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After being founded in Lansing and spreading to Ann Arbor, Iorio’s Gelateria and Caffe opened a new location this week located right next to MSU’s campus on the corner of Trowbridge Road and Harrison Road. Created by siblings Nick and Mary Lemmer, the family-owned business serves gelato, or traditionally made Italian ice cream, which they make fresh in the store every day. “There are three main differences (between gelato and ice cream),� Nick Lemmer, head gelato chef and owner of Iorio’s, said. “Gelato is made with a majority milk rather than majority cream, so you’re going to get a third of the fat.� Nick Lemmer said gelato is made in smaller batches and churned slower than ice cream, making it dense and more flavorful. Gelato is also sold at a warmer temperature. “When ice cream or something cold hits your tongue and it’s below a certain temperature, you’re actually paralyzing your taste buds, and thus inhibiting you from tasting the full flavor of the desert,� Nick Lemmer said. “I’m a little biased, but it’s a lot better for you and it tastes better.� Iorio’s, pronounced ee-or-ee-ohs, and named for the Lemmers’ grandmother’s maiden name,
began in 2004 with an Italian food cart started by Mary while in high school. Now, with Nick fresh out of college, they’ve opened their third location. “(My advice for) students, especially‌ (just) do it,â€? Nick Lemmer said. “Ideas are a dime a dozen, the greatest idea is only as good as its execution. If you can’t go out and find a way to do it, it’s only an idea‌ take the risks you want to take and try to live the life you want to live, without worrying about what might happen next.â€? Nick Lemmer, a 2014 University of Michigan alumnus and Lansing native, said he is enthusiastic about his future relationship with the MSU community. “Even the building owner’s told me that ‘you’re going to have to learn to accept green a little,’â€? he said. “I’ve never come out on record saying (I’ll do that), but I can definitely handle being in East Lansing.â€? Nick Lemmer said he’s constantly learning and trying to find ways to improve his business. “When it comes down to it, we don’t say that we sell gelato,â€? he said. “I mean, we do, but we’re really selling and providing an experience. That starts with people that work there, to the way the store’s designed, everything that happens when you walk in the store — you’re feeling welcome.â€?
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Spotlight MSU men’s basketball team prepares to meet the upcoming season’s big expectations with optimism
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MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo doesn’t know what it is. He doesn’t know if it’s the general overall atmosphere of MSU right now, a school buzzing with sports fever — one with a top-ranked football team and Izzo’s own basketball team coming off a Final Four appearance. Nor does he know if it has to do with his comfort level with where he’s at with his career right now — one that includes 495 victories, seven Final Fours, seven Big Ten championships and a national championship in 2000. Or if it has to do with his loaded recruiting class for 2016. All the 21st-year head coach of the preseason No. 13 ranked Spartans knows is this — he’s feeling great. “I don’t know why, I just feel great,” Izzo said on Oct. 2 prior to his team’s first official practice of the season. “But right now I have a high, high meter. I don’t know if I’m starting to appreciate life more and
the opportunities I have. Whatever the reason is really doesn’t matter. I think this team has a chance to keep getting better.” But if there’s something else the 60-year-old coach is feeling, it’s drive. A drive to do more than just knock on the championship door year after year. In the last three years, Izzo’s teams have advanced to a Sweet Sixteen, an Elite Eight and a Final Four. He feels it’s about time that door opens. HEIGHTENED EXPECTATIONS It’s been more than 15 years since Izzo’s first and only national championship in 2000. And in many of the interviews and press conferences he’s given this fall, a lot of the talk has been about getting back to that. “The mission now is to try to take it to one more level,” Izzo said at his media day press conference on Oct. 27. “We’ve been going back to Final Fours. We’ve done a pretty good job of staying consistent with that. But moving beyond that now is, I think, the next thing that we’re really interested in. So reaching higher,
taking it to another level, call it what you want, that’s what we’re looking for.” And it starts with the culture of the team, where every practice this fall has ended the exact same way -— 16 men head to the center of the floor, before they eventually break their huddle with the one word phrase which has come to define the goal of the season — “Natty.” This team, like their coach, is not shy about what they want to achieve this season. They’ve slugged it out with the best of the Big Ten year after year. They’ve made their deep runs into March. Now they want more. “We’re not hiding it either,” sophomore point guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. said. “We want to win a national championship, too. We understand there are a lot of teams out there working really, really hard trying to win a national championship but I think losing in the Final Four last year gave us another push and another drive. “We got there. It was nice being (at the Final Four) ... but we lost by 20 ...
nobody likes losing by 20. Granted, we lost to the national championship team but I think that gave us better focus and a better drive and like coach said, we want to take it to another level.” For junior forward Gavin Schilling, he said getting to that next level is something the team harps upon constantly. “We talk about it every day -— in the locker room, on the court, off the court,” Schilling said. “We want to get there. We want to get back on that stage and win it all this year.” STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Quite possibly one of the biggest things that might have Izzo feeling as good as he does right now is the blatant depth, talent and experience of his team heading into this season. For starters, the team returns nine of its top 11 scorers from a team that advanced to the Final Four a year ago. And in addition to that, MSU welcomes a series of newcomers in promising freshman big man Deyonta Davis, and a trio of sharp-shooting guards in freshmen Mat-
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Madness event has a theme. This year’s theme — Mission Izzpossible, a nod to the popular “Mission Impossible” movies. Seconds after making his entrance into Breslin Center and beaming in a picture with a his family, his team and a Tom Cruise lookalike, Izzo thanks the capacity crowd on hand that night for coming out and reflects on his program’s success over the years. But not without filling them in on this year’s mission. “We have no interest anymore in winning games,” he went on to say. “We have interest in hanging banners. The banners that we want to hang are going to be here long after I’m gone and long after you’re gone. And that’s what’s great about hanging banners, they’re memory makers that don’t go away.” So at his press conference four
days later, Izzo told reporters the exact same thing. “I’m not really worried about those kind of records, but I am — I do enjoy — you said I don’t enjoy anything?” Izzo said, joking with a reporter. “I do enjoy that (Final Four) banner going up Friday night. I do enjoy those things that are hung forever. Those are better records than the other ones to me.” So while Izzo can’t pinpoint exactly what’s given him his second wind heading into this season, he’s got some unfinished business, and this year is as good as any to get it done. “I feel better this year than I’ve felt in 10 years,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s in the air here or whatever, but got a chance to do some special things at this place, and right now that’s the legacy that I want to be a part of.”
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thew McQuaid and Kyle Ahrens and junior West Virginia-transfer Eron Harris. Of the nine returning members, though, the player who is without a doubt the team’s best player, “the star of our stars” as Izzo likes to call him, is MSU’s do-everything guard Denzel Valentine. A year ago Valentine averaged 14.5 points, 4.3 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game. Heading into this year, he has a very real chance to be MSU’s leader in all three of those categories. And while Valentine recognizes he will undoubtedly have to assume a leadership role with the team this year, he feels the responsibility of handling the increased expectations and pressure placed on the team can be spread among the entire squad. “I think we’re going to handle (the expectations well), because we’ve played in all the big games you can, besides the national championship,” Valentine said. “We have a lot of good players on this team so it’s not going to be
a lot of pressure on me or Matt (Costello) or Bryn (Forbes). It’s going to be pressure on everybody because everybody can do a lot of things. … But we have so many weapons, I think we’re going to be able to handle it.” As a result of the depth, senior forward Matt Costello said practices this summer and fall have been almost war-like, as not only is everyone aware of the goals of the season, but also that playing time will be at a premium. With so many weapons at their disposal, there’s no wonder Izzo has such high goals and expectations for this team, but as for who and where those expectations came from, Costello said they came from the team. In a team meeting following MSU’s Final Four loss to Duke last April, Costello said Izzo asked the team what they wanted to accomplish for the next season. The answer was easy. “That’s been our thing all summer is win a national championship, not just getting back to a Final Four,” said Costello.”
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Animal science junior Evan Carter-Taylor practices hitting on a punching bag on Nov. 6, at East Lansing Underground Martial Arts, 541 E Grand River Ave,, in East Lansing. Carter-Taylor has been kick-boxing and MMA fighting since high school and still finds time to enjoy the sport despite his schedule as a student. PHOTO: CATHERINE FERLAND
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The percussively rhythmic punches echo off the basement walls at East Lansing Underground Martial Arts. A timer beeps and head trainer Matt Torres belts out “time!” as a panting fighter reaches for his water bottle. Animal science junior Evan Carter-Taylor stands watching off to the side of the mat, wrapping his hands in preparation for another night of sparring and grappling. Just days prior, Carter-Taylor was tutoring science students at Lansing’s J.W. Sexton High School. “Last week we made non-Newtonian fluid,” Carter-Taylor said. “Non-Newtonian fluid flows like a liquid but is solid to the touch, it’s neither solid or liquid.” For Carter-Taylor, inside and outside the classroom life boils down to analysis. “The same analytical skills I use dealing with a math problem is the same way I train for and fight an opponent,” he said. Carter-Taylor was drawn to fighting from an early age, even though he didn’t hit 100 pounds util midway through ninth grade. “He fought a lot, and because I hung around him, I had to fight,” Carter-Taylor said. Growing up watching mixed martial arts , or MMA bouts, Carter-Taylor’s analytical nature drew him to try understand the fighters battling it out on his television screen. “I would never just look at the fights, I would look at how are these dudes training, what is their backstory?” Carter-Taylor said. Carter-Taylor was inspired by what he learned. “Most of these guys come from really humble backgrounds, but they’ve made a life doing something that they love to do,” he said. Watching MMA, Carter-Taylor said he saw something special that drew him to the sport. “Seeing that you could put structure to fighting, that it could be more than just people out there brawling,” Carter-Taylor said. Carter-Taylor immersed himself in kickboxing and jujitsu. Before arriving at MSU, he won a kickboxing state championship and numerous medals in jujitsu tournaments.
Evan Carter-Taylor Year Junior Major Animal science Claim to fame Carter-Taylor is a math and science tutor for MSU students and frequently volunteers his time at local Lansing high schools to tutor students in math and science.
Growing up with his mom and brother in working class Highland Park, Mich., Carter-Taylor wanted to work hard to be successful. “I see my mom struggling and (ask myself) ‘do I want to struggle, too?’” he said. “Or do I want to work to get her out of that struggle and get myself out, too?” Carter-Taylor credits his mother for his work ethic and intelligence. “Despite what was going on outside, my brother and I had a strong foundation at home,” he said. He said his mother challenged her boys to be independent and strive for a better life. Carter-Taylor’s trainers praised his dedication and maturity. “You don’t see a lot of kids like him that are disciplined and know how to prioritize,” Torres said. Carter-Taylor has worked to expand his fighting skill set. “He’s more willing to learn and open himself up to working on his ground game, his clinch game,” East Lansing Underground MMA assistant head trainer Joann Nguyen said. “Coming in he just wanted to kickbox.” Carter-Taylor’s work ethic led him to MSU, where he is studying to become a veterinarian. “I like animals because you’re helping something that is alive and breathing,” Carter-Taylor said. “ Most of the time you’re helping a person, too.” The future looks bright for Carter-Taylor. He is currently pondering whether to pursue professional MMA fighting or his veterinary medicine dreams. The upcoming spring semester will see both dreams tested as he next fights in February, and begins the process of finding a veterinary medicine graduate program.
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Combo-X-Changes have become a very popular food options for students with meal passes because they offer students accessibility to food on the go. However, with the popularity of the Combo, students have wondered, why they are not offered on the weekend. Combo-X-Changes are not offered during the weekends because of the additional cost that would be passed down to the students, Guy Procopio, director of MSU Culinary Services, said. “Combo-X-Change is designed to support a student’s lifestyle, which is why it is not available on the weekends,” Procopio said. “Monday through Friday (students) are busy going to and from class. It’s something you can grab on the go without missing anything.” Political science freshman Eli Pales does not think the added cost would be worth it. “It’s not worth a cost when you can get actual food right upstairs in the dining hall,” Pales said. “Why would I pay more to carry out?” In order to support the busy life of a student, access goes hand in hand when getting a Combo-X-Change. A Combo-X-Change allows anyone with a meal plan to access Sparty’s stores, as well as the Union Pizzeria, Riverwalk, and Eat At State On-The-Go trucks. Combo-X-Change began in fall 2009. MSU’s campus has more than 40-locations on campus Combo X-Change. “We expanded the type of food options at all (Sparty’s) locations,” Procopio said. “Recently, we added sushi, salad, and more to Combo-X-Change.” Procopio said students can also use their Combo-X-Change in the 10 dining halls across campus. “Residence dining halls are where students socialize, it is more like a great room, living room and dining room all in one,” Procopio said. “When you are on the go, you can grab items from Sparty’s, like the pantry.” Students who live off campus in places such THUR SDAY, N OVEMBER 12, 2015
“Combo-X-Change is designed to support a student’s lifestyle, which is why it is not available on the weekends. Monday through Friday (students) going to and from class. It’s something you can grab on the go without missing anything.” Guy Procopio, director of MSU Culinary Services
as University Village Apartments still have the ability to get Combos for on the go by purchasing an off campus meal plan. The set amount of swipes you purchase with an off campus meal plan can be used to get Combo-X-Changes the same as they could be used to enter a cafeteria. “You can buy an off-campus meal plan, you can buy certain amount of swipes which change used for combos or used to get into the dining hall,” biosystems engineering sophomore Ten-Niah Kinney said. Because of the construction at the University Village Appartments, residents were granted one free Combo-X-Change per day. MSU spokesman Jason Cody said the free Combo-X-Changes have been happening for a couple of weeks now. And they will remainder of the school year, and possibly longer depending on the length of the project. “The construction is for 1855 Place which will replace Spartan Village,” Cody. “RHS made the decision to compensate residents by giving them one free combo daily. Free combos has been going on for a few weeks.” Media and information junior Quinn Huisman said lives off campus and said he got a meal plan because of the convenience. He said he is very excited MSU decided to give them free Combo-X-Changes. “I do have an off-campus meal plan, I have the biggest one you can get,” Huisman said. “I use combos a lot. I really like that they gave us free combos for the rest of the year. THE STAT E NE WS
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Sports Fresh faces to lead future of women’s soccer BY KATIE KALASS KKALASS@STATENEWS.COM
After finishing with a record of 8-6-4 , the Spartan women’s soccer team is eager to see what the future holds. As the season came to an end, the team had to say goodbye to senior captain and defender Mary Kathryn Fiebernitz. Despite her departure from Spartan soccer, Fiebernitz plans to continue a career in soccer. “The plan is to take two weeks off to disconnect mentally and physically to give my body a rest,” Fiebernitz said. “Then I will start training to pursue a professional experience or career at the next level.” As the first player in the history of Spartan soccer to be on the All-Big Ten team for three consecutive years, Fiebernitz will be highly missed by coaches and fellow teammates. “She is one of the finest players I have ever coached here,” MSU women’s soc-
cer head coach Tom Saxton said. “She is a rare player to Big Ten women’s soccer and certainly Michigan State’s long history as a three-time Big Ten player.” Despite the loss of Fiebernitz, Saxton believes to have found new impact players, freshman midfielder / defender Michaela Kovacs and freshman midfielder / defender Lexy Warner. “Both players have a lot of skills we would like to build off in the future,” Saxton said. Warner, who led the Spartans with 10 points and was tied for first on the team with four assists, received recognition as she was named to the All-Freshmen Big Ten team as a forward. “Lexy and Michaela recognize that there will be a responsibility for all the underclassmen to step up to fill the spot that Mary vacated as well as the other senior leaders leaving this year,” Saxton said. Warner also emphasizes the impact Fiebernitz’s departure has on the team’s future success.
“Mary was a great part of the program and made a big impact on our team,” Warner said. “She taught every player on this team new things every day.” Warner also speaks highly of fellow freshmen teammate Kovacs, who started all 18 games this season. “Her dedication and tenacity in the middle of the field drives everyone to follow her lead during the game,” Warner said. Fiebernitz believes that Warner, alongside sophomore forward Jamie Cheslik, will lead the team in offense next year. “From having such a great freshman year, I believe Lexy will come in with a lot of fire next year and continue the power that we have established up top as far as scoring goals,” Fiebernitz said. “The combination between Jamie and Lexy means they have nothing to worry about next year — it’s only going up.” For now, Fiebernitz is preparing for the draft in January and continues to make connections with clubs to achieve her goal of being in the professional soccer league.
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Jason Stacy looks to future following injury BY KATIE KALASS KKALASS@STATENEWS.COM
Entering the fall season, senior midfielder Jason Stacy was destined to be a crucial player for the Spartan men’s soccer team. After being named a Big Ten preseason player to watch, as well as being a top returning scorer for the Spartans with four goals and seven assists, Stacy was more than motivated to achieve success during his senior season at MSU. However, on Oct. 28, Stacy faced a roadblock on his path to success. “I tore my PCL on Wednesday against Oakland and need to (have) surgery,” Stacy said. “I will be out at least for six months recovering.” In addition to causing him to miss the rest of his final season at MSU, Stacy’s injury will make it difficult for him to pursue an athletic career after graduation. “This couldn’t have been worse timing considering the (Major League Soccer) draft is coming up in a few months,” Stacy said. “It’s heartbreaking knowing that it will take away my chance of being invited to the combine.” Aside from the detrimental effect his injury has on his chances of being a professional athlete, his PCL BIO
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tear also affected his team, which Stacy said will be the thing he will miss the most come graduation. “The worst part with my injury is not that it hurts my chances of me extending my playing career, but that I can’t help my team in the postseason after all the work we put in day in and day out since August.” Stacy said at the time of injury. With such an emphasis on team, Stacy received help through teammates on his road to recovery. He is thankful for the help they gave him “I’d say Jason is one of the hardest working people I know,” sophomore defensemen Jimmy Fiscus said. “No matter how tough it gets, he always finds a way to bounce back and make an impact on the game.” Despite his injury, Stacy hopes to get back on the field as soon as possible. “I have been working my whole life to get to the point where I am and for this to happen is hard to accept,” Stacy said. “But it’s just another hurdle to overcome and an opportunity to respond and come back stronger.”
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‘Artists 4 Israel’ new addition to annual Israel Fest BY IAN WENDROW IWENDROW@STATENEWS.COM
Pop music sung in Arabic and Hebrew blared through large speakers as the smell of hummus and falafel wafted out into the hallways of the Union. For the 11th year in a row, the annual Israel Fest put on by the Jewish Student Union, MSU Hillel and the Associated Students
of Michigan State University successfully celebrated Israeli culture through food, dance and art. “The theme this year is the Shuk, the Israeli outside market, so we really tried to incorporate that along with the art as much as possible,” Madelyne Soltz, chair of the Team Israel Programming Committee for the Jewish Student Union, said.
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Lined along the walls of the Union’s ballroom were a variety of tables containing information on Israeli culture. New to this year’s Israel Fest, and perhaps one of the more notable inclusions at the event, was the appearance of Artists 4 Israel — a collaborative project that brings together various artists from across all religions, backgrounds and ethnicities. The group uses a smattering of art styles to express support for Israel and the surrounding peoples in the region. “Artists 4 Israel is an artists’ rights and advocacy group that supports Israel because Israel supports the cultural freedoms that allow for creation of art,” Craig Dershowitz, the executive director of Artists 4 Israel, said. The group started “accidentally” in New York in late 2009. Dershowitz had organized for about 50 artists to come and do pro-Israel art work to later be sold to the Israeli border cities
Left to right, anthropology sophomore Breanna Escamilla, anthropology senior Marissa Palys, anthropology senior Ashley Start and anthropology and human biology junior Christiana Hench eat during Israel Fest on Tuesday at the Union. PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL
along Gaza, a one time gig. Instead, about 500 or so people ended up in the small city square where they were hosting the event. “It was really amazing dialogue happening about Israel in a constructive, creative way
as opposed to a lot of the other yelling that goes on between pro- and anti-Israel groups,” Dershowitz said. “We have this amazing opportunity to talk to people, to educate people, and to do so in a way that we’re proud of.”
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