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Senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun, 89, and sophomore linebacker Shane Jones, 49, celebrate with junior linebacker Riley Bullough, 30, after he recovered a fumble from Central Michigan in the fourth quarter during the game against Central Michigan on Sept. 26, 2015, at Spartan Stadium. Bullough picked up 13 yards on the play. The Spartans defeated the Chippewas, 30-10. PHOTO: JOSHUA ABRAHAM

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The good and the bad from MSU’s week four win over Central Michigan

Active Minds at MSU aims to raise suicide prevention awareness

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years the Director position of the MSU counseling center has been vacant. See page 3

“Our purpose is to unite our members with sincere friendships and to promote and spread our culture to the community.”

Ahmad Alkhatib, comparative culture and politics sophomore, on MSU’s new Arab sorority.

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New sushi restaurant Kasutamu held soft opening this weekend Kasutamu, a new sushi restaurant, opened its doors to East Lansing residents for its “soft opening” on Sept. 25. The restaurant is located at 245 Ann St., the former site of Firehouse Subs which closed over the summer.

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Customers of Kasutamu will build their own rolls and be able to pick exactly what ingredients they want.

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From left to right, horse management sophomore Torie Liniarksi, horse management sophomore Karley VanWormer, animal science junior Paige Bittner and barn manager Paula Hitzler pose with horse, Strike A Pose, on Friday at the Horse Teaching and Research Center. The group recently traveled to the Sport Horse Nationals in North Carolina, where Bittner was named national champion and two-time reserve national champion in her divisions. PHOTO: ALICE KOLE EDITORIAL STAFF (517) 432-3070

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MSU professor remembered for impact on education

BY CAMERON MACKO CMACKO@STATENEWS.COM

“Because of him I was given the encouragement to succeed,” Amy Lenz, professor at Grand Valley State University, said about Craig Somerton during his memorial service Sunday afternoon.

“I owe it to him, I wouldn’t be where I am now if it weren’t for him.”

Craig Somerton served the MSU College of Engineering for 30 years “as a popular teacher, colleague, and friend in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,” according to an MSU statement. Though his first memorial was held in Las Vegas in July, the family wanted to hold one after the fall semester started for the MSU community at River Terrace Church.

Somerton died May 9 after a three year struggle with cancer and complications from diabetes, but for the students and faculty he touched during his tenure, his legacy lives on.

“There was something different about Dr. S,” Adam Zemke, the state representative for Ann Arbor, said, He added Somerton was paramount to how much he enjoyed his time at MSU. Zemke was on the executive board of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers at MSU while Somerton was an advisor.

One of Somerton’s former students, Laura Genik, with whom he maintained a close relationship even after she graduated, spoke at the memorial, reminiscing on weekly dinners and lamenting how his booming voice no longer “echoes down the corridors” of the College of Engineering.

She described how a “professor became a mentor, a mentor became a friend and a friend became part of my family.”

“Take advantage of all the insignificant

moments that will change your life forever,” Genik said, remembering pieces of advice he would give.

Somerton’s sister, Diana, told former and current students “you are his legacy.”

“Engineers exist to help society and society’s people,” Somerton wrote, read aloud by Diana.

Somerton was born in California and attended the University of California, Los Angeles where he was the president of the graduate student body and sang in the Roger Wagner Master Chorale.

He received three degrees from UCLA — a bachelor’s degree in engineering (1976), a master’s degree (1979) and Ph.D (1982) in heat and mass transfer.

After starting his teaching career at Louisiana State University, he came to MSU in 1986 as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

He was an associate professor and served as associate chair for undergraduate studies in the department for more than a decade, winning the MSU Withrow Award for Teaching several times.

Not only was he an avid researcher, he focused on the advancement of engineering education and wrote more than 50 scholarly publications in engineering education.

“Craig Somerton helped transform the lives of Spartan Engineers as a teacher and well beyond the classroom,” Dean of the College of Engineering Leo Kempel said in a statement.

“He was a leader in curriculum development and a proud proponent of engineering education and program evaluation,” Kempel said. “He was a favorite consultant to universities on accreditation issues because his commitment was so true. We will miss him and his many contributions both personally and professionally.”

Nevada resident Diana Somerton speaks at a memorial service for her brother, MSU mechanical engineering professor Craig Somerton, on Sunday at the River Terrace Church, 1509 River Terrace, in East Lansing. Craig Somerton passed away in May 2015 at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer and diabetes. PHOTO: CATHERINE FERLAND

Counseling Center to fill director position

BY JOSHUA DOLPHIN JDOLPHIN@STATENEWS.COM

The Director position at the MSU Counseling Center is in a state of flux and it has been in this state for two years, ever since Jan Collins-Eaglin left the position in 2013.

In the meantime, Scott Becker has been filling in as interim director while he also fulfills the duties of his associate director position.

“He’s taking on the responsibilities of two jobs,” ASMSU Vice President for Governmental Affairs Bryn Williams said. “Which, as I’m sure you can guess, is quite stressful and busy, especially when you’re dealing with the amount of clients that we see the MSU Counseling Center have.”

The large volume might have made the dualrole unrealistic — if it weren’t for the assistance he has received from other staff members.

“While Dr. Becker has been in the interim position, other members of the staff have assumed the responsibilities of the associate director, helping staff manage the caseload at the center,” Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Allyn Shaw said via email.

But if the associate’s duties fall to the rest of the staff, it could have an impact on the staff’s performance of their own jobs. Williams said if they did have a director, the load off of other staff members could make it more realis-

tic to improve the Counseling Center’s mental health resources for students.

But, Williams said Becker is more than qualified to handle the added responsibilities, and has done a great job of balancing them so far.

“Dr. Becker has been easily the best thing that could be happening to the counseling center right now,” Williams said. “He has been so good to work with and very, very knowledgeable and passionate about mental health.”

Williams said after two years of vacancy, a search committee was formed and began seeking a new director in May. “The committee has been working through candidates — it’s been operating as a search committee does,” Williams said. “But the decision on the actual candidate seems to have been delayed extensively.”

But it appears the delay is over, and a decision could be imminent. Shaw said via email that the search committee has completed their search and put forward two finalists — a decision was expected last Monday, but was delayed again, for unspecified reasons, Williams said. He said a decision is expected to occur soon.

“National searches for higher education positions at this level take time to conduct,” Shaw said via email. “We wanted to make sure we had qualified candidates for this critical position.”

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BY RACHEL FRADETTE RFRADETTE@STATENEWS.COM

It’s 7 p.m., a flood of students representing several student groups and organizations enter the conference room. On their minds are new ideas and proposed plans for the student body.

Everyone takes a seat and Domonique Clemons pounds the gable beginning ASMSU’s meeting and marking 50 years of service.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, has been serving MSU’s undergraduate student body for 50 years.

“This is a huge milestone,” said Clemons, the ASMSU President. “It really does speak to how much we’ve done in the last 50 years that we’ve been able to successfully stay the legitimate student government.”

Despite the purported success of the student government, Clemons believes ASMSU still has room to grow. He said ASMSU’s recent implication of the Internal Review Committee helps promote essential change where it’s needed.

“Within our 50th year, we’re looking at this internal review and really looking what overhauls are needed,” he said.

The past and present efforts of ASMSU have continued to bring forth new interested general assembly members into the mix each academic year.

In past years, ASMSU has had some miscommunications resulting in high costs for the group. WTF (What to Fix) MSU campaign was marketed on MSU sidewalks, but the paint used to advertise was permanent.

“I know they do a lot of great things so I want to be a part of it for sure,” Lyman Briggs Representative and freshman Rachel Jansen said.

Clemons said nearly all of the seats in the General Assembly are filled, which has not MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Public policy senior Domonique Clemons, president of ASMSU, addresses the policy committee at the ASMSU meeting on Sept. 24 in the Student Affairs and Services building.

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always been the case over the years. He said in some cases the GA had as little as 10 members.

In June, ASMSU’s elections yielded 3.3 percent voter turn out and it unfortunately was not out of the norm for ASMSU. “A full assembly is 55 (representatives) as long as I’ve been here we’ve not seen a full assembly and this is honestly the most number of students on our assembly that I’ve seen in my time here,” Clemons said. The GA recently came to 43 representatives.

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acknowledged on the GA. “I think it’s great that ASMSU has been around as long as it has,” Council of Students with Disabilities Representative Julia Christensen said.

Christensen said student engagement aids groups with lower representation by giving them a voice.

“It speaks to the fact that MSU students have always been active in this way,” she said.

Clemons said it’s important for ASMSU to notice the significant changes that come as a school ages.

“Some of the structures that were created 50 years ago don’t really reflect what the student of 2015 looks like,” Clemons said.

ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS From providing free iClickers for rent at the beginning of the academic semester to having legal services at the disposal of students who run into trouble with the law, ASMSU was created to serve students and that remains their ultimate goal.

Vice President for Gover nmental

Affairs Bryn Williams said he makes it his responsibility to hear student concerns and engage them into public policy on local, state levels.

“For my perspective the biggest part of my job really is the advocacy portion,” Williams said.

ASMSU advocates national campaigns, such as It’s On US and mental health awareness, which directly affect students on campus.

“A lot of students across the board, and this is no fault of their own, are incredibly busy and concerned with the intricacy of their daily life without really thinking about what might be happening in the government that is affecting how I live my life in college,” Williams said.

Williams said both his and ASMSU’s role is to make it easy on the students by going the extra mile to do the research and help them reach an end result on issues that affect them.

ASMSU has struggled to fulfill promises on certain items on their agenda, such as a planned mental health mural and an on-campus concert.

MSU’s diverse community can leave

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Barbara Byrum Age 37 Ingham County Clerk

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Sam Singh Age 44 Currently serving in the Michigan House of Representatives Served as MSU’s Chief of Staff as well as one term as the mayor of East Lansing

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Nathan Triplett Age 31 Current Mayor of East Lansing Graduated from James Madison College and MSU College of Law

“A lot of students across the board... are incredibly busy and concerned with the intricacy of their daily life without really thinking about what might be happening in the government that is affecting how I live my life in college,” Bryn Williams, V.P. for Governmental Affairs

“There’s a lot of things to get involved with within ASMSU and I’m just happy I got to be a part of it,” Vice President for Internal Administration Jason Porter said.

Porter said, student involvement fuels the work getting done at ASMSU. “Any student can write a bill,” he said. “They can find their representatives and if they have an issue or want to see something changed they can go to talk to their representative.”

Porter said the almost 50,000 students, about 38,000 being undergraduate, on campus can have a voice, advocating any issues they see fit.

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certain voices out of the loop, but ASMSU attempts to incorporate them.

“You see a lot of people every day who you probably have no idea have some sort of disability,” Christensen said.

Christensen said having students from all walks of campus is essential to the betterment of the student body.

“And that’s why I think it’s really important that we get representation on ASMSU,” she said.

ASMSU is large conglomerate of student departments including class councils, the GA, staffing and the Student Allocations Board.

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Sam Singh (D) now sits on the Michigan House of Representatives as the House Democratic Floor Leader, but in the early 1990s he was just another college student who wanted to help out his peers.

“Engage in any level of whether it be the university administration, the City of East Lansing or state politics,” Singh said. “I think often times that student voice is lacking in a lot of decision making.”

Singh served as ASMSU’s Chief of Staff and got his start in student government as Presi-

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dent of Hubbard Hall.

Singh said working with ASMSU prepared him for his future endeavors on the East Lansing City Council and eventually the Michigan House of Representatives.

“I look back on it fondly,” Singh said.

Singh said he also helped in the starting up of the alternative Spring Break program.

“It helped me get more interested in the work that I wanted to do after college,” he said.

BARBARA BYRUM

After serving three terms in the Michigan House of Representative, Barbara Byrum (D) now holds the position of County Clerk for Ingham County. She was appointed in 2013.

Byrum, an MSU alumna, became a part of ASMSU during her time as an undergraduate student by helping out in Student Legal Services.

“I was fortunate enough to assist with students who found themselves in court,” Byrum said.

She served as Director of Student Legal Services during her time with ASMSU. Byrum said her time at ASMSU helped her choose her battles and understand how to get two opposing forces to find compromise.

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I have never left,” Byrum said.

Byrum said students should take advantage of all the services ASMSU offers while they are at school.

“I may live a few miles off campus, but I am still a Spartan and that has not changed,” she said.

NATHAN TRIPLETT

Mayor Nathan Triplett spent a considerable amount of his time with ASMSU while attending MSU nearly 10 years ago Triplett also serves on the East Lansing City Council — he is up for re-election this fall.

Triplett graduated from James Madison College in 2006 and from the MSU College of Law in 2012.

Triplett sat on the East Lansing City Council as a student during his time at MSU. As an MSU and ASMSU alumnus, Triplett has partnered ASMSU and East Lansing. The two have worked toward advocating on issues like mental health awareness.

ASMSU general assembly meetings are held Thursday evenings in the Student Services Building. October 3, 2015 marks the student organization’s 50th anniversary on campus.

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MSU’s horses bring home national awards

BY TREASURE ROBERTS TROBERTS@STATENEWS.COM

MSU is home to only about 200 equine oriented students. These students care for, ride and maintain connections with horses that have gained national attention since MSU’s founding. This year is no different as MSU’s horses and riders received 10 different awards at the Sport Horse National Championships.

The Institute of Agricultural Technology Horse Management program, which accepts 20 students annually, and the Animal Science Departments bachelor of science degree offer students a chance to gain hands on experience training horses and learning applied sciences.

The MSU Horse Teaching and Research Facility has been around since MSU’s founding in 1855.

At first, MSU’s horses consisted of first-rate Belgians and worldclass quality Percherons — it wasn’t until 1983 when MSU began breeding purebred Arabian horses after a donation from W.K. Kellogg of Kellogg Cereal, a Michigan native, farm

manager Paula Hitzler said.

“Since that time MSU has continued to breed high quality Arabian horses which have garnered much success in the national show arena,” Hitzler said. Just this month, some of MSU’s horses and riders received national awards at the Sport Horse National Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Horse management sophomore Torie Liniarski made top 10 in the Amateur to Ride Sports Horse Under Saddle class, meaning the horse was ridden with a saddle and performed tasks such as the walk, trot and canter. Liniarski’s horse, MSU Showtime, won in the Amateur to Ride Sport Horse in Hand, meaning it was not being ridden, and instead was guided by Liniarski.

“I always wanted to like chase my dreams and my mom always pushed me to chase my dreams,” Liniarski said. “This was like the greatest thing I probably could have found for this, so it’s pretty awesome.”

These were only two of the awards students and horses made at the Sport Horse National Championships.

Horse management sophomore Karley VanWormer and her horse MSU Striking Command received a top 10 award for Sport Horse Geldings Dressage and MSU Bad Beat Benny — a purebred Arabian horse — won Supreme Sport Horse in Hand. Two of the most coveted awards went to animal science junior Paige Bittner who secured the U.S. Reserve National Championship in the Amateur to Handle class, meaning her horse — MSU Strike a Pose — had the overall best combination and movement out of all the horses in the class.

Bittner also won the U.S. National Champion Sport Horse Dressage Mares Open.

“I have worked really hard at improving my own riding and I have worked with MSU Strike a Pose for almost two years now, so we have built a really good connection,” she said.

The MSU horse team returned to East Lansing with one national championship, two reserve national championships and seven top 10 awards.

These sort of awards do not come easy though and forming a connec-

Animal science junior Paige Bittner looks at the horse she competed with, Strike A Pose, on Friday at the Horse Teaching and Research Center.

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tion with their horse is paramount to being successful. Because of this, students go to the facility before class each day to groom and practice with their horses — all in the hopes of making it to the Sport Horse National Champi-

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“This Arabian National Horse Show to my students is as important as the NCAA National Championships are to the basketball students,” Hitzler said.

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Social work and psychology senior Sara Haggerty reads a story of mental illness on Friday at the Rock on Farm Lane.

Haggerty is also the executive assistant of Active Minds and an Alpha Phi Omega member. Send Silence Packing was an event tailored to spread awareness about mental illnesses. PHOTO: KENNEDY THATCH

BY JOSH BENDER JBENDER@STATENEWS.COM

It’s not simply the number of students lost on college campuses to suicide and mental illness each year — ­ but the lives that change and the stories that come from it.

MSU’s Active Minds Communications Director Bryan Meek said he joined the group because he felt very close to the issue.

“I have a close family member who has borderline personality disorder, they have attempted to take their life on multiple occasions,” Meek said.

“Thank God they are still here — that’s why I’m here.”

For Meek, a neuroscience senior, and many others like him, MSU’s branch of Active Minds allows them a way to help people deal with an issue that some feel does not get enough attention.

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ty but not enough by every day society,” Meek said.

“It’s not just on college campuses, it’s nationwide. If you have pneumonia for example, then you get to see a doctor much faster than if you were mentally ill: or if you ask for a day off because you have pneumonia it’s considered more valid than if you ask for a day off because have depression.”

Active Minds members hosted their Send Silence Packing event Friday, out of a desire to help students better understand how serious the suicide epidemic is, psychology senior and MSU Active Minds Vice President Rachel Pruiett said.

According to the Active Minds national chapter’s website, 1,100 cases of suicide occurs on college campuses each year.

“Sometimes people see the number 1,100 and don’t realize how big of a number that really is, you just read it and fly by it,” Pruiett said.

Meenu Sundararaju, a computer science sophomore and MSU Active Minds Director of Public Relations, said as people see and hear more about the problem of suicides on college campuses they start asking how they can help.

“People are genuinely curious and interested — it seems like just a statistic but when you see it on display it’s so much more,” Sundararaju said. “I feel like a lot of the students are really realizing that now too, and stopping by the table and saying, ‘I didn’t realize that’ and ‘How can I get involved?’”

Pruiett said, the issue of mental health is of particular importance to college students.

“You come into college thinking that everybody is having the best time of their

lives,” Pruiett said. “Everybody has a story, and when this many people are dealing with their problems in this way — people need to be more aware that it’s happening and that it’s something that we need to fix.”

Active Minds not only wants to raise awareness of mental health issues amongst students — they want to work with university administrators and faculty to make students aware of the resources on campus that can help them, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Terry Frazier said in a speech delivered at the Send Silence Packing event.

“We want to inspire students, to know that they’re loved and they’re here,” Frazier said. “We are in this together, we are one community.”

Meek said it is important that students take advantage of all the services offered at MSU, to deal with depression.

“You have a bunch of resources on campus, use them,” Meek said. “Use your friends, use your family, but ending your life is not the option, because I guarantee you that there are a lot of people who care about you, more than you will ever know.”

MEETING INFO

Active minds next meeting will take place Oct. 14 at Bessey Hall. The meeting will take place in room 112. Interested students should email active minds at msuactiveminds123@gmail.com.

Sports

Ryan Squanda Sports editor sports@statenews.com @thesnews_sports

MSU Breakdance Club offers fun and inclusive club experience Economics sophomore Yuhang Xiao dances during the MSU Breakdance Club practice on Sept. 23 in IM SportsCircle. PHOTO:

BY CASEY HARRISON CHARRISON@STATENEWS.COM

The MSU Breakdance Club is full of ambitious hip-hop loving students looking to make friends and have fun while doing what they love.

The club has grown for the last two years and this year is no exception, club president and mechanical engineering senior Michael Doa said.

“In years’ past we would have about ten to twenty kids but it was just last year that we doubled and now we have an incredibly large group compared to past years, and hopefully this year will be even better,” Doa said. “And for that to happen two years in a row now, and almost triple the size of the club from a few years ago that’s great and it’s only up from here.”

The MSU Breakdance Club is open to everyone, regardless of skill level or experience.

However, for those looking to dance on a more serious and competitive level, the team also has dancers who compete in tournaments called jams.

“We will go to Grand Rapids quite often, Ann Arbor, Detroit has a lot of battles” Doa said. “We just threw a battle in Lansing last year and it went great and we are continuing to throw it biannually.”

But beyond the dancing, the club is also an opportunity to meet new people, network and make lifelong friends.

Take mechanical engineering senior William Kang for example, who’s met a an array of people since joining the club.

“Most of the people that I’ve met are older than me,” Kang said. “People who just graduated from medical school, attending grad school for their master’s degree, and some of those people are becoming parents for the first time so just talking about those issues and having

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“For that to happen two years in a row now, and almost triple the size of the club from a few years ago, that’s great and it’s only up from here.”

Michael Doa MSU Breakdance Club president

those conversations and meeting those people are some of my favorite memories.”

The club also offers uniqueness and variety.

Undecided freshman breakdancer Sungmok Park said jams are special because no two dancers are the same.

“There are definitely different styles and there’s really no way to categorize them,” Park said.

“Ever ybody da nces di f ferently like, you can pick two different dancers and neither of them dances the same way because they’ll just dance the way they want to.”

Hobbled MSU football team improves to 4-0

BY RYAN KRYSKA RKRYSKA@STATENEWS.COM

The Spartans’ 30-10 win over Central Michigan Saturday was unsettling even though the team finished strong.

The Chippewas exposed holes in the MSU secondary, passing for 285 yards, and held the ball for 31:45 compared to the Spartans’ 28:15. Then there is the injury bug, which bit again, as junior tackle Jack Conklin and junior tight end Josiah Price both left the game and did not return.

Head coach Mark Dantonio declined to comment on the longevity of the players injuries.

But beyond the injuries, the way MSU has been forced to grind games out this season has been another thing. The No. 2 ranking is repeatedly dangled in the Spartans’ faces — it demands perfection.

Not that MSU isn’t used to it, but defeating four schools by an average margin of 12.5 points would not have been so heavily scrutinized two

12.5 Average margin of victory for the No. 2 MSU football team this year, which improved to 4-0 with a 30-10 victory over Central Michigan on Saturday.

seasons ago.

To Dantonio, the margins of victory this season are irrelevant in context of the team’s success. He did acknowledge that opponents are taking note of the ranking.

“I still feel like we’ve not played our best football game and part of that is because when (everybody) comes to Spartan Stadium or to play Michigan State at this point, we are going

to get everybody’s best shot,” Dantonio said after the game on Saturday.

And in what sounded like Dantonio’s attempt to remind critics that blowouts don’t matter, he mentioned a certain national championship team he helped coach — the 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes.

“I was on a football team in 2002 where we won eight games by less than a touchdown, couldn’t care who we were playing,” Dantonio said.

The 2002 Buckeyes actually won seven games by a touchdown or less.

A reminder that of all the team’s troubles, finishing football games with a victory is the Spartans’ only worry.

“I mean, we know what kind of players we have and the caliber of talent we have and we’ve been in situations like this before, we’ve played in big games, especially the senior class, I mean we are all about finishing,” senior quarterback Connor Cook said.

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quarter and held Central Michigan scoreless on just 44 total yards.

Through the first three quarters, MSU led just 17-10.

Junior linebacker Riley Bullough said he too is focused on simply finishing games, despite the heavy pressure to blow teams out.

“We just need to match that intensity each week, which is tough, I mean it is hard week in and week out but it’s a thing as a number two ranked team that you need to do, we understand that, it is something we are going to preach to our team and just continue to get better,” Bullough said.

The Purdue Boilermakers (1-3) will visit East Lansing next Saturday for the Spartans’ homecoming game at noon.

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The MSU football student section, home to where the wild things are Spanish and kinesiology senior David Berkompas, in the polar bear suit, and advertising senior David Weston, in the panda suit, join the student section in the singing of “MSU Shadows” before the game against Central Michigan on Saturday at Spartan Stadium.

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

Spartan Stadium is home to some familiar student fanatics, whether it’s the usual suspects of the men along the front row, bare-chested but drowned in green and white body paint, or the girls with faces painted and stickers plastered to their cheeks.

But at MSU, there are a few students who don’t go for the ordinary, but rather frequent the student section in a persona other than their own. David Berkompas, a Spanish senior, and his friend David Weston, an advertising senior, don bear suits each weekend, while Kyle Fitton, a chemical engineering senior, comes to Spartan Stadium clad in a gorilla suit.

The origins of their personas are two different stories, but both are connected by the presence of MSU in their lives.

“When we were growing up we watched MSU games and saw people dressed up in the student section going nuts and what not, and we always just kinda wanted to be a part of that,” Berkompas said. “So when we came here we just looked online for costumes. The bears itself wasn’t necessarily like ‘Oh we want to be bears,’ it was just a costume we found and thought it would be cool and unique. Been going nuts ever since.”

Berkompas was inspired by the TV show “Workaholics” and decided a bear suit was the best fit. However, the company was out of grizzly bear suits, so he decided on a polar bear suit.

The cost of the suit was a second thought compared to the amount of fun he would have in it.

Weston decided a panda suit would be a nice a compliment to Berkompas’ polar bear. If anything, he said it keeps it classy. However, their adventure started off a little rocky.

“It was around Halloween freshman year and I wore it to one football game,” Berkompas said.

“A lot of strange looks. A lot of people that would just like see you and pretend they didn’t see you and try to pretend it was normal.”

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“It was around Halloween freshman year and I wore it to one football game. A lot of strange looks. A lot of people that would just like see you and pretend they didn’t see you and try to pretend it was normal.”

David Berkompas Spanish senior

Hospitality business senior Emily Kunkle and chemical engineering senior Kyle Fitton, dressed as a gorilla, wait to get inside the student section before the game against Central Michigan on Saturday. PHOTO: JOSHUA ABRAHAM 10

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But as the pair became regulars, fans began to embrace the suits and the two became the subject of game day photo-ops and “a lot of petting” from the slightly inebriated patrons. The pair even stepped it up a notch by jumping on a moped and driving all over campus.

“That’s the best part,” Weston said.

“People when they see you driving on the moped wearing a bear coat it’s just the looks — we get some good looks.”

The costumes have even been the source of their local fame.

“It’s gotten us on TV a lot,” Berkompas said. “Two weeks ago against Oregon it got us into the (ESPN’s College GameDay) Cheez-it Fan of the Week competition and we got to meet Samantha Ponder.”

It’s not hard to pick the pair out of the crowd, but they aren’t the only zoo animals making an appearance in the crowd. Fitton’s story on becoming the gorilla differs from the two David bears.

“Well, I got the gorilla suit a long time ago back in high school,” Fitton said.

“A group of friends of and I decided it would be cool for homecoming if half of us got gorilla suits and half got banana suits. It was just a blast so I figured once I got to college why not keep it going.”

Fitton loved the thrill of it and thought it “always seems to get people excited whenever someone is dressed up or doing something crazy.”

“We obviously have a really good football team so you don’t have to do that much, but whenever you see people around you going crazy it just makes it that much more exciting and kind of

motivates you to cheer a little louder, too,” Fitton said.

To Fitton, it’s also a chance to step out of his comfort zone for a little while.

“There’s that little bit of anonymity and kind of do whatever you want if, even if it’s not you,” Fitton said. “Look, I’m not really that outgoing of a person, but when you have a suit on and you can kind of do whatever you want and be a little crazy and dance around and get people excited. That’s what got me going.”

Berkompas and Weston aren’t the only ones who have garnered some recognition from dressing up. He’ll get the fist bumps and picture requests and the occasional screen time. It’s something Fitton embraces as well because it’s recognition that doesn’t come often.

“I don’t get that much from anywhere else so to see a little recognition from either friends or people around the area so it’s kind of fun when people recognize you as ‘Hey, that’s the gorilla guy,’” Fitton said.

Fitton arrived at MSU after growing up a Spartan fan, but he almost became the gorilla of a rival school. He turned down University of Michigan’s acceptance letter to come to MSU, and the success of the Spartans and the struggle of U-M throughout recent years only reaffirms his decision. He also encourages current students to dress up for games if they feel it’s for them.

“If you’re motivated and you want to do it I would say go for it,” Fitton said.

“When you see people doing that stuff it just gets people excited. I highly recommend it.”

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Meagan Beck Features editor features@statenews.com @sn_features

Your guide to taking a taxi in East Lansing

BY RACHEL FRADETTE RFRADETTE@STATENEWS.COM

At 2 a.m. after a night at the bars, a taxi cab is the one of the most reliable ways to get home safe.

But taking a taxi can be confusing — especially if you’ve had a lot to drink or have never taken a cab before.

One thing is for sure – cab drivers can make an excellent profit on students who are too intoxicated to realize they might be getting ripped off.

Here’s a guide for what to keep in mind when looking for a cab so sober or not, you make it to your destination safely and without spending a lot of money.

KNOW HOW TO GET A CAB WITHOUT WAITING When the bars let out, everyone is looking for a ride home.

You will have to wait a considerable amount of time for your cab. Some cabs will take as long as a half hour to show up. Just because you call a cab doesn’t mean they’re going to be right outside after your call. A good way to avoid this, if you went to the bars, is to just go outside and flag down one of the several cabs sitting out there waiting for people to pick up. Safety is also an important factor here — never wait outside for a cab alone, especially because you will be waiting a long time.

iar with the cab company and how much they charge, you might end up paying a lot more than expected. Drivers could also tack on some extra “fees’ if they think you won’t notice.

CHECK THE RATES OF THE CAB COMPANY The price range can depend on how many people are riding in the cab. Or, in Uber’s case, there might be a price surge during prime hours when people want a cab. (Think 2 a.m. when the bars let out). If you aren’t famil-

USE A RELIABLE TAXI CAB SERVICE Just because a taxi has a significantly cheaper rate than others does not mean it is safe, clean or reliable. Check the reviews of different taxi services in the area before calling to make sure other people have not had pre-

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New Chinese quilt exhibit opens at museum

BY KATERIA HINES KHINES@STATENEWS.COM

Journalism freshman Zimo Wang, left, and accounting sophomore Shiyun Zeng practices before performing on Sunday inside the MSU Museum. Zimo and Zeng were some of the few people who performed classical Chinese music during the grand opening of the Quilts exhibit. PHOTO: JOSHUA ABRAHAM

The MSU Museum opened a new exhibit about the Quilts of Southwest China on Sept. 27 and it will be open until April 30.

The exhibit explores the culture of Southwest China through quilts and other textiles that date back to the 1940s up until the late 20th century.

Marsha MacDowell, a professor in the department of Art and Art History and the curator of the exhibit, gave insight on the five-year process it took to execute this exhibit.

“This exhibit grew out of discussions between members of the American Folklore Society and the Chinese Folklore Society, to look at ways we could build partnerships and collaborations,” MacDowell said.

The MSU Museum already has a wide range of quilts from many different cultures around the world.

“We hope that (people) will be surprised that it’s not just an American quilt tradition but there are multiple traditions of this kind of textile making around the world,” MacDowell said.

The exhibit will be a learning experience for both the viewers of the exhibit and the curators of the event due to the amount of research that has been done on the quilts.

“One interesting thing that I learned was that recently, people that are trying to adopt a kid from China have an online community where they can all get together and send each other pieces of the quilt, and then they will make one big quilt to give to their kid when they come to them,” Lyman Briggs sophomore Jane Sirigiri said.

Each of the quilts are different, but in comparison to some there are a few that share similar design patterns that may have came from the same ethnic groups.

The MSU Museum website describes the Quilts of Southwest China exhibit as “A bi-national consortium of American and Chinese museums, led by the MSU museum and the Yunnan Nationalities Museum.”

Mary Worrall, a curator of cultural heritage at the MSU Museum was excited about the turn out of the exhibit.

“I think it’s been a really great turn out, there’s a really great representation of the community here today,” Worrall said.

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