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Students find bed bugs in residence halls but little assistance

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Police, however, have different priorities and only seek to shut down house parties when they get out of hand.

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James Madison College freshman Stephen Moening moved into his residence hall located on the fifth floor of South Case Hall on Aug. 26, and immediately noticed something was not right.

“I moved in and my mom and I noticed some black spots on the mattress,” Moening said. “Two nights later, I started getting bites. They were up and down on my leg and a lot on my back and a few on my arms, really just everywhere.”

Moening said a week or two went on before his roommate’s girlfriend mentioned she had bites.

“We looked up the bugs and at this point, we were freaking out,” Moening said.

“We started taking off my sheets and we actually saw two of them (bed bugs). We see the little eggs which are the black spots that I originally saw. We went down to the front desk to report it.”

Moening said a student employed by MSU Pest Control came to their room to inform them Pest Control was understaffed and they would be back tomorrow.

“The ACD came to our door and asked what we wanted done about the problem,” Moening said.

“Throughout this interaction, he wanted us in our room, he wanted us to be quiet about it. He didn’t want any other residents to know.”

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practice discretion for the sake of the student(s) involved,” Foster said.

Moening said he and his roommate were required to remove all clothing from the bug-infested room. In doing so, he said the clothing was placed in plastic bags, which were placed in laundry bins outside of the room.

Moening said Resident Assistants on duty asked them to remove the bins from the hallway because “they didn’t want other residents to know.”

Moening said once the pest control employee came, the treatment of the room was very thorough.

“Mike from MSU Pest Control was fantastic,” Moening said. “He automatically got on our beds and confirmed that we had bed bugs. He set traps a couple of days later and then came back a week later to check the traps.”

Once the room was chemically treated and dried, Moening said they were expected to sleep on the same mattresses that had just been treated.

Moening said when he and his roommate requested new mattress, the Assistant Community Director (ACD) of Case Hall estimated that it would take another day to find new mattresses.

“There was no quickness from anyone (R As, ACDs) when dealing with this issue,” Moening said. “The mattresses were not new. Putting the new mattresses on, it was just my roommate and I while RAs are standing there looking. Just no help whatsoever.”

Moening’s roommate, international relations freshman Matt Maldonado, said he felt like nobody wanted to help.

MSU spokesperson Jason Cody had this to say about bed bugs on campus.

“While EHS does routinely take calls on possible bed bugs, there have only been five confirmed cases over the past three years,” Cody said. “The university has never had an outbreak. If they are found in a dorm room, the room is chemically treated. EHS determined chemical treatment works best.

There is also a follow-up treatment and monitoring to ensure the situation is taken care of.”

Cody said residence halls undergo general inspection at the end of the school year and after guests to the university have stayed in them during the summer.

Cody said the latest confirmed case of bed bugs was in Holmes Hall this semester.

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Club football team strives for glory

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Sophomore quarterback Vinny Costanzo runs the ball during the second quarter of the MSU Club Football game against the Ohio State club team on Oct. 4, 2015 at Hope Sports Complex, 5801 N Aurelius Road in Lansing. The MSU Club Football Team was started about a year ago and has more than 50 players. PHOTO: CATHERINE FERLAND

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Tucked away in a remote corner of East Lansing is a small field home to a ragtag group of football players. Assembled from all corners of the country and beyond, they hail from a school that’s known to all.

They pass by the banks of the Red Cedar daily, sit in on classes and are lost in the shuffle of the daily college grind — they’re a group of athletes unknown to all. This hodgepodge of football players makeup the MSU Club Football team.

Trotting out of their cars, cleats smacking the pavement, a reminiscent sound of the days of high school, a team begins to gather. In the open field of Patriarche Park in East Lansing, a group of football players whose football days were supposed to end anywhere from months ago to four years ago, gather to play the game they love.

This is football, in it’s simplest form, the way it was supposed to be played. The group comes with the old coach barking out drills, guidance and praise. They throw the same passes, run the same routes and compete with one another just as they did in high school. It’s all business. It’s all another chance to play one more time.

THE CHANCE TO PLAY AGAIN Adorned in white jerseys and pants with block green font, this group of guys to any passer by might as well be mistaken for the MSU football team that calls Spartan Stadium home. And that’s exactly the point.

Chris Wesolowski, a criminal justice sophomore, is the mastermind of this dream. The idea to form a club team came to Wesolowski for no other reason than he missed playing the game he loved.

Now the President of MSU Club Football, he originally was looking to play the game again but now

he’s opened the door for guys like him to play the game again at a competitive level.

“Watching the varsity every Saturday, I really missed it,” Wesolowski said. “I found out we didn’t have one (club football team) so I talked to Ms. Angela Michael, the (assistant) club sports director, and she laid out the process of how to start a team.”

With an idea in hand and the process before him, Wesolowski caught an unexpected and fortunate break from someone who shared in his dream.

“She (Michael) called me an hour later and said she just got a call from a coach that started the club football team at Oakland University and that he wants to start one here,” Wesolowski said.

Al Manfroni would be the man on the other end of the line that answered Wesolowski’s prayer. Manfroni, who has a son at MSU, wanted to give his son the opportunity to play football after high school but realizing that no team existed at MSU he contacted Michael as well.

Manfroni has a history of building from the ground up. As a former high school football coach, he started the program at Oakland University and left it in good hands, as they won the national championship this past season under the leadership of Manfroni’s assistant coach. Wesolowski, with the guidance of Manfroni and help from other interested students brought the team to life.

THE PLAYERS It’s unfair to call them a ragtag group of football players because of their blatant athletic prowess, but they hail from everywhere. Almost like a quilt, the boys on this team come from all over to make up the framework of the team. But none better to set the standard of what this team means than its six captains.

“What we have here is different than most teams, it’s a big a family,” Devin Schlossberg said. “It’s nice

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From left to right, sophomore running back Zach Greene, senior wide receiver Jake Sterling and junior wide receiver Alec Papes watch the game from the bench during the MSU Club Football game against Wright State University on Sunday at Hope Sports Complex, 5801 North Aurelius Road, in Lansing. The team began just a year ago and has been undefeated this season. PHOTO: CATHERINE FERLAND

to have that family feeling again and get behind a big sport and a big rally and big cause.”

Schlossberg, a human biology premedical senior, wears 89 for the green and white and is brute force at 6-feet-3 inches tall and 250 pounds, imposing his will upon opposing teams’ offensive lines. He’s been a key contributor to the defense that has only given up 22 points in three games.

Schlossberg is a defensive tackle and one of six captains alongside, Vinny Costanzo, Jake Sterling, Lucas Mayo, Bill Zatezalo and John Strain.

“What we have here is different than most teams, it’s a big family.”

Devin Schlossberg, MSU Club Football defensive tackle

The six of them together off the field in one spot is an unstoppable force of jokes and camaraderie that is the epitome of sport. They never miss the chance to poke fun at one another, chiding each other over their strength, looks and ability to be serious in front of the camera lens. They’ve only known each other for a short time, but they might as well have been raised together. It speaks to what this team is about.

“It’s probably one of the best decisions I ever made,” Sterling said about making the choice to play club football.

A fifth year advertising senior, he hails from Monroe, Mich. With hands as soft as a pillow, it’s rare a ball is dropped by the 6-foot-1, 195 pound wide receiver. For the game he loved it wasn’t hard to make the decision either.

“I thought what the heck, might as well go out and try it,” Sterling said. “It’s my last year, might as well go out with a bang.”

Mayo, the feisty 5-foot-8 safety helps anchor a strong secondary. Undoubtedly the most vocal guy on the field at any given time, he barks orders which demand respect from his teammates.

Zatezalo is a quiet, but hard-hitting linebacker who commands a presence on the field, but is well liked off of it. Soft spoken and timid in front of the camera, he can’t help but take jibes from his teammates. However, he’s too comfortable around them not to quip back.

At 6-foot-3 with a lumberjack beard, offensive lineman John Strain might be the funniest of the group. Unafraid to put himself out there, he kicks off the jokes. An immovable force on the field, he’s on the front line of defense for QB Costanzo. It’s a position of unsung heroes and he fits the mold well.

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other five guys, wanted to strap the pads on one more time, to play the game he was supposed to give up after high school. Soft-spoken, he’s got the outgoing side and happy personality that lives up to the Italian in him. He throws the ball around the field with the vision and poise you want in a quarterback.

The six captains each represent what this team is about. They might be done playing on a stage fit for kings and the pressure that comes with playing for their school. Now they play the game the way it was intended to be played, for the love of it. And that’s what they’ve been doing.

PUTTING IN WORK Once the word was put out that a club team was imminent, the response was huge. With hundreds if not a thousands of former football players living on campus, for 100 or so guys the chance to play again was too good to pass up.

“We had a combine in April out at the indoor turf at IM (Sports) West and we had over a hundred kids out,” Wesolowski said. “After that, people have been emailing the club email like ‘oh I just found out there’s a team I wanna join,’ so yeah there’s definitely a lot of interest.”

Impressed by the ability of athletes and the humongous showing at the combine, the outlook for the program and the season was as bright as anyone could tell. With raw natural ability that could certainly be division one level, the team set high aspirations for their first year.

On Oct. 4, in crisp black uniforms outlined in green and white, with sleek Spartan green helmets adorned with the world famous MSU ‘S’, the group of 57 brothers stepped onto the field for the first time together to tackle people other than themselves.

All hyped up on the chance to play one more time, and the chance to play for one another, the team took the field as Spartans. And Spartans they played like.

Banging together and fighting every play they took down The Ohio State University Club Team 45-0. A completely dominating effort for a group of guys who just got their club up and running.

There’s an old saying that there are people who play football and there are football players. To call these men anything less than true football players would sell them short.

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MSU Club Softball enters winter with veteran leadership fueling their World Series aspirations

BY ASHANTI SEABRON ASEABRON@STATENEWS.COM

Everyone knows about the varsity sports on campus, but it is the clubs sports teams that offer the average MSU students their chance to shine.

The MSU Club Softball team is a competitive team that plays year round during the fall and spring semesters.

Their first season as a competitive team was in 2007, and the 2010 season was the club’s first as a member of the National Club Softball Association.

The team plays against all other Division I schools in the Big Ten, including University of Michigan, Ohio State, Illinois and Bowling Green among others.

Communications senior Abby Robinson said while club softball has its differences from varsity softball, the intensity and passion for the game still remains the same.

“There’s not really a big audience for us. ... As far as being different from being on a varsity team, it’s a little bit less of a commitment and it’s not as intense,” Robinson said. “All of us were varsity athletes in high school and either were recruited to smaller schools or things like that but chose Michigan State anyways. ... We just wanted to continue our careers and keep playing the game that we love.”

Humanities pre-law junior and team pitcher Hannah Cone said the team’s chemistry is great, which helps them through the ups and downs of a competitive sports season.

“Definitely, we have a really good team chemistry this year,” Cone said. “That helps, because whenever things start going bad, everyone picks each other up which helps a lot, and then our offense has been really good too. We have a lot of team dinners and team parties outside of this — through all of that we’ve become really close.”

Along with the team chemistry, the makeup of talent the team has plays a big role in their success.

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match, or even improve, on past successes.

“Absolutely (our expectations are) to go back to the World Series,” Donnarumma said. “My freshman year, I came in and our team had gone to the World Series the year before, and my freshman year we made it back to the World Series. I think we ended at the World Series placed either 8th or 9th in the nation. To be able to be in that top tier of teams, it’s definitely an expectation and we all expect to end up in Columbus, Georgia for the World Series by the end of the season.”

Interior design junior Kendal Bayer also believes this season will be one to remember “I think this year we have a lot more going for us,” Bayer said. “This fall season we did pretty well, so we have a chance to either tie (for) 1st in the division or (be) second. (The) chances of us going to regionals are really good right now, and they’re already better than last year.”

Head coach Bob Every has high expectations for the team, and believes the team can go deep this year in their hunt for a World Series championship.

“We’re right in the hunt,” Every said. “If we do our job through the winter and practice the way that we’ve been practicing, given the talent that we have, and what we’ve done this fall, we should win (games). If we do that, we can do no less than a tie for the conference championship or a second place finish, outright, which will then qualify us for the National Regional Tournament, and then depending on how we do there, that will qualify us for that 12-person team at the World Series.”

Assistant coach Jeff Kegler believes that the team’s development has been the key to success.

“Without question, the growth and development of this team (has been crucial),” Kegler said. “I actually just did a stat comparison today between where we were at in the spring, and the biggest thing was the hitting. Coach Every is just a huge proponent of strong hitters and powerful hitters. Without question our power numbers are better, we’ve increased our batting average by about 60 points over what we did last year. Our pitching has dramatically increased, and we’re just in a good spot right now.”

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Senior fullback Trevon Pendleton runs the ball to the one yard line on Oct. 17, 2015, during the fourth quarter of the game against the University of Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines, 27-23. PHOTO: ALICE KOLE

BY MATTHEW ARGILLANDER MARGILLANDER@STATENEWS.COM

Down 14-23 against the University of Michigan with hope starting to fade for the Spartans, senior quarterback Connor Cook hit one of his more unlikely targets for a season-saving play.

The Spartans had to score quick to stay in the game and during the first play of their drive, Cook hit wide open senior fullback Trevon Pendleton, who took the ball 74-and-a-half yards and fell a yard short of a touchdown.

When asked whether he thought a fat guy should just be given the touchdown at that point, Pendleton asked, “I’m a fat guy now?” before eventually stating that he believed he scored.

“It would have been nice to get in,” Pendleton said. “I should’ve done more to not leave it in the refs’ hands, obviously.”

MSU scored during the next play and eventually went on to win in stunning fashion. Long before Pendleton made the most pivotal play of his career, he was on the Spartans’ scout team.

Coming out of Portsmouth West High School in Ohio, Pendleton was a three-time all-state, all-area, all-county and all-district selection. He was a three-star recruit and the No. 3-ranked fullback in

actually made quite a bit of plays and did some good things there,” Pendleton said.

He admitted to going harder on scout team than he probably should have.

Pendleton joked the coaches would occasionally get mad at him, but that his effort against the starters gave him confidence and ultimately made them both better.

“That’s something that I’ve always thought about, I’ve always had that confidence. ... That I could play on this level,” Pendleton said. ”(But) “When I came in, I to come in and actually have the didn’t come here just opportunity to do that is something to get on the team, just that is a dream come true.”

The use of fullbacks, like John to have a jersey — I Kuhn of the Green Bay Packers or came here to play and the Detroit Lions recent drafting I told my family that of Rutgers fullback Michael Burright away.” ton, has given Pendleton hopes of a professional career.

Trevon Pendleton, “The (NFL) has been my lifelong senior fullback goal and it’s something I work towards every day,” Pendleton said.

Trevon struggled to find his way “Anyone that knows me know (that) at first, admitting the first couple I live, breathe this game every day, of weeks flew by. However, after this is all I do from the time I get up getting named Scout Team Special until the time I get down.”

Teams Player of the Week vs. Iowa during his redshirt year of 2011, he ONLINE made a call home telling his family he knew he would be able to Want more sports content? Follow play at MSU. “When I first got here I went to us on Twitter @thesnews_sports scout team, played fullback and (I) or go online at statenews.com. the country according to Rivals, but his only offers were from Air Force and Ball State.

“When I came in I didn’t come here just to get on the team, just to have a jersey — I came here to play and I told my family that right away,” Pendleton said. “Obviously I passed up a few scholarship offers to come here. I told them that I came here because could see myself playing here and actually getting on the field.”

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Abrams Planetarium was shining bright this past Sunday with stars of the Greater Lansing United Nations Association.

The planetarium was the venue for a gala celebrating the 70th anniversary of the ratification United Nations.

The highlight of the evening was MSU’s Department of Chemistry welcoming back former faculty member Daniel Nocera, who provided a keynote presentation on his invention, the Artificial Leaf.

Nocera is currently the Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy at Harvard University and winner of the United Nation’s Science and Technology Award.

Nocera started his career as a chemistry professor here at MSU in 1983, and it was at MSU where he conceived his idea for the Artificial Leaf.

“When you do research, it’s a lifetime endeavor,” Nocera said. “When I first moved to Michigan State, I had this idea, ‘could I use solar light to power the world?’ and started putting all the science together and finally enable the discovery of the artificial leaf. That science started here at Michigan State.”

Jim McCusker, a professor of chemistry at MSU and former colleague and friend of Nocera, said Nocera managed to develop a field of study through his research.

The field Nocera developed is called Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer, which McCusker described as physical process that goes on in plants in order to convert sunlight into chemical energy.

His discovery at MSU gained traction and Nocera found himself garnering positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then transitioning to his current position at Harvard University.

During his presentation “A Shining Sun for 1 X 6 Billion,” Nocera showcased his research and the motivations catalyzing it.

“That discovery was honored by the United Nations, because it can give energy to poor people,” Nocera said. “So I’ve been particularly interested in how I can get energy to the poor. The THUR SDAY, O C TOBER 29, 2015

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sun follows everybody around, so if you can figure out how to use the sun for energy then you can start thinking about delivering energy to the poor of the world.”

Nocera was asked to showcase his research at the gala because his worked aligned with the newly formed Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

Michael Beard, the Executive Director of UNF Advocacy and Global Health Director of the Better World Campaign, provided the gala’s second keynote presentation and said having people like Nocera is a huge benefit to solving the world’s climate problem.

“There’s two parts to this — when you look at the sustainable development goals, there’s a piece on climate, there’s a piece on energy access,” Beard said. “If you focus on energy access, you could talk about very dirty energy and it’s access.

But if you look at what Dr. Nocera is doing, you can get the climate change, plus the energy access, and that’s where you really find synergy that will take this to the next level.”

Lynn Bartley, President of the Greater Lansing United Nations Association, or GLUNA, was inspired by Nocera’s invention and research efforts and by what their global effects could be.

“When I just thought about (Nocera’s) research and how it could make that energy accessible to all, it made me so hopeful,” Bartley said. “It made me think this is possible. As Mike (Beard) said, when we meet people’s basic needs — if they are not living in poverty, if they have clean water, if they are not hungry, if they have power to be connected with the world and to be able to do what they need to, we will have a more peaceful world.”

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It wasn’t too long ago Javon Bess appeared to be on an unstoppable path to a storied college basketball career.

During the fall of 2014, Bess arrived in East Lansing following a senior season at Gahanna Lincoln High School where he was named the Ohio Co-Player of the Year and averaged 22 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

At the time, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo couldn’t get enough of him.

He would rave about Bess for the amount of work he saw the then-freshman putting in — so much work that Bess was

entering into the discussion as a potential starter for the 201415 squad.

However, all that hype for Bess’ freshman season seemingly washed away when he suffered a stress fracture in his right foot during a late October practice — a week before the 2014-15 season was set to begin.

B e s s wou ld e ve nt ua l ly return to the court for a dozen games in December and January, showing flashes of what he could do for the team throughout.

However, when the foot started acting up again, Bess went in for an X-ray and it was discovered the foot was broken.

Bess’ season was over. He would go on to have surgery

in March, meaning he would sit out of the team’s Final Four run and wouldn’t return to the court until June.

“It was very tough being able to really get to compete for that starting spot and then a week before our first exhibition game I go down with an injury,” Bess said. “It was real tough going through that but it’s kind of motivation for this year.”

Prior to his injury, when Bess was still in high school, Bess’ former coach Tony Staib said Bess was a guy who would show up early to school every day to work on his game. Staib said Bess would even skip his lunch sometimes to put up more shots.

So when the restless gym rat was told by the MSU coaching staff he couldn’t even come into the gym to practice free throws, it crushed him.

“It was real frustrating,” Bess said. “They didn’t want (any) other problems with (the foot). ... But I feel like at the end of the day, that helped me now, because now I’m able to get back to my routine.”

While it might have been tough on Bess last year, he said teammates and roommates, Marvin Clark Jr. and Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. helped him through the whole process.

“Marvin and Tum, those are my best friends,” Bess said. “(Marvin) had the (same) surgery in high school so he was able to talk to me a lot. ... Having them two with me helped me a lot.”

And heading into this year, Izzo said Bess is still that hard working player, and used the word “sick” to describe the amount of time Nairn and him have spent in the gym this offseason. Izzo also offered up a comparison to former Spartan great Draymond Green.

“He brings some toughness and a little bit of Day Day in him where he’s tough enough and he’s got a high basketball IQ,” Izzo said.

Nairn has also seen the amount of work Bess has put in to get back, and hopes Bess’ improvements can help MSU be a competitive team this year.

“I’ve seen a lot of improvement from him,” Nairn said. “I

Then-freshman forward Javon Bess tries to push past Indiana guard Nick Zeisloft on Jan. 5, 2015 during the game against Indiana at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Hoosiers, 70-50. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

know (being injured) was very tough on him. It was tough on me, too — anytime you see one of your teammates go down, a player who works so hard and works so hard on his game. He’s a great piece for our team this year. ... He’s handled it pretty well and he’s in the gym constantly working on his game to get to where he needs to get to help us win games.”

So as Bess continues to put

in countless hours to refine his skills, the now sophomore said he’s looking to do whatever he can to help his team.

His storied career is just now beginning.

“I want it really bad,” Bess said. “I want to get to the next level and I know with me, not being as athletic or maybe as talented or skilled, I gotta try to work harder than my competition to get to that next level.”

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Refugees learn English from student volunteer From left to right, sitting at the table, Lansing resident Ahmed Jerou, Lansing resident Flora Sandoual Aguilar and volunteer Hannatu Sadiq, a human development and family studies sophomore, work on an activity for an ESL class while anthropology senior Marissa Marinello, standing, watches over on Oct. 14 at the Schmidt Community Center, 5825 Wise Rd, in Lansing. PHOTO:

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It has been a busy few years for Marissa Marinello at the Refugee Development Center.

Now Marinello, an anthropology and Arabic senior, began her tenure at the Refugee Development Center, or RDC, during the spring of her sophomore year.

Starting out as a volunteer, Marinello applied to intern the following year at the RDC. It was during the second half of that year she began working with the English as a Secondary Language, or ESL, course programs hosted at the Hill Vocational Center and North Elementary School in Lansing.

“I was lucky because while I was an intern it was in an ESL class, so I got to see how it was taught by the teacher at the time and he really told us a lot about what’s going on and let us help with the lesson plan,” Marinello said.

This hands-on approach helped Marinello transition into running her own courses for children and adults. ESL programs are split up into three different tracks. One is for adult refugees, another for young children and, more recently, Marinello and another staff member at the RDC conduct a program for children with higher English proficiency that focuses more on teaching them cultural norms and values in the U.S. Not only is Marinello a positive influence on the refugees, but her impact at the RDC has rubbed off on the other volunteers.

Caroline Hron Weigle, a comparative cultures and politics, Arabic and women’s and gender studies senior, spoke highly of Marinello’s work ethic.

“Seeing how she’s gone from intern to staff member and the amount of dedication she has to the work has been pretty inspiring,” Hron Weigle said.

While describing her career goals, Marinello reflected on her recent study abroad trip to Morocco this summer.

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Marinello hopes to work in cultural adjustment and language acquisition for refugees before they reach the U.S. Doing so, she hopes, would alleviate much of the anxiety that comes with uprooting oneself and moving to a totally new country and accompanying cultural differences.

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As the first black woman to be elected to the executive board of the Council of Graduate Students, Dee Jordan quickly realized how important it is to be the first.

Jordan holds the office of Vice President for External Affairs for COGS, which has been around for nearly 40 years.

“Being elected to office and knowing that there had not been one before me, it was beyond moving to me,” Jordan said with tears in her eyes.

Jordan, a geography doctoral student, said she received advice from her grandfather at eight-years-old. She said she hardly thought it would stick with her throughout her life.

“He said, ‘never follow where others dwell, create your own path and lead the trail,’” Jordan said.

Jordan said her grandfather was a major part of her support group growing up, and now the quote is ingrained in her. Throughout her life, Jordan has had to overcome difficulties to get

where she is now. For example, she raised her now 19-year-old son Ashton as a single mother.

“It was very difficult at times being a single parent,” Jordan said. “You want to make sure that they see what it means to work hard and achieve and not take the easy way.”

Jordan said her son has grown up to be a great person and she can remember the day he received the Gates Millennium Scholarship, a scholarship funded by Bill and Melinda Gates for high-achieving students of diverse backgrounds.

She said it meant even more since he achieved it despite having learning disabilities at a young age.

“The year my son won in 2014, there were 50,000 applicants,” Jordan said. “I have no idea how you choose from the best of the best out of 50,000.”

Jordan said they both wept together because at that moment she realized that she did it — her son would be going to college.

He now attends Elon University and is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in communications and political science. Jor-

dan said her son wants to be a Supreme Court Justice someday.

With Jordan’s position, she also hopes to make an impact on the community. Jordan said she became involved with COGS by attending a subcommittee meeting for healthcare.

“For me, I thought this would be a good place to have a voice at the table,” Jordan said. “I think that’s profoundly important.”

Jordan said that upon joining COGS, she immediately found her place and started to build relationships.

“None of us took the desire to run weakly, mildly or insignificantly,” Jordan said. “We could be unified.”

Jordan frequently mentors young girls and students in order to empower them to strive for their very best academically and so forth.

She said on the one hand she was elated to be an example for young minorities and students but she also found it sad that she was the first.

“I will make sure that every other one coming behind me from this moment on, they will have the opportunity,” she said.

Graduate student Dee Jordan poses for a portrait on Wednesday inside the Manly Miles Building. Jordan is the Vice President for External Affairs on the Council of Graduate Students. PHOTO: ALICE KOLE

Jordan said it is essential to have more minorities in leadership roles because it shows young people that despite adversity they to can achieve and lead.

She said her past paves the way for her

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