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S’News alumni reflect on rivalry BY SAMANTHA LEWAKOWSKI SLEWAKOWSKI@STATENEWS.COM
As an MSU student, hatred for U-M is instilled deep inside you. As a State News employee, the rivalry runs deeper. The newspapers of each university have been in battle since the get-go, each under the impression that they are the superior publication. And just in time for an inevitable middle-of-the-semester slump, The State News and The Michigan Daily take each other on in an anything-but-friendly annual two-hand touch football game the day before the real matchup. The State News and The Daily have been playing each other in football for about 30 years, according to the “one hundred years captured in The State News” book released for the centennial anniversary in 2009. T his game creates enormous alumni buzz on both sides. Just check the hashtag #BeatTheDaily. “Since I grew up near Ann Arbor, I didn’t have the deep-seated hatred of Michigan that my teammates did,” Jeff Clemens wrote in an email. Clemens, a S’News alumnus, played in the game of 1990. “But everyone knew we were the superior newspaper, and it wasn’t even close,” he wrote. “Once the game started, we figured out pretty quickly we were clearly better on the field as
well as in print,” Clemens added. Sweat, tears and — often times — blood flow fluidly throughout each game. Lauren Gibbons, a former S’News staffer from 2010-13, recalled an extremely “dirty” game in 2011. “They were all dirty games of football,” Gibbons wrote. “I didn’t mind most of the Daily folks I’d met in other settings, but once we were on the field any cordiality was out of the question.” She recalled being lined up with a particularly handsy Daily employee — a reporter who resorted to hair pulling and T-shirt grabbing. Clearly, Gibbons had had enough. To say a majority of S’Newsers have a vendetta against The Daily would be fair. Take Geoff Preston, a S’Newser from 2013 to 2015 and, most prominently, a man who oozed rancor for maize and blue. He went on to give credit to an internship in Ann Arbor for subsiding these intense feelings, but the annual football game still means the world to him. “There’s a reason this rivalry means so much to me even though I haven’t played in a game in two years, it’s because we lost both times to some kids who were just the worst, worst kind of person,” he said. “It’ll probably always bother me.” Believe it or not, things used to be worse. In the fall of 1994, there was a bloody battle. So much so, there was no game of ‘95; everyone
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took the year off. Former Editor-in-Chief and Quarterback for The State News Chris Solari remembers the gruesome game. “There was a lot of bad blood,” Solari said. “And that’s literal. There was blood. There were broken ribs — at least two people I know went to the hospital. This is when it was tackle.” When the game started back up the following year, the two-hand touch version was implemented and have been that way ever since. “It was always an excuse to go drink, play football, and beat them,” he said laughing. His reasoning for why those mid-90 games were so intense were because of U-M dropping their journalism program and the vying nature of reporters. “It’s just a natural transition and carry over from that competitive environment in the newsroom — which there was and I think there always will be with The Daily — to the football field,” Solari said. Whether it was, “Stick him, Bull” or “Nail him, Bull” The Daily took trivial comments from the sidelines of ‘94 and ran. Rachel Bachman, a Daily writer at the time, wrote a column the Monday following the game on the “pathetic ploy” MSU took by allegedly bringing in “at least a dozen” ringers to play in the coveted game. Kevin Bull was, in fact, a reporter for The State News. He covered the football team. Bull studied journalism at MSU and most
recently served as the sports editor for the Detroit Free Press. As it turns out, a former Daily staffer allegedly confessed to the hiring of ringers a few years ago. S’News alumnus Dante Chinni got the inside scoop at a party in Washington D.C. “I was at a party in D.C. talking to Jon Chait, who now writes politics for New York Magazine,” Chinni said in an email. Chait was on the opposing team during the game in 1990. “He told me the people at the Daily and he in particular were not happy with the fact that the Daily had lost ‘the game’ so many times to The State News,” he wrote. “The rumor at the time was the Daily had never won and Chait was and is a massive Michigan football fan. So, he said, the Daily hired ringers for some nominal salary, like $1, just to have them on staff and he devised a playbook. “Chait asked me, ‘Did all those big guys actually work for the State News?” I told him indeed they did and he just shook his head,” Chinni wrote. “I smiled and said, ‘Yeah, we didn’t need a playbook.’” The last time S’News won was in 2005 after winning more than ten games in a row. George W. Bush was the president of the United States. Four Harry Potter movies had been released to date. The next battle will take place on Oct. 7 in Ann Arbor. Will The State News #BeatTheDaily?
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Column: Dating the enemy
House divided: When the rivalry starts at home
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ASMSU Reporter Debbie Miszak discusses life while dating a U-M student.
U-M and MSU affiliations split Michigan families down the middle.
Football Reporter Souichi Terada and Sports Editor Sam Metry discuss the MSU, U-M matchup.
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MSU Rock vs. U-M Rock history BY NADAV PAIS-GREENAPPLE NPAISGREENAPPLE@STATENEWS.COM
MSU has no shortage of unique landmarks: there’s the beautiful Red Cedar River, the iconic statue of Sparty, and the stately Beaumont Tower. But what some MSU students might not know is that one of the most beloved objects on campus – the Rock, located on Farm Lane near the Auditorium – is much less unique than we might think. In fact, our bitter rivals at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have their own ‘paint rock’. So as we prepare to witness the annual battle for sports supremacy between our two football teams, we must face another (admittedly more obscure) rivalry: this duo of paint-covered boulders that decorate our respective campuses. MSU Rock In what may come as a surprise to some, MSU’s resident boulder billboard has not always been such. In the grand scheme of things, it hasn’t been at its present location for long. “It started off as a class gift of the class of 1873,” MSU archivist Megan Badgley Malone said. “It was a large stone that was found in what was called the ‘delta’ area, which was a triangular little piece of land at the corner of Michigan and Grand River, where those two roads converge. Some people found it, and the students dug it up.” A 1978 article found in MSU’s Archives from an unknown publication, written by one David Janssen, alleges that it took the Class of 1873 and twenty teams of oxen to move the 18,000 year old glacial “pudding stone” to its new location.
“They transferred it to the area near present-day Beaumont Tower,” says Badgley Malone. “At the time, College Hall was in that location, which was the first building on campus ever constructed.” Beaumont Tower wouldn’t be constructed until 1928 – 55 years later. Originally, the Rock bore an inscription that said “Class ‘73.” That etching has since been covered up by layer upon layer of paint. For almost a century after its installation, the Rock lay relatively undisturbed. It even became a spot reserved for couples to have romantic getaways. “During the 1950s ... a little bench was put out in front of the Rock,” says Badgley Malone. “It was called the Engagement Bench, and only engaged couples could sit there.” However, everything changed with the beginning of the Vietnam War. According to Badgley Malone and various archival documents, students began painting anti-war messages on the Rock in the late 1960s and early 1970s. There was also romantic graffiti – engagement announcements, declarations of love – and the occasional profanity. Whatever the intent of the graffiti, the University was displeased. “They tried sandblasting it every time that it was painted, but it was quite costly to remove the graffiti from it,” says Badgley Malone. “It was hundreds of dollars each time it had to be sandblasted.” So the MSU did the unthinkable: they moved the Rock. In an article by Michael Winter, The State News told the tale on Thursday, September 29, 1977: Last Friday afternoon, cries of “They’re moving the Rock!” seemed absurd, far-fetched,
The U-M “University Rock” located at at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street in Ann Arbor. PHOTO COURTESY: OF APRILLE MCKAY AND THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY
ridiculous. But sure enough, it was true. At least for awhile. A crowd of about 35 people stood at a distance and watched as a dozen hefty workers circled the mammoth beast, some wrapping steel cables around it, others digging and tunneling underneath. An umpteen-ton crane latched onto the cables and slowly hoisted the rock a few inches,
then a foot, off the ground. It was then lowered onto a flatbed trailer and hauled away. The reason for the move? “The University has received a lot of complaints from alumni because of the graffiti and undesirable words,” said Gilbert “Mac” Lloyd, director of grounds at MSU. READ MORE ABOUT U-M’S ROCK AT STATENEWS.COM
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Diverse, shrinking population still calls Spartan Village home BY MAXWELL EVANS MEVANS@STATENEWS.COM
Turning off of Harrison Road into Spartan Village, it seems like a ghost town. Many parking lots sit completely barren of cars, and playgrounds remain unbothered by children. The community center, like many other buildings on site, closed down as the population nears a seemingly inevitable zero. But the aging complex isn’t dead, just in a prolonged state of limbo. Since at least 2013, rumors have circulated that Spartan Village would be replaced, demolished or both in the near future. Yet even as its supposed replacement opened this year, international families, graduate students and the occasional undergrad have stuck around. Xiao Wei, a visiting scholar from China, said except for her unit and the former apartments now serving as a makeshift community center, she often feels like she is living in an “empty village.” “I was shocked that most parts of Spartan Village are kind of abandoned, nobody moving around,” Wei said. Wei lives in the complex with her daughter, Caroline Tian. The East Lansing High School freshman said she isn’t alone in Spartan Village; there are six or seven other residents who ride her school bus. Although it isn’t always for the best — stink bugs and other insects are regular and annoying visitors — Tian appre-
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So, you’ve heard of M.A.S.H. The game people played in elementary school, an abbreviation for “Mansion Apartment Shack House,” where you figure out your future. Who are you going to marry? Where are you going to live? What kind of car you are going to drive? Well, here at The State News, we created our very own game of M.A.S.H. Actually, it’s six categories with five options for each; figure out your future at MSU! BY JAMESON DRAPER JDRAPER@STATENEWS.COM
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After condemnation, Abbot Manor apartments is back on the market BY NADAV PAIS-GREENAPPLE NPAISGREENAPPLE@STATENEWS.COM
The tenants of Abbot Manor apartments were given less than a day’s notice to evacuate their apartments after the city of East Lansing condemned the building due to severe water damage and structural issues. In the middle of the spring semester, residents were forced to relocate – to uproot themselves and all their belongings – while the building underwent repairs. That was March of 2016. Abbot Manor, located on Abbot Road north of MSU’s campus, reopened in August of 2016 after extensive renovations. Now, 18 months after the building was originally condemned, things appear to be back to normal. “We were open last year, but because we had all the damage we were fixing, we didn’t have much of a leasing season,” Patrick Smith, CEO of WestPac Campus Communities, the property owner of Abbot Manor. “I think we ran about 80 percent occupancy last year, just because we finished the work just as school started in August of 2016. And in August of ‘17 now, we’re 100 percent leased.”
Smith says that when WestPac first purchased the property in the winter of 2015-16, they performed an inspection and found that the building’s roof was damaged. According to Smith and previous articles by the State News, WestPac had scheduled roof repairs for the first week of April. “We found out it was damaged when we did our walk-throughs when buying into the property,” Smith said. “So we immediately went to the roofing company and put a deposit down for like, forty grand to put a new roof on as soon as they could. But they couldn’t get out there until the winter season stopped, because they couldn’t open it up for fear of rain or snow, and it would just ruin the inside of the building.” Unfortunately, nature intervened. “We had a snowmelt and a fast thaw, which caused a bunch of water pooling on the roof,” Smith said. “This happened not only once but twice, and it caused the roof to rupture and created water damage inside the units.” In a routine city inspection in January of 2016, the city of East Lansing found 16 violations. Usually the property owner is given 30-40 days to complete repairs, but scheduling
issues meant the city was not able to perform a second inspection until March 29. That inspection found extensive water damage and falling drywall. One tenant quoted in an April 6 article by The State News reported large cracks in his wall that caused his heating bill to skyrocket. The city ultimately declared the building unfit for occupation. On March 31, all the residents of Abbot Manor were forced to evacuate, taking with them what they could fit in the trunks of their cars as they were relocated to other apartments nearby. According to Smith, WestPac spent the next months repairing the building. “We went way over and above the required repairs from the city,” Smith said. “We completely put in the new roof, all new drywall, all new insulation, all new paints, all new carpets. Put in a new laundry room, upgraded the landscaping, put in a monument sign, and I personally lived on the property for balance of that whole school year to make sure things were put back together.” Smith said the renovations are popular with the student tenants.
The exterior of Abbot Manor apartments. PHOTO: NADAV PAIS-GREENAPPLE
“It’s the best it’s ever been,” Smith said. “We put a ton of work into the building, and the students are very happy.” However, Smith’s assertion may not be as accurate as it seems. Environmental sustainability senior Jonathon Trebtoske has lived in Abbot Manor since the beginning of this semester, and wasn’t surprised when he found out from a friend that the building had been condemned in March 2016. READ MORE AT STATENEWS.COM
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Campus dorms receive updates BY HONDA CARTER HCARTER@STATENEWS.COM
When you hear the word renovation, most people would think of a complete makeover, or just tearing the whole structure down to creating something new. But when MSU says there are updates or renovations being made in housing buildings, it doesn’t quite mean what you would expect. According to MSU director of communications for Residential and Hospitality Services Kat Cooper, the latest residence hall was built in the 1960’s, so none of them are truly “new.” Cooper said the university tries to make small updates all over campus throughout the summer and some of the updates are for opportunities such as neighborhood engagement centers and academic programs. She said there’s a lot of factors that go into which housing gets renovations but the greatest reason would be the condition. “Each building has its own challenges and its own issues,” Cooper said. There are currently 26 buildings on campus that are housing 15,000 students and another 2,000 students live in one of the three MSU owned apartments. Cooper said when students are about to choose where they are living for the following year, they should always look online for
pictures of the environment. “We definitely encourage students to go and check out all the halls so they have an idea of what their first, second, and third choice would be,” she said. Housing sign up begins on Oct. 16 this year and Cooper said when it first opens, students who have the option to stay in their same room again are assigned first. Then, the order is: graduate students, seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen, incoming freshmen. “We do it kind of like how you choose a seat on an airplane,” Cooper said. Cooper said MSU is currently in the process of doing what they call the RHS strategic plan, which looks 10-20 years into the future and shows what the university will need in 10-20 years, including how much money it has and which halls it should update next. Akers Hall had the most recent large scale renovations with updates in the dining area and living wings. Animal science sophomore Thalia Diaz, has lived in East Neighborhood’s Hubbard Hall for two years and said living there is convenient for her. “It’s a good two-minute walk to work, so it’s pretty nice,” she said. Diaz said the scenery and people in the neighborhood are nice but things could be updated, as she’s had some issues with the
The entrance of Mayo Hall on Oct. 4. The residence hall is the oldest housing building on campus. PHOTO: CASEY HARRISON
computers and printers. Diaz said it gets frustrating when an assignment is due and she has to find another building on campus that has working technology. North Neighborhood’s Mayo Hall is the oldest housing building on campus, but they plan to keep the classic architectural look. “Certainly there’s some high need in the north neighborhood,” Cooper said. “Those are very old buildings that need updating.”
Fisheries and wildlife junior Robyn Mast was a resident of Mayo Hall her sophomore year and said her favorite part is the older look. “It’s a very quiet environment compared to some of the other neighborhoods and it’s just like very relaxed,” Mast said. Mast said the costs are outweighed by the resources made available. “It’s expensive, but I think it’s worth it,” Mast said.
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As roommate leave, students choose more money or new company BY MILA MURRAY MMURRAY@STATENEWS.COM
At the beginning of last year, history education junior Sebastian Skinner’s roommate got homesick and moved out, leaving Skinner in a double alone. Instead of going through the roommate reassignment process, he took another one of the options the housing department gave him. He paid around $1,300 extra to change the double to a single. Unlike Skinner, after plans with an original roommate fell through, anthropology senior Ally Nazaruk arrived on move-in day expecting to see someone else’s name on her door. But she was not reassigned a roommate and has been looking for one since August. “There’s not a lot we can do, especially with students who just don’t show up to MSU,” Director of Communication for Residential and Hospitality Services Kat Cooper said. “In that case there’s literally nothing to be done, they just
aren’t here. We do try and get people reassigned as quickly as possible because we want you to be with the community you’re going to live with for the rest of the year, we want you to get to know your roommate during the fall welcome activities so we’re trying to get people consolidated as quickly as possible in those situations.” Though Cooper said housing typically takes action within 72 hours of receiving notice of a student left without a roommate or a student departure, Nazaruk finds the process to be lengthy and difficult. “They told me to figure it out,” Nazaruk said. “(The community director) said there’ll be different mixers, and I haven’t heard of a mixer yet, it’s only been people emailing.” The housing department gives three options to students in this situation: paying the full price for a single room as soon as possible like Skinner did, finding someone new themselves, or being randomly assigned to another student and moved by the department. “It’s not like ‘meet up, talk, see if you like each
other,’” Cooper said. “It’s kind of like, ‘go down and knock on the door and see if that’s okay with you’.” Instead of dealing with the possibility of living with someone he didn’t know well, Skinner chose to remain in his room alone after his best friend moved back home. According to Cooper, there are benefits to deciding to get a new roommate in these kinds of situations. “If a student wants to have a single, if we have the space, we’re more than happy for them to do so,” Cooper said. “But certainly we think that having a roommate is a really good development. And I think a lot of people find that even when they’ve gone in blind and don’t know their roommate that they become good friends, it’s someone that they care about for years to come.” After the first semester of last year, Skinner was moved from his double-turned-single room in Phillips Hall to the third floor that consisted of rooms designed to only be singles. Comfortable and surrounded by friends in his
original spot, he didn’t want to switch rooms, but had no choice. Living among students who were on their own made it difficult for him to feel a sense of community. “I don’t think it’s smart to designate a floor for singles like that,” Skinner said. “At least on my floor, they were just really quiet. They kept to themselves, which I don’t mind, but I think the whole point of college is to not do that, get out of your shells and talk to people. And if you’re around 40 other people that do the same thing, you’re not really growing at all.” There has been no clear date given for Nazaruk to make a final decision. She continues to have her corner room to herself until the process speeds up and she acquires a new roommate. But, Nazaruk said the process isn’t all bad. She’s adjusting to her own space. “I mean it really can’t be hard to put two people together,” Nazaruk said. “I don’t know why it’s taking so long. On the bright side though, I have my own room.”
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How does East Lansing’s cost of living compare to the Big Ten? BY SIMONE FENZI SFENZI@STATENEWS.COM
When was the last time that you complained about rent? If you live in East Lansing, that might have been at the beginning of this month when autopay took out a few hundred dollars from your account and you almost broke down crying thinking of how many pizzas you can’t have. But rent in East Lansing is relatively inexpensive for a college town. A State News analysis of the cost of living in college towns found East Lansing to be one of the most affordable cities in the Big Ten. The State News ranked every Big Ten city from most to least expensive using data Sperling’s Best Places.
The cost of living indexes are based on a U.S. average of 100, according to the website. An amount below 100 means a city is cheaper than the U.S. average. A cost of living index above 100 means the city is more expensive. With universities ranging from Maryland to Nebraska, there’s a difference in the cost of living embedded deep into their respective markets. So, how much does it really cost to live near a Big Ten school? Location, location, location Evanston, Illinois, home to Northwestern University, takes the lead. With rent for a two-bedroom apartment starting at $1360 per month — it marks a $300 increase from state average. The cost of living reflects this as, for every
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Mid-priced Madison, Wisconsin, home of the University of Wisconsin, comes next. With an average cost of living at 119, the Badgers mark the fourth highest cost of living in the conference. The two-bedroom apartment that we have been taking into consideration for comparison, costs $1110, with state average around $814. Following Madison, the University of Maryland in College Park comes next. The city has recently announced new plans to lower housing costs. As of 2016, however, it still takes $1280 per month to rent a two-bedroom apartment, which lies below the state average. College Park is only nine miles north of Washington, D.C., and costs are representative of the area. Ryan Chelton is the economic development coordinator for the city of College Park. He said he thinks the housing costs are fair for the location of the university. “I know that we are doing our best to keep it down, I know we are trying to provide a number of student housing development projects,” Chelton said. University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, has the second highest enrollment in the conference with more than 51,000 students. A two-bedroom apartment costs $990 per month — about the same as state average. The cost of housing is what makes the difference, pushing the Golden Gophers to 116 on the index. University Park is home to Pennsylvania State University. Located in between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the rural area drives rent down. A two-bedroom apartment at Penn State costs $920 per month, about $20 cheaper than what the average resident of Pennsylvania would have to pay. Up next comes The Ohio State University. A two-bedroom apartment costs $800 per month in Columbus, compared to state average at $746. The most bang for your buck University of Iowa takes the golden standard. Rent in Iowa City is the closest to 100. Renting a two-bedroom apartment is $880 per month. Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana, comes just below the U.S. average line. Having a score of 96 in heath, it is the first university in the conference to be considered affordable. The West Lafayette market asks for $890 for a two-bedroom apartment.
Erik Carlson, the director of development for the city, said new developments haven’t driven up the rent costs. “Since I began we have approved three buildings, 10 stories or taller, that are ranked student housing and there has been an influx of demand to build these types of structure,” Carlson said. West Lafayette has an interesting relationship with Purdue University as it was not until three years ago that the university became part of the city. It has only been since 2014 that the university itself has been part of the city proper,” Carlson said. “It has really led to a big partnership between the university and the city to make sure that we are growing on the same track.” Being a smaller community, West Lafayette heavily relies on Purdue for economic growth. The city is aware of this, Carlson said. “For us, we have no illusion that the city of West Lafayette wouldn’t be what we are were not for the fact that a Big Ten university is here,” he said. Being one of the original six in the eastern division, the Indiana University Hoosiers are hosted in Bloomington, Indiana. The enrollment is around 48,000, bringing it to the same level of MSU. However, the cost of living in this Big Ten school is 6 points below average. With $920 being the city average rent for a two-bedroom apartment and $764 being the state average. The next university to make the list sits at the same level as Indiana University. East Lansing scores well below average as far as costs. However, as described by geographic information science junior Kyle MacLean in a previous article, “the rent is too damn high.” Costing East Lansing residents $930 per month for a two-bedroom apartment, rent is more than $150 above state average. David Haywood is the planning and zoning administrator for the city of East Lansing. He said he believes communication is the key to the affordability of the market. “Since we are in such close proximity and have a big impact on each other, we kind of have to be able to work together to address the issues that come along with student housing,” Haywood said. As far as the low cost of living, Haywood said availability might a driving factor. “It may have to do with housing stock and amount provided, there are so many other options … it might just be a supply issue,” he said. Dropping low to 88 on the U.S. standard, University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign is the second to last on this list. With an average rent of $830 for the same two-bedroom apartment, Urbana stands about $200 dollar below state average. Diane Marlin is the mayor of Urbana. She said the city works with the university to ensure student housing is a realistic option. “We collaborate with the university on a number of projects, the university is embedded in our community,” Marlin said. Still, Urbana differs from many other cities. It has the smallest population of Big Ten communities and the university next to it is essential for its survival. “(The university) is our largest employer and our economy really depends on the university,” Marlin said. So how can a small city like Urbana keep its cost low? Marlin said it has to do with regional costs. “In general, this part of the country is very affordable,” she said. “You are looking at housing and energy and transportation cost, so in general the Midwest, particularly our downstate Illinois communities are very affordable.” Number 14 on this list and therefore the cheapest Big Ten school for cost of living is the University of Nebraska. Lincoln is the host for the smallest public university in the conference with enrollment around 25,000. The cost of living is just above 80 on the 100 U.S. standard and average rent is the lowest on the list. Having to pay $630 for a two-bedroom apartment, Lincoln is at the same level as a studio apartment in East Lansing.
AVERAGE RENT AND COST OF LIVING ACROSS THE BIG 10 RENT: $930 C.O.L: $94
MSU
RENT: $1360 C.O.L: $142.60
RENT: $800 C.O.L: $100.50
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OHIO STATE
RENT: $920 C.O.L: $113.60
RENT: $890 C.O.L: $95.50
RENT: $920 C.O.L: $93.50
PENN STATE
PURDUE RENT: $1,190 C.O.L: $122.40
INDIANA
RENT: $1,110 C.O.L: $118.60
MSU and East Lansing have pretty affordable rates compared to Big Ten high’s Rutgers University at $1,620 a month. However, they all might find themselves envying Nebraska’s $630. Here, The State News outlines the average cost of living and average rent rate for a two person apartment.
MICHIGAN RENT: $990 C.O.L: $115.60
MINNESOTA RENT: $1,620 C.O.L: $123.40
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WISCONSIN RENT: $1,280 C.O.L: $116.80
MARYLAND RENT: $880 C.O.L: $102.40
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Classified RENT: $830 C.O.L: $88.30
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$100 spent on housing by an average U.S. citizen, a resident in Evanston pays $211. The overall cost of living index reaches 143 out of 100. Wally Bobkiewicz has been the Evanston city manager for the past eight years. He describes the community as an extension of the city of Chicago. “We are the community just north of the city of Chicago so our economy and costs associated with living here are not significantly different that those who live in the rest of the Chicagoland area,” Bobkiewicz said. “Because Evanston hosts Northwestern University, we have all the amenities that are part of the university: we have nice restaurants and hotels and shops and so that certainly increases the quality of life here.” Bobkiewicz said he believes the quality of life is the main reason behind why Evanston has the highest cost of living in the Big Ten. In second place, the university in the New York metropolitan area. Rutgers University, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has a cost of living index of 123. Renting a two-bedroom apartment in New Brunswick is $1620 per month – the highest rent in the Big Ten. While still being higher than some other universities, it is above state average by more than $200. University of Michigan in Ann Arbor comes next. The city has a weighted score of 122 out of the 100 used to mark the U.S. standard. In real numbers, this averages $1190 for a two-bedroom apartment. The state of Michigan average sits at $802, giving Ann Arbor a $388 mark up.
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For all the brouhaha about righteousness written into its fight song, the University of Michigan has had a penchant for being timid of its fellow research university a mere 67 miles northwest. At a time when Michigan State College had been operating functionally as a university for a few decades, that school in Ann Arbor tried to use its legislator friends to block it from adding university to its name. Among its list of reasons: people would get the two confused. It wasn’t the first time U-M tried to undercut advances by MSU and a rivalry borne out of two strong institutions emerging as national powers quickly became unique. Though the two predominant learning institutions have clashed back in forth since 1855, when the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan (which eventually became MSU) was first established on the outskirts of Lansing, Dr. David J. Young thinks the relationship between
these two schools did not become one of the most famous rivalries in academia until nearly a century later. Young, who practices internal medicine in Holland, Michigan, grew up in East Lansing and spent years researching the topic. The doctor and part-time historian discussed just how the relationship between the two schools is tied with the long-standing, adversarial relationship between former MSU President John Hannah and U-M law professor Ralph Aigler once Michigan State College found its way into the Big Ten, in his two books. However at an academic level, Young was told by former U-M president James Duderstadt there’s been a long-standing mutual respect among the academicians of both schools dating back over 100 years. For U-M graduate and MSU football broadcaster George Blaha, however, the sentiment between the two schools couldn’t be more polarizing. “It’s been, in my opinion, like the Hatfields and McCoys ever since then,” Blaha said. “There are
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Spotlight friendly rivalries and there are rivalries where there are strong feelings, and this would be the strong feelings-type of rivalry.” Young thinks in order to grip the full narrative of the rivalry, one must look at it from all angles and in all contexts. In the beginning While the hatred seems to ooze from the amount of points hung on the scoreboard, it was the ever developing school in East Lansing that seemed to be a nagging thorn in U-M’s determination to be a leader. All the distaste, the pettiness, the sheer disrespect between the two. It began with the inception of MSU. U-M started to establish itself as the research and higher education institution in the state by the mid-1800s and was looking to expand as more students entered the school. “The University of Michigan looks at themselves as a national school,” Young said. “They do not look at themselves — at least back then — as a being a state school.” The farmers of the state were looking for a place at the table of academia, hoping to find a spot where farmers could practice and learn needed skills. In 1850, the Constitution of Michigan called for the creation of an agricultural school. U-M moved to have it located in Ann Arbor. However U-M’s idea of an agricultural school clashed with what the farmers were looking for. “Henry Tappan, U-M’s President from 1852 to 1863, believed that agricultural instruction rightfully belonged with his idea of a university, but he had a more limited view of an agricultural department rather than a school, and did not favor having a model farm connected with the university,” Brian Williams, bicentennial archivist at U-M said via email. The idea to have U-M acquire the agricultural program was tossed aside and the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was established in 1855. Tappan, Young said, was still upset after the creation of the agricultural school because he believed agricultural research rightfully belonged to U-M. And thus, the seeds were sewn. An emerging university The agricultural school began to form into its own and U-M couldn’t ignore East Lansing any longer. “As the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan grew, the University of Michigan kept a wary eye on it as other disciplines and fields
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of study were added,” Williams said. “The U-M perspective in the late 19th century was that the agricultural college should stick to practical education and leave engineering and scientific instruction to the university. There were even various efforts to move parts of the curriculum at the agricultural college back to the university.” The budding rivalry, however, edged toward the gridiron. Even in the early 1900s, money for a university could be made through football. And a winning football team meant a playable football team for the small amount of schools with teams. A playable football team meant money for a university. The twisted web between these two schools would tangle even more in 1898 when they played their first ever game: U-M trounced the College 39-0. The series went heavily in U-M’s favor until the Aggies won their first game against U-M in 1913. “The University of Michigan had always viewed this as being a series,” Young said. “Not a rivalry, but a series. A long running series. Michigan State, from day one, essentially viewed this First touchdown in the M.A.C.-U-M game in Oct. 1913. as a rivalry.” PHOTO: MSU ARCHIVES MSU, then Michigan Agricultural College, seeking relevance by beating the athletically school at U-M, he transferred to M.A.C. to pur- athletic director Fritz Crisler) couldn’t stop Michsuperior Wolverines, ramped up its approach — sue a degree in agriculture. In his time in East igan State from joining, they then decided they one that included physically beating the Wolver- Lansing, he quickly rose through the college’s were going to find a way to discipline them and ines all over the field under coach John Macklin. ranks. By 1934, Hannah became a continuing make sure they behave themselves because they The dirty physical play from Macklin’s team education representative and the right-hand man clearly don’t have an administration that will keep them in line,” Young said. spawned letters from U-M’s president com- to then-president Robert Shaw. The yearly custody battle of the Paul Bunyan “He very quickly developed a reputation for plaining about the violent tactics M.A.C. used to secure victory. U-M also complained about being a cracker jack, a manager and a person Trophy was introduced in 1953, despite reluctance from U-M. It became the physical token of M.A.C.’s recruiting tactics, which included mon- who people could work with,” Young said. By the time Hannah took over as MSC’s presi- a rivalry Ann Arbor had no wish to acknowledge. etary rewards in the form of athletic scholar“Michigan did not want a trophy to raise the ships, something U-M saw counter to the puri- dent in 1941, his college’s athletic program was stature of the relationship between the two continuing to grow as a national power. ty of amateur athletics. As their athletic prowess grew, MSC grew schools athletically, especially on the football But the football rivalry grew, much to the U-M tired of playing opponents across the nation field,” Young said. community’s dismay. “It was popular among the people of the state, and longed to be in a more legitimate athletThe rivalry as we know it taxpayers, and they wanted it. So the politicians ic conference. When the University of ChicaIn its centennial year of existence, MSC finally really forced it,” Young said. “As far as Michi- go resigned from the Big Ten in 1946, Hannah gan was concerned, they could have dumped it. saw his chance. He lobbied hard to get MSC earned university status from state legislatures, They didn’t care about playing Michigan State. into the conference. He traveled to all of the despite strong reluctance, and lobbying efforts, They were a nuisance. They didn’t play fairly.” league’s schools to convince its constituents MSC from U-M. Names like Morrill State UniversiM.A.C. kept up its winning ways under the was worthy. But Aigler, seen by and far as the ty were tossed around by U-M sympathetics. coaching tenures of Jim Crowley and Charlie most powerful faculty representative in the Big Anything to remove the juxtaposition of “MichiBachman. Under Crowley, the Michigan State Ten, found MSC far from the standards of the gan” from “University.” Nothing worked. In 1964, the Michigan State University for Agriculture Board authorized money for student athletes conference. and Applied Science became formally known to help pay for school and continued doing so as Michigan State University. under Bachman. The success under Bachman “The University of “The University of Michigan fought that legalincluded a four game winning streak over U-M. ly during two legislative sessions and ultimately It propelled M.A.C. to seek its place among the Michigan had always they were crushed,” Young said. “It was almost academic and athletically gifted conference that viewed this as being a an embarrassment, but they spent a lot of dollars later became the Big Ten. fighting Michigan State on this matter.” “By that time, the State Board series. Not a rivalry, but The rise of U-M coach Bo Schembechler in of Agriculture was getting pret- a series. A long running 1969 brought dominance and national spotlight ty cocky,” Young said of M.A.C.’s back to Ann Arbor until the turn of the century. success under Bachman. “They series. Michigan State, Since then, U-M has dominated the series 32-16. were confident cheepers. We’re from day one, essentially Except for the occasional upset, it wasn’t until at this next level in terms of aththe era of Mark Dantonio that MSU competletics and what have you, it’s very viewed this as a rivalry.” ed with its in-state rival for national attention. expensive to be an independent “In recent years, probably starting with the and going all over the country. David Young, Mark Dantonio era these games have been fist … We’d like to play against Big Historian fights,” Blaha said. “There’s not much to choose Ten competition, we’ve beaten from between these two teams. They always the University of Michigan four And Aigler would be damned if Hannah got seem to be epic struggles and great games.” years straight, we think we’re No longer are the days the schools try to underin. Thus tensions grew. ready for it.” “They were not wanted,” Young said of MSC’s mine their legitimacy, and no longer do the uniEnter John Hannah and Ralph early attempts to join the conference. “They had versity officials quarrel. But students, alumni Aigler. discovered, and Hannah had a suspicion, there and Michiganders alike all rejoice in a symbolwas somebody in the Big Ten spreading bad ic matchup that was once true disdain. SaturA push for the Big Ten Long before MSU ever joined words about Michigan State. As it turns out, day’s matchup is the first between MSU and U-M the Big Ten and M.A.C. became he felt it was Ralph Aigler, who realized was that will kick off at night. Under the lights. On MSU, the school may have nev- his professor at one time. That’s really how it national television. Emotions will run high between for the rivals. er reached the stature it is today all got started.” Young argues it’s U-M’s political finagling with “Night games are exciting,” Blaha said. “The without Hannah and his finesse. Hannah grew up on the state’s MSC’s admission to the Big Ten that cemented whole country is watching other games throughout the day and they get home at night and watch west side. He was a prodigy who the rivalry once and for all. Hannah got his way in 1948 and MSC unan- the game that’s supposed to be on at night coaststarted attending college at 16 and eventually transferred to imously joins the Big Ten — on the condition to-coast. Everybody is going to get a chance to U-M to pursue a degree in law. It it ratifies its athletic scholarship policy. Still, see that game, but I think this rivalry is such a was there that he first met Aigler, Hannah would shortly became a proponent for big rivalry that it doesn’t need a night game to athletic scholarships again and the relationship boost the excitement. It’s already huge for everyas his pupil. body in our state, everybody who’s a Spartan Law practice never became between the two soured once more. “Once it became evident (Aigler and then-U-M and everybody who’s a Wolverine.” Hannah’s niche. A year into THURSDAY, OC TOB E R 5, 2 01 7
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Michigan vs. Michigan State: Who is best for financial aid? BY RILEY MURDOCK RMURDOCK@STATENEWS.COM
Truhconte Davis lost her Pell Grant again. Davis has been on financial aid since her freshman year, in the form of subsidized loans. She describes her family as lower-middle class and said her mother, a single parent, makes around $60,000 a year. While financial aid has been a massive help to her, it’s also been a headache. Davis, a microbiology senior, said she became eligible for a $3,000 per semester Pell Grant during her junior year, but she keeps losing it because her mother’s income is too high. “It has been a pressure, we try to find ways to make it look like she makes less money,” Davis said. “Honestly I haven’t found a way, they just keep taking money everywhere they can because my mom makes too much money, according to financial aid.” Davis said the Pell Grant typically covers her entire cost of housing each semester, but without it she has to take out extra loans. Despite her aid and family income, Davis has $30,000 in debt, she said. In June, the University of Michigan unveiled its “Go Blue Guarantee.” This financial aid initiative promises four years of free tuition to in-state undergraduate students whose family annual income amounts to $65,000 or less a year. After the announcement, many watched to see if MSU would follow its rival’s suit and provide similar relief to lower-income students. It did not. At the June 21 MSU Board of Trustees meeting, just days later, the board voted to increase tuition for the seventh straight year. After seeing U-M take what they perceived as a huge step forward, some at MSU felt the university had missed an opportunity to break ground on its own program. As her family would qualify based on income, Davis said a program similar to the GBG at MSU would help her family out significantly. “I have a sister in college,” Davis said. “She has bills herself, so (my mom) can’t just dish out $16,000 a year for my tuition.” But, the question of implementing a similar program at MSU remains on the table. Considering differences in the two universities’ student populations, would a “Go Green Guarantee” be feasible? Benefit MSU’s financial aid homepage has a running counter for how much aid students were offered for the upcoming academic year. As of Aug. 3, it claimed MSU offered 47,652 students a total of over $952,082,645 in financial aid for the next fall and spring semesters. As of Sept. 28, it claims over $1 billion has been offered to over 50,000 students. However, the former numbers will be much more than what will be given this year, according to Val Meyers, associate director of MSU’s Office of Financial Aid. “The aid that we give out is our aid plus federal aid, so that’s why it’s really different than the $600-some million that we’re giving out every year, that’s gonna include federal dollars as well as MSU dollars,” Meyers said. MSU’s financial aid budget is set to increase 4.5 percent yearly. MSU spent $138.3 million on financial aid in the last academic year, with $144.5 million budgeted for financial aid in the coming year. U-M has $176.7 million budgeted
for undergraduate aid in 2018, the year the GBG will go into effect. This is a 9.5 percent increase from last year, U-M Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Kedra Ishop said, which is actually a smaller increase than previous years, as U-M has seen double digit increases in its aid budget for a number of years before. “The university has a longstanding commitment to meeting full need for as many students as possible,” Ishop said. Because of this, the university’s goal when designing the GBG was simplifying the financial aid system. The chosen line was $65,000 because it’s the median income in the State of Michigan, Ishop said, thus streamlining the process for half of Michigan’s families. The asset limit was chosen to ensure low-mid income families would be receiving the benefits. “Simplifying language around financial aid has a tremendous impact on students and families’ recognition that affordability would not be the reason why they may not be able to attend a particular institution,” Ishop said. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, in a previous article, claimed the GBG was modeled after MSU’s existing full-ride program, the Spartan Advantage, which provides free tuition to in-state students whose family income is at or below the poverty line. Simon said U-M has a benefit of socioeconomic class that allows their program to provide more opportunities. However, while U-M looked at many different financial aid systems when designing the GBG, MSU was not specifically considered, Ishop said.
Eligibility To qualify for the Spartan Advantage plan, a student’s family income has to be at or below the poverty line. To qualify for the GBG, that income needs to be at or below $65,000. However, this is not the only requirement. MSU students must not have any assets that would place them over Michigan’s poverty line — $24,600 for a family of four, according to Michigan.gov — with exceptions for primary residence and retirement accounts. If a family’s income is under the poverty line, but they’ve managed to save up enough to put them over it, the student might be disqualified. However, Meyers said this is unlikely. She said MSU typically looks at historical poverty level when deciding eligibility. “Generally, a little bit of savings is not going to make a difference for people,” Meyers said. “If they’re below the poverty line, they’re generally going to be eligible.” U-M students’ assets must not total more than $50,000 to qualify for GBG. A similar exception for retirement accounts is made, but home equity is fair game. However, the GBG’s parameters are not a ceiling above which no aid can be received. Eighty-nine percent of applicants in the income range of $95-$125,000 receive an average of 55 percent of their tuition costs in aid, Ishop said. About 60 percent received 25 percent in aid at the $150-$180,000 income range. About two-thirds of MSU students receive some sort of financial aid and about one-quarter of undergraduate students receive Pell Grants, according to MSU’s website. During the 2015-16 academic year, 9,101 undergraduate students received Pell Grants. READ MORE ABOUT THE SCOPE AND FEASIBILITY AT STATENEWS.COM
Percent spent on financial aid in 2016-17:
MSU: 10.5%
of overall revenue
14.6% of tuition income
U-M: 15.6% of tuition income
11%
of overall revenue
Income brackets for financial aid: To qualify for
Spartan Advantage Annual family income of
$24,600 for a family of four, or at the poverty line
To qualify for
Go Blue Guarantee Annual family income of
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