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Spartan Film Festival features student projects This year, the event had 26 submissions with categories ranging from comedy to drama — Page 4

Annual Chinese gala draws in more than 1,000 people The festival is the largest show hosted by the Chinese Undergraduate Student Association — page 5

Ice hockey records both victory and loss this weekend The Spartans lost 2-1 with Wisconsin Friday night but had a 3-0 win Saturday night — page 12 Sous chef Melissa Martinez gives advice to her staff Feb. 12 at The Gallery between Snyder and Phillips Hall. photo: hannah levy

Sous chef Melissa Martinez mixes it up at The Gallery Melissa Martinez, the sous chef at The Gallery between Snyder and Phillips Hall, was one of the first women to graduate from the Culinary Institute of America’s accelerated program in New York and has served as a mentor to student chefs in the dining halls.

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Campus film festival showcases student talent

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The UAB Films Committee rolled out the red carpet at the Spartan Film Festival held in Wells Hall Saturday evening, which was the Films Committee’s largest event of the year, exclusively showcasing student films.

This year, the festival consisted of 26 submissions each lasting anywhere between 30 seconds and 15 minutes long.

Competing participants submitted films into their choice of category including comedy, documentary, drama, music video and thriller or action.

Winners of each category, chosen by UAB Films Committee, received a trophy and $20 in Spartan cash.

The most favored video, awarded best picture, received $50 in Spartan cash along with a trophy.

Neuroscience senior Kenchiro Kue created the music video “Rub Dat Belly” during his freshman year with a friend.

Three years and 6,000 YouTube views later, Kue received the comedy award at the Spartan Film Festival.

Kue and alumna Lucas Ball jokingly came up with the idea themselves and designed every element including instrumentals and lyrics.

Looking back on his YouTube channel, Kue said he witnessed an evolution of his films.

“I get to see the transition how I develop over the years, timeline on evolution of video,” Kue said.

Kue is currently working on more emotional and meaningful topics, including a new music video documentary titled “Mother Nature Rap.” As a neuroscience major, Kue enjoys the creative escape film-

Students wait to watch a film Saturday during the Spartan Film Festival at Wells Hall.

Students walked the red carpet before viewing various films directed by students.

making provides.

“It’s a big hobby,” Kue said, “I’m not going to give up anytime soon.”

Human biology junior Mercedes Yang attended the festival to support Kue and said she appreciates the unexpected diverse crowd the Spartan Film Festival attracts.

Several guests at the Spartan Film Festival attended to support and encourage the arts at MSU. “It promotes the arts for everyone,” English junior Elizabeth Pittel said.

As an English student, Pittel enjoys looking deeper into the elements and themes that form a comprehensive film.

“I love dialog, I love criticizing films and dissecting them and seeing common themes,” Pittel said.

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Exposure is the aim for local bands at throwdown

Faculty art becomes focus of latest exhibition at Broad

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The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum hosted its inaugural faculty exhibition show Friday evening. The show featured 21 MSU studio art and design faculty members’ artwork, the first time the two-years-old museum had featured exclusively, MSU-related artists in an exhibition.

Many of the faculty members have had their art displayed on national and international levels, but this new exhibition provides them with a means to display their work to their students and community in East Lansing.

Guest curated by Christina Chang, the Curator of Engagement at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, the event, which will be held once every three years, takes the faculty members’ artwork to a new level. The faculty are given a unique opportunity to represent themselves to the community through their artwork.

Chang had the role of selecting which works by each faculty member that would be put on display. Despite this challenge, Chang found the most difficult task being the positioning of the art in the museum.

“It was really the placement that ended up being the hardest. Especially since there were

very few ways that it could go.

We pretty much maximized the space for the exhibition,” Chang said.

Also responsible for some preparation of this event was Yesomi Umolu, the assistant curator at the museum. She looked at this exhibition the same way she would any other.

“When we work with artists, we’re always thinking of how to best present their works,” she said.

With the exhibition being held at the Broad located on Grand River Avenue, it gives faculty members an opportunity to engage the non-university community in East Lansing as well.

“I think it’s really important for the students to see what the faculty are doing, and it’s important for the faculty to be engaged with the contemporary art world,” Chris Corneal, the chairperson of the Department of Art, Art History and Design, said. “It’s good for both parties.”

The idea of a faculty exhibition allows for collaboration and a diverse set of artwork from all participants.

“I’m hoping that the faculty members will discover new things about each other’s work and see some connections that maybe they didn’t know were there,” Chang said.

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On Friday night, downtown Lansing was alive with the passion and thumping beats of the finalists in the 10th annual Homegrown Throwdown event, hosted this year by The Loft.

The six finalists, who began their journey with 18 other bands, each played a 25-minute set that consisted of original songs and one cover song.

Local judges gave live feedback to each band after their performances, American Idol style.

“We try to pick bands that are local, talented and will bring a diverse sound to the event,” The Loft’s booking and promotions coordinator Lauren Godlesky said.

T h e s ou n d s t hu mpi n g through The Loft certainly didn’t lack for any diversity. The Jonestown Crows, who took home first place, describe themselves as “Progressive Doom-Grass/Gothic Americana.” Second place winners were Damn Van Cannibals, a rock-blues band. Funk rock band Chief Larson and the Fire Puppets grabbed third place.

The Fire Puppets was the only band of these final six made up primarily of MSU students. Band members include lead singer Daniel Birkholz, media and information senior Colin Knighton on guitar and vocals, philosophy senior Timothy Matsamakis on bass and vocals, mechanical engineering senior Daniel Seiderman on drums, keyboards, guitar and auxiliary vocals and no preference sophomore Niko Matsamakis on guitar and vocals.

Chief Larson and the Fire Puppets lead singer Daniel Birkholz wields a banana on stage Friday, at The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing. Homegrown Throwdown finalists competed for prizes and to have one of their singles professionally mastered to be played on the radio. PHOTO: Alice Kole

Matsamakis said the Fire Puppets began their musical journey several years ago with Knighton, Seiderman and himself just by hanging out and “jamming for fun.”

“I asked Dan if he wanted to try singing and rapping and dancing with us, and it clicked even deeper,” Matsamakis said. “Then we added Niko to the mix, and ever since, we’ve been clicking left and right and all over the place.”

Since their christening as Chief Larson and the Fire Puppets, the band has become more and more theatrical. Birkholz said he is always looking for unique ways to excite the crowd, ranging from goofy costumes to using props. For their Homegrown Throwdown performance, the band chose to throw bananas into

the audience, with Birkholz even gnawing on one as he sang.

“I think about performing every day and get little ideas of things we can do at certain moments to make our show more theatrical, dramatic, comedic and memorable,” he said.

The band felt especially confident about their performance Friday night.

“We really funked it up,” Birkholz said.

“We felt our chances of winning were pretty good since we play tight, have a dynamic sound, and do wild shit on stage.”

Although third place wasn’t exactly the prize they were hoping for, Birkholz said the band hasn’t been discouraged.

“We put all our faith in the Chief and find the best in everything,” he said.

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Chinese community converges for spring festival With more than 1,000 students in attendance, the Chinese Spring Festival Gala is the largest event the Chinese Undergraduate Student Association hosts

College of Engineering readies for new department, among other changes

By Ryan Squanda rsquanda@statenews.com

Dancers perform the dance of Ji Hong on Friday during the 2015 Spring Festival Gala at Breslin Center.

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ing fireworks, along with the annual CCTV New Year’s Gala celebration show on the popular China Central Television channel.

CUSA Chinese Spring Festival Gala is meant to repThe lights dimmed on more than 1,000 international students Saturday evening as MSU students took the licate the state-run CCTV channel that a large numstage at Breslin Center last Friday, performing tra- ber of international students are familiar with watchditional Chinese dances and comedy routines at the ing at home.

“It is the occasion which all the family members will Chinese Spring Festival Gala.

The Chinese Undergraduate Student Association gather together and celebrate the coming of spring,” hosted the event in collaboration with the Office for marketing chairman for CUSA Jacob Yu said. “The importance of Spring Festival is just like Christmas International Students and Scholars. to Western culture, and it is definiteThe Chinese Spring Festival Gala ly something that we relate our Chiis the largest annual event CUSA nese identities to.” coordinates, secretary for CUSA and “This year it’s a Human geography junior Richard accounting senior Suri Su said.

Lunar New Year, Wetzel, celebrated the Chinese New In addition to the Chinese Spring which means Year for the first time at the gala.

Festival Gala, CUSA organizes severWetzel spent a significant amount al events throughout the school year peace, luck and of time in Japan, which introduced to aid the transition of Chinese interhappiness. ... him to traditional Asian cultures. national students.

It’s thoughtful.

International student and educaCUSA offers events for Chinese stution freshman Lucy Li celebrated the dents, including a resource fair and I miss home a Chinese New Year for the first time orientation for new international stulittle bit, but I’m at the CUSA Chinese Spring Festidents, a basketball game for enterhappy here.” val Gala. tainment and a one-day visit to Cedar The holiday initiated a case of Point and Lansing Voice, an event homesickness for Li, as she calls where the MSU Chinese communiRalph Li, business freshman northwest China home. ty performs songs.

“My family gets together and has Su believes t he Chinese New a big dinner and we watch the ChiYear brings the Chinese communinese New Year’s Gala on TV,” Li said. ty together, not only in attendance, For international and domestic students alike, the but also in preparation.

“We have an alliance with other Chinese associa- new year means a new start.

“This year it’s a Lunar New Year, which means peace, tion volunteers to work and plan the event,” Su said.

The festival focused on 16 student-led performanc- luck and happiness,” business freshman Ralph Li said.

Hailing from southern China, attending the CUSA es, including choreographed dance, street dance, singing, stand-up comedy and instrumental performances. Chinese Spring Festival Gala makes Li feel at home.

“It’s thoughtful. I miss home a little bit, but I’m hapInternational students traditionally celebrate the New Year eating dumplings with family and watch- py here,” Li said.

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It’s 5 p.m. on a Friday afternoon and MSU Dean of the College of Engineering Leo Kempel is ready to go home.

But he’s still got one appointment to attend to at the end of a busy week. That doesn’t phase Kempel, though. He’s as lively as ever.

“We have fun here,” Kempel said.

He has reason to smile — as do many involved with the MSU College of Engineering.

There’s a lot to be excited about, he said.

Of all the happenings taking place in the MSU College of Engineering, though, the most notable are the rapid series of additions to the college.

One of these is the Department of Biomedical Engineering, which was approved by the MSU Board of Trustees in October 2014 and officially became a department Jan. 1, 2015.

Biomedical engineering is the practice of applying engineering and design concepts to medicine and biology for health care purposes. One technology most often associated with biomedical engineering is the construction of prosthetic limbs.

While this has been available for engineering students as a concentration for several years — in the chemical, materials science, biosystems, mechanical, electrical and computer engineering departments — it had yet to become a department on its own.

Currently the college is going through the process of hiring a chairperson and getting faculty in place, said Kempel. It is their goal to be able to offer a graduate program beginning January 2016.

As for an undergraduate program, it will likely be several years before they have the resources to be able to offer that.

In addition to biomedical engineering, the College of Engineering has also been going through the steps to add another department to e nc ompa s s c omput at ional mathematics, science and engineering.

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campus before it can officially be approved as a new unit.

Like biomedical engineering, it will be awhile before an undergraduate program can take root. But hopes are that enough will be done by January 2016 to begin offering it as an undergraduate minor and graduate program.

The reason for many of these changes, says Thomas Wolff, associate dean for undergraduate studies for the College of Engineering , is because MSU was late among the Big Ten in adding departments like these. But having them now puts them on pace with the nation’s elite.

“If you look at it, the people we compare ourselves to are the strongest colleges in the country,” Kempel said.

He said in the long term, the goal for the college “is to be seen as the fastest rising college of engineering in the nation,” due in large part to the things the college is doing today.

As for where many of the new fac ult y, c lasses a nd research will take place, look no further than the Bio Engineering Facility, a four-stor y research building currently undergoing the final parts of its construction. The building cost $60.8 million to build, with $30 million of which coming from the state and it is the university’s aim to have the building functioning by December 2015.

Another thing these changes do is demonstrate how far the college has come. Wolff, who’s been at MSU for 27 years and is set to retire in about a year and a half, said it’s been great to see the college grow.

Everything from the college’s increased enrollment over the years, its 96 percent job placement rate and even to the opportunity the college presents to students to participate in research their freshman year has added to the experience, Wolff said.

“It’s a fantastic time,” Kempel said. “It’s so much fun because the institution is making a real investment in enhancing opportunities for students and faculty right now. And so being dean of a college that has it’s focus in (so many disciplines) … it’s really a great time to be dean here.”

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Sous chef Melissa Martinez has turned her passion into a career A lifelong love for cooking pushed Martinez to go into the culinary industry. As one of the first women to graduate from The Culinary Institute of America’s accelerated program in New York, Martinez has gone on to find success and cause innovation at MSU

By Ryan Squanda rsquanda@statenews.com

Melissa Martinez has always been a cook.

Growing up in the Lansing area, her family always owned restaurants and catering companies, so cooking was just something they did out of necessity, Martinez said.

“I have a really big family,” Martinez said.

“We were always in the kitchen. Cooking for my family is a big ordeal when we have holidays. We’re talking like 40 to 50 people on any given holiday.”

To this day, Martinez is still serving up food for large groups of people — she has been the sous chef for The Gallery in between Snyder and Phillips halls for the last six months. Last month, she was recognized by FoodService Director Magazine as a rising food industry star under the age of 30.

However, Martinez, 29, wasn’t always on the culinary track.

Upon graduating from high school, she enrolled in Lansing Community College to study political science.

It was during this time that Martinez not only continued to work in restaurants to put herself through college, but also worked for the both the mayor and the governor in an attempt to start her political science career.

However, soon the whole political scene began to wear Martinez down.

“I’d been in it for a very long time and I was really young and really jaded by the whole system and kind of got to a place where I was like, ‘I really don’t want to do this,’” Martinez said. “‘This isn’t really what I want to do anymore.’”

Sous chef Melissa Martinez helps out in the kitchen Feb. 12, at The Gallery between Snyder and Phillips Hall. Martinez oversees the staff and kitchen and makes sure everything runs smoothly. photos: hannah levy

following her passions After giving up on her political science degree, Martinez weighed a couple different options of where she would go with her life. After some of the mentors she had in the cooking industry advised she go to culinary school, it didn’t take long for Martinez to make up her mind.

She decided to enroll in The Culinary Institute

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ing manager for the River Trail Neighborhood and employee at MSU for 42 years.

Gardner said when looking for employees, they hunt for people who have a real passion for food because those are the ones who make the operation run smoothly.

“When you find someone like chef Martinez, who really cares about the product she’s putting out for the students, it makes the whole operation at MSU that much better,” Gardner said.

Martinez was extremely honored by the recognition.

“It’s a really awesome honor to be considered a mover and shaker because people want you to grow,” she said.

Sous chef Melissa Martinez holds a meeting for her staff Thursday at The Gallery between Snyder and Phillips Hall.

of America in New York, one of the top culinary programs in the country.

Not only was The Culinary Institute of America prestigious, but they also offered Martinez the opportunity to enroll in their accelerated program.

At the time, no female had ever graduated from the accelerated program. Martinez and two of her classmates would go on to become the first three women to do so.

After honing her skills in New York, Martinez returned home to the Lansing area where she began to work in various country clubs while looking for a

full-time job.

When a friend tipped Martinez off to the fact that The Vista at Shaw Hall was opening on MSU’s campus in spring 2013, Martinez jumped at the opportunity and emailed her resume. She was then brought in as a temporary culinary platform attendant.

Soon after this, a sous chef position on campus opened up and Martinez’s experience and love for cooking allowed her to fill the empty spot.

Since then, Martinez has gone on to take over as the sous chef of The Gallery.

In addition to this, Martinez hasn’t stopped climbing the

rungs of her career. She’s done everything from win culinary competitions to help plan and promote a new design for dining at Owen Hall.

As shown by the honor of being featured in FoodService Director Magazine, Martinez’s hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed.

She was nominated for the feature by Mike Gardner, din-

MSU hosts culinary competitions between the student chefs at MSU, Gardner said Martinez will always take the time to help those interested in participating.

Spanish senior Jake Mell has worked in The Gallery for almost four years. But in the last six months of working alongside Martinez, he said the experience has been great because of her good attitude and willingness to help people.

“Over my career as a student worker in Culinary Services, I’ve seen The Gallery make many changes, with some being for the better and others for the worse,” Mell wrote in an email. “However, I am confident saying that we have made

significant progress in a positive direction since chef Martinez was brought on board.”

At the end of the day, while Martinez has always been a cook, she’s much more than that.

For any of the students she works with, she’s also a teacher and role model, and an example that students can truly make a career out of something they’re passionate about.

“It takes a lot of hard work and I think sometimes people forget that part,” Martinez said. “They forget to share that part that you don’t necessarily get to start out at the top and sometimes you’re going to get knocked, but it’s important how you get back up.”

More than a cook Amid all the culinary competitions she’s won and changes she’s helped institute at MSU, Martinez said her favorite part about her job is teaching and working with the students at MSU — something she says comes naturally to her. Martinez’s father was a teacher in the Lansing School District.

“I think it’s kind of just ingrained in me to teach,” Martinez said, whose first experience in teaching was showing children from low-income families in New York how to cook.

“I get to share something that I really love with a whole lot of people and it’s always a different group. It’s amazing to watch somebody that you’ve taught and watch their skills develop over a few years and watch them leave and be proud of what they’ve learned and developed.”

This is another part of Martinez’s drive that certainly hasn’t gone unnoticed.

Gardner said when student employees are learning a new part of the job, Martinez will stand right behind them, guiding the students through the whole process and fixing their mistakes.

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A complete turnaround for the Spartans since the end of last year has finally taken shape with three games remaining of the regular season.

Unlike the 2014 team, which fought it’s way to the second round of the NCAA tournament before falling short to North Carolina, MSU’s long and treacherous journey in hopes of receiving a bid at the big dance starts at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the site of the 2015 Big Ten women’s basketball tournament.

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would see 6 seed Ohio State, a program that threw down a 14-point slaughter in Columbus more than two weeks ago.

This would be a far different scenario than last year when MSU (12-14, 4-11 Big Ten) walked into the tournament as the 2 seed and would reach the semifinals before being knocked off by 3 seed Nebraska by 28 points.

With the additions of Rutgers and Maryland, this year’s tournament features all 14 teams competing in 13 games over five days from March 4-8.

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Students saddle up for the Spartan Stampede Rodeo The 46th annual Spartan Stampede Rodeo brought barrel racing, bull riding and other events to MSU this weekend

Amy Finkelstein Ford Professor of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

will present ABOVE: Preveterinary freshman Kelsey Tomasek sells programs Friday at the 46th annual Spartan Stampede Rodeo in the MSU Pavilion. ABOVE RIGHT: Preveterinary freshman Kelsey Tomasek and horse management freshman Casey Miller watch bronc riding competitors Friday at the 46th annual Spartan Stampede Rodeo in the MSU Pavilion. photos: kennedy thatch

By Leslie Hemenway lhemenway@statenews.com

Horses raced around three barrels in the arena while the riders tried to maintain focus and composure. By the time the horses made it past the second barrel, the audience erupted with applause.

As the horse, with its rider in tow, galloped out of the arena, the announcer proclaimed their times.

Barrel races were just a fraction of the many events showcased at the 46th annual Spartan Stampede Rodeo.

Comedy acts were another event featured at the rodeo. There was a rodeo clown who had the audience roaring in laughter at his portrayal of a simple-minded hillbilly.

At one point during the show, the clown had the idea of to shoot himself from a cannon. The announcer asked him if he brought a net or something to safely fall into, and the clown, offended at the question, said of course. Then, a man walked into the arena holding a small net.

Unfortunately, the cannon seemed to be malfunctioning. The clown asked if anyone in the audience was an engineer and one student raised his hand. The clown invited the student to come down and help him out.

The student peered into the cannon to see what the issue was — when the clown suddenly pushed him into the cannon.

The skit ended with the cannon firing off loudly, though the student remained safely inside.

The Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education was packed Friday night with people in attendance for the event. Several attendees showed their rodeo pride by donning cowboy hats and bedazzled belt buckles.

Preveterinary freshman Kelsey Tomasek was not only in attendance on Friday, but she would be competing as well the following day.

Tomasek said she would be competing in a barrel race Saturday in addition to the queen pageant.

“For the queen’s contest, we do different phases such as interviews, formal and informal modeling,” she said. “We have to do a speech and then we also have to do impromptu questions, (and horsemanship).”

Rodeo has always been a huge part of Tomasek’s life. She said her family has had horses ever since she was around 5 years old.

After being involved in rodeo for a while, Tomasek said she decided she wanted to try something different with horses.

She became involved with showing pleasure horses, which is a more relaxed and slower paced horse show, with her 5-year-old quarter horse.

“I wanted to see the other side of things as well as the gymkhana and rodeo aspect, so that’s been nice because you get a broader view of everything horses can offer,” she said.

Some of Tomasek’s favorite aspects about competing include the adrenaline and excitement of running into the arena.

She said she also loves the connection she has with her horses.

Not only has rodeo been a fun pastime for Tomasek, she said it’s also been an invaluable teacher as well. She said she’s learned a lot of valuable life skills, such as responsibility and hard work.

“Trust is another big one because you have to trust your animal for them to work well for you,” she said. “Horses in general taught me almost everything in my life so it’s been great.”

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BIO: Amy Finkelstein is the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the co-Scientific Director of J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT designed to encourage and facilitate randomized evaluations of important domestic policy issues. She is also the co-Director of the Public Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. She has received numerous awards and fellowships including the John Bates Clark Medal (2012), given annually to the economist under the age of 40 who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.

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Getting rid of AP history a “gross injustice”

By Jessica Sattler jsattler@statenews.com

I may not be a history major, but I have a special passion for United States history.

In high school, Advanced Placement classes were the bane of my existence.

AP U.S. history (also affectionately known as APUSH) was that shining ray of hope in the midst of AP statistics, AP biology, AP psychology and whatever other classes I was forcing myself to take to prepare for college.

So when I read that the House Committee of Common Education of Oklahoma voted to remove APUSH from the AP curriculum, I was appalled.

The bill in question originated with Rep. Dan Fisher, a Republican, who claimed the course did not teach the idea of “American exceptionalism,” with the Republican National Committee also saying the course shows a “consistently negative view of American history.”

With a vote of 11-4, with all Republicans voting for the bill and all Democrats voting against it, the bill passed.

As those numbers make obvious, this is not a bill motivated by what is best for our country, but rather what is deemed appropriate by a single political party that is well known for conservative and exceptionalist views of our country.

I took APUSH, and there were undoubtedly sections of the course that emphasized American exceptionalism, especially when focusing on the Industrial Revolution, the Founding Fathers and the U.S. involvement in the World 10

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To the dismay of this bill’s proponents, I also learned about the mistakes of our presidents, our military failures and the crimes our country has committed against its own citizens.

Still, I didn’t come away from the course any less patriotic than I had been before my enrollment. In fact, I was more passionate about my country than ever before.

When I visited family in South Carolina after taking the course, I specifically sought out the headstone of one of my favorite historical figures — John C. Calhoun — and took pictures to send to my fellow APUSH classmates, who were just as excited about my discovery as I was.

Every single student in that class was excited about the material, and our classroom was filled with active discussions about U.S. policies and meaningful events. Almost all of the students from my class kept that passion beyond high school, with some even pursuing degrees in history or political science.

So to Fisher and the Republican National Committee, I would like to ask this: “How dare you?”

How dare you put your political agenda first? How dare you attempt to rob students — your children — of a well-rounded and fair education about the country they live in? How dare you turn your back on the chance to build a brighter future by learning from the past?

Censorship of our country’s history is a gross injustice and the removal of APUSH from the standard AP curriculum would be a great disservice to the educational success of our nation’s youth.

APUSH is not a propaganda class. It’s a history class. And, unlike politics, history is honest.

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Look beyond just coursework to decide your future career

by Henry Pan Opinion@statenews.com

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

I remember being asked that question as early as elementary school, and I’m sure many can relate.

Back then, the answer to this was so easy.

Some of my favorites were “president,” “wizard” and “Pokémon trainer.”

But as I grew up and gained more realistic expectations, what once was a simple question slowly transformed into a very scary life decision.

After all, the very thought of working a job for the rest of my life was incredibly daunting.

I wanted to try so many different things, but I had to make one choice in the end. Having to make that decision so soon seemed ridiculous. I didn’t know what work was like in different fields, or if I’d be able to enjoy that work enough to continue it for the rest of my life.

Many students face these questions, and the classroom oftentimes doesn’t give an answer.

For me, a lot of answers came from my experiences outside of the classroom.

I started joining student organizations. As I became more involved with them, I started to grow a better sense of potential future roles.

In the professional organizations I was in, I gained insight on what opportunities were out

there, and frequently I got the scoop on what it was like working in different industries.

The organizations didn’t even have to be in the professional realm to help my search. I got to explore a variety of social environments and got to connect with a lot of great individuals with unique experiences.

Not only was this fun, but it also gave me a better sense of what kind of community I wanted to be surrounded in.

However, the most helpful experiences that have contributed to my search are from my work-related experiences. My research in a lab has allowed me to become hands-on with my major and helped develop my skills outside regular coursework. It’s also been an integral part of my decision on whether or not I want to pursue a graduate degree.

Even the work that wasn’t related to my major was a great influence on me. It was from working as an intercultural aide that I found the community and team I was interacting with was just as important to me as the kind of work I was actually doing. None of these realizations would have ever occurred if I hadn’t reached out above and beyond my semester schedule.

Although we can’t “catch ‘em all” when it comes to choosing a job, becoming more active on campus will greatly help you decide what you want the most.

You get a better sense of what other opportunities are out there and gain a better understanding of what you find is most important.

Even then, your job decision is not final when you graduate from college. Just as we continue grow and change throughout adulthood, our occupation also can grow and change along with us.

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Three men’s soccer players are going to the MLS MSU looks to replace the contributions of Jay Chapman, Fatai Alashe and Adam Montague with incoming recruiting class

By Matthew Argillander margillander@statenews.com

After an Elite Eight run in 2013, the men’s soccer team was looking to take the next step in 2014. The Spartans had an excellent season but ultimately fell short of their goal, losing in the Elite Eight for the second consecutive season.

The 2015 season will be a key year for MSU as a program. The team is losing several important pieces, but the Spartans still have enough talent coming in and returning to be good again.

“We certainly are losing a lot of players but I think we are a pretty deep program. I don’t think the goals shift or drop,” head coach Damon Rensing said. “We’re going to have to earn it a lot more.”

The team is losing midfielder Fatai Alashe who was selected fourth overall by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, the earliest a Spartan has been drafted.

Forward Adam Montague was also drafted, going in third round 58th overall to the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Midfielder Jay Chapman is leaving school early as he signed with Toronto FC as a homegrown player. The team also lost defender Ryan Keener and midfielder and forward Tim Kreutz to graduation.

“Jay (Chapman) signed with the Toronto FC team. He’s in training camp with them, sounds like he’s doing really well,” Rensing said. “I think (these players heading to the next level) shows that we’re developing some players, I think it shows that we’re recruiting the right players. … It kind of reaf-

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Despite some big names, the team has several experienced players and big names remaining.

Goalkeeper Zach Bennett will head into his senior year in front of the net for MSU. Bennett already holds the school all-time career shutout record with 28.

The team will also get back midfielder Jason Stacy for his senior season. Stacy was tied for first on the team in 2014 in total points with 15 coming from four goals and seven assists.

The team is also welcoming eight new additions as a part of the 2015 recruiting class. This includes Hunter Barone, a 2014 All-American from Grandville, Michigan, Connor Corrigan, a defensive prospect who spent time playing with the Indiana Fire Academy, and Robbie Cort, a local product out of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, that is capable of playing on both sides of the ball.

Luke Menne is a midfielder that spent all four years of high school on varsity. Finally there is Ryan Sierakowski, a highly touted offensive prospect out of Illinois who was called to the U.S. U-18 national team camp in 2014.

“It’s one of more talented classes I think we’ve had on paper in some time,” Rensing said. “We (lost) some attacking players in Chapman, Montague and Kreutz so I think you look at it with you’ve got three good attackers in Hunter Barone, Ryan Sierakowski and DeJuan Jones.”

Rensing said Jones was named the Gatorade High School player of the year in the state of Michigan, and added that Barone has ability.

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Men’s tennis drops two matches

By Matthew Argillander margillander@ statenews.com

The No. 60 men’s tennis team (7-6 overall) will need to think hard about what held them back this weekend. The team began its weekend of play with a 5-2 loss to No. 22 Memphis, and despite a very close contest, the men couldn’t win the big points and dropped most of the singles matches.

Fast forward to Saturday and the men’s team was looking to rebound against Western Michigan. The result came down to the last singles match, and in a 3-3 tie the Spartans watched the Broncos take the last singles match of the night en route to a 4-3 win for Western.

“We lost a tough match (to Western Michigan). It came down to the last match on the court and we lost 4-3, (we) won the doubles point and weren’t

able to get three singles matches,” head coach Gene Orlando said. “We just weren’t able to win the big points at the right time and give credit to Western. They played well.”

This is the second consecutive match in which the Spartans started off strong with a win in doubles but the team could not split their singles matches.

The team couldn’t quite capitalize off of the momentum built from earning the first point of the night.

Going into the weekend, the team was 6-1 in their last seven games when it opened the match winning doubles. The only loss came on the road to Louisville, Kentucky on Feb. 14.

Now, however, MSU is 6-3 even after winning the doubles point after dropping both games and opening the matches with a win in doubles.

A common theme of the weekend was the team dropping big

points or when the set is close the team can’t quite win the set despite being very competitive.

Orlando believes the team fought hard against WMU but the Broncos came into the match ready to upset the Spartans and MSU could not match that intensity.

“The Western Michigan match was more of a trap-match. Obviously we played it put hard against Memphis and we talked about it beforehand that we had to be ready (for WMU),” Orlando said.

The team will shift its attention to next Saturday when it takes on Dartmouth and Youngstown State. Orlando believes his team may have fallen short this weekend but they will be better for it in future matches.

“What does it mean for us in the future? I think it means we were challenged, we were roughed up and it’s only going to make us tougher,” Orlando said.

Freshman Jasper Koenen receives feedback from head coach Gene Orlando after a doubles match against Memphis at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility, 3571 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing.

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With more success comes higher expectations, and MSU hockey (13-13-2, 7-5-2-2 Big Ten) fell short of those Friday night in Madison, Wisconsin. The Spartans suffered one of their most disappointing losses of the season, losing 2-1 to a struggling Wisconsin (4-20-4, 2-102 Big Ten).

The Badgers were coming off their first conference win of the season, with exactly half of their roster consisting of freshmen. MSU, on the other hand, was coming off its best stretch of the season, — 5-1 over its last six games – and was in the thick of the Big Ten race late in the season.

What ensued was an inspired UW jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the second period, and MSU not being able to respond. The Spartans outshot their opponent 33-18, but head coach Tom Anastos knew MSU’s effort merited its result.

“We’re not a good enough team to win games against anybody if you don’t have 20 guys going every night,” Anastos said. “We left too much on the table tonight, we weren’t able to score when we needed to score and as a result, we got what we deserved.”

Anastos was pleased with how the Spartans responded in the third period, but was perplexed as to why it took so long to play their game.

“I thought we played fine (in the third period), but why did it take so long?” Anastos said. “Do we have to wait to score a goal to get going? That’s not good enough and that’s what’s disappointing to me.

“While we’ve been talking about it all week that this team is very capable of beating us,

we’re on the road. Apparently, we didn’t get that message through and as a result, we learned it the hard way.”

MSU took that lesson and used it Saturday night against the Badgers. Junior goaltender Jake Hildebrand recorded his fourth shutout of the season and second in four games as MSU rebounded with a 3-0 victory.

Junior forward Ryan Keller tallied two first period goals and Hildebrand made 31 saves for his eighth career shutout. “(We) played our game tonight right from the start of the game to the finish of the game,” Anastos said. “It was a very good rebound from where we were last night and it’s an important three points to climb back in it.”

The Spartans juggled their lines early in the game and it paid off in the long run, even though it wasn’t necessarily on purpose. Due to a penalty kill midway through the first period, Anastos was forced to shuffle some players around in order to get his penalty killers some rest.

Senior forward Brent Darnell replaced sophomore forward Joe Cox on the first line, and Keller scored on their very first shift together.

After the same line combination scored another goal less than five minutes later, Anastos decided to stick with the new lines for the remainder of the game.

“Sometimes, dumb luck type things pays off,” Anastos said of his in-game decision.

The Spartans came away with three pivotal points in the Big Ten race and remain just two points behind first-place Minnesota.

However, the Spartans should not expect luck of any kind when they travel to Minneapolis this week to close out their season series with the Gophers.