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Lansing Pinball League has ice-cold beer; games and college professors

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Twice a month, an eclectic group of MSU students, professors, alumni, their significant others and Lansing, Flint and Grand Rapids residents join together at The Avenue Cafe to compete in the Lansing Pinball League.

The league was started fall of 2013 by chemical engineering senior and Lansing Pinball League president Matt Pries.

“The whole thing started because I wanted more pinball machines by where I live,” Pries said. “The first night (of the league) it was just me and my roommate.”

However, the group grew from there.

The average Tuesday night competition draws in 12 people, but there are nights when there are more than 20 people present, Pries said.

He said the number of pinball machines grew from two pinball machines to 18.

“When The Avenue started bringing in machines, I was super hyped,” mathematics professor Russell Schwab said. “Every time they brought more machines in, more people came in.”

While the average skill level in the Lansing Pinball League has increased since its inception, it is open to pinball enthusiasts regardless of skill, league member Heather Kendrick said.

There are people who come just to have fun, and there are people who come who also compete in the International Flipper Pinball Association, Kendrick said.

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kins said she came across The Avenue Cafe about a year ago, but Tuesday night was her first time participating in the Lansing Pinball League.

“Whenever I’ve been to a bar that has pinball, there’s been an instant connection,” Perkins said.

Chris Tabaka, former adjunct professor at MSU and the fifth-highest ranked pinball player in Michigan, has won every Lansing Pinball League season, but said he doesn’t come just to compete. "(I like) the camaraderie, I’ve been in leagues across the state, and this is the most laid back and mellow,” Tabaka said.

Pries said a running joke within the Lansing Pinball League refers to an instance when the owner of the Chinese restaurant next door walked in with a big bowl of egg rolls. He set them down on a machine next to Tabaka as he was playing a head-to-head game against someone ranked 50th in the nation.

“That would never happen in any other league,” Pries said. “There is a line of peripheral vision that is not supposed to be crossed.”

It’s the interactions like that, that bring people to the Lansing Pinball League.

“With this league, it’s all about the people.

Where else are you going to find a bunch of PhDs drinking beer and BS-ing?” Tabaka said.

The next Lansing Pinball League meeting is at 7 p.m. on Sept. 29 at The Avenue Cafe.

“It’s a very welcoming community and such a fun league,” Flint resident Mike Stewart said. “I’m taking these long drives (from Flint) just to play pinball and hangout with my friends.”

Lansing resident Jason Magnuson plays a round of pinball on Sept. 13 at The Avenue Cafe in Lansing. Magnuson said he has participated in pinball tournaments since 1998. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

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Jackson, Mich. resident Chris Tabaka waits to play his round of pinball on Sept. 13 at The Avenue Cafe in Lansing. Tabaka has been playing in the Lansing Pinball League since it first started and he has won each tournament season since the league began.

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50 Number of years since the MSU vs. Notre Dame “Game of the Century” See page 4

“I considered (Notre Dame) a rival, they’re not in the Big Ten but they’re a reason we’re in the Big Ten, they fought for us to be in against U-M. They’ve always been good games.”

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The number of women enrolled in MSU’s College of Engineering reached nearly 21 percent this year, up from 18 percent last year.

This increase is part of an ongoing trend at MSU and other universities of more women showing interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. MSU Women in Engineering Director for Student Success Judy Cordes called this trend “fantastic.”

“It’s a goal we’re striving for to be pushing the numbers up each year, so each year that we set a new number we have a higher number,” Cordes said. “That’s a real positive thing for us, but it’s also a really positive thing for Michigan State, it’s a positive thing for the College of Engineering and it’s a positive thing for industry because industry needs more female engineers.”

MSU Women in Engineering Director of Recruitment and K-12 Outreach Teresa Isela VanderSloot said she has been working to make sure this number keeps increasing.

“We’re partnering with the National Council for Women in IT, and we have the support from the dean,” VanderSloot said. “There’s a demand for women in engineering, so it’s very intentional.”

Cordes said the trend of increased women in engineering resulted from a combination of things like recruitment and retention.

“We’re seeing an upswing nationally of women who are pursuing engineering degrees, but then

also, we’ve increased the types of things that we’re doing to recruit and retain women here at the university in engineering,” Cordes said. “Our whole process is much stronger now in bringing those students here to campus and keeping them in engineering. It’s sort of a combination of the two.”

Computer science freshman Emily Doss said having more women in the college enriches her experience as an engineering student.

“I really like having girls who can kind of relate to the struggle of, oh, there’s 40 people in my class and there’s four girls,” Doss said.

Cordes said she agrees having more diversity in the college helps women in engineering feel more comfortable.

“It’s obviously better because when you see more women in your classrooms, in your project groups, just even around the building it’s a role-modeling thing,” Cordes said. It’s feeling positive because you’re seeing more women. It’s more comfortable just overall.”

Although 21 percent is a record-setting number, Cordes and VanderSloot both agree that the number could be higher.

“When women make up 50 percent of the population and are buying 50 percent of the products but only 20 percent are women engineers, we’re missing out on their ideas at the table that are making the technologies and all that,” VanderSloot said.

As the director of recruitment, VanderSloot is working on outreach programs directed at young girls all around the state of Michigan.

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Psychology senior and vocalist Matthew Everett of the band “Marvels” performs during a concert Sept. 12 on top of the Trowbridge Road Parking Structure. The band played a free, hour-long concert for students. PHOTO: DEREK VANHORN

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Spartans use bye week to gear up for Notre Dame on Saturday

Then-sophomore running back Edwin Baker (4) flips upside-down after being tackled by Notre Dame safety Zeke Motta (17) during the football game against Notre Dame on Sept. 18, 2010 at Spartan Stadium. Baker rushed for a total of 90 yards in MSU’s win over the Fighting Irish. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

BY NATHANIEL BOTT NBOTT@STATENEWS.COM

This Saturday night at 7:30, the No. 12 MSU football team will take on the No.18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. for the 78th time. MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly have both their teams prepared for battle, ready to carry on tone of the oldest rivalries in NCAA history.

This battle for the Megaphone Trophy has been through it all, including the 1966 “Game of the Century” that ended up a 10-10 tie between then No. 2 MSU and No. 1 Notre Dame. This marks 50 years since that historic game, and this matchup will carry heavy implications for the remainder of the Spartan season.

Seeking revenge Dantonio and his Spartans meet up once again in Irish territory, looking for revenge after their last meeting in 2013. That year, MSU went on to be Rose Bowl champions, but was prevented from a potential spot in the NCAA championship game, as their lone loss came at the hands of Kelly’s Irish squad.

“At the end of the day, when you get on the field everything sort of I think dissipates and goes away, and you start playing football,” Dantonio said. “And that’s the way it’s always been.

That’s the way it will be again I’m sure. Good football team down there to play, great challenge for us. And we’ve got to live up and measure up to that challenge.”

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est bye week that we’ve had since we’ve been here over the past two years,” O’Connor talked about how the team was preparing for the game.

“The prep never stops whether it’s in the film, it didn’t really stop this whole weekend in the film room or getting our bodies right and healthy and getting our legs up under us,” O’Connor said.

“It’s been a long time coming. I think they said it’s almost like a second season opener because the bye week was so early, and this could catapult our season right here.”

Motivated to win Heading into the game, some of the Spartan players have a little extra motivation. With it being the 50th anniversary of the “Game of the Century,” senior linebacker Riley Bullough, whose mom and grandfather went to Notre Dame and has family ties to both universities, has the motivation.

“I think it means a lot especially to me, my grandpa being part of that game,” Bullough said.

“But the guys now understand what kind of program Notre Dame is. ... So we know it’s going to be a battle down there. But we feel like our guys are going to be ready to play and we’re all excited for the opportunity.”

O’Connor and Dantonio praised the play of the offensive line, who will have to be a little better across the board if they want to maintain that praise. Notre Dame’s starting front four linemen on defense average a height of 6-foot-4 and a quarter inch with a combined weight of 1,156 pounds.

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“It’s all about technique. Guys are going to play fast on both teams. We’ve got to play sound technique, doing little things down the field. Getting our hands on guys early off the line.”

Demetrious Cox, Senior safety and captain

meeting with the Irish in 2013 the secondary was flagged numerous times in for pass interference calls. Dantonio referenced that Notre Dame attempted downfield throws 20 times against MSU when they last played.

“It’s all about technique,” senior safety and captain Demetrious Cox said. “Guys are going to play fast on both teams. We’ve got to play sound technique, doing little things down the field. Getting our hands on guys early off the line. Certain things like that, like (assistant head coach/ co-defensive coordinator) Coach Harlon Barnett tried to teach us early on.”

The challenge ahead On top of that, the defensive front will have to deal with the playmaking ability of Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer, who has had an impressive first two weeks of the season. After throwing for more than 200 yards and accounting for six total touchdowns in a double-overtime loss to Texas, Kizer followed up that performance with a 15-for-18, 156-yard and two touchdown showing against Nevada.

The Irish have a plethora of other offensive weapons, including wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown and running back Tarean Folston. But, Dantonio thinks he has his players ready to step up and play physical against the potent Notre Dame attack.

“I think that our defensive line is going to have to come to play,” Dantonio said. “Going to have to pressure the quarterback. Going to have to stop the run, do those type of things. Obviously, Malik will be a catalyst involved in helping to do that.

All of our players, every single one of our players will have their hands full when we go down there, that’s the nature of this and they’ll have to play to a high level.”

Notre Dame’s defense, on the other hand, looked susceptible to long completions, as they gave up two completions of more than 65 yards to the Longhorns and as a unit allowed 300 total yards

to Nevada. That being said, O’Connor has been working with co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner and his receivers on how to take advantage of potential weak spots in the Irish defense.

“It’s important for us to get the ball in our playmakers hands, and we’ll do that early and often, I guess, is what Coach Warner says,” O’Connor said. “We’ll have them on their heels and kind of keep attacking because we know we’re going to have to score points.”

The Irish secondary matched up against Spartan receivers is certainly something to watch for on Saturday night, but Notre Dame cornerback Cole Luke said they “expect to shut people out and that’s what we are going to do,” in advance of their meeting.

A two week break Nevertheless, the Spartans will be looking to capitalize off the two week preparation they had before this game. It will be seen whether or not MSU could keep their in-game conditioning intact or if their bruises in week one have healed, but one thing is for certain — they will have to come out with the same intensity of the 1966 team when they step onto the field.

“Notre Dame, their team was like a pro team to me... those guys were huge,” former MSU player Clinton Jones, a key player in MSU’s tie in the 1966 game with Notre Dame, said. “We didn’t have the height or size of Notre Dame, but size and height has nothing to do with your spirit... When I look back, it was a testimony to the whole collegiate football spirit. ...I think we will be talking about it forever, as the game of the century. It’s a game that people won’t forget.”

The same holds true now and Dantonio, with his players at his side, will have to embody that same spirit if they want to leave South Bend with a victory, honoring those greats who wore the green and white before them.

Check out statenews.com on Friday for more on the 50th anniversary of the “Game of the Century.”

Then-sophomore defensive lineman Mark Scarpinato (97) tackles Notre Dame tight end Troy Niklas (87) during the game against Notre Dame on Sept. 21, 2013, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. The Fighting Irish defeated the Spartans, 17-13. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

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Newly-introduced Senate Bill 332 would change first MIP offense

BY RILEY MURDOCK RMURDOCK@STATENEWS.COM

A bill that would reclassify the first minor in possession, or MIP, offense by an underage individual from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction passed the Michigan House Criminal Justice Committee unanimously on Tuesday.

Senate Bill 332, if enacted, would remove the possibility of jail time for first-time offenders, instead conferring a $100 fine. The bill was passed near-unanimously by the state Senate in March.

The bill was introduced last May by Michigan Sen. Rick Jones (R - Grand Ledge), a former Eaton County sheriff who served as a police officer for more than 30 years. Jones said he introduced the legislation because he perceived an inequality in how MIP laws were enforced across the state.

“With all my law enforcement experience, I’m not for (supporting) young people abusing alcohol,” Jones said. “However I discovered there’s a wide disparity in how people are treated when they get caught with a beer.”

Jones said in some places, offenders would have a permanent criminal record and some judges have given as much as seven days in jail for an MIP, but in other districts an offender would receive a fine, probation and have the offense off their record after two years of good behavior.

“It’s very unfair, it depends where you get into trouble,” Jones said.

Chemical engineering sophomore Basheer Al-Sanouri said he thinks the legislation might encourage more students to drink, but hopes it does not.

“I think everyone knows that someone’s going to have it eventually, but I don’t think it should be considered as a major crime put on someone’s record, because it’d probably ruin their life,” Al-Sanouri said. “I don’t think it should go on someone’s record, that they had to do jail time just because they were in possession.”

Under the new legislation, Jones said first-time offenders would avoid a criminal record and jail time, but punishments would progressively become harsher for further offenses.

Senate Bill 333, a sister bill introduced and voted on together with Senate Bill 332, would add suspension of the individual’s driver’s license to the potential consequences of a third

MIP offense. The second and third offense would be enforceable through increased fines and a possibility of jail time, up to 30 and 60 days respectively.

Jones said while there would be no jail time for the first offense, the police can still detain someone until they are sober if they are intoxicated to a disruptive or dangerous degree, and a judge may still order rehab after such an event.

His goal was for the law to treat everyone equally for the first offense, but to not destroy young people’s futures for one mistake, Jones said.

“I don’t want to be easy on alcohol abuse, but certainly for walking while having a beer in your system or for being caught with one beer in your hand, I don’t think you should have a criminal record,” Jones said. “Most young people, when they have an adult beverage, don’t even think about the consequences, then they get caught and their life is turned upside down.”

Chemistry freshman Jane Lynch said the legislation won’t encourage drinking, and would make the consequences less severe for those who do.

“I think it’ll make students’ lives a lot easier,” Lynch said. “It could make an accident that they have, like they get caught with it, it’ll make it not as detrimental.”

Jones said the bills now only need to pass a vote on the house floor and receive Gov. Rick Snyder’s signature to become a law.

Jones said he’s confident the legislation will be passed by the end of the year.

“I don’t want to be easy on alcohol abuse, but certainly for walking while having a beer in your system or for being caught with one beer in your hand, I don’t think you should have a criminal record.”

Sen. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge), Introduced Bill 332

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New kosher deli opens inside MSU Hillel

BY BRENDAN BAXTER BBAXTER@STATENEWS.COM

A new kosher deli, The Charles Street Deli, opened its doors inside the Hillel Jewish Student Center at 360 Charles Street.

The deli’s grand opening was on Monday, and the deli is now available to Jewish students of the Hillel, Executive Director of the Hillel Cindy Hughey said.

All of the proceeds from the deli are funneled back into the Hillel, so it acts as a fundraiser, deli manager and Hillel Jewish Student Center director of special projects Eric Hughey said.

Hughey said he felt good about the way the opening went as closing time approached.

“I’m excited about a new place to eat,” librarian at the Main Library Jessica Sender said.

Human development and family studies junior Sara Weinfeld said she appreciated having a restaurant nearby that serves kosher meat.

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The deli caters to more than just kosher pallets.

The Charles Street Deli also offers a vegetarian, Schumer Shabbas veggie hummus wrap.

Much like the veggie wrap, the name of which is Hebrew slang for an observant follower of the Jewish sabbath, all the other sandwiches offered at the deli are named after Jewish Celebrities or reference Jewish culture.

These include The Sandler, which is a corned beef and coleslaw sandwich, The Seinfeld, which is a turkey, lettuce and tomato sandwich, and the most popular options The Drake, which is a half corned beef and half pastrami sandwich, Hughey said.

Hughey said a sandwich named after comedian and “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David is a work in progress.

The deli will be open Sundays through Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for dinner.

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From left to right, DeWitt resident Shelly Beyer and Execitve Director of Hillel Cindy Hughey talk over lunch on Sept. 14 at Hillel Jewish Student Center. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

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Deli manager Eric Hughey cuts pickles on Sept. 14 at Hillel Jewish Student Center. Hughes was preparing for lunch service. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

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Despite concerns, MSU water safe

BY BRIGID KENNEDY BKENNEDY@STATENEWS.COM

As students adjust to campus life this fall, the safety of MSU’s water can be a concern.

Recently, a water quality report confirmed that MSU water is safe, despite student concerns.

“The toilets and showers are always stained red and yellow from the rust and iron,” social relations and policy junior Katelyn Phillips said.

“I have a Brita water bottle and when I fill it up from my sink I can still taste the iron.”

International relations sophomore Sara Hogue said she had similar issues with the water.

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had to purchase a shower filter in order to shower in clean water.”

Phillips said she also recently began using a shower filter. Both students live in Case Hall.

“For the first time after a shower at MSU, it didn’t feel like I was still in some kind of grime after I got out,” she said.

The 2015 Water Quality Report, released by MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, or IPF, in June, acknowledges that, “in the wake of the water crisis in Flint, it is understandable that the MSU community is concerned about its water quality,” though “there is no detectable lead in MSU drinking water when it enters the distribution system.”

2. chlorine is added to the water as a disinfectant

Despite the concerns with the smell and taste of the water, according to the IPF 2015 Water Quality Report, “our drinking water meets or surpasses all federal and state regulatory requirements.”

IPF takes a proactive approach to keeping campus drinking water safe, water systems engineer Mike Tracy said.

“One of the very important things that we can do to keep our water safe and protected is to prevent potential contamination from contaminant sources before they get to the wells,” he said.

MSU developed a Wellhead Protection Program, which was put into use in 2006 and revised in 2014.

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“It’s a very comprehensive program,” Tracy said. “We at IPF MSU are very proud of it.”

IPF has had great success with the Wellhead Protection Program.

In 2001, MSU was named a Groundwater Guardian by the Groundwater Foundation in recognition of its groundwater protection work for the campus. In 2015, MSU received the Exemplary Wellhead Protection Program Award from the American Water Works Association.

Although MSU’s drinking water has won awards, students living on campus will likely continue to use filters and other devices until the water looks as safe as data says it is.

phosphate and caustic are added to the water to prevent corrosion

5. water is pumped to campus through a network of water mains, consisting of approximately 67 miles of pipes

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An issue involving student housing that restricts upgrades and additions, non-conforming housing refers to any rental properties in parts of the city intended for family occupancy that cater to non-family residents.

East Lansing director of planning, building and development Tim Dempsey said non-conforming properties could stay as they were, but could not be drastically changed after the ordinance was put in place in 1997.

They cannot have any major renovations done, such as creating an additional bathroom or bedroom.

Other improvements can be made from an aesthetic standpoint, just not a change in spacing, Dempsey said.

But this policy could change.

Dempsey said a planning committee met on Sept. 14 to recommend an ordinance allowing the areas to consider and recommend four ordinances on non-conforming housing.

They range from allowing increasing sizes in one part of town — between Grand River Avenue and the Red Cedar River, and Bogue Street and Hagadorn Road — to variations of changes to properties up to 20 percent everywhere in East Lansing.

Once a planning commission and zoning commission recommend one of the proposed ordinances, or a hybrid of several of them, they will go to City Council for a vote later this fall.

Dempsey said this can change students’ choice of apartment rentals.

“The potential impact on students is that if landlords are allowed to do interior re-configurations or exterior additions this would then potentially change some of the rental properties in town,” he said. “People could end up renting

Park District, or City Center II, on Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road was set to be demolished by Dec. 31, Dempsey said.

Dempsey said the date was originally agreed upon by City Council and the property owners, development entity DRW Trading Group.

But now, they are redoing their plan to include senior housing and a parking ramp, Dempsey said.

The city expects the new plan to arrive mid-September, with public hearings and planning commissions expected in mid-October, Dempsey said.

“Students are welcome and encouraged for their input,” he said. “Things like this that will impact maybe not them, depending on timing (of their graduation). Projects like this will impact East Lansing for years and years, decades to come. It’s important to have the student voice in the project.”

FINANCIAL HEALTH TEAM

At a City Council meeting in February, a Financial Health Review Team for the city of East Lansing was appointed to look at the financial stability of the city.

City manager George Lahanas said this is not unusual for local governments across the state.

“Local governments in Michigan are having a very, very tough financial period,” Lahanas said. “The surprising thing is that cities that should be prosperous are not prosperous.

East Lansing is having financial challenges, Midland is having financial challenges, lots of cities are having challenges.”

Lahanas said the team, made up of professionals and citizens with staff support, is reviewing the city’s finances as a whole and will make full recommendations to the council in December on issues such as unfunded retired city employee pension and healthcare funds to help lighten some of the budgetary burdens.

Approval of the 2017 renewal of the city employee retiree health insurance plan, Humana Medicare Advantage, is on Tuesday’s City Council meeting agenda, Lahanas said.

“The surprising thing is that cities that should be prosperous are not prosperous.

East Lansing is having financial challenges.”

George Lahanas, East Lansing city manager

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MSU bye week beneficial now, but could be Spartans downfall later

BY NATHANIEL BOTT NBOTT@STATENEWS.COM

A bye week is a time for teams to recover from wounds and injuries before facing yet another stretch on the gridiron.

MSU football drew an uncerPHOTO: NATHANIEL BOTT tain future with their week two bye, but head coach Mark Dantonio is taking positives from the scenario.

Not only will injuries to senior receiver R.J. Shelton and junior linebacker Jon Reschke be given the opportunity to heal, but the Spartans will also have an opportunity to study up on Notre Dame. With a team stocked with young talent and a new quarterback, every chance to gain an edge is openly accepted.

Studying up on the opponent, as well as in the classroom, is another advantage. MSU classes are just getting start-

ed and the players are beginning to become grounded in their academic responsibilities.

Throw in some early-season recruiting and it seems the time off following Furman looks promising for the Spartans, at least for now. What appears to be a blessing, however, can wind up being a curse — and with a daunting schedule of respected and elite Big Ten programs, that might just be what this bye week evolves into.

MSU will have to play 11-straight football games, traveling from the comfort of Spartan Stadium to the state of Indiana twice, Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

They will ultimately face off against three current top-10 teams and another that started the season that way. Make it 12 straight games if they get through that and find themselves playing for another Big Ten crown.

If last season was any indication, the wear and tear of a football season affects everyone, especially the Spartans. They were plagued with injuries to the offensive line and secondary, but a mid-season bye before a road challenge against the thenNo. 3 ranked Buckeyes gave players time to gain their strength and allowed for current starting quarterback Tyler O’Connor a

chance to shine in place of a then-injured and now graduated Connor Cook.

It gave time for younger players to develop and grow in their newly-found roles and exert confidence from the two weeks of practice they just had. A bye this early takes that away.

It allowed the coaching staff to take a deep breath, study their own team and improve on anything that still needed fine-tuning. With only one game against an FCS team to look at, the early bye takes that away, too.

It allowed all players to take a moment and step back, looking at what they’ve accomplished so far in the year and dig deep to accomplish what they set out to do. You guessed it, a week two bye takes that one away as well.

MSU football will have to dig deep for the remainder of the season, and a tough two games against a Notre Dame team that can’t afford another loss and a Wisconsin team that proved doubters wrong in week one against LSU will put the Spartans to the test right from the get-go.

A win over the Notre Dame could prove MSU as a legitimate threat, but a loss could derail the Spartans’ hopes of returning to the Big Ten championship.

Then-senior tight end Brian Linthicum gets flipped over Notre Dame defenders after being tackled. The Spartans lost to the Fighting Irish, 31-13, on Sept. 17, 2011 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

MSU women’s cross country team hopes for return to national championship stage

BY DENISE SPANN DSPANN@STATENEWS.COM

The MSU women’s cross country team opened their season on Sept. 2, at the Jeff Drenth Memorial at Central Michigan University. The Spartans won the meet with 23 points, and are back on track to chase their second national championship in three years.

Redshirt-sophomore Allison Lunau came in second place, running a time of 17:51.38 in the 5k race. Following behind Lunau in third place was sophomore Nicole Kowalchick with a time of 17:53.51. Sophomores Jenny Rogers, Jessica Goethals and Lauren Jenkins were other contributors to the MSU win with top 10 finishes.

“I think the whole group of freshmen from last year will be appreciably better,” head coach Walt Drenth said.

“We went to camp, but we haven’t done a lot to really see who’s going to separate. Annie Fuller had an outstanding summer, she finished fifth at the USA Outdoor Junior Championships ... I think that ultimately she can be good. Karrigan Smith, Amber Way, Lynsie Gram, Jeralyn Poe, Kenzie Weiler — that’s a pretty big group of people who are competitive.”

On Aug. 29, The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ranked MSU No. 1 in the Great

Lakes Region for the third time since 2012, after the team finished in 13th place in the NCAA championships in 2015.

In the 2016 national preseason ranking, MSU is ranked No. 10 after losing fifth-year senior Lindsay Clark and redshirt-junior Rachele Schulist to injuries. MSU still made a postseason run by placing third at the Big Ten championship, third at the Great Lakes regional qualifier and having Alexis Wiersma named an All-American by finishing 21st in nationals.

“You have to manage and control things you can control,” Drenth said.

“We don’t spend a lot of time thinking about what everybody else is doing or how we rank or any of those sorts of things. ... Once we get started, we don’t talk about outcomes of competition, but we talk about how we have to behave to be at our best.”

Last season Wiersma, Gram, fifthyear senior Katie Landwehr, redshirt-junior Shelby Jackson, redshirt-sophomore Aubrey Wilberding and sophomores Kelsie Schwartz and

“We don’t spend a lot of time thinking about what everybody else is doing or how we rank.”

Walt Drenth, MSU women’s cross country head coach

Way all represented MSU at the NCAA Championships. All of them returned this season, in addition to a healthy Schulist, a 2014 All-American. Drenth said he is very confident in the abilities of his athletes as long as they trust the process and work together.

“For our upperclassmen, I think the first thing we expect is leadership,” Drenth said. “Most of it is not verbal, it’s work and enthusiasm, good decisions and races, all things that are necessary to be successful. I also think Alexis (Wiersma), now Rachele’s back, and Shelby (Jackson), they had success, I expect them to do really well and have a really good final year in terms of competitiveness.”

In 2014, Schulist finished third at the Big Ten championship and second at the Great Lakes regional qualifier. She secured her All-American bid by placing fourth overall at nationals, running 19:54.30 to lead the Spartans to the program’s first-ever NCAA national team title. Schulist’s performance is the highest place at the NCAA championship in MSU history. “(Schulist) has high expectations,” Drenth said. “We’d like her to be back at All-American status, we’d like to see her at her best. I think she’s learned a lot from the injury, kind of going through the process of being really successful. She’s grown a lot,

she’s a better leader. … Missing a year has created a sort of sense in her mind of really enjoying and immersing herself in it. She appreciates it more.”

The MSU women’s cross country team will continue their season on Sept. 16 in East Lansing at the Auto Owners Spartan Invitational.

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MSU and Notre Dame: a quiet rivalry, faded but not lost by fans

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

Of the caveats needed to create a rivalry, usually chief among them is a fanatical dislike that lingers on fullfledged hate. Cemented out of proximity and old state feuds over which school is the golden apple of the duo, rivalries are a peculiar thing.

But for MSU and Notre Dame, their rivalry has been a quiet rivalry founded on mutual respect, familiarity that comes with consistent schedulings and a plethora of meaningful — sometimes historic — games.

After meeting for the first time in 1897, MSU and Notre Dame took swipes on the gridiron on 14 more occasions between that first matchup and 1921. After a hiatus that lasted from 1922 until 1947, MSU renewed action with Notre Dame, playing nearly every year from 1948 until 2013.

In 1949 the Detroit alumni clubs of both schools jointly presented the Megaphone Trophy to be awarded to the winner of the annual game. The trophy is divided down the middle by a thick red line bearing the years of the games in white, thus splitting each school’s side of the trophy.

MSU’s side is painted green with a white block “S” and Notre Dame’s side is blue with the “ND” logo added to it. At the inception of the trophy, the MSU side was white and scripted with the acronym “MSC” for Michigan State College.

But through the years the rivalry’s intensity has faded into the background. With conference expansions and conference deal-making driving the game toward a more national landscape, regional rivalries, as well as national rivalries, have fizzled.

The media coverage also has shifted in favorability to fan bases with much larger followings and hyped up matchups between schools of that nature.

Another cause for the faded rivalry has been the lack of hate. Notre Dame does not simply conjure up the amount of hate as University of Michigan in the minds of many Spartan fans. MSU might not like Notre Dame, but it certainly does not despise the Irish on that level.

Further, MSU lost its standing as one of the powerhouses of the game following its last national title in 1966. After slugfests with Notre Dame in the 1950s and 1960s, the teams went separate directions in terms of prominence.

Many of the meaningful games played between the two schools happened long before the current generation or the current generation’s parents. The lack of hate as well has transcended those generational lines.

“I didn’t know until you just told me right now,” genetics freshman Hannah Grindling said after being told MSU and Notre Dame are considered rivals.

As for rivals Grindling said MSU currently has, she listed the University of Michigan and Ohio State University.

Some MSU students too looked at Notre Dame as a rival, but almost reluctantly and without much passion.

“Yeah, I considered them a rival, they’re not in the Big Ten but they’re a reason we’re in the Big Ten, they fought for us to be in against U-M,” chemistry senior Kurt Hamel said. “They’ve always been good games.”

Hamel pointed to the 2005 game as an example of one of the good games. MSU beat the Irish 44-41 in overtime in South Bend and later celebrated the victory by planting an MSU flag into the Irish turf.

As for older generations, a resounding yes was answered when asked about a rivalry with the Irish.

“Notre Dame has alway been on the calendar, it’s a recent removal,” Richard Duffield, a 1999 MSU alumnus, said. “I’m glad to see it back on there, and it’s great when both are good but even when they weren’t it was still always a big game.”

Asked for possible reasons for a fading rivalry, he said perhaps it was MSU’s recent elite status that brought in more high-profile games against teams MSU didn’t compete with before.

“People are liking the Oregon matchups or they want maybe to put Ohio State there (as a rival),” Duffield said.

In a recent The State News Sports Twitter poll, which asked if MSU fans still consider Notre Dame a rival, 66 percent of responders vote yes while 34 percent voted no.

Then-senior wide receiver B.J. Cunningham weaves his way through the Notre Dame defense. Cunningham had 158 yards on 12 catches. The Spartans lost to the Fighting Irish, 31-13, on Sept. 17, 2011 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

No. 22 ranked MSU to host Spartan Classic MSU’s volleyball team will conclude their non-conference season when they host the tournament, the Spartan Classic, Sept. 16-17, at Jenison Field House. The Spartans are scheduled to play the University of Notre Dame, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and DePaul University.

MSU was able to go a perfect 3-0 last weekend and upset a then-No. 22 ranked Western Kentucky University on their home court. The Spartans are now 8-1 on the season and boast a No. 22 national ranking.

Looking back to last weekend, head coach Cathy George said she was impressed with the way her team played. But as the non-conference schedule slowly dwindles, she also realizes there needs to be a little more work done in preparation for conference play.

“You have one week left before you head into the Big Ten season,” George said. “I think all the teams in the Big Ten are getting ready for what’s to come. We’re trying to work to find the best combinations and the things that score for you.”

In the Spartans’ five-set victory over Western Kentucky, George said she was able to rely on key

role players off her bench in a winning effort.

“We were able to go (last) weekend to quite a few players,” George said. “They all responded, which was really great. We saw three different people come in off the bench and contribute immediately.”

Captain Chloe Reinig said that the last tournament was good for the team, especially coming off a loss against Florida in the previous week. The mindset of the team was different and that could be seen in other places, Reinig said.

“I think we bounced back really well (from the loss to Florida),” Reinig said. “We came into the next week of practice just hungry to get better because we knew that we had to. We still have a lot of work to do but I definitely think that we bounced back really well.”

As for being No. 22 and ranked for the first time this season, Reinig said her and the team were excited to be there.

“It’s really great (being in the top 25), we found out after practice and we were all super excited in the training room,” Reinig said. “It’s kind of one thing to be the underdog and not be in there and be like, ‘Hey we need to be in there.’ Now that we are we feel like we belong and we feel like we can push even further into it.”

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the same weekend as the football team. Knowing short amount of time and use the scouting report that, Reinig said she felt like there was definitely and see how they put that into play quickly.” a competitive factor going into the invitational.

READ MORE AT STATENEWS.COM “It’s cool to see that MSU can come together as a whole against Notre Dame,” Reinig said. “I think that we talked to a few football players and we said, ‘hey, let’s make it a clean sweep weekend for both of us.’ It’s just fun to see the whole athletic club just come together for that.”

None of the opposing teams participating in the Spartan Classic are ranked in the top 25, which sets up a favorable matchup for the No. 22 Spartans.

George, however, wants to make sure that her team is ready for the weekend against the team on the other side of the court.

“We have great competition in this weekend,” she said. “I think all three teams are challenging Members of the MSU women’s volleyball team cheer together after scoring a point during the volleyball game against the and have their own unique flair. University of Florida on Sept. 4 at Jenison Field House. The You have to go back from one Spartans were defeated by the Gators, 3-0. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA team to another within a very

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How the Career Services Network makes major choices less stressful

BY JONATHAN LEBLANC JLEBLANC@STATENEWS.COM

When college students enter their freshman year, some already know what they want to major in and what career they want to pursue.

Some, not so much.

“I just want to find out what I really like,” no preference freshman Sam McCarthy said. “I really, really, as fast as I can want to find out what I like or else I’m going to be really nervous. If at the end of this year I don’t know what I’m going to be majoring in by the end of the year, it’s going to really suck.”

Some undecided students at MSU don’t know where they can seek help and get resources or services on campus.

One of these resources is Career Ser-

vices Network at MSU. “The quicker they find their way to Career Services, the quicker they probably dive into a major and say, ‘wow, this looks really good and will get me to something that I will be interested in,’” Career Services coordinator Bill Morgan said.

Morgan said some undecided students are accustomed to using the “high school model,” where a partnership between career services and the academic advisers is born.

“You come out of a world where there’s a guidance counselor at your high school ... but basically that’s the one person you go to if you need help with applications or signing up for the right classes,” Morgan said. “Then you come to MSU … you get connected with the academic advising world and they’re the ones you go to,

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that can help you with anything.”

From the advisers, Morgan said students find their way to Career Services.

“But ultimately what they say is ‘go talk to Career Services, and they’ll help you figure out what happens after college and then when you come back (to the academic adviser), you’ll have much greater confidence and awareness about what majors — or hopefully one major — you’re interested in,’” he said.

However, Morgan said a survey conducted by Career Services found there’s an overlap between students who are confident in their current major and students who say they’re likely to switch majors before they graduate.

“At first we thought they might have not understood the question or somehow the data got messed up,” Morgan said. “But if you take a step back and put yourself in the shoes of a college student who’s going through a lot and looking at the world in new ways, you realize … ‘I want to be an accountant. But I also know I have to go through 15 accounting classes.”

Morgan added that many students worry about selecting a major they are confident in, because they will no longer enjoy the content of the major.

Career Services coordinator of Neighborhood Career Programs Marcus Sanderlin agreed with Morgan.

“For undecided students navigating one of the challenges that we see very often is that students thinks they know what a job is, but they don’t know what that job really entails,” Sanderlin said. “So there’s a preconceived notion of what it’s like to work in that position.”

He said one of the hurdles Career Services faces are the different options students have to pick from when deciding on what passion of theirs they want to pursue.

“Also what challenges us is that there are so many options,” he said. ”(Undecided students say) ‘I like music, but I like science, but I like art.’ How do those things go together? A part of it is being open-minded and saying how do we want to impact the world, what’s something you want change? What’s your passion?”

From there, that’s when Career Services employees start “digging” in to what opportunities are available for the undecided students.

Morgan said students being unsure of their potential career now is better than them ending up in the work force with a profession they don’t want to be in anymore.

One of the most used strategies by Career Services is trying to find out what the students’ interests are and “pinpointing” what their skills are.

Sanderlin said the first step is finding a passion to pursue. Then from there, finding the right avenue to choose from.

“We (Career Services) use things like career assessments to see what they’re good at and not good at,” he said. “We also do things like job shadowings, internships and part-time work. One of the biggest things is getting experience.”

Even with all of the resources offered by Career Services, there’s one that’s unique and new that Morgan is excited about.

“We just got into a brand new system called Handshake,” Morgan said. “It’s a way for a student to go find that first part-time job, that summer job, that internship, but also to have people to reach out to the individual student to share information about events, about job postings that are targeted to what the student seems to be interested in.”

Morgan also said Handshake is a lot like Facebook, in that it organizes what users see on their feed based on what they like and are interested in. It also allows them to see a job description and help decide what they may want to major in.

“Where they use it for different things, the more valuable and informative it will be,” Morgan said. “It will help them through the process learning more ... A lot of things will be out there that will help them without them really realizing that (they’re) creating this personal inventory of resources.”

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