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proposal to cap bar patrons on city radar

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

A proposal that could prevent the addition of future bars serving alcohol past midnight in East Lansing remains on the minds of city officials, local businesses and residents.

Members of the East Lansing Planning Commission are scheduled to discuss the matter again Sept. 25. The issue first was brought before the commission on Sept. 11.

At its Tuesday night work session, the East Lansing City Council could schedule a public hearing on the matter to be held as early as Oct. 15.

The proposal recently put forward by city staff would limit the amount of people allowed in any business serving alcohol that remains open after midnight. The number of seats available in such establishments currently stands at 3,892, but the new proposal would cap that number at 3,330, effectively preventing future bars from opening unless one or more bars close.

If implemented, the measure would not affect existing businesses.

Dan Tyler, the general manager of Peppino’s Pizzeria and Sports Grille, said the new proposal “doesn’t affect [them] in any way,” primarily because their business centers around food.

He said most new businesses looking to settle in East Lansing likely are not venturing into the city looking to sell alcohol.

City staff contend East Lansing's downtown layout is problematic for police after bar hours. With the majority of the bars concentrated in one area, officials said the amount of people leaving the bars and collecting in one area is higher, making for a potentially problematic situation come closing time.

"Such a concentration ... of people exiting the bars at 2 a.m. that are intoxicated .. creates more problems than what you would have [if] they were dispersed,” East Lansing Planning and Zoning Administrator Darcy Schmitt said in a previous interview with The State News.

Mayor Pro Tem Nathan Triplett recently told The State News the proposal is not a "silver bullet" solution, but indicated the proposed measure could be a step in the right direction for finding a way to

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Communication sophomore Jake Raiden, center, watches as music education senior Jon Wright, left, and Residential College of Arts and Humanities senior Gus Navarro, right, drum Monday in front of Demonstration Hall.

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wilder used crack cocaine prior to assaults

By Katie Abdilla and Derek Blalock kabdilla@statenews.com and dblalock@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

The man who police believe initiated four sexual assaults near MSU this summer reportedly was influenced by crack cocaine and sexual fantasy

abuse videos to stalk his victims in a local Meijer and later assault them, according to police reports obtained by The State News.

Several reports from the East Lansing Police Department obtained by The State News through a Freedom of Information Act request indicate Oswald Scott Wilder, 26,

admitted to committing four attacks, including one on March 30 that East Lansi ng p ol ic e Capt. Jeff Wilder Murphy said authorities did not initially connect to the case.

In his hand-written confession, the Vernon, Mich. resident said he had smoked crack cocaine prior to at least three of the four assaults. He said in the confession that the drug often increases his urges to an uncontrollable level.

He also admitted to having ongoing substance abuse issues with methamphetamine and

heroin.

Wilder will appear for his pretrial conference Tuesday at East Lansing's 54B District Court. He faces two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of assault

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wilder’s spree of assaults

26-year-old Michigan resident went on streak of assaults earlier in 2013 March 30 The first sexual assault occurred in the 1100 block of Grand River Avenue The victim told police she was walking down the road when Wilder grabbed her from behind and assaulted her.

April 20 The second incident happened around midnight near Coolidge Road. Wilder was seen on surveillance footage inside a Meijer on Lake Lansing Road following the victim out of the store’s west exit.

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At his arraignment, Wilder was charged with multiple counts, including one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct & two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The third victim was punching in the alarm code to her home around 2 a.m. on Charles Street when Wilder punched her in the face and dragged her to a shed in her backyard before she escaped his grasp.

May 16 Wilder made his final assault by attacking the victim while she was walking in the parking lot to Abbott Pointe Apartments.

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August 20 Wilder was arrested in connection with three sexual assaults.

Police had recently received the Meijer video footage.

September 24 Wilder’s pretrial conference will be held at East Lansing’s 54B District

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University specializations to change to minors After year of ASMSU struggles, Making the change students look to form new gov’t 57

By Justine McGuire jmcguire@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

A long-standing, unique MSU offering will come to a close in 2015.

In that year, the university will cease to offer specializations, which will be converted to minors.

Anyone in a specialization will have the option to finish it or switch to the minor when the time comes, said Doug Estry, associate provost for undergraduate education and dean of undergraduate studies.

“We try very hard not to inconvenience students,” he said.

According to a university memo dated May 13, 2013, specializations were developed during a time when minors were not offered for MSU undergraduates. Most majors were monodisciplinary, while specializations were meant to be an interdisciplinary option.

“The difference between a minor and a specialization is very little,” Estry said. “But, the term minor is most commonly understood.”

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specializations offered.

40 minors offered.

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10 Number of colleges that offer specializations.

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9 Number of colleges that offer minors.

8 Specializations that will require changes to become minors.

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Out of concern that ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, could have lost its autonomy to the university, a group of students are forming an independent student union, MSU Students United, aimed at representing the student body and advocating for their needs and demands.

"(The student union) is a collaborative effort of a group of students," said Spencer Perrenoud, philosophy senior and one of the organizers of MSU Students United. "There will be no leader, the only leader is the student voice."

The new student union draws inspiration from the February 2012 student movement in Quebec, where students protested against a tuition hike, Tarr said.

The student union, which has nearly 25 organizers, currently is

circulating a petition demanding a halt on tuition increases. The organizers are hoping to be able to pressure the university to fulfill students' demands through support generated through petitions. The petition has nearly 100 signatures.

The organization also has a Facebook page with just under 70 likes.

The group of students behind

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2 | T he State N e ws | tu esday, se pt e mb e r 24 , 201 3 | stat e ne ws.com State News blog roll Academics & Administration ASMSU is hosting a medical amnesty awareness event on Tuesday at Olin Health Center.

The undergraduate student government has been advocating for and supporting medical amnesty on the MSU campus recently. Before the medical amnesty law was passed on May 8, 2012, ASMSU had been pushing for it for several years.

Since then, the student government has been keen on spreading awareness about medical amnesty, encouraging students to ask for help if they or their friends need medical assistance as a result of drinking.

The law, which now has been passed in 17 states, first was introduced and spread around the U.S. by the Medical Amnesty Initiative, which is a Michigan based non-profit organization.

The organization’s aim is to encourage minors not to be afraid to ask for medical help in case of “alcohol poisoning or any alcohol-related unintentional injuries.”

Medical amnesty gives students the opportunity to avoid a minor in possession charge if a minor voluntarily asked for medical assistance in such cases.

According to the collegedrinkingprevention. gov, blood alcohol concentration or BAC, can sometimes keep increasing even after the person has passed out.”

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crime

Wilder faces multiple counts, including criminal sexual conduct; faces life in prison if convicted from page one

with intent to commit sexual penetration, one count of unlawful imprisonment and one count of gross indecency between a male and female by a sexually delinquent person.

The first reported victim to Wilder's advances told authorities she was walking home from a party near the 1100 block of Grand River Avenue on March 30 when Wilder came up behind her, reached up her skirt and sexua lly assaulted her. When she fell on the ground, he fled the scene.

Nearly a month later, police doc uments indicate Wi lder com m it ted three more sexual assaults between April 20 and May 16.

Police said t hat Meijer sur veillance footage obtained by East Lansing police showed Wilder following the second victim

ACAdemics

Changes to college programs will be undertaken by specific faculty and program members from page one

He added that most specializations will convert easily, while some might have to add credits. Minors require at least 15 credits.

Information from the Office of the Registrar shows that eight of the university's 57 specializations will need to add credits to meet the minor criteria. Only 10 of the 17 degree-granting colleges have specializations.

Of the eight specializations, three are in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or CANR; two are in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences; one is in the College of Arts and Letters; one is in the Eli Broad

throughout the store, located at 1350 W. Lake Lansing Road, and out the west exit.

As she was walking home around midnight, he reportedly grabbed the victim, dragged her into nearby bushes and assaulted her. She told police Wilder punched her several times in the face and threatened to kill her.

At least three of the four attacks by Wilder occurred after he had been smoking crack cocaine, according to police reports Wilder has a histor y of reported shoplifting incidents in local Meijer and Walmart stores, often involving electronic theft. He also told police he shoplifted to support his drug addiction.

In January 2012, Wilder also was observed taking photos of women on his cell phone throughout an Okemos Meijer, located at 2055 W. Grand River Ave. Wilder struck again after 2 a.m. on April 26 near Charles Street. The victim told police she was unlocking the back door to her home when she

was punched in the face and dragged by her feet down the sidewalk to a shed located behind the house. When he attempted to assault her, she ran away.

During the last reported assault, police reports indicate Wilder attacked the victim as she was walking in the parking lot and dragged her behind a dumpster.

The victim told police a witness saw the attack and did not alert the authorities, despite hearing the victim scream for help.

The witness later told police he was walking through the parking lot when the victim approached him yelling. Startled, he said he pointed to the apartment complex's main office. She ran toward the office and the witness went back to his apartment without alerting authorities.

The incidents drew media attention and also concerns from university students and residents across the East Lansing area as they played out dramatically across the spring and summer.

Wilder is being held in the Ingham County Jail without bond. If he is found guilty of all the charges, Wilder could face life in prison.

“In the long run, the transition will be a benefit to students. (A) specialization is unique to MSU. ” Kelly Millenbah, College of Agriculture official

College of Business, and one is in the College of Music.

Overall, specializations within the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, for example, look at topics as varied as environmental journalism, among others.

College faculty and administrators will have a role in changes to any programs.

There are 40 minors offered at MSU by nine colleges, according to the registrar.

It would be just as easy for students to complete two minors as it is for them to do a minor and a specialization, Estry said.

“In the long run, the transition will be a benefit to students,” said Kelly Millenbah, associate dean for academic and student affairs in CANR. “The term specialization is unique to MSU

and does not translate well to external MSU constituents, such as employers or graduate school admissions counselors … This should greatly reduce confusion.”

Changes to the CANR programs will be determined by the faculty who teach them and the department that administers them, she added. Each unit in the college will review the specializations to determine if they want to maintain them as minors or discontinue them.

The programs in the college that don't require 15 credits and thus will need to add credits or face deletion are: agriculture and natural resources biotechnology, international agriculture and sustainable agriculture and food systems.

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MSU Students United members feel ASMSU has lost power with university in recent months from page one

the new student union realized in the past few years that students don't get much of a say when it comes to university decisions, said Noah Saperstein, history education senior and one of the MSU Students United organizers.

According to Saperstein, the organizers don't have a concrete plan of what other initiatives MSU Students United would discuss in the future.

At the moment, the organizers of MSU Students United are in the process of establishing a connection with ASMSU and the MSU administration, according to Perrenoud. The student union wants to work with ASMSU to get to know what the student body needs, since they envision the union as a "voice of students without any agenda."

"ASMSU, especially recently, has lost a lot of its bite and with that, any meaningful input," said Duncan Tarr, another organizer of the student union and a music and history sophomore.

Now in its 50th year, ASMSU transitioned in June to a university department after realigning with the university's policies and moving all its funds to an on-campus account.

"ASMSU is, and will continue to be, the voice of the undergraduate students of Michigan State University," said Matt Franks, ASMSU public relations director. "All students are welcome and encouraged to participate in ASMSU, their student government, to make an impact across Michigan State University's campus."

Franks added that ASMSU always has worked closely with the university to ensure that students' needs are met.

These are usually communicated by ASMSU representatives of the different colleges and student organizations at the student government's general assemblies, he said.

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Continued proposal

Triplett: There’s no “silver bullet” option to regulate city nightlife or safety from page one

increase safety.

"We've had an ongoing conversat ion about t he right way to regulate bars and restaurants in East Lansing to ensure that everyone can have a good time, but that we're also protecting public safety and peoples’ quality of life as well," Triplett said.

The proposal also includes changes to the city's 50/50 ordinance, a rule that states only half of a business's profits can come from alcohol sales. Triplett said he supports a change in rules allowing certain businesses to tweak their ratios of food and alcohol depending on the nature of the establishment.

But many MSU students believe that the potential loss of new bars in East Lansing will prevent growth downtown.

Advertising senior Giavani Cairo said bars are at the heart of business in East Lansing. He said downtown bars are “always packed” and are “very beneficial for business.”

The nightlife in East Lansing also is a pressing issue for Taylor Morrison, a food science senior.

“It's frustrating," he said.

"There's room for positive growth in East Lansing."

Although Morrison does not agree with the new proposal, he does not believe the change would prevent any students from stopping by the city's existing bars.

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community

diversity

Bisexual students, supporters raise awareness with on-campus event

OCAT Coordinator Juan Flores, right, entertains the crowd as human biology sophomore Pa Vang observes Monday at Holden Hall.

The event offered free food, prizes and entertainment.

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Engagement centers host parties throughout campus

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MSU's neighborhood engagement centers are hosting open houses to familiarize students with the resources available to them on campus.

The open houses are set up like fairs, with food provided

by Culinary Services, games and chances to win prizes.

Participating students are given "passports," which are a map of opportunities at the open house.

Students who make it to every "stop" are eligible for prizes such as Amazon gift cards, T-shirts and Dairy Store coupons.

Brody and East Neighborhood engagement centers open houses were held last week,

and the River Trail open house will be held Wednesday.

Entertainment at open houses have included live disc jockeys, photo booths, caricature artists, a tarot card reader, massage therapists, henna tattoo artists, Zumba and beach volleyball.

Organizations set up tables and displays while representatives talked to students and gave away various free items — Student Health Services, for example, passed out first aid kits.

"We plan fun things to get them in the door, and then they can see what each neighborhood has to offer," River Trail Engagement Center Director Jodi Hancock said.

"It gives them a chance to talk to representatives from the campus units that promote

student success."

Alexxa Palazzolo was one of the Wonders Hall resident assistants who planned the South Neighborhood Engagement Center open house on Monday.

"Around 500 students came last year, and we're trying to top that this year," said Palazzolo, a prenursing senior.

Office of Campus Sustainability intern Paul Mooney said he attended the South Neighborhood open house in Holden Hall to encourage students to live green. " We ' r e h e r e t o r a i s e awareness.

"That black mesh bag they give on-campus students the first week isn't for laundry, it's for recycling,” she said.

“We hope some of these students will leave a little

Radio

Impact 89FM looking to install texting request system

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MSU's student radio station Impact 89FM is considering the use of a new technology that could update the way listeners communicate with the station.

Impact program The Vibe, which features a mix of hiphop, rap, R&B, soul, funk and reggae, currently is conducting a trial run of a text messaging service that will allow students to text their requests to Impact's landline.

The service, called Zipwhip, utilizes cloud technologies to integrate messaging into existing landlines.

When students text Impact's phone number, Zipwhip transfers the message to the Internet, where the station can view it on computers and mobile devices.

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“Our cell phones have trained us to love and adore texting. Texting is just such a broad communication medium now.”

more aware of their energy footprint."

Representatives from the Office of Financial Aid, Student Health Services, the Office of Study Abroad and the MSU Police Department were among others present.

"It's a chance to interact with the students," Hancock said. "It's about building relationships, and so many of our service providers are there to meet and greet."

Animal science freshman Kayla Charles was one student who learned something new at the event, stating she was happy to discover there is career advising and other resources in each neighborhood.

"I didn't k now that was available before," Charles said.

"It'll be nice to get some help building a resume."

Who would you do for a Klondike bar?

Several bisexual students and supporters asked the question of passerby Monday as they took part in Celebrate Bisexuality Day. Held each year on Sept.

23, the international holiday attempts to raise awareness of bisexualit y and remove stigmas and stereotypes often associated with the community.

To add a humorous hook to the holiday, the Alliance of Queer and Ally students hosted the “Who Would You Do for a Klondike Bar?” event in the basement of Student Services.

Organizers offered at te nde e s f r e e K londike bars and information ab out non-mono se x ua l relationships.

The “What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar?” event included a short educational presentation by a pansexual-identified student followed with a panel of non-monosexual students Alliance of Queer and Ally Students Office Manager Madalyn Gildea said.

Those who identify as pansexual can be attracted toward people regardless of their gender identity, sexual orientation or physical sex, while non-monosexual attraction covers a broad range of people who are attracted to both sexes.

The holiday is a time where people the LGBT community can show support against the biases bisexual students of ten

Since 1999, Celebrate Bisexuality Day has been an international holiday held on Sept. 23 every year "We are trying to get information out there and trying to get rid of those stigmas and stereotypes that go along with being bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual and things like that," Gildea said.

Culinar y ser v ices retail operations senior Joie Binford, who identifies herself as bisexual, said one of the biggest misconceptions about bisexuality is that bisexual individuals are greedy and promiscuous.

"People say that I want to have my cake and eat it too," Binford said.

The “What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar?” event was the first of a series of LGBT programs this weekend, with an event on Friday celebrating the newly approved lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and sexuality studies specialization.

Throughout the weekend, there will also be training sessions open to the public put on by volunteers from the LGBT Resource Center.

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The service would remove the need for listeners to call the station, although that still is an option.

Zipwhip CEO John Lauer said radio stations are perfect candidates for his company's service because they have a need for new technologies to interact with listeners.

"O u r ce l l phone s h ave trained us to love and adore texting," Lauer said. "Texting is just such a broad communication medium now."

Vibe host and station manager Sam Riddle said the station hasn't decided whether to fully implement the service for the rest of Impact's schedule, but felt the technology would help

encounter on campus, said Colin Wiebrecht, chairperson of the Alliance of Queer and Ally Students.

"It's an opportunity for us to come together as a community, rather than separate ourselves by our various identities," Wiebrecht said.

Gildea said the holiday gave the MSU community an opportunity to clear up untrue bisexual labels and stereoty pes that students are often familiar with.

the station adapt to a world of rapidly evolving technologies.

"We thought it'd be a good way to contact people who may not want to call in their request ... but still want to give us a request very easily," Riddle said. "It really was a way for us to better reach MSU students and kind of innovate."

English and women's and gender studies senior Kelsey Weyhing listens to Impact in her car and said the ability to text the station would encourage her to interact with the station.

"I think utilizing the cell phones, I think anything on social media is really important," Weyhing said.

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fear of police, friends weakens med. amnesty EDITORIAL BOARD Ian Kullgren editor in chief Summer Ballentine opinion editor Anya Roth minority representative Cayden Royce staff reporter

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ince its passing in 2012, the Michigan medical amnesty law has been an ambiguous part of safety measures available for minors and MSU students. Gov. Rick Snyder originally intended for the law to provide an outlet for those in fear of getting an MIP; if a student or others need some kind of medical attention, they will not receive legal punishment. Yet mistrust in police, lack of awareness of legal protections and potential medical

bills might thwart the effectiveness of the law.

None of these are good excuses not to call police if someone is dangerously drunk.

If a friend is in need and no one does anything about it, someone's going to regret it down the road.

We've been taught since preschool that if someone sees something bad happening, call 911.

Why is it harder to press those three dials in college?

It could be because of the lack of trust college students have in police officers. Without hesitation, a student should let dispatchers know about any potentially life-threatening situation. It's always better to be safe than sorry.

Underage students who have been drinking alcohol have an instinctive fear of the police. For good reason, too. But when it comes to matters of life and death, everyone would benefit from a little confidence in our law officers. As cliché as it sounds, they only are out there to help us.

Maybe students just don't know about the law?

ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, is working hard to spread awareness. The organization is holding an awareness event at noon Tuesday at Olin Health Center.

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But thus far, many Read the rest online at of those who are familstatenews.com/blog. iar with medical amnesty have heard about it through word of mouth.

With social media and fastpace communication, MSU's campus could lead the state of Michigan by rewarding those who do the right thing. Avoiding MIPs, citations for providing alcohol to minors and other legal repercussions should be enough to convince students that they will be bet- a friend or potentially having them die, call the ter off calling for help. That doesn’t help if no one ambulance 10 times out of 10. knows about these benefits.

Most importantly, students should know under Even if students know about legal protections, the amnesty law that they will not get penalized for they might be deterred by the possibility of an ambu- their commitment to safety. The person who calls lance ride and medical fees. If someone is in the con- for help or the person who is medically unstable dition where they must go to the hospital, the cost will not get an MIP. The individual getting taken of an ambulance ride could be discouraging. But to the hospital might be angry when they see their when it comes down to it, the individual needing $500 medical bill, but it's impossible to know what medical care will receive assistance faster if there would've happened otherwise. In the long run, it's is zero hesitation. worth the inner moral strain to solicit help.

In this case, price just doesn't matter. A friend's As long as students cooperate, medical amneslife matters more. ty will set the stage for safety around campus and If given the choice of calling an ambulance for the state.

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Sanity, health more important than staying ahead in school

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bout to sacrifice your personal hygiene and skip a shower so you can read the last hundred pages of “Othello”?

my life would be ruined. If I didn’t turn in every assignment, I would be a total failure. That sounds irrational, because it is.

Your brain doesn’t work well without food and sleep, especially if you have problems with stress management like I do.

When I did well in school My advice: don’t. and at work I was on top of the It might seem like polishworld. If I didn’t, it seemed like ing your research paper to my life was falling apart. One perfection and finishing your slip-up and everything tumlast four calculus problems bled down on me. I coped with are more important than this by working and studysleeping, eating and generaling basically nonstop to make ly being a functional human being, but they aren’t. What’s sure I stayed on top of my workload, or at least stayed afloat. most important is your perBut somesonal health opinion editor times I snapped, and happiness. and it was the Granted, people I care this is coming about most from someone who had to who has gone deal with it. I’d 24 hours on lash out, ignore nothing more phone calls than a granoand texts, and la bar because Summer Ballentine when I did manI thought taksballentine@statenews.com age to make ing even five the time to see my friends, I minutes to eat was too much. couldn’t stop venting about I know deadlines sometimes how stressed I was. creep up on you, and you For years, I thought this was have to make sacrifices to get normal. I was in the top 10 of your work done. That being my high school graduating class, said, it’s taken me four and a and I assumed stress was paired half years of college to realwith success. Now, I realize ize that myself and countwhat’s really most important is less others at MSU take that personal sanity. I regret being mentality way too far. so unhappy, anxious to the Forty-hour work weeks, point of tears almost every day weekly all-nighters and abysand isolated from my friends mal eating habits used to be the norm for me. I had decent for years of my life. That’s not how we are supposed to live. grades, got my work done Parents, friends and profesand overall thought I had my sors talk about this all the time, life together. Anyone who but I don’t think they underknew me during my sophostand how busy we really are. more and junior years knows I’m not asking you to eat three that was far from true. full meals a day (although that Focusing in class was nearwould be nice), and I’m not askly impossible because I fliping you to sleep a solid eight flopped from nodding off hours a day (also ideal). But if to fantasizing about mowyou have the choice between ing down a grilled cheese finishing a Spanish assignsandwich. On top of that, ment worth two points and I was neurotically checkgoing for a run to clear your ing my phone and sendhead, ditch learning the differing emails for work. ence between “lo” and “le.”

When it came time to do If you haven’t eaten in the my homework, it took expopast 12 hours, grab a snack and nentially longer because come to class 10 minutes late.

I never paid attention in Napping for 15 minutes, bringclass. I looked for the easing an apple to munch on if iest, least time-consuming you don’t have time for a full way to skate by in my coursmeal and having a short cofes. I might have been paying fee break with an old friend thousands of dollars for an are all well worth your time. education, but I wasn’t takYou probably don’t have time ing advantage of the opporfor everything, and that’s OK. tunity to actually learn anyI know it’s difficult, but accept thing. You bet I regret that the fact that you’re human and now that I only have one will fall behind sometimes. semester left at MSU. Trust me, making a little What’s worse is that the extra time to take care of yourstress seeped into my perself can save you from resentsonal life. I already struggle ing what should be some of with anxiety, so torturing my the best times of your life. body and pushing myself to Summer Ballentine is the State the limit only exacerbated an News opinion editor. Reach her existing problem. I thought at sballentine@statenews.com. if I didn’t do well at work,

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“Column: Blame for QB decision falls on Dantonio” Narduzzi would be a great head coach! Then hire a top rated offensive coordinator and boom, you might have something.

Jason Hauer, Sept. 23

TRUTH. Absolute truth. Dantonio really disappointed me with this move.

Yup, Sept. 23

Time for a change! Coach D has made nothing but bad choices, starting with the inside hiring of the OC after Treadwell left. Not working on the QB and receiving in the spring and getting that worked out. Not picking a QB until this week then switching when we needed constancy on a final drive. Horrible decision making. In the immortal words of John L Slappy Smith “The kids are playing their tail off and the coaches are screwing it up.” You can take your 11 wins but without some sort of payoff in the end what does it really matter.

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Agree 100%. I completely blame Dantonio for that move and the way this entire QB situation has been handled. (comment continued online) Zach Brooks, Sept. 23

The entire offensive coaching staff needs to be shown the front door.

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Italian food lovers and sports enthusiasts have a new reason to rejoice — Peppino's Pizzeria and Sports Grille opened its doors to hungry Spartans recently.

The Grand Rapids-based business had a soft opening Aug. 30 and a grand opening Sept. 18.

Peppino’s president Joe DiLeonardo’s father started the pizzeria in 1976 in Grand Rapids, and he turned it into a franchise in 1996. The East Lansing location is the ninth Peppino's and the first to leave the Grand Rapids area.

"This market was missing a restaurant with our menu," DiLeonardo said.

The area occupied by Peppino's was previously used by the Post Bar until 2011.

Dan Tyler, general manager of Peppino’s, said business has been going well so far, but Peppino's still needs to draw more lunch customers.

"We haven't promoted ourselves yet, which will build our lunch business," Tyler said.

Peppino's has three bars in the entire establishment and 24 beers on tap, including 11 Michigan beers.

Peppino's offers more than just pizza. Tyler said he considers the establishment to be an American-Italian restaurant because it offers a mixture of Italian cuisine, including pastas, and American food such as burgers and chicken wings.

The most popular dish is the chicken spiedini, which is DiLeonardo’s mother’s recipe. It is flattened chicken breast rolled around ham and mozzarella and served with angel hair pasta.

DiLeonardo emphasized that the franchise aspect of the business does not lessen the quali-

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"It's not a typical run-of-themill franchise," DiLeonardo said.

"We stress a lot on the quality of our food."

What separates Peppino's from other pizzerias and other sports bars in the area is the environment it offers, Tyler said.

"The atmosphere here is different than what you'd get at a Buffalo Wild Wings," Tyler said.

"We're a sports bar that does Italian food."

There are 65 HD flat-screen TVs in the restaurant, and the front dining room is meant to promote a family-friendly environment, with each booth having its own personal TV, Tyler said.

There are two spaces that can be rented for private parties, including the Skybox, which is slated to open in a few weeks.

DiLeonardo said Peppino's also

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Big Ten will show how good MSU really is After an 11-game preseason, it's finally here.

The Big Ten volleyball season has arrived, and it’ll start off with a bang.

No. 15 MSU will take on No. 1 Penn State Friday and No. 13 Ohio State on Sunday.

Those who are questioning just how good the 11-1 Spartans truly are will soon have their answers.

Even with its hot early-season start, MSU still has yet to create separation in the Big Ten. Besides Illinois, every Big Ten team has a winning record. Eight Big Ten teams are present in the current AVCA coaches poll, with Wisconsin three places outside of the top 25.

MSU currently is the sixthranked team amongst ranked Big Ten teams. And with Penn State and Ohio State around the corner, MSU will look to prove themselves in a stacked conference.

In preseason play, MSU demonstrated an ability to adapt in the face of adversity — particularly in response to injuries.

Now that the roster is healthy, MSU will enter the weekend with a team that has proven its versatility.

Bennett takes another big ten defensive honor After another week without allowing a goal, sophomore goalkeeper Zach Bennett earned his second straight Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor.

The MSU men’s soccer team (4-1-0 overall) shut

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The team will be boosted by last weekend’s return of sophomore setter Halle Peterson and freshman outside hitter Chloe Reinig.

The return of Peterson, who was named to the Big Ten AllFreshman team last year, will allow junior defensive specialist Ryian Hubbard to return to her natural position.

Reinig, who was ranked the No. 4 senior recruit in the country by PrepVolleyball.com, will shift freshman Autumn Christenson from outside hitter to her natural position of middle blocker.

Both returnees played key roles for MSU this past weekend. Peterson had 14 assists in her return against Eastern Michigan Friday. Reinig totaled 13 kills in a win against Duquesne Saturday.

Once you factor in the record-setting play of outside hitter Lauren Wicinski (who cracked 2,000 career kills over the weekend) and the overall veteran leadership the roster possesses, it looks as though the stars are aligning for MSU. Above all, it will be resiliency that separates MSU from the pack.

The Spartans showed resiliency when they lost Taylor Galloway to an ankle injury against Pacific, leading to their first and only season loss. They showed it when George plugged players into new positions to fill gaps in the lineup. They displayed it again when they closed out a 4-set win over Duquesne, arguably their toughest home match of the season.

To upset Penn State Friday, MSU will need that same resiliency. Based on what we’ve seen thus far, there’s no reason to believe they won’t have it.

Omari Sankofa II is a State News sports reporter. Reach him at osankofa@statenews.com

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Bennett made a careerhigh eight saves in the

winning effort.

The shutout was the second consecutive, fourth of the season and seventh of his young career.

Bennett ranks sixth in the nation with a .40 goals against average and eighth

Volleyball teams in the Big Ten who possess a winning record.

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Spartans prepared for difficult test against No. 5 Creighton in Omaha

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This is the game that could put the MSU men’s soccer team on the map.

The Spartans (4-1-0 overall) travel to Omaha, Neb. to take on No. 5 Creighton (5-1-0) at 8 p.m. tonight.

Creighton is ranked second in the nation by topdrawersoccer.com.

“It’s a huge game for us,” sophomore midfielder Jay Chapman said.

“It’s on the road, so it’s going to be tough. It’s going to be a night game, and at a venue like Creighton, everybody’s going to be fired up.”

The Bluejays are coming off a double overtime thriller against No. 7 St. Johns Saturday night that saw them get their first win of conference play.

Chapman said the five days between the Spartans last game and when they take the field against the Bluejays can be beneficial for MSU in some respects, but won’t make them the clear-cut favorites.

“Our legs will be more ready,” he said. “The only advantage of playing a game so close to another one is that we’re all together, and you’re in sync where if you have a couple days off, it’s a little harder to get back into it. Everybody’s been sharp in training and we’ll be ready.”

Creighton’s 2.17 goals per game average makes them

one of the most prolific offenses in the nation, and the .76 goals against average is the 37th best mark in the country.

The Bluejays are led by sophomore midfielder Timo Pitter, of Germany, who leads the team with 3 goals and 1 assist on 19 shots.

MSU head coach Damon Rensing said the extra rest built up over the past five days might help at the end of the game, but it’s going to take everything they’ve got to stop Creighton from scoring and earn a third consecutive shutout.

“Creighton’s been playing at a high pace and high level, and are going to be ready to go right from the start,” Rensing said.

“We tweaked things, but it’s more about good one v. one defending as a unit and keeping the game in front (of us).”

MSU lost 2-1 to No. 1 North Carolina in the preseason , and has matchups with powers Akron, Indiana and Notre Dame later in the season, so Rensing said the team knows the type of pedigree they’re preparing to go up against.

The Bluejays have been to the last two Final Fours, and have lost a total of six games over that same time. They last played for a national title in 2000, losing 2-0 to Connecticut. This will be the first-ever meeting between MSU and Creighton.

Chapman said the past two wins against Marquette and Bowling Green have gotten the Spartans in the right mind-set for the rest of the season, but a

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Sophomore midfielder Jay Chapman heads the ball before Bowling Green midfielder Joey D’Agostino during the game, Sept. 18, at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.

win tonight could be the icing on the cake.

“Everyone know that Creighton has been to the last two final fours,” Chapman said.

“For us, especially on the

with a .895 save percentage.

Both marks are also best in the Big Ten. As a defense, MSU’s .80 shutout percentage trails only Army.

Other than last week, he was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year after a pair of shutouts last October.

The Spartans will look to Bennett to keep his fine form when they travel to Omaha, Neb. to take on No. 5 Creighton at 8 p.m.

Tuesday.

road, it will give us that much more to play for and increase our confidence. If we get that win it will be huge and kind of set the tone for the rest of the year.”

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dantonio justifies late-game decisions

Of the many controversial moves in MSU's 17-13 loss to Notre Dame, none invoked more uproar than head coach Mark Dantonio's decision to bench starting quarterback Connor Cook in favor of senior Andrew Maxwell on the final drive.

On his Sunday teleconference, Dantonio defended his decision, as he did after the loss, and said he was displeased with Cook's performance on two late drives — so he opted to switch. "I just felt like a change was warranted at that time," Dantonio said. stephen brooks

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