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Michigan State University’s independent voice

Affirmative action up for debate By Michael Gerstein and April Jones mgerstein@statenews.com and ajones@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

WASHINGTON— MSU will take center stage in the polarized national debate over race-inclusive admis-

was approved by voters in 2006. Affirmative action advocates will present evidence that race-inclusive policies are effective ways to achieve a diverse student body. Both MSU and the University of Michigan are named in the case because of their proximity to the issue. MSU

sions Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments regarding Michigan’s ban on affirmative action policies in university admissions. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is challenging a lower court’s decision to overturn a statewide ban on affirmative action, which

officials acknowledge there has been a drop in minority enrollment since the ban took effect, although they have been reluctant to come out publicly in favor of race-inclusive policies. Another pillar of the case surrounds constitutionally-protected participation in the political

Michigan case to go before Supreme Court in Washington, DC Today

process. Pro-affirmative action advocates argue the ban marginalizes minority groups by making it harder for them to challenge university policy. For virtually all other adminissions changes, citizens are allowed to petition the university directly. Legal experts say the outcome likely will be anoth-

er landmark precedent in the affirmative action battle. In 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declared the ban unconstitutional on the grounds that it restructured the state’s political process and See POLITICS on page 2 u

tracking affirmative action The state of Michigan has played a key role in cases recently The Supreme Court ruled that the University of Michigan Law School consideration of race during the admissions process unconstitutional. They upheld affirmative action in instances where it was seemed necessary for creating a diverse student body.

Michigan voters approved a ban on affirmative action at the state’s public colleges, despite opposition to the ban from those in-state.

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The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Michigan law unconstitutional because it restricted the political process and put minorities under burdens on minority students applying at universities and colleges.

University data shows black enrollment dropped by about 17 percent at the university since Michigan’s ban on affirmative action.

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The Supreme Court is preparing for Michigan’s case. The court will hear oral arguments from both sides. Experts don’t expect a decision for months.

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officials to provide cash for student INITIATIVES

Closing arguments over, jury deliberations start in trial

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The Office of Campus Sustainability is looking to fund student projects that could promote a greener campus. The Be Spartan Green Student Project Fund offers students up to $5,000 to develop a project that would improve campus sustainability. Interested students can fill out an application and plan out a budget. If awarded f u nds, they would pursue the project under the supervision of a faculty or staff member. “This program is an effort to continue encouraging student engagement and exploration in sustainability research, on campus and Lisa Debeyond,” sprez, Campus Campus Sustainabil- Sustainability Director ity Jennifer Battle said in a statement. This is the program’s second year, said Campus Sustainability Administrative Assistant Lisa Desprez. “Last year, we funded 16 projects for about $70,000,” Desprez said. “We also helped the MSU chapter of the U.S. Green Buildings Council go to their annual conference.” The fund is open to supervised-individual students, registered student organizations and MSU academic units. The Office of Campus Sustainability keeps up with the projects by requiring presentations, she said.

“ “Last year, we funded 16 projects for about $70,000. We also helped (groups).”

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Judge Clinton Canady III confers with Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor John Dewane and defense attorney Chris Bergstrom during the trial of Connor McCowan Monday at Ingham County Circuit Court in Lansing.

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One side believes Okemos resident Connor McCowan stabbed and killed MSU student Andrew Singler to protect his own life. The other maintains the 19-year-old had plenty of chances to run away, go home or diffuse the situation, but chose not to out of intent to harm Singler. This week, the jur y will

decide who to believe. Both defense attorney Chris Bergstrom and Ingham Count y Deput y Chief A ssistant Prosecutor John Dewane gave their closing arguments for McCowan’s murder trial Monday in Ingham County Circuit Court. The jury began its deliberations and will decide whether McCowan is guilty of first-degree murder, seconddegree murder or voluntary manslaughter. McCowan was charged with

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Connor McCowan watches his former high school athletic trainer testify during his trial as a character witness Monday at Ingham County Circuit Court House in Lansing.

open murder after a text messaging argument regarding how Singler was treating his girlfriend, McCowan’s sister Shay McCowan, turned into a struggle the morning of Feb. 23. The two fought in the door-

way of Singler’s apartment in Meridian Township, with testimony showing Singler threw the first punch. Singler later died of multiple stab wounds to his chest and arm. Dewane said a gray area lies between Singler’s actions and

McCowan’s retaliation. “ T he defenda nt doesn’t deny he used his knife to kill Andrew Singler,” Dewane said to the jury Monday. “He doesn’t deny Andrew died as a result of

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Simon to receive honorary doctorate degree from Michigan By Justine McGuire jmcguire@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon is expected to receive an honorary degree of laws in December from academic and athletic rival, the University of Michigan. Simon and MSU University Relations did not have a comment in time for print, largely because Simon is visiting Ireland. A c c or d i ng to t he U -M announcement, Simon will be honored because she “has expanded MSU’s reach in the state and around the world by focusing the university’s strengths on solutions that

enhance and protect quality of life.”

Simon is being honored for her commitment to innovation and bolstering research, among other things She became MSU’s 20th president in 2005, after serving the university in several capacities, including assistant provost for general academic administration, associate provost, and provost and vice president for academic affairs. In addition to her presidency at MSU, Simon serves as

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MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon discusses issues and topics surrounding the university with members of The State News on Sept. 19. Khoa Nguyen/ The State News

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State News blog roll Women’s tennis The MSU women’s tennis team participated in the ITA Midwest Regional Championship in Ann Arbor during the weekend, but the Spartans were knocked out early in the six-day tournament. Senior Marina Bohrer received a first-round bye, but lost in the second round of the singles tournament. Bohrer was the last hope for the women’s tennis team as sophomore Emily Meyers, freshman Athena Trouillot and senior Olga Chernova all lost in the singles qualifying round Thursday. As a doubles pair, Meyers and junior Julianne Gruber lost in the second round of the doubles tournament. Trouillot and Bohrer also lost in the second round of the doubles tournament on Friday. The Spartans will return on Oct. 26 to East Lansing when they will host the Green and White Invitational.

Women’s golf The MSU women’s golf team tied at 13th place at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., over the weekend. Two players finished top-20. DEREK BLALOCK AND OLIVIA DIMMER

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Some of the projects include using funding to develop a walking tour of campus, complete with signage from page one

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MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon addresses the board as Steering Committee Chairwoman Sue Carter looks on Sept. 10 in the board room of the Administration Building. Simon is receiving an honorary degree from the University of Michigan .

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President’s accomplishments span decades at university and in conference from page one

the chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Executive Committee,

a position she was elected to in August 2012 — her term will end in August 2014 . She also is on the board of directors of the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and of the Business Leaders for Michigan. Simon graduated from MSU with a doctoral degree in philosophy, administration and higher education in 1974 and has worked at the university ever since.

Her vision for the university has centered on expanding MSU’s global reach and research presence. U-M’s Honorary Degree Committee, which recommended that Simon receive the recognition, includes the university’s president, Mary Sue Coleman. Simon is one of five expected to receive an honorary degree. T he deg rees a re pendi ng approval by the U-M Board of Regents at its meeting Friday.

“There’s a variety of projects, some completed, some still ongoing,” Desprez said. “We’ve funded a more sustainable pathway for stormwater and a project for going green on game days, for example.” One project that received funds last spring was a composting effort from fisheries and wildlife sophomore Liz Brajevich. “We get prep waste from Brody cafeteria — fruit and vegetable scraps and coffee grounds,” Brajevich explained. “Then we feed the scraps to worms in the Bailey Hoophouse. We’ve got 10,000 red wiggler worms that break down waste for compost.” So far, more than 600 pounds of food waste has been composted, and the project still is going strong, Brajevich said. She also has used some of her

funding for promotional materials to raise student awareness about the project. “We’ve only used about half the funds, and we eventually hope the project will be economically self-sufficient,” she said. “We can hopefully sell worm castings as fertilizer to continue to support the project.” Hor t ic u lt u re g raduate research assistant James Coletta helped use funding to develop a walkable campus tour with interpretive signs providing information about the different ways MSU works to improve water quality for the Red Cedar River. “The signs have information that’s accessible to a wide audience, as to educate students, the surrounding community and visitors to campus,” Coletta said in an email. The end product will be an online map, brochures and signage at seven locations on campus. The brochures and websites are completed, and the signs are in their final edits. Once completed, they’ll be printed and installed by the end of October, Coletta said. The Office of Campus Sustainability only has received two applications for this academic year.

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placed burdens on underrepresented minorities. Schuette challenged the federal court’s ruling, and the Supreme Court agreed to review the case. A decision might not be made until spring 2014, but experts already are speculating on the outcome. “One of two things is going to happen,” said Philip Pucillo, a legal scholar and lecturer at MSU. “If the provision is constitutional, things go back to the way they were in Michigan before the Court of Appeals ruling that made it unconstitutional … The other possibility is the Supreme Court decides the provision is unconstitutional.” If it’s the latter, Michigan colleges and universities could consider race in the admissions process, just like every other higher educational institution in the country, Pucillo said.

“One of two things is going to happen. If the provision is constitutional, things go back to the way they were in Michigan before.” Philp Pucilo, MSU legal scholar

Back on campus Since Proposal 2 passed seven years ago, MSU’s enrollment for black freshmen dropped by roughly 16 percent, according to university data. A report from the American Civil Liberties Union showed overall enrollment at Michigan universities grew by 10 percent during those same years. Most universities in the state have acknowledged a “chilling effect” on minority enrollment after the 2006 ban, said Paulette Granberry Russell, senior advisor to the president for diversity and director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives at MSU. Granberry Russell said state universities have seen declines in minority enrollment, especially MSU and U-M. The university is limited to using race-neutral alternatives in trying to create a diverse student body, unless the Supreme Court upholds the U.S. Court of Appeals decision. To create diversity on campus, university officials have to use barometers such as geographic location — in the form of heavy recruiting

from an area like Detroit — or using socioeconomic status. That way, the university still can work towards its goals, Granberry Russell said. Granberry Russell said there’s not enough evidence to confirm whether raceneutral admissions alternatives are as effective as simply using affirmative action. A brief submitted by U-M and MSU addressed similar concerns. Among other issues, the brief asks the court to disregard the state’s argument for race-neutral policies. Schuette’s brief argues race-neutral alternatives are just as effective, and using race as even one factor among many in the admissions process is discrimination. The university has not publicly taken a stance on the use of affirmative action, but maintains inclusion as one of its core values.

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multiple stab wounds. Those facts are not disputed … the only issue that needs to be decided is what occurred in that 15 to 20 seconds in between.” To be convicted of firstdegree murder, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Clinton Canady III said the jury must judge whether McCowan devoted “real and substantial reflection” to his decision to stab Singler. A second-degree murder verdict would show McCowan intended to inflict harm on Singler but did not premeditate his murder. Voluntary manslaughter would reflect a “crime of passion.” In the t wo years Singler dated Shay McCowan, he and Connor McCowan forged a bond of brotherly proportions. Connor McCowan testified last week that he looked up to Singler as a role model, but often mediated between Singler and his sister when the cou-

which black enrollment at the university dropped since the ban on affirmative action in 2006.

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Students speak up Some students, including Black Student Alliance President Tyler Clifford, believe the decline in black student enrollment is directly related to the ban on affirma-

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tive action. Clifford said the black population at Michigan universities will continue to decline if poorlyperforming, inner-city high schools aren’t a focus in university recruitment efforts. “America preaches it was founded on equality,” Clifford said. “This is not reality.” Clifford said until universities can maintain the same level of diversity using only race-neutral alternatives, affirmative action still is necessary. But other students feel differently. MSU College Republicans said they don’t support the idea of ffirmative action, firmly standing with Schuette, said Will Staal, the group’s president. Keep checking The State News for more coverage.

ple fought. Because of their close relationship, Bergstrom said it does not make sense for Connor McCowan to possess the intent to kill Singler. “Andrew became Connor’s big brother,” Bergstrom said Monday. “It just simply defies common sense with what we k now about relationships, where the little brother is going to go over and kill his big brother.” Throughout the trial, the defense has depicted Connor McCowan as a victim of Singler’s attack, who reacted out of self-defense. He testified last week that Singler punched him two to three times before he struck back, causing a struggle between the two. A cluster of small bruises on Singler’s neck show the two came to blows before Singler was stabbed. But Dewane said McCowan’s minor injuries — a bruise above his left eyebrow — did not warrant stabbing Singler. “If anyone has a self defense claim, it’s Andrew Singler, when (Connor) shows up to his apartment with a knife,” Dewane said. “Andrew may have expected a fistfight — he didn’t expect the defendant to be there armed with a knife.” McCowan potentially could face life in prison. Staff reporter Simon Schuster contributed to this report.

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ven though East Lansing City Council candidate Susan Woods has lived all over the world, she decided a long time ago to make Spartan territory her permanent home. A 1975 graduate of the University of California at Berkley, Woods previously has lived in Spain, Austria, Boston, Washington D.C. and San Francisco. After her husband got a job at MSU in the early 1990s, Woods and her family moved to the city’s Bailey neighborhood and have remained ever since. Woods made a career in television, film production and writing screen plays. She worked for two major film festivals in Northern California before she began the East Lansing Film Festival in 1997. Woods recently sat down with The State News to discuss her candidacy. Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment of a semiweekly series profiling East Lansing City Council candidates prior to the Nov. 5 election. The State News: What are your plans for the Park District project? Susan Woods: ”It’s one of the reasons I want to be on city council. I want to make sure the Park District goes forward in a comprehensive and thorough manner. I think that the city has become sensitive to the need for the citizens

to have a voice in its development. With all the different input they have created, I think they are doing a very good job. I just want to make sure that is continued.” SN: How do you envision the bar scene downtown? SW: “There’s no real estate for another bar. It’s a problem. It is a real issue with East Lansing. ... I think there are enough bars in East Lansing to satisfy the student population, so, therefore, this moratorium is really just another way of ensuring or to discourage new businesses coming, because it would be impossible to get another liquor license. We’re talking about a very dense area of bars and restaurants, and I just think it is a reasonable moratorium.” SN: What are some problems you have noticed with East Lansing? SW: “I believe East Lansing is now at a tipping point. There is a whole new generation of young adults and young families coming in, and that, coupled with the young students that live here, makes me believe that we should make the town a little more dynamic. I think it is going to become denser; I think there will be more people moving into East Lansing as opposed to going out to the suburbs. ... I want to find different ways of developing downtown and making East Lansing cooler — maybe lessening restrictions that are sometimes put on small businesses, and not only make it attractive for students, but also for students who want to stay in East Lansing after graduation.” SN: How do you hope to bridge the gap between the city of East Lansing and MSU students? SW: “In terms of housing, I don’t think there is a need to bridge the gap. I think you should keep the students together. They want to be in the same area; create a density that’s closer to campus. What I would like is for the students to be a part of East Lansing, not just temporary residents. We enjoy that the students are kept in one area because we have less noise.”

A bill aimed at getting more students engaged with the undergraduate student government’s work could pass at ASMSU’s Thursday meeting. If passed, the bill would require ASMSU to start posting bills passed during committee meetings on its website one week prior to the organization’s general assembly meeting. ASMSU representative and public policy sophomore Evan Schrage introduced the bill because he felt students have not been sufficiently informed about the legislation being discussed by the organization. Schrage, who recently made public a video of professor William Penn’s antiRepublican rant, said it is important for students to view the bills before they are passed during the general assembly meetings so they have enough time to reach out to the organization with comments concerning the bill. Bills such as the organization’s recent bike share initiative are introduced during the committee meetings and if passed, will be presented at the next general assembly meeting. Committee and general assembly meetings rotate every other week, with the bill not going into effect until after it has been passed by the general assembly. “Adding the general assembly meeting agendas and leg-

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islation up for discussion has been an ongoing conversation, especially because we have been in the process of reworking our ASMSU website,” said ASMSU Vice President for Internal Administration Teresa Bitner. Bitner said the hope is that students would engage in more conversation with their ASMSU representatives and come to the meetings to express their opinions. Sc h r age sa id st udent s shouldn’t be concerned about last-minute resolutions added to the general assembly agendas, since they need to be sent to committee to be approved, and then sent back to the general assembly for a vote. “We want people to come talk to us about what they want,” Schrage said, adding that many students came to the last general assembly meeting on Oct. 3 to comment about the bike share pilot program after hearing about it through various oncampus media outlets. “Students don’t know what we’re doing unless they see it,” ASMSU representative and political science junior Matt Bedard said. French sophomore Caroline Rysenga said by having easy access to the bills, students would be able to know more about what is happening on-campus and what their student government is discussing. Schrage said the decision would be a great step in opening up to students and being more transparent with them. ASMSU’s meetings are conducted Thursday evenings in the Student Services Building.

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Members of the East Lansing community had an opportunity to get a glimpse at the “bigger picture” of what’s to come Monday evening during an event geared at advancing city goals 20 years into the future. Monday evening marked the beginning of the city’s Bigger Picture Plan and Design Week, which helped kick off the city’s public portion of its comprehensive plan. A comprehensive plan is a broad-based policy document for the physical, economic and social development of the city.

Monday’s event was the first of several gatherings making up Bigger Picture Plan and Design Week Almost 200 city officials, MSU students and permanent residents attended the kickoff. The evening began with a social hour, giving those in attendance a chance to mingle with city council members and members of the steering committees, or groups charged with turning the community’s goals into feasible realities. Topics discussed included housing, education, civic participation and community development. A handful of MSU students showed up for the event to bring forward their opinions on what should happen in East

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East Lansing resident Irene Cahill puts her marks on a map Monday at the Bigger Picture Comprehensive Plan meeting at the Hannah Community Center.

Lansing’s future. “I really just hope that the public gets involved, that every voice is heard,” dietetics senior Emily Hazel said. “These things affect both MSU and East Lansing. I want to get involved, even if these changes take place a few years down the line.” Trace Camacho, the assistant director of MSU’s Department of Student Life, said he hopes the comprehensive planning events would get MSU more involved with the city. “I want to hear the voices of the residents and of the stu-

dents,” he said. “Hopefully, the students and residents will become more engaged with the city of East Lansing.” All of the various goals and aspirations discussed during the event will be woven into one final comprehensive plan document, a process that is scheduled to take around 18 months. “The committees work on the goals, help refine them and turn them into a draft,” said Tim Dempsey, the city’s Planning, Building and Development director. “That draft is presented to the public, we

gather their comments and the final draft goes to (the Planning Commission) and City Council.” The event was open to multiple issues and aspects of the city, giving guests a chance to chime in on whatever was the most important to them. “This is a shared vision of the future of East Lansing,” Mayor Pro Tem Nathan Triplett said. “We’re hoping to touch on something for everyone here.” For more information on Bigger Picture Plan and Design Week, visit the city’s comprehensive plan website.

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students’ will shown in multicultural center EDITORIAL BOARD Ian Kullgren editor in chief Summer Ballentine opinion editor Celeste Bott staff representative Anya Rath minority representative Micaela Colonna staff reporter

t’s been two years since a string of racial slurs defaced campus.

Students broke into outrage when racial slurs were written on the white board of a black student’s door in West Akers Hall and on a wall in Armstrong Hall, followed by the discovery of a black doll hanging by its neck in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building. In response, the MSU’s Black Student Alliance brought a list of demands to MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon to address racism, including building a free-standing multicultural center. In two years, what was known as the Multicultural Center has been revamped, moved from its 14-year home in the basement of the Union and renamed the Mosaic Multicultural Unity

Center thanks to the efforts of the BSA and other student organizations including the Council of Progressive Students, or COPS; the Council of Racial and Ethnic Students, or CORES; and Culturas de las Razas Unidas. We still have work to do to make campus a more welcoming place for everyone, but the new center is a testament to how positive change can happen if students advocate for themselves and fight to make MSU a better place. And if the center is used properly, hopefully it will do just that. The center is a resource for everyone, not just multicultural groups, to come together and share ideas in a healthy space. Different organizations can use the center to collaborate. Anyone — not just multicultural groups — can rent out rooms at the center. The new theater presents an opportunity to bring individuals together who might not directly be involved in any multicultural groups. Study spaces give students a chance to sit with people who might think, look or act differently. Instead of holing up in bed or hiding in a favorite nook at the Main Library, take advantage of this resource and study at the center. By design, it’s intended to be a place to interact with people from diverse backgrounds in a safe and engaging way.

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So now the cenRead the rest online at ter is in the public’s statenews.com/blog. eye and not shoved in a basement, use it. Don’t let it go to waste. Not only is the center an opportunity to embrace diversity on campus, hopefully it will inspire others to stand up for student needs. It’s a blessing that something good came from something so disgusting, but it did not come improvement. easily. At the time of the meeting between Simon and The BSA was less-than-polite when members the BSA, the chances of creating a free-standing met with Simon and urged her to build a free- multicultural center might have seemed dim. standing multicultural center on campus. But those students, and others, kept pushing. “You keep throwing around the word ‘recIn the end, students were able to communiommendation,’” then-BSA Vice President Sil- cate with architects about how to design the ver Moore said to Simon during the meeting. space to most effectively meet their needs, Resi“These are not recommendations or suggestions. dence Halls Association Director of Racial, EthIf they were suggestions we would put them in nic, and Progressive Affairs Travis Lunsford said a suggestion box. These are demands.” in a previous interview with The State News. We’re not advocating for tense arguments We didn’t get a separate building, but we between students and administrators, but MSU might have gotten something better: a fresh needs more students and organization who truly space built from student input in a main cambelieve in making campus better and are will- pus hub. ing to fight for that. This is proof for anyone who doubts whethThis is our campus, and we have a right er students can play a role in shaping the face to be heard if we think something needs of campus.

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adies and gentlemen, I am a 24-year-old male with a college degree. Therefore, I have done a lot of dumb things, and that’s why I’m writing you today.

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“An honors student from Massachusetts was punished for doing the right thing: helping out a friend in need. Two weeks ago, Erin Cox received a call from a friend at a house party who was too intoxicated to drive home. She then decided to drive to the house to pick up her friend.”

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“State bill to keep bars open until 4 a.m. steps too far” This editorial board gets intellectually weaker and weaker as the years go on. They make a basic blunder in their assessment by confusion causation with correlation. Bars being open does not cause excessive drinking, there is only a correlation. If a student is old enough to get into a bar then he/she is old enough to keep booze in the house and continue to drink long after the bars close. The cause of this is the student. (comment continued online) Matt, Oct. 14

I come from a city that is open until 4am and we don’t stay out any longer than people do in East Lansing, we just go out much later. While I see people heading out around 9 or 10pm here, I wouldn’t go out before midnight back home. Then again, we also have drive thru liquor stores and bars that open at 6am. 123, Oct. 14

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Employers don’t want to see a 2.5, so don’t do that, but the difference between a GPA of 3.3 and a 3.6 is pretty inconsequential. Lesson here? Don’t freak out about a 3.0 in one class when you were expecting a 3.5. It literally will make zero impact on your life. It’s interesting to be back on a Tip No. 3: Don’t join a fraternicol lege c a mpus, ty or sorority. guest columnist and it gives me a OK this one’s going sort of gentle solto make a lot of peoace. I see underple mad. I actually classmen talking don’t have anything with friends and against people who riding bikes along go greek, I just don’t literal green pashave time to learn tures w ith their another alphabet. na ïve, obl iv ious Tip No. 4: Be smiles; blissfully nice to everyone. Greg Monahan unaware of the desThis seems more gmonahan@statenews.com olate and impoverwarm-hearted than ished lives they and their cohorts I meant it to be, so keep reading, will lead in just a few inconceivably because my motives are decidedly quick years. impure. The takeaway here is even I was once an 18-year-old fresh- the most miserable man who thought he knew every- people can bail you thing in the world. I didn’t, but now, out later. Example: I six years later, I have pretty much really didn’t like my developed into the old wise man roommate my senior of college. year of undergrad. Think of me as Dumbledore, P r o b a b l y b e c au s e except without the ZZ Top beard he — no joke — left and wizardry. his toenail clippings ...campus I graduated with a communica- on our coffee table tions degree from a liberal arts col- on more t han one parking lege, so thus my opinion should be occasion. cops regarded as irrefutable and inconI a ssu me it ’s pinpoint trovertible fact. And if you took this because of my Irish paragraph seriously, this is going heritage that I was failed to be a rough time for both of us. able to bottle up my Now that I’ve made it through disdain for his every- meters college life, I’ve developed a few day demeanor, but I with the pointers to get you through your was civil toward him precision own. If you listen to me, some- because I knew we had day you too can be a struggling to live the entire year of a bald 20-something who just moved out separated by just six eage of his parent’s house and is prepar- inches of drywall. ing to take on more crushing stuThen, at the end of hunting dent loans. Dream big. the year, surprise! He a field Tip No. 1: Skipping class? Not gave me his gas grill mouse.” as bad as professors make it and leather recliner seem. when our lease was up This doesn’t really apply to me because he “didn’t feel like moving anymore because I’m in grad school them.” Worth it. and my classes have like six peoTip No. 5: Budget for parking ple in them, so professors notice tickets. my absence. But skipping class is Am I right? I have already accepted almost a rite of passage, especial- the fact that I will be paying tuition ly if you have a fun reason. I will twice: once the normal way, and be skipping class if the Tigers make again because campus parking cops the World Series. But I knew people pinpoint failed meters with the prein undergrad that made it their goal cision of a bald eagle hunting a field to never miss a single class through- mouse. out college. Well, unless you don’t have a car. Tip No. 2: Worrying about If that’s the case then way to be, Capyour GPA? That’s silly. tain America. Ever heard a graduate say their Greg Monahan is a journalcollege GPA never really mattered? They’re not lying to you. Unless ism graduate student. Reach you’re applying to medical school him at monaha32@msu.edu. or something, having a good undergrad GPA is about as useful as half of a Frisbee. But before these first two tips make this column seem like an assault on the institution of higher education, let me explain that a bad GPA can indeed hurt you.

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Duo continues strong chemistry on MSU ice Freshmen forwards Mackenzie MacEachern, left, and Thomas Ebbing, right, skate down the ice towards the Western Ontario net during the game Oct. 9, at Munn Ice Arena. The Spartans defeated the Mustangs, 4-1.

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Spartans down, but definitely not out

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Thomas Ebbing and Mackenzie MacEachern have been friends for years. Both hail from Troy, Mich., and played hockey at Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. as well as the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League. This season, the freshman forwards have returned to the ice as a duo, this time for the MSU hockey team.

After knowing each other for 19 years, Ebbing and MacEachern continue bond as forwards at MSU “I joke all the time because we were recruiting Mackenzie MacEachern, and he was a darned good player,” head coac h Tom A na stos sa id. “Every time I go to watch him, Thomas Ebbing always played better. I don’t think I’ve told those guys yet but that’s how

“We’ve known each other for 19 years, and if we have a problem, we can see it. Not just outside the rink, but in the rink as well. We’re just there for each other.” Mackenzie MacEachern, freshman forward

it developed later where we actually had Mac committed and then eventually Thomas evolved at a later time.” E bbi n g o r i g i n a l l y w a s committed to play at Bowling Green, but decided he would look better in green and white than brown and orange. He said even though the scouts were there to see his friend, it was always in the back of his head that he could make an impression. “When I saw he committed there, it was great, and I was happy for him,” Ebbing said. “I took a different route than him, being previously committed to a different school and then decommitting. Then later on getting talked to by Anastos and the other coaching staff. It’s a dream for me, so it was an easy decision.”

Ebbing scored 16 goals and had 11 assists in 60 games in Chicago, while MacEachern netted 8 goals and 13 assists in 50 games for the Steel. Anastos said both can cont r ibute to t he shoot f irst mentality he’s been preaching to the Spartans this season. “Thomas Ebbing is a playmaker,” Anastos said. “He’s got a bright future. When you look at Mackenzie MacEachern, a big strong guy for his age. “He’s got a nice scoring touch, he’s got good hands, he can see the ice well (and) he can get up and down the ice. That’s a skill set we need on our team.” In the first game of the season, a 4-1 exhibition win aga i n st Wester n Onta r io, Ebbing and MacEachern were on the same line and contrib-

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uted a combined total of five shots to the attack. MacEachern said he and Ebbing are very close with the other freshmen, and he didn’t think it was going to be this tight of a bond. “We’ve known each other for 19 years, and if we have a problem we can see it,” MacEachern said. “Not just outside the rink, but in the rink as well. We’re there for each other.” Ebbing said after high school and junior hockey with MacEachern, it’s extraordinar y to continue the tradition of sharing the ice together, and they hope to continue their mome nt u m f r om h ig h sc hool on t he ice t h is season. “It’s something special, and we have chemistr y here,” Ebbing said. “Michigan State saw that. We don’t want to rely on one another because we’re our own person, but at the same time it’s nice if you have a rough day to lean on somebody you know.”

A season that once held so much promise for the MSU women’s soccer team now is in need of saving. With just five games remaining on the Big Ten slate, the Spartans (7-5-2 overall, 1-5-0 Big Ten) sit tied for last place in the Big Ten with Northwestern (3-9-2, 1-5-0) and are five points behind the final spot in the Big Ten Tournament. Don’t count the Spartans out yet, because three of their remaining five opponents feature teams in the bottom half of the conference, but they need to step up their play, especially on the offensive side of the ball. The team currently is in the midst of a four-game losing streak, and only has scored twice on 35 shots during that stretch. MSU has struggled getting shots all season, sitting in last place in the conference in shots taken. Head coach Tom Saxton has said his team needs to work on finishing shots all season. The Spartans’ offense was able to succeed against nonconference teams, but has been foiled by tough and physical Big Ten defenses. One bright spot on the

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cunningham signs with nfl’s eagles The NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles recently signed wide receiver and former MSU standout B.J. Cunningham. Cunningham was released by the Eagles on Aug. 1 with a foot injury and spent most of last season on the practice squad. Cunningham previously was drafted in the sixth round

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Goals given up by men’s soccer this season, the lowest count in the Big Ten. Spartan offense thus far this season has been sophomore defender Mary Kathryn Fiebernitz. Fiebernitz leads MSU in goals with five. She has been a key weapon for the Spartans on corner kicks, with three goals as headers off of corners. The Spartan defense has been effective for the most part despite giving up the fifth-most goals in the conference. However, if MSU wants to get back to the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2011, the offense needs to start controlling the ball more and doing more on offense to relieve some of the pressure off of the defense and goalkeepers. Junior goalkeeper Courtney Clem started the season as the No. 1 goalkeeper, but after a tough game against Wisconsin and surrendering two quick goals against Michigan, sophomore Gabrielle Gauruder got the starting nod against Iowa. Clem and Gauruder duked it out in practice last week for the starting spot, which eventually went to Clem. Clem played well until the 70th minute when she gave up two goals in less than 10 minutes. Saxton decided to put Gauruder back in for the remainder of the game. Clem hasn’t been perfect in goal for the Spartans, but it’s hard to put all the blame on the goalkeepers when they are faced with more than 20 shots per game. Big Ten Tournament or not, the Spartans will be in a great position next year to compete for a tournament spot and possibly more. Derek Blalock is a State News women’s soccer reporter.

of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, but later released. During his time at MSU, Cunningham scored a total of 25 touchdowns and 218 receptions. Cunningham finished up his football career at MSU as the all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards (3,086). When he left college, Cunningham was ranked seventh in Big Ten History in receptions. Olivia Dimmer

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MSU seeing tides turning in its favor Last weekend, a different MSU field hockey team showed up to play at Ralph Young Field. Instead of the usual team that failed to hold onto early leads and often suffered from defensive lapses, a team showed up that found its offense early, closed out a close game and twice displayed mental toughness in the 70 minutes. It took most of the season, but the field hockey team (7-7 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) finally showed consistency in twostraight games — a 3-2 double overtime win over No. 18 Michigan (8-6, 1-2) and a dominant 8-0 shutout over Ball State (5-8 overall, 0-2 MAC). After a slow start, the field hockey team has won four of its last five games, and reached .500 with Sunday’s win over Ball State. They now find themselves tied with No. 3 Penn State (10-3, 3-0) for the best Big Ten record. It’s possible their record doesn’t accurately reflect the talent level of the team. It was apparent in several early-season losses that their own worst enemy was themselves. That’s what junior mid-

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Senior midfielder Kristen Henn celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal Sunday at Ralph Young Field. The Spartans defeated Ball State, 8-0.

fielder Alli Helwig suggested after the win over Ball State. Helwig scored her first career goal in the shutout. “We always knew that we should be .500 or above,” Helwig said. “We have the potential to win every game, but we have to show up for 70 minutes. I think this is the weekend that we first have showed up for both games, 70 minutes. I think this is a good spark for the rest of our season.” Regardless of the reason for the slow start, the field hockey team seems to be learning from early season errors. They’re playing tougher, more controlled and with more confidence compared to earlier in the season. With a .500 record, members of the team are starting to see making the postseason tournament as an option. “We finally won two games in a weekend, and we really needed to prove that to ourselves, to win two games in a weekend,” junior forward Allie Ahern said.

“When it comes tournament time, we can win two games in a row. Now that we’re .500, we’re excited about it.” With four games left, it’s natural to begin to look forward to postseason. But still, there’s one obstacle left — they will hit the road to face Penn State, whom they are tied with for the best Big Ten record, on Saturday. For a rapidly improving team, Saturday will be a major test. If they continue the momentum they showed last weekend, anything is possible. “Beating Michigan really gave us confidence that we can beat anyone, because they’re a ranked team,” Ahern said. “We need to have an even better game than we had against Michigan, because Penn State’s ranked No. 3. We have to play our best game to beat them, but I think we can.” Omari Sankofa II is a State News volleyball and field hockey reporter.

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