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students march against tuition hikes, demand representation

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Playing f lutes, drums, violins and trumpets and wielding a sign portraying MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon as a giant purple octopus, MSU Students United held a march to the Capitol on Friday to protest tuition hikes, among other things.

MSU Students United, together with approximately 40 students who joined the march, also demanded better handling of sexual assault cases, an immediate and permanent freeze on tuition hikes, an amendment to student debt relief policy, a larger representation of minority students and 50 percent student representation on the MSU Board of Trustees.

Although Michigan legislators were on recess at the time, Students United still marched through campus and to the Capitol Building.

MSU Students United organizer Duncan Tarr said he wanted to show the university enough students cared about these issues to march to the Capitol on a Friday.

“Basically the situation is that the administration doesn’t take student voice seriously,” Tarr said. “The trustees won’t respond to your emails and Simon won’t meet with you.”

MSU spokesman Jason Cody said university officials have reviewed the group’s demands, but noted many of the demands are outside of MSU’s realm of control.

To obtain 50 percent representation on the Board of Trustees, students would have to run for election and garner enough votes to be on the board.

Tarr said because ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, is now part of the administration, it is not in the position to demand change on behalf See PROTEST on page 2 u

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Lansing resident Matt Briekner, who goes by the stage name Ace DeVille, performs a Katy Perry routine during the Official MSU Drag Show on Friday at the International Center. DeVille began as a circus performer before seeing drag at a pride parade and beginning to research it.

Strutting their

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Annual drag show serves as one highlight of MSU’s Pride Week

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y day, he’s Matt Briekner.

But by night, he’s known as Ace DeVille, a professional drag queen and one of 17 enter-

tainers who performed at Friday’s annual MSU Drag Show.

The drag show was one of the many events included as a part of MSU’s Pride Week.

Advertising senior and University Activities Board multicultural director Michelle Cusick said the show generally follows the National Day of Silence, which was last Friday, and serves as a

highlight of Pride Week.

Cusick said the event is very popular and attracts between 600 and 700 people. Last year, there weren’t enough seats for all attendees.

DeVille said a lot of students who come are seeing a drag show for the first time, and he feeds off the excited and sometimes nervous energy of the crowd.

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Lansing resident Matt Briekner, who goes by the stage name Ace DeVille, applies makeup before the Official MSU Drag Show on Friday at the International Center.

Cassandra Clay was one of those first-timers in attendance.

“I was curious,” Clay said.

“I heard it was a very popular event on campus, and it piqued my interest.”

This year, UAB and RHA put together a new event as an addition to the drag performances. Prior to the show, the

LBGT Resource Center hosted a panel to address the differences in transgender, drag queens and drag kings.

Cusick said the panel was created to give students the opportunity to ask questions in a safe, open environment.

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H O U SI N G

Nachofest draws crowds of peaceful partiers

Council members look into offering cancellation option for rental leases

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Ever since his first year at MSU, anthropolog y senior Ryan Reed has been a fixture at Nachofest.

When he was a freshman, Reed met a group of seniors who invited him to a party at their house one Saturday. They were showing him around because he would be living in the house the following year.

As soon as he showed up, the seniors greeted him by saying, “Hey, welcome — have some nachos.”

“It was a real community thing,” Reed said. “I met a lot of people that day. It’s fantastic.”

Reed knew he couldn’t miss Saturday’s Nachofest 2014 celebration, joining hundreds of other Spartans young and old for a cheesy tradition.

The latest installment of the nine-year-old tradition featured six live music performers, and Conrad’s Grill provided about 150 pounds of chips and 120 pounds of cheese to

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Hospitality business junior Brooke Reinis stands on the roof and looks at the party Saturday at Nachofest at a house on Stoddard Avenue.

supply the snack the celebration was named for.

However, for the first time in Nachofest history, alcohol

was not provided to attendees this year.

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Mathematics senior Matthew Hoshal has a fourbedroom, two-bathroom apartment in Cedar Greens Apartments that he doesn’t plan on living in during the summer months.

Unfortunately for Hoshal, he could still have to front the bill for it.

The end of the semester brings with it the annual stress-induced period of students looking for a place to live for the summer or trying to get out of their current living situation.

“It’s kind of frustrating right now,” Hoshal said.

“There aren’t a lot of people who are looking to sublease a place for only a few months.”

Two East Lansing City Counci l members have shown interest in trying to eliminate the frustration.

Ruth Beier and Kathleen Boyle have had preliminary talks with ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, about what a new housing ordinance addressing 12-month leases could mean.

For students who sign leases early, the idea could provide a clause in their lease allowing them to opt out of the contract for a small fee, should they decide to opt out by a certain day.

Although the proposed ordinance is still in preliminary stages, Beier and Boyle both said they would be interested in moving it forward if there is interest.

“The ordinance would say you can cancel a lease if you signed it way in advance,” Boyle said. “The cancellation fee would be modest.”

Beier said the ordinance could protect students who are moving off campus for the first time.

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News briefs Students’ iPhones stolen from IM East Three male students’ iPhones were stolen between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on April 7 while they were playing basketball at IM East, according to police.

The students, all between the ages of 18 and 19, told police they left their phones unattended while playing and believe that is when the phones were stolen, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

The three phones that were reported stolen were all iPhone 5s models.

There are no suspects.

The incident is still under investigation.

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Zombies begins Spartans vs. Zombies, one of MSU’s newer and more eclectic traditions, is back again as students in bandanas prepare to pepper campus from Monday until April 19.

The event will pit “spartans” wielding toy NERF guns and rolled-up socks against “zombies,” who tag the students by hand.

Spartans can temporarily stun zombies in order to escape, but once touched by a zombie, Spartans permanently switch sides.

The event has previously prompted hundreds to register and participate.

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DRAG

The show also held a panel addressing differences between drag queens, drag kings and transgender people from page one

“We kind of wanted a little bit of educational value,” Cusick said.

Music education junior Emily Pelky said she thought the panel was informative and liked how there was a wide variety of gender identities in the room.

“I think it’s a great way to introduce non-conforming gender identities to people who might not be used to that,” Pelky said.

Some of the performers in the show, as well as members of the transgender community, answered questions about relationships, lifestyles and the discrepancies between dressing in drag and actually identifying as a transgender individual.

Eva Steele, a drag queen from Grand Rapids, Mich., started dressing in drag in 2006 and began to live as a woman in 2010. She said she made the switch because she wanted to be perceived as a woman.

For Steele, being trans-

NACHOFEST

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Police arrived at the house the Friday prior to Nachofest to let the hosts know they were aware the party would be going on, East Lansing police Capt. Jeff Murphy said.

He said the way the party was initially marketed was illegal — the buy a t-shirt, eat and drink as much as you want method was viewed seen as selling alcohol without a liquor license.

The party’s hosts changed their approach and kept the nachos, but not the alcohol.

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gendered is not something she hides from people, but her roommates do not know about her lifestyle choice.

Because she lives as a woman, she feels it often goes without saying, though there are misconceptions, she explained. If Steele thinks people won’t react well to knowing her choice, she said she won’t tell them.

“When people think of transgender, they think of boys in dresses,” Steele said.

While there are males who perform as females, the drag show also featured a few drag king performances.

Bianca Swinford from Lansing is not transgendered, but dresses and performs as a drag king.

“I’m just two people,” Swinford said simply.

Although DeVille said it takes nearly two hours for him to get ready, Swinford said she can be dressed in her costume, ready to perform, in 20 minutes.

In addition to men’s clothing, some of the kings cut their hair or use fake facial hair.

Some also wear binders, which flatten their chests to prevent their breasts from showing.

At the MSU show, there were three drag kings and one male by male performer, or a man who performs as a man.

Swinford said because drag kings are not as common, they are critiqued more on their performances.

LEASES

provided at the party, those who were 21 and older were Matt Hagan of allowed to bring their own drinks.

Hagan Realty said Police occasionally he’d prefer if local stopped by and passed the government refrained party to make sure it stayed under control, but never from regulating the moved in to break up the rental business festivities. from page one The backyard was filled to capacity. Attendees donned sombreros and wide smiles “If they (first-time off-camas they nibbled on nachos pus residents) want to live off and blew off steam. Performcampus next year, they have to ers during the afternoon get a lease in October,” she said. included Trace of Lime, Des“Most of them have only been mond Jones and Phyrayzer. in town for a month and don’t Some attendees retreatknow the area.” ed to the rooftop above the Beier said the rental compamassive crowd. nies aren’t to blame for the earStill, whether they stood ly signing date, but still thinks on tables or the ground students can run into difficult before the stage, partysituations when deciding where goers danced to the live to live a year before they live music acts. there.

“It’s known as the par“They aren’t at fault here, ty of the year, so you kind the demand is there,” she said. of just have to make it out,” “It’s a great example of a marenvironmental geosciencket working perfectly.” es senior Kelsey ProchazMat t Haga n, a n agent ka said. “There was a lot at Hagan Realt y, said he of dancing and I loved that would prefer if local governthey had so many different ment stayed out of the rental music styles. It was just realbusiness. ly cool.”

“I’m in favor of having no govThe part y kicked off ernment restrictions to deteraround 2:30 p.m. and lastmine when I can and can’t rent ed until about 7 p.m., when my property,” he said. “We’ve attendees began to trickle had very, very few issues with out of the backyard as the people trying to break leases.” music continued to play.

Graduate student Destinee Tables had been dismanSadler has been trying to subtled and trash littered the lease her four-bedroom, fourdeserted yard by the time bathroom apartment in Block the night came to a close, 36 near Chandler Crossings but MSU alumnus Ben since January.

Thomas, one of the hosts of “It’s been tedious,” she said.

Nachofest, said the wreck“People haven’t been sure if age was worth it. they are staying in East LanOnce any damages are sing, and that has caused me paid for, the rest of the proto lower my price a few times.” ceeds made from Nachofest Sadler said being able to opt 2014 will be donated to out of her lease would save her t h e L a c e y H ol s w o r t h a lot of stress.

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“I would prefer to just opt “We threw it to have a out,” she said. “On a scale of great party and had a chance one to 10, I would say my stress to help the community,” level is at an eight right now.”

Thomas said.

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PROTEST

“There needs to be a group outside of Several University of the administration Michigan students drove to East Lansing that doesn’t draw its power from the to show solidarity administration.” with MSU students Duncan Tarr, MSU Students United organizer

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of students.

“ASMSU can only do so much when it comes to actually challenging administration policy, through no fault of their own because their autonomy has been taken away,” Tarr said. “There needs to be a group outside of the administration that doesn’t draw its power from the administration in order to talk about issues.”

MSU Students United also demanded higher education funding to be returned to the level it was before Gov. Rick Snyder took office, a demand that would have to be considered by state legislators.

Concerned community members came to show their support of MSU Students United as well, one of them being alumnus Sam Ryan.

“I think it’s absurd how

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tuition is going up so much and it doesn’t reflect our standing in the globalized world,” Ryan said. “The state is cutting funding to education and they’re just dropping education on the priority list and I don’t think that is right. I don’t think that’s what we ought to be doing.”

Students from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor drove to East Lansing to show solidarity with MSU Students United, who faced many of the same issues that U-M students face, especially when it comes to sexual assault on campus.

“We are all fighting for the same things,” U-M social theory and practice sophomore Cassandra Van Dam said. “Currently rape cases are so underreported and schools aren’t making an effort. ... I want to make it visible and known that we’re not going to put up with this anymore.”

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DeVille said queens make their own outfits while kings can dress in street clothes, which is not as special.

“It’s easier for people to like queens than kings,” Swinford said.

Like Swinford, DeVille said his extensive makeup and homemade costumes just come with being a performer.

“I put all this on to go on stage and get underneath the spotlight, and at the end of the show it all comes off,” DeVille said. “The difference is, is it spotlight or is it sunlight?”

When he was 14, DeVille said he discovered drag at his first gay pride event and has been involved ever since.

“The bright lights and that energy exchange between me and the audience, I just instantly got addicted to it and knew that’s what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” DeVille said.

DeVille said he used to skip high school classes to hang out with drag queens and go to drag shows.

His family was not as supportive of his decision, but DeVille said since they have seen him work full-time for the past few years, they have become more supportive of his choices.

DeVille, a Lansing resident, works as a show director at Spiral Video and Dance Bar in Lansing but is also a full-time entertainer.

“Drag is a big commitment.

For me it’s what I’ve dedicated my life to,” DeVille said.

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Biochemistry senior Driton Gacaferi, left, and human biology freshman Billy Comstock enjoy their lunch with other volunteers on Saturday during MSU’s Global Day of Service at Patriarche Park. MSU students went out to locations in East Lansing and Lansing.

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dents enjoyed the park and the favorable temperatures.

Jalen Garrett, site leader at the Patriarche Park location, said residents seemed pleased about the cleanup.

“What we were able to do was create an environment where they can enjoy their time without fear of getting hurt,” Garrett said.

Garrett, who s e r ve s as an intercultural aide in Akers Hall, said students seemed more engaged when they discovered that doing the service they did forged connections with people in the community.

“I tr y to find value in Jack Stephan, everything I do, I try to Biosystems have a take- engineering away,” Ga r- senior rett said. “ T he experience was less about me and more about the

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The sun was shining this weekend, but the pleasant weather didn’t keep some Spartans from dedicating their Saturday to servicing Lansing and East Lansing communities.

The annual Global Day of Service event kicked off Saturday morning, sending busloads of volunteers to about 11 different locations to lend helping hands to the Lansing community.

In addition to the local cleanup locations, Spartans could participate in cleanups on a national and global level.

Spartans came out from multiple organizations, including the Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions, or OCAT. Many intercultural aides in residence halls across campus came to help and brought several of the residents they attend to as well.

The work the students did at Patriarche Park in East Lansing consisted mostly of clearing away hazardous debris and rubble left behind from the harsh winter season.

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Technology enthusiasts from the MSU community gathered this weekend at the Lansing Makers Network to develop web projects at Hackathon.

Hackathon is an event that offers people interested in web coding the chance to use devices such as 3-D printers, vinyl and laser cutters to translate HTML code into something tangible.

Hackathon organizer Terence O’Neil said the event was a good opportunity for students to come out and showcase their work to sponsors in attendance, including TechSmith, Gravity Works and MSU’s Creative Exploratory.

“We had people working until past midnight on both Friday and Saturday,” O’Neil said. “Over the weekend we’ve had ... around 50 unique visitors to the experience.”

O’Neil said about 12 MSU students and several staff members participated in Hackathon.

Computer science junior Nick Rutowski collaborated with MSU information technologist Greg Mason on a project during the event. "(I worked on) setting up a program that takes posts from a content management system and puts it on a task management system,” Rutowski said.

He said the system was made to log changes and actions made to any computer program. The logs would

then interact automatically with another logging program where other people would be able to review each action without having to manually plug in each step.

Rutowski said he enjoyed the event and the opportunity to work with different technologies.

“I just really enjoy being able to spend a weekend with other people who are interested in coding,” Rutowski said.

Mason said he worked on another project dedicated to making interactive visual research projects more fluid.

“We’re going from technology created in the (1970s) to technology that was created in the early 2000s,” Mason said.

Mason used an example of an online solitaire game that had a significant visual lag because of a ripple effect of the image of one card when the player used his or her cursor to drag it across the screen.

With the new updated system, he was able to cut out the lag of the card as it was dragged, creating a more fluid image.

O’Neil, who is a librarian at the MSU Business Library, said it was the second Hackathon for the MSU community.

He said he wants to continue hosting Hackathon in the future to gain more student participation. "(The) fun thing about hosting it ... at the (Lansing Makers Network) is that there are a lot of cool technologies here that most people don’t have access to,” O’Neil said.

He said he would like to create a similar space on MSU’s campus for students and faculty to work on similar types of projects.

Mechanical engineering freshman Eduardo Sosa rakes together leaves and twigs Saturday during MSU’s Global Day of Service at Patriarche Park.

community.”

He said nothing is more gratifying than brightening someone’s day and putting a smile on their face.

This feeling was emulated by other students as well.

C o m mu n i c a t i o n s e n i o r Antoine Smith said if a person enjoys what they’re doing, they’re going to get more out of it.

“At the end, I can walk around this park with a big smile on my face because I did something great,” Smith said.

Advertising junior Rachel Love had a similar experience.

"(I had) the chance to use my Saturday in a resourceful way and give something back to the MSU community,” Love said.

Bios y stem s eng i neer i ng senior Jack Stephan, who came through OCAT as an intercultural aide in Wilson hall, said as a part of the surrounding communit y, it ’s important to take part in these days of service.

“This represents our school, shows that we care,” Stephan said. “(It) makes a difference in the lives of everyone around.”

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Spartans can come together without being destructive EDITORIAL BOARD Ian Kullgren editor in chief Rebecca Ryan opinion editor Robert Bondy staff representative Omari Sankofa II minority representative

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wo very different events brought hundreds, if not thousands of students together in the past week.

The first: a silent gathering at the rock on Farm Lane last Wednesday attended by more than 500 Spartans, including members of the men’s basketball team and head coach Tom Izzo. We remembered Lacey Holsworth, the 8-year-old princess from St. Johns, Mich., who stole the heart of Adreian Payne, the Spartan community and people across the nation.

The second: the infamous NachoFest party on Saturday filled with at least a thousand students listening to live music. The MSU tradition, which started nine years ago, was a way for students preparing for exams and final proj-

Congrats to Stephen Colbert on landing the gig as David Letterman’s replacement on the Late Show, but I think CBS truly missed out on potentially changing the game for late night television.

ects to come together and relieve some stress response to NCAA before the end of the semester while munch- games. Connecti— Robert Bondy, State News reporter ing on nachos. cut’s student body Although the two events had radically dif- star ted f ires af ter ferent motivations and atmospheres, a theme its team defeated the Read the rest online at can be seen from last week’s gatherings — we Kentucky and although statenews.com/blog. don’t need to destroy things to come togeth- Dayton celebrated safeer as Spartans. ly at first with its presiWe all remember last Decemdent crowd ber, when thousands of students surfing, it also embraced a very different MSU We don’t need to later had issues “tradition” of taking to the destroy things to with students starting fires streets and burning couches in related to the basketball games. response to the football team’s come together as Reports said police eventually attempting to sell liquor without a license. But Big Ten Championship win. Stu- Spartans. used pepper spray on the crowd. the hosts didn’t aim to cause any trouble, and dents aimed to celebrate by takSpartans need to take a step decided against selling alcohol at the party. ing part in another Cedar Fest. back and consider embracing a Throughout the day, police drove by the house But their actions, such as uprootmore peaceful way to unite. Last to check on the celebration, but did not have ing trees and street signs and trying to throw week showed us it is possible to both recognize to intervene. them into the flames, sparked responses from big losses for the MSU community and host big We’ve shown the country that we can come East Lansing and MSU police, who offered celebrations without flocking to the streets to together to honor Princess Lacey through the rewards and are aiming to charge about 60 watch the city burn. memorial and gathering at the rock Wednesday, students for crimes related to the fires.

Although NachoFest was a success, there was and we showed our university and the city of MSU isn’t the only university to have students the possibility that it could have been busted East Lansing we could party peacefully togethcome together for a burst of reckless partying by the police for getting out of control. Police er on Saturday. Coming together as a student and celebrations, and some universities also had approached NachoFest hosts prior to this year’s body can be a tradition in itself. Let’s leave the students starting fires and being destructive in party and expressed concern about the hosts couch burning out of it.

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The only person losing their right in this situation, is the unborn child. The woman has every right to do what she wants, but it is her responsibility to protect herself from conceiving when it’s undesired.

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It’s as if, the fetus has more rights than the mother, scientifically speaking.

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Last week’s slew of demonstrators, protesters and Bible-slingers across campus are evidence that as soon as the snow melts, this campus becomes a forum for discussing opinions and beliefs.

With about 49,000 students, it makes sense for student groups as well as outside organizations to want to spread their ideas to students who are forming their own political and social beliefs.

One group that demonstrated their beliefs on MSU’s campus, MSU Students for Life, stirred up controversy by using graphic images of aborted fetuses to

promote discussion on abortion’s legality, which later motivated a counterprotest from students in support of the right to choose.

This is the United States.­­ Everyone is entitled to their opinions, and we believe that it is a privilege to be exposed to viewpoints that might not necessarily be similar to our own.

Living in a place where people actually care about issues enough to stand up for them and attempt to educate others is great, because we get exposed to things we might not otherwise consider.

This is the time in our lives to expand our minds and gain new perspectives.

The amount of stimuli available on MSU’s campus, both from academia and social interaction, is wonderful.

Seeing and evaluating others’ beliefs is how we form our own.

Unpleasant images of aborted fetuses were boldly posted outside of the Fairchild Auditorium for all students to see, although signs were posted on the perimeters warning of the graphic content.

Some students protested the demonstration because they believed the images were inappropriate for a public area, especially since tour groups and visitors were passing by what is one of the most frequented areas on campus.

They also said the images might be triggering to some individuals.

We aren’t here to say who’s right and who’s wrong. We doubt most peo-

ple wanted to see posters of mutilated fetuses on the way to class, but it made people talk and sparked a campus debate.

The fact that people are even able to speak their minds and try to share what they’re passionate about is something that we often take for granted.

It’s important to appreciate that we have these opportunities to educate ourselves, form our own opinions and become informed individuals.

Another group that was soliciting students last week was Gideons International, a sect of Christianity known for passing out Bibles. You know how every hotel room in the U.S. has a Bible in it? That was because of the Gideons.

They believe that everyone should have access to their doctrine.

Last Wednesday, they were swarming campus at what seemed like every street corner bright and early to offer a pocket-sized copy of The New Testament to people who walked by. Even though they left campus by noon, their presence was noted on social media.

Some students sent tweets expressing their annoyance that everywhere they went, someone was offering them the same thing multiple times on the way to class.

Although being offered the same little book eight times over while going to an 8 a.m. class probably became frustrating, it’s important to remember to be tolerant of other’s beliefs and their rights to express opinions.

Secular groups that try to convert others, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons and Gideons are perhaps irritating to some, but most of the representatives promoting the causes are polite.

The moment someone hands you a Bible and then says “That’ll be $15,” or starts chucking Bibles at you with a T-shirt launcher, go ahead and scorn them. But those who are just trying to share their beliefs likely have the best intentions.

Think about it. Their beliefs affect their lives as much as, for example, cell phones affect some of ours. And if you knew someone who hadn’t ever had a cell phone, you might say, “Hey, try this, it’s great and it’s going to change your life.”

Take one Bible, say, “Thank you,” and use it as a pseudo-shield against the other people handing them out. A simple “No, thanks, I already have one,” is all you need.

Respect those who are passionate enough to put themselves out there and try to spread their beliefs and their passion to others, like the Gideons and MSU Students for Life did. Whether their strategies were effective is another debate entirely, but it’s common courtesy to tolerate their beliefs, whatever yours might be.

You never know what could come from considering others’ beliefs, and you might even find that you agree with them.

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Students put money toward holsworths The Spartan community was hit hard last week with the news of young Lacey Holsworth’s death, the MSU super fan and companion to Spartan basketball standout Adreian Payne.

Holsworth, who was 8 years old, ended her long battle with cancer early Wednesday morning in her home in St. Johns.

After an announcement from her family, the support from Spartans all across the globe poured in for the Holsworths.

To help raise money for the Holsworth family, a group of Spartan fans created the Facebook page “T-shirts for Lacey.�

The group is working to create everything from shirts to stickers and wristbands. The items will all feature the hashtag �#LoveLikeLacey.�

All of the proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated directly to the Holsworth family for their use or for charity distribution.

For more information, visit the group’s Facebook page, “T-shirts for Lacey!,� or follow them on Twitter at @ ShirtsForLacey.

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From left, English and theatre sophomore Bonnie Bairley, psychology and communication junior Steven Fishman, music education freshman Colleen Morence and media and information freshman Jacob Hagerman talk on the sidelines of a badminton game as part of a pride picnic hosted by Spectrum and PRIDE on Saturday at the courtyard by the Student Services Building.

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MSU’s Pride Week offers an annual opportunity for students to connect with the local LGBT community.

But to preveterinary sophomore Ryan Hoek, Saturday’s Pride Week festivities meant more than a chance to showcase pride — it was meant to inspire friendship and encourage acceptance. “We don’t put events on like this to showboat around that we’re a part of the LGBT community, but to show that we’re people too,� Hoek said. “We want everyone to kind of

interact together as a whole. ‌ We want to be a giant pot of gumbo.�

Students joined together Saturday in the courtyard of the Student Services Building for an event called “Speed Dating, Picnic & Gaymes,� with pun intended, music education junior Emily Pelky said.

Pelky, who is the president of West Circle People Respecting Individuality, Diversity and Equality, or PRIDE, organized the event with biomedical laboratory operations freshman Katrine Weismantle, the president of the East Neighborhood Queer and Allied Caucus.

MSU has hosted the event biannually — once during Welcome

Week and once during Pride Week — since 2001, Pelky said.

However, Saturday’s activities carried a bit of a twist compared to past pride celebrations, with the addition of speed dating into the mix. “This year we decided to shake it up a little bit, incorporating a speed dating element, which will be more along the lines of befriending just for giggles,� Pelky said.

Music education freshman Colleen Morence said the event gives students an atmosphere to feel included.

Along with speed dating, or “speed friending� as the group preferred, the event had bocce ball, croquet, badminton, vol-

leyball, hula hoops and plenty of food.

Weismantle said the event, along with Pride Week in general, is a way to spread awareness of the work done by LGBT groups on campus. “There’s so many things that we do, and the students just don’t know what’s going on,� she said.

Pelky stressed that all LGBT and Pride Week events and meetings are open to all students. “It’s important for everyone to know that allies are always welcome at Pride events,�

Pelky said. “You don’t have to be LGBT-identified to show up and have fun with us.�

MSU’s Pride Week events will continue through April 18.

MSU now offering undergraduate film study degree Students at MSU can now take their love for film and transform it into an undergraduate degree.

The university will begin offering a Bachelor of Arts in film study in spring 2015.

The program will be housed in the department of English and in the College of Arts and

Letters.

Until the announcement, MSU was the only Big Ten school that didn’t offer a bachelor program in film studies. The only options students had was to have it as a concentration through a bachelors in English or a specialization in Fiction Film Production or Documentary Studies. “We’re really happy this is moving forward,� director of film studies and assistant professor Joshua Yumibe said. “Particularly given that the moving image is still so central to our culture today, we’re really excited that students will be able to major in this.�

The Department of English has been developing the curriculum for film studies since the late 1980s. In 2008 it became a concentration for those pursuing a bachelors in English. Now, film studies will be its own exclusive major with courses designed specifically for it. “What we’ve done is that we’ve converted this concentration into a full, free standing bachelor of arts in film studies,� Yumibe said. “This gives it more disciplinary unity and coherence and also it can be specifically identified as a bachelor in film studies.�

The major will be open to anyone who wants to pursue it. Everything will be housed through the department of English.

Enrollment for the courses will be available in May once the conversion is finalized. “It’s a majority of specific courses, but some of the courses are part of the English curriculum as well,� Yumibe said. “By and large, they are very film studies-oriented courses that teach students about the history, theory and criticism of film.�

Students who are currently enrolled in the concentration for film studies can still complete the courses as planned. The university also will continue to offer a minor in film studies, which will be open to all students.

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Police crack down on texting, driving laws Police departments nationwide are cracking down on traffic patrol in support of a nationwide campaign to promote April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

The Ingham County Sheriff’s Office is leading a local initiative to bring awareness to new statistics. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drivers in their 20s make up 27 percent of the distracted drivers who end up in fatal crashes, Ingham County Sheriff Deputy Josh Treat said.

D i s t r ac te d d r iv i ng c a n include texting or using cell phones, eating and drinking, reading, using a GPS or messing with the radio.

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he was rear-ended by a driver who was texting.

The accident caused about $13,000 worth of damage to his car.

Despite the cost of the collision, Dubois said he still hasn’t kicked the habit himself. “I still text and drive because I’m confident in my ability to send a short message while not taking my attention off the road,� he said.

The department also plans to use their social media accounts to educate the community about distracted driving, Holton said.

Educational flyers also will be posted in each neighborhood on campus to encourage proper driving laws and bicycle and pedestrian safety, he said.

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ing because it requires visual, manual and cognitive attention from the driver, Treat said.

According to officials at 54-B District Court, a citation for texting and driving in East Lansing costs about $210.

MSU police Lt. Randy Holton said remaining on alert for texting and driving offenders is especially important to local police because East Lansing has high levels of vehicle traffic, pedestrians and bicyclists.

This month, he said the department is taking the cause “a step further.�

The department is setting their focus on community safety and making contact with any drivers who they feel are distracted or driving carelessly.

Michigan’s campaign targets teens and young adults because the act is most often committed by younger drivers, Treat said.

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A group of MSU stude nt s t r a v e l e d a c r o s s MSU’s expansive campus to observe safe biking practices and explore the sites of MSU energy operations.

Nearly 20 bikers strong, the group faced challenges of gravel roads, shrunken bike lanes and impatient drivers. The biking trek covered more than seven miles of campus, beginning at Brody Neighborhood and concluding at the T.B. Simon Power Plant.

E nv i r on me nt a l s t udies and agriscience junior Sean Martin said he organized the tour to show the university’s production and consumption of energy on campus, as well as to give students the opportunity to examine their own energy practices.

“This is part of the campus — this is your dairy farm, this is your power plant, come in and learn about them,” Martin said.

The tour included Brody Complex Neighborhood, the MSU Bikes Service Center, a geothermal field near the MSU Clinical Center, the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center, the MSU Anaerobic Digestion and Research and Education Center, the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center and the T. B. Simon Power Plant.

At each of the seven locations, bikers dismounted for brief informational sessions on the functions of each site and how the operations meet universit y energ y needs in a sustainable way.

Appa rel a nd te x t i le s junior Kelsey Craig said tour ing t he sites made her realize she can have

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an impact on the university’s overall energy consumption through everyday actions.

“It changed my view,” Craig said. “It put a perspective on what a large scale operation it is and how I use energy personally. I just want to be more conscious of turning lights off and taking shorter showers.”

Along with learning about the energy sites, bikers also had an opportunity to enjoy the sights and sounds of spring and to witness parts of campus they hadn’t prior.

Craig mainly bikes around

the dorms and classroom portion of campus. She said visiting the cows at the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center was her favorite location because one of the cows licked her as she attempted to pet it.

Zoology sophomore Jamie McGowan said biking around MSU is an effective way of orienting oneself on such a large campus.

“It’d be great if there was more of these every fall and spring,” McGowan said. “It’s a chance to explore MSU and it would be great for freshman.”

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MSU’s Japan Club and Taiwanese Student Association prov ided et hnic food and games for their guests during the sixth annual Island Bazaar on Saturday.

Guests could try Japanese and Taiwanese foods while watching performances from reFRESHcru, an MSU-affiliated hip-hop dance group, and various singing groups.

Traditional dishes such as Japanese savory pancakes, Taiwanese fried chicken, yakisoba, or fried noodles, and steamed sponge cake were served. Workers from Bubble Island, 515 E. Grand River Ave., also served bubble tea to the guests.

The Island Bazaar was geared toward celebrating Japanese and Taiwanese culture and sharing traditions “The food was really good,” advertising senior Jerry Vedua said. “I liked the Taiwanese chicken and the potato salad the best.”

Vedua said it’s great that these two groups came together, because he learned a lot more about their respective cultures.

“There are so many Japanese and Taiwanese students at MSU, so we want to show that they have a place here.”

Ryan Gaines, Japan Club vice president

Throughout the event, there were three stations of games set up along the sides of the room in First Christian Church, 1001 Chester Rd., in Lansing.

Many guests played Taiwanese pinball, a simplified version of the popular game with wooden framing.

Hiroya Miyoshi, mechanical engineer ing sopho more and Japan Club president, also pulled volunteers from the audience and taught them games, including airplane throwing and ninja star throwing.

The event closed with a nattoōeating contest. Nattoō is a traditional Japanese food made from soybean, which often becomes known for its potent smell.

The winner received a gift card to No Thai!

“Natto ... has an acquired taste,” Miyoshi said. He added a Japanese spice to it to make the competition more difficult for participants.

Above all else, the event was meant to showcase Japanese and Taiwanese culture on campus.

“(Japan and Thailand are) both island countries, and while they’re small they have so much to offer the world,” advertising senior and Japan Club Vice President Ryan Gaines said. “There are so many Japanese and Taiwanese students at MSU, so we want to show that they have a place here.”

Isla nd Bazaa r promotes diversity as well as Japanese and Taiwanese culture. Gaines said his guests included Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and domestic students.

“We had such a huge turnout,” Gaines said, “(There were) so many new faces.”

Computer science sophomore Jie Wan became interested in Japanese culture after enrolling in classes for Kendo, a Japanese martial art that involves using swords.

He said he wanted to attend the event to learn more about the typical Japanese lifestyle and to taste some food he’d never tried.

“It’s pretty awesome,” Wan said. “It opened my eyes to this new culture.”

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MSU Debate team among top 16 in National Debate Tournament The MSU Debate Team placed in the top 16 at the National Debate Tournament on April 7 as one of six schools in the country to qualify three teams to the nationwide competition. A total of 80 teams competed in the tournament.

The last time that happened was in 2008.

During the competition, MSU lost to Northwestern University on a 5-2 decision in the octafinals.

It was the final debate for duo debate team members international relations

senior Kaavya Ramesh and international relations junior Tyler Thur, who are members of the Honors College.

International relations junior Jack Caporal and international relations senior Quinn Zemel finished in the top 32.

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Michigan proved why ESPN ranked them No. 4 in the latest USA softball poll on Sunday.

The Wolverines entered the seventh inning with a 4-0 lead, and exited the inning with a 14-0 victory.

The MSU scoreboard can’t accommodate double-digit runs for an inning, so the run total for the seventh frame somewhat comically read “0.” U-M was too dominant for the scoreboard.

“They’re an extremely talented ball club,” head coach Jacquie Joseph said. “They are top five for a reason, and I thought that they really capitalized, like all great teams do, on the opponents’ mistakes.”

After a weekend sweep at the hands of Michigan, the Spartans fall to 9-28 overall, 2-12 in conference play.

Senior pitcher Kelly Smith pitched three innings and allowed three runs. Freshman pitcher Valerie Kaff pitched the remaining four and allowed 11.

Sophomore outfielder Sierra Lawrence and junior Sara Driesenga each drove in four runs for the Wolverines. Lawrence hit a home run in the fourth inning, and Driesenga hit a grand slam in the seventh.

At the top of the seventh, freshman outfielder Kelly Christner nearly homered to center field for a double, and Lawrence followed with a double of her own to score two runs.

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Junior rightfielder Carly Nielsen prepares to throw the ball into the infield during the game against Michigan on Sunday at Secchia Stadium at Old College Field.

and we’re just looking forward to getting ready. We still have 11 games left so, looking forward to that.”

There were positives despite the weekend sweep for the Spartans. Junior right fielder Carly Nielson made a highlight play at the top of the second, catching a fly ball hit by U-M first baseman Taylor Hasselbach that would have been a home run.

On the very next at-bat, junior catcher Lauren Sweet hit a home run to left field, this one a single, giving U-M an 8-0 advantage. Sophomore shortstop Sierra Romero then singled up the middle to score two more RBIs, bringing the seventh-inning run count to six.

“Michigan’s a great team, obviously they’re a top five team,” junior outfielder Stephanie Sanders said. “We had one bad inning

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MSU baseball swept Purdue in a doubleheader on Saturday to earn its third straight weekend series victory, taking two out of three games from the Boilermakers at home.

After dropping Friday’s series opener in extra innings, 5-3, MSU picked up two close victories on Saturday, winning the first game 7-6 and the second 2-1.

The final game of the series was moved from Sunday to Saturday because of anticipated bad weather on Sunday afternoon.

The two wins improve the Spartans to 10-2 in their last 12 games, and the victories keep MSU (20-13 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) in the upper half of the conference standings.

MSU and Purdue (7-24, 3-6) needed a couple of extra innings to decide Friday’s contest, with the Boilermakers finally stealing the win in the 11th inning. MSU

ing a hot bat for MSU on Saturday, including a 3-for-5 outing in the first game with one RBI. He also went 2-for-4 in the second game and scored two runs.

Junior Jeff Kinley came in to relieve sophomore starting pitcher Justin Alleman and picked up the win after 2 solid innings for MSU. Kinley gave up only two hits and no earned runs.

The second game of the doubleheader saw a defensive battle between the two Big Ten foes, with Vieaux pitching a complete game for MSU. Vieaux picked up the win for MSU, only giving up one earned run on five hits and also registering six strikeouts.

Junior right fielder Jimmy Pickens drove in the game-winning run for MSU in the bottom of the fifth on a single through the left side to make it 2-1. Pickens finished the game with two hits and one RBI. MSU returns to the field Tuesday against Notre Dame.

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tied the game at 3 in the bottom of the eighth on a sac fly from senior catcher Joel Fisher, scoring junior outfielder Chase Toth from third base.

However, MSU wouldn’t be able to generate much offense after that, with Purdue scoring two runs in the top of the 11th on three hits and a Spartan error.

“We had chances and just didn’t get it done,” head coach Jake Boss Jr. said. “Credit to Purdue for hanging in there. That was a fairly well-played ball game until the last inning. We had plenty of opportunities to win the ball game and just didn’t get it done.”

Saturday held better fortune for the Spartans, with MSU using timely offense to win the first game of the doubleheader and a gem of an outing from freshman pitcher Cam Vieaux in the second.

After falling behind 4-0, MSU scored two runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings along with one more in the seventh to pick up the 7-6 victory. Junior center fielder Anthony Cheky was swing-

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Aries (march 21-April 19) Today is a 7 — Pluto turns retrograde (until 9/23), and power struggles decrease. It’s still not a good time to argue. Pressure eases, and you can take time to look back.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7 -- Don’t gamble with your reserves or buy stuff you don’t need. Check on supplies.

Over the next five months, strengthen relations with your community and partnerships.

taurus (April 20-may 20) Today is a 7 -- With Pluto retrograde for the next five months, political control issues ease. Careful financial review reveals future expenses, so keep it frugal and stick to the budget.

Virgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Today is a 7 -- Discover family secrets from the past over the next five months. Get into the research.

Take time for personal discovery, and capture it in words and images.

gemini (may 21-June 20) Today is a 7 -- Listen, but don’t argue.

Intuitively, you know which path to take. Don’t gamble or spend on treats for the kids.

Push yourself recreationally.

Libra (sept. 23-oct. 22) Today is an 8 -- Bossy overlords get distracted while Pluto’s retrograde (until 9/23). Savor creative freedom, and push your personal agenda.

cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 7 -- Figure out how much you can afford to put away.

Your intuition gets validated.

With Pluto retrograde (until 9/23), authoritarian pressure.

scorpio (oct. 23-nov. 21) Today is a 7 -- Love and spirituality soothe like balm. Nostalgia can be profitable, with Pluto’s retrograde (until 9/23)

sagittarius (nov. 22-dec. 21) Today is a 7 -- Over the next five months, reassess your resources. Include talents, affinities, and connections. You have more than you think. Keep equipment in repair. capricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 -- The intensity lets up with Pluto retrograde for the next five months. Use this break to review strategies.

Write the roadmap to reach a future personal goal accomplished.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-feb. 18) Today is a 7 -- With Pluto retrograde for the next five months, take time to review and reflect.

Prepare a retrospective, dig into family history, or write your memories. pisces (feb. 19-march 20) Today is a 7 -- Let love spur you to make or renew a commitment.

New information could change options. A decision could get reversed.

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Raise money for NonProfits over the phone, build resume. Earn $8-12/ hr, free parking near MSU. Call 332-1501 for an interview today!

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DJ Hardwell drops beats at Lansing Center Saturday

By April Jones ajones@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

Flashing strobe lights illuminated the dancing crowd Saturday night as Dutch disc jockey Hardwell dropped the beat at the Lansing Center.

Starting at 7 p.m., thousands surrounded a center stage where electrifying music filled the Lansing Center’s reception hall. The concert was a part of Hardwell’s Revealed North American Bus Tour.

Hardwell is considered one of the world’s top DJs, which made it possible to sell more than 5,000 tickets, according to event director Cameron Inniss.

“It was definitely a better performance than what comes around the local area,” Inniss said.

Before Hardwell took stage, the concert opened with DJs, Dyro and Dannic.

After they performed, the crowd was more than ready for headliner Hardwell to take the stage. Before he came out, a roaring “Hardwell” chant took over the venue.

Hardwell emerged around 10 p.m. and played for two hours.

He rallied the audience with his top hits, “Spaceman,” “Dare You,” “Countdown” and “Ping Pong.” His performance was complimented by two erupting, colorful waterfalls, shooting confetti and fog machines.

Hardwell came into the music scene in 2006. Since then, the 26-year-old has built a fanbase of millions.

In 2013, Hardwell was named the world’s No. 1 DJ in the 2013 DJ Map Top 100 DJs Poll. The artist is widely known for his live sets at major music festivals, such as Tomorrowland and Ultra.

Hardwell rarely tours in North America, so when Inniss found out he was planning a tour in the United States, he immediately contacted Hardwell’s touring agency to bring the DJ to Lansing.

The show Saturday night not only brought in MSU students and locals, but many traveled hours to experience Hardwell’s beats firsthand.

“I want to crowd surf, meet a bunch of people and have a great time,” said Kalamazoo, Mich. resident Caleigh Schuur at the concert. “I’m having the best time of my life — East Lansing is the best.”

Economics junior Paul Eschenburg came with a group of friends for a night of dancing. He said he saw the concert as an opportunity to have fun together and go to one of the best shows of all time.

When Hardwell played his mix, “Ping Pong,” Eschenburg, along with thousands of others, started waving their hands from left to right to go along with the beat.

“The whole atmosphere was electric,” Eschenburg said. “I’ve never experienced anything quite like it before.

He’s definitely a must-see artist.”

Political science senior Eric Preston came out Saturday to enjoy a night full of house music. Preston, who has attended multiple electric dance music concerts, said no one he’s seen compares to Hardwell.

“Hardwell was cray,” Preston said. “The number one party school got to show the number one DJ how we Sparty.”

Special education senior Laura Smith pulls her kayak into the water Friday, before a race with the MSU Outdoors Club by the rock on Farm Lane.

The race followed the Red Cedar River to Grand River and finished at Grand Haven State Park. The participants had to finish the race within 57 hours.

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outdoor club kayaks to grand HAven

By Ben Stram bstram@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

Forty hours on the open water.

This is what members of the MSU Outdoors Club signed up for in this weekend during the second annual Campus to Coast kayaking race.

The event began at the rock on Farm Lane. Kayakers then followed the Red Cedar River into the Grand River, going through Grand Haven before finishing at Grand Haven State Park.

The race is 160 miles long with some of the fastest finishing times between 36-40 hours and 57 hours being the cut-off time.

About 100 MSU students and residents of all levels of experience participated in the trek.

Michael Lohr said although the race is a great adventure, it also brings challenges, such as going

“People just make their own to the bathroom and eating while trips,” Tobin said.“They basicalpaddling down the river.

“There’s rest stops along the ly just say, ‘Hey, who wants and go do this?’ and then a way, so if you need to stop to bunch of people use the bathroom there’s get together, port-a-johns at a lot we make a of different boat carpool list launches that you and then can use,” Lohr we go.” said. “OtherSome wise (the) food students that you need, who have you can bring it never with you or you kayaked stop along the civil engineering senior before side of the river decided to and decide to stop come out for at a restaurant.” the race.

It costs $20 per year to Both civil engineerjoin the club, or $15 per semester. And this is just one of many ing senior Danny BenSalem and events the MSU Outdoors Club Tobin were first-timers at the event. hosts throughout the year.

They brought snacks such as Education senior Allison Tobin said people in the group set up apples, bananas, nuts and cookies for the trip. their own events.

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Rock climbing, adventure races like this — it’s the whole package.”

—Danny BenSalem,

BenSalem said this was his first time kayaking, but noted events like these are why he joined the club.

“I love doing a lot of stuff outdoors, and that’s what the Outdoor Club is about,” he said.

“Rock climbing, adventure races like this, hiking, the whole package.”

MSU alumnus Tom Baweja used to be president of the club when he attended MSU. While returning to East Lansing for the Campus to Coast race for the second time, he took the time to reflect on how much the MSU Outdoors Club taught him.

“I learned a heck of a lot. Now I pass that on to people,” Baweja said. “I came as a freshman knowing very little about everything I know now that I’ve gained from the club and pass that on to other people that were just like me.”