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New details emerge after Nassar pleads not guilty to 36 charges

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Former MSU employee Larry Nassar was arraigned at 56A District Court in Charlotte, Mich. on Feb. 23. Nassar pleaded not guilty to 13 charges.

Nassar also pleaded not guilty to 23 charges at an arraignment at 55th District Court in Mason on Feb. 23.

Nassar was charged in Eaton County at the 56A District Court with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child under the age of 13, six counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving children between the ages of 13 and 16, and six counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving children between the ages of 13 and 15.

Five of the charges are listed as alternative charges to a separate charge, which means Nassar will be charged with one of the two counts, not both.

According to an MSU police affidavit, the charges brought forward in Eaton County are from three gymnasts who were treated by Nassar while they were a part of Gedderts’ Twistars Gymnastics Club in Dimondale, Mich.

The gymnasts talked to each other about their

appointments with Nassar, but “because it was happening to all of them, they thought it was normal.”

The gymnasts reported trusting Nassar because of his reputation.

“He was like a god to the gymnasts,” one of the alleged victims said, according to the affidavit.

One gymnast said she was abused by Nassar “more times than she could count,” and he became “more comfortable” with every alleged assault.

Nassar was also arraigned in the 55th District Court in Ingham County Feb. 23.

He pleaded not guilty to 23 charges of criminal sexual conduct.

In Ingham County at the 55th District Court, Nassar was charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child under the age of 13, 11 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child between the ages of 13 and 16 and eight counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child between the ages of 13 and 15.

Former MSU employee Larry Nassar sits in court during his arraignment on Feb. 23 at 55th District Eight of these charges are listed as alterna- Court in Mason, Mich. Nassar pleaded not guilty to 23 charges of criminal sexual conduct in Ingham County. PHOTO: CHLOE GRIGSBY tive charges.

According to an MSU police affidavit, one of told her that the abuse was “supported medical Nassar includes 81 victims.

Nassar is currently being held without bond the gymnasts said, “Nassar made her feel weird research” and a “medical thing.”

As of Feb. 22, the MSU police investigation of on federal child pornography charges. and disgusted.” Another gymnast said Nassar

MSU spring football in limbo

BY MADISON O’CONNOR MOCONNOR@STATENEWS.COM

MSU football started its spring season on Saturday, but this season will look different, possibly because of the investigations of three suspended MSU football players and one staff member for allegations of sexual assault.

The investigations have the potential to change the dynamic of the spring season to protect the names of the three suspended football players under investigation. The names will be protected since the investi-

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gations are ongoing and are on the individual level.

Thus far, the spring season has largely been on hold, but it’s unclear as to whether this is because of the spring season’s early start this year or if it’s a way to protect player names.

The identities of the three players under investigation could be determined by looking at the 2017 roster, but the roster has not been released yet.

Dantonio’s preview press conference, typically held before the spring season starts, has not been scheduled.

The spring practices, usu-

ally open for the first 10 to 15 minutes to the media, will be closed to the public and the media this spring.

“The practices are closed to the public and media,” Assistant Director for Athletic Communications Ben Phlegar said in an email. In an email that followed, he added that the “schedule is subject to change as spring practice continues the next few weeks.”

The schedule leading up to the spring game on April 1 was just recently released to ticket holders, but a media schedule for these spring practices has not yet been released, Phlegar said. "(The investigation is) ongoing and I don’t think it’s going to be over in the very near term,” MSU police chief Jim Dunlap said following the Attorney General’s press conference on Feb. 22.

In October, MSU hired Patrick Fitzgerald, a former federal prosecutor and U.S. attorney to begin conducting an internal investigation of the university, including the football program.

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said the internal investigation will inform the university on how to deal with issues regarding sexual assaults and harassment, specifically with football program.

“I have no necessary concerns

that there are big issues, but the confidence of the community requires that we look at it diligently,” Simon said following the recent Board of Trustees meeting.

Simon said MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis “took an extraordinarily important action” in looking into the atmosphere and environment of the current team.

“I thought it was important for him to stand up for the current students, and I would want that from any athletic director,” Simon said. “In the same way, I would want any athletic director to provide an environment where a sexual assault of a high profile set of student-athletes can be investigated in the most full fashion and support that investigation. I think that speaks highly of him.”

While it’s currently unclear just how or to what extent the investigations will impact the spring season, Simon said the investigation should not affect future student-athletes.

“On football recruits, I would say to you, if you want to be a part of a program that aggressively looks at sexual assault and sexual harassment and you want to be a part of that culture, you come here,” Simon said. “Because we’re going to deal with people who are accused of those issues.”

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Tori Jankoska rises, breaks records during final season as a Spartan

BY DENISE SPANN DSPANN@STATENEWS.COM

MSU women’s basketball has had some remarkable players in its program history.

The likes of Kristin Haynie, Jasmine Hines, Liz Shimek, Syreeta Bromfield and, most recently, Aerial Powers dominated the court. For her senior season, Tori Jankoska has been completely in the spotlight, leading the Spartans on the court and breaking records while preparing to leave a legacy behind. From fighting for her life at birth to fighting on the court as a Spartan, Jankoska has had a rollercoaster ride worth of experiences, but right now it seems she’s at the top and not coming down any time soon.

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A start in basketball At birth, Jankoska had a hole in her heart. Head coach Suzy Merchant and Tori’s mother, Lisa Jankoska, said they thought that was the stem of her competitive and fighting nature.

Born in September, Lisa wanted to hold Tori back in school because of fear she wouldn’t be ready academically, but she said her teachers spoke highly of her toughness and desire to move forward.

Her mom saw something special in her when it came to basketball at the age of four or five, and it was a talent beyond her years.

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if they can actually make the basket. When they start in kindergarten they shoot baskets this high, then they start doing them higher. I had to take her out of our area because they don’t let them play basketball until second grade in Freeland.

So I had to take her somewhere else, and then they wanted her on the fourth grade team. So she played with fourth graders in kindergarten.”

It seemed like being a Spartan was always in the cards at a young age for Jankoska. When she was about eight or nine, her mom signed her up for the MSU women’s basketball camp where Joanne McCallie was the head coach of the women’s program. McCallie told Lisa if Tori couldn’t keep up, she would have to go home.

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“They ended up saying, ‘We’ll let her try, but you have to come and you have to stay for the day.

If at any point she can’t keep up with the girls, then you’ll have to take her home,’” Lisa said. “Well, as you can see she did just fine, and back then she was so small. She had couple of pictures of the girls carrying her around on their shoulders

“It’s just really contagious, her fire and her spark that she brings every game.”

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— she would go through their legs dribbling.”

Beginning at MSU When it came to becoming a part of MSU, Jankoska didn’t realize what Merchant offered her at first. She went home that day with her mom, and when her mom explained to her that Merchant was offering her a scholarship and a chance to play for her, Jankoska wanted to turn the car around and commit right then.

However, because of NCAA recruiting regulations, she couldn’t speak to Merchant for two months. When Jankoska and her mom returned to Merchant’s office, it took 20 minutes of small talk for her to say that she wanted to be a Spartan, completely out of nerves.

Getting adjusted to NCAA Division I basketball as a freshman wasn’t an easy task for Jankoska. There were times during her

first year where her goal would be to be on the court for 10 minutes and to affect the game positively in such little time. Merchant said she saw a complete change in Jankoska within her four years of coaching her.

“I think she’s made herself into more of a complete player, her work ethic was always there,” Merchant said. “I think when you get to this level as a freshman, you’ve got to have to figure out what your weaknesses are and work on them. For Tori, she was that prolific 3-point shooter and really between her freshman year and now the kid can hit pull-ups, get to the rim, play make, we post her. She’s become a complete offensive threat and weapon for us and she’s done it through a lot of hard work on her own.”

A leader on the team On and off the court, Jankoska is a leader and mentor to the rest of the team. Merchant said people have a great deal of respect for her because of how she approaches the game and the work ethic she has.

Jankoska said some of her favorite parts about being a leader are having people lean on her and using her own experiences to help her teammates through things they’re going through.

“She’s the best leader by example, I mean when she’s playing hard which is all the time, when she’s really competitive and getting after it, it feeds off on our whole team,” freshman guard Taryn McCutcheon said. “It’s just really contagious, her fire and her spark that she brings every game.”

The basketball mentorship between McCutcheon and Jankoska is palpable. From the moment McCutcheon stepped on the practice gym, McCutcheon said Jankoska went out of her way to help her learn and adapt more quickly.

“She knew that we were going to be playing together a lot and that we needed good chemistry ,and it came easily,” McCutcheon said. “It came a lot because of how she took me and just helped adapt to the game faster. She knows because she went through the same struggles, like she was in my position the last couple years. So, she knew when I was getting frustrated what was wrong. She knows me, so she just knew what to say all the time.”

Jankoska is one of the most decorated MSU women’s basketball players in program history. She is the first player to reach more than 2,000 points after MSU’s game against Mary-

Spotlight land. She currently has 2,098 points with one more Big Ten regular season game, the Big Ten Tournament and possibly the NCAA Tournament left to play.

Being the first to achieve more than 2,000 points, she is the all-time leading scorer for the Spartans, surpassing Powers after her record-breaking night against Ohio State University. In that she also broke the most points scored in a single game record for MSU. Jankoska scored 42 points against the Buckeyes.

“At the end of the day, how she affects the game is more significant than any guard,” Merchant said. “Tori to me, rebounds, defends, leads, gets steals, blocks shots, pushes the ball, plays multiple decision and... just it doesn’t end with just scoring points. And I think that is a pretty big thing that separates her.”

One of the all-time leading scorers’ most recent accomplishments is the third triple-double in program history and the first since Haynie in 2005 with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Minnesota. She also broke the most career 3-pointers made this season with 297. Jankoska also has the most 3-pointers in a single game record.

Her list of accomplishments in the basketball program seem endless as a threetime All-Big Ten, two-time Academic

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All-Big Ten and 2014 Big Ten Champion. She also has the career made freethrow record with 444 and a successful free throw percentage this season of 90.1 percent.

Looking forward In her four years Jankoska has averaged 33.5 minutes per game, while currently in the 2016-17 season she averages 36.1 minutes. Jankoska also leads with the highest average of points per game with 22.5.

She averages 8.2 rebounds per game and she’s had 148 assists this year, 474 total in her career. Out of all the things Jankoska has accomplished, she said being a Spartan is at the top of the list.

“Might sound cliché, but honestly just playing every day being able to put on a Spartan uniform and play in front of the 6,000 people that usually are here,” Jankoska said. “It really is a dream come true, it’s something I’ve wanted to do, been working to do for a long time to be able to say I did it and I played four years here and I had a really special experience.”

With post-season play approaching and the relationship Jankoska and Merchant have, she said she is sad that she won’t be able to play for Merchant much longer.

“Being able to play in front of my family, being able to play in front of

Head coach Suzy Merchant and senior guard Tori Jankoska (1) look up at the screen during her Senior Night after the women’s basketball game against Penn State University on Feb. 22 at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Nittany Lions, 73-64. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

“When I think about Tori’s legacy I think of the so many of the fans, and young girls and lives she’s touched off the court.”

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Senior guard Tori Jankoska (1) goes for a layup during the first quarter of the women’s basketball game against Ohio State University on Jan. 10 at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Buckeyes, 94-75. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

these fans, these fans are amazing, some of the best in the country,” Jankoska said. “Being a part of the Spartan family, there’s so many different sports, everybody is so close and then obviously the college experience. It’s been a dream come true to be able to be here, playing here and then just experiencing college.”

After MSU basketball, Jankoska plans to take her talents to the WNBA. She doesn’t know where yet, but she wants to see where the league will take her. Jankoska’s time is quickly coming to an end not only at Breslin, but in East Lansing.

With her awaiting departure, Merchant said Jankoska’s legacy

is being the poster child for a true Spartan.

“When I think about Tori’s legacy I think of the so many of the fans, and young girls and lives she’s touched off the court,” Merchant said. “I think they have a true admiration and respect for someone who has really taken the blue collar approach to their craft. If there was ever someone that you looked at and said, ‘What is a Spartan?’

Tough, hard-nosed, hard working, passionate, gets the most out of everything. I think her legacy will be how she was admired for the way she approached the game, how she carried herself off the court with young girls and young people.”

Freshman guard Taryn McCutcheon (4) and senior guard Tori Jankoska (1) share a moment during the women’s basketball game against Ohio State University on Jan. 10 at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Buckeyes, 9475. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA MONDAY, F E B RUARY 27, 2 01 7

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Student veterans reflect on aid, resources at MSU through programs

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In the summer of 2013, global studies in the arts and humanities sophomore Mj Haynes was deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, where she had what was “easily the greatest experience” as a combat medic in the U.S. Army. Though the positive experiences outweighed the negatives, Haynes said she spent holidays in a bunker, faced hits of indirect fire and served in a prison providing medical aid for detainees.

“I’ve gotten to personally rub cream on the burns of an individual whose suicide vest didn’t go off properly, and actually meeting and coming face to face with that is really tough,” Haynes said.

Now Haynes is double majoring during her first year of university. The army has helped her choose this path.

From high school to the military, military to college, the resources available for student veterans helped her through the transition.

“A lot of resources are out there for veterans, and it’s a shame that so many people don’t know about them but there are so many things out there,” Haynes said. “There’s all these communities that are put together for outreach to keep veterans together because I do have to say, making friends once you’re out of the military versus making friends when you’re in is so much more difficult. I’ve had a heck of a time to make any friends since I’ve been here.”

An important organization is the Student Veterans Association, or SVA, which runs through the Student Veterans Resource Center, a space for veterans located in the basement of Student Services. However, SVA president and supply chain management senior Kyle Kissinger said many veterans don’t know it exists on campus.

“Particularly, when you factor in a lot of the things many of the veterans have families, have full-time jobs, they live off campus, so it’s difficult engaging the population of non-traditional students with all of those dynamics,” Kissinger said.

Veteran resource representative Sarah Mellon said there

are 434 veterans on campus, but only about 40 are on the SVA’s email list and only about seven to 10 attend the meetings.

“I know one veteran who just happened to be able to come to the meeting,” Kissinger said. “She lives in Grand Rapids, and she has to commute up every single day for classes and she’s married with a family. Thankfully, she was able to come to a meeting, but those are the kinds of veterans that we’re trying to engage here on campus.

So to me, even having 40 of them on our email (distribution) is a significant step in the impact.”

Mellon said the SVA is not only for veterans, it’s for the 1,606 military-connected students at MSU as well as students who wish to support student veterans’ missions on campus. Kissinger and the SVA are organizing a Veterans Awareness Day for April 12 to bring more student veterans to the SVA and more support for them from other students. “(What’s important is) letting the other students on campus, through different programs that we’re trying to accomplish, realize what we are and help the deconstruction of the myths about us,” Kissinger said. “Realizing that we’re not all these war torn people, but we do have stories to share.”

Some of these myths and stereotypes about veterans have directly affected Haynes, something she said she thinks could be reduced by bringing veterans and non-military students together on campus.

“Most recently somebody had something to say … it was a joke, ‘There’s no such thing as business ethics, it’s an oxymoron just like military intelligence,’” Haynes said.

“Mainly when you get out and you’re out of uniform is when people’s honest opinions of service members and veterans comes to light first, and sometimes you don’t give them a chance to cover it because they don’t know that you’re a veteran yet.”

For student veterans, resources to help are expanding.

Haynes is currently pending acceptance to a fellowship for student veterans called Mission Continues. Mellon said the Peer Advisors for Veteran Education, PAVE, pro-

Supply chain management senior Kyle Kissinger, left, talks to a guest during the Fall Veterans Welcome Picnic on Sept. 22, 2016 at the Student Services courtyard.

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gram got its start this year, pairing new student veterans with ones who know their way and who can help them better adjust.

“It helps even just to make you proud to be a veteran. I have veteran friends who would never admit that they served because it’s that connection of they had friends that died in the service, so when you thank them for theirs, it’s weird, it’s awkward, it’s almost calling attention

away from their friends who earned it in the harshest, in the greatest way possible by giving their life,” Haynes said. “I’m proud that I served mainly because it’s one of my favorite things about myself.

It’s an important thing about the individual I wanted to be that I’m growing into. I’d say the resources that are provided for veterans as well as what the military provides really are helping me reach that.”

ASMSU Safe Ride passes, will run pilot

BY BRENDAN BAXTER BBAXTER@STATENEWS.COM

ASMSU’s Safe Ride Initiative is finally coming to fruition after passing through the ASMSU General Assembly. ASMSU will run a six-week pilot program starting on March 20.

As previously reported by The State News, the initiative was initially brought up in the 49th session of ASMSU. After a long series of reworking, the initiative was brought to the Finance Committee with a plan for a pilot. The bill allocating funds for the pilot program passed through the Finance Committee, and was sent onward to the General Assembly to formally allocate the funds.

Since they weren’t able to vote last week, ASMSU President Lorenzo Santavicca and Vice President for Internal Administration Katherine Rifiotis called for a special GA meeting following the Policy Committee meeting on Feb. 23.

During public comment, psychology senior Sage Morse spoke about why she wanted Safe Ride to be passed. Morse talked about when she first began her job at Sparty’s and had trouble taking later shifts because she was anxious about getting back to her home late at night.

“When I was just a level one barista, I was getting a lot of midnight shifts and I live off campus,” Morse said. “I would have to give up about 10 hours a week because I couldn’t safely get home from those shifts.”

Some students might think to take the bus, but Morse said she did not feel safe waiting outside late at night for a bus.

“I didn’t feel safe waiting for the bus, so I had to go to Sparty’s and be like, ‘I can’t work a midnight shift, I can’t be on campus

that late, it’s not safe for me,’” Morse said.

Following public comment, the GA went into debating the bill.

The debate opened up with an impassioned speech from Vice President for Finance and Operations Jason Barnett, who has been heading the Safe Ride Initiative.

“We’ve done our due diligence on this program and I am confident that whatever is to be implemented will certainly be a success,” Barnett said. “A program like Safe Ride cannot come at a better time for our campus climate.”

Barnett went on to explain how important he believes this bill is to the students of MSU and said the program would benefit a large number of people.

“There are thousands of students who do not have access to safe transportation at night,” Barnett said. “Either they don’t own a car, they don’t have funds for an Uber or taxi, or the buses are not going in the same direction they’re trying to go.”

Following Barnett’s speech, there was a long session of debate about the necessity of the bill, the cost of the bill and several other items. After many GA members told their personal stories and explained why they see the initiative as important, the bill passed on a 32-3 vote. A big topic of discussion was what follows the pilot program this March. The answer comes in two parts.

First of all, students will get a chance this April to vote on whether they want to implement a $2 tax to fund Safe Ride in addition to the tax they already pay to ASMSU. Second, the program would expand next academic year to every night of the week from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.

The Safe Ride Pilot program begins in about a month, and once it does begin, there will be a lot of attention on whether the program was worth the long wait.

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Spring break is just around the corner and students, as well as businesses, are gearing up for a busy few days leading up to the time off.

MSU students are busy with last-minute shopping, pampering, tanning and working out to make sure they are completely vacation ready, keeping East Lansing businesses busy.

“Normally the year is pretty steady, but the past two weeks we have been over-slammed,” Christian Graham, a stylist at Great Clips on M.A.C. Avenue said. “We didn’t expect this. It seems like everyone wants to get their hair cut before they go on spring break to see their parents, go on vacation, whatever the case may be.”

Graham said the most popular style for boys right now is the going to the beach surfer boy look.

Graham also said it is no coincidence this is the most popular style this time of year.

East Lansing Threads owner Cory Quinn said business is currently “busy” and “good.”

“There’s that buzz of people looking for spring break stuff,” he said. “It’s that switch from the winter into the summer, which brings brighter colors and more spring clothing.”

Taylor Phillips is a sales associate at the Pitaya on Grand River Avenue and said as spring break approaches, the store gets busier.

“A lot of people have been coming by and buying tank tops and dresses and sunglasses and everything,” she said.

For students, the spring break slam is a normal seasonal occurrence.

“I am not surprised at all that East Lansing businesses have had more active customers before spring break,” kinesiology junior Felicia Baldassare said. “Me and my friends, we go to the gym way more actively than throughout the rest of the year as well as bikini shopping and clothes shopping for spring break.”

Political science sophomore Sydney Slyfield also shared Baldassare’s sentiments of spring break preparation, though her plans focus more on tanning than on working out.

“I started tanning three times a week right before spring break,” Slyfield said. “I’m going to New York, but when I come back everyone else will be tan from going to warm places, so then I want to be tan, too. I went shopping for outfits for my vacation at Pitaya.”

The local gyms might be the busiest places of all, with students wanting to make sure they are completely bathing suit ready.

Planet Fitness in Okemos offers a workout facility for its members as well as tanning. “(Business has) skyrocketed, especially with the college kids getting ready for spring break,” said David Garver, assistant manager of the Okemos Planet Fitness. “As they get ready for spring break, our tanning and our gym will start to pick up more.”

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MSU hockey celebrates Senior Day as players enjoy last game at Munn

BY COLTON WOOD CWOOD@STATENEWS.COM

As the MSU hockey team was defeated 4-1 by No. 11 Penn State University Saturday, several members of the team were visibly in tears.

While the loss stung, the reality was the eight seniors on this year’s MSU team played their final home game at Munn Ice Arena. Afterwards, each senior skated around the ice to cheers of the crowd.

To wrap up the night, each senior laid down at center ice near the Spartan logo to kiss it, a tradition mirrored in other MSU sports.

Despite the defeat, once the celebration of senior day hit senior forward Joe Cox, he said he quickly forgot about the loss and focused on the bigger picture.

“It’s frustrating to end here at Munn with a loss and everything,” Cox said. “But once the game was over and we went to the senior ceremony, the game was kind of small. It was really small compared to the big picture of coming here and being with the seven other seniors and all the memories we had.”

Cox said the bonds he created throughout the years have been a crucial part of his time at MSU. “The ceremony definitely drew up some emotions from the majority of us and that’s what it’s all about,” Cox said. “It’s all about coming here and gaining relationships with some guys and just riding out the four years, so it was fun.”

The Chelsea, Mich. native said after four years in East Lansing, he feels he had a successful career.

“I think I came here with a mission to kind of develop my game, win some games here and have fun,” he said. “I definitely did all three of those, and I would say it was definitely an accomplishment.”

Cox added his most enjoyable moments during

his Spartan career lay off the ice.

“There’s different on the ice and off the ice, but I would say my favorite memories are just off the ice — going through practice and then afterwards just sticking around and being a rink rat with the guys and having fun, poking at each other and just talking,” Cox said. “Those are the most fun times for me.”

In his last game at home, senior forward Villiam Haag recorded the lone goal for the Spartans in their loss to the Nittany Lions.

Haag, who came to MSU from Sweden, said he is unsure of his future, but hopes to go back to Sweden upon graduating.

“I’m not sure yet,” Haag said. “Probably looks maybe like going back to Sweden and that’s probably what I’d like to do — continue playing and then get a little bit closer to the family.

“I would have the degree and it just makes me more comfortable. I don’t have to maybe worry about an exam the day before a game.

It’s going to be just nice to play some hockey, so hopefully that happens. That’s what I want at least.”

Fifth-year senior and Canada native Rhett Holland registered an assist in Saturday’s loss.

After the game, he said the experiences and memories built during his time as a Spartan will last forever.

“I didn’t know what it was going to be like, but it’s different,” Holland said. “The experiences and all the memories that I got coming here are just remarkable and will stick with me forever.”

Freshman forward Sam Saliba said not being able to send this year’s senior class out with a win at home is motivation for next season.

“It was tough seeing that out there, definitely emotional,” Saliba said. “You love each and every one of them. They’ve been through a lot and they’ve showed — especially the freshmen — showed us the ropes coming in.”

While the festivities were a pleasure for Saliba, he said gathering wins would be a bigger emphasis going forward for the seniors next year and beyond.

“It’s tough to see,” Saliba said. “Definitely hard not to get a win for them, but I think it’s time to start turning this place around. It’s to

“I didn’t know what it was going to be like, but it’s different. The experiences and all the memories that I got coming here are just remarkable and will stick with me forever.”

Rhett Holland, Fifth-year senior defenseman

a point where enough’s enough and just seeing them out there, you just don’t want next year’s seniors to feel that way. So, we’ve got to start being better.”

Head coach Tom Anastos — although frustrated by his team’s performance — spoke highly of this year’s senior class after the game.

“As a general statement, that’s a really good group of people and guys that come to the rink everyday and they bring it everyday,” Anastos said. “Their effort, they have smiles on their faces, they push each other, pretty close knit bunch even in spite of the different personality makeup. And so, the group in general, was a pleasure to spend time with.”

MSU’s eight seniors — Cox, Haag, Holland, forward Thomas Ebbing, forward Chris Knudson, forward JT Stenglein, forward Connor Wood and forward Justin Selep — will have four more regular season games as a part of Big Ten play.

The Spartans will hit the road against Ohio State University then Minnesota. Afterwards, the team will look to the Big Ten Tournament, hoping to turn around a dismal season.

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MSU track and field finishes indoor season, looks to improve outdoors

BY SOUICHI TERADA STERADA@STATENEWS.COM

While runners donning green and white finished their respective races at the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships, some found the aftereffects of the dreaded lactic acid in their sore muscles.

It ultimately leads to an uncomfortable recovery, but it’s a reality many are accustomed to.

The meet marked the end of the indoor season while simultaneously symbolizing the beginning of a new challenge — the outdoor portion for the men’s and women’s MSU track and field teams.

Following the two-day meet, the men’s and women’s teams finished No. 11. The women’s side contributed 24 points while the men chipped in 21 of their own.

The start to 2017 was rocky, however, head coach Walt Drenth said there were takeaways from the meet his coaching staff plans to apply throughout the year and beyond.

“Every time in an athletic event there is going to be some things that go well and some things that don’t go very well, and we had a little bit of both these past couple days,” Drenth said. “We need more depth, and that is something that we will work on as coaches, but I thought we continued to turn the corner today.”

Despite the disappointing finish, several Spartans shined in their respective events — none more than redshirt-junior Tim Ehrhardt.

The Addison, Ill. native went on to become the Big Ten champion in the pole vault, clearing 5.49 meters. In the process, Ehrhardt went on to break the SPIRE Institute meet record, one he had already set. “(Ehrhardt) was an unbelievable competitor today,” Drenth said. “It was a great testament to his will, his competitiveness and his talent.”

On the women’s side of the pole vault, redshirt-senior Hannah Sailar prevailed through injury en route to a third-place finish, clearing a season-best 4.15 meters.

Among the other podium finishers, the men’s distance medley relay — comprised of redshirt-senior Sherod Hardt, senior David Washington, redshirt-sophomore Justine Kiprotich and redshirt-sophomore Daniel Sims — raced to a third-place finish.

After day one of the events wrapped up, the men’s side stood No. 5 in the meet with 16 points and the women were No. 7 with their 20 points.

“I felt like we were in the fight the entire day,” Drenth

said following the first day of the meet. “What we want to see is a scrap. Sometimes all you can do is get here and be a better version than what you’ve been all year and I felt like we were that on a lot of occasions.”

As the second and final day of the meet rolled around, though, the highlights were few and far between for the Spartans.

Their best finisher was sophomore Will Agodu, who recorded a personal-best 7.91 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles.

His efforts culminated in a fourth-place finish despite being the last-seeded hurdler in the finals.

On the women’s side, while they only scored four points on the day, Drenth said he still saw key contributions certain athletes, specifically honing in on redshirt-senior Alexis Wiersma.

Wiersma scored two points in a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 meter run, in which she recorded a time of 16:07.44.

“Wiersma was just awesome today,” Drenth said.

“Under many circumstances she’d be a two-time winner in the Big Ten championship. This time she was fifth and seventh because the races were so good.”

To wrap up the meet, the men’s 4x400 meter relay for the Spartans, the group of junior Alec Wiater, freshman Noah Burton, junior Antonio Clarke and Washington finished No. 10, but recorded a season-best time of 3:11.95.

“I thought the mental toughness of our 4x400 coming back and running well,” Drenth said. “I thought they competed well. They ran a season-best by quite a bit.”

Although the end results were underwhelming, Drenth said there were still takeaways from the meet, especially with how the team worked within itself.

“I thought they did a better job being a team than they had in awhile,” Drenth said. “I thought that was important. I felt like they did a good job being mentally tough over the course of the weekend. That’s a challenge, especially people that did multiple things. It’s easy when it’s not going very well to just shrug your shoulder.”

With the outdoor season upon MSU and looking forward to the rest of the year, Drenth added he expects to see the effort carry over into practice for expanding results.

“I felt like we committed to being our best nearly the entire weekend,” Drenth said. “If we can display that in practice and be passionate throughout the course of the whole outdoor season I think we can see quite a bit of improvement.”

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Redshirt-junior pole vaulter Tim Ehrhardt poles vaults during the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 24 at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. PHOTO COURTESY OF MSU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

From left to right, redshirt-senior Sherod Hardt, senior David Washington, redshirtsophomore Justine Kiprotich and redshirt-sophomore Daniel Sims pose with their medals for a portrait during the Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championship on Feb. 24 at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. PHOTO COURTESY OF MSU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

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MSU Hunt Seat Team uses luck, skill for equestrian competitions

BY LAURA BOHANNON LBOHANNON@STATENEWS.COM

The MSU Hunt Seat Equestrian Team, or MSUET, takes luck seriously. The luck of the draw is a common phrase for the team, and the members believe their success depends on it.

This is because horse selection for competitions is literally drawn.

When the team competes in horse shows around Michigan, the riders pick the name of the horse they’ll ride out of a hat. The school hosting the show provides horses.

“They’ll give you a few tips,” Siana Stanton, MSUET secretary, said. “But, you literally don’t get to touch your reins until somebody leads you into the ring then you just have to go jump around, or just ride it ... it’s kind of nerve-wrecking, to be really honest.”

MSUET horse show coordinator Melanie Bousquet said they are able to watch other people ride the horses, but it’s not the same as riding the horse themselves.

Stanton, an animal science junior, agreed.

“Watching somebody else ride it then riding it yourself is totally different,” she said.

Stanton said the main reason schools provide the horses for each show is so college students — who might already be low on cash — don’t need to purchase and maintain a horse of their own.

Bousquet, an interdisciplinary studies in social science junior, said horse showing was a lot different for her and Stanton before MSUET because they had their own horses. Now, since the horses are assigned randomly, a rider’s score isn’t knocked down if the horse makes a mistake, Bousquet said.

Bousquet and Stanton said riders having their own horses in previous competitions has created issues at times because the more money they spend on a nice horse, the better the horse will be. Choosing the horse to ride out of a hat helps to close that gap, Stanton said.

Bousquet said they have riders of all levels on the team.

“You have a very wide variety,” Bousquet said. “Some people didn’t horse show at all

when they were younger, some did what we did, some haven’t ridden, some came from different disciplines altogether. So it brings together a lot of different backgrounds.”

All seven levels of experience — from walk trotters, or beginners, to open riders, the highest level — are represented on the team, Bousquet said.

“Every person is just as important, just because we’re on the highest level doesn’t mean that we are more important for the team,” Bousquet said.

Open rider points count for just as much as walk trot points, Stanton said. She also said there are people on the team who worked their way up from walk trot.

In their most recent show, the team scored 47 out of 50 points in one day, “which is almost unheard of,” Stanton said.

Stanton said the team and the common interest in riding horses exposed her to a group of friends she might not have met otherwise.

“We’re all great friends,” she said. “That’s one of the things that I really like about the team.”

Pre-law freshman Taylor Brown jumps over a fence while riding Tanner during the MSU Hunt Seat Team practice on Feb. 24 at Top Rail Equestrian in Webberville, Mich. Brown said she has been riding horses since she was 4 years old.

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Animal science senior Leah Pridoehl adjusts the bridle on Charlie before the MSU Hunt Seat Team practice on Feb. 24 at Top Rail Equestrian in Webberville, Mich. The MSU Hunt Seat Team competes on average about once or twice a month. When competing, each rider is assigned a random horse by drawing names out of a bucket. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

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Public relations club creates ‘Stretch out the Stigma’ mental health event

BY JAIMIE BOZACK JBOZACK@STATENEWS.COM

A group of four MSU students is taking steps to bring awareness to mental health issues one yoga pose at a time through The Bateman Case Study Competition.

Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA, is the main PR club on campus. The competition requires all chapters of the society to have the same client and they must implement a public relations campaign.

Advertising and public relations major Marisa Bennett is the campaign coordinator for the team.

She said the group decided to focus on mental health and clarity, so they created the Stretch Out the Stigma events for the competition.

“Our campaign is more focused on how people take care of themselves physically but they don’t mentally sometimes,” Bennett said. “They are all one in the same. It is all health so we are saying

that mental health is still health and we want to kind of promote clear your mind and working your body at the same time. We thought yoga was the perfect avenue for that.”

The event offered four classes at $5 per one hour class at Yoga State of Mind, Body and Soul in East Lansing. The campaign concluded on Feb. 26.

Bennett said this campaign is personal to and the goals of the campaign will stay relevant. Bennett has family members and friends who deal with issues that include depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder.

“It is really hard to see them struggle, and I know I have class friends who deal with it that go here,” Bennett said.

Bennett said she has even experienced some kind of stress or anxiety herself while dealing with the daily struggles of school.

“It is a really crazy time of school year where everyone ... all of these professors are trying to get stuff in before spring break, exams, papers

Advertising junior Brooke Laney practices yoga on Feb. 25 during yoga practice at the Yoga State of Mind, Body and Soul, at 515 E. Grand River Ave. PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL

and quizzes and all this crazy stuff right now and I think it is a really good time to just let go of that, just take some time to take care of yourself,” she said.

Advertising junior Kylie Koenig said she joined PRSSA to get more experience.

“I have always been more of a hands-on learner, so being able to see a whole campaign from start to finish is pretty cool,” Koenig said. “A lot of people don’t really like to talk about mental health so it kind of brings it out in a fun way because I feel

like yoga is upcoming now.”

Journalism sophomore Madison Job said the goal is to reshape the way people talk about mental health in America, specifically among MSU students.

“We thought it would be nice to let college students know, ‘OK, everyone has been there, take a deep breath,’ that is why we thought yoga would be perfect because you’re literally stretching out the stigma of what you thought was attached,” Job said.

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