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Bill would revoke parenthood of fathers convicted of sexual assault Rules for Senate Bill 858

Under extreme cases, and instances of sexual assault, courts may remove the genetic father from the child and mother’s life.

Paternity of those with sexual assault crimes would be revoked

BY ALEX KURRIE AKURRIE@STATENEWS.COM

The Michigan Legislature is currently considering a piece of legislation that would revoke the paternity of sexual assault offenders.

Senate Bill 858, or the Revocation of Paternity Act, is currently circulation through the state political process and has a number of moving parts.

First, a sexual assault results in the birth of a child and, for whatever reason, the victim chooses not to prosecute the assailant. Next, the courts may exercise their powers by removing the genetic father’s acknowledgment of fatherhood. Finally, this does not mean the father is excluded from paying child support.

The mother still may invoke this right.

Senator Rick Jones (R- Grand Ledge) introduced the bill and said someone who has committed a known sexual assault should not have custody of the child created out of rape.

There must be clear evidence of a sexual assault, he said, and, under this law, it prevents the victim from losing her child at the hands of her attacker.

“My bill is trying to protect women from this sort of thing,” he said.

Jones said he has seen a number of unfortunate cases in which

Courts may rule: a) To revoke acknowledgment of paternity b) To determine a genetic father is not the child’s father.

the rapist fathered a child as a result of a sexual assault and subsequently sought custody of the child, even to the point of winning it on tragic occasions.

“The government should be working to create laws that make it easier for women to come forward about their sexual assault and not ones that threaten her right to choose or in any way make her think twice about reporting a criminal for his criminal actions.”

Margot Libertini political science freshman

Extreme instances resulted in the mother fleeing the country to protect her right to raise the child, Jones said, something this law would seek to prevent.

“My goal is to make the law very clear,” Jones said.

This does not remove the genetic father from the responsibility of child support, it only removes the father from the child’s life.

If someone commits a sexual crime and fathers a child, they absolutely will not be able to claim custody over the child, Jones said.

MSU students also provided opinions on the matter of the proposed legislation.

Political science freshman Margot Libertini said the law neglects the woman’s say in the matter of the sexual assault crime.

“The government should be working to create laws that make it easier for women to come forward about their sexual assault and not ones that threaten her right to choose or in any way make her think twice about reporting a criminal for his criminal actions,” she said.

While the pending law addresses an honorable goal, Libertini said, certain elements can be added to help it better represent the interests of women.

Further, Libertini added government’s role in situations like these should be to facilitate the victim’s courage and ability to report sexual assaults as well as effectively stop them altogether.

“I believe as a society it should scare us that there are people in government still so set on restricting women’s freedoms and hindering their ability to make judgment about what is best for themselves and their children,” she said.

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Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics — can apply for an additional 24 months for a total of three years in handson employment using their degrees.

The additional time and chances to put their education into practice have been met with overwhelmingly positive reactions from international students at MSU, mainly because it can allow international students to gain real world experience in the same place they were educated.

For Yang Gao, a packaging alumnus from China, the OPT extension eases the stress in searching for potential employment.

“Since I have this three year thing I can stay a little bit longer,” Gao said. “And if I don’t have it, probably it would be more difficult to find a job over here.”

His roommate Wen Li, an electrical engineering senior from China, benefits similarly from the new rule.

Li had previously interned with Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc., or IMI, and was involved in manufacturing processes from circuit design to actually soldering the material himself.

“I’m still looking for a job,” Li said. “I may probably start with my career as an intern after graduation, due to the OPT. Then I will look for full time, probably with the same company.”

Both Gao and Li intend to work for a few years in the United States before heading back to China when their visas run up. The two of them both expressed how much easier it is for them to pursue this career path than before.

“There’s more opportunities for higher educated students over here, and that’s why I would like to start my education over here and have some working experience over here,” Gao said.

“I do have connections in China, but we like to see more and learn more in other countries, especially the United States.”

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Refugee from Iraq and MSU alumnus chases medical school dream

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MSU alumnus Majd Wess poses for a portrait March 21 at his home in Lansing. Wess recently graduated from MSU and is looking for medical school programs across the country. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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Majd Wess has a bachelor’s degree in human biology from MSU and is looking into medical schools across the country for the fall of 2016.

But as a 12-year-old during the 2003 American occupation of Iraq, Wess lived in the war zone of Baghdad, Iraq with his mother May Anayi and sister Dana.

“Before 2003, there was a sort of false security,” Anayi said of Iraq under the Saddam Hussein regime. “You don’t see people dying in front of you, but you know it’s not safe.”

“When the American troops pushed down the statue of Saddam Hussein, we were secretly jumping up and down in our house. ... My children did not know what was going on in the country.

I overprotected them so they wouldn’t know how unsafe it was. ”

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Wess said there were only three channels on television and all of them were dedicated to Saddam.

“That should give you an idea of what it was like in Iraq,” Wess said. “There was no freedom of speech at all.”

The channels would play scenes of Saddam’s speeches and show the people he had recently killed. The people of Iraq were expected to celebrate these events as accomplishments.

Then the American troops invaded and occupied Baghdad, bringing hope to Anayi and her family. "(The community) couldn’t trust their neighbors enough to openly show their support for the Americans, but within their own home they were exuberant,” Anayi said. “When the American troops pushed down the statue of Saddam Hussein, we were secretly jumping up and down in our house.”

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The distrust toward their neighbors was so strong that Wess was confused as to why his mother was quietly celebrating the collapse of Saddam’s statue. “(Wess) said, ‘I thought we loved him, why are we cheering?’”

Anayi said. “My children did not know what was going on in the country. I overprotected them so they wouldn’t know how unsafe it was.”

The war would last nine more years after the statue was torn down. For most families, the American invasion was an amazing thing — a turning point in the lives of many who were oppressed under the regime of Saddam.

They thought their freedoms would increase, unemployment would decrease and the country would be a much safer place to live. And for a while, all of these things happened.

“2003 to 2006 was like a golden time for us,” Anayi said. “We thought things would get better.”

Soon after, however, things deteriorated to such a dangerous level that Wess and the entire family had to collect everything in one night and flee the country as refugees.

Now, eight years after fleeing Iraq, Anayi owns a home in Lansing, has a thriving daycare business and her son has not only graduated from MSU, but has a prosperous path ahead of him with medical school on the horizon.

“I would not have imagined I would be in this position I am in right now,” Wess said. “If you had asked me 10 years ago if I would be going to medical school in America, I wouldn’t have even dared to dream about it.”

LIFE IN IRAQ AFTER THE INVASION

Anayi was already a single Catholic mom in a neighborhood of Islamic extremists and traditional families. To add to her already dangerous position, Anayi took a job working with the Americans after they started occupying the area in 2003.

“I think my mom was very brave,” Wess said. “We had no idea of the danger she was going through by working with the Americans.”

Anayi told her kids to tell anyone who asked that she was an English tutor at a high school.

In actuality, Anayi worked with an American NGO called International Relief and Development. She later worked directly with the U.S. Embassy in their security department.

Working with the Americans was dangerous, but it was a sacri-

“People at Sparrow are interested in my story. I give them a summary and they seem intrigued. ... I tell people, ‘Do you see how bad it looks on the news, how gray it is?’ It looks like a desert and a war zone. That’s what it is like to live there. ... Here, people take safety for granted. When I’m driving home from work, my mom knows I’m coming home.”

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Lansing resident May Anayi, left, plays with Elizabeth March 21 at her home in Lansing. Anayi runs a daycare out of her home. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

“I think my mom was very brave. We had no idea of the danger she was going through by working with the Americans. ... I appreciate what my mom did so much. I am here today in America because of her.”

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fice Anayi was willing to make.

“I worked with the Americans because the pay was good,” Anayi said.

On her way to work every day, Anayi had to cross through two different militias, each controlled by differentiating Shiite and Sunni groups.

The militia would ask Anayi at gunpoint where she was going and if she worked for the Americans.

“I would lie to them so they wouldn’t know I was working for the Americans,” Anayi said. “When they asked me where I was going, I told them I was going shopping.”

Anayi would lie at gunpoint every single day. And the entire time, her children did not know the danger their mom was putting herself in.

“I appreciate what my mom did so much,” Wess said. “I am here today in America because of her.”

Life in Iraq during the American occupation was hard for the family, not just because Anayi was secretly working for the U.S. Embassy, but also because neighbors’ views made for unpredictable circumstances.

“Some of our neighbors were terrorists,” Wess said. “We were the only Catholics in the area.”

Because of this, one night American troops made a mistake and went to the wrong house to capture terrorists.

“We were sleeping at night when American troops attacked our house,” Anayi said. “They walked in and threw a sound grenade in our garage. They had guns pointing at us and said we were harboring terrorists. ... They meant our neighbors. They realized they had the wrong house, gave us $700 for the damages and then left.”

American troops were not the only people Anayi and Wess had to deal with while in Iraq. There were also insurgents in the area who were against the American occupation.

“We kept hearing and seeing insurgents killing and tying people up in our neighborhood,” Anayi said. “They would keep bodies and throw them in the open space behind our house in a pile.”

It got so bad that, after a while, the American troops made the Iraqi police bury them so the smell wouldn’t get too bad.

“Dogs started eating the flesh before the people were buried,” Anayi said.

A NEW LIFE

While Anayi worked at the U.S. Embassy, her sister worked at the Australian Embassy. Working at the Australian Embassy was just as dangerous as working at the American Embassy, Anayi said.

For a long time, the sisters kept their secret hidden well from neighbors, militia and insurgents in the area.

But one day in 2007, Anayi’s sister accidentally dropped her Australian Embassy security badge in front of their house on the way to work. A neighbor saw it, came up to her and told her to pick it up.

“We left that night,” Anayi said. “We got our papers, IDs and gold and left for the American Embassy.”

Anayi’s boss at the embassy helped get her and her family out of the county immediately. In September of 2007, Anayi and her sister, kids and mother arrived in Lansing and have been there ever since.

Wess started high school in Okemos and then went to MSU in the summer of 2012. He graduated with a major in human biology in spring 2014.

“It is definitely different here,” Wess said. “There are a lot of things to get used to, like the language, culture and small talk,” Wess said.

Wess said learning the culture and language was a unique challenge.

“Not speaking the language was equal to not knowing the culture,” Wess said. “I was popular back in Iraq, but to fit in here you have to different things. ... In Iraq, it was cool to do well in school and be nerdy. Here, it is cool to do sports.”

Wess and his family were helped by the St. Vincent Catholic Charities Refugee Development Center. They helped the family find housing and get jobs.

Wess was the first one in the family to get a job. He started working at McDonald’s soon after he arrived in Lansing. Anayi started working at the Refugee Development Center and now she runs her own daycare out of her home.

“I am a hard worker,” Wess said. “I study a lot. In high school, even though I studied a lot, everything took a long time. I couldn’t cut any corners.”

English took Wess a while to learn, making it evident to him that schooling in Iraq and America is significantly different.

“While other people were just walking, I felt like I was always sprinting just to keep up,” Wess said.

Nevertheless, Anayi’s sacrifices have paid off for Wess. The ethics she passed down to her son have him currently working at Sparrow Hospital as a scribe, with aspirations once unobtainable.

“People at Sparrow are interested in my story,” Wess said. “I give them a summary and they seem intrigued. ... I tell people, ‘Do you see how bad it looks on the news, how gray it is?’ It looks like a desert and a war zone. That’s what it is like to live there. ... Here, people take safety for granted. When I’m driving home from work, my mom knows I’m coming home.”

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When advertising senior Ashley Mugnolo went to the Union to pick up her cap and gown, she said she began to cry because she finally reached a huge milestone in her life.

As a 27-year-old mother of three, Mugnolo went through several struggles to finally walk this spring.

Mugnolo explained why she was crying in a Facebook post, which now has more than 7,000 likes and nearly 300 comments. When asked why she was crying, she explained how she had come back to school to get her degree.

“Every now and then you kind of just get a feeling, you want to pay it forward. ... Sometimes you find an opportunity to help. You get the opportunity to leave a positive impression on somebody.”

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Andy Gillespie, MSU’s cap and gown representative, said he noticed Mugnolo and once she shared her story he decided he wanted to help. Not only did he tell her how proud he was of her — he paid for her cap and gown.

“Every now and then you kind of just get a feeling, you want to pay it forward,” Gillespie said.

Now reaching the end of her college career, Mugnolo said her family is to thank for inspiring her to come back and get her degree.

A question from her eldest daughter asking what she wanted to be when she grew up brought Mugnolo back.

“I kind of wanted to show her that I meant what I said,” Mugnolo said. “That she can be anything she wanted.”

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nolo said she wasn’t sure if her education path would end with a diploma.

“I was terrified,” Mugnolo said. “There were many times over the course of the past few years that I told my husband, ‘I don’t think I can do this.’”

She said her husband became a stay-at-home dad so she could go back to school to get her degree.

“He really has been my rock and my support throughout this entire process,” Mugnolo said.

Gillespie said her story was incredible and he thought she deserved a recognition of her hard work.

“Sometimes you find an opportunity to help,” Gillespie said. “You get the opportunity to leave a positive impression on somebody.”

After her experience, Mugnolo went home and shared her story through a Facebook post.

The post quickly went viral, she said.

“I saw it as a shoutout to the Spartan community,” Gillespie said. “It was really cool.”

Mugnolo said she was overwhelmed by the amount of support she received from the Spartan community following her post. She said Gillespie’s kindness meant so much to her and made her feel celebrated and she wanted everyone to know there are good people in the world.

Since posting her message on the official MSU Facebook page, Mugnolo said she has received countless messages from other mothers who share their own stories.

“You always want to be that person that your kids see that you are,” Mugnolo said.

Gillespie said simple acts of kindness can go far for a lot of people. He said the moment between Mugnolo and himself was very emotional and graduation is the last experience for those students at their school.

“There’s a lot of negativity in today’s world and I really believe in positives and negatives,” Gillespie said. “If you act in a positive way it really spreads.”

Mugnolo said she hopes her experience inspires others to go back and get their education.

“You can, at any time in your life, go and do whatever you want to do,” Mugnolo said.

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Five East Lansing restaurants competed in East Lansing’s annual Downtown Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, showcasing their version of an old favorite.

Buffalo Wild Wings, Cosi, Beggar’s Banquet, Harper’s Restaurant and Brewpub and HopCat all took part in the annual event. From 1-4 p.m.

Saturday East Lansing residents and Lansing area community members hit the streets to try the chili and vote on the winner.

Adorned with red chili pepper balloons, each location had stands with their chili. Done purposefully, the multiple location event offered residents a chance to explore downtown and get out on the town for the day. It also boosted business Saturday and might have put a couple of the restaurants on food junkies’ radars.

“We’re always pretty successful because of the

“Chili and pretty much anything that is hearty and sort of comfort food is something I kind (of) gravitate towards so making chili (is something) I feel fairly passionate about it.”

Marshall Sawyer Beggar’s Banquet chef

fact that we’re HopCat,” Ryan Ostach, executive kitchen manager at HopCat, said. “We always get a lot of business flow and whether we win or not we get exposure.”

HopCat swept both Chili Cook Offs last year, wins that were bolstered by its usual heavy weekend traffic, though as of Sunday afternoon no winner was announced. HopCat’s chili, a five pepper style, seemed to be a fan favorite as they had a steady flow of traffic throughout the day. The other chili cook off is held in the summer.

“It’s just nice that you can walk to all the places

and try out the different kinds and see the city as you walk around,” Holland resident Allyson VanderBush said outside of Cosi.

Cosi’s chili was a turkey chili and was the only restaurant on Grand River Avenue that partook in the event.

Harper’s chili was a tomato-based chili compared to the usual white bean chili and the restaurant held the event in conjunction with selling Girl Scout cookies on the patio. Harper’s has won the Chili Cook -Off before and hoped to win again on Saturday.

Beggar’s Banquet, tucked along Abbot Road, had a steady stream of visitors to its stand with three varieties of chilis – chicken, beef and vegan chili.

“Chili and pretty much anything that is hearty and sort of comfort food is something I kind (of) gravitate towards so making chili (is something) I feel fairly passionate about it,” Beggar’s Banquet Chef Marshall Sawyer said.

Buffalo Wild Wings boasted a spicy chili and employees running the stand said lines were out the door when the cook off started.

Lines for the cook-off might been helped by the MHSAA Class A basketball state championships held at Breslin Center on Saturday. Many fans of the teams competing for a title were seen at the multiple locations.

On a scale of one to five, with five being the best, residents tasting the chili judged the chili on four categories: color, aroma, flavor and heat. Points were added up to determine the winner.

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Lansing resident Mark Balawender shops March 23 at East Lansing Food Co-op on 4960 Northwind Dr. Balawender shops at the co-op because of the business models and deals. PHOTO: KELLY VANFRANKENHUYZEN

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In 1976, there was a desire for an alternative place to get more natural, everyday groceries in the East Lansing area.

To satisfy that need, general manager Bruce Grambau said the East Lansing Food Co-op, which celebrated its 40-year anniversary in February, was created.

“We were looking for more of a natural, organic items and they just weren’t readily available back then,” Grambau said.

He said there was a group of local citizens who organized the co-op to have local products readily available.

“It wasn’t quite a buying club, but it was similar to a small-scale group effort to have this co-op started and it has just grown from there,” Grambau said. “Our main emphasis is to have locally grown natural products available to the community.”

Now, Grambau said there are more than half a dozen farmers who sell to the co-op.

“From potatoes to garlic to fresh leaf lettuce, apples and some other fruits,” Grambau said. “It’s all seasonal, obviously, for a lot of those things.”

Grambau said the core customer is of an older demographic, ranging from 40 to 60 year olds.

One customer, Shruti Vaidya, said she shops at the co-op because of the locally grown and organic foods.

She said it is important to support the farmers who provide to the co-op.

“My husband and I have been members for over 20 years,” Vaidya said. “We really support other farmers and the local food community here. It is really important to have a co-op in our community.”

Though most customers are older, Grambau said MSU students also use the co-op.

“We do get younger people who are concerned about their health and shopping habits and are interested in the co-op type atmosphere where they are helping to support the community,” Grambau said.

In recent years, Grambau said mainstream has caught up with organically-grown products.

“The industry has changed,” Grambau said. “Organics are much more on the consumer’s plate to be able to shop for.”

Bath resident Phil Throop is an “owner,” or member, and a local farmer.

“I have been coming here since the 80s,” Throop said.

“I have been a member for about seven years. I come here because it is community owned. I actually supply greens, berries and vegetables. By being a customer, I am investing in the community. A box store’s profits would go to board members. Here, it is goes back into the communities.”

While larger grocery stores are selling organic products, Grambau said the East Lansing Food Co-op is different.

“Our ‘owners’ live here in the community and we are trying to support our local farmers who live in the community,” Grambau said. “All of our dollars are trying to stay here. That is probably the largest difference between us and the larger companies. They are just buying from wherever they can. Our community-based operation is something we hope the farmers and local farmers try to support.”

East Lansing resident Travis Wilson said more quality is

“All of our dollars are trying to stay here. That is probably the largest difference between use and larger companies. They are just buying from wherever they can.”

Bruce Grambau, East Lansing Food Co-op general manager

achieved from a place like the East Lansing Food Co-op.

“It is a much more of an old-time experience where there is love in the food rather than someone just trying to make a dollar,” Wilson said.

Grambau said being a “owner” of the East Lansing Food Co-op has its perks.

“Anybody can be an owner,” Grambau said. “You are going to receive 10 percent once a month and you are hopefully supporting local communities. A lot of the owners have been members for years. Because it is our 40th year, we are adding an extra 5 percent discount every shopping trip. There are specials within the store that are for owners only.”

The East Lansing Food Co-op also offers a 10 percent student discount to those with a valid student ID on Sundays.

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MSU basketball commit Cassius Winston becomes a state champ

BY RYAN SQUANDA RSQUANDA@STATENEWS.COM

University of Detroit Jesuit senior point guard and 2016 MSU basketball commit Cassius Winston had one more goal he wanted to accomplish during his high school basketball career.

Already a four-time Catholic League champion and 2016 Hal Schram Michigan Mr. Basketball Award winner, Winston wanted to achieve something that had twice alluded him in the state semifinals in 2014 and 2015 — an MHSAA Class A state championship.

And after shooting 14-of-16 from the field and turning in a 31 point, nine assist performance to lead U-D Jesuit to a 69-49 victory over North Farmington High School in Saturday’s Class A state title game at Breslin Center, Winston’s high school career is complete.

“Cassius has been a phenomenal leader for four years. He’s not only a great scorer and a great passer. He’s grown in his leadership skills verbally.”

Pat Donnelly, U-D Jesuit basketball head coach

“Excited, happy. I mean, you name it, I was probably feeling it,” a smiling Winston said of his emotions after the game. “We’ve been working long and hard for this. Me and Matt (Schearer) have been here three years, Ike (Eke) two years, me and Coach Donnelly (Pat) have been here all four years ... working for this moment right here to win a state championship.”

Winston has been a part of the U-D Jesuit varsity basketball team since his freshman year, and this season capped his career by leading the Cubs to a perfect 28-0 record. "(Winston) took a great leadership role, especially with this season,” U-D Jesuit senior guard Matt Schearer said. “We have sort of a young team. We only have four seniors, but this year he definitely took a leadership role and this year he just showed through his actions, every day at practice, he encourages us to work hard, not only leading by example but vocally. ... I think from the start of the year, we were all focused in and all followed Cassius and wanted to accomplish what we all wanted.”

For U-D Jesuit basketball head coach Pat Donnelly, Winston has been a rock solid presence for his program for the last four years.

He said he knows Winston has great things ahead of him at MSU. “Cassius has been a phenomenal leader for four years,” Donnelly said. “He’s not only a great scorer and a great passer. He’s grown in his leadership skills verbally. He’s always been a leader by example in terms of his work ethic. He has been the face of this program for a number of years and the success that we’ve had in the last four years ... besides the coaching staff ... Cassius

Guard Cassius Winston celebrates after the game against North Farmington High School during the MHSAA boy’s basketball championship game March 26 at Breslin Center. The Cubs defeated the Raiders, 69-49. PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL

has been the only constant.

“Not to diminish what the other guys in the program have accomplished, but Cassius is Cassius and I have full confidence that he’s going to go on to great things in college.”

For Winston, the next stop is MSU. And

Guard Lourawls Nairn Jr. the next leader in line for men’s basketball

BY JOSH THALL JTHALL@STATENEWS.COM

With the departure of seniors such as guard Denzel Valentine and forward Matt Costello, MSU basketball will be looking for someone to step into a leadership position and fill the shoes of the departing seniors.

While it could be soon-to-be-senior guard Eron Harris, who came on strong down the stretch for MSU and is one of MSU’s most talented returning players, the more likely option is will-be junior guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr., who boasted a phenomenal 4.76-to-1 assist-toturnover ratio before being limited by his injury.

Nairn’s development this offseason will be

delayed, who underwent a procedure Thursday on his right foot to help him come back from plantar fasciitis, which has been nagging him since last offseason. MSU head coach Tom Izzo said it’s not an operation, but the procedure will keep Nairn out for four to six weeks.

Izzo said he doesn’t expect to have to challenge Nairn to take even more of a leadership role with next year’s team and said Nairn’s leadership ability was highlighted when he was limited during the second half of the season because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot.

“It was Denzel that came up to me in February after (Nairn) wasn’t playing,” Izzo said.

“Denzel had a few average practices for him.

I said, ‘Are you tired? You don’t seem to have

fittingly, his high school career ended where his college one will begin — Breslin Center, where MSU basketball head coach Tom Izzo and several current MSU basketball players took in Winston’s play during the weekend, making Saturday’s championship all the more sweet.

the same life.’ He looks at me and says, ‘Coach, I miss Tum.’ He said, ‘He got me going every single day’ and those of you that come to practices, that’s what he does.”

Nairn was the third captain, along with Valentine and Costello, and is a very vocal leader like MSU leaders before him, such as Mateen Cleaves, Draymond Green and Valentine.

Izzo said it will be a major key for Nairn to take the next step forward in his development as a player this offseason in order to be ready to lead the team. Izzo said it will be different than in past years since Nairn will not be the best player on the MSU team, like many team leaders have been before him.

“The problem that we have to solve is usually when your best player is your best leader, that’s always a little more valuable because he gets instant respect off the court and on the court,” Izzo said. “Tum isn’t our best player, he knows he’s not and I talked to him yesterday about different things he has to do and differMONDAY, MARC H 2 8 , 2 01 6

“You love that support,” Winston said.

“That’s a really big reason why I committed. Michigan State is just such a huge family. They come out and support. They show love. Even the dudes that are in the NBA or retired in the NBA and they still come back and show love and support.”

ent things he could’ve done this year that maybe he didn’t do. So he is a unique human being, not a unique basketball player, but a unique human being. I think he’ll find a way to do that.

Going to the movies, orchestrating those kinds of things, going out to eat — that’s no problem.”

Nairn’s biggest weakness in college so far has been his noticeable lack of a reliable jumpshot.

Nairn shot just 37.9 percent from the field this season, which has allowed opposing teams to play off of him and double-team other players for MSU. While Nairnn’s speed allows him to run the fast-break with ease, he will need to develop a jumpshot to go with his speed and defensive prowess to keep teams from cheating off of him.

“It’s getting the respect on the court as a player and getting the respect on the court as a player and off the court as a person, that I think he’s going to have to blend together, and we’re going to have to look to see who else can do that,” Izzo said. “Because that was a big part of this team.”

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Jordan Zimmerman’s bat making instant impact for MSU baseball

BY CASEY HARRISON CHARRISON@STATENEWS.COM

If you ask the average baseball fanatic about Jordan Zimmermann, they will probably tell you about the 6-foot-2 all-star righty who signed with the Detroit Tigers earlier in the offseason. But if you ask any fan of MSU baseball about Jordan Zimmerman, you’ll get a completely different answer.

During the offseason, MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. recruited one of the biggest offensive tools that the Spartans have seen in quite a while. That player is current Spartan infielder and junior transfer student Jordan Zimmerman.

WHERE HE CAME FROM

Zimmerman is native to Mesa, Ariz. — approximately 1,937 miles away from MSU’s campus. He went to Red Mountain High School and after that Zimmerman went to play baseball for Mesa Community College. In 61 games his freshman season, Zimmerman hit .378 and knocked in 49 RBI’s to help the Thunderbirds win the 2014 NJCAA Division II World Series against Hinds Community College.

As a sophomore, Zimmerman shined yet again, hitting .396 with the Thunderbirds and posting a 1.046 OPS in his second-year campaign.

After two successful seasons with Mesa, Boss and his recruiting staff caught wind of Zimmerman’s offensive upside and gave him an offer to play for the Spartans. One thing led to another and now Zimmerman’s big bat is carrying the Spartan offense Junior infielder Jordan Zimmerman prepares for the first game Saturday March 26 at McLane Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Scarlet Knights, 5-2.

WITH THE SPARTANS

Through his first 20 games with the green and white this season, Zimmerman is leading the Spartans in many statistical categories and is the heart of MSU’s lineup.

The 6-foot-1 infielder is currently hitting [.438], with [35] total hits, [24] runs scored, [16] RBI’s, [13] walks, [9] stolen bases and a [1.176] OPS. Zimmerman is leading the team in each of those categories and even ranks among some of the top in the Big Ten. His [.434] average leads the conference, and his [.526] on base percentage ranks among the top in the Big Ten conference. Zimmerman’s [22] runs scored is also tied for the league-lead.

“He’s a very mature hitter, a very athletic guy,” Boss Jr. said. “He hits for average, he hits for power, he runs well ... so that’s why we recruited him.”

Zimmerman’s performance from the plate this season has helped lead the Spartans to a conference-best [18-3] overall record — including a 14-1 record to start the year, the best in school history.

As a team this year, MSU is hitting .325, which ranks second best in the conference behind Minnesota and 12th in the nation.

On top of all this, Zimmerman has also shown versatility. Zimmerman started 14 games at second base to start the season, but ever since sophomore first baseman Alex Troop has been sidelined with an injury Zimmerman has started four games at first for MSU. Zimmerman is also riding a [15] game hitting streak, spanning all the way back to March 5, when the Spartans claimed a 3-0 victory 10

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“I really try to bring a little bit of a spark to the game. Whether that’s hitting a home run or getting our team going . If they want to feed off me they can, but I hope they see me as a role model or someone they can feed off of.”

Jordan Zimmerman, MSU baseball junior infielder

against Auburn in the Pensacola Cox Diamond Invitational.

ADJUSTING QUITE NICELY

One of the biggest question marks about Zimmerman coming into the season was how he was going to adjust from Division II junior college competition to playing against some of the most dominant teams in the country in the Big Ten. Based off Zimmerman’s statistics, it has been clear that he answered back with a bold exclamation point.

Another adjustment the Mesa native had to make was getting used to playing in the unpredictable Michigan climate. Zimmerman got a taste of the bitter cold during a few offseason practices, but didn’t really feel the effects of playing in the cold until MSU played its first home game of the season against Central Michigan University on March 23 — 18 games into the regular season.

“It was cold, it was miserable out there,” Zimmerman said. “But mentally you’ve just got to overcome it and know that you have MONDAY, MARCH 2 8 , 2 01 6

to stick to a game plan.”

Other than that, Zimmerman has fit in nicely with the Spartans off the field as well. At practice, teammates often refer to him as “ZimShady” — a nickname that possibly arose from his similar appearance to Eminem back when he had blonde hair.

Zimmerman has accepted his nickname and jokingly enough made his walk-up song “My Name Is” by Detroit native Eminem.

On the field Zimmerman plays with hustle, personality and swagger — a lethal combination that appears to be a recipe for success. Zimmerman’s style of play even has even rubbed off on other Spartans.

“I really try to bring a little bit of a spark to the game,” Zimmerman said. “Whether that’s hitting a home run or getting our team going.

If they want to feed off me they can, but I hope they see me as a role model or someone they can feed off of.”

Although he plays with confidence on the field, Zimmerman prefers to lead by example rather than by word of mouth.

Zimmerman has developed into a low-profile leadership role and he prefers his bat to do all the talking for him.

“He’s definitely one of our leaders,” junior outfielder Taylor Grace said. “Especially for being a junior and transferring over and stuff like that. He’s taken quite a big role and he’s definitely proven himself.”

He’s a five-tool player who has brought a major spark to the middle of MSU’s batting lineup, and his numbers are more than enough evidence. His work ethic is rubbing off on the rest of his teammates, based on the performances they have been showcasing MSU baseball is off to a fantastic start, and Zimmerman has been a huge key. The possibility of a Big Ten title– or further– is a dream made realistic because of his impact.

“Zimmerman is just a great player,” Grace said. “I mean, he gets along with everybody, we never have any problems. He does what he needs to do on the field, and I’ll tell you what — he’s destined to go somewhere, that’s for sure.”

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MSU biometrics improving national security

BY AKSHITA VERMA AVERMA@STATENEWS.COM

From serving as a panelist at a United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee to helping identify one of the Boston bombers, MSU professors who are part of the Biometrics Research Group are working to improve national security and law enforcement.

“Biometrics is the science of recognizing an individual through physical features and developing automatic methods and algorithms,” associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering Arun Ross said.

Ross was a panelist in 2013 at the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee held at the United Nations headquarters.

Ross said MSU’s Biometrics Research Group uses irises, fingerprints, faces and

“They couldn’t use any face recognition software to find the suspect,” Ross said.

“He was in side profile and a baseball hat. ... Jain found if you replaced surveillance tapes with a hand-drawn sketch, you were more likely to get a matching hit.”

Jain found a way to circumvent the existing facial recognition software to make it a better fit for side-profile pictures. His method was used by the FBI and other government agencies.

Now, Ross’s biometrics lab at MSU is working on improving methods for ear recognition, which would improve side-profile recognition.

The lab is also improving methods for recognizing faces before and after heavy application of makeup.

“We submitted (our algorithms) to national enforcement agencies,” Ross said. “Once we submit them, we don’t

“Recognizing individuals is a fundamental function in society. We are automating this process. The power of biometrics is a large-scale recognition of individuals.”

Arun Ross Associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

other identifying features.

“Suppose I give you two face images,” Ross said. “Humans look at the eyes first, then the mouth, forehead and hairstyle.

Then we make a determination of who the person is. Computers look at the pixels, each one a color. An assembly of pixels is an image. So you can extract features from the images.”

Another professor from the Biometrics Research Group, Anil Jain, is known for his work identifying one of the Boston Marathon bombers using computer algorithms.

Jain was able to come up with a new way to accurately identify Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s unclear picture.

know where our algorithms are used.”

Some of the government agencies the MSU biometrics lab works with are the FBI, the National Institute of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.

The National Institute of Justice, NIJ, sponsored doctoral student Thomas Swearingen’s project in Ross’s lab.

Swearingen is trying to combine facial features with information available on social media.

“I am doing holistic matching,” Swearingen. “I look at occupation, age and social media. I want to know who their friends are, what they do.”

This is something the NIJ is deeply interested in, Swearingen said.

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“An FBI agent could have a fingerprint image that he wants to match to someone to catch him, so he might tamper with it,” Ross said. “Sudipta’s project would detect the tampering.”

The other students in Ross’ lab are working on projects to make it easier to identify people.

Doctoral student Steven Hoffman is working on expanding iris recognition from identifying darkly colored eyes, something that is already established, to identifying blue and green

Another law enforcement issue students are working on in Ross’ lab is the potential digital tampering of images.

Doctoral student Sudipta Banerjee is working on a project in Ross’s lab to identify what camera a picture was taken from and whether or not the picture was digitally tampered with.

“This can minimize the chances of falsely implicating someone in a case,” Banerjee said.

Ross said Banerjee’s project could help the FBI’s efforts

eyes as well.

One of the applications of his project would be to create an iris scan on smartphones to unlock them.

Yaohui Ding is working on bringing the entire gender spectrum into the world of biometrics.

“Sometimes it can be difficult to determine gender,” Ding said. “Gender can also be changed.”

Ding is building a model that would avoid gender information altogether.

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Student uses music to support environment

Music performance senior Joseph Herbst speaks during meeting on March 23 at 325 E. Grand River Avenue. Herbst is involved with MSU Greenpeace, a group that is leading a campaign against Walgreens to stop the use of krill oil in products. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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After meeting political composer Frederic Rzewski, music performance senior Joseph Herbst was inspired to take his saxophone and play to inspire people about various global environmental issues.

He said he hopes his music will spark interest in people so they never forget about environmental disasters, while spreading awareness to various environmental issues that have yet to be addressed.

He said his next song will be done within the new few months and be about the Flint water crisis. His inspiration for writing about the Flint water crisis came when he volunteered to help families in need of clean water.

“The stories that struck me most were the ones of parents not knowing if this was all their fault,” Herbst said. “They couldn’t prevent it because

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they didn’t know, but they still feel guilt because they’re a parent.”

He said the parents took the blame because they were giving their children lead-contaminated water without knowing it was dangerous.

“These are human beings and families that are being affected,” Herbst said.

Herbst is a part of MSU Greenpeace, a nonprofit student organization that hopes to raise awareness for global environmental and sustainability issues.

Last year, MSU Greenpeace led a campaign to have MSU Culinary Services switch to a more sustainable tuna provider. After many meetings, the residence halls agreed to switch tuna providers.

Communication junior Neal Page said the group is currently working on the use of krill oil in different products at various Walgreens locations.

MSU Greenpeace just finished walking the streets of Chicago to promote its cause.

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