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LOCAL OFFICIALS, SAME-SEX COUPLES PROTEST RECENT COURT DELAYS

By Geoff Preston

Glenna DeJong, left, and her wife Marsha Caspar speak at a press conference addressing the temporary stay on gay marriages at the Capitol.

They were the first gay couple in Michigan to wed.

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Local Democratic leaders are emerging as central figures in the contentious struggle over same-sex marriage in Michigan, battling their Republican counterparts at every legal turn.

The coalition of East Lansing-based leaders — which includes State Sen. Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, State Rep. Sam Singh, Mayor Nathan Triplett as well as Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum — vowed Tuesday to use any legal means necessary in pursuit of what they described as an inevitable end to Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban.

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pring practice kicked off amid much fanfare for the Spartan football team on Tuesday.

After a Rose Bowl win on Jan. 1 to end the 2013 season as the No. 3 team in the nation, expectations are high for the Spa r ta ns, a nd head coach Mark Danton io do e sn’t anticipate l a s t y e a r ’s momentum to stop anytime soon.

Dantonio said at a press conference on Monday that MSU’s goals are the same and that he expects the team to get better every day.

“Get 3 percent better every spring practice, and it starts with practice number one,” Dantonio said. “We have 15 practices, 15 opportunities to get 3 percent better.”

Since the end of last season, soon-to-be-junior Connor Cook has secured his spot as the starting quarterback after he initially fought for the

position between three of his teammates.

“Last year, my main focus was trying to win out the job, and now that I’m (the) quarterback I’ve established myself as a good player on the team and as a leader,” Cook said at the same press conference.

The practice started with position groups stretching and getting ready for their first practice.

The atmosphere was light, but energetic and focused on bringing back the talent and hard work they put into the team throughout the last year.

Although he is losing three key offensive line players, Dantonio is looking to fill the positions with athletes that will be able to bring the same strength and experience as past players.

“We are going to lose some of those guys and it’s going to be important that younger players make that,” Dantonio said. “I think (sophomore) Kodi Kieler is a guy that has had an outstanding fourthquarter (training) program. … I think he’s sort of set to play a little bit.”

MSU will be bolstered across the board by a strong crop of

Byrum married the first same-sex couple on Saturday, and promised to keep fighting for their legal rights, as well as others married that day.

The stay temporarily barring additional gay marriages was extended by a higher court Tuesday “The courthouse was full of laughter,” Byrum said. “There were tears shed of pure joy.”

Byrum opened the doors of the Ingham County Courthouse in Mason and had some special guests help them officiate weddings, including Triplett.

Triplett and Byrum led Mich-

igan politicians and political activist groups Tuesday at the Capitol in an attempt to end Snyder and Schuette’s opposition to U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman’s ruling in the case of Rowse and DeBoer in Detroit.

The crowd, which included several married gay couples in addition to several local leaders, were protesting Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette’s extended stay on same-sex marriage ceremonies.

The stay, which prevents additional same-sex marriages from occurring until further notice, calls into question the legality of the marriages performed on Saturday.

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After a stellar season culminating in a Rose Bowl win, Mark Dantonio and the football team are preparing for a repeat

The team’s first spring practice was joyous for coach and team

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Head coach Mark Dantonio smiles during a practice Tuesday at the practice field inside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.

new recruits the team gained in February.

ESPN ranked the incoming Spartan recruiting class No.

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Students Stride for Pride at Shaw

29 in the nation, fourth best in the Big Ten behind Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State.

Rivals.com ranked MSU even

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Lansing area sees fifth-snowiest winter on record this season

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the fall.

After a long stretching time

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By Michael Kransz

Human biology junior Apa Flores draws on supply chain management junior Blair Pitcairn before the Stride for Pride run on Tuesday at Shaw Hall. This was Pitcairn’s third year doing Stride for Pride.

higher, coming in at No. 26.

A ll but t wo of the new recruits are expected to join the Spartans for practice in

This past winter yielded a record-breaking amount of snow in the Lansing area that caused several class cancellations and many issues for campus snow removal.

With 57.3 inches, or about 4.8 feet, of snow between December and February, the 2013-14 winter in the Lansing area placed fifth snowiest in records spanning back to 1863, according to Midwestern Regional Climate Center data.

T his past winter also ran ked 17 t h coldest on record.

Snow came down Tuesday afternoon and continued in spurts throughout the evening in some areas.

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several days, according to the Weather Channel.

It was a winter that happens about once every 20 years, NOAA meteorologist Brandon Hoving said, citing 1994 as the last winter of comparable cold.

The piling snow and biting chill quickly became a nuisance

for students traveling to class and for university crews who were tasked with clearing the paths.

Snow and weather emergency response teams were brought in around 3 a.m. many

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Police Briefs Student assaulted near Yakeley Hall Police are investigating an alleged assault that occurred at about 12:30 a.m. March 23 at the intersection of Beal Street and West Circle Drive.

A 19-year-old female student told police she walked past a bus stop near Yakeley Hall when two men at the bus stop began following her.

The victim told police one man approached her from behind, grabbed her and hit her in the face with an object.

She suffered minor injuries.

When the men saw a car drive by, they allegedly ran off.

She described one of the suspects as a college-age male about 6 feet tall. He was last seen in light colored T-shirt and tan pants.

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Man poses as plumber to steal cash, student claims A man claiming to be a maintenance worker allegedly tried to steal money from a room in East Owen Hall March 20, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor, said.

A 21-year-old female student told police she entered her room to find a man claiming to be fixing her toilet, a service she did not request. The victim noticed $30 was missing from her desk and saw a $10 bill hanging from his pocket.

The suspect removed the bill and gave it back to the victim. He then returned the key he used to get in.

Police have interviewed the suspect. The case is still under investigation.

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MARRIAGE

East Lansing mayor: Several benefits hang in the balance for newlywed samesex couples from page one

Snyder and Schuette filed the stay on the ruling last Friday, effectively preventing additional same-sex marriage licenses from being issued until an appeal on the ruling has taken place.

Judges within the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit voted to extend the stay for an indefinite period of time on Tuesday afternoon while the higher court debates the ruling, according to one of Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer’s attorneys.

Joy, then frustration “The jubilation that we felt when Michigan finally stepped into the 21st century was tampered only by the close-mindedness of our Attorney Gener-

WEATHER

The weather damaged landscapes around campus and caused several large potholes from page one

times throughout the winter, Infrastructure Planning and Facilities Vice President Kemel Dawkins said.

Dawkins said more than a dozen times, crews had to be called in over the weekend.

“Clearing the snow off was an incredible issue for us and our snow removal crews,” Dawkins said.

When a cold-bearing jet stream f lowing through Alaska, Canada and down to the Great Lakes locked in, Michigan received more intrusions of arctic air than normal, Hoving said.

The jet streams, which span across continents, rema i n establ ished for a while before breaking down, he added.

Dawkins said the weather also damaged the landscapes around campus, harming the heritage trees on north campus and snuffing out some of the flowers, along with creating

“We didn’t plan, try or even think about being the first gay couple to marry in Michigan.”

Glenna DeLong, Lansing resident

al, who has decided to wage forward with an appeal and ask for a stay,” Whitmer said Tuesday. “It’s no longer OK to try to legitimize and legalize discrimination.”

Before Schuette’s stay was granted, same-sex couples in Ingham, Washtenaw and other counties lined up outside their county courthouses the morning after the ruling and made their unions legal.

Byrum married 57 couples on Saturday alone.

“It was my intent to open on Monday … I couldn’t sleep on Friday knowing that I would be responsible for making this couple wait another two days,” Byrum said. “Couples that had waited, in many cases, many decades to join their partner in marriage.”

Byrum was the first county clerk to marry a same-sex couple in Michigan, Lansing residents Glenna DeLong and Marsha Caspar, who were at the Cap-

additional potholes in the roadways.

Although IPF buys salt in bulk, Dawkins said they used double the amount they did last year, and the unforeseeable end to the ice storms caused worry.

“We worried, as did a number of neighboring communities, if we would have enough,” Dawkins said.

Pedram Foushanji, a construction management graduate student, said class cancellations from the snow and cold caused academic complications. “ T h i ng s got compl ic ated, because we have everything scheduled day by day so we cannot skip anything,” Foushanji said. “We don’t have any flexibility. It messed up the whole thing — the whole semester.”

He said snow removal efforts on campus were effective, but arriving to class still required extra precaution and time when commuting.

“It was a little bit tricky,” Foushanji said. “You had to plan half an hour earlier. If you had a half an hour drive, you would say it’s an hour now.”

itol Tuesday.

“We didn’t plan, try or even think about being the first gay couple to marry in Michigan,” DeLong said. “I truly don’t understand (people’s) resistance to treating each other with respect.”

The appeal Although the initial stay was only intended to last until Wednesday, a higher court moved to extend the stay Tuesday afternoon.

Attorney General spokeswoman Joy Yearout said a standard for handling the situation was set with a similar case in Utah, where a stay was granted to give the opposing side the opportunity to appeal.

“As we anticipated, the Sixth Circuit recognized the similarities to the Utah case and granted our request for stay,” Yearout said. “We will now focus on preparing an appeal in defense of

football

The team is losing a few key players, but younger players and talented recruits likely will fill the gap from page one

Tuesday, the team huddled in the middle for Dantonio’s prepractice talk and directions on what to do.

Connor Cook said this year is different because there is more pressure from the coaches to have a successful season

Continued the constitution and the will of the people.”

A hearing for the appeal has not yet been scheduled.

Kenneth Mogill, an attorney for Rowse and DeBoer, said the court expedited the appeal.

The state’s attorneys initially were denied for an earlier stay during DeBoer v. Snyder proceedings, according to court documents detailing the extension of the stay.

“Counsel for Michigan assert that during closing arguments in the district court, counsel asked the district court to stay its order should the court rule in favor of the plaintiffs,” the document reads. “The district court did not grant a stay.”

East Lansing’s role For Triplett, the actions of Snyder and Schuette don’t come as a surprise.

“In nearly every one of these cases a stay has been issued at some point in time,” he said.

“What’s important to know is that the marriages on Saturday occurred when no stay was in place.”

Triplett has been a long-time supporter of same-sex rights, and spoke to The State News after the press conference about federal benefits same-sex couples could experience if they where allowed to marry.

“There are ramifications on a number of issues,” he said.

“There are a number of different rights and responsibilities that are dependent on if the government recognizes these unions as legal.”

Triplett spoke about MSU’s role i n recog n i z i ng t he change as well. MSU has told T he St ate New s i n t he past that they would wait to see how the same-sex marriage debate played out before taking a stance on it.

Staff writer Sergio Martínez-Beltrán contributed to this report.

“Understand where we came from and never forget that and take one step at a time to elevate our play ... that’s what we’ve done here.”

Mark Dantonio, Football head coach

year,” he said. “Having the year that we had and the success that we had, I think the coaches did a great job of not letting us look back and relish that stuff … really ever since we had two weeks off.”

Dantonio and the other coaches said they are pressuring the team so they continue to want to win each and every game, and more

championships in the future.

“Understand where we came from and never forget that and take one step at a time to elevate our play, establish our leadership, establish who we are again, and sort of do it the old‑fashioned‑way and that ’s what we have done here,” Dantonio said.

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Soon after, they split and began game drills. The difference between this year and last, Cook said, is the pressure of the coaches.

“I would really just say the main difference is how hard the coaches are pushing you us. I think this is the hardest off‑season program I’ve been around, and this is my third

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Campus Interfaith Council hopes to start dialogue by awareness week

‘Stride For Pride’ promotes body image awareness rally 4 research

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MSU Campus Inter fait h Council kicked off its annual Religious Awareness Week, in hopes of getting students to participate in open and safe dialogues about the different religions and cultures of the world.

The week will contain a series of events, including a talk given by Dr. B. Alan Wallace, a lecturer on Buddhism, and a Shabbat dinner on Friday night in conjunction with the Hillel Jewish Student Center and the Jewish Student Union.

Interdisciplinar y studies sophomore Elyssa Hur witz said the main focus of Religious Awareness Week is not only to create awareness, but to let students know they have a safe place to talk about religion and the social issues that come with it.

“I think as a campus we don’t really talk a whole lot about religion,” Hurwitz said.

“Not everybody believes the same things, (but) we can all talk about it.”

Religious Awareness Week will include a talk about Buddhism and a Shabbat dinner hosted

by Hillel and the Jewish Student Union Hurwitz, who serves as the Campus Interfaith Council cultural liaison, said the concept of the council and the Religious Awareness Week is about listening.

She said one of the main aims is trying to understand where other people are coming from with their beliefs and opinions, and that’s something the week is supposed to promote. “I’m not trying to change anyone’s beliefs,” she said.

She said she is looking forward to the week.

She said she has put a considerable amount of work into making this week happen by reaching out to different religious, secular and cultural groups on campus.

Hurwitz said the council has opened her eyes to new perspectives on religion.

She said she hopes hosted dialogues will do the same for other students.

Sam Appel, a program associate at Hillel, said he has helped promote the week’s events and has worked on putting together a Shabbat dinner for the culmination of the week.

Appel said the Shabbat dinner is a way of welcoming the Sabbath, which is a day of rest on Saturdays per Jewish tradition.

He said he was excited to be working with the Campus Interfaith Council and hoped to get a higher attendance for the Shabbat dinner.

“We welcome anyone to attend our Shabbat,” Appel said.

He said he hopes for nonJewish students to attend, too, to get a feel of the Jewish tradition.

Hur witz and Appel both said there would be a dialogue called “Ask Big Questions” su r rou ndi ng t he Shabbat dinner.

He said the dialogue would focus on the importance of taking a day of rest in general and not just according to Jewish religious traditions.

Religious studies and arts and humanities junior Dakota Riehl, co-chair on the council, said she is hoping to have more students attend and engage in events.

In the past, programs like Religious Awareness Week has been unsuccessful, she said.

“This year we wanted to bring it back because we wanted to fix the program and get people involved and it’s a great way to spread cultural awareness,” Riehl said.

Staff reporter Sierra Lay contributed to this report.

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She’s thin, tall and blonde with straight teeth. He’s muscular, strong-jawed, looks tough and acts that way, too.

This is the so-called ideal mold that women and men are pressured to fit in with, said media’s effects on women senior Hayley Mathie.

“By striving to fit this mold, I’m actually doing more harm than good,” Mathie said. “I personally have chosen to love my body.”

After being influenced by the media for years herself, Mathie decided to do something about it.

She organized Love Your Body Week in an effort to defuse a phenomenon she didn’t want to see happening any longer.

The week consists of multiple events with the goal of achieving body acceptance.

One such event took place Tuesday night and was met with support from students who live in Mathie’s residence hall.

Stride For Pride, a walkrun event began in East Shaw lobby and circuited around the rock on Farm Lane, accumulating a distance less than a 5k.

The short distance was chosen to allow for comfort and for the idea that anyone, regardless of body shape or fitness, can participate.

For many students who feel inadequate because of the influence of the media, this

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“Even though we might all have different goals for our bodies, it’s important to be content with it.”

Natalie LaBeau, elementary education senior

event could be an eye-opener.

“Even though we might all have different goals for our bodies, it’s important to be content with it,” elementary education senior Natalie LaBeau said. “Just that we got that message out and seeing people’s faces was inspiring.”

Students were encouraged to “wear as little or as much clothing” as they wished, within the confines of appropriateness.

Mathie said she encouraged participants to paint themselves with words and phrases like “I love my legs” or “I’m a hottie.” Some participants opted to paint “Love your body” and drew hearts on their bodies.

Others painted on negative words, like “fat” and “stupid.”

Mathie suggested painting on negative words they had been called before as a symbol for accepting their bodies.

“Be open with other people,” Mathie said. “When you keep it bottled up, you think, ‘I’m the only one who’s feeling this way.’”

For one student, the event reinforced a belief he already held.

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Supply chain management junior Garrett Robinson runs in the Stride For Pride event on Tuesday at the trails behind Shaw Hall. The event is to promote body pride.

“Appreciate yourself,” social relations and policy sophomore Tanner Delpier said. “It’s something I really believe in … it promotes self esteem.”

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Students from MSU’s College of Human Medicine congregated Tuesday morning at the Capitol to garner support from Michigan legislators for Rally 4 Research, a fundraiser for research related to Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s.

Participants could enter a raffle and have the chance of winning a Spartanthemed 2013 MINI Cooper.

All revenue garnered from the fundraiser will be used for the purchase of a laser scanning confocal microscope.

The microscope would further research of the diseases.

Michigan Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, and Rep. Peter MacGregor showed up in support of the cause on Tuesday.

“The microscope will place Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine at the forefront for conducting research on neurological diseases,” Whitmer said.

Only 2,500 tickets will be sold.

Tickets can be purchased online at MSURally4Research.com.

The drawing for the MINI Cooper will be held at 7 p.m. on April 14 at The Sharpe Collection of Grand Rapids.

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IPhone app promotes safe sex through sharing std info

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A new iPhone app could allow users to share their STD test results with a potential sexual partner.

T he f ree app, ca l led Hula, promotes safe sex and emphasizes the idea of making better health decisions through concrete information.

Hula works to help users in four specific ways.

The app locates the closest and highest-rated STD testing centers and assists users in figuring out how to obtain their personal health records.

The app also shares the info with others if they are interested in doing so and reminds them when they should be tested again.

CEO Ramin Bastani said he founded the app after a personal experience when a woman slapped him in the face

“We like to call it a modern version of, ‘I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.’”

Ramin Bastani, Hula CEO

and walked out of the after he asked her if she had been recently tested.

“I thought there had to be a better way to do this, and a way you could actually share your verified information,” he said.

“We like to call it a modern version of, ‘I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.’”

Hula locates the closest STD testing centers and helps users obtain their info from health records Bastani said Hula is a fun way to make the situation less awkward for both parties involved.

He said the app makes it easier to ask the very dreaded yet important question.

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On campus, anony mous HIV testing is free for students through Student Health Services at Olin Health Center.

Student Health Services also provides free condoms to students at Olin Health Center.

Upon request, students also can get free polyisoprene condoms, female condoms, dental dams and lubricant.

HIV counselor Kevin Bator said Student Health Services does not currently use or promote Hula.

In the future, Bastani said he hopes Hula will become a key part of other dating apps, such as Tinder.

“At some point in the future

you will see a Hula badge on a profile, but we’re not there yet,” he said.

The app currently is only available for iPhones.

The company also has a mobile optimized website, which can be accessed from any smartphone.

For more information, visit www.hulahq.com.

Staff reporter Michael Kransz contributed to this report.

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LIttle Flock Christian Fellowship Non-Denominational- Evagelical Church At Michigan State University Alumni Chapel (Basement) Sunday: Singing; Worship exhortation & participation: 10am-12 Noon; Lord’s Table- Communion: 11am; Bible Teaching: 11:30-12 Noon; Fellowship Lunch: 12:30pm Weekly Bible Study & Students’ Meetings: Contact us for location and day littleflock@hotmail.com; www.littleflock.org Martin Luther Chapel 444 Abbot Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-0778 martinlutherchapel.org Sunday: 10:30am & 7:00pm “Wednesday ON FIRE” at 7:09pm One Community–Lutheran (ELCA)/ Episcopal (TEC) Campus Ministry 1020 South Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-2559 www.facebook.com/onecommunitymsu Wednesdays: On campus Student Worship 7:00pm (MSU Alumni Chapel) Sundays: 8:30, 10:45am (at University Lutheran Church) Sundays: 8:00, 10:00am (at All Saints Episcopal Church Peoples Church 200 W. Grand River Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-6264 www.peoples-evolution.org Sunday Worship: 10:30am Tuesday: Love Life: 7-9pm Wednesday: Dinner at 5:30pm, Journey at 6:30 Quan Am Buddhist Temple, MSU Meditation Center 1840 N. College Road Mason, MI 48854 (517) 853-1675 (517) 347-1655 www.quanamtemple.org 7-8:30pm Every Thursday Red Cedar Friends Meeting (Quaker) 1400 Turner St. Lansing, MI 48906 (517) 371-1047 www.redcedarfriends.org Sunday: 9am, 10:30am Weekdays: 7:30am St. John Catholic Church and Student Center 327 M.A.C. Ave., E. Lansing (517) 337-9778 Sunday: 8am, 10am, 12pm, 5pm, 7pm Reconciliation: Mon, Wed, Fri: 11am to Noon www.stjohnmsu.org

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Diversity on television promotes open-mindedness

opposing views undeserving of close-minded responses

I was in the middle of a routine binge-watching of “The Walking Dead,” when I observed something that made me smile. Two of the characters had fallen in love amidst worldwide catastrophe and without hesitation rooted from racial taboos.

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eople’s reactions to opposing opinions can be ridiculous — beyond laughable to say the least. You don’t have to look further than Derek Kim’s column on the cons of same-sex marriage to know what I’m talking about. And if you think I’m calling Derek out, you’re horribly mistaken. I’m pointing out some of the comments calling him an “idiot,” saying it’s a shame he will get an MSU degree and saying religion is “for suckers.”

Let me get two points out of the way before I go any further in this piece that I’m sure will be filled with even more positive comments and Twitter mentions (sarcasm).

First, I’ll go ahead and make my personal stance on same-sex marriage known — I completely support it, even though I am also a follower of the Catholic Church. The way I have followed my religion is to love and accept every person on this planet, no matter what shoes they walk in. If marriage makes people happy, then dang it, I’m happy. In no way does it change my life.

It’s no secret that everyone follows their religion, or lack thereof, in their own ways.

In a free country, religion should be an individual choice. But here we are in 2014 and some people are outraged by others’ beliefs.

Secondly, Derek is an incredibly kind and caring person if you actually, you know, met and talk-

ed with him. He has different viewpoints than a to your political pref— Sierra Lay, State News reporter lot of other people, but does that mean he should erence, and you start be attacked and looked down upon for this? That to be blind to any othRead the rest online at seems like backwards thinking, especially consider- er point of view. Listen statenews.com/blog. ing many people I have met say that same-sex mar- to nothing but your party’s podcast, and you make yourriage should be handled with open-mindedness.

We don’t have to agree with Derek or anyone self deaf to other points people are trying to make. This whose views oppose our own. But do is how we become so tunnelour disagreements have to lead to Staff visioned on one school of thought; name calling and being flat-out mean? representative we forget to listen to others.

If we support free thought and mind on an issue they are passionate about. I know As much as people hate to believe everyone wants to try to be a voice of reason to the expression, shouldn’t we do our best it — myself included more times than person they are talking to, but 99 out of 100 times, to hold up our end of the bargain? not — but no one’s opinion is right or it’s not happening.

Just let people voice their opinions wrong. Let bygones be bygones and freely and carry on, unless they want a Long story short, let’s take a look at what we are carry on with your lives with accep- doing and where we are doing it. We live in a place debate. And if they do want a debate, tance of everyone’s individual opin- where we can freely voice our opinions and not worstick to the topic at hand. Name-callions instead of trying to force every- ry about any persecution. Why on earth are we trying is not constructive. one to think the same way. If your ing to change or discourage that?

Make no mistake about it either, beliefs are different than another perit’s not just the sample of pro-sameWith America seeing some of it’s most hismatt sheehan msheehan@statenews.com son’s, there is no need to step in and toric times, let’s all walk through this togethsex marriage people that preach one try to change them — that’s what er with a word you are probably sick of reading thing, but do the other. It’s anti-samesex marriage people too. It can be a select group of makes us unique individuals.

— open-mindedness.

I can’t hear enough people talk about open-mindpeople from any side of any political issue.

Matt Sheehan is the men’s basketball reporter and That’s the main reason I cannot stand politics — edness, until someone voices an opinion that doesn’t State News editorial board’s staff representative. Reach people take way too much offense for members of align with theirs. The minute a phony open-minded him at msheehan@statenews.com the party opposition. Some Democrats can’t stand person hears an opinion they don’t like, they go in Republicans for thinking like Republicans, and vice for the other person’s’ throat immediately.

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“Be free to express your own thoughts, but only versa.

But that’s what happens when you close off your if I agree with them,” people might as well say.

To read “CON: Mich. court’s rule to This goes overlooked way more than it should, strike down same-sex marriage ban is ‘tragedy mind to one political party’s entire agenda or train of thought. Watch nothing but TV that slants news but you’re probably not going to change anyone’s in the making’” visit statenews.com/opinion.

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What a ridiculous claim. This is the United States of America. These are nothing but the words of a paranoid, delusional individual who does not respect or value the freedom of other individuals to pursue happiness.

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Please enlighten us with how granting gay and lesbian individuals the freedom to marry will lead to the criminalization of Christians. I’ll hang up and listen, then weep that an individual like Derek Kim is going to receive a degree from my beloved Michigan State university.

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Signed, A proud Michigan State alum Ben, March 24 Michael Holloway mholloway@ statenews.com

This is so full of logical fallacies and mistruths that it would take pages to document them all. How about just this: not getting your way is not the same as persecution. To imply that gay marriage is in any way marching us toward feeding Christians to lions is beyond absurd. This argument is only being made because you have no real arguments founded in fact.

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Excessive coverage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance detract from more important issues in news

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n the past few weeks, every time I have come across the TV in the cafeteria playing the latest news, I have not been able to get passed 30 seconds without seeing an update on the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

For the few that might not be aware, there recently was a Boeing 777 that reportedly crashed while crossing the Indian Ocean. Two hundred and twenty seven passengers and 12 crew members are currently missing and are presumably dead, considering how long it’s been since the crash.

What was strange about this specific occurrence was what occurred prior to the crash. According to return pings picked up by satellites after the air traffic control lost contact with the plane, the plane continued to fly for several hours.

So far, there has been much speculation as to what happened and there are currently many questions unanswered.

But I have a question that is very different from everyone else’s.

Why is this plane crash so impor- crash has already happened, and puttant that it must be the focus of every ting more attention on the past won’t news broadcast and regular “breaking help change it.

I think even the media news” updates?

I understand the entire sit- guest columnist is starting to stray from its original purpose. When uation is very tragic and more the news of the Malaysian than 200 people suddenly disflight first broke, the media appeared. However, there are was covering the story and so many other issues that the spreading the word on media needs to address. what had just happened.

According to a 2010 staThere was even some covtistic by the Center for Diserage on some of the famease Control and Prevention, ilies who had loved ones about 16,000 people in the henry pan on the flight. Now though, U.S. alone are killed in homipanhenry@msu.edu there are constant updates cides. This means that in the on the typically fruitless two weeks that have been devoted to this story, about 600 other efforts of the search parties that are individuals might have been murdered looking for the remains of the plane with relatively abysmal media cover- crash along with the latest conspiracy theories of what may have occurred age in comparison.

Even with heart disease annual- during the last moments of the flight.

How does it help to play out a bunch ly killing more than three times that amount of people in the U.S., we don’t of “what if” scenarios? What a grim see breaking news reports every 30 sec- reminder to those same families that onds reminding us to eat healthy. It the news outlets covered, receiving new really bothers me that there is such an scenarios of what might have happened obsession over a situation where the to their beloved during that flight on viewers have such little control; the a daily basis. Although it’s the media

that is constantly scrutinizing this story, I think that the people who are consuming it and perpetuating this sort of attention also are to blame.

People should have better things to do than to sit and speculate with friends about whether or not terrorists were the reason for the plane’s mysterious disappearance. If people sincerely cared about the deaths of these individuals and wanted to make a difference, then they’d be taking on more active roles to help mitigate the untimely deaths of individuals — active roles, such as lowering this staggering homicide rate in the U.S. that has somehow gotten overshadowed by this one international incident.

Even taking care of ourselves and promoting healthier lifestyles might be more impactful than stressing over a tragedy that already occurred. Instead, Flight 370 continues to captivate the public’s interest while other more pressing matters don’t get the attention they deserve.

Henry Pan is a chemical engineering sophomore. Reach him at panhenry@ msu.edu.

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Nine students will be featured as the main cast of a documentary that will serve as President Lou Anna K. Simon’s annual President’s Report.

The documentary, “Inside out — An In-Depth Look at the Student Experience,” is a 30-minute video of the lives of nine Spartan students and their experiences last semester.

This year’s President’s Report is meant to be unique from ones in the past because instead of following MSU students around the world, it will display the lives of students on campus.

Producer Jim Peck said students were nominated by deans and had to apply to be included in the documentary.

After the cast was selected, the diverse pool of students were given tripods and asked to film themselves doing their daily activities.

Adam Wingate, chemistry senior and cast member, said he had to film himself going to fencing practice or doing lab projects.

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Anita Skeen, arts coordinator and director of the RCAH Center for Poetry, reads a poem on Tuesday during the Women’s History Month Poetry Potluck held in Snyder-Phillips Hall. Both RCAH students and professors attended the potluck.

poetry potluck honors women authors

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Students and community members alike gathered together Tuesday night to share in something they all had in common: a love for the spoken word.

The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Center for Poetry held its fourth annual Women’s History Month Poetry Potluck on Tuesday night. About 10 students and East Lansing community members gathered in the Snyder-Phillips Hall LookOut! Gallery for an hour and a half of poetry and snacks.

There were only two items requested from the attendees — a food dish and a poem written by a woman author.

One by one, everyone gathered around the room read their

poem aloud as their audience attention to female artists in general, and this is a nibbled on everything from nice way to come cheesecakes to salads. together and celMost people began ebrate not only by explaining why poetr y, but they chose their Attendees also those specific piece. artists,” Residenwere asked to Jimison tial College said. in the A rts bring a poem Whethand Humanier affiliated ties sophomore and a dish with MSU or Emily Barber not, commusaid she picked nity members her poem, “Turtle” were encouraged

by Kay Ryan, because to attend. it is one that she and her “I heard about the event in mom share a love for.

Linnea Jimison, the assistant Anita’s class,” said Emily Haas, director for the Residential Col- a junior in the Residential College in the Arts and Humani- lege in the Arts and Humanities Center for Poetry, said the ties. “I didn’t really know there event helped build a sense of were fun, poetry things happening on campus. These events are community.

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Anita Skeen, the arts coordinator and director of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Center for Poetry, said this year’s theme was inspired by Project 60/50.

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“It’s more than just everyone seeing us play during our match,” Kelsay said. “The documentary goes behind the scenes, like in the locker room or around campus to see what else I am involved in.”

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Write up the idea immediately.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 — Get help building your dream. Confer with your team, and share information. Curiosity leads to answers. Keep asking interesting questions. Use what you’re learning. Discover a fringe benefit.

Try a new angle, and results get profitable.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 — Let your partner do the talking. Help with the script, maybe. Keep it practical. Check out your ideas with friends before a big push. Discuss the minutia.

Define your focus. A little surprise would be nice.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7 — Make a shrewd move. Keep an important appointment. You’re very creative now. Follow your heart. Plan ahead. It all seems clear, seen with new eyes. You understand a piece of a mystery.

Share what you’ve learned.

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Points scored by MSU redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers in the Spartans’ loss to North Carolina.

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Head coach Tom Izzo yells to his players on Saturday at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash., during their game against Harvard in the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans won, 80-73.

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With seven Big Ten championships, six Final Fours and one national title to his name, Tom Izzo is one of the most experienced coaches in college basketball.

But this year has been a totally different animal.

Countless injuries and high expectations have put the target firmly on the back of the MSU men’s basketball team as they head to New York City to take on top-seed Virginia.

In nearly 20 years of coaching, Izzo still is learning, but said most of the time, he goes back to his coaching roots.

“I hope I’m the same in 99 percent of the ways because what we’ve done has been the same, and I think I’ve treated most people the same,” Izzo said. “I think I have a little more experience as far as understand-

ing what it takes to win.”

Harkening back to the days of Mateen Cleaves and Antonio Smith, they were a group of players that could take over a timeout and get a team back into a game without Izzo.

In MSU’s 80-73 win against Harvard, that’s exactly what happened.

Izzo said guard Denzel Valentine told him to “chill” as the Crimson were making their run and getting back in the game, because Izzo wasn’t taking it easy on the vocal sophomore.

“But I do think they have to take ownership, and as all of you know, I’d be the first to tell you, my huddles are a zoo, and I’ve always been that way,” Izzo said. “I’ve always let them voice their opinion. When you have a player‑coached team over a coach‑coached team, that’s better.”

Despite being in the Sweet 16 for the 12th time in 17 years, there still are some things this year’s Spartans need to improve on.

Things have definitely been getting better, as they’re on a five-game winning streak and have had the same starting lineup for seven straight games.

But a combined 47 fouls throughout the first two NCAA Tournament games is something Izzo said MSU needs to improve if the Spartans are going to advance.

“The foul situations worry me the most because I think they’ve changed some games, and it might be the same for the opposition and I don’t realize it,” he said. “But when I got (Keith) Appling or (Gary) Harris or (Adreian) Payne sitting next to me for extended periods of time, especially in that first half, you get some leads, and then things happen.”

For Izzo, being one of the last 16 teams out of 351 Division I basketball teams still eligible for a national championship is something he and his players aren’t taking for granted.

“I told my team, you know, it’s part of the dream that you continue to play, and the more you’re playing when it gets lighter out, the better it is,” he said. “We won the first weekend, now we’ve got to try to win the second weekend, and the second weekend gets a lot tougher.”

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina ran faster, jumped higher and put on a show for the home crowd.

It was a swift defeat for the Spartans, who fell to the Tar Heels in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, 62-53, and trailed by as many as 26.

MSU hasn’t made it to a Sweet Sixteen since 2009.

National Freshman of the Year Diamond DeShields put on a near-masterful performance, finishing with 24 points and 12 rebounds.

Following a huge game on Sunday, redshirt freshman Aerial Powers had two points and went 0-of-5 from the field.

National Freshman of the Year Diamond DeShields was a key player on offense for UNC, scoring 24 points DeShields was electric in the first half, torching the Spartans for 18 points and seven rebounds.

The Spartans started cold and UNC got off to a quick 11-2 lead.

Things got even more dismal for MSU once Hines, who was a bright spot in the first half, picked up her fourth foul with 13 minutes to play.

Redshirt freshman guard Branndais Agee sank a 3-pointer with nine minutes remaining to snap an almost 10-min-

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by double-digits to Nebraska in the Big Ten Tournament after closing the regular season on a bit of a hot streak.

At times this season, head coach Suzy Merchant called for better veteran leadership — particularly in the postseason — while praising the play of younger players.

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ute scoring drought for MSU and end a 14-0 UNC run.

The deficit was 57-34.

An 8-0 run helped the Spartans trim the score to 18 with 6:32 to play. MSU scored the final 11 points of the half, but it was too little, too late.

MSU finished the season with two tough losses, falling

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Junior center Jasmine Hines looks to shoot on Tuesday during the game against North Carolina at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Spartans lost, 62-53.

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