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Sophomore wide receiver R.J. Shelton scores a touchdown during the game against Indiana on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 56-17. photo: jessalyn tamez

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ASMSU’s bike share idea hasn’t yet left the rack Despite the introduction of eight bicycles outside Bailey Hall, no students have been able to access the program, which was allocated $60,000 more than 10 months ago

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Last January, ASMSU approved the spending of $60,000 worth of student tax dollars on a bike share program, after much debate within the organization.

Although the plan was approved almost 10 months ago, no students have been able to use one of the bikes their tax dollars were approved for, as eight bikes are currently locked up outside of Bailey Hall, unavailable to anyone.

The initial plans for bike share included 40 bikes located at 10 locations around campus.

The pilot program for the bike share program is going to take place at Bailey Hall, in partnership with the Residential Initiative for the Study of the Environment living-learning community. ASMSU will monitor student response to the test program and see if expanding campus wide would be a smart decision.

“Obviously we are not going to expand if people aren’t seeing the need to use the bikes,” ASMSU President James Conwell said. “That’s why we need to start small.”

The initial test period is set to begin at some point this semester, before the winter, when student demand for bikes is lower. Conwell

lists the cold weather and snow as one of the primary concerns that students will not use bikes.

Through MSU Bikes, ASMSU acquired eight orange bikes, branded with ASMSU stickers that occupy two bike racks outside of Bailey Hall in Brody Neighborhood. They are currently being secured with U-locks, although the organization is considering an electronic alternative.

The startup program cost ASMSU less than $5,000 of the allotted $60,000.

“It would be irresponsible for us to put in a large amount of money at this point,” ASMSU’s Vice President for Finance and Operations Greg Jackson said. “Especially before we know the cost of potential damage to the bikes.”

After signing a user agreement and renting a bike from the checkout log at the Bailey Hall front desk any student can access the bikes.

ASMSU will closely monitor the number of bikes rented, and poll the student response to the program.

When asked about the program, a Bailey Hall front desk staff member said she had “never heard of the program before.”

No startup date is currently listed for the program, but Jackson believes the bike share program is “closer to launch than ever before.”

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Fisheries and Wildlife Club pulls trash, bikes out of Red Cedar River

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán smartinez@statenews.com

On the banks of the Red Cedar, there’s a lot of trash. And underwater, it’s even worse.

Members of the Fisheries and Wildlife Club woke up early on Sunday to clean the Red Cedar River, an emblematic feature in MSU’s campus, using different mechanisms to clean it. While some of the students paddled in canoes to get to the trash, others helped scuba divers pull trash from the bottom of the river.

James Greiff, an MSU Scuba Club member and a mechanical engineering sophomore, said he participated in the cleanup because the pollution in the Red Cedar River affects everybody on campus.

In 15 minutes, Greiff recovered five bicycles that were in the waters of the Red Cedar River.

Besides bicycles, volunteers participating in the cleanup found street signs, trash bins, tires and parking meters.

All the materials collected would later be sent to the Sur-

plus Store and Recycling Center, making the cleanup a zerowaste event.

Cleanup organizer and fisheries and wildlife management senior Anthony Beals said the cleanup helps beautify MSU’s campus, too.

“It’s pretty important because it not only helps enhance our campus’ image but it also helps influence what we have out here,” Beals said. “It’s very important to have something that we can be proud of on our campus.”

Fisheries and Wildlife Club President Becca Blundell participates every semester in the river cleanup. This is her seventh cleanup through her club.

“As a fisheries and wildlife major we understand the ecology of the river and how important it is to keep it clean,” Blundell said. “A lot of students don’t realize how diverse our river is, and a lot of people assumed that it is very polluted and it’s actually not.”

Besides the Fisheries and Wildlife Club, other organizations on campus gave support in the event, such as the MSU Scuba Club.

Students prepare to clean up the Red Cedar River on Sunday near Bessey Hall. The Fisheries and Wildlife Club cleans up the river annually. photo: aerika williams

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“Scuba divers — we can’t dive unless we have a nice, clean environment,” Greiff said. “So anything we can do to help out right here on campus, we’ll do it.”

Greiff said there is no awareness about why students should not litter the river that runs through Fowlerville, Webberville, Williamston, Okemos, East Lansing and Lansing.

“The greatest tool against pollution is just awareness,” Greiff said. “Ignorance is what causes these things, so if people are aware of their actions we can make some recognition that if they pollute it’s not going to be a good thing.”

Although the cleanup helped by removing the tangible objects from the body of water, the river still has other pollutants in it that are affecting its ecology.

According to a 2012 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality report, parts of the Red Cedar River watershed had high levels of E. coli, for example.

The MSU Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment and MSU Culinary Services partnered with the Fisheries and Wildlife Club by donating food for volunteers to eat after the cleanup.

College Dems encourage election participation from door to door MSU College Democrats traveled to Muskegon Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to go door to door encouraging residents to vote for Michigan House Representative Collene Lamonte of the 91st District.

Brianna Shamsuddoha, president of the student group, said they are competing against University of Michigan Democrats to see who can bring more volunteers and knock on the most doors. Shamsuddoha said her group plans to bring 12-15 people.

“She’s one of the ‘targeted seven,’” Shamsuddoha

said. “Theresa Abed and Colleen Lamonte, their two races are probably two of the most important to our state level Democrats in Michigan.”

She said that because Democrats are a minority in the House, retaining seats for the party is important. However, she said because of the way district lines have been drawn, many Democrats are in solid blue districts, so reelection efforts are less dire.

However, Shamsuddoha said Lamonte’s district is one of the districts that has flipped parties in recent years and is thus

likely to flip again. She said they are confident they can win if they put enough effort in.

MSU College Democrats did a similar door-knocking event weeks ago for Rep. Gretchen Driskell.

“Door knocking has proven successful for Democrats in the past so that’s why we are committed to it,” Shamsuddoha said. “We know those one-onone interactions, that increases a person’s likelihood to, not just vote for you, but vote in general. It gets results.”

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Job market bright for degree-holders

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As the hiring rate for college graduates with a bachelor’s degree jumps 16 percent, according to recent findings by MSU’s College Employment Research Institute, some Spartans approaching graduation are more at ease.

Among them is animal science senior Chelsea Giese, who will be accepting her diploma in December.

“Although I am graduating this year, I am actually beginning vet school commencing in fall 2015 at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine,” Giese

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said. “Therefore, the current job market will not hard in school will pay off for her and her peers.

According to the new data, have a direct effect on me at hiring levels haven’t been this the moment.” high since 1999 to 2000, as a Even though Giese will have result of the dot-com frenzy. more years of schooling, she “The data is collected from said knowing the job market Aug. 15 to Sept. 23 online,” CERI has improved quiets her fears director Phil Gardner said. “It’s of not being able to land a job distributed to over 200 universiin her field. more than 50 percent of those “My hope is that the job marlooking for full-time employees ties that then send them to their employer base.” ket continues to improve so that I were outside recruiters and Gardner said almost 5,700 have the opportunity to do what company HR managers employers responded to the surI love,” Giese said. She said it’s nice to know the years of studying and working vey this year, which led them to their findings.

The employers represented will hire nearly 120,000 new graduates this year, and of those hired, 78 percent will have their B.A. In addition, most job industries reported major growth. According to the study, information services jobs led with a total increase of 51 percent, followed by finance and insurance jobs increasing by 31 percent.

Gardner said he thinks there will be a lot of opportunities for upcoming graduates.

“But they’re not just going to be giving out jobs because you’re graduating,” he said. “You have to be able to articulate your skills because if you can’t, they won’t take you seriously.”

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Although a section of their co-op house caught on fire last year, the incident served as a creative outlet for residents instead of a burden to deal with.

Hospitality business senior Lizzy Braxton is spending her second year in the Phoenix cooperative at 239 Oakhill Ave. She said after the fire tore through the second floor on Sept. 4, 2013, no one was harmed, but four bedrooms were affected and had to be redone.

Left with plain white walls, Braxton and one of her roommates decided to cover the hallways with ’90s cartoons. The idea was impulsive, but justified by their nostalgia. Braxton said she enjoys the opportunity for her and her housemates to express their artistry on the walls of their own home.

“I love it, it’s so different,” Braxton said. “Any other house you go to it’s plain walls, nobody ever really expresses themselves and paints. But everyone’s always doing some kind of project.

We just love to be creative here.”

Media and information senior Alexander John is the vice president of membership for the cooperative. He said when house members sign a contract, they are signing for partial ownership of the house. That ownership allows them to decorate the house however they wish.

The Phoenix house is the largest of the cooperative houses,

and all 29 members have an understanding of how artwork is chosen and regulated. If someone wants to paint in a common space, all members must vote on the project in a house meeting.

MSU Student Housing Cooperative Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides students with an alternative to living in an apartment, dorm or standard house.

Human resource management sophomore Anna Beurkens recently moved into the Phoenix house. Some her friends already lived there, and she said although she doesn’t paint, it’s good to see her housemates express themselves.

“I think its a very open and creative environment. Someone like me who’s not artistic can still appreciate it, because you can really get a sense of the personality of the house.” Beurkens said.

Many of the large projects in the house were completed by past residents. They left their mark on the house in that way, and still influence the other artists in the house.

In one instance, a past member left an unfinished project in the center stairwell of the house. Zoology senior Charli Bradley and her friend took initiative to fix it.

“Kara and I got fed up with the wall that was a half mural and decided to cover it,” Bradley said. “I don’t know what we did, but we just thought it would look cool.”

They had created a diamond that expands on the wall, alternating colors and incorporating black stripes in between each.

Phoenix residents said there is still much more space for them to paint, and some of them have started working on a new project.

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Senior safety Kurtis Drummond greets Indiana wide receiver Ricky Jones after the game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. photo: raymond williams

42-0 run seals dominant win for MSU football — and Dantonio’s 70th victory Mark Dantonio’s 100th game as MSU football head coach was won in style as the Spartans left Indiana with a 56-14 victory on Saturday.

With U-M looming this weekend, the Spartans avoided a potential “trap game” loss against the Hoosiers

By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com

Bloomington, Ind. — For the first two quarters, the home crowd was alive and No. 8 MSU (6-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) was in serious trouble on Saturday against Indiana (3-4 overall, 0-3 Big Ten).

MSU then scored 42 unanswered points.

It was a dominant showing for the Spartans, as they survived a second quarter deficit to beat Indiana 56-17 Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.

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Junior quarterback Connor Cook survived an early interception and turned in one of his better statistical games this season, going 24-32 with 332 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

Cook found senior wide receiver Tony Lippett for some highlight-reel catches, including a play in the third quarter when Cook scrambled right, went back to his left and threw an incredible pass over the head and into the outstretched arms of Lippett.

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Milestone game For head coach Mark Dantonio and most of his staff, Saturday’s win was extra special.

Dantonio was given the game ball after finishing his 100th game in seven and a half seasons as head coach of MSU, and winning his 70th game as well.

“It represents so much to our football team because it represents longevity,” he said. “It’s a group effort and I appreciate everyone who decid-

ed to stay. They all had opportunities to leave.”

The players reflected on Dantonio’s time in East Lansing and what he has meant to them.

“It was really cool to give him the game ball,” senior safety Kurtis Drummond said. “Just to see a guy who is a man of his word, a man who has touched the lives of so many players and turned a lot of boys into men, it just means a lot.”

Drummond went as far as to say that Dantonio got a little bit emotional after getting the game ball.

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Junior quarterback Connor Cook hands the ball to senior running back Nick Hill during the game against Indiana on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 56-17. photo: jessalyn tamez

“We just came out in the second half and played the kind of defense that we knew we could play.”

Junior defensive end Shilique Calhoun said the team came out during practice last week and tried to focus their energy on finishing strong during every practice.

“I think we did a very good job,” Calhoun said.

“They scored 17 points in the first half and there were a lot of things that we didn’t do so well.

We went back and corrected those things and finished on “It was very a high note.”

Calhoun agreed with Drumspecial. He does mond that no real adjustment so much for us ... was made in the locker room so to be able to for the defense in the second half. The adjustment was the give something play on the field. back to him by “We wanted to come out winning the game more aggressive,” Calhoun said. “We just came out and and giving him played better.” the game ball

“Oh yeah, he had a big smile on his face,” he said.

“I think he just let everything sink in. It always feels good when you can win a milestone game.”

Calhoun also said it was special to be able to recognize Dantonio in the locker room after the game.

“It was very special,” Calhoun said. “He does so much for us, he gave us an opportunity to come to a great university, so to be able to give something back to him by winning the game and giving him the game ball was special.”

662 Total yards of offense for MSU on Saturday, the highest total of Mark Dantonio’s career and the fourth highest total in MSU history

Bloomington, Ind. — Saturday served as the perfect trap game for MSU football, a game the team used to be known for losing.

No. 8 MSU entered this week favored by more than two touchdowns against a below-average Indiana Hoosiers squad. The game was ruled a guarantee win by some after Indiana lost both of its top two quarterbacks in the same week, leaving a third-string freshman under center.

Combine the Hoosier effect with MSU’s biggest rivalry hanging in the wind next week and you have what is known as a traditional trap game.

A trap that the teams of John L. Smith’s or Bobby Williams’ would have fallen in. But not this Spartan team. Not this Spartan team led by Mark Dantonio. Because for this current team, the current game is the only one that matters.

There was no sign of MSU overlooking Indiana on Saturday, cruising to a 56-17 victory on the road at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. The win improved MSU to 6-1 overall, extends its Big Ten winning streak to 13 straight victories and improves MSU’s stock in the College Football Playoff picture after a couple more previously unbeaten teams went down.

A strong Finish For MSU, it has not been about the talent on the field this seaTo read the rest of the column, son, but keeping their foot on visit statenews.com the gas pedal for 60 minutes.

Against Oregon, the Spartans were up by nine in the third quarter before collapsing down the stretch and falling, 27-22. They let a 27-3 lead against Nebraska slip into a 27-22 win. Even last week’s was special.”

Looking ahead victory against Purdue wasn’t MSU avoided the trap against officially sealed until a Darien Shilique Calhoun on giving Indiana and now turn their Harris pick-six in the fourth Mark Dantonio the game attention to their biggest rival, quarter. ball to celebrate his 100th the Michigan Wolverines (3-4 After falling down early, game and 70th win at MSU. overall, 1-2 Big Ten). the Spartans put their foot But no one felt like talking on the gas pedal throughout about U-M following the win against Indiana the game.

“We talked about the fourth quarter issue,” head though. The football team has a strict 24-hour Registration deadline January 9. coach Mark Dantonio said. “But to me, it was policy where they try to enjoy a win or study a more about keeping an edge when things start- loss before moving on to their next opponent. =lîÉê=VMM=íÉ~ÅÜáåÖL~Çãáåáëíê~íáçå=àçÄë=áå=NOMH=^ãÉêáÅ~å=ëÅÜççäë=~êçìåÇ=íÜÉ=ÖäçÄÉK== “There’s no way I’m going to be talking about ed to turn and when there would be adversity, how would we react? I think we reacted extreme- Michigan,” Calhoun said. “I’m focused on this =SMB=çÑ=åÉï=íÉ~ÅÜÉêë=êÉÖáëíÉêÉÇ=áå=OMNQ=ëÉÅìêÉÇ=ÉãéäçóãÉåíK= win, I’m happy for these guys, I’m happy for our =hJNO=ÉÇìÅ~íçêë=ÅÉêíáÑáÉÇ=Äó=^ìÖìëí=OMNR=ïÉäÅçãÉ=íç=êÉÖáëíÉêK= ly well at the end of the second quarter.”

Finishing was preached all week in practice seniors and I’m happy for our coach. I’m not going To learn more/register: according to players, and many of them were hap- to bypass this win.”

Cook said they wouldn’t discuss U-M until the py with how they performed when adversity hit.

“I think guys got refocused in the fourth quar- players were made available to the media on ter,” senior safety Kurtis Drummond said. “There’s Tuesday.

Email: overseas.placement@uni.edu Phone: 319-273-2083 “We have a 24-hour rule here,” Cook said. been a lot of emphasis on finishing games stronger than we started. I feel like we did that today.” “We’re going to enjoy this one and when it comes açåÛí=ãáëë=íÜáë=çééçêíìåáíó=íç=ÅçååÉÅí=ïáíÜ=ëÅÜççäë=Ñêçã=~êçìåÇ=íÜÉ=ïçêäÇ>= The second quarter featured some long runs time we’ll talk about Michigan.”

Dantonio said he wouldn’t address the loomfrom Indiana junior running back Tevin Coleman.

Those runs were not as prevalent in the second ing game against U-M either.

“We’ll talk about that game next week,” he said. half, but Drummond said no strategic adjustment “We’re going to go 24 hours now, but it’s always a was made — the defense simply played better.

NMO=dáäÅÜêáëí=e~ääI=`ÉÇ~ê=c~ääëI=f^==RMSNQJMPVM==PNVJOTPJOMUP= “Those big plays were on us,” Drummond said. great week for college football and our program.”

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Lambda Chi Alpha raises $13,700 for Ele’s Place The fraternity volunteered at the children’s healing center and hosted fundraising events all last week, which culminated in a boxcar race on Sunday afternoon

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Hospitality business junior Killian McClure sits in a cart as his fraternity brothers push him through the race Sunday during Lambda Chi Alpha’s philanthropy event, Junior 500 race at East Lansing High School on Burcham Drive.

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Lambda Chi Alpha typically donates to national philanthropies. This year, however, the East Lansing community is their top priority.

At noon on Sunday, sororities and other student organizations eagerly awaited the moment they could hit the gas on their boxcars and battle for the lead in Lambda Chi Alpha’s Junior 500 race at East Lansing High School.

The race was the culmination of a week of events aiming to raise awareness for local non-profit organization Ele’s Place, a healing center for grieving children. It provides support services to young children that are dealing with the death of a parent or loved one, often through peer support group programs.

Sims said with the events leading up to the Junior 500 race, Lambda raised more than $10,000. By the end of the race, they had raised $13,700. The fraternity is leaving their public funding page open for another week or two, with hopes of surpassing $14,000.

“With Ele’s Place we see where our donations are going to because it’s right in East Lansing. … It’s important for us to see those changes being made,” Advertising junior and Lambda member Mike Messemer said.

Applied engineering sciences junior Kyle Sims, Lambda’s philanthropy chair and organizer of the Junior 500 race, said normally the fraternity does smaller philanthropy events, with the goal of raising about $1,000.

“This year we thought we could amp up our efforts and do a lot more,” Sims said.

Sims said they chose Ele’s Place because it’s local, so members of Lambda had the chance to volunteer at the facility throughout the week. He said being an active part of the organization made the fraternity’s fundraising efforts more real.

Messenger said the Junior 500 combines greek life with the rest of the MSU and East Lansing community. With 100 guys working toward the same cause, he said, they have the opportunity to concentrate all their efforts and try to make a difference.

“It’s a coordinated effort on a very extreme scale, in the way that students can get involved, both greek and nongreek. … It’s really cool to see the power that a coordinated effort can really have,” Sims said.

Messemer said he enjoys having the opportunity to get behind a great cause such as this one.

Human biology sophomore Lizzie Gray, who competed and won with sorority Alpha Chi Omega in the Junior 500 race, said she thinks the week’s events are a good way to come together and support the community.

Gray said she has known a lot of people who have suffered from the loss of a loved one at a young age, so she thinks it’s important to support Ele’s Place with these events.

“We’re all helping out in every way that we can, and it’s really possible to see how each of our individual efforts can all add up in a really big way,” Sims said.

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Fraternities test their strength at Sigma Kappa’s Sigmalympics, raise money for Alzheimer’s

By Meagan Beck mbeck@statenews.com

Applied engineering sciences junior and Beta Zeta member Michael Huebner wanted to compete in Sigma Kappa’s Sigmalympics not only for the athletic competition, but because of the influence of someone close to him.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, members of fraternities and other organizations gathered at Patriarche Park in East Lansing for Sigma Kappa sorority’s second annual “Sigmalympics” event, which raised money for Alzheimer’s awareness and research.

“We’ve increased our profits so much since last year,” Sigma Kappa philanthropy chair and neuroscience junior Lauren Turner said. “Last year we raised just under $5,000, and this year we have raised more than $7,500 already.”

Not only did Sigmalympics give fraternity members the chance to mingle and compete against each other, many members of various organizations said they were involved because of personal connections to the cause.

“One of my grandparents actually suffers from this, so I felt like putting my money towards a worthy cause like Alzheimer’s is a good thing,” Huebner said.

The event consisted of an obstacle course, a capture the flag–style game and a race which required members of each team to race down the field and carry their Sigma Kappa coach on their back.

Turner said the inspiration for the event came from the fact that many fraternities host similar events for the women to compete in.

“The boys have all the girls do field day Members of the MSU Rugby Football Club team play tug of war Sunday during Sigmalympics at Patriarch Park, 1100 Alton St., in East Lansing.

Sigma Kappa’s annual event consists of male and female teams, greek and non-greek, who compete in field day games to raise money for Alzheimer’s disease research. photos: erin hampton Online

“The boys have all the girls do field day events, and girls never make the boys do the same so we were like, ‘we’re gonna make them do that.”

Lauren Turner neuroscience junior, Sigma Kappa philanthropy chair

Neuroscience junior and Sigma Kappa member Lauren Turner laughs at relay participants as she runs the event Sunday during Sigmalympics at Patriarch Park, 1100 Alton St., in East Lansing.

events, and girls never make the boys do the same so we were like, ‘we’re gonna make them do that,’” Turner said.

In addition to the main event, the teams competed in “penny wars,” which involved the groups putting pennies in their team’s jar but sabotaging other teams by putting nickels, dimes, quarters or dollars in their jars. The penny wars alone raised more than $2,000, Turner said.

Members of the greek community were not the only ones in attendance, as Sigmalympics welcomes other organizations as well. Turner said she extended invitations to the men’s rugby and lacrosse teams.

Finance junior and member of the rugby team Adam Plumstead said he and his teammates decided to participate again this year because of the cause and the fun they had last year.

“We have a lot of friends in Sigma Kappa and wanted to help the cause,” Plumstead said. “It’s really humbling to be a part of this … Whatever we can do to help.”

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There’s no need to panic about an Ebola outbreak in the U.S.

By Leslie Hemenway lhemenway@ statenews.com

Un less you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, chances are you’ve heard about the Ebola outbreak.

It only takes logging onto Facebook, Twitter or some other social media platform to see the general public’s reaction to the disease.

Needless to say, it seems like most people are losing their minds.

And for no good reason, I might add.

Yes, Ebola has entered the U.S. Yes, there have been a total of 4,493 deaths in West Africa from the disease, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. And yes, this epidemic is being widely considered as the largest of all time.

However, I think most people are forgetting that there have been only eight cases in the U.S. so far, according to the New York Times.

Three of the people infected are in recovery and four are currently receiving treatment.

The last one, Thomas Duncan, unfortunately died of the disease, though he was hospi-

talized too late and received a different treatment drug than most others.

Ebola is also transmitted through direct contact with a carrier’s bodily fluids — it’s not like it’s floating around in the air. According to a poll organized by the Harvard School of Public Health, 85 percent of American adults think a person could likely contract Ebola by being either sneezed or coughed on by someone exhibiting symptoms, which is untrue.

According to USA Today, the chances of the disease spreading throughout the U.S. are “close to zero.”

This is largely due to the quality of medicine and hospitals in the United States. It differs significantly from that of West Africa’s, where the disease is much more common and they have fewer resources to contain the spread of the disease.

The general public should calm down about Ebola. Between the number of experimental drugs being made to combat the disease and the rigorous screenings being implemented at airports, there’s really no need to panic. The U.S. is making it a priority to ensure that the disease doesn’t spread, and has the tools, technology and medicine to make that a reality.

If anything, fear of Ebola is spreading much more rapidly than the disease itself.

Please stop customizing your wellmade cars Seat covers, bumper stickers and rims are just a few examples of features that could ruin the integrity of your vehicle

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By Anthony Herta aherta@statenews.com

On a daily basis, I see beautiful cars all over campus.

However, a disgusting amount of them have been horribly customized.

I’m not just talking about stick figure families on the backs of cars.

Lay off the big rims. Lay off the obnoxious paint jobs.

Lay off the loud exhausts. Customizing your car is like people getting plastic surgery – how well does that tend to turn out?

From ultra-expensive supercars such as the Lamborghini and Porsche, to old Buick LaSabres, MSU students feel the urge to add their own personal touch to their vehicles.

On campus, the people who put their car under the knife usually fall into one of these three categories: Cutesy Decorators These drivers like to add accessories to their vehicle such as: cheetah print seat covers, “cute” stickers and the god-awful, preposterous headlight eyelashes. Car manufacturers have never put eyelashes on a car straight from the factory. Cars are not humans. You put gas in the fuel tank, not mascara on the headlights. Although it is unacceptable to put eyelashes on any vehicle, putting them on legendary vehicles such as the Jeep Wrangler is especially egregious.

Macho Men These drivers on campus tend to drive big SUVs such as Ford Expeditions or pickup trucks like Dodge Rams. But to these drivers, the SUVs just aren’t masculine enough by themselves.

To make their trucks more butch, these drivers tend to raise the suspension, stick huge rims/tires on the truck and/or add obnoxiously large and loud exhaust systems. Just because you may be looking down on drivers doesn’t mean you are more powerful or more masculine. That loud exhaust that spews out pollution from those big tailpipes pointing up in the back just screams for attention. Maybe these drivers are trying to compensate for something.

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Wannabe Racers Huge spoilers, aftermarket rims and aggressive paint jobs are the typical traits of cars for this type of driver.

The roads around the majority of campus are packed with students and faculty and typically have a speed limit of 25 miles per hour. Obviously you won’t be taking your Mustang to the limit anywhere near campus, so what’s the purpose?

Aesthetically these vehicles tend to look like a 4-year-old child that decided to wear their parents’ clothes – they are too big and look humorous, not sporty.

All in all, customizing your car should be considered a sin.

As a car enthusiast myself, it breaks my heart every time I see a beautiful car destroyed by its driver. Every car manufacturer puts out their vehicles with certain styling and engineering elements for a purpose – don’t mess with it.

Sports

Omari Sankofa II Sports editor sports@statenews.com @thesnews_sports

Berry starts strong for MSU hockey

Senior forward Matt Berry, 27, and his teammates celebrate a goal Friday during a game against Massachusetts at Munn Ice Arena.

By Troy Jefferson tjefferson@statenews.com

The weekend featured some ups and downs for the hockey team, but senior forward Matt Berry was a consistent bright spot.

The Spartans scored eight goals over the weekend and Berry was directly involved in six of them, scoring four and assisting on two others.

“Puck’s going in for him, that’s for sure,” head coach Tom Anastos said. “That should be a good confidence boost.”

MSU (1-1 overall) split its opening regular season weekend series with Massachusetts at Munn Ice Arena, defeating the Minutemen 5-3 on Friday before falling on Saturday on a last-second goal, 4-3.

Berry was the linchpin behind the Spartans’ victory on Friday night, tallying two goals and one assist.

“It felt good for us to put some goals on the board tonight,” Berry said after the game on Friday. “We’ve been working really hard this summer.”

The chance to work on his craft during the summer was something Berry missed last year after undergoing offseason surgery and missing

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“I feel great right now,” he said before later admitting he was “a little sore.”

Berry is part of the first line, which showed a lot of promise over the weekend.

The first line comprised of junior forward and team captain Michael Ferrantino, sophomore Mackenzie MacEachern and Berry. They combined for six goals and eight assists in the first two games.

“It helps having them out there,” Berry said.

“We feed off each other. … They’re both good skaters, they work really hard.”

A goal by Massachusetts freshman forward Patrick Lee on Saturday night with 9.9 seconds remaining in the third period sunk the Spartans’ hopes of starting the season with a 2-0 record.

Despite losing, Berry turned in another impressive performance. The Canton, Mich. native once again dished out an assist and scored two goals of his own.

Even though he personally had a good game, Berry was more concerned with the outcome of the game.

“We have to find a way to get the job done,” he said after Saturday’s tough loss. “We can’t give up two in the end and lose that game.”

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Spartans brave cold for 2014 Izzone Campout

By Katie Winkler kwinkler@statenews.com

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ore than 550 tents covered Mun n Field with campers hoping to get lower bowl seating for this year’s Izzone at the annual Izzone Campout.

Students were kept busy all night with an open men’s basketball practice, free entrance into ice hockey’s season-opening win over Massachusetts,pep talks from men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo and players, and food from Subway, Insomnia Cookies and s’mores cour tesy of Residence Education and Housing Services.

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Senior guard/ forward Branden Dawson crowd surfs on Friday during the Izzone Campout at Munn Field. Hundreds of students battled the cold and rain to sleep outdoors overnight in hopes of getting lower bowl seating.

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