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MSU PROFESSOR STILL WORKING TO FIND MISSING 4 MONTH OLD

During second term Obama strives to help college kids

By Darcie Moran

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Whether dead or alive, police and MSU scientists are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to learning the fate of a missing 4-monthold Ludington, Mich., baby — a conclusion they hope to Telewski reac h w it h community help.

Police and scientists, such as Frank Telewski, a plant biology professor at MSU and curator of the Beal Botanical Garden, are urging anyone with an interest in plants and justice for Katherine Phillips, known as Baby Kate, to apply for an upcoming search party to find plant matter associated with the case. Telewski has led the scientific research done at MSU for the investigation.

It’s been almost two years since then 4-month-old Kate last was seen with her father, Sean Phillips, before he returned home hours later with her clothes inside-out in his pocket, her car seat in the trunk and a different pair of shoes on than when he left.

The original shoes, discovered through a search warrant, have been the key to the case’s progression, as the dirt on the soles has helped narrow the places Sean Phillips could have taken his daughter before she went missing.

“It was kind of disappointing to come up empty,” Telewski said of his time spent scouring forested and grassland areas with Ludington police Detective J.B. Wells to find plant matter associated with the case.

He said a search party hopefully will increase the likelihood of getting more answers than if they continued searching on their own.

“If we can begin to narrow these areas, then hopefully the Ludington police will be successful in finishing the job,” Telewski said. “It’s only a matter of time now.”

Wells said of finding where Sean Phillips walked June 29, 2011 — the day Kate went missing.

“We never know when that day is going to happen, but obviously this is exciting. I’m just very confident to eventually find out where he was … You want to know all this time and effort and work has paid off, and justice will be served.”

Wells previously said Kate is now believed to be dead. Her father, Sean Phillips, is serving

Since his re-election, President Barack Obama has come through on several issues related to college students, while others still hang in the balance waiting for action.

“Through tax credits, grants and better loans, we have made college more affordable for millions of students and families over the last few years,” Obama said in his State of the Union address. “But taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize the soaring cost of higher education. Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and it’s our job to make sure they do.”

One of Obama’s promises to students included creating a way to evaluate which colleges appeal to their specific needs.

Days af ter the president’s speech, the U.S. Department of Education released an interactive Col- Rep. lege Score- Sam card — a Singh, compilation D-East of college Lansing tuition prices, enrollment numbers, graduation rates and other statistics that could be a factor in a student’s college decision.

Director of the Office of Admissions Jim Cotter said the scorecard shows Obama is trying to provide students with a simple way to compare similar information about colleges.

“I think it’s targeted enough that it may indeed allow students to make some pretty equal types of comparisons,” he said.

During his address, the president proposed increasing the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour, which would be an increase from Michigan’s $7.40 rate and could mean a bigger paycheck for some MSU students.

According to a poll conducted a few days after Obama’s speech by the Pew Research Center, about 71 percent of Americans support the increase.

On March 5, Rep. George

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From left, kinesiology senior Chelsea Ross, no preferance freshman Shamaz Quince and no preference freshman Helen Adams, use an iPad to vote for ASMSU general assembly candidates at an ASMSU-hosted carnival on Sunday.

REPRESENT ASMSU Events during Election Week:

BATTLE OF THE LATE NIGHTS Competition among Conrad’s College Town Grill, Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, and Bagger Dave’s to see which restaurant has the best food.

The first 1,000 students will receive free food.

TIME: Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.

LOCATION: Jenison Field House NE-YO CONCERT TIME: Thursday, 7 p.m.

LOCATION: Breslin Center Price: $30 for students ASMSU also will have tables with laptops and iPads located on campus for students to instantly vote. All undergraduate students are eligible to vote in the elections online at studentelections. msu.edu

The voting begins for MSU’s student government

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elicia Jansen wants to make a difference on campus. Sunday, she walked around a carnival hosted

by ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, introducing herself to students and, unknown to her, ASMSU President Evan Martinak.

The biomedical laboratory science junior met Martinak for the first time while she campaigned as a candidate for ASMSU’s general assembly. ASMSU’s annual election week started at 8 a.m. yesterday and runs through April 15. All undergraduate students are eligible to vote for their respective general assembly representative, constitutional question changes and class councils.

“I’ve been part of leadership positions on campus in different organizations before, but ones that don’t have much scope over campus,” Jansen said. “I’m really excited to have an opportunity to really make a difference on campus.”

Jansen is running for one of about 35 positions as a representative position on ASMSU’s general assembly.

ASMSU occasionally flies under the radar because many students are unaware of the organization’s work, but election week serves as an opportunity for the group to step into the spotlight and try to improve on last year’s 8.7 percent student-voter turnout.

Election week hoopla With some students unaware of ASMSU, the organization is rolling out the red car-

James Madison sophomore Kaitlyn Beyer texts while manning a voting booth during the ASMSU carnival on Sunday in a parking lot adjacent to the Breslin Center. The carnival was hosted in order to encourage undergraduate students to vote.

pet for election week with a handful of events meant to engage students across campus, including Battle of the Late Nights, a food event, and a Ne-Yo and Hot Chelle Rae concert.

ASMSU kicked off the week’s festivities with a carnival open to the student body and the East Lansing community Sunday.

While the carnival boasted six rides and served as an opportunity for candidates like Jansen to interact with students, it also displayed how hard ASMSU might have to work to attract student attention. Not many students were in attendance Sunday afternoon — aside from fairground workers and candidates, about 20 people were observed on the fairgrounds at any time throughout the afternoon.

Outside of the events, ASMSU hired individuals to help boost voting numbers by running polling tables outside various popular cafeterias with laptops and iPads to instantly vote, ASMSU Event Planning Manager Rebecca Ruhlman said.

Martinak also added the student government worked with MSU IT Services to have university computers automatically launch the election site, studentelections.msu.edu, when logging in.

Psychology junior Demetri Clanton was aware of the upcoming elections, but thinks the addition of fun events can get students more excited about voting.

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Everyone goes green with sustainability

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Laurie Thorp, director of the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment, introduces the Bailey GREENhouse to participants of the USGBC regional conference Sunday.

For students who attended the U.S. Green Building Council Students Regional Conference this weekend, “Go Green” was more than just a cheer for the university’s colors.

The U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, student group at MSU hosted more than 60 students and professionals interested in sustainability on campus for the region’s first conference. Participants watched movies about sustainable topics Friday, lis-

tened to speakers Saturday and took a tour of MSU’s sustainable efforts on campus Sunday. Students learned new ideas for sustainable practices and leadership skills to bring back to their own campus.

Speakers Saturday included representatives from MSU Culinary Services who talked about using local foods and recycling in the dining halls.

USGBC students from other colleges talked about their sustainable efforts, which Amelia Richards, an interior design senior and MSU USGBC student group president, said was a good way for stu-

dents to learn from each other.

“It helps bring awareness of what we’re doing as a university to the other schools,” Richards said. “Michigan State used to be way at the bottom of the Big Ten of our energy consumption and our waste and that type of thing, and since we’ve gotten our recycling center and different types of stuff, we’ve moved way up as one (of) the top few spots.”

USGBC is a nonprofit organization with chapters across the nation focusing on sustainable practices. MSU’s chapter of USGBC started in January 2012. The group includes a variety of majors

and meets to discuss sustainable topics. The group also participates in contests, including this year’s Campus Conservation Nationals, where students from universities across the nation competed to reduce the amount of electricity and water used on campus.

The event also served as a networking opportunity for students, including Molly Black, an environmental economics and policy junior and MSU USGBC student group member.

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Police brief From buring couches to Christmas trees, police punish rioters One individual has been arrested and three others have been ticketed following the series of furniture fires set after MSU’s loss to Duke in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

On Thursday, East Lansing police Capt. Jeff Murphy said following the arraignment, police will release the names of the individuals involved, although media reports state a 22-year-old MSU student was arrested.

Murphy said the person is charged with inciting a riot and standing within 300 feet of a fire.

Murphy said three others were ticketed in relation to the fires set Saturday. One individual was ticketed after reportedly lighting a Christmas tree on fire in his backyard.

Police said two others were ticketed for attempting to light a television on fire, although the city attorney since has dismissed the charges for further investigation.

Police still are offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any individuals involved with the fires.

Police encourage anyone with information on the fires call the East Lansing Police Department at 517-319-6884 or email elpdtips@elpolice.com.

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catch the students’ eye,� Clanton said when asked what would help boost voting numbers. “I feel like students have short attention spans.�

Numbers don’t lie Compared to Big Ten rivals, ASMSU fails to post high voter turnout numbers.

Patrick Courtney, vice president of administration for Indiana University Student Association, said their voter turnout has reached as high as 9,000 in recent years, about 27.7 percent of its population, where ASMSU had a turnout of 8.7 percent last

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kind of puts more emphasis on it.�

Though some might argue voting on more powerful positions would increase voter turnout, Martinak considers ASMSU’s voting process to be more beneficial to helping provide their best service from the bottom up. “Forty-thousand people don’t know who I am, 35 know who I am quite well,� Martinak said. “We don’t have the capacity to inform all the voters about me and my policies and interests, and I don’t want it to turn into whoever spends the most money wins, which it is at some other places.�

Importance of voting Psychology senior Stephanie Johnson doesn’t put much interest into the ASMSU elections. “I’m a senior and this is the first time I’ve even heard about

it,� Johnson said.

To combat this, the student government allocates funds for special events and promotions near election week. ASMSU allocated up to $25,500 from the special projects fund for the carnival yesterday and $250,000 for the concert Thursday.

Martinak considers undergraduate students voting in the elections important because it is their voices that need to be heard. “It’s important because ASMSU is the way for students to let their voice be heard,� Martinak said. “We always say ‘Let your voice be heard, vote in the ASMSU elections.’ Your vote will determine the individual or group of individuals who will be representing your entire college at the university level, city, state and federal level at a sense, and these are the folks who will be creating the new services for you.�

material have been identified from Sean Phillips’ shoes and he hopes more will be found before the June 28-29 search.

Telewski said a more recent discovery in the plant matter on the shoe — an algae known as diatom — has led investigators to believe Sean Phillips might have walked in an area that either had standing water previously or at the time.

Wells said on the days of the search, anywhere between 50 to 150 volunteers will line up equipped with a plant guide spe-

cifically developed for the case by The Field Museum in Chicago and make their way through specific areas believed to have all the plant matter from Sean Phillip’s shoes. Volunteers will be asked to document the different species of plants in hopes of finding the location of Kate’s remains or where Sean Phillips walked.

Telewski said applications are being accepted and although those with background in plant identification are preferred, even those with a simple interest in nature are encouraged to apply.

He said people should not be nervous of finding Kate’s remains, as this is unlikely and not the immediate goal of the search. “The more people involved the better,� plant biology graduate student Matt Chansler said, adding the chance to work with experts in the field and learn the applications of his plant knowledge are encouraging factors as he considers applying. “It’s a really good chance for forensic investigators or people in plant biology to solve this mystery and really contribute to the community.�

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a 10- to 15-year sentence for the unlawful imprisonment of his daughter, although he is in the process of an appeal.

Wells said 10 pieces of plant

year. In comparison, the University of Michigan normally is 11 percent, Ohio State University had about 17 percent in 2011-12, and Penn State University had about 19 percent.

Though ASMSU’s elections involve students voting on the general assembly representatives, the Indiana University Student Association votes for the executive office positions, which includes the president, vice president of administration, vice president of congress and treasurer.

Because ASMSU has a parliamentary system, MSU students are unable to vote directly for executive positions.

Clanton considers the low voter turnout to be from the different voting styles other Big Ten student governments have in place. “I probably would because of that label, that title,� he said. “It

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Miller, D-Calif., and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, introduced the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2015. “Despite all they do to keep our economy running, minimum wage workers earn just $7.25 an hour — not enough to pay the bills, much less aspire to the American Dream,� Harkin said in a statement.

The GOP has voiced concerns about the bill, which could fail to pass in the Republican-controlled House — a common occurrence state Rep. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, said is holding back efforts toward reforming higher education. Singh is a mem-

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ber of the Michigan Legislature’s House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education. “With the conversations breaking down between the Republicans in Congress and (Obama) and the sequestration occurring, those hopes and promises for higher education have been (put aside),� Singh said.

Obama also encouraged Congress to change the Higher Education Act to include value and affordability in determining how much funding a college receives.

The Higher Education Act first was signed in 1965 and is reauthorized every five years.

It last was signed in 2008 and is due for reconsideration this year. Congress has the opportunity to make any changes to programs, student loans, how students obtain financial aid or how colleges receive government funding, but has yet to introduce legislation so far.

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major (and) career paths, (and) they don’t tell you a lot about that in classes,� Black said. “I think (the conference is) really important for young people because when we get our own home, we can implement these things.�

Anthony Offak, USGBC students national chair for region seven, which includes Indiana,

Michigan and Ohio, attended and spoke at the conference. “Whether or not you believe the impact (humans have) on our environment, there are some of us that are very passionate about it,� Offak said.

Evan Foster, vice president and co-founder of Wayne State University’s USGBC student group, attended the conference. Foster said MSU really uses its school colors and higher tuition to its advantage by encouraging students to “go green� and using extra funds to promote the cause. “There’s a lot more they could do, but there’s a lot more anyone could do,� Foster said.

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EL RESIDENTS PROTEST FOR US PROTECTION IN IRAN East Lansing members of the Iranian American Cultural Society of Michigan stood on the corner of Abbott Road and Grand River Avenue to recognize the second anniversary of an attack at Camp Ashraf, a city northeast of Khalis, in Iraq, which left

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36 camp members dead, including eight women and 345 wounded. Two former MSU professors survived the attack and are residing in Camp Liberty, a former U.S. military installation in Baghdad, protestor Hamid Khorrami said.

Camp Ashraf was a refugee camp for the organization People’s Mujahedin of Iran that was attacked by a combination of the Iran and Iraqi government on April 8, 2011.

According to media reports, the U.S. government said if

they gave up their defense system, they were going to protect them. When the attack occurred, U.S. troops were not close by.

Khorrami, an MSU alumnus and member of the Iranian American Cultural Society of Michigan, said they rallied to press the U.S. to send protection to the camp.

“We want the U.S. government to take action to protect our friends and family because they promised,” Khorrami said.

Khorrami said camp

residents are living in concentration camp-like conditions with no running water or security amidst a battle zone.

“These are not normal people because they are educated and very devoted to making Iran have a better government,” Khorrami said.

Khorrami said former MSU professor Mohammad Mohaddess is at Camp Liberty, but Mohaddess could not be reached for comment at press time.

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Portland, Mich., resident Mike Smith organizes supplies within his kayak Friday, April 5, 2013, at Wonch Park.

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Holt, Mich., residents from right, Kyla Mefford, 9, and Angel Gillespie, 9, sing karaoke song “What Makes You Beautiful,” on Saturday, April 6, 2013, during the Breslin Takeover II hosted

by MSU Student Parents on a Mission at Breslin Center.

22 TEAMS PARTAKE IN 160-MILE KAYAK RACE TO LAKE MICHIGAN

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For Colin Bright, three days on a river in the Michigan wilderness seemed like the perfect way to test his outdoor limits.

“I was the kid that had to be yelled at to come inside, always in a tree or in the lake or something,” the environmental biology and zoology senior said early Friday morning, just before jumping in his kayak.

Bright was one of 42 outdoor enthusiasts who raced down the Red Cedar River in the MSU Outdoors Club’s Campus to Coast canoe and kayak race last weekend.

The race commenced at Wonch Park, in Okemos, in the Red Cedar River, and continued west into the Grand River, eventually ending at Lake Michigan in Grand Haven, Mich.

The paddlers departed at dawn on a chilly Friday morning and finishers arrived at Lake Michigan at varying times between late Saturday and Sunday night, said Clint Adams, the club’s alumni adviser who coordinated the event. The race is a long, difficult, 160-mile-plus journey, Adams said Sunday afternoon when eight of the 22 teams participating finished the entire course.

While Bright was at first dreading the cold weather and long hours of paddling, his trek came to an end when his team dropped out of the race early Sunday morning, Adams said.

Club volunteers were monitoring racers throughout the course and waiting at designated checkpoints to provide help when needed, Adams said.

“We could call this just a canoe-kayak race, but it’s not.

It’s really an adventure race,” he said. “You have to be prepared for so many different things, it’s not just paddling — (it’s) so long and you vary in so many different types of water.”

Adams said some teams canoed for up to 17 hours straight, or more in some cases, while portaging over dams and camping overnight in des-

“We could call this just a canoekayak race, but it’s not. It’s really an adventure.”

Clint Adams, MSU Outdoors Club alumni advisor

ignated areas.

Many racers dropped out because they were unprepared, couldn’t navigate at night, were too cold and failed to estimate how much paddling the trip entailed in such a short amount of time, he said. Most of the teams dropped out Friday night.

Expedition paddler Mike Smith, a 62-year-old man from Portage, Mich., was one of the racers who fi nished. He reached Lake Michigan early Sunday morning, Adams said.

Before hopping in his canoe on Friday morning, Smith said he was looking forward to the experience.

“I’ve been doing this for pretty much all my life,” he said. “I’ve got about 20,000 miles of paddling behind me.”

Smith said he was excited to see so many young people involved in the race and was ready to get the competition started.

Four expedition teams and at least two, as of press time, college teams ended up finishing the course, Adams said. Despite the short-fi nishers, he said he still was happy with the race’s outcome and participation.

“It’s very successful, even with this many people dropping out,” Adams said. “The majority (of paddlers) want to come back next year and try it (again).”

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Carnival helps student-parents at MSU

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Breslin Center was transformed from a sports arena to an indoor fairground Saturday afternoon.

Hundreds of families attended Breslin Takeover II, an event hosted by Student Parents on a Mission, or SPOM, and the MSU Family Resource Center. For the parents, a resource fair of parenting support organizations was held in the Breslin concourse. For the kids, the stadium floor was home to a carnival, complete with a petting zoo, three bounce houses, clowns making balloon animals and much more.

Becky Brewer, a career consultant with MSU Career Services Network, attended the carnival with her young daughter Bella.

“It’s great,” Brewer said. “She’s pretty young, but she likes to look at stuff and see a lot of other kids.

She got to pet a goat!”

Brewer recognized the difficulties facing student-parents at MSU. “Being a non-traditional student is a hard thing,” Brewer said.

“It is good to see someone giving them support.”

The carnival was supported by Lansing-area educational centers and businesses. Attendees also could give a small donation to SPOM at the door.

Most of the carnival games were run by student volunteers.

Dietetics senior Kimberly Gilmore volunteered with

her sorority, Sigma Lambda Gamma.

“We ran the ring toss, ball toss and karaoke,” Gilmore said. “We are always looking for volunteer opportunities, more than happy to help.”

SPOM and the Family Resource Center organized the first Breslin Takeover event last year.

This year, they introduced the resource fair in conjunction with the carnival.

“The resource fair was the greatest idea we have ever had,” said Jasmine Brown-Moreland, co-chair of SPOM. “Last year, (the carnival) was super crowded.”

Brown-Moreland, a political

theory and constitutional democracy and social relations and policy senior, helped run the event while keeping an eye on her 2-year-old daughter Kennedy.

“She’s extra busy.” BrownMoreland said as she left to her booth to rein in Kennedy.

Breslin Takeover II is part SPOM’s outreach and charity programs, which have been expanding in recent years, she said. SPOM primarily functions as a peer support network for parents on campus.

“The Family Resource Center and Student Parents on a Mission were both born in 1994,” said Family Resource Center Coordi-

nator Lori Strom. “A single mom came to MSU with her kid and said, ‘There’s got to be other people here like me.’ We’ve been keeping it going ever since.”

Strom said most don’t realize how expensive childcare can be.

Childcare programs can cost up to $13,000 a year, she said. SPOM and the Family Resource Center help student-parents navigate these costs with peer support and scholarships.

“We have had a lot of great success stories,” Strom said, including one SPOM member who had her child at age 15, then went on to graduate MSU and now works at IBM.

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Across the state, an outpouring of support has mounted on behalf of the Wolverines. In almost every city you visit, a wave of maize of blue seems to follow.

But all In The Detroit News, an editorial was published before Satrespect urday night’s game advocating aside, at statewide support for U-M in the end of their game against Syracuse. Following their win, equal sentiments the day, for united support have become a staple in many tweets and posts one thing found on social media sites. remains Almost everywhere you looked, it was difficult not to be remind- true: U-M ed by someone that, for now, we is, and all should consider ourselves always Wolverines.

But this sentiment doesn’t have has been, to hold true in the hearts of the our rival.” current students, alumni and fans of MSU. Without question, U-M’s run at the national championship is the fi nal touch to what has been an incredible season.

As one of the top-performing teams all season, the Wolverines have been battle tested and repeatedly been forced to fi nd ways to pull off

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s the final seconds drew off the clock, a two-handed dunk cemented a nailbiter win most brackets didn’t anticipate a month prior.

With a 61-56 victory against the Syracuse Orangemen, Michigan had shocked us all.

In their fi rst NCAA Final Four appearance since the 1992-93 season, the Wolverines had answered many of the questions posed by critics and had found a way to will themselves into Monday night’s championship game.

Unlike the days of the Fab Five, this group has overreached the expectations of many.

Anchored by national player of the year Trey Burke, U-M’s men’s basketball team appears poised and ready to do something no Big Ten

a win. Throughout the tournament, this willto-win mindset — RuAnne Walworth, State News reporter helped them pull away with unlikeRead the rest online at ly victories against statenews.com/blog. schools such as the No.1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks.

But all respect aside, at the end of the day, one thing remains true: U-M is, and always has been, our rival.

If someone were to visit East Lansing Saturday night and had been in a place where MSU the sentiments felt across his campus.

“I’m pulling for our conference, number one,” students were watching the game, it likely is the reaction they would have observed at the end he said. “There’s a difference between a dislike for your rival and no respect. Am I gonna carry wouldn’t have been of support.

Just as many U-M faithfuls would find it hard the Michigan banner? Probably not.” to cheer for MSU, the rivalry that divides our No matter how Monday night’s game fi nishstate can’t be postponed for a night. es, many of us already know what the next year Although it’s great to see schools from the will entail.

Big Ten Conference do well in the NCAA TourWith their trip to the fi nals, U-M fans will nament, in some instances, a line has to be find leverage to gloat and remind the rest of the drawn. state why they still have supremacy over every When Michigan State basketball coach Tom other school.

Izzo was asked whether he would be supportThe Wolverines might have earned their place ing U-M for the remainder of their tournament in Monday night’s game, but that doesn’t mean run, his answer seemed to accurately sum up we have to stop being Spartans.

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VOTE ONLINE FOR COGS TAX RENEWAL From April 8 to April 15, MSU graduate and professional students can go to www.studentelections.msu.edu to vote on the renewal of the Council of Graduate Students (COGS) tax. This renewal vote occurs every three years and has been approved on every occasion throughout the organization’s 45-year history. I urge my peers to maintain the long-standing advocacy, funding and services COGS provides to MSU advanced degree students by supporting the tax renewal. Without the tax, none of the services provided by COGS, from free legal services to the funding that sends students to conferences, would exist, and the level of attention to the needs of our populace would be irreparably diminished.

During the previous tax cycle, COGS has been very active, collaborating with a plethora of internal and external entities to expand what the group offers its constituents. One can look at the discounted City of East Lansing parking permit program, the increased funding COGS has offered to student organizations for events that bring students together and the multitude of ongoing activities COGS has held for national Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week, as examples of COGS’ cooperative approach. This mindset has led to more services and events for graduate and professional students to enjoy without a need to ask for a tax increase.

At its core, COGS’ mission is to advocate for advance degree students. Whether working to ensure adequate assistance for the large number of student parents in our population, uniting with our partners at the Graduate Employees Union to ensure better healthcare coverage or asking the university to recognize the support needed by the diverse international graduate and professional student population, COGS has been integral to many efforts that have led to positive change. (to read the rest, visit statenews.com)

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the modern working world. Rather, these works are the product of the deep troubles that characterize artists in general, and accepting their teachings comes at a great cost.

That cost is exchanging the ability to see the avenues to happiness that surround us all for an outlook that offers nothing in return. In adopting the mindset of those cultural elites the only desirable path becomes one that most of us are not willing or able to embark upon — the escape.

An individual who buys into these romantic ideals then develops a dissonance between what she believes is right and how she actually behaves. The very defi nition of cognitive dissonance.

This condition is not exclusive to office workers either. I Recently though, I have come to understand just how unnechave seen it in business students who call capitalessary and misguided the notion of the romantic ism a farce, art students who reject the notion of escape really is. What’s more, I believe I fi nalGUEST COLUMNIST ly have a window into what caused Dilbert’s objective beauty and biologists who tell me that, affl iction to take hold of our society. deep down, the point of life is procreation. They It all stems from the paradox of adult life: are all infected like I once was. more possibilities, less freedom. You see, over The good news is that all these hip but contrathe years we all accumulate more and more oblidictory opinions can be done without because for gations in the form of degrees, jobs, changing the vast majority of us, those writers are wrong. families, taxes etc. At the same time, our natThe freedom to reflect and engage in meanural fear of change coupled with the fact that ingful work that people seek on that hypothetimany of these things are quite meaningful to cal commune is never far away. All you have to CHRISTIAN HOKANS us makes it harder and harder to ever think of do is pause before putting on your headphones, hokansch@msu.edu leaving them behind. The inner turmoil this resist the urge to go on Facebook and shy away all causes manifests itself in those moments from the coffee the next time these feelings crop when you fi nd yourself daydreaming about sneaking away up and instead ask, “Why?” into the wilderness.

The only real cure for Dilbert’s condition is to look inside William Wordsworth epitomized this feeling in 1804, as yourself, figure out what is troubling you and then start experhe sat longing to return to a patch of flowers he had once imenting with ways to fi x it. In the words of the Dalai Llapassed by: ma “When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediFor oft, when on my couch I lie / In vacant or in pensive mood ate steps to correct it.” / They flash upon that inward eye / Which is the bliss of solThankfully, you don’t have to go far to engage in this kind itude; / And then my heart with pleasure fi lls, / And dances of self reflection. However, curing my affl iction did require with the daffodils. recognizing that stories like Holden Caulfield’s eventual insanThese words are undeniably beautiful, but they and count- ity and Alexander Supertramp’s death should be taken as lesless others written in the same vein also are the source of sons and not romantic ideals. that problematic longing. Romantic narratives like “Walden,” Now, I am not advocating an end to art or vacations. I only “The Catcher in the Rye” and more recently “Into the Wild” want a recognition that the feeling of growth that can color have gained an increasingly powerful grip on popular opin- individual existence with meaning always is within reach. ion over the years. All of these stories share the common mes- So, go out and start exercising, study toward a new career, sage that a truly meaningful existence is impossible within make forays into the dating world or explore your faith more modern society. seriously.

However, it must be remembered these works and this feelJust don’t let that longing to escape get you down, because, ing they have spawned are not the result of any real feature of in reality, your commune can be anywhere. ith spring break slipping into memory and summer just out of reach, I’ve found myself falling into an all too common train of thought lately. Dilbert called it “chronic cubicle syndrome,” but for centuries people have been experiencing these flashes of wanting to throw it all away and pack up to some distant land. For me, this escape always has been exemplified by those 1960s communes where freedom, love and only good people supposedly reigned supreme.

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Features East Lansing resident Ashley Jones poses at the end of the runway at the Walk Fashion Show on Sunday at Best Western Plus. The show was hosted by season four America’s Next Top Model winner Naima Mora.

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DETROIT, LANSING FASHION SHOW EMPOWERS

By Katie Abdilla abdillak@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS ■■

When model Naima Mora stepped onto the runway in the hotel ballroom, rows of seated fans welcomed her warmly. The crowd sang along as Rihanna blasted through the speakers, the crystals of the dozens of chandeliers overhead as bright as Mora’s smile.

But Mora wasn’t walking in this show.

The Detroit native, who won season four of America’s Next Top Model, played host to the second-annual Walk Fashion Show in Lansing, held at Best Western Plus Lansing Hotel.

Belleville, Mich., resident Daishawn Franklin started the show in 2009 in an effort to give local aspiring models and designers the chance to shine. It since has been held in iconic locations across the state, including the Detroit Opera House.

Although hosted biannually in Detroit , Franklin decided to start hosting the show in Lansing last year.

“We just wanted to provide a platform for local talent to be showcased across the world,” Franklin said. “You don’t have to go to New York to see a fashion show. It’s right here, right now, and that’s what Walk is all about.”

R at her t han keeping it avant garde, the show featured ready-to-wear fashions from dozens of Michigan clothing and accessory designers. Although many designers hailed from Metro Detroit, My Sistas Boutique, 113 Washington Square Street, in Lansing, made the cut as well.

After travelling around the world, Mora said she appreciates the chance to touch base back in Michigan.

“It’s so great for me to be able to come back to Michigan … and really take part and have the chance to support local talent,” Mora said.

“Becoming an international face for Covergirl Cosmet-

ics was the last thing that I thought I was gonna be able to do with my life, but it starts with a simple dream.”

Walk Fashion Show also aimed to stray from the status quo of the fashion industry and included models of all ages, shapes and sizes. Clarkston, Mich., resident Mallory Rose, who was a model in the show, said it was the perfect opportunity for empowerment. “ T here’s plus-size models, there’s girls with a little curve, there’s really skinny girls,” Rose said. “Everyone gets a chance to be beautiful in this show.”

Ultimately, Rose said she took the show as an opportunity to create a positive image for children to be inspired by.

“Someday I hope to be a role model to little girls,” she said.

“I hope they say: ‘She doesn’t look like everyone else and she did it, so why can’t I?’”

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MSU HOSTS LUMBERJACK CONTEST OVER WEEKEND

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Professional lumberjack Adam LaSalle swings an axe during a competition Saturday. The event, featured lumberjack events performed by both professional and collegiate competitors.

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On Saturday, lumberjacking and tobacco spitting were only a couple of many events taking place at the 61st Annual Midwestern Foresters’ Conclave, hosted by the MSU Forestry Club.

From 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., students from forestry programs in schools from across the Midwest gathered at Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason, Mich., ready to compete in a variety of outdoors-related events.

Professor and chair of the MSU Department of Forestry Richard Kobe said MSU had its own team of students from the MSU Forestry Club participating in the events.

“Some of (the events involved) how quickly you can saw through a log with a two-person saw,” Kobe said. “There’s also other things like orienteering through the woods, finding your way through the woods with a com-

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student Spencer Johnson spits during a tobacco spitting contest at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason, Mich.

pass, trying to get back to the same place where you started.”

Ryan Hauser-Jeryc, who is president of the MSU Forestry Club, helped organize the event since starting in mid-April of last year.

“I have been finding places for 220 students from around the

Midwest to camp for two nights and finding food venues to have breakfast, lunch and dinner,” he said. “(I’m also) in charge of getting sponsors to help with offsetting the cost of the event so that the students don’t have to pay an ungodly amount to come and compete.”

Forestry senior Raymond Gurley competes during the collegiate lumberjack competition at the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason, Mich. The event, hosted by STIHL TIMBERSPORTS, gave collegiate competitors a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship.

Held in conjunction with the Midwestern Foresters’ Conclave was The STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series. Top professional and collegiate lumberjacks from across the region competed in a variety of lumberjacking events.

The STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series is the longest-running show on ESPN, other than SportsCenter.

“It’s a strange sport, but it definitely has a really passionate fanbase,” said Brad Sorgen, producer of the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series. “That’s what’s allowed us to be as long-running on ESPN has we have been. You’re flipping through the channels, you see something interesting in your state. It’s very unique, it’s interesting and it’s different.”

For the Collegiate Series, the student who placed first received

a $1,000 scholarship from STIHL. The student would also be invited to compete in the national championship in Pigeon Ford, Tennessee this summer.

MSU was represented in the Collegiate Series of the competition by forestry senior Raymond Gurley, who placed fifth with 14 points. Ben Hansen from University of Wisconsin placed first with 26 points.

The qualifier from the collegiate series can be seen on The Outdoor Channel on Sunday, April 21 at 3 p.m.

Gurley, who grew up with 50 acres of timber in his home in Burt, Mich., said he cut and

sold firewood in high school for Future Farmers of America.

“I just go out back and look for a white pine I want to take down for boards or something, and then I chop it down instead of cutting it with a chainsaw,” Gurley said.

The Collegiate Series included four disciplines — underhand chop, the single buck chop, the standing block and and the stock saw.

As a member of the MSU Forestry Club, Gurley said he was honored to be able to represent MSU in the competition.

“There’s no one else on campus who does this stuff, so Forestry Club is a pretty cool thing to get involved with and represent the whole university with something like this,” Gurly said.

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RELIVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DAYS AT WHARTON CENTER For those who want to relive the mid-2000s, Wharton Center welcomes “American Idiot,” a show featuring the music of Green Day. The musical opens Tuesday and closes Thursday.

The musical comes from Broadway and uses Green Day’s Grammy Awardwinning album “American Idiot” as the soundtrack for three friends trying to figure out how to follow their dreams. The show features “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “21 Guns,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” “Holiday,” and, of course, “American Idiot.”

All three performances start at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $25 to $60 and can be found at whartoncenter.com.

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Spartans swept by Wolverines

By Dillon Davis davisdi4@msu.edu THE STATE NEWS â– â–

Play the right way. It’s a cliched but simple message preached by coaches in all sports. MSU baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr., has been beating his team over the head with it this season.

But standing in left field with the team circled around him Sunday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field, Boss gave his team another message: they simply don’t understand the “right way� to play.

After watching his team (17-11 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) drop a 6-2 game against Michigan to complete the weekend sweep, Boss lamented a weekend of inconsistent hitting, poor defense and an overall inattention to detail.

another great crowd that came out today on a cold day to support us,â€? Boss said. “We certainly don’t play the game the right way right now and that’s on me. I’ve got to figure out a way to get these guys to play the right way. “I beg our fans to continue to support us ‌ we’ve got good kids and they do work hard, but there needs to be a better purpose to their work and we’ve got a lot of young guys who don’t quite understand that yet.â€?

The Wolverines struck MSU early Sunday, hammering a tworun home run over the right field fence by left fielder Zach Zott. The team also manufactured runs in the third and sixth innings to take a four-run lead in the game.

Trying to claw back, senior left fielder Jordan Keur and junior catcher Joel Fisher each hit sacri-

“(He said) ‘Well that’s no way to win a ball game,’� said sophomore pitcher Mick VanVossen, who took the loss Sunday. “And if we continue to put at-bats together like we have, we’re not gonna score runs and the defense has been sloppy and we gotta step it up.�

This was the first sweep by U-M that Boss has suffered since becoming head coach in 2008. It also marks the first series sweep against the MSU since Texas A&M did it in March 2012.

Having apologized for the team’s effort after a 6-3 loss Friday, the sentiment was the same for Boss on Sunday, who said the team fell victim to many of the same mistakes that have plagued them all year. “I’m embarrassed number one; I feel like I need to apologize to

U-M center fielder Patrick Biondi avoids a tag from MSU sophomore shortstop Ryan Richardson on Friday at McLane Baseball Stadium at Old College Field. U-M swept MSU in three games.

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fice fly RBIs to get the Spartans on the board in the sixth inning.

U-M tacked on two more in the ninth and the Spartans put two

runners on base in the bottom of the ninth but stranded both. “It always stings more being from (Michigan) State but base-

ball is baseball,� Pickens said.

The Spartans take on Western Michigan at 3:05 p.m. tomorrow at McLane Baseball Stadium.

SPARTANS SET RECORDS AT SPARTAN INVITATIONAL

By Zach Smith

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The wind was blowing and the weather was cold, but the MSU track and field team won events and set records at the Spartan Invitational Friday and Saturday.

Eight Spartans won their events, and the same number of personal records were set.

Sophomore Antonio James won the shotput with a 17.87-meter throw, and set a new outdoor personal best of 61.37 meters in the hammer throw.

He also tossed the discus 54.85 meters to finish second in what he said is his favorite event, com-

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Senior sprinter Chelsea Ross runs the 100-meter hurdles Saturday during the Spartan Invitational. Ross placed fourth.

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Despite the wind, senior sprinter Keenan Michael set a personal record of 21.64 seconds in the 200-meter dash to come in second place, and was the top-collegiate finisher in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.44 seconds.

He said as a team they did really well, and the conditions won’t always be ideal during the outdoor season. “I race to win every time, so to get first, or top collegiate, (was great),� Michael said. “The wind definitely played a factor. At times it seemed insurmountable. (I) just try and get through it without using to much of your energy. I

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With wind gusting more than 20 mph for most of the day Saturday, it played a significant role for both runners and throwers.

James said the wind can be a blessing or a curse, but it still was nice to be outside after a long indoor season. “For me today, (the wind) was kind of beneficial for my first two or three throws,� he said. “It’s

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2 & 3 BDRM BRAND NEW APTS! Being built now, corner of Albert & Grove, 8 story building, amazing views of MSU & downtown!

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ACROSS FROM campus. 2 bdrm apt w/ balcony or patio avail Aug 1st. Fully furnished, internet, sat TV, heat, and water included in rent.

ACROSS FROM the Broad Art Museum, on Gr River, Stonehouse Village, 2 bdrm, very spacious, upscale, downtown living! Leather furn & pkg incl. www. cronmgt.com or 3511177.

AUG 50 yrds to MSU. Lic 1-2. Wood flrs. St. 1 Bdrm eff. 332-4818.

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557 VIRGINIA lic. 3, $1200 + util. 517-4494141.

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3 bdrms, 2 full bath, lic for 3. On Grand River, next to campus. Prices start at $575 per person!

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CHEF NEEDED at Independence Village of EL retirement home. 32 hrs/wk. $10.30/hr. Apply in person. Chef experience needed.

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SALES ASSOCIATE part time positions open at MetroPCS Lansing Store. We will rely on you to identify customer’s needs and provide info about the benefits of our services to meet those needs. Our ideal candidates will have High School diploma or GED and 1 year retail sales or customer service experience in the wireless telecommunications industry is preferred. Please apply online: www.qhire. net/142604. EOE

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