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Tunnel of Oppression highlights social issues

BY JESSICA SATTLER JSATTLER@STATENEWS.COM

Biomedical laboratory science senior Fatima-Iram Din stood confidently at the front of a dark room Tuesday night, in front of a crowd which formed for this year’s “Tunnel of Oppression.” A single light illuminated her face as she announced four poignant words ­— “This is an exposition.”

For the next few minutes, Din spoke passionately about the terrorist group ISIS and the impact their actions are having on people overseas. Above all, she emphasized the lack of empathy in the United States for people in the Middle East.

While the piece certainly was an exposition of the Western world’s callous attitude to suffering it also set the stage for the rest of the evening.

Din’s performance was followed by the stories of five others and preceded by another. Each piece was an exposition of some topic the student speakers were passionate about or had experienced in their own lives.

Although the Union’s Mosaic Multicultural Unity Center is typically a bright location, with one wall made entirely of windows and the adjoining wall made entirely of mirrors, those windows were covered with black curtains.

It was a dim setting for the 2015 production of “Tunnel of Oppression.”

Psychology junior Grace Taylor Loring directed this year’s show after being involved with the group for the past three years. She said the topics change from year to year but are chosen based on relevance to the student community.

“Our topics this year include patriarchal effect on men, mental illness stigma, ISIS, George Will, s--- privileged people say, transitioning and body image,” Loring said.

The piece she wrote and performed last year, “My Smile,” was performed this year by theatre and arts and humanities freshman Camille Thomas. It focused on social stigmas of mental illness and the struggle of those who suffer from them, Loring said.

“A lot of (these) topics happen to people at MSU, but a lot of people think of oppression as a far-off land they don’t think it actually happens,” she said. “This gives real-world perspective.”

Another piece, “Affliction,” was written and performed by a participant who preferred to remain anonymous. The piece documents her struggle with emotional abuse at the hands of her father and her continuous journey on the road to recovery.

She chose to join Tunnel of Oppression and write her own piece because she wanted to give a voice to a type of abuse that is usually ignored or silenced, she said.

But getting to the point where she could perform the piece publicly wasn’t easy.

“The first time I performed (“Affliction”) in front of Grace, I bawled my eyes out,” she said. “All of these feelings I’d thought I’d repressed just poured out of me.”

At the conclusion of each show, the audience is brought to a debriefing room to digest the emotions of each story and engage in thoughtful discussion.

The debriefing was led by John Lee, a psychologist at the MSU Counseling Center. He joined the program at the behest of a former director who observed the powerful reactions audience members had to the pieces.

He believes in the power the show has in reaching people through stories of personal experiences.

“It isn’t us telling them what oppression is,” Lee said. “It’s not a powerpoint, it’s not a lecture. … It’s meant to give a voice to people who don’t have voices.”

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Student creates ‘Farm Lane Walk Sign’ dubstep remix

BY KATIE WINKLER KWINKLER@STATENEWS.COM

Before spring break, an anonymous post on Yik Yak sparked interest in applied engineering sciences freshman Maalik Jones.

The original post, which was among the top yaks in the area and received more than a hundred upvotes, suggested that someone should create a remix to the traffic signs that students hear when they walk on campus.

Jones and his creative colleague 20-year-old Detroit resident Elon Brown, took the yak as a challenge and created their own mix.

Brown created the beats and Jones rearranged them to end up with the final remix. The two finished “Farm Lane Walk Sign (Jupyter Remix)” in less than two days.

They created the beat from scratch using Reason and FL Studio, popular music production software.

The whole beat was built around the drop, the voice of the cross walk sign on Farm Lane.

Jones said they worked to incorporate something so simple into something maximized, like a remix.

The two decided to hold out on posting their mix on YouTube and SoundCloud until MSU students returned to campus from break. Their plan was to post the link to Yik Yak, first exposing the audience who wanted the mix originally.

“What I envisioned after the remix was fully completed was taking the song and playing it at frat parties, house parties, in their cars, headphones,” Jones said. “It was more for exposure.”

After they posted the link on Yik Yak, they had more than 1,200 views on YouTube, then it started circulating it through other social media.

“Farm Lane Walk Sign (Jupyter Remix)” has had almost 4,000 views since its YouTube debut on March 16.

The plan with the remix was to put something out for the school so by the time their name is out in the spotlight, students will recognize them, Jones said.

The two have been creating music together since they were toddlers, Brown said.

“I was crazy with the pots and pans when I was young,” he said.

It started during church choir at King David Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, where the two banged on the pews with sticks taken from the back of fans. Their mentor, Detroit resident Jaron Carter, suggested they start playing the drums, which led to their passion in music.

They have no intention of separating.

“I don’t think it will be individually because me and (Brown) work together,” Jones said. “When he goes somewhere, I’m there, and vice versa.”

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On Saturday afternoons in the fall, when the roars of football fans can be heard miles from the stadium, East Lansing mayor Nathan Triplett fondly recalls his time at MSU and his love for the city. Being both an MSU alumnus and East Lansing’s youngest mayor have given Triplett a unique perspective on the issues facing both East Lansing and MSU. “I’m past the point where I can walk around campus and feel like I blend in anymore,” he said. “But my story is the same as a lot of people who came to East Lansing to attend Michigan State — fell in love with the community and never left.”

In Triplett’s personal history, however, lies his most ambitious goal as mayor.

“In the past, policies made it difficult to get quality student housing close to campus. We have come around to the appropriate position that it is better for everyone to have these options close to campus.”

Nathan Triplett, East Lansing city mayor

The large student population has focused the economy of downtown East Lansing to be in large part tailored to serving students. When students are encouraged to stay and be part of the immediate East Lansing community, the downtown area will be able to see a more eclectic blend of restaurants, shops and available housing, Triplett said.

Even in the eight years Triplett has served on City Council, East Lansing has changed significantly as a community.

There has been a particular influx of international students and the look of downtown East Lansing has changed dramatically.

Triplett said he recognizes that at its core, East Lansing will always be a college town and a conflict of lifestyle is inevitable.

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With young people coming and going as their careers change, one of the incumbent mayor’s goals, he said, is to encourage more people to stay in the area as lifelong residents.

Accommodating the experiences of college students living on their own for the first time and people working typical business jobs is something Triplett finds valuable about the city. However, balancing the needs of both tends to be problematic.

“There was a period of time where we saw a lot of pressure to convert single family homes close to campus into student rental properties,” Triplett said. “But when we look at the kind of housing we have available now, we see lots of housing for undergraduates and options for well-established families, but nothing for people who fall in the middle of that spectrum.”

Triplett believes East Lansing has these two options for future development of the city: to sprawl outward or build up.

He’s in favor of more centralized development along Grand River Avenue.

The high price of housing within walking distance of campus encourages many students to move farther from MSU and even spilling over into nearby areas such as Okemos.

Development of affordable, high-quality housing for students still poses a challenge when it comes to keeping students close to the central area of East Lansing.

Recent multi-story developments — such as St. Anne Lofts or the currently under construction apartment building at 903 E. Grand River Ave. — exhibited the kind of development Triplett is looking for, but high rent prices at each are out of reach for many students.

“In the past, policies made it difficult to get quality student housing close to campus,” Triplett said. “We have come around to the appropriate position that it is better for everyone to have these options close to campus.”

No one can say for sure how the city will change moving forward, but Triplett is confident residents will continue to see East Lansing building upward.

“With higher population densities in appropriate central locations we find development is less costly, more environmentally sustainable and supports more people living there,” Triplett said.

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Edible book contest makes literature more appetizing

Residential College in the Arts and Humanities Communication Manager Katie Wittenauer judges arts and humanities senior Darby McGaw’s “James and the Giant Peach” inspired cake Wednesday at the Center for Poetry’s Edible Book Contest, hosted by the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities. McGaw’s cake won best in Children’s Literature. PHOTO: KENNEDY THATCH

the contest.

“There’s everything from word play to really beautiful literal interpretations to projects that kids did Cakes were being judged by their cover Wednesday at with their parents, and children’s literature to poetry to the great works of classic literature. It’s a hard MSU’s annual Edible Book Contest.

MSU’s Center for Poetry held the event to kick off choice,” Wittenauer said.

Steve Baibak, who runs the LookOut Gallery, said it national poetry month. They’ve held the event annuwas a tasty event, since all the entries were eaten after ally since 2008, Director Anita Skeen said.

This year the event had nine entries, plus a cake the contest was judged.

Baibak said the “A Hunger Artist” donated by the sponsor of the event, entry was funny. The book, by Franz the Theodore Roethke Home Museum.

Kafka, was represented by an empSkeen said the event parallels the “It was really ty plate with silverware next to it.

International Edible Book Festival, interesting just “(‘Charlotte’s web’) was a beautiful which is held in honor of French gasto get a chance to one. I think that was probably the best tronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Saeven consider if I -looking one,” Baibak said. varin, who was born in 1755.

The “Charlotte’s Web” cake won Arts and humanities and English were to make an best in show. sophomore major Hannah Warren, edible book what Baibak, along with many other who had an entry in the event, said book would I do attendees, thought the “Pride and Prejshe never heard about the event udice” entry, a white cake with white until Skeen, who is one of her proand how would I frosting, tasted the best. The cake won fessors, offered extra credit to pardo it.” the best literary classic award. ticipate in it.

What really awed many spectators “It was really interesting just to get Hannah Warren, arts and was the cake donated by the Roethke a chance to even consider if I were humanities sophomore House. The cake, made by artist Arla to make an edible book what book Slogor, was inspired by Roethke’s book would I do and how would I do it,” “Party at the Zoo.” Several fondant zoo Warren said.

Warren based her entry on “Holes” by Louis Sachar. animals decorated the cake, which had a foundation of She used a bundt cake to represent the image of the stacked books.

“We came at Anita Skeen’s invitation, but delighted to treasure found in the book, golden-wrapped chocolate eggs to represent gold, and she made Stanley Yelnats, do so, because Roethke House has wanted to have an outreach on a college campus during poetry month, and the main character, out of a marshmallow.

Warren said she thinks the most professional entry so this has launched our first one,” said Annie Ransford, was the “Charlotte’s Web” cake, and the most creative president of the society Friends of Theodore Roethke.

Ransford said Roethke, who is a Pulitzer Prize winone was “Superfudge,” written by Judy Blume. She also agreed that the cake inspired by Shakespeare’s “Julius ner and taught at MSU for a semester in the 1930s, was Ceasar” was the most violent, with red frosting and rumored to have taught his class from outside the building, sitting on a ledge. knives sticking out.

Other winners were “Heart of Darkness” for best pun, “Superfudge” won most creative and “Julius Caesar” won most humorous. Warren’s entry won most edible. represented by a dark chocolate brownie heart, and a Katie Wittenauer, communications manager for the “James and the Giant Peach” cake won the award for Center of Poetry, said she had a hard time judging best children’s literature.

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Spotlight Food in dining halls sourced from local farms, supporting Michigan economy

BY MEAGAN BECK MBECK@STATENEWS.COM

Step into any dining hall on campus and an overwhelming amount of food is present.

From tater tots and spaghetti to salads and desserts, MSU does not give its students and staff meals that might be found in a high school cafeteria.

Most of these meals are made on the spot, with the exception being items like bagels, which are made daily by MSU Bakers.

Utilizing the tools provided on campus to produce food for Spartans and letting students be part of the food cycle is important.

Carla Iansiti, Residential and Hospitality Services Sustainability manager, wrote in an email that MSU has always been a pioneer, but the vision is

to be “bolder.”

In 2005 President Lou Anna K. Simon introduced Boldness

by Design, which has been the framework for the Bolder by Design vision that was introduced in 2012.

Bolder By Design comprises six imperatives to make an impact on accelerating innovation, global impact and pursuing ideas.

“MSU Culinary Services views the university’s Bolder By Design initiatives not as a trend, but as a component of a permanent, evolving business practice,” Iansiti said.

Iansiti said that endorsing Michigan products is a priority.

“The majority of our students are from Michigan and by supporting the state, we are contributing to the Michigan economy and may be making it pos-

sible for more students to come to MSU,” Iansiti said.

The importance of members of the MSU community producing food and working with local partners is clear.

But where exactly is the food coming from?

UNIVERSITY GROWN As a university with roots imbedded in agriculture, it’s no surprise that a great amount of the food provided comes from the university itself.

At the Bailey GREENhouse, which allows students to gain experience in the food cycle and organic growing experiences, a variety of vegetables and herbs are grown and sent to be used in places on campus.

Joe Fox, a horticulture and environmental studies senior

and Bailey “Green Team” member, said currently there are plants like lettuce and spinach being grown.

During the summer, he said cucumbers, peppers and squash are grown.

“The majority of our students are from Michigan and by supporting the state, we are contributing to the Michigan economy.”

Carla Iansiti, RHS Sustainability manager

The amount of food that the greenhouse produces varies,

but Fox said about 120 pounds of cucumbers a week is possible in the summer.

In addition to the vegetables, the greenhouse also grows herbs such as thyme, oregano and sage.

These products are sent to locations including The State Room restaurant at The Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center and the test kitchen in McDonel Hall.

Fox said supporting local farms is important socially, economically and environmentally because it allows people to get away from relying on big-time factory farms and keep money within the community.

“It’s also important to bring (food) back to the community and get away from TV dinners that are allowing us to become lazy with social interactions,”

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Fox said.

The GREENhouse isn’t the only campus organization to produce food for the community.

The Student Organic Farm grows products for students by students that include vegetables and other organic foods for Brody Square and Yakeley Dining Hall.

Another program, MSU Beef, is a partial partnership with the Department of Animal Science and supplies beef served in dining halls and the MSU food truck.

Iansiti said culinary services is not the only one to benefit from partnering with organizations like Student Organic Farm.

“The relationships that evolved over the years with academics has proven to help provide a living learning laboratory for the

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students,” Iansiti said FROM THE FARM TO MSU Not every food product MSU serves is grown and made on campus, but the university connects itself with local and regional producers to strengthen the ties between MSU and the community.

In Michigan and other neighboring states, many local farmers and vendors produce goods which make their way into the dining halls and retail dining shops on campus.

The Farm to MSU program encourages this connection between MSU and local or regional partners.

Farmers who use sustainable farming techniques, such as crop rotation or crop diversity, are able to provide some of the fresh food items available on campus.

The program allows Michigan farmers, processors and distributors to market their goods and services in their home state while providing the MSU community with fresh, local foods when they are in season.

In addition to working with farms, MSU Culinary Services partners with 153 local and 314 regional vendors.

Among those vendors is Paramount Coffee in Lansing, which provides organic and fair-trade coffee in dining halls and at Sparty’s locations.

Woody’s Oasis, which originally opened in East Lansing, also works with culinary services and kosher meal service program is made possible in part of the partnership.

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PRODUCERS TO CONSUMERS Alexis Rife, an anthropology sophomore, said at The Gallery between Snyder and Phillips halls, sometimes the choices available are a complete mystery.

She said there is one section of the food court, choices are often meant to appeal to international students but she thinks more could be done to educate other students on the dishes.

“People are afraid to try what they don’t know anything about,” Rife said.

Students also question other elements of the cuisine.

In a previous State News article, Kat Cooper, communications manager for Residential and Hospitality Services, said the shortfin mako shark served in the dining hall was a U.S. domestic product and not from Argentina – which had originally sparked controversy.

“This domestic product is considered sustainable by our Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, who helps inform our sustainable practices,” Cooper said in the article.

When it comes time to choose a meal, students are more likely to gravitate toward picking something they are familiar with, and Fife said this might

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In the food cycle, from producers to consumers which then creates waste, Fox said it is important to close this food cycle.

“Knowing where your food comes from is really important but also trying to put it back into the system and looking to recycle and compost food waste,” Fox said.

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“All those dollars stay here in Michigan, and then they tend to lead to more jobs and more cycling of dollars in the economy,” Biernbaum said.

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As most students already know, MSU’s Final Four appearance is cause for celebration in East Lansing. But one MSU student is taking this chance to focus the basketball team’s success on activism for a charity that has personally affected his life.

Advertising senior Derek Blalock, who formerly worked for The State News, departed his home on Wednesday afternoon on his bicycle with his eyes set on Indianapolis. He is hopeful to make the 280-mile trip in three days, arriving on Friday afternoon before the Spartans take on Duke in the Final Four on Saturday evening.

“After I saw MSU beat Louisville on Saturday, I knew my friends and I were going to Indy,” Blalock said. “But I figured, why drive? This was too good of an opportunity to pass up.”

This trek to Indiana was a last-minute decision but is a way

to help train for a much larger goal — a cross-country trip planned for this summer.

Blalock hopes his two-and-ahalf month bike trip will bring attention to the Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation, a charity that funds heart screenings for youth athletes.

Thomas Smith, a high school friend of Blalock’s, died in 2011 because of a sudden cardiac arrest and an undiagnosed enlarged heart. He was 17 years old.

The memorial fund, started by his family, donates funding for heart screenings and electrocardiograms during all mandatory health physicals for young athletes.

“It may not seem like the biggest cause in the world,” Blalock said of the Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation.

“But way too many kids are affected by this. Tommy was a great kid with a bright future, and he had such an impact on the community.”

Blalock will depart from

Charleston, South Carolina on May 18 with only his bicycle, and a backpack and 6,500 miles ahead of him. The plan is to ride all the way to San Diego and then back to South Carolina.

Although he is far from an expert cyclist, Blalock is determined to go forward with his trip and bring national attention to an issue he finds extremely compelling.

He first thought of the idea in 2012, inspired by the film Forrest Gump. The trip to Indianapolis will be Blalock’s first overnight trip following months of indoor training and a way to bring attention to his cause.

“This weekend will help me gauge what needs to happen before I set out this summer,” Blalock said. “But I’m not nervous about that. So many people are already coming to support my website and donate, the reaction has been unreal.”

The goal is to ultimately donate at least $25,000 to the Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation, he said.

FAC T The trip from East Lansing to Indianapolis, Indiana is about 280 miles.

Blalock’s planned cross-country trip is about 6,500 miles.

FAC T The Thomas Smith Memorial Foundation was named after a 17-yearold athlete who died because of an undiagnosed heart condition.

Features

Casey Holland Features editor features@statenews.com @sn_features

Roial Players offers acting venue for all The group meets in the basement of Snyder and Phillips Halls and performs improv comedy and one-act shows, among other things

BY ZOË SCHUBOT ZSCHUBOT@STATENEWS.COM

Nestled in the basement between Snyder and Phillips Halls, the RCAH Theater is home to the Roial Players, a student theater group that has a niche for anyone.

The Roial Players put on a variety of plays and improv comedy shows each semester, all of which are put together by students.

Roial stands out from other theater groups on campus mainly because it is 100 percent student run. Students have the opportunity to direct, write, work backstage, compose music and design advertising for the productions.

They are based within the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, but students of all majors are encouraged to try out.

Their primary goal is to create an open and interactive environment where students from all backgrounds feel comfortable and able to express

their creativity.

“We bring people together through theater, but we don’t have just theatre majors, we have all different types of people doing all different types of things,” said arts and humanities sophomore Kristi Pollum.

Members of Roial have also expressed that it provides a welcoming atmosphere to explore new areas or continue in an area students feel passionate about.

The environment is relaxed and students can share their creativity and express themselves freely.

“There’s no judgment here,” media and information junior Savannah Smith said. “People can always be themselves. …

It’s just the best kind of people come here and people are always welcome.”

In addition to the variety of opportunities for involvement, Roial also aims to appeal to a wide range of audience. Their repertoire includes improv comedy shows, one-act productions, a variety of plays and a talent

showcase. Roial provides students with the opportunity to try their hand at writing plays as well. They frequently put on shows written by students.

This previous weekend the Roial Players performed a couple of their one-act plays in the RCAH Theater.

One-act productions are short scenes from various works that run about 15-20 minutes, according to executive director in training and professional writing junior Lauren Gaynor. Microbiology senior Matthew Wexler and psychology sophomore Andrea Howes perform Falling The plays will consist of four Stars March 25 during a dress rehearsal. The two actors are members of the Roial Players, a student scenes, each directed by a pair run and organized performance arts group. PHOTO: KENNEDY THATCH of students.

Directing a show as a student has its challenges, but these student directors believe that with their directing experience they are learning valuable lessons outside of the classroom.

“On a professional level, Roial has taught me organizational skills and how to handle everything being student run,” Gaynor said. “We don’t have a professor or an adult telling you ‘this is what you have to do.’

We’re doing it all ourselves.”

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Club offers students opportunities for meditation Meditation and Mindfulness at MSU teaches students different types of meditation that are practiced worldwide

BY KARAM HADID KHADID@STATENEWS.COM

To meditate is to engage in mental exercise for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

The Meditation and Mindfulness Club at MSU seeks to provide the student population with this sense of relaxation and reflection.

The club was formed last year by Hokyo Routhier, who has since graduated from MSU. Currently, philosophy senior Dan Catterall is the lead facilitator and is running the meetings.

“I lead discussions and make sure the discussions stay on track, and sometimes I lead meditation,” Catterall said.

There are several different techniques of meditation practiced worldwide.

Historically, meditation practice developed in ancient Greece and is currently looked as a way to enhance a spiritual connection. Additionally, meditation is highly looked upon by several religions, including Buddhism.

Despite this, some of the benefits of meditation are not commonly known by the general public, and some view it as a waste of time.

Catterall looks at it differently.

“Once I began trying it [meditation], I noticed a huge difference in my life. I was a lot more calm and energized. I had more focus,” Catterall said.

The club meets every Monday evening at 6:30 p.m. in room A134 Wells Hall.

The meetings are open and free of charge to anyone looking to learn more about meditation and engage in it, from beginners to experts.

“Meditating in a group is way more beneficial than individually, I have found personally,” Catterall said.

Each session has about 8-15 people in attendance — a perfect size for what the group does.

A typical session consists of some form of meditation for at least 20 minutes, followed by some mindfulness practice, which is a short discussion about the practice and any relevant topic coming from that.

“I like it quite a bit,” communication senior Sanjay Bisht said. “The benefits of meditation are many, and we are lucky to have a club here at MSU that promotes it.”

Bisht has been attending sessions all semester.

Anyone interested in attending a session or learning more about the Meditation and Mindfulness club can come to Wells Hall for their weekly meetings.

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Greg Monahan Opinion editor opinion@statenews.com @thesnewsopinion

State News editor responds to letter, reaction

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Did you participate in the bagel throwing at Cedar Village?

49%—No, why would I do that?

39%—No, but I wish I had!

BY SIMON SCHUSTER SSCHUSTER@STATENEWS.COM

I usually refrain from publishing my opinions in The State News. I’m a news editor, and it’s pretty far from the purpose of my job. But I wanted to use this opportunity to respond to the anonymous letter published in Tuesday’s edition of the paper and to some of the reactions it has received.

As the editor who coordinated coverage of this past weekend’s assemblies, I’m directly responsible for ensuring news reporters don’t refer to the events in Cedar Village as riots.

It’s a call we’ve made from the beginning of the events, and one I’ll continue to make, provided things don’t escalate.

But the reasons have nothing to do with race or politics.

It boils down to something much more boring than that, I’m afraid — the law.

Under Michigan criminal law, specifically the Riots and Related Crimes Act of 1968, riots

have a clear definition. They must involve five or more people acting together to “wrongfully engage in violent conduct and thereby intentionally or recklessly cause or create a serious risk of causing public terror or alarm.”

To insinuate that the weekend’s assemblies contained violent conduct — by referring to them as riots — would be inaccurate, based upon what I and other reporters on the ground have seen.

If that changes, so will the terms our reporters use to address it.

We should also consider the comparison the author of the letter made to Ferguson, Missouri. From August to December 2014, 25 businesses were destroyed by intentionally-set fires in and around Ferguson, costing about $4.5 million in damages, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.

All motives or justifications aside, one situation involved the destruction of private property on a large scale. The other involved primarily leading chants, setting fire to newspapers and clothing in the street and throwing an inexplicable number of bagels. The discrepancy is clear.

The terminology we’ve used

doesn’t represent a commentary or valuation of the events in either scenario. It’s simply employing journalism to represent the situation in an accurate way.

The writer of the letter does make an important point that in December 2013, we did initially characterize the revelry in Cedar Village as a riot.

I was one of the reporters on the ground that did just that and can own up to the mistake.

The editors at the time did later make the decision to amend the coverage to not employ the word riot.

However, I can guarantee that The State News, as an organization, does not cave to pressure from any individual or authority when it comes to the content of our reporting.

They reassessed the events of that night, decided that our previous coverage represented a mischaracterization of what occurred, and made the change.

Regardless of societal perceptions of theses situations, a riot is a legal concept with legal repercussions. It’s a felony. We simply can’t purport students have committed certain crimes when the charges they’re facing don’t reflect it.

It’s also important to address

students who opposed the publication of this letter. I can’t speak for the opinion editor or the editorial board, but I can clarify some facts.

When we allow a letter to go to print, it doesn’t indicate an endorsement of that opinion by The State News, and it doesn’t act as an acknowledgment of the argument’s merit.

It does mean, however, that to some extent the points being made warrant at least a modicum of attention, if not dialogue.

It’s crucially important to our mission here that we, as MSU’s newspaper, are accountable to you, the students. When we receive such pointed criticism about our reporting, I believe it’s vital to the health of our organization that we acknowledge it in some respect.

Make no mistake, the history of rioting in the U.S. is one deeply infused with racial connotations. Regardless of the validity of the argument, it raises questions about our coverage that we or the community may not have considered.

That, for me, is enough to warrant a read.

Simon Schuster is the breaking news editor for The State News.

He can be reached via email at sschuster@statenews.com

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12%—Yep, and it was a blast.

TOTAL VOTES: 57 AS OF 5 P.M. WEDNESDAY

EDITORIAL: ELPD overreacted to Cedar Village celebrations EDITORIAL Last weekend’s celebrations at BOARD Cedar Village were unexpected and far from outside the norm EDITORafter a big MSU victory.

IN-CHIEF They were also far from Celeste Bott harmful.

East Lansing police were OPINION on site and ready to control EDITOR Greg the crowd before things even Monahan started.

They made some arrests that STAFF REP Meagan Beck were certainly warranted. Setting fires and throwing bottles MINORITY are dangerous acts that could REP Sergio result in serious harm.

MartínezBut the ELPD also seeming- Beltrán ly made arrests which, to The State News editorial board, appeared to be overreactions.

A handful of students were reportedly arrested, not just for setting fires or throwing bottles, but also for throwing bagels.

“The disorderly conduct ordinance prohibits throwing objects in a public street or sidewalk,” ELPD Lt. Steve Gonzalez told the Detroit Free Press earlier this week. “I guess what you want to stress with that is while throwing a bagel in and of itself is not a very dangerous act, and it’s certainly kind of benign in nature, but what we saw with that is when people started throwing the bagels it became a crowdwide thing to do.”

The fact that a police lieutenant would openly agree that throwing bagels is “not a very dangerous act” makes us believe the ELPD is overstepping their bounds by making arrests for something which is relatively harmless.

A disorderly conduct charge could potentially ruin a student’s life. To have a black mark like that on your record could easily have a negative effect on an individual’s chance to get a job or get into a school they want to attend.

Those charged were rumored to face possible eviction from their apartments and even the possibility of expulsion from MSU. While the individuals who were burning things and throwing dangerous objects certainly deserve to be punished, bagels are not dangerous. The likelihood of someone being injured by a thrown bagel has to be pretty minuscule.

Punishing those students in a similar fashion to those who actually were putting others in danger is a serious overreaction.

Hopefully both the courts and MSU will look at each of these cases on an individual basis.

Even taking mob mentality into account, it is not worth ruining a student’s life over throwing a piece of bread.

Final Four

Geoff Preston Sports editor sports@statenews.com @thesnews_sports

Transfer Eron Harris goes home to Indianapolis

BY OMARI SANKOFA II OSANKOFA@STATENEWS.COM

West Virginia transfer guard Eron Harris hasn’t traveled with the Spartans this season as he sits out due to NCAA transfer regulations.

However, he will be with the team this weekend — not to play against Duke in the Final Four, but to see his family.

Harris, who transferred to MSU last summer after averaging 17.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game during his sophomore season at West Virginia, is an Indianapolis native. He looks forward to the opportunity to be with his family, with whom he will watch the Spartans on TV. “It’s great, I get to go home and it’s probably going to be a big gathering of people that’s going to watch the game with me,” Harris said. “I’m probably not going to watch the game because of lack of tickets but that’s OK with me because I’ve been watching the game on TV the whole year and we’ve been winning when I watch them on TV.” Harris didn’t reveal the reason why he transferred from West Virginia, but said the decision was driven by emotional reasons.

“At this time, I would just say God took me out of there,” Harris said. “I was there, I went through some emotional things, I wanted to get closer to my family, and some other things that were going on for me. It was about me. I got out of there and I came here, and it was a good decision to come here. Leaned a lot, I get to be a part of this Final Four run, this championship run. So I’m excited.”

As a member of the scout team, Harris hasn’t been on the front line of MSU’s Final Four run. But he said the experience of being a behind-the-scenes contributor has been surreal.

Junior guard Denzel Valentine said earlier this season Harris is one of the toughest guys to defend on the team. Harris often assumes the role of the other team’s best player during practices.

“We feel like we have a huge part, and they let us know,” Harris said. “They let us know. To me, it’s all them. They’re the guys on the team. At the same time I understand my role. They told me to help make these guys better by going hard every day, and that’s what I did.”

Harris said his family has stuck with him through his decision to transfer and sit out a season. He has two remaining years of eligibility.

“They’ve helped me a lot, just emotional support, just logical support,” he said.

“My dad, he’s there for me in the sense that he says, ‘you’re a grown man, you can make your own decisions, when I’m also going to tell you what’s real. And when I tell you what’s real, you can make your own decision from there.’”

Harris said he knew the Spartans had a special chemistry last summer, when he witnessed his teammates’ effort in practice.

“During the summer when I saw how we were going so hard and … from top to bottom from the staff to the players to the managers, everybody, chemistry everywhere,” Harris said.

“It’s one of the main things. We have a very strong bond and I think that’s what’s going to take us to the top.”

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How Izzo compares to his fellow Final Four coaches

BY JONATHON CHUN JCHUN@STATENEWS.COM

A lot has been said about MSU basketball head coach Tom Izzo over the past several weeks, and deservedly so.

Izzo has once again led the Spartans to the Final Four for the seventh time.

Izzo’s career numbers place him among the best active coaches in college basketball. But how does he compare to the trio joining him in Indianapolis this weekend — Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, Kentucky’s John Calipari and Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan?

CAREER TOTALS This number has to be taken with a grain of salt, considering Krzyzewski has coached at least 500 more games than any of his cohorts. In fact, he’s coached more than double the amount of games Ryan has. Still, his 1,016 career wins are the most all-time in college basketball.

Izzo’s 495 career wins place him third among the group, trailing Calipari by 140 wins and holding an advantage of 109 wins over Ryan.

A career-winning percentage is a more valuable tool to use when dissecting these coaches. All four rank among the top-60 for all-time winning percentage, but who places first and last among the group might be a little surprising.

Calipari leads the Final Four coaches and ranks 13th all-time with a 78.2 winning percentage, which is four above Krzyzewski’s 76.6 percent mark.

Izzo ranks last in the group as he has compiled a winning percentage of 71.4 percent, which just trails Ryan at 71.9 percent.

TOURNAMENT RECORDS All of these Final Four coaches have been making the NCAA Tournament on a consistent basis.

After getting there, this is also where

Krzyzewski, Calipari and Izzo start to pull away from Ryan. All three have at least 45 tournament wins and a winning percentage above .700. Meanwhile, Ryan is only 24-13 in the tournament and could not get past the Sweet 16 until just last season.

But Ryan is making his second consecutive Final Four appearance.

That falls short to the others however, who have a combined 25 Final Four appearances. Krzyzewski tops the list with 12 Final Fours and four national championships, while Izzo and Calipari have just one championship each.

Izzo does hold a slight advantage over Calipari in Final Four appearances with seven to Calipari’s six.

As a lower seed, however, Izzo thrives. His 13 wins as a lower seed are an NCAA Tournament record.

MSU’s seven Final Four appearances since 1999 also lead the nation during that time, while Krzyzewski and Duke have only four.

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