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Trains galore

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More than 2,000 train lovers pack MSU Pavilion for annual model train show

Incredible Boris visits International Center, hypnotizes 11 volunteers

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Experts give advice on how to make lofty New Year’s resolutions a reality

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at better. Go to the gym. Lose weight. Call Mom more. Don’t skip class. Stop procrastinating. Do homework. Pay off student loans. Travel everywhere. Live life to the fullest.

It’s the first month of the new year, a time where people try to reinvent their lives with resolutions and magically become the best versions of themselves.

It’s an optimistic thought that often can become a delusion if goals aren’t realistic.

Many students resolve to improve their health at the start of the new year, but many goals and promises made lack the conviction and attainability to become successful.

Whether it’s a negative mindset or unrealistic expectations, experts say there are a number of scientific and psychological reasons why so many New Year’s resolutions are so difficult to stick with.

What makes a good resolution Defining the reason why people set resolutions can determine how effective they are, said Dennis Martell, Health Education Services Coordinator at Olin Health Center.

“The problem with any resolution is that you have to aspire to be something,” Martell said. “Just sit down, take out a piece of paper and write down what you aspire to be — what you want to have or achieve. Set your aspirations, then a firm determination and then you may be resolute.”

When someone opts for a change, they often think of what they want to do — not what they want to be. This is why most New Year’s resolutions flop, he said.

“Without being resolute, a resolution is not worth the paper you write it on,” Martell said.

As people create their resolutions, they should think of specific, concrete and realistic goals and allot scheduled times to achieve them, psychology assistant professor Joseph Cesario said.

For example, Cesario said resolving to exercise more is more likely to fail than resolving to exercise three times a week for 30 minutes after specific classes.

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Impact faces issues with transmitter

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Junior guard Kiana Johnson runs the ball down the court during the game against Michigan on Sunday at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines, 79-72.

MSU defeats U-M in 79-72 match

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ANN ARBOR – Kiana Johnson had an upset stomach before facing Michigan. After earning a pivotal win over the in-state rival, the junior guard was feeling much better.

Despite feeling ill before the game, Johnson had a huge second half to help the women’s basketball team (11-5 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) defeat Michigan (11-5, 2-1 Big Ten) in a close 79-72 match. The win makes MSU the lone undefeated team in the Big Ten and moves the team to first place in the conference.

“I really thought in that second half, she had a commanding presence and really ran the team and did a nice job defensively,”

head coach Suzy Merchant said of Johnson.

Johnson came alive down the stretch, scoring 12 of her 14 points, dishing four assists, picking up two steals and earning a key charge in the final 20 minutes.

Johnson said a halftime conversation with assistant coach Amaka “Mox” Agugua helped her get back on track.

“Coach Mox pulled me to the side during warmups in the second half and just told me, ‘We need you,’” Johnson said. ”‘We need your energy, your intensity. The team’s going to feed off whatever you do.’ So I just took that in stride and we had to get this win today.”

Senior forward Annalise Pickrel had 16 points, a career-high eight assists, six rebounds, two blocks and a steal. With four fouls

late in the game, junior forward Becca Mills hit two clutch baskets in the last three minutes and finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and two steals.

Freshman guard Siera Thompson paced the Wolverines with 16 points, two assists and two steals.

Junior guard Shannon Smith, daughter of former MSU basketball captain Kevin Smith, had 11 points.

Despite a slow start to the game, Michigan diced up a stingy MSU defense, shooting 47 percent overall. The Spartans dished 20 assists and only turned the ball over nine times.

Merchant said the Wolverines saw luck in situations where the clock was winding down, taking advantage of one-on-one scenar-

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W he n l i ste ne r s t u ne their radio dials to 88.9 more than a mile or two from campus, they often receive static. Since Dec. 11, MSU’s student-run radio station, WDBM (88.9-FM), has encountered a limited broadcast range because of issues with the apparatus dedicated to broadcasting the station.

Ed Glazer, Impact’s general manager, said t he problem stems from damage the station’s transmission line sustained halfway up the transmitter’s tower.

He said the station hopes to have the issue repaired within the next week.

Until then, there isn’t much the station can do except continue to broadcast at 3 percent of its capacity. Glazer said the issue has limited the station’s range to between two and five miles from its transmitter at the south end of campus, and coverage varies as a result of changes in elevation.

“You may not be able to pick us on Harrison (Road) north of Michigan Avenue, but I can pick us up on the east side of Lansing,” Glazer said.

Initially, the transmitter shut off completely.

“It was a very cold night, I remember that much,” student general manager Sam Riddle said. At about 12:30 a.m., he discovered the station was off the air.

Riddle said there was “definitely a little bit of pan-

ic,” until they could resume broadcasting later that night.

“Our chief engineer was able to kind of finagle something to get minimum power,” Riddle said.

Glazer said the specialists who needed to evaluate the problem and locate its source were not available right away, causing a significant delay in repairs.

Now that the problem has been diagnosed, Glazer said the station has ordered replacement parts and is looking for a team to make the repairs. The parts will cost Impact in excess of $1,500, but Glazer said he didn’t know how much the repairs will cost the station.

Despite the misfortune, Riddle said there have been positive aspects to Impact’s “quiet hour.”

“We’ve actually had a ton of support,” he said, noting that many people have reached out to the station, asking why they appeared off the air. “Once we fill them in, they’re a little more understanding. We’ve been extremely thankful and appreciative of the way the community has rallied around us.”

R iddle said Impac t has received more traction on the station’s online stream, which is “kind of inspiring us to push that in different ways once we are back.”

Maris Ryckman, a freshman in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, listened to Impact until the station didn’t come up on her radio in December.

“I like the music, it’s definitely not just all mainstream rap,” Ryckman said. “I’ll still listen to them when they come back on.”

team splits two-game osu series

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In a couple of hardfought games, MSU left Columbus, Ohio with two points in a two-game series against Big Ten foe Ohio State, including its second tie with a shootout victory of the season on Saturday night.

MSU (6-10-3, 0-2-2-2 Big Ten) blew third-period leads on both Friday and Saturday, falling 5-3 on Friday night against Ohio State (11-6-1, 1-2-1 Big Ten) and tying 1-1 with a shootout victory on Saturday.

With the shootout victory, MSU earned an additional point to give the Spartans two from the game and four on the season. MSU is tied with the Buckeyes for fourth place in the Big Ten after the series.

Junior forward Matt Berry had a monster weekend in Columbus, hav ing a hand on all of MSU’s goals in the two-game series.

Berry finished the weekend with three goals and one assist, extending his scoring streak to four games.

During the stretch, he has five goals and one assist.

On Friday night, MSU fell behind early, but used three goals in the second period, two by Berry, to enter the third period leading 3-2.

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News brief Diversity Career Fair set for Jan. 16 For many students, the hunt for summer jobs and internships has begun.

Students will have the opportunity to explore options on Jan. 16, when the Diversity Career Fair comes back to campus.

The career fair will take place between 2-6 p.m. at Breslin Center.

According to a statement from the university, the event is the largest on campus during the spring semester.

Representatives from employers such as Buckle, Chrysler Group LLC, the Lansing State Journal, Domino’s Pizza, Groupon, Honda, McCann Detroit, Whirlpool and Yelp inc. will be in attendance to discuss internship and and fulltime job opportunities with students.

Students are required to register for the event and can do so for free online.

Attendees must print off their registration card to attend the event and should upload a resume when registering.

Students also can register at several on-campus locations, including the Lear Career Service Center in room 21 of the Eppley Center, the Center for Spartan Engineering in room 1340 of the Engineering Building, Career Services at Spartan Stadium located in room 290 and room 181 of the Communication Arts and Sciences building.

Psychology senior Thomas Bond approaches resolutions similarly, viewing them less as landmarks and more as “get better at this” or “do this more frequently.”

“It’s a gradual step that takes time and commitment and thinking about the resolutions constantly,” Bond said. “I believe we live life for the every day, and not just Jan. 1. The mentality of resolutions is beautiful, but it’s just a reminder or tick saying this is a fresh start.”

and East Lansing’s Powerhouse Gym, 4790 S. Hagadorn Road, noticed similar trends.

“In the near three years I’ve worked here, the number of members who sign up with us has always increased around the new year,” said Dawn Plenar, a Planet Fitness employee.

Powerhouse Gym general manager Tim Mumford estimated the business gained a few hundred new members so far in 2014.

However, this influx of new members tends to dwindle as the months go by. Of Anytime Fitness’s usual 10 percent member increase, only half tend to stay with the gym for a long period of time. Powerhouse Gym usually sees an even greater drop.

“If we were to get 600 new members, usually around 150200 stay,” Mumford said.

The business of resolutions With “new year, new me,” mentalities setting in, people looking to shed unwanted pounds have flocked to gyms and fitness facilities throughout East Lansing and Lansing. It’s not unusual to see a rise in the number of new memberships around this time.

East Lansing’s Anytime Fitness, located at 16800 Chandler Road, typically sees a 10 percent increase in memberships around Jan. 1, manager Nick Parisian said.

Lansing’s Planet Fitness, 5833 W. Saginaw Highway,

Redefining health Many resolutions are health-based, but the way people perceive the word “healthy” has become warped, said Ronda Bokram, a nutritionist at Olin Student Health Center.

It prompts unnecessary worry and stress over needs that are not as complicated as they seem, she said, adding that the media broadcasts unrealistic expectations of how the body should look.

“Many people are confused about all the misinformation, and it’s making people afraid of what to eat,” Bokram said.

People also are overwhelmed with advertise-

ments during the holiday season, prompting them to fret over how much weight they’ll gain and the supposed need to start fresh for the new year.

“When you’re afraid of food, you’ll tend to eat more,” Bokram said. “What if you give yourself permission to eat whatever, whenever? When you give yourself permission, without judgement of yourself, you’ll eat what you need.”

Research on resolutions revolving around health could mean the difference between keeping one’s body healthy and putting it in danger.

“We need to become a culture that isn’t focused on weight,” Bokram said.

“BMI doesn’t determine your health. Let’s take the weight out of health.”

Body mass index was not created with health as a factor, Bokram said. It was developed in the 1800s by a European researcher studying variations in population size. Originally, BMI had nothing to do with determining a person’s health.

When a person is at their genetic weight and their eating and exercise habits are normal, they should be healthy, Bokram said.

What people could focus on instead of whether their weight is “ideal” is eating intuitively and focusing on the part of them that knows what their body needs, she said.

“Eating should be a less difficult thing, but it’s become difficult with the addition of a ‘right’ way,” Bokram said.

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rebounds.

Sophomore guard Madison Ristovski and freshman guard Paige Rakers nailed back-to-back corner 3-pointers to give Michigan a 47-44 lead in the second half. As the crowd roared, Pickrel silenced it by scoring four straight points.

Johnson was then fouled on a layup to make it a 50-47 Spartan advantage.

Michigan, however, would not stand down. Down five with less than six minutes left, Ristovski drained another corner three to cut the deficit to two, and Goree tied the game with a layup at 65.

With less than three minutes remaining, Mills hit a turnaround jumper with four fouls to put the

Spartans back up two. She scored another clutch bucket with 1:19 on the clock, taking it to the rim to make it a four-point Spartan advantage.

“I know the situation where if I’m on the bench with fouls, to stay in it and be ready to go and be productive once I go back in the game,” Mills said, who has been in foul trouble more than a few times this season as she adjusts to the new hand-checking rules. “That has helped me for when it does happen again.”

The Spartans were perfect from the line for the rest of the match.

A breakaway layup by redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers sealed the win for the Spartans.

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New Year’s resolutions reminder of “fresh start,” psychology senior Thomas Bond said. from page one

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ios. Despite the comparatively poor defensive effort, Merchant said her team improved as the game went on.

“I did like our response,” Merchant said. “I thought defensively, in the second half, we were a different team.”

MSU had a 20-11 lead midway through the first half, but Michigan closed the half off with an 8-0 run to tie the game at 28. Michigan junior forward Cyesha Goree scored six points during the run and finished with 11 points and 10

Continued hockey

Hildebrand was only the second goaltender of the season to hold OSU to one goal. from page one

quickly changed when the third period began.

Ohio State scored two goals in the first 90 seconds of the period, regaining the lead and never looking back.

Buckeye junior forward Ryan Dzingel netted one more goal late in the game to ice it for Ohio State, also giving him a hat-trick on the night.

Through strong defense and goaltending, MSU experienced more success to earn a couple points in the Big Ten the following night.

Berry continued to hold the hot stick, giving MSU an early 1-0 lead only 2:49 into the 1st period.

Sophomore for ward Michael Ferrantino and senior defenseman Jake Chelios had assists on the play.

The 1-0 lead would stick for nearly 50 minutes before Ohio State junior forward Darik Angeli found the back of the net, tying the game at 1-1.

After a scoreless remainder of third period and fiveminute sudden death overtime, the game went to a shootout.

After junior forward Tanner Sorenson netted one in the sixth round, sophomore goaltender Jake Hildebrand stopped the Buckeyes, giving MSU the 3-2 shootout victory and additional point.

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Ferrantino and freshman forward Joe Cox also had goals in the shootout for MSU. Cox was the only other Spartan to score during the twogame series, with a goal in Friday’s game.

MSU earned a few Big Ten points against Ohio State with strong defense and goaltending “It was a real good performance overall,” head coach Tom A nastos told Spartan Sports Network after the game on Saturday. “We made that late turnover to give up that goal, but I thought our compete level was hard, it was real hard.

“Our penalty kill was excellent, it came up big in a couple different instances, especially that 5-on-3, and I thought we had some good scoring chances. Overall a very good hockey game tonight.”

Saturday featured better fortune for Hildebrand after a giving up a season-high five goals the night before. Hildebrand made 28 saves on the night, including four stops in the shootout.

Hildebrand was only the second goaltender of the season to hold Ohio State to one goal and first in the last 10 games.

Chelios also had a big weekend in Columbus, racking up three assists in the two games.

With those three assists, Chelios now leads MSU in points with 14, including five assists in the last four games.

MSU will continue Big Ten play this weekend when Penn State (4-10-1, 0-2-0 Big Ten) travels to Munn Ice Arena for a two-game series.

Both of next Friday and Saturday’s games will begin at 6:30 p.m.

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Lansing’s annual train show, sale attracts thousands East Lansing resident Lincoln Summerhill, 5, watches a train made by the model train group Detroit United Railways on Sunday at the annual Lansing Train Show in the MSU Pavilion.

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A model train made by the West Michigan S Gaugers moves around the track Sunday at the annual Lansing Train Show in the MSU Pavilion. The show attracted more than 2,000 participants.

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During the warmer months, Walled Lake, Mich., resident David Jasinski tends to his sprinkler business. But once snow is on the ground, his love of collecting and selling model trains turns into a full-time job.

On Saturday, the Lansing Model Railroad Club’s Annual Model Train Show and Sale brought more than 2,000 participants to the MSU Pavilion “I started when I was a youngster and my dad got me into it,” Jasinski said. “It’s just a hobby and I made a business

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Bwl to host forums on local outages The Lansing Board of Water and Light, or BWL, will host community forums to discuss the aftermath of a December ice storm that left about 34,800 people without power in the Lansing area.

Some residents went without power from Dec. 23 into the new year.

East Lansing city officials discussed BWL and their response to the ice-storm during the last city council meeting.

East Lansing City Councilmember Ruth Beier said in a previous interview with The State News that East Lansing hasn’t made a decision about the future of BWL and the city, but said Michigan law requires both the city and company to come to an agreement if East Lansing were to change providers.

The forums will be held throughout a threeday period. The meeting discussing East Lansing and Meridian Township will be held at 6 p.m.

Wednesday at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.

At 7 p.m. on Thursday, the forum will focus on the reaction in Delta Township and Lansing Township in the Delta Township administration building, 7710 W. Saginaw Highway.

The forums will conclude on Friday when BWL looks at the outages in Lansing at the REO Town Depot at 1201 S. Washington Avenue.

BWL is under fire because of the slow response to the outages due in part to BWL’s general manager J. Peter Lark not being in the Lansing area. Lark was on a family vacation in New York City, according to a statement from the company.

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out of it.”

On Sunday, Jasinski and more than 2,000 train enthusiasts flocked to the MSU Pavilion for the Lansing Model Railroad Club’s Annual Model Train Show and Sale.

The event included trains of many sizes, custom-built tracks and activities such as caricature drawing.

The event has steadily grown since it was moved to the Pavilion in 2001, said Michael Frezell, train show coordinator and the club’s membership secretary. He said the event began in the 1970s.

He said the show generally draws a combination of vendors and small-time builders with a passion for trains.

“Some of these (people) are vendors, so that’s either their primary business or they do it as a hobby to sell stuff,” Frezell

said. “Some people are selling their own collection. Some people, like our club, get donations and we sell that.”

For some, the show provided a glimpse of history. Club volunteer David Nagel said many of the makeshift towns surrounding the trains were modeled after Michigan locations, some reaching back to the 1940s.

“A lot of the members grew up in that time period, so they’re used to seeing the trains running along the tracks in the industries,” Nagel said.

“It is more about a lot of

“A lot of the members grew up in that time period, so they’re used to seeing the trains running along the tracks in the industries.”

David Nagel, LMRC volunteer

the older members and what they like to model because that’s when they grew up. To them that’s familiar and that’s memories.”

The show also gave train dealers such as Jasinski the opportunity to showcase technological advances and adjust to changes in the train market.

Jasinski, who has been selling trains for about 10 years, said builders recently began downloading train noises from their computer directly into railroad tracks.

Jasinski said many buyers are scaling down and buying smaller trains, which tend to be more expensive.

“A lot of people are getting away from the bigger ones because it takes up more room,” he said.

But for others, the event fueled the interest of its youngest participants.

East Lansing resident Martha Piper decided to bring her youngest son, Rem, to the train show after he received his own themed train set for Christmas.

“I have two daughters, but now I have a son and he is so into trains,” Piper said. “He has looked forward to this for six months.”

enduring the elements Despite snow, students use football to reconnect

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On Sat urday af ter noon, graduate student Nick Nelson and a small band of his friends braved the slippery slush and took to the snow-covered field behind the rock on Farm Lane for their fourth annual snow football game and reunion.

Nelson said he started this tradition out of boredom four years ago when he was an undergraduate student at MSU. He said he has since continued the yearly game as a way of reuniting with his friends.

“We started it because some of us were scared to get tackled when there was no snow to cushion t he fall,” Nelson said. “We thought today would be a good day to have the game after all the snow days, because we hoped the snow would stay.”

Nelson and his friends drew lines in the snow to mark the end zones.

They often had trouble running in the snow, which proved to be a formidable obstacle in its own right.

Most of the participants didn’t bother to suit up with gloves or snow pants. Instead, they opted for bare fingers and sweatpants, most of which were soaked by the end of the game.

E le v e n p e ople s h o we d up for the tack le football game, including sports and commercial turf management sophomore Richard Goodyear.

“Last year was my first year here — Nick was my roommate, so he just invited me,” Goodyear said.

“I thought it would be a fun thing to do.”

Compared to previous years, Goodyear said there wasn’t nearly as much snow and the temperature remained higher than expected. Weather

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Special education junior Jenny Zawadzki is tackled on Saturday behind the rock on Farm Lane during a game of snow football.

“We started it because some of us were scared to get tackled when there was no snow to cushion the fall.”

Nick Nelson, graduate student

conditions further impacted the game with a touch of rain on Saturday morning.

“This is nothing really, we only hoped for more snow,” Goodyear said.

Although the snow was not enough to cushion the tackles, second-year veterinary medicine student Lauren Fischer participated in the game with no padding, snow pants or boots.

She said she doesn’t get much practice playing throughout the year.

“I don’t play football other than with family at Thanksgiving,” Fischer said, adding that participating in the snow football game is a tradition she loves to keep.

“It ’s a n oppor t u n it y to connect with friends who have been gone, or went home over the holidays,” Fischer said.

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“With MSU’s football program coming off a major Rose Bowl victory against Stanford, times have never been better in the Spartan athletic department.

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ow that 2014 is upon us and classes have begun, I’m sure we all have spent ample time dwelling on the things we wished we had accomplished last year. Thanks to our good friend, the Gregorian calendar, we now have the opportunity to make amends with last year’s shortcomings and start anew. So that begs the question: What is your New Year’s resolution for 2014?

One of my roommates hopes to get healthier this year. He’ll be the first to tell you 2013 wasn’t a highlight year on his journey to improved health, but with a new year came his chance for a do-over.

He’s already made the commitment to exercise more often, eat healthier by adjusting portion sizes and even will join me in running a couple of marathons this semester. Unfortunately for me, this also marks the end to our weekend Goomba’s pizza tradition. Somehow I will find a way to survive without it.

Whether your goal for this year is to shed a couple of pounds, volunteer more or earn better grades, 2014 gives us all a chance to make a positive change.

My resolution for the year is one that I’ve been trying to accomplish since I first came to MSU three years ago. Like most students when they first arrive on a college campus, I made a pledge to garner as many leadership roles around MSU and East Lansing as my class schedule would permit.

I honestly can say I stuck to that goal throughout my freshman year. I quickly secured a job at the Michigan House of Representatives in the constituent relations office, coached the debate team at Pleasant View Magnet School in Lansing and was appointed the Ambassador of Outreach Activities for Michigan by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

But fast-forward to today, and you’ll only find me involved in one of those positions. Simply put, my drive to stay involved in leadership faded over time. After pushing myself to the brink of insanity, I became overwhelmed by all of my activities outside of class. Things eventually piled up so much that I decided to put an end to it altogether.

But this year, I’m getting back in check. I’ve successfully worked my way into securing positions on the Alumni Board as the undergraduate representative, College Curriculum Committee, University Advisory Council and the All-University Awards Committee for the spring semester. What I’ve learned from freshman year is how to appropriately manage my time to prevent me from being overwhelmed by the work.

For me, that meant I had to suck it up and start writing as much as I could in a planner. I started writing down all school-related activities, and as I started making a habit of it, I began writing down everything I had to do throughout the week.

So whatever your New Year’s resolution is for this year, be sure to be honest with yourself and more importantly, have patience. I know first-hand how easy it can be to stress yourself out by focusing on the big picture of your resolution, so start by taking baby steps. Set an easily achievable goal every week and build from there. Fill out one job application. Make one healthy meal every day. Write in your calendar at least once a week.

Expect these goals to take some time to accomplish and don’t worry if you hit a few bumps along the road. 2014 certainly won’t be my year of perfection, so let’s not try to burden ourselves with unwarranted stress. Remember, it all starts with having confidence in yourself and what you’re doing.

Terence Gipson is a global studies in the arts and humanities junior. Reach him at gipsonte@ msu.edu.

hat do singing an off-key rendition of “Happy Birthday” before indulging in cake, shaking a packet of sugar three times before adding it to a latte and eating the crust of a sandwich before the middle have in common?

All three of these situations describe a ritualistic way of eating. Studies published by the Association of Psychological Science reveal that seemingly insignificant rituals while eating might change one’s judgment of the food eaten.

“When I eat a cookie, I always eat around the edges until I get to the middle, which is always my last bite,” physiology senior Taran Silva said.

The basis of this change in perception comes from the increased focus that surrounds performing rituals. When a food is eaten in a particular manner, it requires the consumer to put forth more effort to focus. This heightened focus increases taste perception which, in turn, allows for more satisfaction.

Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to lose weight or eat healthier? These findings could come in handy to help follow those resolutions.

Kathleen Vohs, a psychological scientist at the University of Minnesota, was especially curious about the power of rituals performed prior to eating and drinking. She conducted a study where she separated subjects into two groups.

Each group was given a chocolate bar to eat, but the two groups were given different instructions on how to go about eating it. The first group of subjects was given a set of detailed instructions: Break the bar in half while it is still in the wrapper. Unwrap half of the bar and eat it then unwrap the other half of the bar and

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eat. The second group of subjects was simply told to relax and eat the bar in at their leisure.

The results of the study were that the subjects who were given a specific set of instructions savored the chocolate more, rated it higher and were willing to pay more for it compared to the second group.

The study confirmed her curiosity about ritualistic behavior surrounding foods and their The ritual impact on taste perception and satisfaction. doesn’t After the first study was perhave to formed, Vohs still was interested in the details of ritualistic behavbe a huge ior and continued to investigate production the subject. She conducted more studies, and the results showed — it can that the rituals require personal be as involvement (meaning that the act must be done by the person simple doing the eating, not observed by as saying someone else) and that a longer ‘I will delay between the ritual and eating the food heightened the ritu- savor this alistic effects. meal and Next time you sit down to a meal, give it a try. Stir your drink taste the three times before you take a sip. flavor.’”

Put your fork down between bites.

The ritual doesn’t have to be a huge production — it can be something as simple as saying “I will savor this meal and taste the flavor.” This little change could help you be more satisfied with less food.

Colleen Kokx is a dietetics senior and member of the MSU Food and Nutrition Association. Reach her at kokxcoll@msu.edu.

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“ASMSU finally passes bike share” Michael Holloway mholloway@ statenews.com

“I think that this is a great idea, but I’m concerned with the cost of membership. $50 is a lot of money, especially for student when considering that it won’t guarantee you a bike (other users could be using all of the bikes when you need one). They would be more successful to lower the cost and bite the bullet for a couple years until it’s a more established service with increased use. At this point you could conceivably increase supply and as use increases and use the revenue to help offset the cost. In end, this is all speculation though. We’ll see what happens, I hope that it’s successful!

Zachary Nathan Lee Taylor, Jan. 10

Weekend poll results “Wow, only fifteen hundred dollars a bike. What a bargain.

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Are palms getting greased? Does someone need to sight the books? Sounds like undergrads are getting ripped off by ASMSU...yet again.”

MSUSpartan99, Jan. 11

“The $60,000 covers installation costs, number of bikes, yearlong maintenance and technical support, and advertising/marketing for the program. The idea is to promote sustainability by lowering the number of bikes that are abandoned and/or impounded each year. MSU is all about going green. This program can also be expanded and more bikes can be purchased if it is successful.

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uhhh...54% of the respondents said they would use the program...that’s quite a few, especially compared to the 3% cost recoup stat cited. And, wintered, rusted, crappy bikes are a huge problem on campus. I do think students and people need MUCH more education on how to ride a bike safely on campus though. Is the program only going to cost $18 per student who signs up? That’s dirt cheap. Finally, I would like to take this moment to plug an initiative for free campus parking. I mean, the university advertises itself as a “land-grant” university, so they got the land for free, yet they charge like $millions for parking. C’mon administration...

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Comedians, spotlights and hundreds of laughs filled a Lansing comedy club Saturday night to raise money to help dogs find homes.

New Hope Pet Rescue, a Laingsburg, Mich.-based K-9 rescue organization, held a fundraiser at Connxtions Comedy Club as a fun way to raise money for a cause.

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As Incredible Boris slowly counted to 10, students gathered in the International Center Friday night bega n to feel their muscles slacken and their eyelids Cherniak droop.

Incredible Boris, or Boris Cherniak, randomly selected 11 volunteers. Those who fell under the power of the trance were told to imagine they were holding a balloon.

The two-hour show was filled with moments of hypnotic hilarity as Cherniak performed. He took his volunteers on a mental trip down the Colorado River and erased the number six from one student’s mind. Cherniak even convinced two strangers they were long-lost lovers, causing them to run to each other in slow-motion.

Audience members threw their heads back with laughter throughout the show as they watched Cherniak’s performance.

T he c ome dy hy pno tist made his volunteers believe the impossible. In their minds, the napkins he handed them really were $100 bills and a pesky invisible bird really did fly inches from their heads. “It was like you knew what was happening to you, but you didn’t care,� said human biology and nutritional sciences junior Kory Stamper.

Stamper was one of the long-lost lovers, and also was conv inced that he couldn’t pronounce the number six. He instead hissed the number like a snake.

The students who joined

New Hope Pet Rescue raised around $400 through tickets sold at the comedy club and a 50/50 raffle Saturday night’s show featured comedians Steve Wherry and Jamie Utley, as well as headliner comedian Danny Browning.

Connxtions had all 200 of its seats filled, and the sole focus was on the jokesters.

The goal of the rescue is to pull dogs from kill shelters across the nation and place dogs into foster homes until the agency is able to find permanent adoptive homes, said Mandi Morin, fundraising coordinator for New Hope Pet Rescue.

Morin said the organization was able to raise roughly $400 for the cause, while enjoying a good laugh at the same time.

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Comedian Danny Browning amuses the crowd Saturday at Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East Street, in Lansing. Browning was one of three comedians who were featured at the club during the fundraiser.

Connxtions, which used to be a bowling alley, is the only comedy club in Lansing and has hosted top acts such as SteveO from MTV’s series “Jackass� and other well-known comedians like Dustin Diamond, who played the character Screech in the ‘90s sitcom “Saved by the Bell.�

"Usually people enjoy them-

selves way too much,� said Danielle Kelly, Connxtions bartender, adding that during the shows, people can’t stop laughing.

Utley, who traveled from Louisville, Ky., to tell jokes, said he’s more comfortable on stage than he is off of it. “It’s the greatest job in the world,� he croaked, his voice raspy after doing his 30-min-

ute stand-up show. “I appreciate everyone supporting live comedy and the supporting the causes such as the (New Hope) Pet Rescue.�

proposal.

People spend their whole night invested in the show with the hopes that this fantasy could translate to their real lives, but the couples on the show rarely live happily ever after.

Furthermore, the show has been in the news multiple times over the years for instigating the drama that occurs in the house.

Rumors also have spread that producers have told contestants to fake emotions in order to add more

excitement to the show.

Also, people have come out and said the show is scripted and fabricates story lines that were never there to begin with.

It just goes to show that the entertainment industry will go to extreme lengths to get people to watch a not-soreality TV show.

Heck, I’m not even surprised that Juan, this season’s star, even contemplated quitting the show, according to RealityTVWorld.com.

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“the bachelor� promotes false sense of reality

The 18th season of “The Bachelor� started last week with the introduction of the show’s newest contestant, Juan Pablo Galavis.

The show’s upcoming episodes will show Juan going through an emotional roller coaster while trying to turn 18 gorgeous girls into one

beautiful bride.

This television show is one that had a buzz about it since it first aired in March 2002.

But how much of that buzz is justified within the course of the show? As 17 long and emotional seasons have gone by, people still seem to have their eyes glued to the screen in hopes of seeing what drama might occur.

I don’t understand the value in this show. In previous seasons of “The Bachelor,� only 10 of the seasons resulted in a successful

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“It was like you knew what was happening to you, but you didn’t care.�

Kory Stamper, human biology and nutritional sciences junior

Cherniak on stage were not behaving as mindless zombies. His techniques are more suggestive than they are forceful, with psychology taking a greater role over “mind control,� Cherniak said. “People didn’t understand before (present day) that hypnotism is a science and took it as occult,� he said. “This is something I’ve studied at length. It’s the science of how the brain works.�

The Toronto resident’s philosophy revolves around mixing psychology and technology and he treats the mind like a computer.

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Costello, Valentine trying to define on-court roles MSU continues to recover from large number of injuries

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Tom Izzo has a job to do — he wants his players to figure out how to do theirs.

Izzo’s talked about how some players on the No. 5 MSU men’s basketball team — specifically sophomore guard Denzel Valentine and sophomore forward Matt Costello, are trying to do things not part of their jobs.

“We’ve got some guys who need to figure out who they are and what they are,” he said. “A good coach should be able to define roles, and we’ve had so many injuries. With Valentine, I don’t know what he thinks his role is. I know what I think it is, but I haven’t done a good job defining it.”

Valentine nearly had a double-double Saturday afternoon against Minnesota, scoring nine points and grabbing 10 rebounds in the 87-75 overtime win.

Izzo has been publicly upset with the way Valentine played in the first three games of the Big Ten season, but he said the guard came to play in the second half against the Gophers.

Valentine scored seven points and grabbed seven rebounds in the second half and overtime.

“Guys struggle, and it’s because of all this freshman crap,” Izzo said. “Everybody tries to be a superstar. I’m a big (New England Patriots head coach) Bill Belichick fan. He’s got three words: do your job. Don’t try to be somebody else. I think sometimes (Denzel) tries to be something he’s not.”

The Lansing native is one of the hardest workers on the team, and if Izzo doesn’t define a role, his dad, former Lansing Sexton High head coach Carlton Valentine, will.

Valentine said his dad isn’t trying to hurt him, he’s trying to

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Sophomore forward Matt Costello and sophomore guard Denzel Valentine share a laugh Saturday at Breslin Center during the game against Minnesota.

help him, and he needs to come out every game with a different mindset than he did Saturday. “(I’m) trying to do too much at times,” Valentine said. “Figuring out when to go and when to not go. It’s difficult at times because our team is so good — we have so many weapons. (Being aggressive) gets me in trouble sometimes, but it’s good for me sometimes. I’m trying to balance it in

the right way right now.”

While Valentine is doing his best to take what he sees in practice into game situations, Costello is just trying to get back on the floor consistently.

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Spartans fall to Illinois at Jenison Friday

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The No. 16 Illinois gymnastics team grabbed the Victory Plank rivalry trophy for the second year in a row Friday night as it narrowly beat MSU, 195.352-194.150, at Jenison Field House.

The unranked Spartans held their ground against Illinois, losing only by 1.202 points, but MSU junior Alina Cartwright snagged the all-around first place, scoring her personal best of 39.275 points.

“I’m proud of the team — Illinois is 16th in the country and we gave them a scare,” MSU gymnastics head coach Kathie Klages said after the match.

The meet at Jenison Field House attracted many MSU and Illinois fans, crowding the entire lower bleachers to cheer on both teams’ first meet of the year.

The Spartan gymnasts joined in on the fun while competing by

Junior guard Travis Trice takes possession of a loose ball on Saturday at Breslin Center during the game against Minnesota.

The Spartans defeated the Gophers in overtime, 87-75.

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mimicking each other’s floor routines to motivate their performing teammates.

“The fist-pumping is a lot of fun,” Cartwright said. “My sister put it in and it’s the best part for me.”

The Spartans started strong with high vault scores, but pulled back when sophomore Kate Filosi’s hands slipped off the bars and she fell, straining her neck.

“We had a scary fall on bars and that’s hard to recover from, but we did,” Klages said.

Cartwright said it is hard to console someone on a fall because every girl is different.

Some get frustrated and do not want to be bothered, but know they have to build on their mistakes, she said, adding that resiliency will be critical this year.

“I just let them know no one’s perfect,” Cartwright said. They have to have confidence training and then everything will take its course.”

Klages said she is proud of her athletes, who have been working on skills during the summer.

The coach still expects much more from her team, however.

“Cartwright went home this summer and worked hard while she was there,” Klages said. “She did an outstanding job, but there’s a lot more in there.”

Senior Dani Levy had shoulder surgery this summer, making for a tough journey back to this meet and an exciting return to match action She has been working with MSU athletic trainers to recover, nursing it with rehab, strength and flexibility exercises.

“She stepped up tonight,” Klages said. “Her shoulder’s still very sore.

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Looking for that

There are three certainties in life — death, taxes and the No. 5 men’s basketball team clogging up the injury report on a weekly basis.

After their overtime win against No. 3 Ohio State, a game where junior guard Travis Trice was out with illness and senior forward A d r e i a n Pay ne pl ay e d through a sprained foot, head coach Tom Izzo shared his grudge against the injury bug his team has battled the entire season.

“We are beat up,” Izzo said. “It’s the same old story and I’m getting sick of it.”

Staying true to the season’s theme, the Spartans’ overtime win against Minnesota came with Payne sidelined as a result of a sprained foot.

A lt hough t here is no stress fracture, Izzo said after Saturday’s game there still is minor swelling and it “feels like it is not getting better.”

Despite the slow rehab process, Izzo said Payne wanted to fight through the injury and play against the Golden Gophers, but in the end, the coach made the decision to keep him out.

“Adreian is not being a wimp about it — he wants to play,” Izzo said. “He just didn’t feel he could, so I didn’t want to take the chance to suit him up and put him through that.”

That was anything but the case for Trice, who missed most of the week

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suffering from an illness he has had since their game against Indiana on Jan. 4.

The only preparation Trice had leading up to Saturday’s game was shooting around at practice the day before just to test the waters. Trice said after the game he was expecting only to be used in emergency situations against the Gophers.

However, the close game and senior guard Keith Appling’s foul trouble had Trice on the floor for 19 minutes.

“It felt good, but I’m tired,” Trice said after the game, slumped in a chair in front of his locker.

Trice also went on to say he was contemplating sitting out

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A nother player that had a recent battle with illness is sophomore forward Matt Costello, who missed the better half of December due to mononucleosis and said he still doesn’t feel 100 percent.

Junior for ward Branden Dawson also has been feeling dizzy on the court and lacking energy, and is having tests done to see if he caught the same illness.

“Hopef ul ly not — Mat t Costello is my roommate,” Dawson told the Detroit Free Press following Saturday ’s game. “Hopefully it’s not that.”

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