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Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed a law that legalizes medical marijuana dispensaries. While medical marijuana has been legal in Michigan since 2008, many dispensaries exceeded the 12-plant, five-patient limits imposed by the 2008 legalization, one of the new law’s sponsors in the Michigan House of Representatives, Rep. Mike Callton (R-Nashville), said. The risk of closure for these violations varied by jurisdiction, with roughly 50 dispensaries operating in the Lansing area, Callton said. The new law is meant to clear up confusion surrounding the old law. “What (the law) does is create a framework for legitimate medical marijuana industry in Michigan,” Callton said. “This gives an opportunity for patients ... to go to a licensed store front where marijuana is tested, where it is a safe place to buy it.” The new law builds off of the 2008 legalization. “You still have every right you had under the Medical Marijuana Act, (the law) gives you a new right,” Callton said. “You can still grow your own 12 plants, or have a caregiver that can take care of five people. You can still do that.” The law will require licenses for those who grow, transport, test and sell medical marijuana. There is also a tracking system, Callton said.
“The tracking system would be one system that the State has through the State Police, and it would be a seed-tosale tracking system,” Rep. Klint Kesto (R-Commerce Twp.) said. The system will track where the medical marijuana is grown, transported — whether it’s to a lab for testing or a dispensary — and sold. This allows everyone involved in the process to know if the medical marijuana is safe, Kesto said. “It has consumer safety, it has patient safety, it has licensee safety and it has the government’s accountability as to what’s going on,” Kesto said. The tracking system should also limit the black market because everything is accounted for, Kesto said. “We have the police on board with this because it creates structure that they then monitor,” Callton said. It also gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to get involved in a huge industry in Michigan, Callton said. Galena Katz, owner of Krazy Katz on Grand River Avenue, said her shop will look into expanding into a medical marijuana dispensary. “Oh yeah, I’m sure (it would increase revenue),” Katz said. Some MSU students said they are not really affected. People who were using marijuana before didn’t care if it was legal or not, media and information sophomore Kasey Horan said.
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A drill to prepare students, faculty and staff in the event of a hazardous situation such as an active shooter, armed robbery, or severe weather will be held in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. The drill will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 30. “(The drill) is designed to help faculty and staff evaluate their secure in place locations and what they can do better in their secure locations,” Emergency Action Team coordinator for the MSU police Steve Beard said. On Sept. 28, Beard gave a presentation to the faculty and staff who will be involved in the drill to let them know what to look for, what is expected of them, where to ask questions one-on-one. During the drill, everyone participating is asked to remain calm, find a secure location, lock or barricade the doors, not move furniture, minimize vulnerability by turning off lights, silence cell phones, draw blinds and move away from windows. Beard will walk the floors of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building to observe and give feedback to those participating to ensure the students and faculty are taking the correct safety measures. “We’re such a large university that it was a good idea to start something like this just in case,” psychology junior Kierra Jones said. “I think it will help students learn a lot.” Beard said there will be announcements and flyers that will ensure everyone knows Friday’s events are only a drill.
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The Emergency Response Team will be stationed in stairwells and in front of doors to inform those who are entering the building are aware of the drill that is taking place. “It’s a safety precaution,” Infrastructure Planning and Facilities employee John Miller said. “It’s good to be prepared.” Beard said students who do not want to participate will have the option to leave class, but must come back once the drill is complete. Upon completion of the drill, students will be given the opportunity to attend a debrief where they can ask questions and give feedback on the drill.
“(The) drill is designed to help faculty and staff evaluate their secure-inplace locations and what they can do better in their secure locations.” Steve Beard, Emergency Action Team coordinator for MSU police
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The restaurant Cosi, located on 301 W. Grand River Ave., closed permanently on Monday. The closing appeared to be a shock to East Lansing residents and employees of Cosi, as they neglected to inform workers. “The place was a mess from the day I started working there,” Shelby VanderMel, Cosi senior cook, said. “It was a long time coming, but I’m disappointed that Cosi didn’t have the decency or respect for its workers to give notice before closing, or even notify my co-workers that they closed at all.” Employees showed up to work Monday greeted by a sign that said, “Our restaurant is closed,” and were blindsided. “Many of my co-workers already struggled financially,” VanderMel said. “This is just horrible.” On Sunday, the location’s district manager only scheduled three people to work, which was not enough staff to function, VanderMel said. "(The leader/acting manager and I) both quit that day,” VanderMel said. “The following afternoon I was told the upper level management chose to shut the Cosi MSU location down.” Cosi’s closing also came by surprise for shift manager Lalah Taylor. “My last day working was Sunday the 25th, and it was a very bad day,” Taylor said. “Line out the door, short staffed. ... We ended up closing early on Sunday due to this craziness.” Monday morning, Taylor received a call at noon to come in and return her keys because the store was closing — effective immediately. “I can honestly say, I didn’t plan on giving Cosi much more of my time,” Taylor said. “I still have yet to speak with my actual higher up.”
Tess Johnson, a Cosi barista, was the only member still employed there from the original staff when it closed. “I felt very disappointed when we got the call,” Johnson said. “All of us that were leftover from the waves and waves of turnover had given so much to try and keep the store afloat.” Emplyoees like Johnson found themselves working long hours. “I watched one of my coworkers clock 20 hours of overtime — more than one week in a row, as well as all of us,” Johnson said. “Even students with other very vital responsibilities (were) doing the work of two, even three people.” Hospitality business senior Alessia Risi, who was also employed at Cosi, said she noticed the store didn’t seem to be doing as well when she returned during the summer, but she didn’t expect the store to close down. “Some of my co-workers have kids and one of them quit her other job,” Risi said. “It’s upsetting because some of these people depended on that paycheck and the way they shut us down immediately without a two weeks notice was not nice and not professional.”
“It’s upsetting because some of these people depended on that paycheck and the way they shut us down immediately without a two weeks notice was not nice and not professional.” Alessia Risi, Hospitality business senior
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MSU’s attempts to curtail its million pounds of food waste BY MADISON 0’CONNOR MOCONNOR@STATENEWS.COM
With more than 30,000 meals served each day in MSU’s 10 dining halls, food waste can become a major problem. Even though each customer might only waste a small portion of food a day, the weight adds up, with MSU producing approximately one million pounds of food waste per year, Residential and Hospitality Services Sustainability Officer Carla Iansiti said. MSU has a number of programs designed to relieve this problem, some dealing with all aspects of dining halls. Counting waste Both elementary education sophomore Riley Marjamaa and Residential College in the Arts and Humanities sophomore Meghan Hollister agree food waste in the dining halls is a problem. “When I was living at home and I didn’t finish a piece of pizza or something, it wasn’t a big deal, I could just throw it away, but I feel like when you’re in the caf, you don’t realize how much that adds up,” Hollister said. “I do think it’s something people should be more conscious of.” Food waste at MSU can come from multiple places. It can be pre-consumer waste, like scraps from food preparation in the dining halls, or post-consumer waste, like the food that goes uneaten. “I don’t actually eat in the caf very often because I don’t live on campus, but I do notice … that sometimes I just don’t have enough time to eat everything that I got,” Marjamaa said. “Maybe people just don’t think it’s a big deal, and it’s just like, ‘Oh, it’s just a little bit of food.’” One of MSU’s food waste prevention programs, Clean Plates at State, attempts to reduce food waste in the dining halls by weighing customers’ plates as they return their trays to the dining halls on specific count days, according to the Eat at State website. The program is focused on post-consumer waste, which occurs when students don’t finish all of the food they take, Iansiti said. Since the Clean Plates at State program began in the spring of 2013, the program has used the data collected to determine just how much food should be produced. By using this data, the program can estimate how many portions to make based on history and experience. The Clean Plates at State audits, found on the Eat at State website, found food waste has fluctuated from dining hall to dining hall through the years, but has ultimately seen a decrease in food waste overall. Through the audits, typically done once per fall and spring semester in each dining hall, Clean Plates has found the average waste for each person per hall and average waste for each person per audit among other data. In the past six audits conducted, The Gallery at Snyder-Phillips Hall has the highest average waste out of
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the dining halls at 4.15 ounces per customer, and the dining hall in Wilson Hall has the lowest average waste at 2.56 ounces per customer. The university average through the same six audits is 3.65 ounces per customer. According to the data offered from the audits, there isn’t a clear trend in the average weight of food waste across MSU. Looking at the audit results, the amount of food wasted largely fluctuates from semester to semester. Dealing with the problem Looking at the data behind how much food is wasted in the dining halls can also give clues as to how MSU can combat food waste before it happens. One way to do this is to have the dining hall chefs prepare food ahead of time instead of cooking mass quantities of it. “The way that Culinary Services cooks is that they cook more to order, so they’re not preparing a lot of food in the back,” she said. “They’re prepping materials and getting it ready for service, so depending on the customer counter, they can cook it or they don’t need to cook it. So they’re not cooking food to waste it, so to speak.” When certain foods come back uneaten repeatedly, that can be another clue as to how food waste can be combated. “It really does matter if you do or don’t eat all your food,” director of Culinary Services Guy Procopio said. “And sometimes (customers) may not eat it because they don’t like it, and if we see a certain type of dish coming back, then we say, ‘Hey chefs, take a look here. Maybe this recipe isn’t quite right, or something happened during the prep of it.’” The idea of prepping food instead of cooking food is just one way MSU attempts to minimize waste. MSU also utilizes a third-party called LeanPath, Iansiti said. LeanPath, which is on its second year pilot in Brody Neighborhood, helps chefs analyze data about how the food is being presented to consumers. “For example, if you’re cutting a watermelon, maybe your yield was pretty poor on that watermelon, maybe the person didn’t know how to cut it properly,” Iansiti said. “We’re also looking at our scrap waste to make sure that we’re cutting our fruits and vegetables properly. So, a lot of people when they cut a strawberry, they cut the whole top off instead of de-coring it, things like that. And that could be a whole serving.” It’s small things like this that can eliminate a significant portion of food waste. While Clean Plates at State aims to eliminate post-consumer waste, LeanPath looks at eliminating pre-consumer scraps. “We’ve also learned that we were preparing a little too much soup over at Brody, thinking that more people ate soup, but as soon as the LeanPath came back – we were recording the food that was coming back – we were like, ‘OK, soup is really down in trending.’ So we saved some time and efforts in producing soup,” she said. “It’s a third party that we’re using, and we’re not real good with it yet, we only have it in a
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Spotlight couple halls to see how it can help our staff and students see that food waste is definitely serious.” Where does the food go? While there are programs at MSU in place to help prevent food waste, they don’t eliminate the problem completely. When the food isn’t being eaten by the customers in the dining halls, the scraps are sent on to student organic farming or the university’s anaerobic digester, Iansiti said. The anaerobic digester, located at MSU’s dairy farms, uses food waste and other organic materials like manure and biosolids and converts it into biogas and natural gas, which can then be used to make electricity, heat and steam. The target is to continually produce 380 kilowatts of electricity every hour said assistant professor in biosystems and agricultural engineering Dana Kirk, who oversees the digester’s operations. “We are shifting, like, 800,000 pounds (of food waste) over to the anaerobic digester,” Iansiti said. “Right now I understand that our digester is one of the highest energy outputting digesters we have because we are putting food waste in it, so he’s producing enough over there to run the equivalent of Holmes Hall.” The process essentially takes the mixture of organic materials and converts it into renewable energy by introducing microorganisms into the sealed, heated digester. According to a motion graphic video created by MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, the organic material mixture is first heated to remove any pathogens and is then pumped into the digester. The microorganisms inside the tank break down the mixture and produce biogas, composed of mostly methane, which is used to create the electricity MSU uses. “The biogas that we produce from it is used to make electricity, and that electricity is used exclusively on campus, so it’s all used in campus buildings,” Kirk said. “I think we have 10 on our list, so 10 different facilities on campus get their power from the digester. ... We’re
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offsetting electricity that we would normally buy from Consumers Energy.” MSU is not the only university to utilize an anaerobic digester, but it is unique in that it is completely owned and operated by the university, Kirk said. “More universities collect food waste and do composting of that, so we’re a little unique in that we actually digest it and then we compost it,” Kirk said. “We get the energy off it and then we end up with really high-quality fertilizers.” The digester was first implemented based on a combination of environmental concerns, Kirk said, but ultimately resulted from many departments and divisions of the university all realizing there needed to be a change with how the university handled organic waste. Some of the food waste that doesn’t go to the digester heads to the Student Organic Farm, where the waste is composted and used in crop production both at the Student Organic Farm and at the Bailey GREENhouse and Urban Farm, according to the Eat at State website. More than 100,000 pounds of pre-consumer food waste is sent to the Student Organic Farm. “The thing that composting allows us to do is to keep food scraps from going in the landfill and to recycle them where they can do a lot of good,” professor in the Department of Horiculture John Biernbaum said. “There’s been quite a big movement in composting around the country, but, you know, it’s a little less in the Midwest here ... The Midwest has the opportunity to do more with composting and we really need to work on that more.” What students can do Even though there are programs in place at MSU to reduce food waste, there are still ways students can reduce waste in the dining halls. Even simple things like asking for a sample or taking smaller portions can significantly reduce the amount of waste that goes through the dining halls. “If I’m eating with friends, I’ll just offer something that I’m not going to
A student places her tray on the return belt to be cleaned and cleared by dining hall employees on Sept. 21 at Holden Hall. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI
eat or finish, and ask , ‘Do you want any of this?’ and just try to get someone to eat it,” Marjamaa said. Going trayless is another option to reduce waste. According to the Eat at State website, trayless dining helps reduce food waste as well as support water and energy conservation. Some dining halls, like Heritage Commons
at Landon Hall, The Edge at Akers Hall and The Vista at Shaw Hall, are designed to be trayless dining halls. “Just try to get smaller portions,” Hollister said. “I know sometimes with lunch or dinner, you can’t really control just how much they give you, but if I can, I try to get as little as possible and always go back for more.”
“I feel like when you’re in the caf, you don’t realize how much that adds up. I do think it’s something people should be more conscious of.” Meghan Hollister, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities sophomore
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East Lansing Public Library set to reopen after $1.5 million update BY MCKENNA ROSS MROSS@STATENEWS.COM
The East Lansing Public Library, or ELPL, will open to the public this weekend after being closed for more than a month while undergoing renovations funded by an anonymous donation of $1.5 million. ELPL’s grand opening will be at noon Saturday. The 11-month project caused closures of different sections of the building throughout the year, and closed the entire building in August. Saturday’s event will feature some short speeches, desserts and children’s activities. The renovations cost a total of $1.7 million after some structural and safety work was included in the renovation. The donation, given in spring 2015, covered all the renovations and the remainder of the costs were taken from the library’s budget, ELPL director Kristin Shelley said.
“If everything we wanted was included, the project would’ve (cost) $11 million,” Shelley said. Some major projects in the renovations included a more open floor plan, a centralized service desk, larger teen and kids areas, an inclusive bathroom, a nursing room for mothers and a Maker Studio. The Maker Studio will include 3-D printers and scanners, sewing machines, podcasting equipment, computers with Adobe Creative Suite and a soundproof music practice room. Shelley said the new feature will be popular among MSU students and the community. “I think the Maker Studio will be incredibly popular with both college students and the community,” Shelley said. “The 3-D printing costs 10 cents a gram to print. That’s the only cost to the studio. You can come in and design a pamphlet with the Adobe suite, that would be free unless you printed it because printing is 10 cents a page.” The library has always been a useful tool to college students and the new renovations will
be helpful, Shelley said. “We see a lot of students come and study here,” Shelley said. “They like to probably get away from campus to a place where they can be comfortable and study.” Students can get a free library card even if they are not East Lansing residents. Showing their student ID at the service desk will get the process started. In addition to studying, Shelley said many students are involved in working or volunteering at the library. She said many students volunteer for homework help with students in grade school or are involved in the off-campus study program at the library. Elementary education freshman Heather McArdle is now a volunteer at the library for service learning. She said she enjoys helping the library and is excited to volunteer more once the renovations are complete. “I thought it was a great place, it was recommended by my teacher,” McArdle said. “It’s pret-
ty close and I can take the bus to it. I thought it’d be fun to interact with kids my age and do things with them.” McArdle said although she’d never been to the library before the renovations started, she intends to be there more often now. “It looks really nice, what they’re doing,” she said. “I wasn’t here before the renovations so I don’t know what it looked like before, but I think it’ll look good after.” Tim Dempsey, the East Lansing director of planning, building and development, said he thinks the renovations to the library are important to the community. An East Lansing resident, he said he and his family go to the library weekly. “Given the age of the library, it was definitely, I think, the right time to update the aesthetics and reconfigure space to, I think, the way people use the library now,” Dempsey said. “It’s not just about stacks of books, it’s about the things that they’re doing like the maker’s space. ... I’m excited because it’s trying to make it a 21st century library, and this will be long overdue.”
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Elementary education freshman Heather McArdle cleans books on Sept. 27 in the East Lansing Public Library at 950 Abbot Road. McArdle volunteered her time to help prepare the library for its reopening after several months of renovations. PHOTO: DEREK VANHORN
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The children’s section of the East Lansing Public Library, pictured Sept. 27, where one of many renovations took place during the past several months. PHOTO: DEREK VANHORN
Michigan State TAKES ON
Indiana University Largest margin of victory in the series: 54-0 MSU defeated the Hoosiers in 1957
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Senior wide receiver 12 receptions 174 yards 14.5 average yards/reception 0 touchdowns 58.0 average yards/game
The last time Indiana beat MSU was in 2006 in Bloomington and the score was 46-21.
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MSU has won a total of 45 games against Indiana. Indiana has defeated MSU 15 times and the teams have tied twice.
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Predictions
They prevent big plays downfield and pressure Richard Lagow into mistakes.
They turn the ball over and give Indiana a short field to work with.
38-21 MSU
The offensive line opens holes for LJ Scott and company like they did at Notre Dame.
Tyler O’Connor cannot shake the turnover bug and the secondary gives the receivers too much room to make catches.
31-24 MSU
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Through the Years 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
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Nathaniel Bott
Sophomore wide receiver 15 receptions 332 yards 22.1 average yards/reception 4 touchdowns 110.7 average yards/game
Monty Madaris. Photo by Victor DiRita
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The teams first met in 1922. The rivalry trophy was established in 1950 by MSU in hopes to fire up the Spartans. The game is now called The Battle for the Old Brass Spittoon.
Longest win streak - MSU 8 games from 1950-57
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Graduate student Jack Biggs, right, assembles skeletal remains alongside MSU physical anthropology professor Amy Michael on Sept. 26 in the Mayan bioarchaeology lab at Giltner Hall. Remains from Belize are collected every two years and brought to the lab for various experimentation. PHOTO: DEREK VANHORN BY BRIGID KENNEDY BKENNEDY@STATENEWS.COM
Whether it’s bones from central Belize or cadaver remains, MSU’s bioarchaeology lab offers something off the beaten path for students who want a chance to explore anthropology. Researchers from MSU travel to Belize every two years to excavate Mayan sites with the permission of the government of Belize, professor in the Department of Anthropology Amy Michael said. The remains are then transported to the bioarchaeology lab in Giltner Hall to be studied. Undergraduate students can participate in the project through Fieldschool, an archaeological experience for undergraduate students. The programs, which last five to six weeks, takes place all over the world, including on MSU’s campus. Anthropology and human biology senior Christiana Hench chose to go to the Belize field school to fulfill her methods requirement. “We were able to dig up a lot of what’s in this lab right now,” Hench said. Hench decided to continue working with the Mayan remains as a researcher at the bioarchaeology lab this semester. She currently works to reconstruct remains from her Fieldschool experience, and recently began her own research as well. Bones, Michael said, can tell researchers a lot about both the health and the culture of the deceased. Occasionally, the lab is given remains of someone recently deceased by one of MSU’s medical schools, without information about the age or sex of the remains. “We can test our forensic methods,” Michael said. “In forensic cases, bodies are often fragmentary.” If given proper funding, Michael believes the lab can develop techniques to determine more information from
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a bone fragment than what is possible now. Graduate student Jack Biggs works in the lab on a number of projects. He’s currently working on a regression equation that would allow researchers to determine skull shape from bone fragments, which can provide important context. “We can give it a kind of cultural identity,” Biggs said of a hypothetical skull fragment. Although there have been conflicts over control of human remains in the past, MSU’s bioarchaeology lab hasn’t had those problems, Michael said. While the government of Belize officially owns the remains, researchers at MSU are permitted to keep them for now. “They’re pretty safe here,” Michael said. The excavations are about more than anthropological research, Michael said. Finding the remains allows researchers to protect the skulls from the elements and looters as best as they can. “What would be the point in digging people up if you’re not going to preserve them?” Michael said. This kind of research can also help remind people the Mayan people still exist — they’re not just present in ancient ruins that no one touches, Michael said. “You give, in a sense, some political agency back to the descendants,” she said. The goal of the lab, Biggs said, is to “make the bones talk more than they do right now.” While much of the bioarchaeology lab’s collection comes from excavations in central Belize, researchers won’t turn down other remains. “People are like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to throw this away — can you use it?’ and we’re like, ‘Sure,’” Michael said. The bones in this collection, called the comparative collection, could be anything from animal bones to trophy skulls from wars, Michael said. The lab welcomes curious students who want to explore interests in physical anthropology, and the comparative collection works well for those testing the waters, Michael said.
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Defensive lineman Malik McDowell frustrated by lack of flags thrown BY NATHANIAL BOTT NBOTT@STATENEWS.COM
Junior defensive tackle Malik McDowell had some of the highest projections of anyone in college football coming into this year. He was a preseason first-team All-American selection for a number of different media outlets, as well as a unanimous firstteam All-Big Ten selection from the coaches and the media. Heading into this season with his career stats at 56 tackles, 17 of them for a loss, and six sacks, he was only supposed to go up from there. The MSU defensive lineman has only eight tackles this season, only oneand-a-half for loss and two quarterback hurries. He has been seeing double teams since his arrival at MSU, but there is one thing causing some frustration for the junior. “Last year I got a lot of double teams, so it made it kind of hard for me to get to the play,” McDowell said. “I got used to it and I don’t really get frustrated. I get more frustrated with the refs being real picky about me and not picking with the (opposing) offensive lineman.” “Oh I know I’m getting held every play,” McDowell said. “I haven’t got one holding call this year and you can literally just throw the penalty for holding every play.” For a player of his caliber, it should be expected that he sees a number of situations where he is double-teamed, or even just players getting a body on him to slow him down. Opposing game plans this season have keyed in
on McDowell, and for good reason, said MSU head coach Mark Dantonio. “When you’re a good player you’re going to attract attention,” Dantonio said. “Just got to stay the course. He’s playing extremely hard. He plays extremely hard on the field. Just keep making plays, keep playing. When you’re a good football player, that happens. I would think that’s a natural progression to where he’s at in his football career.” With the opposition’s attention garnered mainly toward McDowell, it’s up to the rest of the defensive line to generate pressure and make the opposing quarterback uncomfortable. For the season, MSU only has six sacks, and only three-and-a-half of those come from members of the defensive line. Redshirt-freshman Raequan Williams understands that as a unit, they need to increase their intensity and make up for what McDowell hasn’t been able to do so far. “I mean, he’s the best player on the field, of course he’s going to get doubled,” Williams said. “Nothing we can do about that, but everybody just has to attack their gap. Everybody gets doubled sometimes, it’s just about handling it and freeing up the gaps for our linebackers.” McDowell said the holding calls not being whistled against him are infuriating at times, but have never stopped him in the past and that he has to just work through the fact that they might not be called. “I’ve been held my whole life,” McDowell said. “I feel like teams are being a little more blatant with it this
Junior defensive lineman Malik McDowell (4) responds to a question from the media during Media Day on Aug. 8, at Spartan Stadium. Media Day allowed for the media to converse with the team’s coaches and players. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA
year, but that’s football.” Going back, McDowell has had plenty of conversations with the referees — another thing he needs to improve, he said — discussing the situation with a humorous demeanor. “I kind of feel that they (conversations with the referee) work on the opposite side of me, so I probably need to stop having those kinds
of conversations,” McDowell said. “It ain’t working for me.” Despite the lack of pressure coming from the defensive line, Dantonio reiterated that the final score comes down to contributions from everyone on the team, and they need to get better as a full team unit, not just one area first, and get ready for the next battle together. “People usually get themselves
ready for the next challenge,” Dantonio said. “I think that’s human nature. I think that ’s basically human nature, and I think in football especially. Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Got to make plays and do things on the field, but I think that we can draw from things that went down and just push forward.”
MSU athlete protests should be welcomed BY DENISE SPANN DSPANN@STATENEWS.COM
Before MSU played Wisconsin last Saturday, Gabe Sherrod, Delton Williams and Kenney Lyke raised their fists during the SPORTS REPORTER DENISE SPANN national anthem. Their stance is strikingly similar to the protests of Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos, who raised their fists on the podium in the 1968 games in Mexico City to raise awareness of the struggles African-Americans faced in the U.S. A revamp of this movement started recently with Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers refusing to stand during the national anthem, which is traditionally played before the start of every NFL game. Kaepernick said he refused to stand for a flag and a country that continues oppress black and colored people, resulting in a ton of controversy towards these types of gestures during the anthem, and people all over the country are either encouraging it or saying it’s disrespectful to America.
With racial tensions so high in the U.S. right now, people all over the country are making their voices heard through protests and social media. But as regular people of the public, the protests or statements don’t get as much media attention as they should to raise awareness. This is where athletes come into play. I would have thought that no one on the MSU football team would have made any type of gesture at all, to keep the controversy and possible attacks by the media to a minimum. Williams, Sherrod and Lyke did the right thing by standing with a cause they believe in. They wouldn’t have held up their fists if they didn’t relate to the feeling of being put down or being affected by a situation that has oppressed black people. With MSU being a prodominently white institution, the general assumption would be that a protest of this caliber would be seen as disrespectful. For those men to put their name and brand out there knowing that there will be positive and negative things said about them from that point on, is exceptionally brave. What those players did on Saturday brought national media attention to the situation that innocent black and colored people are being killed by police, seemingly every day. Their statement was simple — their world does not
“Their statement was simple — their world does not revolve around this university or playing football.” Denise Spann Sports reporter for The State News revolve around this university or playing football. Some African-American people, especially African-American men, fear for their lives when they step outside, and by raising their fists, Williams, Sherrod and Lyke showed they aren’t comfortable in the very world they’re living in. And of course there are the obvious questions, like why the Wisconsin game? Why didn’t they do it sooner? But what I say to those people asking those questions is that at the college level everything is 10 times bigger, including the microscope athletes are under. By playing Division I football, the eyes of critics are watching these athletes’ every move from September to January. Many athletes can believe in a cause but not publicly display their stance for fear of constant judgment by T H U RS DAY, S E P T E MB E R 2 9, 2 01 6
people who only know their position, number and name. But there comes a time when a situation stirs so much controversy, strikes so close to home, that the only option left is stand up and speak out. Being a Division I college athlete myself, I know my platform can reach other MSU athletes, students and faculty, but also people throughout the nation. People see athletes like myself as a role model, as well as the product of hard work and sacrifice — a responsibility that invites critics watching, no matter how big or small the action is. It is an athlete’s responsibility to use their platform and brand for things they believe in. Kaepernick, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Serena Williams, the women of WNBA team Phoenix Mercury, Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever, the University of Missouri Football team and other athletes all used their platform to raise awareness for the wrongdoings in this country — and more athletes are joining the protest every day. Williams, Sherrod and Lyke are now added to the list of athletes that support this cause, and will now have an even bigger platform to bring awareness and speak on things that they support.
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MSU defense looking to bottle up Indiana, improve on third downs BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM
Last Saturday the Wisconsin offense had its way with MSU’s defense. Whenever pinned at third and long, the Badgers seemed to make their biggest statements of the day. Out of the seven third and long situations the Badgers converted four of them, resulting in longer drives and points, often through the air. “Really the big factor was we didn’t get off the field on third down,” fifthyear senior safety Demetrious Cox said. “We have to make more plays on the ball, some guys weren’t where they needed to be at certain times.” The secondary seemed to be lost in coverage, giving the Badger receivers space and enough distance for quarterback Alex Hornibrook to stay in the pocket and deliver the ball into secure windows. “All of them could have been prevented, but you’ve got to give it to (Hornibrook), too,” head coach Mark Dantonio said. “He dropped a couple right on the dime.” Dantonio also iterated that the gains and conversion were a product of players losing leverage on the receivers, allowing Wisconsin’s pass catchers to slip into soft areas. As MSU rolls into Indiana, they face the task of stopping Indiana quarterback Richard Lagow who threw for just under 500 yards last week. “They’re going to launch it downfield,” Cox said. “But that’s what we’ve
been up against though, so we’re just going to lock in and come with more of a focus.” Lagow put the ball in the air nearly 50 times against Wake Forest, and after seeing how the Badgers were able to pick up yards through the air on crucial downs, Indiana would be remiss to not test the MSU secondary. But with the spread out air attack, underneath coverage will fall heavily on the MSU linebacking corps that has now lost two men to injury. “We have to switch our mindset from pound, pound, pound,” junior linebacker Chris Frey said. “Be smart, read our keys, whether it’s run, pass, and play smart.” At his weekly press conference Tuesday, Dantonio said junior linebacker Jon Reschke would miss significant time and already injured fifthyear senior linebacker Riley Bullough remains out for the week. The starting linebacking duties now fall squarely on Frey, junior Shane Jones and sophomore Andrew Dowell. Dowell started in the season opener against Furman and Jones took over for Bullough last week. Others who could see time in the rotation include Byron Bullough and possibly Grayson Miller, a sophomore safety who saw time at linebacker during spring practice. “When you play a team like Indiana, they try and tire you out,” Frey said. “Guys are going to have to rotate in and guys are going to have to know what they’re doing.”
Then-sophomore defensive end William Gholston holds the Old Brass Spittoon for then-senior tight end Garrett Celek as he spits into it after MSU defeated Indiana on Nov. 19, 2011. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 55-3. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO
Linebacker Ed Davis has been seeing more reps, Frey said, and should factor as well against Indiana. Coming off an injury, however, is not always the smoothest transition. Davis will need time and more
than likely a hit or two to get his legs back underneath him. As for Indiana’s targets, three receivers have combined for 41 of the team’s 63 receptions. Mitchell Paige and Nick Westbrook have each col-
lected 15 receptions, though Westbrook has amassed 332 yards. Bottling up the Hoosiers will be the objective this week. If MSU can’t find the leverage expect Indiana to keep the pressure through the air.
Teammates move from Canada to play at MSU BY SOUICHI TERADA STERADA@STATENEWS.COM
Redshirt-junior outside hitter Autumn Bailey (2) hits the volleyball during the volleyball game against Notre Dame on Sept. 16, at Jenison Field House. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish, 3-0. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA 10
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Among a roster of 17 players for the MSU volleyball team, two teammates, redshirt-junior Autumn Bailey and senior Allyssah Fitterer, share common roots. Both players, natives of Canada, were familiar with each other before arriving at MSU. The two went to the same high school at Assumption Catholic Secondary School in Ontario, Canada, and they were much closer than just classmates. The two lived under the same roof back then, also playing for the same club team, Defensa. “(Living together) was really good to not only be a teammate but kind of be like family,” Fitterer said. “It was very cool because when I did move schools ... she just took me under her wing and introduced me to her friends. I was new to the area, didn’t know a lot of people, so she really helped me get acclimated to that.” While Fitterer felt grateful to Bailey for helping her transition back in high school, the roles were reversed once Bailey got to MSU last year. Similarly to Fitterer, Bailey said she was happy that she knew someone so well already on the team. “The first few weeks (Fitterer) was the only person I really knew, besides some of my
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teammates,” Bailey said. “She introduced me to a lot of people and it was nice to have her, she’s like a sister to me. It was nice to know her and feel comfortable with her already to help me ease in here.” During their time playing club together, the two won two national championships, one in the U-16 age group and the other in the U-18 division. Coupled with knowing each other for so long, Bailey said their connection is still as good as ever. “We’ve gone through a lot together, the good and the bad,” Bailey said. “We still have a great relationship. She’s one of the closest people to me here. I’d go to her for absolutely anything.” Off the court, the two are extremely close and it’s seemingly the same on the court as well. Fitterer said there’s no love lost between the two when they’re competing against the same opponent. “It’s weird because I don’t really notice (playing on the court with Bailey), which I think might be a good thing,” Fitterer said. “Her and I on the court, we’re sassy with each other, maybe because we’re closer. We can be direct with each other.” Head coach Cathy George said she sees the chemistry the two have on the court. “I think (Bailey and Fitterer) know each other well enough,” George said. “I think
that especially when times get tough, I think they really know how to talk to each other. They’re kind of like sisters, which I think has been definitely apparent in certain moments and I think that’s pretty cool.” Though Fitterer and Bailey are so close, it’s only been more recently that they’ve had the opportunity to play on the same court again. Bailey started her college career at Marquette University while Fitterer has been at MSU since her freshman season. After Bailey’s sophomore season, she said she was looking to transfer out of Marquette. During that time, George saw a player that would transition into being a Spartan easily. “(Bailey) was the perfect fit for us with what we were looking for,” George said. “A real well-rounded game. ... We just thought that would be a good fit and we had a scholarship open at the time. It was weird timing that was even available, so it worked out great.” When Bailey was transferring out of Marquette, her primary reason for doing so was to face tough competition. While she said Fitterer might have been a factor, so was going up against better competition. “I wanted to play in a better conference and the Big Ten is the best conference,” Bailey said. READ THE FULL STORY AT STATENEWS.COM
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Former MSU women’s basketball player honored with service award BY JOHNATHAN LEBLANC JLEBLANC@STATENEWS.COM
Former MSU women’s basketball center Lauren Aitch is now the founder and CEO of two companies — Lady Aitch Designs, which creates suits for women, and Our Own, which creates undershirts for public service workers such as police officers, fire fighters and military personnel. She received a 10 Over the Next Ten award on Tuesday night at the University Club at MSU, hosted by the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce, or LRCC, and Grand River Connection for her work off the court. The event celebrates young individuals in the Lansing area who the LRCC expect to make contributions in the Lansing community during the next 10 years. Nominees have to be 35 years old or younger and are judged
on their professional achievements, community involvement and personal success. “I didn’t know I was going to receive this award, but I’m very honored,” Aitch said. This is the first time Aitch has recieved the 10 Over the Next Ten award. “I think it’s awesome because all of the people who were honored are people that are really doing things in the community,” Aitch said. “I thought it was an amazing event.” Founding two companies, Aitch keeps herself very busy. “I’m a person who likes to push the limits, I’m not scared to try new things,” Aitch said. “I think where I’m at right now, I’m in a really good creative space. … I’m just really excited to bring more wearable technology to the community, different things like that as well as my (Aitch) foundation.” The Aitch Foundation raises money and
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awareness for early cancer detection through community involvement, fashion shows and sporting events, according to the Aitch Foundation website. One of the events, the Hidden Key Fashion Show, takes places at Spartan Stadium. Aitch, who is also currently a designer-in-residence for The Runway in Lansing, credits reaching this point in her life to what she learned while playing basketball at MSU and professionally in Copenhagen, Denmark. “Basketball involves a lot of discipline, and being a student-athlete involves a lot of discipline,” Aitch said. “One of the things I like to rollover (to life after basketball) — this may sound kind of cliche — in basketball every day you won or you lost, meaning in the game or in practice.” Aitch said she translates that into her business world, which helps her stay on and complete tasks. “I know that those wins or losses at the end, don’t really matter at the championship,” Aitch said. “All your work builds up to that and I know that practice, I know that even if you lose, that (won’t mean) the next day is not going to bring you a win.” MSU alumna Angela Minicuci, another recipient and currently the communications director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in Lansing, shared similar views with Aitch about the award. “We’re standing in a room with some of the most important people, to me, in the community,” Minicuci said. “To be counted among them is an incredible opportunity and I feel like we have probably mid-Michigan’s best talent for keeping this area going for the next decades.”
Then-senior center Lauren Aitch looks beyond then Bowling Green center Chelsea Albert and to the net before attempting a shot March 20, 2010 in the first round NCAA Tournament game in Louisville, Ky. Aitch contributed 10 points to the MSU victory over Bowling Green, 72-62. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO
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Twenty-three more reports of sexual abuse could allegedly be linked to ex-MSU professor and doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar was fired Sept. 20 following an Indianapolis Star investigation that revealed two ex-gymnasts who had been allegedly sexually abused by Nassar in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The new revelation to the Nassar case comes from public MSU police records. “I can confirm that we have received multiple additional complaints since Sept. 12, which is when the media stories just started appearing,” MSU spokesman Jason Cody said. “I can’t confirm the reports on the log.” MSU hired Nassar on August 1, 1997, Cody confirmed. But, Nassar started working as a physician for USA Gymnastics in 1996, according to the Indianapolis Star. The alleged abuse from the 24 reports traces back to 1998, but some are as recent as 2015. All were reported to MSUPD after the publication of the Indianapolis Star story on Sept. 13, except for one, filed Aug. 29. This is the day Rachael Denhollander of Louisville, Ky., filed her report to MSU police against Nassar, just two weeks before the Indianapolis Star’s report
was published. Of the recently reported cases of sexual abuse, all involve first-degree charges of vaginal penetration, or penetration using an object, similar to the current alleged charges against Nassar. Fourteen of those allegedly took place at the MSU Sports Medicine Clinic, located at 4660 S. Hagadorn Road, where Nassar worked until this year. All but one of these reports are being actively investigated, according to the crime log. “This is an ongoing investigation into Dr. Nassar,” Cody said. “It would be inappropriate to comment on how many allegations or complaints that (MSUPD has) received.” Nassar faced similar charges in 2014, but was cleared of them that year by MSU. All of the complaints are cited to have taken place at buildings close to the MSU community. Some are cited to have occurred at 2900 Hannah Blvd., which is an office building adjacent to MSU Sports Medicine that houses the Sparrow Michigan Athletic Club. The other is an address that has been speculated to be Nassar’s home address, where the Indianapolis Star reports some patients have been allegedly abused as well. Another is the Eyde Building, the building MSU Sports Medicine is located inside, at 4660 S. Hagadorn Road.
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HANNAH BOULEVARD
EYDE BUILDING OR MSU SPORTS MEDICINE 4660 S HAGADORN ROAD 2 cases reported to MSU Sports Medicine, 11 reported to 4660 S Hagadorn Road, 1 reported to Eyde Building
NASSAR’S HOME ADDRESS 1 case reported
MT HOPE ROAD GRAPHIC: ALEXEA HANKIN
Though no one can link Nassar specifically to these buildings and these events at the time they occurred, based on the way medical professionals at MSU work, there’s a high probability Nassar might have worked or vol-
unteered at these places. “Most of his clinical work was done at the MSU Sports Medicine Clinic, which is housed in the Eyde Building,” Cody said. READ MORE AT STATENEWS.COM.