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Senior guard Keith Appling gets emotional after the game against Connecticut on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Spartans’ Final Four hopes crushed with 60-54 loss to UConn

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NEW YORK — It’s over.

The streak so well known by seemingly everyone in the country — that every fouryear senior recruited by head coach Tom Izzo has made it to the Final Four in their time at MSU — is over.

The team was 40 minutes away “That streak doesn’t mean anything to from one on Sunday in “the city that never me, as dumb as it sounds,” Izzo said. sleeps,” but the Spartans said goodnight “Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes to their season as they fell 60-54 at the 2014 streaks are made to be broken. It hands of No. 7 seed Connecticut. wasn’t going to go forever.”

It’s been the theme of the year, but From here on out, the 2013-14 Adreian Payne, Keith Appling and Dan Spartans will be known as the Chapman are the first senior class team that lost the momennever to reach a Final Four under TOURNAMENT tum and ended their coach’s head coach Tom Izzo. unique streak.

Although Izzo said the streak Even if Izzo isn’t telling “doesn’t mean anything” to him, the whole truth about how much the streak a quiet Appling said it was tough to see it come matters to him, the same couldn’t be said to an end. about senior Adreian Payne.

“The Final Four, that meant a lot to me and “As the game got closer and closer to endmy teammates,” Appling said, his face in his ing, it was on my mind a lot, every hudhands. “For us to come up short and have an EW YORK — It’s been said over and over again – this MSU team has never been to a Final Four.

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Sophomore guard Gary Harris shoots as Connecticut guard Ryan Boatright guards Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Spartans lost in the Elite Eight, 60-54.

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Same-sex marriages recognized federally

Alpha Phi Alpha hosts fashion show

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Same-sex couples who were married last week in Michigan will now be recognized by the federal government, according

to a statement released Friday

by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

The couples also will be eligible for marriage benefits, such as insurance coverage and employee benefits.

Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman declared Michigan’s ban on gay

marriage unconstitutional.

The next day, clerks in four counties, including Ingham, opened their doors and married nearly 300 same-sex couples statewide.

Last week, Gov. Rick Snyder said the state recognized the marSee MARRIAGE on page 2 u

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DNA EVIDENCE LINKS SUSPECT TO CEDAR ST. SHOOTING

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Police have uncovered DNA evidence linking Grand Rapids resident Marquay McCoy to the scene of hospitality business sophomore Dominique Nolff’s murder, according to court documents obtained

by The State News.

Testimony from a March 20 h e a ring indicates police believe the shooting McCoy wa s a rob bery gone wrong, with McCoy shooting Nolff and his room-

mate and fleeing the scene.

East Lansing police Det. Dan Brown testified during a court hearing on March 20 that blood samples found at the scene match McCoy’s DNA. Marquay McCoy allegedly attempted to rob Nolff and his roommate of medical marSee McCOY on page 2 u

Studio art junior Nicole Anderson, right, and education sophomore Rakala Cosley pose Saturday during the Alpha Phi Alpha hair and fashion show at Lansing Eastern High School.

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Enrollment deadline for Health Insurance Marketplace is Monday Monday is the last chance for the uninsured to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace and avoid the possibility of incurring a fine and waiting another year to sign up.

The Marketplace, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, is a health exchange where the uninsured and otherwise can search for and enroll in health care policies that suit their desired level of coverage and cost.

Although enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace is not a requirement, any person without health care coverage in 2014 might be subject to a fine under the Affordable Care Act. The fine for a single adult without health care coverage for a year is either $95 or 1 percent of their income after $10,150, depending on which amount is higher. Paying the fine does not grant enrollment or coverage.

The first open enrollment period ends 11:59 p.m. on March 31. Enrolling for coverage through the Marketplace is offered on an annual basis, so those who miss out on the first cannot enroll until 2015.

The exceptions that might allow enrollment after the 2014 period closes are changes in family status and loss of other health coverage.

Enrollment in the Marketplace is possible at www.healthcare.gov.

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opportunity to come so close, it just hurts so bad.”

In the end, it was the Spartans — seeded fourth but seen as one of the remaining national title favorites — who robbed themselves of a trip to Arlington, Texas for the Final Four. MSU tallied 16 turnovers, but the way that number soared happened in a fluky way.

Appling let a ball slip through his hands and go out of bounds on a routine inbounds play. Some passes were to the cameramen out of bounds. A few times, MSU just fell asleep and lazily gave the ball away.

“Those turnovers definitely cost us,” sophomore guard Gary Harris said.

Other than Harris, who led the Spartans with 22 points, the offense couldn’t get anything going. In the first 30 minutes of the game, only three Spartans scored from the field. Payne and junior for ward Branden Dawson were locked down in the post, evidenced by MSU’s six points in the paint.

The clog inside caused the Spartans to fire off 29 3-pointers, but the 11 that fell through weren’t enough to earn them the trip to Texas.

“They definitely tried to force me out and to take jump shots,” Payne said.

“They did a great job in the post of sending backside help. So it was kind of hard to get the ball down low.”

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ijuana and a MacBook computer, according to Brown’s testimony.

During the felony and complaint warrant portion of the pretrial process, Brown testified McCoy allegedly used a 9mm handgun in the shooting. He said an altercation occurred during the shooting that left blood samples on the scene which, according to testing

by Michigan State Police, matches McCoy’s DNA. McCoy previously denied

ed with marriage, such as joint insurance and adoption rights.

Snyder cited the continuing court battle as the reason for the hold on benefits.

“After comprehensive legal review of state law and all recent court rulings, we have concluded that same-sex couples were legally married at county clerk offices,” Snyder said in a statement last week. “However, the couples’ marriage benefits are suspended until further court rulings are issued on this matter.”

Holder’s decision, however, means newlywed same-sex couples would still qualify for benefits of marriage and be recognized as legal, even if the state of Michigan does not offer them the same benefits as straight couples.

“For purposes of federal law...

these Michigan couples will not be asked to wait for further resolution in the courts before they may seek federal benefits to which they are entitled,” Holder said in a statement. “These families will be eligible for all relevant federal benefits on the same terms as other same-sex marriages.”

Dave Murray, a spokesman for Snyder, said the state had no other choice but to hold off on issuing benefits after the stay was issued.

“The issue in Michigan is that the couples were legally married on Saturday prior to issuing the stay,” Murray said. ”(Once) that stay was issued, there was no other option than to suspend the benefits in accordance to Michigan’s law.”

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dle,” Payne said. “For us losing, and Keith (Appling) and I and Dan (Chapman), not to make it is disappointing.”

It started in Izzo’s fourth year at the helm in 1999, when the No. 1-seeded Spartans breezed through the tournament before losing to Duke in the national semifinals.

Seniors Jason K lein, Thomas Kelley and Antonio Smith started the streak, but came up just short of a title.

The next season was the year of the Spartan, with one of the most well-known

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and talented MSU teams in history — a squad that included the lauded “Flintstones” Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and Charlie Bell.

MSU went again in 2001, but then saw a four-year hiatus until the 2004-05 campaign, when Alan Anderson, Tim Bograkos and Andy Harvey joined the club.

When Izzo talks about the streak this season, he’s brought up Travis Walton, and it took until his senior year in 2009 to get to the last stage of the Big Dance.

It was another back-to-back Final Four sequence that saw then-freshman Derrick Nix see a Final Four banner raised at the Breslin Center.

“I didn’t put a lot of emphasis on it all year,” Izzo said. “I

don’t think they did. We were so discombobulated half the year.

We hardly ever talked about it.”

In past seasons, such as when Walton was a senior, Izzo said they talked about getting to the Final Four morning, noon and night.

Looking at the year as a whole, it’s hard to argue that it hasn’t been a good one.

Sky-high expectations to the lowest of lows, all coupled with the resurgence and determination the last few weeks of the season have turned things around, streak or no streak.

“Sometimes that happens with pressure,” Izzo said. “Sometimes it happens with pressure.

I just wanted our team to capture the moment and learn from it, so next year we can be better at what we do.”

involvement with the shooting in court.

Several of Nolff’s friends and family members declined The State News’s request for comment on the police’s findings.

McCoy is being charged with open murder and multiple robbery charges. His preliminary exam was scheduled for March 28 but was adjourned until May 8 for McCoy’s attorney to do additional research on the case.

The blood samples in combination with McCoy’s parole violation contributed to Brown recommending no bond be issued for McCoy on March 20.

“He then violated, absconded from his parole less than 10 days after that and cut off his electronic tether,” Brown said at the time. “He is a high risk of flight and a danger to our society.”

Documents show that McCoy

was arrested for the parolerelated offense in January 2013.

Nolff and his roommate, hospitality business sophomore Corbin Holwerda, were shot on Jan. 31 in their apartment on the 200 block of Cedar Street.

Both were taken to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, and Holwerda was released in the early morning of Feb. 1.

Nolff was pronounced dead at about 9:30 a.m. that morning. According to police, the autopsy report showed that Nolff was shot five or six times in an unspecified area of his body.

McCoy, 19, is accused of attempting to rob the two roommates. He was arrested on Feb. 18 in Grand Rapids after violating his parole and later became a person of interest to East Lansing police in Nolff’s murder.

Clerk Barb Byrum and East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett held a press conference with local officials, activists and same-sex couples to draw attention to the issues.

They also sent a letter to Holder urging him to recognize samesex married couples in Michigan.

“While Governor Snyder and Attorney General Schuette continue to play politics and pander to the far-right, same-sex couples married last weekend will no longer face discrimination in the eyes of the federal government,” Byrum said in a statement commending Holder’s decision Friday.

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For UConn, it was guard Shabazz Napier who sparked the Huskies’ offense with 25 points to help them cut down the nets. “(Napier) wasn’t going to let his team lose,” Harris said.

“He was the one making the big plays for them at the end of the stretch, and that’s why he’s such a great player … because you could just see by playing against him, he’s a winner and he willed his team to victory.”

MSU started the game by watching the Huskies take an early 12-2 lead, but the Spartans clawed their way back into it. Hot shooting from Payne closed the gap, but it was Harris’ 3-pointer that gave MSU its first lead of the game, 22-21.

The Spartans silenced the UConn-heavy crowd early on in the second half by taking a 32-23 lead. From the look of it at the time, appeared to be all MSU for the rest of the game.

Until UConn rallied behind the crowd to go on a 12-0 run to take a 35-32 lead with 10:23 left on the clock.

It didn’t end there. Three minutes later, sophomore guard Denzel Valentine was easily pick-pocketed by UConn’s Niels Giffey for a fastbreak dunk to take a seven-point lead.

It was all but settled from there.

MSU got close, bringing the game to within two points after Payne hit two free throws with a minute to go.

However, Appling fouled Napier on an attempted 3-pointer with 31 seconds left. Napier hit all three shots, icing the game from the foul line.

Appling ended his career fouling out with two points, four turnovers and the foul that allowed UConn to seal the game.

Payne finished his career with 13 points on 4-of-14 shooting and nine rebounds.

Chapman scored the final points of the season on a banked 3-pointer as time expired and the Husky celebration was underway.

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MSU officials consider social media regulation in classes

Relay for Life inspires strength in numbers for Spartans

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If university officials decide to act upon committee recommendations, faculty and students could see more efficient regulation of social media use in the classroom.

The Ad Hoc Committee on Social Media, Pedagogy, Academic Rights and Responsibilities presented its final report to the University Council Tuesday and soon will head back to the Steering Committee for further review.

The Ad Hoc Committee was formed in response to Professor William Penn’s anti-Republican rant earlier this year, which spread on social media and was popular in the news. Penn could not be reached for comment.

In the final report, the committee makes several recommendations, including urging staff and faculty to establish clear policies on whether or not students have permission to record lectures and share them with classmates.

The committee looked to peer institutions policies and found that out of 17 peer institutions, eight had policies in place.

The report also recommended requiring students to take a course in digital literacy and presentation to ensure professionalism and responsibility online.

Professor William Donohue chaired the committee and said the class “might be required if it became a really popular class,” but concluded that it would probably just be an elective.

Informing students of their rights and defining what they can and can’t do is a step in the

right direction, ASMSU Vice President for Academic Affairs Mitchell Goheen said.

“As social media becomes even more ingrained in our lives, I can definitely see issues occurring of students or faculty unknowingly violating some (intellectual property) policy or law and a bit of education, such as including it in syllabi, could really prevent that,” he said.

During his presentation on Tuesday, Donohue reiterated that material ownership goes both ways. For example, faculty cannot use student works as class examples or in their own portfolios as examples of student growth without student permission, Donohue said.

Chemistry professor Robert DeLuca, who advised the committee, supervises a Facebook page for his chemistry students, where classmates can ask for study tips and homework help from other students in different sections. He said social media has been a positive tool in his classes.

Geoff Rushton, the social media manager at the Office of Social Media at Pennsylvania State University, said his office already monitors affiliated social media sites to identify issues and has policies in place that clarify what students can and cannot do.

Although it is the Ad Hoc Committee’s final report, Donohue said that the policies will be reviewed annually if not every semester to keep the policy up to date with changing social media.

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The clock struck 8:30 p.m. when Breslin Center went dark.

Relay for Life leaders took to the stage, ready to rally the inspiration.

The crowd stood, unactivated glow sticks in hand, ready to stand together and remember the loved ones they lost to cancer.

The leaders called out to the crowd, asking those who had lost family members to crack their glow sticks, illuminating the room with hope and remembrance.

In the end, they all had someone to relay for.

In what is believed to be the biggest Relay for Life on campus, Spartans Fighting Against Cancer organized the event that ended up hosting more than 3,000 participants on Friday.

“It takes more than one person to fight back and find the cure ... the entire student body comes together for one reason and (it) is to fight against ca ncer,” Spa r ta ns Fighting Against Cancer President Annah Bravo said.

This is the first year for MSU and greek life to partner in organizing the Relay for Life event, which went on from Friday evening to Saturday morning. This year’s event included the participation of 30 fraternities and 14 sororities.

For Greek Week co-director Tony Biallas, the reason for greek life participating annually is because, for many,

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Relay For Life participants release balloons at Relay For Life held on Friday at Breslin Center.

Students showed their support by staying from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

“It takes more than one person to fight back and find the cure ... the entire student body comes together... to fight against cancer.”

Annah Bravo, Spartans Fighting Against Cancer president

the disease hits close home.

“Not only to greeks but to everyone, cancer affects so many of the people around us and our loved ones,” Biallas said.

Marketing sophomore Alison Wilson agreed with Biallas.

“Everyone has had problems involving cancer, and it’s really important to get together,” Wilson said.

Biallas said members of g r e e k c om mu n it y r a i s e d

$159,729.57, accounting for 70 percent of the revenue of the event, which totaled $228,115.85.

“Relay for Life is a big part of our Greek Week and is something that we all support,” Biallas said.

For elementary education senior Emily Brooks, her participation in the event this year was more meaningful than ever before.

“I really wanted to be a part

of it since it’s my senior year, and in general it’s an exciting year,” Brooks said. “I did participate last year, but from the Greek community not everyone was required to participate ... you needed 20 people from each team,” she said.

Brooks, who is part of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority, said what makes the event special is the high number of people who attend and show their interest.

Relay for Life included a series of events including dance shows and the highl y- a nt ic ip at e d Lu m i n a r i a Ceremony, where participants light luminaries to remember their loved ones.

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Tea Expo showcases Chinese tea ceremony

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In Chinese culture, a full circle is highly valued — it symbolizes a good beginning followed by a good finish.

This ideal is a prominent theme in traditional Chinese tea ceremonies. Students were invited to see this practice in action Friday at the Tea Expo hosted by the Oriental Leaves Chinese Tea Art Club.

Students were met by members of the club, who stood armed with stacks of small plastic cups they provided for guests interested in trying the tea.

“We want lots of people (at MSU) to know Chinese tea culture,” marketing senior and club president Yang Li said. “I think it is fancy and interesting.”

The room was lined with booths outfitted with posters detailing the health benefits of the different types of tea featured at each station.

As they took in the room, students were encouraged to taste the various teas.

Among the selection, the club had white, black, green, oolong and Pu’er-type tea, which is a variety of fermented black tea.

Throughout the night, mem-

bers of the club paired up to perform intricate Chinese tea ceremonies.

One member delivered a commentary on the moves the other member was making as she brewed and served the tea.

Students watched as the commentator carefully laid out the steps being performed, with no move left unexplained. In one instance, a commentator even explained that it was important to keep everything clean while performing the ceremony, as it is a sign of respect.

For elementary education senior Jiaying Chen, Chinese tea culture has several meanings.

“People will give tea as gifts because it shows the highest respect,” Chen said.

The feeling of respect and being polite to people is carried over to other situations.

Chen said she joins her friends for afternoon tea time and the experience is calming. She prefers the conversation and relaxed personal atmosphere over the bump and buzz of a party.

Chen continues to drink tea and sometimes perform the ceremonies because it helped her stay healthy when she made the shift from high school to college.

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"(I drink tea) because it is important for me to maintain a healthy body,” Chen said.

Indicative of the cultural presence the night was filled with, club members were even dressed in traditional Chinese dresses called qipaos or cheongsams.

Students also got to take part in various games throughout the night.

The games ranged from identifying which tea they were tasting to drawing a teapot on the blackboard. They were even

offered the chance to try brewing the tea themselves.

The event drew a wide audience, including many students who had never tasted Chinese tea before. Some Chinese students even brought their American friends to the expo and encouraged them to try the tea.

“I’m really happy to see different people from different backgrounds,” nutritional sciences senior Qianyang He said. “If you know how the tea is made, you can enjoy the tea more.”

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With less than eight months before midterm elections, the race for Michigan’s 8th congressional district was blown wide open Friday after an unexpected announcement from Republican Rep. Mike Rogers that he will not seek re-election.

Republican Rep. Mike Rogers announced Friday that he does not intend to run for re-election Rogers, representative for the district that includes East Lansing, said in an interview that he was leaving his seat to host a nation-

al radio program.

A written statement said he “had a career before politics and always planned to have one after.”

For Democrats gearing up for the 2014 election season, this might indicate a change in fortunes, if statistics are any measure.

Incumbents in the House of Representatives are reelected on average more than 90 percent of the time, but when a seat is vacated, the election is generally much more competitive.

Joshua Pugh, communications director for the Michigan Democratic Party, was hopeful for his party’s prospects in the district, which was tightly contested when Rogers won office in 2000 but won by wider margins in the last three elections.

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out our voters, I bet it’s going to be very competitive,” Pugh said.

“We’ve got a very strong bench of Democratic local-elected leaders in Ingham County and also Oakland County. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few of them step forward.”

Primaries to select each party’s candidate will be held in August.

None have come forward as of yet to vie for their party’s ticket.

Rogers is chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, a position which thrust him into the national spotlight during last year’s revelation of the NSA’s collection of inordinate amounts of data from Americans.

He called the individual behind the leak, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, a “thief,” and suggested he might have been working with the

Russian government, to widespread criticism from Snowden’s supporters.

Despite Rogers’ indication to leave the political sphere, it’s unclear if that will be a permanent decision. He coyly skirted questions this weekend on whether he might pursue a higher office — the presidency.

On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace pointed out that former President Ronald Reagan also hosted a radio program before running for the presidency, to which Rogers replied “Ronald Reagan used his platform on radio to run for president of the United States? I had no idea, Chris.”

Wallace asked if he intended to leverage the platform in the same way. He said he would “take it where it goes.”

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Don’t blame Appling for UConn loss Before you hate on Keith Appling for his performance in MSU’s 60-54 Elite Eight loss to UConn, take into consideration what was at hand. Appling struggled mightily in his final game wearing green and white. He didn’t have the storybook ending that so many before him have had.

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The real tragedy? You using religion as an excuse to discriminate Let me start by saying that never, not for a second, should the Bible or God be used to determine the fate of thousands of same-sex couples across the state. The Constitution, not the Bible, is the law of the land, and for good reason. I’m also a Christian and have been my entire life. Although this should never be an argument used in court, there’s another side to the story of God and gay marriage.

Derek Kim is just one man. I’m sure he’s taken his fair share of personal attacks and insults in the past week. I ask that while debating with him, you stick to the point and are kind. Personal attacks don’t make for a stronger argument. He spoke for himself and for the others who represent that viewpoint.

Those people break my heart. I pray that they’ll see just how wrong they are.

I was raised to believe in a God of unconditional love. Unconditional love for everyone, with no stipulations or requirements attached. Loving someone doesn’t mean that you try to “love” the sin out of them. It means that you love them, and when you love someone, you want to give them the same rights, opportunities and freedoms that every American is provided.

Homosexuality is not a sin. It does say in the Bible that man shall not lie with a man

as he lies with a woman. You know what else the Bible says? It says lots of crazy stuff that no one follows anymore. I’m wearing polycotton blend yoga pants, but no one’s tried to tell me that was a sin today. Not only that, but I have pierced ears! No one shouts at me on the street because of it. There’s no law to ban shellfish from Red Lobster.

Why homosexuality? Because it makes you uncomfortable?

You might think that the definition of marriage came from the Bible. What you need to realize is if you’re looking for that definition, you’ve gone to the wrong place. The biblical definition of marriage is not exclusively one man and one woman. In Genesis 2:24, sure it is.

But in Deuteronomy 22: 28-29, it says a virgin who is raped must marry her rapist. Doesn’t that destroy the sanctity of a loving union?

Abraham, Gideon and numerous other biblical characters had multiple wives and concubines, all legally allowed by the definition of marriage. So which definition of marriage are we destroying again?

Conservative Christians might not want to acknowledge this, but marriage has already changed. Marriage isn’t a union between a man and a woman, and it hasn’t been for a very long time. Marriage is two people who

come to together and accept benefits — Erik under the law from their union. These benefits, such as the ability to co-adopt children, visit a dying loved one in the hospital and be their next-of-kin for medical and financial purposes, mean everything to couples. What effect does it have on your life if a couple has those benefits? Denying people access to these rights because you claim to love them is nothing short of bigotry hiding behind a Bible verse written thousands of years ago.

Before you talk about gay marriage, remember that you’re talking about people.

People who God instructed you to love above all else. Remember that when you use your religion to hide behind your own prejudices that you’re not sharing the whole story — the story of God’s love. You’re also discounting the validity of other human being’s feelings and rights, which doesn’t sound like something Jesus would do.

Nicky Bates, social relations and policy senior, batesni2@msu.edu

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Opposing views undeserving of closeminded responses

It’s really easy for people to say “don’t hurt him for his opinion! It’s just his opinion!” when he was given the power to brazenly attack members of the LGBT community, saying we’re immoral, & out to get people.

It’s not just one person. It’s not just Derek Kim. It’s this entire society that attacks members of the LGBT community for being who we are. I’m sorry, but if someone thinks that I’m out to ruin society, make them gay (because??? that’s totally possible right?) or that I’m immoral, it’s a little hard for me to think, “well I bet he’s a nice guy.” No. That was hurtful. That was a part of all the other hurtful shit that’s thrown at the LGBT community. People can say “sticks & stones” all they want, but when you live in a hostile environment where you have to worry about friends & family members leaving you for who you are, then stuff like this is part of the problem that needs to be fixed. I’m willing to be you that a large part of the people who are crying “leave him alone” or “don’t be so offended” aren’t queer. (comment continued at statenews.com) kevin, March 26

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ast Tuesday during a speech in the Netherlands, President Barack Obama announced sweeping reforms that would drastically curtail the National Security Agency’s controversial data collection program leaked last year by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Under the proposed plan, the NSA would end its blanket acquisition of phone call records. Phone companies would retain this data, with the government able to access certain records only with permission granted from a judge. For the average citizen, this reform would mean that the government would no longer have the ability to systematically snoop through our private phone records.

Since Snowden infamously leaked more than 1,000 classified NSA documents detailing the once-secret intelligence program, many of my friends and classmates have accused the president of overstepping his authority. Feeling betrayed, these students, many of whom who voted for Obama last election, have expressed disappointment in the president’s apparent disregard for civil liberties and the right of privacy. Some have accused him of acting like “Big Brother,” or something even worse — a Republican.

Given all the criticism from young and old people alike, Obama has apparently decided that a change is necessary. In an attempt to show his good faith, Obama’s announcement has been successful in de-escalating criticism directed at his administration. Michelle Richardson, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union called the White House plan a “crucial step in the right direc-

tion” and said that the changes would “replace phone calls of suspected terrorist threats.

“This administration puts forward a false choice the dragnet surveillance of millions of innocent people with targeted methods that are both effec- between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide,” Obama said. The tive and respect Americans’ constituguest columnist Bush administration “acts like tional rights.” violating civil liberties is the way Since announcing his proposed to enhance our security.” changes, I have observed a sudden After the Snowden leak, howchange of heart among the president’s ever, Obama seemed quite comformally demoralized supporters. The fortable with NSA snooping. criticism that once was so passionate“You can’t have 100 percent ly expressed by students seems to have security and also then have 100 dissipated and been replaced with sighs percent privacy and zero inconof relief and praise for the president. venience,” Obama said. “We’re My question to these students is why Alex dardas going to have to make some on earth does President Obama deserve dardasal@msu.edu choices as a society.” any credit whatsoever? Let me be clear, He denounced the actions of I fully support reigning in NSA surveilwhistle blowers like Snowden, lance. The current intelligence gathering system is a blatant form of government intru- asserting “If any individual who objects to govsion and is in direct contradiction with the ide- ernment policy can take it into their own hands als of a free society. But were Obama’s actions to publicly disclose classified information, then truly a reflection of his commitment to a freer we will not be able to keep our people safe, or society or political calculation aimed at quiet- conduct foreign policy.”

The president’s remarks last Tuesday should ing his detractors?

Here are the facts. If it wasn’t for Snowden, no be considered more than a shift in policy — it’s changes to the NSA would have been made. Peri- a confession. By recommending reforms, he was od. Not only that, if he hadn’t come forward, we admitting that the secret NSA surveillance prowouldn’t even be aware that our privacy is being gram Snowden made public is an abusive overinvaded. The idea that we should feel comforted reach of power. In his statement, Obama called because the Obama administration has decided his plan for reform an example of us “slowly, systo gradually reform a previously classified gov- tematically putting in more checks, balances, legal ernment spying program is laughable. The notion processes.” He argued that the proposed changes will help achieve and safeguard “the core values that we should feel appreciative is insulting.

This is the same man who as a candidate in that America has always believed in — in terms 2007 railed against the Bush administration for of privacy, rule of law, individual rights.”

Then why is Snowden not being celebrated as its intrusive warrantless wiretapping policy on

a hero? If these reforms truly do eliminate the abuses of the current NSA surveillance system, doesn’t Snowden deserve a thank-you? Since the administration is admitting there is a problem and that civil liberties are not being properly respected, why is the man responsible for alerting the American people of this injustice being persecuted? Why has he been forced to take asylum in Russia? And why, Mr. President is he a traitor in the eyes of the U.S. government?

Do not be fooled. These NSA reforms might actually protect our civil liberties. They might, if indeed implemented, limit government surveillance on ordinary citizens and prove to be a step in the right direction. But look at the circumstances necessary to achieve these changes.

What if Snowden would have stayed quiet? What if he had done what he was told and instead of taking matters into his own hands had kept the damning secrets of an abusive state quiet? Would we be having this conversation today? I doubt it.

Don’t be manipulated. I am not a Republican, I am not a Democrat. This column is not being written to score opportunistic political points for either side. This is not an issue that should be boiled to petty party politics. Red and blue, they all have mud on their hands. It’s about time we recognize that our liberties are gradually being eroded by the very individuals we pay to be our ‘representatives.’ Reason, therefore, must be prized more than rhetoric, skepticism embraced over blind party allegiance, and truth valued above all else.

Alex Dardas is an international relations and journalism junior. Reach him at dardasal@msu. edu.

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Girls walk the runway for Alpha Phi Alpha Education sophomore Rakala Cosley poses Saturday during the annual Alpha Phi Alpha hair and fashion show at Eastern High School, 220 N Pennsylvania Ave. The show is run entirely

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English freshman Amanda Tabbey sings on Friday at International Center during the Spartan Voices singing competition. She placed 2nd in the event.

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“We do the fashion show every year to bring something unique to campus. The show helps build girls’ confidence.”

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Amidst loud music and flashing lights, models strutted their stuff on the runway for the MSU Alpha Phi Alpha fashion show Saturday night at Eastern High School in Lansing.

This year marked the 12th annual fashion show. The show, “Sweet Dreams, Beautiful Nightmare,” was broken into several scenes.

The “Candyland” portion of the show featured colorful clothing and lively, innocent dancing, while models wore elegant gowns for the “Head in the Clouds” scene.

In the “Moulin Rouge” scene, the models sported lingerie.

During the “Hair Asylum” scene, the models walked around while a girl was getting her hair done on stage.

Unlike most fashion shows, the show put extra emphasis on unique hairstyles.

The models’ hair was styled

Tyler Hendon, Vice President of MSU’s Alpha Phi Alpha chapter

in everything from pinned curls to bold single braids.

The fashion show lasted around two hours.

The show drew to a close with a final scene, “Feeling Dangerous,” where all of the models came out dressed in suits and ties, mimicking a Las Vegas setting from the 1980s.

After the final scene, all of the models and show coordinators appeared on stage and the audience erupted into a full applause.

“We do the fashion show every year to bring something unique to campus,” said Tyler Hendon, vice president of the Alpha Phi Alpha chapter.

“The show helps build girls’ confidence, and ends up being a great experience they can enjoy,” he said.

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“We really dedicated ourselves to make sure everything was right,” Hendon said.

With a show entirely run by MSU students, finding time to practice proved stressful, Hendon explained.

Theatre freshman Kayla Walton, one of the models in the show, said the participants practiced for hours every week over several months to perfect their scenes.

Walton said she got involved after hearing about it last year.

With this being her first year at MSU, she said she wanted to be a part of it to show the MSU community who she is.

“I want people to be like, ‘Who’s that girl?’” Walton said.

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This year’s Alpha Phi Alpha fashion show drew 500 attendees, ranging from students to community members Chemical engineering junior Rachel Karanja said she came out this year after loving last year’s show.

“If you go to MSU, this is a must-see show,” Karanja said. “At least once.”

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For one student, Spartan Voice was more than just a singing competition.

In addition to a chance to perform live, media and information junior and Spartan Voice champion Michael Finney decided to try out for the opportunity to help a friend, Bryan, a high school student with a similar passion for music.

Spartan Voice is a UAB-hosted singing contest where students try out for a chance to sing solos. After they perform in the competition, they’re critiqued by a panel of three judges. The prize for the winner of the contest was a trophy and recording equipment.

The contest was a chance to get that recording equipment for Bryan, whom Finney has been mentoring.

“I missed singing and any chance I can get to perform on stage I’d like to take advantage of,” Finney said. “I was hoping to win to get some equipment that I couldn’t afford to send over (to Bryan),” he said.

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Make a key decision, and a good impression. Tell friends you’ll see them later.

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Don’t get stopped by old fears, but don’t rush, either.

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Study the situation. There’s another possible problem here. Be prepared for physical labor, with discipline. Revise the language to suit the audience. Reward yourself... fall in love all over again.

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New problems develop. Avoid reckless spending. Make sure all the pieces fit. Stash valuables in a safe place. Concentrate on your love.

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Redshirt freshman Aerial Powers charges past Hampton guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas on March 22 at the NCAA Tournament at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C. MSU won, 91-61. spartan basketball

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Young players helping to build foundation More than anything, the 2013-14 women’s basketball season was one of transition.

Defense versus offense.

Fast break versus half court.

Experience versus youth.

It initially was an uneasy marriage. Freshmen Aerial Powers and Tori Jankoska approached basketball similar to how a college freshman might approach a Welcome Week party — looking to score.

Seniors Klarissa Bell and Annalise Pickrel preferred a slower style of basketball root-

ed in defensive intensity.

After a slow start to the season, the Spartans managed to find a workable balance between the methodical play of Bell and Pickrel and the running-and-gunning style of Powers and Jankoska.

The freshmen bought into the defensive side of the ball, and the seniors relented and allowed Powers and Jankoska to play their game on offense.

Powers and Jankoska stepped up and became MSU’s No. 1 and No. 2 scorers, with Pickrel, Becca Mills and Jasmine Hines occasionally fulfilling that role.

But it wasn’t quite enough.

In close games, the Spartans found themselves looking at each other instead of finding ways to score, and it did them in last week, as the Spartans fell to North Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Part of it comes from the conundrum of freshmen playing a huge role. Talent doesn’t substitute experience. Losing Kiana Johnson to suspension also hurt the Spartans.

Despite the season’s end, one can’t help but be intrigued by the future of the program. Powers arguably had the greatest freshman season in MSU women’s basketball history, and was robbed of the Big Ten Freshman of the Year honor.

Jankoska is capable of lighting the scoreboard up. Redshirt freshman Branndais Agee also emerged toward the end of the season.

Next season, there will be no surprises. It likely will be Powers’ team, with Jankoska, Hines, Mills and Agee providing spacing and post play. Powers often was the loudest and most passionate player on the court for MSU, a definite positive.

This season was a changing of the guard. Next year could be a leap forward for the program.

Omari Sankofa II is the State News women’s basketball reporter. Reach him at osankofa@statenews.com.

It all clicked when he realized how much was on the line — how much he could win or lose from the results of one match.

Senior heavyweight Mike McClure f i n i she d i n f i f t h place at the NCA A McClure Wrestling Championships with All-American honors earlier this month, but it was not an easy journey.

“Some guys get All-American and make that their goal … that’s not the note I want to leave on … I wasn’t satisfied. I want to end my career with no regrets,” McClure said.

McClure left an impact on the program as a leader who set an example for his teammates Seeded seventh, McClure started the tournament with a match against Pittsburgh’s Patrick Tasser. When they tied and went into overtime, that was when he said he wouldn’t give up. “ T hat (moment) i n t he match just clicked. I thought to myself, ‘It’s go time. You

worked way too hard. Turn the match around,’” he said.

Ta k i n g d o w n Ta s s e r, McClure won the match, 6-4, then proceeded to take fifth place after four more sessions of wrestling, beating No. 3 seed Adam Chalfant.

“I k now how hard he’s worked and trained,” head coach Tom Minkel said. “His work et hic is remarkably strong and he is a good leader on the team — not in the verbal sense, but you follow him on what he does.”

What McClure has learned the most from this journey, though, is that he should never have any regrets.

“I wanted to leave it all out there, and that’s exactly what I did,” McClure said. “I wanted to look back and not shed a tear or say, ‘I could’ve gave it more.’”

Minkel said McClure represents all the things you want in an athlete. He said having him around for five years made McClure a part of Minkel.

“You get close to and see them everyday, so it’s hard to see them leave, but you played a role in their development — it’s a lot like parenting,” Minkel said.

Besides the wrestling techniques that allowed him to finish high in the tournament, McClure said Minkel also has helped him grow.

“I had two younger brothers on the team in high school, so

I was never alone,” McClure said. “College is a lot different and more competitive — I’m around guys who are state champions.”

Throughout the years, he has learned to open his eyes and see what he was missing when he was “a little shy and conservative” and used to go home ever y weekend. Now, his teammates have become his second family.

“My teammates mean the world to Mike Mcme, I’ll still Clure, stay in touch Senior w it h t he m , wrestler but I’ll miss the times in the locker room, the trips we took,” he said.

Wherever McClure chooses to go after graduating in May — among his options is the WWE — his teammates and coaches will serve as valuable friends and mentors.

“You serve as a guidance from 18 to 23 (years old),” Minkel said. “I look forward to watch and follow him in the future.”

“ “I wanted to look back and not shed a tear or say, ‘I could’ve gave it more.’”

baseball

spartans take two in road trip

By Robert Bondy rbondy@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

MSU baseball used a surge of scoring and stellar pitching in a doubleheader Sunday afternoon to salvage a series victory against Minnesota, improving to .500 in Big Ten play.

After dropping the series opener on Saturday, 4-2, the Spartans were able to win both games on Sunday, holding the Golden Gophers scoreless in both games. MSU (12-11 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) won the first game 15-0, and the second game 5-0.

The 15-0 win in Sunday’s first game snapped a three-game losing streak for MSU. Pitching was key for MSU on Sunday, with sophomore Justin Alleman and redshirt freshman Cam Vieaux both producing strong outings. Alleman went eight scoreless innings in the front end of Sunday’s doubleheader, only surrendering five hits, and Vieaux went six scoreless innings, giving up only three hits.

The Spartans were led offensively by junior outfielder Jimmy Pickens and junior designated hitter Blaise Salter in the threegame series. Pickens finished the weekend with two hits in each game and a .600 batting average. Salter compiled five hits nd eight RBIs in the three games.

MSU struggled on Saturday to get anything going offensively, generating only six hits in the game. The Spartans fell behind early, but were able to get the game within two runs in the top of the seventh inning. MSU had runners on second and third base in the inning, but freshman second baseman Johnny Nate struck out swinging to end the Spartan scoring threat.

Junior pitcher Mick VanVossen recorded the loss, giving up four earned runs in six innings.

The following day saw better fortune on the diamond for the green and white, starting with a 15-0 thrashing in the first game of the doubleheader. MSU scored all 15 of its runs between the third and eighth innings, including five runs in the fourth and

six in the seventh. The Spartans finished with a total of 13 hits from nine different players.

Sophomore outfielder Cam Gibson finished the game 3-for4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Salter also was an offensive weapon, hitting 3-for-5 with four RBIs. MSU completed the Sunday sweep in the second game, keeping the Golden Gophers off the scoreboard again.

The Spartans were able to take the lead early on, scoring in four of the first five innings. Salter and senior catcher Joel Fisher each homered in the game.

Spartan pitchers held Minnesota to only four hits in the game.

MSU will return to the field on Tuesday at Eastern Michigan.

Depending on the weather, MSU is scheduled to host Oakland for its home opener on Wednesday and will head to Cooley Law School Stadium on Thursday for the eighth annual Crosstown Showdown exhibition game against the Lansing Lugnuts.

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