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BREAKING DOWN THE MSU BUDGET Tutition keeps rising — but where do the funds go?

THE GENERAL FUND

By Samantha Radecki

Fringe benefits

radeckis@msu.edu

$102.2m

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Organized instruction

Accrued personnell costs $700k Arts & Humanities $2m Lyman Briggs $3.6m

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$67.3m Natural Science

Let’s state the obvious.

MSU might not be the cheapest place to get an education James Madison $4m — at least that’s how media arts and technology senior Briana Booker feels.

Music $8.1m In hindsight, when Booker knows she’ll be more than $40,000 in debt after graduation next December, she’s not Nursing $8.7m Instruction and convinced the schooling will have been worth the high Departmental Research cost.

Communication Arts & As tuition costs steadily have increased throughout the Sciences $12.3m past 10 years, totaling 69.8 percent of MSU’s general fund budget in the 2012-13 fiscal year, some students are left won$21.9m dering exactly where their tuition dollars are going.

Veterinary Medical Booker is not the only MSU student asking — is it worth it? $23.5m “(MSU’s) a good school, but money-wise, it is really expen$24.4m College of Agriculture

$26.5m

22.1% ($244.5 million)

$50.5m Total: $1.106 billion

Human Medicine

$40.1m

Other university funds

Tuition and fees

$30m

Engineering

8.1% ($90 million) Funds include indirect cost recovery, investment income and other revenues

69.8% ($771.8 million)

$29.2m Arts & Letters $28.5m

Eli Broad Business College

Fringe benefits $2.6m

State appropriations

Social Science

College of Education

Community service $7.1m

UNIVERSITY REVENUE SOURCES

$60.2m

$553.4m

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Faculty salaries and benefits now account for about 43 percent of general fund expenditures

86 percent ($479.6 million) of Instruction and Departmental Research funding goes toward faculty salaries or benefits

Utilities

$61.9m

Osteopathic Medicine

$36.8m Fringe benefits $6.4m Admission & records $6.4m

Public services % .4 48

$9.7m

al tot of

$15.3m Fringe benefits

Student services administration $6.3m

Operation and Maintenance of Plant

Counseling & career services $4.4m

$163.6m

General fund total Financial aid administration $2.4m

$27.5m Institutes & centers $22.9m

(+5.3% from 2012)

Computing support

% 9.9

9.9%

Academic support

Fringe benefits $7.3m

Scholarships & fellowships

$83.9m

$110.2m

*Including a -$5.5m operational overhead

$14.5m Fringe benefits $13.7m Academic advisors

Institutional Support*

Community relations $15.1m

$22.2m Ancillary support

$110.3m

Fringe benefits $21.3m

General administration $16.3m

$8.2m Major repair and renovation

$27.1m Libraries

Individual & project $17.4m

Executive management $20.1m

$10.7m Logistical services

$30.4m

%

$47.6m

$190k Other $660k Ground maintenance $4.6m

7.6

Research

$11.8m Custodial services

$1.106 billion

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Student services

$13.3m Building maintenance

Security

14 .7%

Social & cultural development $1.6m

.8%

and personal development

$2.4m Museums Scholarships

and galleries

$97.7m

$6.2m Fiscal operations

$10.4m Logistical $12.5m Fellowships

support

Note Because of rounding, percentages may not add up to 100

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Argentinian cardinal named Pope Francis

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Not long after the white smoke lifted from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio greeted Rome and the world as Pope Francis on Wednesday on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica looking over Vatican City.

“The duty of the conclave was to appoint a bishop of Rome, and it seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen one who is from far away, but here I am,” the pope said in his address.

Physiology freshman Jaclyn DiBartolomeo was keeping up with the pontiff reveal throughout the day, and said she feels Pope Francis is going to be a good addition to the Catholic Church.

“I have the CNN app on my phone and it sends me notifications about big events like this, so I heard about it all day,” DiBartolomeo said, adding she is looking forward to seeing what the new pope does in his role. “I do trust Pope Francis to do his job.

He comes from a new culture and different part of the world, so he will bring a different perspective and open a lot of people’s eyes.”

Rev. Mark Inglot, pastor of St.

Thomas Aquinas Parish and St. John Church and Student Center, 955 Alton St., said the 76-year-old Argentinian of Italian descent was chosen to be Pope Benedict XVI’s successor to show the church is no longer European but universal and more inclusive.

Chris Frilingos, religious studies professor on early Christianity and Roman culture, said the process for picking the new pope is not difficult to understand.

“The idea is that there are 115 cardinals eligible to vote, and if a person gets two-thirds majority vote, that person becomes pope,” Frilingos said.

Pope Francis is starting to be considered the pope of firsts — first Jesuit, first to use the name Francis, first pope from South America and the first to not speak from a script when he addressed Rome and the world.

Inglot said Pope Francis seems like a simple man, and this is a choice Inglot is grateful for.

“He seems very down to earth and prayerful,” Inglot said. “You can tell he lives a simple life because he wore white and took his stole off.”

Inglot also said having the pope ask for the people to bless him first before he blessed them was shocking, which shows

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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, of Argentina, leaves the Synod Hall after the last Congregation, March 11, 2013, at Vatican City. The cardinal was elected pope on Wednesday to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

there is going to be change in the church.

“When he asked the people to bless him before he blessed them,

that was monumental,” Inglot said. “He is from the outside of See POPE on page 2 X

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RELIGION

By Christine LaRouere

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College of Veterinary Medicine assistant professor Patricia Schenck, charged with felony neglect of 10 or more animals, could plead guilty to a lesser charge Friday, Clinton County Prosecutor Charles Sherman said.

In a pretrial hearing Monday, Schenck’s case was moved back to Clinton County District Court in St. Johns, Mich.

Schenck was charged with the felony, punishable by up to four years in prison, after a December search of her home found 17 dogs and two cats in poor condition.

In a previous interview, Capital Area Humane Society President and CEO Julia Palmer said the animals were covered in their own feces and somewhat underfed when they were taken from her home.

Sherman said if Schenck does plead to a lesser charge Friday, the judge could choose to sentence her immediately.

He would not comment on what the lesser charges or potential sentences

could be.

Schenck currently is suspended from the university with pay pending the outcome of the case.

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E.L. CRACKDOWN ON DRUNK DRIVING Students can expect an increase in police officers around East Lansing for the next three weeks, which encompass St. Patrick’s Day and the NCAA tournament.

The state of Michigan is beginning a spring drunken driving crackdown called “Drive sober or get pulled over,” which kicked off the MSU part of its campaign with MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo on Wednesday at Breslin Center.

“Friends that I have lost because of drunk driving are numerous,” Izzo said. “If you choose to drink … Make sure you have a designated driver or someone who can get you where you need to be in a safe manner.”

In 2011, Michigan law enforcement agencies arrested 37,540 people for drunken or impaired driving, according to the Office of Highway Safety Planning, or OHSP. To combat these types of

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Police brief Student reports sexual assault in dorms A student was sexually assaulted early Monday in West Holmes Hall, according to MSU police.

A 19-year-old female was meeting with friends at about 1:30 a.m. in her dorm room to discuss their spring break activities when a male acquaintance in the room reportedly reached over and fondled her breast, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

The fondling, listed as criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree, could be a misdemeanor punishable by either up to two years in prison or a $500 fine, or both, according to the Michigan law.

An adult convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree would have to register as a sex offender for 15 years, although their name would not be made public, according to the Michigan State Police website.

The woman declined to identify the suspect, press charges or seek medical treatment, McGlothian-Taylor said.

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Continued BUDGET

Inflation, appropriations make affordable tuition difficult to achieve FROM PAGE ONE

sive, and I’m putting myself through school,” she said.

A balancing act Steadily rising tuition costs are not a trend limited to MSU. As overall state aid to Michigan higher education institutions throughout the past 10 years has decreased, many public universities, such as MSU, have increased tuition as a way to balance costs, while continuing to fully function, Director of the Office of Planning and Budgets David Byelich said.

Booker, like many other MSU community members, feels as if these budget cuts shouldn’t be on the shoulders of students.

“People want careers — you don’t want just jobs,” she said.

“You need education to get into a career, so why would (the state) not make it affordable for people who need it?”

According to the Office of Planning and Budgets, throughout the past 10 years, state appropriations to higher education institutions have decreased overall, totaling a reduction of $81 million by the 2012-13 fiscal year. And accompanying the steady rate of inflation, MSU has been accumulating a deficit of $166.6 million since 2002.

This past June, the Board of Trustees once again voted to raise tuition by 3.5 percent in the 2012-13 academic year — a decision Trustee Joel Ferguson fears they will have to make again this June if the state funding trend continues.

MSU’s projected 2013-14 budget, which was released in June 2012, is slated to have a 4 percent increase in tuition and fees, according to the Office of Planning and Budgets. Byelich said the increase is not finalized.

Ferguson said MSU is down to the bone in terms of spending.

“The legislature is going to give us fewer dollars and then (they’re) going to holler when we raise tuition — that’s just the pattern,” he said.

State Rep. Al Pscholka, R-Ste-

vensville, chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, said the funding decreases are a result of the nation’s economic problems and borrowing and saving habits.

“We (as a nation) don’t save the way that we used to,” he said “We should invest in higher education, but if all we are doing is paying off our debt, we won’t be able to make those investments.”

To compensate, Byelich said MSU has been saving on health care costs, wage increases and increasing student enrollment, among other reductions — along with tuition increases.

“It’s not a matter of offsetting the reduction, but (what) we really need to (compensate) is that inflation line,” Byelich said. “A lot of things cost more in year two than they did in year one. That’s because the cost of oil goes up, the cost of health care goes up and so forth.”

Crunching the numbers Byelich said the university is constantly on its toes to balance the quality of and access to higher education — he calls it, the “value proposition.”

While MSU’s total budget rounds to about $2 billion each fiscal year, the fund where tuition revenues fall, or the general fund, only accounts for about half of the budget.

In the fiscal year 2012-13, the general fund totaled about $1.1 billion. This fund covers eight areas of university functions, including course instruction, research and community services, among others.

But the general fund does not account for intercollegiate athletics, research grants, endowments and gifts — such as the gift donated for the construction of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.

Those expenses come from other auxiliary, expendable and designated funds — totalling the $2 billion when added with the general fund, Byelich said.

Although ASMSU President Evan Martinak is aware of these technicalities, he said he’s not sure if the entire student body understands that tuition revenue only covers academic expenses and basic university functions.

ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate

student government, and the budget is presented to its leaders each year.

Still, in terms of knowing where money is going, some students, such as physiology senior Paul Westrick, are in the dark. Although he has faith in the university’s ability to manage the budget efficiently, he worries about the debt he’s accumulated while paying for his education. “(Tuition is) pretty steep, but it’s understandable for the things that we get for the money we give,” Westrick said.

Forecasting the future Each year, the state government will determine how much appropriations it will divvy out to public institutions. It then is up to the Board of Trustees to make all final major budget decisions for MSU, which will be in June.

Gov. Rick Snyder has made a recommendation to increase appropriations by 1 percent for MSU in the upcoming fiscal year.

Pscholka said he expects the House’s recommendation to be higher than 1 percent. The recommendation will not be released until early next week.

The state also puts a cap on how high public universities can raise their tuition, which Snyder has recommended be at less than 4 percent, Pscholka said. When the governor, House and Senate reach an agreement on appropriations, they will notify MSU. This should be in late May, he said.

When it comes to any type of increase, Martinak said it can be detrimental to students, such as Booker, who are unsure of how to dig themselves out of debt.

Eventually, the increasing cost of college is going to reach a breaking point, he said.

“I think that somebody soon in government is going to realize it’s not sustainable,” he said. “Young 18-to-24 collegeage (kids, landing) … Thousands of dollars in debt just to attain higher education is not a sustainable system.”

POPE

Some Catholics see new pope as sign of change FROM PAGE ONE

where popes usually come from and outside of the mainstream structure, which is a positive sign for positive change.”

While in a meeting, Katie Diller, director of student outreach at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish and St. John Church and Student Center, said everyone stopped and turned on the TV, making her very excited.

“For people of the younger generation, this is our third pope and the second conclave, which is incredible,” Diller said. “Young people are going to remember this and its details.”

CRIME

Police will increase around E.L. for several weeks FROM PAGE ONE

casualties, law enforcement officers from 26 counties and 155 agencies are training extra officers until April 8 to spot drunken drivers and get them off the road.

Lynn Sutfin, public information coordinator for OHSP, said there is a spike between St. Patrick’s Day and the beginning of the NCAA tournament.

“During this time frame, we see serious injuries and fatalities involving alcohol and lack of seatbelt use,” she said.

MSU Police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor, who also spoke at the conference, said MSU police want students to make the right choices this weekend and throughout the NCAA tournament.

“It’s important for students to realize that we will be out there to keep them safe,” she said. “But they need to do their part as well.”

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The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, welcomed in a new batch of executive board members last night with a familiar face remaining at the top of the organization.

COGS President Stefan Fletcher was voted by the full council to remain at his current position to lead the graduate and professional student government for a historic fourth term. Dan Seike and Dennis Martell have been the only other COGS presidents to serve more than two years as the top man, according to the COGS website.

All COGS executive board members are limited to only two consecutive terms. But if the full council sees fit, the bylaw can be waived with a two-thirds vote from the full council members.

Fletcher ran unopposed and was unanimously approved by the full COGS council.

He first began his tenure as a graduate student at MSU in 2008, pursuing a law degree at fi rst. After earning his law degree, he now is pursuing a degree in higher, adult and lifelong education.

He said he considers himself fortunate for all the opportunities COGS has provided him and is thrilled about the re-election to a fourth term.

“The position has offered me the position to serve my peers … as well as go beyond the academics, teaching and research (to) represent the many of my counter parts and try to organize different social activities and leadership activities and bring graduate and professional students together on many different bases,” Fletcher said. “I have been fortunate to work with many different individuals.”

COGS has worked with the Council of Medical Students, in

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From left, Council of Graduate Students (COGS) Medical Schools Liaison Jane Christman, COGS Parliamentarian Shannon Demlow, and COGS President Stefan Fletcher laugh as Fletcher is re-elected during a COGS monthly meeting on Wednesday, in room 111 of Olds Hall.

Fletcher ran as the sole candidate for president.

the past including social events and branching out to students who are off-campus, and Council of Medical Students President Ryan Jones gave high marks on how Fletcher operates the student government.

“I think it’s excellent,” Jones said when asked how Fletcher runs COGS. “I think he’s really organized with his operations and gets things done efficiently.”

Like Jones, MBA Association representative on COGS’s full council Gregory Wittcoff had high remarks on the engagement Fletcher has done with the MBA program.

“Overall, I think he’s done a great job for COGS in trying to include the business school and MBA program with COGS,” Wittcoff said. “We’ve had a closer relationship with COGS com-

“I enjoy being in this kind of public service role, but l firmly believe at that point that someone else should take the (COGS president) position.”

Stefan Fletcher, COGS president

pared to previous years.”

Fletcher said next academic year will be his final year with the organization, even though he won’t graduate for another two years.

“I enjoy being in this kind of public service role, but I firmly believe at that point that someone else should take (the COGS president) position,” Fletcher said.

Other executive board positions filled at the meeting last night included Kent Kovac as vice president internal affairs,

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Dionisia Quiroga as vice president external affairs, Kathryn Meyers as recording secretary and Chris Harvey returning to his position as treasurer.

All of the candidates elected to the executive board ran unopposed and all officially took over their duties this morning at 12:01 a.m.

There also are three other executive board positions that will be fi lled through appointment at a later date of the spring.

A faster option might be available for business owners in Michigan trying to gain a liquor license.

The House Regulatory Reform Committee recently passed House Bill 4277, which would allow new businesses to acquire a temporary liquor license while the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, or MLCC, conducts its review.

The temporary license would cost $300 and requires applicants to file a separate form from the full license application. It would expire after one year, or when the applicant is denied or accepted for a full license.

In addition, the MLCC would be required to issue the conditional license within 20 business days of receiving a completed receipt and the applicant must show proof of financial responsibility, such as a liquor liability insurance policy and an executed property document.

East Lansing councilmember Kevin Beard said a number of legislators will point out problems with this, similar issues found with giving temporary taxi permits.

“You may give a temporary permit (and) get them up and running, but if something turns up, you’re going to have to jerk it and then you’ve got bigger problems,” Beard said.

The bill first was introduced last session and passed almost unanimously out of the House of Representatives on a 105-2 vote in September 2012. The bill was introduced again this year with slight changes. The legislation’s sponsor, state Rep. Ray Franz, R-Onekama, expects the bill to pass comfortably in the Republican-controlled House.

“This is a government-working issue because invariably

“You may give a temporary permit (and) get them up and running, but if something turns up you’re going to have to (pull) it, and then you’ve got bigger probelms.”

Kevin Beard, East Lansing city council member

what we’ve had for years for small businesses that transfer a liquor license, they’ve had to go to their state representatives or their senator, get some help and all of that,” Franz said. “This will get their business into business as quickly as possible without all that extra involvement of government.”

Seth Tompkins, owner of What Up Dawg?, 317 M.A.C Ave., said this legislation is a great idea, especially for those trying to sell a business. The liability would be taken off the seller and put on the buyer.

If someone purchases a business that already has a liquor license, it can take a few months to transfer the license to the new owner. During that time, the former owner is liable for anything that happens under the new management.

“People get denied (a liquor license) because they have too many liquor violations, or most commonly have a felony,” Tompkins said. “It might cause more risk for the people that don’t do their jobs right. If someone is denied less than one out of a hundred times, I’m not concerned about those people. I’m concerned about the other 99 people that are waiting six to eight months.”

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“Column: Harris’ comment accurate, MSU football isn’t elite” If he and other players like him decide to come to MSU to play, we BECOME a national title contender. This is not some huge realization by Harris, it is other coaches whispering in his ear telling him MSU will not win a championship. We need more talent to come to MSU in order to be in contention, but I want talent that believes, not lazy talent that just wants to ride a team’s coattails to a title. Glad I didn’t get to see you play Harris, you don’t belong in green and white.

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This article is right on the money. Dantonio lost his luster after failing to win a conference home game last year. Back to same ole Spartans.

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When accounting for type of university, major, GPA and hours worked, the pay gap shrunk to 7 percent.

Seven percent is better, but still inexcusable. The AAUW study concludes the 7 percent deficiency is because of discrimination. Our analysis, however, will not stop there.

Warren Farrell, a former board member of the National Organization for Women and an outspoken supporter of second wave feminism, did a more in-depth analysis But what if I told you, in his book “Why Men much to my own surprise, that the 23 percent wage GUEST COLUMNIST Earn More.” When Mr. Farrell controlled for gap can be accredited to factors, such as location factors other than dis(obviously, it would be crimination? Let’s dissect better to be a computer the pay gap. programmer in Silicon In a way, the proposiValley than the Saginaw tion makes little common Valley), years of experisense. If a woman earns ence, how far one com77 cents for every dollar a ALEX BROOKS mutes and a few others, man earns, why would any brook194@msu.edu the pay gap shrinks to profit-based business hire virtually zero percent. a man? Why pay a man Generally, the further one is will$100,000/year when you could pay an equally qualified woman $77,000 ing to commute, the more opportufor the same job? If that were true, nity for additional pay. On average, would women not dominate the work- men commute an additional eight place? Instead, they make up roughly miles per day, which translates to an additional $1,500 per year.

47 percent of the workforce.

The United States Department of The American Association of University Women, or AAUW, recent- Labor released a study in 2009 conly studied the earnings of employ- firming this conclusion. It concludees one year out of college. They ed, “This study leads to the unamused new college graduates to avoid biguous conclusion that the differencclouding the data with cases of wom- es in the compensation of men and en who leave the workplace to have women are the result of a multitude children — one of the leading con- of factors and that the raw wage gap tributors to the pay gap. What did should not be used as the basis to justhey find among recent college grad- tify corrective action. Indeed, there uates? Women graduate to a pay gap may be nothing to correct. The difof roughly 82 percent. This seems ferences in raw wages may be almost like bad news for you ladies here at entirely the result of the individual MSU. choices being made by both male and Maybe life is not quite so simple, female workers.” though. A little examination indiAdditionally, the Jobs Rated Almacates men and women sometimes nac rated the 250 best jobs in Amerhave different tendencies, especial- ica by looking at factors, such as ly when it comes to the type of work income, work environment, securithey choose. Women make up 88 per- ty and stress. Of the 25 worst jobs — cent of students in health services and which include jobs such as mail car81 percent of education majors, while rier, and meter reader — the workmen make up 81 percent of computer force averaged a makeup of 92 perscience majors and 82 percent of engi- cent men. neering majors. (This explains why And I am going to let the ladies my computer science major roommate in on a secret. There are countless is always complaining about the lack professions in which women outearn of women in his classes). men by a significant margin.

These choices result in much differThe average female aerospace engient pay scales later in life. The aver- neer makes 11 percent more than her age salary of a high school teach- male counterpart. The average female er, for instance, is $54,270 while the sales engineer outearns the average average computer programmer earns male sales engineer by 43 percent. $72,630 per year. The choice of field The average female financial analyst can account for a good portion of the earns 18 percent more. The average pay gap. (On a side note, don’t ever female statistician earns 35 percent let someone tell you a certain major more and the average female biologiisn’t suited for your gender). cal technician earns 22 percent more.

Studies from the Department of There are countless others.

Labor suggest the average male works Does this mean discrimination roughly 45 hours per week, while does not exist? Absolutely not. There the average female works roughly always will be cases of discrimina42 hours per week. What does this tion. It appears, however, in the grand three hour work difference trans- scheme of things, women no longer late to in terms of income? Control- are victims of pay discrimination. ling for gender, that three additional This idea might upset some peohours of work accounted for a 14 per- ple — it is not meant to. In fact, the cent increase in average income. Men efforts of equal rights advocates appear to just work more hours. should be applauded, as it appears So what did the AAUW find when they might have achieved one of their it accounted for some of these factors? many admirable goals — equal pay. e hear it all the time: “Men get paid more than women.”

Sometimes it comes with a number: “Women earn 77 percent of what men earn.” We watch politicians, television pundits and activists push legislation to remedy the problem.

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L E G I S L AT I O N Thenjournalism senior Alexandra Beshara tans after a run Jan. 31, 2012, at Bronze Bay Tanning, now J2 Tanning, 617 E. Grand River Ave. “Before Spring Break it gets really packed, especially when everyone gets out of class in the afternoon, so I usually come in the morning when no one’s here,” Beshara said.

Discrimination complaint at Red Cedar spurs investigation

By Michael Koury kourymic@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

The East Lansing School District is being investigated again by the U.S. Department of Education for claims that the November 2012 decision to close Red Cedar Elementary School, 1110 Narcissus Dr., discriminated against the school’s large percentage of minority students.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights received two complaints in November and December of last year which were consolidated into the current complaint, Jim Bradshaw, a spokesperson for the department, said in a previous statement.

The complaint fi led said the closing of Red Cedar Elementary would have a “discriminatory, adverse impact on non-white minority students,” Bradshaw said.

School officials have cited census data and declining enrollment trends from the school as the cause of the decision, not racism.

This is the second time the school district has been investigated since the decision was made to close Red Cedar less than two years ago. A similar complaint was filed in 2011 but was dropped last March.

“The questions are fairly consistent with what they were a year ago,” Superintendent David Chapin said.

A complaint filed to the Office of Civil Rights must be within 180 days of the last act the complainant believes was discriminatory, according to Department of Education’s website.

This is the second time the district has been investigated since the decision was made to close Red Cedar

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“I hope this complaint will maybe prompt the district (to) look more carefully at the decisions that they’ve made.”

Liesel Carlson, co-president of the Red Cedar School Association

The parties involved in the case were notified of the investigation March 7.

Chapin said the district is fully complying with the Office of Civil Rights’ request for documents.

“Having to pick this up again … is a little discouraging” he said. “We’ll give (the Office of Civil Rights) the information, and I believe it’s in good hands.”

“It’s a matter of filing documents right now,” he said.

“That’s all we can do.”

The East Lansing Board of Education voted 5-2 to close Red Cedar Elementary on Nov. 27, 2012, which will be effective in 2014.

Liesel Carlson , co-president of the Red Cedar School Association and a mother of two who attend Red Cedar Elementary, said she hopes the investigation will force the district to examine the consequences of the decision.

“I hope that this complaint will maybe prompt the district (to) look more carefully at the decisions that they’ve made,” she said.

Carlson said the decision to close Red Cedar will affect all students in the district, not just the students in the elementary.

“It will be highly disruptive to many children in East Lansing,” she said.

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Bill could prohibit indoor tanning under age 18

By Kellie Rowe rowekell@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

Minors hoping to add a glow to their skin soon could be turned away from Michigan indoor tanning facilities, pending legislation introduced Tuesday.

Days after students soaked up a few rays in tanning salons before spring break, a group of Michigan legislators introduced a bill to prohibit individuals under the age of 18 from tanning indoors.

“Many young people — boys and men too — will go … tanning so they can get their ‘base tan’ — all that is a base jolt of radiation that will burn your skin,” said State Rep. Jim Townsend, D-Royal Oak, one of five legislators who introduced the bill.

As of 2012, California and Vermont are the only states banning individuals under 18 years old from tanning salons, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Parental permission is required

in 11 states, including Michigan, and Wisconsin bans tanners under 16. Nineteen states have mixed or multiple restrictions, such as age bans or parental accompaniment or permission, and 17 states have no statewide restrictions.

Since the beginning of 2013, 27 other states along with Michigan have introduced bills to further restrict tanning. Most states also have proposed prohibiting minors from tanning.

Although Michigan requires parents sign permission to allow people under 18 years old to use tanning facilities, Townsend said there’s no real way to regulate the law.

“There’s no function or mechanism by which the state or local police can track these facilities, unless we happened to walk into a tanning facility and see somebody coming out with a bright red face and card that person,” he said.

According to The Skin Cancer Foundation, using a tanning bed before age 35 increases the risk of

melanoma, a dangerous form of skin cancer, by 75 percent. The American Cancer Society estimates almost 9,200 will die from melanoma this year.

About 30 million people use tanning facilities per year, and the industry earns about $5 billion in revenue annually.

Justin Carpenter, owner of J2 Tanning, 109 E. Grand River Ave., said only about 5 percent of his business comes from people under the age of 18 because his salon is located close to campus, but it still would negatively impact business.

Carpenter said his business emphasizes the positives of indoor tanning, such as exposure to vitamin D. He said parents should be the ones deciding whether teenagers under 18 can visit tanning facilities, which is Michigan’s current law.

Carpenter said the Michigan Legislature should spend its time targeting other, more pressing problems than regulating tanning.

“With all the budget problems, it seems like they’d be focusing their attention on other things,” he said.

Human resource management freshman Alyssa Daly said she relaxes by tanning at the The Tanning Company LLC, 423 Albert Ave. But Daly, who began tanning when she was 16 years old, said tanning can have some harmful side effects and understands if legislators decide to pass the bill.

“I think I’m supportive now because I’m over 18, but if I wasn’t I wouldn’t be,” she said of passing the bill.

Townsend said although banning minors from tanning might hurt salon business, it could encourage them to find other ways to make money or help teens achieve the tan look, such as using spray-on tans.

Townsend introduced a similar bill in January 2012, but it failed in the House’s Committee on Regulatory Reform.

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Fundraiser for Spartaninfluenced foundation

A scene from “The House that Jack Broke,” which includes MSU alumna Jennie KahnJacques as Tammy Jones. The film will be shown in Lansing on March 21.

By Simon Schuster schust61@msu.edu

PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNIE K AHN JACQUES

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Dansville, Mich., resident Kermit Johnson looks at “Paintings from Up North” on Feb. 22, at Mackerel Sky Gallery of Contemporary Craft. The collection is a series of landscapes

by Michigan artist Kris Love.

MSU alumna stars in new movie MARRIED COUPLE LIVES LIFE

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

MSU alumna Jennie KahnJacques thought she had left her dreams of acting in the past.

Despite her knack for the stage throughout her childhood, the Lansing resident reached success elsewhere, among the Big Three automakers — only to find the passion wasn’t the same.

“I wasn’t getting butterfl ies anymore,” Kahn-Jacques said. “I still had that strong pull toward doing what I love, and that’s the acting side of stuff.”

Kahn-Jacques jumped back into the film scene, auditioning and scoring a role in “The House That Jack Broke.” The film, directed and produced

by Michigan filmmaker John Wayne Bosley, depicts the turmoil a young married couple, Jack and Anne Peterson, faces during an FBI investigation of a small-town murder.

“You don’t see it from the point of view of the FBI, but from the

young couple being torn apart by the investigation,” Bosley said.

Bosley wrapped up shooting the film in Oct. 2011, and will premiere it Thursday at Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, Mich. The Lansing premiere will be held on March 21 at NCG Cinemas, 2500 Showtime Drive.

More than anything, Bosley said he is anticipating the crowd reaction.

“I’m more interested in the commentary of ordinary audiences than (a) nice review,” he said. “At the end of the day, audience members are the ones who pay to watch it and are motivated to recommend it to a friend.”

In the film, Kahn-Jacques plays Tammy Jones, Jack Peterson’s opinionated older sister, a role she said she enjoyed.

“I like characters that are strong women, and she is not one of those people who are gonna take any crap,” she said.

After seeing a decline in filmmaking following a cut in Michigan Film Production incentives, Bosley said he has noticed a neg-

ative change in Michigan independent films.

“A lot of them are using social media now,” he said. “(Filmmakers) don’t think a lot in terms of marketing independent films in Michigan.”

MSU Director of Film Studies Joshua Yumibe, who left Michigan for Scotland during the rise in filmmaking, said he noticed a distinct difference upon his return.

“When I left, it was kind of at the height of the incentives,” Yumibe said. “It’s really tailed off from what I can tell. It seems to be of a different order of industrial structure.”

But for those who have chosen to continue their work in Michigan, such as Bosley, Kahn-Jacques said it shows genuine passion for the craft.

“The people that are still in Michigan and have not left truly love it,” she said.

“We wanna keep it alive in Michigan.”

THROUGH LOCAL ART GALLERY

By Omari Sankofa II sankofao@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

For many people, opening a business mostly is a means of making money. For Mackerel Sky Gallery of Contemporary Craft co-owner Linda Dufelmeier, it’s about connecting with the people.

“The things that we sell (to people) impact their lives,” Dufelmeier said. “It gives them quality objects that they enjoy everyday.”

Tom and Linda Dufelmeier opened Mackerel Sky in 1990.

Originally working as leatherworkers from 1976 until 1988, the husband-wife team’s love of art led them to start the business.

“We love the work ourselves,” Tom Dufelmeier said. “We love pottery, we love cool clothing, and we have a saying with our business saying ‘Mackerel Sky: bringing art to articles of everyday life.’”

There are two parts of Mackerel Sky. The fi rst consists of the fine crafts gallery, displaying crafts by artists from the United States, Canada, South America, Central America and Europe.

The second part is the exhibit gallery. Mackerel Sky hosts sixweek exhibits showcasing work by local artists, with the current display being Kris Love’s “Paintings from Up North” collection. Several notable local artists who showcased their work are ceramic sculptor Mark Chatterley and photographer Kim Kauffman.

“Instead of using a camera, (Kauffman) uses a flatbed scanner for images, and then she assembles photo collages in Photoshop and Illustrator,” Tom said. “That’s one we do on a pretty regular basis and that the audience enjoys.”

FOOD

PIE FOR PI: GRAND TRAVERSE GIVEAWAY In honor of National Pi Day, Grand Traverse Pie Company will offer a treat no math-lover can refuse: a free slice of pie.

Grand Traverse Pie Company, 1403 E. Grand River Ave., will be giving away a free slice of pie with any purchase all day Thursday.

“They love the work that they show, and that means a lot.”

Kim Kauffman, photographer

Kauffman, who has done business with Mackerel Sky as long as they’ve been in existence, said the partnership is a good fit for her.

“They’re part of my local community, which is important,” Kauffman said. “And they appeal to a wide variety of art collectors. All of the work they represent is really high quality. They love the work that they show, and that means a lot.”

Linda spoke about the power of art, saying it reminds her to be more aware of the world around her. For Linda, art is a way of bringing the foreign and unknown closer.

“You can sit in a tight little apartment on Manhattan and have your own little vase with flowers that you couldn’t grow out in your garden, because you don’t have one,” she said. “It just is a reminder of how beautiful things can be.”

Tom said he believes today’s society tends not to appreciate the things around us.

“In this throwaway society we have now, we find it better to find one or two really good coffee mugs and just use them until you break them, and then get another one,” he said. “That’s what keeps potters in business.

But if you surround yourself with things that you really like, I think you can enjoy life better.”

Numerically, March 14 represents 3.14, the first three digits in the irrational number.

The giveaway came as the result of a Pi Day initiative with Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development , which encourages students in Michigan to celebrate math.

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On Thursday night at Harper’s Restaurant and Brewpub, 131 Albert Ave., revelers looking to kick off the St. Patrick’s Day weekend early can do so while supporting the MSU Dance Marathon.

The annual event, which recently completed its sixth marathon on Feb. 16, centers around fundraising that sponsors participants to stay on their feet for 12 hours. This year, the marathon adopted a nonprofit with close ties to the MSU community.

The Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation , or CHSCF, works “to raise awareness and fi nancial support for cancer camps and support groups geared toward cancer patients ages 16-30.”

A relatively new nonprofit, CHSCF was formed by family and friends of MSU student Cassie Hines, who passed away last year at the age of 21 after a long battle with kidney cancer.

“Throughout her whole cancer struggle, (Cassie) really never embraced her battles until she went to camp,” said Ashley Hines, Cassie Hines’s sister and the foundation’s marketing director. “When she came back the first time she just was a completely different person.

She was so empowered. We wanted to provide an opportunity for (others) like her to go to camp and have that same experience.”

The most recent marathon involved more than 400 students and raised $25,570.92.

To date, the organizers have raised approximately $29,000 for CHSCF as fundraising efforts continue.

“It’s so rewarding. Standing up for 12 hours, then being able to see all the money we raised after,” said Katelyn Suski, Special Education-Learning Disabilities senior and MSU Dance Marathon’s fundraising chair.

“Throughout the event, there’s stories about Cassie and her parents talk. It’s really inspiring what a bunch of students can do.”

The marathon had a variety of activities taking place throughout the day including line dancing, meals, performances, a dodgeball tournament and musical chairs.

Dance marathons are conducted throughout the Big Ten, the largest of which is Penn State’s THON, an enormous, year-long fundraising effort and a major campus event with more than a thousand participants and even more supporters.

In Penn State’s 41-year-old event, participants are on their feet for 46 hours to raise money for pediatric cancer. In total, THON has raised more than $101 million, including more than $12 million dollars this year alone.

Psychology freshman and Dance Marathon volunteer Kelsey Allan would like to see MSU’s marathon to grow to the size of other universities.

“It’s really, really fun, but no one even knows what (MSU’s Dance Marathon) is,” Allan said.

“By the time I’m a senior, I want everyone to know about it.”

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TALENT-HEAVY BIG TEN TOURNAMENT TO KICK OFF TODAY

By Josh Mansour

Prediction: Minnesota

Big Ten Tournament picks

Michigan (25-6, 12-6) vs. Penn State (10-20, 2-16) (2:30 p.m., Big Ten Network) The Wolverines’ loss in the regular-season finale not only cost them a chance at the Big Ten title, but also forced them to play in the opening round of the tournament.

It will be no easy task against a Nittany Lions team that’s been surprisingly competitive against U-M this season, narrowly losing in the teams’ first meeting before stunning the Wolverines in the second. As a result, U-M will be ready.

Prediction: Michigan

Tom Izzo said this year’s Big Ten Tournament is so tough, he can’t even tell who’ll make it out of the first round. With that in mind, State News reporters Josh Mansour and Dillon Davis try to fill in the gaps with predictions for the topsy-turvy Big Ten Tournament. The predicted winning teams are shown in bold.

No. 8 Illinois vs. No. 9 Minnesota

No. 8 Illinois vs. No. 9 Minnesota

Purdue (15-16, 8-10) vs.

Nebraska (14-17, 5-13) (6:30 p.m., ESPN2) After going through a rough stretch midway through the conference season by losing five of six, the Boilermakers have righted the ship of late, with wins in three of their past five games, including victories against Minnesota and Wisconsin. Nebraska has fought valiantly this year, nabbing impressive victories against Minnesota and Iowa, but ultimately, they don’t have Purdue’s talent.

Prediction: Purdue

No. 5 U-M vs. No. 12 Penn State

No. 5 U-M vs. No. 12 Penn State

No. 7 Purdue vs. No. 10 Nebraska

No. 7 Purdue vs. No. 10 Nebraska

No. 6 Iowa vs. No. 11 Northwestern

No. 6 Iowa vs. No. 11 Northwestern

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MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo described it as a “historic� tournament for the conference — the first time the Big Ten has had a field featuring six teams ranked in the top 10 during the course of the season.

This doesn’t even count No. 22 Wisconsin, whom Izzo once described as the conference’s most consistent team, after staying in the Big Ten title race down to the final week.

It all should make for an exciting Big Ten Tournament, even the first round, where anything could happen. “(There’s) only (been) three times in the last 10 years where the Final Fours (had) four top-10 teams in it,� Izzo said. “It’s going to maybe be one of the craziest tournaments I think they have had in the whole country.�

Illinois (21-11, 8-10) vs. Minnesota (20-11, 8-10) (noon, Big Ten Network) The best matchup of the first round likely will feature these two athletic, high-scoring teams.

Both teams are reeling of late and in need of a confidence boosting win. Minnesota’s size will help them get it done.

JOSH MANSOUR

DILLON DAVIS

FIRST ROUND: MARCH 14, 2013

SECOND ROUND: MARCH 15, 2013 STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

Purdue guard D.J. Byrd dribbles against Ohio State guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. during last year’s Big Ten Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 9, 2012.

Although the Wildcats have shown a lot of heart this season, including coming back to tie their last game against MSU on Sunday with five minutes to go, they’re going through a tough stretch, riding an eight-game losing streak. Crippling injuries have

Iowa (20-11, 9-9) vs. Northwestern (13-18, 4-14) (9 p.m., ESPN2)

done Northwestern in, while Iowa has become what Izzo described as one of the hottest teams in the Big Ten. With wins in six of their past eight games, Iowa will be tough to beat.

Prediction: Iowa

No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 9 Minnesota

No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 8 Illinois

No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 5 U-M

No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 5 U-M

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Purdue

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 7 Purdue

No. 3 MSU vs. No. 6 Iowa

No. 3 MSU vs. No. 6 Iowa

THIRD ROUND: MARCH 16, 2013 No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 5 U-M

No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 5 U-M

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 MSU*

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 MSU

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 2 Ohio State

No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 3 MSU

MSU baseball struggles in colder weather, Martinez out for the season

By Dillon Davis davisdi4@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS â– â–

With winter conditions lingering into mid-March in East Lansing, the early-season southern tour was supposed to be a reprieve from the cold weather for the MSU baseball team.

Through 13 games, that couldn’t be further from the case.

The Spartans (6-7) had four games cancelled or postponed because of weather, forcing them to reschedule and play seven games in an eight-day stretch. “It is a little bit warmer here

a combined 0.257 average and are eighth in runs scored with 65.

Senior outfielder Jordan Keur (0.319) is the only Spartan averaging more than 0.300 with senior catcher Joel Fisher (0.292) and sophomore designated hitter Blaise Salter (0.291) close behind.

Keur also leads the team in stolen bases (five) and has a team-high 0.468 slugging percentage.

With the weather limiting the team’s opportunities to get outdoors, sophomore outfielder Jimmy Pickens said it’s been difficult for the team to find their stride at the plate. “It’s hard, but we’re out there

than it was on our trip, believe it or not,� head coach Jake Boss Jr. said Tuesday. “Snowed out to start the trip Thursday, Friday and Saturday, which meant it pushed everything into seven games in an eight-day span, which is not easy for our guys so give them a lot of credit because it was a lot of sitting around, waiting around.�

On top of replacing three of the team’s major offensive threats from a season ago, perhaps the largest casualty of the cold weather has been the team’s offense.

The Spartans rank 10th in the conference in batting, compiling

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Martinez injury Senior third baseman John Martinez will miss the remainder of the season after suffering

an injury in Saturday’s victory against No. 7 Kentucky.

Head coach Jake Boss Jr. confirmed Martinez tore his left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and his lateral meniscus and suffered a partial tear of his medial collateral ligament (MCL).

Boss said the senior captain is slated to have surgery in late March or early April and will apply for a medical hardship waiver from the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility. “Johnny got taken out at second base trying to turn a double play,� Boss said Tuesday. “It doesn’t look good. The only sil-

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MSU hits the road once more this weekend for a three-game series with Santa Clara in Santa Clara, Calif., which will be the final road series before the team’s home opener against Oakland on March 22.

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ormer MSU defensive tackle Jerel Worthy was in East Lansing on Wednesday afternoon watching nine of his old teammates work out for NFL scouts during MSU football’s annual Pro Day event.

At this time last year, it was Worthy working to impress to pro scouts in preparation for April’s NFL Draft after deciding to forego his senior season at MSU. Worthy was selected in the second round, No. 51 overall, by the Green Bay Packers and finished his rookie season with 11 tackles, including 2.5 sacks, and a forced fumble in 14 games.

The State News caught up with the former AllAmerican to reflect on his first season in the NFL and the state of MSU football.

— Stephen Brooks, The State News The State News: How do you feel when you look back on your rookie season?

Jerel Worthy: I’m content with it. But at the same time, I’m a competitor, so you always want to build and get better at your craft. This year I’m looking forward to having a much more productive year and just making sure I kind of just get back to the fundamentals and refine my techniques and everything. Get my knee injury together and stuff like that so I can be ready to go.

What was it like being drafted by the Packers, a team with so much history as well as recent success in the NFL? Is that something you think about as a player?

As an athlete, you just kind of embrace it. You always get guys being drafted to the traditional teams and they have a standard that they uphold. Just being a part of that tradition, just being a player on the team you just want to make sure that you continue to strive for excellence because a program, an organization like that, that’s all they do is breed excellence. It’s just my responsibility as a player and as an employee of that team just to make sure I come to work every day ready to work.

What was the biggest difference for you between the college and NFL level?

I think just experience, attention to detail.

Techniques got a lot better, guys got a lot stronger. But

at the same time, it’s just will power. You’ve got to want it more than the next man. And you may not be the most skilled or most talented or the most gifted, but … if you can outwork the guy that’s across from you, you can have a lot of success. I tried to do that with every game that I went out and played. I know that there are some areas that I lacked in as far as strength, or as far as knowledge of the game being a rookie, but over time it gets better, and my knowledge and my strength increases and I can become a dominant player in the league. So, I’m just waiting for that time to come.

How much do you stay in touch with the MSU football program and players here? And what did you see from them last year?

I saw a lot of games that we kind of let slip away; we were in them. Just trying to be on the brink of something excellent.

Coach (Mark Dantonio) has instilled an incredibly strong program here, you know, kids want to come here, kids want to play for him as well as his wonderful coaching staff. They just tried to do their best in going out there and just bringing it every week.

They’re on the brink of something great. Even though we had a down season last year losing a lot of games by single digits, with those tough games comes a lot of growth and a lot of maturity. So I look forward to this new team coming up to be good.

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SPARTANS PREPARE FOR NFL DRAFT Junior tight end Dion Sims addresses the media Wednesday during pro day at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. MSU football holds the annual event for NFL scouts and coaches to get a closer look at the Spartan’s NFL prospects.

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Le’Veon Bell remembers a video from when he was 5 years old where he told his mom and aunt he wanted to play professional football.

After MSU’s pro day on Wednesday afternoon, he’s one step closer to reaching that goal.

Nearly 40 representatives from 29 of 32 NFL teams were on hand to watch Bell and eight of his teammates train for the upcoming draft.

“I feel like I’m the best back in the draft from top to finish,” Bell said. “I can do anything.

I’m the most complete back in the draft.”

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was one of the scouts on hand, and took Bell and teammate Dion Sims to dinner Tuesday night.

Bell said he’s been talking to eight or nine teams that need running backs, and having dinner with Tomlin was a great experience.

“It was a blessing to get to meet those guys and talk to them,” he said. “I know he thinks I’m a great player.

I’m just trying help my cause and hopefully they pull the trigger.”

After a 4.6 second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine, he said he was using the MSU pro

day to show scouts he can also be a pass catcher.

Sims also thought he was the best at his position in the draft and said he was using the pro day to improve the things he fell short on during the NFL combine last month.

“I retested in the bench, and got more than what I did at the combine,” Sims said. “I did 22 at the combine, and 26 here today.”

Since the combine, he’s been in Boca Raton, Fla. training with other NFL prospects.

Many former college basketball players are now top tight ends in the NFL, and after a brief stint on the MSU basketball team, Sims, a fourth place finisher in the Mr. Basketball voting in 2008, says the scouts already see it.

“Some of them say they can tell by the way that I’m moving and being a little shifty,” he said. “They asked me if I love football more than I love basketball, and I say ‘If I loved basketball more, I would’ve been playing basketball.’”

Not only is this a difficult time for the players, but it affects the coaches as well. Head coach Mark Dantonio said he feels like a father seeing his children grow up.

“As the head football coach, as a position coach, or even as a fan you can’t be selfish and be like, ‘They’re here to play for us and me,’” Dantonio said. “You have to look at the big picture, and the big picture for them is they thought that that was best and they made

Junior running back Le’Veon Bell catches a pass during a drill Wednesday during pro day at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.

that decision. You have to support those decisions.”

Dantonio said he knows his players are ready for the NFL because they played on big stages in their time as Spartans, but there are things he will miss.

“You can talk about marriage

all you want, but until you experience it, it’s really not the same,” Dantonio said. “Seeing Will Gholston walk down hall with a smile on his face, or Le’Veon playing around, just jabbing at me. What I will miss is that interaction with guys.”

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