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MICHIGAN STATE 
UNIVERSITY

VOLUME 129 
ENROLLMENT: 50,019 
EAST LANSING, Ml 48825

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As time goes ol memories begm to 

Spartans, of realizing the scale and scope 

distort and fade. Spartans will never forget 

of this new world. Remember finding those 

where they came from or the place that 

who made it seem small, who made it 

made them who they are/.but the details 

home.

inevitably fall away between their fingers.

Remember 

the beauty.  Remember 

Remember how the scent of marinara 

the sun flitting between individual leaves, 

and garlic hung in the air as students filed 

creating patterns Qrlthe path alongside the 

out of The Gallery at Snyder Philips,, and 

Red Cedar River.

found themselves withinlhe deep thrum of 

These moments, thepmall things,: are 

a bass, and sooth^g ring of a violin by the 

what the MSU experience was all aboutl 

Tuesday night jamboree band.

andlthaf'llwhy the Red Cedar Log wa# 

Remember the 

.hands clasped, 

the 

created. Since 1887 RCL has stood up 

breeze sending a cascade of pink leaves 

for the small moments, drawing them back 

down on the sailing couple. Remember 

frpm the recesses of the mind, and today 

the joy felt as the lifelong goal of kissing 

that mission remains.

under Beaumont finally became reality.

Remember 

the  awe 

of 

being 

Bring back the memories. Reminisce 

surrounded by tens off thousands other

what was. Remember.

A Letter from the ASMSU President

Every Spartan has a voice. Whether,# 

realize it or 

While our student body found its voice this year, ASMSU 

not, we each used our voice to find our way to Michigan 

Was present to listen. In the past, ASMSU found ways to listen 

State Univeiity. Prior to our 

induction aJ Spartans! we 

to student perspectives by staying social media and student 

would raise our voices to stand out and become a part of 

organizations on campus. However; thil year proved to be 

something greater. Eventually, the day came when ¡we used 

much different. We launched a first-ever student survei to 

this voice to proclaim, "I'm a Spartan!" upon admission. We 

measure the needs of our students, and we were present in 

moved forward in our journey as,.students to use our voices to 

the aftermath of the student acwism triggered by the sexual 

celebrate academic achievement in the classroom, success 

assault abuse on our campus. Our motto this semester of 

in finding an internshipspride by cheering in the stadium or 

"we see you, we hear you, we believe you" sent a strong 

solidarity while coming together at the Rock.

message to our students that they could find advocates in our 

This yea rive collectively used our voices to say that it was 

student government - and I could not be prouder of the entire 

time for change at Michigan State University in tandem with 

organization for taking up this effort to being theisteners and 

more than 200 survivors of sexual abuse who courageously: 

advocates for change.

came forward. Our student body came togethJl to show the 

An unprecedented i'ear of student activism 

required 

elected and administrative leadership of MSU that trust was 

an unprecedented 

level of commitment from our ASMSU 

lost due to the mishandling of one of the biggest sexual abuse 

executive leadership team. The support and encouragement 

scandals in history#

throughout the year was remarkable, and was a testament of 

In the. wake of many national news headlines and 

the need for student voice at a crucial time. The time we've 

sensational 

repopting 

into our university, the student body 

spent together in and out of tp office was hopefully a symbol 

used its voice to stand up for the survivors, placing a ke^ 

to you of how I' valued not only your strong work ethic, but 

value of necessity for human safety and security abi|/e all - 

■your friendship. I am beyond honored to have served as a 

else. Marches, protests, demands and siffjns awakened the 

leader with you. Thank you Lauren, Ewurama, Tyler, Stephen, 

entire campus to recognize that students were the heart of our 

Cookie, and Dan - yd§ all have taught me how to serve as a 

university, and that they wanted to be treated as such through 

stronger leader, and you all have become some oimy closest 

conversations and decision-making that accurately reflected 

friends I'll cherish for life.

the needs of our students.

Congratulations to the Class of 201 8. While it has been 

And not only did our studerfS body raise its voice for 

my highest honor to be twice-elected as your Student Body 

the survivors of sexual assault, but itlltood up to a white 

President these past two years, fflam proud to be among you 

supremacist that came to our campus with a goal to alienate 

as a fellow graduate. I can confidently say that over my Tenure 

our community from one of our cornerstone values of inclusion. 

as a student leader among all the Spartans I have met, I know 

Students and community leaders of all 

races, ethnicities,^ 

that each and every student has the courage and willpower 

genders, abilities and beliefs leaders came together in a true 

to raise their voice at a time when all of us need: to be an 

celebration of diversity, demonstrawg the love we hold high 

advocate for each other. Spartans of today will undoubtedly 

for each other as Spartans each day.

go on to be stronger role models for our society tomorrow.

While our student body found its voice this year, ASMSU 

In whatever you do, amplify the passion of what 

was present to listen. Traditionally, our student government 

motivates you to be the best that you can be. Know that the 

found ways to listen to each other by keeping attentive to 

door to learning never closes and remember to come home to 

social media and student organizations on campus. However, 

East Lansing often. I can't wait to read, watch, or shake the 

this year proved to be much different. We launched a wt-ever 

hand again of the next Spartan world-changelfrom the 201 8 

student survey to measure the needs of our students, and we 

graduating class. Because Spartans Will, and Spartans Do, 

were present in the aftermath of the student activism triggered 

^>ntiPue to make our world a better place. Find your voice, 

by the sexualassault abuse on our campus. Studentsjfound 

and use Iwell,

advocates for them in their student government - and I could 

nojbe prouder of the entire organization for taking up this 

Go Green, and Sparty OnH

effort to being the listeners and advocates for change.

Lorenzo C. Santavicca 

Student Body President, 201 6-201 8 

Associate;i Students of Michigan State University 

Class of 201 8

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Onlookers gaze at The Resilient Tree, located between Linton 

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Hall and the MSU Museum. The nearly 350 year old tree 

was struck by lightning in July 2016 and continued to grow.

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PHOTCte CRAIG HEDGES 

CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: KENT KUBANI

Be Resilient, 
Like the Tree

"May your roots grow deep" -Christopher Long

A centuries-old tree, taland proud. A lightning strike, witlra 

White was stSied by the compelling tree. Often partaking 

mtent to kill. And finally the roots, remaining unbothered, left 

in Twitter conversations with the College of Arts and Letters-f|; 

the storm surprised when the beaten tree continued to grow.

particularly Long as lie collaborated with her on many 

"Resilient" is t© word Christopher Long, dean of the 

events—she immediately took an interest in the dean's, new 

College of Arts and Letters, used to describe|he anomaly left 

hashtag craze after coming across the tree on campus.

partially destroyed by a storm in July of 2016. "lie aftermath, 

■jjHlhe tree was compelling!" said White. "An enormous 

found leaning between Linton Hall and the MSU Museum, 

white oak that would have been one of-the tallest trees on 

was created into a hashtag—the #ResilientMee. Thislirged 

campus, now dwarfed and broken because of the lightning 

students and faculty present on social media to recognize the 

strike. Many trees die when struck by lightning, but not this 

significance of the unique topiary that was estimated to be 

one. It stubbornly and!surprisingly produced life again and 

nearly 350 years old.

¡1,"thriving. It can be an analogy for many things—yes, for 

"Itls yom 'one wild and precious life," and a tree's 

reaience or stubbornness, but also for growth after hardship, 

resilience will be needed as yoilgrow into the person you 

for thriving after brokenness."

will become and determine what you will contribute to the 

world we have inherited," said Long 1 a letter to the class 

of 2021.

Without Long, theffijnexpected vitality of this tree may 

have gone unnoticed. By finding the extraordinary in such 

an unexpected place, Long created a symbol oSstrength for 

Spartans. Such an^con might not have been created if he 

lad not made the fateful observation.

■¡¡¡I thought it was a motivating comparison he made 

between his students and the tree," said Justin Alexander, a 

sophomore studying experience architecture in the College 

of Arts and Letters. '■ presented this idea: Just because you 

experience one storm, doesn't meaifflyou no longer have the 

ability to succeed."

The entity gained interest jn realms beyond the College 

“IT IS YOUR ONE WILD AND 

PRECIOUS LIFE.’ AND A TREE’S 

RESILIENCE WILL BE NEEDED AS 

YOU GROW INTO THE PERSON 
YOU WILL BECOME AND 

DETERMINE WHAT YOU WILL 
CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD 
WE HAVE INHERITED.”

of Arts and Letters, though. In a school of 50,000 students 

The tree was so much more than just a tree. ItSsignifiedl 

and over 5,000 faculty and staff members, the story of the 

in the simple^terms, "never givingorp." College life can be 

tree received attention; from countless MSU members. Sitting 

tough. Stresses of school and the outside world attempt to 

proudly in its verdure, ! caught the eye of many passers-by.

stunt one's growth, as the lightning attempted to do with the 

One of those was Blythe White, who handled Academic 

white oak. Still, the tree grew on, and that was Long's hope 

Advancement Network's social media accounts at MSU.

for all of his sredents: Be resilient, like the tree.

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Five of the parking lots on campus now have solar pan 

carports. These panels provided renewable ènergy^Æ 

serve as protection for cars from %e |veatfmpp..: wmßs,

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Go Green! with 
Sustainable Energy

MSU installs solar carports and boosts sustainable energy use

Ryan Erdmann, finance major, drove by Lot 91 behind 

be harnessing the solar power while not taking away an'y 

Slee fmall and noticed tall, metal-looking structures covering the 
lot. -However, Erdmann didn't know'what they were or why 

parking lots is pretty cool."

In an effort to go green with the use' of sustainable

they were there. When he ¡earned that MSU was placing 

sciar carports In parking lots around campus? he said that he 

energiiMSU stopped 
kilning Omoal at the T.B. Simon
Power Plant and i now looking at alternative methods such 

hoped they would be building more In ithe future.

"Renewable energy is definitely the way fo go, and the 
more of It tham^u have on'campus the BBH Erdmann 

said.11 thought It was reallytsocf that It was built in a way 

as wind power, geothermal heating systems or the use of solar 

carports. In 2015, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a 

project to cover five different parking loll aroundiampus with 
sllar carports. Not only was this project providing the campus: 

that didn't take away parking space. The fact that you can

with natural energy, but It was protecting the environment by

PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON  CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

cutting dowiSon the use of fossil fuels. Dr. Wolfgang Bauer, 

an MSU professor and senior consultant at the Office of the 

Executive Vice President for Administrate Servicela id that 
the energy will be used only at MSU.

Mdt vlll be fed to car main distribution system. Every light 

and every appliance on MSU's campus will be partially: 

which was put in place to improve the environment andlto 
promote sustainable energy use and research on campus...

The solar arrayfjare panelIthit cover the top of the metal 

structures. The light that hits the array, is then ccraverted into 
energy and used to power MSU'sraampus. The arrays that are 

covering these five lots are part of the Power Purchase Plan 
Agreement (PPA). Dr. Bauer said that in 25 years, at the end 

Ilf the agreement, the® plan to purchase the solar array, but 
it will depend on factors Such as the condition of the parking 
lotlhow many repairs need to be; done t|; the strucjurefiancl 
what the cost of electricity is.

"I think theylwill be lery bMieficial because then they! 

would not scene as mu» on energy and also not rely on 
petroleum-based -stuff," AJ Howaniec, physiology mifjor, said. 

"They also serve a dual purpose when parking because now 
you havelhade and yc;,r car Won't be as hot."

powered by the solar array," Dr. Bauer said. "I can't point 
to a particular building that will be powered by this; every 

Students! like Erdmann and Howaniec were hopeful 
more.'(mange like this would come. Looking ahead, MSU 

building will be powered bathe arrayMV

The solar carports rare beW; built to cover Lot 83 - on 

will continue being a catalyst for sustainable research and 
a leader of sustainable energy. With the help of the Energy 

Service Road, Commuter Lot 89, Lot 91 behind Fee Hall, 
Lot 92 by the Water Plant and Lot 100 next to thefOlinical 

Transition Plan in place, in the coming 'liars, Sparrans will 
fully be able to "Go Green!"

Center. This project was part offfhe Energy Transition Plan,

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Officer Travis Bove is driving around 

while David Dalen, a member of EtPD's 

social media team, is ready to tweet 

away with whats going on while they. 

patrol to connect with Tvyittej^gllgwi

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PHOTO: TOMMY MASSA 

CONTENT: SIERRA REHM 

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

Students Lose Welcome 
Week to ELPD

Officers took to Twitter to start the school year off right

Walking back onto campus in the fall isn't always quite 

"It was kind of like an awakening," said freshman Alyssa 

the same as it is in theyspring. No longer are students qTliet 

and studious for pending finals. Instead, everyone is looking 
for a round of adventures before classes begin. And with 

adventure comes punishment—in the form of the Ealj Lansing 
Police Depajment keeping the «ty, and itl residents;, safe.

Normally, contact with the ELPD didn't exactly spell a 

good time for most students, but the force tried to change that 
by increasing its Twitter usage during welcome week.

"Our goal 

is to make colnections with the younge! 

generation and thoslwho use social media," Officer Travis 
Bove said. "It allows ELPD to connect better and break down 

barriers there might be."

Officer Bove and his K-9 pal, Quinn, hosted the first of 

ELPD's "tweet alongs," where followers could go on a virtual 

ride-along with police. On that night, followers watched Bove 
and Quinn take on the chaos of a WeEome Week night.

"I wasjt the one tweeting; I was just the one driving the 

||ar arcmnd," Bove said. "ELPD has a social media team, and 
one of the members., David Dalen, was riding along with me 

and tweeting."

Office*Bove had just learned the whats and hows of 
Twitter that night, but Dalen came up with the idea and already 

knew how to get millennial attention. He had been doing 

research on other larger police departments and how social 
media engagement helped them. Dalen employed M/ery 

social media tactic he could in the series of tweets, including 

memesp gifs, emojis, pong 

lyrics and hashtags. Within a 

week,; students reacted overwhelmingly to the account.

"Its' nice to see that the police have a sense of humor," 
freshman Sarah Zube said. "It makes me more comfortable 

knowing that they're friendly and informative."

While 

the 

favorites and 

follows 

filled 

the ELPD's 

notification! the department's actions continued offline,pas 

Burr. "Before this, I knc.y.them as people who gave out tickets 
and [minor in possession citations], and now everyone is 

noticing what they're doing."

That increase in awareness was beneficial—for students 

and officers alike.

"Being more connecoo allows us to gain more followers, 
so when it comes to getting out information, it is just that much 

faster," Bove said.

HUMOR. IT MAKES ME MORE 
COMFORTABLE KNOWING THEY’RE 

FRIENDLY AND INFORMATIVE.”

The ELPD used itijTwitter account for local awareness 
and jafety. It updated followerslon parking information, traffic 

accidents and clean-up reports and offered generat-isafeffl 

tippfor anyone on or around campus'. The more followers it 
gained, the quicker the information spread.

Twitter wasn't the onh! place the ELPD had taken to 
making public accounts. FacebookH|stagram and YouTube 
were also being used to connect with the community through 
videos and update

In the new social media age, it was all about connection. 

In previous years,jit was frustrating to drive to a game only 
to realize parking had filled up hours ago, or to miss cla^ 

because an accident hadn't been publicized and there wajs:' 
traffic. But with ELPD's u^e of spcial media, a new era of 

tweets turned into student conversations.

connection—and information—dawned.

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PHOTO: ELIF TURK 

CONTENT: DAJHEONNA PERRY

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

Focused on Farming

MSU's Organic Farmers want you to know they are here to serve you

Although Spartans cold walk just off campus and grab 

sold included eggs, asparagus, spinach, 

lettuce, brassica 

a cheeseburger, there were some vino would have rather 

picked a healthier option. What these Spartans may not have 
realised was that such an option was grown by studentsiight 

on campus. Every Thursday between the months.of ApU and 

October right in front of the MSU Auditorium, Spartans found 
tons of people making their way to the MSU Student Organic: 

salad mi$ chard, kale, radishel turnips, peas and many 
other storage crops. In the summer, customers found eggs, 

tomatoes, peppersleggplants, cucumbets./summer squash, 
sweet corn, green beans, greens,ledamame and a few 

other small fruits. Approaching the fall, customers saw more 

pumpkins, flint corn, raspberries, strawberries, pears, grapes 

Farm stand. The farm stand started in the fall of 2005, and 

and dried flowers.

¡tings been committed to providing quality,. USDA-certmed/ 

organically grown food ever since.

"Since I've watched the Netflix documentary Faf, Sick & 

Nearly Dead, I've been trying to remain healths by eating 
organic foods," said sophomore Shanjya Cason. "Having 
an on-campus farmer's market has made my commitment to a 

healthy lifestSle way easier."

Daniel Seggebruch, manager of the farm stand and 
labor aide for the horticulture department, went through the 

Organic Farmer Training Program in 2016 and was now 

working full time at the stand.

"Undergraduate students 

in this program work seven 
days a week on the farm. At least one undergraduate student 

comes to help me set up and break down the stand. They are 

FARMER’S MARKET HAS MADE 
MY COMMITMENT TO A HEALTHY 

LIFESTYLE WAY EASIER/’

There was a lot of leg work behind the stand that many 
could never imagine. Inside of a 15-acre certified jplganic 

farm, these crops were stored in a solar greenhouse and run 

by student peers. During the cold season, workers did not 

go unemployed, nor did the farm become abandoned. They 
simply focused more on marketing and updating the website 

very dedicated to our mission/' Seggebruch said. "A lot of 

during the colder seasdn. All winter pi educe was grown 

¡¡tudents on our staff are ■fypicali' studying in the College of 

inside of the passive cellar greenhouses and the students still 

Agricultural Engineering and are building up experiences with 
the farm, as an employee and/or volunteer. This opportunity 

is not limited to just Ag-based majors andlwe encourage 

everyone to join our family."
Students who were 

in opportunities to get 
invested 
involved were advised to check out the MSU Student Organic 

Farm website. Application/ were accepted year-round, 

making it easy for Spartans to get involved.

All produce was grown all year just three miles south 

of campuslon College Road and stored 

in the passive 

cellar hoop houses. 

In the spring, things that were being

sold many storage crops like onions and potatoes.

The MSU Student Organic Farm did not only sell produce 
though, it offered programs that ta ug hi students how to start 

their own farrl Sustainable agriculture, food production and 

managing farm operations were the main objectives for the 
learning platform within organic farming. Transplants were 

also sold during the spring season for those who have gardens 
or want to grow at home. With all of the great resources the 

MSU Student Organic Farm orered/students werll motivated 
to live a healthier life, and student farmers were provided a 
strong foundation in agriculture.

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PHOTO: NATALIE ZUNKER 

CONTENT: ADAM ALISTAD 

DESilON: ALEXANDER BROOKE

The Honors 
College Spirit

Becoming a sexagenarian

It is not well knownlhat a person between 60 and 69 

energy that spoke to|who they wanted to become. Zierler 

years of age is called a sexagenarian. The Honors College 

commented that me. students were putting in "more and more" 

at MSU is not a person, but it did celebrate the big 6-0 this 

every year, both inside the classroom and out.

year. Keeping up with trad r on., the college hosted its annual 

Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore showed her support at the 

picnic for the faculty and students on the Friday after Labor 

event with vigor and passion. Jackson-Elmoore, the dean of 

Day. The event took place starting at 4:30 p.m. at The Rock 

the Honors College and a professor, had faculty affiliations 

with sunshine, supporters and hula hoops.

in social work, political science and the Global Urban 

Elisabeth Milligan, a senior, was grateful for how much 

Studies Program.

the Honors College had impacted her perspective in the 

"People are the best thing about the Honors College," 

last four years and said that it tough- her valuable lessons 

said Jackson-Elmoore.

about herself and what she was capable of accomplishing. 

"The honors studentsncan develop their own pathway. 

Milligan was also the spokeswoman for H-STAR, which 

They receive the rare opportunity to interact with faculty and 

stands for Honors Students Actively Recruiting and involves 

research very early. The students are 

intellectually driven, 

the 

recruitment of new Honors College members 

from 

curious, quirky focused and muki-faceted."

high schools.

"They are very. self-motlated," Milligan .said when 

describing the students who come into the program. "They 

are allvso excited about being a part of This experience."

Honors X2 was another group promoted at the event 

showing how much impact the swdents were creating outside 

of the classroom. Honors X2 was a mentorship program for 

kids in K-l 2 schools helping young students become inspired 

to achieve more successl in the future. Themes of diversity, 

‘THEY’RE CHOOSING TO PUSH 

THEMSELVES. THE INTERESTING 

QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ASK 

IS. WHAT MAKES A STUDENT 

WANT TO DO MORE?”

inclusiveness and commitment ran through the eaders.

Jackson-Elmoore emphasized that the passion and level 

According to Matt Zierler, last year's picnic was held at 

of involvement of the students was whaBsetlhem apart. She 

the Student Services Building. Zierler; associate dean for the 

concluded her point with her aspiration for the students to 

Honors College and professor for James Madison College, 

succeedBn ways they couldn't have imagined and to know 

had been with MSU for 1 5 years.

that the best part will have been that the effort they put in 

"The students are choosing to be a part of the Honors 

was their own.

CollegeKaid Zierler. "They're choosing to push themselves! 

With the conclusion of the 60th welcome picnic for the 

The interesting question you have to ask is, what makes a 

Honors College, another bright moment was marked into the 

stuSent want to do more?"

Prestigious calendar of the university. Honors College students 

Most of the seniors at the event also demonstrated, 

have shown that there are nulgerous possibilities out there 

with conviction, their belief in the college's bright future. The 

when one has the drive to work hard. In the words of Jackson- 

students' faces glimmered with potential and an unmistakable

Efmoorel"Be true to who you are; remember your center."

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PHOTO: ELI F TURK 

CONTENT: SIERRA REHM 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

An Underestimated Rush

The Muslim Student Association hosts its first rush to gain members

During the first weeks of 'the school /year, Greek life 

are elated with turn-out and we are so excited for this school 

loudly takes over public spaces on campus as new recruits 

year with «1 our new members."

vie to impress and receive a bid from their favorite house. 

In the background of these traditional organizations, another 

Aside from 

its quiet nature, MSAs rush differed from 

Greek life in its acceptance. Instead of thinning out the crowd 

group was rushing—almost silently.

"The ultimate purpose of Rush Week was to make sure 

people had the opportunil to form bonds with like-minded 

peopf" said Batoul Sadek, the vice president of the Muslim 

Student Association (MSA).

Sadek recounted feeling very alone in her first few weeks 

on campus. She joined MSA as a freshman, and had been 

on the executive board for three years, n the 2016-2017 

school year, Sadek and other members felt the organization 

needed some kind of transformation. She put out an idea to 

have new members rush the club, and with the help of other 

board members, it came together.

The us|j of the word 'rush' is a play on words to draw 

people to the organization," said Raydeer Piromari, director of 

as rush goes on, MS A accepted everyone.

"The MSA is a space that allows all races, ethnicities 

and backgrounds to join," Sadek said. "Being a Muslim isn't 

required for the organization. Many of our regular members 

are of other faiths and ideologies."

MS A also made the events purposeful and immersive 

throughout the week. On Monday, those who were rushing 

met the board while sipping bubble tealon Tuesday went to 

visit hotspots on campus for Muslim students and on Friday 

they ended the week in prayer at Campus Jummah.

"Each day had the purpose of connecting Muslims on 

campus with one another so we can instantly start building 

community," member Zunerah Syed said. «Each event was 

tailored toward gRing a Muslim edge and accommodating 

operations. "Many fraternities and sororities have the concept 

our new Muslim students on campus."

of rushing, so the MSA decided to have a p ay on words and 

hold a rush week as well."

MS A was designed to be a "national organization that 

aims to provide a space and platform for Muslims to meet 

each otherran areas where Muslims are typically the minority," 

according to Piromari. Despite this, the events they held only 

drew in about 30 people on average. That is, until fecentlJl 

a new political atmosphere drove the attendance of some of 

their events to over 500 people.

Another purpose of implementing rushing was to draw 

mor| students to come out to help 

increase membership 

in the organization. In past years, MSA struggled to keep a 

consistent flow of new members.

: ANOTHER 

[TLY START

Rush, no matter what the sense,treated new bonds. 

Greeks came together in traditional initiations and boisterous 

parties. MSA came together in faith. In all cases, strangers 

"While we increase members every year, this year has 

became friends, and the diverse became familiar.

been our largest increase in members yet," Sadek said. "We

Katy Hollobaugh and Omar Elsherif enjoy a scoop of 

gelato at the Muslim Student Association's Gelato Mix 

Event during MSA rush week. Thmwas the first year MSA 

held a rush week.

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Inspiring Curiosity 
Through Robotics

The inaugural East Lansing Robotics Fest

A mother walked by the 2016 Lincoln MKZ self-driving 

car and leaned to her son and said, "Look, this car drives by 

made the seed money possible for programs like CANVAS 

itself," then walked hand-in-hand into a row of tents filled with 

to get started, and thanks to the City of East Lansing, we can 

hills of the limitless future.

broaden our outreach to the whole community," said Brad 

On; Sept. 1 7, 2017, the very first East Lansing Robotics 

Clark, outreach specialist at MSU.

Fest was held just off campus at the Valley Court Park. The 

Inside the festival's main tent, kids smiled from ear to 

sun shined on people grinning with excitement as various 

ear as they used controllers to power robots that could pick 

MSU groups showed offiheir robotic technology, invling the 

up toy rats and small blocks from off the ground. Inside the 

public to interact and explore. The energy was something 

neighboring tents, students were actively engaged in building 

like walking through a carnival, with magic in every step and 

their own robots using lego pieces and even programming 

curiosity hanging on every face —especially the kids'.

them on a computer.

"Just like anything, start early," said Andrew Kim, who 

works in K-l 2 outreach for MSU. "YoTrcan talk to kids about 

roboticsSbut unless you get them working and building using 

hands-on activities that challenge them, they're ngt going to 

be afffiterested as they could be."

Kim, who had been working at the university for 26 

years helping the College of Engineering to boost Enrollment, 

emphasized that the college had grown pignificar®/ from 

“WE FEEL PASSIONATE THAT THESE 

KIDS GROW THEIR INTERESTS IN

having around 650 students sevenTyearl ago to around 

"Everyone plays with Legos when they're a kid," said 

1,400 students for the past three years.

Robert Watson, who handled the summer youth 

robotics 

"Michigan State was the first to offer a championship in 

programs for Future Engineers1FIRST LEGO League and Vex 

robotics for K-l 2 schools. Now, other schools are modeling 

Robotics. "We encourage them to play with them together."

our competitions," said Kim. "The main cbmconent to an 

Waf§on said that these events, along with the "summer 

event like this is the City of East Lansing. They take care of the 

programs he was in charge oil were like the "gateway" for 

tents; we take care of the tech. We feel passionate that fhese 

learning science, technology; engineering and math.

kids g dw their interests in robotics now so that one day thep 

"My son .vent to a robotics camp when he was nine," 

will become the engineers of the future."

said Watson. "He is 20 years old now, still doing robotics 

Daniel Kentja fill-year graduate student, said that his 

at Michigan State University and helping: teach the camps 

work in Connected and Autonomous Networked Vehicles for 

in the summed. 

I also have four grandkids in the glasses.

Active Safety (CANVAS) constructing MSU's first gpbotic car 

I am paMionate."

involved not only technicaLexpertise, but eth'cal expertise as 

Asllaughing children di^overed new possibilities, they 

well. He mentioned that CANVAS wcB working across the 

were fueled by their curiosity. There was often the sound of an 

whole university to create automation solutions:/, which began 

excited "woah" ala child unlocked his or hir understanding 

to raise ethical, legal and cultural issues that had never before 

of something new and imagjnitive. Despite it beingphe first 

been addressed.

Robotics Festl in East Lansing, tie community didn't hesitate 

"It was Leo Kempel, Dean of the College of Engineering, 

to show i® enthusiasm and support, paving the way for great 

and President Lou Anna K. Simon who were the ones that

robotics oppojplnities for the engineers of the future.

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CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

DESIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

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Hungy?

Student hunger fix-"freaky fast"

Whether it's sprinting down M.A.C. Avenue delivering 

JimmyJohn's subs to the Hplfieriyoung ladies going through 

recruitment on sorority house lawns, driving down Grand River 

Avenue to deliver Cottage Inn or rushing Insomnia Cookies to 

all the "insomniacs" in the dorms—studentivorkersyWere the 

main source of campus food delivery.

Jake Pawloski, senior media and information majoriwas 

employed at Jimmy Johns on Brand River Avenue for the 

majority of his undergraduate career. Bursting with delivery 

stories, a "Freaky Fast" attitude and humorous experiences, 

he looked back on his time as a delivery boy with a lov§j||j 

hate mentality.

One of the busiest times for the sub shop was undoubtedly 

sorority formal recruitment season. The potential new members 

were sitting outlpn sorority lawns, ordering subs between 

parties. Nina Lombardil a sophomore kinesiologj major 

and member of Alpha Chi Omega, reflected On her delivery 

experience during recruitmen^B

"It was frustrating, honestly, because I was nervous about 

not getting my Jimmy John's before my next party, and I was 

getting supdr antsy,? said Lombardi. 

"[The delivery boy] 

ended up being late, and my rho gamma had to save it for 

me while I was in the house. I felt bad watching [the deliver;-|| 

workers] sprint from house to house with tons of sandwich 

Fy"l would.stand around the store for at fhost three minutes, 

orders, but trust me, I deeded it."

get thrown a bag and shouted the name of an addressydnd _ 

I got so good at knowing our delivery zones that I never had 

to map anything out in the car, said Pawloski. Jimmy Johns 

is doing the campus a service||taying open that latejthough.

Pawloski, being on the other side of the delivery process, 

felt a little differently. Dashing from door to door, lavSjjto 

lawn, and being rushed from house to house, he recalled the 

recruitment season to be one of the most intense and least 

I swear, like half of the time people order food and then ju-st 

rewarding experiences.

cash out and are sleeping by the time you get there. Kind of 

funny, kind of not."

Charlie Talaga, a sophomore actuarial science major, 

had been a worker in the Brody Square dining hall for some 

time, but wa| hoping for a change of scenery: driving around 

campus in a Jimn||r John '¿-certified car.

"Food delivering sounds much more appealing than 

cafeteria; work because not only would I get a ton of time 

to myself driving from point A to point B,|butll would get 

to interact with people all overgcampus that are grateful to 

hear the doorbell ring and see me," said Talaga. "Also, the 

employe:-::- discount would be put to great use.

"Yeah, 

recruitment season 

is 

reffligh," said Pawloski. 

■"Sorority girls want theirojimmy John's, that's a very true fact. 

But how do they expect me to know what door to go to? I've 

never been.To a sorority? I just deliver sandwiches? I did m\^ 

best, though, running around campus." ’

Regardless of being the deliverer or the delive.ree, both 

sets of students could agree that campus lie would have been 

lessened withe;/ the hard work of the student delivery men 

and women. Whethelit was the funny stories or the great 

food that kept the two sides inlgood standing through the 

late arrivals and stressful orders, MSU wouldn't be the same 

OA/ithout student delivery—even if it was freaky slow.

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PHOTO: JEFF PARK 

CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

Turn right«

Jake Pawloski, Jimmy Johns delivery driver and MSU 

senior drives to his destination to deliver a sub.

Left: Senior Jane Sirigiri answers the door to receive 

her order from Pawloski.

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Parking Made Easy

Prndl app allows students to park without the hassle

"They came in and pitched their idea, and «hen we 

walked them through a process: discovery, validation and 

launch," Jaques said. "They fill out a business model canvas 

and then we give them resources they need."

After their pitchlthe pair worked on finding Jctra spots to 

rent out. This meant going door to door, meeting with property 

owners, churches and facility managers.

It could be extremely expensive and 

inconvenient for 

students to park on-campus. Shelby Zeigler, a freshman

Senior professional writing major Jenna Chapman 

found another ticket on the windshield of heScar aftermJass. 

Exasperated, she snagged it out from under the windshield 

wiper and drove home. This was the second one this week, 

not to mention the other ten this year. 

If there were more 

places for students to park, parking illegally might not have 

been such a common crime.

Parking at MSU was a constant struggle. As the year 

progressed, more and more students were either late to 

class or skipped if.all together after they circled parking lots 

countless times looking for a spot, but came up short. Two 

students who faced this problem decided to take matters into 

their own hands.

Co-founders of PrndllZach Brewer and Drew Piotrowski, 

created an app that allowed students to park off-campus 

without the worry of getting a ticket or towed. The app had 

spots available to rent for short- and long-term parking. In- 

addition, anyone who had an extra space available could 

make a few dollars by putting them up for rerrnon the app.

-•"One day, I was driving around Shaw ramp and couldn't 

Bind a spot," said Brewer. "On my way home, I saw all of 

these open and reserved spots for faculty members or whoever 

payed a bunch of money to have their own spot. There were 

no cars there, and then it kind of just clicked. I would pay 

someone right now ifd could just park in their spot.

“S MOST DEFINITELY WOULD, 

USE iHE APP IF It MEAN 1 Lhbb 
BIKING, LESS WALKING AND 
CLOSER PARKING.”

Brewer said that the empty spots were a wasted asset. 

There?were spots all over that were reserved for people who 

did not always need them. The spaces could be used more 

efficiently by puttinglhem up on a platform or app. That was 

how Brewer and Piotlbwski developed Prndl.

PaiBjaquesi the directoijof student and community 

engagement at Spartan 

Innovations, an organizationAthat 

supported students staling their own businessesiwas among 

■the first to offeisupport to the stldent team.

Prndl is an app designed to buy and sell parking 

spots around East Lansing. The app was created by ■ 

junior Drew Piotlbwski and senior Zach Brewer.

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COfflTENT: EMILY LOVASZ 

DESIGN: KENT KUBANI

journalism student! said that she drove to campus, parked 

hopes up that there might be a closer place to park. The app 

in commuter Lot 89 and then hiked to class. She said it was 

ensures that there ¡1 indeed a spot for you, rather than just 

not difficult to find parking at that lot, but she had not known 

hoping for the best."

about the app, and it would have been nice to know where 

Brewer hopes tha! after establishing Prndl at MSU, 

parking spots were closer to class.

uliversities around the country will use the app as well. 

"I most definitely would use the app if! meant less biking, 

Students wl see less tickets on theirawindshields and they will 

less walking and closer parking," said Zeigler. "I thinlthe idea 

not have to skip cBss because of a lack of parking spots. By 

of this app is genius simply because Bhiilfjb lot of people 

offering otherwise wasted spots, Prndlhad created a solution 

park in the lots farther away for the sake of [not] getting their

to students' parking problems.

Speaking to Impact

Dr. Eric Thomas speaks to students after his humbling journey to success

Arms outstretched, chest puffed out and head raised 

and then that pushes me wto next Tuesday,|| said Dezman. 

high—these were the behaviors?of a man who ate out of 

"So I get a push out of hearing him speak."

Trash cans and lived in abandoned buildingslgrpWmg jp- 

The Success Sfflies was a way forlThomas to give back 

without his biological father. One man was able to overcome 

to his alma mater and encourage students to seize^the moment 

these struggles with hard work and diligent effort. That man 

and have the "opportuniljgof a lifetime."

was Dr. Erifc'Thomas, ET the Hip-Hop Preacher or ET for short.

With his many titles came his many^toles: author, doctor 

and husband. But the role that left the strongest mark on MSU 

was his role as a motivational speaker. Every Tuesday for the 

entire school year, Thomaslpoke during his Success Series 

in the Erickson Kiva.

Thomas began his speaking career by trying to "beat 

himself." This entailed waking up at 6 a.m. every morning, 

and eventually-pushing himself until he was able to consistently 

wake up at 3 a.m. and release poor habits, including laziness 

"GETTING UP IN THE 
MORNING IS REALLY ABOUT 

OUT-HUSTLING. OUT-GRINDING 
AMD OI IT-WORKING MY 

COMPETITION.”

and procrastination, to get one step abJie his competitors.

Kl don't think he's the type of person to put money over 

"3 cralock in the moSig is symbcLc for me," said 

service," said Kailinn Hairston, a |un||pr who had bee™ 

Thomas. 

"Getting up in the mining 

is really about olt- 

listening to Thomas for over three years. "He is. giving back 

hustling, oil-grinding and out-workilg my competition."

to where he came from and that's how you stay humble and 

After receiving his bachelogs degree from Oakwood 

stay true to who |ou are, and I think that's really who he is."

University in HiMTsville, Alabama, along with his master's and 

Thomas wanted this gellration of listeners to get rid of all 

doctorate from MSU, Thomas wanted to bring the influence 

distractions and make time fir personal goals and fulfillments. 

that he received from the programs back with him to Detroit.

He discussed how previous generations had to tackle isljes 

"It feels good to know that I kept my word," said Thomas. 

that stunted the growth of many and made it harder for some 

"To see the potential and what you guylca:' becomejis like 

people to become successful.

looking at. myself when I was a high school dropouland 

■You gotta taka it," scldïhomas. lYou can do things in 

putting myself in that college envfcnment."

your generation that yoiffi ancestors could never, do, and I 

Studerfs were engaged by Thomas's fieriand aggressive 

wantyou to take full advantage of it. I want you to give 1 20 

presentationlas well as inspired by hearing him speak about 

percent...it's personal things that'sTmopping us."

his experiences and will to *;ceed.

Thomas has come a long way. After posting stimulating 

Dezman Thomasla sophomore and regular attendee, 

YouTube videos Ike "Thank God it's MondaH op«ig up 

was drawn by Thomas's authenticity and relatability. It allowed 

for songs like "Wins and Losses" by Meek tM\ and baig 

him to know what was being presented was not fiction.

the voice for major brands like DICK's Sportiig Goods and 

B'When I leave the Success Series, I feel good and I feel 

Goodyear, Thomas is still plhing to be the best; to dominate 

motivated. It pushes me into next Tuesday and then I'm back,

the playing fieldlevery day at 3 a.m. sharp.

PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON 

CONTENT: ASHLEY REED 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

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solutions Qna ia£a$ io help students

set and meet their own goals, '■■

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Eric Thomas is holding the Success Series 

in the Erickson Kiva. It was a series of 

dynamic motivational speeches.

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MSU Supports 
Feminist Studies

Spartan education abroad programs offer windows 
into feminism, gender and more

Just over 50 years ago, women around the world fought 

dedicated 

to making 

students 

feel comfortable while 

for equal rights, whetherlin the workplace or inOheir day-to- 

traveling abroad.

day life. The world is progressing—women are getting closer 

to being treated equally to men each day. MSU was doing 

its part for the support of feminist movements and women 

around the world through programs such as study abroad. 

One such program, GenderKex and Feminpm in the U.K., 

took students to the U.K., where they studied local gendered 

power dynamics and how these affected life and learning.

"Right now is the time, more than ever, for women to come 

together and demand the respect that is owed to them! said 

sophomore women's and gender studies major Alyse Holt- 

Bridge. "We are often overlooked and receiving less respect. 

That's why I feel feminism is so important in our world."

"While studying » London, I can't recall being fearful 

at alii said Photo Communication in Europe study abroad 

returnee Jada Fisher. "I honestly felt so safe with the city, 

and the resources MSU had in the U.K. fojus made me feel 

comfortable enough to explore the city by myself.

The Office 

for Education Abroad started promoting 

awareness of the many programs offered early in the fall. On 

Sept. 28, the annual Education Abroad Expo was held inside 

the Breslin Center. Following the Expo, informational meetings 

took place to educate Spartans about the steps to successfully 

apply to, and attend, their program of choice. Here, they 

discussed things like saving funds, applying for scholarships 

The program was held for four weeks in the U.H primarily 

and planning ahead.

in the city of London. Students worked with local populations, 

and strategic research was done to examine the impact of 

gender dynamics and feminist politics on women.

"We spend about 30 percent of the time in the classroom, 

but the remainder of the program was spent doing field work 

in the city," said program director Lucy Thompson. "One of 

which included the British Psychological Society's prestigious 

Psychology of Women Section conference in Windsor, which 

will be celebrating its 30th year. We wanted attendees to 

have a hands-on experience."

MSU worked to intentionally produce students who were 

intellectually and internationally engaged with the world. Not! 

all Spartans came from a diverse background, and stepplg 

into a new environment forced students to immerse themselves 

M new cultural experiences. In turn, this allowed Spartans to 

teach others aboutftheir culture.

MSU offered 

Insurance to all students who decided 

to 

study abroad and also had a partnership 

through 

ACCENT 

International,|j a custom study abroad program 

provider.  ACCENT  offices  gave 

studerjjjte 

spaces 

in 

international cities to come and study, get free maps and 

-RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME, 

MORE THAN EVER, FOR 
WOMEN TO COME TOGETHER 
AND DEMAND THE RESPECT 

THAT IS OWED TO THEM.”

"As a freshman, 

I have to continue researching, butt I 

know studying abroad is my biggest goal for next summer, 

said freshman interdisciplsary studies major Ladell Watson.

Studying the lives of women in the U.K. showed Spartans 

a whole new perspective on issues important to them/yone 

they could not receive at home. In order to uplift women as 

a whole, Spartans had to step out of their comfort zones 

and explore the cultures of women arofid the world. MSU 

held hundreds of more education abroad programs, all with 

rare and precious experiences and learning opportunities. At 

MSU, the campus did not end in East Lansing, but extended 

tour guides, and have a safe place to 

rest. MSU was

around the globe.

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DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

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Senior MSU student, Jane Sirigiri, discusses the 

education abroad opportunity: Behavioral Ecology: 

-¡of African Mammals (BEAM) with representative^ 

Zachary Woloszyk, a zoology major.

Students learn about the various opportunities MSU offers 

for summer education programs around the globe.

A Passion for 
Public Health

Volunteers help women while finding themselves

The Archive 

for Research 

in Child Health 

(ARCH), 

and check-ins until the child turned 10 years old.

founded by Nigel Paneth—a professor of epidemiology and 

"Working with the volunteers is what I really love," said 

biostatistics and pediatrics—is a research program focused 

Atkinson. "I started as one of the volunteers, so ive seen how 

on studying women 

in the crucial months of pregnancy. 

getting involved with this project can really help you grow.

Within the program, students were not only helping those in 

I had every intention of going to medical school, but after 

need, but establishing themselves as emerging leaders in the 

getting involved here, I took an interest in public health and it 

public health realm.

totally changed the trajectory of my schooling;, and eventually 

ARCH began utilizing samples taken at prenatal visits,' 

my life. There was something about dealing with!human 

initially- used exclusively for standard testing, for more than 

subject! that really spole to me—somethi|g aboil helping 

their sole purpose. Through excess analysis of these seemingly 

these women throughout their pregnancy."

uni-functional specimens, researchers could understand the 

origins of childhood diseases and abnormalitieslstemming 

from the first months of pregnancy.

G'lf a parent brings a child to the doctor's office with 

asthma, with juvenile diabetes, or with problems in learning, 

and asks the question!'Why did my child get this disease?' 

the answer, 99 percent of the time, 

is 

'I don't know,"' 

said Paneth.

Paneth's main 

reason for creating this program was 

to alter that response. He believed the added information 

ARCH's analysis provided would aid in revealing; the origin of 

many childhood health conditions. This would ultimately give 

doctors the ability to remedy many harmful exposures causing 

I HAD EVERY INTENTION 
OF GOING TO MEDICAL 

SCHOOL. BUT AFTER GETTING 
INVOLVED HERE. IT TOTALLY 
CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY 
OF MY SCHOOLING AND 
FVFNTITAIIV MY LIFE.”

development issues in the crucial months of pregnancy.

Breanna Kornatowski! a senior human biology major 

The program  progressed 

steadily with  help 

from 

and an undergraduate volunteer foifthe programlawoke to 

undergraduate volunteers and colleagues, such as Shelby 

a similar passion. She gained a positionl/olunteering with 

Atkinson, 

the 

follow-up coordinator for the project who 

ARCH in 2015 and found excitement in empowerilgWie 

graduated from MSU in 2016 with a dual degree in human 

public through her research and newsletters she produced 

biology and genomics in molecular genetill. She ian!ff| 

about the program and women involved.

working on aainirfcher master'! in public health. Atkinson 

■Because of how passionate I have become about public 

got involved with the project as an iBdergraduate student! 

health through ARCHil want to ultimately complete a medicine 

enrolling interestedMomen as projeclsubjects,..

and public health dual degree or even a dcpptorate/master's 

She was hired into the program in 2014—due to her 

program in public health when I graduate," said Kornatowski.

work as an undergraduate volunteer—and has been directly 

Not only was ARCH helping women, children and 

involved with the project on a much larger scale ever since. 

researchers understand the underlying issues behind childhood 

She washed as the progpm grew frim the Lansing community 

disease, but the program sp||ked an interest in volInteer| 

toplow reach hundreds of Women across the state. ARCH 

and colleagues alike. To be passionate aoout your work, 

had nearly 1 1,000 women in the program, and volnteers 

and to feel that it matters!is something MSU students strive 

worked to store information regarding women's pregnancies 

io maintain, and for these members of ARCH, they found it 

and stay in^ntact with them annually through phone calls

right on campus.

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PHOTO: JEFF PARK 

CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Why Pay for a 
Parking Ticket?

improving the Lansing environment one trip at a time

MSU's campus, as a whole, covered about 5,200 
acres of land. Now, imagine going from point A to point B 

options program coordinator at CATA. Her involvement with 

MSU made her the Lansing representative and lead organizer 

without the use of a moped or car, even in the cold month of 

of the challenge.

December. Students and faculty were doing jujt that during 
fall and wipter as they competed by "Going Green" in the 

most genuine and literal way possible.

"Our role is to improve thl greaterlLansing area's air 

quality! said White. "We do that by focusing in on traffic 
congestion. It's all about taking cars off the road and trying 

The MSU Fall Green Commuter Challenge urged 

to convince people not to drive themselves to work or 

Spartans to save their money and take more environmentally 

savvy transportation methods to class, work and home. This 

school everyday, because a number of years ago the state 
government determined that our area's air quality had failed -9 

competition, the first of its kind on campus, was hosted 

it was very poor. Initiatives werefput in placeln oil region 

by CAIA Clean Commute Options and the MSU Biles 

providing CATA with grant dollars, so the whole goal, really, 

Service Center.

So, yes, walking and bKing were not the only suitable 
forms of transportation—taking the bus and carpooling wit! 

friends and family were also registered as environmentally 

green ways of travel. By tracking their trips through a creative 
website and app, competitors not only had the opportunity 

to win cash and gift card prizes, but they could also observe 

how many calories they were burning, how much money they 
were saving and even the amount of carbon dioxide they 

is to improve Lansing's air quality for our own public health."

It was not only, faculty and Lansinglesidents who were 

living out this challenge. Students saw that even a bike ride 

in the rain lad more upside than driving a car and leaving 
it sitting ¡¡Ithe parking lot, just waiting on PACE, the Parking 

and Code Enforcement in East Lansing, to crack down.

"I don't have a car on campus, so» ride my bike 
everywhere JIneed to go, whether it's one mile away oileM" 

said Aaro! Pdfrul, a sophomore mechanical engineering 

were conserving through their clean commutes.

student and MSU Bikes Service Center employee. "My bike 

. Though this was his first time getting involved in a university­

wide competition to go green, Tim Potter, If he sustainable 

costs me less than a hundredth of some cars here at MSU, and 
it's more eco-friendly and, Bsome cases on campus, quicker 

transportation manager at the-MSU Bikes Service: Center, 

and more practical. Hopefully the Fall Green Commuter 

facilitated much of the contest. Stemming from his childhood, 
when he woull bike 10 miles to school every day, ecological 

travel is something Potter lived outtn his daily life. Continuing 

to bike to work and meetings whenever capable—sometimes 
even Bhe snow-lit was clear he was truly fervent in the field 

of clean commuting.

"Wheiral realized the strong legs I'd gotten from biking 
everyday, my brothels and I started bike racing," said PotteH 

"I met my wife through bikes and bikelacing, so it's been 

a big part of my life since I can remember! I had a bike 
shop in my parents' basement when I was in high school, 

Challenge will encourage more people to take their bike 

instead of a car."

“I PONT HAVE A CAR ON CAMPUS. 
SO I RIDE MY BIKE EVERYWHERE I 

NEED TO GO. WHETHER IT’S ONE 

MILE AWAY OR TEN.”

Whether 

it was walking, biking or busing, the Fall 

and the®I worked for severaliifferent bike shops througho« 

Green Commuter Challenge had ways for every student to 

the years. Now, I'm here at MSU still dong what I love, 

what I grewlp doing. So yeah, I'd say I'm passlnate about 
this competition."

get involved, giving them the satisfaction of knowing they 
were helping the planet,, as well as their wallet. In turn, the 

conservationists got to lie that money on something they 

Potter worked alongside Chloe White, the clean commute

loved, rathepfthan using ilto pay off another parkinglicket.

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES 

CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

Real Lives of the 
Resident Assistants

A closer look at the missions of resident assistants 
and the! impact they have on students

While many upperclassmen move off campus to live with 

part-time, on-campus job.

friends in houses and apartments, resident assistants:, or RAs, 

Amir Butler, who was a junior at MSU double majoring 

remained on campus, choosing to make an impact within the 

In the arts and humanities and apparel and teltile defign, 

SpartaP community. Although resident assistants|feceived free 

dedicated most of her time outside of the classroom to her 

room and board, this was no easy job while being a fulltime 

resident^ She was an resident assistant, but more importantly 

student. The responsibilities that Spartans take on while being 

to her residents, Butler was a friend.

resident assistants were often; more intense than a typical,

"I recently supported Amir on her new showcase for her

PHOTO; NATALIE ZUNKER

CONTENT: DAJHEONNA PERRY

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Andrei Nichols is a sophomore RA 

in Shaw in River Trail Neighborhood.

experiences with on-campus residents. Sophomore Andrei 

Nichols applied to be a resident assistant his freshman year, 

and as a sophomore he was offered the position in River Trail 

Neighborhood. Nichols graduated from Renaissance High 

School in Detroit in June 2016, which was when his student 

leadership roles began. Nichols started hi! own mentoring 

organizationRuits for Success,fWhile at Renaissance.

"Mentorship is my calling and it is what I am destined to 

^^■said NichqjM Thatllwhy I knew I would love my position 

as an RA, but being that I am a CEO of a nonprofit, it can 

become hard juggling both very time-consuming positions. 

This is my passion, though, and I am willing to go sleepless 

making sure I maximize out both opportunities."

The resident assistants assisted in supporting the Spartan 

community and made sure students had a friend 

in the 

residence halls. They were expected to provide strategies 

for multicultural development, 

learning,®character building, 

community development and personal well-being.

The «

 the leader and disciplinarian of the floor. 

Without him or her, the floor would devolve into chaos," said 

Chris Blake, feshman political science major and a resident 

on Nichols 

floor.  Andrei does a great job of asserting 

authority while also being extremely friendly and interested in 

each of us while welved on his floor*

“MY DECISION TO BECOME AN 
RA WAS BROUGHT AROi IT 

SIMPLY FROM MY PASSION 
FOR HELPING PEOPI.F I

clothing brand, Soreem, and it was amazing," said Amber 

Chambers, sophomore advertising stud|I and resident of 

Butlers. "She has been a great support system for me and we 

encourage each other. We are both learning and we relate in 

a lot of ways, so its nice to push through thwgs with someone 

and just be there for each other."I

Butler started her own weave, eyelash and clothing line 

^Biin the last year,, and she knew that her time was already 

consumed. Despite thislshe still recognized that being a 

resident assistant could help her develop more as a student 

leader and help her maximize her experience as a Spartan.

Nichols 

residents praised not only his kindness, but hip 

ability to mentor and lead students to greatness^Se exceeded 

expectation!by using his experiences as a iudent to guide 

th|jse struggling. Hi door was always open.

Andreigfrom day one, has made it known that he's a I way J 

there to talk, which I believe is very important forlstudents 

to 

hjick Schooley, sophomore and resident on

Nichols floor. 

I m also a business student like Andrei, and 

having him as an RA has been very^elpful because lean ask 

him questions on classes as well as about resource|lto help 

My delusion to becoml an RA was brought about simply! 

me achieve my goals as a business student."

from my passion for helping people, Isa id Butler.il felt like I 

didn.t have a lot of help coming into my freshman.year here;

I was very lost and homesick. I knew aftommunjty leader like 

myself could serve graciously to help residents seek resources 

and to know that you re not alone on this huge campus."

Resident assistants are often known aJj uppegdassmen 

who are acclimated 

to campus and can 

share many

Resident  assistants  played  a ' significant 

role 

in 

Spartans 

experiences  on  campus» sometimes  even 

becoming freshman students' 

first friends at MSU. Butler 

and Nichols were two students who strategically changed 

lives 

through 

this position. 

The 

resident assistant 

life 

was not for evefybne, but for them there wajj nothing 
else they'd rather do.

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Botanical's Best

Hyping Horticulture History

"He is fascinating, 

isn't he?" whispered an audience 

way to share his love for plants."

member to her friend, captivated by the man at the head of 

the group. As he took each step, the man surveyed his arena 

with a quiet comfortability that could only come through a 

true familiarity with a place. Every breath he took to pause 

carried the engaging silence of what he might gutter next. 

That was Peter Carrington.

Carrington was the assistant curator of the W;J. Beal 

Botanical Garden and served to be the most interesting 

Vandegrift had the opportunity to go to Carringtons last 

talk of the fall season on Oct. 1 2. Hosted by the MSU Library 

Environmental Committee, this was the eighth year the tours 

had been sponsored by the organization; Carrington had 

been doing six to seven tours a year ever since.

"I am very much a person who likes to teach," said 

Carrington. 

"I 

love seeing people's faces 

light up when 

they make a connection or find out something new about 

edible plants, giant hogweed, and toxic plants specialist at 

the universe."

MSU. Nothing less than an expertlhe had been teaching 

edible and toxic plants for 39 years.

"I thought the tour was fantastic," said Drew Vandegrift, a 

horticulture graduate student at MSU. "He was inspirational. I 

Outside of the garden tours he hosted by the MSU 

Library Environmental Committee, Carrington offered tours 

of the W.J. Beal Botanical Garden to his own classes, 

the University of Michigan, McLaren Hospital and MSU's 

had no idea corn was such anjjmportant crop. What a great

College of Veterinary Medicine.

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES 

CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

Caffngton strongly believed in the importance of having 

helps to be a little more attached to the information. Plus,life 

wilderness survival knowledge and the ability to disflguish 

is too short!"

which plants were edible with firsthand knowledge. He said 

Carringtor|fwas right—humorihelpedmiis tour attendees 

that "nature is not like a grocery store," that "you cannot graze 

become attached to what they were learning andfjt kept 

your way through and expect to be f.He."

them coming balH Carolyn White met Carrington several 

"I had to learn edible plants or die," said Carrington. 

years before the tour on a hiking trip, and she showed up to 

"I was so surprised by how well 

I could survive that 

I 

nearly every tour thereafter.

decided to teach 

it. There are no extra creditlpoints for 

"He's the most knowledgeable person 

in the world!" 

not identifying a plant."

White excjlimed.

On top oflls vast knowledge of plant history and 

The grinning crowd listened attentively to Carrington as 

biology, Carrington was knownlor his jokes. He was a whiz 

he explained the origin of papyrus—the first success» papB 

at making his audience laugh, chuckle and even chortle. He 

used to record history—and the backdrop of the gray day 

was never oulof clever anecdotes that could help audience 

existed Bperfect contraslwith his beaming energy. As he 

members apply what they were learning.

captured each; story, the clouds seemed to almost lighten up 

"I've always liked humor," said Carrington. "Sometimes it

above him, Botanical's bestlHI

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48

PHOTO: JEFF PARK 

CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

A Solar Challenge

Students promote sustainable energy and build a one-of-a-kind solar car

A boy sat on his dad's shoulders,; high above the people 

president of the MSU ¡Solar Racing Team, said they were able 

around him. Gripping onto his dad's forehead so he didn't 

to like parts from older cars and use their components. For 

fall, he saw the start of the parade coming down the street. 

a majoritiof the partsithougWthey had to fundraise money.

With wide eyes and a huge snhfle, he watched as; floats and 

cars passed by. "Dad!" he yelled. "Look! What is that?"

A large, metallic-looking car drove by, with the sun 

shining off of it. and people waving from inside. The boy 

didn't know what was on top. Re boy's dad explained that 

those were solar panels and that the car was built by the 

MSU Solar Racing Team.

The solar car was featured in the homecoming parade 

in October. Sandra Kue, junior and social media chair of the 

“IT RAISES AWARENESS ARfH IT 

ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES AND 
BEING ENVIRONMF.NTAI IV 

SUSTAINABLE.”

solar racing team, said the car was supposed to be ready for 

"I think we are aiming for over $100,000," Kue said. 

the parade two years ago, hulit died before the team made 

"Fundraising is a big part of it... it's a solar car and we are 

it to their place in line. However, after years of hard work, 

building it from scratch."

the team was finally prepared to show the car.

The team didn't stop at building the car—they also used it 

Building the car was not easy; if took yea's to design, 

to compete against other universities;. Most of the races were 

construct and find sponsors. The team started building in 2000 

held in the spring and summer, when universities from around 

after receiving funding from the College of Engineering, but it 

the country came together. This gave the team a chance to 

struggled folind success until the first car was built in 2007. 

meet other people who were just as passionate about racing 

fh e car featured in the parade was almost finished in 2014; 

and sustainable energyiand to se#ihow thepbuilt their carJ|

however, it was not completely finished, and the team continued 

"My favorite thing was from this past'summer when we 

to make improvements» October, the design proCess ifor a 

went dowr® Apfjn, lexasjfor the Formula Sun Grand Prix/ 

new car had begun, and || was expected to be complete 

our nationalplmpetiijon," Stark said. "There were about 1 2 

by early 2019.

of us, and it was stressful because we were working on the 

"The solar car team provides handlpn experience to 

car late at night. But the last day when we got the car running 

students in engineering and gntrepreneurship/'ysaid 

junior 

and doing laps—it was a really fun experience."

Michael Mazza, solar racing team business team leader. "It's 

With only abgut 50 people on the MSU Solar Racing 

cfn experience you can't get elsewhere because you see the 

Team, the members hoped that drivingffihe car in the parade 

product development and the entire scopdjfbf what a busines^ 

would not only allow the public to find Wut more about the club, 

does. Secondly, it raises awareness about alternative energies 

but that it would open people's eyes to renewable energies 

and being environmentally Sstainable."

and solar power. To the little boy sitting on his dad's sfftulders, 

The MSU Solar Racing Team consisted of a business 

it wa.S: a big, shinjlcar, but to the Students who designed, 

team, which worked primarily on marketing and fundraising, 

built, and drove it, the car was much more than that—it was a 

and mechanical and electrical teams. Greg Stark, junior and

Way tolmprove sustainability.

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A Fresh Perspective

MSU senior runs for office

Aaron Stephens!had always been 

involved. 

In high 

volunteered for the Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, 

school, he worked on a project that^reated a realistic video 

R/orked for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign and 

for suicide and drug awareness to truly, connect with students, 

Ipoken at many social rallies on campus. In 2017|he ran 

something the stereotypical and impractical ¡¡¡deos shown in 

for office.

high school assemblies failed to do. In college, he's been 

■I've always believed that a life of public service- iswhe 

involved 

in as marj§ political campaigns and groupslas 

life for me," said Stephens, a political science pre-law senior. 

possible: He's spent time in the House of Representatives,,

II think it is the best way to dedicate your life. ywant to give

■
ICSri

MSU students came to support Stephens 

,at an on-campus debate hosted by 

ASMSU. The debate took place bn 

September 21 in the MSU Union.’

PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON 

CONTE* SIERRA REHM 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

back to the community that gave so much to me.H

during Hillary Clintons campaign for president," Singh laid 

Stephens was one of three people running fop two city 

in a press release. "He Is a bright®fresh voice, and after 

council seats in the city of East Lansing. Political science 

hearing his. plan for our cityll am proud to endorse him for 

by major and political organizer by trade, Stephens had 

East Lansing City Council."

cultivated 

strong opinions' on 

the 

Importance of 

local 

Not only did Stephens get gritical endorsements from 

politics and believed that East Lading was the place for 

politicians, he also gained the support of locals.., including 

positive change.

Ingham County commissioners and a member of the East 

"Local politics 

is 

important because when feu see 

Lansing school board. On the night of the election, 50 people 

something that you want to fix, you don't have to convince 

gathered at HopCat to watch th^votes roll i^H

an entire representative body; you haye to convince maybe 

"Not often do we see someone our age 

running 

two people," Stephens ¡¡aid. "East Lansing ¡ska community in 

for office," senior 

journallm major Laina Stebbins said. 

which...there are resources and you can get things done, and 

"Its amazing tollsee that Aaron has-v-a competitive chance 

I love that."

right now."

Despite hallg extensive experience in politics, Stephen! 

The watch party at HopCat soon realized that they, had 

still needed the endorsements of others to help make his 

more to celebrate than simply Stephens' chancjCSrhey got 

campaign successful. One of these critical endorsements 

to celebrate his official election onto the East Lansing City 

came, from State Representative Sam Stngh. Singh began 

Couniil. Stephens took 3,042 votes;, beating 

incumbent 

his political career within the East Lansing City Council and 

Susan Woods by 333 points. Stephens' underdog election 

became a Michigan House Representative.

halted political normal^and would forever live on as an 

HjUmet Aaron two years ago during -m biginning of 

example of what could be accomplished when someone 

his colige career and got the opportunity to work with him

gives it their all.

Im liMHp 

I Lp’j

Aaron Stephens debates other candidates for a City Council position in East 

Lansing. During his campaign, Stephens was a full-time student at MSU.

51

Passion for Fashion

Senior Emily Bankes wins a trip to New York Fashion Week

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CONTENT: DAJHEONNA PERRY

DESIGN & PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON

She was 22, but wait—cry 22 years old? Emily Bankes, 

Shadows, incorporating subtle Spartan logos and colors Into 

an apparel and textile design senior, won a trip to New 

the white skirt, as well as a bold green top decorated with 

York Fashion Week through MSUs first-ever Spartan Fashion 

helmet logos and the classic words "Go Green, Go White.■

Deslgnt Collection Competition. Her 

journey started 

In 

"During the whole process, I ended up creating enough 

elementary school when ha parents purchased her a Barbie 

pieces to make three while garments, but then worked really 

sewing machine and carried on Into high school whemshe 

hard and decisively to create one final piece," said Bankes.

|||ceived her first electronic sewing machine. She developed 

The apparel and textile design program was centered 

her talents, stayed dedicated and her fashion dreams turned 

around the idea that if you could push the limits of yo* 

Into reality.

creativity with Innovative design, then you could use that level 

"I first fell 

in 

love with fashion 

In high school," said 

of creativity and appll It to any area with I r fashion design. 

Bankes. "Iliad a really amazing teacher who Introduced me 

Although the apparel and textile design program was smaller 

tolhe field and taught me tp really love and appreciate so 

than many other programs at MSll that didn't slow down 

many different things about It."

Bankes or her aspirations.

When she joined the Spartan family, she was originally 

enrolled as a pre-med ffudenflbut her passion for fashion 

Interfered with hlr medical studies. Bankes; took classes In se 

apparel and textile design program, but she only took these 

courses for fun. As a junior, she enrolled Info the apparel and 

textile deslgl major and committed completely to her dreams 

of being a designer.

The opportunity to attend Newffbrk Fashion Week was 

not easily gwen. New York Fashion Week was Invite only, 

and MSU, partnered with WME IMG,^ a global leader In 

entertainment, sports and fashion media, hosted a contest that 

"The apparel and textile design professors work very 

would grant only two Spartans an Irflltatlon.

close with us and this Is why students producef|o, many 

"As her instructor in cpursesland as a mentor throughout 

success stories like Emily," said apparel and textile design 

this .¿competition, 

I ..Was continually Impressed with Emily's 

sophomore Tiffanle Quinn. "We receive so muchpupport and 

ability to both take directionyybut alsoishow Ingenuity," said 

thills why I love my major."

Rebecca S; nulling, apparel and textile design professor and 

Emily Bankes lefta shining legacy \fiflh heraccompllshment, 

academK specialist.

showing up-and-coming designers that their dreams Ivere 

Bankes turned In 1 1 sketches and then created her final 

possible. Eder peers were sure success was within her reach. 

piece, a Spartan das made of fleecel popllnland rulle. 

Bankes showed the true meaning of MSUs famous saying, 

She. chos.i to center her piece around the alma mater, MSU

Spartans Wllllwlth her|ollectlon.

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o

Festive Philanthropy

Charity music festival brings opportunity for local bands

Five years ago, Young Pioneer started as a punk 

buddies and said,; 'Hey, you want to play a set or two?' We 

rock band trying to make It big. Since then, the band has 

booked the spacJbt [the MSU Summer GrclejTheatre] and 

followed the mainstream pop route, gone on tour and pushed 

we kinda just went for It."

themselves to make It as professionals.

Cleaveland and Pabian were the only two planning 

This past falllthe band had the opportunity to debut 

everything the fist year. It was a total flop. They "ran around 

some of Its new music at the third annual East By East Lansing 

like chickens with their heads cut off! trying to figure out how 

Charity Festival (EXEL). FounderSof EXEL, Austin Pabian and 

to run the event. However, they knew It was not going to take 

Lee Cleaveland, followed the band on Instagram and asked 

off the first yearland they saw It as an opportunity to grow.

them to play at the festival.

Fifth-year senior Riley Bruen came out to the event this 

"We are working on our new record," Jonny Walker, 

year to support Pabian, her roommate. While Bruen went to 

member of Young Pioneer, said. "We are getting ready to put 

support Pabianjgshe was also there to just listen to the music. 

It out along with a new music video, so, we've got some cool 

She was very impressed with how the event turned out.

new things coming up. A lot of what we play at the show will 

"We never have anything like this on campus» Bruen 

be on that record."

said. "Nothing with live music or something similar."

All of the bands at the festival were gathered from 

Aside from the music, the festival featured Simply Forked, 

cities around Michigan. Pabian, an MSU graduate, and 

(a food truck from Lansing), the MSU Dairy Store, 

raffle 

Cleaveland, a senior theatre major, tracked down bands they 

Itemsl Insomnia Cookies and Monster Energy. The music 

wanted and attended their shows to ask them to play at EXEL. 

festival also encouraged local student artists to set up their 

None of the bands were paid; they all donated their time and 

displays. The big selling point for many students was the 

talents to the cause. One hundred percent of the proceeds 

Capital Area Humane Society of Lansing, who brought pets 

from the festilal went to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 

available for adoption.

of Michigan and the Capital Area fdumane Society.

"You obviously can't just walk Into the vem.e, sign some 

Pabian came up with the idea for a music festival on 

papers and take home a pet," Pabian said. "But It's good 

campus In 2015. Though there had been concerts sponsored 

local awareness, especially with college kcds, to kind of 

by the University Activities Board In the past! nothing like 

promote that adopt, don't shop mentality."

EXEL had ever occurred at MSU. At the tlmey Pabian said he 

EXEL was: the perfect event for bands to get exposure, 

couldn't get anyfsupport for It, so he went to Cleaveland, who 

artists to debut their work and for students to come together for 

was Immediately on board. Cleaveland delfded to make It 

a worthy-.cause. In the next five years or so, Cleaveland said 

into a philanthropy eydnt for Phi Kappa Sigma;, the fraternity 

It would be Interesting to see another stage, more business 

they both were members of.

Involvement and to have the ability to shut campus do\ffh for 

"I am pretty active 

in the !ansing and Detroit music 

a weekend. This;event could be an annual staple of MSU's 

scene," said Cleaveland. "So I just kinda asked a few of my

culture in the coming years.

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PHOTO: JEFF PARK

CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ

DESIGN! ALEX DONNELLY

Local band plays music for students at 

East by fcSsfmmng Charity Miisic^pvaL

Interior Designer... 
Outdoors

Not just a bridge, but a collaborative art project

A student took another dreary walk to the 

library, 

responsible for the change inc||e MSU bridge between 

dreading 

the coming hours of studying and 

flipping 

Spartan Stadium andjhe MaB Library. The art department 

through textbooks. Upon arrival to the bridge, however, 

turned the university's plan to fix up the bridge iwo an 

the Student stopped. He noticed thalthe railings had been 

art showcase,1 where students could compete to have 

renewed—a metallic shine and unique design covered the 

their workf be applied to the new creation. Kata was 

once-iron-ridden barricades.

announced the winner, pulflng his works on display for the 

It was the month of October, and the bridge had been 

entire campus to see, and giving life to the railings above 

brought to life, all thanks to Gavinifata.

and the river below.

Kata, a senior Eterior design major, was particular!!

Having initially submitted panels that didn't completely

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES  CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

follow the contest's 

instructions, Kata didn't expect to 

our programKGavin expresses who he truljiis through his 

receive a call that he'd won first place. Wjfen he did, 

innovative designs-lboth welcoming and talented."

he was shocked.

April Allen, an assisant professor of interior design at 

"I was blown away," said Kata. "It was a great feeling 

MSU who proved influential to Kata's art and designing 

that they looked past the fact that I didn't totally design my 

abilities.,, worked closely with him throughout his years in 

work to their specific gldelines, because I didn't get that 

the interior design program. From foundational studies to a 

information until the last minute. So, I just sent m|j|panels in 

trip abroad to Italy and Spain, Allen was right by his side.

as is, and I really kind of thought there was no shot."

"He has proven himself to be a capable, creative, 

Art Nouveau was one of Kata'slfavorite design styles. 

conscientious student," said Allen. "I was honored to learn 

It takes art forms found in nature and channels them into 

that hisBnspiration for the bridge design was based on 

abstract motifs, and it was the artistic approach Kata took 

the Art Nouveau style |pm my History of Interiors class. 

when creating the panels for the bridge. He constructed a 

We expect to see great things from Gavin in the future 

piece heavily infiie’n'ced by nature—a whimsical look of 

as he begins his career while 

leaving his 

legacy of 

the four seasons. Kata's hope was that the bridge would 

the bridge at MSU."

convey a kind of story, which was his artistic goal.

The bridge, enduring boundless foot traffic each day, 

"The best thing I've learned from Gavin is you don't 

stood tall and strong as it radiated—day and night—with 

need to talk about your own qualities; you express 

it 

its newfound allure. Whether 

it was a trip to Spartan 

through your work,» said Ana Rovai, a friend of Kata's and 

Stadium on game day or an academic on his or her wa|t 

fellow senior interior design major. "Although I've gotten to 

to the library, the make-shift canvas surrounding the fans 

know him very well as a classmate and friend throughout

and students did not go unnoticed.

59

Reconciling Race 
through Religion

MSU Project 1:17

It was a calm Thursday night at The Rock as people 

began gravitating into pairs, talking with one another and 

sharing their thoughtful spirits! Slowly butiurely the smiling, 

that his goal was to be a leader and show people through 

example how to exchange ideas, talk about their differences 

and make positive connections with others. He had never 

laughing and hugging of a few turned into ten, which turned 

done worship at The Rock before.

into twentylwhich turned into thirty.jThen the group formed 

a giant circle and the clapping started. Bodies swayed and 

voices, sung 

ford I Lift Your Name on High.” Harmonies 

blended and carried out onto Farm Lane as!pedestrians 

began to watch and even join in the reconciling of race.

Named after Isaiah 1:17, MSU Project 1:17 aimed to 

be an example of whatlthe world should be, rather than 

protest what the world was. Isaiah 1:17 says, jLearn to do 

right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.Take up the cause 

"Over here Jit's a little bit smaller, but honestly, I love 

that jChen said of The Rock. "[The prayer] was really, really 

inspiring. There's a need for unit\pin our current climate. Politics 

has played a huge role in the division on campus, so how 

do we reconcile people of different thoughts,, backgrounds 

and beliefs? Especially as Christians, we know that we have 

brothers and sisters from different countries, ethnicities, talents 

and thoughts. We are really diversejibut we're also very 

separated. We are not as unified as we should be, so that's 

of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.". That spirit 

something that we're trwig to work on,"

was just what Rachel Nanzer wanted to capture at the event.

"It's teamwork makes the dream work," said Rachel 

Nanzer, a senior professional writing major responsible for 

organizing the event. "I kind of had this idea last year to try 

and create some sort of movement on campus for Christians 

to show love and to have unity [with] different identities, 

because when people that are diverse.. .are together, it shows 

the power of God's love."

Jelani Mathews,!sophomore and preside« of the MSU 

• Gospel Choir, was excited to help Nanzer with the movement. 

Mathews organized the choir to start the evening with a few: 

soulful hymns. He observed that when people are like-mided 

and they actually wanttodothe same thing, it makes fora brighter 

outlook on life.

"Last year...there was.a lot of turmoil going on with a lot 

of different protests, and one thing that was really challenging 

was the Christian community! Mathews1: said. "It was all just 

a disarray of a bunch of stuff. I think this is a really good way 

to funnel just straight love."

Tony Chen practiced at Cutting Edge Ministry, a non- 

denominational church 

in 

Lansilg 

that 

taught 

through 

discipleship, seeking to make sire that everyone felt included 

Reconciliation is the restoration of friendly relation 

It's 

the daily gestures of goodwill to those who look like they are 

in need of a little comfort. It's picturing the world as it might be 

and holding people close no matter where they come: from.

The collective group of diverse students gathered as 

brshers and sisters. With closed eyes and bowed heads, 

they lifted each other's spirits through prayer, shivering together 

in the ihilly wind. They let their voices out to ¿God for the 

entire campus to hear in an attempt to strengthen the bonds .of 

racial fellowship onitampuslsomething truly needed at a time 

and had a purpose. As an 

intercultural aide, Chen said

of polfMstrife.

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PHOTO: CRAIG HEDGES

CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Seniors Autumn Carson and Rachel Nanzer put the finishing touches of paint 

on the rock on farm lane. The group painted theiirod'k'dyrina^thejr first prayer 

meeting with various Christian organizations at MSW'/'r? 

* 

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PHOTO: JEFF PARK

loi— T- EMILY LOVASZ

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

Witches, Pumpkins 
and Ghosts, Oh My!

Greek community event provides safe environment for trick-or-treating

Aiiny princess ran i'p to the table and held up her 

impressionable events as well," McDonald said. 

"It's not 

basket. The older girl standing there smiled at her-'as she 

eveSday you can come face to face with your neighbors 

dropped a piece of candy into the girl's waiting basket. The 

and really Mire that moment and interact with the kids; it 

pint-sized princess said, "thank you," turned and ran off to 

really brings the best part of the communities to light."

the next table. Little boys and girls dressed in their favorite 

The Greek ifbmmHty 

is overseen blS a panhellenicf 

costumes walked down MAC. Avenue with their parents in 

council, and each house has a delegate on the council who 

tow, trying to amass as miMh candy as they could from the 

takeslinformation and organizes it withim his or her house. 

students standing along the road, all while, singing along to 

Julia Loring is the panhellenic delegate for her sorority, Kappa 

the Halloween tunes filBig the air.

Delta. She organized the decoratiojj, volunteers^-shirts and 

Hie MSU Greefpcommulty pil together Safe Halloween 

game for hffr sorority's table. However, it was the council who 

on Oct. 26, alree event that gave kids a safe place to trick 

put the entire event together.

or treat for the night. Swdents in each sorority and fratanity, 

as well as other non-Greek campus organizations, were 

expected to create kid-friendly games, like candyreorn ring 

toss, mummy race or spooky bag toss, and to pass out cand^ 

to kids who passed by. In addition to trick-or-treating, there 

were other activities and attractions, like face painting, a 

costume contest, a DJ, and arts and crafts. People could also 

grab a bite to eat from a variety of food trucks.

Linda Alexander, assistant director pf Greek Life, 

said tip this event has been extremely.; successful for the 

MSU Greek community. This year, the Greek councils also 

extended 

invitations 

to additional organizations.  Nine 

other groups outside of the; Greek community participated, 

including 

the MSU Rodeo Qlub and 

the GoldeS; Key 

InternationalBpnor Society.

“IT’S NOT EVERY DAY YOU CAN 
COME FACE TO FACE WITH 

YOUR NEIGHBORS AND REALLY 
SHARE THAT MOMENT AND 
INTERACT WITH THF. KIDS:

IT REALLY BRINGS THE BEST 
PART OF THE COMMUNITIES

"This event is really a partnership between the ¡¡jity of 

\ "ilt's a staple in East Lansing," Loring|laid. "It's my favorite 

East Lansing [and MSU Greek Lifej§" Alexander said. "The 

event in GreekIfe. We do givelback all of the time, but I feel 

fraternity and sorority community 

is continuing 

to build 

like I' m making an¡fnpact directly. With this many! people in 

relationships with the city and iiworking to partner with the 

one area, you really feel like you're making a difference. The 

East Lansing Public library.''

kids are all smiling and having so much fun."

Mark McDonald, a student who helped put the event 

The pipit-sized princess skipped down the street, waved 

together, has seen 

it grow throughout the years. Dating 

her war» and cast a magical Halloween spell on the mass 

back to the 80's, trick-or-treaters would go in and out of 

of people enjoying the Halloween festivities. Trick-or-treating 

the sorority yioSses. Since McDonald has been 

involved, 

in a college town may not be ideal for young; kids. However, 

they moved ti the street and have added more activities. 

during Safe Halloweenl kids were able to dress up as 

This year, all of the money raised byjthe event went to the 

whatevdy they wanted to be for a night—whethe1 

it be a 

East Lansing Public. Library.

princessla witch or a zombie—play games! and eat so mulh 

"This is one of the more intimate interactions- that-Greek 

candy that their stomachs hurt.

Life has with the community and definitely one of the more

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Cooperative, participated in Safe Halloweed 

alongside their Greek neighbors. 

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An Immersive 
History Lesson

The Gilbert Pavilion and Tom Izzo Hall of History open

Students, had. almost gotten used to the fences and 

re\||aled, staunchly contradicting the scaffolding. A clean 

construction equipment jtis-poutside of the  Breslin Center. 

concrete pavilion and glass wall stood proud.

From freshman convocation in the fall to senior graduationln 

The new additiow added 27,000 square feet to the 

the spring, it stood. Then, as the sight of scaffolding and the 

Breslin Center andpreated a new environment for students 

sound of heavy machinery started to feel like another part of 

aid visitors alike. The additions included a trophy room, a 

campus, the construction disappeared. Just before the 2017 

new weight room, a recruiter's lounge, an alumni locker roorfl 

basketball seasorl ape# side of the Breslin Center was

andtaarious updates to the concourse.

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CONTENI SIERRA REHM

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

 
 
more kids m have the opportunities I had thanks to Michigan 

State and want to use this fojjstimulate all Spartans to give 

back fq the beMiniversity in the world."

Not orjM was the new construction meant to honor 

alumni, but also Coach Izzo and the teams he had coached 

so far. In 2017,' Izzo had been with the university for 23 

seasons, and in 2016 he became a part |f the Ne smith. 

Memorial Basketbcffll Hall of Fame. He|j had many players 

Bn the NBA draft, and Spartan alumni have played for oviir 

20 NBA teams.

The Izzo Hall of History documents the two decades <;- 

service Izzo has given to theSuniversity. It has a piece of the 

NCAA court from 2000ithe year MSU won the national 

championship. It also hasl pieties of old teamjjold uniforms 

and a count of all the achievements Izzo and his;;- players 

have earned, as well as Izzo dressed up in Gene Simmons 

makeup from his famous entrance! into the Breslin Center 

during preseason festivities.

“...THE ACHIEVEMENTS 
DISPLAYED IN THE TROPHY 
IQOM ARE A RESULT OF GRE^ 
LEADERSHIP. EFFORT 

AND SACRIFICE.”

The Hall of History!. simFi an honor," R-aquel Izzo, Coach 

Izzo s daughterjysaid. He has been the head coach here for 

as long as I have been alive. So to see the progression of his 

time here live forever on the wall of Breslin is unbelievable 

and a dream come true folus, especially for my brother and I 

when we get the chance to bring our kids here someday and 

Rre get to say, 'Loolwhat grandpa did.'"

The additions: to the Breslin Center encompass; the 

rich past that MSU basketball has. The'S capture thefjqffort 

amazjœg athletes have put on the court season after season. 

The alreadjistunmng cTolay of succès! will oj|ly be added ®d, 

"We are privileged for the opportunity tolupport MSU 

Athletics and specificallyIhe basketbal programs," donors 

Rick and Suzanne Lasch said in a statement. "The programs, 

coaches and players..'have provided our family with many 

wonderful experiences. 

The achievements displayed 

in 

the Trophy Room are a 

res.Rt of great leadership, effort 

and sacjjfice."

MSU enjoys welcoming back its alumniywhenever they 

return to East Lap-sing. The addition of the Draymond Green- 

sponsored Alumni Locker Room was. meant to do just that, 

and its the only locker room of its kind in the country. For 

many alumnHv\SU holds a special place in their heartsland 

the locker roUM gives them the unique chance to reflect on 

their experiences.

Michigan State means everything to me," said Draymond 

Green, a 201 2 graduate and former MSU basklball player, 

in a statement. "I grew up in Saginaw and was lucw enough 

to attend Michigan State University where Cgach 

Izzo 

believed in me and gave me the chance to succeed. I want

as teams continue to make history.

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Starting with a 
Blank Canvas

Spartans use their paintbrushes to connect the community

Blues, reds, yellows and cplorsjn between splattered on 

individual artists, but came together to produce one cohesive 

the ground. Four students.stood in front of an expansive board 

mural that hung in East Lansing's Artist Alley.

covered with pencil drawings and half-finished paintings. 

The mural was created by eight students in a department 

One student painted people of different colors on the left 

of art, art history and design study away program during 

while another student worked on alcene of a river lined 

the summer.of 2017. Starting in New York, the classlisited 

with trees on the right. Each image was separate, created by

museumf|andlplked with other artists. From there, they looked

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CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ 

DESIGN : ALEX DONNELLY

This mural was done byithe Michigan State University 

Department of Art, Art Histpmand Design as a class 

project. The mural is full of Wild colors and adds! to 

the ambience of Downtown East Lansing.

each student created a collage. Each collage was then 

moved around until one coherent piece was created. The 

mural ®ok about two-and-a-half weeks to create.

Richard TanneSa studio art junior, worked-:# the mural'! 

depiction of the Broad Museum, the tree and river scene, and 

the elk in the top right. Tanner said it was hard to create the 

entire mural oebauso each student had a different«tyle, but 

while they had different ideas about whalshould be painted, 

each student had the same view;of what the mural meant.

"It was all about the community [and] making something 

that waiimportant to all of us here in East Lansing," Tanner 

laid. "It is about the variety that ¡Min East Landing, cohesion 

and the different values ||e hold dear. It is about acceptance 

of peoplelin the community and everyine being part of one 

famlL with many different views."

“IT IS ABOUT THF. VARIETY 

THAT IS IN EAST LANSING.

at public art in Detroit and Grand Rapids and, upon their 

The students examined the 

ideal! and lalues of the 

return! came UP with a vision for their mural.

community and used them as inspiration for the piece. They 

Heather Pope, community development analyst for the East 

understood the ideappf being part of a family with many 

Lansing Downtown Development Authority, said the city was 

different views because each artist had an individualistic work 

looking for options for .additional art in the downtown area. 

ethic. The best parts of the community were displayed bm 

A few summers ago, murals were installed in the Grove Street 

combining each view and creating a cohesive piece.

Alley, also known as Artist Alley. The Downtown Development 

'It's about the city and trying to show the nicer sideJgof 

Authority reached out to the university in September 2016 to 

the cit® said Al^ssa Thorntonla studio art senior. "We have 

discuss having a class create another mural to be installed 

all of these other events for people of different ages, kids and 

alongside the other art in the alley:

older people. It's not just a town of college kidsv"

"The class presented their ideas to a lommittee," Pope 

Thornton, Tanner and the other students stepped back 

said. 

"But it was ultimately up to them to come up v\Sh 

analooked at the finished piece. From one end to the other, 

the fusion. There were some ideas of what the committee 

each picture stood for a different value: agriculture, urbanity, 

was looking for, but it was up to the class to come up 

morality and sustainability. From paper collages and sketches 

with the design."

to the fully painted picture, each artistl; contribution, while 

The students came up with a proposal explaining their 

lostltanding alone,¡¡came together to form something truly 

goals for the mural, and once ’their vision wa|approved,

special, giving life not just to the alley, but to the community.

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WWE Live returns to MSU's campus

Front the big screen to MSU came WWE Live. Lansing 

sometimes. So when I saw it coming to East Lansing, I was 

iocals and students filledlhe BreslifitCenter to watch the mgle 

like^'might as well.'"

and iemale fighters throw down in various fighting matches. 

Fourteen fighters showed up and shöwed oyt during the 

For WWE, the center of the floor was transformed tq look just 

event. Kids came with custom-made posters, their own WWE 

like a boxing ring^accompanied by huge screens,Bashing 

belts and a magnitude of energy to*support and represent 

lights and adoring fans.

their favorite fighters. 

.

Students; who grew up watching WWE did not hesitate 

"It was definitely entertaining just for the fact that I saw 

to come cwiipr the evwflTReliving childhood memories was 

a lot of people who I grew ifß looking to," said Raxton.

noi only a way to reflect on* the past, but to simply take a 

WWE Live may appear to be less aggressive than fights 

break from the stresses of college ie.

that frequently occur in other major sports and competitions 

"AroWd middle school 

is when 

I started watching 

like UFC, but the amount of effort it takes to prepare the shows 

wrestling and 

it was something 

I 

really enjoyed," sap 

they perform should not go unnoticed .otLdents who grew up 

Christopher Raxton, a seniot^ economics majo*"Me and 

watching WWE gave credit to the fighters and what they do.

my younger brother used to watch it every Monday, every 

"Doing all that flipping and all that extia stuff would tire 

Friday. We used to have afjthe actionsfigures and- video 

the average person outijin five seconds, sc| it's like it's over 

games. [Tfiere were] a lot of wrestling events that came to 

jjhe top sometimes," said Raxton. «"Even thcljgh a lot of it is 

Georgia, where I used to live in Atlanta,'so we went to those

theatrical, you have to realize.that the people doing it are

very athletically talented and inclined, because it takes a lot of 

, and bring friends and family together.

talept to do»those things and they make it look easy."

‘ 

"My experience was interesting," said Caleb Conley, a 

J hough the pros make all of their wrestling moves look 

sophomore advertising major. "Seeing that I was a child that 

easy to do, thére is always a warning to never try those same 

never watched WWE, I was entertained by something new."

moves at home;especially without the proper training. Some 

kids listen while others have to test the waters.

"They tell you not to do it at home, but I used to do 

it at home with my friends," said Will Agodu, sophomore 

computer science major. "Me and my friends would have 

fights and all of the fights were based on wrestling moves. 

And we would only do signature moves that people do, and 

“THEY THU. YOU NOT TO DO IT 
AT HOME, BUT I USED TO DO IT
AT T TAMr I I 7TTT T l\/i\7 CDICMnC”
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we'd place bets'l>n thè floor and do wrestling moves off the 

What waTa new experience for some students was just 

beds. It was all really fun."

a trip dowifflmemory lane for others. Being a college student 

Because it had been four years since WWE Live had 

l is^lways more demanding than reverting to the age of six, 

come to MSUs campus, Spartans wanted to take advantage 

but simply experiencing WWE Live was enough to want to 

of the experience. Though the event is based on entertaining 

go baobto the "good:«ole days."

through wrestling, it Mgs able to captivate a large audience

Seniors Step Up

Seniors hope to win a championship and leave their legacy

It was the last point of the game. Senior Abby Monson 

watched the ball in the air as her teammate set it to senior 

Autumn Bailey. Baiiey jumped and her hand connected hard 

with the ball, sending it over the net. Monson and Bailey 

Brooke Kranda said. IBut, I guess the biggest goal I have 

f<p[ myself is to finish with a good season. It would be really 

cool to have a igood ejSjgh season to be chosen to be 

an All-American. Other than that, I just want to finish on 

froze, waiting for a reaction from the other team, but the ball, 

a high note."

slipped pastltheir hands and slammed against the wooden 

floor. The audience roared, and the MSU|f/olleyball team 

won their fifth game against Minnesota.

Monson said since she is from Minnesota, getting a win 

made it her favorite moment as part of the volleyball team. 

Bailey received honorable mentions a few times, but had 

a personal goal olbeing a first-team All-American as well. 

Monson, while pursuing personal goals, wanted to impact 

her teammates and let them know that she was there for them 

on and off the court. In doing so, Bailey, Monson and Kranda 

The team had an outstanding season 

in 2016, with 25 

would be leaving their Spartallegacy.

winland only six losses. For the 2017 season, the women 

wanted to continue improving. Monson said the team looked 

at the Big Ten championship Irst and then after that, the 

national championship.

"I know as a big group of seniors, we are trying to 

end very high," Monson said. "I know we have really high 

expectations this year to end up with a Big Ten championship 

banner up there [atjenison Fieldhouse]."

Head coach Cathy George had high expectations for 

the team in 2017 as well. Players were older and more 

experienced—able to handle things differently and focus 

more. However, while the team finished with one of the best 

overall records the year before, there was more to work on.

"I 

like to think about 

It maximizing ourselves and 

"Ihope that they become everything they hoped they 

would," George said. 

"That they dream big, 

that they 

wcik hard and persevere through everything, and that this 

experience helps them and equips them to be the best that 

being the best version of us we can be," George said. For 

they can be."

us, we know good things happen if we do our small parts. Its 

everybody doing their part, fulfilling who they are and how 

they play and just doing everything to the best of their ability.

The seniors who. played their last season, with the Big 

Ten championship in the back of their mindl worked to end 

on a high note. That meant getting in the gym everfj dayl 

While the last season for the seniors came to a close, 

everyone 

left their marl on and off the volleyball court. 

George helped the.team grow and; put them in a position to 

do great things in the world. Just as Baileys teammate set her 

up for the win in their fifth game against Minnesota, MSU's 

volleyball program set up its seniors to be successful even 

and working harder than any other team in the nation. Aside 

after graduation.

from focusing on the team goal of winning a Big fen title and 

nationdllchampionship, the seniors also wanted to leave a 

lasting impression on MSU.

"Obviously we want to go far in the tournament," senior

SEASON RECORD:

W: 24 L: 9

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CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

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Need for 
Speed

MSU Racing Club is on the move

For most students on MSU'si^fipuithe CATA buses are 

one of the go-to forms of transportation, along with bikes, 

mopedll skateboards and the like. Even though cars are still 

used by students on campus, there aren't many students who- 

get to enjoy ||e benefits of having one because of an array 

of conflicts^ likfflparking.

A group too passionate to leave their cars at homeMhe 

MSU Racing Club has been admiring various uwcles and 

teaching its members a bou Aim proving their overall driving 

skills since 2001 .

"The-cluo started after 'Fast and Furious' blew up! To th|| 

day, we have members who style their cars in the same exact 

fashion that enthusiasts |tid back then, with neon underglow, 

crazy sound s||tems, nitrous bottles and big, powerful 

engines. 

It's nice to see that our roots arefstill showing 

today," said Aleft MackouM the social media officer for 

MSU Racing Club.

“SO FAR. I’VE BEEN TO TWO 

MEETS AND MY FAVORITE 

THING ABOUT THE CLUB IS 

THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY 

AND HOW WELCOMING
1%. 7éT\ 1^. 

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FHundreds of students, were attrajted to the events held 

by the MSU RaJing Club, including its spring car show and 

cider mill run. The main focuses may have been about cars/ 

but students were happy to engage with others and make 

new friends as well.

The club has been such an important platform fcm car 

"So far, I've been to two meets ond my favorite thing 

lovers that most of the original members are still active in the 

about the club is the sense of community and how welcoming 

club, ushering in new members.

everyone fc," said Bryce Corey, a senior computer science 

"As a freshman,2-1 actually didn't think l|§vould be really 

major. "They.are very sincere people, and I think because we 

accepted at first, builnow this is one of the coolest and 

all have the love of cars in common, we are able to bond on 

nicest groups of people I've ever met and we have a lot 

a different level than others."

of fun togetheMKaidlake GenawBa freshman mechanical 

There 

is no doubt that MSU Racing Club 

is a car 

engineering major.

enthusiast's haven. With many members comes a full lot of

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CONTENT: ASHLEY REED

DESIGIjf ALEXANDER BROOKE

MSU racing club hosts a cruise to the local cider 

mill this fall. Prior to their departure, members 

display their vehicles for all to see and admire.

cars,, and the members adore all the vehicles they get to see.

and still retain their legitimacy.

"The one thing that I love about our group is. that we 

"Whether you drive a $ 100,000 car or you drive an old 

have such a diverse selection of vehicles. Everyone loves 

BMW that you built yourself!we are all'able to bond over 

something differentland rhat's really what makes our group 

that," said Corey, "There is something about car people that 

so much more than just another car club," said Mackoul. "We 

is just different. We all have so much respect for each other, 

have members with passion^ for everything from American 

and it realj|Mriakes you feel like you are a part of a large 

Muscle to small Japanese 

legal go-karts [and] German 

community. withiilMSU."

luxury cars, as well as crazy, exotics and all sorts of different 

One CATA bus may be able to fit many studentsjjat a 

motorcycleiand track cars."

time, but there is not a CATA busln sight that can whip around 

Unlike mew car clubs, the MSkMRaeing Club does not 

a track and bring together an abundance of MSU students. 

tolerate any type of street racing or "hooliganry," as they call 

The MSU Racing Club was more than just a niche group; 

If. Thlcars and their drivers are treated with respect, which 

it was a developed community that loved the smell of oil 

allows club members tp create and maintain strong bonds

and the roar of engines.

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Expectations Pay Off

MSU's cross country team advances to the NCAA championship

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CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ 

DÍSIGíSaUTUMN HILDEN

After lacing up her spikes and pinning her race bib to 

other, I think it goes a long way in taking some chances and 

her greej and white uniform, junior Jeralyn Poe jogged to the 

just being at yc.0 belt, even when it may not be your day,’; 

starting line with the rest of her teammates. Murmurs of "good 

Drenth said. "I think their attachment to each other and their 

luck" buzzed among the 200 or so runners at the starting 

commitment to each other is how we stag consistently good."

line of the Great Lakes Regional meef. With her adrenaline 

Benoit, a senior rHierBended his last cross country 

pumping, she swob-out h|tr arms and legs, looked down 

season on a high Bite. ForBhe first time in Behoof historffl 

at her foot orlthe white line painted on the grass and then 

the menlteam won the GreatBakes Regional meet and, like 

looked back up, foclsing on the open course w front of hell 

the women's team, earned an altomatic bid to the NCAA 

The gunshot sounded, and she took off among a sea of 

championships. The team had great expectations for the 

colored jerseys.

season, and while some fell short, others were fulfilled.

Starting out strong in the beginning of the season ••¿Poe 

was one of the top runners for the women's team. She finished 

•first overall for MSU atlhe Great Lakes Regional meet. This 

top finish helped the women's team place second at the 

meet and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA cross country 

OTHER. WH1 EN YOU TRUST EACH 

OTHER. I THINK IT GOES A LONG 

championships, a joint meet between Division I men's and 

NAY IN TAKING SOME CHANCES AND 

women's qualifiers.

"I didn't even know I made it to nationals individually^' 

Poe said. "It was honestly all about the team, [¿was just really 

excited to be in a crowd with over 200 girls and just Seeing 

JUST BEING AT YOUR BEST. EVEN 

WHEN IT MAY NOT RE YOUR DAY.”

what I could do to improve from thfg previous seasfgHH

"Looking back at it, [winning regionals] was a lot more 

Walt Drpnth, head coach and director of /Vf|U's c 

:>ss< 

special than maybe we thought at the time because it was our 

country program, said that Poe was a role model during the 

first one eve® Benoigsaid. "We made it to nationals the last 

season and a poinlof reference in terms of growth. During 

twee ylarS:,. scBthat was the goal—to get back to nationals — 

her first year on the women's cross country team, Poe was 

and it kind of became of expectation. So, we approached 

a redshirt freshman and worked on the transition from high 

the meet like we wanted to advance and that's what we did."

school-athletics to college athletics. Since them she competed 

As Spectators watched, agstampede of jerseys came 

for twojyears in the green and white uniform.

barreling down the straightaway. Spikes duginto the grass,., 

On the mens side, Drenth said Max Benoit and Clark 

and heavy breathing filled the alas runners moved toward 

Ruiz were outstanding leaders as well. The athletes., however,, 

the. »''sh. After' crossing the line, Poe stood with hep hands 

did not look at their individual finishes, butBsstead focused 

on her hips to catch her breath, waiting. As each one of her 

on the overall team. As a result, both teams exceeded their 

teammate! crossed the line, they hugged and patted each 

expectations during the 2017 season, and they looked to 

¡Ither on the back. One race was over, but the focus, and 

advance even further the following year.

determination carried on.

"When you count on each other, whenlplu trust each

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CONTENT: DAJHEONNA PERRY 

DESIGN & PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON

Rising Black Men

Tim Herd heard mentoring was needed in the black community

There is no guide that tells people mentoring is needed 

school and building these relationships just like him. He is a 

to be successful In 

life, but often, 

if someone else can 

true inspiration."

successfully tackle a problem, others are inspired to tackle 

Herd's peers were also owed recognition to the building of 

it as well. Mentors are those people who bring coffee and 

his organization. Many others, ¡te Victor Ruiz-Divas, showed 

listen to complaints after a stressful day, or keep others on 

mjlrd the importance of friendship along with mentoring and 

track with classes. Mentors are those people who give others 

low to make connections with people through common goals'

that extra connection,, who help set goals and who essentially 

serve as Be changers.

Tim Herd was a jufflior and natural mentor at MSU who 

started Rising Black Men! his own mentoring program for 

young black men ora campus who were pursuing degrees. 

Herd saw that many of his peers; were in need of an extra 

push, and hellnew the power of mentorship. He grew up in 

the finer city of Detroit and couldn't imagine where he would 

have been without the impact of his mentors in high school:./

"A lot of men from my old neighborhoods and schools 

“THIS WAS MY AMMUNITION TO 
INVEST BACK INTO THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY AND LET YOUNG 

BLACK GUYS KNOW THEY CAN 
ATTEND COLLEGE ”

didn't get an opportunity to go to college, buHe few that did 

"We both feel the weed to go out and help others 

rarely even make it out," said Herd. "This was my ammui‘tip|| 

succeed; especially t®se who are starting their first year of 

to invest back into the black community and let young black 

college," said Victor Ruiz-Divas, a senior and Herd's close 

guys know they can attend college."

friend. "Tim, to me, is like my younger brother. Like myself, 

The group was founded by Herd in 2016. Rising Black 

Tim has greatly benefited from having a mentor. It has pushed 

Men had a total of 59 black menj§33 of those men were 

us to shoot for bigger and better things,$;o never stop asking 

irishman and the others were upperclassmen Several of 

questions and to nevelback down., especially as students of 

those Herd mentored himself, all while jugging his class load 

color in a predominantly white in|J|ution like MSU."

and serving as an MSU Intercultural Aide. Mentors filled a 

HHlile mentoring was not a necessity foil a 11,."It was 

gap for those men who didn't have male figures in their lives 

necessary for some. Herd went above the ordinary to 

who graduated college or, in many cases, didn't have fathers 

plant a seed in other Spartans' educational development. 

growing up. For Rising Black Men, access to academic 

Uplifting a community took an advanced leader, and Herd's;, 

success was important.

quickosuccess moved mountains, showing his dedication 

said fr||hman Christian Huddleston, Herd's mentefeT "He's 

to the constructive progress. Herd's passion lo be a better 

spreading ouB orgaSzation vastlylaround campus and his 

student, future leader and educator truly shined through his 

attitude toward school is so inspiring. I see myself attacking

mentoring movement.

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As Comrades

Alex's Great State Race

It was drizzling at 2 a.m. on Oct. 6, 201/Wwith light 

wake up in the morning."

droplets falling on more than 50 Army ROTC^adets as they 

Alex was a student at MSU who passed away 

in 

pumped their legs back and forth on a 64-mile route from East 

201 1 after a brave battle with cancer. During his time at 

Lansing to Ann Arbor. The cadets, from both the University 

school, he was taken care of by MSU's Resource Center 

of Michigan and MSU, bounded along the path 

leaving 

for Persons with Disabilities,! or RCPD, as well as 

the 

Demonstration Hall carrying the game ball and American flag 

University of Michigan Hospital.

at the very front.

Juliana Powell, Alex's mother, wanted to find a way to 

Before the runners took off, members of both military 

thank both of the organizations for yvhat they did for her son. 

training programs gathered together in a prayer to remember 

That's when she met Mike Hudson, director of RCPD.

Alex and to keep them safe on their journey. Firm hugs, wide 

"She said she wanted to help the RCPD be more: visible 

smiles and hearty laughter echoed th»ughout Demonstration 

and help more people like her son! said Hudson. "I could 

Hall as the runners andltudents waited for the race to start.

see the energy. I said, 'Scott [Westerman, former executive 

"We are running for Alex Powell," said Steven Dinverno, 

director of the MSU Alumni Association], I think I have a story 

an MSU cadet. "He needed help from [the University of] 

here. What if we ran the game ball from Ann Arbor to East 

Michigan Hospital when he got sick. Now we run to continue 

Lansing?'"

to bjtdge the gap between rivals. There's no better reason to

Westerman, after hearing about thl idea from Hudson

Not only did the two ROTC units run together the entire distance, 

they carried the American flag and the official game ball.

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CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

during the weekend of the 2013 UM-MSU football garnJj 

"I think it's just a fun event," said Conrad Keurejian, 

was so inspired he wanted to get it started that weekend, but 

a fourth||ear cadet with ROTC. "There's an aspect to the 

he knew he couldn't pull the resources together in two days. 

event that while you're runninglyou're helping the RCPD 

A year later, the cadets from UM and MSU ran the game ball 

and organizations maise money, When! you can yavg this 

from Ann Arbor to East Lansing, inaugurating Alex's Great 

moment—when the students from the two rival schools can 

State Race in 2014.

come together in support of something —it seemed 

really 

"The inception was quite small! said Juliana. 

"I had 

special to me."

nothing to give them. 

I said...'I have this crazy 

idea. 

I 

have no money, but I want to give back to both schools.' 

This year,l[Lt. Gov. Brian] Calley and [Michigan Supreme 

Court Justice Richard] Bernstein ran the last Be miles. We're 

really excited about having themmnvolved. It continues to be 

such a blessing."

Powell believed the event was; no longer just about her 

son »but about giving balk to both institutions and helping 

future students have cccess 

to more opportunities. She 

emphasiled that ilwas all about getftg the word out there, 

As rain droplets continued to sprinkle over the cadets, 

because this was a generation that would change the world.

they stood with a look of bravery and courage. The same that 

In 2017, the fundraiser helped the RCPD create the 

a young man sblyears ago had shown them. In memory of 

Alex Powell Spartan Experience Leadership Endowment. The 

that lovely soul, they gatlered every year on botlrasices of the 

endowment helped MSU take on the varied needs of MSU 

line to come closer together, not as rivals, but as comrades.

students with disabillies.

Redshirt freshman Weston Bridges celebrates 

his team's victory against Iowa. MSU won 

the game with a score of 17-10.

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Perseverance 
Off the Field

Spartan football players show us the importance of serving others

While many students spenlthe weekend of Sept. 16 and 

Similar to HoustohHriing to persevere, jibor Tyson Smith 

17 partying at the local bar, shopping or drowning in their 

had his perseverance tested in 2016 when he faced a season 

studies, a few of MSU's football players made their way to 

full of serious health problems. Smith suffered a stroke last 

Houston, Texas,Bo give back to the communities-who had 

season that left him confused and unsure about hiMture with 

suffered from hmjrricane Harvey. They took fligfl during thiir 

football. He underwent treatments and was finally cleared in 

bye weekend to help out those who were struggling through 

June 2017 to get back on the field.

a tremendous tragedy.

In the ffit game of the 2017 season],. Smithlscored an 

This was bigger than footbai^fflt was an opportunly to 

interception for a touchdown and the Spartans dominated the 

serve. Ten Spartan football players saw what was happening 

field with a 35-10 win.

in Texas and could not simply sit around and watch.

"We||ad to dig up molded floors and tear down houses," 

said junior wide receiver and Texas»iative Dar.rell Stewart. 

"It was an emotiona; experience, but it was worth every 

moment. Iwas happy I could donate my time and strengths 

to lift my communities. I was raised in these neighborhoods 

and they were home."

Stewart was also a panelistlin MSU's Welcome Black 

Week panel prior to the Brricane Harvey Telpf tip. At 

the panel, he spoke about many of his challenges growing 

“PLAYING FOOTB/ 

TEACF 

YOU HOW TO PERSEVERE 

ON THE FIELD AND OFF 

OF THE FIELD IN OTHER 

ASPECTS OF LIFE.”

up and how he did not know what to expect from playing 

"Perseverance plays a major role in sportsmanship; you 

football for the Spartans. He also expressed how important it 

learn both ends of perseverance," said Smith. "You may end up 

was to give back to the communities that helped you proceed 

on the short end of things and things become overwhelming, 

to the next level, and to never forget where you came from. 

but playing football teaches you how to persevere on the field 

Two weeks later, Stewart and his teammates got on a flight 

and off of the field in other aspects of life."

to Texas, showing that he had been speaking from the heart.

The 

Spartan 

football 

team 

showed 

students 

the 

"It's a great thing that my teammates were able to 

importance of being multifaceted and how to break the stigma 

represent our brand and the university 

in helping those 

about people's perception of them. They were students who 

affected by the disaster down in Houston," said sophomore 

wanted to be known for more than just athletics. Both strong 

linebacker Tyriq Thompson. 

"It shows that there 

is more 

characteristics for members of the Spartan footbal team, 

to life than footbajlland to ¡mot get so caught up in this 

Smith's perseverance showed tffough overcoming his medical 

game that you forget that there are thingfl going "bn 

in 

complications, and Stewal's tenacity showed through his will 

this world that require more attepfion."

to give back to his community.

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It's More Than 
Dodging a Ball

MSU Club Dodgeball competes in top 15

For most, the solid of dodgeballs bouncing off walls is 

reminiscent of lighthearted games in a high school gym or a 

four square court. But the sound of dodgeballs in IM West 

school and I obviously loved it from there, 

said senior club 

member Rebecca Shappell. "Freshman year of cojege I was 

walking around Sparticipation and I found the club, and ever 

had a much more »tense connotation. Balls whirred in the 

since then I've just been here."

air before ricocheting off bodies; shoes squeaked as players 

sprinted away from the line; laughing college students turned 

into stone-cold athletes. Welcome to MSU Club Dodgeball.

MSU's team was madeiup of a diverse array of 

competitive players. Everyone had some sort of athletic past, 

but no one had the same story.

But, unlike Shappell, most players didn't come in with 

extensive  dodgeball  experience. 

Sophomore  member 

Sandros Rivera 

joined after he couldn t make the club 

baseball teamibut ie learned how to adapt his baseball 

skills into dodgeball. Other club members just wanted some 

sort of athletic experiencefn college.

"I actually played dodgeball for a leaguejn my high

"I always wanted to be in a sport, mostly just a club or!

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

intramural sport," freshman Dennis Sullivan said. "At first I was 

are brandilfied for players who step out of line or argue a 

nervous whether or :not I was going to make the team, but 

little too much.

now everyone is family."

"There's a lot of testosterone flying around on the courts," 

said Shappell. 

"A lot of heated debates about calls and 

chatter back and forth between teams. It never gets out of 

handlbut it's very competitive.

And, for Michigan teams, there was good reason to be 

heated: This year, they were some of the best in the nation. 

MSU, Saginaw Valley State University and Central Michigan 

University were all within the top 15 of the 32 teams in the 

Each dodgeball game consists of two 25-minute halves, 

National Collegiate Dodgeball Association.

and teams score points by hitting opposinglteam members, 

"Teams in Michigan hold themselves pretty high because 

thus taking them out of the game. To score, one team has to 

they tend to play pretty well," Rivera said. "It gets really 

get the entire other side out. The clock is not a running clock, 

competitive, especially when it gets toward nationals—that's 

so the games can last up to an hour and a half. If it comes to 

when teams really come out and show what they've got."

a tie, 1 2 players dwindle to six for each team and the team 

Games were indoubtedly intense. Green rubber balls 

that scores first wins.

looked like blurred streaks as they flew across the gym. The 

It sounds simple enough, but games are more intense 

only things louder than the sound of rubber slapping off skin 

than the rules make them seem. With games lasting so long, 

were the shouts of angry players. Each point was fought for 

tournaments are normally all-day events. Dedicated players 

like it was the final point of the game. And, it might as well be, 

shout back and forth at each other, as well as at referees. 

because the games came down to pointsfjand to seconds, 

There are often disputes over who is or isn't out. Yellow cards

and to miracles.

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o

Science, Art and Beer

Bell's Brewery educates Spartans on the science behind their beer

Gather barley, hops, water and yeast. Put the barley 

learned and apply some of it to their own. fields.

through a process of heating, drying out and cracking. 

"These kinds of events are pally good for commurfty 

Steep the grains in hotibut not boiling, water for about an 

engagement," said Clark. "We wanted this club to be student- 

hour. Drain the water from the mash to get wort, a term for 

orie^edpsometUnglthat a freshman would benefit from. I 

unfermented beer. Boil for about ai hoi* and add hops 

enjoy providing freshmen practical opportunities that I didn't 

and other spices. Cooil strain and liter. Put the wort info a 

have when I was a freshman."

fermenting vessel and add yeast. Store for a couple of weeks 

Katie Harmer,  president of 

the Biochemistry a and 

at room temperature for an ale, or for many weeks at a cold 

Mflecular Biology Club and host of the event, said she wasn't 

temperature for a lager. The yeast will eat up the sugalin the 

thinking about becoming a brewist, but she knew it was an 

wort and release C02 and alcohol—also known as beer.

interest for a lot of people in the biochemistry and molecular 

A band of biochemistry enthusiasts known as 

the 

biology major.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Club gathered promptly 

H| enjoyed the event. I think it's one of the more entertaining 

at 7 p.m. on Nov. 16 to enjoy pizza, soda and a lecture 

ones we've hosted this year," said Harmer. "I learned more 

from a Bell's Brewery technician, Harry Ashbaugh, who 

about the technical side of brewing. I think that, if anything, 

was a former MSU student, liside the Biochemistry Building, 

the event made me more likely to attempt home brewing 

something was beginning to bubble in room 101. A frothp 

in the future."

conversation indeed.

"I was drinking beer and jthought^'Doesn't beer require 

biochemistry? pAshbaugh said. 

"Now, 

I essentially don't 

[have to] pay for beer! I also understand how hard it is to 

make a good beer. It's easy to make a crappy beer. It's a 

combination of science and art."

Ashbaugh stood at the front of thedassroom as the students 

looked at him in awe. He started his beer career at Harper's 

Restaurant and Brewpub in 2015 and, after graduating from 

MSU in spring 2017, he moved to Bell's Brewery;straight out 

of college. He called anaerobic fermentation, the process of 

making beer, an aft form. During his presentation, he referred 

“I ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW 

HARD IT IS TO MAKE A 
GOOD RF.F.R. IT’S EASY 

TO MAKE A CRAPPY BEER. 
IT’S A COMBINATION OF 

SCIENCE AND ART.”

It isn't broadly;;-known that Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 

to the human palate as an extremely sensitive instrument and 

is ale and Saccharomyces Pastorianui is lager. Or that an 

said that all of the spectrometers in the world couldn't tell you 

alcolyzer not only determines alcohol content but beer density- 

how beer tastes.

original extract, real extrail degree of fermentation, calorie| 

Garret Clark andl^luman BashlSsenior biochemistry and 

and more. As the students ^started to leave, several stuck 

molecular biology students and members of the Biochemistry? 

around, engaging in a light conversation and asking each 

and Molecular Biology Club, were able to share a little bit of 

other whether they wanted to go out to the bars?!Blame it on 

their enthusiasm for biochemisfr«While neither of them were 

the topic of anaerobic fermentation and the imagelSof craft 

planning on working for breweries, they both said the event 

beer flowing into an empty glass.

taught them a lot about the field, enough to take what they

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CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

ÄESIGNI ALEX DONNELLY

Student attended to learn from a Bell's Brewery technician himself. 

Bell's has been a cornerstone of of the Michigan beer community 

ever since it opened the first Michigan brewery on-site pub in 1993.

An Inclusive 
Collaboration

Spartan Marching Band kicks off year-long African celebration

The winter wind whipped viciously, coloring cheeks red. 

regions onihe continent of Africa: northIcentralowest and 

Flurne®||ell, covering the ground with a fine layer of white 

soutH said Thorntow"lt is different music for sure, and it is 

powder. Students stood, waiting to take the field in their 

definitely a different culture we have learned a lot about."

long green jackets and white and green hats adorned with 

The Year of Global Africa was chosenlas a way to 

the MSU logo. Band members walked onto the ¡geld, took 

emphasize MSU's collaboration with Africa and to include the 

their positions and readied their instruments. The twirlers held 

people of Africaijdescent living in the MSU community. MSU 

brightly colored flags that rippled as the wind caught them. 

had beeii actively engaging with partners in Africa since 

Moments later, the first note sounded throughout the stadium, 

1960, when it began its partnership with the University of 

andlhe sweet sounds of Africa came singing from the horns 

Nigeria. The halftime show brought together different groups 

and wind instruments.

and organizations, including MSU choirs and African ar»sts, 

At the last home game of the 2017 football season* 

in a celebratioraof MSU's partnerslp with the continent.

the Spartan Marling Band took the field to perform 

its 

"We are proud of our long tradition allMSU in the 

most extraordmary halftime show yet—a show that brought 

African Studies program and they African Studies Center," 

together sounds, dances and visuals from different||egions of 

said Jamie MonsoHdirector of thegAfrican Studies Center. 

Africa. People in the stands were able to travel around the 

■We are kicking off the Yeaiiof Africa and we have also 

world, all w*le sitting in their seats inside Spartan Stadjum.

launched a new initiative ■ the African Studies Center, which 

"The challenge for us was trying to make the perfdfjmance 

is continulig our engagement with our African partners."

trie to the ciSture," said Michael Perry, senior trumpet player. 

"The day oflt was cold. After a month of putting! together, 
¡1 went really well and was 

other thanlthe cold factor, 

Ip to perform."

The Africa performance was part of MSU's thematic 

yealirltiatle. Each year, the Cultural Engagement Council 

decides a new theme. President Lou Anna K. Simon asked the 
council and the band to kickstart 201 8,'the Year of Global 
Africa, witlla special halftime performance.

lltook more than six months to put the performance 

together. The Cultural Engagement Council and the Africa« 

“WE ARE PROUD OF 

OUR LONG TRADITION 
AT MSI I IN THE AFRICAN 

STl IDIES PROGRAM AND 
THE AFRICAN STUDIES 

CENTER.”

Studies program met with the Spartan Marching Band and 

The Africa show was postponed from the previous game 

its director! David Thornton, to talk about African culture 

because of a threShourllightning delay, but the band was 

and what the performance meantito them. African students 

not going to let the weathi«5top them this time. Snow kept 

performed some of the dance routines and artists from Mali 

falling, and as it got closer to halftimelmore and more people 

and Ghana were brought in to help design parts of the show. 

left the stands, too frozen to keep watching. Even though the 

The band chose native songs that represented African Sture. 

spectators were few and far between, the bright colors of the 

West African drumming, a song from South Africa and colorful 

flags flew through the air among the snow flurries, while the 

visual pieces were also featured.

succinct sounds of African drumming and singing resonated 

"We tied to put together music that represents different

off the stands.

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DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

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CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

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Comedie I

Trevor Noah visits the Wharton Center

A comedian from South Africa. That was h.is Twitter bio. 
As a speaker of six languages, he would jest that it wasn't 

as many as his mother, who spoke nine. Conversing in a 

was a part ofjjhe Citizen Scholars program, a scholarship 

program in tip College of Arts and Letters thatjgntroduced 
students to cross-cultural events to help them gain a broader 

humble tone, with a gentle demeanor that made the depth 
of his observations apparent, he put the "awe" in audience.

understanding of the world as a globaicitizen. Her favorite 
takeaway from Noah was that comedy was about questioning 

Trevor Noah, a comedian- and a television and radio 
host, was best known as the host of "The Daily Show" since 

and being able to analyze what was going onln the world 
through a comedic lens.

September 2015:; In his interview at the Wharton Center on 

Nov. 1 2, .he talked about being an outsider,|the power of; 
language, the origins of his comedy, "Ifle Daily Show" and 
even basketball superstar LeBron James.

"They say comedy is tragedy plus time, but'these days 
we have no time in between tragedies for the comedy to 

build up," Noah said. "What I acknowledge is that people 

choose 'The Daily Show' for catharsis—to seek an escape. 
I've always found that humor is the anesthetic that helps me 

process pain. It doesn't mean that the pain is no longer there, 

but it helps me process what is happening. It helps me deal 
with it."

Jeff Wray, a professor of film studies in the department! 
of English at MSU, sat next to Noah as more than 1,500 

people in the Wharton Center's Cobb Great Hall listened 
attentively. He had originally prepared 15 questions to ask 

Noah, but after the first one, he realized they weren't going to 
get through them all. Noah was a conversationalist.

"Specifically with the Citizen Scholars program, it has 
really allowed me to get involved in so many different levels, 

not just on campus, but in the community in generaM said 
Beltowski. "I don't thinkyl would've seen a political-based 
comedian on a random Sunday night."

“WE TALKED AT THE END AND 
HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 
CHAT. HE ASKED ME ABOUT 
MY SON WHO I MENTIONED

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"The College of Arts and Letters asked me this summer if 
I'd be willing to [interview Trevor Noah] and I was like, 'Duh, 

Noah would say he was the leasffunny individualln;|is 
home. He said that most comedians are fust the people who 

of course,"' said Wray. "I'm a big fan and I like to talk, so 

are most willing to put in the work to ¡§jrn|the|| humorlnto 

that was not a hard choice there at all, The coolest thing, in 
my fanboyness, was just meeting him. We talked at the end 

and had a pretty significant chat. He asked me about my son, 

who I mentioned on stage. He was just very, very gracious."

Grace Beltowski, sophomore professional writing major,

a career. After all, Noah saidy pis mother was the futrifiest 

person in- his household. After getting out of the hospital after 
a serious injury, the first thing she said was a joke. Perhaps 

that's where he found his passion and why it was the '¡Iter 
through which he saw the world.

Trevor Nooh's book was on display outside the Great Cobb Hall where he 

performed. The book quickly hit the New York Times Bestseller's list and was 

named one of the 'Best Books of the Year' by numerous news outlets.

 
"W 7

Black Power Rally showcases resilience within the black community

On May 31, 1907, the first African American student 

in the crowd; watching the rally and showing their support:-: 

graduated from MSU. By the end of the 1960s, there were 

for current black students. Some traveled all the way from 

1,600 black students enrolled as undergraduates. Those 

cities like Detroit and Chicago.; Previous campus leaders even 

students who“;were fortunate enough to attend and graduate 

brought colleagues and friends along with them to watch 

college during some of the hardest times in American history, 

the rally. The crowd cheered along with each performance,, 

including theijim Crow era, exemwied leadership and 

emotions freely flowing.

scholastic achievement.

"A few years back, we changed the tradition of having 

Black Student Alia nee was founded on Sept. 9, 1966, 

a weekday show to having a weekend show, and this 

in the basement of Dr. Robert L. Greens home.: Green, 

change helped attendance increase and allowed alumni to 

a civil Tights activist who received a Ph.D. from MSU, felt that 

travel back to support since it wasn't a work day," said Myya 

black students needed a safe spot to unite on a campus that 

Jones, former president of the Black Student Alliance. "It's cool 

was predominately white. On Nov. 5 at the Wharton Center, 

to actually sit and watch the show as an alumna of MSU and 

that very same alliance hosted the 45th annual Black Power 

the Black Student Alliance."

Rally, a rally that promotedfthe same values Green founded 

The Black Power Rally educated the audience about 

the group upony

how it feels to be black, the history of black people and 

"As the adviser; I feel inspired every year not only by 

the progressions within the black community. It calmed racial 

the content of the show, but also by the immense; talent, 

tensions, bringing racial communities together.

the conquering of stage fright,Athe development of conflict 

"I loved the performances, and it was nice to hear Angela 

resolution and team managemiS skills and most of all the 

Rye speak in person," said freshman English major Stephanie 

love and passion participating students have for the black 

Haliburton. "My favorite performance was the three males 

community at MSU," said Black Student Alliance faculty 

performing the different stages of oppression. It really, really 

adviser Dr. jasmine Lee. "I am honestly honored to work with 

stayed with me."

Black Student Alliance, and the annual Black Power Rally is 

Shanika Kidd, president of the Black Student Alliance, 

definitely one of the reasons why. They keep me on my toes, 

took the stage at the end of the rally, accompanied by the 

but ultimately refuel my passion forfhis work."

2017 Black Power Rally planning committee and Black 

At the rally, there was poetry, dancing, monologues, 

Student Alliance. Audience members watched Kidd distribute 

singing and art. CNN commentator Angela Rye, 

the. 

roses to those who contributed to the production, tears rolling 

keynote speaker of the night, -spoke about the power of 

down her face. The crowd could feel her emotion and as the 

being black and her experiences growing;up with politically 

final applause was clapped, an energy of triumph sprinkled 

involved parents.

the room as the black community felt inspired to continue 

"We have to 

invest 

in our communities," said Rye. 

working together;for progression.

Speaking of investments, many black MSU aiumrjiwere found

A/ISti students perform a lyrical dance during the Black 

Students Alliances 45th annual Black Power Rally.

Rensing’s Reward

Leading the path to victory for the mens soccer team

A collection of athletes were runninaSsprints across the 

also a captain his senior year. As Fiscus grew into his role 

field in the mid-day sun. Alongside themjja pack of coaches 

at MSU, Renang taught him that superior soccer skills were 

stood on the sidelines talking, their assertive energy palpable. 

not the only important aspect of making a team great. Being 

The players stop runninMwhen they hear the familiar call arise 

surrounded by the openness of campus and the tremendous 

from the crowd of coaches. With one word from one man, 

support of elite coaches inspired him to want to fosfer this 

the balance and focus on the field is shifted.

same level of inclusivity for the rest of his teammates.

Former MSU soccer standout from 1993-1996, Damon 

"We are one big family," said Fiscus. "As we grew up 

Rening became the fifth head coach 

in Spartan soccer 

and the younger guys came irlwe did a really good job at 

■istory when he assumed the role on Jan. 1, 2009. Fish 

eliminating the agBbarrier. My class did really well in bringing 

forward to the year 201 7, as Rensing began his ninth season 

everyone together, which, I think, is why we have performed 

as head coach and 19th year onltaff. B||the end of the 

so well- We've been so close. Damon meals' cares about 

¡¡eason, his record at MSU stood at an impressive 1 03 wins, 

the gufs. I can't imagine haBng another coach. FJe wasn't 

61 loses and 26 ties.

perfect, and neither were we, but if he was in the wrong, he'd 

"What I tP)®o do is progress the team forward from when 

apologize. That's the most important part of leadership."

I played herep said Rensing. "It's a family. Some people use 

that word very lightly— live don't. If kids aren't performing on 

the field or academically we don't write them off; we try to 

help them. It'sreompetitive, but we make sure that we support 

each other. With the special group of seniors th'sKear, we 

tried to bripg out different things To different players. We tried 

to push; these guys to their greatest lengths while making sure 

that they knew we had their backs."

Brad Centala, senior center-mid 

from Grosse Pointe 

Woods North, committed to MSU hif| junior year of high 

Wfc

school. FJe started: subbing in as a defender, a position he 

After the Mam's win over Ohio State University on 

didn't normally play, his fresh .mark yew. Under the guidance 

October || kids were lining up to get signatiffles from all their 

of Rensing, Centala became one of the team's tffiee cgwains.:; 

favorite MSU athletes. The players sat smiling as they passed 

While at MSU, he earned CoSIDA Academic All-American 

memorabilia down the table fb be autographed. The kids 

honors as well as Academic All-Big Ten.

looked at the players in awe, like they had just conquered 

"Playing ||n the soccer team was a dream come true," 

giants. It looked as if they were quietly studying every detail 

said Centala. 

"I had the opportunity to play with all of 

about their heroes in hopes of acquiring their abilities Little did 

my best friends for four year^Bmere's just nothing 

like it. 

they know, that power came from strong leadership. Rensing 

Damon? I think he is a great guy. FJe doesn't onlMcare about 

wasn't basing in the-spotlight, however; he was standing off 

winning. FJe wants us to grow as.-people. The Coaching 

to the side, gazing proudly at the scene before him.

staff made it seem like home; themcared about you."

Jimmy 

Fiscus§? 

senior  center-back 

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SEASON RECORD:

Michiganj committed to MSU his sophomore year, the was

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VIM and Virtue

VIM Magazine recruits models from all walks of life

In the modeling age of Kyliejenners and Adriana Limas, 

inclusive. It is extremely importanlthat people know there is 

followers of the fashion world often see only a few examples 

not one type of beauty, and VIM, MSU's own fashion and 

of what a model should be—namely skinny and rich. These 

lifestyle magazine, worked to preach just that.

stereotypes can be damaging to college students' self esteem. 

"There are a 

lot of feminist movements and activism 

Fortunately, there are fashion magazines that have evolved 

happening in the model industry right now," said freshman 

to recognize these issuesln an effort to make modeling more

member of VIM's casting team Elena Chevante. "We see a

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CONTENT: DAJHEONNA PERRY 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

lot of diverse campaigns, and even the singer Rihanna just 

could make the cut.

came out with her Fenty [Beauty] makeup line that has every 

"I was very hesitant to stop by and go to the modeling 

skin complexion available to make our models feel included 

casting call," said freshman journalism major Kartale Walker. 

in beauty. I appreciate people trying to help others find their 

"But something told me to give it a try because it's better for 

inner beauty versus the traditional way of people dictating 

them to tell me 'no' versus me telling myself 'no.'"

who is beautiful."

VIM's co-editors-in-chief, Hannah Bullion and Julia Le, 

VIM, similar ito Rihanna's makeup 

line, encouraged 

made it their mission to have their recruiters find diverse 

diversity when scouting models. Consider a student who 

Spartans and choose men and women of all nationalities, 

wants to improve her self confidence through modeling, but 

races and social backgrounds. The modeling scouts were 

does not meet fashion-world norms. VIM made Spartans who 

proud of their role in the legacy of VIM, ensuring the product 

had no background in modeling feel like kings and queens, 

was different and attracted readers from all walks of life.

giving them a chance they might have never thought possible.

"I love the opportunity of the casting team because it is 

"We want people .to 

read about people they can 

the newest team to join VIM Magazine," said Shannon Parr, 

relate to or see models thalthey see daily walking on 

assistant casting director for VIM. "I knew that we would be 

through campus," said freshman model scout Abigal Rothe. 

starting new and we could cast fresh faces for the magazine's 

"MSU has so many people and its important we include 

fall 2017 edition with no bias."

everyone. Realistically, there is not just one body type in the 

VIM changed 

the 

fashion game,  expanding 

the 

fashion world."

expectations for lifestyle and fashion modeling. The magazine 

VIM released a fall and spring edition. These two editions 

planned 

to continue supporting 

the progression of the 

focused on lifestyle, events on campus, fashion trends, food 

modeling industry, setting a high standard of inclusiveness 

and day-to-day living as a student. VIM held a casting call 

and representation right here in East Lansing. The fashion 

both semesters to seek out Spartans who had an interest in 

world was evolving, and VIM made it clear that it was at the 

representing diversity and building their portfolios as models. 

crest of this new wave of progressive thinking.

A variety of students lined up in the MSU Union to see if they

Unlocking Linguistic
Potential

Through Passion and Practice

* It was on the first floor of Wells Hall where a place 

language. Without wallslthe light conversations blurred into 

of collectivism and expression seemed to shine above all 

a cacophony of gentle tones.

other facets of life. Native speakers and aspiring amateurs 

Lei Chen, a spartan from China, was a new addition to 

came together to speak in different languages in an open 

Conversation Hours in 2017. Chen was from Guangdong, 

environment. This place, the Center for Language Teaching 

China, and was pursuing his Ph.D. working with MSU's High 

Advancement (also referred to as CeLTA), set a standard for 

Performance Computer Center. Chen had a bright smile on 

inclusion at MSU known as Conversation Hours.

his face as he walked out of the CeLTA.

Outside the window of the CeLTA space stood the 
tremendous 1 8, OOCMqua re-foot luxury concourse, Spartan 
Stadium. Thanks to the dean of the College of Arts and Letters 

"My friend told me about it in the summer and I've been 

waiting ever since," said Chen. "I came here because I wap 

to have very fluent conversations with native speakers. Since 

back in 201 2, who helped add the B-Wing toftells Hall, its 

there are only two people talking and there's not a large 

location couldn't get any better.

group like a classroom, there is so much more opportunity 

"They used to be called help rooms, but then that got 

to communicate."

confusing!" said Diana Mndrucic, a 

junior 

in the James 

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Madison College. 

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director in the CeLTA, was with the project since its beginning 

Hours. 

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in 2008. 

Its purpose was to provide a support unit for 

speakers volunteer to help non-native speakers practice 

the language programs at MSU. Nine years lateiif it was 

another language."

responsible fol providing assistance not only to engblled 

Conversation Hours, which normally lasted about one 

students, but to preschooler! kids, teens and even adults.

hour and involved a facilitator and anywhere from one to six 

"This is where the magic happens;! said Kramer. "The 

students, were designed to be an open and friendly place for 

personalities in oul office speak for that. We're a happy 

people who wanted speiific help using a language. English 

place. We don't have 'taco tuesdays,' but we do a pretty 

was already the most popular language, and the language 

good job of being open and welcoming."

was in its second year.

Conversation Hours weren't just about communication 

The room had a disposition toward openness that not 

ikills, they were about personal skills. Those who wandered 

many other locations on campus could match at the time. 

undeSthe B-Wing stairs and stole a peek through the glass 

Everyone who came was diligent, thoughtful and smiling. 

could ©e the laughing faces, and when someone opened the 

Soft voices were heard 

throughout the small space as 

door, they coild hear it. The students and their instructors were 

students spoke coenly, laughing about the silly nuances of

the ones who could feel it.

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definitions for sexual assault, relationship violence and learned 

(SARV) at MSU seemed 

insignificant. 

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rJpyant university policies. The problem was, some students 

online, questions before starting the school year. 

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volunteers talking about a subje« most are squeamish 

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incredibly significant wai correct. In others, though, it could 

not have been pore wrong.

In BO 17, SARV had existed on campus for ninejgearJ 

and while it had just one full-time employee, Kelly Schweda, 

and 70 partSime trained peer educatofliit had only grown.

"We know a one-time, one-size-fits-ail approach 

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Norris, MSU's director of Title IX and ADA Compliance and 

but I actually learned so much from being there! said current 

education programs, inla statement. "We make sure ev®/ 

peer educator Mary Russell. "Myfpeerleducatars were so 

new student learns the basics, including institutional values, 

wteractive and made the experience enlightening and fun, 

behaloral expectations, and reporting and resource options. 

when normally thoseiubjecMcan be awkward to talk about."

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SARV tries to not only educate underclassmen, but to 

aimed at Hning awareness 

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educate as much of the university aipossible. In the 2017 fall 

community of caring, respect and safely."

semester, SARV piloted "Bystander Network," an interactive 

SARV was best known for its entrance workshop, which 
reached over 6,000 freshmen and transferltudents annually. 
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and MSU-based workshop aimed at upperclassmen. Instead 

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Beithe person to make the change, because creating a 

supportive enwonment starts with ®," Russell said.

SARV offered several other unique programs tailored 

specifically to Individual communities on pampus. Since 

members of MS1H Greek 

life have a higher chance of 

encountering assault and therefore face u'.iaui dangers, 

they had their own separate program. International students 

could attend a program adjusted to face potential barriers 

in understanding the material presented. Members of the 

LGBTQ community also had the option to go to a non-binary 

program that flclided information on what they may be 

more susceptible to.

"We're trying to prevent sexual assault, 

relationship 

violence and stalking on campus," Schweda sake "I want 

students to be able to have the power to make change if 

they see something happening.! want to create a more 

supportive environment for students who have been victimized 

in some way,"

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had increased. At first, 

it seemed counterintuitive, but the 

increase incumbers had more to do with culture. The culture of 

violence hadn't increased, but the culture of reporting it had. 

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Ghosts, ghouls, goblins ana spirits. These are all terms 

electromagnetic frequencies and allowed 'entities to,Respond# 

in MSU students' minds around the time of Halloween-fla 

using different colors. Each color signified a different.response.;

sacred holiday tethe eyes of a college student. But who is 

"At a certain grave, we startedYeceiving a lot of different 

willing to look past the cinematic portrayal, ofith.es® entities ' 

readings,’ so wye sort of...started talking to it," said Eavy. "We 

and dig deeper!nto the truths about the paranormal: world? 

were like, 

'I 11, you're George may be?'«and it gave us a 

JfeMSU Paranormal SocietyYthat's who. lt,Wqs br^^i^tóito 

tfie paranormal: scene on a regular basis.

The average incredulous student might view the society 

fs full-fledged believers of ghoéts and write them off as ñaive. 

bright red. reading, which is super strange being somewhere 
out1PNt^e?jtfddle of nowhere like a cemetery that's- just djjtand 
graves. S07 we ended up talking to this guy named George 
for hours, and he followed us around the cemetery and we 

The society, however, was challenging that misconception. 

got some really concrete stuff."

Many of the members were more skeptical than certain and 

Shea Howe, a senior studying . psychology, 

led as 

were more'interested in remaining impartial to jhe controversy 

co-president of the society alongside Eavy. She had been 

. rather than shutting out the possibility of a world—or beings—'; 

working with the group since her freshman year and, like Eavy, 

outside the one tin which they lived.

had experienced inexplicable encounters on their expeditions 

"You have to keep an open mind," said Danielle Slade, 

to haunted locales—she had almost become accustomed to 

a senior environmental studies and sustainability major. "No 

'the weird happenings.

one is pushing that ghosts are regHWe have a ton of members 

"We've heard things through our Spirit Box equipment 

that are skeptics; I'm a skeptic. Some members don't believe 

say, 'Go!' or 'Run!' and my reaction is just always interested 

at alp some are religious, some aren'i. We're very diversei 

rather than afraid," said Howe. "I'm still totally skeptical, and 

in our beliefs."

we investigate every piece of evidence to try and figure out if it 

The most significant aspect of the club was the ability 

could be something other than a spirit, but there are definitely 

it gave members to connect with paranormal entities they 

some unexplained tilings, and»ve just really opened up to 

-wouldn't otherwise encounter. Tara Eavy, co oresident o£ the 

that possibility."

MSU Paranormal Society, was a senior studying environmental 

In a world of skepticism and fear of the unknown, the 

studies and sustainabUty. She had been involved in the club 

questions that lie in- a world beyond humankind remained 

since her freshman year, and on numerous occasions she 

ambiguous. While some students preferred to keep their 

witnessed things others had only seen in movies.

involvement ihahedprbnormal iworH 

there

v On one of the club's excursions, they visited "Blood 

were others out there on the frontljies, searching for the truth. 

Cemetery," which was named after the late Dr. Blood, 

Questions didn't always get answers, and equipment wasn't 

who allegedly hung himself at that location—according io 

always trustworthy, but one thing the MSU Paranormal Society 

Eavy. The group members were walking around with their 

firmly believed was this: Something else was out there, -not 

equipment, specifically utilizing a K2 Meter, which measured

only in the world, but on its own campus.

 
MSU's Paranormal Society hosts a ghost hunting 

tour. They talk about the paranormal activity that has 

happened at campus near Beaumont Tower.

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in attack on the Northwestern defense. This was an 

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The Triumph of One

The support of a team

When the game clock hi zero, seniors shed their jerseys 

grew over their four-year bond. Whife Cheslill remained 

and cleats for the last time at DeMar® Stadium. Even with a 

humble about her recent award, Yewah had no problem 

team record below expectation, there was one MSU women s 

talking her up.

soccer player who stood outin the Big Ten.

Him realL proud to see her finally get what she deserves," 

And yet, despite heiBidividual strengths, no progress 

said Yewah. "I know sometimes, like in this season, our team 

wold have been made withouithe support and unity of the 

doesn't do as well as we hopediwhich makes it harder 

team. This was what Jamie Cheslik, senior co-captain of the 

because sometimes they look over the team's statistics and 

womens soccer team, ||umbly made evident when asked 

fflj$t throw the chance of any individual title away. I'm just 

aboutler success andler recent award, a second-team All- 

really excited and, you know, I'm still trying to convince her 

Big Ten naming—a prestigious title ■ college athletics.

to enter the draft!"

■ "The first people I told were my family members...an|| 

they're really the only people I told," said ChesH "But 

honestly, it's so amazing to be able to receive an award 

lie this. So many people go through cllege soccer, 'or an|| 

college sport, and dol't get recoglized how they deserve to 

be or dolt get recognized at all. It's something that will stick 

with me and something I'll always really appreciate."

The coaches at MSU had been watching Cheslik from a 

young age.^lad coach Tom Saxton recalled that everlwhen 

Cheslik was in ninth grade, she played with great tenacity 

on the field. Having just finished Inis 27th season working 

withjfthe women's team, Saxton said that while tfe Big Ten 

award brought a good name to the program, he believed 

“HER RELENTLESS WORK 

ETHIC AND NEVER SAY 
DIE’ ATTITUDE THAT SHE 

DEMONSTRATED ALL THE WAY 

THOUGH HER CAREER IS A 
TEAM DEMEANOR I HOPE TO 
UPHOLD AS SHE MOVES ON.”

the importance of the accolade was thatit gave Chesl! the 

With four years of awards and game-winning goals to 

personal recognition he felt sKe deserved.

look back on, Cheslik was ready to move on from the world 

"Sne's been a great asset to the team, and we're going 

of college soccer. She planled to take some things with her, 

to miss her next year," said Saxton. "Her relentless work ethic 

though: The strong ties she established with her teammates 

and 'never say die' attitude thatlhe demonstrated all the way 

and with the program would remain crucial, even after her 

tbou||h|her career is a team demeanor I hope to uphold as 

Ime pla'ywg at DeMartin Stadium had come to an end. 

sje moves on."

While the awards were honorable, Chesj® recognized that] 

While Cheslik's statistics and work on the field were what 

her greatest accomplishment was her growth as a player and 

got her noticed nationwide, her teammates and coaching 

as an individual throughoutifer journey as a Spartan.

staff believed that her character off the field was just as 

remarkable. Kristelle Yewah, a senior and fellow team matey 

SEASON RECORD:

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Association of Big Ten Students gathers in East Lansing

On a blustery January weekend, wind-whipped MSU 

and situations. It feels comfortable, like when a friend comes 

students weren't the only ones walking the snow-covered 

over and you want to show them around."

sidewalks of campus. Alongside them trod ambassadors from 

The Association of Big Ten Students had been around for 

Big Ten schools' student governments, as the Association of 

Big Ten Students held its annual wrnter conference on campus. 

over 20 years, holding conferences several times each year. 
Their mission as an association was to help all 14 Big Ten 

It had been seven years since the conference last came to 

student governments collaborate and be the active voice for 

EastlLansing, so for Associated Student# of Michigan State 

their universities.

University, or ASMSU, hosting the event was a privilege.

Besides showing off the beauty MSU exudes 

in the 

"It feels amazing to have the conference here," said Vice 

winter, the governments were treated to a weekend schedule 

President for Internal Administration Katherine Rifiotis. "It's an 

brimming with activities from Jan. 1 2 to 14, which included 

opportunity to show, what we've learned from other places

dinners and discussions. On Saturdaypthey spent the'morning

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at the Michigan State Capitol and ended it by participating 

face in a professional setting.

in the first ever "swap shop," where members exchanged 

"It really-holds us together," Fish said. 

"Having, these 

promotional materials and contact information with the goal 

conferences gives us a reason to keep talking to each other."

of achieving better outreach.

MSU Student Body President Lorenzo Santavicca has 

been with ASMSU for his entire college experience. He 

remembered going to the Association of Big Ten Students 

conferences not knowing what to expect. Under his leadership, 

ASMSU grew to earn recognition as the outstanding student 

government of the year in 2017.

"Personally, 

it's such a treat to see the organization 

"The winter conference is a great place for collaboration 

I've poured mil heart 

into end on this note for myltime 

between all of the Big Ten student governments," ASMSU 

of 

leadership," Santavicca 

said. 

"It's a  pinnacle 

for 

Chief of Staff Lauren Fish said. "It's also a place where we 

everyone in the organization to see that what we do has 

do our legislative session [and] where we pass initiatives and 

anffimpact nationally."

things that we want to advocate for at the Big Ten on the Hill 

The Association of Big Ten ’Students brought student 

[conference at the U.S. Capitol] later in the spring semester."

governments from across the nation to meet face-to-face. 

It isn't only at these conferences that student governments 

It helped the universities realize not only what made them 

came together. Fis:h also noted that they kept in touch through 

special, but also what common issues bflught them together. 

social media, getting ideas from pictures and descriptions of 

Representatives were able to make long-lasting relationships 

events held at other schools. The organized events allowed 

and figure out how to better serve their university upon 

them to meet in person and talk through llsues all the schools

returning home.

The Kendo 
Kid

The MSU Kendo Club is training 
students in the art of Kendo

An uncommon sport was making a name for itself at 

MSU. Kendo, the Japanese martial art of swordplay, now 

had its own club on campus. Kendo means "the way of the 

sword," and the MSU Kendo Club spent its time introducing 

and teaching the cultural art to Spartans. Imjapan, students 

tend to begin their training at the age of six, but in the United 

States, the practice of Kendo does not typically begin until 

young adulthood, and is much less popular.

"Kendo is, for me—and I believe most others—about 

striving 

for self-improvement," said Nicholas Todoroff, a 

senior physics major. "My goal is not to win; my goal is not 

to be better than anyone else. My goal when practicing is 

always to be better than I was before, and to always feel 

that I am progressing in my physical skill as well as [ill my 

conception of kendo."

Students of kendo, knowrl as "kenshi" or "kendoka" 

roughly translating to "fencer," were unlike most American 

athletes « their competitive conduct. 

Instead of dumping 

gallons of Gatorade on theiracoaches heads, kissing trophies 

or throwing celebratory parties! kenshi are more reflective. 

They acknowledged and respected their place of practice, 

those who practiced beside them, their instructors—anything 

that aided in their performance.

"Yes, 

tournaments [and] competitions are 

fun," said 

Todoroff. "But what I get from that is not a chance to wig! 

against other people; it is a chance to practice and test my 

kendo against people who I haven't before, in the hopes that 

I can learn something new. Jt is important to show respect for 

your opponent, the effort they have put in and what you may 

have learned from fighting them."

From the outside, it appeared that Kendo was a typical 

American sport or self-defense activity. Butlparticipants saw 

kendo as a form of self development involving physical 

actiwty.

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"Kendo made me to be more formal, taught me how 

to represent myself in front of the referees and how to be 

respectful with people you are practicing with," said JinHee 

Han, a senior double majoring in mathematics and economics. 

"By practicing how to spar, it made me to be more patient 

[and] concentrated and taught me [to] seize thp moment if 

P's given. And kendo taught me that to seize that moment, 

you must be ready."

Kendo originated nearly 1,000 years ago. Despite this 

long traditionlthere are only seven dojos in Mich ¡gangland 

three of them are owned by universities. The MSU Kendo Club 

was working to develop their club and culture by facilitating 

discussion of kendo's history, providing challenging practices 

and placing graduating kenshi 

in dojos to continue their 

journey while promoting its practices.

"Occasionally alumni come back and practice with us," 

said Colleen Little, a ranior computer science major and an 

active kenshi fn MSU's Kendo Club. "When I first started, I 

felt so uncomfortable and scared and really wanted to quit. 

Facing off against people who hit harder, yelled 

loudeS 

and frankly were just better at kendo thaprne, I kept turtling 

up and backing away from them. But the sensei talked a 

lot about throwing yourself into your practice regardless of 

what happens, whether you miss or getrait or whatever. And 

that's really taught me not to be so afraid. It's made me a lot 

bolder about confronting uncomfortable or scary situations,In 

kendo and in life."

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MSU Kendo Club made arl impressive impact on the 

lives of its kenshi. With over 900 clubs on MSU's campus, it 

was encouraging to know that one was truly driving students 

to be their best selves, respect others and enjoy themselves 

during competition.

MSU's Kendo Club engaa^Jj^-pfm^Cinglhe 

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modern Japanese 'martfal ’art of Kendo. The shinai 

is a Japanese sword made of bamboo.

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Surrounded by Screens

MSU's Digital Scholarship Lab is the first in the country

Pan over a U.S. military base in Zagan, Poland. Snow 
covers the tanks like a coat of frosting. Cut to hundreds of 

soldiers gathered in front of a TV broadcasting the Super 

Bowl-ysmiling and cheering. Three soldiers are pulled aside 
and taken into separate large oval structures. Once inside 

and other libraries across the country to learn what worked 

and what didn't," said Terri Miller, assistant director for public 

services at the library. "No one thought we would get this 
done this quick. Even though its only'been six months, it feels 

like it has been two years."

they take their seat on a single chair surrounded by darkness., 
After a few second! of anticipation, a 360-degree visual 

Alex Babbitt, a senior English major and the lab's first 
student hire, heard about the Digital Scholarship Lab from 

screen clicks on, immersing them in a video call with their 

families back home. This Super Bowl ad did more than *st 
make Hyundai big bucks.

Kristen Mapesi" his digital humanities adviser. The one thing 
he looked forward to most was the countless opportunities to 

learn about digital scholarship. Every time he went into work, 

Paul Cooper was an information technology professional 

he learned something new from someone.

Igloo Vision 
for MSU Libraries in 2017. Witnessing the 
visualization cylinder concept in that Hyundai Super Bowl 

ad, which allows for multiple people to work together while 
surrounded by aruimmersive 360-degree projection screen, 

was the singular phenomenon that inspired the commitment of 

recreating that same Igloo concept in the MSU Main Library. 
The Digital Scholarship Lab project finished within a year and 
instantly peaked the curiosity of second-floor passers-by.

"In term! of buildingya digital scholarship space at the 

library, these conversations have been happening for ten 
..years," sc'ci Terence O'Neilllhead of the digital scholarship 

and makerspace services at the library. "We got the go-ahead 
in the. middle of last, summer and We have been building it 
in earnest since, September. It came together pretty quickly 

once we had the plan-in place. It ifiwild that Paul saw that 
commercial just last year."

The'core team was between six andi:eight people, but 
at their disposal was an expansive network of experts. MSU 

Infrastructure Planning and Facilities was 
in 
reworking the exislng framework to make the space possible. 

instrumental 

The lab was fitted with a digitization projects roomla virtual 
reality room with an Oculus Rift and HTC Vive and a fully 

immersive 360 visualizatibnispace, 

including g.ass-v^alied 

meeting roomland futuristic curved computers..

"It's all so cool, but I .really think the 360 visualization 

room ¡1 one of the coolest parts because MSU is the first 
university to have one," said Babbitt. "We are creating new 

spaces to expand intellect and providing new educational 

spaces that are challenging us to think super critically about 
what we can do with digital tools."

It was unlikely to find an unimpressed face among the the 

observers. Each person unlocked their cell phones and spun 
around the 360-degree room like children. It felt imaginative 

and limitlesS The Digital Scholarship Lab signified a new 
age of technological achievement for the local community. It 
was evident that gears were spinning around in their heads 

"A 

lot pfithe designs came from conversations with 
people over a couple of vears and from visitSig other spaces

as they contemplated the possibilities of the new space 
with each other.

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Hundreds of people met in front of the Michigan 

State Capitol Building in Lansing to participate in 

the Womens March. This is the second consecutive 

year the Women 's March has happened across the 

country due to Donald Trumps presidency.

Power to the Polls

Women's March meets for the second year at the Capitol

The chants signature to the movement started quietly, 

and founder of Women's March Michigan, in a speech. "You 

when the crowd was dispersed randomly across the lawn of 

cannot stop what has been put into motion."

the Michigan State Capitol. Soon though, as the crowd stood 

The Womens March movement began as a resistance 

together shoulder-to-shoulder in the mud, the chants turned to 

to policies that President Donald Trump planned to instill 

defiant roars as Women's March Michigan met for its second 

while in office. Those who marched protested these potential 

annual protest on Jan. 21.

enactments that they believed endangered health rights— 

When Womens March convened across the nation for 

specifically the 

loss of the Affordable Care Act, Native 

the first time in 2017, it was dubbed the largest single-day 

American rights and environmental protections.

protest march. Lansing was one of many cities to take part 

"We have the power to change things," Native American 

in the movement, with an army of supporters taking a stand 

activist Heather Bruegl said. "We can make our voices heard 

on the steps of the state Capitol. One year later, the crowd 

and we can take control. Power to the polls."

showed up at the steps again, with an even more refined 

While the Women's March held themes of intersectionality, 

purpose and a larger crowd.

equality, diversity and empowerment, the phrase that tied 

"This year and this event has proved that this is not a 

everyone together was "power to the polls." The slogan was 

moment—this is a movement," said Pheobe Hopps, president

meant to make a statement about what women and minorities

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could do when they took to the ballots for the 201 8 midterm 
elections.

According to Women's March Michigan, the Michigan 

Legislature was made up of less than 25 percent women. 

Consequently, women's 

rights were not getting equal 

representation 

f™ politics! leading to uraiest. Part of the 

message of "power to the polls" was to recognize women 

and minorities that were 

running 

for office 

in the state, 

at all levels.

"I love what we decide as a people when we decide we 

are not going to take it lying dowra," saidwp-hop artist and 

activist Mahogany Jones. "We will not be oppressed; we will 

not be pushed down;-we will push back."

Inclusion was another main focus of the Women's March. 

Women., men and children were welcome to joirSand hav|l 

their voices heard at the event. Everyone was encouraged to 

work together, no matter the individual or idealistic differences, 

in order to achieve a larger overall goal.

"The focus on intersectionality and inclusion will further 

the march's mission," 

said Alexandra Stano, a 

senior 

comparative cultures and politics major. "It will help mobilize 

different communities and groups that may have otherwise felt 

alienated. Activist groups and movements gain strength when 

their base grows and becomes more involved,'whichl’s what 

the march was attempting to do."

The year-long gap between the fist and second Women's 

Marches would seem like an opportunity for people to forget 

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numbers of attendance, showed thpt the movement had only 

grown. And supporters were ready to take their "power to the 

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A Ride in the Ring

The 49th annual Spartan Stampede brings the Rodeo to MSU

The hooves of bulls and bareback broncos kicked dirt into 

Khalila Smith, sophomore animal science major and Miss 

the air, dusting the stands filled with fans dressed in cowboy- 

Michigan State Rodeo Queen for the 201 8-2019 year, was 

inspired boots and plaid apparel at MSU Rodeo Club's 

the first person the crowd caught the eye of after settling into 

49th annual Spartan Stampede. More than 350 competitors 

their seats and placing their popcorn in their laps. With an 

from Oklahoma to Texas made their way to MSU's Pavilion 

American flag in har® and a sash draped over her shoulder, 

for AgSculture and Livestock to enjoy the cheers from their 

Smith flew around the rfig on fer broncoisignajjng t|jp start 

supporters, the skills of other riders and an atmosphere that 

of the Spartan Stampede with a smile that shined all the way 

encompassed a common passion: rodeo.

into the nosebleeds.

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"As the face of the rodeo, it's cool getting to meet new 

by organizations or groups of people who have been doing 

people who come hours away to compete and do the same 

it for a long time. The Spartan Stampedelhowever, is put on 

thing that I do," said Smith.

solely by students.

Spartan Stampede had been awarded the International 

"It's been a fun thing for them," said Nielsen. "It's been 

Professional Rodeo Association's "Indoor Rodeo of the Year" 

a lot of work. But as soon as we're finished with this, we're 

award five times, and the MSU Rodeo Club held titles itself, 

going to take a week off and then start it all over again."

including the Student Life Leadership Silver Spartan Award for 

both "Outstanding Professional Organization" and "Service 

Award." Brian Nielsen, club adviser since 199/1 said that 

Claire Daugherty, 

senior agribusiness management 
major, vice president of the Rodeo Club and the 2017-201 8 
Miss Michigan State Rodeo Queen, said that a popular event 

these accomplishments bring him the pride and honor of 

at Spartan Stampede, and one of her personal favorites, 

being such an important part of the club's success.

is barrel racing. Barrel racing involves three barrels set out 

in the arena as riders attempt to ride around each one, all 

competing for the fastest time.

"I love the speed of it,H said Daugherty. "You have to get 

your horse to listen to you, you have to be comfortable and 

you need confidence."

For three days, rodeo-lovers goti.the chance to witness 

some of the sport's top events as athletes competed 

in 

bareback bronc-riding, barrel racing and bull-riding at the 

Spartan Stampede event. The MSU Pavilion for Agriculture 

"I thought, you know, I might bemnvolved for a few years. 

andlBestock was crowded for the 49th time with competitors 

But, here we are twenty-some years later," said Nielsen.

from across the nation coming together for a love of the rodeo. 

Nielsen said that Spartan Stampede is always changing 

Dust encircled the riders as they made ambitious moves in the 

and improving, with new students and competition .coming as 

ring, aiming for glory. All eyes were on them.

each year passes. He said that most evews like it are put on

Do You Even Selfie?

Qnnnûtîmût Art —m iqo

Enter the gallery. Hand them a $5 donation. Tuira right 

into the main room and see a photo shoot. Walk past the 

models stretching their thin bodies, filling the entire volume of 

the tiny booths they are lying in. They pose under neon green, 

red and blue fluorescents like seductive statues, occasionally 

pulling out their phones to take a selfie. Look at the paintings 

of naked bodies mixed with pictures of chocolate-covered 

bananas. It's an art house...sometimes.

Audrey Matusz,§1 a senior arts and humanities major 
and manager of Sometimes Art House-^-an MSU-based art 

collective built to empower women, people of color and 

the LGBT communityS-came up with the theme for a gallery 

called Highly Reflective in early January, and through social 

media outreach, realized her vision a month and a half later.

Matusz knew that somewhere in the vast sea of MSU 

college Budents her people were just waiting to be found.

^^felt I was just disconnected," said Matusz. "At MSU, 

as an art student, I knew a couple of girls, but it just wasn't 

workfig. A couple of days after the new year, 

I made a 

Facebook page and uploaded a video of me taBjig about 

the concept I had. [I told people to] message me if they were 

interested and wanted to start doing stuff. We had 100 

people in the group at o® point, and eventually, I had my 
crew of about 1 2 girls coming to meetingsgsand we started 

a new one."

Social media allowed Matusz to find those with whom she 

could colflborate. With her new tightly knit group of friends 

at her sf|e, she sought to explore digital identity through the 

context of empowered women's stories.

"Highly Reflective is a showcase to reflect how we see 

ourselves on social media andlust rn general," sail Diamond 

Henry, senior journalism major at MSU who wanted to help 

create a platform for feminist artists. "There are artists from all 

over MSU and around the Lansing area. It's a lot of planning, 

a lot of meetings and a lot of dedication and hard work)'but 

it always pays off in the end."

Andrew Sandstedt, an artist who spent six years on the 

board with the East Lansing Art Festival, was the creative

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director for the Cedar Street Art Collective, the organization 

that rented the space for Highly Reflective. Its mission was)to 

connect emerging local artists from the Greater Lansing Area 

by giving them a place to showcase their work.

"[The Cedar Street Art Collective] provides space- for 

shows like [Higli/ Reflective!" said Sandstedt. "The primary 

focus of the main floor is gallery space, retail art§pnd pop-up 

artists and shows. The whole goal, within a few months, is to 

their creative endeavors to the public, ‘these galleries meant 

have a monthly show with one or two artists at each gallery 

a lot. The Sometimes Art House was inspired by the creative 

to continue to bring in new artwork. I thBk the Greater Lansing 

undercurrent at MSU, and because of social media, young 

Area is definitely an up-and-coming hotbed for artists."

artists were able to find each other. Social media wasn't just 

For people Ice Matusz and Sandstedt, who studied and 

a good place for selfies, it was also good for findingllong- 

worked fulf|time while also needing somewhere to display

lastfig friends.

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Building an open-access slavery database

Located on the fourth floor of the Natural Sciences 

with partners across disciplines to build an interconnected 

Building, the MATRIX was-the Center for Digital Humanities 

environment that fostepd the development of new research.

and Social Sciences at MSU. With the top-ranked African 

MATlX research! assistant Duncan Tarr graduated 

in 

■'¡story- grcaucte program 

in 

the nationl MSU worked

2016 with degrees in history and jazz studies. He worked

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

with some of the biographical information featured on the 

parts that are bound together byine linked open data web."

Slave Biographies website—created 

in 2010 out of a 

Dean Rehberger, director of MATRIX and an associate 

planning grant with the Andrew W.' Mellon Foundation^-the 

professor in history^was the leader of the Enslaved project. 

precursor to a new project, titled "Enslavell People of the 

His main priority wl| to compile the accounts of slavery to 

Historic Slave Trade."

provide,a richness of understanding that a majority of the 

"I think digital History is super important. Its a way that 

public did not have access to. The most important part of his 

historical information and data can be extremely accessible," 

mission was to make the hub not only a space for research, 

said Tarr||"With Enslaved, the dream is to put all these different 

but also a space for education.

sets of data into one place to stitch together the lives of people 

"This is going to be a multi-phase project. The funding |e 

who may not have been considered important at the time."

got wasffor phase one, which is called a proof of concept," 

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $1.47 

said Rehberger. "Within a year and a half we want to have 

million grant to the project to build an online data hub for 

a version of the hub running. At |e end of phase one we 

referencing African slavery 

information. By 

linking data 

are going to have a slave data conference and bring in a 

collections from multiple universitiei the website was built to 

lot moreffpartners mat could add their data to the hub. Each 

tackle the challenges of searching for relevant information that 

phase will add not only.more data,, but more things that can 

often made analyzing across projects difficult.

be done with the data."

"We've been looking for ways to try to leverage some 

People were the primary focus of Enslaved —individuals 

more recent developments m the semantic web and linked 

who were enslaved, owned slaves or participated in slave 

open data and that's what Enslaved is," said Ethan Watrall, 

trading. Since its creation in the 1990s, MATRIX was devoted 

associate director of Matrix and assistant professor of 

to the preservation of historical data. With the creation of 

anthropology. "Enslaved is a much larger, much more robust, 

KORA||t'||online digitalrepository application for multimedia 

realization of that model we originally conceived of with 

objects, the organization was primed to connect the world 

Slave Biographies. Enslaved is essentially a series of moving

through information as only Spartans Will.

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Wheeling in Innovation

MSU students create award-winning solutions for wheelchair users

Returning!© MSU from winter break made for tough 

around Michaels! driveway so that he could turn them on 

travel- ayers of snow, blanketed walkways and 

roads. 

and off according to the weather. I won by combining these 

Mopeds, bikes and skateboards became an uncommongight 

two ideas."

as CATA buses overflowed with students avoiding the arctic 

Design thinking puts the individual first when a solution is 

environment. Being confined to a wheelchair made these daily 

needed. Gude explained that empathy would allow students 

struggles even more palpable. Karl Gude, a professor in the 

to gain a better understanding of Johnson's life, and by putting 

College of Communication Arts and Science^ recognized 

themselves in his shoes, they would be able to come up with 

this problem and decided to use his Design Thinking class to 

the most fruitful designs.

challenge students to ideate innovative solutions.

"To help with idea generation,! viewed oTier types of 

■¡¡is becoming very popular in America to employ this 

handicap assitance devices. I also tried imagining myseli.in 

design thinpng process for innovating new solutions to realls 

the position of someone whop in a wheelchair," said Elias 

challenging problems people have," said Gude. "I basically 

Naddaf, a junior advertising managemen!major who won 

felt thatiince m^ class is about creative problem solving! I 

third place in the contest. "From there I began sketching..."

needed to start studying this process in a big way—and not 

just the theory of it, but actually applying it and practicing it 

so that the! really understand all the different stages of the 

creatSe process. "‘J

This project began with Gude's friend Michael Jojfnson—a 

man ■estrlted by a wheelchair who, despite his disability, 

spent much of his time driving race cars. Though JoBson 

was able to race carl, he couldn't figwre out how to Sear his 

driveway oflnow. Gude asked the 500-judents in his class 

for solutions. The firstiresponse was to place a shovel-like 

blade on the front of the wheelchair. While this response was 

shared by the majority of Gude's students,^, it was deemed 

useless by Johnson. He expressed that all the snowllollected 

by the shovel v&uld only build onto his legs. They needed a 

When faced with a difficult taskpt was easy to choose 

more intricate invention.

the simplest solution to a problem. Design thinking has been 

"I wanted to come up with something that would allcffv 

researched and created to push the limitslpf one's thinking to 

Alichael to 

remove snow from h|ft; driveway safely and 

create innovative solutionBfo any problem —no matter ho^ 

efficiently," said Chloe Alverson, a freshman journalism major 

complex. The student^ who created prototypes 

in Gude! 

who wcmi first place in the contest. "One of my ideas was 

class were able to not onlyjevoke the methods of an effective 

to create a spinkler system, but with salt to melt the snow 

design thinker, but also leave Michael with an advantageous 

on Michael's driveways!Another plan was to install heater!

soluion to his problem.

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MSU TODAY

We Want Weepboop

The Rise of the MSU Esports Student Association

Terrence Peugh, a senior media and information major, 

pointed to the cameras on either side of the screen where the 

two students would hold their gaze during the broadcast. He 

motioned to the prompters and walked the jtudents through 
the process of using them. A cohesive system of leaders;, once 

gamers, stepped up and ran the show 

literally. Rpughs 

fingers rolled from a three, into a'two, then a one, and two 

gamers became casters for the very Ell t time.

The nine-hour MSU Esports Student Association Kick-Off 

LAN event was held oajan. 20jwith over 70 attendees and

four tournaments. LAN stances for local area network, meaning 
players competed togethelin the same room, as'opposed to 

playing in isolated locations. The entire event was streamed 

on Twitch, a live streaming video platformland the students 

hardly missed a beat.

■Like every other clubiyou just want to find people who 

share the same commcSpterests as you* said Alexis LyBa 

civil engineering junior who joined the Overwatch team last 
year, which was a team-based multiplayer online first-person 

shooter video game. “Getting together is really different from

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DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

going onlne and playing with friends across dorms or across 
campus. Being ¡jgjone single location and playing in person is 
a lot more interactive. There's a lot more hype."

The Esports Student Association provided students not only 
with a place to get out of their dark dorm rooms, but also an 

outlet to practice their passionsBn professional environments. 

They helped players 
in the community turn their personal 
interests into futurb careers. Created from scratch, the club 

did just as well as clubs funded by their universities. Through 

sponsors, competitions and prizes! MSU's Esports Student 

Assoaation drew inspiration from giant tournaments such as 
the League of Legends North American Championship held at 
Madison Square Garden.

game she might be interested in.

"I think [the Esports Student Association] stands out 
because it brings out t|s huge community that's asleep to 
everyone else. As if it doesn't exist; it's just some people 

playing video games," said Shea. "Having each game have 

itlown club and then have an esports club help with all of 
the clubs really shows people that it's a huge community."

"I 

love how we do a 

lot without the resources other; 
schools have. If you want to look for a career in esports you 

can get the experience here for free," said Kyle Kilponen, 

chemical engineering senior and vice president of the League 

of Legends Club, whose members played an ■tense real-time 

strategy game with many roles and positions', "Its crazy what 
we all can do when we all come together as a community.

I think the cool part about it is that ft all student-driven. 
Everyone's here because they want to be here and they want 
to promote esports."

Sydney Shea, seigor advertising management major 

and public 
relations manager for MSU'i Esports Student 
Association, started playing League of Legends her freshman 

year after her friend mentioned a combative mStiplayer online

As. the comments scrolled down the Twitch chat, the 
Twitch manager watched attentively to make sure there were 

no hiccups. Casters stood on stag^and camera directors 
waited on deck for the next game. Someone in the chat 

was saying, 
"We want Weepboop!" Others echoed 
the cry, and in mi mites the famous Weepboop, a player 

known by his gamertag, was in the newschair, mic'd up 

and ready to go. The|| was no doubt these students loved 
every minute of it.

One Last Chance to Play

Womens basketball fights in WNIT despite injuries

MSU women's basketball 

team competed against 

dead. My legs were shaking at the end of the game:"

Indiana in a historic game in Bloomington, Indiana, on Dec. 

The game went back and 

forth 

for the entirety of 

28, 2017, for the Big Ten Championship. The game broke 

regulation and each overtimeSThe determination on the court 

records, goilg into four intense overtimes and with Spartan 
sophomore Taryn McCutcheon playing a total of 6§i minutes 
in the game.

was palpable from both MSU and Indiana. The incessant 

game ended with Indiana on top: 1 1 1-109. It was a result 

that most of the Spartan women called a "heartbreakerBit 

"I don't think I can explain how tired was," McCutcheon 

seemed like their season was over, as they were ineligible for 

said. "I was telling mmelf the entire game, 'You re fine. You 

the NCAA tournament.

practice longer than thillp but I knew it was all a lie. I was

"It really could have gone either way," senior Taya Reimer

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Branndais Agee shoots a critical shot in the forth to help 

secure a victory over U of M. The Spartans won-the game 

despite two key players sitting out due to injury 

' \

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smums

said. 

It was definitely a heartbreaker, but we fought as hard 

amount of injuries happen. I'm proud of everybody! junior 

as we cc||ld.It was hard because we thought that we could 

Jenna Allen said.

have [gone] really far in the [NCAA] tournament."

With Btheir 

turbulent 

regular 

season  behind 

them, 

The players went into spring oreak thinking that they had 

the Spartan women were excited to play in the WNIT. 

no chance of returning to the court to play another game this 

season. Some players knew they would return for practice 

inihe falj| but seniors were prepared to never play again. 

in their eyeMthe season they had just completed was Bot 

Representative of the strength the team held. The WNIT was 

their final opportunity to show the fight they had left, despite 

«.When the team returned from the school vacation, a surprise 

the adversity they faced all season.

was waiting for them: They had one last ¡¡fiance. MSU 

had accepted a bid into the Women's National Invitation 

Tournament (WNIT).

While they were able to continue onB one problem 

from the regular season followed them into postseason play: 

injuries. McCutcheon said that they got hit ¡¡/ith the "injury 

bug 

twice  once at the fcry beginning of the season, and 

once during the Big Ten seaSpn. The team lost Bell player 

Shay Colley for six games, and at one pointlevery guard 

washout with an irmiry. Three players suffered knee injuries, 

anjgther had a broken arm, and others were in and out du'e to 

A lot of people look at it like a few extra games at the 

end of the seasonB but;that's not how we're looking at it," 

McCutcheon said. "I think thE team is good enough to be in 

the NCAA [tournament]. We need to win this to prove that."

Entering the WNIT,lhe Spartan Women's team pushed 

forward slowly but steadily. Taking down both the University 

of Cincinnati and the Universi;t)lof Toledo, they finally fell in 

the third round to thelRiversity of South Dakota in yet another 

overtime game. Making it this far was impressive, buldoEg 

it after such a challenging season was even more so. Playing 

every game believing the||could win, these Spartan women 

more minor injuries like concussions. The team went through 

were remembered for their exceptional resilience.

13 different starting lineups during the seasonBas players 

rotated in and out.

¡¡The in furies show this1-’team's resiliency to never back 
down and to keep on fighting in a season where an unusual

SEASON RECORD:
W: 19 

L: 14

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

The Ink Begins to Flow

East Lansing tattoo artists create perpetual body art

Psyfjiology major Ericka Judd pulled open the door of 

"We all love working with people," Ay bar said. "Just 

the dir« lit tattoo shop during her sophomore year. There 

the environment of people actually yyanting to come in and 

was graffiti covering one wall, and amront desk with books 

spaid money, and getting to goof arount|%ith people and 

of designs sprawled across its countertop. A girl with tattoos 

getting to listen to their stories, is pretty fun."

scattered over her skill and piercings adorning her face 

At the Abbot location, a majority of the clientele were 

stood at the counter, smiling. Music played over a speaker 

studentslhowever the shop did see a few regular customers. 

somewhere in the back.of the shop. From one of the rooms, a 

Tattoo artist Mike Bensinger said that while he did sevenfl 

steady hum came from a needle as the tattoo artist prepared 

different types of tattoos, he normally got requests for smaller 

to dip Bito the first color. Judd looked down and saw an Om, 

ones. Infinity signSfeathers- and flowers were some of the 

a Buddhist and Hindu symbol, on the girl's hand. Though Judd 

most common ink applications.

already knew what design she wanted to get, she.decided to 

Bensinger had worked at Ink & Needle for over a year 

get the symbol, too.

at the company's multiple locations'?,-He created art his whole 

Judd visited Ink & Needle, a small shop on the corner 

life, and heloved that he could craft new pieces of arlfor 

of Abbot Road and Albert Avenue in East Lansing where 

students and clients, A personal favqrite of his was taking 

Spartans were able to get tattoosllr piercings. The shop was 

bctthed art and making it beautiful.

opened by William Brown» 2014, but Ink & Needle waff 

irai get a 

lot of satisfaction out of that—ffrning the 

not as young as it seemed. The compcny was founded over 

monstrosity into a masterpiece," Bensinger said. "People feel 

seven years-’agolwith tvjl other locations in LaH§g.

so much better about it, and it makes me feel good because 

"The shop had a 

really friendly environment, a safe 

not a lot of people caffl do that."

and staile environment, which is definitely really important," 

As eachlcolor was added, the artist wiped Judd's hand 

said Judd, Sow a sefior. 

"The people there were really 

with q clcffh until the Om 1/mbolAvas Complete. She looked 

relaxed and generally seemed interested in why Sou want 

down and smiled at the vibrant masterpiece now embellishing 

to get your tattoo and are really willing to help with that 

her hand. The artists at Ink & Needle had extensive skills in 

decision proceM.W

creating ulique designs that inspired others likejudd. Students 

Piercer Danny Aybar worked at Ink & Needle for over 

expressed themselves through colors on their skin, and they 

five Bears and laid the shop was the best choice for MSU 

cojild tell their llpes through ink. Ink & Needle's work was 

students when it came to getting a tattoo or piercing because 

permaneSjand their markings could be found on Spartan 

1 offered high-quality work at low prices. Not to mention,»he 

skin far beyond the city of East Lansing. Wherever studeljffl 

artists appeared to genuinely love what they did.

ended up, they took that with them.

PHOTO: TOMMY MASSA 

CONTENT: ASHLEY REED

DESIGN: ALEXANDER

BROOKE

College of 
Music

MSU music students compete in 
the Running Start Competition

MSU College of Music students were making some 

noise, allowing not just their instruments, but their voic^ to 

be heard. The Running Start Competition gavefstudents the 

opportunity to pitch a product or service-based idea fyithin 

the musical realm that would positively impact the community. 

Thl was a chance to flex their creative muscles, and winners 

received funding to kicktstart their careers.

The student presenters- all had original Ideasl-from 

creating a concert series for those with special needs, to 

educating other musicians about 

instruments not typically 

taught. The Running Start Competition helped 

fund 

this 

innovation through donors like MSU Federal Credit Union, 

Lansing Area Partnership, Cynthia Kay & Company and more.

"Honestly/itgvaslaccidental because we just Wanted to 

play music together," said Michelle Myer|| a senior music 

performance major who pitched he'r idea at the competition. 

"Nothing exists for instrumentation [how a piece is arranged 

for the instruments involved], so we had to go about and 

find people who would makesmusic for us.Bye had so many 

people who wanted to write for uspwe were like, 'We.should 

make an album of it and demonstrate all of their work.'"

Students in the College of Music realized it was hard to 

find a sustainable job in the music industry. This competition 

mcreased their marketability through community outreach and 

brought light to their future.

"I started playing bassoon in middle school, and when 

I started playing it, I struggled a lot—-like many:young kids 

do when theyistart playing this instrument," paid Natalie 

Law, a music-performance graduate student who won the 

first-place award of $2,500 and.the people's choice award 

in the competition.

Law pitchjd the idea of the Bassoon Book, which would 

be created for bassoonists who need help perfecting their 

skil.I.sCThe book would be accessible in print and online;,/with 

mini tasks to ensure that beginners learned how to play the 

bassoon correctly.

"I learned a lot of bad habits, and my band director 

didn't have a lot of the resources to be able to help me learn 

howto play it...and that eventually held me back...I would've 

<wrshed.to have had a resource that wou d ve helped me."

For these competitors, mule was a way of life. Though 

not every presenter could win the grand prize, they all left with 

enhanced skills to fuel their creativity and prospective careertft

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“In a Round World, 
I’m definitely a Square“

The adventures of shopping with Tye Dye Thom

Tye Dye Thom: a man known around campus for his 

Or at least a rhombus! said Tye Dye Thom when asked by a 

quirky salesman style and compelling stories. Found in the 

customeiabout his eccentric pink hair and enticing persona.

MSU Union on a biannual basis, Thom—whose full name 

Thom ifared his unique timeline: recalling his excursions 

remains a mystery—was an enigmatic being in the eyes of 

of riding the one and only Snoop Dogg's' bicycle at a 

Spartans. Who was he, what was his role at MSU and why 

music festival |e helped film, or when his mother was 

did he choose to come here to make his sales?

diagnosed witlcancer for a second time and |e dyed his 

Hisi|role: a vendor of homemade hemp necklaces, 

hair bright pink as 'shelfought—and won—¡her battle. With 

bohemian tapestries, state flags,,, knitted headwear and 

sentiment and humoiHfe recocted his life's travels, all while 

more. 

Tables were overcrowded on 

the Union main 

helping someone pick ouithe perfect flag to hang on theirj 

floow budding with his merchandise. But why MSU? 

dorm room wall.

Thom worked alongside 

the University Activities Board 

(UAB) as one of its most prominent fundraisers forlmore 

than 14 years, not only as a top salesman, but also as a 

strong supporter.

"Tye Dye Thom is such an advocate for UAB," said 

Catherine Fitzpatrick, manage« of. UAB. 

"He makes sure 

every studerl is aware of UAB and our programs and has 
provided our organization with more than $20,000 fin the 
past 14 years? My staff raises at least $100,000 each 

year in vendor sales alone to support our. operating budget 

for events like our comedians,craft nights, open mic nights 

and Kve music. Vendors 

iRe Tye Dye Thom are vital to 

ou|| success."'

■He's hard 

to describe," said Stephanie Calloway, 

To truly understand the essence of Thom, though, he must 

assistant manager of UAB. "He's just Thom. That's what I 

be witnessed in action. His bountiful historical narrations and 

always tell people—he's just Thom. You have to meet him and 

expressions of personal opinion made the simple task of 

you'll see what I mean,"'

shoppilglfor a new hat an adventure. The moment a student 

While Thom's eventful appearance lasted only a week 

stepped onto the Union's main floor, he would be right next 

in the fall, he returned during the cruel winter.ylis attachment 

to them, sharing his beliefs and explaining each product. He 

to the university and UAB revealed his character and his 

would even speak over someone's headphones to make lure 

willingness to aid in student expansion and inclusiorSThom, 

they were not missing even a fragment of his words.

making these events possible, was helping students find 

"Well, I mean, «a round wind, I'm definitely a square.

their place on their vast campus and call it home.

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PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON 

CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

Senior Ben Richardson sorts all types of parts 

used in machines on campus at the infrastructure 

Planning and Facilities warehouse at MSU. 

He deals with ovem7,000 parts on warehouse 

shelves and organized in a computer database.

A Little Direction

MSU internships help students forge their future paths

It was about 4:30 a.m. when Sergio Martinez-Beltran, 

the best writers in the business and so they constantly push me 

a senior journalism student at MSU, arrived at the station. 

to be better."

Me took off his jacket, placed it on the chair behind him and 
opened his laptop. Various newsfeeds were scattered across 

Ben Richardson, a senior supply chain management major, 

at MSU, was a logistics analyst for the Infrastructure Planning 

his computer. He looked at the host of the radio show softly 

and Facilities warehouse at MSU. He started out working 

and saidHWhere should we start?"

Martinez-Beltran was a production 

intern for WKAR's 

local NPR affiliate 
"Morning Edition" show through the 
station. As a production inllm, he worked directly with the 

lost, Brooke Allen, on writing breaking news from the night 
before, researching people and stories prior tolner interviews, 

and making sure that she had enough material and questions 

to cover each hour.

at the warehouse as a student employee. After identifying 

inefficiencies in the process;]: he proposed a Microsoft Excel 
document that could be used to keep track of the 7,500 parts 

in the warehouse. That led to his internship.

"The biggest thing I learned is how Important technology 

is to creating more efficiencies!' Richardson said. "Before the 

internship! I didn't know how supply chain and data could 
make a business more efficient. Getting this project, actually 

"Whatever questions I write, she will ask 99 percent of 

doing 

it, and actually getting results was really Satisfying 

them," said Martinez-Beltran. "She's busy doing a bunch of 

to me. I be ieve tha? afterithe semester, the things I did will 

stuff, so I fry to make it easier for her. I am a print guy, so 

at first I was likel'Thl [Internship] islcrazy.' Ige only been 
■lere for a month, and it's already muscle memory. Now 

that I know how Brooke thinks andlspeaks, I write to hqp 

voice. Sometimes 

I catch myself reading out loud 

in her 

tone and style."

All  across  MSUs  campus 

there  were  countle|| 
opporwities for students to pursue their career interests in 

specialized environments, 

like Mainez-Beltran's internship. 

|bimie Bozack, a 

junior majoring 

in 

journalism! worked 

as a produwion intern at "Conan." As she passed by the 

writers, graphic designers and camera crew at "Conan!, she 

connected with them.

"I am just a girl from Lansingy and now I am living my 
dream," Bozack said. "Coming out to [Los Angeles] and 

Harting this internship -reminded me of why I have been 

working so hard for so long.Berpdap I get to live a dream 
that I have had for yearii Being arofid all of these incredibly 

talented people in LA and at 'Conan' has made me work 
harder and push myself to cffnstantly create. I get to work with

actua 111 save a lot of time and money in the future. Plus, it's fe 
to get a project that improves efficiency. It helped me make 

my mind up that I picked the right major."

These were just d'.few of the students who walked arlund 

campus with the budding look of professionals. Theylv'ere 

dedicated students with visioljf of where they wanted to 
go and what they wanted to do. With the direction of their 

Bernshipi they set a course for the open seas of job hunting 
and mortgages —never failing to remember the places where 

they found themselves.

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PHOTO: CRAIG HEDGES

CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

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CONTENT: DAJHEONNA PERRY 

DESIGN & PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON

a

Art. Unity. Justice.

MSUs first social justice art festival

On Jan. 19, just as MSU was settling into spring semester, 

our current situation/ with so much tension between cultures."

art enthusiasts from botllthe Lansing area and the Spartan 

Slavistar, a local Lansing group, performed their project 

community gathered to experience the first Social Justice 

"The Milic of Roma People." The Roma people, a diasporic 

Art Festival. Taking place in Snyder-Phillips Hall, the festival 

group, are commonly;' known as Gypsies and have been 

lasted the entire day, giving students the opportunity to stop 

prosecuted since their arrival in Europe between the 1 2th and 

by at 'their convenience. The crowd enjoyed everything from 

14th centuries. This band of four menised their instruments to 

live theatrical and mjpical performances to spoken poetry, 

artistically communicate what it felt like to face discrimination, 

literaKjb and many forms of vlual art.

forced sterilization J racial segregation human 

trafficking 

"Planning the event was both intricate and funl said Gia 

and exploitations

Toler, alunior political theory and constitutional democracy 

major who helped coordinate the festival. "There were a npt 

of moving parts...that we had to do behind tfe scenes. It was 

a success and we hope to do this agairlnext year."

Amber Benton, director of diversity programs aid 

studeniengagement for James Madison College,, was the 

bran behind the festival. Benton wanted to see an event on 

campus that gave innovative sldents a chance to illustrate 

their abilities and educate peers abouT social justice. She 

centered the event around student perspectives, allowing 

them to-.suse creative platforms to articulate the! beliefs.

"As you engage in these performances, keep in mind that 

Although the event displayed a great deal of Spartan 

each piece is coming from a deeply personal space and a 

heartlit also had a competitive aspect. Awards were given 

lived experience," Benton said to the crowd.

forlthe "most o| of the box" and "most inspiring" artistic 

All MSU students had the opportunity to submit any 

displays or performances. The 

former was awarded to 

personal work with meaningIrooted in social 

justice. Ithe 

Sonali Solanki, a junior art education major, for her studio art 

committee then proceeded to select a number of inspiring 

piece, and the latter was awarded to Margherita Fava, W™ 

pieces to showcase on the day of the festival.

Crande.il, Timothy Blackmon and Tissa Kholsa, jazz studies 

One of the performers, Yun JjlPan, presented a body 

students’, for their musical performance. The crowd also voted 

percussion piece. The sound of her hands beating against 

on a people's choice award, whsh went to Gerena Walker, 

her skin represented the systematic belittlement women ofte™ 

senior social relations and policy major, for her theatrical 

face. This was Pan s way of showing her inner strength, and 

performance.

it prosded an example that gender and race should not be a 

Audience members had to exit their comfort zones to 

hindrance in music arts.

allow for personal growth aslhey viewed the controversial 

"I don't think Americans understand how much power 

piecesforced 

to dig deeper 

into the artistic mediums 

we have on other countries," said apparel and design and 

presented. The 15-minute 

intervals between performances 

psychology junior Sierra Tolbert., who was a participant in the 

gave the crowd a chance to reflect on and engage with the 

festival. "With that being said, if we don't have people trying 

content. While the festival marked the beginning of many 

to grow and expand and know other cultures and love one 

students' education in social fflstice, it was, more importantly; 

another, we can not grow as humans. That's why we are ins

a call to action.

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Gerëna' Walker does a jhœtrjçal performance I 
ST1 GùJtÊŒI&iÆ
feaJIeW^Än 

The audience listens, intently as she speaks.

PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON

The Tables are Turning

Student DJs who startedln their rooms are now on stage
playing for thousands

Former MSU student Dillon Shamoun stood on stage 

making music in his room.

at PRIME Music Festival, 

looking out at the expansive 

crowd before him. Bright-colored lights pulsed along with 

the beat of the music as people jumped up and down, 

hands in the air and hair whipping around them. Shamoun 

climbed onto a 

large inflatable duck on stage and was 

catapulted into the dancjig crowd and caughiby a sea of 
hands. That festival7 was one of the largest jhows Shamoun 
had played since becoming a DJ, and he got his start by

For Shamounlmaking music became a way of life. FHe 

found himself investing more time working on DJing than 

working on his kinesiology homework. 'He began buying 

equipment and  makings connections. When Shamoun 

acquired his equipment two years ago, he played at one 

of his first shows: Lansing's fflfe In Color. This allowed him to 

book gigs at The Landshark and MSU Greek Life events.

TIME was the first big festival I did on the ma» stage

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PHOTOJOMMY MASSA 

CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ 

DESIGN: MOLLY EDDINGTON

Senior Connor Davis-Green is djing for MSU 

Sparfython at IM circle. Sparlython is a dance 

marathon that is done to raise money for charity.

he still wanted to perform—that's when he picked up Djing. 

Davis-Green has performed at afterlparties at PRIME and 

Breakaway Music Festivals, formals for Greek organizations 

and other charity gatherings.

"I prefer house parties because it lets you take the reins 

on what type of music you are playing," said Davis-Green. "If 

you are playing a bar or event, you kind of play the music-that] 

they expect you to play. Playing house parties is a good way 

to improvise your set and take creative leaps."

College students normally have a hard time balancing 

school and work. However, Davis-Green, Shamoun and 

Haselwanter said that balancing Djing and attending class 

was not diffic(Hfoi||fhem. Most of pie organizations and 

events they played for were at night, giving them time to be a 

stldent by day and a DJ by night.

and I had a decent slot!' Shamoun said.

While Shamoun entered the world of music on his own, 

other student Djs got their staff through a new organization 

at MSU. Students, 

like sophomore electrical engineering 

major Alexis Haselwanter, started Djing through the Spartan 

DJ Club. Haselwanter said the club helped him decide what 

equipment to get and how to start playing shows

"I reallylke working together with the guys in the club on 

different events, "maselwanter said. "Obviously being a part 
of the campus community, sich as doing Spartython §3 dance 
marathon to raise money for the Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer 

As the lights continued to pulse and people still danced in 

Foundation and Childrens Miracle Network] and working 

the crowd at PRIME Music Festival, beads of sweat breaking 

with other organizations, is rewarding."

out on theiSforeheads, the beat of the music got higher and 

Sen ¡or philosophy major Connor Davis-Green worked 

higher until 1 dropped, shaking the whole room. Wwle not 

with the founder of Spartan DJ Club to create a network 

all student Djs have performed with The Chainsmokers or had 

of DJs to perform at events around campus. He was in a 

their track played at LollapaloozaBke Shamoun, each student 

band for abouifive years, but afterCit broke up he decided

started Djing to express himself through his own beats.

A student uses a paper"cutter for his art project 
in the Language and Media Center. The LMC 

provided tools like this for students to use for 

;artistic expression and classwork.

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PHOTO: CRAIG HEDGES 

CONTENT: RYAN HOPPENWORTH 

DESIGN: KENT KUBANI

Residential College in 
the Arts and Humanities

Students fine-tune their work at the Language and Media Center

Inlhe basement of Snyder Halil placed between the art 

these things allows them to do more. Resources like cameras, 

room and the choir.room, lay a hidden accomodation of the 

tripods and microphones are important for students to branch 

Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH). T: is 

out and experiment with new; equipment."

room, home to artistic exploration and language mastery, 

While the Media Center was essential to the success of 

was the Language and Media Center. Coveted by artistically 

arts and humanities majors, -Spartans from all backgrounds 

inclined students, the center was filled with copious materials 

were welcomed. Rory Brosnan, a junior majoring in media 

available for use by any Spartan. From HollNyood-level 

and information went to-the Media Center to fulfill his own 

production software to printers capable of printing posters, 

unique artistic requirements.

the Media Center truly had it all. It provided student! with a 

space to complete.projects in a creative atmosphere; embark 

on a new,innovative journey, or just relax and watch films 

from all corners of the globe.

Andrew Duris, a volunteer at the Language and Media 

Center and a ¡Hor arts and ramanities major, explained 

why the media center was vital to the success of arts and 

humanities majors. He believed collaboration on projects 

was essential, and that students in the college—and beyond 

the college—benefited from the artistic environment.

"[The Language and Media Center] helps students who 

"The center is a very good place to focus and finish 

are not; sure on how to start or perfect a project," Duris said. 

projects," said Brosnan. "The Media Center has a 

lot of 

"We help RCAljby supporting the tech lea I side of art, and 

computers, all with Adobe programs 

frow Premiere 

to 

encourage individual expression and constructive criticism in 

Photoshop, which are instrumental in the filmmaking process. 

a setting that promotes good work and happykstudents."

Access to these programs gave me an advantage and really 

Levi Labruzzy, an arts and humanities junior whogfflilized 

helped me bring my filmmaking to the next level."

the Media Center to print posters for a project,, spoke about 

Through integrating a myriad of cutting-edge technologies, 

its importance on her work in design. She believed the 

the Language and Media Center provided students, whether 

technology that the center offered was integral to crafting a 

a future Hemingway or a prospective Picasso, with the means 

powerful final piece.

necessary to succeed. If Spartans needed musical instruments, 

"The [Language and Media Center] offers a 

lot of 

industrial printer^ compilers with professional programs or 

resources that would be hard to come by if RCAH didn't 

practical^ any other item of artistic equipment, they could find 

have themH Labruzzy said. "It allows people to get more 

it there. The Language and Media Center not only allowed 

creative, and I think just the fact that people have access to

Spartans to create art, it created artisf|; Spartans.

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PHOTO: TOMMY MASSA

CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

Make it Official

A Spotlight on Student Intramural Sports Officials

Cleats dashed across the grass, sending bits of sediment 

sometimes it can beleaIly stressful and frustrating when you 

into the air as the players launched forward. Bodies in green 

have students who argue with you mo matter what," said Fox. 

and purple 

jerseys advanced and then 

receded as they 

"It really helped me with com ict resolute: and being able to 

gained and lost possession ofv-the ball. Cheers from the fan 

hear things from two sides of the same story. Working as an 

section on the sidelines drifted over the soccer field and faded 

official has also taught me a lot about responsibility."

into the expanse behind Munn Ice Arena. A swift rip on the 

Jacob Bomeli, 

senior communication major, was a 

ball from a muscular right leg flicked it into the upper left 

Supervisor fat intramural basketball, football and softball. He 

corner of the net and sent the kicker to his knees ,Aboth arms 

started out working atlthe service desk in IM East when he 

jolting up ip victory.

was a freshman. He believed that being an official was just 

Erin Hinojosa, food science major and coordinator of 

as much about commitment as it was about having fun.

soccer operations for intramural sports, was a senior gratified 

"The sport to watch is softball," said Bomeli. "People 

by his work in the sporting facilities on campus. Starting his 

don't take it as seriously as other sports. So you get a lot of 

sophomore year on an intramuraleam, an official approached 

people who don't know what they are: doing because they 

him after a game and asked if he had any ¡¡terest in seriously 

haven't oeen playing for verydong. The best part is that they 

¡fining the intramural community. He found reffing to Re a 

know they don't have the skills. It's hilarious to see them walk 

great learning experience, not only for soccer, but for cultural 

up to bat and just have fun with it."

exposure as well.

- "Hove soccer, so it's cool to be around it multiple timgs a 

week," said Hinojosa. "To see the different cultures is great. 

You see people playing from Africa and it's a totally different 

soccer culture. It's cool to see it up close and personal and 

learn the different playing styles. There are thousands of 

kids who play IM sports. It's cool to be able to- know and 

famlarize yourself with that many people. Before IM sports, I 

didn't know that many people, and now I do."

Olivia Fox, elementary education major and coordinator 

of volleyball staff, was a senior who started playing intramural 

Taking time out of busy schedules 

is difficult for any 

sports as a freshman. Playing basketball since she cold walk 

college student. The officials of intramural sports honored their 

and volleyball since middle school, she thought it would be 

athletic traditions, dedicating their time to actively engage 

wrong to dlcontinue her passions ¡1 college. As an intramural 

with the community and represent the Spartan experience at 

sports officialises gained a lot of experielce dealing with 

MSU. Student intramural referees, garbed in the classic white 

difficult situations.

and black stripes, took their personal enjoyment for the sports 

"Most of the time 

it's fun and entertaining, although

they loved and made it official.

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES

CONTENT: SIERRA REHM 

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

mmm iv

Eli Broad College 
of Business

Spartans take the air with Bizcast

A mother walked by the 2016 Lincoln MKZ self-driving 

is often perceived as a pastime that's 

Music 
relaxing, 
focusing and even energizing —but music wasn't the only 

soujjd streaming through headphones on walks to class 

or resounding through cartistereos on a joyride:. Ears were 
now being filled with content deemed more conversational, 

comical or even educational Bn  nature as podcasts 
rose in popularity.

"My commiies to and from work—and a good deal of 
my downtime, fl fact—are ailed with listening to podcasts 
■hat try to dig for the story behind current events in the world," 

sai d Zach Half, co-creator of the Spartan Bizcast podcast. 

"Podcasts keep me informed and also provide me with more 

informatiofraas to how it p related to me and my interests."

Hall brought up the idea of giHg the Eli Broad College 

of Business its own podcast in the spring of 2017. The 

following semester, three 15-20 minute podcasts had already 
been created, meeting their goal for the academic year. 

Each podcaff was hosted by Carolne Brooks and col oague 

Dcmi Conlonlboth faculty within the college, and covered a 

particular topic, allowing expert guest speakers to elaborate.

'"We wanted to find a new way-1:c connect our Broad 
College experts with audiences that wouldn't typically pick i ■ 

a business academi: journal, or even read something related 

to specific areas of business/" Brooks, commiB/caticn director 
for the college, said. "By finding ways to connect our faculty 

to issues and eventslimpactinglthe greater world, we can 
create an awareness for their expertise."

The Bizcast Was crucial to the growth of the Eli Broad 

College of Businessfcommunity. Students and faculty alikb

could be educated on subjects within their field that they may! 
not be exploring in their dal-to-day work. 
It expanded the 
name and brand of the college within MSU.

"The Spartan Bizcast is an enjoyable and knowledgeable 
listen to,B said Jackson Butcher, a business- 

podcast to 

preference freshman. 
"The hosts do a nice jib of asking 
thought-provoking questions that allow the guest to give 

answers that were informative and entertaining. The podcast 

kept my attention and probed me to think about \$hat was 

being said and make connections^

The Bizcast was a.nothei way to ¿¿Spread the meissage:- 
of the Eli Broad College of Business® its followers. It added 
an: on-the-go, tech-sawy option for those Who didn't have 

Ime-to sit dowuand read^but were eager to stay informed. 

It was a modern element thatfthowed off the abundance 

of talented faculty within the college in relation to topics 
outside of MSU.

Love is a Monster... Let’s 
Skip Valentine’s Day

Spartans who don't need a Valentine host an alternative celebration

Heart-shaped candy, sappy love notes and 

romantic 

Quinn, ant apparel and textile design major. "I just feel too 

dinners aren't for everyone—especially on Valentine's Day.' 

busy most of the time."

Students often get caught up with school, extracurriculars, 

Instead  of  eating  gallons  of 

Ice  cream  and 

jobs and the demands of college life that finding true love 

enveloping oneself 

inihe melancholy soundtrack of sad 

isn't always their first priority.

love songs, 

there was an event on campus welcoming 

"As a student I do think it's hard [to find love], just because 

lonely hearts. A team of people from the Eli and Edythe 

our generation places so much value on how available you 

Broad Art Museum, the MSU LGBT Resource Center and 

are to do little things like text back or FaceTime," said Tiffanie

student 

radio station 

Impact 89 FM came logether to

.musical performances that performed at 

Love is a Monster. She used multiple instruments to create sounds and 

simple melodies to compliment her spoken word poetry. 

;

¡É8

■I

IS®

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PHOTO: TOMMY MASSA 

CONTENT: ASHLEY REED 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

create "Love is a Monster: An Anti-Valentine's Day Party."

Red Strike, and members of Impact 89 FM took to DJing to 

The party was 

inspired by a 

local 

'70s rock band, 

keep the crowd tapping their feet and clapping their hands. 

Destroy all Monsters, that had its own exhibition on Feb. 1 3 

Students could work on crafts and enjoy light refreshments,! 

at the museum to honor former band members Mike Kelly 

but the most unorthodox activity? Make-your-own underwear. 

and Jim Shaw.

Screen printing was available, allowing attendees to plaw 

unusuai alien creatures on a fresh white pair of Ffflit of 

the Loom boxers.

"We knew that if we were gonna do a party around 

Valentine's Day that we wanted it to be an Anti-Valentine's 

Day," said McLean. "And we've done a lot of screen printing 

before at different events, usually on tote bags or T-shirts, soy 
1 don't know, the idea of doing it on boxers or underwear 
seemed appropriate for an Anti-Valentine's party."

College is stressful, and the question "So, have you met 

anyone?" was often answered with a cringe. The Lovels a 

Monster even! may not have been the key to hiding true love, 

but it gave attendees the opportunity to find a friend who 

hated Valentine's Day just as much as them.

"[The band was] working with a lot of Godzilla films, 

"I was surprised by how many people I knew there," said 

old monster movies, a lot of old comics and incorporating 

Audrey Matusz, a staff member at Impact 89 FM. "Just being 

those ilto their own visualalwork as well, as some of their 

able to meet up with people outside of a dusty East LansSg 

performances," said Brian McLean, the manager of museum 

bar made it for me."

programs althe Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. "So, 

Typically, monsters are scary and 

love 

is 

indulged] 

aesthetically, the inspiration came from that with our collage­

but all the norgis were broken at this Anti-Valentine's Day 

making, card-making and using some of the same techniques."

party. Spartans didn't need boxes of chocolate on candle­

With a set theme, activities and venue, the party was 

lit dinners when underwear was waiting to be decorated 

open to anyone on campus uninterested 

in kindllg 

love 

right down the street.

on Feb. 14. There was live entertainment with local band

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SiDESHOW is no 
Sideshow

SiDESHOW exposes the beauty of developing skills before graduation

Once upon a timelon a campus close, close by, was 

next to the auditorium," said senior and co-producer Noah 

a student-run sketch comedy show. One of seven shows 

Wolinski. "This was so beautiful, and a fun place to shoot 

umbrellaed under MSU Telecasters —a group dedicated to 

with our cool team. During these shoots, we work very closely 

giving students with a passion for film production a chance 

and it brings us together."

to experience it—SiDESHOW was established on MSU's 

The passiony hard work and eagerness to give people 

campus in 1994. 

Its videos were published to YouTube, 

quality content is what set SiDESHOW apart. SiDESHOW 

providing viewers With laughs and quality entertainment.

wanted to make sure the cast and crew were gaining field

"The 10-year 

'Mean Girls' 

reunion video was 

the 

first 

show 

I 

saw," 

said 

sophomore and SiDESHOW 

fan Justin Woods. 

"I came across it after looking up my 

major on YouTube and was happy to find how dope they 

-were. I subscribed and every gideo. since then has never 

let me down."

The video Wood! spoke about had pearly 7,000 

Mews on YouTubel making 

it SiDESHOW's most viewed 

Mdeo of' 2017. On average, ninel/ideos were released 

each year, which was made possible bp SiDESHOW's 

47-member production 

team. All of the members were 

divided into specialized teams: pre-production, production, 

post-production and marketing.

experience before they began thei careers, which included 

"My engagement with SiDESHOW began 

the 

first 

journalism, videographjiacting, media consulting and more.

semester of my freshman yeapWaid seniJfpnd co-head writer 

"SiDESHOW became my family while at MSU," said 

Danielle Chesney. "Moving to my sophomore year, I served 

SiDESHOW alumnus Chris Ryan. 

"My relationships with 

asftocial media coordinator and a general writer. Now, 

some of my best friends: and my career ¡¡xperience was all 

being the co-head writer; I see how SiDESHOW maximized 

happening at once... It was mwavorite part of college. Now 

my potentialland the connections I've made have reassured 

that I am a professional digital marketer and videographel I 

me this was the best declion I made."

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Experience is great, but when a college organization 

various places around MSU's campusjsometimes even in the 

could offer its members the chance to actually create a wealth 

city of East Lansing. Filming in different locations on and off 

of professional-level material, it was a cut above. With their 

campus lent SiDESHOW a pertain realism and legitimacy 

portfolios brimming, these students went into the world ready. 

in it||videos.

It may have seemed too good to be true, but this was no fairy 

"Welshot a flash mob in the Summer Circle [Theatre]

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Serving up Seniors

MSU men's tennis seniors reflect on their pasts, presents and futures

The definition of legacy is broad. To some, it often details; 

pushed him to pursue playing tennj§ at the collegiate level. 

what you leave behind, whether in the physical shape of a 

The leadership qualities gained in his personal life were just 

trorwy or the emotional state of a memory. With each racquet 

one piece of the supportive legacy he hoped to leave with his 

stroke of a yellow Wilson tennis ball and each shuffle-step 

team upon graduation.

taken over the hundreds of green and white tennis courts, the 

"Both my sisters played college tennis," said Koenen. 

MSU men's tennis seniors had one common goal: to leave a 

"Since it's been a family sport, ail the hours and lard work to 

lasting legacy after their departure.

get here really paid off."

Jasper Koenen, a senior hospitality business major, had 

Koenen spent his early years growing up at the tennis 

been playing tennis competitively since he was nine years 

courts with his biological family, but when his career began at 

old. Before he joined MSU's team, tennis had been more 

MSU, leaving his parents and listers wasn't bitter, because he 

than just a sport in his family—and it was that very idea that

had a band of brothers right by his side. Over time, he began

Senior Mike Dube prepares to serve against Indi­

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MSU lost the meet, 4-3.

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to realize that he was becoming a team leader—someone 

the chance to leave behind a special memory forlhemselves 

who could create 

that same nurturing environment 

for 

and for the team, and they also stressed the concept of family 

new players.

that the Seniors wanted to leave behind for future generations 

From hours spent on the courts to days packed in buses 

of men's tennis at MSU.

Raveling for tournaments, Koenen was playing alongside 

"It's deflitell bittersweet," said Forman. "I'll miss these 

men that were not only talented tennis players, but individuals 

guys and competing for MSUIbut I'm pretty at bay with it and 

that created a supportive atmosphere Koenen wanted to see 

ready for that next chapter."

develop after his graduation. Sey were united in a bond 

For these seniorlwhe end of their time with collegiate 

that represented their care toward one another on and off the 

tennis was made bearable because they were leaving behind 

court. Senior tenn|| player and biology major Michael Dube 

some of themselves for their team—something that would not 

stood alongside Koenen, focused on building a brotherhood 

fade. The journey from freshman to senior year consisted of 

to last generations.

uplifting wins and painful losses, but the team was a constant. 

"I've wanted 

to 

implement 

the 

idea of building 

The young players always had their leaders to look up to, to 

relationships with the team and coaches, and hopefull|p 

follow and to cheer on. When it came time for the seniors to 

helping 

them 

realize that we're more - than teammates," 

depart, they knew that they were leaving a legacy of strength 

said Dube. "It's hopefully something that they pass along to 

and unity, making their final swing of the tennis racquet on the 

future players."

green and white court an empowering motion.

Dube, along with masters kinesiology studenft Brett 

Forman, clinched huge wins for the team during the 20}7- 
201 8 season. The victories granted both Dube and Forman

SEASON RECORD:
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College of Nursing

MSU College of Nursing creates jack-of-all-trades

The stereotypical depiction of the nursing environment 

like emergencies or an overflow of patients, prepared nurses 

and profession is a dramatic picture, often painted by TV 

for their careers, and could ultimately save lives.

shows and fictional films. Nurses are running from patient to 

"It's a job where you are extremely accountable for your 

patient!barking quick directions and seemingly thriving in a 

work," said Kate Pilarski, a junior nursing major. "When you 

sense of panic. What TV studios often failed to include were 

are working as a nursey-.yol have to be alert at all times 

the diverse kinds of nurses and a real sense of just how much 

and always double checking yourself because certain small 

they do for the medical community.

mistakes have the potential to be detrimental to another 

"I wanted to become a nurse because a [Bachelor of 

person's health."

Science in Nursing] is the jack-of-all-trades in the medical 

field," said James Reder, a senior in the College of Nursing. 

"You have the abilityffio move laterally or vertically due to 

being useful in so many fields, and also having the ability to 

further your degree as you see fit."

The MSU College of Nursing was competitive because 

of how its classes were styled. Available seats in classes were 

Spartans were g«en a 

special advantage 

in 

the 

limited,; so individuals had to apply to enter the program. 

education they received. They entered the workforce sooner 

Once in, students were shown various options within the 

and were able to provide care longer. This allowedlhem to 

field, such as the intensive care unit or the surgery floor. After 

become versatile members of the medical community at a 

receiving theilinitial degree, they had the ability to pursue a 

young age. At many other universities, clmical training was 

specialized field as well as opportunities for further education.

done separately from schooling, so it took the average student 

"Nursing is unique because a lot of our learning is not 

much longer to achieve whal Spartans could in a shorter 

in the classroom —it is in real-life situationsInlthe clinical 

period of time.

setting," said Monica Fee, a junior nursing major. "We do 

An MSU College of Nursing graduate could be thrown 

clinical rotations in the hospital setting for three years of 

into the chaos of anfemergency room trauma unit afterla 

our education. That means once we graduate and take our 

catastrophic accident and 

remain 

level-headed. Or, they 

boards [the licensing exam for nurses], we will be registered 

could sit in a room thatjnsts the heam rhythms of patients and 

nurses without any additional training."

know the moment that one changes for the worse. This jack-of- 

Students often travelled hours for their clinicals, as they 

all-trades degree could place Spartans in burn units, oncology 

were a serious part of their education. Learning the theory of 

wards and anywhere in between, allowing them to succeed 

medical practices was much different than actually doing them 

wherever they landed.

on a live patient. Practicing being at ease f| stressful situations,

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DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

Seniors Jimmy Reder and Vince Piacentini are a part of the small 

percentage of male nursing students at MSU. Both Reder and Piacentini 

^fewe^being nursing majors because they get to help people.

Taylor Struna, the leader for thé Collegiate 

Recovery Community, poses for his 

recognition of recovery Struna is an 

undergraduate student in the College of 

Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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CONTENT: SIERRA REHM 

DESIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

Unity in Sobriety

Taylor Struna finds support in Collegiate Recovery Community

College: For manyiit is a place of freedom. It is a child 

abuse a supportive safety net that encouraged their success.

leaving home and transforming into a young adult as they 

"I couldn't imagine going here without the presence of 

gain independence and start working toward their career, 

the CRC," Struna .said. "Having easy access to my recovery 

crossing paths .with new individuals and mentors along the 

network was crucial in the decision to make the leap from 

way,. With all of this newfound freedom, there is the chance 

community college to university. Ultimately, the presence of 

of running into temptations to which they have not yet been 

the CRC was one of the main deciding factors of me coming 

exposed. Many students are unfazed by the frequent presence 

toMSU.H|

of drugs and alcohols, but for some, this world of. temptation is 

Now a junior, Struna is the student leader for the CRC 

a dangerous and all-too-common stomping ground.

where he helps his peers on the road to recovery. The CRC 

Junior Taylor Struna «perienced this temptation as: an 

combats the danger of feeling left out by holding their own 

environmental studies and i®$tainability major at MSU,San 

sober events. On days, where substance use is particularly 

achievement that may have been: out of reach only a few 

high, 

like St. Patrick's Day or home football games,, they 

plan events so that members have a place to go and people 

to be with to. remind them that they are supported in their 

lifestyle choice.

years earlier. Struna was an addict. Beginning with social 
use at the age of 12, his addiction qsckly turned into an 
insatiable urge. By 16, Struna was nearly failing out of high 

school. Knowing that this dependence was u""oa!ihy, ho 

attempted to quit using drugs on numerous occasions. The 

sobriety never lasted longer than a couple of months though, 

before his temptations reeled him back in.

"I loved the way it made me feel; I loved that it made me 

not feel," StrunaRaid. "I burnt many bridges and hurt many 

people. I traded everything I once loved for m||addiction. It 

had pushed me into the fast lane to failure."

Even though Struna was i|a constant battle between 

"We have been working really hard doing advocacy 

recovery and relapse,.' he knew that he had to find help. 

work across campul so students can have a real college 

The drugs were draining him of his energy and potential, 

experience without the use of drugsff said Cara Ludlow, the 

and separating him from those he loved most. However, 

alcohol, tobacco and other drug program director at the CRC.

hope was not lost for Struna —he eventually found Narcotics 

While Struna may have started his road to recovery; 

Anonymous, his first support group. Since that first meeting in 

alone, he continued it with the help of Spartan companions 

April of 2015, Struna has been sober.

as they marched determinedly down the same street. He once 

The challenge Struna had 

to 

face when deciding 

was the scared addict look'lg for a beacon of light for help, 

to attend a large university was finding feasible means of 

and now he is the beacon. Struna had taken the lead in 

support to maintain cNr sobriety. Thisifcame in the form of 

helping others in his community recover as he worked toward 

the Collegiate RecoveryACommuniiy (CRC), IM/hich was a 

a world without addiction.

program that provided students recovering from substance

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Just Keep Swimming

Swimming and divingleam aims to improve on existing success

During the 2017-2018 swimming and diving season, 

to improve as a leader and take a larger role on the team."

fans and athletes alike came out in force to support their team. 

While the swim team pulled inlmpressive numbersln 

The MSU men's swimming and diving team saw nearly a 

competition this year, it would arguably be nothlg without 

quarter of its athletes depart after the conclusion of the season 

dedicated fanslike JallSeelye, a junior psychology student 

Pi the form of graduating seniors. For those who remained 

and a former swimmer. Seelye encouraged students to attend 

andithose approaching their first year, it would be a battle 

swimming and diving events, hoping they too would recognize 

to recreate the past success enjoyed by Spartan swimmers 

the excitement and emotion felt among the audience as each 

and divers—but it didn't damage their spirits. Undoubtedly, 

athlete's feet left the spriigboard.

The 2017-201 8 season proved to be fruitful, but both players 
and coaches kept their eyes on the future success of the 

Spartan swimming and diving team.

Coach Matt Gianiodis praised the student-athletes while 

looking ahead to the upcoming fall season. Knowing that the 

201 8-201 9 season would be hard-fought, he was excited to 

introduce thlimconmng freshmen to the team and teach them 
the1 ;way of the water.

"There's a different type of energy in swimming and 

"We had a really good season and the kids did a 

diving as opposed to other sports," Seelye said. "I appreciate 

Pice job in all phases both academically and in the water;" 

the fast-paced nature of swimming. As a spectator watching 

Gianiodis said. "A quartejjof the team is graduating, so the 

swimming it's nice because the way it's set up. The way the 

roster will need to be changed. Well have to integrate many 

events take place, it's pretty different from the last event and 

freshmen on the team and teach them what it means to be 

the type of strokes are very diverse."

Spartan swimmers and divers."

As a portion of the Spartan swim team made an exodus 

Charlie Ryan, a freshman swimmer, spoke about his 

upon graduation day, freshmen had to step up into their new 

transformat®n from a high school competitor to a member 

roles on the team, and their new roles as campus icons. This 

of a Big Ten university swim team. While he was a younger 

process was safely in the hands of experienced coaches 

athlete, he was a dedicated one. Ryan aimed to grow into a 

and the young athletes were already well on their way to 

mentor for the young, incoming swimmers and was willing to 

becoming Spartan 

leaders. Freshmen, 

long-time members 

take on new responsibilities if it meant success for the team.

and coaches worked ‘i-elessly to ensure that the following 

"Transitioning to a Big Ten school means less of a focus on 

season would yield the strongest team in the Big Ten. In many 

the individual and more of a focus on the team and ensuring 

ways, these individual improvements are what kept Spartan 

that the team wins," Ryan said. "Looking to next season., I aim

fans cheering in the bleachers.

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Who Will Take the
Crown?

Mr. Alpha Chi competition raises money for MSU Safe Place

The crowd went silent as Lydia Lanzinger, sophomore 

national philanthropy. Alpha Cl Omega's philanthropy 

hospitality business majol stepped onto the stage. She 

was domestic violence, awareness. Madd||Coleman;,, vice 

looked out into the darkened room and saw hundreds of 

president of philanthropy for MSU's Alpha C| Omega, 

people staring back at her. Looking down at the paper she 

presented the first ever Ml Alpha Chi in February. The 

held in her hands, she began reading. "You stole a life. 

event raised $2,850 for MSU Safe Place, an organization 

She's still alive, but she's notlhe same. She shivers at the 

thw has been on campus for more than 20 years. ¿ Its 

memory of :yo.uf§aki ng away her control, her power, her 

gocgl to offer slpport and raise awareness for victims of 

womanhood." After finishing her reading of the anonymous 

relationship violence.

poem,. Lanzinger loctpkl up to see the words' deep emotion 

"I wanted to come to tie event tonight mainly because 

reflected back at her in the eyes of the audience.

I wanted to support the girls and I think it is a fun way 

Every sorority 

in 

the Greek community adopts a

to raise money," said Ashley firzozowski, a sophomore

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DESIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

animal science major. 

"I also think safe 

relationships 

for domestic violence and that his participation would help 

and 

rnaing sure Inat violence 

isn't occurring 

is very 

make a difference. While the competition was friendly, it 

important, so I think it's really great that [proceeds are] 

did bring out his competitive side. He had his talent and 

going toward that."

lip sync of "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton read'yl 

At the beginning of the night, the poem Lanzinger 

for the stage.

read brought lighfito what it was like to be a survivor 

"I want to win," Thompson said. 

"Winning would 

of relationship violence. The event raised awareness for 

be nice, but I also hope that theyvraise a good amount 

MSU Safe Place, highlighting how the organization helps 

of money and 

that there 

is a good 

turnoil— biiil 

I'm 

survivors and how others can 

join 

in the fight against 

also trying to win."

domestic violence. After Lanzinger exited the stage, a 

The room was dark, contrasted by the bright, white 

DJ played music and the crowd began dancing in their 

lights of the stage and the blue! red and yellow lights 

seats and clapping along—the part everyone had been 

adorning the tables. Thompson stepped onto the stage 

waiting for was about to begin. Eight men competed for 

and the crowd' went wild as the music started. He held 

the title of Mr. Alpha Chi in three categories: talent! lip 

up two thin rainbow ribbons that cascaded to the floor 

sync and Q&A.

and twirled around them as he leapt and spun in circles. 

"I'm definitely looking forward to watching the guys; 

The crowd eruptedin applause and laughter as the song 

they are goinglto be really funny," Coleman said. "You 

ended. While sophomore media and information major Eli 

can really see their personalities shine through when they 

Weil stole the crown, it was Thompson who had an impact 

go up there."

on the crowd. He was prized with a "People's Choice" 

Julian Thompson, a junior packaging major, was one of 

sash and was ecstatic to have contributed to such a great 

the men competing for the title of Mr. Alpha Chi. Thompson 

cause-

■all while putting on a great show.

was happy to see that the event||vould be raising money.

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Wakanda Forever

Marvel's Black Panther makes a huge impact on students

Marvel has countless characters, all showcased in a 

experience and was excited for all the popularity "Black 

plethora of movies and comic books. "Black Panther" made 

Panther" had obtained. With all the cinematic buzz, they 

a name for itself, not only as a movie, but as a representation 

were hoping for movies like this to become more common S 

of black culture that was not typically presented in films. The 
movie grossed over $1 bifflion at the global box office and 
inspired massfle amounts of cosplay,, with people coming to 

the glollywood arena.

"I would definitely give 'Black Panther' a 10 [out of] 10$ 

said Kidd, 

¡fl went to see the movie three times, and each 

theaters dressed in African attire to support the Black Panther 

time I noticed something that I hadn't before. I anticipated the 

movement and Black History Month.

release of 'Black'Panther' since mid-201 7. When information 

"I can't even explain how overwhelmingly overjoyed I 

bega™ to be released little by little, I knew this movie would 

was and Continue to be by this cast," said Shanika Kidd, 

change the world, and it couldn't have come at a better time."

president of Black Student Alliance. 

"I'm 21 years old, 

Celebrity movie premieres typically have the dress code 

and 

I cannot remember the last time I've witnessed such 

of formal evening wear, but viewers of "Black Panther" made 

an anticipated black-cast film. Black people...living 

in a 

sure to take an original approach to this“ original movie 

secifftive East African country that has never been colonized, 

experience. Outfits were inspired by Africa, the 1988 film 

but 

is more well-off than some super power jfc'ountries? 

"Coming to America" and black history as a whole. There 

This is amazing!"

were dashikis and head wraps, worn to; represent African 

The black MSU community had been a part of this

culture, black apparel to symbolize Black History Month and

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Marvel's Black Panther has brought excitement and 

cultural awareness to communities around the Lansing 

area. The film addressed African American culture, 

something uncommon in many modern superhero films.

a variety of Africarlwax prints that are a common material 

outside influence on what my true culture is and how it should 

used for clothing i|| West Africa.

have beerawhen I was growing up."

"I wore an Afrika [baseball] 

jersey to the movie to 

represent," said Joseph Onah, a jlfiiorBieuroscience Student. 

"It felt empowering to see so many black actors and actresses 

in the movie."

The ma« plot of tip film takes placeHa fictional coiBtra 

known as Wakanda. "Wakanda Forever" became a trending 

slogan used by fans globally, the hashtag #WakandaForever 

was used to fuel this fantasy on Twitter and Hartsfield-Jackson 

Though fans cannot actually travel to Wakanda, the 

International Airport created a fake departing flight to engage 

history that ;has been made with the development of this 

its customers. But file did the airport know how many people 

film and its success touched many viewers. "Black Panther" 

were actually trying to pack their bags and visit Wakanda.

has grown at a rapid pace and is continuing to influence 

"[Wakanda] jis 

the one place 

that 

I'd 

feel 

safe 

soSety. The film's 

impact was felt communally, politically 

because I know that the people there would be like me 

and globally. Wakanda—the imaginary country that now 

and understand me," 

said Kailinn Hairston, a 

junior 

resided in the minds of the film's many viewers—would not 

neuroscience sSdent. Its ^e only plQce where there's no

soon be forgotten.

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The Flicker of a 
Spartan Startup

A novelty business for two novel Spartans

They were used in dimll lit bathroom!during a relaxing 

They also partnered with groups on campus, including Sigma 

soak in bubbles, or as the centerpiece at Christmas dinner. 

Alpha and Zeta Theta Omega, to sell candles as a part of 

Each one had its own unique smell, with the essence to place 

philanthropic fundraisers.

you back at grandma'Sdinner table or sitting fireside at a 

"In the fall, we usually do a Yankee Candle fundraiser, 

summer bonfire with friends. No matter your age, the novelty 

but since Yankee Candle prices 

their candles so high 

and nostalgia candles bring have remained, and 

it was 

it was hard 

to get any sales," Sigma Alpha member 

in candles that two MSU students found their calling. Guy 

Megan McFarlane said.

Procopio,¡Jophomore psychology major, and Travis Hamers, 

■When we found out about Red Cedar Candle Company, 

senior packaging major, started their own business: Red 

we were very excited to work with them because their candles 

Cedar Candle Company.

smell amazing when they bumnthey're far more affordable 

."There was definitely a learning .curve when we first 

and if we had any questions or order changes they were 

started making candles and pur friends thought we were 

available on campus to help us out. We also really liked the 

crazy," Procopio said. "The more we made, we realized 

idea of MSU organizations supporting each other."

that our candles smelled great and burned really well. We 

Pjrrom their start in 2016, Procopio and Hamers watched 

then decided to take it a step further and create Red Cedar 

their business grow and gain traction 

in the market. Red 

Candle Company."

Cedar Candle Company's success was unexpected to the 

Most candlesion the market are made from a soy and 

candle-making pair, making it even more special.

paraffin wax mijkffbut Red Cedar Candle Company's were 

■When we first started;!we bought a 10-pound bag 

100 percent soy wax. The use of pure soy wax: resulted in 

of wax. Now we buy 300-400 pounds of wax every 

a longer burn-time and caused less smoke and soot than the 

purchase," Procopio said. 

"We never^would've thought 

typical blend. Hamers, being a packaging major, could put 

that making candles was going to be such a successful 

his education to use in altering the production of their candles.

business, but we love making candles and creating new 

"The first candles we made were in Mason jars. We 
made three at a time and could make up to 12 per session,* 
Hamers said. "Since then, we have switched our jar and 

relationships every day.." -

What started as a fun venture for the two students turned 

into an unexpected business model. Procopio and Hamers 

added two new sizesHo complement our original size. The 

weren't the only ones shocked by Red Cedar Candle 

labels used to be hand written, and now they are printed on 

Company's success—consumers were pleasantly surprised as 

a customized label. We can also make up to 150 in one 

well.‘»They didn't expect their favorite candles to be made 

session. We have definitely evolved from when we started, 

by two young Spartans, but there was something authentic 

and it all seems to be in a positive direction."

in these local, apartment-made candles. This Spartan startup 

Hamers was right, and as a result Red Cedar Candle 

began as a flicker, but it did not fade—it continued to grow 

Company was growing. Several local stores sold the candles, 

into a steady roar.

and the duo often travelled to craft shows selling their products.

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

The Red Cedar Candle Co. is a small business started by Travis 

Hamers and Guy Procopio. The two students made over eighty 

different scents to satisfy every candle lover.

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John Engler: 
Temporary President, 
Permanent Change

In the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal, 
a former governor was chosen to help pick up the pieces

One perpetrator, many questions. After the Larry Nassar 

Engler saw this tragedy as an opportunity for. healing. 

scandal, one thing was certain: MSU's trust in its leaders had 

Rather than taking a salary for his work, he dedicated that 

been eradicated. Student rallies were underway, teaching 

money to groups on campus that worked to bring healing 

strikes were carried out and students worked to become the 

to survivors and an end to sexual assault. He decided 

voice of the university. That voice grew louder and louder 

where the money would go—not the board—and it went 

as students and faculty stood with survivors. They were 

to sexual violence prevention groups that had long been 

demanding change. The MSU Board of Trustees, despite 

present at the university, like MSU Safe Place. He was also 

student resistance, leaned on one man: John Engler.

implementing structural change with « new Civil Rights and 

Engler—an MSU graduate, 

father of three Spartan 

Title IX Education and Compliance Office. This would alter 

alumnae and former politician—was not the answer MSU 

the way university investigations of complaints were handled, 

community members asked 

for. His university affiliation 

while working alongside sexual assault groups to aid 

in 

gave rhe public reason to assume he was another corrupt 

MSU's prevention and response to any sexual crimes on or 

leader. Given no input in the decision of electing an interim 

near MSU's campus.

president, SpartanJvoices had not been heard —but they 

weren't the only ones who initially questioned this decision. 

Engler himself said he wasn't sure he was the man for the 

job. He knew upon acceptance he would become the face 

of a struggling university in its most calamitous time in history.

"The 

reality of the conversation was...'Look, 

if they 

really need somebody to do this, it's awfully important. The 

university is in a crisis,'" said Engler. "We had just gotten 

started with the building of a new house down in San Antonio, 

Texas, where [Engler's wife] is from. So, we knew it was 

going to result in some sacrifice on our part to do this. But, I 

cared enough about the institution to at least come out and 

talk to the board."

Ultimately, that discussion led to a final decision. Just a 

Additionally, he created a Relationship Violence and 

Week after he had spoken to the board, he was in East Lansing 

Sexual Misconduct Expert Advisory Workgroup that consisted 

and on the job. One of the daunting issues Engler faced 

of leaders in the community from groups including the MSU 

was student unrest. One student stated that no longer would 

Sexual Assault Program and the MSU Police Special Victims 

his degree say "Michigan State University," but instead, it 

Unit. Engler recognized the vast resources already present 

would read "Larry Nassar U|iversify." Engler shook his head. 

and available right on campusland felt that bringing them 

To let one man's malicious malpractice and multiple errs in 

together would lead to better patient care and safety, stronger 

leadership define a university and its students was the wrong 

prevention methods, and more 

immediate 

responses -Shis 

way to approach these circumstances according to Engler.

three main focuses. His position may have been temporary, 

■y think what [students] need to think about is Nassar 

but he intended to make lasting changes.

himself has been put into jail for 175 years. He committed 

"Interim only merely describes my tenu^' said Engleff 

the crimes," said Engler. "To the studerlwho lived in Hubbard 

"I'm the president of this university, so I'm going to make 

Hall or in an off-campus apartment or up over in Landol 

the decisions and do thingslthat are, what I believe, [in] the 

Hall—they weren't part of that abuse, ijgey don't support if, 

long-term best interest of the university. And by Bio means 

and they should raever accept the idea that somebody could 

does it stop here."

try to paint them with that brush."

As 

investigations ensued, negative media attention

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

persisted and lawsuits came filing in. Engler recognized that 

leading the way,» said Engler.

the university had been dealing with a skilled criminal, expert 

Englers personal legacy? To 

leave the university 

in 

at concealing his heinous actions. While Spartans could not 

intelligent! capable hands. He believed 

that 

the 

right 

forget the degrading legacy left by Nassar, Engler believed 

candidates would 

recognize the same thing Engler did: 

they could emerge stronger. While controversy still surrcpnded 

MSU is a strong university. It is filled with powerful individuals 

Engler and the board, even his greatest critics didn't want 

aspiring to bring change. While the path to healing had only 

to see him fail. Each member of the MSU community had 

just begun, the university had the power to unite and face its 

one common goal: exit the Nassar storm bette!eqBpped to 

issues head-on, stirring conversation and collaboration. While 

handle the issue of sexual assault.

Engler could do a number of things in a short time, he said 

"That would be a great legacy for Michigan State, 

that the president to follow would "determine whether or not I 

coming out of all of this and being abSto say 

'Hey, 

helped create conditions for success." And he was intent on 

we' recovered, and 

in so doing,! led the wa'yHor are

finding the person to do just that.

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College of Osteopathic
Medicine

Spartan researchers overpower cancer with preventative drugs

It often takes more than 10 years fora drug to be approved 

While it may take years for the l-BET drug to be approved, 

by the Food and Drug Administration. Professors and Ph.D. 

professors and students 

in 

the College of Osteopathic 

students i n the College of Osteopathic Medici ne were boosting 

Medicine made significant advances toward helping high- 

that process, working to get remedial drugs on the market as 

risk cancer patients and preventing the development of the 

quickly as possible. They were testing a drug on individuals 

disease. Their research paved the way for the future of treating 

with a high risk of developing cancer. Jamie Bernard and Karen 

-cancer. Their ultimate goal? To save lives. With each new 

Li by, assistant and associate professors in tie pharmacology 

discovery, Spartans in the College of Osteopathic Medicine 

and toxicology department respectively, worked with the 

believed they were approaching this reality.

l-BET drug—an anti-cancer and immunosuppressive drug — 

a possible preventative agent for cancer.

"We  are  examining  early 

reversible 

stages  of 

tumorigenesis* Bernard 

said. 

"Our work with  Karen 

demonstrated treating with a drug at subtherapeutic doses 

may prevent or reverse early-stage carcinogenesis."

While Bernard's 

role was to perform 

research and 

examine- how environmental compounds can influence the 

onset of cancer, Liby's goal was tl| develop drugs with anti­

inflammatory effects that could be given to patients early 

on. She started testing the.drugs in cells, then moved on 

to studying breast, lung and pancreatic cancer on animal 

models.ffho had those diseases.

"I'm interested in developing drugs that can be given 

early on ¡nine process, so preventing and early prevention in 

cancer, because by the time you get to the late-stage disease, 

there's numerous mutations and it's really hard to treat. So we 

want to intervene earlier in the procesif" Li by said. "One of 

the ways we are doing that is by targeting inflammation and 

the immune system."

The research done on the pancreatic cancer drug also 

laid a foundation for Spartans, like Di Zhang, a third-year 

Ph.D. student, to lead the way with their own studies. Zhang's 

project stemmed from the 

research and testing Liby and 

Bernard did with preventative drugs. Alongside other students 

in the college, they investigated the drug's ability to treat tumor 

development in ear|| stages.

"Cancer prevention is really mportant, Zhang said. "A 

lot of cancer islpreventable, and if we can develop a safe 

and effective drug to prevent cancer development, that will 

be really beneficial for high-risk Patients."

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CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

When It Ends

Basketball stars never truly separate

Brothers in basketball. That's what they were. Teammates 

I had in me," said Nairn. "Leaving MSU is going to be very 

who went to tremendous lengths to achieve nothing short of 

•hard, but it is something that I have to do. I am excited for this 

excellence on the court. Players who could be seen walking 

next chapter in my life. God has truly blessed me, and MSU 

will always hold a special place in my heart."

together in the fog of the morning—three hours before the 
first 8 a.m. class. As the school year ended, these dedicated 
stars looked back on their accomplishments and anticipated 

the future.

Lourawls 'Turn Turn' Nairn Jr., senior guard for the MSU 

basketball team, entered his third season as a Spartan captain 

in 2018. The incredible leadership qualities he possessed 

gave him the reputation of one of the best leaders in MSU 

history. Known for hyping up the students in the Izzone and 

racing from one end of the court to the other, he was a selfless 

teammate who put others first. He led by example as well — 

he was lightning quick with the ball, arguably one offthe 

fastest in the nation.

Graduate student Ben Carter, a forward on the team, 

"Working with the team and coaches has allowed me to 

spent two years at the University of Oregon and two years at 

tap into a higher level of leadership, one that I did not know

the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before finally finishing

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Fishman forward Jaren Jackson Jr. is finishing 

up his uncontested dunk from a fastbreak.

He had a double double against Northern 

Florida with 13 rebounds and 13 points.

Sophomore guard Joshua Langford is at 

the line shooting two free throws after 

being fouled on his drive to the basket.

his degree at MSU. After the 2017-201 8 season ended, he 

"Playing under Coach Izzo's unique, hard-working, blue- 

moved to Israel to start his professional career, but that would 

collar coaching style has shaped me into the man and player 

not be the last time he would see his teammates.

I am today," said Schilling. "He makes you want to play your 

"When I saw everyone yesterday [on May 4]...it was 

hardest and gets everyone else to do the same because you 

great," said Carter. "It's like I'm back with my family; I'm back 

learn and understand how much he cares for his players and 

with my brothers. You go through all the hardships you do 

the team's success—as much as individual success."

during the course of a season and the adversity you face, and 

Each position 

in basketball 

requires a 

finely-tuned 

you spend a lot of time with them, so it's weird to not be with 

perception of the game—where one needs to stand, when 

them every day. It's a good feeling to be back and those are 

one needs to block, when one needs to pass and when one 

relationships I will cherish."

needs to shoot. With each position comes the necessary 

Gavin Schilling, graduate forward, was able to turn his 

element of being acutely aware of its relationship to the other 

time at MSU into an experience of immense personal growth. 

positions. This year's group of graduating seniors demonstrated 

The basketball team allowed him to make incredibly close 

a teamwork and willpower that proved they were more than 

connections with his fellow teammates, creating memories 

just players—they were brothers, and though brothers may 

and bonds that would extend far past the borders of campus. 

pursue different paths, they really never leave each other.

Schilling wholeheartedly expressed that the most rewarding 

part of playing basketball at MSU was being able to learn 

from one of the best coaches in the league.

SEASON RECORD:
W: 30 

L: 5

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Junior Matt McQuaid shoots over a Duke defender in the first hall 

of the early season out of conference matchup. The Texas native 

was 39% from the three point range this season fokMSU.

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Urne for a

Real Meal

MSU Food Bank helps

e community eat well

It was a joke to most students, the ramen diet. But shortage 

our own separate nonprofm" said Nicole Edmonds, MSU 

isn't a joke; it's a harsh reality faced by many students. Some 

Food Bank dipctorl'That allows us to be an agency of the 

had come to accept not being able to eat three full meals a 

regional food bank. Because of that, we can purchase in bulk 

day, since they just could not afford it, but what ¡¡¡there were 

from them, and we have owown donor base separate from 

an organization to help? At MSUl there is: the MSU Food 

the university."

Bank. Through the food bank, students receive supplemental 

Sfile MSU Food Bank is an agent to the Capital Area 

food at no extra cost.

Food Bank, which is a member of Feeding America. Tjrarough 

"We serve any and every MSU student, including visiting 

this connection, MSU was able toyeceive a portion of its 

scholars," said Onur Agirseven, a member of client services 

supplies via the stock room of the Capital Area Food Bank. 

for the food bank.' "Our clientele is very diverse. We serve 

Those contributions included fresh produce, canned goods 

a high number of students with families, graduate students, 

and various other products with long shelilives. The rest of the 

international students and domestic students."

food came from an expansive donation base.

DistribBion nights often looked like chaos. A handful 
of student employees milgled with 20 or more student 
volunteers witSn a stock room, deftly filling bags with produce 

and canned goods fojjawaiting clients. From the kitchen, 

one could see the expandrag crowd before supplies were 

handed out. Recipients took numbers and waited to be called 

in the chatty crowd.

"It's unique ¡rjfthat it serves students who maybe can't 

completely fill their next meal and are looking for supplemental 

food," said Sara Diesel, a recent MSU graduate and food 

A similar partnership with the MSU Student Orgalc Farm 

bank employee. "Everyone's here because they're trying to 

was another way the food bank provided fresh produce. 

help people or they need help."

Local companies, as well as national ones like Starbucks and 

The MSU Food Bank celebrated 25 years of service 

Kroger, also donated items that they could no longer sell 

in 2018. At first, the nonprofit started as seasonal help 
around the holidays, providing gift baskets.Din 201 /fl the 
food bank served its clieits bimonthly. Initially, 90 percent 

Students even held food drives at atletic events to give back 

to the food bank.

Being hungry does not need to be the norm in college. It 

of the food banws clEntele consisted of graduate students 

can often seem like it takes too mudfe "green" to bring home 

and international students. Now, all members of the MSU 

fresh greens needed for the table every night, especially when 

community used the service almost equally,, andyo feed this 

facing other expenses. EatSg healthy and following a diet 

ever-growing community, the food bank allocated food from 

recommended by health professionals call be expensive, but 

a variety of resowces. On average, the: MSU Food Bank 
reached 6,000 students a year and only hoped to grow.

it doesn't have to be out of reach. With a little helplsome 

donated supplies could tuny a table with not enough to go 

"Although we are the MSU Student Food Bank, we are

around into a table with a filling mea§||

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CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

College of Veterinary
Medicine

The next generation of veterinarians are taught at Vet-a-Visit

Children, at one poinfl believe that they can become 

smiles and hearing about how much they appreciate us doing 

anything: a doctor, a nurse, a firefighter or a veterinarian are 

this and that they had a great time makes it all worth it. Being 

only a few of the endless options. As children age, this dream 

able to educate the public on some aspects of veterinary 

job can get stifled by the intimidating education that comes 

medicine is a plus too."

with the field. MSU's College of Veterinary Medicine tried 

The joy of the event didn't stop at those who provided 

to keep dreams alive in young animal lovers with its annual 

the event,, or at the childri! it also extended to the parents.

Vet-A-Visit event.

"We have been to the event» the pastl-my girl's love 

"The annual event showcases the college and provides 

itB parent Joseph Shetenhelm said. "We follow the Facebook 

information about the veterinary profession and careers 

event to get the ticSets foil. It gives them a great experience 

in vetainary medicine® said A||ley BramaraAoperations 

in learning how and why aSmals do what they do. We love 

manager for the college. "The entire eyent is, rurlb|| both 

animals at our house of all kinds, so learning more about them 

our doctor of veterinary, medicine and veterinary technology 

is always something we try to do."

students .-so that theM may share wtormation about the 

profession to the community."

Vet-A-Visit wasn't just a learning experience lit was also 

hands-on and futy Throughout the event, interactive stations 

were set up and run by students for the visitors. A ha,way at 

the anatomy station was transformed into a giant blood vesse 

so viewers, could understand how heartwoftps travel. Cow 

stomachs were inspected as a unit of recycling, and student! 

Fenton acknowledged that veterinary studies wai rot 

got to view and smell what cows eat. Participants also had the 

an easy fieldj||but that hopeful students should not give up. 

opportunity to "gown up" and become surgeons, completing 

Event! like Vet-A-Visit had the power to make an impact o|] 

physical exams on teddy bears to make them "feel better."

a child holding onto their dfeam. The immersive experience 

"I enjoy watching all of the kids and their parents have 

enlightened animal lovers of all ages and encouraged children 

fun tearing and doing allof the activities,"’said second- 

who attended to learn more about something they could one 

year veterinary medicine stiudem Lauren Fenton. "Seeing their

dayiiape their lives around.

Vet students talk to the audience about the bone structure 

. of a horse. The horse is painted to demonstrate.

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CONTENT: SIERRA REHM 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

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Trainer Skates

How the love for the puck began for MSU hockey players

One special part about any sport—especially hockey— 

keep up with them, and they definitely pushed me to become 

is that behind the helmet, the skates and the padding, is a 

the player I am today."

journey. Whether being part of a group of dedicated athletes 

For many players, their love of hockey begins with the 

striving for a championship title, hearing the roar of fans or 

fresh sound of crisp ice. heft and right, they get a feel for the 

creating memories that could be remembered outside of the 

ice and the movements required to make great athletes. And 

rink—that journey was different for everyone.

that realization of passion—for both hockey and MSU—was 

From the age of 2, junior finance major Brennan Sanford 

no different for sophomore and finance major Sam Saliba.

had been immersed in the game of hockey. He remembered 

"MSU has always been a dream school of mine to play 

days of gliding across the ice rink, breaking in new gear and 

college hockey at," said Saliba. 

"Our team 

is extremely 

sharing in the brotherhood of the team—Sanford had been 

dose, and we continue to grow our bond as a group. The 

experiencing it all ever since he could walk.

atmosphere can be loose and fun when it needs to be, but 

"My dad got my older brothers and I into hockey as he 

at the same time can be serious when it's time for business."

used to play himself," said Sanford. "I would always try to

Moving forward for MSU's hockey team, one of the most

PHOTO: TOMMY MASSA

CONTENT: WOLFGANG RUTH

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Defensive player Carson Gaft handles the 

puck as the Spartans take on the University of 

Minnesota. MSU lost to Minnesota 5-4.

important aspects for the players was to not only leave a 

into playoffs, but to leave a lasting legacy that future players 

legacy, but inspire future generations that would one day 

would be able to witness, admire and aspire to.

take on the same rink and wear the same green and white 

"We hope to win the Big Ten Championship and com­

jerseys that they once had. For sophomore finance major 

pete for a national title in the NCAA tournament," said San­

Taro Hirose—who started skating at the age of 3 and began 

ford. "As for legacy, I want to leave with future teams at MSU 

competing in organized youth hockey leagues by the age of 

is just my hard work and passion for this program. I want to 

7—the wish of putting hope into every young fans' eyes and 

be remembered as a great teammate who gave everything I 

making them believe that they, too, could be in that rink was 

had to this program."

more than important to him.

Being able to shine, in and out of the rink, was an inte­

"It starts with you- and what you have to give and work: 

gral part to the teams' journey. It allowed players like Brennan 

for," said Hirose.

Sanford, Sam Saliba and Taro Hirose—along with the rest: 

Looking to the future, the only hope—besides improving 

of MSU's hockey team—to stay where it all started and keep 

with every skate, step and shot—is to not only make it further

doing what they loved.

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Getting a Handle on 
Houseplants

Houseplant and Succulent Sale attracts Spartans with a green thumb

The doors opened promptly at 9a.m. and the line started 

Garden Manager, Daedre McGrath were responsible for 

moving forward. Volunteers stood waiting andleady as the 

puttingRhe sale together. Troy and McGrath have seenBne 

people kept coming. Before the anMous crowd sat tables 

event grow from the first year in terms of the amount of people 

upon tables of plants and succulents, all grown ¡rathe MSU 

who showed up and the diversity of plants for sale. Both said 

Trial Garden. First-year veterinary medicine student Jordan 

they like to have unique and rare plants that are not easylo 

Pieczynski waited in the extensive line that stretched from the 

find at Lowe's or Home Depot.

door of the Plant and Soil Sciences Building to the parking 

lot in front of the MSU Horticulture Gardens in order to find 

the perfect plant.

"This was only theiraecond year having the sale and my 

first!me experiencing it,l Pieczynski said. "I'm in love with 

houseplants and succuleSS, so it wantonly natural for me to 

be interested in attending the event and leavmg with a few 

new plants to add to my collection."

"I think that our plant list and everything that we have are 

Buying houseplants has been a growing trend, especially 

really diverse. I think that everyone is golg to find something 

with the younger generations. As a result, hundreds of people 

they like this year," Troy said, crediting McGrath.

showed up to the second [tfouseplant and Succulent Sale to 

Over 1,000 peopleVesponded to the sale on Facebook 

find the perfect plant to take home. Some, like PiecÉynski, 

saying they we| going to be attending the event. Author Lisa 

alread'S knew what they were coming for, while others just 

Steinljj>pf, also known as the houseplant gflu, saw the event 

went to look around.

online and asked if she could set up a table. Steirliopf wrote 

The organKers were more prepared in 2017 than in 

a book on how to care for houseplants and gave advice on 

201 6, when the sale ended early because every plant was 
sold out. There was over seven times the plant material for the 

the best plants ® buy.

"Everybody can have a green thumb, but it's all about 

2017 saleibut by the end of day two, only 30 plants out of 

paying attention to your plants needs," Steinkopf laid. 

5,600 were left.

"Everybody should have a little green in their lives. It cleans 

Perennial Garden Manager Bethany Troy and Annual

pour airHit makes you happy, ibmakes your stress levels go

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DESIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

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on is checking out

ts at the Houseplant and

nt sale. All plants were available in limited quantities including

cacti and suca

|r 65 varieties of houseplants

m

down, it gives you something to care for.:"' -

and colors of plants and having something they're low-key 

Succulents and houseplants were easy to care for. 

responsible for."

Students who were busy all day could still have a plant or two 

The sale was borne Irom the cultural phenomenon of 

on their windowsill without having to worry about it dying. 

buying houseplants. Spartans walked up and down the aisles 

Pieczynski waters her plants every few weeks, but waters the 

with their; carts, plicktng plants off the table while others 

bigger houseplants every couple of days.

browsed the cacti and colorful Echeveria. Whether you were 

"Houseplants create arm earthy, welcoming environment 

like Pieczynski, looking to add a plant to her collection,Tor a 

I look forward to coming home to every day," Pieczynski 

student in the dormslooking for a Sansevieria, there was a 

said. "I think students like decorating with the varying shapes

houseplant for everyone at the gardens that brisk fall morning.

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CONTENT: SIERRA REHM

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Natural Science

Spartans reach the tip of the iceberg in subatomic research

For hundreds of years.:, scientists have known that high 

winter months in the northern hemisphere), individuals residing 

energy subatomic particles interact with the Earth constantly 

on tSfjcontinent face harsh weather condlions.

they ¡1st did not know exactly what they were. Only within the 

"I went to Antarctica in January and February, which is 

last 10 years have scientists been able to develop programs 
truly understand what these particlesS- 
tlffit attempt to 

nearing the.end of the summer season," said physics graduate 

student Devyn Cantu. "McMurdo [station] temperatures were 

neutrinos—are. A neutrino is a subatomic particle with almost 

pretty mild, blithe weather was almost always bad. It was 

no mass that rarely reacts with normal matter. The leading 

windy and foggy most of the time."

study into tils material was thelceCube Collaboration, a 

Despite the distinct challenges that Antarctica brings 

neutrino observatorywi Antarctica, at a scientific station in the 

to researchers,: it was chosen for very specific reasons Bo 

South Pole. Students and faculty in MSU's College of Natural 

conduct IceCubes study. The neutrinos rarely Biteract with 

Science were part of the team partaking in this study.

normal matter, and therefore are hard to detect. In order to 

"I am fascinated ly these elusive particles that are very 

Successfully create data about the particles Ble area of the 

abundant in our universe, and yet we know v||y little about 

observatory needed to be considerably large and relatively 

their physics," said physics graduate student JesJje Micallef. 

clear. Antarctica had the space, and its ice provided a quality 

"IceCube gives me,-the opportunity to explore these particles 

that was ideal to capture neutrinos.

further, and to be 

involved with 

intanational 

researchers 

"The antarctic 

ice 

is 

ridiculously pure because 

it's 

who are using the same dilector to explore many different! 

evaporated seaHater and it was basically distilled on a 

prominenjjtopics in physics."

continent® scale disHlerff" said physics and astronomy 

HiseCube also gave College of NaturallScience students 

professor Tyce DeYoung. "It falls as Snow, and there's, a tiny 

the opportunity olfield experience in Antarctica. The landmass 

little bit of dust and snow involved, but it is almost pure water."

can oiiy be reached about four months <St of the yea! in 

Slowly, 

IceCube uncovered more 

information about 

which nearly 200 individuals share the space, partaking 
in research on numerous projects. Thearest of the year, onl! 

how these particles interact with other matter, but it was only 

the tip of 'he .iceberg. It took nearly a decade to build the 

a small yandful endlre the dangerous condition! No one 

observatory, and resoarc.ro:s would be at South Pole station 

new can enter, because plane hydraulics will freeze before 

for man! years to come, gaining further astronomical and 

reaching the ice. Even in the summer months (which are the

physical understanding of the mysterious nature of neutrinos.

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Freshman Lea Mitchell prepares 

her event at the January 27 quad -pi 

meet. She placed tap 3 and earned} 

season highs in all 4 of her events.F

Senior Victoria Huehn performs her event 

on the beam. For the 2018 season, Huehn 

was an Academic All-Big Ten Selection.

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Erica Ervin, the MakerSpace Coordinator at the Main Library, 

teaches students how to use the MakerBot printer.

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3D Printing at MSU Libraries

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The metallic humming washed back and forth in the 

room. Every mechanized stroke was an excited phrase aid 

every slow graze was a thoughtful pause. It almost sounded 
as if they were speaking with one another. The MakerBots 

grooved to the! Sown synchronized rhythms as they added 

each 
intricate plastic layer to thera works of art. Sensors 
danced to the syncopated conversation as a tour group 

stopped to gather in awe of the concert.

innovation is definitely picking up agairSThe best part? You 
can learn to use 3D printing for any type of environment."

Whether it was someone from the local community, Design 

for America (an idea incubator) or Lyman; Briggs, people 

who knew about the printers definitely took advantage of the 
opportunity. One student in particular was often printing things 

out of thelibrary. Juo Guo, an MSU mechailcal engineering 
doctoral student, found that 3D printing could really help with 

The year 2012 was the peak of 3D printing, and that's 

her «dies.

when MSU Libraries knew ¡Shad to get in on it. In September

2014, four 3D printers wire added to the library and ¿in

2015, the MakerSpace, the library's area for ideas and 

innovation, was made.

"It's a really cool job," said Josh Hutchison, a sophomore 
at MSU who just started working in the MakerSpace. "The 

exposure is interesting. People thiHyou need to know a lot 

about tech and the funny this is you don't. It's a lot simpler 

than it looks!"

Hutchison processed both vinyl and laser-cutting prints. 
People could come in to get help with any object they wanted 

to make or they could do it all themselves online. Tie library 
had Itorials for those who needed to make an object for a 

"I heard about 3D printing at the MSU Mairl Library 

class, a project or even a board game. Others just needed 

from one of my classmates in May," Guo said, m usually 

another Monopoly figurine.

The library made 3D printers accessible for everyone 
in the community,inot just students. Anyone could go to the 

print cylindrical shells for my research. I make the S’! file fol 

printing myself. What I like best is the staff there, who are 

more than Bpful and friendly."

library's website and upload an existing image or create their 

A $ 10 sales receipt was left on the table. Fantastic figures 

own. With 3D objects ranging from 20 cents per gram to 25 
cents per milliter, those who wanted to could create using the 

from previous artists sat next to the 3D printers, beckonijig to 
be admired. A bright orange pumpkin, a lego Deadpool and 

Fortls 250mc, Form 2 or MakerBot Replicator printers.

an excited Squirtle were just a few of the treasures on display. 

"Our major concern is g«ing people access to resources 

ffihey can't ge|atl§ome," said Erika Ervin,Ithe MakerSpace 

The gray mammoth, the Foils 250mc, rumbled in a bass 
octave as midnight black MakerBots constructed staccato 

coordinator. "Over 1,400 objects were printed ¡112016, so

symphonies, inviting the audience into a world of possibility.

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DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

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■Campus experiences the most severe flooding in over 40 years

The rain pelted the sidewalks and students' umbrellas 

outside the baseball stadium. The rowing team raced on 

for three days straight. The small piles of snow left on the 

inflatable rafts and gave gold medals to the winners. Later, 

soggy ground melted into puddles for hundreds of boots to 

junior kinesiology major Ellie Taylor and her friends borrowed 

trudge through on their way to class and cars to drive over, 

the rafts from the rowers. They floated on the rafts across the 

sending a wave of water toward the curb. The banks of the 

IM West parking lot, over the road to IM Sports-Circle and 

Red Cedar River disappeared as the water slowly crept up 

then to Jenison Fieldhouse and the baseball field.

and up, engulfing the roads, sidewalks and grassy areas that 

"When we were over by the baseball field, they had 

lie beside; it.

to open the batting cages because the water pressure was 

Roads  became  completely  undrivable,  pathways 

going to break down the doors," Taylor said. "The water was 

: unwalkable, and baseball fields and soccer fields unplayable 

up to the doorknobs, so it was pretty crazy."

; as MSU experienced the most significant flooding event in 43 

Not only was MSUs campus affected by the flood, 

years. In an email to students, Interim President John Engler 

but major roads and city streets also prevented people from 

[said that near the Farm Lane bridge the Red Cedar River has 

reaching their destinations. The main entrance to Meijer 

a normal depth of 4 to 5 feet, however, during the flood, it 

on Grand River Avenue was blocked by water lapping up 

reached a peak of f 0.3 feet.

over the curb, too deep for cars to drive through safely. 

"The MSU team is currently building a temporary wall 

The water took senior kinesiology major Melanie Sprinkle 

to protect some of the buildings most affected by the flood," 

on an excruciatingly long detour while driving to her job at 

Engler said in his email. "Please use caution and avoid the 

Playmakers in Okemos.

areas along the river as much as possible."

"Normally it takes me about seven minutes to get to work, 

The Hannah Administration Building, 

IM Sports-Circle, 

but during the flood I had to take a detour," Sprinkle said. "It 

Kresge Art Center, Jenison Field House and MSU Computer 

took me down past Holt and it took me almost a half hour to 

Center were also affected by the flood While Engler's email 

get to work. It was very inconvenient."

stressed to students to steer clear of the river and the areas 

As Stahl and Toth continued kayaking down the river, they 

affected by the rising water, Spartans, like junior journalism 

approached the rapids near Wells Hail. A current caught the 

major Nicholas Stahl, had their'own agenda. Stahl and his 

tail end of Toth's kayak and he submerged. Stahl paddled 

friend Evan Toth stepped into their kayaks and rode the current 

back upstream to help Toth and they'quickly moved to the bank 

from Shaw Hall to the rapids near Wells Hall.

of the river, right before the fast-approaching rapids. While 

"We actually went off of the river near The Rock because 

the rising water may have overtaken a significant portion of 

the water was so high," Stahl said. "We kayaked around a 

campus and flooded a few kayaks,--,Spartans persevered 

lamp post; if was at least 4 feet,deep."

and turned one of the biggest floods in MSUs history into a 

A group of athletes also took to the flooded pathways

thrilling, if slightly inconvenient, experience.

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Big Ten Match Play

Exceptional golf captains leave a lasting legacy

The Big Ten Mate' Play Championship was one of four 

Charlie GreenSsenior construction management major, 

televised colleger events in the spring. Starting with three 

was one of those best frfpnds and played for the golf team for 

round-robin matches followed by a championship match, 

five yeal. The Big Tel Match Play was his favorite event of 

six team members from 14 teams played 18 holes of golf. 

the-year. However, 201 8 was special for him because it was 

Each hole was its own competition. Each player was in their 

the first time all of the Big Ten teams competed. Green brought 

own world, with an unshakeable focus. Every golf enthusiaS 

spirit to every match with hi! can-do attitude, consistently 

eyes were ora these aspiring players as they vied for the 

exuding optimism.

championship spot.

"I've learned so much from being a member of the teamH 

Casey Lubahn received a call years ago from athletic 

said Green. "Not onlMin golf, but in other aspects of life. I've 

director Mark Hollis, asking him to take on the role of head 

learned to try and make golf a simple game even though it's 

coach for the men's golf team. Seven years later! he found 

the most complicated game in the world. I've also learned to 

himself leadfig a highly successful team led by two captains* 

have more fun on the golf course—to try and mix in a smile 

Michael Sharp and Charlie Gree1:, who went shot for shot 

out there because it won't last forever."

with Purdue in the Big Ten Match Play.

"Michael Sharp and Chorale Green are all thaUis great 

about college athletics," said Lubahn. 

"Michaelimproved 

as much as any student atSete we've had over nis fouigyears 

and finished as an elite player in the Big Ten and nationally. 

Charlie was a dual sport athlete in high school and ed!y 

focused on goljywhen he- got here. He was among the best 

leaders I've everraad as a coach and became a reliable and 

full starter in his senior year."

Miclael Sharp, senior actuarial science major! won 

twoiput of his three round-robin matches and went on tljwin 

his championship match with precision and competence. 

Growing up on a golf coftseyhe and his^Sister would play 

“BETWEEN MORNING 

WORKOUTS AND LONG

5 BEEN AN

AdoULU 1E PRIVILEGE TO
BE ABLE T0 PLAY HERE AX
MICHIGAN S;tate alongside
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS.”

golf with their parents until the sun disappeared over the 

The Big Ten MatcraPlay Championship required far more 

holzon. Sharp took that same love for the sport he had as a 

than accuracy and technique. It required patience and heart. 

child to every match he played for MSU—a place he would 

It was; a competition that showed the true merit of a golfer. 

never forget.

Michael Sharp and Charlie Green cultivated humility and 

"There are a lot of things that I'll miss about my time here," 

discipline to the sport they had played practically their entire 

said Sharp. "The biggest thing that I will miss, is the comradery 

lives1; Through thei^strategic and sincere efforts, they were 

amongst the team. Between morning workouts and long road 

able to set a bar for integrity and professional performance at 

trips!it's been an absolute privilege to be able to play here at 

MSU for'years to come.

Michigan State alongside some of my best friends."

One Idea After Another

Members of the MSU community collaborate through Spartan Ideas

Spartans log into their many screens everyday, clicking 

Spartairaldeas was a blog site compiled of independently 

key after key until essays are written, websites are browsed 

written posts, each crafted with the knowledge and opinion of 

and texts are answered. But behind the mass of mindless social 

its specific author. With more than 100 contributors covering 

media and celebrity gossip, an online community of MSU 

a myriad of topics—ranging from criminal justice to zoology 

faculty and researchers was hard at work. That community 

to human medicine and beyond. Site curators explored the 

was Spartarlldeas.

written work of MSU professionals across the web, merging

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CONTENT: WOLFGANG RUTH 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

each topic and post with the goal of uniting past and present 

of miscellaneous content covered by the bloggers, she was 

Spartans together.

always in for aninteresting read.

■tidy Matthews had been 

the 

science curator 

for 

"That's really both the purpose of Spartan Ideas and 

Spartan? Ideas since it launched in September 2013. What 

what it represents!-providing an insight of diverse interests of 

brought her t|fb most excitement was hearing eacm author's 

MSU faculty, staff and students," said Matthews.

enthusiasm present in their written content. With the multitude

Matthews specifically enjoyed reading blog posts written 

by MSU graduate students currently doing 

international 

fieldwork. She said they often wrote amusing pieces about 

their experiences adjusting to foreign foods and customs. 

It waslntriguing to learn of the journeys themselves, as the 

bloggers discussed their encounters in new environments.

From international fieldwork to specific global issues- 

like the use of Twitter in foreign countries—Spartan Ideas was 

a platform that contributed to the growth of careers, opinions 

and dreams. For Spencer Greenhalgh, a graduate student in 

education technology, this site gave him the ideal space to 

cover issues and relay his findings to Spartans everywhere.

"I did a series a couple years back researching the use 

of Twitter by French teachers," said Greenhalgh. "It was right 

after the Paris attacks in November of 2015, and being a 

former French teacher, I was really able to connect with the 

topic and with my research. Spartan Ideas really allowed for 

my work to have a voice and contribution."

Ranti Junus, social science curator for Spartan Ideas, 

found many of his own passions in posts throughout'the site. 

From evolutionary theories about music to classical composers, 

Spartan Ideas is for Junus—and for everyone.

"It's 

like a one-stop shop for various cool topics," 

said Junus.

A community filled with people from all over the globe 

found one commonality within the sea of differences that tend 

to separate us: We are Spartans, and we all have a voice that 

deserves to be heard. Spartan Ideas was the place to use that 

voice. Whether it was connections between current students 

and passionate alumni, or giving a platform for the transfer 

of knowledge, this online community created a campus that 

Spartans never had to leave.

Spartan Ideas is an online blog site made up 

of posts written individually by different writers. 

Over one hundred contributors blog about a 

wide variety of topics on a regular day basis.

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Recycle, Reuse 
and Resell

MSU Surplus Store resells used items from the Spartan community

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A green and gray aluminum-sided building sat on the 

"My favorite part about the surplus storercs that they have 

outskirts of campus. Outside, a scrap-metal Sparty stood on a 

a wide variety of items,« Smitllsaid. "If I needed a bike, 

chariot, welcoming customers to peek inside. Beyond the front 

computer, coin tray or anything in between,! can always look 

doors were aisles of desks, couches, fchairs and paintings. 

at the surplus store and most likely save some money."

One wall was filled with racks of clothes, some will their 

While the MSU Surplus Store did see countless students 

original tags still attached. Rugs that Spartans bought for their 

walking through iji doors, there was a surprising amount of 

freshman dormirooms werejlfolled up fl the corner, patiently 

people visiting from outside of campus. Regular shoppers 

waiting for someone else to pick them up and use them to 

came in to buy lab equipment, 

industrial equipment and 

cover the! new, bare apartment floor.

even broken items to repair themselves. Pritchett believed few 

Whether a Ifudent was looking to furnish their apartment 

students shopped there simply because they didn't know the 

or needed 

supplies 

for class, 

the MSU Surplus Store 

store existed. Pritchett's co-worker, LorwFortino-Franklin, also 

provided. With its opening more than 15 years ago, the 

wanted to educate students and parents about the store.

store had already expanded to nearly twice its size around 

"My daughter is a freshman here, and I bought all of her 

the year 2010. One of the store's primary goals was to keep 

stuff for her dorm room here," Fortino-Franklin said. "Parents 

everything from ending up in landfills. 

Its recycling center 

could save a ton of mone! by coming here and getting stuff 

filtered through every donated article to reduce waste. If an 

for the dorms."

item was broken, the store often made the necessary repairs, 

bulanything surpassing a "simple fix" would be placed on 

the sales floor in the hopes-that a customer would take it upon 

themself, as a project of sorts, to restore the item.

Livi Pritchett, senior nursing student and store employee 

for two years, worked in the processing area and was the first 

to see what was brought in.

to leave the pllnet greener and to reduce that carbon 

rO LEAVE

footprint," Pritchett said. "I'm also kind of amazed at the stuff 

During move-out week, students toss old furniture and 

that people leave behind. We will get brand new clothes 

items they can't take home into the trash. Old couches with a 

or brand new furniture with the original price tag and it's in 

tear in the cushion and dining room chairs with legs missing 

perfect condition, but no one wanted it."

are tossed onto the curb. The worn furniture was eventually 

Steven Smith, 

junior mechanical engineering student, 

picked up and taken to the surplus store, where it was priced 

usually visited the store once or twice a§f/ear. He looked for 

and set on the sales floor. The MSU Surplus Store collected 

furniture such as couches or chairs and picked up supplies for 

used items and resold them, even if they needed a little bit 

pass such as binders, and folders. Like other customers, Smith 

of love. Instead of watching as dumpsters and landfills filled 

appreciated that the store picked up items that could still be 

and multiplied,ithe store reduced waste and helped keep 

used by someone else instead of letting it go into a landfill.

campus—and the planet—greenerj||

Lyman Briggs College

Spartans at the forefront of scierfific discovery

Garl Sagan', a pioneering astrophysicist who helped 

overview of the project. He went in depth about how different 

make 

science a household conversation* OKce 

said,-’; 

lighting changed aspects of the plant itself.

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." 

"Our group looks at how various colors of light influence 

Students at the Lyman Briggs College embodied this statement 

the plants," said Runkle. "The different colors of LED lights can 

m their groundbreaking work in the sciences. Work conducted 

change plant growthlplant nutrition and even taste."

by Liman Briggs students and faculty ranged from chemitry 

As for the nutritional value of the artificially grown food, 

and physics to plant-based biology. Normally restricted to 

Chloe Fife, a Lyman Briggs sophomore, spoke about the health 

the basement of Holmes Hall, the college put their many 

effects of these plants. She believed this growing method was 

achievements on full display at the MSU Science Festival.

iital and had a brigHjture in the vyorld of farming.

How do you grow food withw sunfght or soil? This riddle 

seemed unanswerable, but scientists at the annual festival 

provided an alluring response. Lyman Briggs researchers, 

working in conjunction with the Department of Horticulture, 

made several breakthroughs in laboratory plant production. 

Using hydroponics and an intricate LED lighting systemlMSU 

scientists were artificially growing food. At the exhibition t|e 

audience stood f| awe as the Horticulture students explained 

the intricacies of growing food through hydroponics.

Yujin Park,la graduate student who was leading the 

presentation on 

floriculture, yspoke about the 

importance 

“FOOD GROWN USING LED 

LIGHTING I IAS A FUTLIRH IN THE 
UNITED STATES AND. WITH THE 
\jyy\Y THE WORLD IS GROWING, 

WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN 

KEEPING PEOPLE FED.”

of producing crops using hydroponics. She believed this 

"While adot of people complain aboufflartificially grown 

technology was the way of the future, allowing for uninterrupted 

foods, they are important in our nation's food supply," Fife 

growth 365 days a year, mal¥ng it a worthwhile alternative 

said. "I think that the food grown using LED lighting has a 

to traditional farming methods.

future in the United States and, with the way the world is 

"Hydroponics ensure that high-qualiHcrops will be 

growing, will be instrumental in keeping people fed."

produced year-round whilst using 

less water, 

less feiflizer 

As the presenter pulled up a piece of cabbage produced 

and fewer pesticides,;-" said Park. "Crops sit in water mixed 

through ¿hydroponics, the audience gazed In disbelief at 

with fertilizers and are under continuous LED light to simulate 

the solless plant. Each audience member got a chance to 

sunlight."

taste the plantSo taste the future of industrial farming. As 

Erik Runkle, a professor in the Department of Horticulture, 

this technology continues to expand globally||many Spartan] 

oversaw the lighting experiment and provided a detailed

scientists believe it will help feed the world.

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The College of Education uses robots to revolutionize teaching

When people ponder the future of education, they often 

basics of the use of robotic telepresence technology in the 

imagine intelligent robots lecturing on complex arithmetic or 

classroom. She believed that the introduction of this technology 

the intricacies of human history. While this seems like a mere 

was changing the way students interacted.

pipe dream of the future, the College of Education has made 

"We have found that this can help students feel more 

great strides in this very technology. In a few MSU classrooms, 

connected to their on-campus peers and the course instructor|| 

robots roved about the room with video screens displaying 

Greenhow said. "Robots can also assist in team or group 

student faces. They were engaged in class from their own 

meetings where some people are physically present and 

bedroom. A roaming Skype. According to professors, this 

some are coming online."

allowed both online and in-person students to communicate 

Holly Marich, a graduate student that was active in a 

as if they were all there in the flesh.

class taught by professor Greenhow, was generous in her 

Christine Greenhow, associate professor of educational 

praise of the technology. It gave her the freedom to connect 

psychology and educational technology, spoke about the

with those present in the classroom, even when she couldn't

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DÌÈIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

be there herself. She was no less of a student, even though 

expect that they will be used beyond the classroom, since we 

she had switched out her feet for robot wheels.

already have them for a variety of other academic interactions, 

"Using the robotic telepresence to attend classes and 

including dissertation defenses."

other campus events has been a very positive experience," 

Marich said. 

"With the robotic telepresence technology,

I have access to mobility to position myself among the 

on-campus students as well as the other robotically attending 

students to create a [less]-restrictive virtual experience. It's an 

empowering experience."

John Bell, an academic adviser for the College of 

Education, could see the bright future that awaited MSU. 

Robotic telepresence technologies could be 

implemented 

By incorporating these technologies into the classroom, 

in numerousjrealms, allowing for increased communication 

the College of Education was leading the way in robotic 

and collaboration.

instruction. This revolution in teaching had many applications, 

"We don't expect robotic telepresence to be the right 

from the world of education to the world of work. Spartans and 

solution for every situation," Bell said. "When they are a 

professors alike relished in this innovative teaching method 

good solution, however, we expect that they wli be used 

and looked forward to the future of telepresence technology. 

more and more. We are also excited about bringing robots 

Robots werenT taking over the world just yet, but they were 

into 

interesting places, like the MSU Museum. We also

taking over the classroom.

A head coach's dream

He stood on third base with a hose in handlwatering 

McGuire, "hip's actually: a really cool guy. He does a lot of 

the field. Across the ball field, a lengthy line of stocky bodies 

things. Every day we have a quote of the day. It's just one of 

in green shirts and white pants rolled out a massive tarp to 

the little things we: do and it's building on little things everyday 

position on 'he field. Each of the players took a handle and 

that he teaches us. There're guys that can say they lead by 

strlched it across the diamond as they shouted orders that 

example, but you still have to be a vocal leader. You can 

echoed out of McLane Stadium. After placing the weightte; 

really see how it filters down into the rest of the team."

down, they <Hed around him, waiting to hear his his classic 

Jordan Keur, a Spartan alumnus,, played with the MSU 

bit oflnspiring wisdom.

baseball team in 201 0 under the beloved Boss. After colege, 

Jake Boss Jr. picked up his 300th win as the head coach 

he decided to stay withlhe team and work as a volunteer 

of the MSU baseball team with the Spartans' 6-0 victory 

assistant coach. During his three years on staff, he had the 

pier Rutgers, a year after earning his 3§0th career win last 

opportunity to witness the man both on and off the field.

season. For Boss, being a part of the MSU athletic program 

was always the goal. He was a Lansing local —had season 

tickets to football games and was a lifetime Spartans fan. To 

put the green and white on everyd||/ and represent MSU 

was a thrill.

■You put in the time! said Boss. "I tell guys all the time 

that want to get into the business^ they ask me advice—what 

do they need to do—and really the advice rs: keep your nose 

“KEEP YOUR NOSE DOWN,

"He's a great guy to work for," said Keur. "He knows a lot 

down, work hard and opportunities will present themselves. If 

about baseball. I've got to see that as a coach with how he 

you come in with a bad attitude, complain or you want it too 

manages the team and puts practices together. What struck 

fast, you're going to be out of the game. So, youifjjst gotta 

me, as a coach, was the relationship he has with everyone 

make sure that you take your time, do your job to the best of 

in the athletic department. I didn't realize as a player how 

your ability and trust that the rest is going to work itself out."

many people helped and benefited the program behind 

Zack McGuire, senior first-base, selepfed MSU over 

the scenes."

several other schools with well-known baseball programs. He 

As the sun was setting, the players went to the locker 

met coach Boss in the fall of his junior, year of high school 

room and the other coaches retired to Jenison Field House. 

during a chilly Boise State football game. Immediately, he 

Boss, with a contented smile, closed the gatefe the baseball 

was so impressed with Boss' character that he knew he 

field. As he walked out of the side gate to the stadfflim and 

Wanted to be one of his playerS| On top of hifjconnection 

into the student walking path- it was a cinematic experience: 

with the coach as a player, he also saw him at church events 

the hero humbly walking back to his office after a good 

and was able to spend time with him outside of athletics.

day's practice. Hisdgraceful walk had the composure of a 

pfGetting to know him as a person has been great," said

champion—of a boss.

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season for MSU's head caa^Jak^oss Jr.

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Honey On the Side

Lansing's Blue Owl Coffee Co. is the getaway students need

On the corner of South Washi|^ton Avenue, with blue 

coffee bar and countless students and professionals typing 

trim and an owl painted bright enough to be seen down the 

away on their laptops. Days were made with conversation, 

block, sat Lansing's Blue Owl Coffee Co. Thisooff-campus 

and drama was spilled over tables made from worn materials 

coffee hot-spot Welcomed studentsllocal families and live 

of window frames and doors—creating an atmosphere that 

entertainment. Oh, and of course, coffee lovers.

spilled onto the street oulide, not to be ignored. With a 

Surrounded by a brick exterior, customers stepped 

maximum capacity of 49 people, Blue Owl acted as a quaint 

through the blue door to a world of plush chairs, a wooden

escape from the chaotic nature of campus life. VjSh endless

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Blue owl also offers hand-made merchandise- such as these ceraiyis mugs, jg« 

1-shirts, and hats, which can all be purchased in their Reo Town store.

menu options, ranging from a cortado to a simple vanla 

"It's such a good place to get away for a minuteifrom 

latte, the espresso-fed thoughts inspired one question: How 

stress and everything," said Snyder. "More people need to 

has this place not seen your face sooner?

know about it."

Sejlpr professional writing major Hannah Bullion said 

that Blue Owl is^r coffee shop of choice, describing the 

espresso venue as cozy, fun and filled with creative pebple. 

Bullion, a coffee fanatic who has proudly been to eviry coffee 

place in Lansing, said that Blue Owl had —in her opinion — 

the best coffee around.

"In terms of coffee taste and ambiance, it's my favorite," 

said Bullion. "And, in terms of atmospheil, its the go-to. I take 

my parents whenever they're in town."

The decor and atmosphere of Blue Owl presented a rustic, 

up-north vibe. Menus wng behind the cash register, filled with 

endless, tasty drinlioptions. From "Classics" to "Cocktails" 

“WE’VE TRIED TO KIND OF 
FOSTER IDEAS AND MAKE 
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS IS 

A SAFE PLACE AS WELL. 
WHERE THEY CAN ESCAPE 

FROM THINGS GOING ON ON 

CAMPUS.”

(alcohol notincluded) to "Nitro and More," customers could 

Starting from a coffee-cart on the cobbled sidewalks of 

not go wrong as the baristas welcomed them in, whipping up 

Lansing in 2016 to moving into the stores-currew location, 

each caffeinated concoction with ease.

Taylor Gantz was an MSU alumna and barista at Blue 

Owl who—being well acquainted withlthe city of East 

one thing that has always been important to Blue Owl was 
community; Whether inviting students and locals in for $1 
coffee specials or sponsoring events and fundraisers held by 

Lansing and 

its neighboring communities—viewed Lansing 

MSU-affiliated groups, incorporaf n g .commurni;y with coffee 

as an up-and-coming city with an atmosphere perfect for a 

had always been Blue Owl's mission. The shop even offered 

coffee shop ike Blue Owl.

Spartan ceatives the char ce tolshowcase the': work with 

"I think we've tried to not just be a coffee shopS-tsaid 

eveiæs,ysuch as live poet® ¡readings and open-mic nights.

Gantz. "We've tried to kind of foster ideas and make people 

Blending the feeling of home with the vibe of a Northern 

feel like this is a safe place as well, where they can escape 

Michigan getaway cabi® Blue Owl was a way for students 

from things going on on campus."

|p escape academic stress, sticky, gossip-filled situations and 

Elizabeth Snyder, a graduate student studying psychology, 

work tension. No matter the circumstance, a warm chocolate 

found herself making 

frequent car 

rides to the multiple 

coffee shops Lansing had to offer. And |||S you guejled it: 

Blue Owllvas on the list.

chip cookie, a seat under the shop's gold, shining chandelier 
and a 1 2 oz. cappuccino with honey on the side might 
just do the trick. •

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DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Journey to MSU

Masau Kanai's long expedition

MSU was one of the most ethnically diverse colleges 

my best friends playing pick-up games of soccer [and] going 

in America, attracting students from more than 138 different 

to co-op parties. Q was like, This is so me.' I thoughlit was 

countries. Each world-traveler had a unique story that 

awesome how interested they were in my culture. I kind of 

distinguished them from the status-quo and extended the 

learned what person I should be at MSU. What MSU gave 

meaning of the word "Spartan." No matter the differences— 

to me was more [independence]. Through my MSU studies 

or distance—that separated them, they all bled green. Masau 

I became mentally strong and now I feel Ike I can handle 

Kanai was just one of these international students, and his 

myself in difficult situations."

road to MSU was far from simple.

After hastily declaring a major in human resources in 

Kanai, senior sociology student, was born 

in Tofjyo, 

the fall of 2014lKanai met a fellow soccer-lover studying 

Japan, 6,352 miles from East Lansing, Michigan. He first 

kinesiology. Without hesitation, it was a quick major switch to 

came to the United States in 2011 to attend Sandy Spring 

kinesiology for Kanai —if one thing was for certain, it was that 

Friends, a co-educational college preparatory Quaker school, 

he didn't fear change. Soon after, he met his best ¡¡¡end who, 

in Ashton-Sandy Spring, Maryland. This was a diverse 

after a few nights spent contemplating existential questions, 

environment like he'd never experienced, and it was here that 

told him sociology was perfect for him. Nextlhing he knew, 

he learned to speak English. In America, he didn't have to 

he was enrolled into a summer course at a community college 

wear a uniform. The freedom Kanai felt in shedding the rigid 

in Pennsylvania, where his brother lived, and he took the 

ensemble was symbolic of the freedom he encountered in 

full dive to commit to sociology in the faff of 2015. Kanai 

this vibrant," new country.

chuckled in remembrance of this chaotic first year, but he 

"I came here for education, 

just like a 

lot of other 

reveled in the idea of exploring something new. While it may 

international students," said Kanai. "My parents wanted me 

not have been the fastest route, it led him to his passion:.

to go to school in America, at some point, but maybe not 

"I always question myself," said Kanai. "Like, 'Why do 

so early... At that time, ilwas listening to a lot of American 

I exist?' along with other philosophical questions. I thought 

music and 

I wasn't happy with my environment. 

I 

just 

sociology could maybe solve some of my struggles]Bike my 

wanted to change it. I was like, fflhave to move on... I have 

issues with this capitalist society. I like thinking about social 

to move forward.'"

After finishing high school 

in Maryland, Kanai 

first 

considered attending a small 

liberal arts school to play 

soccer. Yet, he coidn't reconcile giving up thg chance to 

issues. 

I 

likd reading articles and talking about |f: I see 

sociology as a medicine foisociety. I don't think you can 
change society 100 percent, because everyone has different 
thoughts, but you can let people know what you're thinking, 

meet the myriad of diverse individuals that awaited him at a 

like 'Hey! There are other ideas here.'"

larger, more notable university—even if it meant he couldn't 

As he sat across the table, his smile reflected the same 

pursue his passion for soccer. Realizing a large university was 

hopeful optimism that his faithful words carried. Kanai liked 

his strongest opportunity for growthlhe began sending out 

to call himself a gypsy-guy, a freebird. He wasn't satisfied 

applications to all of the Big Ten schools. Shortly after, he 

with mulling inside the box. He wanted to think outside of it. 

received a letter from MSU —he'd been accepted.

To always be learning and always be growing. He came to 

"I was an 

international student and out-of-state," said 

America without anything but a dream to be here. He wasn't 

Kanai. "I'm so grateful to have gotten in. I made some of

just an international student, he was a Spartan.

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Law enforcement lined the, street in riot gear to combat violence between the 

protesters and alt-right neomazis. Over 20 arrests were made at the protest.

Protest at the Pavilion

Students stand up to Richard Spencer

Rows of expressionless men garbed in thick bullet-proof 

that he hates-diversity and races other than his own, and so 

vests held wooden police batons. Their faces were frozen as 

he hides behind cafflfully worded speeches. He incites his 

they lined both sides of the road leading to the MSU Pavilion 

followers to violence and does so in a way that manages not 

for Agriculture and Livestock Education. Their composed 

to implicate himself."

exteriors did not wither as protesters approached them| 

Flucht had a boyfriend andfsome friends who went to 

wearing 

indignant expressions and spewing condemning 

MSU. When she heard Richard Spencer was coming, she 

remarks. The backdrop of the gray sky added the final touch 

asked them to let her know about any ..protests";that would 

to the dismal scene.

On March 5, 201 8, hundreds arrived at Commuter Lot 
89 to protest a speech given by Richard Spencer, president 

be happening. After attending the protest, she thought MSU 

could have put up a much stronger fight and was disappointed 

in their small confrontation. However, many students did not 

of white supremacist think tank National Policy Institute, who 

come to protest Spencer because they felt that denying him 

was known for provoking violent,|ihate-fueled protests across 

and his followers attention was a stronger message.

the country. Though Spencer was scheduled to speak at 4:30 

"MSU is a proudLjidix/'erse community of accomplished 

p.m., protesters from across Michigan were there long before 

scholars 

that 

honors 

free 

speech® while 

holding 

he arrived. Waiting for him was an ocean of bodies hoisting 

individuals 

responsible for what they say and do," said 

banners and posters */elling, ''Nazis go home!"

MSU 

Interim President John Engler In an email after 

"I think he's a neo-Nazi!plain and simple," said Kathryn 

spring break. 

"I'm especially proud of MSU students; and 

Flucht, junior ■ engineering at Grand Valley State University. 

others who shunned the racist gathering and chose to attend 

"There's no such thing as a 'peaceful ethnic cleansing' as he 

other events offered that day, and possibly helped end this 

suggests. He's too cowardly to come out and actually say

traveling road show of hate."

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CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

"Riciard Spencer canceled  his 

speaking 

tour on 

campuses because of th^ilack of people that came to his 

rally here," said Brittany Wise, an MSU senior majoring in 

arts and humanities. "He saw that his hate-filled belief system 

is not sometfflng that Spartans or others in the community are: 

willing to tolerate. By blocking people from getting in, we 

told them we didn't want their hate here. I wasn't personally 

involved with any of the violence, but seeing it first-hand made 

this issue WerSmore real to me."

The dismayed activists that huddled close together on that 

As a public 

institution, MSU was legally required to 

chilly Monday afternoon embodied the attitude of the "Stop 

rent space for Spencer, but the legal team negotiated a 

Spencer at Michigan State University" Facebook page, with 

location off the main campus and during spring break 

970 followers, which acted as a super-conducTor-relectrifying 

to minimize danger and disruption. 

There were 25 

the community. MSU was not the first school to stand up agawst 

arrestsJ|but only^rine wa||an MSU student. Most Botabl|| 

hate speechlbut the rally in front of the Pavilion showedliat 

after the failed 

indoctrinalpn attempt at MSU, Spencer 

Spartans had the means and determinatiof^) a® as leaders 

said that he would be indefinitely terminating his visits |p 

in the fight against discrimination.

college campuses.

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Richard Spencer and his supporters were met with protests from 

MSU students and community members who opposed his dis­

criminatory and alt-right views. The event had originally been 

scheduled for the fall, but it was rescheduled to a date over 

spring break to reduce violence.

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES 

CONTENT: WOLFGANG RUTH 

DESIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

College of Agriculture 
and Natural Resources

MSU students and faculty change lives one wire sculpture at a time

Eight panels of whiteboards enclosed a small sectj'bn of 

opportunity to gain skills:'to avoid involvement in poaching.

Room D101 in"Welts Hall, known as the HUB. It was home 

Shelby RobinsoMfenior packaging major at MSU in the 

to sculptures comprised of metal wires.,- a dedicated cofessor 

College of Agriculture: and Natural Resources, was an integral 

and a united band of students with a common goal. They 

member of the Snares to Wares project. She helped keep an 

were not only saving African wildlife., but generating, .change 

atmosphere that was not only welcoming,§|but interactive and 

in the Wes of countless individuals across the world, fuming 

unkffle from any othefoourse on campus.

weapons 

into art and hazard 

into tranquility—this lias 

"There ii no major that would not beptirested in this," 

Snares to Wares.

said Robinson. "Ideas come from everywhere, and you never 

Robert Montgomery, assistant 

fisheries and wildlife 

know what a different way;-of thinking can do for a project."

professor, was the'-directir of the RECaP Laboratlry at MSU. 

The possibility for problem-solvjjgig and connecting with 

¡¡He started RECaP to conduct research on the ecologfl of 

people across the globe made Snares to Wares a place 

carnivores and their prey. The lab grew as a diverse set of 

designed to teach and inspire cooperation, evolving from 

students assembled themselves, willing to confront the reality 

its humble beginnings. 

It's one reason sophomore Grace 

of animals being battered and killed from wire traps across 

Veltowski got inf dived.

the African landscape.

"I really love that I get to use my major in a hands-on, 

"The reason whygSnares to Wares works is because 

real-world context typo- of-way," said Veltowski .Bit's cool 

people were already manipulating wire* said Montgomery. 

that the- thingsgf we're doing are having a direct 

impactj 

"Originally they were developing little cars that kids could pu§h 

on other people."

around villages, and our only innovation was to work with 

Using the very materialaof death to inspire hope and 

these communities to ask if they, could create representations 

support for animals! bringing a 

light to the darkness 

in 

of wildlife vulnerable to poaching."

communities almosfvSOOO miles away was always the 

The hope of Snares to Wares!was to draw attention 

mission. Every individual Involved In Snares to Wares knew 

to the issues of poaching and poverty in East Africa and to 

that not only-were the crafting artistic sculptures —they were 

maximize its influence in using the free wire for good. All 

changing the world one wire at a time.

the while,,, they were giving children and communities the

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CONTEND ASHLEY REED

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

Something Steamy

An exploration of the steam tunnels that live under MSU

MSUs campus Is frequently recognized for its 5,200 

Fortino was adamant about addressing the concerns he 

acres of land that are consumed by ^historic buildings and a 

has regarding the safety of students and the dangers of the 

:vast amount of trees. Students come from far and wide just to 

steam tunnels. After working lAith the steam tunnels for a few 

step foot on this campus. Thousands of students, walk these 

yea||, he recognized why anyone would be fascinated by 

streets every day for numerous reasons, but many of theSi do 

the tunnel! but knows that it is best that students stick to the 

not recognize the heat that is hidden underground.

sidewalks and pathways.

Below MSUs campus are steam tunnels or "dungeons" 

that provide heat to the manjffbuildings on MSUs campus.: 

In the 1960s, it was common for students to go into the 

tunnels for "tunneling" excursions simply because it was a 

way to pass the time and have fun. In the past,ltudents used 

to venture into the tunnels so much that they eventually ran 

the risk of expulsion if they wereecaught underground. But 

now, there are many students who aren't even aware that the 

tunnels exist.

"I don't know what you're talking about, "Maid sophomore 

Franchezca Peraln. 

"Does it have something to dp, with 

cleaning the city?"

PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN TO 
KF.F.P STUDENTS OUT*5

Some students who are aware of the tunnels' existence 

'Hundreds of thousands of dollars are used to secure 

just want to be intrusive and see what lives underground. 

the steam tunnels," said Fortino. "People want to get into 

Others don't really care about the functions ohthe tunnelfwe* 

the tunnels, but it is not a safe place to be. The police 

just want to know what all the hype is about.

are 

involved and many precautions are taken to keep 

"People are interested because it looks cool," said junior 

students out."

neuroscience major Gabriel Miller. "I would go if my friends 

Fortino has reason to be concerned for students' safe|| 

would go."

based on previous events. In 1979, James Dallas Egbert pi, 

When walking to class;?? students may find themselves 

a student at MSUlventured into the steam tunnels in a failed 

stepping on the coverings of the tunnels that will warm up any 

suicide attempt. His story caused a national media storm, and 

cold ankle. Though the heat from the tunnels may seem warm 

ever since then, the steam tunnels have been secured to keep 

and comforting above ground, the workers underground face 

Spartans safe.

a different reality.

bffhe steam tunnels played an important role during the cold 

"The steam tunnels are 160 degrees, so I don't think 

fall and winter months of providing heat to a large amount of 

it would bo a very popular place for people to see,"ysaid 

MSU's buildings. As useful as the steam:tunnels may have 

Stan Fortino, a supervisor at MSU Infrastructure Planning and 

been and as nosey as MSU students w||fe, the tunnels were 

Facilities who works closely with the steam tunnels. "If you 

simply not meant for late-night adventures. As Fortino put it, 

make youlliving down there, there's nothing speciaihabout it."

they are nothing more than a Mark, dingy place."

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X-

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Spartans at SXSW

MSUs appearances at the annual festival and conference conglomerate

Imagine thousand® of people from across the world 

was ¡1st a tremendous experience."

expíeing Austin, Texas,' seeking out venues with free food, 

Paxton founded Smart Staffing in the fall of; 2011« a 

free drinks and good music. Envlion more than 2,000 

company with a mission to match caregivers in adult in-home 

musical acts performing in clubs, theaters, hotels and parking 

healthcare; companies with 

ideal clients conveniently and 

lots for an entire week. A city filled with international visitors, 

systematically. At SXSWl he pitched the company idea l| 

pinks, from multiple generations* ginger-songwriters and 

Student Startup Madness—a collegiate-based competition — 

SoundCloud rappers —all flocking to the city in hopes to 

and took third. This gave him the validation he needed to 

further their careers. Now add filmmakers, entrepreneurs and 

continue his efforts. For Paxton, pitching at SXSW was a way 

gamers to the mixRWelcome to South by Southwest.

to gauge how interested people would be in his product.

South by Southwest, commonly referred to as SXSW, 

"The SXSW Gaming Pitch Competition was 

really 

is an annual conglomeration of film, interactive media and 

intense," said Brian Winn, associate professor and 

lab 

music festivals that take place in mid-Malch in Austin, Texas. 
The year 201 8 marked the festival's 32nd anniversary, and, 
per tradition, Spartans working on startups with The Hatch, a 

director at MSU's Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab. 

"While we spent a great deal of time preparing our perfect 

pitchBit was extiting to present our game and represent 

space designed to help MSU student entrepreneurs grow their 

MSU to the panel of judges and the SXSW attendee® Just 

ideas, took a bus all the way from East Lansirig to Austin for 

walking around SXSW was also an experience. From music, 

oneE)f the biggest tech conferences in the world.

to film, to games, so many creative people and industries-are 

"It was an unbelievable experience," 

said Bailey 

representing, and it is a mixture of business and play. It fast like 

Paxton, a junior double majoring in finance and psychology. 

Spring break for creatives."

"[SXSW] isNike the tech epicenter of the world,iso all the 

Winn and his team originally took Plunder Panic, the 

new tech advancements come to Austin. || Student Startup 

game they elated at MSU, to IndieCade in Los Angelesyi 

Madness, we actually ended up coming in third place, which 

Their showing wenteso well that it, enaea up winning the 

is incredible. I ¡till can't believe it. We ended up competing 

"Audience Chpice" award. With a 

little fire going, they 

against a lot of really greatfpams witbiidot of users [and] a 

decided to enter their game into the SXSW competition. 

lot of revenue, and we ended |p coming out on top. Solit

While they did not win the single-winner tournament, they still

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CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD 

MIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

 
found the experience more than worth their efforts.

film to premiere at the festival. That festival and their audiences 

In the SXSW Film Festival,|yet another Spartan was 

understand what we're up to here in Michigan and appreciate 

stirring up a buzz with his independent film, "Relaxer."

our off-center sensibilities."

SXSW was the opportunity of a lifetiSe. It was the chance 

to turn ideas into creations and creations into dreams The 

abounding possibilities spread through the streetliof Austin, 

pumping heavy doses of euphoria and adrenaline into the 

hearts and chests of everyone there. Whenlormany visionaries 

"This is my fourth feature film, and I've always subSttld 

gather together in the name of curiosity, miracles were bound 

my work to SXSW 

in hopes of them hosting 

life world 

» occur. It wasn't \ihat these innovative Spartans brought to 

premiere," said Joel Potrykus, an 

independent filmfmaker 

SXSW that mattered most, though —it was everything that they 

and assistant 

instructor 

in MSU's Department of Media 

took back with them.

and 

Information. 

"Luckily, 

ihis 

my 

third consecutive

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One For the Books

Spartan senior reaches impressive career milestone

It was a sunny April day, and the MSU softball season 
was dwindling to a close. During the bottom half of the third 

inning, the opposing batter went down swinging on a 2 

accomplished 

this milestone during 

the 

landslide victory 

against Centra! Michigan University on April 25. As the ball 
hldead center of the strike zone, she had unknowinglyThrown 

strikes", 1 ball count. The vicious curveball came as a surprise 
to the batter as she swung wildly at the expertly thrown 

her way into the distinguished history of Spartan athleticfj A 
wave of striking elation washed over her upon hearing that 

pitch. While this strikeout was routine for the Spartan ace on 

she was now a record-holding Spartan athlete.

moundycit had special significance. It was the 600th career 
strikeout for Spartan senior Kristina Zalewski. This produced 

an eruption from the crowd and a spirited celebration from 

the Spartan dugout. This strikeout milestone was indicative of 
the Spartan softball team's thrilling 2017-201 8 season.

"It feels pretty awesome," Zalewski said. "It's nice to have 

achieved something I worked so hard for. My teammates 

have been supportive thro..gnout this entire process and I look 
forward to finishing out this season strong."

Zalewski's teammates recognized not only her colossal 

The ace pitchep Zalewski, a fifth-year psychology student,

triumphs on the mound, but her achievements as a team

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PHOTO: TOMMY MASSA

CONTENT: RYAN HOPPENWORTH

DESIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

Freshman Caitie Ladd lags out a .. 

player From Indiana at second base.

i “

if

 * 

*. ~

fit 

* *  ® 

-j

player. Jordan Watsoiw a sophomore pitcher, noted that 

legend among Spartan softball players and fans for her past 

Zalewski's composed demeanor made her a fantastic athlete, 

achievements on the mound. Beech proudly recounted what it 

teammate and friend—one that will be sorely missed in the 
201 8-201 9 season.

took to achieve the strikeoulrecord and why competitors like 
Zalevfski are vital to the success of Spartan softball.

"I threw a lot of innings and made major jontributions 
to the Spartan pitching lineup," said Beech. "I had a great 

presence on the mound and that's also clearly what [Zalewski] 
hast: It took a lot of work for her to get where she is and I hope 
she remembers this for years to come."

As the pitch made impact with the catcher's mitt, Zalewski 

accomplished something truly remarkable. The dugout cleared 

and Spartans flooded the field, collectively congratulating the 
team leader on her colossal feat. In the bleachers,, fans and 
families watched as the talented pitcher humbly accepted the 

"I think it's really cool that she's been humble throughout 
"She got the 600th 

theyllhole season," said Watson. 

strikeout and hasn't become coclt/, or anything other than a 
great team player."

glowing praise. Through an exciting 2017-2018 season, 

Spartan softball held tight to their goals and players honed 

While the 600th strikeout for Zalewski was monumental, 

one other Spartan had achieved this in the Spring of 2005. 
Jessica Beech, an assistant coach and former player, was a

in on career-defining achievements. Zalewski, a fan favorite, 
generated admiration from her fellow players and alumni alike 

as she pitched her way into the Spartan athletic record books.

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Down But Not Out

MSU wrestling team rebuilds after a season plagued by injuries

When Spartan wrestlers stepped onto the mat at each 

conference in the country, he faced many seemingly insur­

meet of the 201 7-201 8||eason, for some it was the start of 

mountable challenges. While he did not accomplish many 

their collegiate career and for others it was coming to an end. 

of the goals he had set for himself, he was grateful for the 

At the beginning of the season, each athlete had lofty goals, 

opportunities he was given as a Spartan wrestler and had 

but with each step toward their successes came personal set­

high hopes for the athletes Who still had years left to compete.

back! The team lollfive of its top athletes to injury throughout 

"We knew that these past couple years are building years 

the seascr. With each loss, theipnitial goal of sending sevl 

with the new coach and a tranfftion year to try and build a 

eral wrestlers to the NCAA tournament and being a top 25 

team we could send oulthere and actually compete," Gasca 

program grew more and more unrealistic.

said. "I think this comingilear will be the team that will actu­

"It affected [the team mentality] I think in a very negative 

ally go out there and make some noise and do big things."

way," freshman Rayvon Foley said. "A lot of us mentally felt 

like—'cause with the injuries we lost a lot of good Wrestlers — 

you could definitely see it in a lot pf the guys' faces they didn't 

really want to be out here. They didn't want to wrestle. But it 

definitely has taught ||e program and allowed it to grow and 

[gien] the younger guys a different mentality."

In his second year as head coach for MSU wrestling! 

coach Roger Chandler knew that this season was a transi­

tion ^ear. He was optimistic about the 2018-2019 season, 

pointing to the youthfulness of the tear# and the fact that 

many Spartans had more matches to go. Foley, in addition 

With a younger team, Chandler focused on train­

to nationally qualifying wrestlers who were out due to injury, 

ing year-round and honing in on each athlete's individual 

would be returning.

strengths. WreMerl like Fole||wanted to work on fundamen­

"As far as keeping them motivate::, wd will point to some 

tals and setting a stronger agenda for achieving goes next 

off-season events, something these guys have to train and 

year. But whether it was their firs^season or their last, Spar­

compete for," Chandler Jaid. "It's a way to keep our guys 

tan wrestle® focus was not onSshort-term goals. Insteadithey 

engager; from a training standpoint and a competition so that 

focused on the long-term, looking past their last matches to a 

they can see hifw they are evolving as a wrestler."

future of Spartan excellence.

Seniorfbvier Gasca had obstacles during the season. He 

was ranked high in the conferenplfor the 2017-201 8 season 

andfwas a contender for a national title. Being in the toughest

SEASON RECORD:
W: 6 Bll

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES

CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Wrestler Jake Tucker competes against a wrestler from 

Nebraska. MSU lost to Nebraska 35-6.

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Go Ahead, Touch It

Closed eyes—art to be felt

Fingers entered 

the bullet holes of a paper-mache 

The Accessible Art Exhibit allowed those with and without visi<S 

Am|]rican flag! reached out to grab the hand of the 3D 

to enter a world of tactile ambiance. With braille translations of written 

fingers stretching through a tear In the canvas and traced 

works composed by professor Natalie Phillips's English students and 

braille transcriptions of poetic excerpts. Running hands along 

tangible artistic creations crafted by Alisa Henriquez's art majors, the 

the walls at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum on Nov. 

art--literary and physical—enticed human contact. These MSU ari 

10 was not prohibited this time. It was encouraged. Catered 

and English classes teamed up to create an exhibit uHike any other, 

to those who could not see, the other four senses were used 

allowing the blind to experience art as they never had before.

to uncover a story.

"In high school, 

I worked closely with students with specidl

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CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: ALEXANDER BROOKE

needs,,;SO I was instantly excited about being involved in an 

should get something out of it."

event specified™ designed for people with disabilities,"Said 

Kleege was 

invited by Philips, who was an 

integral 

Claire Matthews, a sophomore education major in Phillipjl 

part in getting the event off paper and into the physical, 

honors English course. "When I found out my poem had been 

palpable realm. Her English classes wrote poems or chose 

selected, I was ecstatic! The opportunity to have mjown 

professional excerpts that inspired the art students to create 

piece transformed into a work of art was amazing."

unique, 3D works.

One of the most enlightening elements of the event was 

"I think we all tend to approach reading and art as a 

the discussion with Georgina Kleegelan English professor at 

traditionally visual experience," said Phillips;., "As soon as 

the University of California, Berkeley. Legally blind since the 

we bring students intoihe creative process, allowing these 

age of 1 1, Kleege gave a presentation displaying artistic 

mediums to be seen from a different perspective, I think it is 

works created by and/or for the blind. She described each 

then thalyou get the inspiration to translate these visual works 

slide solely from memory—her only knowledge of each 

into something that not only is accommodating to members 

piece was based on interpretations from her informants, yet 

across the disability spectrumigbut also in reminding us of how 

deeply multi-sensory with art can be."

JL;

The exhibition brought in students! Lansing locals and 

even the president of MSU herself—Lou AnnalK. Simon. East 

Lansing residents were there to support the initiative of the 

Broad Art Museum and the students whose collaborative work 

created an event for all, from young children to public figures 

like Kleege. Poets and artists watched as visually disabled 

community members ran their hands over the braille, across;, 

the siulpture^gnd the canvases, seeing aitory in the onl'J 

way they could—»rough touch.

she could relay the story each piece conveyed. Touching 
on artistic details that even those with 20/20 lision would 
skip over^it was clear that her lackeof vision did not cripple 

her. view of the arts. 

f| anything, her appreciation 

for 

the field flourished.

"The ultimate goal of this exhibit, and of these artists, ¡1 to 

bring new exhibit technologies and techniques in&imuseums," 

said Kleege. "To move these practices;:; forward, we" need 

more exhibits that are wonde fu y accessible, 

interesting 

and engaging to everybody, not just blind people. Evei/one

5 ,

mm

iiii

j&u

ü

Students experience art hands-on at a special exhibition 

event hosted by Exceptions Journal, an MSU-based 

literacy and art journal that showcases the perspectives 

m visudimmpaired and blind individuals.

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From Books to Birdies

Women's golf team excels in the classroom and on the course

Spartan senior Sarah Burnham stepped onto the green. 

said. "Their motivation is just as high to win [the highest team 

She lightli tapped the ball and it made a soft clink as it 

GPA] trophy as it is to win a Big Ten championship trophy."

fell into the hole. She had already been at the MSU's Lasch 

On top of excelling in academics year after year, the team 

Family Golf Center for three hours practicing for the Big Ten 

has succeeded on the golf course tournament after tournament. 

championship and other post-season tournaments. As goon 

The goals are the same: to win a Big Ten championship, win 

as she finished praptice, sfi packed up her clubs and began 

the highest team GPA award and advance to match play 

Working on homework for the rest of the week. Throughout 

at the national championship. Sophomore Allyson Geer kept 

Burnham's time on the MSU women's golf team:, she was able 

her eye on those goals, with a special focus on individually 

to find success in the classroom while also immersing herself 

winning a tournament.

in the hours of practice five to six days a we.ek.

■To be able to'^in my first individual tournament w|ld 

"It's just||me management and making sure you get all 

be really cool," Geer said. "Personally I want to improve and 

of you/,homework assignments in on time, and that you're 

be a team leader on our team, be a good teammate and 

studying for your exams! Burnharmfaid. "Sometimes it's hard 

get better academically ever yearlThe coaches do a really 

to do that on the road because you just want» focus on golf, 

good job of having us write down our goals every year and 

but sometimelyou just have to force yoursdlfTeven if you're 

keeping track of them."

tired. It's hardKofk, but you have to get it done."

For the seventh consecutive year, the women's golf team 

As the 201 7-201 8 regular season came to an endithe 
women's golf team performed exceptionally at the post-season 

won the MSU Athletic Directop Award fplthe highest team 

tournaments. After hundreds of hours put in on the courselthe 

GFA. Coach Stacylflobodnik-Stoll owed the success to what 

team snagged their second consecutive Big Ten championship 

was ingrained in the program and the players. She recruiter 

¡¡¡tie and aufomaticallfiadvanced to the national championship. 

the person, not just the golfer, and looked at character, grades 

By finding a healthy balance between academics and golf I 

and talent—in that order. She didn't just place importance on 

the women's golf team was able to excel in the classroom 

how well someone could play on the courseylhe took into 

and on the course. With the mentality of success instilled by 

account their abil|| to succeed in the classroom.

the program and the coaches:, time Spartans were able to 

HSeven years is getting to be a long time; that's almost 

achieve all-around success.

two generations If kids coming through," Slobodnik-Stoll

PHOTO: TOMMY MASSA 

CONTENT EMILY LOVASZ 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

riore Paz Marfa Sans 

r ball out of the rough 

in between two trees 

on the 8th hole.

Paddling Palooza

Campus to Coast offers Spartans a new challenge in the outdoors

Junior neuroscience student Tommy Brettschneider and' 

"I'm most excited to finish because it's not a race to 

senior physiology student Ryan Hunt stood onlhe bankjjof 

be taken light!/. It's almost 160 miles and through the night 

the Red Cedar River with their paddles in hand! looking 

sometimes!" Campbell said. "[If] my partner and I decide to 

over their boat. They had their camping gear, jackets and 

keep paddling for more than 24 hours without sleep!I'm a 

food packed and ready to go. The morning was bitter cold, 

little nervous for pur mentii conditions and how much we will 

but as they pushed their boat into the water and began to 

be hallucinating by the second night."

paddle, the ¡'sun rose over the horizonpfvarming their cheeks 

Brettschneider and Hunt hac. .the sameilthoughts as 

and reflecting off the river below. Along, with more than 100 

Campbell after they paddled fo;i24 hours straight during the 

other Spartans and aivid paddlers in the community, the duo 

2017 race. The pair stopped at a checkpoint and rolled up 

paddled over 150 miles from the Potter Park Zoo to the coast 

in a tarp, the only thing they brought for sleeping, to get about 

of Lake Michigan.

an hour*and a half of sleep before getting back on the river. 

The Campus to Coast event started eight yeals ago when 

Forty-eight hours after they left on Friday, the sun started to 

an MSU student in the Outdoors Club, the sponsor of the race, 

peak out over the night's fog as their boat finally graced the 

made a bet with his roommate that he could ¡¡bt paddle to 

ship of Lake Michigan.

lake Michigan in ;i weekend. Since then, the race has grown 

exponentially to include not only a collegiate divisiorlbut an 

open division with individuals from the paddling community. 

Joe DiSvan, 

junior environmental Studies gnd; sustainability 

student and a member of the MSU Outdoors Club, organized 

the event.

"I make sure everyone gets registered [and] everyone 

gets their rental boats," Dewan said. "I organize stops along 

the way, organize campsites, get insurance for the event and 

BhCAUbh1 

TAKEN LIG 

MILES ANE

during the lace I'm the person people call when something 

"The moment where you realize that you are going to 

goes wrong. All of the money from registration goes to- putting 

do it—beca«e not a lot of people knew if we were going to 

ron the race itself. 

It helps usl pal for the insurance [and] 

be able to complete the race...is when||ou come into Grand 

T-shirts, and we have a pasta dinner on Thursday, the night 

Rapids and you see some of the tall buildings and you're like, 

before the race."

'Holy crap! starfèo in East ansing and now I'm in Grand 

Participants have up to 57 hours to complete the race 

Rapid® and I did that on a boat,'" Brettschneider said. "From 

vfith either 

three- '©r four-pe|son tear»» Experienced

then on out, you just keep envisioning that endpoint."

paddlers have finished in 24 hours¡¡vhile collegiate teams 

While the journey was physically and mentally draining, 

often arrive at the coast between 45 and 55 hours. Junior 

plant biology student Sara Campoell, who handled public 

relations for the Outdoor! Club for twojfaars, competed for 

the first time in 2018. While Campbell was responsible 

Brifschneider and ;Hunt were ready to push themselves. 
The duo Completed the 201 8 Campus to Coast race in 38 
hours—10 hours faster than their previous competition year. 
Brettschneider often shared this adventure, showing everyone 

for getting even! sponsors like Dick'fpSporting Goodlfand 

where his journey Started and where it ended on a map. He 

Moosejaw, her and her partner's main (ecus wefanot only 
finishing the race, but finishing it faster than the 201 8-2019 
Outdoors Club president Dan Durbin and hi!team.

alwayslgot the same reaction: "I thBk you made a mistake, 

you paddled where?"

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PHOTO: KYLE RINZLER 

CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

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PHOTO: KYLE RINZLER

Furry Therapy

Therapy dogs create stress-free environment for Spartans

Sniffing. Sniffing. This is new. AA^head darts back and 

democracy student, was .stressed out about graduating in a 

forth. I trot around the corner. So many people. Wow, I love 

few weeks. She was walking into the library when she saw 

this. Ahh, people scratching my head, patting my back. Oops, 

a sign in tie lobby for Therapy Dog Thursdal and decided 

my tail knocked over the water bowl. I'm just so excited! broil 

to rake a break from her job hunt. The presence of the dogs 

over on the ground. So many hands:; rubbing my belhB my 

brought a 

tranquil, carefree atmosphere to the 

library's 

favorite spot. More people are coming this way. I stand up 

typically serious environment.

and trot toward them. Oops, I'm being pulled back by the 

"I feel really calm," Schilling said as Nellie gently nuzzled 

leash. Oh well, at least I get pore head rubs. This is the life.

her head into her hand. "It's nice to be around all of these 

Three dogs came trotting into the MSU Main Library 

people and have such a fluffy, excited dog come around. It 

on a Thursday afternoon in late March. It was a beautiful 

definitely takesLÿou outside ofglourself and outside of all the 

day, the first warm day ¡nllyeeks. The aogs| Caml Nellie 

stuff that you are working on and lets you focus on something 

and Gus, were part of Therapy Dogs International, a group 

that just wants to love you."

that puts dogs through extensive training and takes them to 

Nellie the golden retriever turned and walked up to 

hospitals, hospices and schools. Holly Flynn, coordinator of 

Schilling with her tongue hanging out of her mouth and tail 

outreach and engagement for the library, organized events 

wagging wildly behind her. Sitting on thé ground, .Schilling 

like Therapy Dog Thffsda'San ongoing event since 2013.

reached up and scratched Nellie's head, laughing at how 

"We started bringing [therapldogs] to the library during 

happy the dog was to be receiving all of thfs attention. 

finals week to give students apfudy break and a wa| to 

While the school yea «was nearing an end and 'students 

calm down from exam stress, so we just expanded it to everp 

Were burdened by upcoming exams and piles ojahomework, 

Thursday/' Flynngsaid. "We have some students who come 

therapy dogs gave Spartans Hike Schilling an opportunity to 

every weekSkind of' like groupiesl and they want to have 

take a minute out of their day to relax before finish’lgBhe 

something to cuddle withH just cheers people up."

year off strong.

“WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO 

COME EVERY WEEK. KIND OF LIKE 

GROUPIES. AND THEY WANT TO 

HAVE SOMETHING TO CUDDLE WITH: 

IT JUST CHEERS PEOPLE UP.”

Che'ejjng people up was part of why owner Elaine Drake 

and her sheepdog, Gus,' and owner Carol Ohlrogge and her 

golden retriever, Nellie, wanted to go through therapy dog 

training. Ohlrogge often took Nellie to visit a woman in the 

hospital and another in a nursing home. When the woman in 

the nursing home wouldn't talk to anyone eibept for Nellie, 

Ohlrogge knew she wanted to share Nellie's love with others.

"If I ean,H want to bring a little bit of comfort or joy and 

share my dog," Ohlrogge said. "Obviously she has love to 

give away If she can make a few people better; I want to do 

that and obviously she is happy jb do it."

Nicole Schilling, senior political theory and constitutional

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PHOTO: LOGAN COLES 

CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

therapy dogs meet with students weekly on Thursdays 

to provide o break, a connection, dr just a furry friend 

to students. Therapy Dog Thursday was an ongoing* [

event at the MSU Main Library since 2013.

A Luminous Expedition

The cosmos through an MSU lens

A little bit off the beaten path, down Farm Lane and 

behind the pavilion! an open field was inhabited by one 

small, rounded building. Inside was something unknown to 

Laura Chomiuk, a professor in the astronomy department, 
gained the position of observatorldi rector in 2012 after long­
time director and professor Horace Smith retired. Chomiuk 

most students: a 24-inch reflecting telescope, towering 

in 

shared that the telescope required a great deal of upkeep to 

stature. The spherical roof slid open and gave students and 

remain in good shape for public nights and undergraduate use. 

locals alike a view of the constellations, mimicking classic 

Chomiuk mentioned that they have about 15 undergraduates 

astronomic films like "Apollo 1 3."

working with 

the MSU Observatory Researlm Program!, 

Since 

1969, 

the 

telescope 

stood 

tall 

inside 

the 

studying particular stars through the MSU telescope.

observatory, handled by professors, astronomy majors and 

"OurBndergraduates are studying how a star's brightness 

the interested public. Undergraduates that worked as part of 

varies with time," said Chomiuk. "At least two of them sign up 

the MSU Observatory Research Program at the observatory— 

and come out one night of the weekland they stay owhere 

given a stipend for their work—ran the telescope most clear 

and observe until dawn. This experience not only gives them 

nights. They worked as data collectors, photographing stars 

research experience, but allows them to further their studies 

and constellations.

doing what they love."

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES 

CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF 

DESIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Dylan Mankel, an undergraduate astrophysics and 

biochemistry and molecular biology double-major and 

The MSU Observatory, located at the corner of 

member of the MSU Observatory Research Program, had 

Mount Hope Road and Farm Lane, has been the 

home of a 24-inch reflecting telescope since 1969.

been working with the MSU Observatory ever since some 

of his comrades in the Astronomy Club recommended he get 

involved. Here, during the observatory's public nights, he 

found a love for teaching captivated children about what they 

were seeing as they gazed through the telescope's lens. He 

also discovered a fervor for resear|hing and dissecting the 

wonders of the galaxy.

"What I enjoy most about the actual research aspect i:s 

the international effort that goes into astronomy research," 

said Mankel. "We submit our data, along with thousands of 

other observatories across the globe, to huge databases for 

the public to use, so it's pretty cool to be able to claim a small 

chunk of data as your own among the millions of other data 

points. Several of us actually got published over the summer 

because someone had used our data in their paper."

The observatory's social media director, Huei Sears, 

graduated last year with degrees ¡Hadvanced mathematics 

and astrophysics. She began working in the summer of 2015, 

when she manned the telescope one night a week, observing 

the unilerse. She then decided the social media pages— 

Twitter and Facebook—needed some revamping. Instead of 

using social media solely for announcing public nlghtslSears 

began utilizing it to educate the public in astronomy and the 

ins and outs of the telescope.

"The most important thing, to me, about being the social 

media director is that it gives me the opportunity to bring 

astrophysics to those who might not otherwise be able to 

access It'' said Sears. "I have the unique responsibility of 

explaining just what ¡mis we do at the observatory to the public 

in ways that they'll understand. 

I enjoy that responsibility, 

because I think anytime I can fight the stigma that math-heavy 

s«ence is 'too hard' or 'too boring,' I should."

The telescope was a hidden; treasure right outside the 

chaos of MSU. While a trip to the stars might not be in an 

undergraduate's budget, with a simple drive south down Farm 

Lane, they could take their very own journey into another 

world through the telescope's lens.

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PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON

CONTENT: EMILY LOVASZ

DESIGN: AUTUMN HILDEN

Individual Performance,
Team Effort

Track and field upperclassmen focus on teamwork during their final year

Senior Katelyn Daniels stepped into the ring, discus^ 

and 10,000 meter, finished his last season at MSU. Rliz 

Biand, at the Hillsdale College GINA Relays—the last meet 
of the 201 8 regular track season. She took a deep breathln 
and let! out slowly, focusing on alpot out in the field—the 

focused on fys individual goals as an athlete just as Daniels 

did, but he also Worked each day to guide his teammates 

through the season andlmpfove thiir overall record.

mark she knew ship had tolSt. Getting into position, she spun 

"I really try helping my teammates; its not just my season, 

around and launched the discus over 50 meters. Daniels 

its the whole team's,;" Ruiz said. "If I can help a teammate in 

watched as it hit the grass a few meters shy of her goal. 

any way, I will. I just try to do what I've always been doing: 

Because it was one of her final performances as a Spartan 

encourage young athletes, offer advice when asked and be 

athlete, it hurt to watch one of the last discs she would ever 

an example during practice. A majority of the people on the 

throw fall short of her personal best. But even in the anguish 

team want to be there and want to be good, so it's not difficult 

of a missed opportu jity, shgturned around to see the smlng 

to be a leader around them; they already do such a great job 

faces of her teammates.

already."

"Regardless ofgmy performance this seasoMor in any 

other, I understand what an incredible blessing it is to be 

able to compete at this level, with these people," Daniels 

said. "Mere is always room for Improvement and I am never 

satisfied to be where I amlbut I am grateful for the journey 

and understand that every experience is necessary in getting 

me where I want to be—even the difficult ones."

■Hie Daniels would sometimes solejjlfocusCon the 

outcome of a meet.,*one of the things she remembered most 

about being an MSU athlete was all of the incredible and 

talented people she met. She could alwa|js count on her 

coaches andfpammates for advise, tough love and laughs 

when she needed them. These personal connections translated 

to public meets on the track. While individual performance 

was importanl coach Walt Drenth saw how well the team 

“THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR

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collaborated and valued the strength of teamwork.

Daniels stepped into the ring for the final time and Ruiz 

"Fir me, we want toHstain what we've done. I think we 

crossed over the faded white finish line on his last lap around. 

can build on a few things. With some of us, we practiced a 

At this moment, both athletes knew the hard work was over. 

few thingf in competition this week instead of just trying to g|| 

While they may not have achieved all theviset out to do 

out and really let it outMt'll be good to see everybody back 

individually, they were able to look back on their Tme and 

together. That cohesive1:ess is important. We're |fn target 

be content with the knowledge that they had been a part of 

for Big Ten [championship]» Drenth sap in a recap of the 

something more than a race or a toss of the discus. The team 

Ashland Alumni Open.

continued to encourage each other through high and low 

Senior Clark Ruiz, 'who competed in the 5,000 metdl

points and acted as a beacon in MSU athletics.

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We Got the Goods

Land Grant Goods is the first MSU-affiliated, 
student-run business on campus

It is required that all MSU students have a meal plan 
when they first come to campus as freshmen. Brody Squarel 

"My most memorable experience thus far, besides all the 

fun and laughs I've had, has been with my boss, Abdullah," 

for examplelis one of the largest and most popular dining 
halls on campus because of its wide selection of food. Yet, 

said Sanders-. "He asked meito write descriptions for our 
products on our website. It doesn't seem ike a big deal, but 

even withla meal plane combos and free pizza throughout 

it exemplifies the trust that theinterns are given, and that what 

the yea!! sometimes itudents crave something different to 

we do is actually meanmgful and that we can impact the 

indulge in. Land Grant Goods, the first studen'-ftm business 
affiliated with MSU on campus, satiated those cravings by 

producing honey and teas that are not only delicious, but 

environmentally friendly.

"I absolutely love all the products we create, but my 

favorite product has to be our Exhale Tea," said Nana Krah, 
a freshman production intern for the business. "Exhale is a 

retailing blend of organic peppermint, organic lavender and 
organic chamomile. Even further, they are all grown on our 

green campus by student farmers."

Available online and in its store located in Bailey Hall, 
Land Grant Goods made it easier than ever to obtain its 

products,for a decent price. Though the ousiness's products 
may have beèn easy to come by, they were not as easy to 
produce. This was by design, though, as product development 

company. I felt like I actually had a role to play in Land Grant 

Goods and that my creativity was valued."

‘THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL 

OF MSU STUDENTS THAT GET 
THESE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES. 

SO I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE 
TO BE A PART OF IT.”

Many student! look for internships to gain expegence in 

a desired field but are not always lucky enough to obtall 

interns spent their time working with all-natural ingredients and 

developed innovative techniques to create products that were 

an internship that allows them to execute hands-on activities. 
Interns at Land Grant Goods valued the skills they acquired 

not harmf|| to the earth.

from the tasks they were given at their internship.

"I feel that I have a yerfi unique opportunity to be able 

"I've 

learned so much from 

interning at Land Grant 

to intern for Land Grant Goods," said Rachel Sanders, a 

Goods in so little time. I've learned how to blend and process 

sophomore sales intern. "There are only a handful of MSU 
students that get these kinds of experiences, so I feel ver^ 

fortunate to be a part of it. I have been able to take part in 

everything, from caring for the plants and bees all the way 
up to delivering the final product to our customers. ||/e greatly 
enjoyed working on website development and also setting up 

sampling stands around campus."

Land Grant Goods paved the way for up-and-coming 

entrepreneurs on MSU's campus. 
seniors. 
Bethany Kogut, Alex, Marx and Abdullah Mohammed, 

founders, 

Its 

herbal tea, how to sift herb leaves, and I've learned how to 

harvest and jar raw honey," said Krah. "On a non-production 
learning so much about sustainable agKulture 
level, 

I'm 

and entrepreneurship. Being a part of Land Grant Goods is 
the main reason I want to pursue a minor and education in 

entrepreneurship and innovation."

A successful business cannot stay afloat without the 

support of its team members. Land Grant Goods made a 
strong foundation of employees and interns who grew closer 
each day. With a passion for entrepreneurship, sustainability 

inspired interns to follow their passions and even to become 

and quality, they continued producing some of the best teasl 

entrepreneurs themselves.

jams and honey in East Lansing.

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PHOTO: NATALIE ZUNKER  CONTENT: ASHLEY REED 

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

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StateWalk: 
The Safe Walk

Students helping students

The fear that came with emails and text messages 

warning students of criminality on campus caused uncertainty 

talk when you're walking across campus, so youliear some 
interesting stories."

even in a walk home from the Main Library on a weeknlght. 
Each alert lighting up the screen gave students reason lo 

Maintaining an agreement with the library, the Alpha Pm 
Omega volunteers underwent safety training allowing them to 

w<*£upon the arrival of the moon.

Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed fraternity on MSU's campus, 
worked in hopes tl diminish these fears and decreaselthe 

number of campus-wide alerts 
theirl StateWalk 
initiative. StateWalk—one of the numerous safe transportation 

through 

systems on campus—was a free way for slffldentsiand even 
faculty, to get from the Main Library back to their respective 

pgsidences safely. Volunteers of Alpha Phi Omega worked 

late into the night Sunday through Wednesday to ensure 
student security, safety and peace of mind.

"We walkany member of the MSUcommuni®: undergrad, 

graduate, faculty. We have even Walked librarians to their 
cars," said Leo Norling,; a senior psychology student and 
the president of Alpha Phi Omega. "This initiative has been 
established and active for more than 20 years and gives an 
option to members of the MSU community to feel safe when 
walking back to where they have to go."

At thedibraril the volunteer walkeryof Alpha Phi Omega 
had a table near Sparty's during their hours of operation 

where Spartans could sign themselves up for a safe walk 
home. No matter how far the walk, the Alpha Phi Omega 

volunteers were there to make sure students and faculty got 
homdflsafely.

be a student or faculty members guardian on the walk home. 
The daunting hours of operation late into the night might have 

seemed taxing to the average student, but the members of the 

fraternity foundit invaluable.

“I STILL WALKED THE STUDENT 
WITH ANOTHER MEMBER AND 
WE HAD A REALLY INTERESTING 
CONVERSATION THAT SPANNED 

THE LENGTH OF OUR WALK.”

"I am a proud member of Alpha Phi Omega's initiative 
because we have a pd|itive impact oimsomeone's life," said 

Greg Nelson, a senior kinesiology student and vice president 
of internal services who coprainates StateWalk times and 

placements. "Our motto is leadership, friendship and service, 

and that's what StateWalk stands for: being leaders on tH 
campus, being a friend to cjr fellow Spartans and serving our 
campus and~-commum|l|B

StateWalk brought comfort to those in need and reduced 

"I once walked a sjldent from the libra Bo West Akss 

the fear that came with a late-night walk a<*oss campus, fl 

at 12:29 a.m. eve* though StateWalk normally end!? at 

1 2:30 a.m.l said Lucas Werner, Alpha Phi Omega director 
of -finance. "I still walked the se.dent with another member; 

and we had a reaIlyinteresting conversation that spanned 

a society flooded with college-campRs threats, this initiative 
demonstrated the alleviation an influential Spartcp can bring 

to an anxious mind and the connections waiting to be made 
on a simple trek home. Alpha Phi Omega volunteersllgaded 

the length of our walk. For me, meeting new people is one of 
the more interesting partJlof StateWalk. You kind of have to

home from the library fatigued after a late night of work—but 
for themlit was well worth it.

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PHOTO: RILEY JAMES

CONTENT: SYDNEY NASEEF

DESIGN: AMBER MASSEY

Alpha Phi Omega offers a program called StateWalk for those who are 

studying late at the library. The program allows students to be walked 

home by someone so they do not have to walk home along in the dark.

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Tara Chambers, associate professor in the College of 

Education, speaks to the crowd of students and faculty. She 

organized and lead the march to the administration building 

to demand accountability and administrative reform.

Lorenzo Santavicca, president of ASAASU, speaks at The Rock 

to address the campus climate following the resignation of former 

university president Lou Anna Simon. Following his speech, several 

others spoke, including A^SU professors and Michigan gubernatorial 

candidate Gretchen Whitmer. At the end of the gathering at The 

Rock, the crowd marched to the administration building to demand 

further accountability and answers from MSU administrators.

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Ewurama Appiagyei, vice president of academic 

affairs of ASMSU, demands a change in culture :

at MSU and calls upon AASU students to speak

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The Call

#MeToo founder speaks at the Wharton Center

Me too. These words allow two peopl^Swho are barfgg 

Inf^pep Program with Girls for Gender Equity H2017. She 

their souls to ea^™other—to understafil} that they are not 

embarked on a mission tolnelp the organization's "Theory of 

alone. They create a moment thlt sheds the alienating efforts 

Change," which involved nuanced and thouahlwldisajssions 

of an unperceptive world. This simple phrase immediately 

around the perception of race, gender and ethnicity. She also 

conveyed ¡je feéwg 1 understand." Even if they were just a 

learned what "me too" meant before thwiashtag.

start to a universal conversation that was missing for thousands 

"It meanl! am not alone," said Spencer. "It means there 

of years, those two words were Itiough.

are otlpr people who caf§ empathize with my experiences 

Hopeful members of tie MSU community gathered at 

and others! can empatmze witfgto continue to push for a 

tha Wharton Center on Aprif 19 tolhear #MeToo founder 

safer world for all people. When I first talked to Tarana about 

Tarana Burke speak openly abouwff! movement she created 

'me too,' before the viral hashtag, I remember thinking, 'I wish 

as a part of tip Transformative Justice Speaker Series. She 

Id/bee^Bier program for Black gj| teens.' Seeing the 'me 

disciepebhow she became aware of the laid to post the 

too' movement go Mfral felllike a reawakening to recommiffo 

original #MeToo messagelo Twitter that created a global 

my respbhSibiffy To care for myself as a survivor and care for 

communifyffbf sejlual assault survivoj| posting their stories on 

other survivors."

social media.

"When! thiniof^eaven/ the »tie girjHwho panted the 

seed of 'me too' in me—becau^B^ouldw say 'me to* to 

her—Heaven was courageous! said Burke. "At 13 years 

old,',she stood in my faceland said, 'Hear me. I need you to 

see me.' She knaw that sheleeded to be seen and heard 
and believed at 1 3 and she had a thing that I didn't have. 
She had a courage that I didnlhave, but her courage made 

me dutiful."

Xhercis Méndez, assistant professor in the Department 

of Philosophy and the African American and African Studies 

Toni Cade Bambara, African-American author and social' 

Program, looked at the origins of the #MeToo movement. 

activistjsap: "Revolution! begin^fwith the self! in tfeself^ 

Mendez created the Transformative »stice Speaker Series \m 

#MeToo helped people think aboutlheffl connections with 

2016 to explore how uni\^ities could build safer and more 

others. I!was like a beawful siren calling to Bidividualslo 

suppor®jfa| environments for marginalised students, faculty 

lift their heads above the water and see all the other people 

and staff.

fighting against the systems 

that made sexual Sblence 

Ayanna Spelcelfourth-year doctoral pft|oso™y student, 

possible. It was a call to work toward a brighter future where 

met Tarana Burke during her Engaged Philosophy Summer

all people thrive together.

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PHOTO: MOLLY EDDINGTON

CONTENT: ADAM AUSTAD

DEIGN: ALEX DONNELLY

Tarano Burke speaks at the Wharton Center 

about sexual assault and healing. She started 

the Me Too movement in 2006.

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March for Change

MSU College of Education students and faculty 
demand change at the highestjfjlevels

Students and faculty poured out from the doors of Erickson 

Education delivered a 

letter to the UHannafl Adminlstratlorl 

Hall on a sunny, Tuesday afternoon. Garnished||§teaI ribbons 

Buildfig demanding the resignation of the MSU Board of 

and holding ¡¡gns reading Jffto Trustees Without Trusty and 

Trustees and Interim President John Engle^B

"MSU Staff Stand With Our Students," they" marched 

In 

"I really think a lot of things on this campus In terms of rape 

unity until they reached the snowy front steps of the Hannah 

cuffljre and sexual assault need to be dealt wltjmdlfferently than 

Admlnistrafen Bpldlng. One by one, studentsiprbfessors and 

how they've been dealt with In the past," senior fyournaBm 

supporters toil their stories of why they were marching as 

majofTHannah mJBJay said. "Soll'm hoping to spark some 

everyone standing in a semicircle around tie steps clapped 

kind of change along with the other stldents and fa city that 

and yelled their support.

gathered here."

In the wake of Larry Nassar's Ingham County sentencing, 

mJolBJay atteiwed the march not onfl because she dldnra 

hundreds of sexual assault cases invoking the ex-MSU docto« 

agree wltflthe Board of Sjstees' decision to make Engler 

were uncovered as students and staff stepped forward to tell 

the ||terim president, bulbecause fhe was conflicted aboujj 

their stories. However,Ihe profljem extended beyond Nassar. 

her feelings toward MSU. Holliday loved the university she 

Students and faculty were marching |h take a stand, to take 

attended, but with the sexual assault cases going oHit was 

action and to make a statement^ They felt utterly misled by 

hard for her to slpport and stand 100 percent behind It. Othei 

university admlfflstrationland wanffid to see a change In the 

facility and staff that attended the march that Tuesday morning 

policies on how sexual assault was dealt with on campus. 
As a result, on Feb. 6, faculty and staff In the College of

had similar feewgs toward the administration.

"I feel duped because we have had all of this trailing; we

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are all mandatory reporters," said Sue Stoltzfus, an adviser at 

the people who are victims of se|§jal assalt," Greenwalt 

MSU. "Then, somewhere uplhe chain*} everything fell apart 

said. "But I also want eac Aboard member to examine their 

and then- there were people who didn't have to play by the 

conscience and ask themselves if they have represented the 

same rules, so I feel duped."

uBversityvin the best light."

As students and staff shared their final words on the steps 

of the Hannah Administration Building, the march came to a 

close. Terah ChambersJJa faculty member from the College 

of Education, along with other staff members tookSthp letter 

up to the office for the Board of Trustees. Supporters wrote 

what they marched for on tea! squares of papeaand stuck 

them to the windows of the building. While theippasons may 

Kyle Greenwalt, an associate professor in the College of 

lave been different, Spartans and supporters alike had one 

Education, wanted to see more palicipation from all levels in 

common goaBo march in uity forihe survivors of sexual 

the university—from students to alumgBGrfenwalt believed a 

assault and to demand changes be made in the urwersity 

big concerlwas that people were not being listened to. He 

they called home.

wanted the board members to take arljgonest look at whether 

or nowhey could successfiiSy do their job going forward.

■¡H march to remember the pain of the survivors and

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chanted and taped teal slips of paper on the outside of the 

windows to ensure there grievances did not go unnoticed.

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Jordyn Wieber at the Wharton Center

Two empty wooden ^feairs sat ajBtersecfing angles, with 

others, she was violated: under the care of Larry Nassar, iner 

louse lights bating them in a soft glow. The microphones 

trusted  doctor. 

In light of the recent Nassar trial, she was

placed on the chairs carried a certain emptiness, as if they 

invited to speak on campus by the Residence Hall Association

were pleading to be picked up. Behind the interview set was 

on what it meant to move forward.

a podium that too seemed to emanate a calling for someone. 

"Everyone has their own timeline of healing," said Wieber.

Standing directly behind Te billowy, navy curtain ofdthe. 

"For me, it was a long road to get from denial to acceptance.

Wharton1 Center's Pasant Theatre was the person who would 

Any mention of Larry Nassar caused me so much stress that

answer: Jordyn Wieber, national star and athlete^the woman 

I avoided it afeall costs. I soon realized this processing was

every Spartan wanted to hear. 

too difficult to do. So, I slowly started opening up to people I

Wieber was an American; gymnast and Olympic gold 

trusted about my experience. We all need people in our lives

medalis!. She was a member of the Fierce Five,yihe U.S. 

that we can externally process things with."

women's gymnastics team 

in 2012. But, perhaps more 

Matt Ciabeaux, 

senior 

in neuroscience, was 

the

importantly, she was a survivor of sexual assault. Like many 

Residence Hall Association director of health and safety at

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AASLJ. As director of health and safety, he represented 15,000 

time Wieber shared an experience about her abuse, it gave 

students who lived on campus. On top of Being on the Sexual 

Robin that much moreyiope for the future.

Violence Advisory Committee, he was a part:of the planning 

f|fi^g|nd it very motivating being surrounded by so many 

for the Its On Us: Weep of Action—a campaign aimed at 

incredible women who stand-up for the ihings they believe in, 

students, asking that they make ari effort to prevent sexual 

like Jordyn Wieber, who I'm only a little younger than," said 

violence. Clabeaux worked with the director of special events 

Robin. "She is taking such, important steps to create change 

for Residence Hall Association to invite Wieber to speak.

in society. It's very empowering toifiave people who support 

"We noticed that the attention was Being shifted away 

you and to look up to, advocating forvsucwnecessary change 

from survivors, so we wanted to support survivors on campus 

in the world."

whatever way we could," said Clabeaux. "We were looking 

For the students sitting in the theater seats that night, 

for a speaker who could speak on the topic, share their story, 

Wieber's words had a visibly profound impact. Awed faces, 

and someone who could offer some kind of help to those who 

eyes fixated toward the center of the stage, some even 

may be struggling with what has happened on campus or 

glossy with tears. She had. the gift of i|eafing.; Upo|; exitijg 

struggling with former abuse."

the theater, women were being asked folinterviews left and 

Emily Robin, 

freshman 

in neuroscience, heard about 

right, and no one appeared to be short of things to say after 

the event throughgher sorority during MSU's Mental Health 

witnessing Wieber's courage. For everyone, this was a time 

Awareness Week. What she and the girls from her sorority, 

to move forward.

Beta Xi, admired was that Wieber wasn't afraid to bravely 

call out the twisted way that society was functioning. Every

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President of MSU's Sexual Assault Intervention 

Team, Anna Cumming, interviews Jordyn Wieber. 

Jordyn Wieber is an Olympic gold medalist and 

sexual assault survivor of Larry Nassar.

Silent for Too Long

Faculty vote of no confidence

Room 115 

in Ihe 

International Center was at max 

torahe agenda for the vote of no confidence. Originall' the 

occupancy-Sat least that's what police told the many teachers 

meeting for a vote of no confidence in the Board of Trustees 

and smdents standing outside the doorway furious,: unable 

had been declared for electing former Michigan governor 

to gain entry. The iuckyiew students who made it in were 

JoBn Engler too quickly and without notifying the faculty. Other 

scattered around the room, standing up and holding signs 

faculty members-believed that the vote was primarily due to 

displaying their cajjse. Among thifmost populara were signs 

the board's inability to contain the rampant sexual misconduct 

Shat represented the #ReclaimMSU movement.

that had oceiled on campus because of Nassar. In the end, 

Many students at the event said theyleard about it from 

the jeason forrahe motion was declared arbitrary. The vote 

iheirp professors. 

Inside Classrooms; many faculty members 

was the only thing that mattered.

expressed theillsympathy to the students for feeing equally 

shut out of what was happening in the aftermath of ex-MSU 

doctor Larry Nassar's trial, fflms meeljng would determine the 

status oSconfidence inlhe Board of Trustees by the Faculty 

Senate in front of the Steering Committee.

don'Seven know hovk/the »Faculty Senate works,■ 

said Mollea Williamson, senior anthropology majo* "It's 

"I never thougB I'd have to say to a room of educators 

revealing to me how l¡ttle§¡jknow about the inner workings oil 

that sexual assault isn't something that's acceptable," said 

this university. I am on one oSthe undergraduate academic 

Samuel Riilfcrd Klahn,. a 

junior comparative cultures and 

hearing boards and I'm considered an involved student in that: 

politics major who came between class and work to speak 

respect and I'm clueless about what's going on rightSipw.O 

on behalf of his feljbw students. "I've heard people sayihai 

tank this islust showing how [disjunct] tils uplersitv works S 

they believe that the student body is split on tfm and I haven't 

regards to communication."

l|ieard|anythj|ig orathe sort from my residents and my friends. 

At 31 8 p.m. the meeting opened with an amendment

The only thfng that I have heard is that John Engler, [regardless]

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of his politics,®« fistor|§and his platform, is not an educator 

month ago wenrged at that last University Council meeting, 

and he is not quaBied on that alone to lead tifsBhstitutioHH

for faculty to take thalstand with us. We have been at the 

During the meeting, severafflfaculty members addressed 

forefront of this."

the topic of educational governance,: advocating thatBhe 

Sixty-five faculty members raised their ¡Clickers toward the 

faculty knew how academia worked and that the board did 

front of the room. People seated on the outskirts and corners 

not. Students protested that their voices were not being heard. 

murmured among themselves things they heard during the 

They were working to combatlfhe idea that the student body 

discussion. "We need a board that is actually going to check 

was splilon the issue of confidence.

Kjlpresiden® "The board is morally compromised." "We 

"I first want to commend the faculty for doSg this," said 

need to take thisBiiversity back." When the votes appeared 

Lorenzo Santavicca, student body president. "I also want to 

onlhe screen wHa 94 percent vote of Bo confidence, the 

correct the fact that ASMSU was, in fact, the first governing 

room let out aBeavy ^rgfflof reliefTcJlowed by rejoicfig cheers 

organization to make a politicallstatement on. this issue. 

and gratuitous clapping. ||e faculty was one step closer to 

Our undergraduate student body has pushed, and about a

'reclaiming MSU.

Rashida Harrison, an assistant profesi 

Madison, addresses the students and 

closing session of the teach-in.

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Educate and Cooperate

MSU faculty and students join together for day-long teach-in

A room overflowing with people, dimmed just enough 

evident in faculty members and people ffn power at MSU, 

to set the mood and create an easy escapepjor thoughts, 

and Kruse wanted students like herself to know that.

opinions and expression. People of different races, ages and 

^mlove MSU, and Iwant it to care about me |e way I 

professions sat in rows, united together wilBone common 

care about it," said Kruse

goal:» educate and cooperate for justice.

Samuel Richard Klahn, a comparative cultures and 

On Feb. 27, MSU students and teachers from three 

politics junior, said the teach-jn was an important moment for 

colleges—James Madison College, Lymatj Briggs College 

MSU to capitalize omwhat had beel happening oincampus. 

and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities—held 

Dedicated students spoke freely while professors and faculty 

a teach-in at the MSU Union. Classes for these colleges were 

listened attentively. Courage could be felt inyhe room from 

canceled for the day, and alSpartans were encouraged to 

every attendee.

come join in the initiative to creafl a better atmosphere for 

Spartans on campus.

'The only question Alexa Magsoudi, junior human biology 

major, had during the first half of the session was simple:

"Why am I here?"

Magsoudi said that she was tired of being passive and 

introverted when 

it came to the glaring issues orijMSU's 

Klahrywas one of the studenlcoordinators for Reclaim 

campus in light of the Larry Nassar scandal She listened to 

MSUS-a-rif alliance between 

students, 

faculty and 

staff 

the perspectives of students and faculty, and the conversations 

members with a mission that strove for institSional social 

that arose in the room were hones® presented withoutifear 

and ciiMral change. He said the goal of the teach-Hwas 

of 

judgement. The opportunity to 

learn about diversity, 

more than to just respond to sexual violence. It was to Hentify 

intersectionality and hear from those affected by sexual assault 

what allowed tys to happen ¡¡and what type of transparency 

was what reall/ attracted Magsoudi tojjhe teachmevent.

and accountability was needed to give more credence and 

"It's hard to take that first step,,, but I'm Here—and« m so 

agency to the community of MSU faculty and students.

glad I did," said Magsoudi.

"Either we can be the mostlecent university that has 

She said that watching the number inside the second- 

experienced this and then just kind of endure it until it becomes 

floor ballroom of the Union climb from 30 to mordgthanjlOO 

old news, or we can fulfill everything that we aspire to be and 

people f|:qust a few hours visualized the idea that couBless 

say about Spartan's Will, committing ourseBes to the solution 

pdividual's on campus were ¡1 harmony. lley were all at the 

in being the last university that sonneting life this^happens 

teach-in for the same reason: change. MagsouJi saidfthe 

to," said Klahn.

voices of speakers and peers mirrored and verbalized her 

Witnessing the suppoi and devotion althe teach-in 

own thoughts, bonding the small room with big visions.

made one thing evident: Students wereftot alone. Whether 

Sydney Kruse, also a 

julor human biology major, 

personally affected by tB issues discussed or not, students 

participated ft the teach-in because she desired to see change 

and faculty of MSU were immersed ^conversation with 

within the university. She said that MSU needed healifigland 

openyearts, vvilcoming anyone to speak up. They would not 

eacy student deserved'ihe assurance in knowing that the! 

allow themselves to be defined by the negatlity. They chose, 

professors cared about the students. This wasn't just a student- 

ft stead, to join together and shift the light from the university's 

driven attempt toltransform the Bniversity. The desire was

brokenness to the individuals working to make it whole agairw

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MSU advertising students bring awareness to sexual assault

Throughout MSU's campus, backpacks were adorned 

B other!? colleges and build tigs around campus to help 

with bright, teal ribbons. The trees that lined Farm Lane had 

expand the movement. They posted pictures of the arjjon 

the same color ribbon wrapped around their trunks. The rock 

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to gain support not only from 

was still painted white, with names of the survivors of ex-MSU 

SpaBans, but from other people in the community. This was 

doctor Larry Nassar inscribed in teal.

more than just an advertising campaign; it was a chance to 

Outside of a mairjjfloor classroom of the Communication: 

show support for the survivors.

Arts and Sciences Building, students walked past black and 

"Our end goalis to make sure that this never happens 

white photos of male andlemale models weafng neoHtecfl 

again and to turn MSU into a place where this is taken very 

lipstick with the words "Speak Up" written across the top.

seriously if you do sexually assault someone," Wirebaugh 

""I think our original thinking with this movement was the 

said. "We want to turn MSU intolhe safest place possible."

concern that MSU students have fight now," senior advertising 

As rain and snow pelted the ground and winds blasted 

student Amanda McCafferty said. "They are almost ashamed 

the campus, the teal ribbons stayed tightly wrapped around 

to wear green and white. Not because they aren't proud 

the trees liSng Farm Lane. One by one,lhe number of teal 

to go to MSU, but because people are looking down on 

ribbons hanging from the black poster in the Communication 

MSU right now. But as a student, you want to speak up. If 

Arts and Sciences Building decreased, while the number seen 

we can create a culture and a community where the student 

on student backpacks and jackets blossomed. Spartans were 

body is so set thalthis is never going tojnappen agaiKUhem 

acknowledging the survivors and standing in unity to bring 

the administration is going to have to follow us and they are 

change to MSU.

going to have to listen to our voices."

The #GOTEAL movement was started by three international 

students, Yi Rong, Larraine Fu and TianJiXie, with help from 

McCafferty and senior advertising student Carlie Wirebaugh. 

Rong, Fu and Xie attended an ideathon—a strategic thinking 

class—with MSU advertising and public relations professor 

Ross Chowles. The task was to create a campaign surrounding 

sexual assault awareness and prevention at MSU.

"We started with these posters and we really just wanted 

to get the aspect of all different genders," McCafferty said. 

"It's not just women who are assaulted —it's men and women 

as we know—so we got all different genders and races."

Names were printed on a black poster and a small, teal 

ribbon was placed over the top of each one. The middle 

of the board read "Out of the Darkness. Take a Ribbon to 

Acknowledge Their Strength." As a student stepped up to the 

board,¡¡took a ribbon and revealed a name, it represented 

the 

survivors coming 

forward oufl of 

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finally get justice.

"We have videos, posters and social media 

in this 

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still involved with projects at MSU and wanted to create 

something with the names of the survivors of Nassar's case. H 

think the most powerful one is the ribbon posteiiAt the momeffl 

I saw all the ribbons [were] gone, I knew that sldents were 

affected by our messages."

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Jessica -Reeling 
David Reioke! 
Elizabeth Reimers- 
Shuangyu Ren -

Kafelyn Rexroth 
Chloe Reynolds 
Dominick Ricc$j*|- 
Randi Rice 
Collin Richtarcik 
Carolyn Ridel la

Brooke Rihtarchik 
Kyle Rinzler 
Jonathan Ristola 
/^astasia Ritchie 
Lg|l Ritenburgh 
Brianna Rivera

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Rochelle Rivera Leal 
Jessica Rizor 
Destiny Roberts 
Kevyn Roberts 
Cydni Robinson 
Jeffrey Robinson

Kenedi Robinson 
Louis RobiFson1 
?fiffleil Robinson 
Tori Robinsd|| 
Jared Rochlen 
Rachael Rocktoff

Katlynn Roden 
Maisie Rodriguez 
Matthew Rodriguez 
Brianna Rogers 
Kelen Romcn 
Franchesca Romero

Philip Root 
Tabitha Rose 
Jason Rosi 
Matthew Rot® 
Olivia Rouleau 
Jake Roush

•. Chantel Rozier 
Stephen Ruemenapp 
Ryan: Rupp 
Nolan Russ 
Mary Russell 
Valerie Ru»ell

V ’Sara Rusp 
Julia Rifimann 
Sarah Rustmann 
Olivia Rutherford 
Kaylee Ruthig 
Clayton Rutkowski

Katherine Ruttinger 
Troy Sabatini 
Hannatffl^adiq 
Zachary Sadia 
Faith Saenz 
Ellen Sage

Madison Sager
Sarah Saidock
Mirza AI Amin Saiful Bahri
Allison Saint Aubin
Hanna Sajdak
Angela Salerio

Cummer Salla 
Branson Salfer 
Jason SamEuf 
Shaquille Sampson 
Azrul Samsuri 
Rachel Sanborn

Paige Sand 
Charles Sanders 
Jasper Sanfijippo 
Karl Jlafgeorzan 
Natalie Santa 
Lorenzo Santavicca

Nolan Sarnacki 
Vincenzo Sarti 
Anika Sasinski 
Philip Sattler 
Brandi Scarber 
Annika Schaetz!

Taylor Scheidel-McKeever 
Robert Scheuer 
Morgan Schick 
iSjëphanie Sihiffert 
Nicole Schilling 
Anton Schlegel

Melissa Schneider 
Brandi Schroeder 
Kayla rfflSjIte 
Jd|on Schwager 
Megan Schwartz 
Erin Schwiegershausen

Dante Scott 
Riana Scott 
R|ll;||ScOtt 
Shianna Scott 
Mara Scribner 
Alexa Seeger

337

David Segal 
Kathy Sem 
Christopher Semrinec 
Janani Senthilkumar 
Teg an Servo 
Daniel Setili

Kaitlyn Setter 
Saajan Shah 
Yousef Shahatit 
Sara Shalari 
Yuanbo Shan 
Zhiqian Shang

Anlan Shao 
Yubin Shao 
Katherine Sharp 
Michael Sharp 
Sierra Sharrer 
Sydney Shea

Jacqueline Sheehan 
Hao Shen 
Yuyao Shen 
Xingyu Sheng 
Amy Sheppard 
Kelly Sheridan

Sarah Sheridan 
Faisal Sherif 
Guoliang Shi 
Fiaoliang Shi 
Jiaju Shi 
Lei Shi

Lin Shi 
Yiding Shi 
Yingwen Shi 
Emily Shih 
Modal in Sholtz 
Abigail Shotwell

Tabinda Sial 
Jessica Siegler 
Bridget Silha 
Gerardo Silva Jr. 
Jonathan Simon 
Rachel Simons

338

Sara Simonte 
Katie Simpson 
Marquita Simpson 
Sommer Simpson 
Yash Singh 
Becky Situ

Jazmine Skala-Wade 
Elizabeth Skaryd 
Brittany Slater 
Rachel Smeenge 
Ashley Smith 
Bria Smith

Chelsea Smith 
Courtney Smith 
Davontae Smith 
Demi Smith 
Gerard Smith 
Hannah Smith

Kevin Smith 
Morgan Smith 
RileyflSmith 
Trey Smith 
Trinity Smith 
Tyler Smith

Jacob Smyth 
Rachel Snabes 
Kendra Snoblen 
Nicholas'Snowgold 
C.ivebSobie 
Jesse Soelberg

Parmeda Sokansanj 
Paul Soma, Jr. 
Jiuchen Song 
Linshan Song 
Yaxian Song 
Yifei Song ■,

Zewei Song 
Breanna Sorenson 
Rachel Sorfleet 
Andrew Souphis 
Shannon Southerland 
Kyi a Soward

339

William Spagmjolo 
Sarah Spaiian 
Aysha Sparks 
Briana Sparks 
Rachel Sperry 
Breanna Spillane

Ahmad Spiller 
Kayla Spirovski 
Emily. Spoeri 
Dzaifia Sp ecie 
Veronica Stafford 
Victoria Stafford

Alexandra Stano 
Jordan Stark; 
Konrad Starostka 
Andrew Stefa ni 
Rachel Steffes 
Courtnef|Steger

Ellen Stenner 
Aaron Stephens 
Marisa Steudle 
Deanndra Stevens 
Angela Stojanoska 
Amber Stokes

Chelsea Stone 
Dirk Stone" an 
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Reagan». Stowe 11 
Kyleelptrang 
Alison; Strauss

Kathryn S"-rng 
Sarah Strickland 
Zachary ilrobl 
Sage Sfcrt 
Micah Stuber 
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Sanieot Subramanian 
Zeena Suleiman 
Abby Sulesky 
ConndiSullivan 
Boyuan Sun

Hongmin. Sun 
Jingquan Sun 
Puhuoqi Sun 
Tianle Sun 
Tong Sun 
Xianming Sun

XiaoyBMin 
Ted Supal 
Davin Surio 
Tristan Swartout 
Nathan Swartz 
ShelbflSwenor

Katryna Swider 
Zachary Swiecicki 
Joseph Swinko. 
Michael Szatkiewski 
Ramie Taher 
Bllftsa Tai

Yahya Talab 
Amit Talukder 
Jiexi Tan 
Tianp Tan 
Wendan Tan 
Yoshiko'Tanaka

Kejia Tang 
Letian Felfifang 
Xinyi Tao 
Eleesia Tardy'.. 
Charisma Tatum 
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Alec Tayloe 
Christopher Taylor 
Halie Taylor 
Giso Tehran 
Steven Teitelbaum 
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Samantha Terrian 
Zachary Terry 
Rinda Thanzam 
Kep§dy liatch 
Mark Thierbacker

341

Alexandria Thomas 
Brooke Thomas 
Evan Thomas 
Walter Thomas 
Adrianna Thompson 
Auriel Thompson

Joi Thompson 
Kanisha Thompson 
Spencer Thompson 
Taven Thuma 
Weiqing Tian 
Yemuniu Tian

Co an Tigani 
Brianna Timmons 
Mariah Timmons 
Maura Timmons 
John Tolbert 
Anthony Tomaski

Andrea Tomczak 
Jackson Tomski 
Huiqing Tong 
Ling Tong 
Tong Tong 
Jared Toomajian

Ashton Topolinski 
Brianna Torrence 
Edgar Torres Salinas 
Kenya Trammell 
Wanh Tran 
Madison Traver

Austin Travis 
Samantha Traylor 
Jordan Trevino 
Hannah Trezise 
Michael Trupiano 
Yifei Tu

Margaret Tuitel 
Rachel Tuller 
Christopher Tunison 
O ¡vie Turfe 
Deborah Turner 
Jaliyah Turner

342

Kayla Turner 
Tyler Turner 
Samuel Turnipseed 
Bradley Tuttle 
Drew Twardy. . 
Victoria Twining

Jamal Tyler 
Tierra Tyler 
Serenity Tyll 
Madison Tyree 
Rebecca Uebele 
Sara Uhlir

Antonio Ulisse 
Joseph Valdez 
Natalie Valdez 
Devon Valent 
Olivia Valley 
Jamie Vanderzanden

Tyler VanHuyse 
Zachary VanNieulande 
Eric Vanslembrouck 
Carlee Van Wagner 
Lewi Vargas 
Patrick Vaughan

Sivajyothi Vemulapalli 
Lauren Vercellone 
Simone-Allene Verdell 
Ryan Voyles 
Susanna Vuljaj 
Dominique Walker

Gerena Walker 
RyarmWalker 
Malissa Wallace 
Casey Walter 
Brandon Walters 
Jack Walton

Michael Walukas 
Guo Wan 
Andrew Wandyez 
Phillip Wandyez 
Aining Wang 
Chenyu Wang

343

Danyang Wang 
Fan Wang 
Han Wang 
Hanzhi Wang 
Heqi Wang 
• jiao Wang

Jiarun Wang 
pia ¡wen Wang 
Lingfeng Wang 
Minghao Wang 
Ming na Wang 
Peiyu Wang

Pinqi Wang 
Qiaoya Wang 
Ruoxuan Wang 
Shu Wang 
Shuqian Wang 

Siji Wl*

Wenyan Wang 
Xiadong Wang 
Xinyu Wang 
Xinze Wang 
Yanzhi Wang 
Yayun Wang

Yi Wang 
Yifan Wang 
'»ÎYilan Wang 
'ing Wang 
Yingfei Wang 
Yingxuan Wang

Yiq.pWang 
Yiqiao Wang 
Yu Wang 
Yue Wang 
Yunhao Wang 
Zhphen Wang

Zican Wang 
Zihao Wang 
Ziihlao Wang 
Zi lu Wang;' 
Éppirui Wang 
Tao ¡un Wanyan

344

Ëajjfyn Ward 
Elaina Wargo 
Michael Warren 
Terrance Warren 
Natnicha Watchara 
Kierra Watkins

Natalie Watkins 
Ian Watson .
Kaylyn Watson 
Hannah Weatherford 
Christina Weaver 
Serena Webb

Rachel Weber 
Elizabeth Webster 
Zhi Xuan Wee 
Jenna Weed 
Hannah Weeks 
Jessica Weeks

Lingzi Wei 
Ruijia Wei 
Yudian Wei 
Kelcy Welch 
Sye'tah Wells 
Yang Wen

Zhagyuan Wen 
Paige Wendland 
Alan Weng 
Erik Wenson 
Marilyn Werner 
Kelsey West

Jaffi Westendorf II 
Joy Whetstdne 
Alexandra White 
Chelsea Whro " 
Pipier White 
Hunter Whitehill

Claire Wiesen 
Devinda Wijewardena 
Ray Wilbur 
Emma Wilhelm 
Brandon Williams 
Bree Williams

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Kailyn Williams 
Kiera Williams 
Koryon Williams 
MyKina Williams 
Tonesia Williams 
Raven Williams-Fullam

Charles Willis 
Dezha Willoughby 
Phillip Willwerth 
Brandon Wilson 
Desmond Wilson 
Jena Wines

Ethan Wing rove 
Talia Winston 
Carlie Wirebaugh 
Brittany Wise 
Devin Wise 
Josie Witt

Patricia Wittenberg 
Rachel Woelkers 
Jacob Wojnicki 
Leah Wojtach 
Megan Wolf 
Noah Wolinski

Jesse Wolven 
Jaylin Wood 
Joshua Wood 
Kiana Wood 
Erie:, Woodard 
Rya Wood ha ms

Alexandra Woods 
Lauren Woods 
Martez Woods 
Bradford Woodward 
Jacob Wright 
Marcus Wright

Ramon Wright 
Sophia Wright 
Jameel Wright-Sherman 
And W| 
Jiachen Wu 
Jiaqi Wu

 
Jinyi Wu 
Lin Wu 
Linmeng Wu 
Mengtao Wu 
Nien-Yao Wu 
Siwei Wu

Xuebin Wu 
Yue Wu 
Yuning Wu 
Yuzhou Wu 
Zhaoqi Wu 
Ziying Wu

Megan Wudkewych 
Porsha Wyatt 
KeXi
Haokun Xia 
Zhiyi Xia 
Dan Xiang

Sining Xiang 
Ziyue Xiang 
Annie Xiao 
Huidi Xiao 
Kaichen Xiao 
Xingchen Xiao

Hanhan Xie 
Qiuyue Xie 
Xinyi Xie 
Yizhe Xing 
Junlun Xiong 
Bingyue Xu

Can Xu 
Fan Xu 
Fengxin Xu 
Huixiang Xu 
Ri Xu ; ’ 
Shiwei Xu

Weili Xu 
Xiao Xu 
Xiaoyuan Xu 
Xin Xu 
Yiwen Xu 
Yuanhao Xu

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Zhe Xu 
Zhehan Xu 
Siqi-Xue 
Kendahl Yamarino 
Bo Yan 
Jiannan Yan

Shuangyi Yan 
Yifei Yan 
Yuchen Yan 
ChenswYang 
Hedy Yang 
Jialin Yang

Ling Yang 
Luji Yang 
Mai Yang 
Penglu Yang 
Qiuyi Yang 
Sigi Yang

Tianyuan Yang 
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Yi Yang 
Jingyi Yao 
Kayleigh Yates 
Carter Yaw

Jiefeng Ye 
Jjhgrui Ye 
Xintong Ye 
Zhenyao Ye 
Alexandra-Yenchick 
J¡young Yeo

Kristelle Yëwah 
Rosalie Yockey 
Thomas Yombor 
Reid Yorjtfers 
Ye-Yoon 
Yeonkyung Yoon

Ran You 
..amie Youncoerg 
Corey Yu 
Feifan Yu 
Hao Yu 
Karisa Yu

Szu-Hsien Yu 
Xiang Yu 
Xiaonai*u 
lliaotong Yu 
Yue Yu 
Yue Yu

Zhengyr Yu 
Ziyue Yii 
Wei Yuan 
Zhaoqi Yuan 
Qiuyang Yue 
Shu Sue

Tori Zackery 
Kay lee Zajac 
Veronica Zak 
||luraina Zakri 
Michelle Zaltsman 
Armaan Za\|iri

Rachel Zawistowski 
Adam Zbiciak 
Shiyun Zeng 
Monique ZentneB 
Xiaoxuan Zhan 
Chuqi Zhang

Hejia Zhang 
Jiaji Zhang 
Taping Zhang 
J'nghui Zhang 
Jingxiang Zhang 
Jinjun Zhang

Jirosi Tfcng 
Junrong Zhang 
Kaiyue Zhang 
ungXuan Zhang 
Litao Zhang 
||dawei Zhang

Ningxuan Zhang 
Ni'ngyu Zhang ■. 
Shan Zhang 
Tianjiao Zhang 
Tianyu Zhang 
Tingling Zhang

Xiang Zhang 
Xiao Zhang 
Xiaohan Zhang 
Yan Zhang 
Yaru Zhang 
Yi Zhang

Ying Zhang 
Yu Zhang 
Yuan Zhang 
Yuanting Zhang 
Yue Zhang 
Yujia Zhang

Yujie Zhang 
Yunsheng Zhang 
Zixi Zhang 
Zixuan Zhang 
Dingying Zhao 
Hongjie Zhao

Hongyi Zhao 
Manyun Zhao 
Qinyi Zhao 
Ruocong Zhao 
Xueying Zhao 
Yaqi Zhao

Yuxuan Zhao) 
Zhe Zhao 
Zongrui Zhao 
Bowen Zheng 
Huiyu Zheng 
Qishan Zheng

Xiaochang Zheng 
Yiding Zheng 
Yifan Zheng 
Yuhao Zheng 
Chenying Zhou 

Han Zhou i

Kexin Zhou | 

Menghan Zhou 
Wanjun Zhou 
Wanting Zhou 
Wenhui Zhou 
Xingchi Zhou

Xuchao Zhou 
Yinghao Zhou 
Yue Zhou 
YutSg Zhou 
Zhongyao Zhou 
Ziran Zhou

Jinzhi Zhu 
Keyu Zhu 
Penglong Zhu 
Teresa ZhiB 
Weian Zhu 
Xinyi Zhu

Yanlin Zhu 
Yifan Zhu 
Ying Zhu 
Zhiqian Zhu 
Honggang Zhuang 
Taylor Ziegler

Erin Zimmer 
Adam Zipple 
Jonathan Zofchak 
Linzhi Zou 
Tianshu Zou 
Nicholas Zugaro

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A Letter from the Editor

I would be lying if I said I had an easy time thinking of what to write for my fina 

letter in the 2018 Red Cedar Log. After such a turbulent year on our green and 
white campus, I, like many of you, have found it difficult to put my thoughts and 

feelings into words. Upon sitting down and trying to decide what I wanted these 
final words to be, I remembered a Facebook status I posted on January 26, 201 8, 
after I got home from attending the March for Change at The Rock. Underneath 

my anger, confusion and disappointment in a small group of individuals affiliated 

with MSU, there was a feeling of hope that had sprung about after seeing and 
hearing my fellow Spartans speak in support of the Survivors. It was a feeling that 

I described as follows:

"Spartans Will."

It can be seen and heard all over MSU's campus. It is a response to many 
questions, used to describe MSU's student body's affinity for hard work, service, 
and value system. Who will stay true to their principles? Spartans will. Who will 
remain resilient? Spartans will. Who will stand up for what is right? Spartans 
will.

"Spartan's Will."

It's cannot be seen or heard—only felt. The past few weeks have been surprising, 
but the last few days have been utterly shocking. This is an incredibly painful 
chapter in MSU's story and it has made me think and feel many things, but 
soemthing I have felt has been more powerful than anything else. This feeling 
has compelled me (and many others, I'm sure) to stay true to my principles, 
remain resilient when I have felt powerless and to stand up for what is right and 
for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

This feeling is Spartan's Will.

Kent Kubani 

Editor-m-Chief,, 2018 
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the Class of 2018

A Letter from the President

Dear Fellow Spartans:

You have successfully completed a busy and eventful year at Michigan State 

University. Congratulationsyespecially, to those who achieved your goal of earning 

a degree from this globally respected institution.

There Were many reasons to come to Michigan State, 'ncluding the great 

diversity of talented classmates! caring faculty, world-class programs, global 

connections, Big Ten athletics, and the countless opportunities for enrichment. You 

no doubt also made this investment in your future because of our Spartan tradition 

of excellence—a tradition that is in our very DNA.

Our roots reach down to the founding of the nation,^a commitmenlto an 

educated public that within a couple generations inspired the creation of the 

land-grant college. Michigan State, established in 1 855, was a pioneer for this 

development.

By joining our Spartan family, you inherited this audacious idea of establishing 

an entirely new class of public university, -one balancing the timeless liberal arts with 

the most advanced scientific knowledge; one that imparted technical training along 

with civic engagement, public service, and global connections. The American land- 

grant university turned out to be one of the most powerful ideas ever conceived. In 

East Lansing and many other places, the land-grant university quickly became one 

of the nation's emblems of democratic progress.

It has provided upward mobility, and advanced knowledge and global 

opportunities, for countless graduates. 

It ¡is not coincidental that within a few 

decades of the land-grant program, the United States became the world's leading 

nation by many measures—economic, political, and social. Our opportunities for 

citizen betterment, along with the drive for continuous reformfcroved unparalleled 

in world history.

You are linked to one of the world's most empowering ideas: a university 

dedicated to the advancement both of the individual and of society through the 

integration of cutting-edge instruction, research|and outreach. You can forever be 

proud of Michigan State's role in pioneering that idea and keeping it vitally relevant 

through generations of Spartans.

The tradition is yours to carry on, so be bold. Continue youm transformation 

from learner to leader. I am confident that you, too, will show the world what we 

Spartans can do!

Very respectfully yoursf

Michigan State University

A Message from the Board of Trustees

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees salutes our graduating seniors for 

the dedication you have demonstrated in the pursuit of your degrees. We wish the 

Spartan Class of 201 8 the very best in the years ahead!

Brian Breslin, chairman 

Joel 

. Ferguson, vice chairman 

Dianne Byrum 

Melanie Foster 

Dan Kelly 

Mitch Lyons 

Brian Mosallam 

George Perles

Index

Aybar, Danny.......................................142,143

Bozack, Jaimie...........................................148

Babbitt, Alex...................................................124

Braman, Ashley....................................,,...192

Bailey Hall......................................................266

Breslin Center............66,67,68,,69,72,73

Abbasi, Innaan.................. ...............................41

Bailey, Autumn.................................................74

Brettschneider, Tommy.............................256

Academic Advancement Network...........15

Bambara, Toni Cade...................................280

Brewer, Zach............................................34,35

ACCENT International...................................38

Bankes, Emily...................................................52, 53

Brooks, Caroine...............................160,161

Accessible Art Exhibit.................................252, 253

Baseball.........................228,229,230,231

Brosnan, Rory...............................................157

Agee, Brandais.............................................141

Bash™, Numan................. 

92

Agirseven, Onur.............................................190

Bauer, Wolfgang...........................................1 7

Agodu, Will.......................................................73

Beaumonf, Tower...........................................1 1 3

Brown, William...........................................143
Bruegl, Heather...............................HH
Bruen, Riley....................................................54

Alex's Great State Race.......................84, 85

Beech, Jessica...............................................247

Brzozowski, Ashley........................ 176, 177

Alexander, Linda..............................................63

Bell, John..........................................................227

Bullion, Hannah..............................105, 233

Allen, April........................................................59

Bell's Brewery............................................92,93

Burke, Tarana...................................280, 282

Allen, Brooke.................................................148

Beltowski, Grace..............................................97

Burnham, Sarah.........................................254

Allen, Jenna.....................................................141

Benoit, Max.......................................................81

Burr, Alyssa......................................................21

Alpha Chi Omega............................176, 177

Bensinger, Mike.............................................143

Butcher, Jackson..........................................161

Alpha Phi Omega.......................................268, 269

Benton, Amber..............................................151

Butler, Amir................................................44, 45

Alverson, Chloe.............................................136

Bernard,Jamie....................................1 84, 1 85

Anderson, Kendal........................................109

Bernstein, Richard............................................85

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation... 1 34,1 35

Biochemistry  and  Molecular 

Biology

Antoncic, Justin...........................230,231

Club........................................................292,293

Apparel and Textile Design........................53

Black Panther........................................178,179

Appiagyei, Ewuraifia.................................279

Black Power Rally...........................................98, 99

Calley, Brian...................................................85

Archive for Research in Child Health..40,41

Black Student Alliance..............98,99, 178

Calloway, Stephanie...............................146

Artist Alley..........................................................70

Blackman, Timothy........................................151

Campbell, Sara..........................................256

Ashbaugh, Harry............................................92

Blake, Chris........................................................45

Campus to Coast......256, 257,258, 259

Associated Students of Michigan State

Blue Owl Coffee Co....................232, 233

Cantu, Devyn...............................................202

University............1 20,121,276,277,; 289

Bomeli, Jacob.................................................159

Capital Area Food Bank.........................190

394,395 

Boss Jr., Jake.................................................228

Capital Area Humane Society...............54

Atkinson, Shelby.

40

Bove, Travis...............................................20, 21

Carrington, Peter....................................46,47

 
Carson, Autumn..............................................61

Sciences....................................1 36, 164,293

DeMartin Stadium.......................................1 15

Carter, Ben..........................................1 86,1 87

College of Education...................226, 227,

Department 

of 

Art, 

History 

and

Cason, Shaniya...............................................23

282, 283

Design........................................................70, 71

CATA...........................................................42, 43

College of Engineering..............28, 29, 49

Department of Horticulture.......................222

Cedar Street Art Collective.......................133

College of Music.............................144,145

Dewan, Joe....................................................256

Centala, Brad.................................................100

College of Natural Science......200, 2011

Deyi, Wan........................................................107

Center 

for 

Language 

Teaching  and

202, 203

DeYoung, Tyce...............................................202

Advancement........................................106, 107

College of Nursing......................170, 171

Diesel, Sara.....................................................190

Chakraborty, Debrup..................................185

College of Osteopathic Medicine......1 84,

Digital Scholarship Lab..............124, 125,

Chambers, Amber..........................................45

185

126, 127

Chambers, Terah.........................................283

College of Social Science............1 34, 1 35

Dinverno, Steven..............................................84

Chandler, Roger............................................248

College of Veterinary Medicine..............46,

Drenth, Walt...................................81,265

Chapman, Jenna............................................34

192, 193

Dube, Michael..............................................169

Chen, Lei.........................................................106

Collegiate RecoveryCommunity.. 172, 173

Durbin, Dan....................................................256

Chen, Tony..........................................................60

Colley, Shay........................................140,141

Duris, Andrew..................................................157

Cheslik, Jamie..................................1 14, 1 15

Conley, Caleb.................................................73

Chesney, Danielle........................................164

Conlo'n, Don.......................................160, 16 T

Chevante, Elena...........................................104

Connected and Autonomous Networked

Chomiuk, Laura..............................................262

Vehicles for Active Safety.............................28

Chowles, Ross..............................................293

Cooper, Paul...................................................124

City of East Lansing.......................................51

Corey, Bryce....................................................78, 79

East By East Lansing Festival...........54, 55,

Clabeaux, Matt...................................286, 287

Crandell, Will...............................................15 11

56, 57

Clark, Brad.........................................................28

Cross Country..................................................80, 81

East Lansing City Council...........................51

Clark, Garret.....................................................92

Cultural Engagement Council...................94

East 

Lansing  Downtown Development

Cleaveland, Lee...............................................54

Cutting Edge Ministry.....................................60

Authority............................................................71

Coleman, Maddy...............................176, 177

Dalen, David...................................................20, 21

East Lansing Police Department.........20, 21

College  of  Agriculture  and  Natural

Daniels, Katelyn............................................265

East Lansing Public Library...........................63

Resources.............................................240,241

Daugherty, Claire..........................................131

East Lansing Robotics Fest...............28, 29

College of Arts and Letters................15, 106

Davis-Green, Connor.......................154,155

Eavy, Tara.........................................................1 1 2

College  of  Communication  Arts  and

Dawn, Lauren.....................................166, 167

Edmonds, Nicole...........................................190

Education Abroad Expo.....................38, 39

Fox, Olivia...................................................159

Hall, Zach.....................................................161

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.........162

Fu, Lorraine...................................................293

Hamers, Travis.............................................180

163,252,253

Games 

for Entertainment and Learning

Han, JinHee..................................................123

Eli BroadCollegeof Business.........160,161

Lab................................................................244

Hannah Administration Building......282,

Energy Transition Plan................................17

Gantz, Taylor................................................233

283,284,285

Engler, John..........................182, 4 83, 212, 

Gasca, Javier..............................................248

Harmer, Katie...................................

..............92

236, 282, 288

Gatt, Carson.....................................194, 195

Harrison, Rashida........................................290

Erdmann, Ryan.......................................16, 17

Gaunt, Aric.......................................226, 227

Erickson Kiva.................................................36

Geer, Allyson..............................................254

Ervin, Erika........................................206, 207

Genaw, Jake.................................................78

Harvey, Tia....................................................163
Haselwanter, Alexis.......................§HKp
Heeder, Chris...............................................158

George, Cathy..............................................74

Henriquez, Alisa..............................252,253

Gianiodis, Matt.........................................174

Henry, Diamond...........................................132

Gilbert Pavilion...................66, 67, 68, 69

Herd, Tim.................................................82,83

Golden 

Key 

International 

Honor

Highly Reflective..............................132, 133

Society................................................................63

Hinojosa, Erin..............................................159

Fava, Margherita.........................................151

Greek Life.................................................62, 63

Hirose,Taro.........................................194,195

Fee, Monica...................................................170

Green,Charlie............................................216

Hockey..........................194, 195, 196, 197

Fenton, Lauren................................................192

Green, Draymond........................................67

Holliday, Hannah......................................282

Field Holkey.....................................108, 109

Green, Robert L................................................98

Hollis, Mark........................................120,217

Fife, Chloe.....................................................222

Greenhalgh, Spencer..............................219

Hollobaugh, Katy..................................26,27

Fiscus, Jimmy.................................................100

Greenhow, Christine.....................226,227

Holt-Bridge, Alyse.........................................38

Fish, Lauren.....................................................1 21

Pireenwalt. Kve...........................................283

Honors College...................................24, 25

Fisher, Jada.......................................................38

Gude, Karl......................................................136

Hood, Lacey......................................226, 227

Fitzpatrick, Catherine..................................146

Guo, Juo........................................................206

Hopps, Phoebe...........................................128

Flucht, Kathryn..............................................236

Flynn, Holly...................................................260

Foley, Rayvon...............................................248

FormdS§j Brett.................................................169

Howaneic, AJ.................................................17

Howe, Shea.................................................112

Howland Co-op...................................64, 65

Huddleston, Christian................................83

Fortino-Frankl:n,. Loii....................................221

Flairston, Kailinn....................................36,179

Hudson, Mike...............................................84

Fortino, Stan....................................................243

Haliburton, Stephanie..................................98

Hunt, Ryan....................................................256

■

Huntington Club.............................................1 21

Kata, Gavin..............................................58, 59

Lasch, Rick..........................................................67

Hutchison, Josh..............................................206

Kelly, Bryce......................................................229

Lasch, Suzanne.................................................67

IceCube.......................200, 20%202,203

Kern pel, Leo......................................................28

Law, Natalie.................................................145

Impacl89 FM.............................162, 163

Kent, Daniel.......................................................28

Le, Julia............................................................105

Infrastructure and Planning Facilities... 1 24,

Kettle, Brian.......................................................80

League of Legends Club.........................139

148, 149, 243

Keur, Jordan....................................................228

Lee, Jasmine.....................................................98

Ink & Needle..............................142,  143

Keurejian, Conrad.........................................85

Leukemia  and 

Lymphoma 

Society  of

It's On Us: Week of Action..................287,

Kholsa, Tissa.................................................151

Michigan...........................................................54

294, 295

Kidd, Shanika........................................98, 178

Li by, Karen......................................................184

Izzo, Raquel.....................................................67

Kilponen, Kyle.......................... 

;*.^HH39

Little, Colleen.................................................1 23

lzzo,Tom..................................................67,1 87

Kirny Andrew......................................................28

Lombardi, Nona...............................................32

Kiprotich, Justine..............................................80

Long, Christopher............................................15

Klahn, Saiiuel Richard..................288, 291

Long, Mckenzie............................................246

Kleege, Georgina........................................253

loring, Julia.........................................................63

Klingel, Alex....................................................245

Lubahny Casey............................................217

Knapman, 

Alexander.......................48

Ly, Alexis..........................................................1 38

Jackson Jr., Jaren..........................................1 87

Koenen, Jasper....................................168, 169

Lyigian Briggs College.................222, 223,

Jackson-Elmoore, Cynthia............................25

Kogut, Bethany...............................................266

224, 225, 291

James Madison College...25, 290, 291

KornatowskiiBreanna...................................40

Jaques, Paul.......................................................34

Kramer, Angelika...........................................106

Jeffery, William....................................245

Kranda, Brooke.................................................74

Jimmy John's..........................................32,33

Kruse, Sydney.................................................291

Johnson, Michael.................................136

Kue, Sandra.......................................................49

Jones, Dejuan.......................................102,103

Labruzzy, Levi..................................................157

Ma, Nicole......................................................107

Jones, Mahogany..........................................129

Ladd, Caitie....................................................247

Mackoul, Alex........................................78, 79

Jones, Myya.......................................................98

Land Grant Goods..........................266, 267

Mager, Johan.................................................125

Judd, Ericka..............................................,.¿443

Langford, Joshua...........................................1 87

Magsoudi, Alexa.........................................291

Junus, Ranti......................................................219

Language and Media Center.........156

MakerSpace.....................................206, 207

Kanai, Masau..................................234, 235

Lanzinger, Lydia...............................176,

Mankel, Dylan...............................................263

Kappa Delta.....................................................63

Lasch Family Golf Center.......................254

Mapes, Kristen..............................................124

Marfa Sans, Paz...........................................255

Micallef, Jessie..............................................202

MSU Outdoors Club.................................256

Marich, Holly....................................226, 227

Miller, Gabriel..............................................243

MSU Paranormal Society................112, 113

Marlinez-Beltran, Sergio............................148

Miller; Terri........................................................124

MSU 

Pavilion 

for 

Agriculture 

and

Marx, Alex.............................22, 266, 267

Milligan, Elisabeth...........................................25

Livestock..................................1 30, 131, 236

Masengale, Tessa.......................................1 29

Minkel, Tom........................................250, 251

MSU Project 1:17.........................................60

Mathews, Jelanl...............................................60

Mndrucic, Diana..........................................106

MSU Racing Club.............................78, 79

MATRIX................................................134, 135

Mohammed^ Alex........................................266

MSU Rodeo Club...............63, 130^131

Matteson, Tyler................................................199

Monson, Abbey...............................................74

MSU Safe Place..................176, 177, 182

Matthews, Claire...................252, 

253

Monson, Jamie.................................................94

MSU Science Festival.....................222,223,

Matthews, Judy............................................219

Montgomery, Robert.................................241

224,225

Matusz, Audrey................................1 32, 163

Moore, Azya...................................................150

MSU Solar Racing Team....................48, 49

Mazza, Michael..............................................49

MSU Auditorium..............................................23

MSU Student Housing Cooperative......64

McCafferly, Amanda................................293

MSU Bikes Service Center....................42

MSU Student Organic Farm............22, 190

McCutcheon, Taryn....................................140

MSU Board of Trustees..............16, 182,

MSU Surplus Store..........................220, 221

McDonald, Mark............................................63

282, 288

MSU Telecasters.... 164, 165, 167, 168

McFarlane, Megan.....................................1 80

MSU Club Dodgeball.......................90, 91

MSU Trial Garden.......................................198

McGrath, Daedre........................................198

MSU Dairy Store...........................................54

MSU Union..............105, 146, 147, 291

McGuire, Zack..............................................228

MSU Esports Student Association........138,

Musliw Student Association.......................27

McLane Stadium............... ..........................228

139

Myers, Michelle..................................144, 145

McLean, Brian................................................163

MSU Faculty Senate......................288, 289

McQuaid, Matt.....................1 88, 

Me Too Movement...............280, 

1 89

281

MSU Fall Green Commuter Challenge..42

MSU Food Bank................................190, 191

Men's Basketball.....................66, 67, 1 86,

MSU Gospel Choir.........................................60

187, 188, 189

MSU Horticulture Gardens......................198

Men's Golf..............................216, 

217

MSU Kendo Club............................122, 123

Naddaf, Elias.................................................136

Men's Soccer..............100, 101, 102, 103

MSU 

LGBT Resource Center..............162

Nairn Jr., Lourawls.......................................186

Men's Tennis............................168, 

169

MSU Library Environmental Committee..46

Naismith Memorial  Basketball  Haljf of

Men's Wrestling........248, 249, 250, 251

MSU Main Library......58, 124, 1251206,

Fame.....................................................................67

Mendez, Xhercis...........................................280

207,260,261,268,269 

Nana, Krah....................................................266

Mental Health Awareness Week......287

MSU Observatory...........................262, 263

Nanzer, Rachel.......................................60, 61

Nassar, Larry............1 82, 1 83, 282, 286,

Rensing, Damon...........................................100

Nelson, Greg...............................................268

Plunder Panic...................................244, 245

287,291, 293

Plant and Soil Sciences Building.... 198

Residential  College 
Humanities..............................156, 157, 291

ihe  Arts  and

in 

Nichols, Andrei....................................44, 45

Poe,lera yn....................................................81

Resilient Tree...............................................14, 15

Nielsen, Brian...............................................131

Pope, Heather.................................................71

Richardson, Ben............................148, 

149

Noah, Trevor........................................96, 97

Potrykus,-Joel................................................245

Rifiotis, Katherine..........................................120

Norling, Leo..................................................268
Norris, Jessica..............................................no
O'Neil,Terence...............................Umili 24

Potter Park Zoo........256, 257, 258, 259

Rising Black  Men.....................................82, 83

Potter, Tim.........................................................42

Rivera^ Sandros.........................................90, 91

Powel, Kamie..............................................264

Robin, Emily...................................................287

Office for Education Abroad..................38

Powell, Alex.............................................84,85

Robinson, Shelby...........................................241

Ohlrogge, Carol.........................................260
Omar, ElsheriBHHHHmHH......26, 27

Powell, Juliana..............................................84

Rong,Yi.............................................................293

Prime Music Festival..................¡54, 155

Ross, Meredith................................................109

Onah, Joseph...............................................179

Priomari, Raydeer.........................................27

ROTC............................................................84, 85

Pabian, Austin.................................................54

Pritchett, Livi...................................................221

Rothe, Abigail..................................................105

Pan, Yun Ju..................................................151

Prndl............................................................34, 35

Rovai, Ana..........................................................59

Paneth, Nigel..................................................40

Procopio, Guy............................................180

Ruiz-Divas, Victor..............................................83

Park, Yujin.......................................................222

Parking and Code Enforcement..............42

Parr, Shannon..............................................105

Pawloski, Jake........................................32, 33

Paxton, Bailey..............................................244

Ruiz, Clark..............................................81, 265

Runkle, Erik......................................................222

Running Start Competition.........144,  145

Russell, Mary.................................1 10,-Ml 1

Ryan, Charlie..................................................174

Pekrul, Aaron...................................................42

Quinn, Tiffanie........

...53

Ryan, Chris........................................................164

Peralta, Franchezca................................243

Raxton, Christopher..............................72, 73

Rye, Angela.......................................................98

Perry, Michael...............................................94

Peugh, Terrence...........................................138

RECaP Laboratory..
.241
Red Cedar CandleCompany.... 1 8oj181

Sadek, Batoul....................................................27

Safe Halloween...................62, 63, 64, 65

Phi Kappa Sigma........................................54

Red Cedar River............212,

213, 256,

Saliba, Sam..........................................194, 195

Phillips, Natalie................................252, 253

257,258, 259

Sanders, Rachel...........................................266

Piacentini, Vince.........................................171

Reder,iames...........

..170, 171

Sandstedt, Andrew......................132, 

133

Pieczynski, Jordan...........................198, 199

Rehgerger, Dean..

.135

Sanford, Brennan.........................194,195

Pilarski, Kate....................................

170

Reim e| Taya............

.140

Santavicca, Lorenzo.....................4, 5, 1 20,
mm 276. 277. 289

Santi, Grace...................................................108

Snares to Wares...............................240, 241

Sullivan, Dennis................................................91

Saxton, Tom,...................................................1 15

Snyder-Phillips Hall.........................151, 157

Swim and Dive................................174, 175

Schilling, Gavin............................................1 87

Snyder, Elizabeth.........................................233

Syed, Zunerah................................................27

Schilling, Nicole............................................260

Sobus, Darlene..............................................245

Schooley, Nicholas.......................................45

Social Justice Art Festival..............150,151

Schuiling, Rebecca.......................................53

Solanki, Sonali..............................................151

Schweda, Kelly.................................1 10, 1 1 1

Sometimes Art House....................132, 133

Sears, Huei......................................................263

South by Southwest.........................244, 245

Seelye, Jack...................................................174

Spartan Bizcast................................160, 1 61

T.B. Simon Power Plant....................................17

Seggebruch, Daniel......................................23

Spartan DJ Club.............................................155

Talaga, Charlie..............................................32

Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence

Spartan Ideas....................................21 8, 219

Tanner, Richard................................................71

Program..............................................1 1 oB 111

Spartan Innovations........................................34

Tarr, Duncan....................................................1 35

Shamoun, Dillon...............................154, 155

Spartan Invitational.........................264, 265

Taylor, Ellie.......................................................21 2

Shopped, Rebecca...............................90, 91

Spartan Marching Band....................94, 95

The Hatch.........................................................244

Sharp, Michael................................216, 217

Spartan Stadium..............................................58

we Rock............................25l60, 276, 278

Shea, Sydney...............................................1 39

Spartan Stampede..........................1 30, 1 31

Therapy Dog Thursday.................260, 261

Shetenhelm, Joseph.....................................192

Sparty...................................................................62

Therapy Dogs International.......................260

Shevchenko! Zoya.......................................1 33

Spartython...........................................154,155

Thomas, Dezman............................................36

Sideshow......................164, 165, 167, 168

Spencer, Ayanna...........................................280

Thomas, Eric.............................................36, 37

Sienko, Luke........................................166, 167

Spencer, Richard........236, 237, 238, 239

Thompson, Julian...........................................177

Simon, Lou Anna K......................28, 94, 277

Sprinkle, Melanie.........................................21 2

Thompson, Lucy.................................................38

Simon, Zachariah..........................................177

Stahl, Nicholas............................................212

Thornton, Alyssa...............................................71

Sing®, Saim*.....................................................51

Stano, Alexandra............... ........................129

Thornton, David...............................................94

Sirigiriljane............................................33, 39

Stapk, Greg........................................................49

Todoroff, Nicholas........................................122

Slade, Danielle..............................................1 1 2

StateWalk..........................................268, 269

Tolbert, Sierra.................................................151

SlavistaHBy,.................................................151

Stebbins, Laina.................................................51

Toler, Gia.......................................................151

Slobodnik-StolL, Stacy.................................254

Steinkopf, Lisa.................................................198

Tom 1770 Hall of History........66, 67, 68, 69

Smith, Horace...............................................262

Stephens, Aaron....................................50, 51

Tompkins, Megan....................................76,77

Smith, Khalila.....................................1 30, 1 31

StoltzfusVSue....................................282, 283

Toth, Evan.......................................................21 2

Smith, Steven..................................................221

Struna, Taylor....................................172, 173

Track and Field..............................264, 265

Transformativejustice Speaker Series.. .280 Westerman, Scott..................................84, 85

Troy, Bethany............

............198

Wharton Center............97,280,285,287

Tucker, Jake...............

............248

White, Blythe..................................................15

Tye Dye "mom............

.145, 147 White, Carolyn..............................................47

University ActivitiesBoard.....................146

White, Chloe...................................................42

University of Michigan.................84, 85 Whitmer, Gretchen...................................277

Usuomon, Osazuwamen..........................137

Wieber, Jordyn...............................286, 287

Valley Court Park...

...............28

Williamson, Monica................................288

Vandegrift, Drew....

...............46

Winn, Brian.......................................244,245

Veltowski, Grace....

............241

Wirebaugh., Carlie...................................293

Vet-A-Visit...................

.192,193 Wise, Brittany..............................................237

Vickery, Shawnee...

............289

Wolinski, Noah..........................................154

VIM Magazine........

..104,105 Woloszyk, Zachary.....................................39

Women's Basketball......06,67,140,141

Women's Golf.................................254, 255

Women's March.,.:....1...................128, 129

Women's Soccer............................114, 115

Women's Softball...........................246, 247

Women's Volleyball............74, 75,76, 77

W.J. Beal BotanicalGarden...........45,47 Woods, ffljstin..............................................164

Walker, Andrew......

WalkeriGerena...................151,

............216
152I153 Wray, Jeffrey...................................................97

Woods, Susan................................................51

Walker, Jonny______

...............54

WWE Live............................................72, 73

Walker, Kartale........

Watrall, Ethan.........

Watson, Jordan......

Watson, Ladell.........

Watson, Robert........

............105

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............245

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Xie, Tianyi......................................................293

Yewah, Kristelle...........................................115

Zalewski, Kistina............................246,247

Zeigler, Shelby.....................................34, 35

Zhang, Di......................................................184

KèlJenzohn, Morgan................................175

Zierler, Matt.....................................................25

Werner, Lucas...........

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