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PROPOSED GUN CONTROL INCREASES LOCAL SALES

New Sparrow East Lansing opens doors for business

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As Greater Lansing stores sold out of assault weapons in the aftermath of the December elementary school massacre, President Barack Obama announced his plans to intensify gun regulations Wednesday. Local business owners said gun sales were driven to new highs following legislators’ speculations that gun control could prevent another tragedy like the December attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School where a shooter killed 27 people, including himself and 20 children. “We prett y much got cleaned out,” Todd Maxwell, a clerk at Moose Creek Archery Gun-Tackle, 506 Isbell St., in Lansing, said of the guns that might fit the defi nition of assault weapons and their ammunition. “People are purchasing on the anticipation that these things won’t be available.” He said smaller stores, such as Moose Creek, are having trouble ordering more of the sold-out items because larger stores quickly bought them in bulk — a problem Yvonne Evanoff-Joseph has experienced as well. “I am down to the lowest stock I have ever (had) since I took over when my dad died in ‘93,” said Evanoff-Joseph, owner of Classic Arms Co., 1600 Lake Lansing Road, in Lansing. “I have stock this low and the inability to get more.” She said she has seen a countless number of new gun buyers coming through her doors. Maxwell said if legislation is passed limiting the sale of guns, Moose Creek could see as much as a 25-50 percent fall in sales. Obama signed 23 executive orders Wednesday to strengthen the background check systems for gun purchasers, to have the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research ways to reduce gun violence and

ernor also attacked higher education earlier in the year. In February 2012, Snyder’s budget proposal cut 15 percent of funding for higher education. “He de-invested in education and because of that, we are still scrambling to make education affordable,” Wooden said.

Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital opened the doors of the East Lansing Urgent Care clinic Wednesday, providing students and East Lansing residents access to another health care site within blocks of campus. Sparrow East Lansing, 2682 E. Grand River Ave., broke ground last September and was completed about two weeks ago. “(It’s) convenient for (students) being a couple blocks away from campus,” Sparrow spokesman John Tramontana said. “Sparrow wants to be able to get out into the communities.” Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital is approximately 3 miles from campus — about an 8-minute drive. The urgent care center was previously located at 2248 Mt. Hope Road, in Okemos, before it moved to its current, larger location. The nearly two-mile move to the new location is more convenient “not only for students, but people in (the) community,” said Patricia Crowe, a doctor at Sparrow East Lansing. The building has a lab test facility for patients to receive X-rays and blood tests. With the deadly cases of flu striking the state of Michigan, Tramontana said flu vaccines also are available at the center, and supplies are stocked daily. “(We) haven’t been anywhere close to running out,” he said. Allyson Rogers, health promotion and communications specialist at Olin Health Center, said while Olin’s vision is to be the health and wellness resource for MSU students, they will continue to refer students to other medical venues if needed. “We’d be more than happy to refer them to another medical facility if we were unable to provide the service necessary,” she said. Although Olin is just a

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Michigan State Spartan’s Adreian Payne shoots a basket over Penn State Nittany Lions’s D.J. Newbill during the second half of a men’s college basketball game at the Bryce Jordan Center on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, in State College, Pennsylvania. The Spartans won, 81-72. ABBY DREY/ CENTRE DAILY TIMES/MCT

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Gov. Rick Snyder smiles at the crowd before he begins his State of the State address on Wednesday at the Capitol. Snyder informed the state of Michigan on the improvements that have been made in the past year and his plans for the new year.

SNYDER TO MICHIGAN: “IT’S TIME.”

Snyder puts focus for 2013 on infastructure, college graduates, jobs

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fter a year of higher education budget cuts, right-to-work protests, the end of Bridge Cards and making K2 synthetic drugs illegal, Gov. Rick Snyder had a chance to reflect on 2012 during his third State of the State address Wednesday evening. He celebrated the Michigan Legislature’s successes and the state’s growth before an audience of hundreds, including a shouting crowd of protesters outside the Capitol. But as he ran down a list of accomplishments from the past year, he also looked toward the future workforce of the mitten — students. “Our goal is to continue to keep the young people in this state, and we’re going to continue to work hard,” Snyder said. Snyder and MSU Despite his Wolverine background, Snyder has spent his share of time at MSU enacting programs that affect the Spartan community. In December, Snyder donned a robe and addressed seniors at their graduation ceremony, asking them to stay and find a career in Michigan. Last year, Snyder increased MSU’s funding by 1.4 percent — an upward trend economics professor Charles Ballard hopes will continue. “I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ve hit

Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, State Attorney General Bill Schuette and State Treasurer Andy Dillon applaud as Gov. Snyder addresses the state of Michigan on Wednesday at the Capitol. This is Snyder’s third State of the State address. He emphasized infastructure througout the state, but touched on a variety of issues.

bottom and, now that our economy is growing, perhaps that will free up some funds,” he said. Wednesday night, the governor presented plans to focus on state university graduates in March and establish a system to create jobs through the educational system in April. But MSU College Democrats president Stephen Wooden said the gov-

OFF-COURT CONFLICT, ON-COURT WIN MSU beats Penn State 81-72 after police call on minor incident between MSU players By Dillon Davis davisdi4@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

With hours to prepare the No. 18 MSU basketball team for battle with Penn State, MSU men’s head MSU 81 basketball PSU 72 coac h Tom Izzo first had to deal with a battle of a different variety. Before the Spartans took to the floor at Bryce Jordan Arena against the Nittany Lions, the team knew they’d have to do so without sophomore guard/ forward Branden Dawson and junior center Adreian Payne — at least to open the game. Yet, Payne returned to action and surged to finish as the team’s leading scorer with 20 points as the Spartans (15-

3 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) took down Penn State (8-9, 0-5), 81-72, marking Izzo’s 200th career victory in Big Ten play. Izzo joins Indiana’s Bob Knight and Purdue’s Gene Keady as the only coaches in Big Ten history with 200 or more conference wins. The Spartans used a balanced scoring attack and had five players finish in double figures in scoring including Payne, senior center Derrick Nix, junior guard Keith Appling, sophomore guard Travis Trice and freshman guard Gary Harris. “It was kind of a tough day,” Izzo said. Earlier in the day, Penn State University police responded to a call indicating Dawson and Payne were involved in a physical confrontation at the

“They were wrong with what they did, but I hope nobody makes a mountain out of a molehill.” Tom Izzo, MSU men’s head basketball coach

team’s campus hotel. According to Penn State University police chief Tyrone Parham, the two players were involved in a verbal altercation that turned physical as the players exchanged punches, followed by one player shoving the other into the wall. The duo walked away with minor cuts on their faces and were not permitted to start in Wednesday’s game against Penn State. “Right now, I’m considering a lot of things with those two,” Izzo said. “In all hon-

esty, I must say to our fans back there, they were wrong with what they did, but I hope nobody makes a mountain out of a molehill because it wasn’t one.” With Dawson and Payne spending the fi rst half next to one another on the bench, Izzo was left to piece together a lineup already crippled by the earlier season loss of Brandan Kearney. However, the Spartans came out of the gate strong. See PENN STATE on page 2 X

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Police brief Carmack trial to be held in next few months Advertising junior Brandon Carmack likely will be headed to trial within the coming months, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said. Carmack is charged with two counts of assault and battery, one count stalking, one count of domestic assault and battery and one count of filing a false police report after reportedly attempting to assault his girlfriend in late August. Bill Hankins, Carmack’s defense attorney, said he is in negotiations with the prosecutor’s office. Hankins said he believes MSU hockey players involved in the case are at fault and alleges they assaulted Carmack. “They damn near killed the boy,” Hankins said. “I think the wrong people got charged in this case.” Carmack originally was scheduled for a pretrial conference Wednesday, but the court appearance was changed to an off-the-record filing as the attorneys continue negotiations. DARCIE MORAN

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In late November, Snyder visited MSU’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station — a research field station near Kalamazoo, Mich., — to announce plans to invest more in research institutions. He emphasized energy efficiency and said Michigan lawmakers need to buckle down to develop a longterm energy plan in 2013. Snyder reaffirmed the importance of environmentally friendly energy, an effort MSU has been working toward through its Energy Transition Plan, which aims to run the university on 40 percent renewable energy by 2030. Fred Poston, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and former vice president of finance and operations, listened to Snyder’s promises throughout the evening. “What I really liked about the governor’s speech was

it was comprehensive,” Poston said. “He was clearly a big-picture thinker, and he was looking at solving the system’s problem there.”

The long road ahead The central focus of Snyder’s speech was repairing Michigan roads, bridges and harbors. The more than $1 billion in construction will be paid for through a gas tax he referred to as a “user tax,” because Michigan residents use roads throughout the state. “We need to invest more in our roads,” he said. “To put it in simple sense: it’s time.” Ballard also applauded the governor’s efforts to construct a new bridge over the Detroit River. “We’re moving forward with the new international trade crossing,” Snyder said. Snyder said the average car repairs for Michigan are $81 more per vehicle than the surrounding states because of the state’s poor road conditions. University engineer Bob Nestle said although this will not affect MSU directly, as the university pays for its own construction projects, it could mean more funding for roads surrounding the campus. In March, Grand River Ave-

nue and Michigan Avenue will receive some improvements, including roadway resurfacing, an 8-foot-wide sidewalk added to both sides of Grand River Avenue and an additional three Michigan-left turns on Michigan Avenue. “That becomes the governor’s challenge I think — to convince people of the state that it’s their tax dollars and more of it needs to be spent on roads,” Nestle said. However, Director of MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research Douglas Roberts said residents might be convinced to spend the money for something that will impact their lives everyday — the roads they drive on. “I’m convinced that it’s going to be a tough vote, but on the other hand, I think it will ultimately pass,” Roberts said. Next on his plate As Snyder detailed his plans for 2013, he detailed a laundry-list of projects he hopes to begin this year. He mentioned helping K-12 programs, veterans and retired Michigan residents. He asked legislators to work on lowering Michigan auto insurance by reforming no-fault insurance and creating an

authority to prevent insurance fraud. He said Michigan should work on mental health by investing in partnerships and more resources, such as those offered at MSU through the Counseling Center. “We should be doing more to help people before they show up before a judge,” he said. But some outside the Capitol still were focused on Snyder’s track record for 2012. While Snyder gave his speech, about 100 gathered outside the building to protest right-to-work legislation. He briefly mentioned the uneasiness caused by a rightto-work bill passed during December’s lame duck decision, which made unions optional for employees. “I hope we can work together … to avoid those types of situations, but ultimately we’re hired by the citizens and the people of the state of Michigan and our role and responsibility is to give them the best customer service,” he said. Looking ahead in May, Michigan lawmakers will report on the mitten’s land and in June, Snyder will look at ways to preserve the Great Lakes. “Enough talk for tonight, let’s go to work tomorrow,” he said. “Let’s reinvent Michigan.”

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GUNS

Stores owners said they are near soldout as Obama signs 23 executive orders FROM PAGE ONE

help mental health professionals understand options for reporting violent threats, among others. Obama also urged Congress to restore a ban on military-style assault weapons and instill a 10-round limit for magazines. “In the days ahead, I intend to use whatever weight this office holds to make them a reality,” Obama said. Assistant professor of criminal justice April Zeoli said she was not surprised by the increase in gun sales. Although Obama’s announcement might cause an increased of an uptick in the sales, she said this likely is a short-term impact. “The (plans) have a lot of promise to increase the public safety, and to do research we can evaluate and look at and try to figure out whether or not they do increase the public safety,” she said. Zeoli spent Monday and Tuesday at a summit on gun control along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She was one of more than 20 experts who

participated, and information gathered in the event was sent to Obama for review. Zeoli said the increase in guns and gun owners in the Lansing area could pose a risk because areas with guns typically have more gun-related deaths, either by murder or suicide. East Lansing police Capt. Jeff Murphy said he is not aware of a large increase in gun crimes in the last month. The increase in gun sales worried kinesiology freshman Amanda Chappel, who said she doesn’t like hearing there are more purchased guns in the area. But Chappel didn’t necessarily believe it’s an issue as long as the buyers are law-abiding citizens. “It’s more all of the talk — it’s creating uneasiness,” Chappel said. Evanoff-Joseph said she performs background checks on everyone who purchases a gun at Classic Arms and doesn’t understand the worry when the purchases are coming from lawabiding businesses by law-abiding citizens. “The gun industry is probably one of the most regulated industries in the country,” she said. “We don’t need more gun laws and regulations — we need to enforce what we already have.”

PENN STATE

Barred from starting, Payne scores 20 points in game FROM PAGE ONE

After shooting a dismal 1-for-11 in the last game against Nebraska, freshman guard Gary Harris opened the game with back-to-back 3-pointers, followed by triples from Appling and sophomore Russell Byrd. Harris finished the half as MSU’s leading scorer with nine points on 3-of-5 (60 percent) shooting from the floor. Despite the hot start, without two of their primary big men in the paint, the Spartans were forced into more

jump shots and managed just a 40 percent shooting performance in the half. A strong start by Nittany Lions’ guard Jermaine Marshall allowed the game’s beginning to remain close as MSU carried a slim 29-25 lead into halftime. After losing the lead in the second half, the Spartans took it back on a Payne jumper at 14:06. From there, the team went on a 19-8 run to open up a double-digit lead, which they never surrendered. Near the end Penn State forced the issue and cut the lead down to five with less than two minutes to play. Still, the Spartans were able to knock down their free throws in the final minutes and left the building with the victory, relatively unscathed.

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Award-winning MSU milk CULTURAL AIDES HELP ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY used for Dairy Store cheese By Lilly Keyes keyeslil@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS

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Packed udder to udder in the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center’s milking parlor stood some of MSU’s finest — 14 Holstein cows — in place and ready to be milked. But this isn’t just any milk the cows are producing. Every day, about 155 cows are milked at the dairy farm, which produces nationally award-winning milk. The center received platinum recognition from the National Dairy Quality Award Program for its milk from 2012 — its third year receiving the award. Starting this week, the award-winning milk will be used to produce cheese sold at Dairy Store locations on campus. Typically, this milk only was shipped to the Michigan Milk Producers Association, or MMPA, cooperative in Livonia Mich., where it was bottled, sent to other co-ops and sold at Kroger stores across the state, said Bob Kreft, herd manager at the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center. It was not shipped to and directly used in Dairy Store products — something commonly assumed by students, Kreft said. “We’re pretty excited.” Kreft said. “I’ve had their cheese before and I thought it was good. But I’m going to go back and try it again when it’s our own milk.” MSU Dairy Complex Manager John Engstrom said he expects all of the Dairy Store’s cheese to be made of MSU milk by Christmas this year. Because of the time it takes for cheese to age varies, it will take about a year for certain cheeses, such as cheddars and

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Animal caretaker Randy Bontrager prepares cows to be milked by machines Wednesday at the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center.

colby jack, to hit the shelves. Degano and pepper jack cheese made with MSU milk likely will be in stores in two to three months, Engstrom said. As of yesterday, the cheese curds sold at the MSU Dairy store were made of MSU milk, Engstrom said. Currently, the dairy complex has about 30,000 pounds of cheese stored with milk from outside suppliers, he said. “This is a win-win for everybody,” he said. “You can’t get a higher-quality milk than what’s being produced on campus, and that’s what you want. You want the best source of milk to make the cheese from.” Milk quality is measured by low bacteria and somatic cell counts, which were extremely low in MSU’s milk last year, Kreft said. Although he said it does not affect the taste of the milk, higher quality milk lasts longer on store shelves and impacts the amount of cheese one can produce from the milk.

Engstrom said the dairy complex used to get milk from an MMPA co-op in Ovid, Mich., which also was high quality. But once the complex got its own hauling license and was able to go directly to farms to get the milk, they decided to keep it close to home and get milk straight from the MSU farm. Animal science senior Emily Henderson, a pusher at the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center, said she is glad to see the milk made at MSU used in products and bought by the community. Henderson directs the cows into the parlor and assists with the milking process. “We produce all this stuff,” Henderson said. “We give it to the students and I can go in and say, ‘Yes, I actually milked this cow earlier this morning and here is that milk.’”

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COMMUNITY

Residents go batty for new zoo creatures By Isabella Shaya

From the knit German flag pillow lying on Kate Freiberger’s sofa to her excited talk of trips to Mexico, Costa Rica and Germany, Freiberger’s craving for diversity is shown in every aspect of her life. So when the genomics and molecular genetics sophomore found out she would have the chance to be an intercultural aide for McDonel Hall this academic year, she couldn’t wait to move in, she said. “I was so excited,” Freiberger said. “For me, it was more the mentoring aspect I really liked.” As an intercultural aide for the Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions, or OCAT, her job is to help the roughly 200 students in McDonel Hall who might be feeling lost in the academic, cultural or collegiate sense, Freiberger said. Although her door is always open, not all students feel compelled to step inside. “We’re a mystery on campus, I feel like,” she said. Neuroscience freshman Samuel Akwei-Sekyere, who came from Ghana, said when he came to MSU, intercultural aides were just as mysterious to him as Freiberger described. But when he experienced academic uncertainty, he turned to biomedical laboratory sciences junior Neco Wilson — another OCAT

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Intercultural aide Kate Freiberger poses with American and German flag pillows in her dorm in McDonel Hall. Freiberger speaks German and is learning Spanish.

representative in McDonel Hall — hoping to find help getting a research position in his field. After that experience, AkweiSekyere regularly began to seek help from his intercultural aides, an action that isn’t necessarily common among his floor mates, even though their help could be beneficial, Akwei-Sekyere said. “Before I actually got to know them, I just thought it was one of those normal positions you get in school, you know just for the money and stuff,” he said. “But once I got to know (intercultural aides), I changed my whole academic career around.” Although it isn’t uncommon for intercultural aides to be confused with resident assistants, Tiffany Toriumi, area coordinator for OCAT, said it is the aides’ responsibilities to not only be a

rock for their residents, but to promote and host cultural events on campus. Wilson said it is important to create a family-like dynamic between themselves and the residents on their floors. While the aides work to form bonds with residents, they also form bonds with each other in the process, commonly calling each other aide brother and aide sister. “I decided I wanted to be (an aide) because I wanted the personal growth,” Wilson said. “When I think of the aide family, I think of it as a family for me in the residence hall.”

transportation and ticket to the Feb. 2 rivalry game for $7. At the meeting, COGS also announced it will be a co-sponsor for the next Taste of East Lansing at its monthly full-council meeting Wednesday. COGS unanimously approved a $500 co-sponsorship for the April 27 Taste of East Lansing event. The event brings together a wide variety of local restaurants handing out samples of meals they offer.

“We focused on events that really encourage graduate and professional students to get off-campus and into the community and interact with other East Lansing residents,” COGS President Stefan Fletcher said. This is the second year COGS has contributed to the event. The location of the event and other logistics have not yet been determined, Fletcher said.

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On Wednesday, the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, officially welcomed in its newest animals — Seba’s short-tailed bats. Seba’s short-tailed bats are small, fruit-eating bats native to South and Central America, said Melissa Lincoln, one of the two primary caregivers for the bats. The 27 male bats fluttered in a dark cage in the bird and reptile house at the zoo. Visitors to the opening were able to taste some of the fruits the Seba’s shorttailed bats eat. The bat’s favorites are juicy papayas and bright bananas, Lincoln said. There were about 200 people who signed up to attend the event, said Payal Ravani, marketing coordinator for the Potter Park Zoo. MSU alumna and Lansing resident Emily Rohrer is a volunteer at the Potter Park Zoo, and she said she came to the grand opening to support the zoo. “I try to come to every event possible, any excuse to be here,” Rohrer said. Potter Park Zoo partnered with Bat Conservation International, which works to conserve bats and inform people how to help out. Jake Pechtel, communications director for the Potter Park Zoo, said the zoo planned to receive 25 bats, but because the animal is so difficult to catch and the zoo specifically wanted males, they ended up with two extra. Since the Potter Park Zoo never has had bats before, many changes and additions to the zoo needed to happen in order to accommodate the bats, including adding a double door, so the bats can’t escape, Lincoln said. Lincoln said the exhibit is meant to teach visitors about White-nose Syndrome, which already has killed millions of bats in eastern North America. Lincoln said she suspects it will not be long before the disease

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Jack Gladhill, 5, of Okemos, adjusts his bat hat in front of a new exhibition window of Seba’s short-tailed bats at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, on Wednesday.

hits Michigan. Seba’s short-tailed bats are not native to Michigan, but other local bats could be killed by the disease if it strikes the state. Without the bats, insect populations, including mosquitoes, might increase, Lincoln said. Rohrer said the Seba’s shorttailed bats also add diversity to the zoo, and a chance to teach the

community about the bat’s important role in the ecosystem. “(It’s) more likely that people are to say, ‘That Potter Park is a real zoo!’” Rohrer said.

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econd semester is starting to take off. Professors are beginning to assign homework and projects, and the last thing anybody wants now is to get sick—especially with the flu. But for one reason or another, many students choose not to get a flu shot. Whether they think don’t have time, or they believe they aren’t at risk of being infected, it’s important to remember the flu can strike at any time. Getting the

flu shot should be a top priority for college students, considering the severity and heightened amount of confi rmed cases in Michigan this season. According to experts, there have been 285 confi rmed cases of a flu strain that killed four Michigan residents to date. In the past week, there have been 50 MSU flu cases reported to the Olin Health Center. Symptoms of the fl u include a high fever — 100-102 degrees Fahrenheit — headaches, general aches and pains, fatigue and weakness, a stuffy nose, sneezing, a sore throat and cough. And if these symptoms turn into pneumonia or bronchitis, you most likely will be unable to attend classes for weeks. Until you actually get sick with the flu, you might not realize the importance of the flu shot. But if you contract the flu during a time when classes and work are demanding, a few days behind might become a few weeks. Olin Health Center offers flu shots for students for $58 when billed to the patient, but if you have the MSU Aetna Student Insurance

plan, it is free. Read the rest online at T his is muc h statenews.com/blog. cheaper than the medicine provided to patients when they are diagnosed with the flu — which could end up costing up to $130. Flu shots also are offered on a walk-in basis at pharmacies such as CVS, Walgreens, Target and Rite your hands regularly, covering your mouth when Aid. Getting a flu shot particularly is important you cough and cleaning phones and keyboards for students who live or work in the dorms. In that might contain germs. The last thing you want is to not only catch tight quarters, a cough or sneeze can travel a long way, putting these students at a greater the flu, but also have your friends mad at you for getting them sick. risk than others. When you’re in college, it’s easy to spread In addition, riding the bus, working in computer labs or eating in on-campus cafeterias and catch illnesses, and the flu is not someputs students at a greater risk for catching the thing to joke about. You may be one of those people who think bug. Although many students are reluctant to get you don’t need the flu shot, but if you do catch a flu shot, anything that can keep you safe and the flu, you will wish you had gotten it. healthy is a good thing. Many teachers only have a few excused In addition to getting your flu shot, easy ways absences, and nobody wants to fail a class to stay healthy this semester include washing because of the flu.

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Good article! It’s nice to see you address the real issue at hand here. Although I don’t think you can blame just one thing for these kinds of events, addressing how to get help to those who need it is key. I don’t necessarily believe it is playing Call of Duty that does it, but maybe more the “locked in the basement for hours” playing it. Parents need to be more involved in the lives of their children and not let them be raised by society and video games. I’ll admit my friends and I used to spend hours playing Halo, Call or Duty or Gears of War many years ago, and none of us have turned out like Lanza. Hillbilly, Jan. 14 via statenews.com

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I suspect that mental health is a bigger issue than a lot of people think it is. It seems perfectly reasonable to have background checks and verify that a person doesn’t have a history of mental illness before selling a gun to them. I wouldn’t go as far as outlawing guns. Most people use them responsibly, and it’s a deterrent for criminals to break in if they suspect you are armed. (comment continued at statenews.com) Lexi, Jan. 15 via statenews.com

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tional approach my parents took about the topic, and grew to resonate strongly with the larger emphasis they placed simply on the idea of Whether these unknowns having a belief in anything at all. become doubts we spend years tryAs my sister and I grew older, we ing to make peace with, or barriers eventually were raised Catholic, but from the past we might always feel in a way that only made sense in the trapped behind, they stand out to Olsen household. us and miraculously seem to find Our attendance record at church their way back in our minds when hung between a thin balance of ranwe least expect. dom Sundays and holidays, such as No matter how much of an effort I Christmas and Easter, and almost personally try to put forth in avoid- always resulted in us standing ing these issues, as I laid among the other churchin my bed last night goers who took too long trying to fall asleep, I GUEST COLUMNIST to get ready and arrived couldn’t shake the fact late. that one of my greatest Although this upbringunknowns had found its ing left me equipped with way back in to my life. a comfortable underWednesday’s issue of standing of my religion, The State News featured during my first semesa column written by a ter of college, everyyoung woman detailing thing I thought I knew GREG OLSEN the difficult journey she got turned upside down, olsengr2@msu.edu had trying to rediscovwhen I was hit with the er religion after coming shock of my father’s unexto college. pected death. Although religion — and the sigThe events that followed I’m not nificance it holds in our everyday proud of. lives — is a topic I’m sure many of On the night before his funeral us have made decisions about in the — what remains to this day the last past, as I finished reading her col- conversation I can remember havumn, I couldn’t help but envy the ing with any higher power — I broke level of faith she spoke about. down by myself in the front seat of As the opinion writer for The my parents’ car, yelling out into the State News, I am fortunate enough silence at the only person I felt was to have the opportunity to take time responsible for my frustration. each week to sit down and formuIn that moment I was alone, and late something I hope might impact I was angry. someone’s day. I was angry at the person I Whether it’s the far-off goal of believed had put my mother in bringing a smile to someone’s face, charge of holding together a famior the more realistic aim of clump- ly when I knew all she wanted was ing together words to get people a moment to cry. through class, this idea is something I was angry at the person I that excites me and makes the work believed was forcing my sister to I do feel all the more special. uproot her life in order to guaranAlthough some topics are more tee her younger brother might stay difficult to discuss, as I reflected on in school. the emotions Wednesday’s guest colAnd I was angry at the person I umn sparked in me, it was hard to believed had made the process of imagine writing about anything growing up for one 19-year-old kid else. start too soon. It’s been more than three years When I consider how much difsince I last can remember saying a ferent my life is now compared to prayer or having a conversation with three years ago, and how my family any higher power that felt, in any has made steps to move past these way, genuine. As shameful as this events, one thing has remained might seem, and as far from proud true. of this fact as I am, to understand For each of us, whether spoken the dissonance I have with reli- of or not, religion has remained an gion, you first have to understand integral part of our lives. my past. Although a part of me still strugI was raised in a religiously-split gles with the concept of faith, and household by parents who never I am unsure whether these feelquite seemed sure how to bring up ings ever will subside, the thought the subject, or blend the differenc- that some unknown exists is somees of opinions they had. thing that keeps me hopeful for the My mother was Catholic, and her future. strong conviction to her faith led I might never be fortunate enough her to devote her life to the church to have the type of connection to my when she was young. faith as detailed by the young womMy father was Lutheran, and car- an from Wednesday’s column, but ried a deep disdain for most things the level of solitude and strength her religious because of the “Sisters” faith seemed to create is something who taught him at Bible school as I can’t help but admire. a kid. Who knows? Maybe there’s anothDespite these polar viewpoints, er conversation to be had in my I grew to appreciate the unconven- future. n each of our lives, we have certain questions that never seem to get answered.

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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the MSU College of Music will host two free concerts this weekend to celebrate his life and work. The concerts, called, “Jazz: Spirituals, Prayer and Protest,� will be held at 3 and 7 p.m. on Jan. 20 in the Pasant Theatre of Wharton Center. The two performances are part of “The Road to Social Justice Begins with One Step� — a campuswide effort to promote the continuation of social equality. The lineup of performers include MSU’s Jazz Orchestras and the MSU Gospel Choir. Peter Lightfoot, a professor in the MSU College of Music, will perform as well. The agenda for the evening also includes a variety of guest speakers, such as Jeff Wray, MSU associate professor of film studies and creative writing, and Paulette Granberry Russell, the senior adviser to President Lou Anna K. Simon for diversity, who also is the director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives. The State News will be running a special edition, Martin Luther King Jr. Day section in the paper Friday.

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On Sunday, the Golden Globe Awards kicked off awards season, and the selection of movies that won might imply that the old model of what makes an award-winning movie might be changing. “In the Golden Globes, no film dominated, they really spread out the awards in an interesting way,� said MSU professor and pop culture expert Gary Hoppenstand. “I wonder if that’s going to translate to the Academy Awards — that there is no apparent, clearcut winner.� One of the biggest surprises was the success of “Django Unchained,� which won two of the four categories it was nominated for. Director Quentin Tarantino won best screenplay, while Christoph Waltz won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Hoppenstand said that filmmakers, such as Tarantino, typically are overlooked in the awards ceremonies. “Quentin Tarantino is sort of the bad-boy of Hollywood filmmakers,� he said. “And as such, if I were to guess, I would guess against him more than for him. There’s been a certain degree of controversy with the movie, especially in regards to its intense racial content.�

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believes the current format of the movie industry is counter-intuitive to producing creative, different movies. “The industry is so conservative,â€? he said. “I’m not speaking politically conservative, I’m speaking socially conservative. When you’re making a $50 million movie, edgy doesn’t necessarily translate into good box office. And that’s what they want. They want good box office.â€? James Madison freshman Nathaniel Strauss predicted that “Argoâ€? or “Les MisĂŠrablesâ€? would win the Best Picture Oscar. “It’s a toss-up, but I really like Argo,â€? he said. “I also really liked Les Mis. It’s a very different kind of film. I would hope that it would win.â€?

He sa id t hat “Dja ngo Unchained� might not see that same success in the upcoming Academy Awards, which take place on Feb. 24. “The Academy (Awards) tends to be very conservative,� he said. “It tends not to reward innovative or experimental or highly controversial kinds of films. They tend to have a certain model that they look at that fits these awards. ‘Lincoln’ fits that model, other films like ‘Argo’ fit that model. With ‘Django Unchained,’ Tarantino is looking to push the envelope. When you push the envelope, you step on toes, and you create a controversy that in terms of awards season, may not be the best for you.� As a whole, Hoppenstand

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For the first time since 1999, the MSU football team will have multiple underclassmen leaving school early to enter the NFL Draf t, with running back Le’Veon Bell , tight end Dion Sims and defensive end William Gholston each announcing about two weeks ago that they’re ready to take the plunge. Mel Kiper Jr. has been an ESPN NFL Draft analyst since 1984 , and in a conference call Wednesday he shared his thoughts on MSU’s top pro prospects. The highest-rated prospect, according to Kiper, is Bell, who was named a fi rst-team AllBig Ten selection after ranking among the top five in the country in rushing yards this season, totaling 1,793 yards. Because of his powerful build, Kiper believes Bell will be able to make an impact at the next level. “I think Le’Veon Bell has a chance to be in that second or third round discussion,� Kiper said. “Obviously, you look at his style. I mean he can block, he can catch the ball adequately out of the backfield. He’s a big kid. Once he gets that big frame in motion — he’s not quick out of the blocks — but once he gets that big frame in motion, he’s tough to deal with.� Sims and Gholston both fall in about the same range for Kiper — naturally-talented, big bodies with the potential to improve their draft stock considerably at the upcoming NFL Scouting Combine, as well as their MSU Pro Day. “Dion Sims is huge,� Kip-

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er said. “How he tests out will be important. I think he could be in the third or fourth round mix very easily. “Gholston kind of leveled off. Showed fl ashes. I think he needs some technique work. He’s more of a third or fourth round guy as well.� Meanwhile K iper also shed light on the Spartans’ top-rated senior, cornerback Johnny Adams. Adams went into the year with some draft projections listing him as a first or second-round pick, but throughout the course of the season his stock appears to have dipped. “I thought Johnny Adams’ stock dropped a little bit from what it was early in the year, and right now you’re looking at more of a fi fth-round pick for him,� Kiper said. “But I think he can make a team, he can certainly help a team, as a third or fourth corner. But he had a second-round grade going in and now it looks like he has about a fi fth-round grade.�

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The MSU women’s basketball team hopes to welcome back redshirt freshman forward Akyah Taylor to the rotation for tonight’s home game against Iowa at 6 p.m. Normally, the Spartans (142 overall, 2-1 Big Ten ) would not make a big deal out of the return of a player who has averaged 9.3 minutes of play in four game appearances. But considering MSU has been short-handed and forced to play with a seven-man rotation the last two games, an extra body could be invaluable. “She’s going to play allegedly, at this point, unless something tragic happens between now and shoot around at 1 o’clock — which could happen with that kid,� head coach Suzy Merchant joked. Taylor hasn’t played since the Jan. 3 conference-opening win over Minnesota because of a noncontagious strain of MRSA, Merchant said. She previously missed the first nine games of the season because of a suspension. “Akyah does do one thing, and that’s bring a lot of energy to the team,� Merchant said. “She plays really hard, she’ll take charges, she’ll get to the foul line, she’ll do some good things for us, so we could use her. (Iowa plays) an outside-in game, so I think she’d be a nice addition to our defensive side of the ball.� That Hawykeyes’ outsidein game is driven by a pair of seniors that Merchant said have proven themselves throughout their careers at Iowa (13-4, 2-1) — guard Jaime Printy and 6-foot-5 center Morgan Johnson. The latter averages 17.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest, both of which land her in the top-10 in the conference. Junior guard Klarissa Bell

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said Iowa likely will try to slow the game down with some zone defense while applying similar pressure on ball-handlers to what the Spartans saw in a road win against Illinois on Sunday. Nobody is more excited about the return of Taylor than center Jasmine Hines and guard Kiana Johnson, each of whom have been forced into bigger roles and more minutes off the bench, including 32 for Johnson at Illinois. Bell, who likened Taylor to

the Energizer bunny, said Taylor’s presence in the lineup eventually trickles down and gives all players a few more breathers. “That definitely helps just because only having seven people can kind of wear you out a little bit,� Hines said of Taylor. “Having her back will be really nice, I think she brings a lot to the game.� The Spartans’ hallmark all season has been their defense, which ranks fourth in the nation

in points allowed. “We just really all have that attitude that we don’t want to lose, and so we’re just all going to do the little things,� Bell said. “... I think the one thing that really helps us is our focus on the defensive end. I think that that’s what’s helping us a lot right now. Even if our offense isn’t really flowing for us, we still have our defense to rely on, so I think that that’s a good thing. We just feed off one another.�

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