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resident and CEO of USA Gymnastics Kerry Perry resigned from her position on Sept. 4 as the organization attempts to recover from ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse.

Perry’s resignation was announced in a letter from the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors.

She was hired in November 2017, after former president and CEO of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny, resigned amid the fallout from Nassar.

A statement from the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors said Perry will resign immediately and the board already began identifying an interim CEO. They established a management committee to provide “organizational oversight to maintain continuity in the day-to-day operations until an interim CEO is named.”

The board is also in the process of creating a search committee to find a permanent replacement for Perry’s position, the statement said.

“On behalf of the Board of USA Gymnastics, I want to thank Kerry for her leadership under very difficult circumstances,” Karen Golz, chair of the USA Gymnastics Board, said in the letter. “In the wake of horrific events that have impacted our athletes and the entire gymnastics community, USA Gymnastics has made progress in stabilizing itself and setting a new path to ensure that the safety and interests of our athletes remains at the heart of our mission.

“Over the past nine months, USA Gymnastics has been in the midst of a major transition as it implements recommendations made by Deborah Daniels in her report, following her independent review of the organization’s safe sport policies and procedures, as well as directives of the USOC.”

PERRY’S ROLE AT USA GYMNASTICS

Perr y started as president and CEO of USA Gymnastics in December 2017, as the organization needed new leadership after Steve Penny’s resignation. However, Aly Raisman and other gymnasts were critical to Perry’s position and the lack of help and change in the program moving forward.

Perry apologized to “all who were harmed”

by Nassar’s “despicable crimes” in May and announced mediation between USA Gymnastics

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and the survivors of Nassar’s abuse who had sued the organization for its role in handling reports against him.

She also outlined several forms of action the organization had taken or was planning on taking as she testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Perry also appeared before the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation for a hearing in July, in Washington D.C. “Athlete safety must be at the forefront of everything we do every day,” she said at the hearing.

Perry’s resignation comes two days after Sarah Hirshland, U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) chief executive, called for a leadership change.

Hirshland took the place of Scott Blackmun, who resigned in the wake of the Nassar scandal due to “health issues.”

NASSAR SURVIVORS REACT Morgan McCaul, survivor and University of Michigan sophomore, said in an email, she is happy to see Perry resign, but there is still more to be done.

“The removal of Kerry Perry from her post at USAG, upon pressure from the U.S. Olympic Committee, is nothing more than an attempt by the USOC to put a band-aid over their egregious failure to protect our nation’s athletes,” McCaul said. “I’m happy to see Ms. Perry go, but the corrupt institutions she represented those — which protected pedophiles and abusers at the expense of innocent children — need to follow.

“I hope that USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic Committee will face true accountability for their culture of complicity. It is tragic that the very organizations which are supposed to serve young athletes cannot be trusted. When the day comes that little boys and girls can pursue their Olympic dreams without facing incredible danger, my Sister Survivors will be entirely to thank. I stand with them.”

Survivor Rachael Denhollander said in a tweet, Perry could have investigated and admitted the “abusive culture and saying ‘no’ to coaches who were a part of it.” “(It) could have been healing for survivors, a model for others,” she said. “Instead, everyone gets hurt.”

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fter one failed attempt last year in the face of a continuing budget crisis, East Lansing passed its first-ever income tax on Aug. 7 during the state’s primary elections, and reactions are mixed.

The measure will tax 1 percent of East Lansing residents’ income and 0.5 percent of those who work in East Lansing but live elsewhere.

Twenty percent of the revenue collected will go to the police and fire departments; 20 percent will go to maintaining streets, sidewalks and other infrastructure; and 60 percent will go to the pensions of retired city employees, according to the ballot language.

MSU students whose income is made in the city will be included in the tax. Dependents who make less than $5,000 annually, retired residents and those collecting social security will not be subject to the tax.

Mayor Pro Tem Erik Altmann said the new funding was needed to protect crucial services and city institutions, like the Hannah Community Center, which potentially faced closure if the tax did not pass.

“This was a really good move by the city,” Altmann said. “It’s going to help keep services at levels we expect them, and it’s going to help keep our community center open.”

This version of the tax passed with 61 percent of the vote, with approval from 15 out of 17 precincts, according to Altmann.

The first attempt to impose an income tax was voted on in November 2017 but failed. The proposal was tweaked — placing a 12-year time limit on it and reserving the revenue for specific operations — and put on the ballot a sec-

ond time this summer.

The income tax also came with a provision to lower property taxes for East Lansing residents by five mills, or roughly 10 percent of a homeowner’s tax bill, Altmann said. He said a university the size of MSU makes a large area of the city, leaving a small portion of the residents paying for services.

“The problem with property taxes is that they don’t work for a college town very well, and the reason they don’t work for a college town is because the college is tax-exempt from property taxes,” Altmann said.

MSU economics professor Ronald Fisher, a critic of the tax, said different voting demographics between the November 2017 and August 2018 elections could have impacted the results.

“The people who vote in primaries tend to be older, more politically involved,” Fisher said.

“The students weren’t here in August; they were last November. It’s fewer voters and a different set of voters.”

Fisher also expressed some concern about the long-term effects the income tax could have on the city, like fewer children in East Lansing schools.

“Some research that I’ve done says that if you had a young family that had a $100,000 income and lived in a typical home in East Lansing, they would probably face a total tax increase of $500 or $600 a year,” Fisher said. “That family could avoid that tax, of course, by not living in East Lansing.

“The economic evidence suggests it’s not likely to be good for the city in the long run, and I think the city had options and alternatives.”

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LEFT: Vegan and vegetarian options are prepared at “Veg Out” at Case Dining Hall on Sept. 4. PHOTO BY MATT SCHMUCKER. BELOW: Mechanical engineering senior Yash Kankaria eats a bagel on Sept. 20, 2015, inside the cafeteria in Case Hall. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

Students with alternative diets talk pros and cons of campus dining

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MSU has said that “making healthy lifestyle choices like eating right helps students do their best” while they’re at the university.

And, according to Eat at State, the culinary services division of MSU’s Residential and Hospitality Services, or RHS, access to food at 10 cafeterias spread out over Michigan State’s five neighborhoods helps students reach that goal.

In total, there are more than 30 places on campus for all students to find food to fuel them throughout their day. Food courts, Sparty’s and Starbucks supplement the gaps between classes or when students can’t get to a cafeteria.

But the experience of eating at MSU varies from student to student.

Eat at State says it offers options for multiple different types of diets, with each cafeteria offering options for vegetarian, vegan, dairyfree, gluten-free and kosher meals. Each station includes labels to identify major food allergens.

Though for some students with alternative diets, there’s not enough variety in those meal options.

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a struggle when she’s faced with mislabeling or cross-contamination.

“For me, the biggest problem within the realm of food is there is no list like the ones online where you can see what they’re serving each day and what it’s made with,” Seck said. “A lot of times, the cafs will label something vegetarian and it’s not, especially in desserts.”

Dining hall stations that keep meat separate from vegetarian items are great, Seck said, but the potential for cross-contamination at other stations creates a problem.

“The Gallery, for example, does a good job when they have their pasta bar, they have their meat separate and that’s great. But for, say Shaw and their Wok, I can’t go in and get veggies unless it is veggie everything that day,” Seck said.

The cross-contamination can happen, according to Eat at State. A note on their website asks diners to “be aware that food items are prepared in a shared kitchen and do pose a risk for cross contact.”

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very different and vegans can only eat so many carrots and vegetables.”

Seck said MSU needs to consider dietary restrictions in order to be inclusive to all students.

“It’s hard because this is a lifestyle they do have to consider, people who are vegetarian for health reasons like me and many other people or for religious reasons, so if they want to be inclusive to everyone, changes need to happen,” Seck said.

But political theory and constitutional democracy senior Brendan Barbara said he’s had an easier time finding vegan food on campus than in some restaurants.

“Brody definitely has the best options because they have a Veg Out in the cafeteria and it’s the biggest on campus, I believe, so that was really nice for me because they would always have vegetarian options,” Barbara said. “But sometimes it wasn’t the greatest because they wouldn’t always have vegan options.”

Barbara said vegetarian and vegan meals were also regularly rotated in the cafeterias.

“They changed them up just as much as they did with meat options and I never went without

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food in the cafeteria,” Barbara said.

While living on campus, construction management student Atara Zwas’ eating choices are influenced by her religion. Zwas consumes a kosher diet because she is Jewish.

“There were options when I ate there,” Zwas said. “They clearly labeled them, which was really nice so it was easier to find them. Certain days there were fewer options than others, so I would have to go about and hunt at all the different stations to piece together a decent meal.”

For students who practice Judaism, Eat at State offers kosher options at Wilson Dining Hall, Brody Square and at Sparty’s locations across campus. MSU Hillel also offers Shabbat, or Friday night dinners, as well as meals during the week of Passover.

“I’m pretty sure Brody has kosher food, but that was too far and I’m not that good of a Jew,” Zwas said.

Students who have allergies, specific ingredient concerns or require information on a menu can consult Gina Keilen, a registered dietician at Michigan State, or executive chefs and dining hall managers.

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ASMSU president discusses student voice on campus, outlines plans for academic year

BY SADIE LAYHER SLAYHER@STATENEWS.COM

The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, is the undergraduate student government on campus, which offers various resources to students.

ASMSU provides iClicker rentals, free blue books and other services to MSU students.

The organization also compiles new ideas and initiatives to implement throughout the school year.

PROVIDING A STUDENT VOICE

Katherine Rifiotis, president of ASMSU, was the first student speaker at the MSU Academic Welcome in a number of years.

Rifiotis said she asked to speak because she wanted the voice of students to be recognized in the push for change on campus.

“I think it was a matter of both the recognition of a student voice after everything that happened, but also a greater partnership

ASMSU President Katherine “Cookie” Rifiotis speaks to the Class of 2022 at the MSU Academic Welcome on Aug. 27. PHOTO BY ANNIE BARKER.

from our organization with administrators, and them knowing that we really wanted to be part of this change,” Rifiotis said. “(And) a little bit of my side of things with trying to make a speech that would still respect the very academic-driven ceremony.”

She’s also the only undergraduate student on the presidential search committee.

The search committee will help create a pool of potential applicants. The Board of Trustees will then appoint MSU’s next president.

“There will be a lot more delegation of different projects to all the vice presidents, so that might be somewhat more of a shift,” Caroline Colpoys, executive assistant to the Office of the President of ASMSU, said. “We’re going to have to be more interdependent and each of the vice presidents will have to make sure that they’re all pulling their own weight and hopefully I can help alleviate some of that stress.”

PLANS FOR 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR

Rifiotis said ASMSU is planning several “outward

facing initiatives” this school year.

ASMSU is trying to register as many students to vote as possible. They have a partnership with TurboVote, which makes it easier for students to register.

“We did a lot of voter registration during AOP (Academic Orientation Program) and registered over 2,500 students of the incoming class,” Rifiotis said.

ASMSU is also working toward increased outreach. Flyers will make appearances in dorms listing different events and opportunities on campus. Rifiotis said this includes diversity and inclusion booklets, which will highlight different narratives on campus.

“It’s just a little booklet that has a Humans of New York (thing),” Rifiotis said.

Rifiotis said most students are unaware they have rights on campus.

ASMSU has a group of student rights activists who will help students when a professor or peer is not following university guidelines, Rifiotis said.

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“We really want to make sure that students are aware of them before they get in trouble because sometimes it takes a little bit of meetings and talking and explaining,” Rifiotis said. “So we want to facilitate that process as much as possible. So, one of the things that we’re doing this semester and planning for it already is ‘know your rights nights.’”

Changing the way AOP works for freshman and transfer students is also on the list of ASMSU’s initiatives for the school year, Rifiotis said.

Rifiotis said she is pushing for a freshman seminar, which could help lead new students toward success and allow AOP to become better at connecting with new students.

Another outward initiative ASMSU is pushing for is to expand awareness of mental health on campus. Rifiotis said this could be improved by other outreach campaigns or extending existing initiatives, such as Mental Health Awareness Week.

FROM THE COVER

GREENWASHED: THE REWRITING OF THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE

BY ANNA NICHOLS ANICHOLS@STATENEWS.COM

MSU Alumni received a magazine which mostly omits Larry Nassar. The original magazine did not.

On the left is the cover of the magazine MSU alumni received this summer. The right is one of the original covers designed by the MSU Alumni Association. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MATT SCHMUCKER.

“I feel for my colleagues at Michigan State. I’m sure that the magazine staff wanted to do it the right way and it sounds to me as though the higher-ups had other ideas. The best public relations is honesty, not spin.”

Tina Hay Editor of the Penn Stater since 1996

The magazine that arrived in alumni mailboxes this summer, beaming with Spartan green and packed with stories of the university’s accomplishments, replaced the survivor inspired “teal issue” that took a hard look at sexual assault.

The MSU alumni magazine people received fulfilled the mandate set for it from its conception, “to reflect positively both on Michigan State University and on its alumni.”

The original issue set out to bring attention to the various responses to hundreds of survivors of ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse. In Paula M. Davenport’s editor’s note, she said the magazine did its best to share stories and insights surrounding sexual abuse in hopes that such acts would never again occur on MSU’s campus.

She ended by noting an expectation to continue this story in future issues.

This editor’s note, along with the majority of the initial issue, was gutted by Interim President John Engler.

“There never was one issue, there were probably six or seven different proposed front pages. There were lots of different articles,” Engler said.

On Aug. 24, The State News published the original special issue of the MSU alumni magazine after obtaining it from someone close to Engler’s administration.

MAKING THE MAGAZINE Editors from the MSU alumni magazine presented the idea of a special issue focusing on sexual misconduct to writer and MSU alumna Louise Knott Ahern earlier this year. She said she was invited to voice her feelings and to write

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whatever she was feeling as a Spartan.

If she was mad, to be mad. If she was upset, to be upset.

“I really feel like the magazine staff has to be praised here because they right up front said ‘These are your words, we want authenticity. We want authentic voices. We are not going to censor you,’” Ahern said.

After the magazine edited her piece for length, Ahern said she heard crickets. Her essay, calling out the MSU administration for its complacency toward a sexual predator, was not discussed again. She had a feeling something had gone wrong.

MSU faculty member, alumna, parent and survivor Stephanie McCann first wrote her portion of the special issue as a Facebook post. She said she wanted to show her fellow alumni that they are not alone in weighing their pride in being Spartans with their disgust at being part of a community that contributed to Nassar’s abuse.

Alumni shared McCann’s words on different social media platforms and a member of alumni relations reached out to her in February to include the post in the special issue.

“Initially I thought ‘Well, will there be repercussions?’ But, when you know better, you do better,” McCann said.

“When you know it’s the right thing to do, you do it and that’s exactly what I did.”

MSU isn’t the first school to use its alumni magazine as a platform to reflect on and unpack its scandals. Penn State famously focused one of its alumni magazines in 2012 on former football coach Jerry Sandusky’s 52 counts of sexual abuse. Tina Hay, who has been the editor of the Penn Stater since 1996, said her staff have been fortunate to work under an administration that appreciates honesty in talking about campus issues.

“I feel for my colleagues at Michigan State. I’m sure that the magazine staff wanted to do it the right way and it sounds to me as though the higher-ups had other ideas,” Hay said. “The best public relations is honesty, not spin.”

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One of the three possible original covers for the MSU alumni magazine. PHOTO FROM THE MSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

THE GREENWASHING When alumni received their magazines, the original cover art giving recognition to sexual abuse survivors was washed over with Spartan green and a quote from Engler.

The new magazine celebrates MSU for having faced “the most difficult challenge in its history,” slating MSU as a leader in research and an ever-improving conduit for the humanities.

Engler decided the special issue was not balanced and scrapped it.

“What I was hearing as I traveled around the country talking to our alums, they say is ‘How do I tell a Wolverine or a Buckeye who’s in my face making these statements about our campus, what’s going on here. What are we doing?’” Engler said. “They were well aware of what the problem was and we’re never going to forget that, but what have we done?

We’ve done a lot, so I felt it was important to have balance and the first magazine didn’t have the kind of balance that I thought we needed.”

The MSU administration has long been critiqued for its handling of sexual assault on campus and has made changes in the past year. In its 2018-19 budget, 10 new positions in the Counseling and Psychiatric Services were created along with 13 new Title IX-related positions.

However, there has still been backlash. Many feel the administration is too focused on moving on, rather than dismantling the systems they feel allowed Nassar to thrive in the first place. This outrage is often focused on Engler, including social media outcry over him spiking the alumni magazine.

“Somehow he thinks, he controls when and how we move on from this and he doesn’t,” Ahern said.

“It was a horrible move. It was insulting to a whole lot of people and you know what, mainly it was insulting to the survivors. It’s one more way that university administration has told them ‘you’re an afterthought, you’re a nuisance, you’re something

we simply have to get over and get through’ and they’re not. What MSU allowed him (Nassar) to get away with for so long, we’re going to be dealing with for a very long time.”

Nassar survivor and MSU alumna Amanda Thomashow said the image of this year that the new magazine paints, though pretty, does nothing to erase the horrible events that transpired at MSU. She said creating a false narrative of success and progress is a disservice to victims of sexual abuse and to MSU students.

“The original magazine cover and content, it spoke about the horrible things that happened, but it also talked about moving forward and allowing past mistakes to guide us towards future successes,” Thomashow said. “I value honesty and transparency and accountability and as an alumna, I was disappointed in my university for trying to erase what happened and paint it in a nicer lighting.”

THE AFTERMATH Alumni expressed dissatisfaction with the magazine they received and asked for the publication of the “teal issue” on social media.

The new magazine features a Q & A with Engler, giving insight into leadership at MSU during a year of crisis.

“We’re builders here. We always have been. Let’s get back to doing that ... I think you’ll see ... greater respect for Michigan State as we conduct ourselves the way a leading global university should,” Engler said in the magazine.

Emily Guerrant, vice president and university spokesperson, gave this statement in response to the changed magazine and said the statement still reflects the university’s stance on the topic.

“Michigan State supports robust discussion of important issues such as sexual assault and its own place in this national conversation. The material being presented, as it is described to us, would rep-

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GREENWASHED: THE REWRITING OF THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE “Disgusted by my alma mater’s continued efforts to silence, censor, downplay & re-victimize survivors of sexual assault. This leak of the covers of MSU’s alumni magazine — the final version & original version — is yet another example.”

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resent content not included in the most recent issue of our alumni magazine. As such, it would be material solicited and accepted by Spartan magazine, so in our opinion has a valuable place in the ongoing public conversation.

“Our concern, then as now, is one of context as the university moves with due haste and concern not only to address past issues, but to take action to ensure the health, safety and well-being of the campus community and to ensure that our alumni and the public are duly provided with that information.

“As we have said before, the magazine is intended to communicate and promote university programs, highlighting staffing, alumni and student success stories and important issues to MSU alumni. Given its three-month production process, it has been difficult for the Spartan Magazine team to stay ahead of the news cycle.

“During the course of development, the team was continuously evaluating many possible options for content and for feature stories. In the end, the editorial team took an approach that concentrated on the most important chang-

es and improvements at MSU that have been made over the past six months related to campus safety and sexual assault prevention and education, as well as where the university is headed in the future.

“Alumni consistently communicate to the magazine team that they want to know what is happening on campus, so striking a balance between addressing the problems of the past but also showing the positive impact Spartans are having across a variety of fields was the desired outcome.”

McCann, also a clinical social worker, said people heal when they feel heard and that alumni needed to be heard in this magazine.

“I think it diminishes survivors’ experiences and survivors’ stories, which is very unhealthy because people need to feel heard and need to know that they’re in a safe community to tell their story,” McCann said. “It censors the reality of this past year in a way that’s untrue … Maybe that is the experience or that’s the truth for one person, but that is not the collective understanding of what this past year has been like.”

Survivor Amanda Thomashow covers her mouth in cloth that reads “silenced” during the Board of Trustees meeting on April 13, 2018 at Hannah Administration Building. PHOTO BY C.J. WEISS

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All Saints Episcopal Church 800 Abbot Rd. (517) 351-7160 Sun. Worship: 8am, 10am, & 5am Sunday School: 10am www.allsaints-el.org Chabad House of MSU 540 Elizabeth St. (517) 214-0525 Prayer Services: Friday night services followed by traditional Shabbat dinner @ Chabad. www.chabadmsu.com Eastminster Presbyterian Church UKirk at MSU Presbyterian Campus Ministry 1315 Abbot Rd. (517) 337-0893 Sun. Worship: 10am www.eastminster church.org Greater Lansing Church of Christ 310 N. Hagadorn Rd. (Meet @ University Christian Church) (517) 898-3600 Sun: 8:45am Worship, 10am Bible Class Wed: 1pm, Small group bible study www.greaterlansing coc.org Hillel Jewish Student Center 360 Charles St. (517) 332-1916 Services: Friday night 6pm, dinner @ 7, September–April www.msuhillel.org

The Islamic Society of Greater Lansing 920 S. Harrison Rd. (517) 351-4309 Friday Services: 12:15-12:45pm & 1:45-2:15pm For prayer times visit www.lansingislam.com/ Martin Luther Chapel 444 Abbot Rd. (517) 332-0778 Sun: 9:30am & 7pm Wed: 9pm Mini-bus pick-up on campus (Fall/Spring) www.martinluther chapel.org Pentecostals of East Lansing 16262 Chandler Road (517) 337-7635 Service Times: Sundays: Prayer 10:30am, Service 11am Wednesdays: Prayer 6:30pm, Bible Study 7pm pentecostalEL.org Denomination: Pentecostal The People’s Church multi-denominational 200 W Grand River Ave (517) 332-6074 Sun Service: 10:30am with free lunch for students following worship.

The PeoplesChurch.com Riverview Church- MSU Venue MSU Union Ballroom, 2nd Floor 49 Abbot Rd. (517) 694-3400 Sun. Worship: 6:30pm www.rivchurch.com

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St. John Catholic Church and Student Center 327 M.A.C Ave. (517) 337-9778 Sun: 8am, 10am, Noon, 5pm, 7pm M,W,F: 12:15pm T & Th: 9:15pm www.stjohnmsu.org Universal Luthern Church (ULC) Lutheran Campus Ministry at MSU 1020 S. Harrison (517) 332-2559 Sun. Worship: 8:30am & 10:45am (Sept–May) Summer Worship: 9:30am www.ulcel.org University United Methodist Church 1120 S. Harrison Rd (517) 351-7030 Main Service: Sun: 10:30am in the Sanctuary May 27–Aug. 26: 10am-11am Additional Services: TGiT (Thank God its Thursday): Thur: 8pm in the Chapel of Apostles universitychurchhome.org office@eluumc.org WELS Lutheran Campus Ministry 704 Abbot Rd. (517) 580-3744 Sat: 6:30pm msu.edu/~welsluth

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Maurice Cecil Mackey Jr. is pictured. Mackey died at the age of 89 on Feb. 8, 2018. He was Michigan State’s 16th president. PHOTO COURTESY OF MSU UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES & HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

BY CHARLOTTE BACHELOR CBACHELOR@STATENEWS.COM

The life of Maurice Cecil Mackey Jr. was honored Sept. 1 at The Peoples Church in East Lansing.

Mackey died on Feb. 8 at the age of 89. Community members gathered in East Lansing at a special service to remember the MSU’s 16th president and the impact they saw him leave on the Spartan community.

The service was officiated by the Rev. Andrew Pomerville, former senior pastor of The Peoples Church and mentee of Mackey. In his eulogy, Pomerville described Mackey as an inspiration.

“He inspired without being the center of attention,” Pomerville said.

Mackey was born on Jan. 23, 1929. The Alabama native served as president of Michigan State from 1979 to 1985.

He had previously studied economics at the University of Alabama, from which he obtained both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in that field. He also received a doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois, and later, a law degree from the University of Alabama.

Mackey’s life included service in the Alabama National Guard, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force, according to a previous State News article.

East Lansing resident and graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point James Pocock said he enjoyed talking with Mackey about how he started an economics program at the United States Air Force Academy.

Pocock hopes Mackey will be remembered as “a great educator and a mentor, and somebody who inspired a lot of students and people who knew him.”

MSU alumnus Dave Brogan said Mackey showed dedication to his community. Brogan

first came to know him through tennis matches and during his time as a board member of Community First Bank.

“I learned a lot at the memorial service this morning of the things that he did,” Brogan said.

“Of course he did a great job as a president, and he evidently has continued to do a lot of that even after he retired as president.”

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“Everyone felt the universal love that he and his wife gave.”

Brian Major Vocal Performance Doctoral Student

During his tenure as MSU’s president, Mackey oversaw the 1980 groundbreaking for the Wharton Center for Performing Arts. The memorial on Sept. 1 also paid special tribute to the contributions Mackey and his wife Clare made to the Michigan State University College of Music.

Vocal performance doctoral student Brian Major sang Psalms 23 at the memorial. Major was the recipient of the 2017-18 Clare S. Mackey Endowed Scholarship, named for Mackey’s spouse. Major had the opportunity to meet the two of them at an event on campus last year, where Major said they both bonded over a shared southern heritage.

Major talked about the Mackeys and the unwavering compassion he said they possessed.

“Everyone felt the universal love that he and his wife gave,” Major said.

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Quiz: Which MSU Dining Hall are you?

BY CHARLOTTE BACHELOR CBACHELOR@STATENEWS.COM

How would you describe your style?

A. Casual, yet cool B. Comfortable C. Sporty D. Cutting edge and trendy Where can we find you on a fall Saturday afternoon?

A. Tailgating with friends B. Watching the game from the comfort of your room C. Cheering on the football team from the student section D. Checking out a new art exhibit at the Broad Museum Where’s your favorite place to study on campus?

A. In the library B. In your room C. In a study room with a group of friends D. Outside so you can enjoy the scenery What’s your go-to beverage?

A. Water B. Arizona Tea C. Powerade D. LaCroix

How do you get around campus?

A. Walking B. Taking the bus C. Biking D. Longboarding Currently, what’s your favorite song?

A. “In My Feelings” by Drake B. “Meant To Be” by Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line C. “Better Now” by Post Malone D. “God Is A Woman” by Ariana Grande Where’s the best place to use your combo?

A. Sparty’s B. In the dining hall C. The Union food court D. ON-THE-GO Food Truck What’s the one thing you can’t leave home without?

A. Your phone B. Your favorite hoodie C. MSU spirit wear D. Your journal

RESULTS: If you chose mostly A’s: You’re The Vista at Shaw Hall! You don’t mind being in the middle of the action, but you also like to sit back and relax, too. You’re always open to trying new things, but you still really enjoy the simple things in life.

If you chose mostly B’s: You’re Wilson Hall! You enjoy getting back to basics and you tend to stick with what you know. You enjoy feeling the comforts of home while away at school.

If you chose mostly C’s: You’re South Pointe at Case Hall! You enjoy getting out and getting active, and the only thing you love more than playing sports is watching them.

That’s why this dining hall is the perfect place to pre-game.

If you chose mostly D’s: You’re The Gallery at Snyder-Phillips. You walk to the beat of your own drum. You see diversity as the spice in life.

You also enjoy the finer things in life, which is why this dining hall comes equipped with its very own art gallery.

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The entrance wall to the Abomey exhibit is pictured Aug. 29 in the MSU Museum.

The exhibit asks visitors to notice the differences and similarities between the professions in Abomey and those in their own families.

PHOTO BY ANNTANINNA BIONDO.

New MSU Museum exhibit to feature professor’s photography

BY ALEXIS STARK ASTARK@STATENEWS.COM

This year, the photographic work of Darcy Drew Greene brings the people of Benin, Africa to East Lansing.

The MSU Museum features the photographic work of Greene, an associate professor with MSU’s School of Journalism.

“On the Job in Abomey: MSU’s Portraits of Working People in Benin” features more than 40 photographs and interviews of individuals from various professions from the town of Abomey.

Greene has traveled to Benin multiple times.

During her most recent visit in 2016, her goal was to learn more about the people and their daily lives.

The museum will host a reception for the exhibit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 22. A gallery talk with Greene, during which individuals can learn more about her work, is set for 11:30 a.m.

“What I hope viewers to the museum will see is that work is universal and not only look at the photographs and see the people and the conditions under which they are working but also read their stories and see how they might be holding down more than one job, how that job may have come from the lineage of their families,” Greene said.

During her time in Benin, Greene worked with a research assistant to establish a relationship of comfort and respect with the people and culture of Benin. Her goal was to develop trust between herself and them before being able to tell their stories.

Exhibitions manager Teresa Goforth worked alongside a team at the museum – including Greene – to display the content in the exhibit in an artful and engaging way.

“We wanted the photographs to really be the stars of the show. It was Darcy creating the groupings, which stories should go together, and then us finding ways to make sure that they didn’t get lost in the clutter,” Goforth said. “Darcy is one of the things that is special about this exhibition ... when I work with her photographs and work with her, I feel a sense of responsibility to the work. What we’re doing with it to

put it on the walls for visitors to come and see it, has to be respectful of the time, energy and effort that she has put into it.”

MSU Museum Director Mark Auslander said he was excited about the exhibit, but moreso about the cultural relationships it evokes between people from all parts of the world.

“We’re very interested in photography itself, as a way that gives us a window both into other people’s lives in other parts of the world, but also as a window into the relationship with the photographer,” Auslander said. “The photographs kind of hold up a mirror to similar economic issues right here in the United States.”

This exhibit is also a part of MSU’s Year of Global Africa. Both Auslander and Greene said they are optimistic about the impact of the exhibit on the MSU community and beyond.

“Especially in the year of Global Africa here at MSU, we are committed to telling all sorts of stories, especially stories about everyday lives and ordinary people,” Auslander said.

Greene hopes her work will inspire viewers to think about their own jobs and what factors influence their relationship to work.

“I would encourage students to come to the museum and take advantage of these exhibitions for the Year of Global Africa,” Greene said.

Auslander pointed out that each of the individuals in Greene’s gallery are ambassadors from Abomey. Being able to bring them to East Lansing, he said, was an opportunity to welcome them.

“Each individual in the pictures is an ambassador of Abomey that is traveling to East Lansing and we’ve loved welcoming them into our place,” Auslander said.

“We wanted the photographs to really be the star of the show.”

Teresa Goforth Exhibitions manager of the MSU Museum

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Junior defensive specialist Samantha McLean (22) looks at the flag during the National Anthem on Sept. 30, 2017 at Jenison Fieldhouse. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO.

After moped accident, Samantha McLean finds her way back to the court

BY NOAH GOAD NGOAD@STATENEWS.COM

After losing a group of key seniors, Michigan State volleyball will heavily rely on junior defensive specialist Samantha McLean this season, who had her 2017 season unexpectedly cut short.

In November on Michigan State’s campus, a pick-up truck crashed into two mopeds, injuring Mairi Fletcher, a then-freshman on the field hockey team, and McLean, sending both to the hospital to be treated.

“I knew I had a concussion at first and I had a pretty bad puncture wound in my elbow,” McLean said. “Then I got an MRI a couple weeks later and I had a partially torn UCL in my elbow.”

McLean’s injuries ended her season amidst the team’s Big Ten title contention. Sitting out proved to be an adjustment for McLean.

“I’ve never been out for an injury before for that long, and it was really tough,” McLean said. “But you can learn a lot as a player sitting and watching out way more than you ever thought you could.”

Fletcher was listed in critical condition at the time of the incident and is said to have suffered more severe injuries than McLean. She has yet to rejoin the Spartans’ field hockey team.

McLean missed the team’s final seven games of the season leading into the NCAA Tournament and the teams’ first Elite Eight run since 1996.

After a several-month long rehab process, McLean is now healthy and back with the team, seeing action on the court in each of MSU’s first six games of the 2018 season.

“I’m not limited in any way by the accident or injury,” McLean said. “I pretty much feel 100 percent.”

After the NCAA Tournament and several months after the crash, McLean has proven to be an inspiration for George and the rest of the team going forward in the 2018 season.

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“She was tremendous in the way she came back and worked and wanted to be with the team,” George said.

“I think the team drew a lot of inspiration from Sam.” George said McLean has remained positive throughout the whole process and is continuing to better herself as a player.

“It’s the same old Sam,” George said. “I think she’s just really trying to capitalize and be the best player she can be.”

With six games now under their belt, Michigan State volleyball is back in full swing. Coach Cathy George is looking to follow up the team’s Elite Eight run in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The Spartans kicked off their season at the Tennessee Classic from Aug. 24-25, recording wins over Chattanooga and Belmont University.

The young season is still a blank canvas for the Spartans, but McLean is ready to help lead the team in games and during practice.

“Every game and practice is a learning process for us,” McLean said. “We’re really just continuing to focus on the process.”

The team continued its impressive start to the season by sweeping the Carolina Classic from Aug. 31 to Sept.

1, racking up wins against the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, UNC Greensboro and the University of North Carolina.

With just one senior on the Spartans’ roster, they will need a boost from their younger players to maintain this type of dominance all season.

“Our goal is to get better every single day and hopefully be at the top at the end,” McLean said.

Though this year’s team doesn’t quite have the lofty expectations last year’s squad had, McLean is eager to keep making progress.

Young Michigan State volleyball team prepares for transitional season

BY CHASE MICHAELSON CMICHAELSON@STATENEWS.COM

The Michigan State volleyball team graduated four All-Americans from the 2017 team that reached the Elite Eight. Only three of the 15 Spartan players are upperclassmen, so sophomores have been forced to step into leadership roles they usually would not be asked to fill.

“We kind of had to grow up a lot coming into the summer, knowing that we had to teach the freshmen coming in,” sophomore libero Jayme Cox said. “We have three upperclassmen, that’s not many and we can’t just put it all on them.

So, our sophomore class has really stepped up and tried to help the upperclassmen ... I don’t think any of us feel like underclassmen.”

The Spartans opened their season with a weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee where they went 2-1 in the Tennessee Classic, initially falling to the University of Tennessee, before picking up victories over Chattanooga and Belmont University.

“I think the Tennessee weekend was definitely a learning experience,” sophomore outside hitter Meredith Norris said. “You could tell in the first game that we were all a little nervous considering none of us had played a full match except for Jayme Cox, but once we got those jitters out, it was just a learning experience from then on. I think every single person got better as the weekend went on, and we finished with our best volleyball.”

The Spartans would then go on to sweep the Carolina Classic a week later, besting the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, UNC Greensboro, and the University of North Carolina.

Head coach Cathy George, who’s in her 14th season at MSU, mentioned that preventing large scoring runs from opposing teams is an emphasis for any young team, particularly this one.

“I felt that there were certain situations that we can correct, that we need to look at to slow that down,” George said. “But I thought that we had a lot of six-point runs as well, it was a weekend of runs for a lot of teams. The first weekend you’ll see that more than others. If we can start to work to control some of that, yes. I think we’re learning about who we are as a team. This group has never played together.”

With a team this young, every experience is a new one, including the first big road trips of the season, which helped the team bond off the court as well.

“I think you learn more about each other. We spend a lot of time together obviously, but we don’t all live together,” Cox said. “You kind of learn that not only do you have their backs on the court but you have their backs off the court.

We’re all more similar than we think, and when we step on the court, there’s a sense of comfort

because we know we’re all together since we supported each other off the court.”

With expectations lower for this season, the focus is on development and gaining consistency.

“They’re a very hungry group that is looking to improve all the time, and because of that, I would anticipate that the team you’ll see at the end of the season will be a lot different from the team you see at the beginning of the season,” George said. “That’s really what we’re tracking on.”

Cox said the team doesn’t want to peak too early.

“I think we not only want to be the best we can be when we hit tournament time or Big Ten season, but we just want to continue to grow throughout the whole season,” Cox said. “We don’t want to hit our peaking point when we’re in the second weekend of Big Tens. I think last year we were pretty consistent, we knew we were pretty good. I think this year we kind of know that where we start isn’t where we’re gonna finish, so our goal is just to keep rising and rising, not to up-down, up-down.”

Cox, who is the only member of this year’s team to appear in every set last season, believes taking on an expanded leadership role will allow her to flourish.

“You worry, like ‘Oh my God, am I doing the right thing?’ But you kind of just play,” she said.

“I think you’re so focused on, ‘What can I do to make my team better? What can I do to make my teammates feel that sense of calm?’ I think it’s more relaxing than it is pressure because you’re so focused on how to make other people better than yourself.”

Norris was invited to attend camp with USA Volleyball this summer, and she believes that experience will be invaluable moving forward.

“USA runs a lot faster tempo than most high school and college teams do,” she said. “We are really adapting to that and starting that new faster tempo so it was really nice to go there and learn it before coming here.”

George was very gracious in her praise of the young players, saying they were bursting with talent.

“I love as a coach having a new team every year, and finding out how they find their way to winning,” she said.” And it might look different. It might be blocking, it might be attacking, it might be serving. What is it about this team is gonna make it unique? We’re seeing some really good things after this weekend, but is that gonna be our M.O. this season and can we continue to capitalize on some of our strengths?”

Outside hitter Autumn Bailey (2) serves the ball during the game against Northwestern on Nov. 11, 2017 at Jenison Fieldhouse. The Spartans defeated the Wildcats, 3-0.

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Jayme Cox Sophomore libero

Libero Jayme Cox (4) passes a ball during the game against Indiana on November 18, 2017, at Jenison Fieldhouse. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 3-0. PHOTO BY MATT SCHMUCKER.

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