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Former Title IX head can’t recall key details at Simon’s prelim hearing

BY ANNA LIZ NICHOLS ANICHOLS@STATENEWS.COM

For the entirety of the third day of former

Michigan State President Lou Anna K. Simon’s preliminary hearing on charges of lying to investigators, one witness was questioned. The witness: Paulette Granberry Russell, former head of MSU’s Title IX office and Simon’s senior adviser.

Russell testified in regards to her 2014 meeting with Simon that the Michigan Attorney General’s office alleges can prove the former president knew about Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse before 2016. Russell was questioned from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 9, with breaks for lunch and to allow Judge Julie Reincke to hear a few other cases.

In 2014, a Title IX investigation led by Kristine Moore was initiated after Amanda Thomashow’s report that Nassar sexually assaulted her at an appointment. Simon and Russell met during the investigation in May 2014 — a meeting Russell said was one of a set of monthly meetings where the two discussed ongoing Title IX investigations and potential changes to the office.

Assistant Attorney General Scott Teter asked Russell why she contacted Simon shortly after learning of the investigation into Nassar. Russell said it was because the situation involved a

doctor and because MSU was in the middle of a federal Civil Rights Office investigation.

Russell testified Monday and Tuesday that she chose what to bring up to the president based on “university impact.” Teter pressed Russell with questions on what she considers worthy of university impact and if it was her job to help the university not look bad.

Documents in Simon’s handwriting from the meeting and a folder from Russell containing a meeting agenda were collected by Michigan State Police.

The documents included an entry from Simon made the day of the meeting with a notation of “COM,” which is the abbreviation for the College of Osteopathic Medicine, where Nassar worked. “SA” was written on the outside; Russell said the notation stands for “sexual assault.”

Russell said she doesn’t know if the “COM” note is related to Nassar, but knew of no other ongoing Title IX investigation at that time. She testified the folder contained a document about a survey, an agenda dated May 19, 2014 and a document about police training.

The folder, however, is dated May 14. A second folder was brought to court with notes from May 19 and the same agenda as the first, but with Russell’s handwritten notes.

Russell said she is unsure if a May 14 meeting

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took place. Russell testified she made agendas for some meetings and didn’t for others, but when she did make an agenda she made one copy for herself and one for Simon.

The defense and the prosecution went back and forth with Russell, asking her questions about this meeting to try and help her remember what happened. To many of the questions, she responded that she couldn’t recall the details.

In 2011, it became the Title IX office’s responsibility to handle student-on-student Title IX investigations, according to Russell.

This shift followed a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to universities by the Department of Education with guidelines for dealing with on-campus sexual violence.

No additional staff was hired to accommodate the office’s added responsibility, according to Russell. On April 8, Moore testified she was one of two employees sharing responsibility for the oversight of such investigations at the time. The workload is presently shared by about 10 people, she said.

Other changes necessar y for Title I X compliance happened in 2011, Russell said. She was required to oversee all of the investigations of sexual assault and harassment. This meant she oversaw those leading the investigations — including Moore, who she spoke to regularly and had monthly meetings with.

The 2014 investigation cleared Nassar of sexual misconduct. Moore was called in as a witness April 8, during which Moore was asked by the prosecution about the investigation.

Most of what was discussed in the April 9 session was background information about the 2014 investigation. Lee Silver, one of Simon’s attorneys, spent much of the time objecting to the prosecution’s line of questioning, saying it was not relevant to Simon’s interview with police and therefore not relevant to the case.

Moore testified MSU doctor Jeffrey Kovan contacted her office and told a coworker who also handled Title IX investigations about Thomashow’s complaint.

Weeks after hearing the complaint, Moore testified she contacted Thomashow. To Moore’s understanding, Thomashow was “uncomfortable” with a procedure Nassar performed on her. It wasn’t until speaking to

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Thomashow by phone May 15, 2014, that Moore realized she was talking about sexual assault, Moore said.

Russell said on May 15, Moore informed her on the phone about the Title IX complaint.

Russell testified about a July 2018 interview with the Attorney General’s office, in which she spoke of the phone call with Moore about the Title IX investigation. However, when asked in court, she said she could not recall details.

Evidence from the Attorney General’s investigation into MSU shows Simon purposely lied to investigators to protect herself from criminal liability, Detective Sergeant William Arndt of the Michigan State Police said in a court affidavit.

Simon said in an interview with Arndt and State Police Lt. Joseph Cavanaugh that though she was aware of a 2014 review regarding an MSU doctor, she was not aware of nature of the complaint.

Simon is charged with four counts of lying to a peace officer during the Michigan Attorney General’s investigation into MSU’s handling of Nassar’s abuse. Each charge is associated with a $5,000 fine.

The Attorney General’s office alleges that by lying to investigators, Simon impeded an investigation into misconduct in office by public officials and an investigation into first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The two charges associated with impeding a misconduct investigation are misdemeanors.

Each carries a maximum two-year prison sentence.

The two charges associated with impeding a criminal sexual conduct investigation are felonies. Each carries a maximum four-year prison sentence.

Simon resigned as president Jan. 24, 2018, the same day Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in Ingham County.

Simon remained at MSU in a research position before taking a leave of absence.

Simon’s preliminary hearings will continue April 16. Teter told reporters the Attorney General’s office will call several more witnesses, including one of the investigators Simon spoke to in the office’s investigation into MSU’’s handling of Nassar’s abuse.

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The Derby Girls Women find strength, acceptance in team WRITTEN & PHOTOGRAPHED

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o succeed in most traditional sports like basketball or cross-country there’s an ideal body type an athlete strives for. For basketball you’re told you need to be tall and muscular; a successful runner is typically lean.

For roller derby all you need is you — whatever size or height — and a pair of skates. The Lansing Derby Vixens say the inclusivity of the derby world is just one aspect that makes the sport special and empowering for them.

“I think what I really love about this sport is that it celebrates every single body type,” Lansing resident Pierce “Shiv Tyler” Wiselogle said. “They take you in and teach you how to use your body the way it is, and I think ... that’s something you don’t see in a lot of places.”

Haslett resident Kathleen Rhoades echoed Wiselogle’s sentiment.

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take up space, how to use your body, how to really take ownership of your physical space, physical form and I think that’s really cool,” Rhoades said.

For those who don’t find the idea of getting hit or checking others on the track exciting, 30-year old Lansing resident Jenny “Jenergy” Mensch says that “there’s just a lot of space for people to make it what they want,” even if it’s just by officiating games or cheering on the team from the safety of the stands.

The Vixens won their most recent home match, 171-168, March 16 against Hammer City at Aim High Sports in East Lansing. Win or lose, the team is always in high spirits after a match.

The players find their way down to their favorite bar, The Dispatch, after home games to celebrate with tacos and drinks with fellow teammates and their opposing team.

They’re not just a team of athletes, but a team of moms, students, profes-

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“I’ve played sports my entire life and this is by far the most fun and rewarding. They really feel like my people.”

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sionals, art teachers, knife collectors and anything else you can think of.

While they’re tough on the track, they have also built a community of love and support.

For Lansing resident Amber “WarHaul” Crosby Boerma, who started skating three years ago, the team’s

The Lansing Derby Vixens practice on Jan. 27 at the YMCA in Lansing.

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TOP LEFT: Haslett resident Kathleen Rhoades, 26, poses for portrait Feb. 17 at the YMCA in Lansing. “It’s interesting to be in a sport that is default women, there are mens roller derby teams, but the default is women which is really a cool space to be in.” Rhoades said.

TOP RIGHT: Courtney “Smashsquatch” Mellberg ties up her skates Jan. 27 at the YMCA in Lansing. She’s one of the captains of the All-Star league and has been a Derby Vixen for three seasons.

encouragement helped support her journey to motherhood.

“It really was these ladies who got me physically fit enough that I was able to have a baby,” she said. “Having this community to help support through this entire thing is kind of amazing.”

The Vixens’ inter-league event coordinator and All-Star member Meredeth “Evasive Species” Crane, 37, says the cycle of teaching new skaters is something that makes the team special.

“There’s this need to bring people up, so they’re already invested in you, and so you instantly have this community of people that want you to succeed and are willing to help you get there,” Crane said.

For some, it comes down to the community and the acceptance they find within it.

“I’ve played sports my entire life and this is by far the most fun and rewarding,” All-Star captain Courtney Mellburg said.

“They really feel like my people.”

MIDDLE LEFT: The Lansing Derby Vixens celebrate their 171-168 win at the Dispatch on March 16, in Lansing.

BOTTOM LEFT: Amy “Sassathrash” Brown fights her way around the track during the Lansing Derby All-Stars game against Hammer City on March 16, at Aim High Sports in Dimondale.

OPPOSITE LEFT: The Lansing Derby Vixen All-Stars listen to their coaches instructions at halftime during their game against Hammer City on March 16 at Aim High Sports in Dimondale. The Vixens won 171-168.

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What we know about E.L. medical marijuana dispensary applicants

Only one out of four medical marijuana dispensary applicants currently vying for a location on East Grand River Avenue will receive a permit from the East Lansing City Council April 23, joining three that were approved March 26.

Councilmembers want to determine which site plan is the best, whether it be for providing the easiest access, the best odor control or the greatest benefit to the public. The city council set the special meeting for April 23 to issue a final decision on the situation.

ing facility and a dispensary.

They were one of the first companies to receive state approval for a dispensary and are vertically integrated operators.

Darren Naimi and Marvin Karana own DNVK. Naimi has operated retail businesses and residential properties. Karana is an attorney with practice in commercial and residential law who also has experience managing commercial properties.

Steve Schafer owns CA-East Lansing, which is requesting 1234 E. Grand River Ave. Schafer owns a dispensary in Kalkaska and is in the process of receiving a state license for a dispensary in Mount Pleasant.

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ABCD Properties LLC and Fresh Coast Provisioning LLC, requesting 1108 E. Grand River Ave., are listed as the owners on its application.

James Daly and Brian Doelle own EL Grand. They already manage three Ann Arbor medical marijuana businesses including a growing operation, a test-

Each property requires adequate parking spaces for employees and customers. ABCD, EL Grand and DNVK each require six parking spaces. CA-East Lansing proposes 13 spaces, but the site plan requires 25.

City code prevents remodeling in a way that increases the parking requirement. However,

the city council can waive this requirement if they deem the building historically or culturally significant.

“In the absence of such exception, the use will be limited in scope as to not require more than 15 parking spaces,” according to the city’s staff report.

EL Grand and DNVK meet the six-space requirement, with EL Grand’s site at a current Valvoline proposing 13 spaces and DNVK’s site at a current Subway proposing nine spaces.

ABCD Properties does not meet the requirement, with four parking spaces listed on its site plan.

Robert Ford, landscape architect for ABCD Properties, said the developers have acquired four additional spaces leased at 927 E. Grand River Ave. for employee parking. The property is about a five-minute walk from the proposed dispensary site and would satisfy the six-space parking requirement.

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Most dispensaries’ plans to address the smell of marijua-

na are similar. EL Grand’s published plan for odor control has a three-pronged approach including pre-packaged products, carbon filters and containment of areas with product.

DNVK has a similar strategy, utilizing design measures to seal the building and including carbon filters in air purification systems.

One requirement for special use permit approval is that dispensaries cannot affect adjacent properties by generating odors or any other form of nuisance.

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Each applicant is required to donate either $5,000 or 1 percent of generated revenue to a charity organization.

DNVK has signed an agreement donating $40,000 annually to Jewish Spartans of East Lansing.

ABCD, EL Grand and CA-East Lansing all indicated to city officials that they are working on agreements with area charities.

Federal law doesn’t just prohibit students from smoking on campus. Because the Michigan State University Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, is federally chartered, it is prohibited from engaging in marijuana banking, MSUFCU President April Clobes said.

“It is difficult to bank them,” she said. “That creates a cash economy.”

MSUFCU cannot hire anyone

marijuana, Clobes said.

Councilmember Aaron Stephens said most who have reached out to him are supportive of new dispensaries. He said he encourages more student feedback on the competition between dispensaries.

“This is an area where legalization of marijuana has passed with flying colors, so that’s also something we should take into account,” he said.

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Quiz: What should you do this summer in Michigan?

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With finals week quickly approaching, you might be wishing it was summer already. Use this quiz to help you relax from studying and figure out what Michigan adventure you should embark on this summer.

What is your favorite thing to do in your free time?

A. Watch a movie B. Anything that will give me an adrenaline rush C. Walk around downtown D. Go to the Broad Art Museum What is your favorite snack?

A. Popcorn B. Pop Rocks C. Fudge D. Anything from a food truck What is your ideal method of transportation?

A. Car B. Sky-diving C. Horse and carriage D. Walking

How much money are you looking to spend?

A. Only about $20, at most.

B. However much it cost for transportation.

C. Any amount. I want to have fun and I want to shop.

D. Hopefully not too much, but I’d still like to do some cool stuff.

If you could travel abroad, where would you go?

A. London, England B. Egypt C. Amsterdam, Netherlands D. Iceland

If you have mostly A’s: You should go to a drive-in movie theater. With multiple options for drive-ins in the area such as the Capri Drive-In, Ford Drive-In and Getty 4 Drive-In Theater, it is a fairly easy thing to check off your bucket list.

Not to mention the variety of movies coming out this summer such as the live action “Aladdin,” “Ma” and “SpiderMan: Far From Home.”

Who is your partner-in-crime?

A. Significant other B. Your friends from your hometown C. Your parents D. Your friends from college

If you have mostly B’s: You should take a trip to Black Rocks in Marquette where you can go cliff diving into Lake Superior. Downtown Marquette is also close by to make the most of your visit.

What is your favorite restaurant in East Lansing?

A. Five Guys B. Sans Sushi C. The Peanut Barrel D. HopCat

If you have mostly C’s: You should go visit Mackinac Island. With plenty of sights to see and food to eat this is a perfect spot if you’re looking for an adventure.

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If you have mostly D’s: You should visit the various festivals that happen throughout summer in Michigan, whether it’s the Tulip Festival in Holland, the Ann Arbor Art Fair or the Midwest Handmade Michigan Maker Fair in Kalamazoo.

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MSU Smash Ultimate Club is more than a game; it’s a community WRITTEN BY RILEY MURDOCK RMURDOCK@STATENEWS.COM

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hen he was an undergrad at MSU, Danny MacAskill was a frequent competitor at “Smash Weeklies.”

Once ranked the 15th best Super Smash Bros. player in Michigan under the tag “SlamSHADY,” he’s won the weekly competition many times.

Since graduating last fall, it’s been more difficult for him to make it back for the weeklies. When he begins attending medical school in a different state this summer, it will be next to impossible.

In town to enjoy MSU’s NCAA tournament run, April 5’s tournament was a send-off for MacAskill. He made it count.

In what could be his last weekly, MacAskill emerged victorious.

“Smash and college were synonymous with each other,” MacAskill said. “It was

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pretty cool, playing all four years.”

FROM A DORM ROOM TO THE “BEST VENUE IN MICHIGAN”

The organization behind MSU’s weekly tournaments is MSU Smash Ultimate Club, which holds its gatherings in room 154 of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building each Friday.

The club’s origins are humble. In 2017, Arts and Humanities senior Carter “Artisan” Prost and his friends got together to host a small tournament in the Snyder-Phillips Hall dorms. Trying to squeeze 16 people into a small room proved difficult, and Prost’s RA helped the group reserve a classroom for their next event.

After a few weeks of roughly 25 participants, the group was contacted by MSU’s Esports Student Association, or ESA, which encouraged them to form their own official student organization, Prost said. The group became the MSU Smash 4 Club, their preferred iteration of the series being 2016’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, or “Smash 4.”

Following a move to Communication Arts and Sciences that April and the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch in December 2018, the group regularly brings in more than 100 competitors each week from across the state. Participants come from everywhere, from Okemos High School to the University of Michigan, Prost said.

“All other competitive Super Smash Bros. players, regardless of where they live in the state, they’ve heard of what

we’re doing here,” Prost said.

“It feels really neat to think that there was this already existing scene that myself and the other board members were able to tap into and make our own, and also be big enough that the Smash community of the state also accepts us as well and comes and supports our events too.”

Occasionally, the group will throw a larger Saturday tournament with an expanded prize pool. These tournaments often attract some of Michigan’s top players, Prost said.

“It’s pretty wild to think it’s bringing this much attention,” Prost said.

Having access to their new room was a big jump, said Samuel “Azura” Richardson, a computer science senior and the club’s treasurer. Featuring a plethora of monitors and other infrastructure, Richardson would go as far as to call the space the nicest tournament venue used to host weekly Smash Bros. tournaments in not only Michigan, but the entire Midwest.

“That’s absolutely contributed to holding a lot of our members,” Richardson said. “There’s very little like this, of this quality, in Michigan. It’s been huge for us.”

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The relative quality of the club’s venue is reflective of a scene where there’s little formal financial support for competitions,

Richardson said. Most venues have traditionally been in bowling alleys, restaurants, or anywhere organizers could gather for cheap, he said.

“Smash is pretty grassroots. Most Smash organizations don’t have a lot of money because there’s no company behind it,” Richardson said. “You’ve got Riot (Games) funding League of Legends and the Big Ten pushing that scene ...

Blizzard puts a lot of money into the Overwatch venues. Nintendo wanted nothing to do with Smash. Nintendo did not want to endorse the competitive Smash community because they had what they thought was a family party game, which is true.”

Having a high-quality university space doesn’t eliminate the need for group participation. While Richardson said the club is planning on purchasing some Switches with membership dues, every Switch system used for tournaments is currently brought in by someone playing that day.

“Smash only succeeds as a competitive thing because of what people are willing to give to it,” Richardson said. “You can go anywhere in the country and every Smash tournament will be very similar: It is individuals bringing setups, individuals that really make it happen.”

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FROM THE COVER A pair of players — one dressed as Ness from Earthbound — play their game at the MSU Smash Ultimate Club’s weekly tournament while others watch April 5 at the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.

My first matchup was against “Dayman.” He was calm and friendly, eagerly explaining the rules of picking stages to me when I asked. He picked Meta Knight from the Kirby series. I chose Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening, one of my “main” characters. He fist bumped me and said “good luck.”

He crushed me. I got “three stocked,” meaning he knocked out all of my character’s lives before I could even beat his once.

I switched to Inkling from the Splatoon series for the second game. Dayman, remaining as Meta Knight, wiped the floor with me again. I did take a stock off him though. I’m proud I got that far.

Dayman is an MSU College of Music doctoral student named James Yuhas.

Yuhas has played Smash Bros. games his whole life, but didn’t take it too seriously until grad school, he said.

“I got the original (Nintendo) 64 Smash for Christmas the year that it came out,” Yuhas said “I’ve always enjoyed the series, but always as a casual player until around late 2015. I decided I wanted to take it a bit more competitively.”

At the time Yuhas was getting into competitive Smash, he was looking for something to force him to be nervous and give him a reason to have to perform well. It’s difficult to artificially create those situations, he said, but he found a way through Smash.

“It’s hard to just drum up a tennis match out of nowhere, but you can always find someone to play Smash with,” Yuhas said.

Yuhas can’t travel to a lot of events outside of MSU because of his schedule, so he loves coming and competing at the weeklies, which he’s been doing since January 2018. He said his top finish at the weekly tournaments is fourth place, so I don’t feel bad about losing to him. He’s good.

“We’re very fortunate that we have the facility that we do, and not only the infrastructure and all our setups and everything, but there’s a lot of people at MSU that want to play Smash,” Yuhas

said. “Getting all those people together is a lot of fun.”

Some involved, like Richardson, are relative newcomers to playing Smash Bros. Many, like Yuhas, have been playing previous entries in the series for most of their lives.

Chemistry junior Mika “Seraphim” Glotzbach, the club’s content manager, has enjoyed the game since picking up the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 when he was seven years old, he said.

According to Prost, a big part of the success of Smash Bros. is what it is at its core: A collection of Nintendo’s biggest characters all in one place, plus some other video game icons. Being able to play with others who have experienced those characters and share that background of nostalgia is part of the appeal, he said.

“Nintendo was a huge part of most gamers’ childhoods. Everyone either had a Game Boy, had a DS growing up, had an N64, or a Gamecube,” Prost said.

“When that type of a game brings all these characters together that we’ve all grown up with for a while, it’s that sense of nostalgia.”

MORE THAN A GAME

They called my name again – for the second game of the double elimination tournament. This time, I was paired up against “Mess.” I chose Lucina again, hoping my luck would change. He chose Cloud from Final Fantasy VII, and proceeded to wipe the floor with me. I changed my character to Young Link from the Nintendo 64 Legend of Zelda games for the second round. It didn’t help much, as I lost once more in two matches.

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ABOVE: A pair of players at the MSU Smash Ultimate Club’s weekly tournament play their game April 5 at the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.

BELOW: MSU Smash Ultimate Club treasurer Samuel “Azura” Richardson talks to the group at the club’s weekly tournament April 5 at the Communication Arts and Sciences Building.

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SPORTS Junior guard Cassius Winston (5) walks on during the second half of the NCAA Final Four game against Texas Tech at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on April 6, 2019.

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Cassius Winston’s moment never came in Final Four loss

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MINNEAPOLIS — While tears ran down the faces of Michigan State players in the locker room at U.S. Bank Stadium, Cassius Winston did what he did all year.

He stayed calm.

The season was over. There wasn’t anything that could be done about a 61-51 loss to the Red Raiders in the NCAA Tournament semifinals. The

pain of not fulfilling the prophecy of a national championship still cut deep. But when he spoke before the team, Winston, the Big Ten Player of the Year, consensus All-American and team captain who earned the title in the middle of the season, told his team to learn from its mistakes, and to grow from it.

Tom Izzo, MSU’s Hall of Fame coach, was impressed.

“Cassius Winston did the best job of anybody after the game,” Izzo said. “He was a man. He

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“Cassius Winston did the best job of anybody after the game. He was a man. He was a leader. Rallied everybody in that room.”

TOM IZZO Men’s basketball coach

Junior guard Cassius Winston (5) drives to the basket while being covered by Texas Tech forward Tariq Owens (11) during the second half of the NCAA Final Four game against Texas Tech at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on April 6. PHOTO BY NIC ANTAYA

was a leader. Rallied everybody in that room.”

Winston’s collective nature fit the M.O. teammates, coaches, competitors, media and whomever else labeled the 6-foot-1 junior as a level-headed leader.

Even when time was running out for MSU in the second half, Winston helped whittle a 13-point Tech lead at the midway point of the period to a 52-51 Red Raiders lead with 2:54 to play.

That’s where MSU needed a bucket most. And Winston was the guy to seemingly answer when the call beckoned.

After all, Winston facilitated a 13-0 run against top-seeded Duke in the Elite Eight. He also scored seven consecutive points to pull away against Minnesota. Winston took over in multiple games against Michigan.

So after a jumper from Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver — the Big 12 Player of the Year — to give the Red Raiders a 54-51 lead with 2:29 left, Winston drove the ball down the court coming out of a timeout. A chance perhaps no better to take command.

But Winston, the cool, collected point guard, passed the ball off and set a screen. He wasn’t able to get set and his defender, Davide Moretti, drew an offensive foul.

Turnover.

Winston threw his hands up and wore a befuddled grimace — the only instance of MSU’s postseason in which he seemed rattled. Through eight postseason games, Winston averaged 18.1 pointsand 6.9 assists in 34.8 minutes.

His moment never came, and neither did MSU’s.

The Spartans were puzzled by Tech’s defense all night and shot a season-worst 31.9 percent from the floor.

Winston led MSU with 16 points and shot 4-for16 from the field. He was held to a season-low two assists, one fewer than his previous worst met twice during the regular season. Winston also accounted for four of MSU’s 11 turnovers, a game-high.

“That was the whole game plan, getting back and stopping the rim run or stopping (Winston) on fast break because you know how deadly he is,” Texas Tech guard Kyler Edwards said.

Winston said Texas Tech’s defense was the toughest he faced. The Red Raiders successfully executed their game plan of forcing Winston to the baseline before passing to the corner and taking rushed shots.

And the Spartans played right into it.

“They switched really well, made it hard to get into the post and things like that,” Winston said.

“Kept you on the sidelines. Their defense is really, really good, forced you into some tough situations to make plays.”

By not coming away with a win Saturday, the Spartans were placed out of national championship contention. In that regards, Winston won’t join Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Mateen Cleaves as MSU point guards to win a national title.

But based off of Izzo’s description of Winston’s postgame speech, Winston carried the demeanor

of the aforementioned program all-timers.

“He handled it like a Magic, like a Mateen, like the guys that made it,” Izzo said.

And like Johnson and Cleaves, Winston faces the decision of forgoing the rest of his eligibility and trying his luck in the NBA. Johnson declared for the draft after his sophomore season and winning the ‘79 championship. Cleaves opted to come back after MSU’s 1999 loss in the Final Four and led Izzo to his first national title.

Winston may never have higher draft stock. But he may also be best suited to improve his game another season at the college level.

“Being good enough to be great is one thing, being good enough to be an NBA player is another,” Izzo said. “If we think somebody is, we’ll advise them of that.”

Izzo said he never imagined Winston filling into a leadership role the way Winston has. And whatever Winston decides, it’ll most likely be the right decision for all parties involved.

Because he stays calm.

“He has a different personality than most people,” Izzo said. “But as strange as it all seems, and as much as I probably said, him and I are on opposite ends of the spectrum as far as our demeanor and everything else, I think I’ve come a little bit his way and he’s come a lot my way.

“And I got a feeling that this offseason, and next year, he’s going to take his game to a whole other level.”

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SENIORS MATT MCQUAID, KENNY GOINS REFLECT ON END OF SEASON

Senior guard Matt McQuaid (20) responds to a question during post-game interviews of the NCAA Final Four game against Texas Tech at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on April 6. PHOTO BY NIC ANTAYA

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up to his office and talk to him for like five minutes, and we just talk about family or what I need to get better at ... I love Coach, and he’s done so much for me and helped me so much. I know he’s got my back, and I’ve got his back for the rest of our life.”

Freshman forward Aaron Henry referenced the highs of the tournament run when asked about the seniors.

“It’s not goodbye forever, but it’s a goodbye for them being in the jersey next to me and it hurts,” he said. “I’ll miss the stuff we’ve been through — the practices, the weightlifting, all the games we’ve been down in and came back and won, the big shots they hit.

Those celebrations I’m just gonna miss more than anything.”

Sophomore forward Xavier Tillman said Goins set an example he intends to follow.

“That’s my brother,” Tillman said.

“The toughness that he has, the confidence that he has, the leadership skills that he has. I learned so much from this year that I’m gonna bring to next year to help the new guys.”

Goins was gracious with reporters, but seemed almost in a fog, even after taking a long shower.

“It was a dream of mine to be here

and I got to live out that dream,” Goins, who turned down scholarship offers from smaller Division I schools to wear the green-and-white, said. “So it just still feels like it was kind of a dream, and I am going to enjoy it, but you know, like I said, all dreams come to an end and then you gotta wake up eventually.”

Izzo appeared to get choked up when asked about his senior class.

“I feel bad for both of them,” Izzo said. “Kenny has grown here, but Matt was a bulldog from the day he came here. You know, Matt is the guy that I coined the phrase, ‘like it, love it, or live it.’ He lives it. … Kenny is a guy that’s grown to love the game.

He’s gotten better each year, you know. And so I’ll be able to use both them as examples to hopefully those young guys.”

Though he will never suit up for MSU again, Goins dismissed the idea that his time as a Spartan was over.

“They’re still my brothers,” Goins said. “So off the court it doesn’t change — we’re still gonna hang out and everything and I’m gonna still come back and visit them and see them all the time because it is a lifetime thing.”

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er 19 seconds, when defeat was all but certain, felt wrong.

“I just thanked him,” Izzo said, of his brief conversation with Goins. “Same with McQuaid. I just thanked him for what he gave us, and I’m a huggy-feely type of guy.”

The seniors had different paths to this final moment. McQuaid was a

well-regarded recruit out of the Dallas suburbs who burst onto the scene with game-winning plays in the first game of his career, a Champions Classic victory over Kansas. Goins was a walk-on from Troy, a Spartan fan who redshirted and paid his own way for his freshman season before earning a starting role four years later as a graduate student.

Both journeys ended on the raised court at U.S. Bank Stadium in ways they certainly didn’t envision. Goins, a week removed from the game-winning three to beat Duke in the East regional final, didn’t score against Texas Tech’s relentless defense. McQuaid was hampered by calf cramps and airballed two jumpers, while missing a wide-open three that would have tied the game with 1:50 remaining.

When McQuaid did exit the game, he said the moment between him and Izzo was special.

“He just hugged me and just said, ‘I’m sorry,’ and I told him, ‘I’m sorry,’ and we just hugged,” McQuaid said. “I got a special relationship with Coach.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Garland is so known for his stories, his true-life tales, that players and media members react the when asked about them.

“You gotta hear an OG story,” one longtime beat reporter told me. “It’ll totally warp you.”

OG is Garland, short for “Original Gangsta,” a nod to his age — 64 — and his wisdom. Before the Belleville native was an MSU assistant under Tom Izzo, he was his teammate at Northern Michigan University in the late 1970s. He carries a treasure trove of fables, from every stop of his life.

So, with MSU in town for the 10th Final Four in school history, I went in search of the OG story that would change my life, the way it had changed countless players and media members before me.

My journey began at U.S. Bank Stadium, where I found Garland in an extra side room reserved for the assistant coaches. Perfect, I thought. He’ll talk to Rosenberg for a few minutes, and then I’ll get my chance to listen to him.

Unfortunately, Garland’s penchant for longtime speaking worked against me. He talked to Rosenberg for the entirety of MSU’s open locker room period. I was chased out of the locker room by a school official before I had the chance to talk to him. He apologized and said he’d talk to me as soon as MSU’s open practice concluded.

In the meantime, I talked to players on MSU’s Big Ten championship team. They all had the same idea when it came to the wise old sage.

“OG’s been my man since I stepped on campus,” senior forward Kenny Goins said. “He was hon-

estly the first person who told me, ‘you’re gonna be a great player here someday.’ Just to actually hear one of your coaches say that out loud was big for me.”

For freshman forward Aaron Henry, Garland’s importance came not in building up his confidence but by staying firmly on top of him.

“He’s always been in close quarters with me and my father,” Henry said. “My father asked him to stay on me ... to hold me to the higher standard of an upperclassman, and not cut me any slack.”

Practice ended and after he stops conversing with others, Garland turned his attention to me.

Now was the chance for a story.

“I grew up like three-quarters of them, I grew up without anything,” Garland began. He was raised by his grandparents in the 1960s and 1970s, not the safest time for an African-American in any major city, let alone Detroit.

He credited his grandparents for his sharp attention to detail, something that has served him well in his 19 years as an MSU assistant.

“The one thing that they always made sure of was that anything I did ... whether it was right or wrong, they made sure that I knew exactly how to get back to that outcome or how to avoid that outcome,” he said. “That’s big, because a lot of times, people have success in life and they can’t tell you how they did it. ... My grandma used to always say, ‘Watch what you’re doing, so you’ll be able to do it again.’”

Garland is something of a point guard whisperer — teaching Spartan ball-handlers that the result of a play is less important than the process by which it came about. Junior guard Cassius Winston has

Michigan State assistant coach Mike Garland, left, and freshman forward Aaron Henry (11) at MSU’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four open practice on April 5. PHOTO BY NIC ANTAYA

flourished under his tutelage.

“He kind of took me under his wing last year as a point guard coach and I just come into his room and we just talk,” Winston said. “Sometimes, it’s not even about basketball. ... It’s an open space, where we’ve really grown in our relationship … it’s grown to more than just coach-player.”

The U-D Jesuit product trailed off. But there’s something special about Garland. He even looks the part of a wise owl, with tight horn-rim glasses framing his intense brown eyes and graying goatee substituting for a beak.

He is a true raconteur — former players have told him they haven’t forgotten his stories, even after 15 or 20 years away from the program.

“The stories that I tell these guys, they’re stories, yeah, but they’re life experiences,” he said.

“The people that I’m talking about are people that I grew up with ... I tell them those stories to bring about whatever point that I’m trying to draw on.”

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talking to Garland is how reflective he is. He is not the single-minded obsessive unaware of world politics. He was instrumental in designing MSU’s Black History Month t-shirts, making sure the team took note of the sacrifices of those who came before.

I asked him how he discusses social issues with players.

“That’s how you build a society,” he said. “You don’t run away from those issues, you don’t run away from the racial problems that we have in this country. You learn from me, I learn from you, and we do what we have to do to resolve those issues.”

I was just in the middle of the good stuff — a true OG adventure about a neighborhood bully during his formative years — when I was cut off by a MSU staff member whisking him away to the team bus. Just my luck.

He thanked me for my time, which seemed backwards, and promised to continue another day.

After all, when your whole life is a collection of stories, you never really run out of time.

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JUST Egg, a vegan egg alternative, is coming to campus dining halls fall 2019.

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Michigan State will become the second university in the Midwest to introduce JUST vegan food products to their campus dining halls, starting with the JUST egg. The new option will be introduced to students fall 2019.

A part of JUST’s mission is to do “everything they possibly can” to establish a “fair, honest and just food system” in every community, according to their website.

JUST partnered with MSU to bring the JUST egg to campus, an egg-free, dairy-free and cholesterol-free alternative to chicken eggs containing no artificial flavors. It is made from the mung bean.

Jenna Cameron, regional sales director at JUST, spoke about how the partnership with MSU began.

“MSU reached out to me directly and asked me (if they) could get a sample of meat,” Cameron said. “I responded and said, ‘We’re not ready putting that product on the market yet, but were getting close. Howev-

er, we have a great JUST Egg you guys can check out.’ They were very interested with the samples, and brought (it) in to test immediately.”

Cameron said the meat MSU was interested in sampling is made from animal cells, isolated from the animal in a safe way and grown in clean environments. This JUST product will be released later in the year, and Cameron said it will be advertised as being produced by one of the first food companies to make real animal meat without harming the animal.

JUST products are nutritious and made by Michelin-starred chefs, Cameron said. They are also non-GMO, protein-packed and mainly plant-based.

“We’re certainly a mission driven company,” Cameron said. “Every employee who’s assigned to being on the partnership team I would say embodies the mission ... to make (it) easier for everyone to eat well. That is using delicious, sustainable ingredients — and we do that through plants.”

Once the JUST Egg hits campus, students can expect breakfast and brunch meals incor-

porating the product, from scrambled eggs to sandwiches and omelettes. Cameron said the egg substitute is great for vegans, vegetarians and pescatarians.

The company has sold the equivalent of five million chicken eggs, Cameron said.

Grocery stores such as Whole Foods, Hy-vee, Fresh Store and Sprouts are among those selling the product.

“I see the demand all over the market. Especially in the college university segment, it’s very high,” Cameron said.

“We hear from students every day ... reaching out to us proactively saying, ‘How can I get this amazing product on my campus?’”

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Glotzbach joined the club after he sought it out at Sparticipation. Competitive play is relatively new to him, but the game is only one facet of his enjoyment.

“It’s not just about the game,” Glotzbach said. “The social aspect of Smash is definitely something that defines it as a cultural phenomenon.”

The same 50 people who come every week all know each other, and that core has become their social group, Glotzbach said.

“It’s kind of like with a sports team where your sports team is your friend group and you see each other all the time,” Glotzbach said.

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“If I found the Smash Club and I didn’t know anyone in it, I probably wouldn’t go,” Richardson said.

“It’s really the people that I come to see ... Everybody is just pretty fantastic here.”

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Elections for the Associated Students of Michigan State University’s 2019-20 General Assembly — the student government’s 56th session — closed on Monday with a total of 2,951 votes, the highest turnout there has ever been during a non-tax voting year.

Along with the high voter turnout, there was also a record number of General Assembly, or GA, candidates on the ballot — totaling at 45, ASMSU Undergraduate Elections Commission Chair Johanna Pendley said.

“I think this year, we did a better job of educating students beforehand (on) what they would be voting on and getting the information out there sooner,” ASMSU marketing director Anna Waldron said. “When elections came around, they understood better what it was and they were prepared that it was coming.”

Last spring, roughly 3.8% of the undergraduate student population voted in elections for ASMSU’s 2018-19 session. This percentage increased to about 7.5% this year, according to a State News analysis.

Waldron attributes the improvement in this year’s voter turnout to the organization’s marketing strategies.

Tabling events, yard signs and posters were displayed around campus, Waldron said. The undergraduate student government also made a video with men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo encouraging students to vote for their college representatives in the elections, as well as other advertisements that were shared through social media. An email was also forwarded to the entire undergraduate student body with voting information.

“With all of those things together, you couldn’t really get away from it,” Waldron said.

“Whether you voted or not, you knew elections were happening.”

Pendley also attributed the increase in turnout to the attention ASMSU has received in recent media.

“I think that our organization is getting more visibility with everything that has been happening in our university,” Pendley said. “We had a couple of instances with GA reps (this past year) and so I think that people are getting more involved with that and wanting to get their voice heard.”

The new GA representatives for each college, the amount of votes they received and reactions from winners are listed below:

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Josh Grindling was re-elected to the General Assembly with a total of 103 votes. First-time winners include Ashley Prince (105 votes) and Logan Krause (104 votes).

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Olivia Long and Oscar Garner III were re-elected with a total of 257 and 212 votes. The newly-elected representatives are Tim Morris (267 votes) and Jessica Mijal (241 votes).

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Ryan Aridi and Alexis Haselwanter were re-elected to the General Assembly with a total of 270 and 224 votes. Christian Stack also won a seat with 274 votes.

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Abii-Tah Chungong Bih (180 votes) and Adam Green (140 votes) will now represent James Madison College in ASMSU. Green, a political theory and constitutional democracy junior, will be on the GA for the first time.

“I was shocked I won,” Green said in an email. “I worked extremely hard campaigning and talking to people as to inform them of my platform, but with eight total people running for the spot, I figured I wouldn’t make it. I immediately was humbled as I understood that the college put a lot of faith in me through this election.”

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE

Kumaran Arivoli was re-elected to the General Assembly with a total of 200 votes. Shad Soldano (166 votes) and Aubrey Hanes (162 votes) were newly-elected.

Hanes is a sophomore studying neuroscience.

She spoke on what she looks forward to accomplishing in student government.

“I am most looking forward to working alongside so many intelligent, passionate, and driven elected representatives,” Hanes said in an email.

“There are many voices to be heard and changes to be made. I would like to encourage all undergraduate students to reach out to their representatives with any ideas, questions or concerns.”

All Saints Episcopal Church 800 Abbot Rd. (517) 351-7160 Sun. Worship: 8am, 10am, & 5pm Sunday School: 10am www.allsaints-el.org Ascension Lutheran Church 2780 Haslett Road East Lansing (517) 337-9703 Sunday worship: 10:00am Sunday Bible study: 8:45am Thursday Bible study: 2:00pm www.ascensioneastlansing.org Wed Lent Services @ 7:00pm Greater Lansing Church of Christ 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. (Meet @ University Christian Church) (517) 898-3600 Sun: 8:45am Worship, 10am Bible Class Wed: 1pm, Small group bible study www.greaterlansing coc.org Hillel Jewish Student Center 360 Charles St. (517) 332-1916 Services: Friday night 6pm, dinner @ 7, September–April www.msuhillel.org

The Islamic Society of Greater Lansing 920 S. Harrison Rd. (517) 351-4309 Friday Services: 12:15-12:45pm & 1:45-2:15pm For prayer times visit www.lansingislam.com/ Martin Luther Chapel Lutheran Student Center 444 Abbot Rd. (517) 332-0778 Sun: 9:30am & 7pm Wed: 7pm Mini-bus pick-up on campus (Fall/Spring) www.martinluther chapel.org The People’s Church Multi-denominational 200 W Grand River Ave. (517)332-6074 Sun. Service: 10:30am with free lunch for students following worship ThePeoplesChurch.com Riverview Church- MSU Venue MSU Union Ballroom, 2nd Floor 49 Abbot Rd. (517) 694-3400 Sun. Worship: 11:30am-ish www.rivchurch.com

St. John Catholic Church and Student Center 327 M.A.C Ave. (517) 337-9778 Sun: 8am, 10am, Noon, 5pm, 7pm M,W,F: 12:15pm T & Th: 9:15pm www.stjohnmsu.org University Luthern Church (ULC) Lutheran Campus Ministry at MSU 1020 S. Harrison (517) 332-2559 Sun. Worship: 8:30am & 10:45am (Sept–May) Summer Worship: 9:30am www.ulcel.org University United Methodist Church 1120 S. Harrison Rd (517) 351-7030 Main Service: Sun: 11am in the Sanctuary Additional Services: NEW contemporary service Sundays at 9 am with band titled ‘REACH’ TGiT (Thank God its Thursday): Thur: 8pm in the Chapel of Apostles universitychurchhome.org office@eluumc.org WELS Lutheran Campus Ministry 704 Abbot Rd. (517) 580-3744 Sat: 6:30pm msu.edu/~welsluth

COLLEGE OF NURSING

Michael Prosi was elected with 35 votes.

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Selva Haidar was re-elected to the General Assembly with a total of 240 votes. Alyssa Ewell (254 votes) and Renold Mueller (135 votes) were also elected to represent the college.

NO PREFERENCE

Tadarian Rodgers won with 26 votes.

COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Christine So was elected with 21 votes and Benjamin Gillman with 18.

So is a freshman studying musical theory. This will be her first time on the GA. “Even though the College of Music had 3 representatives running and isn’t seen as competitive as another college, I was immediately running ideas through my mind of what I wanted to accomplish in the GA for the 56th session,” So said in an email.

“I’m also nervous, yet eager at the same time, as a new GA member (about) what to truly expect.”

LYMAN BRIGGS COLLEGE

Anna Moody won with 74 votes and Osten Eschedor with 72.

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