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OFFICIALS TO RE-EVALUATE POTENTIAL DEER POLICY

By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

Officials in East Lansing are looking to gather more information before opening fire on the city’s deer population, citing concerns over whether the population is in fact growing.

The Department of Public Works did a survey in 2011 after a series of deer-related car accidents caused some residents to complain.

At Tuesday’s East Lansing City Council meeting, the results painted a different picture.

Environmental Ser vices Administrator Cat hy DeShambo and Director of Public Works Todd Sneathen spoke at the meeting and cautioned that more information is needed before any action on population control should be taken. “ T he deer-related car accident data is a little different than what we have had in the past,” DeShambo said during the meeting.

“This is an attempt to backfill some space in the process. In order to put together a plan that is unique to East Lansing’s needs, we need more information.”

“Our understanding now is what we had done (in 2011) was premature,” Sneathen said. “We don’t know what the population is, so we wouldn’t classify it as an overpopulation problem.

“We are taking a couple of steps back from where we were, and tonight is to propose that we better define what the problem is,” he said.

Meridian Township has implemented a deer hunt to help control its population, which DeShambo said was successful in the early stages.

The council had previously discussed a plan similar in nature to Meridian Township’s, but took no definitive action on it.

The city had previously run a 2011 survey soliciting resident feedback on deer in the city.

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Murder trial tangles family ties Testimony continues surrounding stabbing death of MSU student

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On the drowsy morning of Feb. 23, it took mere seconds for an alleged scuffle between friends to become a tragedy.

It took one text message to turn a brother into a protector, a move that blurred the line between self defense and intent to harm.

In the two years that MSU student Andrew Singler dated Okemos resident Shay McCowan, he became a part of the McCowan family. He was like another son to Randy McCowan, and Singler and Connor McCowan were “like brothers.”

Randy McCowan testified Tuesday, saying Singler became a part of the family, and even stayed at their home temporarily. He said he’d spoken with Singler previously regarding situations where he “disrespected” his daughter.

But in the early hours of Feb. 23, everything changed.

Singler and Shay McCowan argued in the hours before, with Connor McCowan caught in the middle after hearing about the argument from his sister. Connor McCowan drove to Singler and Shay McCowan’s apartment in Meridian Township at about 4 a.m., ready for a confrontation.

Afterward, Singler was left with two stab wounds, in his chest and arm.

This week, Connor McCowan is on trial for allegedly fatally stabbing Singler, and was charged with open murder.

Family values Connor McCowan and his sister were close from the start, with him doing what he could to protect her.

“He is my best friend,” Shay McCowan testified in Ingham County Circuit Court Monday, becoming emotional during her testimony.

Throughout the relationship, Connor McCowan and Singler also became close. Randy McCowan, Connor McCowan’s father, called Singler a “big brother” and “mentor” to his son in court Tuesday. When the two wrestled, Randy McCowan said Singler always appeared to be the stronger of the two.

When Singler and Shay McCowan argued, she often asked Connor McCowan to intervene and “distract” them from their

Danyelle Morrow/The State News

Alleged murderer Connor McCowan gets emotional during his father's testimony at his trial Tuesday at the Ingham County Circuit Court in Lansing. McCowan stands trial for open murder after the Feb. 23 killing of MSU student Andrew Singler.

disagreements, she said in testimony. Shay McCowan said Singler never became violent until one fight last February, an incident she never reported to police.

“We got into an argument, and it led to some pushing and shoving,” she said during court testimony. “He pulled a sheet over me and hit me so hard I had a handprint on my stomach for about three or four days.”

Connor McCowan became emotional during both his father and sister’s testimonies, shedding tears as they spoke.

Intervention gone wrong When Connor McCowan received a text message from his sister the morning of Feb. 23 describing injuries Singler had inflicted on her — injuries police said she never was treated for — his first instinct was to defend her.

“I’ll f***ing knock his teeth out,” he said in a text message, according to phone records obtained by police.

When Connor McCowan arrived at Singler and Shay McCowan’s apartment, MSU alumnus and roommate Tyler

Tracking the trial’s key players Connections between McCowan family, Andrew Singler run deep The younger brother of Shay McCowan.

He allegedly murdered Andrew Singler in the early hours Connor MCCowan of Feb. 23.

Shay McCowan dated MSU student Andrew Singler for two years, living with him last Shay McCowan year.

Siblings

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In a relationship

Fatherson

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The father Fatherdaughter of Connor and Shay McCowan.

Roommates He said in emotional Andrew Singler testimony Singler was a pre-dental that Andrew senior at MSU and dated Singler was Shay McCowan. He died in "like another Randy McCowan the early hours of Feb. 23. son.”

Aho said he appeared calm. Aho tried to hold Singler back from lunging at Connor McCowan and was unsuccessful.

Later that morning, Randy McCowan was shaken awake by his son, who

appeared frantic and distraught.

Connor McCowan told his father Singler had struck him in the head three consecutive times, that he feared for his life and had “accidentally cut” Singler.

Tyler Aho

The former roommate of Shay McCowan and Andrew Singler, who drove Singler to the hospital.

At the time, Connor McCowan told his father he did not know the extent of Singler’s injuries. After Randy McCowan calmed his son

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University officials: Future of Spartan Anthony Hall in process of energy-friendly revamp Village area remains unknown for time “The majority of what is happening for the

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The fate of Spartan Village, an apartment complex close to campus that houses a combination of graduate students and families with ties to the MSU community, remains up in the air at this point, officials said.

Campus housing officials note the planned demolition date has “been out there for quite a while” The strategic plan for Residence Education and Housing Services, or REHS, slates the apartment complex for demolition as early as 2017 or as late as 2020 because the buildings are

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deteriorating.

“The date has been out there for quite a while,” said Ray Gasser, REHS senior associate director. “I don’t believe it will be a

shock for a lot of people. It’s been talked about. If it’s closed in 2017, we can prepare all the residents See APARTMENTS on page 2 u

MSU is wrapping up energy conservation renovations in Anthony Hall that eventually will save money and reduce the building’s energy use by 34 percent.

The changes are part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge.

MSU is an educational partner in the challenge, with a long-term goal of making campus 20 percent more energy efficient by 2020. The project at Anthony Hall is projected to be finished by the end of November, with similar additions coming to other buildings on campus.

Anthony Hall was chosen first because it offered a number of opportunities for energy upgrades, Infrastructure

project is behind the scenes. It’s not things the public would necessarily notice.”

Kevin Durkin, Project manager

Planning and Facilities Managing Environmental Engineer Lynda Boomer said.

“It’s a science building, and science buildings tend to use more energy than a classroom building or office building,” Boomer said.

Anthony Hall houses MSU’s Meat Laboratory, the Department of Animal Science, the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the MSU Dairy Store.

Assistant Vice President of Operations Bill Latta said one change in Anthony Hall will include the installation of airquality sensors in the laboratory ventilation systems.

“Normally, the ventilation system in a lab operates by providing 10 to 12 air changes per hour, whether needed or not,” Latta said in a statement. “This will allow that rate to be reduced and have it increase air changes on an as-needed basis.”

Latta also said the $7 million project should pay for itself in 10 to 13 years.

Having better control over automated systems will help conserve energy, Project Manager Kevin Durkin said.

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Police Brief Fire in Chem. Building A fire occurred at 5:26 p.m. on Oct. 6 in the Chemistry Building, according to MSU police.

A 33-year-old male student was working with chemicals when the mix reacted, causing a small fire that left the vent hood and spread to the floor, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

The student had minor injuries. No property was damaged in the incident.

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MSU officials think campus has lots of potential for future efficiency improvements from page one

the scenes,” Durkin said.

“It’s not things the public would necessarily notice, l i ke c ha ng i ng out t he motors for heating and air conditioning equipment.

But it all comes back to saving energy.”

That also includes better lighting control, or installing motion sensors that will make sure the lights are turned on or off depending on when the building is occupied.

Boomer said t he Bet ter Buildings Challenge fits in perfectly with the university’s Energy Transition Plan.

“The plan is all about using renewable energy and moving towards better energy efficiency,” she said. “These changes will save the university in fuel

costs and labor hours.”

Compared to the 2009-2010 academic year, MSU already has reduced its energy output by 10 percent, Boomer said.

Anthony Hall is the first building to receive upgrades for the project — 115 campus buildings currently are going through the commissioning process.

“We’ve upgraded Munn Ice Arena, and the Breslin (Center) will be the next to get upgraded LED lighting,” Boomer said.

“There are buildings all over campus with a lot of potential for more sustainable energy.”

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deer State News blog roll The Extra Point Sophomore Connor Cook solidified himself as MSU’s No. 1 quarterback in Saturday’s 26-14 win at Iowa, but there’s some shifting going on elsewhere in the backfield.

Head coach Mark Dantonio gave freshman running back Delton Williams his first carries of the season against the Hawkeyes, losing his redshirt in the process.

Hanging on to a 17-14 lead, the Spartans fed Williams three straight plays before freshman kicker Michael Geiger hit a 35-yard field goal.

Dantonio later said Williams’ opportunity was a result of redshirt freshman Riley Bullough moving to fullback as sophomore Trevon Pendleton’s backup.

“Well, we felt like we needed to play three running backs, that we had to have three ready to play,” Dantonio said.

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Council member Boyle notes that deer are an issue for residents in Red Cedar neighborhood from page one

Meridian Township’s plan could serve as an effective model for whatever East Lansing decides to do in the future, DeShambo said.

“I think they got 90 deers on the first day,” she said. “A lot of things from their plan can inform us; so can oth-

APARTMENTS

University officials say the buildings have outlived their utility and value to the MSU community from page one

that live over there for that reality.”

The MSU Board of Trustees will make the final decision as to whether the buildings will be demolished. It’s unclear when that will happen. If the board elects to tear them down, the board would also have to determine what to do with the land.

Gasser said REHS is at a point where it is looking at what the future holds and it’s not sure yet.

The design of the facility isn’t necessarily what people are looking for anymore, he said. Plus, the facility is past its viable lifespan. Renovating the buildings would be costly, and those costs would have to be passed on to residents.

“We don’t know what the population is, so we wouldn’t classify it as … (a) problem.”

Todd Sneathen, Director of Public Works

er (plans) around Michigan.”

DeShambo did say that the two towns are different in land mass that the city must manage: Meridian Township has more than 1,900 acres to cover, while East Lansing has 272.

DeShambo proposed options that did involve hunting deer, saying that a feeding ban, an increase in the height of fences and an increase in information about hazard areas for motor vehicles could be effec-

tive tools.

Councilmember Kathleen Boyle , a resident of the Red Cedar Neighborhood, said that she has noticed an influx of deer in her area of East Lansing.

“There has really been a marked explosion of the deer population in my neighborhood,” she said.

Boyle said that a call on deer is a debated issue in her neighborhood, which runs in close proximity to lots of deer.

“There’s a lot of off-campus options that are priced more competitively than it would be if it were to be renovated — right now, I think residents appreciate Spartan Village based on price and convenience factors,” Gasser said.

The apartment complex is located south of Service Road off Harrison Road.

There are about 1,000 apartments in the complex, about 90 percent of which are occupied.

The occupants tend to be a mix of graduate students, staff, visiting scholars, undergraduate students and faculty, Gasser said.

“It’s really old. Maybe it’s not a bad thing to tear it down,” said Anusha Murthy, a Spartan Village resident and human resources and labor relations graduate student.

Murthy moved into her apartment in Spartan Village this semester and will stay there until 2015, she said.

Her main complaints were that the complex is old, the furniture isn’t the best and there are small bugs in her unit, she said. But she added that most residents don’t mind the complex.

She said she hopes they build new apartments in place of Spartan Village.

Kat Cooper, communications manager for REHS, said the buildings have outlived their useful life, and repair, maintenance and renovation have become costprohibitive. REHS doesn’t have a plan for phasing out the facilities since it’s several years away, but it will develop a plan to take to the Board of Trustees that has as little impact on residents as possible.

The department’s strategic plan says that Spartan Village generates a net profit of $1 million a year and has little debt, but the buildings no longer provide a viable experience, which is a top priority. Building maintenance also requires more investment.

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Randy McCowan, father of alleged killer Connor McCowan, stands during his testimony Tuesday in court.

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Defense’s arguments will begin Thursday as trial’s second week continues from page one

down, he said his first thought was Singler’s welfare.

“I immediately tried to contact Andrew, because Connor didn’t know if he was seriously injured or what happened,” he said.

Upon Singler’s arrival just after 4 a.m. at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, trauma surgeon Dr. Ben Mosher said he had a 10 percent chance of survival. He had lost more than one liter of blood and had no vitals. He was pronounced dead at 5:15 a.m.

“Andrew would have been alive right now if (Connor McCowan) had stayed home,” Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor John Dewane said.

The defense Chris Bergstrom, Connor McCowan’s attorney, will begin making his case Thursday morning.

Throughout the trial, Bergstrom has attempted to prove that Connor McCowan did not travel to Singler’s apartment with the intention to inflict harm.

When he cross-examined John Bechinski, the forensic pathologist who performed Singler’s autopsy, Bechinski could not determine how much force it would take to inflict the wounds Singler was left with.

“After the knife gets through the skin, the rest of the process is relatively easy,” Bergstrom said Monday. He compared the wound to leaning up against a wall with a knife, leaving a hole in the wall as a result.

Bergstrom also made mention of sports-inflicted head injuries Connor McCowan received during high school, which he believes could have affected his overall demeanor. On the night of the stabbing, Randy McCowan said his son was behaving the same way he did immediately after he was injured during football practice in high school.

The trial is scheduled to continue 8:30 a.m. Thursday. It is unknown how long it will last.

McCowan is charged with open murder in the case.

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New student organization offers leadership forums, workshops

By Nolly Dakroury ndakroury@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

A new student organization aimed at developing students’ leadership skills, will be hosting its kick-off event Wednesday.

The Leadership Institute at Michigan State University, or LIMSU, was founded in November 2012 by a group of students, led by then-marketing sophomore Maggie Mai. The institute will host its first event of the year 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday in McDonel Hall.

In April 2013, the institute won MSU’s Emerging Student Leadership Award.

LIMSU President Shay Shahid said the group was still trying to come up with a permanent structure last academic year, adding that the structure was loosely based on the Harvard Leadership Institute program.

“Since last year, we have evolved about how we will go about with our events,” Shahid said.

The group was founded on three pillars — Go Effect, The

“International students don’t have that much confidence ... that is something we want to improve.”

Boon Yau Ooi, LIMSU vice president

President Forum and Spartan Leadership Initiative — with each standing for different core values.

In Go Effect, the group teams up with a non-profit organization, encouraging students to engage in civil and community work.

The President Forum is an event where student leaders from different student organizations get together to discuss issues concerning on-campus student organizations.

Spartan Leadership Initiative is focused on creating workshops and planning networking events and panel discussions.

Shahid said one of t he group’s goals this year is getting more American students involved in the group, which is one of the reasons why the group still has three executive board positions available.

LIMSU Vice President Boon Yau Ooi said having interna-

tional and American students is an important goal for the group because not many student organizations on campus have both.

“I think a reason for this is that international students don’t have that much confidence,” Ooi said. “That is something we want to improve.”

The Residence Hall Association, or RHA, voted last week to make the group an official sponsor.

Kendall Pinkerton, RHA Com m it tee of I nter na l Affairs chairperson, said the organizaton was looking for more of a partnership with RHA, not only the funding that comes with it, making them a good choice. “ W he n sp on sor i ng a group, we want to make sure that the group is improving the life of students living on campus,” Pinkerton said.

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New associate Provost to start in November

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A leadership position that touches the academic lives of MSU students will officially change hands starting next month.

T he p o s t of associate provost for academic s e r v ic e s will be taken Gaboury over by John Gaboury, who already spends two days a week at the university while he wraps up his duties at the University of Toledo.

“I’m excited about joining the team,” Gaboury said of his new co-workers at MSU. “It’s a very good group of people.”

This associate provost position directly oversees the offices of financial aid, registrar and admissions, as well as MSU’s library system, curriculum, academic program review and commencement, among other things.

Gaboury said he is pleased with the leadership in the offices and departments that he will oversee, and that the strong foundation will help him as he transitions into his new position.

“As I look to the future, it’s really about taking things to the next level and improving services for students,” Gaboury said.

“Ever yone seems excited about doing that and has demonstrated over the years that they’re willing to do that.”

Gaboury has worked at the University of Toledo since 2002 and currently serves as the executive director of learning ventures and academic services.

Gaboury succeeds Linda Stan-

ford, who has been in the position since 2002. She will fully retire in 2015.

“Although no one can replace Dr. Stanford, John Gaboury will be joining us in just a couple of weeks,” Acting Provost June Youatt said to the Steering Committee last week. She also announced Gaboury would take over the position at the meeting.

The offices of the Registrar and Admissions are excited to work with Gaboury, officials said.

“We’re always excited to have an opportunity to work with new people,” said Jim Cotter, director of admissions. “We’re excited about the arrival of Gaboury — he’s a bright man and we look forward to working with him.”

Cotter meets with Gaboury regularly, and they talk on the phone almost daily; he said the new associate provost is doing a lot of learning and working on getting up to speed on MSU practices.

Gaboury asks essential questions about why processes and procedures work the way they do, and that leads to great conversations, Cotter said.

University Registrar Nicole Rovig said she’s excited to work with Gaboury because of his strong academic perspective and diverse background.

“He’ll be able to draw things from his experience and align it with what’s happening here,” she said.

She added that the position is very important to MSU, and it needs someone who is a visionary and has an understanding of the university.

So far Gaboury is getting a sense of the landscape, office functions and culture of MSU so that he has a foundation to

work from when he starts, Rovig said.

He’ll be aided by the fact that the directors of many of the main offices he’ll be overseeing — admissions, financial aid and registrar — each have a few years under their belts, and the offices are running smoothly, she said.

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General manager Bill Schramm pours a pint Tuesday at What Up Dawg?, on 317 M.A.C. Ave. Schramm said he thinks that it is ignorant to create a law demanding that a pint be exactly 16 oz.

New bill could ensure pints are filled to brim

By Derek Gartee dgartee@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

A bill going through the Michigan legislature could give bar patrons throughout the state a few more drops of beer in their mug.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. David Knezek, D-Dearborn Heights, would mandate that all bars selling pints must serve patrons a full 16 ounces.

If the bill passes, it will gurantee 16 ounces of beer when ordering a pint drink The proposal is in response to bars across Michigan advertising pints of beer, but serving less.

English and kinesiology senior Nathan Schwartz said he’s dealt with the problem during his trips to local bars.

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“Half the time I have had to lie to myself to believe that I was served a pint — the glass was just too thin,” Schwartz said. “It’s about telling the customers the truth.”

Many students go to bars each weekend, and without a regulation on a pint, they could be receiving less then they assumed.

Knezek said the main drive of the proposal is protecting consumers.

Enforcing good business practices in Michigan will not only benefit consumers, but it will attract more people to Michigan as well, he said.

“It’s bad for Michigan business,” Knezek said. “If you’re going to serve a pint, it has to be 16 ounces. If not, just don’t call it a pint.”

Michigan is becoming well known for its plethora of craft beer. With this market increasing in Michigan, the need for fair business practices in the industry

is imperative.

Schwartz believes this bill should be passed, regardless of any changes to the pricing of beer at the local bar.

“They would be charging the correct amount for (the beer) they are selling,” Schwartz said.

Some local businesses believe the bill’s contents should be common sense for any establishment serving alcohol.

“I don’t feel like this bill is necessary — a pint is a pint is a pint,” said William Schramm, general manager for East Lansing restaurant What Up Dawg?

However, the pint may not be so black and white after all.

The term pint technically means 16 ounces, but Schramm noted that in the past, a footlong hotdog meant 12 inches. Today, most footlong hotdogs are only 11.5 inches.

“The footlong is a loose term. If the pint is headed that way, then it’s possible,” Schramm said.

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“What is most disgusting about the email a Georgia Tech Phi Kappa Tau brother sent out on ‘luring rapebait’ is that some people don’t see anything wrong with that, as evidenced by the horrendous comments listed on Gawker.”

lgbtq program preps students for jobs, life EDITORIAL BOARD Ian Kullgren editor in chief Summer Ballentine opinion editor Celeste Bott staff representative Anya Rath minority representative Olivia Dimmer staff reporter

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fter six years in the making, MSU began offering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and sexuality studies as a specialization

this fall.

For LGBTQ students and anyone interested in studying the culture, having these sexuality studies as an option for a specialization could be another source of validation that it is a legitimate field of study.

Acknowledging that LGBTQ issues are worth learning about is a stride toward spreading awareness and acceptance on campus. Later, it could inspire students to take that tolerance out into the workplace.

Even though only eight students have declared LGBTQ studies as their specialization, it’s a start — a good start.

— Summer Ballentine, State News opinion editor

“Even though there are student organizations for culturally sensithrough the neighborhoods and other places and tive employees.

Having a specialthere are faculty staff organizations as well, having curriculum around these issues is very ization like this goes important for the quality of life in our academic beyond fac i l itat i ng a community,” said Lisa Fine, co-director of the conversation about LGBTQ sexuality issues and creating Center for Gender in Global Context.

The specialization gives students the oppor- a better campus environment — tunity to learn and better understand the cul- it begins to open the door for more ture, while giving LGBTQ students the option inclusive workplaces. Once graduates take their understanding to the real to learn more about the histoworld, workplaces improve. Othry and role of LGBTQ persons “Making the leap to er LGBTQ employees might feel in society.

Yes, we do have a comprehen- acknowledge LGBTQ more comfortable sharing who they are. sive list of LGBTQ caucuses, alli- culture as a relevant Even for students studying ances and support groups. But part of history finance or business, knowing the some campuses go above and proper pronouns to use with a beyond in the effort to include and society is an trans* (an umbrella term meanLGBTQ students, including important one.” ing more than just trans men gender-neutral bathrooms and and trans women) person and LGBTQ dormitories. being able to recognize offenAn annual report released sive words or actions could give in August by Campus Pride, a gay rights advocacy group for on-campus stu- them a liberal arts perspective if their major dents, named the top 25 LGBT-friendly univer- is grounded mostly in math or science. It’s an sities. University of Michigan was on that list. edge above others who might not have had that MSU was not. Maybe offering this specializa- knowledge.

To gain that understanding, students will tion can improve the climate on campus for have to complete 12 credits (15 once LGBTQ LGBTQ students.

This program, while mainly targeting stu- studies transfers to a minor), many of which dents interested in fields such as social work are also required to minor in women’s and genand counseling, also outlines the growing need der studies.

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The two minors do overlap in many requirements, but the core requirements for the two minors are separate, Fine said.

For MSU, making the leap to acknowledge LGBTQ culture as a relevant part of history and society is an important one. Just as we accept studies of different ethnic groups and religions, we should accept LGBTQ studies as an important building block to creating a diverse and accepting campus.

“As far as repping LGBT, there’s a few student groups,” zoology and apparel and textile design freshman Mitch Fehrle said in a previous interview.

“But I think the specialization really draws the currency and the importance of recognizing the LGBT community in the up-and-coming culture of America.”

Recognizing different communities and creating a more inclusive climate on campus should be exactly what we strive for.

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There are nearly 49,000 of us on campus on any given day, and we all balance busy schedules. I do not know the hectic life that you live, and I will not attempt to tell you to change your life; but all the same, I hope you will find it in your heart to give your time to a group that you feel strongly about.

If we all donated an hour during the week and another hour The Homecoming theme this on the weekend, every week, year is “Creating Spartan Super to improving East Lansing and Heroes,” a cheesy concept that the quality of life of its resiplays off of the image of the dents, by the end of the calenheroic and victorious Spartan. dar year, we would have donatAs the publicity posters would ed about a million hours. have you believe, it is a time It is not required that some for each of us to consider what Herculean task be we contribute to guest columnist overcome, or that our community. we break a back There are — (or even break quite literally — a sweat), but it hundreds of stureally adds up. dent organizaOne group tions on campus, that is in need all run by dedis the East Lanicated students sing Prime Time who are passionSeniors’ Proate enough about Sasha chemey gram that offers issues to get chemeyal@msu.edu social, emotioninvolved. Whethal and medical events to keep er it is (my own) American Civour senior citizens active. It is il Liberties Union group, clubs extremely reliant on volunteers; celebrating faith or organizawhen program director Keltions based on common acaly Arndt came to visit the HRC, demic interests, we Spartans she especially stressed the beneare involved in a lot of areas. fits of student volunteers and the There is one common theme: improved qualnearly all of these clubs offer ity of living for some tangible service to the the people who community that we live in. participate in I sit in a rather uncomthe program. mon seat, as a Spartan who Plus, while also is a part of the East Lanthere truly is sing city government. Appointvalue in helped by the city council, I sit on ing others, but the East Lansing Human RelaTruly, from a puretions Commission, which was giving ly self-interestappointed to promote and guarback ed perspective, it antee that civic rights are proalso looks great tected for all who live, visto the on a résumé. it and work in our city. communI have choWe hear complaints from sen to give back those who feel that they have ity around by sitting on the had their rights denied, as well us is in Human Relaas from groups that feel more the spirit could be done by the city to sup- tions Commisport their goals to aid disadvan- sion, working with of being a taged groups. Above all else, we the ACLU, and Spartan.” to raise awaretry to understand what is needness for issues ed to make East Lansing not of importance. I just a good city to visit, but a challenge you to do the same. truly wonderful place to live.

Truly, giving back to the There are so many noncommunity around us is in profits and public interest the spirit of being a Spartan. groups that need volunteers, As it is Homecoming week, I but many struggle to get by. hope to end with the thought It is a sad tale, and one that that this spirit is “super.” the commission hears often.

Sasha Chemey is a memBecause of the dangers of clichés, I refuse to say that “we can ber of the East Lansing Human Relations Commission. Reach all be ‘Spartan Superheroes,’” him at chemeyal@msu.edu. but the sentiment still remains. all is upon us again, and we have a new viral marketing campaign in our midst.

No, I am not talking about the “WTF MSU” campaign, but rather the promotional posters for Homecoming week.

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“Tax break for graduates step in right direction” Stuff like this is what I love about politicians - they think that $1600 will keep graduates from leaving the state. News for you: better climates and economies exist elsewhere in this country. $1600 might seem like a lot to a recent graduate but with a lower cost of living and (sometimes) higher pay in other parts of the country it pales in comparison to some of the savings out there.

Nothing can make me stay in Michigan. There is nothing here for me.

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How about Jobs, that might keep people here, weird.

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I’m outtie after December. hmm, Oct. 8

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America’s most wealthy citizens could use more of their aff luence to support politicians and political parties if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of scrapping certain limits on campaign contributions, and many advocates in Michigan are outraged over the possibility.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the case of Shaun McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

McCutcheon, a conservative Alabama businessman, challenged the limit on aggregate contributions to politicians and fundraising groups.

Presently, individual donors can contribute $123,200 total to candidates, national party committees and certain political committees. No one donor can give more than an aggregate $48,000 to individual candidates.

If the cap was removed, someone potentially could donate millions to their candidate of choice.

McCutc heon repor tedly donated thousands of dollars in the last election cycle and said he would have donated more if not for the spending caps.

In the initial Supreme Court f iling submit ted in October 2012, records indicated McCutcheon “wanted to express his support for, and associate with, candidates as permitted by the base limits without a biennial limit.”

The Republican National Committee joined McCutcheon in challenging the current cap.

They contend the restriction is a violation of the First Amendment and free speech.

Several Michigan organizations, including consumer advocacy organization PIRGIM, the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, Common

Cause Michigan and Communications Workers of America said the current cap is in place for a reason.

“The cap on aggregate contributions is $123,000 per election cycle, which is well over the average total income of most Americans,” said Eric Mosher, program associate with PIRGIM. Since the 2010 Citizens United ruling, which determined that restricting contributions from corporations, associations or labor unions is unconstitutional, “politicians have even less of an incentive to listen to constituents,” Mosher said.

Some advocates argue that this is moving the country toward a climate of political corruption.

R obi n s on s a id r e p e a l ing those limits would bring the federal government onpar with Michigan campaign finance law, which he believes is not a good thing.

“There is so much in Michigan state campaigns that is not disclosed that it’s hard to tell what the biggest contributions are doing,” Robinson said.

Advocates say they fear politicians will have even less of an incentive to rule by the wishes of the majority if these limits are removed.

A new report from Demos, a public policy organization that advocates for stricter limitations on campaign contributions, suggested that might be too far-fetched.

In 2012, 1,219 donors gave a collective $155.2 million to candidates, parties and Political Action Committees throughout the nation, according the Demos report.

Wit hout cur rent limitations, the report estimated those donors would have given $459.3 million in the last election cycle — more than 47 percent of all funds raised by President Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney from at least 4,040,442 small donors.

Michigan Shirt Works owner Ted Wilson helps agricultural business sophomore Hayleigh Geurink with an order Monday at his store, located at 1385 Grand River Avenue.

The store recently opened in September.

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Screen printing business sets up shop in E.L.

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Screen printing business Michigan Shirt Works hopes to capitalize on the hustle and bustle of East Lansing with a new location on Grand River Avenue.

Michigan Shirt Works, located at 1385 E. Grand River Ave., is a screen printing and retail company that now will call East Lansing its primary home. In addition to screen printing, the store also serves as a local retail outlet.

The company was founded in 2009 and pr ints designs for local and statewide brands such as Black Irish Apparel, a Grand Rap-

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Michigan Shirt Works owner Ted Wilson said the store was a culmination of years of hard work.

“We grabbed the location in June, but only opened this September,” Wilson said. “I used to take calls on the cell phone while I was working at a record store before this.”

He said a lot of his current business comes f rom local companies and the MSU community.

The store initially faced troubles with construction and set up, forcing them to open later than expected. Wilson said the store didn’t have time to plan a grand opening and opted for a soft opening instead.

“Business was just too crazy

to plan an event,” Wilson said.

One of the businesses Wilson works with is Action Board Sports, a longboard and skateboard store located at 541 E. Grand River Ave.

Michigan Shirt Works was founded in 2009 and prints designs for local and statewide brands. The company will use its new East Lansing shop as its flagship location.

“We get all of our shop shirts from (Michigan Shirt Works),” owner Jim MacGregor said.

MacGregor said he’s bought shirts from the company for a long time and said the new

location will make it even easier to get them.

Michigan Shirt Works is not the only store of its kind in downtown East Lansing.

The business will be joining the ranks of other local screen printing ser v ices, such as Underground Printing, located at 209 M.A.C. Ave. “It’s a great thing — anytime there is competition, it is a good thing,” Underground Printing store manager Erik Johnston said.

He said the store will draw new customers to the area, which is good for both businesses. Johnston also believes the new store will benefit the customers the most.

“It keeps us honest. This way the students will get a fair price,” Johnston said.

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One year later, new fraternity begins to flourish Pre-med group collects books, funds to benefit needy kids

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While most incoming freshmen were preoccupied by the ha s sle of mov i ng i nto a cramped dorm room and leaving their homes behind last fall, a few students were thinking of adding their own spin on the MSU fraternity scene.

Now, the 11 founding fathers of the Zeta Beta Tau chapter at MSU have established themselves in a small house on the northwest outskirts of campus and amongst greek life.

The group of friends elected to start their own chapter of Zeta Beta Tau, which is historically a Jewish fraternity, because of the opportunity of joining greek life through their own standards.

“I really wanted to be a part of the whole (fraternity) life thing, but given that we had an opportunity to do it our own way, I think that was an easy way for me to kind of get my other friends involved,” said Jake Stone, communications director of Zeta Beta Tau. The fraternity has grown from its 11 founding fathers last fall to more than 20 brothers this year.

A lthough Zeta Beta Tau may be small in numbers compared to others at MSU, Alex Buchanan, a founding father of Zeta Beta Tau, believes that

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City officials say a detour is in place that will include Gunson, Ann and Durand streets.

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From left to right, marketing sophomore Alex Buchanan, supply chain management sophomore Nick Kelley, applied engineering sciences sophomore Josh Murray and psychology junior Jake Stone sit in the living room of the new Zeta Beta Tau house on Center Street on Tuesday.

their relatively small size differentiates them from other fraternities.

“What makes us unique really is our small size, so the stuff we do is a little closer together; and that makes it a little more of a personal kind of experience (rather) than just a bunch of people crowding up one place,” Buchanan said. “Our campus is so big and there are so many people, but this is just another way to make it smaller.”

There’s a lot that goes into starting up a fraternity, from finding a house to recruiting members and getting approved by the Interfraternity Council, or IFC. Tony Biallas, president of IFC, said normally a represen-

tative from the national level will play a role in the process, monitoring for months while the fraternity begins.

“It’s not usually just the kids who set it up — there will be field secretaries that come to Michigan State’s campus and restart their fraternities,” Biallas said. “They’ll teach new members the values of the fraternity and how meetings are conducted, depending on whatever fraternity they’re looking to restart.”

Biallas added that before a fraternity becomes an official greek life fraternity, it is considered a colony.

The colony stage is considered the development period, and from there they will apply to become a fraternity, with the

IFC approving or declining the proposal.

L a r ge or s m a l l , Stone believes that he has gained a g reat amount f rom t he experience in helping start up Zeta Beta Tau at MSU. Stone said the process has helped him create relationships with other students across campus and learn how to create a brand for himself.

“It’s helped me make way more connections,” Stone said.

“I met friends that I probably would have never met in the first place. And it’s kind of like a brand — we have to build our own brand and market ourselves. And there are a lot of lessons we’ve all learned from staying organized as a group.”

closed for city crews to repair sewer lines. A portion of the roadway temporarily was closed on Oct. 3.

For additional information, contact the East Lansing Department of Public Works.

Wilder is set to be arraigned Wednesday in Ingham County Circuit Court.

Wilder will face one count of first degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of third degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of assault with intention to commit sexual penetration, one count of gross indecency and three counts of unlawful imprisonment.

He also is being charged as a habitual offender.

At the time of his arrest, Wilder detailed his crimes in a handwritten confession,

which also described his addiction to crack cocaine and sexual fantasy abuse videos.

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Wilder heads to court Wednesday A Vernon, Mich. man implicated in a string of sexual assaults will be arraigned Wednesday morning.

Oswald Scott Wilder Jr., 26, is accused of sexually assaulting four MSU students earlier this year.

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MSU’s Pre-Medical Association, or PMA, is hosting a book donation and blanket-making event Wednesday night in order to benefit underprivileged children in the Lansing area.

From 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 111 in Erikson Hall, PMA will be accepting gentlyused books during its Curl Up and Read event, while members of the organization make blankets to give to homeless and underprivileged children.

In preparation for the event, about 12 members of the organization canvassed MSU’s campus with jars Tuesday, asking for donations.

The organization hoped to raise at least $500 before the event in order to cover the cost of blanket materials, with any additional funds being put towards more books.

Spanish junior Jake Mell donated $5 toward the cause. He said his experience in a study abroad program in Peru helped him realize the importance of providing educational materials to underprivileged groups.

“When I was a child, reading really helped me do better in school,” Mell said. “It kind of opened the door to a new world.”

The organization has been collaborating with Volunteers Of America for the fundraiser and hopes to distribute all the donated items before winter.

The group is tailored to undergraduate students of any major looking to attend medical school after university, helping them with their current classes and preparing them for the standard-

“Reading really helped me do better in school. It kind of opened the door to a new world.”

Jake Mell, Spanish junior

ized medical school entrance exam known as the MCAT, association president and human biology senior Samantha Van Brunt said.

“A lot of students that come in don’t have parents in the medical field, so they don’t know what to expect — they just know they want to become doctors,” Van Brunt said. “We help them figure out what kind of doctor they want to be, and then we help them figure out how to get through the process.”

Psychology senior and PMA volunteer coordinator Joe Lucido said that although academics are important, PMA also works to develop students’ character through events like Curl Up and Read. "[PMA is] focused a lot on the extracurricular stuff that being a doctor entails,” Lucido said.

“Not so much just the GPA and test scores, which most people always hear about. We’re about the person side of you, not just the numbers side of you.”

Nutritional sciences sophomore Marian Catalan stood by the rock on Farm Lane for two and a half hours Tuesday evening asking students to donate.

“When you’re a doctor, you really give a lot of your time away,” Catalan said, who hopes to one day become a pediatrician. ”(Volunteering) gets us used to that idea.”

Van Brunt believes the altruistic aspect of the medical profession is key.

“You should want to be a doctor because you want to help other people,” she said. “To be a doctor, you should be a compassionate person.”

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Alumni create Bar Crawl Bingo as alternative drinking game

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Bar crawls are a fun college tradition, and with the creation of a new app, these adventures can be taken to a whole new level.

Alumni Paul Recchia and Erik Sundberg have created Bar Crawl Bingo, an app that combines the amusement of bar crawls with the gambling game bingo.

Recchia, who developed concept, said users put in the names of select bars, favorite drinks and challenges. The app then mixes up the information into a bingo board with an infinite number of possibilities.

Any number of people can participate and each player will have a unique board with 16 spaces. The objective of the game is to complete a row of bars.

For example, a square on the board might prompt one player to take a shot of tequila at Rick’s American Café, while a different player might have to take a shot at The Riv. The app, available for free on iTunes and Google Play, also features challenges at certain bars, such as getting somebody’s phone number, requesting a song or singing karaoke.

“If you wanted to play (a drinking game) when you were going out, you had to carry dice, or quarters, or cards,” Recchia said. “This allows anyone who goes out to play.”

If a user does not have the proper phone to support the app, they also can open the game on the website, barcrawlbingo.com.

All players need to participate is a user name, the name of the bar crawl and a password. Recchia said the game tracks each of the players and records who wins first place during each crawl.

The duo drew inspiration from their time at MSU to create the game.

Recchia said he and his friends were big fans of drink-

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“We always really felt that drinking games were neglected in the app stores.”

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ing games during their undergraduate years. Recchia graduated in 2010 and Sundberg graduated in 2011.

However, they noticed there were not any apps for drinking games.

“If you go into the app stores and look for apps specifically for drinking games, you get some app that brings up 52 drinking games,” Recchia said. “We always really felt that drinking games were neglected in the app stores.”

After coming up with a concept, Recchia and Sundberg, the developer and graphic designer, began working on the app a year ago.

“The biggest thing (in designing it was) how the usability (was) in terms of people who were going to be drinking, and how to make it very easy for them to use,” Sundberg said.

While the app will not be officially launched until Friday, it already has 30 downloads as of Tuesday, and Sundberg has received positive feedback.

Taylor Hughes, an advertising junior, said she would definitely download the app.

“I think it sounds fun,” Hughes said. “I love bar crawls.”

Recchia said while no official plans have been made yet, they want to launch the app by holding a bar crawl of their own in East Lansing.

“Anyone can play that game,” Recchia said, who is hoping that he or Sundberg gets the top score when they play Bar Crawl Bingo in East Lansing.

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Members of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority are manicuring a new type of fundraiser to raise awareness about domestic violence — selling nail polish.

During October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Sigma Delta Tau is partnering with Jewish Women International, or JWI, in a national campaign to sell a $10 special edition Girls Achieve Grapeness!

OPI nail polish. The polish is purple-colored, which signifies domestic violence awareness.

At MSU, Sigma Delta Tau’s Beta Beta chapter already has sold about 60 bottles of the polish as of Monday, and the

goal is 124, said Sigma Delta Tau philanthropy chair Aubrey Catrone.

The sorority sold the bottles and handed out f lyers about domestic violence awareness in Wells Hall this week.

Online orders can also be placed through the sorority’s Facebook group.

OPI created the unique nail color and shipped about 8,500 bottles across the country to 75 Sigma Delta Tau chapters.

All the money is going to JWI and the organization’s efforts to stop domestic v iolence against women and children, Debbie Snyder, executive director of Sigma Delta Tau, said.

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The men’s soccer team had a good week last week, to say the least.

MSU (7-1-1 overall, 1-0-0 Big Ten) went on the road and beat University of Illinois-Chicago 2-0 to earn their sixth shutout of the season last Tuesday. Shortly after, the Spartans upset No. 5 Northwestern 3-2 in double overtime on the Wildcats’ home turf Sunday afternoon.

With nearly a week before t he Spar tans’ next tilt against Ohio State at 1 p.m.

Sunday at DeMartin Stadium, the team has some time to recover.

It was the third straight game between the Wildcats and Spartans that went to overtime, and the first win in Evanston, Ill. for MSU since 2001.

The win on Sunday catapulted MSU to No. 1 in the NCAA RPI, and head coach Damon Rensing said the team is focusing on what got them to where they are.

“We put the Northwestern game behind us,” Rensing said. “It was a good win.

It’s just an RPI ranking, but we’ve got just as hard a schedule the last eight games of the year. We’re not too worried about where we are right now, but where we finish.”

Junior for ward Adam Montague was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after scoring gamewinning goals in both games in Chicago. He was also a member of the College Soccer News Team of the Week.

Montague leads the team in shots this season, and his mark of 3.78 shots per game is the best in the Big Ten. The break will also help the healing of senior defender Kevin Cope, who was ranked No. 22 on topdrawersoccer.com’s preseason Top 100 to Watch, after missing the last five games with an injury.

Cope played the entire game against Northwestern, and Rensing said being able to push junior midfielder Fatai Alashe, who was filling in for Cope on the back line, back to his original position helped to defeat Northwestern.

“I wouldn’t say he’s a hundred percent, but he’s well enough to play full games, and that’s huge,” he said.

“He knows what Big Ten games are like. There’s always a little more intensity in those Big Ten games.”

The Spartans sit atop the RPI ranking for the first time in program history.

Rensing said the target isn’t on their back yet, but people are starting to take notice of MSU; and when it comes to the Big Ten, anything can happen.

“These Big Ten games will be a battle, no matter what the RPI or ranking is of anybody,” he said. “Certainly, we want to have that RPI ranking at the end of the season when the NCAA selection comes around, but we’ve got a lot of soccer to be played.”

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For what seemed like the first time all season, head coach Mark Dantonio’s press conference at Spartan Stadium was not dominated by questions about MSU’s offense.

Instead, the discussion centered around the intriguing match-up between the Spartans’ No. 1-ranked defense and Indiana’s high-octane offense this Saturday in Spartan Stadium’s 500th game.

The Hoosiers (3-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) will offer a different challenge from what MSU (4-1, 1-0) has seen so far this season with their up-tempo spread attack. Averaging 44.4 points and 535 yards per game, Indiana has one of the conference’s most lethal offenses under third-year coach Kevin Wilson, previously the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma.

“They’re moving the ball down the field very quickly, and it only takes about three or four plays of you being tired and not being able to match up, or not playing sound football, or being lazy and bad things can happen,” said Dantonio, who is 4-0 against Indiana.

“So that’s the challenge for our football team.”

Fortunately for MSU, its defense is playing as well as any unit in the nation. The Spartans lead the NCAA in total defense, rushing defense, pass efficiency

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Heading into the season, Courtney Clem was the No. 1 goalkeeper for the MSU women’s soccer team.

With just six games remaining on the schedule and an important Big Ten match against Ohio State on Saturday, the junior goalkeeper will be competing in practice this week to keep the top spot with sophomore goalkeeper Gabrielle Gauruder.

Two weeks ago against Minnesota, Clem had what head coach Tom Saxton said was her best game of her career. The Spartans won, 3-0, and Clem made 12 saves, including numerous big stops to pick up her sixth career shutout en route to MSU’s first Big Ten win.

Two days later, however, Clem gave up two goals against Wisconsin. Clem had another rough outing against archrival Michigan giving up two quick goals in the first 15 minutes of the game.

She lasted less than 25 minutes before Saxton replaced Clem in favor of Gauruder. “(Courtney Clem) is a fine keeper and she had a great game against Minnesota,” Saxton said, following the 2-1 loss to Michigan.

“Unfortunately she had … what I would call tough plays the last two games in a row, and Gabby (Gauruder) has become a lot better keeper in the past year.”

MSU then traveled to Iowa on Sunday and Saxton decided it was time to give Gauruder a

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The MSU volleyball team is off to a perfect 4-0 start in Big Ten play, the program’s best start since 1996.

On Saturday, the volleyball team will face the other undefeated Big Ten volleyball team, No. 9 Nebraska.

Nebraska has long been one of volleyball’s most acclaimed programs, winning championships in 1995, 2000 and 2006 and making it to at least one Final Four eight times in the last decade.

MSU hasn’t had the same recent success, but Saturday’s matchup will give the Spartans yet another opportunity to prove themselves as an elite team.

Head coach Cathy George weighed the challenge of the upcoming weekend at her press conference on Tuesday.

“Nebraska ... is undefeated and has had a storied program since I was a kid, which was many moons ago,” George said. “It’s been a very good program over the years.”

Before playing Nebraska, MSU will play unranked Iowa on Friday.

Iowa currently stands 0-4 in Big Ten play, but took No. 11 Minnesota to five sets last weekend. They also run a 6-2 system, which has six attackers on offense.

George described Iowa as a fiesty team, and their play style will stress MSU’s defense.

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Freshman middle blocker Allyssah Fitterer, left, junior libero Kori Moster, center, and outside hitter Jazmine White, right, congratulate each other and their teammates on a play Oct. 5, at Jenison Field House. MSU beat Northwestern, 3-0.

“(Nebraska is) a fiesty team and they play really hard. They force you to be patient and to be strong...”

Cathy George, head coach

“We’re going to make sure our block does what it needs to do and get set up,” George said.

“They are a fiesty team and they play really hard. They force you to be patient and to be strong and to be disciplined throughout your game.”

A week after playing her younger sister McKenna, senior outside hitter Kristen Kelsay will see another familiar face on Nebraska’s team: her high school teammate, senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson.

Robinson is the reigning Sports Imports/AVCA Division I National Player of the Week after posting a monstrous 29 kills, 22

digs and five blocks against Wisconsin last week.

She also shares Co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors with senior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski, who, ironically, was last week’s National Player of the Week.

Saturday’s MSU-Nebraska game is shaping up to be a showdown, and George said MSU will have their work cut out for them.

“Of course, we have homecoming on Saturday night, but also turn around and have that big matchup that evening at 7 p.m.,” George said. “Looking forward to this weekend, it’s going to be a fun one.”

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defense and third-down conversion defense. They also check in at No. 2 in first downs allowed and No. 8 in passing defense.

Six defenders that started against the Hoosiers in last year’s 31-27 win for MSU, which Dantonio noted as a positive for combating Indiana’s fast-paced philosophy. On that day, 282 of Indiana’s 317 total yards came through the air.

“One thing that we do have, we have the experience at working against it from last year so our players know that it is real, that they’re not going to blink when they’re running a play at you every 10 seconds,” he said. “So that simulates that aspect of it, but then the attention to detail and the technique that you use has to be consistent.”

Dantonio also directed a message toward fans for the Homecoming matchup: the louder the better. Indiana’s style heavily relies on making calls quickly at the line of scrimmage, and that becomes more challenging as the decibels rise.

“If you’re sitting back and watching this week, I would say that’s probably a negative and that’s not helping,” he said. “We need to get those guys, get our people moving in that direction as well.

“Pack this place and make it loud. (It) should be an exciting atmosphere, (noon) kick game, so get to bed early. I don’t know if that’s possible for our youth of today, but get up early.”

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Iowa got off 23 shots, and Gauruder made a career-high 11 saves in a physical match against a hard-nosed Hawkeye team. Earlier in the year, Gauruder started three games when Clem was out because of a concussion. Gauruder filled in and led MSU to three consecutive wins before Clem came back for Iowa.

Both players also said having both goalkeepers competing for the top spot helps out the team. Clem said heading into Ohio State, the team and both keepers need to keep improving if the Spartans want to achieve their goal of reaching the Big Ten Tournament.

“Competition makes you fight harder,” Clem said. “We have to be resilient, and that’s one of the things we wear on our backs every day.”

To date, Gauruder currently has the edge in multiple statistical categories, but has only played half the amount of minutes than Clem. Gauruder has a save percentage of 87 percent compared to Clem’s 82 percent.

Junior goalkeeper Courtney Clem kicks the ball back into play during the game against Wisconsin Sept.

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Gauruder also has an .87 goals against average compared to Clem’s 1.11 goals against average.

Though Saxton said this week of practice will determine who will start for Ohio State, he said having two capable goalies with game experience is a positive.

“We do have two really good

goalies with different strengths and weaknesses,” Saxton said.

“Courtney has a little more experience in overall game management, and I think she has an edge in the air game. Gabby can be a little quicker on shot stopping.”

Sophomore forward Allyson Krause said despite the midsea-

son goalkeeper battle, the team knows having two goalkeepers can help the team when one of them has an off day.

“It’s definitely a great feeling just because one can step up for the team, (and) obviously, the other one can step up for the team when needed,” Krause said.