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“I question why important issues like this are pushed to the end of the meeting, and I question the democratic nature of this organization.”

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Shane Morris’ concussion has little to do with why U-M wants Brady Hoke, Dave Brandon fired

by Jameson Joyce jjoyce@statenews.com

I was raised a Spartan. For that reason, I know what it means to have a football team that struggles sometimes. Growing up, the Spartans rarely had a season far above .500.

However, we supported our team. There were no protests calling for the jobs of our coaches or athletic directors. We loved winning just as anyone else, but we did not demand it above all else. Protesting because your

football team isn’t winning?

That’s the Michigan Difference.

Right about now, those who bleed maize and blue are probably turning red. They will claim that the protests on Sept. 30 were due to quarterback Shane Morris reentering the game after he suffered a concussion. Never mind the fact that it was the athletic trainer’s job to clear Morris for play, not head coach Brady Hoke’s and certainly not athletic director Dave Brandon’s; Michigan faithful marched to the university president’s house demanding Hoke and Brandon be fired, with “Protect Student Athletes” as their rallying cry.

This is where I call BS. As even some Michigan students have noted, if Michigan was having a less embarrassing season, these protests would

never have happened. I’m sure there are some out there that are truly horrified about what could have happened to Morris if he had sustained another serious hit, but for the most part, Morris and this blown-up “scandal” have been used as a facade.

Legendary coach Bo Schembechler once said, “When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing.”

Michigan, despite rightfully revering the man, ignored his words. They got soft from winning; now they’re losing, and they are not sticking by their team.

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ating fans. However, one has to wonder how they think a different AD, even one who restores all of the “lost culture of Michigan”, would manage to pack the Big House in order to watch the football team lose to teams like Utah and Minnesota. By claiming the “state of the athletic department” has ignored alumni, students, fans, and student athletes, it ignores every other program and student athlete within the athletic department.

This directly relates to the final ironic twist to the petition: it claims the athletic department has produced “overwhelmingly negative attention.” However, it seems to me that although the football team has gotten negative attention, the athletic department was doing just fine until it was smeared. Now, instead of hearing about all of the good things happening athletically over at U of M, people instead read about students and alumni complaining about their lousy football program and

almost abandoning their team on game day.

If the Wolverines were undefeated, climbing in the rankings, and actually had something to play for, the Big House would be packed every game and fans would be happy. Almost no one would be talking about Morris and Hoke’s job would be safer than ever. Thanks to Brandon, revenue would be up and people would be calling him a genius for helping the football program and the non-revenue generating sports improve their facilities. Michigan football would be “back,” Walmart Wolverines would once again don their maize and blue gear, and Michigan fans everywhere would once again be saying “This is Michigan.”

The protesters who are using Morris’ injury for their own purposes need to be honest: this is not about your outrage about an injured quarterback playing, it is about your healthy players losing.

Opinion Po ll T h u r s day ’ s r e s u lt s

When is it appropriate to leave the student section during a football game?

34%—Never! As a student, it’s your obligation to support your team.

21%—Maybe if it’s a complete blowout 46%—Whenever I feel like it.

Total votes: 180 as of 5 p.m. Sunday

To day ’ s q u e s t i o n

Do you think college football officials properly evaluate injured players?

EDITORIAL: U-M’s concussion scandal could happen anywhere Officials, coaches and fans alike have been discuss- did Morris’ re-entry somehow slip through the ing the issue of football players’ concussions for a cracks? How many officials does it take to notice long, long time. But incidents like what happened a player can’t stand up, and suggest he be evaluwhen U-M quarterback Shane Morris was con- ated before returning to the field?

“We now understand that, despite having the cussed during this year’s game against Minnesota are still part of a fervent national conversation. right people on the sidelines assessing our student-athletes’ well being, the systems we had in But isn’t the solution fairly obvious?

If there’s even the slightest suspicion that a play- place were inadequate to handle this unique and complex situation properly,” Brandon said er has suffered a head injury, remove in a statement. him from the game. Period.

Editorial So the right people were in place...they After Shane Morris was hit against board just made the wrong call?

Minnesota, it was clear he had no busiPerhaps it’s time to implement a betterness playing. He could barely stay on his editor safe-than-sorry approach. Even if officials feet, and had to lean on a fellow play- in chief and coaches weren’t aware of an internal er to stay upright. Nonetheless, he went Celeste Bott head injury, they saw the severity of the back in the same game for two more INTERn hit. There’s no excuse for not insisting that plays, inciting public outrage.

Morris be checked out.

Though U-M football head coach Brandi Scarber But football is fast-paced, and there was Brady Hoke said he didn’t believe Morpressure to keep things moving. And someris had been concussed, U-M’s athletic minority one — possibly more than one person — director Dave Brandon later confirmed rep Sergio caved to that pressure at the expense of a that Morris had in fact suffered a mild Martínez20-year-old sophomore. concussion injury.

Beltrán Because that’s what Shane Morris is, first And while U-M claims the medical and foremost. He’s a young guy with his team didn’t see the hit, it was pretty damn clear to spectators. Even ESPN announcer whole life ahead of him, and what happened to Dave Cunningham, who was calling the game, him that game was dangerous.

And this isn’t just U-M’s problem. It’s importwas quick to express his shock.

“I gotta tell you right now, that No. 7 (Morris) ant to recognize this kind of rash decision-makis still in this game is appalling,” Cunningham ing could happen at any college football game, said. “It is appalling that he was left in on that putting any player’s health at risk, even in Sparplay to throw the ball again as badly as he was tan Stadium.

So to those on the sidelines, pay attention. And hit by Cockran… that is terrible looking after a remember that you are ultimately deciding if a young player.”

The dangers of continuing to play after a concus- game win is worth more than a man’s health and sion are pretty well-known at this point, so how well-being.

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MSU sees lackluster win over Purdue on Saturday, in a 45-31 road victory

Student begins startup to have users predict song success competitively

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Hats and apparel made by student entrepreneur and supply chain management junior Josh York sit on a table Tuesday as York shows his new designs, soon to be released at The Hatch, 325 E. Grand River Ave., suite 345 in East Lansing. For every item York sells, he donates one item to a homeless shelter. Read more on page 5.

Combined points MSU football has been outscored by in the previous two fourth quarters against Nebraska and Purdue

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“I understand what it takes to make payroll every week. I understand what it takes to bring multi-million dollar projects on time and within budget.”

Melanie Foster, MSU trustee candidate Read more on page 4.

MSU football remains No. 8 in latest AP Top 25 Poll and moves up in Amway Coaches Poll MSU football remained No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll and moved up two spots to No. 6 in the Amway Coaches Poll after beating Purdue 45-31 on Saturday.

Both polls were released on Sunday, with Ohio State and Nebraska as the only other Big Ten teams in the two polls. Ohio State ranks No. 13 and Nebraska ranks No. 19 in both polls.

The No. 6 ranking in the coaches poll is the highest MSU has been all season. MSU was as high as No. 7 before losing to Oregon, 46-27 on Sept. 6.

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Fashion incubator will support budding designers with retail and office space

Apparel and textile design senior Katie Raynard attends the opening of The Runway on Thursday at 300 S. Washington Square, Suite 100 in Lansing. The Runway helps local fashion designers sell their clothing items.

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The Runway, Michigan’s first fashion incubator, opened its doors Oct. 9 in downtown Lansing, giving a place for local fashion designers to bring their creations to life.

“That’s precisely what The Runway is all about, generating new ideas, new products, new businesses, setting the table for entrepreneurs to realize their dreams,” Mayor Virg Bernero said. “It’s so exciting to get an incredible start right here in Lansing.”

He said this innovation and entrepreneurship with be key drivers of the city’s future prosperity.

Runway operations manager, Jeff Henry, who’s a fashion designer and entrepreneur himself, said he has walked in the shoes of a lot of the designers involved with the project and knows just how important this space is to them.

When he was starting out, Henry said he had to work out of his small apartment and screen print in his parents’ garage.

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The Runway, however, gives retail space, work space as well as office space for about 12 fashion designers. Unlike Henry, they have plenty of space to design, create and operate their business.

“To have a space this state of the art that has all of this equipment and of course, having this retail space as well is a huge platform for anyone to be standing on,” Henry said. “For those a part of this program, it’s a huge opportunity.”

One person in The Runway’s program is MSU apparel and textile design senior Katie Raynard, who said she doesn’t have much knowledge of the business side of the fashion industry with her design background.

“For me, it gives me resources, where I can learn and have access to community members who will support me in this endeavor,” Raynard said. “So it helps financially, marketing-wise, all the many different components of starting a business.”

Mayor Bernero said the hope is for promising designers in the area, like Raynard, to stay in Lansing and not move to places like Los Angeles or New York.

MSU College Republicans welcomed MSU trustee candidate Melanie Foster, dressed in a vintage green and white football sweater, on Wednesday night as the guest speaker at their weekly meeting.

As a former trustee, Foster lost her reelection bid in the 2012 election to current Board of Trustees member Brian Mosallam. At the meeting, Foster talked about her experience on the board and explained the plans she’d enact if she is reelected on Nov. 4.

MSU College Republicans President Lisa Jankowski said her organization supports Melanie Foster because she is “the conservative candidate,” and “she represents our values.”

A first-generation American, Foster was the first in her family to go to college. She received her degree in ornamental horticulture from MSU, and then returned to her family business and helped it grow into one of the nation’s largest female-owned commercial contract landscape companies. Foster said her business experience is one qualification needed to serve on the board.

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“I understand what it takes to make a payroll every week. I understand what it takes to bring in multi-million dollar projects on time and within budget,” she said, “and I would like to bring that skill set back to Michigan State University.”

Foster said it was always the goal of the trustees and the president to pay in the “mid-range in the Big Ten so we can attract and retain a world class faculty,” and said it becomes a balancing act between paying faculty members well and funding various university departments, while also keeping tuition affordable for students.

She said that balancing act has gotten a lot more difficult.

“It doesn’t take a math major to figure out that state funding has diminished significantly over the last 30 years or so,” she said.

Foster cited the rising cost of education for students as an ongoing issue for the Board of Trustees. She said one of her most important goals, if elected, would be to examine the budget thoroughly, and analyze costs in every area. She said she would advocate for an outside audit to determine best practices.

“It really is challenging to keep costs in control,” she said. “And what I hear from par-

ents and students and taxpayers in Michigan is that is the number one concern; that tuition costs are going up at a higher rate than the cost of inflation.”

A potential smirch on Foster’s stance is her implication in a November 2013 investigation

by WXYZ, which revealed that trustees had spent “lavishly” at MSU’s expense. According to the report, she took her husband with her on a trip to South Africa which cost the university more than $20,000, and only repaid $14,000 in expenses when confronted by a reporter about the spending.

She said the board has done a “great job” increasing the number of out-of-state students, but she believes MSU is approaching a “tipping point” where students born in Michigan could soon be displaced by outof-state or international students. Foster said the board needs to focus on the issue.

She stressed that although students should remember that the Board of Trustees elects the university’s president and sets policy, it is important for them not to “micromanage” or “meddle” with curriculum decisions or the election of deans.

Foster said she is excited for the next few weeks and she feels 2014 will be “a great year.”

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Student aids homeless with clothing line

By Amanda Chodnicki achodnicki@statenews.com

Spotting a $1, colored beanie at the hardware store doesn’t typically lead to an effort to end homelessness.

Though supply chain management junior Josh York didn’t expect it, that’s exactly what happened.

“I was working at Aco Hardware and they sold these beanies for a dollar,” York said. “So I bought one and sewed my last name into it, York.”

He wore it to one of his band’s concerts and everyone wanted one.

“Being a business person, I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll make 20 more and sell them to all of my friends,” York said. “So I started doing that and selling out of them every concert.”

From there, York said it took off and prompted him to create his clothing line, York Apparel.

The movement At the same time, York was really into the Detroit Movement and its message.

“I thought to myself, I’m doing something cool selling hats,” York said. “Why don’t I do something with it to give back to Detroit?”

York followed the Tom’s shoes model and donated a hat to a homeless person in Detroit for every one he sold.

His business expanded and he’s now donated across the country in major cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Nashville and Washington D.C. In a year and a half, York has sold more than 2,000 products in 28 states and five countries.

“I get sales from Malaysia and Australia,” York said. “I don’t know why, but random people find it online.”

Though the business is taking hold, he’s trying

to switch the name to York Project. He wants to convey that it’s more than a clothing company — it’s a project to make the world a better place.

Long-term goals Something that started off as trying to get some extra cash from friends, York said, led him to a lot of great ideas.

“My long-term goal is to fix homelessness,” said York. “My goal is to set up a manufacturing plant in Detroit, employ homeless people, pay them, and also provide them a place to live upstairs.”

He wants to make it a two-year program, after which participants graduate and will hopefully be on their feet.

Eventually, York hopes to funnel money from each sale into other cities as well. Now, he just donates wherever he goes.

“For example, I went to New York City on vacation last spring break and took 50 hats with me to donate,” York said. “I just thought it would be cool to donate them wherever I was and spread the reach out.”

His message Hats are York’s main product, but hoodies, crew necks, tank tops and T-shirts are also part of his project to help others.

“The whole message and mission I’m trying to get across is: doing good deeds for your community,” York said. “Like we send so much money overseas, as the U.S., but there’s also people that live a mile away that need help just as much as anyone else in the world.”

For the most part, York hand-delivers his products to the shelters. Giving something to a homeless person on the street is his favorite thing to do.

“One guy asked me for money and I didn’t have my wallet on me, but I actually took the hat off of

Hats made by student entrepreneur and supply chain management junior Josh York sit on a table Oct. 7, 2014, as York shows his new designs to soon be released at The Hatch, 325 E. Grand River Ave. Suite 345 in East Lansing. For every item York sells, he donates one item to a homeless shelter.

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my head and gave it to him,” York said. “That was probably the coolest interaction ever because you could just see the look on his face like ‘someone cares enough about me to do that.’”

Balancing time Between making his products, hand-delivering the majority of them and working to end homelessness, one may wonder how York has time for anything else.

He’s talked to his parents about dropping out of college, though they didn’t take him seriously.

He would really like to focus on the York Project, but he also wants to get the most out of his college years. York said once he graduates, he’ll be able to manage his business full time.

He said the resources at MSU are amazing, like The Hatch and The Runway, the new fashion incubator and retail store in downtown Lansing where York’s clothing line will soon be sold.

“This is the time to do something just because you have the most amazing network of people and there’s so much talent in East Lansing,” York said. “Don’t wait.”

COGS begins to make progress on health care

By AJ Moser amoser@statenews.com

During the full council meeting on Oct. 8, the Council of Graduate Students officially finalized their plans after much furor to investigate the changing health care issues for graduate students.

Although the meeting was scheduled to end at 7:30 p.m., most of the attendees were engaged in a heated debate as the clock passed 8:30 p.m.

Under interim chair Robert Vankirk, the ad-hoc health care committee had been meeting unofficially to discuss the recent changes to the Graduate Assistant Health Insurance Plan, but according to the e-board, the meetings were held “prematurely, without the consultation of the full executive board.”

At these unofficial meetings, students brainstormed a list of questions to send to Aetna and university officials regarding why the changes were necessary. Robert Vankirk, graduate student for law intelligence and analysis, was supposed to present his information early in the meeting, however his report was moved near the end of the meeting.

Vankirk was able to begin speaking at about 6:45 p.m., and sparked a nearly two hour debate.

“I question why important issues like this are pushed to the end of the meeting, and I question the democratic nature of this organization,” Vankirk said. “I believe students are being

silenced by the executive board, and I find it incredibly concerning that these practices are accepted within COGS.” These comments led to several heated arguments among the full council, as discussion devolved from the typical process of motions and seconds to shouting out of turn and over each other.

Eventually, though, the council was able to come together and vote on several important decisions.

An official Health Care Committee led by COGS Vice President for External Affairs Mandie Maxwell was suggested to head the issues, but members believe an ad-hoc committee would be more appropriate as it could have several meetings in a time-sensitive manner before the next full council meeting.

Vice President for Internal Affairs Dan Clark said that due to the sensitivity of the issue, a non-executive board member and non-Graduate Employees Union affiliate should head the proposed committee.

After a unanimous vote to form the ad-hoc health care committee, the council then elected outspoken representative Sudah Sankar as head of the committee charged to “investigate the health care changes as made by university and Aetna they will then make recommendations to the full council on how to proceed.” Any interested member was able to sign up to sit on meetings.

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Concussion protocol for MSU football sees changes After University of Michigan officials went under intense media fire for sending a football player who appeared to be concussed back into a game on Sept. 27, it continued to fuel national conversation on concussion protocol in university athletics

By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com

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ept. 27 was the day that all eyes in the sporting world turned to the Big House.

A hot button issue came to a head in an ugly way, as Michigan sophomore quarterback Shane Morris was sent back into a game against Minnesota that was already out of hand for the Wolverines late in the fourth quarter.

The problem was that it appeared as though Morris had a concussion.

After taking a hit Morris went out of the

game stumbling, showing signs of a concussion in a sports era where knowledge about the brain injury has made it unacceptable to put athletes on the field when a concussion is possible.

The fallout and criticism of head coach Brady Hoke and Athletic Director David Brandon has put all football programs and their concussion protocol under the microscope, including Michigan’s rivals down the road in East Lansing.

Increased knowledge Concussions have always existed in sports, but with more research being done on brain

injuries over the past decade, sensitivity has increased.

MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis said every sport has either a trained physician or a neurologist on the sidelines who decide whether or not a player will play or not. For the MSU football team, that neurologist is Dr. David Kaufman.

Kaufman, the head of the neurology department at MSU, said the symptoms of a concussion include dizziness, headache, memory loss, nausea and vision issues.

According to research from Kaufman, only about 9 percent of those concussed lose consciousness.

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“The appropriate amount of time to come back from a concussion is specific to every person and situation,” he said in an email. “We typically use a protocol that employs a graduated return to play and the classroom based on being back on their baseline.”

Kaufman said although concussions affect everyone differently, it is dangerous for anyone to play through a concussion.

“A student athlete may have a slower response time and cognitive or vision issues,” he said. “There is a phenomena called second impact syndrome. It is quite rare, but it is theoretically possible that accelerated brain swelling can occur with a second impact soon after the primary concussion.”

According to a survey from Cleared to Play, an organization that does research on brain injury, 50 percent of second impact syndrome cases result in death.

With one concussion impact, however, Kaufman said most athletes will see improvement in symptoms within one to seven days and not see any lingering effects.

MSU’s protocol: Mark Dantonio The situation at Michigan made national headlines, and seemingly everyone has weighed in on the issue. Head coach Mark Dantonio also weighed in on MSU’s protocol for head injuries.

“As a coach, I’ve sat in on 3 1/2 hour meetings,” he said. “We’re not going to put anyone in the game that we think is at risk. We establish a baseline for every player as soon as they walk in the door.”

Those baseline tests are put in place to see what a player’s cognitive function is before a concussion, so that if a suspected concussion occurs the player’s function can be tested again.

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head, and at the same time players want to play. A lot of times they’ll think they can stay in and they don’t tell you (about their

Dantonio said another test the program symptoms).” installs is an impact test. The impact test is used for after a player is diagnosed with a MSU’s protocol: Mark Hollis concussion, and tests when a player should Athletic director Mark Hollis understands that players want nothing more than to play, as he be allowed to return to action.

“That impact test basically talks about the played high school football and was recruitrelevance of the concussion,” he said. “I know ed by Vanderbilt. As an administrator, he also the younger a player is, even a true freshmen, said he understands his role is to keep players it takes them longer to get over a concussion safe at all times.

“The key with football is to not put the decision than a fifth-year senior. So there is a correlation between age and when someone should in the player’s hands,” he said. “Not because of a lack of trust, but because we know that playcome back to the game.” er’s desire to play.”

Dantonio said even Communication seemed to when a player is cleared be one of the issues at Michito play, the process of “Nothing is perfect, gan, while Hollis never refergetting that player back but the more we enced the situation at Michion the field doesn’t hapgan directly, he said he wants pen immediately. can do about obcommunication between doc“We always start playservation and comtors, coaches and players to ers with light exercise munication, the be the most important part and see how they hanof their protocol. dle that,” he said. “That’s better. We really “Your primary role (as athour policy, and I think expanded one set letic director) is to ensure that our doctors as up to date of eyes into multithere are sound principles of on it as they can be but communication in place,” he concussions, you know, ple sets of eyes.” said. “It’s critical as an atht here is a g ray area letic director to know what’s because players want to Mark Hollis, MSU going on and where everycontinue to play.” athletic director thing is going.”

Dantonio said he Hollis said every football believes MSU’s protocol game has a neurologist and is up to date. He also said he believes the decision shouldn’t always be multiple trained physicians present because they are the only ones who can make an acculeft to the player.

“You try to educate them, but at the same rate diagnosis.

“You’re not in a position where you have the time, having played college football, there are times when you hit someone and you’re student athlete make the diagnosis,” he said. “At stunned,” he said. “You’ve got to clear your the end of the day athletic directors, coaches MONday, Oc to b e r 1 3, 2 01 4

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and student athletes are not doctors.”

MSU has also noticed improvements made to protocols of other Big Ten programs and are beginning to implement them. Northwestern has had a doctor in the press box for multiple years to serve as another set of eyes to help diagnose when a concussion occurs.

Hollis has decided to install this change as well. Following the Michigan-Minnesota game when Shane Morris was let back into the game after an expected concussion, MSU started to put another set of eyes in their press box.

Nebraska liked the idea as well, and they asked if they could put a doctor in the press box when Nebraska visited East Lansing on Oct. 4. Hollis obliged and put the Nebraska and MSU doctor next to one other.

“Nothing is perfect, but the more we can do about observation and communication, the better,” he said. “We really expanded one set of eyes into multiple sets of eyes.”

Spartan Stadium is one of the only facilities in the Big Ten with X-ray capabilities according to Hollis, which is something he said helps with the efficiency of the protocol at MSU. “I think we have as good a procedure as anyone in the country,” he said. “Ideally you want the concussion analysis to come from a trained physician.”

The protocol depends on the sport. In football, the athlete is examined by a trainer first, which follows with a look from Kaufman. The athlete is looked at with an X-ray machine and after that the coach is informed of the player’s status.

Hollis would not comment on the specifics of the Michigan situation with Shane Morris and what he would do as an athletic director in that scenario.

“It’s hard to do a comparison without more information,” Hollis said. “I don’t want to put myself in a situation to compare myself to that situation.”

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By Robert Bondy rbondy@statenews.com

No. 8 MSU football experienced deja vu on Saturday.

For a second consecutive week, the Spartans nearly blew a 20-plus point lead in the fourth quarter. But again, the defense came up with an interception to seal the victory over Purdue, 45-31.

Purdue (3-4 overall, 1-2 Big Ten) made the game interesting late in the fourth quarter, trimming MSU’s lead to just one touchdown with less than seven minutes to go. But junior linebacker Darien Harris took an interception to the endzone from 15 yards out to preserve the Spartan victory.

“Our team, again, responded in the second half, came out very fast in the second half scored 21 points, and then it was back to the same old, ya know, trying to hold off a tough team,” head coach Mark Dantonio said following the game.

“I’ve said all week long that Purdue is a football team that is an improved football

Sports COLUMN: MSU needs to figure out fourth quarter struggles

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Purdue advances to defend against Michigan State on Saturday, during a game against Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.

team and continues to move forward.”

Junior quarterback Connor Cook finished 19-of37 for 238 passing yards and three touchdowns and one pick . Senior wide receiver Tony Lippett was once again Cook’s favorite target, reeling in seven receptions for 138 yards and one touchdown. With another touchdown, Lippett extended his touchdown streak to eight games and now has nine total touchdowns on the season.

Even more impressive was the Spartan running game, which finished with 294 yards. Senior running back Jeremy Langford led the group with 104 yards on 13 carries. Senior running back Nick Hill also had a solid afternoon, recording 72 rushing yards and two touchdowns against Purdue.

MSU scored on its first four possessions, starting with a 39-yard touchdown connection between Cook and Lippett. The touchdown came less than four minutes into the game.

Purdue would respond the following drive with a 36-yard field goal from junior kicker Paul Griggs to cut the Spartan lead to 7-3. But from there on, MSU put its foot down on the gas pedal.

The next two drives resulted in Spartan touchdowns, including a two-yard run by Hill and a two-yard pass from Cook to sophomore tight end Josiah Price. The back-to-back touchdowns put MSU up 21-3 with 11:37 left in the second quarter.

Purdue would rally, however, punching in two touchdowns opposite of one Spartan field goal to send the game 24-17 into half.

The Spartans used back-to-back three and outs to create back-to-back touchdowns, pushing the MSU lead to 38-17 early in the second half. The first Spartan score came on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Cook to junior wide receiver Aaron Burbridge and Hill punched in a four yard rush-

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MSU appeared to be in position to finish off the Boilermakers, but a Cook interception gave Purdue life. The interception eventually led to a fourth-down, 52-yard touchdown run by senior running back Akeem Hunt to cut MSU’s lead to 38-24.

Purdue continued the momentum for the following possession. The Boilermakers were able to stop junior defensive tackle Lawrence Thomas on a questionable fake punt to give Purdue great starting field position in MSU territory.

The drive would result in another Hunt touchdown, this time from three yards out to make it 38-31 with 6:19 left in the game.

Hunt’s touchdown would be the closest the game would get after Harris returned an interception for a game-clinching Spartan touchdown.

MSU finished with 532 total yards compared to 340 for Purdue. Following the game Purdue senior defensive end Ryan Russell said the Boilermaker defense didn’t play well enough to steal the victory.

“Defense wasn’t good enough,” Russell said during a post game Purdue press conference.

“The offense put enough points up for us to win, but the defense needs to come through.”

MSU returns to the field next Saturday when the Spartans travel to Memorial Stadium to take on Indiana. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. and will start the second half of the season for MSU. Dantonio said the Spartans are continuing to move forward and will look at the Hoosiers as the next step in pursuit of a Big Ten Championship.

“We continue to just lay one brick at a time with what we are trying to do,” Dantonio said.

“Our vision is to go one game at a time through this thing, so we’re 5-1 (and) go to the next half.”

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One week ago, it appeared No. 8 MSU’s lackluster fourth quarter finish was simply a fluke.

During Tuesday’s media availability, players and coaches made a point to diminish the Nebraska comeback as nothing more than a bad string of plays and counting down the clock too early.

Head coach Mark Dantonio said the finish against Nebraska, which saw a 27-3 lead vanish in one quarter, was “uncharacteristic” of his Spartans.

This was surely nothing Spartan faithful would have to worry about heading into this week’s game against a mediocre Purdue squad. The Boilermakers stood as heavy underdogs, and after senior running back Nick Hill punched in a four yard touchdown late in the third quarter to put MSU up three scores, it appeared you could chalk this one up in the win column for the green-and-white.

But one bad pass by junior quarterback Connor Cook in the fourth quarter sparked another thrilling finish that surely left a bad taste in the mouth of Spartans across the globe, despite moving to 2-0 on the season in conference play.

For a second straight week, MSU needed a late turnover out of its defense to survive a comeback bid, this time winning 45-31. Junior linebacker Darien Harris returned an interception from 15 yards out to clinch the Spartan victory in the final moments, but the overall finish is concerning for MSU. MSU nearly surrendered a three touchdown lead in the final quarter of play, with the game coming down to the final drive. On Saturday in West Lafayette, it was a mixture of defensive blunders and the offense stalling late that kept the Boilermakers in the game. Add in another special teams mistake — fake punt that was stopped — and you have a receipt for disaster.

The back-to-back near upset finishes is concerning for a team with such high expectations. Blowing late leads has started to become a big issue for this team and something players and coaches will once again have to address this week.

MSU’s College Football Playoff hopes are still alive, but failing to produce in the final moments will surely affect MSU eventually.

Nebraska and Purdue weren’t able to complete the comeback, but it only takes one team and one game to ruin this entire season. Can Indiana do it next week? What about Michigan the following week? Or even Ohio State if MSU has a fast start against the Buckeyes?

Another loss and MSU is out of the playoff picture, especially if it blows a big lead to a team like Purdue. And after another week that saw MSU climb up the polls, the playoffs are surely the ultimate goal for this Spartan team.

With all of that being said, next week’s game at Indiana will tell whether or not this is a trend or simply a coincidence. MSU will be heavy favorites again, and there’s a good chance it’ll carry a similar double digit lead into the fourth quarter.

Only then will we know whether or not the past two finishes were flukes or if it’s time to get the panic button out.

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Emily Jenks Features editor features@statenews.com @sn_features

Student applies troubled past to lead role in ‘Carrie’

Alumnus starts stock market for music based on fantasy football

By Ian Martin imartin@statenews.com

BFA acting senior Katie Maggart and BFA acting junior Blaine Mizer rehearse for Carrie: The Musical on Monday at the Wharton Center. The musical will be performed Oct. 10-19. PHOTOS: AERIKA WILLIAMS

By Brittanie Chludzinski bchludzinski@statenews.com

The pain and humiliation that victims of bullying are subjected to every single day is something that theatre senior Caitlin Dunlap knows all too well.

Standing center stage as she takes on the role of Carrie in the MSU Theatre Department’s production of Carrie the Musical, Dunlap connects with her character as she recalls past experiences of being bullied throughout middle school.

“I have never played a character that I have understood so fully before,” Dunlap said. “I just trust myself so fully with this role and I never have any doubts.”

As a result of the Guest Artist Initiative presented by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Dunlap is among the MSU theatre students who has collaborated with Artistic Director of New York Theatre Barn Joe Barros. As the guest director and choreographer for this production, Barros said the musical is very ambitious because it focuses on human relationships and the consequences of bullying.

“Rather than being a supernatural horror story about a girl who has magic powers and kills people, Carrie is a cautionary tale about a girl who was pushed past her boiling point because she is 10

Theater senior Caitlin Dunlap rehearses for Carrie: The Musical on Monday at the Wharton Center. Dunlap will play the lead role that she will perform Oct. 10-19.

teased and bullied,” Barros said.

Carrie’s destructive behavior results from the humiliation she experiences among her peers and Barros said the show is designed to remind the audience of modern-day tragedies that stemmed from harassment and bullying.

“It’s not that different from what happened in Columbine or Virginia Tech or any recent school shootings. While Carrie has superpowers, those superpowers parallel to the guns and weapons that people bring to school as a result of the bullying they receive,” he said.

Barros said the production raises the question, “what does it cost to be kind?”

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“Ultimately, the message is that we can make the world a better place if we acknowledge people and treat them with respect,” he said. “It’s just so much easier to be nice.”

As Dunlap is able to relate to Carrie so well, she said she hopes that her performance will help the audience understand how their actions can impact the lives of others.

“I really want to make Carrie a sympathetic character and have the audience identify with her,” Dunlap said. “I’m hoping that people will watch this performance and realize that we are all part of the problem.”

‘Carrie’ will play at Wharton Center Oct. 10-19.

It all began at P.T. O’Malley’s last year. But instead of being the place of a night of a drunken excursion, the bar was where MSU alumnus Derek Debiak got the inspiration to launch MSU startup company The Song Market.

Somehow, an argument between Debiak and his Debiak friends broke out over who had discovered Ylvis’ song, “The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)” and who was the first to figure out that the song would become popular “for whatever reason,” as Debiak put it.

“That’s when the idea hit me. I realized, currently, there’s no way to quantifiably measure your ability to predict music success,” he said.

That idea became The Song Market, which launched on Sunday, and allows users to compete with their friends to buy stock in songs with the anticipation that the song will become popular in the future.

The main feature of The Song Market that allows users to compete against their friends in what is called “crowds.” Debiak described crowds as a fantasy stock market of music based off the same concept as fantasy football leagues.

The Song Market is fully integrated with Spotify and allows users to see which songs their friends are buying and selling.

Debiak worked out the feasibility of the idea by doing market research and, to his surprise, found that nothing like this actually existed until now.

The Hatch, at Spartan Innovations, helped to progress the idea further, in addition to the seed funding at Spartan Innovations.

He co-founded the start-up with fellow MSU alumni Matt Ao and MacKinley Smith. The three of them graduated this past spring and have been working on the side, nights and weekends, via Skype, despite having full-time jobs.

The ultimate goal for the three alumni is to make The Song Market successful enough where they can put all their time and energy into it and not have to worry about finances.

“It’s really hard to make (The Song Market) what we want while working,” Debiak said.

Debiak said The Song Market is not perfect yet, but the next few weeks should be a good indicator of where the start-up is headed.

“Our current beta version is a primitive skeleton of what we’re trying to build in the future,” Debiak said.

“The goal is to get quality feedback from our early users to let us know what we should be focusing on moving forward.”

Just five days after The Song Market was launched, the start up received a $5,000 investment from seed accelerator fund Start Garden.

Debiak said the investment will allow them to continue building the functionality of The Song Market at a faster pace.

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Volleyball still in Big Ten race after weekend split The Spartans fell to No. 8 Nebraska on Friday before bouncing back against Iowa on Saturday at home

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The volleyball team was able to stay afloat in the Big Ten standings this weekend after splitting two home games.

MSU (10-7 overall, 3-3 Big Ten) currently sits in 10th place in the conference but only one game separates the 10th seed from the 4th seed.

The weekend got off to a rough start as the Spartans dropped Friday night’s game to then-ranked No. 8 Nebraska (104 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) in four sets, 3-1 (20-25, 18-25, 25-22, 23-25).

MSU started slow against the Cornhuskers and were not able to recover until it was too late.

“I thought Nebraska did a great job at the service line putting a lot of pressure on our passers,” head coach Cathy George said. “Once we got back on our game plan, started being more aggressive with what we were doing, we saw some success.”

George implored her team to come out with more fight on Saturday night and

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“I really like what I saw,” George said usual but Garvelink did a little more than about the team’s demeanor between the “pitch in” over the weekend.

Garvelink recorded a combined 19 kills Nebraska and Iowa game.

MSU completely outclassed Iowa (8-9 over the weekend, which was the most behind Fitterer (20 overall, 0-6 Big Ten), needkills) and Reinig ing only a hour and twen“I thought (26 kills). ty minutes to sweep the Gar velink has Hawkeyes in straight sets Nebraska did a c a r v e d a n ic he (25-15, 25-17, 25-18). great job at the for herself, along“We have a lot of conservice line putting side senior middle trol in what happens in a match,” senior libero and a lot of pressure on bloc ker Jazm ine W hite, play ing co-captain Kori Moster our passers. Once in every set since said. “We’re a very talented we got back on our Big Ten play has team, we need to use that started. to our advantage.” game plan ... we MSU w ill have The disparity in talent saw some success.” a week off before was evident against the headi ng ea st to Hawkeyes, who still have Cathy George, face Big Ten newnot won a match or set in Volleyball head coach comers Rutgers and conference play through six Maryland. games.

The Spartans have to like their chanc“I think everyone pitched in tonight,” f r e sh m a n m idd le blo c ke r A ly s s a es against the Terps and Scarlet Knights as neither team has won a conference Garvelink said.

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Swimming and diving sees successful weekend In an outdoor match, MSU saw unexpectedly warm weather on Saturday and defeated Denison and Grand Valley in East Lansing and freshman Alysse Fischer (2:14.92). Freshman Lachie McLeish took first for the men’s side with a final time of 1:55.95.

Lacy won the 50 meter freestyle (28.02) for When the swim meet against Denison and Grand Valley was scheduled, coaches and ath- the women, while junior Jacob Moore finished letes weren’t sure what to expect for an out- first for the men (24.26).

Freshman Connor Lamb gained his first vicdoor competition in mid-October. MSU lucked out this Saturday with sunny weather reach- tory in collegiate swimming for the men’s 200 ing the upper 50s, where the swimming and meter IM (2:15.10), with Weeks following in diving team performed in the shadow of Spar- second (2:15.25).

During the 200 meter butterf ly, tan Stadium. junior Elizabeth Brown (2:22.30) Pugh MSU men and women defeated Online (2:27.07), and freshman Becca HanDenison and Grand Valley Saturday To watch the afternoon at the IM Sports-West outswimming non (2:30.89) finished consecutivedoor pool. The men beat Grand Valand diving ly. On the men’s side, freshman Alex ley 149-55 and Denison 155-49.5, while team in Duffy (2:11.28), Weeks (2:13.65) and action on freshman Mitch Strahlman (2:15.34) the women beat Denison 137-68 and Grand Valley 145-59, overall winning Saturday, visit also finished first, second and third. statenews. McLeish (53.79) and Moore (54.53) 16 of the 22 events throughout the day. com/ were victorious in the men’s 100 meter “I think being able to showcase our multimedia freestyle. outdoor pool is always cool. Having Senior Kelly Delor me f inished an outdoor meet in Michigan in October is very unique, and unique to us,” head first for the women’s 200 meter backstroke coach Matt Gianiodis said. “We will embrace (2:31.48), and sophomore Sam Hiller and Trompke won for the men’s side. it and try to have fun.”

In the 200 meter breaststroke, junior MariSophomore Lauren Kalwasinski, senior Shelby Lacy, sophomore Sarah Love and junior na Borri (248.62) and freshman Mia BarEmily Parsons took the first victory of the day ic (2:51.76) were victorious, swimming in at for the women’s 400 medley relay, finishing first and second. For the men, Kandt and Lamb with a time of 4:34.57. Men’s 400 medley relay took first and second, with times of 2:29.34 team of freshman Alex Trompke, sophomore and 2:34.26.

To wrap up the meet, Workman, McLeish, Alec Kandt, junior Nate Weeks and senior Kyle freshman Nick Leshok and Trompke won the Workman finished first with a 3:59.71 time.

Freshman Joe Szczupakiewicz finished the men’s 400 meter freestyle relay, finishing with men’s 800 meter freestyle first at 8:46.95, fol- a time of 3:36.84.

“I was really proud of the team today,” lowed by sophomore Jon Burke (8:56.52) in second, marking their first wins of the season. Gianiodis said. “It was a long day and they MSU took first, second and third in the wom- didn’t lose their focus. I thought we did realen’s 200 meter freestyle: senior Hannah Pugh ly well and performed expectations, which (2:13.24), freshman Haley Kornburger (2:14.17) was nice.”

By Katie Winkler

kwinker@statenews.com

Swimmers prepare to dive on Saturday during the Denison/GVSU outdoor meet at IM Sports West. PHOTO: RAYMOND WILLIAMS

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