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BUTTERFIELD RENOVATIONS APPROVED BY MSU TRUSTEES By Samantha Radecki radeckis@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
At Friday’s MSU Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees unanimously approved a few construction, renovation and expansion projects on and off campus.
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College of Human Medicine’s expansion to Flint The trustees approved plans to pursue a lease with the Uptown Reinvestment Corporation, or URC, to expand the college’s growing public health program to a 40,000 square foot space in Flint, Mich. Cost: Rent is $300,000 per year and will be paid for via grant. Operating costs are approximately $400,000 per year. Time frame: A 20-year term Stage: Final agreements are being made with the URC. Grant money will pay for the first year’s rent. “This is for the students and faculty and the (college’s) educational programming and research (needs),” Dean of the College of Human Medicine Marsha Rappley said during the meeting. Grand River Avenu Red e Ced ar R iver STADIUM
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Fuel station relocation and reconstruction The on-campus fuel station, currently located at Spartan Stadium, will be rebuilt on Service Road, east of the Laundry Building. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security deemed the station’s current location a top safety concern at MSU. Cost: $4.8 million Time frame (slated): April 2013 to August 2015 Stage: The construction project is proceeding. “The large fuel tanks that are below the stadium, when you think of what could happen to the seventy-some-thousand people in the stadium if some terrible person were to ignite and combust the fuel to explode, (we) would have a huge tragedy on our hands,” Physical Plant Assistant Vice President Ron Flinn said after the meeting. Grand River Avenu Red e Ced ar R iver
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Munn Ice Arena The project would include improvements to the heating, See TRUSTEES on page 2 X
CRIMSON, CREAM, CASUALTY
Spartans frustrated by referees, turnovers in fourth defeat of the season
By Josh Mansour
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Bloomington, Ind. — All year no matter how ugly the game would get, the Spartans knew they MSU 70 would find a IND 75 way to grind out victories in the final minutes behind the poise of their dependable closer. But with 5:17 to go and MSU trailing 69-65, the chant began. “Left, right, left, right.” A capacity crowd at Assembly Hall counted out each of Keith Appling’s steps as he made his way to the bench. As the junior guard took a seat for the final time, the message was sent. “Sit down!” The absence of their closer proved too great a challenge, and the No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) failed to cinch the gap, falling to No. 7 Indiana (18-2, 6-1) Sunday afternoon, 75-70. Appling finished with three points, zero assists and four turnovers before fouling out. “To (not) be able to be out there on the floor with my teammates, that was painful,” Appling said. “Especially knowing that if I was out there, we could have been able to pull away a little bit.” The Spartans spent much of the week talking about avoiding “turnovers for touchdowns,” as head coach Tom Izzo calls them, referring to turnovers that lead to easy fast-break layups. But Indiana scored eight points off layups from turnovers in the first half helping Indiana take a 44-38 lead at the break. After grabbing an offensive rebound, senior center Derrick Nix was called for traveling — a play both Nix and Izzo felt should have been a foul on Indiana senior guard Jordan Hulls for reaching in. The call was one of several to frustrate an MSU team that failed to attempt a free throw in the second half, while the Hoosiers shot 20 times from the charity stripe during the game. Moments later, a driving layup by sophomore center
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Lessons learned in road loss to No. 7 Indiana
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Junior guard Keith Appling dribbles the ball up the court past Indiana point guard Kevin Ferrell on Sunday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. The Hoosiers defeated the Spartans, 75-70, giving MSU its second loss in the Big Ten.
Cody Zeller extended the Hoosiers’ lead to four, 74-70, triggering an MSU timeout. With the game on the line, the Spartans turned to their freshman guard and Indiana native, who already had made five 3-pointers on the night. As the ball left his hand, Gary Harris was sure he made a sixth, but the ball refused to drop. “Oh, I thought it was in. Yeah, yeah,” Harris said wistfully, his voice trailing off. “It was tough on us. Keith’s the heart of our team and he’s our leader. He’s the head of the horse. … He didn’t play that many minutes and we still fought hard. I feel like if he doesn’t make some of those silly fouls and he plays more, and if we cut down on some of these turnovers, the game could have gone a different way.” Still, Izzo looks back on a week that included trips to Wisconsin and Indiana and said he learned he has a group of “fighters,” but he still wants to know how they’ll handle defeat. “I’m anxious to see what the film looks like, the mistakes look like and then how do we bounce back?” Izzo said. “What do we do tomorrow?”
Bloomington, Ind. – Growing up a little more than an hour away from Assembly Hall, it was a pipe dream of many that Gary Harris would be a Hoosier. Yet after taking his talents north and deciding to play at MSU, the love quickly faded. From the moment he walked on the court of the famed college basketball cathedral on Sunday, Harris had a target on his back. Each time he touched the ball, the freshman guard was greeted by a red army of raucous jeers, boos and chants of “Gary sucks.” However, it was a lesson in focus for Harris, who’s quick-
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Head coach Tom Izzo yells out to players Sunday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. After a week that included difficult trips to Wisconsin and Indiana, Izzo described his team as a group of “fighters.”
The number of times the Spartans turned the ball over in yesterday’s loss
ly becoming one of the Big Ten’s most exciting young players. Fighting off an angry crowd with poise and composure, Harris finished with a team-high 21 points — one shy of his careerbest — in the No. 13 Spartans’ (17-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) 75-70 loss to No. 7 Indiana (18-2, 6-1) on Sunday. “To be honest, I didn’t really hear that much of anything really,” Harris said. “I was just so focused on the game and you kind of block everything else out.” As the Spartans continue on in a stretch of 11 games — six of which come against ranked opponents — lessons learned in Bloomington, Ind., certainly aren’t lessons wasted. Despite turning the ball over 19 times and losing junior guard Keith Appling for much See COLUMN on page 2 X
To see a recap of the game and Izzo’s presser, visit statenews.com/multimedia on Monday afternoon.
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Campus fitness centers reopening Court to decide if new By Robert Bondy bondyrob@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
Avoiding cold weather and saving a few bucks are a few of the advantages finance sophomore Collin Stauder listed when hearing the news of the neighborhood fitness centers reopening in the upcoming week. “I’d like it because in the winter I wouldn’t have to walk to IM West since its so cold,” Stauder said. “If I don’t have to pay for it, then I probably would do that anyway even if they didn’t have all the top-of-the-line equipment.” Director of Residence Housing and Education Services or REHS, Kathy Collins announced at last week’s Residence Halls Association general assembly meeting the reopening of the free fitness centers later this week. Each neighborhood will have at least one free fitness center, although Collins could not say
what day this week the centers officially will open. The neighborhood fitness centers were closed during the fall semester while renovations were being made. The fitness centers are comparable to a typical hotel exercise room, Collins said. “The students were asking for them, so I think that this is something that we wanted to provide,” Collins said. “It’s a great way for students to get active and (it) is stress reducing, and I think it’s good to encourage students to take care of themselves.” Neighborhood fitness centers will be located in Rather, Bailey, Akers, Hubbard, Holmes, SnyderPhillips, Yakeley, Shaw and Holden halls, as well as Spartan Village. The fitness center in Butterfield Hall also will be remodeled when building renovations begin in May. Each facility is open to student residents of their respective neighborhoods by swiping their MSU student IDs. The renovations of the fitness centers included improving the
facilities by adding cardio equipment, telephones and windows for emergencies, relocating some of the centers and instrumenting stronger cleaning and maintenance systems, REHS Assistant Director of Communications Ashley Chaney said. This only is the first phase of the renovations for the fitness centers. The second phase, slated to begin this summer, includes new flooring, painting and equipment, Chaney added. The reopening of a free alternative exercise source could potentially take away business from the Recreational Sports and Fitness Services’ facilities, but Rick McNeil, the department’s director, is excited to welcome back the fitness centers. The free cardio-themed fitness centers aren’t comparable to what the IM facilities offer, he said. “If you want a quick, limited workout in the residence hall then you can get that, but if you want more then you can go to the IM West (fitness center),” McNeil said. “Win-win for the both of us.”
casino resides in Lansing By Kellie Rowe rowekell@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
A federal court judge likely will decide within the next 30 days whether Lansing will be home to a new casino, said a Michigan Attorney General spokeswoman. Spokeswoman Joy Yearout said the judge heard testimony from both tribal and state lawyers Wednesday as they argued about the fate of the $245 million dollar Lansing casino project. About a year ago, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero announced the city, in collaboration with the Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, plans to build the Kewadin Lansing Casino at Michigan Avenue and Cedar Street. Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a lawsuit
“The gaming only makes money when you’re in an actual populated area.” Matthew Fletcher, Director of MSU’s Indigenous Law and Policy Center
against the project last May, claiming building a casino more than 150 miles from the tribe’s reservation would violate both state and federal law. Director of MSU’s Indigenous Law and Policy Center Matthew Fletcher said the tribe might be eyeing Lansing because its casinos in the Upper Peninsula aren’t making much money. “There’s nobody who lives up there,” he said. “The gaming only makes money when you’re in an actual populated See COURT on page 2 X