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maya angelou inspired msu community

By Derek Gartee dgartee@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

Civ il rights activ ist, accomplished poet, w riter and scholar Maya Angelou was found dead in her home May 28 at the age of 86.

A ngelou was k now n for her moving autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” as well as countless other books and poems.

Angelou has had a number of ties to MSU throughout her life. In 1990, Angelou spoke with MSU Dean John Eadie and Poetry Professor Diane Wakoski for a lecture series created by the university.

In the talk at the Wharton Center, she opened with one of her poems. The focus of her speech was love.

“I mean real love, I mean that condition of the human spirit so profound, it encourages us to develop courage and to use t hat Angelou/MCT cou r age to build bridges and then to trust those bridges to cross to reach another human being,” Angelou said.

A ngelou went on to speak about the importance of A f r ic a n A mer ic a n s i n poetry. Angelou devoted her life to enriching the black community.

She was deeply involved in the civil rights movement, working with activists such as Martin Luther King Jr. A ngelou’s admirers remained in the Auditorium a f ter t he lec t u re to a sk questions about the author’s works.

Angelou returned to MSU in 2005 as a commencement speaker for spring graduation.

Before her speech, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon awa rded A ngelou w it h a honorar y doctorate for humanities.

In her speech to graduates, Angelou provided lyric and verse for guidance.

“When it looked like the sun wasn’t going to shine anymore ... God put a rainbow in the clouds to the class,” she sang.

A nge lou g ave hop e to graduates, assuring them they could amount to greatness.

“Congratulations to you graduates ... Congratulations to your family, your professors, See ANGELOU on page 2 u

photos by Danyelle Morrow/The State News

ABOVE: From left, Charlotte, Mich., resident Caroline Durham, anthropology and geography senior Ian Harrison, East Lansing resident and alumna Bethany Slon, and anthropology junior Josh Schnell look for artifacts during a shovel survey Wednesday at Munn Field. Students dug holes every few meters to search for objects, which will then be taken to a lab. BELOW: Graduate student and campus archaeologist Kate Frederick sifts through dirt in an archaeological screen during a shovel survey Wednesday at Munn Field.

DIGGING up the past Campus Archaeology Program explores MSU

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hile construction workers are digging to renovate existing buildings on campus, the MSU Campus Archaeology Program is digging to discover the campus’ past.

In the summer the program, known as CAP, works alongside construction workers to see what can be uncovered.On the first day of field work, CAP made their first discovery near Agriculture Hall.

C A P ’s a d v i s e r Ly n n e Goldstein said field workers found part of a building’s foundation and animal bones, wh ic h helped t he g roup determine that they’d stumbled upon part of the old Veterinary Lab. And from there, the next step was to see what role the structure — built in 1866 — played in MSU’s history.

A delicate process Prior to fieldwork, the group’s campus archeologist and anthropology graduate student Kate Frederick said C A P beg ins in t he MSU Archives, where they are given

any papers which might have mentioned the area they are about to visit.

Once out in t he f ield, Frederick said the group conducts “shovel tests,” which help members of CAP sample what is in the area.

A shovel test is a 60 cm hole plotted at every five meters.

While one person digs, another screens through the soil to make sure no small artifacts are overlooked.

If something substantial is found, CAP participants handle with care.

Anthropology and geography senior Ian Harrison said he found an old ceramic

water pipe while working by Agriculture Hall, and knew it needed a gentle touch.

“Finding that ceramic pipe, whatever it was used for, was really cool because we had to do all the traditional archaeological br ushing,” Harrison said. ”(We had to be) extra careful because it was so brittle that it would break at the slightest touch.”

Whenever the group finds something worth researching, such as a part of a structure, Frederick said it’s catalogued and then further investigated.

Group members also post blogs on the program’s website to inform the public about their

findings and the background behind them.

The history of tailgating It’s no secret Munn Field is a popular tailgating destination.

So when CAP members find beer bottle caps, it’s not all that surprising.

But one of the days the group was out working in the field, nails, glass shards and what looked like small bones appeared in the sifter.

Frederick said the group then found out the area used to be home to temporar y housing and barns for some See CAP on page 2 u

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St.Johns, Mich., But petitioners who wanted to celebrates seetradition, a raise to $10.10 are not summer fun at enthused Mint Festival

MSU sees record number of applications for next year

Mert’s Specialty Meats serves local community

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Jackson, Mich., resident Al Steele cuts sausage links May 15 at Mert’s Specialty Meats, 1870 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos. Steele, a meat cutter for 20 years, has been at the store for nine months.

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Police Brief Domestic Assault Police responded to a domestic assault in Wilson hall on Saturday, where a 19-year-old female student and a 22-year-old male non-student got into an altercation that involved kicking and hair-pulling on both ends, and a struggle for a phone being used to call for help. The female victim unsuccessfully used mace on the male and fled outside of Wilson hall, where she was pursued by the male. She called 911 via the green light phones stationed around campus.

Police are not sure who initiated the argument between the boyfriend and girlfriend, but say neither had visible injuries. The two were separated and no arrests were made but the case will go to the prosecutor’s office to see if a warrant needs to be issued, MSU Police Sgt. Florene Mcglothian-Taylor said. The victim refused medical attention, but was given victim care information.

Larceny A bike was stolen on Tuesday from the racks outside the Biochemistry building on Wilson Road between 8 and 11:15 a.m, police say.

The victim, a 37-year-old Okemos female, valued the bike at $1,000. Police have no suspects.

A second larceny occurred near University Village sometime before Monday, when a moped was stolen from a 19-year-old male student. The moped was a black TaoTao motor scooter and was valued at $750. The victim estimates the theft could have occurred any time between May 5 and Monday.

Police also have no suspects.

L eg i s l a t i o n

Gov. Snyder signs wage raise bill, will reach $9.25 by 2018 By the numbers

$8.15 — minimum

wage increase later this year

$8.50

— minimum wage increase in 2016

$8.90 — minimum wage increase in 2017

$9.25 — minimum

wage increase in 2018.

Will mimic rate of inflation or 3.5 percent annually starting in 2019.

CAP

Campus Archaeology Program workers are wary of nearby construction from page one

of the school’s animals.

They plan to create a blog post t it led “ T he Histor y of Tailgating” which will catalogue the discoveries that were made in Munn Field.

Goldstein said findings like that go to show how much of campus has changed over time.

“It reminds us today of what happened in the past, and how that might help us to better today, ” she said.

By: Michael Kransz mkransz@msu.edu The State News nn

Michigan’s minimum wage will gradually increase until it reaches $9.25 an hour in 2018. Beginning in 2019, each year the wage will adjust to the rate of inflation or 3.5 percent, whichever is lower.

The minimum wage for regular employees will increase to $8.15 this year, $8.50 in 2016, $8.90 in 2017 and $9.25 in 2018. Tipped workers will receive 38 percent of the minimum wage.

The legislation was signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder

Protecting artifacts Goldstein created the group in 2006 with help from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. “(I thought) it would be cool if we could have students today digging up what students in the past did,” Goldstein said.

But the program’s appeal extends beyond MSU students.

Lansing Community College student Caroline Dunham, for example, has returned for her second year with CAP and came back because of her interest in archaeology.

“I’ve basically been doing archaeology since I was a kid because my dad is (MSU alumnus) Sean Dunham, who’s an archaeologist,” she said.

on Tuesday, potentially circumventing a ballot initiative that would allow voters to raise Michigan’s minimum wage to $10.10 for tipped and non-tipped workers.

“I commend my partners in the Legislature for finding common ground on a bill that will help Michigan workers and protect our state’s growing economy,” Snyder said at the bill’s signing. “Michigan is the comeback state, and our goal always should be longterm success for our residents and our state as a whole.”

But Gilda Jacobs, president and CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy, said

the enacted legislation stifles voter choice and falls short of furnishing struggling workers with adequate wages.

“With enough signatures collected to put this on the fall ballot, voters deserve a chance to have their say on an increase to $10.10 an hour, with a very gradual increase in the tipped wage,” Jacobs said in a statement. “The tipped wage increase is critical to working moms in the food industry. Employees who work hard in tough jobs should be able to meet their basic needs, and a raise to $10.10 an hour will go a long way to accomplish that.”

“(I thought) it would be cool if we could have students today digging up what students in the past did.”

Lynne Goldstein, Campus Archaeology Program advisor

“He’s basically raised me doing archaeology.”

Despite this season being quieter than prev ious summers, Frederick said even on days when the group might not be in the field they are doing some kind of work and are active all year long, not just in the summer.

O t he r c on s t r uc t ion i s taking place on West Circle Drive the renovation of the steam tunnels. CAP has been

following this construction and researching it not only this summer but previous summers as well.

Recent graduate Bethany Slon said a lot of what the group does over the summer is monitor construction, and remains in close contact with construction workers.

“We want to make sure nothing historical is being dug up and destroyed,” Slon said.

Angelou

Famed poet suffered from ongoing heart problems, passed away in North Carolina home from page one

t he ad m i n i st r at ion a nd cong rat u lat ion s to MSU — each one of you has the possibilit y and priv ilege of being rainbows in the clouds,” she said.

According to CNN, A ngelou’s literar y agent, Helen Brann, said she had ongoing heart problems.

A nge lou had recent ly backed out of public appearances such as the acceptance of the 2014 Major League Baseball’s Beacon Award. The award is issued to honor civil rights activists during its civil rights game.

On Wednesday, the family of Maya A ngelou issued a statement on Facebook, celebrating her legacy and expressing their gratitude that she had remained sharpwitted even in her later years.

“Her family is extremely grateful that her ascension was not belabored by a loss of acuity or comprehension.

She lived a life as a teacher, activist, artist and human being. She was a warrior for equality, tolerance and peace,” Angelou’s family said in the statement. “The family is extremely appreciative of the time we had with her and we know that she is looking down upon us with love.”

She died i n Wi n stonSalem, North Carolina, home of Wake Forest University, where she taught American Studies since 1982.

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Legislators look to ensure veterans get in-state tuition

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ichigan legislators are look ing to formalize a tuition policy already implemented by all Michigan public universities, offering veterans of the armed forces t uition at in-state pr ices, rega rdless of where t hey live.

A joint resolution currently before the Senate Appropriations Committee would allow voters to formalize the policy through an amendment to Michigan’s Constitution.

But Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan, Executive Director Michael Boulus said all 15 of the state’s public universities already offer instate tuition prices to veterans, to active-duty personnel and to the spouses and dependents of active-duty members.

Boulus said the move by legislators to potentially allow voters to decide tuition policy, which normally is set by a public university’s board of trustees, is a “slippery slope.”

“We’re doing what the const it ut iona l a mendment is requiring,” he said. “We don’t think it’s necessary. We don’t like the precedent of establishing a tuition policy in the (Michigan) Constitution.”

Rep. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, said he voted for the resolution because it would entice veterans in Michigan and across the countr y to seek education in Michigan, and, in turn, it would aid in the reversal of high unemployment rates among veterans in recent years.

Allowing voters to decide on enshrining the resolution in the Michigan Constitution

would not subvert public university authority, Singh said.

“It makes good public policy sense to further (veterans’) education,” Singh said. ”(The resolution) ensures that public policy moves forward in perpetuity, regardless of which institution and which institutional policy has been developed.”

A similar resolution, this one pertaining to community colleges, was also put before the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Douglas Williams, legislative affairs chairman for the American Legion Department of Michigan, said holding veterans and active-duty service members to out-of-state tuition costs denies the reality that many are forced to take up residence in another state during the course of their duties.

“A s veterans, we’re saying there can be no residency requirement,” Williams said.

“If Washington D.C. decides they want us in Maryland, we go from Michigan to Maryland. We don’t have a choice, so why should there be a residency requirement if in fact we are required to go where the Department of Defense sends us?”

With the Department of Defense drawing down the number of active military personnel, Williams said there will be an influx of veterans in Michigan that will require higher education to be eligible for various careers.

“We’re losing 990-somethousand military personal in the next 15 years,” Williams said. “We don’t know exactly how many of them will be coming to the state of Michigan. We assume there’s going to be 15,000-16,000 every year for the next five years.”

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This Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of Recycle! East Lansing, an event encouraging East Lansing residents to recycle household items and reflect on how efficiently they use materials throughout the year.

Volunteer coordinator Susan Schmidt, who has been involved with Recycle! East Lansing for 18 years, said it can be challenging to find out how many households participate since residents often make multiple trips, but estimated that about 300 to 500 cars came through last year.

“I remember when it first started, it was much smaller, and had limited choices of what you could recycle,” Schmidt said. “We’ve expanded every year to include something new.”

This year, she said, the event will feature on-site shredding services. Volunteers unload cars with everything from metals, old furniture, bicycles, computers and cardboard, Schmidt said.

“Basically their job is to make it so that the residents who drive through don’t have to do much at all — they can even stay in their car,” she explained.

She said there also is a group of volunteers who take four trucks out early in the morning to collect recycling from senior citizens’ homes if they call ahead for pickup. The East Lansing Prime Time Seniors Program pays for this service, so there is no charge for the seniors.

The event was postponed until the end of May, which allowed people to clean out and organize their garages and houses over Memorial Day weekend, Schmidt said. She said while

most students are already gone, local landlords can still utilize the event if necessary.

“Landfills have a life, and I think as much as we can reuse and recycle extends the life of a landfill,” Schmidt said.

Patrick Patterson, executive vice president with Volunteers of America Michigan, estimated Volunteers of America typically receives about three truckloads of donations from Recycle! East Lansing each year.

“We focus on stuff that’s reus-

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Jackson, Mich., resident Al Steele, left, and Lansing resident Chris Badour cut meat May 16 at Mert's Specialty Meats, 1870 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos. The store employs and serves many MSU students and staff members, including women's basketball head coach Suzy Merchant and athletic director Mark Hollis, co-owner and operator Shirley Becker Prescott said.

At Mert’s Specialty Meats, it’s all about the cut

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hen Mert Prescott, Shirley Decker Prescott, and Brandon Decker all lost their jobs at the same time, they weren’t ready to give up the trade.

Instead, three years ago they started up Mert’s Specialty Meats, and now they’re expanding a family company they deem as different from other places.

“I think our staff up front is a lot more knowledgeable as far as being able to tell the customer where the product was sourced from and what part of the animal it comes from, is it antibiotic and hormone-free, what it was fed, things like that. And we have the ability to give them sug-

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able,” he said. “Stuff in good condition that has another life to it yet.”

Patterson said most of what they accept is clothing, shoes and furniture, which they provide to people and families in need. “It’s basic human stuff we take for granted,” he said.

Recycle! East Lansing will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Abbott Center at 1400-1500 Abbot Rd., and all East Lansing community members with proof of residency can participate.

gestions on how to prepare it,” co-owner and operator of Mert’s Brandon Decker said.

The store tries to use local products and offers a wide selection of recipes for various cuts of meat and prepares ready-to-cook meals for shoppers, among which are MSU students and faculty.

“Suzy (Merchant) will stop in and shop occasionally… Our

“No matter what’s in the case they can ask and we’ll cut it exactly to their specifications — that’s what makes us different.”

Brandon Decker, Mert’s co-owner

relationship is more strong with the faculty (at MSU),” Decker said, though various students have been employed at the store and shopped there, along with athletic director Mark Hollis as

Lansing resident Chris Badour cuts meat May 16 at Mert's Specialty Meats, 1870 W. Grand River Ave., in Okemos. Badour has been with the store since July 2013.

one of the various MSU clientele according to co-owner and operator Shirley Decker Prescott.

“Most grocery stores do everything in the morning and they’re done...everything is out there and you have to choose from what they have,” Decker said.

“We always have a cutter here from open to close and the customers know that — no matter

what’s in the case they can ask and we’ll cut it exactly to their specifications — that’s what makes us different.”

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UCSB shootings call into question misogyny, feminism

“On May 27, Google unveiled it’s prototype of a “self-driving car,” which in time, will drastically change transportation for the better. However, in the short term, there could be some issues.”

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Men need to respect women’s right to share their experiences with sexual violence

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e know that not all men perpetuate violence against women. But all women live with the threat of male violence, every day, all over the world.

This is the mentality behind the creation of the #YesAllWomen tag on Twitter, which became explosively popular after the University of California, Santa Barbara shootings.

I was astounded by how quickly the tweets poured in. For at least a half hour, I read through pages of tweets from brave women recounting personal sexual harassment and violent experiences.

It is both amazing and sobering that so many women are courageous enough to share their personal stories — but the sheer number of women who have experienced gendered violence in their life is sickening.

Another disturbing aspect about this tag is how some men are responding. With every trend or movement, it’s expected that there will be some dissenters. But this is a hashtag set aside specifically for people who identify as women, and it is ridiculous for men to invade and respond in defiance with “But not ALL men are like that!”

Not all women are saying all men are rapists and murderers.

For a man to invade a space designated for gendered violence.

But they actually are invalidating women’s women, yet again, and complain about his own experiences about men who are “like that.” They hurt feelings is selfish.

If you read thousands of women speaking are making it harder for women to speak up by out against their personal attackers or situa- acting as a blockade to their expression.

We get it, you aren’t a rapist. You tions of oppression and your first support women. You don’t get a reaction is to think about how you reporter cookie for being a decent person. might be perceived, you are part Show us. Don’t just tell us. of the problem.

Show us by defending women They are immediately getting who are brave enough to speak up defensive about something no one about their own harassment. Show actually accused them of. us by stopping harassment when A man just went on a killing you see it or speaking out against spree and gunned down several aggressors. people because of the entitlement Show us by reading testimonies he felt to women’s bodies. of women who have survived vioAnd some men inexplicably want olivia dimmer lence. Just listen. Don’t defend or to make the conversation about odimmer@statenews.com invalidate. their own feelings.

Show us by saying “I’m so sorry Some even went so far as to make a counter hashtag, #YesAllPeople. Because God you had to deal with that. You are brave for forbid we set up a space for women and exclude sharing your story,” and empathizing with women, instead of getting defensive and trying to men, right?

I can understand the reaction behind it — discredit the stories being shared, or discredthey want to proclaim their support. They want iting the shooting altogether by blaming it on people to see there are men out there who care one disturbed man.

The UCSB shooter did have some problems about women and are vehemently opposed to

“For a man to invade a space designated for women, yet again, and complain about their own hurt feelings is selfish.”

and it has been reported he was on the autism spectrum. But autism does not make a person murder six people.

Blaming his autism is harmful to others who suffer from it and only adds to the stigma behind mental illness.

Saying the shooter was crazy is just a neat way of saying misogyny is an individual problem, not a cultural one.

The shooter’s family was very wealthy and he had access to the best mental health care around.

Misogyny is a cultural illness, and a deadly one at that.

People also try to discredit the shooting because he killed men, too.

Yes, he killed men — but the reason he killed men is because they were benefiting from something he felt he was entitled to but could not obtain: women. Those killings still are rooted in his misogyny.

So instead of complaining, distracting from an important conversation, or discrediting an obvious hate crime against women: listen, and try to understand.

Show us that all men aren’t like that by respecting women yourself and encourage others to do the same. Every day, in every way you can.

Olivia Dimmer is a State News reporter. Reach her at odimmer@statenews.com.

Calling USCB shooter a misogynist draws attention from society’s influence on behavior

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will clarify that I am not justifying a violent act nor lessening the tragedy of Elliot Rodger’s shootings in UC Santa Barbara. Those are not my intentions and, as a feminist, I am completely against his actions.

That being said, I want to explain why Elliot Rodger is not a misogynist. This is not an example of misogyny but an example of our society speaking through someone else. And that is the reason why we prefer to put a label on him before truly understanding the situation.

Rodger said in a video called “Elliot Rodger’s Retribution” that he is 22 years old but still a virgin. Rodger believed college is supposed to always be fun, and everyone has sex. I do not blame him for that depressing but very real thought. Friends have advised me not to have girlfriends in college because this is the time to enjoy yourself and be with a lot of girls. We have movies like “American Pie” which portray what the media has told us college should be — sex, drugs and parties. With different cases like Elliot Rodger’s, we can sense the weight society put on his shoulders. If he does not fulfill the requirements society has for him, to have he won’t fit in and will be considered inadequate.

In his video, Rodger said he was the “ultimate gentleman” because he drove a nice car and knew how to dress. I think Rodger calling himself a gentleman because of the material

things he possessed was saddening. But what unfair experiences women bravely shared are we saying to our children when we have through the social media. They are courageous television shows like “The Bachelor” and “The for sharing their experiences to a world that Real Housewives,” where it seems to imply good still judges them and still says that they dress looks and expensive things can create happi- to entice men, or that they were “asking for it.” ness? You can call it entertainment, but when I was happy a social movement had arisen and that for 48 hours women were someone thinks vanity should sharing their stories as a protest be a life goal, it becomes probGuest columnist and men were showing solidarlematic. With reality shows like ity. However, we continue failthose, we are conversely proing to achieve equality when we moting a false and impossible need to compare the college stureality of how the world is supdents Rodger killed to our mothposed to be. ers, sisters or cousins in order to Rodger’s video includes a lot bring the nationwide tragedy to of bitterness, as he reveals he a personal level, because underwas constantly miserable, that he felt he deserved a woman. In sergio martínez-beltrán standing the scope of our socismartinez@statenews.com ety’s influence is the only way his 134-page manifesto, Rodger we will understand the kinds of explains he was born in London people society is creating. and after moving to the United I am against misogyny because I am against States, he adopted an American accent just to fit in. It is sad and alarming because diversi- hatred. I am against it because it is a huge ty should and needs to be part of a functional obstacle to achieve equality among all genders society. Perhaps, then, if we accepted others in this beautiful world. But I am also against who might look or sound a bit different than using the word misogyny when it means we can the American ideal, Rodger wouldn’t have felt excuse society in tragic events like these. From promoting constant sex in college to not havso isolated.

After the shooting, some social media users ing a proper gun control protocol to negative reacted to this tragedy by rallying together attitudes towards the mentally ill, our culture under #YesAllWomen. I had mixed feelings has a part in the responsibility for this shootwhen I was reading the hashtag on Twitter. ing. It is just easier for us to call him a misogI was upset by all the horrible, unequal and ynist than to question the type of society we

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are living in.

Nothing — absolutely not hi ng — excuses the murder of innocent people.

But just as bullying contributed to the infamous shooting Let’s raise our at Columbine High kids in a different School in 1999, our culture has contrib- environment, where uted to what Elliot we teach boys that Rodger did on May when girls say “no” 23.

I am not going to it is the end of an call him a misogy- argument and not nist, even if everyone agrees he is. I the beginnning of a am not going to label negotiation.” him. I am going to act. Let’s raise our kids in a different environment, where we teach boys that when girls say “no” it is the end of an argument and not the beginning of a negotiation.

Let’s use another language where gender does not define your strength. Let’s turn off the TV every time there is something that shows a materialistic, superficial view of the world.

Let’s not put pressure on the kids of the future or on us.

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán is a journalism major.

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Many of the states were targeted regions. Cotter said The State News California is an exporter of MSU received a record num- college students, and the ber of applications this year, large MSU alumni base in bringing in more than 33,100. Chicago made Illinois a tarOf those freshmen applications, get for the branding.

“I think the MSU brand approximately 17,300 were instate residents, about 6,900 plays very well into it,” Cotwere domestic out-of-state res- ter said. “There are a numidents and more than 9,000 ber of things MSU is known for. There are a tremendous were international students.

“We received applications number of assets this instifrom more than 125 countries tution possesses. Not so long — they came everywhere from ago, 90 percent of our stuAlbania to Zimbabwe,” director dents came from Michigan.”

Dee McK ay, t he of admissions Jim Cotdata resource anater said. lyst from the Office Most applicat ions of Planning and Budfor freshmen internagets, said there were tional students came 5,603 in-state stuf rom China, India, dents in t he fall Korea, Nigeria, Rwan2013 semester who da, Saudi Arabia and we r e c on s ide r e d Taiwan. There was also part of the entera significant growth in ing class. That same domestic out-of-state year, there were 938 freshmen applications dom e s t ic out- offrom Illinois, Califorstate students and nia, Texas, New Jersey, 1301 international New York and Ohio. students.

Right now, there are This has been an about 7800 expected ongoing trend since students, and about 70 2009. That year, the percent of those appli- Jim Cotnumber of in-state cants are Michigan res- ter, students who were idents. The numbers director of considered part of will not be considered admissions the entering class official until after the in the fall was 5716. orientation process for There were 822 domestic stuthe fall 2014 semester begins.

Cotter said this is a two per- dents that year and 671 intercent increase from previous national students.

Mason resident Alix Blair years, despite the fact that the size of the graduating students was accepted for the 2014 fall in Michigan decreased by seven semester. She said she grew up within the Spartan atmopercent from last year.

In 2014, the projected num- sphere by attending basketber of Michigan high school ball and football games, and graduates is 106,547. Last during that time she fell in year, the number was 113,887, love with the campus.

“I think the biggest draw according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher to people is the diversity and athletics,” she said. “Mason Education.

Cotter said the increase in isn’t very diverse, so I’m applications has been gradual excited to go out of my comand could be seen as a tran- fort zone and meet and intersition of branding they began act with new people.”

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This year, the MSU Federal Credit Union will be receiving an award in July for the 2014 Best Federal Credit Union in the country from the National Association of Federal Credit Unions.

Sarah Bohan, the MSU Federal Credit Union’s vice president of corporate relations, credited McPharlin’s leadership.

“Pat has been an exceptional leader who has led the credit union to great success,” Bohan said. “He continued the credit union’s outstanding culture of providing superior service to our members and giving back to our community.”

After spending 14 years as the credit union’s leader, McPharlin said he is ready to move on and believes he is leaving the company in capable hands.

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And that’s something the community seems to appreciate — McPharlin said he’s read hundreds of letters from people every year thanking the MSU Federal Credit Union for the services they have received.

In the beginning, the credit union allowed professors to get loans more easily — if one professor needed a loan, the credit union would reach out to the others for $10 loans to help.

Today, the MSU Federal Credit Union has 13 open branches in Greater Lansing, Haslett, Charlotte, Auburn Hills and Rochester with two more under construction.

The credit union has grown to include $2.6 billion in assets, more than 600 employees, 110 ATMs and 184,530 members nationwide.

April Clobes, the credit union’s current executive vice president and chief operating officer, will be taking over that expanding company for McPharlin, beginning in March 2015.

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For the second consecutive season, the MSU volleyball team has compiled a top10 recruiting class, ranking No. 6 in the top-30 released by prepvolleyball.com over the weekend.

The 2014 Spartan recruiting class consists of middle blocker Alyssa Garvelink (Holland, Mich.), setter Rachel Minarick (Naperville, Ill.), libero Abby Monson (Burnsville, Minn.) and outside hitter Holly Toliver (Berrien Springs, Mich.)

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MSU finished 23-12 overall, 10-10 last season and fell in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Tournament. The program graduated outside hitter Lauren Wicinski, who ranks ranks top-10 in several categories in the MSU record book, middle blocker Alexis Mathews, setter Kristen Kelsay and outside hitter Kelsey Kuipers.

The Spartans will return key players senior libero Kori Moster, who is the all-time digs leader in MSU history, sophomore outside hitter Taylor Galloway, and sophomore middle blocker Allyssah Fitterer, a surprise contributor for the team last season.

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Spiral Video and Dance Bar’s Showbiz Sundays are no more.

The venue recently decided to put an end to the weekly tradition once it became apparent attendance had gone down.

The former show night featured a consistent cast of drag queens performing numbers such as Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,� or selections from the musical “Grease.�

Manager Daniel Jones said since the show was on Sundays, attendance was low because most people have to go to work Monday morning. “We wanted to be able to offer more,� Jones said. “We wanted to give the drag queens the best opportunity to be successful.�

The show is moving and changing — now on Saturday nights, it has been dubbed DragDMC in honor of the names of its current cast, Delicious, Maria and Cheetah. The show will feature a cast consisting of old and new performers, and the first performance is Saturday, May 31.

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Angelica Mirelez, who began officially performing at Spiral t wo years ago, said she is excited to bring new people to the show as well as introduce new numbers and revise old ones. “To be intertwined with a big night like that, it’s better for us,� Mirelez said. “We’re going to try to shoot for the stars.�

But the changes weren’t welcomed by ever yone at Spiral.

Fo r m e r e n t e r t a i n m e n t manager Matt Brickner, a drag queen who performs under the name Ace DeVille, said he began attending shows at Spiral when he was 14 years old. He performed regularly in drag at Showbiz Sunday before the event was canceled and has not been asked to come back.

He and other drag queens used to hit the streets in full regalia, promoting the show to no avail.

month, in which the drag queens w ill perfor m to raise money for charit y organizations. “We want to give people the ability to see performers and to see the performers they want to see,� Jones said.

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