsey said. “Their friends have access to a basketball court and pool, and they say, ‘Hey, I want to live in a place like that.’” A lthough many double rooms are leased throughout East Lansing, they lost their prevalence during the early 2000’s when an expectation of single-room living developed, Dempsey said. Demand for amenities in the student housing market operates similar to demand in the smartphone industry — “they might be, at one point, unique, but then that’s what everyone wants,” he said.
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ingful experience to have those girls open for me, they did a phenomenal job and I’m so proud of both of them” LoGrasso said. The setlist for LoGrasso’s show consisted of covers and original songs either she wrote solo or with Los Angeles resident Jordan Leer, the other half in her band “LoJo and The Truth.” LoGrasso finished off the show by performing the MSU fight song with assistance from her guitarist and alumnus Chris Reed and alumni friends in the audience.
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ers, Major, said her family and LoGrasso’s have become friends because of Major’s mother being LoGrasso’s vocal instructor. Major is a member of the Lansing band The Blue Effect, and The Loft show was her first solo opportunity. “(The Loft show) gave me an opportunity to put together some of my own stuff,” Major said. LoGrasso said playing at The Loft with fellow Spartan friends opening for her was a fun experience which felt full-circle. “It was a very, very mean-
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On Sunday night, three Spartan alumni took the stage at The Loft in Lansing to perform their different styles of music. Los Angeles resident Lauren LoGrasso came back to her home state of Michigan for what she called a “minitour,” and approached Detroit resident Joei Redd and Lansing resident Sonya Major to be her openers. Originally, LoGrasso said she moved out to Los Angeles for an internship at The Ellen Show but stayed to pursue acting. She added she didn’t see music as an option, but then she started writing songs to vent her frustrations with the acting industry and has since further pursued music. “Music has been a dream I didn’t see and I’m so glad it came up,” LoGrasso said. Planning for the tour began in June and LoGrasso said she has booked shows in Detroit and Traverse City. “It’s important to me to come home and perform for the state raised me,” LoGrasso said. The first opening performer Redd, a rap artist, said she met LoGrasso in college on MSU Telecasters which was a student sitcom where Redd did audio and video work and LoGrasso performed as an actress. She said she was excited to be back in Lansing to perform, since she lives in Detroit. “I feel like it’s a coming home
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The Lansing Police Department has officially released the name of the person found dead near the Dunckell Road and US-127 freeway interchange in Lansing on Friday. According to a statement from Lansing Police Department spokesman Robert Merritt, the man has been identified as 33-year-old Mark Alan Luplow. The Lansing resident was reported missing on June 24. As of now, foul play is not suspected. More details regarding the cause of death will be released
as they become available from the autopsy report. Merritt added after Ludlow’s family reported him missing, many police departments put their forces forward to search multiple jurisdictions. Any lastknown or suspected locations, as well as anywhere the police received a signal from tracking his phone, were searched by the agencies. “Multiple law enforcement agencies were searching for him,” he said. “Where he was found, there are 150 acres of dense wooded area.” The results of the autopsy usually come in within a 24-48 hour window, but the medical examiner’s office said they are backed up, Merritt said.
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After months of hard work and years of planning, Patriarche Park at 1100 Alton St. officially opened Monday. Despite the pouring rain and loud thunder, East Lansing patrons gathered under the pavilion Monday afternoon for the park’s dedication. East Lansing Rotary Club President Katie Donovan said the project’s planning stages began in 2010. During the initial planning stages, the committee took a look back at the park’s history and tried to “reimagine” Patriarche Park.
“It was a real nice way to get to know other people in the neighborhood. I really enjoyed it.” Joanne Weidig, East Lansing Resident
Now that most of the renovation project is complete, Donovan said the East Lansing Rotary Club and the City of East Lansing are still reaching out to community members for donations so that their goal of $570,000 can be reached. Additional donations will go toward constructing a natural play area. In addition to donations, communit y members have the option of purchasing a customized brick paver to be installed in the entryway of the park. Donovan said bricks are still being added to the entryway. Three hundred bricks have been purchased and there are still 500 bricks yet to be sold. Bricks cost $100 for a 4-by9-inch brick and $150 for an 8-by-8-inch brick. Donovan said one of the unique things about the renovated park is that it is handicap accessible. Patrons can not only use a wheelchair around the surface of the park, but
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East Lansing resident Andrew Park, 8, plays on new playground equipment Monday at Patriarche Park. The park was a project of the Rotary Club of East Lansing and the city of East Lansing.
a wheelchair can now go all the way to the top of the playground structure. Picturing the overall result was difficult in the beginning stages, but now that the park has come together, Donovan said she is content with the way everything turned out. “It was so hard because I was on the committee ... you could never really imagine it,” she said. East Lansing resident Joanne Weidig volunteered
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during the community build. She said the committee put five or six people who didn’t know each other in a group, and each group was given parts of the playground structure to piece together. “It was a real nice way to get to know other people in the neighborhood,” Weidig said. “I really enjoyed it.” Donovan told Weidig she liked how the volunteers were required to wear name tags on the front and back so everyone
would know each other by the end of the community build. Weidig was impressed with the different ways kids can climb up the structure. She said the playground will trigger creativity. “I can’t wait to play on it myself,” Weidig said. Several kids waited patiently under the pavilion Monday afternoon for the rain to stop so they could finally test out the playground. E ight-yea r- old A n nabel l
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Proposal would Lululemon looks to set aside money add to E.L. yoga mix for public art By Casey Holland
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fee, donate art to East Lansing, incorporate art into the new development or any combinaTHE STATE NEWS tion of those choices. Communications ManagA proposal is currently being considered by City Council, er at the Eli and Edythe Broad which would require one per- Art Museum Jake Pechtel said cent of the total cost of new he personally supports the fee developments in the area to be because East Lansing, as a “City of the Arts,” should budset aside for public art. The private sector component get accordingly. “Strong arts and culture adds of the ordinance would require private developments costing tremendous value to any com$500,000 or more to pay an munity, which only strengthens equivalent of one percent of the those new developments contotal cost of the development, tributing to the fund,” Pechwhich would be no more than tel said. He said the museum $25,000. The city would is part of MSU, but also set aside 1 peralso is a member of cent of the general the East Lansing fund to be used Strong arts community and for public art. and culture adds looks for ways East Lansing tremendous value to to work with the Mayor Nathan any community” city on public art Triplett said oth—Jake Pechtel, initiatives. er cities across communications manager “It’s exciting for the country have broad art museum us as an institution similar ordinances to have a partner like and having an art fee the City of East Lansing that would help bring more art, really extends the possibility of adding vibrancy to the city. “It would integrate public art the museum,” Pechtel said. Triplett said the ordinance into our planning process and provide a sustainable funding would help create a unique source of public art into the identity for East Lansing while encourag ing com munit y future,” Triplett said. Downtown Development discussion. “The idea is to create a susAuthority commission member Brad Ballein said the idea tainable and substantial public has merit, but he is unsure if it arts fund,” Triplett said. “There could be a diversity of differis a positive right now. “The last thing we want to do ent mediums ... supported by is prevent development,” Ballein this fund.” Triplett said money could be said. “It will be interesting to see what the final proposal will be.” put towards visual art, performTriplett said the ordinance ing art or festivals such as the would give developers a lot of East Lansing Art Festival. The proposal is still in early flexibility because of the choices given to meet the ordinance stages. Triplett said a decision may not be made until late Seprequirements. Future projects could pay the tember or early October. mbeck@statenews.com nn
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The yoga-inspired athletic apparel chain, Lululemon Athletica, opened a showroom in East Lansing over the weekend. The showroom will act as a smaller version of the regular store. Nina Gardner, the community relations representative for Lululemon Athletica and a MSU alumna, said the store will still sell everything it does in the regular stores but in a smaller amount because of limited space. She said prices range from $15 headbands to yoga pants priced at about $98. The showroom will only take payment in the form of debit or credit cards and is open every Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Every Saturday, Lululemon Athletica will hold a complimentary yoga class from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. All community members are welcome to attend the class free of charge. "East Lansing is such a cool, vibrant community," Gardner said. "You have the university and so many others who call the area home. ... Fitness and yoga in general are really growing here — we couldn't be more excited to open here." Lululemon Athletica is the newest addition to an abundance of yoga studios in the area, but Gardner said these studios are not viewed as competition. Instead, they've formed a partnership to help w ith their complimentar y classes. Last weekend, instructors from Yoga State of Mind, Body & Soul in East Lansing helped
with the complimentary class. Jennifer Hays, the owner of the studio and an instructor, said they will continue to help with the free classes. "They're working with quite a few of the other studios in the area," Hays said. "They're very community-based and are trying to promote a community environment. As far as competition, we don't see them as that as much as we do a compliment to what we're already doing." She added their well-known brand could help attract others to the yoga scene, even though Lululemon Athletica is a store geared toward a higher-end demographic. Gardner said representatives for the showroom have already taken to the community to spread the word about everything the business has to offer. Other yoga studios, such as FLEXcity Fitness in Lansing, will assist in the complimentary classes, bringing an abundance of different styles of yoga to the showroom every week. Hays said she has noticed a spike in yoga studios since Yoga State of Mind, Body & Soul first opened nearly eight years ago. She added, in a college town setting where free yoga is even offered in the residence halls, she has seen the trend continue to rise. "Anyone can do (yoga)," she said. "People seem to think they need to be in shape or f lexible or strong, but yoga act ually makes you more flexible. ... I think Lululemon Athletica has a great way of reaching out to the community, and their way might encourage more people to try it. We need more of that everywhere."
DiMaggio said she came to Patriarche Park several times with her school before the renovations began. “I thought it was going to be smaller, but it’s actually bigger,” DiMaggio said. “I really want to try the (spinning) mushroom.” While some kids came to try out the park with their parents, several others came with as part of a City of East Lansing summer camp. E lementa r y educat ion
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senior Shelby Keller, who is a site leader and supervisor for the City of East Lansing camp, distracted the kids with ice cream until the rained stopped. “The kids are very excited about the new playground,” Keller said. Once the committee’s goal of $570,000 is reached, Donovan said there will be a sign installed in the grand entrance with the names of all 2014’s donors. L.A. Times Daily Puzzle
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Featured blog New “Spartans” locker room designs aren’t very “acurate”
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Israeli women can offer more to their country than racy photos EDITORIAL BOARD Omari Sankofa II editor-in-chief Emily Jenks opinion editor Michael Kransz staff representative Morgan Redding minority representative
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here are plenty of examples in the media of men taking pictures of “their girl” with them while on deployment. With the development of technology and social media, this has altered in at least one interesting example. In Israel, a Facebook page called “Standing with IDF” dedicated to the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, has popped up encouraging Israeli women to post seminude pictures of themselves in support of their troops, usually with some variant of “I LOVE IDF” proclaimed on their bare skin.
“Since the release of photos of the renovated locker rooms in Spartan Stadium, many fans aren’t discussing the new design but instead the grammatical errors.” — Meagan Beck, State News reporter
The photos of women are posted complete- “MSU beauties,” ly by their choice. The man who founded it, “MSU booty” and Gavriel Beyo, told The Daily Beast in an inter- “MSU boobs.” Each view that he began the page to “romanticize boast thousands of IDF and Israel” and to offset the general world- subscribers, although wide distaste harbored towards the faction and these accounts ser ve no purpose other than the nation. Opinions on the Gaza-Israel conflict aside, to share pictures of students. The the campaign to keep the Standing with morale of IDF troops up has Supporting a war effort IDF Facebook page the right idea, but is per- is more than just keeping intends to serve a haps a juvenile way to go soldiers’ morales up, and greater purpose, but it is about it. poorly executed. Yes, all soldiers need women can do so much Women can do more morale boosters to keep more than submit racy than submit raunchy phofighting during the destructos to support a war effort tion they witness, but it photos to support their — there are even female does not justify the objec- country. soldiers in the IDF. tification and sexualization Technology has given us of women, regardless of if those women contribute their photos willingly. so many advantages and opportunities. It is In America — and East Lansing — we are no a shame that the only way some people can think of to support their troops is by setting stranger to nude or seminude photos. There are a handful of Twitter accounts that up a Facebook page with the slogan, “You’ll accept and regurgitate submitted pictures of guard on top, we’ll guard your bottoms” in the MSU students, including but not limited to: “About” section.
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While the idea of supporting troops is common on either side of any war effort, it can be done through other means, like collecting money. Despite its efforts to romanticize the Israeli war effort, this Facebook page seems to succeed only in raising awareness that there are good-looking women in Israel that support their country. That isn’t to say that those women don’t have every right to post their photos to the page. They can choose to support IDF in any way they wish, but perhaps it would be more beneficial to offer support in a more direct way.
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ast weekend, my local running community great tool for conbroke a world record. Our 219-person relay necting with other people, but it’s team set the world record for most consecu- not the only one. tive miles run in a 24-hour period. Nor is it essential. The previous record was set by 180 people. In both It’s hard to feel relays, each person ran a mile with the relay baton in valued in a facefront of dozens of running enthusiasts. This year, the to-face conversalocal paper covered the event, and some participants tion when the other person seems drove over 4 hours to get to the track and join in. I enjoyed my favorite sport with some of my favor- m o r e e n g a g e d ite people. I got to take the baton from my dad. I was with an iPhone, stretched by an old teammate and I made new friends. and it ’s hard to enjoy an experience when you’re more conI didn’t take a single picture. Guest columnist cerned with sleuthing out Instagram phoI didn’t even bring my phone, because I to opportunities. didn’t think I would need it. And there are As we prepare for the upcoming semesstill pictures of me, taken by other people, ter, let’s challenge ourselves to devote less all over Facebook. My friends and I still time to our digital personalities and more on posed for the camera. But no photo, no matdeveloping actual relationships. The friendter how high-quality or perfectly framed ships we make at Michigan State are preit is, could compare to being there on the cious, and after graduation we can look to track, cheering your lungs out for some of social media (or write letters!) to stay in your 218 teammates. Melanie Brender touch. This event garnered a lot of social media brenderm@msu.edu But for now, let’s focus on the face-toattention, and rightfully so. It built up face. Put your phone away when you’re in excitement for a frequently overlooked sport, and the event coordinator, Jon Rock, was awake the cafeteria, even if you’re eating there alone. I promise for roughly 40 hours straight to prepare and operate we won’t miss the pictures you take of your tray every meal. If a friend posts a cool picture or status online, the all-day event. But it’s a bit irritating how even the most trivial things ask that person about it. Start up a phone call or face-to-face conversation about are documented these days. One of my friends seems to post a selfie online every time he walks into a new that picture from a study abroad or the status about eatbuilding, even if that building is a grocery store or his ing 20 pieces of pizza in a row. Write letters — I promise people will appreciate them own apartment. A few of my cousins are completely engrossed in their more than a text. Go outside and exercise for a half hour instead of phones and don’t talk as much anymore, but they text watching a re-run of a mediocre television show on and Snapchat like crazy. It’s not that I don’t love my cousins or enjoy staying Netflix. Log off Facebook, take a break from Twitter and expeup-to-date on my friends’ activities. The issue I have is rience life. Let your digital personality pass your true with their digital personalities. When we focus on developing our digital personal- self the baton, and pursue your own personal records. Melanie Brender is a communications and social relaities instead of our real ones, we lose out on building meaningful personal relationships. Social media is a tions and policy senior. Reach her at brenderm@msu.edu.
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board of trustees hopeful: “I pledge to never Vote for a tuition or room and board increase” I’m Scott Schultz, a candidate for MSU Board of Trustees seeking the Republican Nomination for the next election. My race will be determined on Aug. 23 at the Republican National Convention in Novi, Mi. As part of my platform I’m saying the Board of Trustees should immediately all tuition for all students. Second, we should look at ways to decrease tuition commensurate to levels other schools across the US, and in other countries who have “accredited” academics. We need to stop building new “brick and mortar” in the new age of “online” education. I pledge to never vote for a tuition or room and board increase in my eight year term, if elected. I also pledge to not seek re-election as 8 years is enough in my judgment. I quote from a book written by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called “Breakout:” “The average cost of a college education has increased twelvefold, or 1,120%, since 1978, according to Bloomberg — four times the rate of inflation. Footnote.” The example proffered forth by Mr. Salman Khan and Mr. Bror Saxberg notes that at “this rate the unsustainable model of higher ed. (sic) could be on the verge of collapse.” I further reference, but not quote from this portion of the book — “Mr. Sebastion Thrun, a V-P at Google, and a Professor at Stanford has a few world-changing inventions under his belt. He helped create the self-driving cars that have safely navigated six hundred thousand miles of California roads — a breakthrough helping Google’s Street View technology.” Further, he and Google’s director of research Peter Norvig, a teacher of Stanford’s computer science course on artificial intelligence decided to offer a version of their course online for free, unsure of how many people would sign up for it. Before they knew it, more than 160,000 people globally had registered. Thrun noted to the Wall Street Journal, the book continues, “I had forgotten to tell Stanford about it.... Stanford said, ‘If you give the same exams and the same certification of completion (as Stanford does,) then you are really messing with what certifications really are. People are going to go out with the certificates and ask for admission (at the university) and how do we even know who they really are?’ He responded: “I don’t care.” I’ll conclude with the results: “By the end of the semester, 23,000 of the original 160,000 had completed the full course. The best Stanford student was ranked at #411. The results were stunning to all parties.” UDACITY announced a program aimed at a very different group — a partnership with Georgia Tech to offer a master’s degree in computer science for $7,000, beginning to end. In my judgement, a virtual university like UDACITY is a model we could learn from. I encourage you to look at it. For the record when I attended MSU my cost per credit hour was the unholy sum of $17 per credit hour. At that time, frankly, I had no clue how I’d pay for it, either. At $460 per credit hour, and with job prospects as they are — this price simply is not justified in my judgement.
Scott Schultz MSU BA , School of Journalism , 1979
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MSU revamps misconduct reporting line By Olivia Dimmer odimmer@statenews.com
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MSU recently launched a revamped version of an already existing fiscal misconduct hotline, giving MSU community members an anonymous way to report a variety of misconduct, ranging from sexual assault to academic dishonesty. MSU spokesman Jason Cody said the hotline is not designed to replace 911, but instead is meant to encourage witnesses to speak up. “When we deal with any issues with reporting misconduct, we take a look at what would be the practical, good step for us to take,” Cody said. “(The hotline) is all about removing barriers so employees (or other MSU community members) feel safe in reporting misconduct.” Cody said the hotline is run by a third-party company based out of Atlanta, Georgia which takes the calls, classifies the complaints by what type of misconduct is being reported, strips the report of any information that could identify the complainant and then sends the report to MSU’s Internal Audit Department. Internal Audit Director Thomas Luccock said in an email the expansion of the hotline was not prompted by any specific concerns, but rather done because “most of the other universities, certainly in the Big Ten, have expanded the scope of their hotlines over time.” “I think it is very important for universities to have an outlet for anonymously reporting known or suspected misconduct,” Luccock said. “However, wherever possible, the concern should be first discussed with your supervisor. The Misconduct Hotline does not replace the University Reporting Protocols regarding child abuse, sexual assault or child pornography... Also, it is important to know the University prohibits retaliation against any employee who makes a report in good faith of known or suspected misconduct.” The Misconduct Hotline can be accessed at 800-7630764, or online at misconduct.msu.edu.
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ABOVE: Campers color their own tote bags on Tuesday at the Children's 4-H Garden on Bogue Street. Camp Monet is a three day camp where campers take inspiration from the garden to make creative projects. BELOW: East Lansing resident Sydney Zaagmam, 9, colors a tote during a children’s camp on Tuesday at the Children’s 4-H Garden on Bogue Street.
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The Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden at MSU is typically a place where students, families and children alike can sit, stroll or walk. But this week, it’s become a place where art is created. The MSU Horticulture Gardens hosted Camp Monet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, inviting kids from a number of schools to come enjoy a variety of art projects. The camp, which has been an annual event for more than 10 years, featured activities included painting, sketching, weaving and more. Almost 30 children attend-
ed the camp, where each day highlighted a famous artist. On Tuesday, the camp attendees learned about Claude Monet and made mock stained glass projects. Education coordinator for the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden Jessica Wright said doing art outside creates a different atmosphere for the children. “We wanted to offer an art camp,” Wright said. “Nature art is mainly what we’re doing ... we want the kids to still be engaged but also think of art as something fun to do.” The kids were even given the task of picking their favorite leaves from anywhere in the garden to do etchings on white paper, all in the name of creating “leaf people.” “My favorite part about camp
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There was no talk of a national championship in East Lansing at this time a year ago. Maybe for Tom Izzo’s bunch over at Breslin Center, but not for those wearing helmets and shoulder pads on the gridiron. Coming off a disappointing 7-6 record in 2012, there were question marks across the board for the Spartans. Who or what could get the sputtering offense into the endzone? Can the defense do everything again? Will MSU ever return to Pasadena, Calif.? However, all of those questions have been put to rest for the defending Big Ten and Rose Bowl Champs, with No. 8 MSU no longer focused on naming a signal caller, but on reaching the first ever College Football Playoff. “Do we talk about the national championship — we’re going to dream big,” head coach Mark Dantonio said Monday at MSU’s annual media day at Spartan Stadium. “What’s been established is that we’ve been to the Rose Bowl, and we’ve won the Rose Bowl and Big Ten Championship, that’s been established. What can we do beyond that remains to be seen and you always want to dream big, always want to go farther than you did before.”
Not all head coaches like to talk about the national championship before the season has started, but the current slate for MSU gives Dantonio reason to address the topic. The Spartans enter the 2014 campaign with the program’s highest ever preseason ranking and as one of the favorites to repeat as Big Ten champs. MSU returns big names on both
“What can we do beyond that remains to be seen and you always want to dream big, always want to go farther than you did before.” Mark Dantonio, Football Head Coach
sides of the ball for a total of 15 returning starters, including Rose Bowl Offensive MVP junior quarterback Connor Cook, 2013 Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year junior defensive end Shilique Calhoun and 1,400-plus yard rusher senior running back Jeremy Langford. Mix those weapons with a completely retained coaching staff and it makes sense why some across the country have MSU contending for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Cook will lead an offense that
brings back seven of last year’s starters and understands the opportunity at hand for MSU. He said he knows the importance of handling success and adjusting to playing as one of the hunted instead of the hunter. “We kind of had a target on our back later in the year and I think we handled that well,” Cook said. “We’re returning a lot of guys this year, a lot of guys that played last year, guys who have experience (so) we’re not going to let that affect us and we’re just going to focus on what we can control (and) that’s winning every single week.” Cook added that his Spartans will need to reach and win the Big Ten Championship game before even getting a shot in the College Football Playoff. Like Cook, Calhoun is taking everything just one step at a time. Calhoun, who is one of five back from last year’s nationally top ten ranked defenses, is simply focused on the first task at hand when Jacksonville State comes to town on Aug. 29. “(The National Championship) is definitely one of our goals, but our main focus is Jacksonville State right now,” Calhoun said. “We’re taking it day-by-day, we don’t want to jump too far ahead and look past any team because we definitely need to respect every team that we play against.”
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is seeing how different everybody’s art is,” Wright said. “You dream up something and you make up an example or you have a picture in your mind and then they always exceed ... what I had pictured in my head.” Mercy High School student and Farmington Hills resident Lilian Lebednick, who volunteered at the event, said she came back to help because she attended the camp when she was younger. “I was a camper when (the camp) first started,” Lebednick said. “I think it’s even more fun for them to involve the garden in their art projects.” She said it has taught her patience with children. The camp also gives some MSU students an opportunity
to get experience in their field. Art education senior and head student of the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden Tiffany Shay said the camp gives her a chance to improve her educat-
ing skills. Shay said she’s enjoyed seeing them out in the garden. “A lot of kids get stuck inside,” Shay said. ”(They are) enjoying nature.”
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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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The MSU Museum is bringing culture outdoors this weekend for the Great Lakes Folk Festival. Taking place Friday, Saturday and Sunday in downtown East Lansing, the event is produced by MSU Museum’s Michigan Traditional Arts Program. The museum spends almost the entire year preparing for the event, beginning the planning process just weeks after the previous festival ended. Acting director of the MSU Museum Lora Helou said they begin putting out “feelers” and going over talent options as early as the September before the event. “It’s one of the biggest programs that the museum offers, so it’s definitely a big undertaking,” Helou said. “It has a great history behind it.” The festival became an annual event in 2002, but the museum has been putting on folk-life events since 1987, this year marking the 28th year the museum has hosted a summer folk festival. Helou said the festival features mostly roots and world music, recruiting musicians from various backgrounds who specialize in a range of cultural elements — from Cajun to Celtic. “The event is always a little bit different each year,” Helou said. “(It) shows how these cultural expressions are reproduced from generation to generation.” Helou said although music is a large element of the festival, it’s not the only one. Dance plays a significant part in the festivities as well.
There will be a 2,400-square-foot dance floor located behind Urban Outfitters, where instructors will teach various dances including swing and contra, as well as host a waltz hour. Cultures from across America and the world will be represented at the festival. There will be an arts marketplace, which will sell items from traditional artists, as well as artists who craft products from recycled materials. Also featured at the festival will be various authentic ethnic foods, demonstrations in art and storytelling and activities for children. “We really look at this as a living museum exhibit,” Helou said. “We really hope that it fosters a greater sense of awareness and appreciation of the many different cultures that we have around here.” Some musical performances will include a Canadian fiddler, Irish Celtic, accordion, banjo and mariachi. "(There will be) lots of chances for people to participate,” Helou said. “These aren’t people that are at the top of the charts on the radio stations.” An addition to this year’s festival is a program called Global Traditions, Local Connections. The program invites international student groups to perform workshops and demonstrations for festival-goers. Helou said the festival will have Chinese students leading an origami session and a game of Chinese badminton. “The students from this program really helped work throughout the year,” Helou said. “I think the audience will enjoy the give and take of sharing in that environment in our campus community area.”
Freshmen linemen eye opportunity By Robert Bondy rbondy@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn
Wednesday served as the first day of full contact for MSU football, giving head coach Mark Dantonio and his staff the opportunity to get their first look at the incoming freshmen playing live football. Out of all the positions of incoming freshman, none is as prominent or attention-grabbing than the defensive line that features highly touted freshman recruit Malik McDowell. And with the injury to junior defensive lineman Damon Knox, it only has received more attention. Dantonio said he’s been focusing a little bit more on that group competing for the current open spot, with McDowell and Enoch Smith Jr. standing out so far. “Malik McDowell is a talent, he’s learning things daily,” Dantonio said. “All of those guys have their moments, Enoch made some plays today (where) I noticed him. ... Those are the two guys I would say inside defensive tacklewise they looked good.” “But the other guys, when I sit and go over this stuff with our coaches, we talk personal, we talk young players. They are very, very positive about all of those guys and that’s exciting. They are saying good things about all of them so it’s just a matter of who can come on” he said. McDowell enters the fold for MSU listed at 6-foot-6 and 286 pounds, but said he is around 275280 pounds currently. He also said he is looking to get his weight up to 295 pounds before the season begins to help him adjust to his new position as nose tackle. McDowell said he played inside on the defensive line in high school, but it only took one hit from junior center Jack Allen to
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Freshman defensive tackle David Beedle participates in practice drills Wednesday at the practice field outside Duffy Daugherty Football Building. The football season kicks off on Aug. 29 with a game against Jacksonville State.
realize this is a completely different ball game than a year ago. “It’s a whole different game, first day it was just crazy,” McDowell said. “I don’t know how to explain it, but it was a whole different game. Real fast, just real physical, just a whole new game.” Other early freshman defensive line standout Smith Jr. comes in at 6-foot-2 and 276 pounds out of Chicago as another highly ranked recruit from a year ago. Like McDowell, Smith Jr. is adjusting to the new speed of the game at the collegiate level,
but is motivated by the opportunity to see potential early playing time. “They tell all of us that it’s our spot to earn,” Smith Jr. said. “They even tell the upperclassmen nobody has a guaranteed spot and that’s what I like and that’s one of the reasons why I came here because we all have a chance to make a contribution to the team.” Although McDowell and Smith Jr. are the two that have received attention thus far, Smith Jr. said all five of the incoming freshmen
defensive lineman are competing for the inside open spot. He said the group, which includes David Beedle, Craig Evans and others, meshes well together and likes to challenge each other every day. “Malik, myself, (freshman) Craig (Evans), (freshman) Dillon Alexander, all of the defensive lineman, we all come together, like when we’re at lunch or something and tell each other that we’re going to be the ones to take that spot,” Smith Jr. said. “So we even challenge one another to earn that spot.”
MSU basketball will head to Disney World for 2014 Orlando Classic Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. At 6:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, the Spartans will face off against Rider for the first round of the tournament. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN2.
The winner of that round will advance to face the winner of the Marquette University and Georgia Tech match at 8:30 p.m., which will also be broadcasted on ESPN2, in the semifinals on November 28.
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