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Spartans take down Valpo, Memphis to advance in NCAA tournament
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With high-flying dunks and long-arching threes, the Spartans advanced to their fifth Sweet 16 in six years behind the acrobatics of Adreian Payne and the precision of Gary Harris. An explosive first half from Harris followed by a dominant second half from Payne helped power the No. 3 seed MSU men’s basketball team (27-8) to a 70-48 victory against Memphis (31-5) on Saturday at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Here are some of the keys and highlights from the victory, as well as a look ahead to MSU head coach Tom Izzo’s 11th appearance in the Sweet 16.
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Senior center Derrick Nix makes a layup with Valparaiso forward Ryan Broekhoff in defense. The Spartans beat the Crusaders, 65-54, Thursday at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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Play of the weekend: PAYNE’S BLOCK ON MEMPHIS FORWARD SHAQ GOODWIN SHAQ With MSU’s lead cut to seven and freshman guard Gary Harris on the bench in foul trouble, the Spartans needed someone to lift the team. Payne did that with two blocked shots in less than two minutes, as part of a dominant second-half performance, where he totaled 10 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots. After the blocked shot, MSU went on a 13-5 run to put the game away.
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Sculpting a more equal future In the 1970s, minorities were not treated fairly in East Lansing, Mary Sharp changed that By Michael Koury kourymic@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■
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o many people, former East Lansing Councilmember Mary Sharp meant a lot of different things. She was a participatory councilmember, engaging other members on various issues. She was engaging with the city staff, routinely spending time at different Christmas Eve parties toasting all the East Lansing City workers. And, in the case of Councilmember Kathleen Boyle, she was a matchmaker, as she introduced her parents to each other. But even Boyle knows the real impact Sharp had on East Lansing was through her human and civil rights work on council. Sharp served on the council from 1965-77 and passed away in February 2006. Seven years after her death, a sculpture was planned in her honor and placed outside East Lansing City Hall. As of March 22, $2,500 still is needed to fund the project, which is scheduled to be installed at the end of the summer.
Spartan Superman flies on: Family, friends mourn, remember courage By Darcie Moran
Player of the weekend: DERRICK NIX The Spartans’ lone senior made it clear — he does not want to go home, and has played like it in March. Nix followed up one of his best games of the season in the Big Ten Tournament’s semifinals with back-to-back strong performances to carry the Spartans to the Sweet 16. The big fella averaged 18 points and 11.5 rebounds this weekend, including a dominant 23-point, 15 rebound performance in the NCAA Tournament opener.
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The sculpture idea came from former Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Michael Harrison, who said he wanted to honor Sharp for her work to introduce an ordinance banning discrimination against racial minorities that kept them from buying and renting homes in East Lansing. “(She was) literally an individual who left footprints which were of a significance,” he said. “I thought it was somewhat inappropriate in a way she had not been recognized more than she had.” A more welcoming community Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed into law, former MSU Athletic Director and East Lansing resident Clarence Underwood came to Michigan from Alabama. He had been accustomed to discrimination, but didn’t expect he would find any in a city like East Lansing. “You would have thought back then … That there wouldn’t be that kind of problem in this city,” he said. “But there was.” Underwood, who’s lived in and out of East Lansing since 1955, recalled a time when the color of his skin came between him and finding a home in the city.
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“(I had) tried to rent before, and I was turned down by several different owners,” he said, adding eventually a friend helped him find a place to live. “It was impossible to rent a home in East Lansing at the time.” Former East Lansing Mayor George Griffiths, who served with Sharp as both a councilmember and maySee SHARP on page 2 X
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Above, at her 50th birthday, Mary Sharp jokes and laughs. Sharp will be remebered by a sculpture, above left, paying tribute to her dedication to equality for minorities.
For those who knew him, Chas Schneider’s name was interchangeable with Superman. Throughout the premedical sophomore’s nearly nine-year bat t le w it h Crohn’s disease and eightmonth fight Schneider with stage 4 colon cancer and primary sclerosing cholangitis, friends and family said he never showed pain or fear as he stared death in the eye. He only showed his love for God and worked to stay active, positive and to fulfill his life goal of helping and inspiring others. On March 14, friends, family and community members lost their the Superman to kidney failure brought on by cancer, although bro friends and family said he fri remains with them in spirit. rem “He was almost too perfect — as if he was an angel or something,” genomics and molecular genetics sophomore Patrick Kato said of his best friend, whom he called a brother. “If I can be half the man this guy was, I will be the most successful guy in the world.” Kato said Schneider’s drive and determination has inspired him to pursue their mutual dream of being a doctor even further — not just to avoid losing more incredible people, but because his friend would have wanted him to finish what he started. “I wish I could say something bad, if I had to, just to sound more truthful, but this guy is someone I will never get over losing,” Kato said. After his death, Chas Schneider’s sister, Tara Schneider, See SCHNEIDER on page 2 X
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$1M DONATION TO BROAD CONNECTS STUDENTS, ARTISTS A $1 million gift from MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, was donated to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum for the MSUFCU Artist Studio Series Endowment. April Clobes, MSUFCU executive vice president and chief operating officer, said this endowment will bring artists featured at the museum to MSU’s campus to work with students in classes at an educational level. “The artist will engage with MSU students who are studying art,” she said, adding they will instruct classes and help students with their work. The artist also will go into local schools and work with art students on their projects. Sculpture artist Alyson Shotz — the first artist in the program — will visit MSU in April, Clobes said. Her piece, “Geometry of Light,” is featured in the museum. Clobes said the hope for the program is to bring artists from across the world and Michigan to MSU’s campus. SAMANTHA RADECKI