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President Barack Obama speaks to the crowd about the farm bill on Friday at the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center. After the speech, Obama signed the bill into law.

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An attendee records President Barack Obama’s speech about the farm bill on her phone Friday at the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center.

President Barack Obama visited campus Friday to sign farm bill

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ollowing an address that covered agriculture and the economy, President Barack Obama signed the farm bill into law Friday afternoon on MSU’s campus.

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Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., steps off the plane with President Barack Obama on Friday at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing.

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Quickly rushing out of Air Force One as it landed in Lansing on Friday afternoon, Associated Press White House reporter Nedra Pickle r hop p e d into a small bus heade d s t r a ig ht to the Mary Pickler Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center.

The MSU alumna was on her way to cover President Barack Obama’s speech and his signing of the farm bill.

Pickler is a national White House reporter for the Associated Press and often travels with the president as he visits different parts of the U.S.

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“Coming back to Michigan on Air Force One is always the nice way to ride home.”

Nedra Pickler, National White House reporter for the Associated Press

“Air Force One has a cabin for the press, although it’s pretty small,” she said.

“A representative pool of reporters always travels with the president wherever he goes, and one seat is always reserved for an AP reporter. Since we’re a wire service, we travel a lot of places.”

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MADISON, Wis. — The Spartans blew their only chance to beat Wisconsin in the regular season, as TraeMSU 58 von Jackson hit WIS 60 a 10-foot jump shot with 2.1 seconds left in the game to give the Badgers a 60-58 win.

See page 8 for more coverage of MSU’s loss to Wisconsin “(I’m) disappointed we didn’t find a way to win it,” head coach Tom Izzo said. “I’ve watched two years of Jackson making gamewinning shots, so I put my best defender (Gary Harris) on him, See B-BALL on page 2 u

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Head coach Tom Izzo reacts during the game against Wisconsin on Sunday at Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. The Spartans lost to the Badgers, 60-58.

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Police brief OBAMA In addition to signing

Clothing stolen from Abbot Hall laundry A student had more than $100 worth of clothing stolen from the Abbot Hall laundry room between 10 p.m. Feb. 4 and 6 a.m. Feb. 5, according to MSU police.

The victim, an 18-year-old male student, left the items in the laundry overnight when they were stolen.

They were no longer in the laundry room when he returned.

A pair of gray Nike sweatpants, a black Nike sweatshirt and shorts were stolen.

There are no suspects, and the incident remains under investigation.

Pretrials to begin for students arrested in civil disturbance Many of those arrested following the Big Ten championship win in December 2013 are set to appear in court Monday for their pretrial conferences.

Fifteen people, 12 of whom were students, were arrested after MSU beat Ohio State in the game. Others were arrested in the days following the incident.

Most students were arrested for being within 300 feet of a fire without the intention to put it out, which violates a city ordinance.

Some are scheduled to appear at 1 p.m., while the rest are set to come forward at 2 p.m.

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the farm bill, Obama mentioned MSU efforts in agriculture from page one

MSU students, faculty and alumni rubbed shoulders with local elected officials and other dignitaries in the tightly-packed Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center.

Veterinary student Chelsea Render spent 15 months in Washington, D.C. working on the legislation and was on hand for the bill signing Friday. To her, it felt like things had come full circle.

“I couldn’t have created in my head a better way to see it come to fruition,” Render said.

She said she hopes she’ll see the effects of the legislation when she begins work on farms as a veterinarian after graduation.

In front of a backdrop of artifacts from pastoral America, including a tractor and hay bales, Obama’s remarks before the signing highlighted agriculture’s importance to the economy and emphasized ways the legislation would benefit farmers throughout the country.

Obama began his remarks with a declaration of “Go green,” to which the audience replied heartily. He joked that he also was in East Lansing “to do some scouting on my brackets,” and praised MSU’s football and basketball teams.

Obama touted the economy ’s positive outlook, but addressed economic inequality.

“We’ve got to build an economy that works for everybody, not just a few,” Obama said.

He said the country must “guarantee access to a worldclass education for every child, not just some.”

Agriculture is Michigan’s second-largest industry and makes up almost one in four jobs in the state. Obama also made special mention in his

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remarks that at MSU “some students are even raising their own piglets on an organic farm.”

Psychology junior Alexis Hinson works in the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment and is active in education efforts on the Student Organic Farm. Although she was not one of the two RISE students at the bill signing, Hinson said she was ecstatic when she heard the president mentioned the program.

“It was incredible one person who can make such a huge change acknowledged the work that we’re doing out there,” Hinson said.

The president arrived at Capital Region International Airport aboard Air Force One in frigid weather and toured the Michigan Biotechnology Institute in Lansing before traveling to MSU. The institute has been owned by the Michigan State University Foundation since 2005 and works to implement biotechnologies on a larger scale. MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon accompanied Obama on a tour of the plant, where he viewed technologies being developed to convert agricultural byproducts and biofuels into fuel and animal feed.

When the president arrived at the equine performance center, a small group of protesters had gathered outside to voice their opposition to the policies of the Obama administration.

Several dozen MSU students were seated in bleachers to the left of the stage at the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center. A few hundred invited guests were seated around the stage and as seating became scarce, attendees perched along the walls to get a better glimpse of the president.

MSU Acting Provost June Youatt opened the event and said “many MSU programs, and also Michigan farms and citizens,” would benefit from the legislation. Youatt introduced U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

An MSU alumna, Stabenow chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee and worked to get the farm bill through Congress, a process that took three years.

MSU political science professor Paul Abramson said the presi-

dent’s decision to sign the legislation at MSU might have been made as a favor to the senator.

She hailed the legislation as a bipartisan effort and espoused a multitude of the bill’s positive benefits. Stabenow said the farm bill would increase jobs and promote use of biofuels, increase conservation efforts and promote economic development.

“Michigan State is incredibly important here,” Stabenow said. “As a premier agricultural research facility, they’re going to benefit from a new research foundation that we’ve established in the bill that will give permanent ongoing funding for research.”

The farm bill, officially known as the Agriculture Act of 2014, will bring sweeping changes that the Michigan Farm Bureau has said “marks a paradigm shift in farm policy.”

The legislation’s largest impact will be the ending of direct payment subsidies to farmers — cash directly paid to farmers to raise the price of the crops they grow, regardless of circumstance. Ending the subsidies will cut spending by $23.3 billion.

The president was introduced by a farmer from Leelanau County, Mich., whose cherry crops would be insured under the new act.

The farm bill will institute a new type of financial safety net for farmers, expanding crop insurance to specialty fruit and vegetable crops that are widely grown in Michigan. Unlike subsidies, the insurance would only be disbursed because of events such as natural disasters and crop price drops.

The president said the farm bill has a reach that extends beyond agriculture.

“It’s creating more good jobs, and gives more Americans a shot at opportunity,” Obama said.

The government’s food stamp program also received a cut under the new legislation of about $9 billion — smaller cuts than many Republicans desired — but Obama said the legislation would help more vulnerable Americans.

Obama used his remarks before the bill signing to announce a “Made in Rural America” initiative.

Friday was only the second time she was able to revisit MSU since she started covering Obama.

She was last in East Lansing during the then-presidential candidate’s 2008 trip to campus during his campaign.

At first, Pickler didn’t know exactly what she’d be covering when she found out she was heading to East Lansing with the president again. But to her, the topic didn’t have an impact on her excitement.

“When it was announced he (Obama) was coming to East Lansing, he didn’t say where he would be or what he was doing, but I was immediately very excited to go back to MSU,” Pickler said.

Pickler started out as a journalism major working with Capital News Ser vice and worked her way up to her current position as a White House reporter.

Shortly after her graduation

in 1998, she was hired on to the Detroit office of the Associated Press.

From there, she jumped to the Associated Press Lansing bureau and learned all she could about Michigan politics.

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Sophomore guard Gary Harris: “I couldn’t have played any worse.” from page one

and give the guy credit. He made another one.”

The game featured lategame heroics from senior center Adreian Payne and junior guard Travis Trice, who helped MSU (20-4 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) go on a 5-0 run in 20 seconds to tie the game at 58 with 10 seconds remaining. However, Jackson’s shot swished right through the basket, and a desperation halfcourt shot by Trice rattled out as the buzzer sounded.

“It sucks because in practice all the time just being in the gym and messing around, I hit that shot all the time,” Trice said. “Seeing it go out like that it kind of hurts.”

The loss sinks MSU into a tie with Michigan for first place in the Big Ten. For the better part of the game, it seemed like Payne and Trice were the only Spartans to get the memo that there was a game at Kohl Center. Payne led the game in scoring with 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting. Trice filled in with 13 of his own in place of injured senior guard Keith Appling.

It was probably the worst game sophomore guard Gary Harris had played in his entire life, as he went 3-of-20 from the field and scored six points.

Two of those made shots came from dunks in a second-half run by MSU, which had Josh Gasser— the Badger assigned to guard Harris — thinking he would catch fire.

“I was kind of thinking to myself ‘Uh-oh, he’s going to get going now,’” Gasser said.

“I just tried to force him to my help, and my guys did a good job of helping me out with some tough shots.”

Harris’ lone made jump shot came with 23 seconds left in the game, but other than that he couldn’t buy a basket with a blank check. As the media entered the locker room after

the game, Harris had a blank stare, looking like he couldn’t believe the stat line he posted.

“I really don’t have much to say other than I played horrible,” Harris said. “I couldn’t have played any worse.”

What also hurt MSU was a rocky ending at the end of the first half. Wisconsin’s 11-0 run and having Payne sitting on the bench exhausted allowed the Badgers (19-5, 6-5) to take an eight-point lead at the break.

Without Payne, the Spartans had to play small as sophomore Matt Costello and freshman Gavin Schilling committed two fouls each less than five minutes into the game.

“It really hurt when Adreian got tired,” Izzo said. “I didn’t want to put him in with two minutes left because the way (the referees) were calling it, I didn’t trust anybody.”

The Spartans kicked off the second half with a 9-2 run to get within one point of Wisconsin.

The Badgers then went on a 11-2 run of their own to go up 43-33. Their run was broken up by an and-one layup by Payne, who shot MSU’s first free throw of the game with 12:33 left on the clock.

With four minutes left to go, Trice hit an and-one layup to bring the margin to four points.

Wisconsin’s Ben Brust nailed a 3-pointer to go up 55-48 on the following possession, but MSU was still in shooting range.

Trice made a 3-pointer to bring the game to 55-52, and the Spartans got the ball back with Payne on the line. He missed the free throw, but sophomore guard Denzel Valentine got the rebound to give MSU another chance.

One free throw was made, but Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to go up five points.

“He got a look, got a little separation, and we all know Frank’s a great shooter and was going to put that in,” Wisconsin’s Sam Dekker said.

MSU wasn’t leaving without a fight. The Spartans fouled Brust to send him to the line, but the 93 percent free throw shooter missed it to allow Payne to come back and hit a 3-pointer to tie the game.

But Jackson broke MSU’s hearts as he hit the game-winner to finish with seven points.

Pickler worked for the Associated Press in Detroit and Lansing before finding a job in Washington, D.C. Once she gained some professional experience, she found an opening at the Washington, D.C. bureau and soon became the lead reporter covering the Democratic candidates for the 2004 elections.

Pickler said she is always happy to return to East Lansing, where she first found her passion for journalism.

“Coming back to Michigan on Air Force One is always the nice way to ride home,” she said.

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student group MSU Museum celebrates Darwin Day with animal exhibits for kids returns with new chapter, new initiative

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The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers might have struggled to keep a presence at MSU in past semesters, but this semester has started out stronger than ever thanks to a student’s initiative.

The group is a nonprofit organization designed to connect Asian college students to employers, including General Electric, Shell and Toyota, according to the group’s website.

After three years of difficulties, the student group has successfully reopened its chapter at MSU this semester.

Current MSU chapter president and mechanical engineering sophomore Ha Anh Le has taken every measure to revive the engineering and scientists’ society’s presence at MSU. “I was a one-person organization for a while,” said Le, who became president in November 2013.

After three years of difficulties, the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers has reopened its chapter at MSU The society was brought to MSU in March 2011. Since then, two presidents have stepped down and membership has dwindled.

“I wanted to start it up again, but literally the last person dropped on me,” Le said. “It’s been quite the body count.”

Longtime member Shenli Pei, a mechanical engineering senior, attributes the organization’s problems to a lack of communication and passion.

“Maybe we just didn’t work together,” she said. Le said Pei was on a co-op in China during Fall 2013, which is why she could not be a part of the organization at the time.

The organization’s regional and national conferences bring students from all across the country to meet with students from other colleges and representatives from top companies.

The student group also seeks to celebrate diversity.

“Anyone can join the organization as long as they believe in our purpose,” vice president Diana Xu said, a biochemistry and molecular biology junior.

Graduate students, non-engineers and non-Asian students are welcome to apply.

Le said she plans on completely revamping the society’s presence at MSU and is hopeful that she will lead it in the right direction.

She said she aims to help members break out of their shells and explore the many opportunities the student group offers.

The society’s first meeting this semester was Jan. 28. The turnout, while modest, was beyond expectations.

“We do have a team that is passionate about SASE,” Pei said.

The MSU Museum kicked off Darwin Week by hosting an interactive event on Sunday afternoon.

Darwin Discovery Day was meant to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday coming up on Feb. 12 and to give students and locals a chance to engage in science and discovery, museum communications manager Lora Helou said.

“It’s really a day of handson science for all ages,” Helou said. “It’s a little bit celebratory, but it’s really a day of education.”

The event featured a Darwin impersonator, an a mph ibia n a nd rept i le room, a “KidZone,” birthday cake and various exhibits with different artifacts throughout the museum.

Several different MSU organizations and departments worked toget her ahead of time to put the event together.

Rich Bellon, donned in 19th-century gentlemen’s wear, posed as Charles Darwin and answered guests’ questions.

Bellon, an assistant professor for Lyman Briggs College and the MSU Department of History, said his costume has become a tradition throughout the years.

He said he thinks the event is especially beneficial for children.

“They can see that science is not just something you learn about in a textbook, but something you can investigate,” he said.

Volunteer Kevin McCormick describes the skulls of a wolverine and a giraffe to Holt resident Baisil Mullen, 9, on Sunday at the MSU Museum.

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To celebrate Darwin Day, the MSU Museum hosted Darwin Discovery Day with museum-wide exhibits Molecular genetics senior Laura Harding, who has been a volunteer for several years, was manning the fossil table and explaining different fossils and skeletons.

“I probably most enjoy how curious the kids are and (helping) them feed and boost their curiosity,” Harding said.

She also explained that children were given a “passport” to take with throughout all of the exhibits.

At each exhibit they would ask questions and get stamped, and at the end they would get

a prize for getting stamps at each display.

Steve Baibak came to the event with the goal of engaging his 3-year-old daughter in science. He said Discovery Day was both enjoyable and educational for himself and his daughter.

He said he was particularly interested in the insects in the exhibit.

“It’s all fresh, it’s all new, it’s something she hasn’t experienced before...it gets her excited about things,” he said. “How

often do you get to touch a live scorpion?”

Special education sophomore Leila Wyatt said she really enjoyed taking her little siblings to the animal room, which featured snakes and lizards among other creatures.

She said it was especially creative because it was more engaging for people than simply looking at fossils and exhibits.

In the basement, a table hosted by MSU’s Forestr y Department featured an inter-

active project that guests could create with seeds, graduate student and volunteer Megan Edwards said.

Edwards said that participants would take the seeds and put them on a wet paper towel to place in the sunlight, and after a month would grow about an inch if taken care of properly.

“I just love sharing science with kids,” Edwards said. “I love seeing their faces light up when they’re able to get their hands dirty.”

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Snow, cold weather creates issues for student drivers navigating roads

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Local auto repair shops are thriving this winter because of treacherous road conditions. Damaged front ends, crushed wheels, broken suspension parts and alignment issues are repairs expected daily at East Lansing Auto Pros.

“Gosh, I’ve seen probably more (business) than I have in three years,” said Martin Washburne, owner of East Lansing Auto Pros, 2700 E. Grand River Ave. T he persistent ha rsh weather has made slippery roads unavoidable a nd has had brutal effects on vehicles.

Wit hout proper c a re and maintenance, vehicles could face long-term effects, which could eventually lead to safety issues, Washburne said.

“You can almost kind of imagine what the human b o dy wou ld b e goi ng through if we were outside going through what our cars go through,” he said.

In a previous interview with The State News, East Lansing police Capt. Jeff Murphy said quick weather changes often cause an increase in accidents.

Kinesiology senior Abby Knoblock said she recently got into an accident when her car slid on the ice.

“When I went to stop I just slid on the ice,” she said.

“He slammed on his breaks and I hit mine too, but my tires didn’t catch.”

Knoblock said she slid right into the car as a result.

“You can almost kind of imagine what the human body would be going through if we were outside going through what our cars go through.”

The frigid winter temperatures have even caused issues for the Capital Area Transportation Authority.

“Extreme cold can result in

air-line issues and, on occasion, presents a challenge for us to maintain interior heat,” CATA maintenance director Craig Allen said.

Martin Washburne, owner of East Lansing Auto Pros

The accident left a small crack in her bumper, which she hasn’t fixed.

Constant freezing and thawing also have created potholes, which are an especially prevalent issue this year.

Potholes form when water seeps into cracks in the road and f reezes. A s more ice accumulates, it breaks the pavement apart and the crater formed continues to grow until it is filled. In the winter months, road maintenance

workers often are too busy with snow removal to patch the fractured roads.

Hitting a pothole can easily cause flat tires, alignment issues and can loosen up steering components.

It can do just as much structural damage to a vehicle as hitting a curb or another car, Washburne said.

Many problems have arisen for drivers simply because of a lack of experience in driving on slick and damaged roadways.

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Decision to remove ‘Flappy Bird’ game from app store was bizarre

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wasn’t aware of the game “Flapmove and you get an inevitable splat.

When I first encountered the game, I mispy Bird” until last month, when my took it for a violent Mario spinoff. At a friends were throwing multiple F-bombs glance, the green pipes look uncannily simiat the bird before quitting in a fit of lar to the ones from Nintendo, and it sounded like Mario was collecting rage. I was shocked by their coins before getting punched guest columnist behavior. After all, it was at the end of each round. just an indie game app.

Asking my friends what they were playing, I got the But the game has takanswer “Flappy Bird.” en off recently and sparked First it was Angry Birds, and the attention of many bored now this. The game really should individuals. Although it was just be called “Angry People” released last May, the game because I’ve never seen somereally had not caught much one lose this game with a smile. traction until a few months Henry pan Despite the simple concept, ago. Its traction likely will panhenry@msu.edu the game is insanely difficult. slow, as the game’s creator Players will set modest goals — pulled the app Sunday, making a score of 10 — only for the bird to betray it unavailable to gamers. On Saturday mornthem at the first wall. Still, the game coning, developer Dong Nguyen announced on stantly draws people in for its low barrier of Twitter that he wanted to remove the game. entry and nonexistent game play ceiling.

The game play is very simple. You conI downloaded the game shortly after I trol an ugly 8-bit bird in a 2-D sidesfound out the app might not be available croller and your job is to keep the bird flapmuch longer. It’s extremely addicting. ping by tapping the screen. While flyGot a score of 50? Well, guess ing past endless walls of green pipes, what? There is someone out there you’re challenged with getting the bird with a better score than you. through as many tiny openings in a row This game’s target audience obviousby adjusting the bird’s height. One wrong

“Last Friday, I wasn’t supposed to meet President Barack Obama. But by chance, I did. In fact, I even took a picture with him.

His staff just wouldn’t let me keep the photo to prove it.”

— Rebecca Ryan, State News opinion editor

ly is people with inklings of free time in their day.

And that happens to be almost everyone.

Whether it’s in the cafeteria or at a party, I’ll hear the splat, the sigh, or the occasional cry of frustration that follows. As for me, the only real interaction I had was through a game called “Squishy Bird.”

The spinoff obviously was designed to help players wind down from playing its predecessor by squishing countless waves of Flappy Birds with the pipes.

After the impression “Squishy Bird” gave, I didn’t feel compelled to play a game that incited enough rage in someone to warrant a “Flappy Bird” hate game.

At first, I thought that the removal had something to do with Nintendo filing IP claims on the game’s graphics and sounds.

However, this was later clarified when Nguyen said that the removal didn’t involve legal or financial reasons. This surprised me.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the game made $50,000 a day from advertisements alone. That’s more than most of us might make when we land our first

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jobs after graduating from MSU. To take down the game because of reasons other than copyright issues is bizarre to me.

One possibility is that the game could be drawing unwanted attention to the developer, as many critiques on the game have been negative. Having come from an indie background, Nguyen might have disliked the mainstream turn his game took.

On Twitter, he told followers that he could not keep the game anymore. He then posted that he will not be selling the game, but will continue to develop games in the future.

“I can call ‘Flappy Bird’ is a success of mine. But it also ruins my simple life. So now I hate it,” he said.

Henry Pan is a chemical engineering sophomore. Reach him at panhenry@msu.edu.

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Eat at State’s retweet about being ‘wifey material’ was sexist, offensive Last Tuesday, MSU’s Culinary Services Eat at State campaign promoted and replied positively to a Tweet from a male student who said “I’m about to wife up @EatatState because they make me awesome sandwiches every day #wifeymaterial.”

Instead of ignoring it or replying differently, Eat at State’s Twitter account quoted this and added “Aww, shucks,” as if being dubbed “wifey material” for making “awesome sandwiches” is a compliment.

Myself and numerous others were offended that MSU would pander to a sexist comment, reacted with replies such as: “Great. You managed to dehumanize employees and women in one swoop #embarrassedforyou #getout” “Not a compliment actually. Way to promote sexism and gender stereotyping.

Good job MSU...”

“Umm, I would really appreciate it if my university wasn’t so supportive of misogyny” The response from Eat at State was as follows: “Sorry if you took it that way. I didn’t.

Simply that the student loves our food. I, too, am female” The student whose original tweet was retweeted by Eat At state replied to the reactions via his personal twitter by defending his remark as a “joke.”

Saying one is going to “wife up” a campus dining program because they make good sandwiches and calling them “wifey material” degrades not only the outstanding women of this university, but women everywhere.

I responded to Eat at State’s Tweets numerous times because this is inexcusable.

At MSU, I first found my passion to study women’s and gender studies, and I’m proud to say I will be graduating with a minor in the field. The more my eyes are opened through my classes, the more I realize none of this is to be taken lightly.

There is no such thing as a harmless sexist joke. The institutionalized promotion of sexism is quiet. It is insidious. And most importantly, it is in all of us. If I have learned anything during my course of study at MSU, it is that sometimes it is best to acknowledge problematic things and move on. One cannot fight every battle.

However, I, and my fellow students, have chosen this battle to fight. It is absolutely inexcusable that MSU has chosen to both promote and defend this overtly sexist message.

The response, “Sorry if you took it that way. I didn’t. Simply that the student loves our food. I, too, am female” does nothing to help, and was followed up the next morning with a series of tweets: “I apologize that you were offended by @brian_sco0tt’s comments. I did not interpret his comments as being malicious, rather, he loves our food I personally am an independent woman and am proud of all I can accomplish. Had he said, “make me a sandwich” I would have been offended too.

If you would like to meet with me to discuss your concerns I am willing. I hope you have a great day. There’s not much more I can do for you on Twitter.”

There is no right or wrong way to “take” the statement. It is sexist, black and white.

The stereotype that a woman’s place is as a wife, and someone who makes sandwiches is not funny.

Eat at State indicates the only way for the comment to be sexist is to demand someone “make me a sandwich.” There is no one way an “in the kitchen” comment must be phrased to be sexist.

Saying Eat at State is “wifey material” for making good sandwiches is not a “simple” statement whatsoever, and has very little to do with the “delicious” food in question.

It instead is targeted at who should be preparing to food: a wife. Also, to be considered for the position of being a wife, the preparation of making “awesome

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sandwiches every day” is required. Luckily, our on-campus dining program fits the bill, “Aww, shucks.”

No, Eat at State, this is not a compliment.

We are not blushing.

The repeated assertion of the gender of the person running the account, as if somehow being female exempts them from promoting sexist comments, also is irrelevant. Being female does not exempt a person from promoting institutionalized sexism, period.

There is no requirement for every person who identifies as female to be offended by a sexist comment about their gender. The problem is Eat at State refuses to recognize the comment as sexist, which is unacceptable.

The statement MSU’s Twitter chose to promote and accept as a compliment is sexist, plain and simple. Promoting a sexist comment, taking it as a compliment and refusing to acknowledge it as sexist once it has been pointed out is inexcusable and an embarrassment to our campus.

Institutionalized oppression runs in our blood. It is in the air we breathe. It is in the words we say and think. I do not think it is too much to ask in 2014 for MSU to respect all sexes and avoid promoting sexist notions.

Saying one is going to “wife up” a campus dining program because they make good sandwiches and calling them “wifey material” degrades not only the outstanding women of this university, but women everywhere.

Veronica Allen, English senior allenve1@msu.edu

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Lil Sibs Weekend brings kids to explore campus Zoology senior Brooke Wohlers and Sturgis, Mich., resident Brielle Wohlers, 6, “potty race” during Little Sibs Weekend on Friday, at the Union.

The annual event was comprised of two days worth of activities and was organized by the UAB.

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Lil Sibs Weekend is an opportunity for eager little siblings to visit their Spartan idols.

Each year at MSU, the University Activities Board, or UAB, hosts the event to invite siblings of all ages to East Lansing for a weekend of fun. The Union was packed with families enjoying activities like karaoke, toilet racing, Spartan trivia and Valentine’s Day card decorating on Friday.

UAB Director and hospitality business sophomore Jordan Hensley organized Lil Sibs Weekend and has been hard at work with her team since Homecoming weekend ended in October.

Hensley said having her work pay off was worth every moment.

For kinesiology junior Kyrah Holland and human development and family studies junior Jasmine Stuckey, Lil Sibs Weekend was a fun opportunity to see their family members, they said.

Between them, they shepherded six kids between ages 7 and 11, who were visiting MSU for the first time.

“They call me all the time,” Stuckey said of her four nieces and nephews.

Now that she has an apartment, she is able to accommodate them all for a visit, she said.

Stephanie Lerchenfeldt, an animal science and Spanish freshman, invited her cousin Christina Campbell, 14, to visit MSU and experience the freedom that college has to offer.

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Juggler Charles Peachock performs during Little Sibs Weekend on Friday, in the Union Ballroom. Peachock was a contestant on the television show America’s Got Talent.

son,” Lerchenfeldt said.

Campbell said she was overwhelmed by MSU’s size, but aspires to become a Spartan.

Three main attractions that caught the attention of big and little siblings alike were the Potter Park Zoo, MSU’s Science Theater and juggler Charles Peachock.

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“I try and do things people don’t expect a juggler to do,” Peachock said.

Before Peachock’s arrival, Potter Park Zoo brought in animals, including chinchilla and a European Eagle Owl with a five-foot wingspan.

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Men, women dash in dresses Student garners recognition for oil spill research for heart disease awareness

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At a women’s convention, a man sprinting down the center aisle in a sparkling red dress might seem a peculiar sight.

But on Friday, both men and women donned dresses and other red-colored clothing and participated in a shortdistance dash to raise awareness for heart disease during the Mid-Michigan Women’s Expo in Lansing.

DeWitt resident Christine Andrew did not expect her husband to wear a dress, or to win the Best Red Dress award.

“I had no idea that he was going to wear that dress,” Andrew said.

“That just goes to prove he’ll do anything to help people become more aware,” she said.

Andrew, president of CoSozo, a health-based media company, was interviewing guests at the expo about their experiences with heart disease.

To help expo-goers feel comfortable and share their stories, her husband, DeWitt resident Jim Andrew, donned a sparkling red dress and walked for the good cause.

“It was fun — I’d do it again in a heartbeat,” Jim Andrew said.

Christine Andrew became involved with the cause after interviewing a woman about her experience losing a family member to heart disease.

“When you talk to people,

they want to share who their loved one was,” she said. “More compelling than the data is the stories they’re willing to share.”

Dashers could win several awards, such as highest heels and best red dress, but raising awareness of women’s heart disease is what the American Heart Association’s Red Dress Dash is all about.

The dash was started two years ago to inform Lansing area residents about heart disease, the leading cause of death for women The dash started two years ago as a way to inform residents about an illness which is the leading cause of death for women, said Stacey Sawyer, A mer ica n Red Cross Association senior director of communications.

“One-third of women will die of heart disease,” Sawyer said.

“It kills more women than all cancers combined.”

Sawyer encouraged women of all ages to take proactive measures, such as regularly exercising, substituting red meats for fish.

She said that knowing cholesterol and blood pressure numbers is vital to maintain a healthy life style.

“If we don’t start at a young age and begin healthy practices, it will catch up to us,” Sawyer said.

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An MSU graduate student recently was honored for his research regarding the containment of oil spills.

The National Center for Institutional Diversity and Institute for Social Research awarded environmental engineering graduate student Claudio Calderon with the 2013 Exemplary Summer Research Citation. Calderon was awarded for his summer research project on how oil behaves as it is dispersed in water.

Calderon said he wanted to make membranes used for cleaning up oil spills more effective and find out what happens when membranes are in a hydrocyclone, a device that is used to classify or sort particles that are in liquid.

“When I worked (on) that project, I came to like it,” Calderon said. “They gave me some other projects, but I like it because it’s about biological agents.”

Calderon achieved recogni-

tion through his participation in the Summer Research Opportunities Program last summer. The program is available at Big Ten universities and gives undergraduate students an opportunity to get involved in graduatelevel research in order to better understand what graduate study is like at a Big Ten school.

Calderon said his work with the program is what made him decide to attend graduate school. He said he applied to graduate school at MSU because he enjoys research and enjoys the research team that he worked with.

Calderon is in his first semester of graduate school at MSU and wants to do his own research after he graduates.

Program Manager Steven Thomas’ duties include selecting students for the program and handling the relations between MSU faculty and the program.

Thomas said students are chosen based on their GPA, which on average is about a 3.5, recommendations students received from their undergraduate advisers and whether or not their research interests are matched to the research being done at MSU. “We see them as potential grad-

uate school applicants,” Thomas said.

The program often is considered an avenue to help them transition to graduate-level studies. Participants have a mentor to guide them through their research.

Calderon said his mentor, civil and environmental engineering professor Volodymyr Tarabara, made the transition much smoother.

“He helped me a lot with the application and the process to come here and get adapted,” Calderon said.

After spending some time with Calderon this past summer, Thomas said Calderon’s work ethic convinced program leaders that he was the right fit.

“I think Claudio is a fine example of what the award represents,” Thomas said. “He is a student who is hard working and industrious.”

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With vibrant smiles plastered across their faces, the MSU Pompon team walked onto the Breslin Center’s court as they prepared to perform Saturday afternoon.

The MSU Pompon team, a group of 26 students, competed in the collegiate division of Mid American Pompon’s Michigan State-Wide Championship on Saturday.

The all-female group’s routine can be described as a mix of cheer, dance and step, communication senior and team captain Alex Brekke said.

The routine performed on Saturday was an upbeat flurry of high-kicks that ended with the girls raising green pompons in the air.

MSU Pompon was the first traditional pompon team at the collegiate level in the state “The performance goes so fast and you’re so focused on hitting the moves that everything just kind of happens,” Brekke said.

With their pinky fingers linked together, the girls sat in a circle on the court surrounded by teams from other schools as they waited to find out how they placed within their division. Brekke said their nerves were high, but they all felt really good about their performance — the opinion of five judges would not change that.

When the judges announced MSU as the second-place team in the collegiate level, the girls and their fans jumped to their feet with joy.

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Dietetics senior Chelsea Amman competes with the MSU Pompon team in the Mid American Pompon State Championship on Saturday at Breslin Center.

Five other teams competed.

Metro Detroit’s Atomic Pompon took first place, and Saginaw Valley State University’s pompon team placed third.

Beginning in December, the ladies put in 11 hours of practice every week to perfect their three-minute routine in preparation for the competition. Brekke said the long days were draining, but being part of a strong team dynamic made the hard work pay off.

“As a team we all really like each other, but we also have to dedicate a lot of our success to our three coaches,” she said.

“It’s not just a sport, it’s a program, and the girls may change but the team values stay the same because of the coaches.”

The girls prepared during the hour leading up to their performance by running through their routine in the Breslin hallways.

The MSU Pompon Team was started in 2005. The team was the first traditional Mid Americanstyle pompon team at the colle-

giate level in the state.

The team has competed for the past seven years in the championship, but this was the first time they competed on their home court. Many of the team members said it was an honor to have the opportunity to perform at Breslin Center.

“We’re a part of the MSU legacy that got to perform on the Spartan head,” education sophomore Kaylie Quimby said. “It’s such a huge thing.”

After going over their scores together, engineering junior and assistant captain Jillian Robertson said the team met up to watch old performance videos, look at pictures and share in some team bonding.

“I’m happy with the results a nd just rea lly proud,” Robertson said.

“I don’t think we could have done any t hing differently.”

Inside the walls of the MSU Museum, pictures and artifacts depicting the traditions and lifestyle of Benin, We s t A f r i ca show the importance of tradition in that culture.

T he new exhibit, which was Greene put together by associate professor of journalism Darcy Greene, shows how traditions and the culture have remained the same — and changed — in Benin throughout the years.

Greene traveled to Benin, formerly known as Dahomey, when she was in the Peace Corps in the early 1970s. While she was there, Greene discovered the works of photographer Pierre Verger. Verger’s works captured the traditions of Benin that Greene herself had seen practiced.

In spring 2012, she spent a month researching Verger’s work in Brazil and decided to make a project of her own. She wanted to revisit the subjects of Verger’s work.

“I went back to Dahomey and photographed some of the same places, activities and — in some cases — families that he photographed,” Greene said.

Greene went back to Benin looking for stories to see what was different between what Verger had done and what she was doing.

“I took his photographs in a notebook and showed them to people, and through that, people were able to identify locations and families and events, so it opened up a lot of other possibilities,” Greene said.

Verger’s photographs and Greene’s photographs, with story captions, are displayed side-by-side in the MSU Museum so people can compare and contrast the way the culture has changed or remained the same through the years.

Through all of the research, Greene said she has found that although much has changed in terms of how the people of Benin live, the core traditions still live on amongst their people.

The exhibit focuses more on positive traditions in that part of Africa. Candace Keller, assistant professor of art history and an expert on African art and West African photography, said she thinks this will give people a better perception of the area.

“It’s a good thing to raise awareness of contemporary cultural practices and urban realities in Africa,” Keller said. “(It’s a perspective) which (is) different than what is repeated in news media and popular culture in the United States.”

The exhibit will run in the MSU Museum until April 27.

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To view an example of Verger’s work, see the story on statenews.com.

The week ahead Here are a few events for anyone looking for an alternative to studying this week.

Eisenhower Dance: Red, Hot, and Blue Wednesday, Feb. 12 The Eisenhower Dance company will perform “Red, Hot and Blue” from internationally-recognized choreographers in Cobb Great Hall.

The famed dance company is known for their passion, beauty and innovative choreography.

Tickets are $15 for students, and the event starts at 7:30 p.m.

The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle: Tales of Love and Longing Friday, Feb. 14 The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle, a 15-piece act from Lansing, will be performing at The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. They will be performing a unique display for Valentine’s day highlighting tragedy and true love.

The Appleseed Collective will be opening for them.

Tickets are $9.99 in advance and $12 at the door. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Speed Dating Friday, Feb. 14 MSU University Activities Board is playing matchmaker for anyone who might be lonely this Valentine’s Day. The event at the International Center is for MSU students looking to socialize or find that special someone.

The All-University Excellence in Diversity Recognition & Awards Congratulations to the 2014 Winners Individuals

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Speed Dating is free for MSU students with ID plus one guest. Doors open at 8:30 p.m.

Dice & Ice Saturday, Feb. 15 Munn Ice Arena will be transformed into a gambling bazaar this Saturday, complete with prizes like a flat-screen TV, Beats by Dre Pill, Kindle tablet and Rose Bowl swag.

If you’re not into gambling, don’t worry — free skate rental and free food from Noodles & Company, Insomnia Cookies, Buffalo Wild Wings, Qdoba, Coca-Cola and others are more than enough reason to head to Munn.

This event is free for all MSU students with ID plus one guest. Doors open at 9 p.m.

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Sophomore infielder Shanin Thomas drove in the only run of the game for the Spartans with a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth inning.

MSU was scheduled to face off with Stetson again on Saturday, but the weather in Florida had other plans and the game was rained out.

A doubleheader against Rhode Island was scheduled for Sunday instead.

Although the games were moved, it didn’t slow down the Spartans, as they came out and swept Rhode Island in convincing fashion, winning game one 5-0 and game two 9-0.

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8 Sports | T h e Stat e Ne ws | m o nday, february 10, 2014 | state n e ws.com Gymnastics

men’s basketball

Efforts of Payne not enough in road loss Spartans get first win of season in front of large Jenison crowd

By Zach Smith

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MADISON, Wis. — There wasn’t much to say in the locker room following the then-No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team’s 60-58 loss to Wisconsin Sunday afternoon.

Senior for ward Adreian Payne was one of the only Spartans who wasn’t stagnant the entire game.

“I give that kid a lot of credit after missing a month and coming back and playing 32 minutes in an intense game,” head coach Tom Izzo said. “If there’s any question about his mental or physical toughness, I think that should be erased.”

He finished with 24 points and four rebounds.

It was Payne who hit a gametying 3-pointer with 10 seconds left, only to see Wisconsin storm down the court and hit a jumper with one second left.

Payne returned from a sevengame hiatus because of a sore foot on Feb. 6 against Penn State, but the matchup against the Badgers was his first start in more than a month.

“I was planting and cutting and chasing (Sam) Dekker around, so I gained some confidence in this game,” Payne said. “Dekker was coming off down-screens and running

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Senior center Adreian Payne looks to pass around Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes on Sunday at Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. The Spartans lost to the Badgers, 60-58.

around. Second half, I was feeling more comfortable and could play more defense.”

Still, Payne’s stingy play wasn’t enough to overcome sophomore guard Gary Harris’ slump, as he finished 3-for-20 from the floor with six points.

The bad news doesn’t end there for the Spartans.

Senior guard Keith Appling, who missed the past two games with an injured wrist, was downgraded from day-to-day to week-to-week after the game.

“I’ve got a feeling Appling is out for a couple weeks,” Izzo

said. “There’s no break, there’s no stress fracture, but he can’t even pass the ball or move his hand. I’ve got to play with the guys I’ve got.”

His replacement, junior guard Travis Trice, played a solid game scoring 13 points and dishing out a pair of assists.

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With the largest crowd this season in attendance at Jenison Field House, the gymnastics team got its first win on Friday against Iowa.

The Spartans matched their top team score of the season — they got the same score in their first meet against Illinois — while 903 people crowded the stands and watched intently. MSU won, 194.150-193.750. Junior Alina Cartwright placed first in vault, beam and floor, and second allaround — the most of the meet.

“We had more fans than normal, and that helped get our adrenaline up and made us compete well,” sophomore Brittany Holmes said.

Junior Ashley Noll also said that having a bigger crowd brought more energy, and more cheering and enthusiasm, which reflected in the team’s performance.

Although the team came out with its first win and performed in front of a large crowd, head coach Kathie Klages said that still did not bring out her gymnasts’ full potential.

“Feels nice to get the win and it’s nice to see them fight back,” Klages said. “The team is (so much) better than what they show.”

Holmes said she is happy with the win but acknowledged the team will have to be better and show that to the audience. "(The win) feels great because we’ve been working hard this week,” she said. “We’re not entirely happy, but definitely excited.”

The Spartans didn’t have good vault and bars rotations against the Hawkeyes — Cartwright fell on bars and sophomore Kate Filosi on vault.

They did OK on floor, but did not perform as well as they can, Klages said.

“They’ve been plugging away at the gym, and now we need to work on transferring that to the competition floor,” she said.

“The mock meet was a really good thing at practice, and we have to make practice more like competition.”

Practicing every day as if they are competing shot up the team’s confidence, Noll said, and that is

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spartans suffer big road loss After four consecutive wins, the women’s basketball team regressed once again Saturday night.

Similar to the two consecutive losses suffered at home in January, the then-No. 24 Spartans (16-8 overall, 8-3 Big Ten) were lifeless against then-No. 22 Nebraska on the road, losing to the Huskers, 76-56.

A 22-0 first half run sealed the game early for Nebraska, which maintains third place in the Big Ten race. MSU had a chance to break a first-place tie with No. 9 Penn State, but

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Gymnast Ashley Noll focuses while doing her beam routine on Friday at Jenison Field House. MSU defeated Iowa in the meet with a score of 194.50.

starting to show at actual meets.

“We’ve been practicing a lot better and bringing that confidence to the competition floor, and coming off with the win will motivate us to work even harder,” Noll said.

Now that they won, Holmes said they can see the “little mistakes” they made, work on them and understand they know they can fix them.

Iowa head coach Larissa Libby said she was “very annoyed” after the meet, because her team started out well and she has taught them to close out matches.

“When it stays in the gym and not on the competition floor it’s a struggle,” Libby said. “In order to be the best, you got to go beyond that; we can’t afford the injury, no team can.”

Iowa freshman Amanda Kow-

alski fell back after a tumbling pass on floor and injured herself.

She did not compete at the last event.

Her teammates were concerned for her, but remained energetic for each of the other girls competing.

“The team is the most important thing. We teach them that no person is bigger than the whole entity, we are each other,” Libby said. “It sucks to lose, but if we lost, I’m glad it was to MSU.” MSU previously had lost to Penn State and Michigan in recent weeks. The loss to the Wolverines came as a particularly large blow to the team, who couldn’t recover from a large deficit.

The Spartans’ next meet will be against Minnesota at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn.

remains in second place.

Redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers was the lone Spartan to score in double digits with 17 points and seven rebounds. Nebraska senior forward Jordan Hooper has 18 points to lead all scorers, and junior guard Tear’a Laudermille had 15 points.

Junior forward Emily Cady has 13 points and nine rebounds for the Cornhuskers.

The 20-point loss, which is the largest margin of the season, was another showcase of MSU’s tendency to stagnate on offense.

The Spartans attempted 17 3-pointers, making only four, and turned the ball over 16 times, leading to 24 Nebraska points. The Huskers also hit the offensive

glass, grabbing 11 offensive rebounds.

The Spartans led 14-6 early in the game, but would not score for more than nine minutes following the eightpoint advantage. Nebraska’s 22-0 run, which later became 34-6, spelled doom early for MSU, which settled for jumpers instead of feeding junior forward Becca Mills in the paint, who was a major catalyst during the four-game winning streak preceding the loss.

MSU was without junior guard Kiana Johnson, who is suspended indefinitely.

Head coach Suzy Merchant declined to speak on the reason behind Johnson’s suspension on Friday.

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