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Lawsuit: Trustee Perles knew Nassar drugged, raped girl in ‘92 BY MILA MURRAY MMURRAY@STATENEWS.COM
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Larissa Boyce reported to then-gymnastics coach Kathie Klages in what was previously know as the earliest report of Nassar’s abuse to an MSU employee. “Defendant Michigan State University could have stopped Defendant Nassar’s conduct back in 1992, but did not,” Davis’ attorneys wrote in the lawsuit. The lawsuit says that Davis’ rape was reported to multiple people within the university: thenMSU women’s field hockey coach Martha Ludwig, the MSU Police Department and the athletic department. MSU Trustee George Perles, who resigned as the athletic director in May 1992, interfered with the investigation, resulting in the complaint being dropped, the lawsuit says. He was not employed by MSU at the time. Perles forced Ludwig to return the video, resign and sign a non-disclosure agreement, the lawsuit says. However, the lawsuit claims Ludwig likely made a copy of the video. While reporting the assault to MSUPD, a detective sergeant allegedly told her “he was powerless to investigate” because she was an athlete. Instead, police told her she should go to the athletic department. After Davis informed them she was already rebuffed by the MSU athletic department, “the Sergeant responded that George Perles is a ‘powerful man,’ and she should just drop it,” her attorneys wrote in the lawsuit. After reporting the assault to MSUPD, Davis lost her NCAA scholarship, the lawsuit says. “This proves that not only did Defendant Michigan State University have knowledge that Defendant Nassar sexually abused and sexually assaulted minors, but that it would also go to great lengths to conceal this conduct,” the lawsuit said. In 1997, five years after the alleged rape, Nassar was hired by the university. That same year, Boyce said she told the university that he sexually assaulted her. Boyce said Klages convinced her not to file a report. Many other survivors say they reported Nassar’s abuse to the university after Davis and Boyce. In 1998 and 2000, two student athletes reported concerns about Nassar to trainers but according to lawsuits filed in 2017, no action was taken by the university. In 2004, Kyle Stephens notified MSU clinical psychologist Gary Stollak of her childhood abuse by Nassar. In 2014, Amanda Thomashow told the university about her assault, and three months after an investigation was launched, Nassar was cleared of any wrongdoing. Vice President and university spokesperson Emily Guerrant responded to the lawsuit in an email statement. “We are deeply sorry for the abuses Larry Nassar has committed, and for the trauma experienced by all sexual assault survivors,” Guerrant said. “Sexual abuse, assault and relationship violence are not tolerated in our campus community. While the protocols and procedures mentioned in this lawsuit do not reflect how sexual assault claims are handled at MSU, we are taking the allegations very seriously and looking into the situation. “MSU is working diligently to create a campus communit y where all members feel safe to study and work free from the threat of sexual misconduct and relationship violence. At the same time, we want to make sure that when survivors of sexual assault or relationship violence come forward, they are treated with respect, listened to and that we provide the appropriate supports throughout
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the reporting process.” Davis’ lawsuit names MSU, Klages, former Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine William Strampel, USA Gymnastics, Twistars Gymnastics Club, John Geddert, former director of SportsMedicine Jeffrey Kovan, retired MSU professor of clinical psychology Gar y Stollak, Clincal Director of MSU SportsMedicine Douglas Dietzel and former MSU doctors Brooke Lemmon and Destiny Teachnor-Hauk as defedants. Nassar is serving a 60 year federal sentence for child pornography. He was also charged in Ingham and Eaton counties. His appeal for resentencing in both counties was denied. He is in prison Florida.
WHAT WE KNOW - There are 13 defendants in this court case - Michigan State University reached a $500 million settlement with 332 Nassar victims - Nassar was employed at MSU 1997-2016 - Previously, the earliest report of abuse was from Larissa Boyce in 1997 - Over 400 survivors of Nassar’s abuse have come forward
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All Saints Episcopal Church 800 Abbot Rd. (517) 351-7160 Sun. Worship: 8am, 10am, & 5am Sunday School: 10am www.allsaints-el.org Chabad House of MSU 540 Elizabeth St. (517) 214-0525 Prayer Services: Friday night services followed by traditional Shabbat dinner @ Chabad. www.chabadmsu.com Eastminster Presbyterian Church UKirk at MSU Presbyterian Campus Ministry 1315 Abbot Rd. (517) 337-0893 Sun. Worship: 10am www.eastminster church.org Greater Lansing Church of Christ 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. (Meet @ University Christian Church) (517) 898-3600 Sun: 8:45am Worship, 10am Bible Class Wed: 1pm, Small group bible study www.greaterlansing coc.org Hillel Jewish Student Center 360 Charles St. (517) 332-1916 Services: Friday night 6pm, dinner @ 7, September–April www.msuhillel.org
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PRESIDENT KATHERINE “COOKIE” RIFIOTIS Rifiotis is the main spokesperson for and primary delegate of the undergraduate population of MSU to the university’s administration. During the ASMSU General Assembly meetings, Rifiotis is the chief administrative officer and the chairperson. Rifiotis meets with different officials and committees often and provides a voice for the undergraduate population. VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DYLAN WESTRIN Westrin deals heavily with academic governance and its presence inside committees at the university. Westrin is the most direct route for communication between ASMSU, administrators and senior faculty members. However, this position also helps students who have issues with syllabi or certain professors. “They [students] want something changed there, and if it’s a specific course or if it’s with a department or the college, we can figure out different avenues to channel change into that,” Westrin said. “So I usually have a working relationship with the department heads, deans, the provost, associate provost and some of the vice presidents.” VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS DAN IANCIO Iancio mainly oversees financial and business operations on the Legal Services, Student Defenders, the Red Cedar Log and other ASMSU service departments. The position was also influential in establishing the Blue Book program and i-Clicker and graphing calculator rentals. “I oversee all of the services and so that’ll be i-Clickers, blue books, graphing calculators, Safe Ride, legal services, all that kind of great stuff that we provide to students. As something that I oversee and our department oversees, it’s really awesome,” Iancio said. “We get to help students either save money on college expenses or just help them facilitate their college experience better.”
VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS ELI PALES Pales maintains responsibility for awareness of any governmental action or legislation which could impact the student body at MSU. Pales’ position also works to get more students registered to vote and to educate them on important things happening in government currently, whether it be local or national. Pales is required to go to City Hall meetings as well as the typical ASMSU meetings. “I like that we have the ability to have an idea to really implement it,” Pales said. “And so in that regard, I feel like ASMSU was able to be far more efficient and effective than almost any other student organization.” VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION MARIO KAKOS Kakos’ position involves a lot of communication with students. Kakos works to teach committee members about the rules of weekly meetings and how ASMSU structures and procedures work. It also connects students to resources. “There’s an engagement coordinator so that position works out with the mentorship program, so I help advise engagement coordinator on carrying projects and initiatives,” Kakos said. Kakos also works heavily on recruiting individuals for the General Assembly every year. VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT ALLOCATIONS MAKENZIE BOSWORTH Bosworth works with registered student organizations, the Council of Racial and Ethnic Students and the Council of Progressive Students to allocate funding for their groups. This position manages student tax dollars and allocates the funds to specific organizations. “There is a certain percentage of the ASMSU tax that goes to a budget that is set aside for giving back to clubs and groups, so they can put on events around campus and go to conferences and do really cool things like that,” Bosworth said. “I oversee the board votes on those decisions and our departmental staff works to make those happen.”
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MSU administration launches academic year, discusses new changes BY MILA MURRAY MMURRAY@STATENEWS.COM
This year’s freshman class is the largest and most diverse group of students in MSU’s history. The class of 2022 has also been introduced to changes that were made by the university to benefit undergraduate students. The MSU administration officially launched the academic year at the beginning of September and discussed these changes, statistics on enrollment and incoming class highlights. “As I’m sure you’re aware, this week we welcome the largest, most diverse and best prepared class of incoming students in MSU’s history,” Interim Provost for Undergraduate Education Mark Largent said. “They’ve already raised the bar.” CHANGES TO THE UNIVERSITY Largent discussed specific changes that were made to benefit the Class of 2022. These changes include improving counseling services and implementing new course options. “Our students’ learning and success continues to be supported by increased capacity in MSU’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services,” Largent said. “This is an important part of student success and very much a part of what we’re focusing on.” Adding several more counselors, implementing additional space, launching an app called “MY SSP” that provides 24/7 counseling access for students and the integration of the Counseling
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and Psychiatric Services, or CAPS, into an overall student health and wellness effort on campus are all a part of this change. The university also increased staffing at the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities. For undergraduate students, there are also 37 new courses and nearly 2,000 more seats available in classes than last year, Largent said. The Class of 2022 will also benefit from lesschallenging course requirements. “These students will benefit from our reform of gateway mathematics, which addressed a problem that vexes most institutions of higher education — namely how do we provide pathways to graduation for otherwise talented students who have not yet mastered algebra and calculus,” Largent said. The availability of “Quantitative Literacy” courses, designed for majors that are not calculus-based, will be “significantly expanded”. Also, MTH 1825 will be replaced with an algebra course, where research-proven approaches for teaching mathematics will be applied, Largent said. HISTORIC SIZE AND DIVERSITY Half of the freshman class came into their first year of college with 15 or more credits, Largent said. He said because of the recent “Go Green, Go 15” campaign — an initiative aiming to make students graduate from college on time with less debt — the number of freshmen taking 15 or more credits per semester is now at 50 percent. Provost June Youatt presented statistics on the
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of the academic year by pointing out the talent and originality of the 725 new students who have entered MSU’s Honors College. These students include a winner of a national science and mathematics team competition, a self-taught musician who can play eight different musical instruments and someone who began research on pollution as a high school student. “They are joining us to make this place better,” Maybank said. “As we listen to the voices of 300-plus courageous young women to help us make it (the university) better, these young people join us and are the now for MSU, and who we will be, and what we will offer, and how we will move forward.”
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MICHIGAN STATE GOLFER ALLYSON GEER PARK IS AHEAD OF THE COURSE The junior was on the golf course before she could walk
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Junior Spartan golfer Allyson “Ally” Geer Park has never done anything at anybody else’s pace. She was walking before her peers, beating the boys at her local club when she was 10-yearsold and even graduated high school a semester early. Her talent was so prodigious that MSU women’s golf coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll offered her a scholarship the summer after she finished eighth grade. “We met at Snyder-Phillips, had dinner together, and we had decided at that time that we wanted to offer her a scholarship,” Slobodnik-Stoll said. “We not only loved her as a golfer, but also just loved her as a person. Everything in how we recruit — character, grades and talent — she fit the bill in every single way possible. We offered her the scholarship over dessert, and she committed.” It was no surprise to anybody near Ally when she decided to get married at 19. Ally and her husband, former Eastern Michigan golfer Nick Park, tied the knot on Aug. 4, one day before she flew to Kingston Springs, Tennessee for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. “The wedding was amazing, and I left the next morning,” Ally said. “It was incredible, I wouldn’t have changed that opportunity, I wouldn’t have changed the way things happened in that order for anything. I don’t really do anything in order anyways, so it just kind of fit into my story.”
“I think every decision I’ve ever made I do with careful thought. You always take in into consideration what people think, but you can’t define your life by what other people expect you to do.” Allyson Geer Park
CAR SEATS AND DUCK FOOD Ally’s parents did not play college golf. Her father, Brad Geer, played all the time at Oak Pointe Country Club near their home in Brighton, but when he and mother Andrea Geer began having children, he realized that six hours at a time on a golf course was too long to spend away from his family. So rather than abandon the game he loved to play, he decided to introduce his daughters to it. “We would bring duck food and feed the ducks in between holes,” Andrea Geer said. “When they
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were young, we would bring a carseat on the golf cart, and strap it in with my husband’s belt, and take them out there before they could walk. We just made it something fun to do as a family.” The eldest Geer child, Jess, who recently graduated from MSU with a degree in criminal justice, was a good little player. Kassidy, the youngest, knew her way around a course. But Ally, the middle daughter, was special. “I told my dad, one day I was gonna hit it farther than him, and he was like, ‘Yeah, whatever.’” Ally said. “I asked him if I could start taking lessons, and doing it more frequently, and he started seeing that I enjoyed the competition of it, and then it just kind of went from there.” The Geer family is aware of the stigma surrounding homeschooled athletes who become child prodigies: The stereotype that they were forced to play the game and their parents were planning their green jacket fittings while they were in the womb. Not Brad and Andrea, the whole family agrees. “That was nothing that we were focused on. It was family time, and it was something that stuck with her,” Andrea said. “When you see that a child loves a sport, whatever that sport is, you just keep giving them all the opportunities that you can to let them keep competing and playing against the best players.” Brad and Andrea exposed all three daughters to many different activities, such as ice skating, dancing and soccer. It was only when Ally began beating the boys on the golf course that Brad and Andrea realized she thrived on competition. “My dad played golf, but it was really just for fun. I grew up in a small town, and golf was just something fun I did with my parents and my two other sisters,” Ally said. “It was always my choice to be out there. I always tell people that golf is what I do, it’s not who I am.” Ally quickly began making a name for herself on the junior circuit, starting with the Meijer Junior Tour, moving on to the regional Golfweek tour and then eventually becoming a huge force on the national American Junior Golf Association tour. It was during this time that she received coaching from Oak Pointe club pro Eric Colchamiro, who caddied for her at an AJGA event in Illinois when she was 13. “We were on one particular hole, she hit the
FROM THE COVER ball out to the right, she was in the tree line, and it was really interesting to watch her thought process of what kind of shot she was gonna try to hit,” Colchamiro said. “She talked through it, and she pulled off an incredible shot. As we were walking down the fairway, I looked at her, and said, ‘Are you really that good?’ And she just smiled and kinda winked at me, and we went forward from there.” WHOLE IN ONE Nick Park swears he and Ally didn’t even talk for the first few years they knew each other. They saw each other around the course at Oak Pointe, but didn’t start talking until a few years ago. “She caddied for me in the Michigan Open, I caddied for her at a metro tour event up at Tullymore, and from there, the rest is history, I guess,” Park said. They started dating two years to the day before they jumped the broom, and the devout couple said that their faith was a driving force in their decision to wed. “I think a lot (of) it ties back to our faith. We trust everything to God, we’re not trying to live life on our timeline, we’re living life on His,” Park said. “At that point, I had graduated from college, and she had two years left, so we were just looking to see what makes sense, and lean on God a lot at that time.” The decision was a curveball for Brad and Andrea, but Ally’s parents respect her and know she’s going to do what’s best for her, she said. “I think every decision I’ve ever made I do it with very careful thought,” Ally said. “You always take into consideration what people think, but you can’t define your life by what other people expect you to do.” Preparing for both the wedding and the U.S. Amateur Championship at the same time was just something Ally felt wholly comfortable with. “I always knew what I could and couldn’t handle,” she said. “I knew that being married, I was gonna be able to handle it, it was just gonna go along with everything that I wanted to do on and off the golf course.” She even tried to practice with Park the morning of her wedding, but between her husband’s insistence that she enjoy the day, and her mother’s superstition that they not see each other before the wedding itself, her clubs were “accidentally” locked in Park’s car. The tournament began two days after the wedding. Ally shot a 78 on day 1, rebounded with a 67 on day 2, but failed to advance to match play through a 9-woman playoff for the final spot. SPARTAN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Mother and daughter toured the country playing tournaments during her preteen and teen years, and Andrea always wanted her daughter to check out other universities besides MSU to see if they would be something of interest. Ally declined. It was always her dream to attend her mother’s alma mater, and if she had the opportunity to go, she would. “She would play at (the University of Michigan) once in a while, and she would wear all of her Michigan State clothing,” Andrea said. “I told her she could get away with it while she’s young, but when she got older, it might be a little harder to do that.” After Ally’s early commitment, Slobodnik-Stoll thought she would have to wait four whole years to unveil her new star. But Ally, ever the pace-setter, and having finished all her high school requirements through Andrea’s homeschooling, decided to surprise her college coach a semester early. “We were coming off one of the worst falls of my coaching career. She decided to come a semester early, and then we ended up winning the Big Ten championship two years ago with her. She really was the spark that we needed on that team to get the team going,” Slobodnik-Stoll said. “She’s always been mature, and I think that’s because she didn’t go to high school. Kids who are homeschooled end up being around adults more.” Coming in the spring instead of waiting until the next fall means Ally will only have threeand-a-half years of college eligibility instead of
four. But she has zero regrets. “I think it was kind of instilled at a young age that I wasn’t like everyone else, and my life wasn’t gonna look like everyone else’s from the way I was raised, and what I believe, and what I wanted for my life,” she said. Since coming to MSU, Ally has been as good as advertised. She was named All-Big Ten twice, was a Women’s Congressional Golf Association Honorable Mention All-American last season, when she recorded the second-lowest scoring average in the history of MSU’s women’s golf program. She wants to eventually play professionally, and both her childhood and college coach agree she’s capable of it. “Her game has always been good, and it just progressively gets better,” Slobodnik-Stoll said. “And it’s gotta keep getting better if she wants to play on tour and make a living out there. She’s got a second gear in competition mode. When the competition is there, she’s always ready to go.” Ally’s willingness to work hard will help her as she goes pro, Colchamiro said. “The most impressive thing about her was, with all the talent, her willingness to learn and work really hard at improving upon any particular thing we talked about,” Colchamiro said. “Whenever she had a concern, we addressed it, and gave her a drill to work on, and she’d be out there working on that drill until she got it right.” Before going pro, the little girl who wore green and white while playing in Ann Arbor, wants to bring home more trophies, for the Spartans. “My goals are to hopefully win my first college event individually. I’ve come up second place a lot, and I know what it’s going to take to win. I’ve gotten close, so I’m hoping to break through,” Ally said. She also hopes to win another Big Ten Championship, giving the team a shot at a national title, which she knows they’re capable of this year. “Some kids have a different mindset when they get out on the golf course, and I think that’s what I’ve always been impressed with Ally, that mindset,” Slobodnik-Stoll said. “She always plays for the team, not just for herself.” But what about when she does play for herself, against her husband, who is a full head taller? “Honestly, it’s 50-50,” Ally said. “We play together very often, and he beats me a lot more than I would like to admit. On a good day for both of us, it’s pretty close.” “She’s a lot better player than me if I was to play from the men’s yardage and she was to play from the women’s yardage, she would beat me hands down,” Park said. “From (the same yardage), it depends on who’s hot that day.” And there’s no fighting in the car afterwards? “No,” Park said. “Unless she wins.”
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FAR LEFT: Communication junior Allyson Geer Park poses for a portrait on Sept. 11, at the Lasch Family Golf Center in East Lansing. PHOTO BY SYLVIA JARRUS. LEFT: Communication junior Allyson Geer Park and husband Nick Park on their wedding day. PHOTO COURTESY OF GEER FAMILY. BELOW: Communication junior Allyson Geer Park practices her swing on Sept. 11 at the Lasch Family Golf Center in East Lansing. PHOTO BY SYLVIA JARRUS.
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NASA astronaut Michael Foale visited MSU’s campus on Sept. 10 to give a talk to about 400 students and faculty. State News features reporter Alexis Stark sat down with Foale to ask him about the time he’s spent in space. WHAT WERE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIVING ON EARTH AND IN SPACE? “You have this fantastic view, a fantastic viewpoint of the earth. It’s just like looking out the car window as you go through the west. You’re going to be looking and enjoying everything you see.”
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WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY FOR YOU WHILE IN ORBIT? “You wake up, rub your eyes and all the rest. People have different morning habits, but I would pretty quickly put my shorts on and float across to the radio. We’d have a conference with Houston about half an hour before our daily work.”
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‘These are my people’: Quidditch team strives for successful season
LEFT: Students stretch together and introduce themselves during the second Quidditch practice of the year on Sept. 2 at IM Sports East. RIGHT: James Madison freshman Nathan Feidner makes a pass during the second Quidditch practice of the year on Sept. 2 at IM Sports East. PHOTOS BY CJ WEISS
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ollowing a successful 2017-18 season, which included 14 wins and an appearance at the U.S. Quidditch Cup, the MSU Quidditch travel team is gearing up for another successful year. Quidditch was popularized by author J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” franchise. The first organized game was played in 2005 at Middlebury College. Since then, the sport grew to include over 200 teams that range from the elementary to collegiate levels. “Quidditch is a mixed-gender contact sport with a unique mix of elements from rugby, dodgeball, and tag,” according to U.S. Quidditch website, which is the governing body for the sport. Coach and student Roarke McAllister has high hopes for the Spartans this season and believes their mix of rookie and veteran talent will take them far. “I really want to build on the progress we made last year. We had a really great rookie class that showed a ton of promise,” McAllister said. “I want to take what we had from last year and really sharpen that up and hone it.” A Quidditch team, made up of seven athletes, plays with brooms between their legs. Athletes play as either chasers, who score goals; beaters, who keep the other team from scoring; keepers, who guard the hoops; or seekers, who end the game by catching the snitch. Even though she isn’t traveling with the team this year, junior chaser Aislinn Langley is looking forward to helping new players improve their skills while also enjoying the camaraderie. “The community, everyone is really nice and doesn’t take themselves super seriously and it’s just a fun, ridiculous sport,” Langley said. Beater coach Miranda Tolsma was a fan of the “Harry Potter” book series and films in high school. She first learned about the team at a 4-H camp held at MSU. “I think I found a really good community here with the team. ... These are my people,” Tolsma said. Tolsma is also looking forward to making another appearance at nationals this year on an automatic bid.
“... Everyone is really nice and doesn’t take themselves super seriously and it’s just a fun, ridiculous sport.” Aislinn Langley Third Year Chaser Last year, the team did not qualify for nationals at their regional tournament. Because of this, they had to meet other requirements to receive an at-large bid. U.S. Quidditch requires all teams to play at least eight games, against four different teams, at three different events in order to automatically qualify for the national tournament. Freshman chaser Ethan Wanous played football and baseball in high school. He said he wasn’t nervous to play a scoring possession for a sport he’d never competed in before. “I’m excited. I like the challenge. I like sports, and it’s fun competing,” Wanous said. Sophomore beater Charlie Woodside had his heart set on playing Quidditch at MSU since his junior year of high school. “This where I found all my friends outside of high school and home,” Woodside said. Like any athlete, Woodside said he faced his fair share of injuries this past season, but he didn’t let that stop him from being a valuable asset on the sidelines. “I’d always come,” Woodside said. “I wouldn’t play always, but I’d be there supporting the team, making sure everyone else was OK,” Woodside said. Freshman Ash Toth found Quidditch to be a perfect way to blend his love for the book series and sports — while also making friends. “I’m really looking forward to getting the experience of playing and competing in something. I like athletics. I’m a competitive person, so competing and playing sports is really fun for me,” Toth said. The Quidditch players said they hope their host of new talent and the team’s tight-knit nature will help them soar this season.
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Say it’s Monday morning on Grand River and you’re headed to class. You could walk, splurge on an Uber or wait for a CATA bus to pick you up. Or you could wave down a Skoop, a free pedicab service created by MSU advertising management sophomore Josh Cooper. In February 2018, CEO and founder Cooper put his entrepreneurial skills to the test when he created Skoop Inc., a free pedicab service used as an advertising platform and mobile billboard for local and national brands. “Yeah, we’re a pedicab company, but we just so happens to give rides,” Cooper said. “We designed a digital billboard that’s also capable of carrying people ... all rides are 100 percent free.” As part of the pedicab services, Skoop Inc. places digital looping billboards on the streets and embeds them into the flow of traffic. “We’re looking to demonetize transportation in a unique way and also cut those costs and take those dollars out of the traditional driving or ride sharing model,” co-owner of the company Aric Klar said. The Skoop pedicabs are battery-powered with pedal assist motors. In East Lansing, there are three routes available: a resident route for students living in the dorms, a downtown route for shops, restaurants and off-campus residents and a class route to get people to and from classes. “We can continue to roll out this model into areas that
are adaptive to it,” Klar said. “College towns would be perfect because the college kid knows how often they’re outpouring cash to move from point A to point B and we’re looking to be that solution.” Skoop Inc. said they are rapidly increasing their presence in East Lansing through promotional product distribution from local businesses. Brands have been providing complimentary water bottles and coupons. They’ve even rented out the fleet of pedicabs for shuttle services for private events. “When I first moved to Michigan State my freshman year, I realized the campus was so spread out ... so I started getting inspired to research very low cost forms of transportation,” Cooper said. “I’ve always been somewhat of an entrepreneur ... and I love helping other businesses grow their business.” Skoop driver Eli Weil said one of the things he loves about his job is often transporting individuals home from bars. Thanks to a night shift that runs until 2 a.m., it aims to help prevent drunk driving and ensure people get home safely. “There’s literally no catch ... I’m just offering a free service that makes people’s day and adds fun into their day,” Weil said. It’s the “best time ever,” he said. “For outgoing individuals and for people that love meeting new people and helping people’s day be a little bit better, it’s an amazing job.”
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Freshman forward Farai Mutatu (9) ties his shoe during the game against Tulsa on Aug. 26, at DeMartin Stadium. The game ended in a draw between the Spartans and the Golden Hurricanes. PHOTO BY SYLVIA JARRUS
Farai Mutatu draws strength from faith during separation from family BY NOAH GOAD NGOAD@STATENEWS.COM
Trinity took on a father figure role in the MutaMost college freshmen are getting their first taste of what it’s like being away from their par- tu family, and has been one of the freshman’s ents. Michigan State men’s soccer forward Farai biggest inspirations over the course of the past Mutatu is more than familiar with the feeling. four years. “Seeing how he has handled everything and “The last time I saw them was 2014,” said Mutatu, who is in his first season with the Spartans. how he has grown, I kind of look up to that and The freshman forward moved from Zimbabwe that’s helped me,” Mutatu said. Mutatu said he maintains a close relationship to the Lansing suburb of Haslett with his parents and three siblings. However, due to a visa with all of his siblings. “We’re a tight unit, and so we always keep each issue, his parents were forced to leave the United States four years ago and return to Zimbabwe, other accountable and help each other when times are tough,” said Mutatu. leaving him and his siblings behind. Mutatu still has regular contact with his “It’s not easy,” Mutatu said. “Obviously I would love them to see my games and to watch me parents, and often communicates with them play, but I know that they are supporting me.” through the popular messenger app, WhatsApp. “We don’t get to call Mutatu has not seen as much, but we are his parents since he “My church has helped me a definitely able to text was in the eighth grade, and was forced lot in terms of finding peace in each other and see what’s going on, if to go through high not just soccer, not just other they’re doing well and school without their things, but finding peace in how I’m doing,” Mutaguidance. tu said. “Farai is a pretty Jesus, honestly, and that’s In a situation that mature kid,” coach helped me.” would likely be chalDamon Rensing said. lenging for most peo“I t hin k, t hrough Farai Mutatu ple, Mutatu continues that adversity that Michigan State Men’s Soccer Forward to draw strength from he’s been through, a number of different he’s grown up mayareas — Most notably, be a little quicker than some other kids that have come into this his religion. “Honestly, I would say it’s my faith,” Mutatu environment.” After his parents’ departure, Mutatu quickly said. “My church has helped me a lot in terms rose up the soccer recruiting national rankings, of finding peace in not just soccer, not just othbecoming the 141st ranked high school player in er things, but just finding peace in Jesus, honthe 2018 recruiting class according to College estly, and that’s helped me.” Between his family, friends and teammates, Soccer News, and committed to Michigan State Mutatu has quite a strong support system. in the summer of 2017. “I think the best thing you do is be around peoThe freshman forward has started in two of the Spartans’ six games thus far, and scored ple that support you and care about you,” Rensthe team’s first goal of the season against South ing said. “He’s one of our family now, so we’re going to support and be there for him along with Florida on Aug. 24. With the separation between him and his par- several people in the community and families ents, Mutatu was in need of a strong role model. that have already done that.” Despite tough circumstances, Mutatu is fond In came his oldest brother, Trinity. “He became like a father to me,” Mutatu said. of his time at MSU thus far. “I love this team,” Mutatu said. “It’s a great “He was there for me my first day of high school and he just drove me to all my games when they team, with great guys and players, so I’ve enjoyed it.” (his parents) couldn’t do that.” SPORTS@STATE NE WS .COM
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As Michigan State’s football staff gets bigger and hockey coach Danton Cole tries to restore MSU hockey to its former glory, upgrades are in order. The Skandalaris Football Center in the Duffy Daugherty Football Building will undergo renovations next year, according to plans revealed by MSU’s infrastructure, planning and facilities department. And Cole said construction on Munn Ice Arena will look to start by September 2019. “We’re real excited, love the commitment that’s out there,� Cole said in a Sept. 11 news conference. “We’re ahead on our five-year plan.� Cole said the renovations to Munn will add
new display technology such as video screens, improved lockers rooms, offices, a weight room, practice facilities and an MSU Hall of Honor. He said the proposed renovations won’t disturb the day-in, day-out hockey operations. Renovations will bring a new south entrance to Munn, the second-oldest Big Ten hockey venue behind University of Michigan’s Yost Ice Arena. Or as Cole called it, a “front porch�. “�It’ll be a nicer approach, and that’ll be the front porch of it,� Cole said. “Some of the renderings, you can kind of see where it’ll mirror from an elevation and a lighting type perspective, kind of like how Breslin is and the football building or (Spartan Stadium). So when you’re driving on campus, if you’re coming that way, hopefully you’ll see all that stuff lit up in the morning and has a really nice view to it.� Deputy athletic director Greg Ianni said MSU has started the process of looking for an architect to work on the Munn project. “Once we get the architect on board, we’ll start the planning process,� said Ianni, who oversees MSU’s athletic facilities and its longterm developments. “The idea is to take this back to the board in spring, early-summer 2019, with the intent of starting construction in fall of 2019, completion fall of 2020.� Ianni said the Munn project is expected to
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