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RELIGIOUS GUIDE News Look for this directory in the paper every Thursday and online at: www.statenews.com/religious Ascension Lutheran Church 2780 Haslett Rd., E. Lansing Between Hagadorn & Park Lake Rds. (517) 337-9703 Adult Bible Study: 9am Sunday School: 9am Worship Service: 10am ascensioneastlansing.org

Lansing Church of God in Christ 5304 Wise Rd., Lansing, MI 48911 http://lansingcogic.org/ Worship hours Sunday: 10:30am, 5:00pm Monday Family Prayer: 6:00pm

Chabad House of MSU Your Jewish home, away from home 540 Elizabeth St. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 214-0525 chabadmsu.com Friday evenings: 20 minutes after sunset followed by Shabbat dinner Saturday: 11am, Torah reading at 12pm

Little Flock Christian Fellowship A Non-DenominationalEvagelical Church MSU Alumni Chapel (Basement Hall) Sunday Worship Service: 10am-12 Noon.

Fellowship Lunch after the service Weekly Bibly Studies & Students’ Meetings. littleflock.msu@gmail.com www.littleflock.org

Eastminster Presbyterian Church 1315 Abbot Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48823 (517) 337-0893 www.eastminsterchurch.org Sunday School for All Ages: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 10:30am UKirk Presbyterian Campus Ministry www.ukirkmsu.org Faith Fellowship Baptist Church 1001 Dakin St. Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 853-9897 Sunday Morning Worship: 11am Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study: 6:30pm Van service available to church Campus Bible Study: Tuesday at 7:00 pm in Chemistry Bldg. www.ffbc.us First Baptist Church of Okemos 4684 Marsh Rd. Okemos, MI 48864 (517) 349-2830 www.fbcokemos.org/worship Sunday worship: 10:45am Greater Lansing Church of Christ 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI (Meeting at the University Christian Church building) (517) 898-3600 Students welcome!

Sunday Worship: 8:45am Sunday Bible class: 10am Wednesday: 7pm - praise and worship Students please feel free to call for rides http://www.greaterlansingcoc.org

The Islamic Society of Greater Lansing 940 S. Harrison Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823 For prayer times visit www.lansingislam.com/ Trinity Church 3355 Dunckel Rd. Lansing, MI 48911 (517) 272-3820 Saturday: 6pm Sunday: 9:15am, 11am trinitywired.com

University Baptist Church 4608 South Hagadorn Rd East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-4144 www.ubcel.org 10 AM Worship Service 11:15 Coffee Hour 11:30 Sunday School

Peoples Church 200 W. Grand River Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-6074 www.peoples-evolution.org Sunday Worship: 8:30am, 9:30am Tuesday: Love Life: 7-9pm Wednesday: Dinner at 5:30pm, Journey at 6:30

University Christian Church 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-5193 universitychristianwired.com Sunday: 11:15 am Sunday Bible Study: 10:15 am

River Terrace Church 1509 River Terrace Dr. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-9059 www.riverterrace.org Service times: 9 & 11:15am

University Lutheran Church (ELCA) One Community: Lutheran/ Episcopal Campus Ministry 1020 South Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-2559 www.facebook.com/onecommunitymsu Sunday Worship 10:45am

The Pentecostals of East Lansing 16262 Chandler Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 337-7635 www.pentecostalel.org Like us on Facebook!

Hillel Jewish Student Center Sunday worship: 11am Thursday Bible study: 7pm 360 Charles St., E. Lansing Thursday young adult group: (517) 332-1916 8:30pm Friday Night Wednesday campus Bible Services: 6pm, Dinner: 7pm study: 8pm at MSU library September - April

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Unity Spiritual Renaissance 230 S. Holmes St. Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 484-2360 or (517) 505-1261 Sunday: 10:30am Wednesday: 6:30pm meditation

Martin Luther Chapel 444 Abbot Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-0778 martinlutherchapel.org Sunday: 9:30am & 7:00pm Wednesday Worship: 9pm Mini-bus pick-up on campus (Fall/Spring)

St. John Catholic Church and Student Center 327 M.A.C. Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 337-9778 stjohnmsu.org Sunday: 8am, 10am, Noon, 5pm, 7pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 12:15pm Tuesday & Thursday: 9:15pm

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University United Methodist Church MSU Wesley 1120 S. Harrison Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-7030 universitychurchhome.org msuwesley.org Sunday: 10:30am 9:00am Garden Service in the summer TGIT: 8:00pm Thursdays Sept. - April WELS Lutheran Campus Ministry 704 Abbot Road East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 580-3744 www.msu.edu/~weisluth 6:00pm Saturday

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Communication senior Jenna Kahn organizes bags and apparel April 19 at Moosejaw at 555 E. Grand River Ave in East Lansing. PHOTO: EMILY ELCONIN

MSU student creates scholarship for international students in need

BY DEJA GREEN DGREEN@STATENEWS.COM

With the funds raised through her online store, sociology junior Kady Cox established her own scholarship for students in Belize.

Cox, who started up her own sweets business called VK Sweets this year after the growing popularity for her baked goods, said she is offering the scholarship for students at three different schools.

“I had the opportunity to study abroad over spring break,” Cox said. “I worked with underprivileged students and the students were kind of unaware of their situation. They thought it was normal to be living in the condition they were living in.”

Established for three schools in San Ignacio, Belize, Cox said the Belize 3-Way Scholarship Fund is designed to enrich the education community in Belize, directly affecting St. Andrew’s Anglican School, Faith Nazarene Primary School and Sacred Heart Primary School and Junior College.

While Cox was in Belize for her study abroad, she said she distributed supplies to the youth, which inspired her to do more to help than what she did in the short time she was there.

“The kids were jumping for them (pencils) and then I pulled out wipes and they were super excited to get wipes,” Cox said. “That’s when I realized I needed to do something other than just being there for a week.”

Cox said one of her goals is to help each of the schools and the students who attend as much as she can.

“I didn’t want to pick, because they all need the help,” Cox said.

She said two of the schools are based on academic and financial level and require tuition to attend.

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“The other one is free,” Cox said. “That school is reserved for students who didn’t get into the other two schools. It is free but it is government funded.”

Cox said the students who attend the schools that require tuition cannot afford books, lunch or a way to school because cabs and buses are their main mode of transportation.

“I worked with underprivileged students and the students were kind of unaware of their situation. They thought it was normal to be living in the condition they were living in.”

Kady Cox, Sociology junior

“My plan is to enrich the education community in Belize,” Cox said.

Cox started the fund with the success of VK Sweets, which she said does not have a specific goal at the moment, but she said plans to be continuous.

“It started off as start-up money for myself,” Cox said. “That’s when I remembered that I could use this donation section for good.”

Cox said in the future, she hopes to donate 10 percent of what VK Sweets makes to the scholarship fund.

She said customers who donate $25 or more to the cause will receive free chocolate-covered strawberries courtesy of VK Sweets.

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Sarah Taylor, MSU international relations and comparative cultures and politics junior

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MSU Science Festival captivates campus

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There’s nothing like the sight of a crowd getting excited about something they love, whether that’s cheers for Bryn Forbes making a 3-pointer or screams filling Spartan Stadium after a Connor Cook touchdown pass.

But what about the “ooh’s” and “ahh’s” of children as they witness a chemical reaction take place?

BECAUSE THAT’S A THING, TOO

Since 2013, MSU has been hosting the MSU Science Festival.

This year, the festival began April 12 and will run through April 24. The festival, inspired by one co-creator’s trip to the University of Cambridge’s festival, is the opportunity to utilize campus as a way to offer the community access to learning about science.

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Burns used the siphon method to create a cup of coffee. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

ting-edge material that’s going on in their fields with the general public, and the response that we’ve gotten from attendees has just been wonderful,” Renee Leone, coordinator and co-founder of the MSU Science Festival, said. “It really seems to be fulfilling an otherwise unmet need at the moment, and we’re really thrilled to be able to do that.”

With thousands of visitors throughout previous years attending the festival, families got to experience events of all varieties.

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the secrets of black holes and tropical forests, all from researchers who are doing the work,” Leone said. “I just like to imagine that after the festival that people go home and they look something up, or they try something they saw at the festival, or together they get excited to find out more information about a night star that they see in the backyard in the sky, or some kind of critter that they come across, and all those questions start flowing about what is it and why is that here.”

This year, the fair partnered with other science programs in different cities, such as Detroit and Grand Rapids.

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“It’s nice because research is not always full of laughOn April 14, families gathered in a lecture hall in the Chemistry Building to watch a series of explosions. Chem- ter, so it’s good to do presentations that are really fun for istry professors James Geiger and Babak Borhan demon- everybody,” Stec said.

The presentation included some friendly generational strated a number of experiments that result in combuscompetition, when the kids competed against the adults tion or a flame.

“It’s a way to attract students, especially the younger kids, in various brain tests.

“I was very impressed with towards science,” Borhan said. the way that they involved and “When you do a demonstration made us feel like it was all of which have colors, flashes, explo- “I just like to imagine us, not just us and them, and sions and lights, they get inter- that after the festival that that the people could laugh ested in science, and of course and have fun doing it and it science isn’t just about that. We people go home and they wasn’t like a classroom setwant to build interest in them look something up, or ting where we had to be rigearly on so they come ask questhey try something they id,” Bruce Barker, a local entretions and build more interest.” preneur and Lansing resident, The explosions were only the saw at the festival.” said. “We could make noise sparks igniting the families’ and and be silly and have fun. the children’s interest for the Renee Leone, Co-founder of the MSU Science Festival Everyone is encouraged to be week to come. partners with the scientists, and that made me and my family want to come.”

TRICKING YOUR BRAIN: MEMORY AND ATTENTION Barker said he came to the event out of both interest ILLUSIONS April 16 was when the festival really kicked off. With and nostalgia. His parents studied social sciences and the nearly 20 featured events on Saturday alone, campus was modern take on what his parents did in previous decades intrigued him, but the curiosity of learning about science filled with eager adults and curious children.

Michelle Stepan and Kelly Stec, both graduate students, was a factor as well.

“A science fair should be given the same opportunity, hosted Tricking Your Brain: Memory and Attention Illusions.

The crowd watched demonstrations and was given tests same enthusiasm, the same energy like when you want to meant to show how the brain might distort things and why. see a concert or a Spartan basketball game, because sciStepan and Stec put on the presentation as part of their ence is in everything,” Barker said.

Read more at statenews.com. graduate research and said they enjoyed the crowd’s

Chemistry professor James Geiger prepares to demonstrate an experiment with balloons and fire during Keep Calm: It’s Only An Explosion, which is a chemistry demonstration that was a part of the MSU Science Festival April 14 in the Chemistry Building.

Geiger said he likes demonstrating chemistry because he wants to spark interest for both adults and children to learn more about chemistry.

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By the numbers: MSU’s room and board costs continue to rise Room and board prices increase through the academic years

2011-12 4.95

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Inspector finds many issues in Abbot Manor

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

Following further inspection of the closed Abbot Manor building on April 8, the city deemed WestPac, Abbot Manor’s owner, in need of a plan from an architect or engineer sealed by with the State of Michigan Seal before repairs to the building could be made.

In late March, Abbot Manor was shut down and all residents were forced to vacate the building and find other housing after an earlier city inspection found 16 violations. Extensive water damage, black mold and falling drywall were among problems within the building.

During the April 8 inspection, Building and Code Administrator Glen Dempsey and other East Lansing officials walked through the buildings to further assess the damage to the building and sent a letter to WestPac representatives detailing the damage and need for engineering.

“As I walked through the building, it was quite clear why the building and its tenants were required to vacate the building,” Dempsey wrote in the letter.

Furthermore, Dempsey said the leaking roof, which caused the damage and caused the need to vacate the building, had not been proper-

ly maintained or replaced and was “past its useful life.”

A mere coincidence possibly, but days before the shutdown CS Roofing of Grass Lake paid $170 for a permit to begin roof work on Abbot Manor, according to an earlier article by the Lansing State Journal.

Also noted in Dempsey’s letter were numerous spots of moisture penetration, with penetration having occurred for “quite some time,” according to the letter. Some of the buildings’ floors were sagging or pitched, as was the roof deck.

The letter noted Abbot Manor’s foundation was underpinned and 129 piers were put in to help preserve the building’s structure in 2008.

Dempsey further noted “structural elements will need to be addressed for rotten or deteriorated members that can no longer handle the loads as required by the building code.”

Water damage might have affected the electrical wiring, insulation, smoke alarms and drywall as well and will have to be replaced, according to Dempsey’s letter.

WestPac will also have to provide a moisture and mold report, “with remediation required to eliminate all areas damaged from the water,” according to the letter.

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For MSU junior, letters and numbers are colors

ACROSS

1 “Grey’s Anatomy” airer 4 Skins to remove 9 Non-shaving razor name?

14 Scrooge word 15 Brilliance 16 San Antonio landmark 17 Roger Clemens, for one 18 *Unit in a bowl 20 Layered rock 22 “Sorry, we’re full” sign 23 Test release 24 Glimpse 25 Make fun of 27 Sportscast staple 30 Set boundaries 34 Tour de France, e.g.

37 Nikon competitor 38 LAX datum 39 *Website for do-it yourselfers 42 Gen-__ 43 Don’t bother 45 Exercise result, all too often 47 Rose support 50 Made the last move, in a way 51 Later years 53 Degs. for writers 56 Weakness 59 Look over 60 Sherlock Holmes enemy Colonel Sebastian __

61 *Fast pace 65 One in Paris 66 Tart 67 David’s role on “Frasier” 68 Chemical ending 69 Eponymous trailblazer Chisholm 70 Davis of “A League of Their Own” 71 Thrice, in Rx’s

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10 Neckwear denoting affiliation 11 Zoo sight 12 Latin 101 word 13 UCLA Bruins coach Jim 19 A conspicuous position, with “the”

21 Singer Lovett 25 College athlete 26 Completely incorrect 28 “Big Brother” creator 29 Le cinquième mois 31 Tasty mélange ... and a literal hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues 32 Secures, as a victory 33 Sailors 34 Corn __ 35 Road to the Forum 36 Mixgetränk cube 40 Strikes may cross it 41 Man-mouse connector 44 Fall noisemakers 46 Verne captain 48 As above, in a footnote 49 Saw 52 Lamp output, if you’re lucky 54 “Intervention” channel 55 Expression for Ozymandias 56 Key of the first two Brandenburg Concertos: Abbr.

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International relations junior Sarah Taylor poses for a portrait April 12 at Holden Hall. Taylor has grapheme-color synesthesia, which she described as a condition when that occurs when “letters and numbers have their own distinct color associations.” PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

BY IAN WENDROW IWENDROW@STATENEWS.COM

For Sarah Taylor, an international relations and comparatives cultures and politics junior, letters are not just letters. They’re also colors.

“To me it’s just kind of second nature,” Taylor said. “I don’t really think about it too much. ... It just kind of happens without me thinking about it.”

Taylor has synesthesia, a neurological condition in which the stimulation of a sensory area leads to experiences in a different sensory area.

“To me it’s just kind of second nature. I don’t really think about it too much. ... It just kind of happens without me thinking about it.”

Sarah Taylor, International relations and comparative cultures and politics junior Taylor specifically has a more common variant known as grapheme-color synesthesia. Basically, those who experience this kind of synesthesia will see a specific color assigned to individual letters and numbers as they read.

As she looked over a typed page, Taylor described what she was seeing as she went along.

“In the big picture, I see exactly what anyone else would see, this is all just like black letters,” Taylor said. “But as I’m reading, then I see that, oh, it’s in the form of an ‘e’ so it’s yellow. As I’m reading I see them in colors. Then the word is the collective of the colors I suppose.”

Various studies show that grapheme-color synesthetes — the term for those who have the condition — is strongly linked to a genetic component. As far as Sarah is aware, no one else in her immediate family has the condition. Estimates as to how many people have synesthesia has been

narrowed to about 1 in 2,000.

Sarah’s mother, Carie Godman, said Taylor’s perception is fairly unique amongst her immediate family.

“Actually, it wasn’t until really, I believe, around high school when she had mentioned it to me,” Godman said.

“No one has ever mentioned anything like that. My mom has passed, but I think she would have told me — she passed when she was 52. My father has never mentioned anything, my sister doesn’t have anything like that, I don’t.”

Taylor’s reluctance to tell her family of her synesthesia wasn’t born out of any sense of embarrassment or shame.

She said she just always thought of it as normal.

“I thought everyone saw things the way I do,” she said.

“When I began telling people about it, that’s when I realized like, ‘Oh this is pretty unique.’”

Her boyfriend Jacob Ortlieb, an MSU political theory and constitutional democracy junior, recalled how open Taylor was about her particular trait, telling him about it shortly after they first met.

“She’s totally into numerology and thinks there’s significance to numbers and stuff like that,” Ortlieb said. “Much more spiritual connection than I have, which is kind of interesting.”

In addition to this spiritual component, Taylor mentioned there were practical benefits for her, particularly in the realm of memorization.

“It allows me to memorize different numbers like cell phone numbers, or just certain vocabulary words, I’m able to think like, ‘oh it’s pink and it started with ‘a,’ so it’s this word,’” she said.

Her condition can also have a benefit.

“She can remember dates really well because she remembers the color,” Ortlieb said. “She can tell me what happened last night if, like, if it was a blue day.”

It’s because of these resulting advantages Taylor sees her synesthesia as a unique part of her being.

“I feel like calling it a ‘condition’ makes it something bigger than it really needs to be,” she said. “It is classified as a condition but it kind of makes it seem more like an illness, whereas I see it as an advantage if not just neutral.”

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Wide receivers making strides in spring under Shelton’s leadership

BY SOUICHI TERADA STERADA@STATENEWS.COM

Spring practice in 2016 is all but over for the MSU football team.

At the beginning of the spring, there were holes on the team the Spartans were looking to fill. For the team, wide receiver was one position they seemed to lose a lot of production.

The Spartans graduated seniors Aaron Burbridge and Macgarrett Kings Jr. from the offense following 2015. Both were a huge part of the offense, combining for 125 receptions and 1,777 receiving yards in the fall.

“Knowing that I can play at this level with the speed and strength these guys possess, I’m not that very far off. Now it’s just time to step up and show what I have.”

Felton Davis III, Sophomore MSU football wide receiver Burbridge was arguably one of the most talented receivers in the Big Ten in 2015. He was named to the first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media and won the 2015 Richter-Howard Big Ten Receiver of the Year award. He also led the conference in receptions and receiving yards, playing a pivotal role in the Spartan offense.

Kings played an integral part in the Spartan’s offensive system as well. He was third on the team in receptions with 40 and second in receiving yards with 519. With both players leaving, they put the Spartans in the unenviable task of replacing them.

However, the Spartans are not completely barren of returning talent to their receiving core. Senior wide receiver R.J. Shelton will be back with the team. Shelton had a solid junior campaign in 2015, ranking second on the team in receptions with 43 and third in receiving yards with 503.

Through the years, head coach Mark Dantonio said he has liked what he has seen out of Shelton. Shelton played his true freshman year and is now in his last year of eligibility as a senior. “(Shelton) is in his fourth year, he’s played since his freshman year,” Dantonio said. “He’s been pretty much a factor in every game we’ve played since then. In terms of leadership, I think that’s sort of thrust upon him and he’s done a great job with that. He’ll take the next step.”

Being a senior, Shelton has also seen his leadership roles increase, teaching some of the younger guys on this team. Sophomore Felton Davis III was a true freshman last season and said Shelton has helped shape him into the player he is today.

“R.J. lifts me,” Davis said. “I used to get down on myself real quick, but R.J. keeps me up. He’s being like a big brother so he keeps me up, helps me make plays.”

Shelton is not the only receiver the Spartans will rely on this upcoming fall, though. Redshirt-freshman Darrell Stewart Jr. is listed atop the depth chart at slot receiver. Opposite of Shelton on

Senior wide receiver R.J. Shelton comes to a halt after a play during spring practice April 12 at Skandalaris Football Center.

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the outside is Davis, now a sophomore.

Being a true freshman in 2015, Davis played in seven games including the Big Ten championship and the College Football Playoff. Davis said the experience playing last year has helped him grow as a player.

“It gave me a lot of confidence going into this season,” Davis said.

“Knowing that I can play at this level, with the speed and strength that these guys possess, I’m not that very far off. Now it’s just time to step up and show what I have.”

While Davis just wrapped up his first season, there’s an even younger standout receiver who has made some noise. True freshman Donnie Corley is someone who has received a lot of praise throughout spring practice. Dantonio was not hesitant describing the freshman’s talent. “(Corley) is an outstanding athlete,” Dantonio said. “He’s a doer, he’s very motivated. He’s not afraid to put his foot in there, step into that ring and play at a high level. That’s what you see out of a great athlete who’s extremely confident.”

Senior quarterback Tyler O’Connor, too, has been extremely impressed by what he has seen out of Corley thus far.

“I think everybody would be impressed with Donnie Corley, I really do,” O’Connor said. “He’s just fluent when he gets the ball. You can throw a ball up to him and the way he snatches it just looks like he’s been doing it obviously his whole life. It’s very impressive to see a high school senior doing what he’s done this spring.”

While he’s been gathering a lot of hype during the past few weeks, Corley said that he’s learned a lot from the players that have been their longer.

“I’ve learned a lot,” Corley said. “Different releases, different routes, different ways to run routes. Stuff like that, where to line up. They teach me a lot of stuff so they help me out.”

Overall, the Spartans undeniably have plenty of bodies at the wide receiver position. How they will produce though remains to be seen. Luckily, MSU has veteran tight ends to take some of the load off the wide receivers. But with the quarterback battle still up in the air, the Spartans have plenty of questions.

MSU fans will be able to catch their first glimpse of the Spartans April 23. The annual Green and White scrimmage game will kickoff at 3 p.m. and be held at Spartan Stadium.

MSU spring game roster preview and notes Spring football game | April 23 | 3 p.m. | Spartan Stadium | Free admission Mark Dantonio is facing a similar situation to the 2013 season with uncertainty at the quarterback position. With senior Tyler O’Connor and junior Damion Terry on opposite teams, the coaching staff should get a glimpse of each quarterback and their abilities to run the offense. Junior offensive lineman Brian Allen was the first pick for the second consecutive season, and freshman wide receiver Donnie Corley was the first wide receiver selected. Teams are coached by co-defensive coordinator Mike Tressel (Green Team) and quarterbacks coach Brad Salem (White Team).

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MSU Crew works hard for funds

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As a club sport, the MSU Men’s Crew Club receives no funding from the university. This spring, each rower was responsible for $240 in club dues, which can be paid either through fundraising or out-of-pocket. The rent-a-rower program is one team fundraising strategy in which crew members do physical labor in exchange for club funding.

Members of the local community can visit the MSU Crew Club website, msucrewclub.com, and submit a request for a job. Two or more rowers can be requested, with a minimum job duration of four hours. Rental service costs $10 per hour per rower, and all money earned goes to the club.

“Our athletes make themselves available to the public at large,” head coach Bryan Pape said. “We do whatever odd jobs are needed.”

Rent-a-rower is the biggest of several fundraising initiatives organized by Crew Club fundraising chair Joe Lange. Lange, a sophomore rower, takes the requests submitted and helps assign them to available team members. He said that most rent-a-rower jobs follow a similar pattern.

“It’s primarily yard work,” Lange said. “In the fall, it’s primarily raking leaves for multiple people. In the spring, we have a lot of things concerning lawns, gardening, stuff like that.”

There have still been a number of more cre-

ative assignments. For example, students have helped families move, chopped dead trees and moved large stones.

Crew teams across the country participate in rent-a-rower programs. Senior crew member Michael O’Keefe said rowers are uniquely suited to the challenges of the program.

“Rowing is a very team-centric sport,” O’Keefe said. “We have a lot of experience working together on doing things. We spend a lot of time outside in the cold. ... Rowers are hardworking and strong.”

The Crew Club’s practice area, off Moores River Drive in Lansing, borders a tight-knit residential neighborhood. The residents of that neighborhood, including Lansing Community College professor Jim Perkins, have been frequent contributors to the team and solicitors of rent-a-rower services.

“The Crew Club is our close neighbor,” Perkins said. “With all of the residents being on the south side of the river, and the Crew Club being on the north side, we’re trying to build this connection between the neighbors and the Crew Club. And I think in the past couple of years, we’ve been very successful in doing that. I doubt there is any club arrangement in the Big Ten that has the same support from their neighborhood that we do for MSU Crew.”

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Beloved professor to retire after 48 years

BY DANIELLE DUGGAN DDUGGAN@STATENEWS.COM

Leaving a legacy of a calm demeanor and genuine joy for teaching, Michael Rathke will retire this year after 48 years as an MSU chemistry professor.

Though he estimates he’s taught roughly 30,000 students throughout the years, he’s said to have sincerely cared about the learning experience of everyone who took his courses.

“He was always on the behalf of the students,” Rathke’s secretary, Nancy Lavrik, said. “He was always available for them.”

Born in Iowa, Rathke grew up on a farm and said this contributes to his popularity among students.

“I’m a farm boy,” Rathke said. “I’m a country pumpkin. I don’t alarm students. I suspect that a lot of them think, ‘If this person could learn this material, surely I can.’”

He attended Iowa State University and then went on to get his doctorate from Purdue University.

From the beginning, he was pleasantly shocked to find he enjoyed teaching.

“It was a big surprise to me to find out I enjoyed teaching … I had never been in front of a class of any size,” Rathke said. “I got here and I taught a course in the lecture hall at Wells Hall, it holds about 600 students. Scared the Dickens out of me.”

Rathke teaches both undergraduate and graduate students organic chemistry. The undergraduate courses he teaches are taught in a large lecture hall in front of roughly 400 to 600 students.

During the first class he taught, Rathke said he realized how overwhelming the number of students was.

“I was so frightened of 600 people that I was afraid to look down at notes for fear they’d get me, so I started teaching without notes and found out it was fairly easy,” Rathke said. “In 48 years I haven’t used lecture notes.”

Among the thousands of students Rathke has taught, one stood out a little more than the rest — his daughter, Deborah Jenness.

“It was a good thing she was a good student,” Rathke said, with a chuckle. “She was a very good student.”

Jenness studied chemistry at MSU and now works as a first grade

MSU professor Michael Rathke poses for a portrait. Rathke will retire this year after 48 years as an MSU chemistry professor.

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Her father’s career in teaching chemistry inspired her to follow in a similar career path.

Not only was having her father as a teacher a cool experience, but it meant a lot more because it was at MSU, Jenness said.

“My mother worked at MSU as well before she passed away so this whole atmosphere is science — it’s what we all grew up in,” Jenness said.

After such a successful and rewarding career, everyone, including Rathke, has mixed feelings about his retirement.

While Jenness called it bittersweet, she said she thinks her father is ready for a change in his life.

Rathke said he feels “leery” about leaving and worries he will get bored. His plans are to spend time with his 11 grandchildren, grow roses, get into woodcarving, teach part time at MSU for the summer and potentially work a small organic chemistry teaching job at a smaller school.

Lavrik said she predicts there will be many disappointed students when Rathke leaves. Many students said he was their favorite professor at MSU and if they can’t learn organic chemistry from Rathke, they’re in the wrong field.

One class of students thanked Rathke at the end of the semester by making him a large “thank you” card and having the entire class sign it and write short messages.

Not only do students love him, but the faculty does as well.

Lavrik worked as Rathke’s secretary since she began working at MSU in 1995 and said she has gotten to work more closely with him than the other organic chemistry professors.

“He’s just fantastic,” Lavrik said. “Since day one we’ve just clicked.

He’s so easygoing. That’s probably the number one thing about him.

He’s unflappable and a little on the shy side, quiet, self-effacing.”

Rathke said he has no doubt that he’ll miss the students, teaching and the university, but Lavrik said she has no doubt he’ll be very much missed right back.

“I just think the university is really going to miss him,” Lavrik said. “So many of the comments have said, ‘You’re my best professor in my whole time at MSU.’ Many many students have said that and I said, ‘You can’t do better than that.’”

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