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ABOVE: In this photo, an early version of the modern Sparty costume greets fans at a game in September 1989. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MSU UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS AND BEN ZOLYNSKY.

BELOW: Sparty points to the crowd during the game against Notre Dame on Sept. 17 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind. The Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish, 36-28. PHOTO: VICTOR DIRITA

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“I actually haven’t heard much about Michigan State’s homecoming. I’ve never really participated.”

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A graduate pavilion will be built starting May 2017

Cathryn Cooke Anthropology senior

A 19th-century addition to thenState Agricultural College has blossomed into a school-wide tradition in its 143-year history

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Business College Complex to go under construction for addition

BY MARIE WEIDMAYER MWEIDMAYER@STATENEWS.COM

Construction will start for a new addition to the Business College Complex in May 2017.

The new addition will be the Graduate Pavilion for the Broad Master of Business Administration program.

“I think it’s awesome and needed,” finance senior Nicole Kovach said. “It’s necessary to improve the facilities. We have an amazing program, but not facilities.”

The project was approved by the MSU Board of Trustees with a budget set between $49 million and $57 million.

Construction plans are contingent on funding, which comes from donors and fundraising, design representative and senior architect for Infrastructure Planning and Facilities Amr Abdel-Azim said.

He could not comment on the amount of funds raised for construction, but said construction is to begin the second week of May provided they have the funding.

“We actually are among business college leaders when it comes down to the engagement levels of the programs,” Abdel-Azim said. “We have great programs, but the space is not compatible

to their flagship programs.”

The Eli Broad College of Business needs a space that fosters collaboration, Abdel-Azim said. "(There are no) study areas, no group study areas, which are needed for the program,” Kovach said.

The Graduate Pavillon would address that problem.

“The new addition will have classrooms, teaching labs, program offices, career management offices, interview facilities, student interaction rooms, multi-purpose spaces (and) a variety of spaces that will create an environment and atmosphere of collaboration,” Abdel-Azim said.

The building will be 100,000 square feet, designed to compliment the landscape outside the building, Abdel-Azim said.

“One of the main features of the design is to open up the building to the riverside,” Abdel-Azim said. “We’ll have a central atrium in place, where people in that atrium will be able to connect with the views or the river outside.”

The exterior of the Eli Broad College of Business has to look like it is a great business school, marketing junior Kristen Hetzel said.

“There will be connectivity between the

A digital rendering of plans for the new addition for the Business College Complex. Photo courtesy of Eli Broad College of Business.

addition and the existing buildings that will really enhance this complex as a one complex area,” Abdel-Azim said.

This means students will be able to travel from build-

ing to building without going outside, Abdel-Azim said.

“I think adding new facilities will help the college stand out and attract the top talent,” Kovach said.

E.L. taking steps to improve on-site recycling

BY MCKENNA ROSS MROSS@STATENEWS.COM

For students living on campus, recycling is as easy as walking downstairs. Students living in apartment complexes take multiple steps to reach a sustainable goal.

On-site recycling is not provided at many large apartment complexes, Catherine DeShambo, environmental services administrator for East Lansing, said.

The city can collect recycling from small buildings of 20 units or less, but they are not equipped for multi-family complexes.

DeShambo is on the Waste Reduction Subcommittee for the city, a group working on solving on-site recycling issues.

Last October, The State News reported about 12,643 East Lansing residents were without on-site recycling. DeShambo said statistics have not substantially changed.

After ordinance changes last fall, the subcommittee has been researching and recommending possible changes to ordinances.

“Those larger complexes with more than 20 units are what we’re really looking at and trying to focus on,” DeShambo said.

The committee has been looking nationally at research and actions from other cities, as well as working with property managers and haulers to come up with a solution, DeShambo said.

Currently, East Lansing residents can drop off their recycling at two different locations off campus: the Department of Public Works and Patriarche Park.

DeShambo said the facilities are used frequently by residents of multi-family housing complexes.

For some students, recycling is an important factor in choosing off-campus housing.

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Interior design junior Alyssa Alvarez, president of U.S. Green Building Council students MSU, said on-site recycling has been a topic the group has focused on in the past.

“Recycling on campus is something that has been growing every year, and I think we’re at the point where it’s filtering into off-campus housing,” Alvarez said. “I know something that students are asking more and more from landlords is, ‘Do you provide recycling containers for me?’”

Alvarez said a popular alternative to on-site housing is returning recyclables to the MSU Surplus and Recycling Center.

For substantial changes to be made, DeShambo said there might have to be city council involvement.

“It’s been awhile since the ordinance has been touched,” she said. “If we’re really going to be in there and we’re really looking to solve this problem, we need to find some language that can be a solution and can work for everyone.”

DTN Management implemented two apartment buildings with free recycling for any DTN resident after students requested them, area director Emilie Wohlscheid said.

The complexes are Glenwood Apartments on Hagadorn Road and Burnt Tree Apartments on Lake Lansing Road.

Wohlscheid said DTN is meeting with the city and Granger Recycling Center to expand their recycling options.

“We’re working at least to get something within in each zone location, but that’s going to take some coordination between Granger and the city to try to make that work,” she said.

Difficulties with setting up on-site recycling at every complex still remain. Wohlscheid said finding space for on-site recycling is an issue for apartments near campus in addition to improper use.

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MSU hockey faces changes at goalie

ASMSU holds special meeting

MSU police release annual report

After goalie Jake Hildebrand graduated, hockey put up a younger player

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Numerous road closings planned during homecoming parade Friday

BY ALEXEA HANKIN AHANKIN@STATENEWS.COM

Grand River Avenue, Abbot Road and Farm Lane are the big-name roads to be closed for the MSU Homecoming Parade at 6 p.m. on Oct. 14.

The parade will begin at the Abbot-Burcham intersection, a press release from the East Lansing Police Department said. It will travel down Abbot Road, east onto Grand River Avenue and south on Farm Lane. The parade will end at the intersection of Farm and Shaw Lanes.

“I advise students to steer clear of driving in the downtown area,” MSU police Lt. Shaun Mills said. “It’s going to be very crowded.”

ELPD made a list of intersections that will be closed during the parade, and they include: Abbot Road, between Oxford Road/Whitehills Drive and Burcham Drive, from 2:30-7 p.m.

Abbot Road, between Burcham Drive and Grand River Avenue, from 5:30-7:15 p.m.

Burcham Drive, between Old Hickory Lane and Abbot Road, from 3:30-7:15 p.m.

Near the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, the following intersections will also

be closed: Centerlawn Avenue, from Forest Street to Abbot Road, from 2:30-7 p.m.

Evergreen Avenue, from Centerlawn Avenue to Northlawn Avenue, from 2:30-7 p.m.

Forest Street, from Centerlawn Avenue to Northlawn Avenue, from 2:30-7 p.m.

Fern Street, from Evergreen Avenue to Abbot Road, from 2:30-7 p.m.

ELPD Lt. Scott Wriggelsworth echoed Mills’ sentiments, having one message for students planning to drive that day: “don’t.”

“Travel by foot or by bike if you can on Oct. 14,” Wriggelsworth said. “Stay far away from downtown. If you need to drive, go as far as you can north or south of Grand River, because otherwise, you will get stuck in traffic for at least half an hour, if not more.”

Attendants of the parade are encouraged to wear green and white, and come out to have a good time celebrating with MSU alumni from all around.

“I highly encourage students to come out and see the event,” Wriggelsworth said. “But I would suggest walking there if you need to see it and live on or near campus. If you drive, you’ll be stuck in traffic for awhile.”

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow speaks to attendants during a rally on Oct. 11 in the Union.

Stabenow gave a speech during the event, which she attended alongside senators Gary Peters and Cory Booker. PHOTO: DEREK VANHORN

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A cutout of what appears to be a Spartan holding a hammer and a dead rodent is staged in front of an East Lansing house homecoming weekend 1948. According to bigten.org, Michigan State College (now MSU) would be added to the Big Ten Conference the following year. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MSU UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

BY BRIGID KENNEDY BKENNEDY@STATENEWS.COM

Things have changed.

Though homecoming might be looked at with indifference by students, the institution and traditions about that one weekend a year have survived war, fatalities and the struggle for equal rights. As homecoming surpasses its 101st year since it began at MSU, the traditions and events attached to it have evolved with the changing sensibilities of campus and the nation as a whole.

Homecoming football The football game versus Northwestern on Oct. 15 will mark the 101st year since MSU’s first homecoming game, according to the MSU University Archives and Historical Collections.

The first homecoming game on Oct. 30, 1915, was played on Old College Field and pitted Michigan Agricultural College against Oregon State. M.A.C. lost 0-20, according to the MSU Archives.

Attending the 1919 homecoming game cost $1, according to the M.A.C. Record, the predecessor of the MSU Alumni Magazine that operated until 1955. By 1950, prices were up to $2.50 per ticket, or $24.98 in today’s monetary value.

While many traditions remain the same, MSU homecoming court has changed dramatically since its start in 1947. In early years, homecoming court was reserved only for women. In 1974, the title “homecoming queen” was changed to “homecoming representative,” which opened the court up to men.

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The title of “homecoming representative” wasn’t around for long, though. By 1976, MSU decided to switch back to having a homecoming queen — with the addition of a homecoming king.

“Times change but traditions live on,” according to a 1976 edition of The State News.

“In these days as women gain equal rights, a group of students has decided it is appropriate for MSU to reverse the situation and elect a homecoming king in addition to a queen.”

Homecoming events haven’t always gone according to plan. The 1920 game versus Toledo University had to be postponed because one of Toledo’s players suffered a fatal injury in a scrimmage the week before the game was scheduled. Homecoming was canceled entirely in 1943 because of World War II. The last time homecoming activities were canceled was in 1975, because the 1974 homecoming celebrations went $2,500 over the budget.

The 1918 homecoming game featured military exhibitions by “student soldiers,” including “bloody bayonet drills which are meant for the extermination of the Hun,” a derogatory term for the Germans in World War I, according to the Nov. 6, 1918 M.A.C. Record, only five days before the ceasefire on Nov. 11.

The 1919 homecoming game featured the first official halftime performance, advertised in the M.A.C. Record as “student stunts between halves.”

By the early 1950s, halftime featured a prominent performance by the MSU marching band.

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“Lovers of tradition encourage and promote (homecoming celebrations).

Members of a younger, more skeptical generation question its ‘relevance.”

The State News, 1976 from the marching band for each 15-minute halftime show.

Other traditions The parade has been a big part of homecoming festivities, even before it was a school-sanctioned event. In 1949, hundreds of students broke away from the homecoming pep rally and marched down Grand River Avenue, “halting traffic and rocking vehicles.” They eventually made their way to the East Lansing High School homecoming football game, which they halted for 10 minutes, according to the November 1949 edition of The M.A.C. Record.

MSU has been selecting a grand marshal to represent the MSU community each year for homecoming for approximately 35 years, according to the MSU Archives.

This year, basketball coach Tom Izzo and his wife, Lupe Izzo, will serve as the grand marshals as they did in 2000. Other notable grand marshals include former NFL and MSU football player Bubba Smith, women’s head basketball coach Suzy Merchant, “Silence of the Lambs” actor Anthony Heald, who graduated MSU in 1971, and chief creative officer of DC Entertainment Geoff Johns.

Kermit the Frog served as an especially memorable grand marshal in 2006. Since its inception, MSU homecoming has featured an array of events for students and alumni. This year, MSU a capella groups will perform at Sounds of Homecoming on Oct. 12, not unlike the 1937 homecoming festivities, which also included performances by an a capella choir.

A newer tradition, Hayrides and History, is celebrating its 10th year this homecoming, University Activities Board spirit and traditions director Maggie Ribick said. Hayrides and History is a partnership between UAB and MSU Farms to provide hayrides for students, while also teaching participants a little about MSU’s past.

“It is a great way for the MSU community to learn the histo-

ry of the university all while having a fun time and sharing Spartan spirit with each other,” Ribick said. “It is the perfect way to kick off homecoming week.”

Some homecom i ng t raditions have fallen out of practice through the last 100 years. For many years, MSU held a homecoming dance.

At early homecomings, students attended post-game celebrations called “nightshirt parades,” in their pajamas. In 1919, “the old and new fellows and girls skinney-wow-wowed and locomotived enthusiastically,” according to the M.A.C. Record.

In 1976, the homecoming dance was held “on the first block of M.A.C. Avenue,” according to a 1976 edition of The State News.

Homecoming traditions, such as a bonfire, have fallen out of practice, too — the last homecoming bonfire was held in 2005.

Some activities have been revived from the past, though. In the early 1960s, students painted murals on the windows of campus buildings. Ten years later, the event was brought back “to try to turn the trend back to the spirit of the early ‘60s,” according to a 1974 edition of The State News.

Today, students still participate in a window-painting contest. The event has been revived for a second time as “Paint the Aves,” now in its second year.

Still important?

Despite the revival of older traditions, today’s students aren’t entirely sure of the relevance of homecoming festivities.

“I actually haven’t heard much about Michigan State’s homecoming,” anthropology senior Cathryn Cooke said. “I’ve never really participated.”

Students might feel disconnected from homecoming because activities aren’t promoted enough, premedical freshman Irene Shao said.

“Honestly, I’m not exactly sure what homecoming is,” Shao said.

Fans of homecoming shouldn’t be too worried about the state of the event — these doubts are almost as old as homecoming itself.

“Lovers of tradition encourage and promote it. Members of a younger, more skeptical generation question its ‘relevance,’” according to a 1976 edition of The State News.

Forty years later, MSU’s homecoming is still going strong, despite perennial concerns about homecoming’s future, and its importance.

A stuffed football player is staged as a homecoming decoration by four women in East Lansing 1949. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MSU UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

From left to right, then-marketing sophomore Luke Furlong, then-advertising junior Rob Page, then-marketing sophomore Michael Conroy, then-marketing sophomore Kai Van Antwerp and then-advertising junior Jack Fossum cheer as men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo passes by during the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 2, 2015, in front of Beta Zeta Fraternity on Abbott Road in East Lansing.

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Advertising senior Kelsi Horn poses for a portrait on Oct. 7 in Hubbard Hall. Horn was at a Black Student Alliance meeting and was recently appointed to president of the organization. PHOTO: VICTOR DIRITA

BY ALEXEA HANKIN AHANKIN@STATENEWS.COM

Advocacy. Support. Action. Radical black love.

This is the vision statement of the Black Student Alliance, or BSA, headed by new president Kelsi Horn.

“We represent all of black students here at MSU,” Horn said. “We really want to make sure that the voices of black students on campus are heard. In a predominately white institution like Michigan State, it’s extremely important to have groups like us.”

Horn is in her senior year at MSU studying advertising and public relations.

She’s a resident assistant in McDonel Hall and is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at MSU. Horn said she’s passionate about her activism and advocacy on campus, but she wasn’t always so interested.

“I went to a pretty diverse high school,” Horn said. “I always had a pretty diverse friend group.”

Hailing from Belleville, Mich., Horn did not grow up feeling like a minority. But when she got to MSU her freshman year, she was the only black girl on her floor in McDonel Hall.

“I was the ‘black girl,’ it was weird,” Horn said. “It wasn’t so much a problem for me as it was for other people. I could tell that some people were just really uncomfortable with me and I just didn’t know why.”

Horn became aware of a new kind of racism she had experienced little before: microaggressions. In classes, she said classmates assumed she wasn’t going to do as much work or that she was less intelligent.

In her hall, she received rude comments and glares from people she barely knew or had never seen. After her first semester, she decided to make a change.

She first joined the Black Caucus in McDonel Hall her second semester freshman year, and then became the ASMSU representative of the BSA her sophomore year.

“That year was very eye-opening for me,” Horn said. “I was dealing before just with problems in my residence hall, but I got to learn more about the process as a whole.

I met a lot of faculty that were resources to me that I didn’t know I had.”

Horn was named vice president of BSA her junior year.

Today, she spends her time tackling issues relevant to students alongside her e-board, a part of a group she never thought to join when she first arrived on campus.

She is loved by members of her e-board.

“Kelsi? There’s so many words I could use to describe her,” BSA vice president Tyler Logan said. “We know how

to do business together, but we laugh a lot too.”

Logan, as Horn’s vice president, gets to spend a lot of time with her in meetings and in making BSA the best it can possibly be.

“Every week we meet with multiple people across campus,” Logan said. “We really just do the best of what we do together. We help be the face of an organization together.”

BSA political affairs director Ashley Carr, who has been active in the BSA for two years, said the BSA’s work is essential.

“We really want to make sure that the voices of black students on campus are heard.

In a predominately white institution like Michigan State, it’s extremely important to have groups like us.”

Kelsi Horn, President of the Black Student Alliance “Going to a predominately white institution, we need places like Black Student Alliance and other black student organizations on campus to give us the safe places to feel comfortable and like we’re at home,” Carr said. “Because when we’re in class, or going to the bus, or walking, we don’t feel at home.”

Carr said the BSA serves as a bridge for all black student groups to connect.

Throughout the year, BSA and its partners put on many events around campus.

To Black Caucus director Shanika Kidd, that’s not the most important service BSA provides to students.

“With the list of names of people that have passed away due to police brutality, my heart has been heavy when I’m going to class,” Kidd said. “You feel like you’re the only one holding that burden. We’re here to create a welcoming environment for students who are grieving.”

This is the radical black love addressed by BSA in their vision statement.

“We are here to be a resource to black students, but it’s because we want to better this campus,” Horn said. “If we create better Spartans, we can impact the world.”

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Casey Harrison Sports editor sports@statenews.com

Sierakowski, Spartans take down Akron for 9th win of the season

BY ISAAC CONSTANS ICONSTANS@STATENEWS.COM

With a 2-1 victory against Akron, MSU men’s soccer earned their ninth win of the season, surpassing last year’s total with five games remaining.

The result showed the team’s unity and durability, following just one day of rest after Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Wisconsin.

After their two early goals, the Spartans had to survive a late flurry of Zips attacks with a sturdy, collective defensive performance, a mark of the team’s improved chemistry and experience this year.

“It’s just a maturation process, I mean, there’s a lot of the same players,” MSU head coach Damon Rensing said following the win. “We played a lot of good games last year. We just didn’t find ways to win these games.”

The Spartans have a 9-2-1 on the season with a nearly spotless record at home, the lone blemish of seven games being the Wisconsin tie. Moreover, the team sits tied for second in the Big Ten standings with 10 conference points.

“Last year was a hard year for all of us,” sophomore forward Hunter Barone said. “We were all so used to, in our clubs, just winning a lot of games. ... This year in the spring, we worked out hard, and we always just said, ‘Hey, we’re going to come back next year with fire and have that edge.’ I think last year maybe helped us a little bit come back this year stronger.”

A standout characteristic of this year’s iteration so far has been resiliency. Following ties or losses, MSU rebounded with a win on every possible occasion this year.

“They don’t change much, they just do what we do,” Rensing said. “In soccer, that goes well. We don’t get too high when we’re up. I don’t think we get too down when we’re down, we’re losing, and I think this college season is crazy and comes fast and furious.”

T he game against A k ron tested t hat mentality.

It was very much a tug-of-war in the first half, with both sides hoping to gain control in the midfield without relinquishing a defensive position.

In the 23rd minute, MSU capitalized on a defensive error in the form of a misjudged lunge. Sophomore forward Ryan Sierakowski tumbled to the ground, saw the referee’s confirmation of a penalty kick and retrieved the ball.

“We knew Akron is a very possession-based team, and with that they’re very susceptible on the counter,” Sierakowski said. “When we do win the ball, if the counter is on, we went for it, and in these types of games you just have to put them away.”

MSU’s leading goal-scorer made no mistake from the penalty spot, where he is now two-

of-two for the season. Going into halftime, it was MSU’s only official shot, with Akron rendering two attempts.

The second half was infused with several more dauntless treks upfield. But while Akron was forthcoming in imposing its offensive will, MSU was content to furtively sneak in the second goal in the adolescence of the second half.

Redshirt-junior midfielder Ryan Scott made his first statistical contribution in a college soccer game, as he delivered the setting corner kick that would confound the defense. Scott’s delivery found junior defender Jimmy Fiscus, who was sneaking toward the near post. The ball came in too rapidly for Fiscus to attempt a shot, however, so he nodded on the ball.

The skim and change of direction disoriented everyone except Barone. With an unobstructed net in front of him, Barone easily popped the ball in for the deciding goal, his second of the year.

“My job was just to stay in front of the goalie, make sure if anything’s hit or anything bumps loose that I can tap it in,” Barone said. “Jimmy got a flick on it, so credit to him. And the ball kind of just fell right to me. ... It’s a gift.”

The game swiveled back and forth, with both teams managing shots on goal. The next swoop of fortune landed on the side of Akron, when Skye Harter spun to turn a piece of stoppage time into Akron’s hope of revival. The redshirt-freshman cannoned a traveling shot towards the post, but MSU’s defense had it covered.

They, in fact, had it covered too much. Senior Dewey Lewis slid in to intercept the shot, and the ball bounced high off of his outstretched leg. The shot loomed in the air, with redshirt-sophomore goalkeeper Jimmy Hague already having anticipated the shot and having dived on the ground. The shot fell past Hague’s reach and serendipitously beyond the goal line.

Akron’s goal was all for naught, however, as they failed to remain levelheaded enough to close out the game. Two late Akron red cards, one to a coaching staff member, formalized the MSU result.

“You just have to keep plugging away,” Rensing said. “The red card helped us because it just gave us an extra player on the field, and we were able to break some pressure when they were getting some rhythm.”

With the win against Akron, MSU will have a chance on Saturday against Penn State, 2-3 conference record, to become one of the first teams in not only the Big Ten, but also the nation to earn 10 wins.

“At first, I expect an eight-hour bus ride,” Rensing said. “It’ll be a very good game.

They’re well-coached. It’s a pivotal point in the Big Ten, so if we can go in there and just try to continue what we’re doing and play well and a couple breaks go our way, maybe we’ll come out on top.”

Sophomore forward Ryan Sierakowski (11) dribbles the ball past Akron defense Danilo Radjen (5) during the second half of the game against Akron on Oct. 11 at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field. The Spartans defeated the Zips, 2-1.PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

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“We knew Akron is a very possession-based team, and with that they’re very susceptible on the counter. When we do win the ball, if the counter is on, we went for it.”

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MSU to search for ‘inches’ against Wildcats

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

For the last nine seasons, except 2012, the Spartans have taken advantage of the game’s highest cliche — inches.

If the games are truly made up of inches, MSU has unearthed a well of them throughout the last nine years. But after prolonged wealth behind those inches, MSU’s supply is in need of a reimbursement.

“I’ve sat in here for nine years and said, ‘You’ve got to find the inches,’” head coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday at his weekly press conference.

“We’ve lost by inches or won by inches. That’s this type of game, that’s the game of football.”

So far the game of football this season has left MSU at a 2-3 record for the first time since 2009, with a sputtering offense, a mid season quarterback battle and a defense hobbled by injury, unsure of its identity.

After starting the season as the number one guy, fifth-year senior quarterback Tyler O’Connor was yanked last Saturday against BYU in the fourth quarter in favor of junior Damion Terry.

The quarterback controversy Dantonio wanted to avoid, however, has been opened into a threeman skirmish as redshirt-freshman Brian Lewerke has inserted himself into the conversation.

O’Connor has languished behind interceptions and been unable to spark the team to move down

field. Dantonio called for Terry to be more consistent, and he said it would be unfair to keep Lewerke out of the chance to play his way into the starting role.

“Pure and simple, they have to demonstrate in practice exactly what they’re going to do,” Dantonio said. “As difficult as that is to say, that’s where we’re at because I think the case can be made for all three of those guys. We may use two, we may use one. I don’t think we’ll use three, but who knows.”

The offensive line has taken heat as well. MSU’s ground game for years has been predicated on getting into third-and-short situations and converting with a stout running back. After losing two All-Americans, the young line has shifted around.

Junior Brian Allen has switched to center, fifthyear senior Kodi Kieler moved to left tackle from center and redshirt-freshman Tyler Higby has taken over for David Beedle at left guard.

Even more so, the offensive line has allowed 11 sacks on MSU quarterbacks. It’s a result of inadequate footwork and missed assignments — all the inches MSU rarely worried about the last few seasons.

“Comes down to all five guys doing their job,” Allen said. “Last week (it was) four guys and one guy here, it’s always just one guy, not the same guy, but we’re just bouncing around. All five guys need to do their job at once.”

The running backs have been locked in their

Then-junior linebackers Denicos Allen, left, and Max Bullough attempt to take down Northwestern wide receiver Tony Jones in the first half. The Spartans fell to the Wildcats, 23-20, Nov. 17, 2012, at Spartan Stadium during senior day. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO.

own battle as well. None of the three primary backs of last season — LJ Scott, Gerald Holmes and Madre London — have caused any separation, though Holmes and Scott have seen the

majority of carries thus far in the 2016 season.

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History of the Rock, 143 years of a Spartan tradition uncovered

BY SASHA ZIDAR SZIDAR@STATENEWS.COM

One hundred and forty three years of MSU history is hidden under the layers of paint on the Rock on Farm Lane. It’s been used to showcase events on campus, raise awareness of universal issues and even marriage proposals. However, the Rock is more than just a billboard for messages to keep students connected.

THE BEGINNING OF TRADITION

MSU’s first recognized senior class gift, in 1873, was “The Rock.” The Rock is a 18,000-year-old pudding stone that was left behind from a glacier. It is older than the Sparty Statue and Beaumont Tower, according to the On the Banks of the Red Cedar’s website.

It was dug up by students during the summer of 1873 and hauled to its original home, where the Beaumont Tower would later be built with help from a team of oxen. The stone, as it was originally called, was dedicated on May 30, 1873.

The tradition to hold events at the Rock got off to a late start. It wasn’t until 1978 when the senior class council began the first fundraising drive at the Rock, according to an article found in the MSU University Archives and Historical Collections.

In September of 1985, the Rock was removed from the Beaumont Tower because of vandalism to trees surrounding the landmark and was placed in its current location on Farm Lane next to the Auditorium.

MOVING “THE ROCK”

Painting the Rock is a tradition on campus today. However, in 1977 it was not a popular trend and actually frowned upon by MSU alumni.

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Students in 1977 painted the Rock with controversial graffiti, which led administration to move the monument next to the Department of Public Safety building, according to the On the Banks of the Red Cedar website.

Then-ASMSU President Kent Barry sent a letter to then-MSU President Clifton Wharton and asked him to move the Rock back to its original spot.

“The issue is not whether The Rock should or shouldn’t be painted but that they moved a tradition without consulting anyone,” Barry said in the letter, according to an article by David Janseen found in the MSU Archives and Historical Collections.

A university official said the school wanted to save the $500 it cost to sandblast the rock.

However, after students heard news their “pet rock” was being moved, a massive student protest flooded MSU campus.

The administration eased up and the Rock went back the same day, at a cost of approximately $500, according to the article by Janseen.

MOCK ROCK

For an April Fool’s Day joke, the mock rock was created by the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, according to the article by Janseen.

In 1986, students passed what they thought was the Rock by the Beaumont Tower labeled, “TKE #1 Bring Back Tradition.”

MSU students quickly noticed it was a carefully crafted replica of the Rock made by paper mache.

TKE created the joke to symbolize the tradition of their fraternity, according to the article.

PRINCESS LACEY

Lacey Holsworth was the heart of MSU basketball and former MSU basketball player Adreian

Eaton Rapids resident Carolyn Sayer signs the rock on Farm Lane in memory of her granddaughter Lacey Holsworth April 8, 2015. “She was a very special little girl,” Sayer said. “We miss her terribly, but she’s in heaven with Jesus now. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO.

Payne’s biggest fan.

Also known as “Princess Lacey,” she was inspirational to Spartan’s across the globe and created an everlasting bond with the MSU basketball team.

On April 8, 2014, the 8-year-old MSU fan died from a rare form of cancer. Following the loss, the MSU community and basketball team came together to paint the Rock for Princess Lacey.

The Rock was left untouched for a week.

On the one-year anniversary of Holsworth’s death, the MSU community came together to honor her death by painting the Rock once again.

PRESENT DAY

The Rock has given a voice to MSU students for decades, to express their emotions simply by painting a message on a stone. Though in 1977 it was believed the Rock would surely not be a lasting tradition, but 39 years later, the tradition lives.

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