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Communication senior Ryan Gaffney lifts March 20 while working out at Sparrow Michigan Athletic Club, 2900 Hannah Blvd. in East Lansing. Gaffney, a bodbuilder, was preparing for his next show.

PHOTO: ERIN HAMPTON

When you’re a student body builder, everything you do affects your end goals. Some students are intensely training and dieting to achieve the body they want. See pages 6-7 F E AT U R E S

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EDITORIAL: City should vote to change voter approval requirement

The State News editorial board believes citizens should vote “yes” on the Proposal 2 ballot initiative — PAGE 2

Opinion

Greg Monahan Opinion editor opinion@statenews.com @thesnewsopinion

EDITORIAL BOARD EDITORIN-CHIEF Celeste Bott OPINION EDITOR Greg Monahan STAFF REP Meagan Beck MINORITY REP Sergio MartínezBeltrán

At The State News, we are sick of the blighted Park District buildings that have lined the northwest corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue for years.

We are sick of looking at them, we are sick of talking about them, and we know we are not alone with that viewpoint.

Now, with the upcoming ballot proposal on May 5, something can be done to finally rid our otherwise beautiful city of these eyesores.

The Proposal 2 charter amendment on the East Lansing ballot would change the voter approval requirement in the city charter. Currently, for the city to sell its own nonpark land, a 60 percent supermajority is required from voters. The ballot proposal would change that requirement to a traditional 50 percent simple majority.

Last week, State News staffers met with East Lansing mayor Nathan Triplett to discuss the issue, and our editorial board sides with the mayor with his wish to pass this proposal.

Whatever can be done to redevel-

op these currently useless pieces of property needs to be done.

The mayor said East Lansing is one of only three cities in Michigan that requires a supermajority to sell such land. All other cities simply require a 50 percent-plus-one majority.

If that were the case in East Lansing, reconstruction of the scourged area would already be underway.

Fifty-seven percent of voters on the November ballot approved the city’s proposed sale of the land to DTN Management Co., but because of the current 60 percent voter approval requirement, the sale could not go through.

Changing this archaic provision in the city charter is a must. If 57 percent of residents are agreeing that something needs to be done, then a clear consensus has been reached.

As Triplett pointed out to The State News, the supermajority requirement only applies to non-park land in the city. Selling park land only requires a simple majority.

“It would be easier for the city to sell Patriarche Park than a vacant

property,” Triplett said.

That simply does not make any sense. It is time for a change to the city charter.

That is why The State News endorses a “Yes” vote on the May 5 Proposal 2 ballot initiative.

We are not saying what the Park District should become, we are simply saying that it should become something other than dilapidated buildings that serve no purpose to the residents of this city.

It’s a no-brainer. Our only qualm with the proposal is that it should have been done years ago. Had this change to the city charter been submitted and passed before the vote in November, the 57 percent supporting the sale of the park district land would have already gotten their way.

It’s a cliche, but majority rules.

And a majority of East Lansing residents are ready to see something — anything — happen to our crumbling Park District.

Beginning on May 5, it’s time to get that started.

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Delton Williams pleads guilty as part of plea deal Delton Williams, the sophomore running back who allegedly brandished a firearm during a road rage incident on March 16, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to violating an MSU weapons ordinance as part of a plea deal, a court official said.

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Chance the Rapper raps to a crowd of students and fans Tuesday at the MSU Auditorium. His performance was preceded by Hoodie Allen and a few smaller opening acts. See page 5 for a photo spread of the performance. PHOTO: ALLYSON TELGENHOF

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Owasso High School seniors Brooke Barone and Ali Alderman pick out half-priced body crystals Tuesday at La Bodega, 619 E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing. The store was having a closing sale, and employees will be packing up leftover inventory in July. PHOTO: KELSEY FELDPAUSCH

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Ring after ring, disappointed voices leaked through the store phone after La Bodega’s regular customers caught word of future plans.

Or really, lack thereof.

“We sign a lease every three years,” store manager Kayla Holcomb said. “Our sales have declined in the last two years, and we’re uncomfortable signing for the next three years.”

The last fair trade clothing store left in East Lansing, La Bodega, has announced its plans to close the second week of July.

La Bodega, one of a series of stores owned by the clothing business Orchid Lane, is also a family business. There are five other locations, one of which is in Ann Arbor.

Holcomb said the company makes strides to be socially responsible, selling only organic or recycled products. “Everything we buy, we know where it comes from,” she said.

La Bodega first opened in East Lansing in 2009 and has developed a strong customer base, including international students. “(La Bodega) takes a lot of students closer to home,” Holcomb said. “It’s nostalgic. They like coming in here and seeing their culture.”

Exploring different cultures and fashions, most recently La Bodega is donating all profits until April 30 to the relief effort for victims of the Nepal earthquake.

“We carry a lot of Nepali products,” Holcomb said. “The earthquake affected a lot of our knitters, weavers and people we do business with.”

Customers and employees alike are disappointed to see fair trade, organic and recycled cloth-

ing leave East Lansing.

“There’s not a huge market for fair trade organizations,” said Sonya Major, a La Bodega employee. “Fair trade lost its movement here.”

Sisters Josephine and Allie Brown started shopping at La Bodega since it opened in 2009.

After Allie Brown, a senior at Grand Valley State University, introduced the store to the family, the sisters and their mother have bonded through exploring the different cultures La Bodega provides.

“We started just buying mirrors then started adding clothes,” Lansing Catholic High School senior Josephine Brown said. “We like how different everything is, and affordable. It’s different from any other store.”

Upon her recent discovery of La Bodega’s plans to close, Allie Brown was devastated.

“We love it here,” Allie Brown said. “We love the bohemian type of clothes. We’re into that.“ Allie Brown and other customers will miss the wide range of clothing La Bodega offers to customers.

“This was the first store where I started buying wild colors,” education teaching certificate intern Kaitlyn Hlywa said.

Hlywa said her style is simple with plain colors, admitting she has trouble putting outfits together and matching complex colors.

“I’m looking for simple pieces, but also statement, wild pieces. La Bodega was perfect for that,” Hlywa said while browsing through a sale rack.

After leaving a footprint on Grand River Avenue, Holcomb said, “We’re extremely grateful and thankful for all of our customers who have supported us for the last six years.”

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Arts and humanities senior Becky Barron and the rest of RCAHppella — a coed a cappella group within MSU’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities — were thinking hard of a theme for their final concert of the semester.

Barron got to thinking how RCAHppella always uses social media to promote their events. They wanted to do a concert that showcased some oldies, and their concerts always take place on Thursdays.

It didn’t take long for her to suggest a #TBT, or throwback Thursday, themed concert to come into form.

The show will take place tonight at 8 p.m. in the RCAH Auditorium in the basement of Snyder and Phillips halls.

The concert will feature songs from as far back as the ‘40s and ‘50s, all the way to songs from the early 2000s, Barron said, and it is a chance for RCAHppella to showcase what they’ve been working on for months.

“We’ve been working on the music for this concert for the bulk of the spring semester, especially the set that we performed at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella,” arts and humanities sophomore Colt Hearld wrote in an email.

In addition to the free admission concert, RCAHppella will also hold a bake sale during the event in collaboration with Generate Help 2 Heal Generations to raise money to send

medical supplies to countries in need.

Barron said RCAHppella always tries to attach a charity fundraiser to their shows. For example, when they had a “Hunger Games”themed concert in fall 2013, a food drive was held on the side.

“It just means a lot for us to be able to incorporate that into our shows,” Barron said.

Hearld agrees, and also brings up the fact that their arts and humanities backgrounds makes it come natural for them.

“We are fortunate enough to all share a passion for music, activism, and community involvement and our concert is definitely a great way for us to combine all of those elements,” Hearld said. “Beyond that though, we always have a great audience that makes these endeavors such a success.”

But if there’s something else this concert does for RCAHppella, it’s that it also serves as a curtain call of sorts for their seniors.

“For me, this concert is really bittersweet because our three oldest members are graduating at the end of this semester but I think that everyone is excited to hopefully give them a great send off,” Hearld said.

And for Barron, who’s been part of the group for four years now, this last show is going to mean the world to her.

“I’m going to be very emotional,” Barron said. “We are just one huge family. ... Not only am I going to miss performing with them, I’m going to miss being with them on an everyday basis.”

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Chance the Rapper comes to MSU Chance the Rapper raps to a crowd of students and fans Tuesday at the MSU Auditorium.

His performance was preceded

by Hoodie Allen and a few smaller opening acts. PHOTOS: ALLYSON TELGENHOF

BY LAUREN OWINGS LOWINGS@STATENEWS.COM

Tuesday night, the Auditorium thrummed with the bass from various rap artists, including student favorite Chance the Rapper.

For biomedical laboratory science senior Laura Osaer, this was her first time seeing Chance the Rapper live, and she couldn’t wait to see him onstage.

“I just really like his sound,” Osaer said.

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Student body builders balance strict regimens with college life Whether it’s a means to get active or a desire to enter competitions that is driving them, student body builders have every moment of their daily regimens planned out

Athletic training senior Stacey Glumm works out at the gym Tuesday at the Landings at Chandler Crossings, 16789 Chandler Road in East Lansing. PHOTO: ALLYSON TELGENHOF

BY ANDREW MERKLE AMERKLE@STATENEWS.COM

Communication senior Ryan Gaffney lives his life by a strict routine.

He eats healthy homemade meals five times a day and makes sure he goes to the gym five times a week.

Gaffney, 25, has been a bodybuilder for the last five years. Among other things, Gaffney sees lifting weights as a way to continue his athletic career. He plays club hockey at MSU and was a member of the Division III national championship team this season.

“I’ve always wanted to be the biggest guy, but also the most agile, the most athletic,” he said.

“But when sports come to an end, there’s something else you still want to do. It’s the competitive nature in me.”

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Athletic training senior Stacey Glumm, 21, has always been interested in fitness. In May she will be graduating with degrees in athletic training and exercise physiology. She is also pursuing certification as a strength and conditioning coach.

Glumm was introduced to the competitive bodybuilding via fitness magazines as well as social media, she said.

“I had originally thought that bodybuilding was only about taking steroids and gaining as much body mass as you can, which wasn’t appealing to me,” she said. “However, when I learned more about the five divisions for women. ... I learned that the competitive world accommodates anyone’s health and fitness goals.”

HEALTH EFFECTS Tracy Olrich is a professor at Central Michigan THURSDAY. APRI L 30, 2 01 5

University and a former bodybuilder. Olrich competed intensively for seven years and won the Natural Mr. Michigan for bodybuilding in the 1990s.

Bodybuilding can bring some health problems, Olrich said. Usually this happens when someone adds too much mass too quickly. Getting too big too fast can create an excessive burden on the heart, and in rare cases can even resulted in adult onset diabetes.

“There have been some cases where guys have died of heart attacks and have had nothing else wrong with their system,” Olrich said.

A lot of bodybuilders are in the sport for one of two reasons, according to Olrich. One is that they want to be the biggest they can be.

The second reason is that they want to have the best physique possible.

“Being on college campuses for so many

years, I’ve noticed that bodybuilding has always had its place on campus,” Olrich said.

“Like any sport, its popularity is cyclical. In the ’80s, it was at the height of its popularity with guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger being one of the top box office attractions at that time.”

Olrich also said that bodybuilding on campus is likely popular because of the hypersexualized mentality of a student body.

With students wanting to look attractive, bodybuilding is an activity some students turn to.

Another potential reason is that the absence of sports in a student’s life could turn them on to bodybuilding.

“We’ve seen mostly in men, increasingly in women, but mostly in men, that after high school sports are gone for them,” Olrich said.

“With sports becoming such a large part of a

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a day during the week to recover.”

Working out is just one aspect of bodybuilding. Both Glumm and Gaffney said they agree that a bodybuilder’s diet is equally, if not more important than exercise.

W hen dieting, Gaf f ney STRICT REGIMENS eliminates all soda, juice, One of the trickiest aspects “Everybody always candy and any processed of bodybuilding is determinfood. The cutting phase can ing how much to work out. says ‘Hard work range anywhere from nine It ’s important that one pays off,’ and I to 16 weeks. works out often enough, but want that to show.

“Everything pretty much it’s equally important not to is homemade,” he said. “The overdo it. The general conThere are so many food that you’re eating is sensus seems to be a workinstances in my almost the same every day, out regimen that includes own life where and as those days dwindle five trips to the gym. toward showtime, things get Glumm said she hired Amy hard work hasn’t eliminated.”

Watson, a figure competitor showed, it hasn’t Ga f f ney sa id h i s g i rlin the Lansing area, to help paid off.” friend, Chelsea Hemenway, her. Glumm did cardio and is extremely helpful in his lifting five times a week. endeavors, especially since “I would do cardio in the Ryan Gaffney, she helps him meet his diet morning before classes — communication senior requirements. usually around 6 or 6:30 a.m.

“Every day I prep his food — and lift in the evenings for all of his meals in the morning,” Hemenafter classes and work,” Glumm said.

Gaffney said a lot of the process is about lis- way said. “The schedule is very important.

On days where Ryan doesn’t have morning tening to his body.

“I think a lot of people make the mistake of class he’ll still wake up at the time he nortrying to force themselves or put their body mally would, like 9 a.m., and eat breakfast in a position to do things that they shouldn’t and then go back to bed for an hour or so.”

Through her support for Gaffney, Hemenbe doing,” Gaffney said. “I usually try to find person’s identity in high school, they need something to define themselves by in college, and bodybuilding offers one way to do that in sports.”

so many instances in my own life where hard work hasn’t showed, it hasn’t paid off.”

Glumm said she plans to compete in the National Physique Committee Bikini Competition as a way to gain entrance to the world of competitive bodybuilding.

She said this is because FITNESS GOALS bikini competitions are the Glumm has yet to enter her easiest place to start since first competition, but Gaffit is scored based on balney has participated in three, ance and shape as opposed boasting a third place finish to muscle definition and size. as his best thus far.

“After I have a grasp on a The hard work at the gym good training program and along with the restrictive learn more about what my diet Gaffney undergoes all body responds to with diet build up to competitions. A and exercise, I plan to move bodybuilding competition into the fitness division,” gives Gaffney and other Number of meals Glumm said. bodybuilders the chance to communication senior Working out a minimum of display the product of their Ryan Gaffney eats a day five days a week along with hard work. being a full-time student Gaffney said it’s an emotional experience because of the hard work can be a challenge. On top of that, Gaffney is involved in a club sport and DJs at night. put into being disciplined.

He said he has learned time management “I would say it’s nerve wracking, and it’s exciting,” Gaffney said. “Getting up there and because of all of his different atmospheres.

“I think the biggest thing is that there are being able to show your hard work is nice.”

Gaffney’s bodybuilding goals include get- a lot of people who say they don’t have time ting his pro card, competing in bigger shows for this or they don’t have time for that, but I beg to differ,” he said. “You make time for and earning recognition.

“Everybody always says ‘hard work pays off,’ things. ... It’s a lot of late nights, but I choose and I want that to show,” he said. “There are this lifestyle.” way has also gained an interest in the sport.

Hemenway said she has also taken up going to the gym so she can help Gaffney with his bodybuilding, as well as spend more time with him. She has also been to all of his shows.

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Communication senior Ryan Gaffney lifts March 20 while working out at Sparrow Michigan Athletic Club, 2900 Hannah Blvd. in East Lansing. PHOTO: ERIN HAMPTON

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School is almost out for summer, and the trial bike share program at Bailey Hall in Brody Neighborhood has seen significant student participation since its implementation in March, prompting ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, to seek expansion of the initiative.

Assistant Director of the MSU Office of Campus Sustainability Kris Jolley, who has been working with ASMSU to implement the trial bike share program, said the bikes at Bailey Hall are being used a decent amount and are rented about 40 times a week in total between the eight available.

Jolley said he hasn’t met with members of ASMSU yet to discuss details of the expansion, but he did say there is mutual interest in

expanding the program.

ASMSU has met with Tim Potter, manager of the MSU Bikes and Service Center, to discuss possible details of expansion, but Potter said the final implementation and details have to be discussed between ASMSU and Jolley.

Newly elected ASMSU Vice President for Finance and Operations Calvin Manitowabi said ASMSU is hoping to provide 40 additional bikes at five additional locations on campus by next fall.

The locations will have to be discussed and agreed upon by Residential Education and Housing Services.

Manitowabi said ASMSU is meeting with REHS this May to discuss available space for bike racks, but the ideal locations for new bike racks include East Neighborhood, South Neighborhood, West Circle,

near Shaw Hall and an additional bike rack in Brody Neighborhood.

T he bike share program has undergone massive changes since ASMSU allocated $60,000 for its implementation in 2013 in conjunction with a bike rental company called Zagster.

The bikes are now being provided by MSU Bikes and Service Center and the bike share program is being overseen by MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability and ASMSU. The $60,000, which decreased to about $55,000 after the implementation of the trial program at Bailey Hall, is still meant to fund any and all expansions of the bike share, and no additional money has been allocated, Manitowabi said.

“The usage rates are encouraging, and, together with ASMSU, we will continue to evaluate how to best move forward,” Jolley said.

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market replaces vacant Goodrich’s spot As of 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, East Lansing is home to a new organic grocery store — Fresh Thyme Farmers Market.

Located at 940 Trowbridge Road the new market is part of a chain which seeks to bring affordable fresh foods to the Midwest region. The East Lansing location is the

first of its kind in Michigan and the 14th opening in the U.S. The site was previously a Goodrich’s Shop-Rite store which closed in July 2014.

East Lansing Mayor Nathan Triplett attended as well to officiate a ribbon cutting and community donation check presentation.

“It’s a remarkable trans-

formation that would not have occurred without significant investment by the private sector and the City’s willingness to use targeted economic development tools to support necessary public infrastructure improvements and closing the gap between green field development elsewhere and rede-

velopment in East Lansing,” Triplett wrote on his Facebook page. “By any measure, this was a win for our community.”

The store will continue to have vendor demonstrations and free samples throughout the week and a Bell’s Brewery tasting Saturday.

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Good Eats: Delivery food for finals cramming

BY LESLIE HEMENWAY LHEMENWAY@STATENEWS.COM

With finals just around the corner, it’s safe to say most of us are scrambling to cram a semester’s worth of knowledge into our brains.

In order to stay at the top of our game, though, we need to make sure we’re still eating three balanced meals a day. Luckily, East Lansing is home to several different restaurants which not only offer an abundance of brain food, but which also deliver, so you can continue studying while you wait for your food to arrive.

CONRAD’S GRILL “Nobody else has a wrap that tastes like pineapple pizza.” — human resources and labor relations master’s student Dana Grimm Located at 101 E. Grand River Ave. and 1219 E. Grand River Ave., Conrad’s is popular among students for being a go-to spot after a night out.

However, their food is just as good when you’re spending the night cramming for a final.

Grimm said she loves the Skills Mills Wrap, which can be purchased for $7.25. She said it tastes like a pineapple pizza, which is a delicious, albeit unusual, flavor for a wrap.

K inesiolog y sophomore Chris

Kourtelidis said he loves Conrad’s and would definitely recommend it to other people.

“I usually get a cheeseburger and fries,” he said.

Conrad’s gives students the option to build their own burger for $5.50.

Fries or tots can be added for $1.50, and onion rings can be added for $2.

RICE KITCHEN “(Rice Kitchen) is really good, they give you really good portion sizes, and they’re not super expensive.”

— arts and humanities sophomore Rachel Goldman Located at 551 E. Grand River Ave., Rice Kitchen offers delivery until 4

a.m. Wednesday through Saturday, which is perfect for students pulling an all-nighter.

Goldman said she always orders the orange chicken and fried rice.

An order of orange chicken costs $9.95, and a pint of fried rice varies from $4.25 to 4.45.

Goldman said she would also recommend students try the crab rangoons.

“I had their crab rangoons not too long ago, and that was pretty good,” she said. “I’d never had that before, but I really enjoyed it.”

An order of crab rangoons, which consists of four rangoons, costs $2.75.

GOOMBAS PIZZA “(The pokee stix) are cheesy breadsticks, and they’re really good. They come with a garlic butter sauce, which is delicious.”

— landscape architecture junior Arianna Zannetti Located at 311 W. Grand River Ave., GoombaS offers everything from wings to pizza at affordable prices.

Owner Gail Sutton said the most popular menu item for studying students are the pokee stix.

“They’re easy to eat with one hand, so you can keep working with the other, and they’re a delicious, buttery, cheesy comfort food,” she said. “The roni-rolls are also very popular for many of the same reasons.”

A medium-sized order of pokee stix, which is 12 inches, can be purchased for $12. Toppings, such as bacon or pepperoni, can also be added for an additional charge.

A roni-roll is a baked stick of pizza dough with pepperoni and mozzarella

$7.25

Lansing resident Shawn Johnson adds sauce to the dough Tuesday at GoombaS Pizza, 311 W. Grand River Ave. GoombaS is known for their pokee sticks and late night delivery. PHOTO: ALICE KOLE

cheese rolled into it, coated with garlic butter and parmesan. Two rolls can be purchased for $3.

Zannetti said the pokee stix are her favorite item on GoombaS menu and that they’re perfect for a study session.

“They’re easy to eat,” she said.

SUGAR SHACK “It’s like a nice aunt or uncle or grandparent that welcomes you in. That’s how I felt when I walked in.” — Detroit resident Michelle Nguyen Located at 215 N. Clippert St. in Lansing, Sugar Shack isn’t your typical bakery. It offers delivery within a five-mile radius.

Nguyen said she and her boyfriend stumbled upon the bakery by simply taking a different way home after a trip to Lansing. She said the two of them were intrigued when they passed it, so they decided to check it out. Now, it’s a favorite of theirs.

Nguyen said she’s tried all different kinds of the bakery’s cookies and cupcakes, but her favorite is the white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, which can be purchased for $1 per cookie.

Besides the food, she said she loves the customer service.

“You don’t get customer service like that nowadays,” she said. “They’re just really nice. They’re friendly.”

In addition to their cookies, Sugar Shack is well-known for their cupcakes, which are priced at $3.50. The cupcakes come in a variety of flavors, including banana butter rum, blueberry cinnamon toast crunch and chocolate with French buttercream.

$9.95

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Mac & Cheese Bites sit in a take-out container fresh off the fryer Feb 4, 2015, at Conrad’s College Town Grill 1219 E. Grand River Ave. in East Lansing.

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COLUMN: 2014-2015 had some incredible off the field moments for MSU athletics dropped “The Whip.” Instead of Cook dancing like a bear trying to walk backwards ... wait, no, that part didn’t change.

BY JONATHON CHUN JCHUN@STATENEWS.COM

Over the years, MSU athletics has had its share of memorable performances and moments on the field.

This year was no different, with both football and basketball finishing in the top­10.

Although most Spartans are well-aware of MSU’s accomplishments on the field, some might have missed out on some memorable moments that took place while the game wasn’t going on.

There’s a reason why people call sports the best version of reality television. It’s not just the constant drama and momentum swings that happen throughout a game.

It’s those small moments that remind fans that these athletes and coaches, who are held in such awe, are just as emotional, quirky and confused as we are.

CASE NO. 1: When The Nae Nae became The Whip, and Connor Cook became “That Guy.” During the Spartans memorable Rose Bowl championship season, their postgame locker room celebrations started to become YouTube sensations.

Even though head coach Mark Dantonio hinted that they would retire the ritual, they simply just changed the song and dance.

Instead of “Type Of Way” by Rich Homie Quan, MSU listened to “We Dem Boyz” by Wiz Khalifa. Instead of falling back to “The Nae Nae,” the Spartans

CASE NO. 2: Through the highs and lows, Branden Dawson and Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. find their comfort.

In case you missed it, MSU basketball had a roller coaster of a season this year. During a January win over Iowa, Dawson checked out of the game and immediately dropped his head in exhaustion. Sure, Gatorade and water might hydrate you and keep you energized, but liquids have been, and always will be, overrated.

Yes, maybe a granola bar or a fancy Clif Bar could have done the trick. At the end of the day though, eating a Starburst was really the only option Dawson had to get his game back.

Some might argue Snickers is the best performance-­ enhancing candy, but to each his own. I just can’t believe Dawson didn’t smack that maize Starburst out of his sight.

Nairn delivered one of the more heartwarming moments of the season after MSU clinched its spot in the Final Four. As the celebration was still going on all around him, Nairn wasted no time in calling his mother who lives in the Bahamas.

“She didn’t say anything back, she was crying the whole time,” Nairn said. “I told her I would call her after everything was over with.”

The television cameras captured Nairn’s touching moment on the phone, giving MSU fans just another reason to fall in love with the 5-foot-10inch guard.

Freshman guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. calls his loved ones after winning the game March 29 during the East Regional round of the NCAA Tournament in the Elite Eight against Louisville at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.

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CASE NO. 3: David Zoltowski makes you feel bad.

Zoltowski, a senior, is a member of MSU’s swim team and

also happens to be one of 14 Churchill scholars in the world.

Majoring in electrical engineering, Zoltowski has maintained a 4.0 GPA while aspir-

ing to help people with brain disorders. Following his graduation, Zoltowski plans to pursue a master’s of philosophy in information engineering at the

University of Cambridge.

Feeling a little down about yourself now? Go eat a Starburst or call your mom. It’ll make you feel better.

Women’s golf out of NCAA Tournament field MSU women’s golf will miss out on the NCAA Tournament this season, despite a fourth place finish at the Big Ten championships last weekend. The streak of 16 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for the program has come to an end.

While the team did not qualify for the NCAA regionals, the Green and White will not be entirely absent from postseason play. Junior Gabby Yurik qualified to compete for the individual cham-

pionship, and she’ll play in the Midwest region hosted by Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. "(Yurik) deserves it and she’s played very well,” MSU women’s golf head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll said. “That’s definitely a satisfying feeling knowing that you’ve got one of the best players in the country, and she had a great cast around her.”

“But it’s a great opportunity and she’s going to get to compete against some of the best players in the country in the NCAA Tournament.”

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ever had, Slobodnik-Stoll told her team.

“I think to anyone that knows me and what we expect out of the program, that was kind of saying a lot, because I would never say that fourth place was good,” she said. “But we came a long way this year.

The team lost four of their five starters from a year ago, and was traveling with three freshmen, Slobodnik-Stoll said.

Fifth year senior Lindsey McPherson had a tremendous weekend — shooting a career-low of 217 to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place.

McPherson had a chance to win on the last day,

finishing just four shots back of the lead. Yurik finished in 12th for the Spartans.

“I feel like we played well at the Big Ten championship,” Slobodnik-Stoll said. “We put ourselves in position for a time or two, and could have finished third on the last day. We walked away satisfied.”

The team has plenty to look forward to for next season. Five starters from this season are returning next year, and the team’s tough schedule against upper-echelon programs has been a great learning experience for the team to build upon for next season, Slobodnik-Stoll said.

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MSU offers tutoring services to aid with finals

BY ASHANTI SEABRON ASEABRON@STATENEWS.COM

It’s OK to need a little help.

Finals week is just around the corner, and many students are in a frenzy studying for final exams.

Many students, unfortunately, do not know about the various services that MSU offers to help students academically.

Prenursing freshman Meagan Newberry said she has never utilized the academic support that MSU provides, and as her freshman year comes to a close, she is beginning to regret it.

“I’ve never really looked into all of the services that MSU offers to students, and I haven’t taken advantage of them,” Newberry said. “Freshmen friends that I have think that the resources here might not help them in the long run, but I’ve also heard that

the Learning Resource Center and the Writing Center are great resources.

I’ve personally never gone to any of these and, when I think about it, I’m kind of wondering why.”

Public health graduate student Stephanie Kuzmich credits the Learning Resource Center for helping her academically in her undergraduate years.

“In math courses here at Michigan State, tutoring really helped me, because it gave me that extra support,” Kuzmich said. “Teachers might not have that extra time to spend with every student, and it’s nice to know that MSU gives services to help their students. The MSU Learning Resource Center has a lot of really great people that helped me a lot when I was in my undergrad.”

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“The most rewarding part about the writing center is getting to hear all these different stories from all of these different people,” Anderson said. “I’ve had a lot of students tell me that they’ve benefited from coming in and getting help on their end of the year essays.”

Anderson, who previously worked at The State News, said she advises any student who is struggling with the last exams, papers and projects of the semester to not be afraid to get help.

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Men’s tennis finishes season disappointed

BY ZACH LIBBY ZLIBBY@STATENEWS.COM

The absence of John Patrick Mullane in the men’s tennis team’s starting lineup forced many to step up this past Thursday during the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.

As the seventh seed in the bracket, the men’s tennis team, despite receiving major contributions from select players, couldn’t overcome the loss of their former No. 1 man on the roster, falling to Nebraska 4-3 at the University of Illinois’ Atkins Tennis Center.

“Without Mullane, we competed well and represented well but came up short,” head coach Gene Orlando said. “I told the guys at the end that everyone improved, everyone got better. We were just two points shy of winning it.”

The contest was so close that it came down to the final match, which featured Nebraska’s No. 111 Dusty Boyer and Gijs Linders, both of whom were first-team All-Big Ten recipients. Linders, a Netherlands native, was one of 12 conference players to earn the honor.

The MSU senior would falter to Boyer, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 7-5, capping off a roller coaster season that saw periods of both excitement and frustration for the Spartans.

Their 13-16 overall record and 4-7 in the conference makes them one of five programs with an under .500 winning total.

Having their top guy out and grinding through a schedule featuring five top-10 teams in the country would be strenuous to any program, but Orlando said, looking back on the season, he feels his players accomplished a

lot, including Linders.

Orlando praised Linders for what he has done over the course of the season.

Replacing Mullane as the No. 1 man, Linders garnered a better record (1617) at the new spot in singles competition than last year (12-15) at No. 5.

“He’s reached his level of play,” Orlando said. “It’s interesting to me, looking back on his career I think the more he was challenged, the better he played. I do feel like there was a time where the schedule put him in a downward spiral and, credit to him, he was able to turn the corner and change a

negative into a positive.”

When asked about what he can take from this season and improve on for next year, Orlando said his team needs to capitalize on valuable opportunities.

“Obviously, you want to win more,” Orlando said. “But the guys have everything they had, day in and day out, and we finished strong. And knowing that we had chances of doing more that we’ve learned from and carry over into next season and share it with the new players that arrive in the fall.”

Russell Byrd is back in East Lansing, preparing for a shot at the NBA

BY KARAM HADID KHADID@STATENEWS.COM

In his sophomore year of high school, Russell Byrd had offers from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State and plenty of others

to play basketball. He chose MSU and entered as the 20th ranked player at his position.

Byrd was back in East Lansing to train for the NBA Draft,

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according to the sports agency representing him.

Unfortunately for Byrd, injuries prevented him from performing to his capabilities. He underwent three surgeries on his left foot, which sidelined him for several games and changed the way he played.

After a disappointing three years as a Spartan, By rd decided to transfer to The Master’s College in California to play basketball. As a senior, he was able to receive plenty of playing time and emerged as a leader for his team.

“I needed minutes. I needed time on the court. I needed experience to make up for the years that I lost. I knew that this was an environment that allowed me to do this. It was a brand new coach with eight new players,” Byrd said.

In his single season there, he led the team in scoring with 19.6 points per game, averaging 8.3 rebounds per game and had nine double-doubles.

Off the court, Byrd is married to K larissa Bell, who also played basketball for MSU, and together they have a daughter named Addison.

Having a child and being married while still a student has forced Byrd to mature and gain experiences many don’t have until a later age.

“It forces you to be more re spon sible, more m i ndful, more level-headed. It’s a crash-course in growing up.

I’m grateful that we’re where we are. Family is the No. 1 thing in my life now.”

Moving forward, Byrd has been training hard and working out this past year in order to prepare for the NBA Draft this June.

“It’s always been my dream, and that’s what I’ll pursue as long as I can. My game has evolved. I’m not just a shooter now,” Byrd said.

When asked what NBA player he resembles, he responded by saying he is trying to be the best Russell Byrd he can be.

Junior guard Russell Byrd goes up for the basket as New Orleans forward Cory Dixon and forward Matt Derenbecker defend Dec. 28, 2013, at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Privateers, 101-48. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

Comparing himself to others is not in his best interest, and he plans on worrying about the things he can control — not things out of his hands.

“I’m doing whatever I can to prepare to handle whatever can come my way. When you feel prepared for something, you feel confident in what you’re doing,” Byrd said.

A good amount of his struggle at MSU was due to him

lacking the mental toughness to handle the tough crowds and media scrutiny he underwent. However, after a year at The Master’s College and a lot of time to mature, Byrd has gained plenty of confidence and is determined to show it at the next level.

“There (are) some opportunities to make some noise (in the NBA). That’s what I’ve been preparing for all year.”