Thursday 4/10/14

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Latin American music festival Danyelle Morrow/The State News

MSU’s first mental health awareness week

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Percussion performance freshman Austin Ridoux performs as part of Latin IS America on Wednesday.

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Enduring the storm

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Senior forward Adreian Payne holds up the net with St. Johns, Mich., resident Lacey Holsworth, 8, on March 16, after the Big Ten Championship game.

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8-year-old cancer patient Lacey Holsworth inspired a basketball team and a community By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS

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any little girls dream of being princesses. St. Johns, Mich., resident and Spartan superfan Lacey Holsworth got to live it.

After a battle with a rare form of brain cancer, Holsworth died at home in her parents arms at 11:13 p.m. Tuesday night, according to MSU Director of News Media for Athletic Communications Matt Larson. She was 8 years old. “Princess Lacey” made national headlines during the past two basketball seasons for her friendship with MSU basketball forward Adreian See LACEY on page 2 u

To see a video of Lacey’s vigil at the rock on Farm Lane, visit statenews.com/multimedia.

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Men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo signs the Rock on Wednesday in remembrance of Lacey Holsworth at a memorial held for her on campus. Holsworth was a good friend of senior forward Adreian Payne.

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ASMSU Election

Roial Players ADDRESS domestic violence Land slips in polls, Peters slides ahead By Michael Kransz mkransz@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS

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He instilled fear in her, leaving her gasping for breath and at a loss for words. Although they were actors in a play, they employed their craft to depict situations of domestic violence and the resulting fallout that occurs regularly in America, sometimes even at MSU. Starting Thursday, the MSU theatre group Roial Players will display how domestic violence is closer to campus than many think, and that it doesn’t always begin with physical abuse. The drama, “Blinded: A Survivor’s Story,” follows a fictional MSU student as she struggles to recover a sense of normalcy after an abusive relationship. Roial Director Megan Kelly, who wrote and directed the play, said the intent of the play is to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

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Arts and humanities sophomore Courtney Eathorne, right, and English sophomore Lauren Gaynor rehearse Wednesday for the play, “Blinded: A Survivor’s Story” at the RCAH Theatre.

Kelly, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, and social work senior, said stopping victim blaming, or assuming the recipient of abuse has deserved it, is key. “Domestic violence is more than just hitting someone, it’s this mental warfare that really

messes with your thought processes and your mental health, especially when you’re trying to leave the relationship safely,” Kelly said. One in four women will experience an abusive relaSee ROIAL on page 2 u

Michigan residents’ growing optimism toward President Barack Obama’s signature health care law could be boding poorly for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land, according to recent poll numbers. A poll released this week shows Land slipping five points below Peters, giving up a slight lead from last December. The numbers show Peters ahead with 41 percent of the vote compared to Land’s 36. The numbers are based on results from 825 Michigan voters gathered by Public Policy Polling from April 3-6. Voters are not nearly as pessimistic about the Affordable Care Act as they were several months ago, firm

spokesman Dustin Ingalls said. Voter’s perception of the Affordable Care Act is lowering Land’s popularity ratings as they shift in favor of Peters.

A poll released this week shows Land slipping behind Peters, giving up a slight lead from last December

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“Land wasn’t just popular in December; she’s been relatively popular pretty much every time we’ve polled her, now and in the past,” Ingalls said. “She’s now in the negative territory, so if she can turn that back around, she can actually maybe make this a really close race and maybe even win it.” The future will remain bright for Peters if his favorability remains stable, Ingalls said.

Students who ran for ASMSU college representative positions in the undergraduate student government elections are no longer waiting in anticipation for the announcement of the winners. MSU’s undergraduate student government officially released the results via email on Wednesday after confirming if the winning candidates would accept their positions.

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