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Women in Waiting

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At MSU, female faculty members still not receiving equal pay, make up less than one-fourth of professors

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

Linnea Jimison can pinpoint the moment in high school when she stopped pursuing her interest in science.

“I didn’t see many women, and didn’t get much encouragement (so I) kind of let it go,” said the arts and humanities senior, whose goal is to go into higher education. “In some ways, it’s frustrating to know I’m going into an area that I thought would be fairly gender equal — yet there (are) still so many subtle problems.”

According to MSU data from 2012, the percentage of total female faculty and staff members has increased 5.2 percent since 2002, but the number of female faculty numbers still is lower than their male counterparts.

When examining tenure system faculty, there are 649 fewer women than men employed at MSU. According to a report from The Chronicle of Higher Education, MSU male professors on average make $129,700 while women make $124,700 in the same position — about a $5,000 gap.

Historically, increasing female presence in the workplace hasn’t necessarily been the easiest task for women. Although females in academia have upped their presence through the past decade, there still is a gender gap in both numbers and pay.

“MSU has been actively pursuing to align that pay gap in terms of gender,” said Jayne Schuit-

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At Tuesday afternoon’s Steering Committee meeting, administrators and student leaders discussed issues of campus safety, health and leadership.

Many of the issues will be addressed again at the University Council meeting on Feb. 26.

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Chrysoula Vasileiou, an organic chemistry and inorganic synthesis lab professor, talks about materials with her teaching assistant, graduate student Colin Blakely, Tuesday at the Chemistry Building.

Pay disparities between male and female instructors at MSU In line with national trends, women who teach at MSU tend to make less than men

FULL PROFESSORS Men $130,000

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

INSTRUCTORS

Men $92,000 Men $71,000 Men $47,000 $ Male wage $ Female wage

To see a timeline of women at MSU, visit statenews.com.

Women $125,000

96%

Female pay as % of male

Women $85,000

Women $67,000

Women $41,000

92%

95%

87%

SOURCE: CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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GOVE R N M E NT

Bill might halt increase of blood alcohol content

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An extra vodka shot might not be enough to put students behind bars for drunken driving if Michigan lawmakers fail to pass preventative legislation.

While most students associate 0.08 grams as the minimum blood alcohol content, or BAC, level to be arrested for drunken driving, the level could increase to 0.10 grams Oct. 1 unless a bill recently introduced to the House passes.

In 2000, the federal government decided Michigan’s driving BAC level needed to be reduced to 0.08 grams by Oct. 1, 2003, or

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the state would lose construction funding. Michigan complied and lowered the BAC level to 0.08 grams but set the bill to expire in 10 years — this October.

State Rep. Andrea LaFontaine, R-Columbus Township, stepped in to keep the level at 0.08 grams.

“It just made sense — people should not be drinking and driving at all,” she said. “It makes sense to have this lower level.”

Olin Health Center’s alcohol, tobacco and other drug educator Rebecca Allen said even 0.08 grams is too high of a BAC level for driving. She said many other countries, such as France and Germany, have lower legal levels at about 0.05 grams.

“It would make sense for us to look at European (levels) and actually model our laws after theirs,” she said.

Allen said student drunken driving rates have declined steadily in the past decade.

The percentage of students who drink and drive dropped from about 46 percent in 2000 to almost 22 percent in 2012, according to MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research.

From her experiences, Allen said she generally finds students are “pretty clued into” the consequences of drinking and driving.

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LIVING

Blood alcohol content breakdown .01-.049 Increased sociability, mild euphoria, slight muscle relaxation

.05-.079 Slightly impaired judgement, decreased alertness, exaggerated movements

.08-.149 Loud talking, impaired senses, inability to focus, slower reactions, slurred speech, short-term memory loss

.15-.239 Lack of motor control, agitation, blurred vision, impaired standing/ walking, illogical thinking

.24-.349 Disorientation, impaired consciousness, increased pain threshold, loss of motor function, impaired respiration and circulation, possible overdose

.35+ Deep coma, extremely slow respiration and heartbeat

.40+ Death in most cases

SOURCE: OLIN HEALTH CENTER

EAST LANSING

Cooking competition turns up heat Hookah lounge ban passed, Bistro gets liquor license Several cultural organizations hosted the Global Iron Chef Champion competition Tuesday evening in McDonel Hall. Multiple groups chopped, cooked and sauteed their way through the competition.

The event was created to promote diversity and allow students to share culinary and cultural experiences.

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Packaging senior Sebba Alqetrani, left, sniffs a spice offered by human biology senior Hanin Masboob, right, on Tuesday night.

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The East Lansing City Council voted to pass two new ordinances at Tuesday’s council meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.

The council unanimously voted to ban new hookah lounges from establishing in the city. In a 4-1 vote, with Councilmember Vic Loomis the lone holdout, council voted to approve an ordinance requiring landlords to pro-

vide voter registration information to tenants at the time of move in.

Council went against criticisms from local landlords who said the voter registration requirement placed unnecessary responsibilities on businesses.

“What’s the next thing you’d like us to require that has nothing to do with our business?” DTN Management Co. President Tom Kuschinski asked council.

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Student name policy Championed by ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, the student name policy would give students the ability to choose the name they prefer to have on their diploma and on class lists. ASMSU has been pushing for this policy change since 2011, ASMSU President Evan Martinak said. Martinak said he hopes the new policy will be implemented for the fall semester, with a pilot period this summer.

“A lot of students were finding they go by a different name than what their legal name is, and sometimes it leads to problems or confusion in class,” Martinak said.

Strategies to avoid gun violence on campus During the meeting, nursing associate professor Jacqueline Wright expressed concern that MSU has not told faculty members what they should do if a shooter were to invade a classroom.

Acting Provost June Youatt said the logistics of creating and discussing a safety plan for each classroom on campus with all faculty members is unrealistic. The safety strategy the committee is calling “campus safety awareness” will be brought to the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety.

Provost search Steering Committee Chairperson John Powell said the process of finding a successor for Standing Provost Kim Wilcox hasn’t been decided, and a search committee has not yet been identified. The search likely will last the remainder of 2013 while Youatt currently is serving and making decisions as acting provost. Students will be involved in the search process, Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, President Stefan Fletcher said.

“It’s important that you get students on the committee, but (also) that they’re appropriate students on the committee — students who can contribute well and are diverse in nature,” Fletcher said.

MSU health care update In January, all faculty and staff were required to submit a report documenting their current relationship to dependents on their health insurance allowing MSU to evaluate if the dependents qualified for federal health care under the Affordable Care Act, Powell said.

There were numerous faculty and staff members who volunteered to drop their dependents, while some faculty and staff did not respond at all. Unofficial numbers discussed at the meeting showed 93 percent of respondents were qualified to keep dependents on their plan.

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Police brief Police: student at fault after hit by car Police have ruled the 20-year-old female student was at fault after she was hit by a van Monday night while crossing the street when vehicles had a green light, East Lansing police Capt. Bill Mitchell said.

Witnesses said the student had been walking across Grand River Avenue near M.A.C. Avenue with a male companion when she was struck by a van.

Mitchell said although some witnesses originally believed the light changed to green as the woman crossed the street, it has been determined the van had a green light when the women decided to cross the street and was hit.

He said the woman was treated for minor injuries at the scene. No charges will be pressed relating to the accident.

The van appeared to have minor or no damage.

Mitchell said drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the crash.

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GENDER

Despite some gains, inequality still exists among MSU faculty FROM PAGE ONE

eman, director of the Women’s Resource Center. “I think it’s going to be something that’s going to take a long time, but it’s certainly being addressed.”

Leveling the playing field At MSU, being taught by a male professor seems to have become the norm.

“The average student is surprised when they see a woman instructor … at the front of the classroom,” Schuiteman said.

“They usually expect to see a white male. They probably don’t realize the discrepancy there.”

Schuiteman added this discrepancy is reflective of a national women’s rights issue, saying women have been playing a game of catch up to men in the workforce in regard to both numbers and pay for years.

In an effort to level the scales, Theodore Curry, associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources, said MSU has turned to grants to try to foster more gender diversity at the departmental level.

Five years ago, MSU received a $4 million grant to increase the number of women employed in the hard sciences, where female

faculty numbers are low.

Curry said it’s still too early to see the direct effects of the grant, but he expects the university to follow the upward trend of more women in the workplace and placing more women in positions where they typically haven’t been seen in the past.

“It’s designed to increase the number of women in the disciplines … and to add to the quality and diversity of the faculty at MSU,” Curry said. “Not only in those (science) colleges, but all the colleges … (and) to make broader changes across the entire university.”

Although there are steps being taken to address these disparities, data shows that as females go up the ranks in academia, their presence gets smaller.

About 46 percent of assistant professors at MSU are women.

This number dips to 42 percent at the associate professor level and drops to 23 percent for professors.

Ann Marie Ryan, an organizational psychology professor who has done research on gender roles among the faculty at MSU, said some of this can be attributed to the overall difficulties women often experience in the workplace.

She said as women try to climb the ladder of academia, pressures from being in a male-dominated field, time off for maternity leave and raising a family can slow down momentum needed

“The average student is surprised when they see a woman instructor … at the front of the classroom.”

Jayne Schuiteman, director of the Women’s Resource Center

to break the glass ceiling.

“When the women are all very junior and males are all very senior (in rank), it makes that split more defined,” Ryan said. “It makes it a little harder (to move upward), but not impossible …

It’s not just that you’re a different gender, but you’re also young, and at a different life stage, and you might be interested in (more family-oriented) activities.”

Maternal instinct Since traveling to different universities throughout the country, Melanie Cooper, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, said the atmosphere is different when the genders in the department are closer to 50/50.

Cooper visits numerous universities, some of which have more equal gender representation than MSU’s Department of Chemistry.

“There’s a difference in the way people interact,” Cooper said. “I really don’t know how to put it in words.”

Ryan said depending on the faculty member, there can be a gender-based difference in their demeanor.

She considers the difference to

be a phenomenon in higher education called “Academic Momism” — an idea that female professors are expected to be more nurturing and sensitive toward students.

Because of this, women are often encouraged to go into administrative positions, which can derail them from focusing on personal research and academic development, Ryan said.

As an elementary education senior, David Thomas said he doesn’t expect his female professors to be more sensitive, but he has encountered this in the female professors he has had in his four years at MSU. “That’s just the social norm,” Thomas said. “That’s why a lot of times, to relate to elementary education, you see so many females … (Because of these) expectations that women are more nurturing than men.”

Cooper didn’t say if her teaching methods were influenced by her maternal instincts, but she attributed her consciousness to being sensitive with her students to humanity itself.

“I try to show (students) that I’m a human being,” Cooper said.

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COUNCIL

Landlords required to provide voter registration, apartment redevelopment not approved FROM PAGE ONE

Students, including members of ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, supported the proposal with hopes it might increase off-campus student voter registration.

Stephen Wooden, president of MSU College Democrats and planning commissioner for the city, voiced his support of the ordinance.

DRUNK

New legal limit could be 0.10 if bill does not pass Mich. legislature FROM PAGE ONE

Department reported 623 instances of drunken driving in 2011, according to its annual report.

East Lansing police Capt. Bill Mitchell said raising the allowed BAC level probably won’t change the number of drunken driving arrests. He said he doesn’t think Michigan lawmakers will let the level increase.

“All too often, students who wish to participate in this community and wish to vote in East Lansing fall through the crack because of the archaic, outdated voting code we have in the state of Michigan,” he said.

A last-minute amendment proposed by Mayor Pro Tem Nathan Triplett changed violations of the ordinance to civil infractions, a lightened punishment for landlords from the previous misdemeanor citation.

Council also voted to prohibit future hookah lounges from establishing in East Lansing after a single East Lansing resident, William Russell, spoke in opposition to the ordinance.

“It seems like the next step is to restrict the number of ice cream

“That’s not something I see happening,” he said.

According to MSU police’s annual report, campus police reported 185 instances of operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor or drugs in 2011.

MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said campus police target drunken drivers to ensure the roads are safe.

“Hopefully by making that a priority, numbers will drop,” she said.

She said MSU police try to not just write tickets but also focus on educating students about the consequences of drunken driving.

parlors in East Lansing,” he said.

Other action taken by council was a vote on the redevelopment of the properties of 341 and 345 Evergreen Ave., formerly known as Evergreen Arms. The property is on the site of the failed City Center project and is owned by the same developers.

Council voted unanimously to reject the site plan for the project, citing problems with parking and ground coverage on the property.

The last action by council was to approve the liquor license for Black Cat Bistro, which passed with a 3-2 vote.

MEETING

Campus gun safety, social media, student names, next provost discussed among faculty FROM PAGE ONE

ty members who are on Facebook. She said faculty and staff are posting some things about students that might be deemed inappropriate.

“They posted things about students,” McCabe said. “‘You won’t believe what this student said,’ or, ‘Can you believe people in my class don’t know what this is?’”

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FRIEND’S LABOR OF LOVE WINS MI TOP BOOK AWARD In 2012, when James Harding helped finish and publish his friend’s book more than half a decade after his death, he did it for one reason — to finish what his friend Alan Holman had started.

Harding, a specialist in the Department of Zoology, didn’t pursue the book for anything more.

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While emptying trash cans at the Main Library yesterday, MSU’s Waste Reduction Coordinator Dave Smith was shocked by the number of recyclable items he found in the garbage.

“I’ve been pulling trash cans today at the library, and it’s amazing how many recyclable items are in the trash,” Smith said. “We take so many things now that the vast majority of things on campus are recyclable.”

Smith is trying to improve recycling as part of the 13thannual RecycleMania, which kicked off last Sunday and will run until March 30.

This will be the third year MSU participates in the event, which pits more than 500 colleges in a recycling race against each other.

T he competition ranges across multiple categories that look at the most paper, cardboard, cans, bottles and food waste on a per-capita basis , produce the lowest amount of waste and recycle the largest percent of materials.

The winners of each category receive a traveling trophy as well as a recycled-glass award to keep.

MSU did not win the challenge last yea r, but was a mong 605 col leges t hat participated.

“RecycleMania is ultimately a tool for recycling and sustainability managers to use to engage students around campus in recycling,” RecycleMania Program Manager Alec Cooley said. “(The competition) can be a catalyst to improve and grow their recycling programs in general.”

To continue to improve recycling and awareness, Smith encourages students to continue normal recycling patterns on campus and take interest in new recycling events being held each week, such as Waste Awareness Week, set to begin

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So, when the book titled, “The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michigan,” was named one of the 2013 Michigan Notable Books, Harding said Holman, formerly an MSU geology and zoology professor and MSU Museum curator of vertebrate paleontology, would have been happy about the recognition.

“Al would have been very pleased to have a book on amphibians and reptiles, which people … don’t like or mostly ignore,” he said.

“It’s an honor to have the book recognized as an honorable book in Michigan.”

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David Smith, MSU waste reduction coordinator, searches for recyclables while emptying trash Tuesday at the Main Library.

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In past years, recycling rates increase during the competition at participating campuses as awareness spreads, Cooley said.

Hospitality business sophomore Caroline Milne regularly recycles but is wary of whether or not RecycleMania will improve recycling on campus.

“I feel like not that many students know about (it),” Milne said.

“If they maybe did more advertising or Facebook stuff, then I feel like it could push st udents to rec yc le more because MSU students are pretty competitive.”

Recycling record Grand Champion (recycling rate) 2011 Ranked No. 209 at 21.59 percent 2012 Ranked No. 96 at 33.54 percent Gorilla Prize (pounds recycled) 2011 Ranked No. 18 at 533,635 pounds 2012 Ranked No. 4 at 947,187 pounds Electronics (pounds recycled) 2012 Ranked No. 3 at 58,000 pounds SOURCE: MSU RECYCLING

MSU police Officer Tony Willis and Christopher Clark, a student in the intelligence operations program, talk during a career fair at Kellogg Center. About half of the MSU police officers are alumni, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothianTaylor said.

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VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPS LACK KEY ELEMENTS are all for them.

Needing only a laptop and Internet connection, remote internships offer students a new medium for finding experience in a world of global companies. From the comfort of one’s own dorm room, students can work on research projects or social media efforts for companies they never have real face-to-face contact with.

There is truth in the adage that no experience is bad experience. But when is that experience valuable?

One of the biggest drawbacks to virtual internships is the lack of opportunity it presents for interactions with professionals in an actual workplace.

Although virtual internships would provide the opportunity to be exempt from paying commuting costs or housing expenses, virtual interns miss out on learning many of the crucial lessons resulting from working for a company in the office. These lessons include understanding professional expectations, finding their place in corporate culture and following office etiquette — all things that can’t be taught through a computer screen.

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ommuting for an internship might become a thing of the past — at least if current trends hold true.

In recent years, growing numbers of students are swapping business clothes for pajamas and taking on virtual internships — positions that don’t require students to ever set foot in the office.

And as evident from a 20 percent increase in virtual internships offered this past year, employers

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Read the rest online at Even more, unlike statenews.com/blog. more traditional internships — where new hires are partnered with a member of the company and form personal bonds with their coworkers — virtual interns only communicate through phone conversations or Skype.

This lack of consistent communication eventu- know-how to manage a social identity is going to ally can impede one’s ability to network and lim- be a top priority for companies.

Many companies also have started using virtual it their chances of working for the company in the internships as a way to stay in contact with memfuture.

Virtual internships also have been linked with a bers of their summer programs who return back to school in the fall. higher risk of fraud.

Although this likely indicates working remoteMany career websites now encourage students to research the company and be on the lookout for ly is a phenomenon that is here to stay, this should red flags, such as a Gmail or Hotmail email address, not detract from the importance of working in an actual workplace. or an office operated out of a home.

The knowledge gained from working alongside In spite of these concerns, it is difficult to ignore professionals is an invaluable experience for stuthe convenience that working remotely presents.

As more focus is put on expanding online dents at any job and an essential part of increasreach, having interns who possess the youthful ing the likelihood of future success.

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“Study suggests minority students work, study harder” I think that hard work is not just based upon race, I think it has more to do with the situation each student comes from. As a non-minority coming from a very poor household I had to pull myself up by my boot-straps to get where I am today. I know minorities who come from very rich households and have never worked a real job before because their parents pay for everything.

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I agree. The race of a student matters far less than their socioeconomic status and the relationship with their parents. Jobs can either add stress or structure, it all depends on how the student sees it with his/her own mind.

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Life of ‘business suits and fake smiles’ fruitless, empty

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making an honest living.” Money is an empty promise; the pursuit of it is a game that never ends and has no winners. As for an honest living, there is nothing honest about working a job you dislike.

In fact, that’s about as far from honest as you get. Work should be one’s pride, not a collection of tokens to be traded.

This isn’t life, it’s a colorless chore we’ve been desensitized to. As you awake and peer into the mirror, do you see the charisma of a passionate student? Or are your eyes embittered and legs shaken from walking to the classes you oppose?

I can only assume the majority lie in the unwilling slew of students forced to regurgitate a curriculum of material that is memorized and quickly forgotten.

If your knuckles are white with frustration, you are correct to feel

y dear colleagues, I meet you at the crossroads of pain and contempt to speak to the devil within you.

He is the conniving bastard who dresses you in business suits and fake smiles to achieve a fruitless career. He is the snake who promises full pockets but leaves you dry and hollow. But above all, he is the temptation to compromise — to settle for a lesser life. I say, back to hell with this monster.

Many of us choose the chains we enslave ourselves in. For decades, the movers of the world have bought the tickets to their own regrettable fates.

Men have lied to themselves to reach these undesirable ends, telling themselves, “the money is good in this field” or “it’s a way of

Just so you know

stench before our very nostrils. this way.

Perhaps if we made our first It doesn’t need to be like this.

We are here, alive, and should marriage dedicated to our work do exactly that which we desire — which is eternal and cannot be broken — our feelings of insecuto do. rity and resentment Left cold and would drift away. discouraged by GUEST COLUMNIST This might sound cruel occupations, radical to you, but humanity searchhow can it not in this es for an answer corrupt society? We to explain such mustn’t let the stars pain. be plucked from our The problem is, eyes; the stars that we’re looking in remind us life can be the wrong places. amazing.

Some have looked TYLER BURT Am I wrong? Is it in the bottoms of burttyle@msu.edu so absurd to live for whiskey bottles. another reason? How Others envelope can you be so sure the themselves in an endless hunt for the “right one” way you live is correct? If this is so wrong, please smite me. As for to feel completed.

I must confess these actions all now, I’ll remain free.

Look around you. Scores of colamount to waste — a heap of manufactured ecstasy to mask reality’s lege students are enrolled in pro-

grams and majors they’re on the fence to even committing to. Grim, pale faces of a confused youth populate the country. Curiosities of what to do with one’s life crowd our minds, but a solid answer never comes.

If thought about scientifically, it truly is a pressing question. Primal necessities of food and shelter now are easily met and no longer are a burden to obtain. Since we’ve conquered meeting our biological needs, how should we employ the remainder of our time? What should we do?

We are left with two crucial options: a) Bathe in your passion, and seek to do all that fills your world with joy. Pleasure is found in the doing, not the having. b) Settle for a dull occupation with promising financial security and maintain a comfortable life.

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Fulfillment is achieved through the size of the wallet.

Hold to your sweat and blood, and, please, save yourselves! Disdain the dollar!

Our souls are on the cusp of being sent off the edge into the gallows to feed the greed of old corporate men. But a salvation exists within the infinity of your mind. Enter it.

Somewhere within lies the answer to this place. Our relationship with the universe should never entail a daily means to an end.

There is a better world. There’s more. A dull occupation is a relative concept. A wondrous career to me might be petty to you, and vice versa.

I’m simply insisting to abstain from settling for a job you’re good at and instead make your career something you wildly care about.

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“They can be a useful tool for the future considering most people work from home these days anyway.”

“You get a lot of value from actually being in the work environment, so I don’t think they have as much value.”

“It almost takes away from what internships are all about... It lacks hands-on experience.”

Ramon Jenkins doctoral student

Rebecca Mccurley athletic training freshman

Westin Babyak biochemistry freshman

A growing number of college students now are taking on virtual internships — positions allowing students to work from home, usually on research or social media projects.

We want to hear your thoughts.

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COMPETITION CHOPPED IN IRON CHEF EVENT SURVEY: STUDENTS CARE LITTLE ABOUT COLLEGE RANK WHEN PICKING SCHOOL Psychology senior Ben Goutkovitch dices onions during the final minutes of the Global Iron Chef competition Tuesday in McDonel Hall.

Goutkovitch has been participating in the competition as a member of the MSU Hillel team for three years.

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Promoting diversity, one bite at a time.

More than fi ve teams competed for the title of Global Iron Chef Champion on Tuesday evening in McDonel Hall.

Global Iron Chef was thrown as a collaborative effort by the Arab Cultural Society, the Asian Pacific American Student Organization, the International Student Association and the Jewish Student Union.

Chef and ISA member Maksat Bakirov chopped onions for an entrée as his teammates

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CONTAGIOUS NOROVIRUS REACHES EAST LANSING Norovirus, an illness affecting the stomach and intestines, has been confirmed in Ingham County, according to health department officials.

Based on symptoms in tested patients, it is safe to assume the illness has reached East Lansing as well as all

sauteed over a hot plate.

Onions weren’t the only thing students were chopping.

Attendees tried to cut the competition to win up to $20 worth of gift cards during the event, which was sponsored by the MSU Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.

Event organizer and MSU Hillel Program Associate Sam Appel said he and others spent months organizing the event.

“I’m really excited for everyone that came out,” he said. “(It’s a) really fun cultural, culinary event.”

MSU Hillel members Taylor Lederman and Mikole Levran said they attended the event to continue their tradition,

despite their questionable cooking skills.

“We’ve participated for the last two years,” Lederman said.

“We always have a good time … even though we always get last place.”

Paulette Granberry Russell, the director of the Offi ce for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, said the event brings students together from different backgrounds to share both culinary skills and cul-

tural experiences.

She said the environment and atmosphere is “comfortable, fun and open.”

“Creating opportunities for students to interact and engage with each other across cultures is part of the goals of the Offi ce for Inclusions and the university,” she said.

“There’s nothing like food that can bring communities together.”

other parts of Ingham County, county health department Deputy Health Officer Nancy Hayward said.

“It is the most common gastrointestinal bug out there,” Hayward said.

Symptoms of the norovirus include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and cramps, and some individuals who experience it also have chills, headaches and a low-grade fever, Hendrickson said. She said symptoms typically only last a few days.

Although norovirus

can be fatal, Emergency Preparedness Health Educator Christine Hendrickson said people are no more likely to die from the virus than anything else.

Hayward said people with these symptoms should rest at home for two to three days and see a doctor if conditions worsen.

Hendrickson said alcoholbased hand sanitizer will not prevent norovirus and people should wash their hands with warm water and soap. She said common surfaces should

be cleaned with a bleach solution — about one tablespoon to every gallon of water — to prevent the sickness from spreading.

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A recently released annual survey conducted by the University of California at Los Angeles found rankings are not as important as some universities might think.

The data is based on responses from about 193,000 freshmen in about 240 four-year colleges and universities. Freshmen ranked importance of 23 reasons that might influence their college choice.

College rankings in national magazines came in at No. 12 in terms of importance for students. Having a good academic reputation was the No. 1 reason for choosing a college.

MSU Director of Admissions Jim Cotter said there are many factors in a student’s college choice.

“This is a very sophisticated clientele,” Cotter said. “These students have many resources available.”

Cotter said the amount of emphasis students put on rankings depends on their demographic.

For example, it’s unlikely a student from Michigan will look at rankings for in-state schools, but will be more likely to look at data for a school out of state. The rankings are especially important to international students, he said.

Cotter said determining the significance of rankings can be difficult because evaluators from outside of the university use the data to score to the institution.

“Rankings are very important to colleges and universities in terms of perception,” Cotter said.

“The ranking means more to the institution rather than the student population at times.”

The study comes after U.S. News and World Report was informed four schools misreported data for the report’s last college rankings, which might ques-

tion the report’s credibility.

U.S. News and World Report still maintains the integrity of the ranking, stating on its website there is “no reason to believe that other schools have misreported data — and we therefore have no reason to believe that the misreporting is widespread.”

Communication junior Soo Kyung Kim was surprised to hear some schools misreported data because, as a South Korean international student, rankings were a large factor in why she chose MSU. She said she decided to come to the university because of its highly ranked College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Kim said she trusted the rankings and surveys when she was picking a college because many of them were published in the Korean and Japanese press.

“Usually Koreans think of that as the standards of the university in the world,” Kim said.

International relations junior Kyle Johnson said he was not surprised to hear some schools misreported data because many universities put a lot of emphasis on the rankings.

“I could see how it would look skewed to make it look more advantageous to go there,” Johnson said.

Johnson said he did not look at rankings when deciding which school to attend. He wanted to go to MSU for in-state tuition and for the James Madison College.

“I think it’s what you put into it, rather than the school itself,” he said.

Cotter said the most important ranking to students is their personal ranking, which is why admissions encourages prospective students to visit campus.

“For students to fully understand the value of the rankings, I’ve always said to people (that the) student ought to focus on what they value most,” Cotter said. “What do they want to see on the campus?”

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I See Stars headlines at The Loft ‘U.P.’ brings new media and

By Katie Abdilla abdillak@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

Brent McClure recalls the fi rst time he heard I See Stars live.

Although he heard bits and pieces of their music throughout their climb to fame, the economics sophomore attended the electronic-rock, hardcore band’s concert in 2012 at The Loft and instantly fell into step with the crowd.

“It was almost kind of a dancey atmosphere,” McClure said. “They use a lot of electronic beats in their songs. It’s still metal, but a little more high energetic, not so angry and destructive.”

The band, which hails from Warren, Mich., returned to The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, Tuesday night.

Nate Dorough, the owner of Fusion shows, said he has enjoyed working with the band since he fi rst booked them for a show in 2007.

“It was before Fusion Shows even existed,” Dorough said.

“They were starting as a local band. They’re just good dudes

“They do a little bit more screaming now than they ever used to ... I thought it was the best thing they could have done with their band as far as appealing to a new audience.”

Brent McClure, economics sophomore

— they’re easy to work with and the kids come out every time.”

With their fourth album in the works, I See Stars has the remaining shows in their United States tour and the summer’s Vans Warped Tour to look forward to as well. After a switch to a more electronic, dubstep-reminiscent sound with their third album, “Digital Renegade,” George Vallee, the band’s publicist , said they can expect to attract a new following.

“It was just a natural evolution to what they wanted to do with dubstep, in addition to a little rock and metal,” Vallee said. “The beats and electronics naturally blend into the writing process.”

After going back and listening to the band’s first t wo albums, McClure said

he noticed a definite sound change.

“They used to be a lot less electronic and a lot less grungy,” McClure said. “They do a little bit more screaming now than they ever used to … I thought it was the best thing they could have done with their band as far as appealing to a new audience.”

Despite their rapid growth from a local fi xation to performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Vallee said the men still have some growing up to do.

“Their third album was definitely the most mature and evolved,” he said. “It might be another two albums before t hey make t heir def ining album. They’re in their 20s, so it’s a maturing and growing process. We’ve watched them grow from little teenagers into pretty much rockstars.”

elements to long awaited play

By Christine LaRouere larouer4@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

The MSU Department of Theatre is putting on its semester production, “U.P.,” this week through Sunday.

The play, written and directed by MSU assistant professor of media acting Mark Colson , depicts the life of character John Garden, who lives in California but is unhappy and does not know what he wants.

He ends up dropping everything and moves to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to fi nd answers for all the questions he has about his life.

Colson said he wrote the piece 10 years ago with a partner in Los A ngeles.

When he came to Michigan, MSU saw his work and took the risk to have it performed on campus. Yesterday, Colson saw his long awaited piece come to life

at the RCAH Auditorium.

“This is a really great experience to see your work come to life,” Colson said. “It fi rst started as a fi lm but people in California were not catching onto the idea, but then I came to Michigan and pitched it as a play just to see if we could give it some life.”

Senior lead actor Adam Sutherland explained how this production reminded him of the themes in the awardwinning movie “The Wizard of Oz.” “During my analysis of the script, it made me think of Dorothy (from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ ),” Sutherland said. “John comes to meet three very distinct but important characters throughout his journey to Michigan.”

The play incorporates many media and film elements, something new for the theatre department.

For Colson, the process of bringing the new technology and elements to life was a new experience.

“We have original footage to play throughout the play from L.A. to here,” Colson said. “Myself and the actors [sic] went to Michigan Motion Picture Studios and shot some green screen things to impose them in the exterior images that we already shot.”

With the implementation of multiple types of media, Sutherland felt the pressure to portray John Garden right and to help make Colson’s vision come to life.

“Since Mark wrote the script, I understand that this is his baby,” Sutherland said. “I feel that I need to do this for him as his world premiere and make him proud.”

Theatre senior Michelle Serje , who plays John Garden’s wife, said working on this production has been a great experience for improving her own

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skills and working with different levels of actors.

“This play needs such a big cast, but it’s so awesome working with different types of people,” Serje said. “This play has given me the responsibility to create my own character.”

Colson said he is excited about this production because it is something new, and he wants to see the audience’s reaction.

“I don’t k now what to expect,” Colson said. “Rather than trying to feed audiences what I want them to think and feel, it’s up to them on how they see this production.”

C O M E DY

TOSH COMING TO WHARTON CENTER Comedian Daniel Tosh will present his “June Gloom Tour” at Wharton Center on June 9th. He will be accompanied by special guest star Jerrod Carmichael, who also is a stand-up comedian.

Tosh is most-widely known for his Comedy Central TV show “Tosh.0.” The show, which premiered in 2009, features internet viral videos accompanied by Tosh’s witty commentary.

Jerrod Carmichael was featured on the “10 Comics to Watch” list on backstage. com last July.

Bob Hoffman, public relations manager of Wharton Center, said he is excited for the opportunity to bring Tosh to MSU’s campus.

“He’s been around for a while and (he’s) outrageously funny,” he said. “What’s

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Daniel Tosh will be coming to Wharton Center on June 9th. cool is that we’re continually pushing shows that reach a diverse audience. Tosh is reaching a student audience obviously, but there are a variety of people who are familiar with him.”

The show will include two performances, at 7 p.m. and at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at whartoncenter.com.

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Are you a key member in a college sports scandal?

Well, if you are, prepare to talk to Katie Couric. The journalist recently sat down for an interview with Sue Paterno, the widow of the late, infamous Joe Paterno, who was found by former FBI Director Louis Freeh to have helped cover up a child sex scandal within the Penn State football program. The segment is scheduled to air Monday on “Katie,” Couric’s talk show.

Joe Paterno was fired after the news of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant coach and convicted child rapist Joe Paterno helped cover for, broke November 2011. Two months later, Paterno passed away due to complications of lung cancer.

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MSU LOOKS TO EVEN SERIES WITH MINNESOTA

Harris probable, Trice unlikely to play in Minnesota rematch because of injury

By Dillon Davis davisdi4@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

Tom Izzo has developed many friends in the coaching business. After 18 years with the MSU men’s basketball program, it’s bound to happen.

It’s developed into an odd paradox for Izzo, who doesn’t particularly enjoy going against friends but also won’t concede the victory to them either.

Izzo welcomes another longtime friend to Breslin Center on Wednesday, as the No. 12 Spartans (18-4 overall, 7-2 Big Ten) host a season rematch with No. 18 Minnesota (17-5, 5-4) and head coach JUSTIN WAN/THE STATE NEWS Tubby Smith (7 p.m., Big Ten Head coach Tom Izzo talks with sophomore guard Branden Dawson in the second half of the Network). game. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Illini, 80-75, Thursday at Breslin Center.

“I don’t like playing against him, but I like playing his teams cause I think they’re tougher than nails,” Izzo said.

“When he was at Kentucky we

By Josh Mansour had some wars there, we’ve at 7 p.m. tonight at Breslin Cen- ical against a Golden Gophers frontcourt, led by forward Trevhad some great games since ter (Big Ten Network). mansou13@msu.edu he’s been at Minnesota. He At his weekly press conference or Mbakwe, that many Spartans THE STATE NEWS was a great addition to our Monday, head coach Tom Izzo said they consider to be the most league cause he’s a guy (who) When Branden Dawson thinks said Dawson was the team’s best athletic in the conference.

Minnesota’s athleticism pardoes it the right way.” about his performance in MSU’s player and MSU will need more ticularly is potent on the fast It’s the second meeting of past game, Thursday against Illi- from him to reach its potential. the season between the two Both say it’s no secret, some- break, where the Golden Gophers nois, one word sticks in his mind Big Ten contenders, with the thing they’ve talked about mul- outscored MSU 8-2 in the sec— “embarrassing.” ond half of the teams’ Golden Gophers getPlayers regularly blew past him, tiple times before. ting the better of “He’s not impressed when I first meeting this seaparticularly in the first half, when MSU, 76-63, on the sophomore guard/forward do good things,” Dawson said son, Dec. 31, when Minnesota won New Year’s said he didn’t bring enough ener- of Izzo.

MSU freshman Eve. How“He said he wants to see me 76-63. gy and simply was disinterested guard Gary Although ever, the do great things because that’s the in taking the Illini seriously.

Harris leads all last time standard he holds me to. I just Minnesota Big Ten Minnesoneed to be ready for the chal- has struggled After a four-game recent ly, a ta visited lenge, and I’m definitely ready.” freshmen in losing streak, Minnesota East LanReadiness was a struggle for blowout win scoring with has won its last two sing, t he the entire Spartan team against over Nebraska 12.8 points per Spartans Illinois, as the Illini capitalized on one week ago game took a deciIt led him to apologize to his a sluggish start from MSU to take followed by a narrow victory against sive 68-52 win, a 10-point lead into halftime. teammates after the game. earning Izzo his Although MSU was able to rally Iowa leads freshman “I have to bring a lot more to 400th career victory. the table,” Dawson said. “No mat- for the win, junior center Adreian guard Gary Harris to In the last contest, the Golden ter what team you’re playing in Payne said it’s not something the think the Golden Gophers still are dangerous.

Gophers shot nearly 60 perthe Big Ten, despite what their Spartans can let happen again.

“They’re playing with a little cent from the floor and pulled “We’ve just got to learn how to record is, you need to come hard away down the stretch on the bring that same intensity that we more confidence and if they were and ready to play.” strength of the sharpshooting Dawson will get his chance to had in the second half to the first able to come in and get a win, guard Andre Hollins. show if the lesson took hold when half,” Payne said. “They are real- that would be a big win for them, Hollins leads the Golden the No. 12 MSU men’s basketball ly athletic and they do get up in so we’ve got to come out ready to play,” Harris said. “We can’t Gophers in scoring with 14.2 team (18-4 overall, 7-2 Big Ten) transition really (well).” points per contest, which is Energy will be especially crit- back down.” hosts No. 18 Minnesota (17-5, 5-4)

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“(Travis Trice and Gary Harris) contribute to the team, it’s just a matter of them coming back.”

Adreain Payne, junior center

Travis Trice have been battling injuries this week.

Both players were injured in last week’s 80-75 win against Illinois. Trice suffered a blow to the head in the first half that kept him out for the rest of the game and Harris left in the second half because of back spasms.

According to MSU new media director Matt Larson, Harris is likely to play in tonight’s game, but Trice remains doubtful.

As it pertains to the lineup against the Golden Gophers, junior center Adreian Payne said the team has options such as freshman guard Denzel Valentine, which will keep the chemistry of the roster as normal as possible.

“They were still (at practice) but Travis is out, he don’t know [sic] how long he’ll be out,” Payne said Monday.

“Gary, it’s the same thing. He was doing some drills with us but as far as that, it’s not really a big difference. They contribute to the team, it’s just a matter of them coming back.”

good for ninth-best in the Big Ten. The Golden Gophers also are among the best rebounding teams in the conference, ranking second in overall rebound margin. Much of that is a credit to forward Trevor Mbakwe, who led the conference in rebounding a season ago with 10.5 per game.

However, sophomore guard/ forward Branden Dawson said the Spartans still should have the advantage, as the biggest difference since the last matchup is an improvement in MSU’s team’s chemistry.

“Beginning of the year, we were kind of young and we were kind of getting our chemistry together,” Dawson said.

“We didn’t make free throws in the clutch and we looked back at the film and we had some letdowns and miscommunication on defense and missed free throws. What we learned from that game is … we’re just gonna play it out.”

The Spartans face a potential hurdle tonight, as guards freshman Gary Harris and sophomore

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Friends inspire laughter and brilliant ideas, along with the means to realize them. You’re exceptionally insightful socially.

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Travel conditions improve.

Invest in expanding your influence. Provide harmony at a group meeting. Share love.

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Hidden benefits get revealed.

Send or receive long-distance messages.

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Define your terms and establish rapport. Your words are magic today. Family helps with your work. Sidestep a pitfall.

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Assertiveness works well now.

Avoid thorns.

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Discover treasure at home.

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8 Sports | T H E STATE NE WS | WED NES DAY, FEBRUA RY 6, 2013 | STATE N E WS.COM HOCKEY

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

INJURIES FORCE YOUNG ICERS TO STEP UP

By Alyssa Girardi girardi5@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

John Draeger said if possible, he would stay on the ice for every minute of every hockey game.

Some days, his body probably feels like it does.

With injuries burdening the MSU hockey (7-18-3 overall, 5-141-0 CCHA) roster all season, Draeger, the freshman defenseman, is one of many players who has been given more ice time than anybody anticipated.

He didn’t know the exact number, but Draeger said he guesses he plays about 25 minutes a night.

He also has played in all 28 games this season, alongside junior defenseman Jake Chelios.

“I don’t think I’m tired, but I would say it definitely wears on us,” Draeger said. “Teams understand that we are short in numbers, so that’s part of their game plan dumping it in, and getting back on defense and definitely wearing us out.”

Heading into the season, head coach Tom Anastos said he was expecting adversity with the number of young players and not a great deal of experience.

One thing he didn’t anticipate, though, is the injuries that have plagued the Spartans.

Freshman defenseman Rhett Holland and senior Dean Chelios both are out for the season, along with redshirt freshman Branden Carney, whose playing career was ended by a neck injury.

Aside from those three, forwards Ryan Keller, David Bondra and Brent Darnell, among other players, have missed games because of nagging injuries.

Anastos admitted the coaching staff has been forced to play players for more minutes than normal, but that’s just them playing the hand they’re dealt.

“Where that impacts you a lot is in depth in your roster, in competition for play time,” Anastos

said. “We’ve had games and situations where we didn’t have any guys to dress to play for the full roster that was healthy.”

Sacrificing the body Freshman goaltender Jake Hildebrand has been a solid force for MSU this year, stopping upward of 30 shots most games, but there’s a few players in front of him dedicating their body to keep pucks from reaching him.

Draeger leads the team in blocked shots with 63, putting him fourth among Division I players. Freshman defenseman Travis Walsh is right behind Draeger with 48.

“It’s just bearing down and you’re going to take one,” Draeger said. “I think it’s a little bit of anticipation. It’s more of a will to block shots more than anything, takes a little courage.”

Anastos said the team’s focusing on shot blocking more so this season than last, and he sees improvement in his players in that area.

“That’s not one of the most glamorous types of things, and yet I think our team’s getting better in that area,” he said.

“We have actually practiced it, and I think guys take pride in it.”

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U-M win gives MSU control of own destiny The MSU women’s hoops team really needed Monday’s victory over Michigan.

It needed it to maintain dominance over the Spartans’ arch rival.

It needed it for any of the 8,000-plus fans that packed Breslin Center wearing pink in support of cancer awareness — including some survivors.

Most importantly, MSU needed its 61st win against the Wolverines to stay in the hunt for the Big Ten title. The Spartans began Monday in a pack of five teams deadlocked with matching 5-3 conference records, looking up at No. 8 Penn State and No. 13 Purdue, which shared the top spot with one Big Ten loss apiece.

By Monday night, MSU was tied for third place with Illinois and Nebraska. Penn State knocked off Purdue at home to maintain sole control of first place while the Boilermakers slipped to second.

“Huge — it was just big,” junior guard Klarissa Bell said.

“They’re a good team, I feel like they’re going to go out and they’re going to beat people.

We’re going to beat people, so I feel like it’s good for this Big Ten race or whatever. It’s just an exciting win: It’s Michigan versus Michigan State. I mean, how much more exciting does it get?”

Head coach Suzy Merchant didn’t want to overstate the importance of the 15-point win, shrugging off suggestions of a dominant effort. But the sixthyear coach had to be pleased with her team’s showing after a lackluster win at middling Northwestern to end a two-game losing streak.

“I’m happy with a one-point victory as long as we’re winning it,” she said. “I mean this league is too tough. Just cause you’re at home doesn’t mean you’re going to win. … It’s extremely competitive with very good players, and every coach on the sideline knows what they’re doing and can coach.”

The way MSU won was true to its recipe the entire season — a balanced scoring attack coupled with a nationally elite defense.

Four of the five Spartan starters scored nine points, while sophomore center Jasmine Hines had eight. Becca Mills, a sophomore forward, led MSU with 12 points off the bench.

Eighth in the nation in points allowed prior to the game, the Spartan defense held Michigan to 46 points and just 17-of-53 shooting from the floor.

“It was huge, but every game is going to be huge,” sophomore guard Kiana Johnson said. “We’ve just got to take it one game at a time.”

MSU hopes to use the Michigan game as a launching point with the rest of the week to prepare for a rematch with Penn State on Sunday. The Nittany Lions handed MSU its worst loss of the season on Jan. 6, downing the Spartans, 76-55.

If MSU can ride the momentum of the rivalry win to a victory in State College, Pa., it keeps MSU’s championship hopes realistic, although the Spartans would require at least one other Big Ten team to beat Penn State.

A loss likely ends their fouryear streak of finishing second or better in the conference.

Penn State isn’t the unstoppable force it looked like early in the conference season after falling on the road to Wisconsin. The Badgers are 2-7 in Big Ten play and previously lost to Penn State by 44 points.

Should MSU win Sunday, remaining games at Michigan and Purdue this month become a lot more interesting as the Big Ten race enters the home stretch.

For now, the Spartans have bought themselves at least one more week to stay with the pack in a highly-competitive race.

“We’ve got a tough one coming up with Penn State, you know, and obviously they were very aggressive against us here,” Merchant said. “So, it’ll be a challenge on the road there.”