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The Spartan defense celebrates after freshman safety Grayson Miller, 44, intercepted the ball on the first play of the game in the first quarter during the game against Indiana on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 52-26. PHOTO: JOSHUA ABRAHAM

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UNDEFEATED In a closer game than the final score indicates, MSU came away with a win over Indiana, keeping up a streak of success — See page 7

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Every MSU student remembers getting the email to attend a Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence, or SARV, workshop sometime during freshman year. While most students can’t doubt the significance of the workshops, some students choose to forgo the meetings with no consequences for non-attendance.

Program Coordinator of SARV Kelly Schweda said MSU takes SARV very seriously.

The overall goal is to educate those who are new to campus on “sexual assault, stalking, relationship violence as well as consent,” Schweda said.

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“Attending a workshop is the only way to ensure each student is educated and empowered to help end violence on campus,” Schweda said.

It is because of this Schweda and SARV have ensured “each neighborhood hosts multiple sessions at different times and dates. The amount of sessions per neighborhood is based on number of incoming students in that neighborhood,” in order to maximize availability, she said in an email.

Some students still feel the workshops are not effective in teaching sexual assault prevention and choose to skip the meeting altogether.

Marketing freshman Austin Bouma said he plans to skip the workshop.

“Sexual assault is not a problem for me,” he said. “I don’t feel like I’d get anything out of it.”

There are currently no university repercussions to a student that decides to forgo the training.

President Lou Anna K. Simon expressed a desire for more voluntary and intimate involvement between representatives of the university as well as incoming students.

“The real issue I think is how we deal with this as a society and as culture,” President Simon said in an editorial board with The State News. “The way in which students can engage with other students to protect your fellow Spartan, most of that will occur on this side of Grand River,” referring to the East Lansing side, rather than on campus.

According to the most recent survey of MSU students conducted by the Association of American Universities, 52 percent of respondents had experienced non-consensual touching on campus, while 48 percent said their experiences were off campus.

Assistant Director of Communications of REHS Ashley Chaney said Residence Assistants are specially trained to handle the sensitive issue of sexual assault, relationship violence and consent.

The Resident Assistant training, Chaney said, is vital in creating a safe environment for residents because the role “is an important one in maintaining safety and security in our residence halls.”

President Simon said the SARV workshops should be voluntarily attended, as opposed to mandated.

“Research would suggest that you could get more traction. ...

By voluntary activities that large portions of students participate in than making it a required piece,” Simon said.

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MSU Pompon team works to keep up prestigious reputation

Five key takeaways from MSU’s win over Indiana

Cycling club brings together bike fanatics on campus

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Former MSU basketball player Mateen Cleaves is under investigation for his role in an alleged sexual assault in Genesee County.

tons of waste aiming to be reduced per year by new E.L. recycling program. See page 4

Marketing sophomore Aubrey Perry dances at a MSU Pompon practice on Oct. 22, 2015, at IM Sports Circle. The team was established in 2005 and is recognized by the MSU Recreational Sports and Fitness Services as a competitive student organization club sport.

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Newest city recycling plan has perks, but a few issues remain

BY JAKE ALLEN JALLEN@STATENEWS.COM

The city of East Lansing rolled out its new recycling program in early October, but left behind more than 12,000 residents — including a number of student residents.

Because of a city ordinance which only requires housing complexes built after 2007 to provide on-site recycling, about 12,643 residents are still without on-site recycling centers, according to city data.

Catherine DeShambo, environmental services administrator for the city, said to try and solve this problem, the East Lansing Commission on the Environment has formed a sub-committee called the Waste Reduction Sub-Committee made up of DeShambo and Marcia Horan, Kerrin O’Brien and Elisia Marchman, who are members of the East Lansing Commission on the Environment.

The final member of the sub-committee is Nathan Capper, a political theory and constitutional democracy senior at MSU, who’s passion for sustainability continues to make an impact on the program.

FROM THE BEGINNING In June of 2015, Capper started a petition to have the city bring recycling to multi-family complexes which were lacking.

Capper said he saw a “huge need” with thousands of students living in on-campus apartments without access to on-site recycling.

“Between the City of East Lansing and the university, who both care very much about sustainability, I figured that we could get this fixed in East Lansing,” Capper said.

Capper started going door-to-door in order to gain support for his petition. About 1,000 signatures were on Capper’s petition when he stopped petitioning and joined efforts with the Waste Reduction Sub-Committee.

Capper said the committee’s goal is to make sure everyone is included in the new recycling practices.

“The way we see it is that everyone in the City of East Lansing is provided with this service, except for a number of us that can’t afford to live in a house or an apartment complex that’s built after 2007,” Capper said.

East Lansing Department of Public Works worker Shaun O’Berry watches as trash is poured into his truck on Thursday in East Lansing.

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bo said.

“I think the goal at this point is to say look, it really needs to happen,” DeShambo said. It needs to be happening and those folks need the opportunity to have those services right there on-site.”

Capper said the sub-committee is working on getting a practical plan in place in the next year or two and options range from dumpsters for recycling outside of buildings to recycling rooms inside the building.

PATCHING THE HOLES DeShambo and Horan said they are currently researching best practices and looking at how other cities collect recycling from large multi-family complexes.

Changing the ordinance is an option, since recycling has changed and evolved since 2007, when the current ordinances were written, DeSham-

WHAT STUDENTS THINK Capper is currently a second-year resident of The Oaks apartments. He previously lived in Campus Village apartments. Neither complex offers on-site recycling for its residents, so Capper compiles his recycling in his living room until he can find a ride to a drop-off center.

James VanSteel, who graduated this past summer from MSU with a degree in English as well

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Packaging junior Tyreese Brewington, left, and linguistics senior Katelyn Grizzle sort through trash on a conveyer belt on Thursday at the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center on 468 Green Way, in East Lansing.

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12,643 The number of East Lansing residents who do not have access to on-site recycling because they live in a multi-family complex built after 2007.

130 Residents who live at the 1050 Waters Edge Drive building inside Cedar Village that do not have access to on-site recycling because they live in a multi-family complex built after 2007.

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as political theory, signed Capper’s petition.

VanSteel said at the time, he lived in a large apartment complex owned by DTN Management Company which did not provide on-site recycling. He felt it was “too difficult” for him to recycle.

VanSteel and Capper are joined by neuroscience junior Milena Lai, who also views the lack of on-site recycling an issue.

Lai has lived in the Cedar Village apartments at 1050 Waters Edge Drive in East Lansing since August.

Lai is one of 130 residents in this building with no on-site recycling.

Lai said a “large amount, maybe even half” of her garbage is materials that could be recycled.

“Having an on-site recycling bin would help a lot, so would educating people more about recycling,” Lai said. “Accessibility is what people look for when they recycle and an on-site bin would help that a lot.”

VanSteel said he believes providing recycling to those left out would encourage an “ecologically-minded populous and culture around the city.”

“There’s all these family homes, there’s all these apartment complexes and of course student housing where there’s this younger demographic that is starting to realize that we are having an effect on the climate and that we can live more consciously and more environmentally-minded,” VanSteel said.

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Thanks to a $125,000 grant from the Recycling Partnership and matching funds from the city, residents received a new, 96 gallon recycling cart in late September.

As part of the recycling cart transition, the city of has purchased a new, fully automated hydraulic hybrid recycling truck, which is the first of its kind in Michigan.

The truck is expected to consume 35 to 50 percent less fuel than a standard recycling truck and the city expects to see emissions lowered by as much as 48 tons in one year.

DeShampo said the new program has caused “huge” volumes of increase of recyclable materials being collected by the city.

“On a typical day where we might have had 4,000 pounds of mate-

“The reality is, we want everyone to have those services on site bceause making it convenient is what makes people participate in it. It’s really difficult for folks if they have to go to a drop-off site or they have to travel, and if they don’t have a car that makes it a near impossibility to take advantage of.”

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LCC criminal justice junior Kaleb Dunn sorts through trash on the conveyer belt on Thursday at the MSU Surplus Store and Recycling Center in East Lansing. PHOTO: DEJAH DARKINS

U P DATE Since curbside recycling is single stream, there is no need to sort or bag items. The recycling program includes everything previously available to recycle and many new recyclables, including: GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS TIN FOIL STEEL AND ALUMINUM CANS HOUSEHOLD SCRAP METAL EXCLUDING WIRE HANGERS PLASTIC BOTTLES OR CONTAINERS LABELED ONE THROUGH SEVEN EXCLUDING NUMBER 3 STYROFOAM AND PLASTIC BAGS BULKY RIGID PLASTIC CARTONS NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES PHONE BOOKS BOXBOARD CORRUGATED BOARD AND CARDBOARD

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rial collected, we are seeing days where we are collecting 11-12,000 pounds,” DeShambo said.

DeShambo said she credits the success of the program to the convenience.

“The ability to put those items in your cart curbside is just so convenient and I think people have really been ready for this,” DeShambo.

While there are still some residents left out of the recycling plan, students and city officials alike are working to make it more inclusive.

It’s going to take more work to fix the program than Capper originally thought, but he said it is important work he is not going to give up any time soon.

“We have been given a responsibility to take care of this Earth and I look around and I see a lot of us doing that, but I also see a lot of us not doing that,” Capper said. “In a place like East Lansing and with the university, it is very important to have a green, sustainable system in place. I saw some of us falling through the cracks and decided that was unacceptable.”

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Native American and Hispanic Business Students is a club within the Eli Broad College of Business which works to increase the amount of Native American and Hispanic representation in corporate America through networking and community outreach.

Jon Wallace, second year president of NAHBS, said the primary goals of the club are networking, community service and professional development.

“The goals of this club are to introduce members in the business college at Michigan State University to these Fortune 500 companies,” Wallace said. “We also want to increase Native American and Hispanic representation in higher education institutions.”

While the NAHBS is primarily for students of Native American or Hispanic descent, the club is not limited to those student groups.

“If you look at our membership on our executive board, not everyone is Native American or Hispanic,” Wallace said. “We’re open to anybody that is willing to learn about us and want to grow themselves professionally.”

Wallace said they offer a lot of networking opportunities for the students in the NAHBS club to learn about companies and learn

through experience how to become more professional.

“We bring in Fortune 500 companies to talk to our members about internship opportunities, full-time opportunities, what it’s like to work for their company, but more importantly real skills that they can have,” Wallace said.

One of the biggest events NAHBS sponsors is the Latino College Day. This year, about 60 young Hispanic students from Innovation Central and Wyoming High School came to MSU to learn what it is like to go to college.

Amirah Wells, the community service chair of NAHBS, said Latino College Day is intended to show students what resources they would have access to if they came to MSU. “They learned about the summer business institute, resume building and presentation skills,” Wells said. “They get to see the campus. They get the opportunity to meet college students.”

Wyoming High School student Cindy Ochoa said she was excited to take part in this year’s Latino College Day. “I wanted to know what it took to get in MSU because I want to go into marketing,” Ochoa said. “I was able to network with Anne Samuel Crain, program coordinator of multicultural business programs. I was able to ask her a host of questions.”

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Senior quarterback Completions/attempts: 30/52 398 yards 7.7 Average 4 touchdowns

“We just sort of took control of the game in the fourth quarter, defensively and offensively. We’re 8-0. We’ve got an opportunity to stay off and not practice for a week, regain ourselves in terms of our health and move forward.”

-Head Coach Mark Dantonio

MSU moved up to No. 6 in the AP Poll and No. 5 in the AMWAY/USA today poll

This is the sixth time in school history that MSU has been 8-0 — the last time was 2010

Cook finished three yards shy of the single-game passing yards record

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Senior wide receiver

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“MSU’s Connor Cook is the best QB in college football! @MSU_Football”

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Physiology junior Renee Weil, center, dances at an MSU Pompon practice on Oct. 22 at IM Sports-Circle. The team was established in 2005 and is recognized by the MSU Recreational Sports and Fitness Services as a competitive student organization club sport. PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL

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When the 30 women of the MSU Pompon Team step onto the floor at competition, they don’t think about the competition itself or the final scores — they think about the team culture of unity, friendship and love, and they think about the legacy and reputation the MSU Pompon Team holds. “‘Love the legacy,’” assistant director of alumni relations and head coach Linda Conradi said. “We say that on the team a lot. It’s not about the win or the competition, it’s about the reputation. We make sure we stay true to who we are and honor all the women who came before us.”

While collegiate pompon has progressed throughout the years and has spread across many college campuses, it’s still fairly new.

The team was created in 2005 by four Spartans — Brittany Struble-Campbell, Ashley Thelen, Alison Knopic-Miller and a fourth unknown member. Other collegiate teams got their start soon after. Traditional pompon is only seen in the Midwest.

“Those first four girls were the pioneers of pompon,” Conradi said. “We used to wear our uniforms twice a year, now we wear them every week. The girls before had to fight for every opportunity. The girls now make sure they are representing the legacy properly.”

After the team performed a routine at the high-kick competition last year called ‘Spartan Strong,’ the routine gained so much popularity and attention they were asked to perform at the MSU vs. U-M basketball game halftime show.

“The Spartan Strong routine was by far my favorite memory because we got to share our passion with our school, with other Spartans, and to appreciate our sport and love for our school,” biomedical lab diagnostics sophomore Gabbi O’Connell said.

For kindergarten teacher and assistant coach Danielle Cowper, her favorite part about coaching is seeing the process unfold.

“They are proud to walk out onto the floor after the

Established in 2005 First Mid-American style pompon team formally established at the collegiate level.

Founded by Brittany Struble-Campbell, Ashley Thelen, Alison Knopic-Miller and a fourth unknown Spartan.

words Michigan State University and show everyone what we are about, what we have worked on for the past six months and what we stand for,” Cowper said in an email.

Leading up to competition, there is something the team never discusses outside the group — their routine. Since the team was created, a tradition they have upheld is to hide their theme until the day of competition.

The team keeps their theme a secret because it builds trust among the team and it makes competition all the more exciting.

“We work so hard for so long for a routine and for that three minutes, we finally get to show the world what we’ve been working on and what we are like as a team,” O’Connell said. “For all the anticipation to build up and to show everyone what all of our hard work has been going towards,we want everyone to love (the routines) as much as we do.”

While the fact they have won almost every competition they have ever competed in, the 30 women and their coaches always stay true to who they are, and “love the legacy.”

“I always tell the girls, ‘after your performance, if you feel like you could leave the competition and not find out what place you got, you did your job,” Conradi said. “It’s not about the win or the competition, it’s about the reputation.’”

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Five takeaways from the victory over IU

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Junior wide receiver Matt Macksood runs the ball after a botched field goal attempt during the game against Indiana on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Special teams continued to be a problem despite the Spartans defeating the Hoosiers, 52-26. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY

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No. 7 MSU (8-0 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) defeated Indiana (4-4 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) 52-26 Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Here are five takeaways from the Spartans victory.

COOK’S DAY Senior quarterback Connor Cook looked as good as he has all season. Cook made some impressive, NFL-caliber throws en route to a record day.

He finished the game with 30 completions, 398 passing yards and four touchdown passes — all personal bests.

The senior finished the game three yards shy of breaking MSU’s single game passing record.

“I think we’re right where we need to be going into a bye.

Guys are going to get healthy, guys are going to get back.”

Connor Cook, senior quarterback

Cook joked that he begged for one last passing play to break the record, but finished it by saying he would be happy with 15 passing yards as long as the Spartans got a win.

SPARTANS FINALLY CLOSE ONE OUT For the first time all season, the Spartans closed out a game convincingly. MSU was up just five and Indiana was hanging around with about nine minutes left.

However, MSU went on a 4:22 touchdown drive to go up two scores and they never looked back.

Eventually piling on late to cover the spread when favored for the first time this season.

“I think we’re right where we need to be going into a bye,” Cook said. “Guys are going to get healthy, guys are going to get back.”

BAD SPECIAL TEAMS ON BOTH SIDES Special teams continued to be a factor in the game. The Spartans had some big plays on special teams, but there were also quite a few bad ones.

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A botched field goal attempt at the end of the first half led to a fumble and an Indiana recovery and the punting game was suspect, yet again.

However, Indiana’s special teams unit was just as bad if not worse. The Hoosiers missed two extra points and a 42-yard field goal attempt.

RUNNING GAME ABSENT, AGAIN Aside from freshman running back LJ Scott’s 18-yard and 26-yard runs during the Spartans second to last drive, and sophomore running back Gerald Holmes 22-yard touchdown carry on the last drive — the running game was suspect all day.

MSU finished the game with 142 rushing yards, but 66 of them came on three runs at the end of the game.

“I don’t think we need a No. 1 running back personally, we’ve got three or four guys that have made plays for us,” head coach Mark Dantonio said. “We’re going to always ride the hot guy.”

SECONDARY TROUBLES CONTINUE The secondary was suspect for the Spartans, despite some big stops. Junior cornerback Demetrious Cox was abused all game and the Hoosiers went after him often.

Indiana’s senior quarterback Nate Sudfeld finished the game with 308 passing yards and three touchdown passes.

FINAL NOTES MSU junior safety Mark Meyers returned to the team from his suspension this week.

The junior was able to get into the game and make some quality plays as one of the older guys in the secondary.

The Spartans won’t use helmets or shoulder pads during this week of practice. Dantonio wanted to give his team an opportunity to heal mentioning that practices are often very competitive.

Dantonio also mentioned that while his team won’t have contact during the bye week, and many of the other coaches will be on the recruiting trail.

“I said one of two things are going to happen,” Dantonio said. “Either we’re going to win the game and I’m going to give you a week off or we’re going to lose the game and I’m not going to want to see you.”

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Sports Fantasy sports club offers a new way for sports fans to connect

Column: Cook secures spot as top college QB

BY CASEY HARRISON CHARRISON@STATENEWS.COM

The world of fantasy sports continues to grow at an exponential pace. Websites like ESPN, Yahoo and Draftkings have exploded in popularity in recent years, holding fantasy sports leagues from football to baseball and everything in between.

And for business freshman Brendan McInerney, his newly-formed Fantasy Sports Club aims to bring students together to make friends and have fun doing it.

The club meets at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Geography building across from Snyder-Phillips Hall.

“Right now we have about 20 (students) in the club,” McInerney said. “But once we get the ball rolling it’s going to be a blast, and like Matt said, it’s a great opportunity to meet new people.”

“You feel like you’re with a group of friends and you’re just discussing sports like with every other friend that you have,” co-vice president and freshman Siddhant Chhabra said. “It’s really laid back and it’s fun to talk about sports with really good people.”

The Fantasy Sports Club participates in all types of fantasy leagues including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, March Madness brackets and any other competitive sport.

“We really came up with it (the idea) after Sparticipation after seeing all of these clubs that were really unique and we came up with the idea and just ran with it,” premedical sophomore and vice president Matt Almany said. “Everybody likes fantasy sports and it’s all something we can do.”

All of the club’s leagues are only competing for bragging rights, meaning that the leagues are free to join.

However, McInerney said there are aspirations to have leagues that compete for a cash prize in the future.

McInerney also has high hopes for the club to travel to group outings to Detroit sports venues in the near future.

“Hopefully we can go out to a couple Pistons games during the winter, maybe catch a couple Red Wings games,” McInerney said, “And I think in the spring we’ll be able to find a Tigers game to go to as well.”

The club is completely free to join, and members that join before Nov. 1 will receive a free t-shirt courtesy of SportsManias.

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Senior quarterback Connor Cook runs the ball during the game against Indiana on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 52-26. PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL

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A very intense feeling of focus is what senior quarterback Connor Cook described as being in the zone.

Being in the zone, hot, an intense feeling of focus — call it what you want to call it, but Cook is one of, if not the, best quarterback in the NCAA right now.

In the Spartans’ 52-26 win over Indiana on Saturday, Cook was lights out.

The senior had career highs in completions, yards and touchdowns — going 30-for-52 for 398 yards and four touchdowns.

“I think I’ve been saying it over and over throughout the fall, he’s got a great deal of experience, he’s won at a very high level,” head coach Mark Dantonio said. “The guy is 31-3 as a quarterback right now. That’s unbelievable. There can’t be too many people out there that have that type of record. He’s used to being successful, so he has confidence.”

It wasn’t just the statistics, though. Cook was making throws in this game very few collegiate quarterbacks can make. Several of Cook’s throw were “NFL throws.”

He threaded the needle, split defenders, put back shoulder throws where only his receiver could get them and hit several deep balls perfectly down the sideline.

“I don’t think I have thrown as many as I have today,” Cook said.

“But in my mind I felt like I was on the money and felt like the ball was coming out of my hand well.”

When the Spartan running backs couldn’t get anything going, Cook finally did what many thought he could all season long — air it out and put the team on his back.

“Obviously, Connor has done great things for us throughout the years,” co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner said. “What it does for us it gives us, it gives us a chance for big plays all the time. On a day like today, when we were not running the ball obviously as well as we would like to, we were able to sort of ask him to put the team on his shoulders and carry us really for three quarters, and

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he had help from the wide receiver position.

“Connor has been money. He’s played good for years around here, but the last two weeks, I think he’s been phenomenal.”

What I saw in Connor Cook, especially on Saturday against the Hoosiers, is an NFL quarterback.

“(His skills) are NFL-type level from what I know. The NFL quarterbacks that we’ve had here, I would say he’s right there with those guys.”

Mark Dantonio, MSU head football coach

If Cook keeps playing the way he is he will be a top-10 pick in the next NFL draft. "(His skills) are NFL-type level from what I know,” Dantonio said.

“The NFL quarterbacks that we’ve had here, I would say he’s right there with those guys. He’s got a great touch, he’s got great arm strength, he’s got a very quick release, and he’s big.”

Cook is already the winningest quarterback of all time at MSU. On Saturday he set a MSU single-game record with 416 total yards against and finished three yards away from breaking the single game record.

His 64 career passing touchdowns are good for second all-time at MSU, but he could very well break former Spartan Kirk Cousins’ record of 66 in the next game.

At the level Cook is playing, if the Spartans can get healthy during the bye week, the sky is the limit for MSU. BIO Name Connor Cook Year Senior Major Media and information Hometown Hinckley, Ohio Claim to fame Cook owns a 31-3 career record as the starting quarterback for the MSU football team.

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Historic MSU Cycling Club encourages bike riding, safety and maintenance on campus

BY KATERIA HINES KHINES@STATENEWS.COM

Horticulture graduate students Stefan Cerbin, left, and Brian Poel get ready to go on a ride with the MSU Cycling Club on Oct. 19 at the Sparty Statue. The group usually has around eight participants that ride around campus and surrounding towns. PHOTO: CATHERINE FERLAND

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For more than 100 years, the MSU Cycling Club has been riding the trails across campus.

The club was started in 1894 as the M.A.C Cycling Club, and according to the MSU Bikes website, used dues to create a gravel path along the northern side of Michigan Avenue for cycling.

Although the MSU Cycling Club began as a fad for MSU students, today it is still around for the interest of cycling.

“We’re just a student-run club that is interested in all types of cycling, so a lot of the club focuses around road racing,” Alex Corrion, plant pathology doctoral student and club president, said.

The club promotes bike safety and awareness for students who join. This includes using bike lanes, wearing helmets and having reflectors or lights when riding at night.

The cycling club has approximately 20 members and all students are welcome to join — they just need to have a bike.

Michael Thelen, mechanical

engineering senior and treasurer of the club, said students don’t have to be experienced cyclists to join. The club is always actively seeking new members who have a passion for cycling.

“You don’t even have to have a high end bike, we have no-drop rides,” Thelen said. “We have rides where you can just have fun and chat.”

Additionally, the MSU Cycling Club is more than willing to help students find bikes within their price range, along with having a club bike for members to use if needed. The club can also help members with bike maintenance.

“I’ve been a mechanic in a bike shop for five and a half years — I can work on your bikes, I instruct and I can help you learn how to maintain your bike,” Thelen said.

During the school year, the club has races almost every weekend. If it does not race as a club, the club holds rides during the week. In the winter months the club is still active on campus, it just takes different approaches to the season change.

Every year, the cycling club participates in the MSU Gran Fondo, which is Italian for “Big Ride.” The purpose of the Gran Fondo is to support skin cancer awareness, prevention and research.

Stefan Cerbin, horticulture doctoral student and vice president, said anyone can do the route for free and there are routes 12 to 80 miles long.

“It’s really enjoyable and there’s all riders in all different age groups that do it,” Cerbin said.

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Stuffed giraffe takes over campus, Snapchat

BY TREASURE ROBERTS TROBERTS@STATENEWS.COM

Recently, one student has been spotted walking to class with an unusual companion.

He has a long neck and goes by the name of Schneebly.

The stuffed giraffe media and information freshman Alec Comes was carrying around campus is actually the mascot of the sketch comedy group, Giraffe House.

“I joined Giraffe House because I really like doing comedy,” Comes said. “I tried out and got on as a writer, and I like it there very much.”

A few weeks ago was “Giraffe Week” because it was the first time Giraffe House released videos this year. In order to get their name out, Comes paraded Schneebly the giraffe through campus.

Comes said in doing so, he received several comments and reactions from students.

“They stared at me for longer than usual, I got the thumbs up and people said hey man cool giraffe and I got stopped a few times to take pictures with people,” Comes said.

Schneebly and Comes even made the MSU Snapchat story multiple times. In the first Snapchat featured on the story, Comes made a joke: “I feel like Luke Skywalker and this is Yoda (as he points at

Schneebly) except Yoda’s got a way longer neck.”

The second Snap story featured was a video of Schneebly accompanying Comes in his Understanding Media class.

“I was really glad I picked that day to take Schneebly around,” Comes said.

The well-known skateboarding professor even received his 10 seconds of fame with Schneebly.

Comes walked into class and assistant professor in the department of media and information Rabindra Ratan asked to see the giraffe.

“My first reaction was cháng jǐng lù (giraffe in Chinese),” Ratan said.

Ratan asked Comes to take a video of him skateboarding with the Giraffe.

“The students loved it and they said ‘prepare to be snap-chatted,’” Ratan said.

Emily Jin Hee Nichols, media and information senior and head producer of Giraffe House, said Schneebly has always been a great way to advertise and market Giraffe House and people love seeing him. She loves all the attention Comes and Schneebly have received.

“I think Alec getting on the campus story so much is awesome! He’s basically campus famous,” Nichols said. “I hope that because of it, more people will know of Giraffe House and Telecasters as a whole.”

Media and information freshman Alec Comes poses for a portrait with “Schneebly” the Giraffe House Comedy Club mascot on Friday at The State News. Comes carries “Schneebly” around to advertise the club. PHOTO: DEJAH DARKINS

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