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Music therapist Rebekah Moilanen shows Evan Fiorella some instruments during their therapy session Monday at the MSU Community Music School. This was Moilanen and Fiorella’s second session together.

An ear for music

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t was music that saved him. At 2 and a half years old, Evan Fiorella was in a car accident that left him in a coma.

It was unclear whether he would ever live a normal life.

Doctors told his mother, who also had lost her husband in the crash, he likely would be in a vegetative state — remaining unresponsive for the rest of his life.

But then his grandmother held him in her arms and sang made-up songs, and the music brought a faint smile to Evan’s face.

From then on, music was the answer.

It brought warmth to his mother’s heart to see her son belt “The Star-Spangled Banner,” at the age of 6. It brought him closer to his stepfather as he carried him up the stairs of a local high school so he could get to music practice when he was 13.

Most importantly it brought him to MSU. Now 21, Evan is a full-time pre-college student at the MSU Community Music School, or CMS. The school has designed a program specifically for him, allowing him to undergo music therapy for his speech and receive intensive daily music lessons.

“The prognosis was that he would live his life in a persistent vegetative state, with no ability to communicate through

any means, with no ability to voluntarily control any part of his body,” said Evan’s mother, Ridgeville, Ontario, resident Alison Fiorella. “Nothing came back quickly or without extreme effort. But over all these years, those teeny, tiny gains have added up to some very remarkable abilities.”

CMS has given Evan a chance to turn his passion into a future.

And MSU is giving CMS a chance as well, moving the school to an on-campus location and recognizing its importance to people, such as Evan.

“We have one of the leading early childhood music programs in the country,” said Dean of the MSU College of Music Jim Forger.

“In terms of developing a whole range of schools for children,

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Spartans take down Illinois in hard-fought home win

President Simon talks community, changes

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MSU Community Music School student, Evan Fiorella, plays the keyboard in a music therapy class Friday, Jan. 25, 2013.

BASKETBALL

By Dillon Davis

Junior center Adreian Payne dunks Thursday night during the Spartans’ victory against Illinois at Breslin Center.

Community Music School provides comfort, support for MSU student

Keith Appling knew the implication of what had happened.

Having been in foul trouble for much of MSU 80 the night, the UI 75 junior guard fouled out in the second half of Sunday’s game against Indiana, forcing the No. 13 Spartans go down to the wire with one of the nation’s top teams without their floor general. Following the 75-70 loss, Appling apologized to his teammates, understanding the difference in the game if he were on the floor instead of being relegated to the bench.

It certainly was a lesson Appling applied during Thursday’s game against Illinois.

Appling was the catalyst of a second half run that carried the No. 13 Spartans (18-4 overall, 7-2 Big Ten) past a sluggish start to earn the 80-75 victory over Illinois (15-7, 2-6) on Thursday at Breslin Center.

Appling flirted with a triple-

double in the contest, finishing with a game-high 24 points, seven assists and eight rebounds in the winning effort. Freshman guards Gary Harris and Denzel Valentine along with sophomore guard/ forward Branden Dawson each finished scoring in double figures for the game.

The Spartans opened the game with four turnovers within the first three minutes, which Illinois used to come out of the gates on a 8-0 run. The run was dotted by a pair of 3-pointers from the Illini, who have attempted more perimeter shots than any team in the Big Ten. However, a 3-point play coming on a hard layup by Harris started the progression of an 8-2 run to halt an otherwise slow start.

After a Harris 3-pointer brought the game within one nearing the midway point of the half, Illinois peppered the Spartans with a 14-5 run to go ahead by 10.

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etween heavy bursts of snow, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon managed to make it to The State News during yesterday’s wintry afternoon and speak to the Editorial Board about issues facing MSU.

At the meeti ng, Si mon conversed with students concerning issues over MSU’s relationship with the city of East Simon Lansing, students’ concerns and what she loves about MSU. Simon, who was chosen as president by the Board of Trustees in 2005, has witnessed and led MSU through the economic downturn, budget cuts and academic reorganization.

Yesterday, she caught up with The State News to express her concerns about where MSU stands and where the university

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is headed in terms of advancement in academics and community relations.

– Samantha Radecki, The State News THE STATE NEWS: What are some of the changes MSU must adjust to?

LOU ANNA K. SIMON: If you look at the last 10 years of the rough weather that universities have been going through, the declining state support, lots of questions being raised about purpose (and the) role of research, … I think if you look at the university as a whole, that by almost any measure, quantitative measure, we are positioned better today than we were 10 years ago. Now, are we positioned as well as we would like? No, because our aspirations are very

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‘Talking computer’ leads to friendship

By Lilly Keyes keyeslil@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

John Eulenberg, Don Sherman and J. J. Jackson can recall every detail of the day they met 39 years ago .

“It was love at first sight — even though I couldn’t see them,” said Jackson , a blind former Artificial Language Lab scientist, as he reached over to touch Sherman’s arm jokingly.

Dec. 4, 1974, just two weeks after their meeting, Eulenberg and Jackson decided to help Sherman perform a simple task — ordering a pizza via telephone.

Because Sherman has Moebius syndrome, which leaves his face mostly paralyzed, this mundane task was something he had never done before.

Little did they know, the team of now-best friends opened the floodgates for MSU’s speech pathology program that night.

“I think we all feel it was our destiny to work in this area and to remain committed to it,” Jackson said. “We still honor, love and treasure the link we established in 1974.”

The video recording of the event recently went viral, giving the roughly 50,000 viewers

a glimpse into the MSU Artificial Language Laboratory’s work to provide voices to those with limited speech.

More than three decades later, the men still get together each year on the anniversary of Sherman’s computer-aided phone call.

Although MSU’s laboratory has since been downsized, MSU still is involved with communicative disorder research.

Back in the day By typing the letters “ID” into a computer terminal — connected to MSU’s only on-campus computer that took up two rooms in the Computer Center — it spoke the words “I’d like a pizza” loud and clear to the unsuspecting Domino’s employee on the other line.

Sherman said when he was using the machine for the first time, he felt stressed because he did not know what the reception in the pizza parlor would be.

“We had no prior knowledge (as) to how beneficial this could be,” Sherman said through minimal movements in his jaw. “Up until that point, I never thought about me using a computer.”

A year later, the men traveled to Washington, D.C. to show their technology to the Civil

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Left & above: Ewan McKenney, 4, of Grand Rapids, Mich., participates in a picture matching activity conducted by speech language pathologist Kristin Hicks Thursday at the Audiology and Speech Sciences Building.

Services Commission. Jackson’s longtime friend, singer Stevie Wonder, paid for the trip.

They didn’t expect the result of their trip to involve saving the jobs of 250 blind IRS employees,

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CONFIDENCE GROWS WITH AGE

Finding a calendar filled with attractive men and women in an MSU student’s dorm isn’t considered a shocker, but imagine seeing grandpa sporting his birthday suit on the wall.

The State News ran a story Feb. 2, 1987 on the calendar.

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ly grasping the impact that it has on people’s lives,” Jackson said.

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whose positions were threatened when they no longer could use braille technology.

Years later, Eulenberg, Jackson and Sherman served as a rescue team — armed with talk-

ing computers — to distribute to special education programs throughout the state.

Their travels even took them to Israel, where they equipped the fi rst ever speech-free bar mitzvah.

“I don’t think at the time when you’re involved in it, you’re real-

SAFETY

By Darcie Moran

East Lansing resident William Baldwin created a calendar in 1987 to show aging can be fun.

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Long lines at Harper’s Restaurant and Brewpub or Rick’s American Cafe might be daunting for students looking for a fun weekend, but East Lansing officials said they should be thankful because it prevents overcrowding that could lead to dangerous incidents such as the club fire in Brazil.

A recent fire at a Brazillian night club left 235 dead, after pyrotechnics lit the building on fire and thousands raced toward a single exit, according to media reports.

East Lansing Planning and Community Development Director Tim Dempsey said before any establishment opens, owners must go through a thorough review process. He said the design and plans have to be approved, and construction is closely inspected.

Capacity levels and the number of required exits are determined based on the expected number of occupants and square feet, among other requirements, East Lansing Fire Department Fire Marshal Gerald Rodabaugh said.

Anthony Corwin, a host at

Harper’s, said the establishment has about six open exits with about seven individuals watching them.

Rodabaugh said the fire department does about 10 inspections each year on local establishments to check for issues such as exceeding capacity and blocked exits.

Dempsey said East Lansing police also conduct liquor license inspections regularly and can cite issues at weekly meetings between the code enforcement office, the police and the fire department. Local establishments have bouncers to monitor capacity and potentially dangerous situations, he said. “(Downtown establishments) know the importance of doing

the right thing because no one wants to be part of a tragic incident,” Dempsey said.

Rodabaugh said there are large consequences for violations such as exceeding capacity, including a criminal misdemeanor for a fire code violation, which could result in up to 90 days in jail and/or a $500 fine per person exceeding capacity. He said they might be penalized for violating local ordinances and could be charged thousands of dollars for violating liquor laws.

Dempsey and Rodabaugh both said there have not been violations requiring a citation in years.

Pyrotechnics were involved in the Brazil incident, but they said establishments in East Lansing

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are required to gain a permit to use pyrotechnics, and one has not been issued in many years.

Students should identify multiple exits in a building because it could save their lives, Rodabaugh said.

English junior Megan Hughey said packed bars and clubs make her nervous, so she typically goes to larger bars on nights when she feels they might be crowded. She said she avoids some local bars because they have a reputation for overcrowding.

“I usually do try to locate how to get out,” Hughey said. “I try to be a cautious person.”

Staff writer Isabella Shaya contributed to this article.

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Puppies, abortion among proposed bills

By Kellie Rowe rowekell@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

The Michigan Legislature has had a busy few months between right-to-work legislation and gun bills, but few students might know dozens of other bills are introduced everyday. Here are a few of many bills the Michigan legislators are working on at the moment.

Drunken driving State Rep. Andrea LaFontaine, R-Columbus Township, hopes to take further precautions to keep drunken drivers off the road.

LaFontaine introduced House Bill No. 4093 to prevent the blood alcohol content level someone can operate a vehicle at from changing from 0.08 to 0.10. The change is expected to take effect Oct. 1 if LaFontaine’s bill isn’t passed.

Keeping puppies safe Senators are looking out for the dogs visiting breeding kennels.

The puppy protection act, Senate Bill No. 0117, outlines specific requirements for large-scale commercial dog breeding kennels.

The bill explains in detail ken-

nel owners must provide food, water, shelter and exercise. The bill specifies the appropriate size of the dog’s enclosure, which must allow puppies “to turn and stretch freely and to fully extend all limbs simultaneously without touching another dog or puppy.”

Guns in schools After the Connecticut elementary school shooting caused a nationwide gun control debate, Michigan lawmakers are attempting to pass legislation to allow teachers to have guns at school.

House Bill No. 4098 permits administrators, teachers and other school employees to carry a concealed pistol on school property as long as the school’s chief executive officer approves. The gun owner will have to complete training outlined by the chief executive officer.

If the gun owner doesn’t carry the weapon on his or her person, the individual must put the pistol in a locked container that only can be accessed by the gun owner.

Abortion restrictions Introduced by state Rep. Tom Hooker, R-Byron Center, House

Bill No. 4162 requires that the physician who determines the age of a fetus in a pregnant woman is 19 weeks or older to perform an abortion for the woman only in a hospital that has a neonatal unit.

The bill is heading to the Committee on Health Policy for review.

Commemorative week and month laws Senators and representatives often introduce bills to name certain things.

House Resolution 0019 declares Feb. 3-9 as Boy Scout Week in Michigan to recognize the accomplishments of the group.

Senate Resolution 0011 recognizes Feb. 4 as Cancer Prevention Day. The resolution explains about 469 out of 100,000 Michigan residents are diagnosed with cancer annually and the disease has “touched the lives of nearly everyone, either directly or indirectly.”

Senate Resolution 0009 designates January 2013 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month to encourage Michigan residents to educate themselves about the dangers of sex trafficking.

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19 Portsmouth pop 20 Narrow strip 21 British bathroom plant?

23 Center of attention 25 At that point 26 Medical office responses 29 Bass player’s tool 30 “Wheel of Fortune” buy 31 Wriggly swimmer 34 Review July 4th festivities?

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40 Disney duck princess 41 Headline about rudeness in the House of Lords?

46 Mucky place 47 Actress West 48 Tool for some summer Olympians 49 Barnyard beast 50 Home in the woods 52 Summer sunset hour

54 Academy for special operatives?

58 Kuala Lumpur locale 62 Long bones 63 Musician for whom New Orleans’s airport is named 65 Attack from all sides 66 Big name in casual wear 67 Thomas associate 68 Gave quite a shock?

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37 Top-drawer dresser 42 “My aim was off” 43 Buster 44 Roller coaster guides 45 Spigoted vessel 51 Bit of wisdom 53 Baseball Hall of Famer Combs 54 Deteriorate, in a way 55 Et __ 56 Word seen twice on some dairy cartons 57 Dipped cookie 59 Évian evening 60 Excited by 61 Dumbfounded 64 Toon devil

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Featured podcast Social media skepticism It’s the name of a popular documentary film, a new, hit MTV show and recently — following the Manti Te’o hoax — it has made its way into our everyday vocabulary. Since everyone’s talking about it, State News staffers decided to talk about “catfishing,” too. Tune in to this week’s opinion podcast to hear more.

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uring her visit to The State News on Thursday, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon spoke about many of the changes that have defined her nearly decade-long tenure at MSU. From changes on campus to changes in the classroom, Simon has been a trendsetter in the Big Ten, as well as someone who actively has pushed to further the overall reputation of our university.

Throughout her incumbency, Simon has

Read the rest online at statenews.com/blog. campaign has provided outsiders with a look at the impact MSU graduates are having around the world.

By continuing to advertise the Spartans Will message on billboards and on televisions across the country, more awareness, support and funding can This is one of many solutions that could help be generated for the university.

Attendance at sporting events — especially the sustainability of MSU athletics while also the football games — is another concern Simon having a positive impact on revenue.

One of the fi nal issues Simon addressed was addressed. And while she recognizes this is a growing problem at MSU, little action has been MSU’s relationship with the City of East Lansing.

She noted the university usually is blamed for taken by the university to combat it.

Last week, a guest columnist for The State the residents’ unhappiness, including the selecNews wrote a column describing one possible tion of stores on Grand River Avenue.

But after years of inaction between the city solution to this problem — allowing alcohol to be sold at games. and university, it is time for both parties to come The University of Minnesota recently imple- together to create a more coherent plan for the mented this policy and saw dramatic changes to area. attendance at football games. The average game Finding a solution to these problems should be revenue also increased — to almost $130,000 a top priority for President Simon in the coming per game. years to further her vision for MSU.

watched a university that once was academically snubbed transform into a force to be reckoned with in its conference.

But that doesn’t mean there still aren’t many changes that need to take place — the most pressing being issues with fundraising, the sustainability of MSU athletics and the relationship between the university and the City of East Lansing.

Simon admits MSU has not been as successful in raising donation dollars — unlike its rival, the University of Michigan — as she would like.

Since finding adequate funding from outside sources is one of the simplest ways to help deter tuition costs and ensure the livelihood of various programs, this issue is something the university, and Simon, should not take lightly.

Although MSU can be seen as being at a disadvantage in this area, and was noted by Simon to being late in the game as a big university in fundraising, there are many possible approaches to help redirect this problem.

One solution could be by expanding the growth of the Spartans Will campaign.

Since its inception in 2006, the Spartans Will

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one at that.

And even though females recognize this, they still try extremely hard to get attention from males because they have come to believe this purely is what a man desires — yet they remain upset when they are judged after not meetThe first commercial that comes ing a man’s expectations time and on shows a young girl represent- time again.

Not only are women criticized ing a “legal 18-year-old” phone sex line. The second commercial is a by men, but they are criticized generic phone sex line with a vid- even stronger by their own sex.

Think “Mean Girls.” This moveo displaying a few girls in candid conversations via telephone. ie has prov ided great comic The third commercial is a typical relief among all ages and genders, but there’s workout video.

STAFF WRITER a deeper message The fourth comin this movie — mercial features one that involves a girl wearing a a g i r l ’s o u t e r “naughty schoolappearance. girl get-up” playIn one particing host to yet ular scene, t he anot her phone infamous characsex line. ter Gretchen WieW hat does ners says to the this say about RUANNE WALWORTH protagonist Cady f e m a l e s? A r e walwor12@msu.edu Heron in referwe merely sex ence to Reg ina symbols?

Undoubtedly, these commercials George: “Maybe she feels weird give girls a sense of uncertainty around me because I’m the only about the role they play in a man’s one that knows about her nose job. eye, especially during their young- Oh my God, pretend you didn’t er years. Women already have nag- hear that!”

To top it off, despite the hate ging self-esteem issues, constantly trying to live up to the image of talk shown in the movie between the girls in the group of “Plastics,” them portrayed by society.

But then you see a lot of wom- every girl tried her hardest to look en grabbing Cosmopolitan maga- better than the others. It’s a sad zines — which contain the latest competition that actually goes on fashion trends, girl problems and every day in girl world. Girls are sexy bedroom tips. Men probably their own worst enemy.

So, girls will watch this fi lm, see women reading Cosmopolitan as a common occurrence and this laugh and say they’d never be so sends the wrong message about naive as to follow in the footsteps women wanting to focus on bed- of the “Plastics.”

Think again. room fun and the latest fashion Every single Halloween it’s the trends — instead of their inner same thing. This particular weekbeauty.

Now observe the bookstores. end, girls can dress even more You have your romantic novels provocatively without controversy written by Nicholas Sparks and because “everybody is doing it.”

We’ve made it socially acceptyou have your sex-oriented books such as the “Fifty Shades” trilogy, able, and many girls see this as a which is drawing more attention prime opportunity to flaunt what these days. This series focuses on they’ve got.

This doesn’t seem right. Girls a contractual agreement between a male and a female solely based always seem upset and hurt about their representation in the media on sex. and day-to-day life. Yet they conWhat attracts women to it?

And what is a man’s first thought stantly try to conform to the image when he sees a woman engulfed of societal beauty.

Girls don’t like to be seen as sex in the pages? “Wow, that girl is reading. She must be really intel- symbols, yet they still see no harm in dressing provocatively on Halligent. That’s cool.”

Probably not. The majority of loween or any other party night.

Women want to be viewed as guys know this is a sex-based intelligent creatures, yet most novel.

Girls are hosts to an insane women currently are focused on amount of societal pressure. the newest sex novels and sexThey constantly are judged about based articles.

Every woman differs in her reawhether they are dressed nicely, use proper feminine etiquette, soning for why she does what she attend the right events, wear does.

But no matter the reasoning, the latest fashions, keep up with trends, have a “beach body” and women need to respect themselves and one another, focusing on inner look like a model.

Sorry boys, but that’s an impos- beauty before they can earn the sible list of requirements for any same respect they so desire from female to attain, and an unfair the male population.

MICHAEL HOLLOWAY hollow83@msu.edu

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“MSU among top for ‘B’ students” What a disappointing article. I received a fabulous education at MSU and worked my tail off getting it.

My fellow MSU grads had to compete against their brothers from UM in professional school and we generally knocked their socks off. The reality is that those rankings from US News are looked at strategically by new students picking their best opportunity for the future. This article does nothing to enhance MSU’s reputation or their ranking. The editorial staff should have done a little bit better job here.

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Owner faces challenges revamping the restaurant

By Michael Koury kourymic@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

Stateside Deli, 313 E. Grand River Ave., might be unrecognizable to students today. Construction projects are scheduled, and now the business will be known as Spencer’s Kitchen and Bar. The restaurant was closed this week for painting and aesthetic touch ups, and it tentatively is scheduled to open today pending the interior renovations are completed on time. If not, students most likely can chow on the famous corned beef sandwiches Monday after continued weekend construction.

The minor changes are part of long-term plans to update the business, including selling alcohol and featuring an updated menu with bigger burgers, smoothies and coffee drinks.

Spencer Soka , owner of the newly christened Spencer’s Kitchen and Bar, said he changed the name of the deli to reflect the different feel of the restaurant.

“As I’m turning it around with a new menu, I fi gured nothing beats having a personable experience with someone who’s going to be giving the best service, having a staff and putting my name on it,” Soka said.

Soka hoped to have more renovations done to his restaurant, but confusions with city administration have put plans on hold.

Planning and Zoning Administrator Darcy Schmitt said the fl oor plans submitted to the Building Division were not the same plans submitted with the special use permit when the plan was approved during the July 10, 2012, city council meeting.

“It actually included more seating ,” she said. “So we couldn’t sign off on it to say,

“As I’m turning it around with a new menu, I figured nothing beats having a personable experience.”

Spencer Soka, owner

‘Go ahead and review the construction plans,’ because it didn’t meet the requirements of the special use permit.”

Soka said he plans on waiting to go ahead with more renovations and keep the same seating for his restaurant.

“We’re going to wait to do something major once we get the (liquor) license from the state and visit city council one more time,” he said.

Soka filed the liquor license application July 30, 2012, and the application was approved at a Sept. 11, 2012, city council meeting.

The process of obtaining a liquor license can take up to three to six months, according to Andrea Miller, public information officer for the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.

Marketing sophomore Jacly n Stelter said she thinks the name change and selling liquor will benefit the restaurant by attracting more students.

“The word ‘bar’ (might) attract more people now that they have a liquor license,” she said. “I’ve never been there. When I turn 21, I’ll defi nitely look into going there.”

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Goldsmither Tom Awrey pinches a diamond to be placed inside of a ring in for repair Tuesday inside of Eastwood Towne Center’s Hampton Jewelers. Awrey has been in the business of jewelry repair for 43 years.

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fter working with jewelry since high school, gold smither and Bath Township resident Tom Awrey knows how to repair or craft just about anything a customer brings to him.

“I guess I look at it in terms of Christmases. I have 43 consecutive Christmases on the bench,” said Awrey, who works his own jewelry repair business fixing pieces for stores in the Lansing area. His office is located inside of Eastwood Towne Center’s Hampton Jewelers in Lansing.

Having built his home with his own hands, Awrey said he’s always been a hands-on guy.

“I guess I’m a firm believer in the old saying, ‘If you want some-

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From left, students of the Colt Early Childhood Education Center, in Lansing, watch as a coin spins around the gravity funnel Thursday at the Abrams Planetarium.

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ECONOMY

Local businesses unscathed by fall quarter, lower-than-average GDP

By Alex McClung mcclung3@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

T h e r o a d t o n at i o n a l econom ic recover y h it a slight barrier during the end of 2012, according to a bleak gross domestic product report released this week.

The economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.1 percent during the last three months of 2012, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. This fourth-quarter report is the worst quarter the U.S. economy has seen in three and a half years. Economic experts expect growth this year to rebound at a rate of 1.5 percent , which still is lower than the pace it has kept during the past three years.

Despite a lower-than-expected growth rate for the economy, some East Lansing business owners said their fourth quarter fi nished strong.

Heather Frarey, owner of The Record Lounge , 111 Division St., said her business has been showing positive numbers

since the end of last year.

“I had an awful October,” Frarey said. “After mid-November, business picked up amazingly, and it’s been great ever since.”

Economics professor Larr y Martin said the reason some East Lansing businesses aren’t complaining about less business, even with the national GDP being lower, is because the government expects higher sales at the end of the year during the holiday season. “(The economy) picks up at the end of the year. This year it didn’t pick up quite as much so we say that it fell,” Martin said. “We were hoping that the recovery would pick up steam, not go the other way.”

Frarey opened her business 5 years ago on the cusp of the recent economic recession, but Frarey said she’s confident about her business’ sales and the economy moving forward.

“Vinyl is making this big comeback,” she said. “I, myself, am seeing a pretty good spike

in business.”

But marketing researc h sen ior Trav i s Wa l kow ia k doesn’t share the same confidence in the economy as Frarey.

“I wouldn’t say that I’m confi dent about the economy in general, but I feel very confident that I’m going to have a job,” Walkowiak said.

Although Linda Dufelmeier, the co-owner of Mackerel Sky Gallery, 211 M.A.C. Ave., shared Frarey’s confidence in the economy. She said local construction is the biggest hindrance on her business.

“I’m concerned about the com i ng spr i ng a nd su mmer when the city is redoing parts of Grand River (Avenue),” Dufelmeier said. “The construction on Albert (Avenue) really impacted us last summer.”

But Dufelmeier said she is hopeful the coming months will bring more sales because of the opening of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum , and she said she had a strong fourth quarter.

thing done right, you do it yourself,’” he said. “Very early in life, my father used to refer to me as being very industrious.”

Awrey said repairing the harder pieces of jewelry is like a puzzle, and he enjoys figuring out how to piece it together.

“Nothing is going to be successful unless you figure out the proper game plan,” he said. “I like to organize it in my head before I start.”

One of Awrey’s greatest enjoyments of his job is making or repairing something that seems impossible.

“Many jobs I’ll receive, and people say they’ve been told it can’t be done,” he said. “They’re shocked when I’m confident it can be done.”

— Natalie Kolb, The State News

Goldsmither and Bath Township resident Tom Awrey lasers the band of a garnet ring Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, inside of Eastwood Towne Center’s Hampton Jewelers. Awrey said he enjoys seeing the customer’s reactions to his work.

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MSU, U-M TO MEET AT JOE LOUIS ARENA MSU to face off against Minnesota at Jenison

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Most MSU student-athletes get the opportunity to face rival Michigan once, maybe twice, a season.

After this weekend draws to a close, MSU hockey (7-17-3 overall, 5-12-1-0 CCHA) will have gotten its fifth.

“They’re always games that we enjoy playing,” senior forward Anthony Hayes said. “They’ll go down in my four years as the most fun.”

The teams have met three times already this season — a two-game series in early November and once at the Great Lakes Invitational.

This weekend could be either an emotional lift or another disappointment in an already disappointing season This weekend, for the 293rd time in history, the Spartans and Wolverines (8-16-2 overall, 5-13-2-0 CCHA) will take the ice again, notching one more game in the most-played rivalry in college hockey.

Friday’s game will take place at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor, and Saturday’s game will move to Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

“That definitely adds to the excitement,” Hayes said of playing at Joe Louis Arena. “Being a kid who grew up in Michigan, it means a great deal for me to be able to play at Joe Louis Arena, but it is something that adds a little bit of excitement.”

The Wolverines have gone 1-7 the past eight games while the Spartans have gone 2-6. Both teams also fell to the U.S. U-18 National Team Development Program, U-M 5-3, MSU 3-0.

For two struggling teams, this weekend could be either an emotional lift or another disappointment in an already disappointing season.

“They usually tend to bring it against us,” sophomore forward Brent Darnell said. “Even though they’re struggling too … they can turn it on at any time, as we learned at the GLI. We definitely gotta be on our toes and ready for them this weekend.”

MSU’s last series was against Penn State, in which the teams split games. Before that, the Spartans fell to Ferris State. Both teams played a similar style of play, and the Wolverines’ puckpossession type play will be a change for MSU. “They thrive off the transition,” Darnell said. “They’ve shown us this year they’re going to kill us if we don’t take care of the puck at each blue line. (We) know what to expect from them.”

U-M currently leads this year’s matchups, 2-1. One of MSU’s best played games this season was its 7-2 win over the Wolverines on Nov. 10, and this weekend, the Spartans will look to find that lost spark.

“In big rivalry games, there’s always that little bit more emotion, little bit more excitement,” freshman forward Michael Ferrantino said. “If we give good performances this weekend, we can probably ride some of that momentum the rest of the year.”

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Junior center Lee Reimer faces off against Michigan center A.J. Treais on Dec. 30, 2012, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. U-M defeated MSU, 5-2.

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EX-SPARTANS GEAR UP FOR SUPER BOWL As Sunday evening draws near and millions of people are expected to tune in to the sporting event that has set records as the most viewed TV program in U.S. history each of the past three years, a couple of former Spartans will get their chance to shine on one of the nation’s biggest stages.

Safety Trenton Robinson and tight end Garrett Celek graduated from MSU a season ago and one year later will play in football’s crown jewel — the Super Bowl — as members of the NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers.

After being part of the winningest senior class in MSU football history, Celek and Robinson took unlikely paths to reach Super Bowl Sunday together.

Celek signed with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent and Robinson was selected in the sixth round in the NFL draft.

Still, the road from MSU to the big game in New Orleans is one Celek said he’s grateful for and plans to enjoy more than simply the 60 minutes on the field, but all of the hoopla involved with the biggest sporting event in the country.

“It’s been pretty crazy,” Celek said. “I’m going to the Super Bowl and I’m a rookie and that’s pretty exciting. I consider myself lucky to be on a team this good. It’s a great experience.”

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Wrestling has big weekend ahead

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The MSU wrestling team faces their toughest weekend yet as they go on the road to take on No. 12 Nebraska on Friday and No. 4 Minnesota on Sunday.

MSU is winless in the Big Ten and has lost six straight, including a disappointing loss to Ohio last Sunday.

“We’ve got to get better each week, and that’s really been our theme,” head coach Tom Minkel said. “We’ve been able to do some really good things in every dual, it’s just we haven’t been able to do enough to put the dual away.”

The last four meets for Nebraska have come against ranked opponents, but the Huskers came

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With its third-straight meet against an opponent currently ranked in the NCAA Top 25, the MSU gymnastics team hopes to notch its first win as they host No. 10 Minnesota.

Having dropped their past two meets to No. 7 Nebraska and No. 19 Illinois, the Spartans will take on the Golden Gophers at 7 p.m. tonight at Jenison Field House in the Jan Howard Memorial Breast Cancer Awareness Meet.

After a 196.125-193.35 loss to the Illini last Saturday, the Spartans come into this weekend’s meet trying to improve the little things that will make their overall performance better.

“We’re really trying to get them to concentrate on the details and what they need to do in order to hit those routines,” head coach Kathie Klages said.

“The fact that we counted less falls at Illinois than the weekend before at Nebraska was a real positive.”

This will be the first time MSU will be competing at home since losing to Western Michigan, 193.5-192.725, on Jan. 12.

Klages said coming home after two weeks on the road will give the Spartans a much needed boost, both mentally and physically.

“It’s always great to be home and performing in front of your home fans,” she said. “I think the team is just more comfortable in their home arena and I think we’re just looking to gain some confidence in our performances, and I think that will certainly help to be at home.”

In their meet last Saturday, the Golden Gophers beat thenNo. 1 Michigan by 0.025 for their first-ever win over a top ranked opponent.

After her first road trip as a Spartan, freshman Kate Filosi said it was an eye-opening expe-

rience, but it’s nice to come back to East Lansing.

“Being on the road these past two meets has definitely been hard, especially as a freshmen,” Filosi said. “It was my first taste of what a season is actually like.

Being home this weekend, I don’t have to pack, (and) I can finally unpack my suitcase.”

Minnesota is led by junior Kayla Slechta, who is No. 1 in vault rankings with an average of 9.942 through three meets.

Against Illinois, MSU hit all their floor routines, a trend Filosi said was the most exhilarating experience of her young college career so far.

“We were all so hyped,” she said. “We were together, we were dancing, we were cheering. It was like the best feeling in the world.”

Minnesota also has two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week Lindsay Mable, who won the allaround competition last Saturday with a score of 39.45.

Senior captain Taira Neal said trying to keep the talented Golden Gophers out of their heads is something they need to deal with, but it’s not the most important thing on their minds.

“I’m not mad that they beat Michigan,” Neal said. “Minnesota’s a great team right now, they’re doing really good. We just really want to improve and do well on our two weakest events, which (are) bars and beam.”

Klages said the key to defeating the Golden Gophers is taking the performances they know they’re capable of getting from the practice gym to the competition floor.

“I’ve seen their scores throughout the season and they are putting up some big numbers,” Klages said. “They’re going to be a huge competitor. We need to believe in ourselves and get the routines out of these athletes that we know they’re capable of on the competition.”

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out of the difficult stretch with three wins and one loss.

With such a young team, going on the road presents a different challenge, one Minkel said is his responsibility to avoid.

“My job really is to keep them focused on what happened, what we have to do, let’s work on it, then we’re out and competing again,” he said. “If you get sidetracked and start feeling sorry for yourself, you’re not going to get where you want to go.”

In the last two weeks, sophomore 157-pounder Ryan Watts has taken on, and held his own against, the No. 1 and No. 2 wrestlers in the country.

Watts took over for senior David Cheza after he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury, and said his performance is based off what the senior told him. “(Cheza) was explaining the fact that every moment in the room is an opportunity to get better,” Watts said. “What I realized about myself is that I can compete with those guys. I can beat some of the best guys in the country, I just need to get better every day.”

He is scheduled to wrestle No. 6 James Green of Nebraska.

Senior 149-pounder Dan Osterman, who will return to the line-

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Junior 125-pounder Brenan Lyon and Iowa’s Matt McDonough wrestle during a meet Jan. 20 at Jenison Field House.

McDonough won 8-2.

up after sitting out last weekend with a knee injury, said the best way to pull the upset against two difficult opponents is to focus on what they’ve been struggling on and get better.

“Don’t make it bigger than it is because then you’re really in trouble before you get there,” Osterman said. “It’s just a match and you gotta go out there and compete as well as you can, and wrestle hard the whole time.”

Junior No. 7 heavyweight Mike McClure will face his toughest

competition of the season when he takes on No. 2 Tony Nelson of Minnesota. Nelson is 20-1 on the season.

Osterman said though the team has lost some close contests this season, it’s not because of lack of effort.

“We lost some matches to Ohio where we were winning, and we made a couple mistakes that cost us the match,” Osterman said. “At the end of the season, everything will come together and good things will happen.”

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DIVERSITY

MSU to celebrate Black History Month

By Omari Sankofa II

program that will look at the growing African-American and Latino populations in America and how it affects America as a whole.

“It’s a program to uplift the minorities as well, because there’s so much stuff that’s negative about both of our communities, politically or academically,” said Paris Wilson, president of National Association of Black Men United MSU Chapter.

and also (people) who want to learn more about them.”

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t’s Black History Month, and several events are scheduled across campus to celebrate African-American heritage.

Ignacio Andrade, community outreach and student liaison for the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, said students are beginning to appreciate the history and story of black Americans.

“That’s really what is most promising to me, because people are sometimes not from the black community and (are) learning to have a genuine appreciation for cultures that are not their own,” Andrade said. “People want to be a part of that community that welcomes others, welcomes people that are different,

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Super Bowl’s super odd bets “ … And the home of the braaave.”

I hit the stopwatch. It reads one minute and 34 seconds.

Kelly Clarkson just wrapped up the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVI, and that cued the loudest moment at our watch party last year.

“She went over, she went

—Slavery to Freedom, which was started 13 years ago by the College of Osteopathic Medicine, brings notable icons from the American civil rights movement to MSU’s campus for intimate Q&A sessions every Thursday in February.

“This is essentially a host of notable ... icons in the American civil rights and social justice movement,” Andrade said. “Individuals that were participating in that movement themselves or (are) scholars and have written about the movement or are connected in some capacity that way.”

—On Feb. 13th, students can meet an African-American quiltmaker from The City College of New York, Dr. Myrah Brown-Green in “My Underground Railroad through Family, Community, the Academy, and How to Make it Through.”

“This is going to be a wonderful display of AfricanAmerican culture, fashion, quilt making, community and family,” Edozie said.

—On Feb. 12, the Distinguished Dons of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity and the Distinguished Men of Alpha Phi Alpha are hosting “The Browning of America,” a

you can place. This is the first Super Bowl ever to feature two brothers, Jim and John Harbaugh, coaching against each other, which led to an abundance of creative bets.

With my background in smallscale prop betting, I will break down and predict the outcome of this year’s weirdest wagers to help you score bragging rights amongst your friends.

Prop: Will Alicia Keys be booed during or after her rendition of the national anthem?

Pick: As American as it is to berate people with no chance of being condemned, I definitely don’t see this happening. Unless she burns the American flag while remixing the lyrics to be pro-Taliban, I don’t see how she can be booed during our nation’s anthem with the crowd going “two minutes

over,” my brother shouted with excitement.

“No way, you stopped it too late!” my cousin barked at me.

Those, ladies and gentlemen, are the boisterous sounds and excitement that come from the wonderful world of Super Bowl proposition, or prop, betting.

Every year, online gambling sites introduce the most outrageous and wacky betting options for the biggest football game of the year. One of the more notable annual bets is guessing if the length of the national anthem will last longer or shorter than the projected time, which last year, happened to fall exactly on the prediction of one minute and 34 seconds.

But guessing the allotted time of Francis Scott Key’s tune hardly is the oddest bet

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—On Feb. 16, MSU is partnering with the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit to host a free screening of the film “W.E.B. DuBois: A

Biography in Four Voices.” A panel discussion will follow.

—On Feb. 27th, Khalil Muhammad, director of

the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City, will present, “Race, Crime: Modern Urban America.”

away from kickoff” nuts.

Prop: Length of the final note of the national anthem, in seconds.

Over/under 6.5 seconds.

Pick: So over that your ears will bleed. I could see that time being tripled, as a matter of fact. Have you heard “Girl on Fire” by her?

Half of that song is held notes, so she should have no problem belting the word “brave” well into halftime.

Prop: Will either Jack or Jackie Harbaugh (the head coaches’ parents ) be shown on TV wearing any clothing that either has a San Francisco 49ers or a Baltimore Ravens logo during the game?

Pick: While I pray with all my will that both parents are clad in nothing but one team’s apparel with matching face paint, I don’t see it. The Super

Bowl is not the appropriate time for mom and pop to publicly announce who their favorite child is. (Hint: the older one) (Double hint: Yes, I’m the oldest in my family).

Prop: How long will the postgame handshake/ hug last between Jim and John Harbaugh? Over/ under seven seconds.

Pick: I’m picking under on this — way under. John is 50 years old, Jim is 49 years old.

My brother is 19, I am 20. If they are anything like me and my brother, the game will end in a hearty shove and a loud, earnest “suck it” from the winner, with no handshake and definitely no hug included.

Prop: Will Beyoncé be showing cleavage during the first song of her halftime performance?

Pick: Could you imag-

ine the payouts that would have come with a Janet Jackson cleavage prop bet? Anyway, I say “yay” on this one.

Remember little boys and girls, sex sells in America.

Prop: Number of times Ray Lewis mentions “God/Lord” in the postgame press conference. Over/under 3 mentions.

Pick: Over, with confidence. For those of you who don’t know, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis references God in a 45-second interview more than the Pope does in 24 hours. This also is his final game, and if he wins the Super Bowl expect a full-blown mass, with gospel choir included, to be held at the 50 yard line following the contest.

Matt Sheehan is a State News features editor. He can be reached at sheeha35@msu.edu.

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Your friends support you. Think through what you’re committed to and share it. Success is your reward.

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Important people are impressed by your diligence and confident work.

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Houses/Rent 111 OAK HILL. 2 bdrm.

Lic. 2. $1,050/month. No pets. 332-8600

$285/PERSON/MO 4 bed, 2 bath, Eastside of Lansing. W/D, D/W, porch, good parking.

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4 BDRM houses for 2013-14 school year, 551 Hagadorn, 1816.5 Michigan. No app fees, free washer/dryer & $400 off first month’s rent. Save $960! CRMC 517-337-7577, www. crmc1.com

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Lic. for 4. W/D near MSU. Melrose and Marigold.

517-204-7902.

$325

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