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Charles & Ruth Schmitter Fencing Collection

Natural History The natural history collection boasts a wide selection of books covering numerous scientific fields, including the first editions of almost all of Charles Darwin's work.

Comic Art Collection The collection is home to more than 200,000 items, including American comic books, comic strips and nearly 45,000 foreign comic books.

The Charles & Ruth Schmitter Fencing Collection has almost 600 titles. The items, with information spanning four centuries, have words from two great 16th century Italian fencing masters.

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President Lou Anna K. Simon advocates for more higher ed funding

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MSU Student Housing Cooperative might open up to non-students

In an attempt to make cooperative housing more affordable, SHC might apply to be tax-exempt — page 10

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More balance needed between social life and social media

By Karam Hadid Khadid@statenews.com

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Social media has allowed us to connect with people we never would have had the opportunity to otherwise. So why are we seeing more and more people suffering from depression and loneliness? Social media was supposed to bring us closer, not distance us.

Unfortunately for many people, it has taken over the idea of having an actual social life with genuine interactions with others.

Social media is an easy way to reach out to people that you may be too shy or feel awkward to actually approach in person.

That’s OK. But what isn’t OK is to completely abandon sincere

social skills.

I am an active member of social media and consider it an extremely powerful tool because of our ability to now network easily and efficiently.

But how much is too much?

With Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Snapchat and other programs constantly consuming our time and energy, some can forget to look up and observe the actual world around us.

But maybe the problem isn’t the social media — maybe it’s us. It’s us who constantly seek our phones for new tweets and pictures on Instagram. And it’s us, and only us, who could change this culture.

But why should we change this culture? Because people are losing basic social skills and are relying too much on technology that may not always be there.

In the real world, you need real interactions.

We must work on maintaining a proper balance between

our actual social life and our social media activeness. Talking to people and maintaining eye contact is something that some cannot do anymore.

Feeling uncomfortable and “naked” when a phone runs out of battery and can’t be used is a problem. It’s weird getting on the bus and seeing everyone with headphones in, or seeing relationships as not official until they’re “Facebook official.”

Don’t get me wrong. I think social media is great and I love to use it. But I prefer calling over texting, and I prefer faceto-face conversations over both of those. The authenticity of a conversation and the genuineness of it has been fading as technology has evolved.

Technology and social media are only going to continue to grow, and it’s up to us to make sure that we still are actively communicating in a genuine way. The next time you’re in a social environment, be social, but in a real way.

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LETTER: ASMSU aims to create mid-semester feedback system It’s the middle of the semester. You’re sitting in class, completely lost, but you just can’t find the courage to raise your hand and stop a 500 person class to ask a question. Whether the professor is going too fast, you can’t understand the professor or the material the professor is presenting just doesn’t make sense, you manage to find yourself confused.

Trust me, I have been there, and so have our fellow classmates. It’s not easy walking up to a professor after class to give feedback or to provide some advice, and I completely understand that because I don’t feel comfortable doing it either. As the Academic Affairs Committee chair for the Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU), our undergraduate student government, it is my goal to try to find solutions for those students who do not feel comfortable approaching a teacher. I have had conversations with associate deans, professors, ASMSU vice presidents, ASMSU general assembly members and our constituents in order to find a better way to change the dynamic.

It is clear that something must be done regarding feedback for classes. Almost every class requires you to complete SIRs before receiving your grades at the end of the semester; however, SIRs doesn’t help you while you are still in that class. To fix this problem, ASMSU encour2

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ages professors to implement a form of mid-semester formative feedback, which would provide an anonymous way for students to give feedback to their professors while they are still their students. By doing so, it will better both the classroom environment and professor-student communication.

It would not only be quick and easy for professors to perform, but providing mid-semester feedback would also allow students who are not comfortable with face-to-face conversations a way to anonymously voice their concerns. Professors should seriously consider implementing a form of mid-semester feedback into their curriculum. This can be as easy as incorporating a few iClicker questions at the beginning of class or providing a few questions for students to take home and fill out.

This is not to criticize professors or the job they do. We, as students, appreciate the hard work and energy professors put into their lectures. This idea can only strengthen the classroom environment, something I believe every professor would like to see. I encourage them to take part in this initiative and help strengthen the classroom environment.

Jason Porter is a political science sophomore and serves as ASMSU’s Academic Affairs Committee chair.

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Look for this directory in the paper every Wednesday and online at: www.statenews.com/religious Ascension Lutheran Church 2780 Haslett Rd., E. Lansing Between Hagadorn & Park Lake Rds. (517) 337-9703 Sunday Worship: 10am Sunday School: 9am Adult Bible Study: 9am ascensioneastlansing.org Edgewood United Church, UCC 469 N. Hagadorn East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-8693 Sunday: 10am LGBTQ Celebrating, Justice and Peace Congregation www.edgewood.org Faith Fellowship Baptist Church 1001 Dakin St. Lansing, MI 48912 517-853-9897 Sunday Morning Worship: 11am Sunday School: 10am Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study: 6:30pm Van service available to church Campus Bible Study: Thursday at 7:30pm in Chemistry Bldg. www.ffbc.us

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“Playing with hypotheticals, even if MSU was part of the last four in, I don’t think it would be anything that Spartan fans should fret over.

In college basketball, it’s very hard to sustain success the way that Izzo has.”

Men’s basketball reporter John Neidhart, on MSU and its place in the NCAA tournament.

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Peoples Church 200 W. Grand River Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-6264 www.peoples-evolution.org Sunday Worship: 10:30am Tuesday: Love Life: 7-9pm Wednesday: Dinner at 5:30pm, Journey at 6:30 Quan Am Buddhist Temple, MSU Meditation Center 1840 N. College Road Mason, MI 48854 (517) 853-1675 (517) 347-1655 www.quanamtemple.org 7-8:30pm Every Thursday Red Cedar Friends Meeting 1400 Turner St. Lansing, MI 48906 (517) 371-1047 redcedarfriends.org Sunday Worship: 9:00am, 10:30am River Terrace Church 1509 River Terrace Dr, East Lansing, MI (Across from Hubbard Hall) (517)-351-9059 riverterrace.org Sunday: 9 am & 11:15 am w/ Shuttle Service

St. John Catholic Church and Student Center 327 M.A.C. Ave., E. Lansing (517) 337-9778 Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12pm, 5pm, 7pm www.stjohnmsu.org Trinity Church 3355 Dunckel Rd. Lansing, MI 48911 (517) 272-3820 Saturday: 6pm Sunday: 9:15 am, 11am http://trinitywired.com College/Young Adult Service Sundays at 11am in the Student Auditorium Unity Spiritual Renaissance 230 S. Holmes St. Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 484-2360 or (517) 505-1261 Sunday: 10:30am Wednesday: 6:30pm meditation Office: Monday-Thursday 9:30-12:00 University Baptist Church 4608 South Hagadorn Rd East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-4144 www.ubcel.org 10 AM Worship service Balancing Your College Life Workshop: 5:00-7:30 PM University Christian Church 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-5193 universitychristianwired.com Sunday: 11:15 am Sunday Bible Study: 10:15 am University United Methodist Church MSU Wesley 1120 S. Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-7030 universitychurchhome.org msuwesley.org Sunday: 10:30am 9:00am Garden Service in the summer TGIT: 8:00pm Thursdays Sept. - April WELS Lutheran Campus Ministry 704 Abbott Road East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 580-3744 www.msu.edu/~weisluth 6:00pm Saturday

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Acting junior Andy Head acts in “Macbeth” Saturday at Fairchild Theatre in the MSU Auditorium.

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News Simon goes to bat for higher education funding as state faces budgetary shortfall MSU’s president lamented the trends in university funding and expressed concerns about a new lower limit on tuition increases

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán smartinez@statenews.com

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon testified Tuesday on the proposed budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal term in a joint meeting with both the higher education appropriations subcommittees of both the state Senate and House of Representatives.

“I appreciate that you made the very direct connection between state appropriations and tuition rates … and that you acknowledge the state’s long-running disinvestment in its public universities,” Simon said.

According to research done by the Detroit-based non-profit Business Leaders for Michigan, among states Michigan had the 5th largest decline in higher education funding from

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon testifies Tuesday before a joint meeting of the state House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on higher education at the Michigan State Capitol in downtown Lansing. Simon emphasized the ways MSU has cut costs after years of only slight funding increases.

2009 to 2014.

“MSU has worked hard to remain affordable, especially given the challenges we faced regarding state disinvestment over the last 50 years,” Simon said.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s most recent executive budget recommendation called for MSU to receive approximately $5.2 million more in funding, an increase of 1.9 percent.

This stands in contrast to last year’s larger 6 percent increase, which was bolstered by the state’s rosy budgetary outlook. But now the state is facing down a deficit, and expectations have been curbed.

Although Snyder’s first budget recommendation when he assumed office called for deep cuts in higher education appropriations, and MSU’s funding

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decreased 15 percent, each year afterward has received 1 to 2 percent increases, with the exception of last year. Still, funding has yet to return to levels before Snyder entered office.

“Even with last year’s appropriations increase, universities

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have yet to recover from the 15 percent cut the administration made four years ago,” Simon said. “Today Michigan State remains 6.82 percent below the prior funding level.”

The presidents of Lake Superior State University, Michigan Technological University,

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Northern Michigan University, Oakland University, Saginaw Valley State University, University of Michigan and Western Michigan University also lauded their respective university’s efforts to increase affordability and cut costs in order to justify their state funding.

“Michigan State made $125 million in cuts, modifying or eliminating more than 40 academic programs,” Simon said.

Simon expressed concern about the proposed requirement of li m it i ng t uit ion increases to 2.8 percent in order to receive the funding increase. It’s unclear if this indicates MSU is looking at larger increases in tuition.

“MSU would be better served by maintaining a tuition cap no lower than last year’s 3.2 percent,” Simon said. “A cap more on the order of last year’s would give Michigan’s public universities the flexibility we need to maintain our quality and value.”

State Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr., D-East Lansing, said the tuition cap needs to be synchronized with the budget in order to be functional.

“I support tuition caps, but at the same time we have to make sure the funding is at a level that tuition caps actually make sense and are possible to universities,” Hertel said.

“If you don’t provide enough

additional funding as an incentive, then of course universities have to violate the cap.”

East Lansing’s other state legislator, Democratic Rep. Sam Singh, said a tuition cap could help with college affordability.

“Our goal is to try to keep a tuition cap that is reasonable to the institution but most important, making sure that it is affordable to the students,” Singh said.

When asked on how the tuition cap and the funding formula could affect tuition, Simon said it is important to take in consideration the value of the services the university offers while understanding college accessibility.

“We are trying to balance what the students want in terms of the quality of the experience and access to programs and activities with tuition and access,” Simon said.

“It’s always a delicate balancing act.”

Simon said one of the solutions is to provide more financial aid, rather than slow increases in tuition.

“We’ve tripled general fund financial aid in 10 years to $120 million,” Simon said. “This year 65 percent of our students get some form of financial aid and 22 percent of undergraduates received Pell Grants in fiscal (year) 2014.”

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Most everyone who has ever parked in East Lansing has experienced an unwanted run-in with East Lansing’s parking enforcement agency, Parking and Code Enforcement, or PACE. For the city of East Lansing, parking revenue is the second largest annual source of operating revenue, behind only sewage user service charges. East Lansing sees more operating revenue from parking expenses than it does from charging its residents for water usage, according to city documents.

The number of annual parking tickets issued by PACE has been generally trending downward over the course of the last 10 years. East Lansing saw a large drop in tickets issued during the 2007 fiscal year, this coming just after a new parking garage in East Lansing was constructed, now located on West Circle Drive next to Olin Health Center.

Since the construction of the new parking ramp on West Circle Drive, PACE has issued fewer and fewer tickets each year, but East Lansing still has seen a relative increase in parking revenue. This correlation allows one to speculate that East Lansing drivers are parking in ramps and at meters more often, and parking illegally less often.

Some students are reluctant to park in parking ramps because gambling on parking in the

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The MSU Student Housing Cooperative is considering opening its doors to non-students in an attempt to make cooperative housing more affordable.

A recent referendum proposed changes to the MSU Student Housing Cooperative’s article of incorporations that include SHC applying for federal tax-exempt status. The benefits of this would include student co-ops being exempt from corporate income taxes and eligibility for donations, public and private grants.

But the application process for tax-exempt status would take time and amend the SCH articles and bylaws, making cooperative housing not exclusive to MSU students.

The SHC executive committee is not prepared to make any official statements regarding the internal member discussion regarding these documents either way.

“SHC’s mission is to promote quality housing and services through our cooperative principles,” said Holly Jo Sparks, executive director of the SHC office staff. “As an organization we are com-

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city for longer than the posted time limit is worth skipping paying for a ramp when they don’t get a parking ticket.

Such is the case with general management senior Brady Lehman.

“I usually park in ramps because a parking ticket is pretty expensive,” Lehman said. “But if I won’t be on campus for much longer than an hour or two, I skip the ramps because I’d rather park for free, which is the case if I don’t get a ticket when I park on a side street. Sometimes it backfires though.”

Lehman said most times, parking ticket charges are still less than what he would pay for a pass.

“Some days I park in the city for upwards of six hours and don’t get a ticket,” he said.

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mitted to expand the cooperative movement.”

The restriction to only students was only added in the past decade. When most of the co-ops were founded they were open to all members of the East Lansing community as a low-rent, discrimination-free occupancy.

The potential changes would require SHC to improve their screening and eviction processes, and be more mindful of the inclusion of low-income residents who may have a hard time continuing at MSU due to economic difficulties.

Dan Birkholz, president of the executive committee for SHC, said this is a long process and a decision has not yet been made.

“We’re trying to put our cooperative in a position that will allow it to serve the community as best it can for as long as it can while maintaining all of our cooperative principles,” Birkholz said.

The official document reported the effort to make SCH “more affordable” and tax-exempt came about from collecting information from current students. The proposed changes to the articles and bylaws were distributed to current members in a ballot form that must be passed by a two-thirds majority of the voting body. The deadline for a decision to be made is March 2.

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Spotlight Main Library Special Collections a home for history and quirkiness The library’s Special Collections boast a vast array of different items ranging from first editions of novels such as “The Great Gatsby” to the first Playboy magazines that were ever released ENG 813 and 455 classes look at early literature books displayed in the Special Collections in the MSU Main Library on Feb. 19.

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Nestled in the Main Library is a nondescript wooden door with “Special Collections” printed above it in bold letters. This room would perhaps draw more attention if it weren’t located in a far corner of the building’s basement.

Behind that windowless door is a small, quiet room with wooden paneling. A staff member will ask arriving visitors to stow their bags, coats and other belongings in a cupboard. There are strict rules about what students can bring with them beyond that point.

There are no distractions.

Beyond this reading room is another door — designated for staff members only — that leads to the entire Special Collections, consisting of more than 450,000 items.

Peter Berg has served as the head of MSU’s Special Collections library since 1988 and he said he still hasn’t explored every inch of the collection.

“There’s something always new, even though it could be very old,” he said. “I’ve been here over 25 years, and I’m still finding material that I wasn’t aware of.”

Old and new “(Special Collections) has material as old as 4,000 years as well as a zine that was printed in the fall of 2014,” Berg said. “So we have very old material as well as contemporary material, and I think that’s the attraction of the collection not only for me, but for a lot of other people too.”

In addition to books, Special Collections also houses a number of personal letters from notable people such as Mark Twain and Harry Truman.

Student activism paraphernalia, comic books, and magazines fill up even more of the collection and provide for a unique visitor’s experience.

“For a lot of people, handling an old book in Special Collections is probably going to be the oldest thing they’ll handle their entire lives,” rare books librarian Patrick Olson said.

Berg said if the items in the library were in a museum, visitors could only see it under a glass.

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“For a lot of people, handling an old book in Special Collections is probably going to be the oldest thing they’ll handle their entire lives.”

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use and handle them.

“There’s something special about that,” Berg said.

Of particular interest to many students are the first edition copies of “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman and “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Occasionally a class focusing on Whitman’s work will come in to see the Special Collections copy of “Leaves of Grass.”

Berg said that the students’ phones will immediately come out to snap pictures.

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them, they have a paperback copy of “Leaves of Grass,” but to see the actual book when it first came out and know that Walt Whitman helped set the type for it and this is a book that he maybe even handled at one point — you never know — it makes it very exciting for them,” Berg said.

The Special Collection’s copy of “The Great Gatsby” is inscribed by Fitzgerald himself and contains a personal message about the character of Jay Gatsby to the book’s intended recipient. “(It’s) really kind of an illuminating statement, about how he saw Gatsby as a character and how he was really kind of dissatisfied with

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how he turned out,” Olson said. “It’s those kinds of inscriptions that help historians and literary critics kind of put together the thoughts of the authors as they put together books.”

Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio (1685) contains 43 of Shakespeare’s plays. The title page shows an example of the unique “S” letter that was common at the time, which looks more like the letter “F” to contemporary viewers. This folio is an example of moveable type, an early type of printing press. Before this time period, books were printed by hand.

The collection’s 1925 first edition copy of “The Great Gatsby” bears the following insightful inscription by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Gatsby was never quite real to me. His original served for a good enough exterior until about the middle of the book he grew thin and I began to fill him with my own emotional life. So he’s synthetic – and that’s one of the flaws in this book.”

This 1855 first edition copy of “Leaves of Grass”

by Walt Whitman attracts students to the special collections every year, who take excited selfies with the book. The beautiful typeset of the title page and the front cover are worth a visit in their own respects.

A quirky collection Aside from medieval manuscripts and first edition copies of famous 19th and 20th century novels, special collections houses a number of more unusual collections and items.

The oldest item the special collections houses, a 4,000-year-old clay tablet originating from Mesopotamia, garners interest usually because of its age. The content of the carved inscription is maybe less exciting, but humorous in its own way — it’s a receipt for the delivery of sheep.

The collection’s cookbook section is approximately 30,000 items strong, and growing. Many of these cookbooks are bound with plastic spiral binding, indicative of community-made books of recipes that were meant to be shared by institutions like churches and schools and provide an intimate view of what Americans were serving at their dinner tables in the early 20th century and beyond.

Even more unusual than the cookbooks is the extensive collection of Playboy magazines that Special Collections houses for the library, reaching from present day all the way back to the magazine’s beginnings in the 1950s. The reason for this isn’t entirely based on preservation, Olson said — there’s a more practical reason for keeping Playboys out of easy reach.

“People have a habit of taking Playboys from the library, so part of what we do is we offer much better security than the rest of the library,” he said. “So if anything is deemed kind of ‘at risk’ it’ll often find a home here so that it can be used with some supervision.”

Special Collections also houses an extensive collection of artist’s books, which aim to experiment with the boundaries of what a book even is. “Eight Slices of Pie” by Emily Martin is one such artist’s book, containing recipes and pie-related anecdotes in small booklets shaped in triangles and arranged within a disposable pie tin.

For business and pleasure Of special interest to many undergraduates is the extensive comic book collection — the largest public collection in the world — which draws in many students who don’t have the funds to buy their own comics.

Recent graduate Paul Matouka recently discovered Special Collections and immediately dove into the comics, starting with the Marvel Civil War series. With more than 200,000 issues to choose from, he said the hardest part is deciding what to read next.

Undergraduate students are the primary users of the collection, something that Berg said many people find unusual. Whereas some Special Collections may only be available for use by senior scholars or visiting intellectuals, this collection is unique in that access is open to anyone.

It’s exactly that sort of interest from students and community members that Special Collections staff thinks is the most important part of the job.

“I get really excited about the material, and when I can help other people who aren’t familiar with this kind of material I get excited about it as well. I find that very rewarding,” Olson said.

Special Collections librarian Andrew Lundeen is especially frustrated with the lack of awareness, and feels that the majority of MSU’s population is unaware of the collection’s existence.

The idea of Special Collections can be intimidating, Lundeen said, which can discourage people — especially undergrads and community members — from taking advantage of the resource.

But checking out a book to the reading room is easy, and the material can usually be retrieved within five minutes of filling out a request slip at the reception desk.

“There’s no point to having collections if they aren’t being used,” he said.

“Eight Slices of Pie” by Emily Martin, published in 2002, is what’s known as an “artist’s book.” These books ask the questions of what art is, and what books are. Martin’s book is a collection of pie-related anecdotes and recipes, arranged on paper in the shape of pie slices and set in a disposable pie tin.

Published in 1561, this book with a chain on it is one of the most unique items of the collection. The book is “Institutiones,” written by Andreas Perneder and published in Ingolstadt, Germany. The iron chain was meant to prevent stealing in the 16th century, when books cost enormous sums of money.

This book of hours was published in France in the 15th century. It is a Christian devotional book and serves as an example of the type of book of hours owned by many during this time. The art is all handmade, and gold foil accents are stamped on many of the pages.

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Department of Theatre’s performance of ‘Macbeth’ the last for two students Acting senior Sarah Goeke and acting junior Andy Head act in “Macbeth” Saturday at Fairchild Theatre in the Auditorium.

The play was put on by the MSU Department of Theatre.

fac t Saying the word “Macbeth” in a theater is said to result in bad luck according to the website of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Students act in “Macbeth” Saturday at Fairchild Theatre in the Auditorium. The play was put on by the MSU Department of Theatre. PHOTOS: HANNAH LEVY

By Lauren Owings lowings@statenews.com

Theatre students will continue to hit the stage this weekend to plot murder, converse with witches and rise to power in one of William Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedies: “Macbeth.”

The actors paced around the stage in elaborate costumes, employed the use of projection and created an otherworldly background and caused the audience to gasp at every kill. But it wasn’t initially this easy to create a stunning performance.

Professor of theatre studies and directing Ann Folino White, who directed “Macbeth,” said every other year the department does these classical productions to challenge students in a different way than realism challenges them.

She said students and audiences are often intimidated by the classical language of Shakespeare. As

a director, she focused on treating the play like any other, telling the story in a way that was relatable.

“We try as theater artists to make that poetry seem human,” White said. “To make it seem as if it were ordinary speech.”

White said she didn’t want the actors to know only the literal meaning of Shakespeare’s language.

She wanted them to get accustomed to the emotional meaning as well.

For theatre graduates Andy Head and Sarah Goeke, who play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively, this is their final show at MSU. Goeke said she feels as though she’s being inducted into being an actor after arriving at MSU with little acting experience. She added that graduating with her masters in acting is a huge accomplishment.

“For the two of us to have done this show together at the end of our time has been a really great

experience,” Head said.

Goeke said her character was a challenge because it’s such a powerful and sensual role and is usually played by someone much older.

“I was worried going into it, but doing the research and getting used to the language has been really fulfilling,” Goeke said.

She said a Shakespearean play requires a whole new way of thinking. To help learn her lines, Goeke said she used her experience in musical theater, likening the language to music to understand it.

Head said the biggest challenge for him was breaking the stereotypes that surrounded his character.

He said since the play is about 400 years old, it’s been done countless times. This presents audience assumptions that an actor doesn’t have to fight in a modern play.

“Anyone who is familiar with Shakespeare’s

plays already has an idea of who that character is,” Head said.

In order to make their production unique, Head said they worked at dissolving the idea of Lady Macbeth as a villain. Instead, he said they put the marriage between the characters at the center.

“They’re equal partners, and they both need each other and help each other and are climbing this social ladder together,” Head said.

Because the characters are young in their version, Head said the show can be more relatable to a student audience.

White said at the play’s core is the belief people hold that they are owed something.

“They do these terrible deeds to get to that position but they don’t hold themselves responsible ... rather than taking accountability for their actions,” White said. “So I think that’s very relatable to all of us.”

The week ahead: Weekend events for a break from the books

By Austin Koltonowski

National Pan-Hellenic Council: 2015 Annual Step Show

“An Evening With HaRry Connick Jr.”

Wharton Center, Pasant Theatre Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.

Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Wharton Center, Cobb Great Hall Feb. 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Wharton Center, Cobb Great Hall March 1 at 7 p.m.

“The Vagina Monologues” are a series of monologues based on Eve Ensler’s interviews with women on relationships, sex and violence against women.

“The Vagina Monologues” will be giving 90 percent of the proceeds to The Firecracker Foundation, a foundation working to honor the bravery of children who have survived sexual trauma.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council, a national coordinating body for the nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities, will be presenting MSU’s annual step show. As an organized dance that uses a mixture of footsteps, handclaps and spoken word, the theater will be overflowing with energy.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $25 at the door.

The New Orleans jazz singer and Grammy Award-winning artist, Harry Connick Jr. will be bringing a number of his hit jazz sets to East Lansing.

Since this will be the only Michigan stop of his 20-plus dates, this gives an opportunity to enjoy a couple hours with the iconic jazz man.

Tickets for his performance start at $40.

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As midterms peek around the corner, it is important to keep stress at a minimum. To take a step back from tedious amounts of studying, students can keep these events in mind this week and head out around campus for a de-stress week.

Here’s a look at what this week has to offer:

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Sports COLUMN: No matter what seed, MSU’s tourney run is impressive

Women’s basketball looks to build momentum heading into Big Ten tournament

By Zach Libby zlibby@statenews.com

Head coach Tom Izzo talks to senior guard Travis Trice Feb. 14, during the game against Ohio State at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Buckeyes, 59-56.

PHOTO: Erin Hampton

By John Neidhart jneidhart@statenews.com

About two weeks ago, I was asked if it would be a disappointment for MSU to barely sneak into the NCAA tournament. What a dumb question, I thought.

MSU’s 17-year tournament streak started just four years after I was born. I’ve been alive for six Final Four appearances, but because I was just a kid, I wasn’t fully aware of the 1999–2001 stretch at the time.

In 2005 I watched MSU storm past Duke and Kentucky before seeing the Spartans bow out to a powerhouse in North Carolina in the Final Four. In 2009 and 2010 I saw back-to-back Final Fours and I thought I was witnessing basketball royalty. If Shabazz Napier didn’t turn into Kemba Walker 2.0 last year, I would have seen a seventh Final Four.

If there was one thing I learned about MSU while I was growing up, it was to never count out Tom Izzo in March. His teams will go through an almost-scheduled lull, getting people to doubt their capabilities come tournament time.

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So in a season like this one, where the Spartans are up and down until mid-February, all I thought MSU needed to do was sneak into the postseason, nothing more, nothing less. Whether it’s a No. 1 seed or a No. 10 seed, if MSU can get into the dance, the team always has a chance to do some damage.

On the heels of a four-game win streak, this year’s team is proving that it won’t need to sneak into the tournament — it belongs there.

Playing with hypotheticals, even if MSU was part of the last four in, I don’t think it would be anything that Spartan fans should fret over. In college basketball, it’s very hard to sustain success the way that Izzo has.

The blue bloods of college basketball are clear — Kentucky, Duke, UCLA, Kansas, Indiana and North Carolina. But in Izzo’s 20 seasons at the helm, he’s vaulted MSU into the upper tier of college basketball programs.

If we think that squeaking into the tournament is a disappointment, let’s look at programs like Florida and Connecticut.

Florida has won two championships and UConn has won three since MSU’s title in 2000. This year, neither program will likely make the tournament. UConn also missed out in 2010 and 2013. Doesn’t MSU stack right up with those teams? Even in a down year, it appears as though the Spartans will find a way in. wednesday, February 2 5, 2 01 5

How about North Carolina? A year after they beat MSU in the title game, UNC failed to make the tournament in 2010 with a roster that included three current NBA players. One of college basketball’s finest programs led by one of the game’s finest coaches in Roy Williams couldn’t produce a tournament team.

And UCLA? The Bruins didn’t make the tournament in 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012 and probably won’t this year. UCLA is trying to regain solid footing among the elite, something that will take time.

The tournament field is larger than ever, but in ways, maneuvering through a treacherous conference season is harder than ever.

Super conferences are starting to form (eyes on the ACC and the Big Ten), and it’s becoming difficult enough to compete consistently within a team’s own league, let alone the entire country.

So as we panicked all year long over whether or not Izzo could right the ship, maybe we should have kept things in perspective. If this year is as bad as it gets, and granted losing to Texas Southern at Breslin is bad, then we really are watching a royal college basketball program.

It’s not a lock that MSU will make the tournament. At the moment, however, they’ve done plenty to assure themselves a spot, a position I’m confident handfuls of programs around the country wish they were in.

Women’s basketball’s first victory over a ranked program in more than two months couldn’t come at a better time with a week to go until the Big Ten tournament.

Currently sitting ninth in the conference standings and tied with Illinois after knocking off No. 20 Rutgers this past Sunday, the ideal scenario for the Spartans would be to receive an eighth seed in the tournament with two games remaining in the regular season.

The worst case scenario for MSU is to be forced to play on opening night at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, as an 11-14 seed March 4.

MSU did themselves a favor by coming away with the historic upset to garner the necessary confidence to end the year with a three-game win streak.

But first, they must topple the team who sits directly in the conference standings on Wednesday in Champaign, Illinois.

Sweep the season series against the Fighting Illini and the Spartans’ probability of storming the court next Thursday on the second day of action is lofty.

The schedule comes to a close this Saturday when MSU travels east to West Lafayette, Indiana, where they’ll visit Purdue, a likely first-day tournament participant, on senior day.

“Both are on the road and both are very tough places to play,” head coach Suzy Merchant said.

“Your last one isn’t an indicator of your next one.

Really, it’s just about we’ve got to finish strong.

Illinois does a lot of really good stuff. They’re a tough matchup.”

The Illinois offense is anchored by a big three, that connected for almost 60 percent of the Fightining Illini’s total points per game this season.

Along with Chatrice White (14.4) and Kyley Simmons (10.2), senior guard Ivory Crawford has been the go-to scorer and playmaker in the 22 games she has appeared in this season. Shooting 46 percent from the floor and 32 percent from beyond the arc, her 15.2 points a night is the highest total on the Illini and 12th in the Big Ten. The Green and White will counter with Aerial Powers, the conference’s second-highest scorer, averaging 22.2 points a game. The sophomore forward would cement her credibility in the conference and on the national stage when she broke the MSU single-season scoring (600) and double-double record (20).

Powers is also averaging 11.9 rebounds per game. She was told following the upset victory against Rutgers that Scarlet Knights head coach C. Vivian Stringer admitted to a reporter that if she would do it all over again, she wouldn’t have showed much film on Powers, knowing that her players would be less intimidated before taking the court.

“Aerial Powers is an outstanding player. Just a great player,” Stringer said. “I think coach has done a great job utilizing her and (Tori) Jankoska. They complement each other very well, and she deserves all the credit.”

Geoff Preston Sports editor sports@statenews.com @thesnews_sports

Walk-on guard Keenan Wetzel’s short film premieres

By Omari Sankofa II osankofa@statenews.com

It had been a long time coming for senior walk-on guard Keenan Wetzel.

Surrounded by family, friends, teammates and coaches, Wetzel finally premiered his short film “The Cager” Monday evening at NCG Cinemas in Lansing.

The movie, which filmed for three days in Lansing and Detroit and took a year to make, is a labor of love for Wetzel, a media and information student.

“It’s been a journey for sure,” Wetzel said.

Starring former MSU basketball player and SAG-certified actor Delvon Roe, “The Cager” is about a former college basketball star named Wesley Ray who has to re-assess his dreams after an injury forces him to give up the game.

In a story published by The State News last summer, Wetzel said he always dreamed of doing a short film about not only basketball, but life’s transitions.

“It’s always an interesting perspective when you look at (the question), ‘What do you do when you’ve done the same thing for the past 19 or 20 straight years,

and it’s taken from you?’” Wetzel said last June. “That was my inspiration.”

“The Cager,” which cost $25,000 to produce, was funded by a Kickstarter campaign and donations. Wetzel produced the film with the help of Lansing-based company Eightfold Marketing & Creative.

“We had amazing support, specifically from the Lansing area,” Wetzel said.

“Eightfold Marketing Creative in Lansing was amazing, and then so many donors and wonderful Spartan people in the Lansing area. Just incredible.”

The theme of the film is one head coach Tom Izzo said he can personally relate to, citing his experiences growing up with childhood friend and former NFL coach Steve Mariucci.

“I remember me and Mariucci graduated from college and said, ‘What the hell are we going to do?’” Izzo said. “I’m still saying that once in a while. I think for the most part, that’s exactly it.

“You’ve got your dreams. You’ve got your goals. You’ve gotta find if they’re realistic, and yet you have to shoot for the moon. There’s a lot of times I almost gave up on mine, didn’t and turned out

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see the former Spartan pursue his dream.

“Delvon, at the end of his career he started getting into (acting) too,” Dawson said. “I think the guy is 6-foot-8, solid, big dude. You wouldn’t expect him to take this seriously. He’s doing a great job and we have to congratulate him.”

Senior guard Travis Trice said Wet-

OK. So I hope (Wetzel) goes through the same thing.”

Delvon Roe, who missed the premiere of “The Cager,” revealed in a tweet he did so because he potentially landed a lead role in a Spike Lee film.

Senior forward Branden Dawson said though Roe may not fit the typical mold of an actor, he is happy to

zel’s ability to find time to direct the film, along with his basketball and class responsibilities, speaks to his talent.

“It’s hard enough for us just to go to class and play basketball, but then you add in making a movie and doing all the things he does. I just think it speaks to how talented he is,” Trice said.

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Photographer Phillipp Rittermann shares his photographic work with students Tuesday during lunch in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, 404 Wilson Road. Rittermann’s work is in the MSU Museum’s exhibition “Seeing China” from Jan. 19 to Aug. 30 and captures China’s economic expansion and the changes occurring in it. PHOTO: Emily Nagle

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Assault and Battery A dispute in a residence hall room Feb. 19 resulted in a report to MSU police for a simple assault and battery. The victim was an 18-year-old female student, and the crime was witnessed in Abbot Hall on by another 18-year-old female student.

The victim was in her room with her roommate and her friend, a male suspect, when he asked to see an item belonging to the victim. After refusing, he became angry and she closed his computer and asked him to leave, at which point he shoved her. No injuries were sustained by the victim and

Assault Police were dispatched to Olin Health Center for an assault that was reported Feb. 17. The victim was a 22-year old female student who reported that her ex-boyfriend was threatening her. She claimed to receive phone calls from the suspect after he was told by police to stop, although the ex-boyfriend claims not to have made the threatening calls.

The victim filed for a personal protection order and the suspect was informed of the penalties he would receive if he violated it, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

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Credit Card Fraud MSU police responded to a report of credit card fraud Feb. 17. The victim, a 21-year-old female student, was notified by her father about suspicious withdrawals made out of state for $1,000 each. She was unaware of the charges and filed a police report.

MSU police are investigating.

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