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Park District project moving forward Proposed $105 million redevelopment project will undergo evaluation as E.L. sets sights past failed CCII effort

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A block of unused properties near the corner of Grand River and Michigan avenues, formerly part of the failed City Center II project, might finally see long-awaited redevelopment.

In a predevelopment agreement approved by the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday evening, city officials entered DTN Management Co. into a due diligence period to prepare development drafts for about

2.8 acres of city-owned land west of Abbot Road and south of Albert Avenue by April 2014.

The company also has either bought or acquired development rights on several lots of private land surrounding the city and Downtown Development Authority-owned parcels, including the former Old Kent Bank building at Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road, which has been vacant for more than a decade.

DTN’s initial proposal would bring some significant changes to the Park District. In its

plans, five buildings would be constructed, ranging from four to 10 stories each. Plans also propose a skywalk across Grand River Avenue to campus.

The buildings would house a mix of retail, residential and parking space. DTN also proposed realigning Abbot Road to connect to Valley Court Park, which DTN Vice President and co-owner Colin Cronin said will help improve traffic flow downtown.

The approved predevelopment agreement also mandates the public have a say

in the final design of the new Park District. DTN must hold three design meetings by Nov. 15, where the public can contribute to the district’s design.

It’s a process the city of East Lansing and its residents have seen before.

Until last June, the Park District was planned to be the site of a development project known as City Center II, spearheaded by Strathmore Development Co. The city has been trying to redevelop the site since 2001.

The project’s proposed $105

million development agreement was unanimously rejected and declared financially infeasible by council members in June 2012 after years of failed attempts to secure adequate financing.

“We looked at the numbers, the finances and concluded we couldn’t responsibly move forward with the project,” Mayor Pro Tem Nathan Triplett said of City Center II. “There wasn’t enough financial security, there wasn’t enough pro-

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police ON THE HUNT in WELCOME WEEK THefts

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A rash of off-campus burglaries in East Lansing since students returned to campus for the fall 2013 semester have police on the search for solutions.

In many cases, including two Sunday morning incidents on Stoddard Avenue and Milford Street, victims said they unknowingly left their doors unlocked overnight, enabling suspects to steal valuables such as a 42-inch TV and cash.

Although East Lansing police Capt. Jeff Murphy said police cannot yet confirm whether there is a relation between the recent burglaries, he said it’s possible people from out of town could be preying on the carelessness of students.

In one of the incidents, a TV and Blu-ray player were stolen from the living room overnight as students slept

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“We’ve arrested people many times who come into town specifically to target students,” Murphy said. “(Students are) generally fairly trusting, and some have nice, expensive stuff.”

Marine biolog y junior Dylan McGee awoke in his house on the 400 block of Stoddard Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Sunday to find his roommate’s TV and a Blu-ray player missing from the living room.

“At first I thought it was a joke or my roommates trying to be funny,” McGee said. “Then it sunk in … someone broke into our house.’”

Police believe the burglary took place between 4:30-8:30 a.m. and involved two or more people, McGee said. At least t wo lost items aside, he said what concerned him the most is that the suspect went undetected.

“They could have walked to the fridge and gotten a sandwich and nobody would have noticed,” he said.

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Debate on MI min. wage continues with new report

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As concerns over the livability of a minimum wage income mount, a new Labor Day report from the Michigan League for Public Policy, or MLPP, showed that while wages have gone up for “higher earners,” the majority in the state earn less than they did 40 years ago as a result of inflation.

Many of those eking out low wages are young people, said Peter Ruark, senior policy analyst for the MLPP. Ruark said he suspects a significant number might even be college graduates, though he didn’t have access to

supporting data.

“I would think the decline in wages would have a little more effect on people just getting into the workforce,” Ruark said, who’s been with the Lansing-based advocacy group since 2011.

“They’re not employed in their professions yet,” he said, referring to students and recent graduates.

“They’re not established.

There are some fields where jobs were plentiful back a decade ago, like teaching in Michigan.”

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2 | T he State N e ws | w e dn esday, se pt embe r 4 , 2 01 3 | stat e n e ws.com State News blog roll From the Archives A lot has changed from 1978 to 2013 for American college students. One thing that hasn’t changed, however, is the stress that comes from high tuition rates.

According to a study conducted by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant colleges done in 1978, MSU ranked in the top 10 of most expensive schools in the country back then.

The study showed that students at MSU and U-M paid a higher percentage of the costs than other schools.

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tection for our taxpayers.”

The City Center II project had drawn mixed reviews from city officials, leading to a different approach.

DTN’s proposal won the cou nc i l’s r ecom me ndation after vetting five submissions from other development firms this year.

Triplett said finances set the proposal apart.

“DTN’s proposal is unique in several respects,” Triplett said. “Perhaps most importantly, that they’ve committed on several occasions publicly that they can build this project without any city bonds having to be issued, which I think gives a great deal of security to our taxpayers."

Cit y Manager George Lahanas said a shift in eco-

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nomic climate also added confidence to the city’s recommendation.

“I think there’s a strong difference in timing. After (the 2008 economic crisis), financing was very difficult, everything was very difficult,” Lahanas said. “Obviously, it’s different people involved (now), but also I think the environment is much more conducive to moving forward with a project like this.”

DTN officials view the predevelopment agreement as rules of engagement prior to a comprehensive review of the project plans and finances “It’s facilitated by professionals who know how to gather public input, and then it’ll be hopefully actually looking at designs,” Lahanas said. “DTN will have their consultants gather that information, they’ll also gather information and input from the city and that will all come together into hopefully what they view as a doable project.”

Cronin also views the public meetings as a vital part of the due diligence period.

"O ver t he ne x t n i ne months, if us, the city and the community come up with a vision that everybody likes and is financially feasible, then we’ll actually get into a formal development agreement with the city," Cronin said.

"That ’ll really have a detailed plan of exactly what ’s goi ng to be built, how it’s going to be financed."

Cronin said he views the predevelopment agreement as a sort of handshake laying out the rules of engagement, and is hopeful for the project's potential.

"This’ll kinda be the first piece to help turn the dial for East Lansing to bring other residential types to East Lansing, other office users, other retail users," Cronin said.

"Just a diverse mix of opportunities in downtown East Lansing that maybe didn’t exist before."

wages

Singh: “…The Republicans have not put a strong emphasis on … living wages.” from page one

end up settling for a lower-paying compromise to pay the bills.

Seven dollars and forty cents an hour — that’s the minimum wage in Michigan. Do the math, and that comes to $13,675.31 a year, just shy of the federal poverty level of $11,490 for a single adult household in 2013.

Many liberal advocates in Michigan say it’s time to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour. As President Barack Obama also calls for an increase and fast food strikes break out in Detroit, Flint and Grand Rapids, a wage boost for the lowest earners might be picking up traction.

There are a handful of Michigan proposals to make that happen, although experts said it’s unlikely to pass with a Republican-dominated Legislature.

A February 2013 bill sponsored by Sen. Bert Johnson, D-Detroit, would bump the minimum wage up to $9 an hour by 2016. It's an incremental approach many Democrats support, including Rep. Sam Singh, D-East Lansing, who is co-sponsoring a similar bill from fellow Democratic Rep. John Switalski.

“Unfortunately the Repub-

crime

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“That’s pretty unsettling.”

When it comes to college students, Murphy said most burglaries involve the victims hosting large parties, allowing the suspect to go unnoticed in a crowd. In some cases, he said the suspect will take note of pricey objects in the house and come back for them later.

Along with locking all doors at night, Murphy said keeping record of electronics is the only way they could potentially be found.

“It’s important to record the

Continued “If you require employers to pay a higher wage, one of the ways they may pay for that is to increase the costs of goods …”

Ari Adler, Spokesman for Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger

licans have not put a strong emphasis on individuals in helping them get living wages,” Singh said.

About 283,000 workers in the state are making less than $10 an hour, according to the MLPP. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that nationwide, 3.6 million people are earning minimum wage or less, or about 4.3 percent of the workforce as of 2012.

At the same time, the true value of those earnings continues to decline as inflation rises at the relatively steady rate of 3 percent a year, Ruark said.

Yet critics say increasing the minimum wage could cause employers to hire fewer people.

“If you require employers to pay a higher wage, one of the ways they may pay for that is to increase the costs of goods and services,” said Ari Adler, press secretary for Republican Speaker of the House Jase Bolger.

Adler said he did not have hard data to back up the theory, but believed a change in minimum wage could prevent

employers from hiring as many employees as they would like.

“You hear about employers not being able to expand, or hire as many people, or give as many hours," he said.

"We increase the cost of doing business."

With the GOP supermajority, Adler said it’s unlikely that a minimum wage increase would build much steam.

Megan Steinberg, a sophomore elementar y education junior who just landed a $7.40 an hour job at the Student Union cafeteria, said she’s not distraught about her earnings. She also worked a minimum wage job over the summer, but saved money on rent by living at home.

“For me, because I (was) living with my parents, I felt it was enough,” Steinberg said.

But for someone without parents to helping to pay expenses, it would be difficult to scrape by, she said. And with fewer job openings for teachers, she said she may have to accept low wages until a school hires her.

serial numbers off items,” he said. “Otherwise, one is the same as the other … and there’s no way to recover it or charge the (suspect).”

Human biology senior Aaron Barto, a friend of McGee’s who was staying at this house the night of the robbery, said the thieves took money and a debit card from his wallet, but his phone and keys were left alone.

“I was just shocked people had the guts to come into the

house when they knew kids were there,” Barto said. “It’s creepy to know someone was in the house.”

Despite the tendency of robberies around parties, Murphy said early morning attacks are rare.

“It’s fairly unique to have a house broken into in the middle of the night,” he said. “It’s more common during the day,” without the possibility of confrontation.

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Food

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very building, field, road, tree and tunnel on c a mpu s i s u nde r the control of the vice president for strategic infrastructure planning and facilities, or the VP for SIPF — a position that will change hands by the end of September.

“This position touches everybody on campus,” said Bill Latta, assistant vice president for operations and chair of the search committee for VP for SIFP. Dennis Bailey, Kemel Dawkins and Doug Wise were named as the final three candidates for the position on Tuesday. They were chosen from almost 100 applicants who applied during the national search, which has been on-going since March 2013.

— Justine McGuire, The State News

Harvest season: East Lansing offers organic options

By Celeste Bott cbott@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

Although the new Whole Foods grocery store is not scheduled to arrive in East Lansing until 2015, students interested in organic food still have opportunities to grow, eat and buy a variety of fruits and vegetables close to home.

Some on-campus students already are enjoying locally grown produce in their dining halls, such as students at Brody Complex, who can eat dishes flavored with herbs grown at the Bailey GREENhouse and Urban Farm.

“We take fresh herbs to Brody Dining Hall and the Kellogg State Room on a biweekly basis,” GREENhouse and Urban Farm Manager Charles Defever said. “We do research, produce for the dining halls and educate student volunteers.”

Volunteers often are found through the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment program, or RISE. RISE students come from a variety of majors, but earn an environmental studies specialization.

The program creates a living and learning community, horticulture senior John Dindia said.

“The RISE class lives on the second floor of Bailey Hall,” Dindia said. “Volunteers work in the greenhouse weeding and planting, and more experienced students sometimes help with the morning harvest.”

Produce — including cilantro, thyme, rosemary, kale, lettuce, tomatoes and peppers — is grown in the year-old greenhouse and newly expanded outdoor gardens.

“We also have a green roof, where we grow vegetables on a rooftop garden,” Defever said, referring to garden beds planted on the roof of Bailey Hall. “It’s kind of an experiment. We’re figuring out what grows best in that environment.”

The MSU Student Organic Farm sells produce to Landon, Brody and Snyder-Phillips Halls, as well as the Eat at State food truck and the MSU Farm Stand, Farm Manager Jeremy Moghtader said.

The on-campus farm stand runs every Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for seven months of the year, from April through the end of October.

"Students can also sign up for a Community Supported Agriculture membership with us, where they can get a share of our produce every week," Moghtader said. "We've had undergraduate and graduate students as members, and university cooperatives

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Zoology senior Erin Treanore places broccoli into a bin Tuesday, at the Student Organic Farm.

Treanore works there several days a week harvesting the vegetables with other students.

as well."

Memberships run year-round and allow students to get access to unprocessed produce, Moghtader said.

Student foodies with business interests also can check out the East Lansing Food Cooperative.

The co-op works with 15-20 locals farms, General Manager David Finet said.

“Most of our produce is organ-

ic,” Finet said. “A couple of farms who supply us aren’t certified, but we’ve visited those farms, (and have been) working with them for years. We know how they grow things.”

Students also can buy a share in the cooperative at the register, where they are billed $7.50 every three months for two years. No one can buy or own more than one share, ensuring

that the business will remain community-owned, Finet said, even when bigger chains like Whole Foods come to town.

“We’ve had a good student response. There’s mix of new faces every fall,” Finet said.

“Some people come here for four years and move on, others have been with us from day one. New shoppers and owners are always welcome.”

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“I’ll admit it, I’ve read “Fifty Shades of Grey.” I never thought I’d pick up the book because of all the sexual content, but I was curious to read what all the hype was about.”

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joint effort between the city of East Lansing and DTN Management Co. to revive the blighted corner of Grand River and Michigan avenues only will be successful if officials respond to the needs of students.

The initial proposal of land use put forward

by DTN consisted of four to five buildings tentatively filled with a year-round farmers market, wine bar, hotel, parking structure, urban grocer, restaurants and retail, commercial and residential uses.

When choosing businesses to fill the space,

city leaders need to consider the students first.

Members of the East Lansing City Council have talked often of attracting “young professionals” — white-collar single people just entering the workforce — with upscale new housing and businesses.

But with freshman classes getting larger every year, it is doubtful the number of potential customers will drop any time soon.

City officials also have talked of attracting a wider array of cultures to enrich the city.

They need not look farther than their backyard as MSU students come from a wide array backgrounds, and the number of international students is steadily on the rise. Instead of trying to retain more students after graduation, city leaders could look to provide venues for culture events that take place on campus more often than not.

A perfect example was Wanderer’s Teahouse,

— Isabella Shaya, State News features editor

which closed last May. The teahouse offered different communit y events, open mic nights and teas from around the world. It was a s p ac e w he r e residents and students alike could share a cup of tea or attend a poetry reading.

Crunchy’s is another example of a unique community experience that both residents and students can enjoy. By wrapping craft beer, pen-graffitied walls, live music and customizable burgers into a non-corporate atmosphere, the burgerand-beer joint has become a landmark in East Lansing for young and old.

By Nov. 15, there will be three feedback sessions where the public can voice their opinions on the retail, commercial and residential uses of the Park District project.

“Students should speak up, and city leaders should listen.”

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“This is a significant portion of one end of our downtown,” East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas said at a city council meeting on Aug. 6. “What we do here will be the way the city looks for the next 50-60 years and beyond. So (we) want to make sure it’s done right.”

And 50-60 years from now students still will coexist side-by-side with East Lansing and still will be affected by the decisions of city leaders.

MSU students have the chance to steer East Lansing into a community of rich experiences and thriving businesses, to attract students and drive commerce.

Students should speak up, and city leaders should listen.

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I had a horrible move-in experience here as well 3 years ago. My roommates and I arrived at our apartment at the move-in date and time specifically assigned to us by The Village but walked into a apartment with no carpet, no furniture, and tools, dust, and garbage from the absent workers who decided they were done working on the apartment for the day. The office told us to come back in an hour (an hour? to get all that done and cleaned? really?). We returned after an hour to carpet glued hastily and poorly to our concrete floor.

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Can you imagine if this happened to any other demographic? If this happened to yuppies or empty nesters, (let alone senior citizens) there would be litigation, protests, investigative reporting and more.

It amazes me what landlords can get away with with college students and that college students let them.

College students pretend you were your grandma / grandpa. Would you want them treated that way?

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Five last-minute summer activities

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hen I was walking home last night, I had a crisis.

I felt the wind blow against my bare, somewhat boney arms and I thought, “Hmm, it’s a little cold tonight ... wait, why?!?” And then I continued to realize summer is officially coming to a close soon.

Before hot weather walks out on us and the “Why did I get out of bed?” cold weather comes, it dawned on me everything you do during Welcome Week won’t nearly be as enjoyable in a few weeks. So to help you out before it becomes jeans-and hoodie weather, I have taken my three years of being a student here to give you the best tips of what to do before summer leaves us for the fall.

1. Walk, bike, jog, scooter, etc. to class. Trust me, you will have plenty of time to enjoy rides on the CATA bus when winter and its subzero fury rolls around. Not only that, but you will see snow fall on the ground faster than your interest in your 8 a.m. class.

So why not take time to enjoy one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation? It’s warm out, a nice breeze comes off the Red Cedar River and you just might run into someone you know. It’s also a sol-

the best deal, play the Forest Akers id way to get exercise. Believe me East Golf Course to find crazy-low pricon this one, because I’m the peres ($18 to walk 18 holes on weekdays son who actually gained his freshfor students). If you want a legendary, man 15 in a single semester. Was it yet still affordable price, knock the ball the semester I bought a bus pass? You around at the Forest Akers West Golf bet your combo exchange it was.

Course where famed golfer Jack Nick2. Sit down and listen to the laus was rumored to never break par Well’s Hall preachers. Only if you when he golfed at Ohio State. have a simple sense of What if you’re not a novice humor though. If you Guest columnist golfer? Fear not, for Forest can’t help yourself and Akers has rental clubs and a always feel the urge to driving range just in case you get in a screaming batneed to get your weeks worth tle with them, maybe this of aggression out by smackisn’t your best option. ing objects into the abyss.

But, if you’re like me and 4. Become a legend and find it hilarious that there paint the rock. For more are people who believe than a century, generations they can convert an entire of Spartans have paintBig Ten campus merely Matt Sheehan ed the famed rock on Farm by screaming their beliefs msheehan@ Lane. With greek adverat them, then this is for statenews.com tisements, protests, vigyou. I’m a Catholic, and ils and even marriage proI find it a tad embarrassposals somewhere in those layers of ing their rants happen in the heart of paint, it’s the most you could do to campus, but this is premium people (legally) make your mark at MSU. watching. Don’t miss them before the However, you want to be sure to cold weather steers them away, folks. get there before the temperature 3. Hit the golf course with your drops. To smatter paint on the latest friends. Are you painfully bad at golf? design, you need to stay up the night Well don’t worry, everyone who tries it before and do your work in the wee is. As a matter of fact, some people who have golfed for decades still are terrible. hours of the day. If you already think the night is chilly now, imagine how If you ever are looking to kill time brutal it will be when we are in the on a weekend morning, travel south heart of fall. You will likely feel like to the Forest Akers Golf Courses. For

you are embarking on a mission to the South Pole if you wait too long.

5. Go out of your way, if you have to, to go to the gardens. Likely, the most reasonable garden to take a walk through is Beal Botanical Garden.

If you can, take the nature trail alongside the Red Cedar River for the full garden experience, as odd as that sounds.

I didn’t think much of it my freshman year, but after the fourth time I took that path to class I realized how relaxing it is to walk between a flawless garden and a flowing river. If you even have an hour or two to spend, take a seat next to the river and knock out your studying on the banks. If it was up to me, every calendar ever made should shoot photos there.

Matt Sheehan is the sports editor at The State News. Reach him at msheehan@statenews.com.

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If you even have an hour or two to spend, take a seat next to the river and knock out your studying on the banks.”

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MSU volleyball battling through injuries

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MSU volleyball team did not emerge from the Hokie Invitational unscarred.

What they did emerge with, however, according to head coach Cathy George, is a lesson in perseverance that will aid the team for the rest of the season.

George addressed the media at a press conference Tuesday and commended the way her players performed at the Hokie Invitational at Virginia Tech.

Junior outside hitter Taylor Galloway suffered an injury against Pacific last Saturday, and joined sophomore setter Halle Peterson and freshman outside hitter Chloe Reinig on the inactive list.

The setback cost the Spartans (3-1 overall) the game against Pacific, which they lost, 3-0. However, the injury caused George to place players into positions and situations they weren’t accustomed to. The team handled the rotation adjustments admirably, as the Spartans won three straight to take down Vir-

ginia Tech, 3-2, in the last game of the invitational after falling behind 0-2.

“The way our team responded was just great,” George said at the press conference Tuesday.

“I’m really excited about the play of some of our young players, who came in and played positions that they hadn’t played or worked on in over a season.”

The young players who rose to the occasion were freshman middle blocker Allyssah Fitterer, who posted nine blocks against Virginia Tech, and freshman middle blocker Autumn Christenson,

who filled in for Galloway at the outside hitter position.

George compared Christenson’s transition from middle blocker to outside hitter to moving a wide receiver to the running back position at game time, and noted Christenson did a nice job at responding to the demands of playing middle blocker.

Junior defensive specialist Ryian Hubbard also was moved to setter, a position she hadn’t played since high school.

“It was their real fight-back that made it possible, and it was exciting to see we have three dif-

MSU’s rank out of 117 FBS teams in average yards per passing attempt (3.2)

ferent (players) that made major contributions for us this weekend,” George said.

Fitterer and Christenson are part of a recruiting class that ranked fifth in the nation. Their performance potentially might have won them long-term spots in the rotation for the season.

George indicated at the beginning of the season that Reinig, Fitterer and Christenson most likely would be the freshmen to crack the rotation.

Although Reinig’s spot no longer is promised after suffering from an illness that has robbed

her of some of her strength, Fitterer and Christenson are living up to — and perhaps even exceeding — expectations.

“It’s those types of experiences that make you strong because it’s a tough road,” George said. “Our job is to get them better and better throughout the year, and we’re doing just that.”

MSU will play national championship runner-up Oregon on Friday and Oregon State Saturday.

football Sophomore quarterback Connor Cook runs the ball against Western Michigan on Friday at Spartan Stadium. MSU defeated the Broncos 26-13.

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Dantonio still silent about quarterbacks

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“With opportunity comes opposition.”

Spoken in reference to the role of redshirt freshman running back Riley Bullough, it’s the latest performance-related cliché out of the mouth of football head coach Mark Dantonio. In context, Dantonio was making reference to the team’s running back situation, noting the Spartans (1-0 overall) will determine playing time based on the merit of performance.

Of course, the phrase also relates well to the team’s latest round of quarterback controversy, where senior Andrew Maxwell and sophomore Connor Cook head into the week listed as co-starters on the depth chart. The move would seem to drop redshirt freshman Tyler O’Connor and freshman Damion

Having been asked seven questions relating to the quarterback on Tuesday — not including a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that senior linebacker Jairus Jones take a few snaps — Dantonio remained adamant not to discuss the quarterback position.

Dantonio said the plan is to evaluate each of the potential quarterbacks in practice and make an informed decision later this week.

“We don’t want it to be a media circus every week, first of all,” he said. “But I understand that is the nature of society. But I think the most important thing is we’re going to practice this week, and I’m not going to put the cart before the horse.”

Terry from a chance at a starting role by slimming the fourheaded quarterback monster down to two.

And after giving the nod to Maxwell in the regular season opener against Western Michigan, Dantonio refused to name the starter for Saturday’s game against South Florida (noon, ESPNU).

“The main focus is what we do internally right now with our quarterback situation,” Dantonio said. “We’re going to look at things as the week progresses and make some decisions near the end of the week.”

In a starting role in a 26-13 victory against Western Michigan, Maxwell was 11-of-21 passing for 74 yards. Coming off the bench, Cook had slightly less success through the air going 6-for-16 for 42 yards passing but also showed strong scrambling ability, carrying the ball four times for 35 yards.

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The Fairchild Theatre, once home to music concerts and choral performances, now is filled with a very different production that involves the pounding of hammers, the shrill whir of buzz saws and the low-pitched yells of construction workers.

Since the project began in summer 2013, the renovations to the Fairchild Theatre in the Auditorium have proven extensive and ever-growing, and they are expected to finish Oct. 28.

The renovations first began to update the theater’s acoustics, project representative for the Fairchild Theatre construction Todd Wilson said, but it soon was apparent that other improvements were needed to make the theater an acceptable performance space.

“The Fairchild was built in the 1930’s and because of that, this became a much larger project,” Wilson said. “It needed to be electronically updated as well have the full-building alarm updated.”

An elevator and ramps for handicap access now are installed.

Before the planned renovations, about three-fourths of the building was not accessible by handicapped visitors, Wilson said.

The black box theater, an allblack room for rehearsals and performances, will have new technical equipment, bathrooms, production office with a kitchen and more backstage space, Wilson said.

“Overall it will be a much more usable space for our academic mission,” Wilson said.

The budget for the theater renovations was $20 million, Wilson said.

Daily, there are between 40 and 60 people on-site working to complete the project. After it opens, the theater's walls will be covered in wooden curved acoustic tiles that will project sound and fix any acoustic issues the theater had before.

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The first event scheduled in the Fairchild is ‘S Wonderful on Oct. 28, which will feature the music of the American composer and pianist George Gershwin, director of choral programs in the College of Music David Rayl said in an email.

While the Fairchild Theatre renovations still are underway, changes to the Byron and Dolores Cook Recital Hall, formerly the Music Building Auditorium, have been completed for nearly a year.

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“I’ve performed a solo recital in Cook and I’m awaiting the chance to perform in Fairchild as well,” said Hannah Reilly, a graduate student studying bassoon performance.

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