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We’ve all heard your wintertime complaints

LETTER: When everybody gets good grades, not all students win

As another snowstorm descends upon East Lansing, there are a few things to do — and not to do — to make sure you can get through the lousy weather feeling warm and looking (almost) good

With about 30 percent of college students receiving grade-based honors, has the bar been set too low to define what makes an “excellent” student?

As a college student, you already know how much grade point averages matter.

Your GPA determines whether or not you keep your scholarships. It affects your chances of getting into grad school. It could be the tie-breaker when you’re competing for a job.

But grades also matter because they are supposed to reflect what you know and can do.

While everyone wants good grades, it’s generally a bad sign when everyone gets them. If that’s happening, the bar for “excellence” is too low. Some people are getting high grades for doing less, cheapening the value of an “A” so that truly exceptional students don’t stand out.

A recent report, “Easy A’s and What’s Behind Them" by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) looks at more than 500 colleges (including Michigan State University) and finds that, on average, about 30 percent of all students at these schools graduate with gradebased honors.

What’s troubling for NCTQ, a research organization that advocates for improving the instruction of K-12 students by improving the preparation of their teachers, is that “Easy A’s” also found that teacher

“People are getting high grades for doing less, cheapening the value of an ‘A.’”

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Snow is nothing new to Michigan.

That being said, the complaints about snow, or Michigan weather in general, are the same every year.

“People forget how to drive once it snows!”

“Why doesn’t anyone make boots that are cute and warm?”

“I swear, it was like, 28 degrees this morning, I thought a light jacket would be fine!”

“No, really, is it too much to ask for boots with fleece-lined insides and traction on the bottom?”

All valid complaints. However, I think some people forget just how good Michiganders are when it comes to weather survival. For example, the minute it hits 28 degrees, look around and you will see guys in basketball shorts and girls in light jackets. We’ve

Kate Walsh NCTQ president

candidates at the schools we reviewed are nearly 50 percent more likely than their peers across campus to graduate with honors.

At Michigan State University, however, there is no worrisome discrepancy between the proportion of teacher candidates who earn honors and other majors. Specifically, 19 percent of soon-to-be teachers at Michigan State University graduate with honors, which compares with 20 percent for all programs on campus.

We hope to see more institutions follow this example. For teacher candidates and all other students, if virtually everyone has stellar grades, an easy A doesn’t really help you get a job, and it definitely won’t help you keep it.

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Washington, D.C. Ms. Walsh is the president of the National Council on Teacher Quality

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sweaters are all acceptable, and even more so if you throw a flannel shirt on underneath. We are a state where fashion and function mean the same thing.

Weather is actually worth talking about in Michigan. “So how about that weather?” starts a whole slurry of responses, and the inevitable debates show that Michigan weather is crazy enough to fill a whole conversation, even if it is mostly complaining.

Test it if you don’t believe me; mention this weekend’s snow dump in any sized group of people, and you’ll immediately divide them into two camps: “I love the snow!” and “No. Don’t even. Why do you like snow?

It’s the worst.”

Nothing like a rousing debate about the weather to keep you properly distracted through a stats class.

Bundle up, MSU, and drive safe.

Michigan weather is ridiculous, but nothing its inhabitants can’t deal with. Maybe pray for a snow day too, because I don’t think any of us want to walk through the snow.

And seriously, my toes are always cold. When is someone going to get on that boot issue?

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No form of weather will keep a true Michiganders from their Super Bowl party, and a nice rousing round of bitching and complaining is a totally acceptable way to warm up once you arrive.

One word: layers. No one does it better than Michigan. Layers aren’t a fashion statement, they’re a mandatory part of any Michigan season.

Michiganders have mastered the art of layering up, and still looking good doing it.

In the winter, beanies are both functional and fashionable (and a great way to cover up a skipped shower). Scarves are imperative — and the bigger, the better. Sweatshirts, thick knit cardigans and huge

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News Chinese students confirm assault, deny gang affiliation with attack Mathematics junior Shan Gao is questioned

by Ingham County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kimberly Hesse Friday at 55th District Court at the Ingham County Courthouse, 315 S. Jefferson St., in Mason, about his involvement with Chengguan, an alleged gang on campus thought to have been involved in an attack on a student.

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Meng Long Li Meng Long Li testified that during 2013 winter break he heard Yan Li was asking around for his phone number, so when he saw Yan Li at the karaoke club the night of the assault he decided to ask him about it. Asking for another’s phone number indicates that person is looking for trouble, Meng

Long Li said.

“It’s like a challenge,” he said. “If I refuse to give my phone number I seem like a coward.”

The confrontation between the two was brief, Meng Long Li said. Yan Li said he didn’t ask for his number, and Meng Long Li Meng Long Li was satisfied.

But moments later, when one of Meng Long Li’s friends heard of the confrontation, the friend shouted out, “What? He asked for your phone number?” and then several others followed Yan Li back into the private room, pushed him down and began assaulting him, Meng Long Li testified.

According to previous testimony, Yan Li was struck on the head with the plastic water pitcher until it broke, causing a 4-centimeter long, 1-centimeter deep laceration behind his right ear that required three sutures and 10 staples.

That night, Jan. 31, 2014, the date of Chinese New Year, was the second time Meng Long Li and Yan Li had met. In late November 2013, Yan Li and Meng Long Li had scuffled at Hong’s Cafe over a fight between two others.

Meng Long Li testified that he put his arm across Yan Li’s chest to keep him out of the fight and calm him down. The move resulted in harsh words from Yan Li and an attempted punch that missed.

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By Michael Kransz mkransz@statenews.com

According to witness testimony heard Friday, three men assaulted MSU student Yan Li with their fists and a plastic water pitcher for three to five minutes in a private room at a karaoke club on Jan. 31, 2014, shortly after a confrontation with one of the two defendants.

Music performance junior Yanbing Lu, who was in the room at the time of the assault, testified that the defendant who had confronted Yan Li moments before was not one of the men. Rather, Lu said defendant Meng Long Li, an MSU alumnus, tried to pull the attackers off Yan Li. The other defendant in the case is MSU mathematics student Shan Gao. The two face a number of assault charges, including assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Prosecutors allege that the defendants belong to a Chinese student gang called “Chengguan,” but the defendants and witnesses have refuted these claims, testifying that it’s merely a group of friends.

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Seeing this, someone from behind Meng Long Li kicked Yan Li in the face, breaking his glasses and ending the scuffle between the two, Meng Long Li said.

Shan Gao Further testimony heard placed the other defendant, Gao, outside the bar during the assault.

Three witnesses, including Gao, his girlfriend and his friend, testified that he was making amends with his girlfriend in his car in the karaoke bar’s parking lot and that he never entered the building that night. That talk was cut short when Gao’s friend came to the car and alerted the two of the assault inside the bar, prompting them to leave until the police arrived.

Prior witness testimony connected Meng Long Li to the club that night, but none of the witnesses could recall if Gao was present.

Lu, who did not know Gao at the time, could not identify the third attacker, as the room was dark and the third man’s face was obscured.

Gang or Group of Friends?

Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Kimberly Hesse pressed the witnesses and defendants about the alleged Chinese student gang Chengguan and what affiliations the defendants have with it.

The name is the same as that of a Chinese police agency who “clean the streets” of illegal vendors and issue parking tickets, Meng Long Li said. While he said the agency’s reputation is not very good,

other testimony tiptoed around characterizing the agency as being a peaceful or violent one.

Though Meng Long Li denied affiliation with the alleged gang, he named several people who had a sticker of the agency’s emblem on their cars.

Having known some of the members, he characterized the group as friends who “just hang out together, you know, play basketball.”

Gao, one of those who had the emblem on his car, said the sticker was “just for fun” and nothing more. When the prosecutor asked if a certain person was the leader of the alleged gang, Gao said “there’s no leader, only friends.”

Several of those associated with Chengguan, or at least those who were said to have the emblem sticker on their cars, ate dinner the evening of the assault with a group that included Gao and Meng Long Li. The relations between them range from friends, to friends of friends, to acquaintances. Both Meng Long Li and Gao described themselves as friends but said they only see each other several times a year.

Whether Chengguan reveals a more sinister facet of the international community at MSU, or just a misunderstanding, an exemplification of the cultural barriers that exist between the two communities remains to be seen.

The trial is scheduled to resume Monday at Ingham County Circuit Court, with the prosecutor and the defense attorneys set to give their closing arguments. Afterward, the jury will deliberate.

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Sexual assault town hall draws hundreds to voice concerns

BY Ray Wilbur Rwilbur@statenews.com

More than 200 students filed into the Brody Hall Auditorium Thursday for the MSU Task Force on Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence town hall meeting.

The task force’s goals for the meeting were to provide a review of MSU activities related to sexual assault and relationship violence related to recommendations made in the 2004 task force report, review what MSU has been doing to help students effectively and ineffectively and to get input from members of MSU’s community.

It was apparent on Thursday that students care deeply about the issue of sexual assault and relationship violence on campus.

Of the more than 200-person group, about 25 students stood up to speak directly to the task force and share their experiences. Many also suggested ways in which MSU could better service students who are affected by sexual assault. The sentiments expressed at the meeting by undergraduate and graduate students were primarily disappointment in MSU’s administration for not seriously addressing the issue of sexual assault on campus.

“The biggest problem that I see on a daily basis is that there are so many faculty who are mandatory reporters — they must report any case of sexual assault brought to them,” said Ian Palmieri, a resident adviser and marketing senior. “But this isn’t always what the victim prefers and I think there should be resources to help students who might not want a formal investigation.”

One student said underlying all the concerns “is a deep mistrust in the university’s handling of sexual assault.

Last night’s meeting was the first public forum at MSU between the sexual assault task force and students.

“I think it is very effective for us in getting more novel ideas and also hearing about some gaps that wouldn’t be as obvious to us from the side we’re coming from,” faculty co-chair of the task force Nicole Buchanan said. “I hope that students will be able to see where we’re coming from and that our efforts are very genuine,” she went on to say.

“The task force goals were exactly what happened tonight, we really wanted to hear from

students and hear the stories that you don’t always get when you’re reading a piece of paper,” Buchanan said.

After the meeting, 41 students assembled on the floor for a debrief to talk about what went right and what went wrong in their preparation and execution of the town hall meeting.

“We want to create accountability — we know that they heard us, and we could see some of them agreeing with us, and so that gives us some leverage,” said Elle Abeles-Allison, a student organizer and alumna of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.

The task force cannot implement any new policies alone, but will act as a middle man between students and the university moving forward.

“We (the task force) will draft a report and the university is going to go through the recommendations and sadly kind of independent of us, decide which things they can implement and when,” Buchanan said.

The town hall meeting was held amidst a Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights review of MSU’s handling of sexual assault cases in the last four years, and was meant to be a forum for discussion between the sexual assault task force and students.

Sexual assault has been a topic on the minds of students since George Will’s controversial commencement speech last semester and new additions to the MSU sexual misconduct and relationship violence policy reflecting the White House’s additions to the Violence Against Women Act. The Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives also released a report on their investigation into MSU’s sexual assault program last December. The report revealed that since August 2011, 174 reports of sexual misconduct involving students were filed to the office. Forty-seven of those cases underwent investigation, and the other 127 did not undergo formal investigation due to either a claimant not being able to participate or no jurisdiction in the matter.

Students who stayed after the meeting spoke adamantly about holding the university accountable in implementing changes to the ways they handle sexual assault and relationship violence.

“We’re here to advocate for students who weren’t here, and we are going to continue advocating hard,” Abeles-Allison said.

Adaptive Sports Day brings new perspectives Taking to wheelchairs for basketball and innovating other sports, students and faculty made sports more accessible for disabled players

Biochemistry and molecular biology junior Karl Ochs rides a recumbent bike around the IM Sports- Circle gymnasium Saturday during Adaptive Sports Day. The Council of Students with Disabilities hosted the event which also featured wheelchair basketball and various other games. Photo: kelsey Feldpausch

By Maria Braganini mbraganini@statenews.com

Students and community members opened their eyes to the world of adaptive sports on Saturday, designed to include the disabled population in physical activity.

There were no limitations Saturday afternoon as a line began to form of students and alumni of all diversities and disabilities waiting to play in a game of wheelchair basketball.

MSU’s first Adaptive Sports Day held at IM Sports-Circle allowed the Council of Students with Disabilities to raise awareness about the disabled community.

Participants of the event were encouraged to join in adaptive tennis, adaptive basketball, goal ball — a sport designed for the blind — adaptive rowing, adaptive bocce ball and cycling, along with cycling for the blind.

Adaptive bicycles for the event were donated by Programs to Educate All Cyclists, a nonprofit organization based out of Ypsilanti, designed to assist disabled adults and youth in learning fundamentals to bicycle riding.

“We don’t discriminate. Anyone is welcome to ride.

And we work on getting them to get to their least adaptive bike possible,” PEAC Summer Program Director Joe Altizer said. “Cycling is a unique opportunity for families with kids with disabilities because it’s a recreational activity that the entire family can do which is really rare for many of our students.”

Piotr Pasik, a disabled alumnus, said he attended to help raise awareness for the importance of adaptive sports, which can have an impact on young disabled people.

“The physical disabled population that doesn’t participate in sports growing up don’t get social and physical benefits of playing sports,” he said.

For the majority of the disabled community, adaptive sports benefit mental health more than physical.

“They provide outlets for regular physical exercise. Physical exercise has a great impact on mental health and emotional well-being. It promotes a sense of accomplishment of setting and achieving goals,” instructor for disabled

studies Duncan Wyeth said.

Born with cerebral palsy, Wyeth doesn’t know life without disabilities.

“Early in life, my parents gave me a bike with training wheels, allowing me to keep up with playmates,” Wyeth said.

Wyeth used cycling to his advantage and competed in Seoul, South Korea, in the 1988 Paralympics games followed by Barcelona in 1992.

For many individuals with physical disabilities, mobility is limited, Wyeth said.

“A bike or a trike helps students cover considerable distance,” he added.

Embracing adaptive sports also encourages individuals to become apiece to a larger puzzle also allowing disabled individuals to identify with peers.

Altizer said adaptive cycling is also used as a recreational therapy growing into a functional tool.

“They get to talk to other kids with similar disabilities or a different type of disability they get to interact with,” he said. “Our older students as they move forward and through the program, start using the bicycle to get to work because they won’t usually be able to get a license or a car.”

Another sport highlighted, adaptive basketball, transforms traditional basketball into an entirely new game.

The biggest difference is the inability to use legs, the two-touch rule and the shooting positioning underneath the basket, said international relations junior Julia Christensen “On the one hand getting people involved in adapted sports is good because it gives you a conception on what it’s like,” Christensen said. “On the flipside, such massive limitations aren’t as limiting as you think they are.”

As the representative for ASMSU on the CSD Board, Christensen said people who are aware of disabilities become “natural advocates.”

“It’s important for people to realize a disabled person can do something everyone else can do,” she said. “They just have to do it in a different way.”

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Fraternity brothers mourn loss of late Anthony Hawley, found dead Thursday

By Cameron Macko cmacko@statenews.com

“For he’s a n A lpha Sig,” became the song recited by a large group of mourners Friday night at the rock on Farm Lane, in a memorial for recently deceased applied engineering sciences senior Anthony Hawley. Called Tony by those who knew him, Hawley passed away Thursday night.

In a heartfelt vigil held the night after he died, political theory junior and Alpha Sigma Phi brother Andrew Brewster gave a small speech about Hawley before leading the group in song and later inviting them to sign their names on the rock in his memory.

Brewster also comforted Hawley’s girlfriend, mechanical engineering sophomore Celeste Stawiarska, during the vigil.

The rock on Farm Lane was painted with a message saying, “A true (Alpha Sigma Phi), we love you, 7/7/93, Tony, 1/29/15.”

Brewster spoke to the crowd, thanking them for coming to the vigil and spoke about Hawley’s life, saying he was always a joy to be around and loved life, and that it was amazing so many who didn’t even know him came out to show their support.

Spea k i ng to t hose who might not have known him, Brewster said they would never know what he “meant to

all of us, each and every one of us.”

The funeral home hosting the service posted an obituar y say ing t hat Hawley “passed away suddenly and peacefully.”

“Anthony will be remembered for his effer vescent personality, contagious smile and incessantly inappropriate jokes,” the obituary said. “He will forever be celebrated for his zealous attitude, comical nature and living life to the fullest.”

A service for Hawley was held for friends from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday at A.J. Desmond and Sons Funeral Home in Royal Oak, Michigan. Scripture services and sharing of memories were scheduled for 7 p.m. Memorial Mass will be held Monday at noon at St. Hugo of the Hills Church in Bloomfield Hills.

Visitation will begin at 11:30 a.m., according to the funeral home’s website.

Agribusiness management sophomore Scott Nelson began a fundraiser on GoFundMe to support Hawley’s family and as of press time was able to raise $1,180 of its $5,000 goal in 12 hours.

Hawley’s cause of death is still unknown. Police were alerted to an unresponsive male in a residence on North Hagadorn Road at about 10 p.m. Thursday and arrived to find his roommate performing CPR. After being transferred to Sparrow Hospital

Political theory junior and Sigma Pi brother Andrew Brewster, and neuroscience freshman Sabrina Saracino, middle, comfort mechanical engineering sophomore Celeste Stawiarska, right, Friday during the candlelight vigil held at the the rock on Farm Lane in honor of Stawiarska’s boyfriend and applied engineering sciences senior Anthony Hawley. PHOTO: Kennedy thatch

by paramedics, Hawley was pronounced dead on arrival.

The cause of death will remain unknown until the autopsy and toxicology report results come in.

“There is no indication of foul play at this time,” according to an East Lansing Police

Department statement. “However, ELPD believes that drugs may have been a contributing factor.”

Hawley was a member of the fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi, which has received support from other organizations within greek life and from the

MSU student body on social media sites Twitter and Facebook. Gifts such as flowers and cookies have been sent for condolences.

In the investigation shortly following his death, ELPD Lt. Steve Gonzalez told the Lansing State Journal that

both prescription drugs and illegal drugs were found at the scene. He previously told The State News an investigation was underway to uncover the last 24 hours of Hawley’s life. Police neither suspect the death was criminal in nature, nor foul play.

Bus passes, readily resold, come with risks In the blistering cold temperatures East Lansing is undergoing this winter, students are rushing to Capital Area Transportation Authority buses for transportation to and from classes. A semester-long bus pass costs a student $50, but with rising costs in textbooks and other expenses, students are always looking for a deal.

On Facebook, an open group within Michigan State called Free and For Sale is used by students on campus to post anything they are looking to buy or sell. The group has over 11,000 members and is flooded with posts daily with textbooks, electronics and more for sale from fellow Spartans.

Recently, however, people on campus have been

selling bus passes in the group for a reduced price — some as low as $30.

Students across campus have been taking advantage of this discounted price and exchanging the bus pass for some cash.

Comparative culture and politics senior Andrea Rodriguez purchased a bus pass on the Facebook group recently and said her pass “worked perfectly” and she bought it offline because of the cheaper cost.

Some students have been selling the passes in large quantities, up to 20 at one time. This led people to question where exactly the passes have come from and how these people got them. One student who sells passes and wanted to remain anonymous, claims that his passes work perfectly and he is just trying to make extra money.

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Some apartments such as Chandler Crossings offer residents a free bus pass with CATA, because of a contractual relationship. Students could have the opportunity to take these free passes and sell them to a buyer, who can resell for an even higher price.

Sherry Ochsner, the MSU ID office manager, says that the apartments should be linking the passes to the residents’ IDs, but that is between the apartments and CATA, not MSU. In response to this, Director of Marketing at CATA Laurie Robison said that CATA “provides training and linking equipment to apartment complex managers” and that CATA emphasizes the need for linking to take place.

When passes are purchased on campus at Sparty’s, the police department, or the MSU ID

Office the student must present an MSU ID to confirm enrollment in the university and the ID will then be linked to the pass. A new policy that has been implemented provides students with a free replacement pass if the pass is reported lost or stolen.

And there is another risk: students can potentially link the pass to their ID, sell the pass, then report it stolen or lost. The seller will get a new pass for free, but only once per semester, and the buyer’s pass would be voided.

Ochsner opposes this idea, saying that people would be “scamming fellow students. That’s not right.”

CATA emphasized that students should not purchase a bus pass from anyone other than an authorized vendor.

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Performance after overtime seals victory for Spartans against U-M After a basketball game that was too close for comfort, the Spartans pulled away in overtime for a 76-66 win. The matchup saw the teams’s seniors and junior forward Matt Costello step up Sophomore forward Gavin Schilling, senior forward Branden Dawson and head coach Tom Izzo celebrate Sunday during the game against Michigan at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines in overtime, 76-66.

By John Neidhart jneidhart@statenews.com

With snow piling up outside of Breslin Center gates and a whiteout from the fans inside, MSU turned up the heat on the Wolverines in overtime, securing a crucial 76-66 victory in the process.

In a back-and-forth contest, MSU (15-7 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) blanked U-M in overtime, outscoring them by 10 points and forcing the Wolverines to miss every single shot they took.

Junior guard Denzel Valentine was terrific in the first half, making four three-pointers en route to 14 points at the break. Head coach Tom Izzo was worried about Valentine’s recent shooting struggles carrying over to this game and said it was an important game for the junior.

He was the go-to scorer for much of the game, and after a 25-point performance, he could be back on track.

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“It was incredible.

Your body is tingling inside.

The whole place is rocking, you know momentum (is) swinging on your side. It’s the best feeling in the world.”

Matt Costello, junior forward

As the second half went on, the Wolverines and Spartans traded leads, and all signs pointed to some excitement down the stretch.

U-M junior guard Spike Albrecht hit his third three of the game to cut the MSU lead to two with 40.9 seconds left. Later, a tip-in from U-M senior forward Max Bielfeldt tied the game at 66. With a chance to win it, senior guard Travis Trice came up short on a three-point attempt. Although the Spartans had two timeouts left, Izzo decided not to use one on the final possession.

In overtime, Valentine started things off with a bucket in the post and free throws from junior forward Matt Costello put MSU up 70-66. On the next possession, Costello gathered the offensive rebound and finished a put-back to help his team pull away.

“We just guarded ball screens a little better,” head coach Tom Izzo said. “I thought we executed a little better. We got Trice into the paint instead of the fall away shots, BJ (Dawson) in there instead of the fall away shots. … I thought we took better shot selection. I think our defense got a little better, we got our break going again a little bit.”

Seniors Step Up Senior forward Branden Dawson’s season continued its steady uphill climb, and saw through another impressive stat line (19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks, 3 steals). Michigan had a hard time finding any answers for him. Defen-

sively, he was all over U-M’s Zak Irvin from the tip to the final horn in overtime, holding him to 11 points on just 5-of-14 shooting.

“I never thought I’d see the day when he could play 41 minutes in a game,” Izzo said. “He ran pretty good, he got out on the break pretty good, he rebounded pretty good. … He’s been as consistent as anybody I’ve had in the last six, seven games.”

Trice was dealing with a shoulder and rib injury, and with Valentine and Dawson taking over, his presence as a scorer wasn’t as necessary. He didn’t make his first field goal until he hit a jumper from the foul line at the 12:38 mark, before finishing with 8 points and 9 assists.

“As a point guard, when you got Denzel going like that, Bryn started going late, and (Dawson) playing the way he does, that’s when I knew I

was going to have to take more of a distributing role and kind of pick and choose,” Trice said.

Costello Dominates Down the Stretch Toward the end of the second half, Costello began to leave his mark on the game. Sophomore forward Gavin Schilling was in foul trouble and in came Costello. His role has never been too demanding, and with an impressive performance down the stretch, he exceeded expectations.

Costello turned into a ball hawk. With around three minutes left in regulation, he had two enormous blocks over a nine-second span, the second of which led to a Dawson dunk in transition. In overtime, his intensity carried over and he swatted away a three-point attempt from U-M’s Irvin.

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Costello did the grind work, including diving on the floor for loose balls, and he also remained composed at the foul line, finishing 6-of-7 from the stripe.

He said the key for his breakout performance was a mental adjustment and that he had been thinking too much leading up to it. As the impact plays kept coming, he played “more free.”

Breslin Center was energetic for most of the game, but down the stretch, Costello felt like the place was about to explode.

“It was incredible,” Costello said. “Your body is tingling inside. The whole place is rocking, you know momentum (is) swinging on your side. It’s the best feeling in the world.”

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By Ray Wilbur rwilbur@statenews.com

As snow continues to fall on East Lansing, students face more difficulty during their commute to class thanks to the reality that there will be no snow day.

The first time class was ever canceled by MSU was in January 1967 when East Lansing saw 26 inches of accumulated snowfall.

Although students haven’t seen nearly that much this week, they are still affected by increased snowfall on campus.

“It is really hard for me because I don’t have a bus pass. I’m walking anyway, so usually I just want to stay in,” special education sophomore Emma Doty said.

“I probably will end up going to class, but I feel like people who live off campus won’t go to class at all,” education junior Megan Whitelaw said.

A winter storm warning has been

in effect for East Lansing for the last 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, with 8 to 12 inches of snow expected to fall in Lansing.

10 Inches, the expected snowfall by 7 a.m. Monday

Forecasts for more snow means higher student hopes of snow days, but they are seldom gratified.

There have only been six instances in which MSU canceled classed for students.

The latest was last January during

the polar vortex when students were able to miss two consecutive days of class because of temperature conditions.

MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is responsible for clearing the snow on campus, as well as salting sidewalks and maintaining pathways for students.

They will be working at night this week to avoid student traffic, which is one of the biggest obstacles when making campus walkable, according to a previous State News article.

East Lansing winter maintenance crews also started salting and plowing bridges, overpasses and major streets yesterday.

Crews will work throughout the storm to “keep major thoroughfares as clear as possible” according to a statement from Lansing mayor Virg Bernero.

“It depends; if they clear the roads and I can make it to class safely, then I’ll go,” marketing freshman Ashley Best said.

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Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers have MSU, Lansing ties The band played in the Union Friday night, and the band members spoke to The State News about their history, their musical motivations and their need for support from their Michigan fans by lauren owings lowings@statenews.com

Joe Hertler has always loved music, ever since he began singing in the shower as a little kid.

As he grew older and his music went from the shower to the stage, Hertler’s aspirations grew. He is now lead singer of Joe Hertler and The Rainbow Seekers, a Michigan-based band who played in the Union Ballroom Friday night.

Hertler got his start playing in an orchestra when he was young, and switched to writing his own songs once he got to college. While in Mt. Pleasant performing as a solo artist, Hertler opened for guitarist Ryan Hoger, and the two quickly became friends. Soon after they were playing as a pair.

Hertler said the rest of the group came together and bonded during recording sessions with a Lansing collective through Bigger Brush Media.

“To this day they’re my best buds and my closest bandmates,” Hertler said.

Drummer and MSU alumnus Rick Hale pursued his passion for music in high school as section leader of the drum line.

He said this got him into complex rhythms, and in college he met musicians who were into the same styles.

“There’s definitely a rhythmic foundation with me and all the other members of the band,” Hale said.

Hale said the band loves when the crowd is completely invested in the music.

“When they’re really into it and we’re really into it, it’s an awesome circle,” Hale said.

“It just makes for an incredible show.”

He said Hertler has always been about connecting with people, and he got the rest of the band excited about that aspect as well.

“Music is something that’s purpose is to grow communities and bring people together,” Hertler said.

MSU brought Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers to MSU based on their success and affiliation with MSU, said Russell James, Residence Halls Association director of special events.

James said hosting the band in the ballroom was a change from doing shows on a bigger stages and made for a more intimate experience.

“We really want a very welcoming atmosphere for students,” James said.

He said RHA strives to create events that reach as many people as possible, and Joe Hertler and The Rainbow Seekers catered to both a widespread audience and a niche market.

“It’s cool that we’re able to

‘Master Harold’ highlights racism and inequality The moving performance of ‘Master Harold ... and the Boys’ at Wharton Center thought-provoked

Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers perform to a sold out crowd Saturday at the MSU Union Ballroom.

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reach a different demographic on campus,” James said.

Hale said for the future, the band wants to perform on larger scales. Hertler said the broad goal is to continue to make art while maintaining the fun.

By Leslie Hemenway lhemenway@statenews.com

Audiences found themselves contemplating the issue of racism during Friday’s showing of “‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys” at Wharton Center.

The play, which takes place in a restaurant during the apartheid era in South Africa, tells the story of three friends who struggle to overcome the institutional racism that threatens to tear their friendship apart.

The setting of the play was simple. It had a restaurant, complete with a few tables with white tablecloths, a chalkboard menu and an illuminated jukebox, which occasionally played ’50s music.

The simplicity of the set allowed audiences to focus solely on the

“We hope nothing changes and that we can still do what we love while raising our kids and being husbands,” Hertler said.

Her t ler sa id t hei r new record, “Terra Incognita,” is a great opportunity to show

characters.

The characters were believable and touching and did a phenomenal job with their roles.

Actor Gavin Lawrence, who portrayed Sam, shined in his role.

Lawrence was especially great at delivering profound monologues that discussed racism and how it can become ingrained in people, the latter of which was perfectly demonstrated by actor Justin Dietzel, who played Hally.

MSU alumna Becky K ing, a teacher at Midland High School, said she brought her world literature students as a field trip to the play because of the way the discussed race issues connected to her lessons.

King said she teaches her students “‘Master Harold’ … and the Boys” because of the relevant

the industry that Joe Hertler and The Rainbow Seekers can succeed, since they’re still a young band.

He emphasized the fact that the money from records sold doesn’t go into the hands of a corporation.

themes and overall quality of the work., written by Athol Fugard.

“It gives us a lot to talk about in class, especially in regards to the discrimination against blacks in South Africa during the time,” she said. “Fugard was a very political writer and so when he wrote the play … he wanted to make a statement, basically, about the inequity and the system.”

A r ts and humanities f reshman Megan Nicholas, who was in King’s class last year, said she really enjoyed learning about the play in class.

“I liked the shortness of it because that’s always good, but also the historical aspect to it, and the fact that there’s only three characters so you feel very personable with those characters and get really close to them,” she said.

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“I can’t express how much the sales of this record benefit us and allow us to continue making music,” Hertler said. “We’re shamelessly asking our Michigan family to support us with this record so we can make another one.”

After watching the play, King said she thought it was very well done. She noted that it was different from what she pictured in her mind, but she really liked the set and the way the main character was portrayed.

King also said she enjoyed hearing the music and seeing the dancing, as that’s a bit harder to envision when reading and studying the play.

Emily Fisher, one of King’s current students, said she also really enjoyed the play.

“I thought that the message was very powerful, and to know when ( Fugard) wrote it in, you know, the Marilyn Monroe ‘50s times, I thought it was an amazing reflection and just made you think now still that the message is still very clear,” she said.

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It was a matchup of the Big Ten’s best defensive team against the league’s best offensive team at a sold-out Joe Louis Arena Friday night. MSU hockey (10-11-2, 4-3-2 Big Ten) was coming off its first series sweep of the season, while No. 13 U-M (15-8, 7-2 Big Ten) was riding a seven-game winning streak into the rivalry game.

The Spartans’ defense won this battle of attrition as they halted the high-powered Wolverines in a 2-1 victory.

Sophomore forward Villiam Haag and junior forward Matt DeBlouw each scored their fifth goals of the season for MSU. Junior goaltender Jake Hildebrand built off of his Big Ten First Star of the week performance by making 29 saves against U-M. The Wolverines entered the game averaging 6.8 goals per game over their last five victories, and still lead all Division I schools in that category. It took an inordinate amount of focus and teamwork to beat the Wolverines, starting with the man in net.

“I thought (Hildebrand) was real steady,” head coach Tom Anastos said. “He was really good in tight. I thought he handled everything.

He looked very poised. I didn’t think we had to rely on any big spectacular saves, which he’s very capable of doing, but I thought his play was steady all night – sort of like our team.”

Hildebrand had nothing but praise for what his teammates were doing in front of him.

“We were in their face all night,” Hildebrand said. “(The defense) got a lot of sticks on pucks. I don’t know how many shots they blocked in the last couple minutes of the game – or throughout the entire game – everybody sacrificing their body. It was pretty special.”

One of the keys to the Spartans’ 19 blocked

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U-M, 2-1, at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena which helped secure a win, along with timely penalty kills and a strong performance from junior goaltender Jake Hildebrand

shots was their ability to slow down the Wolverines as they came through the neutral zone.

When U-M had to dump the puck in instead of skating it in, it allowed MSU more time to set up in its own zone and find the right positioning.

“If you let them come through that area with a lot of speed, it really puts you on your heels,” Anastos said. “We tried to do some things to make it more difficult and be well-positioned, and force them to make really good plays and beat us. For the most part, I thought it was pretty effective.”

Timely penalty kills and a knack for possessing the puck capped off MSU’s defensive performance – one that it will try to mimic when they face the Wolverines again in Chicago this weekend.

Even though the Spartans scored less than three goals, they found a way to win a defensive battle against the best offense in the country and one of their biggest rivals.

The performance also allowed at least one Spartan to live out a childhood dream.

“Unexplainable right now,” DeBlouw said after scoring the game-winner Friday. “It was one of the greatest team victories that I’ve been a part of, especially with all the fans there in a packed Joe Louis. Growing up, you dream of having those opportunities and today was definitely one of those moments.”

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Sports Men’s tennis team gets back on track with back-to-back wins

By Matthew Argillander margillander@statenews.com

Senior Harry Jadun plays a singles set during the match against the Detroit Titans Saturday at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. photo: allyson telgenhof

After a less than ideal start to the season, back-to-back wins in Saturday’s doubleheader has gotten the No. 59-ranked men’s tennis team back on track.

The team dropped three of its first four matches, losing to No. 11-ranked Duke 7-0 to open the season. The Spartans then lost to No. 31-ranked North Carolina State 4-1.

MSU got its first win of the season against North Carolina Agricultural and Technical 7-0, but the team dropped its next match to No. 7-ranked Georgia 4-1 MSU. They then bounced back to defeat No. 64-ranked Elon University 4-0.

The Spartans played four ranked opponents through five games, going 2-3 in the process. With a 2-3 record, MSU needed a good showing in Saturday’s doubleheader against two unranked teams in Toledo and Detroit. The Spartans did just that, cruising to 7-0 victories in both matches.

Freshman Jasper Koenen was happy with his performance Saturday, having won both of his doubles and both of his singles matches. "(It) was a really great day ... I was really happy with the way I’ve been practicing all week,” Koenen said. “Getting

ready for a doubleheader ... is always tough, two matches (is a) long day, but I was really happy with the way I played. I took care of business in both matches. In doubles, Doug (Zade) and I played really solid, winning pretty handily in both matches 6-1 and 6-0.”

No. 76-ranked singles player senior Gijs Linders said he believes that with a good week of practice, the team will be ready for the doubleheader coming next Saturday against Ball State and Eastern Illinois.

“We will look back at our matches and reflect on what we could have done better and on Monday we’ll have a lift and a practice in which we address those low points,” Linders said. “Tuesday until Friday we’ll hit the courts hard.

We will play a lot of tennis, we’ll grind and then we’ll be ready for Ball State (and Eastern Illinois) on Saturday.”

Head coach Gene Orlando said he won’t look past the upcoming opponents, despite being favored.

“Ball State always plays us tough. It’s never easy on the road,” Orlando said. “I think that we will be ready, but they’re going to come at us and we have to answer the call.

We can’t allow a good team to gain confidence during a match, and if we get off to a good start, we can take them out of the match early,” he said.

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