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The MSU Japan Club is an organization on campus dedicated promoting Japanese culture in the local community, ensuring the comfort of international Japanese students in the U.S., as well as aiding those who wish to learn the language.

The club hosted its annual Curry Party this past Sunday where students could supple Japanese cuisine, all while dressed up for Halloween.

The goal was to “provide a welcoming environment for both cultures,” president and child development junior Shiori Egawa said.

Egawa takes pride in the diversity of the Japan Club and said the general membership itself is about “40 percent domestic students.”

“Both the e-board and general members consist of very diverse backgrounds,” she said Students in the club consist of students taking Japanese classes, students from Japan and those simply interested in Japanese culture, Egawa said.

At this specific party, international students were introduced to the idea of Halloween while American students could taste authentic Japanese cuisine and listen to contemporary Japanese music.

The curry certainly was the main catalyst to bring such a mix of students to the First Christian Church in Lansing.

James Madison College freshman Momoko Watanabe described the basic ingredients that go into the dish.

Including the poignant curry spice, the dish includes an assortment of vegetable and pota-

toes, all draped over steamed rice.

Watanabe feels the dish and party are an excellent way for both cultures can interact and share with each other.

“The club is not just a group of Japanese students hanging out with one another,” she said.

Japan Club hosts a multitude of other events similar to this one including a tea party, dodgeball tournament and a Super Smash Bros. tournament.

American students, some of whom are not members of the club, find themselves coming back to Japan Club parties simply for the delicious food and welcoming atmosphere.

Communications senior Brittany Carter and Chinese sophomore Paige Korner are not members, but love the mixed atmosphere of these events and especially the Curry.

Carter noted that it is wrong to think that someone who is not Japanese “will be alienated” at gatherings such as these.

“There is so much we can learn from these events,” Korner said.

The two feel events like these, as well as the Japan Club itself, promote inclusion on campus and between cultures in general.

The party had to take place off campus because a special license is needed to prepare food on campus. Still, the technicality did not stop such a mix of students from traveling into Lansing for the Japan Club’s event.

Egawa feels events like the Curry Party are indicative of the clubs scope. They introduce Japanese culture, welcome any background, and provide a friendly environment.

Intercultural Aides at MSU work to create an atmosphere of inclusion in residence halls

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The mission statement of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives at MSU reads “Advancing not only diversity — but also inclusion — requires commitment, leadership and the participation of the entire campus community.”

While undoubtedly an honorable goal, the struggle of overcoming cultural differences and stigmas can prove to be difficult. Intercultural Aides, or ICAs, are the student representatives who truly put the university’s money where its mouth is, and their purpose goes well beyond a mission statement.

The aides must be intimately involved in the dynamics of their floor environment in order to wholly promote an atmosphere of inclusion, no matter a student’s background.

The overall goal is to “help students transition academically, socially and culturally,” accounting senior and ICA Da’Quan Moore said.

Many ICAs put themselves on the level of the resident in order to provide a layer of empathy over the relationship between ICA and student, chemistry senior and ICA Briayna Miles said.

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“Being an ICA is part of who I am as a person,” she said.

Upon her arrival to MSU from Saudi Arabia, Alamiri was overwhelmed by the culture shock of an American Big Ten university. The English language was now everywhere and, not feeling confident in her speaking ability, Alamiri found solitude in her own room.

However, this is an impossible way to live one’s life, she said.

“People need to be around other people,” Alamiri said. “It’s part of who we are.”

Alamiri was able to traverse the maze of a new culture as well as shed inhibitions about making friends from other cultures through the help of her ICA. Instantly, Alamiri was hooked with the idea of the job and “loved the idea of being a role model.”

She became an ICA to “help students who want to preserve their culture,” while also “breaking down barriers” that prevent international students from feeling included.

The “barriers” are often a difficult aspect to eliminate, Alamiri said.

She paid notice to the paradoxical notion of international students only associating with those from their own country. International students expect not to be included upon their arrival because of this existing stereotype, Alamiri said.

Moore is in his third year as an ICA and said he enjoys planning social events in his hall in order to welcome international students.

One such event Moore loves utilizing to break down barriers is a floor basketball night.

“The event got great feedback,” Moore said, praising the universally relatable goals of the sport as a means of “breaking down cultural barriers” that would have otherwise prevented some of these students from being friends.

Another barrier that ICAs like Moore seek to dismantle are the stigmas against any group that are perpetuated by certain sayings.

“Calling something gay in a negative tone is a common one,” Moore said, adding his immediate goals are to take “small steps to build an inclusive environment for all,” no matter the form of individual identification.

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ast Lansing City Council elections will take place Nov. 3 with three open seats to be filled. There are six candidates and only one incumbent running.

The candidates have addressed a number of issues during campaign efforts including the relationship between permanent residents and student and development in East Lansing including what the downtown should look like and what to do about the vacant buildings on the 100 block of Grand River Avenue near Abbott Road.

Candidates also discussed the ordinance that has the potential of banning recreational use of roofs that was deferred by council over the summer, the perception that students are rushed to sign a rental lease too early for the following year, problems with alcohol abuse on college campuses and a number of different issues.

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Balancing city’s finances To combat downtown blight

Altmann said he is running for East Lansing City Council to take on issues he has seen in the city.

Relating to finances, Altmann said taxes are very high in the city, which impacts everyone as landlords pass those costs on to renters.

Although taxes are high, the city doesn’t seem to have any money to fix infrastructure due to the fact that too few people are carrying the cost of running the city, Altmann said.

He said the city needs to fix the roads, which are falling apart and the sewers, which are backing up into residential basements and lowering property value. He also said city parks and playgrounds have not been properly maintained.

“I love East Lansing, but the place is falling apart and the current city council let us down. Our taxes are high and our infrastructure is decaying and we gotta do something about it.”

East Lansing will become a place students will want to live post-graduation if infrastructure and finance problems are fixed, Altmann said.

In addition, Altmann said City Council could do a better job listening to the community and that the city offers a range of expertise that could offer input if listened to.

“The easiest thing to do, and it’s actually pretty easy, is for council members to have a better attitude than they have (had) with respect to the input of the community,” Altmann said.

On the relationship between students and permanent residents

Altmann said he isn’t sure there is really an issue between students and permanent residents because nobody moves to East Lansing if they don’t like students, but there are a few things that can be done as far as housing policy goes to help relieve pressure between the two groups.

“There is a potential of mismatch for lifestyles in some neighborhoods around downtown and MSU and I think we can do things to create more affordable apartment style student housing close to campus,” Altmann said.

He said creating this type of living space close to campus would “relieve some of the pressure at boarders of student rentals and owner-occupied neighborhoods.”

In addition, Altmann said the Community Relations Coalition would be a good venue to build relationships between students and permanent residents, but the city can’t make this happen by force.

“You can’t force a relationship that doesn’t make any sense,” Altmann said. “If people just want to come here to go to school, then they should be allowed to do that. We shouldn’t force people to interact with the community.”

Downtown East Lansing and development

“Downtown has been on a long, slow slide for the past 30 years, which continues to this day as City Council has not had much success trying to reverse that,” Altmann said.

In order to reverse this slide, Altmann said it is important to understand the barriers to entry stopping businesses from opening in the downtown.

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Environmental sustainability Making recycling easier

Draheim has lived in East Lansing for 11 years. She said she “fell in love” with the wonderful community, charming neighborhoods and MSU as an anchor of the city while she was a student at MSU. She said she would like to use her background in environmental sustainability to help bring recycling to multi-family complexes in the city that lack on-site recycling. Working on bringing improvements in the operation of the city’s fleet and the types of vehicles purchased as a council member would also be a priority, she said.

Working with landlords on environmental sustainability issues is also be something Draheim would like to take on. She would like to see larger recycling bins and smaller garbage bins throughout the city to help residents learn what to do with materials.

“The City of East Lansing is in a unique position, particularly as a college town to really be a leader in climate change and what local governments can do,” Draheim said.

Draheim supports the idea of having a representative from ASMSU at council meetings.

“When people have interaction and they get to know each other, information flows,” Draheim said.

On the relationship between students and permanent residents

Draheim said the city needs to find ways to have students and permanent residents work together on projects and policy issues. She also suggested tapping into “student brain trust” because students are reading current literature on a lot the topics the city struggles with. Giving students the opportunity to work with the city would also provide them them critical job experience, Draheim said.

“If permanent residents understand you guys (students) are our partners, you guys are adults and we want to engage and partner with you, and students understand the same then I think this ‘culture clash’ isn’t a big deal,” Draheim said.

Engaging professors from MSU to work on city issues would also be an asset to the city, Draheim said.

Downtown East Lansing and development

Draheim said there is an increasing demand for downtown housing, commercial ventures downtown and people wanting to be downtown. This leaves the city with a huge opportunity at its doorstep especially with great assets already in place to build, Draheim said.

She said the first step in pushing the downtown forward is to articulate the vision for downtown. Once the city has a sense of where it wants to go and grow, the planning follows from there. City Council needs to work on policy to bring the types of businesses residents want in the downtown.

Draheim said she would take a “why not” approach to development.

“I think it’s the difference between if we are going to be forward looking and little bit aspirational and approach development as a sort of why not,” Draheim said. “We have set the vision, why not? If it conforms with the plan then let’s go. Instead of a why, why are we doing this?”

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Ross graduated from MSU in 2008 with a degree in political science. He is a member of East Lansing Kiwanis and has overseen voter registration and education on MSU’s campus.

Ross said he would like to see a change in the way business is done in City Council and that means making neighborhoods our top priority, fixing the city’s broken and aging infrastructure, supporting smart development, providing more transparency, taking care of the vacant buildings on the 100 block of Grand River Avenue, seeking solutions for our top problems from people in our community and bringing our Spartan neighbors to the table.

Ross supported the idea of having a representative from ASMSU at City Council meetings.

He also suggested the idea creating an ethics policy for City Council in order to provide more transparency. He said he like to see campaign funds become more transparent.

“I do think the public has the right to know if the developer is giving you campaign money and you are giving tax subsidies to them. People have the right to know.”

On downtown Ea st Lansing and development

Ross said he is a big believer in building up instead of out.

He also said new housing in the city is usually too expensive for most students. The city needs to get affordable housing for students downtown or close to campus for students and move students out of the neighborhoods where they might not fit in or where residents don’t feel comfortable having them, he said.

Ross said he wants students in apartment complexes downtown, but also to diversify these complexes so young professionals and seniors can live there as well.

Ross took on the issue of the vacant buildings on Grand River Avenue near Abbot Road and said the city needs to lay out the history of the buildings because that the issue has been on going for 14 years and has built up confusion.

He said he wants to have a dialogue between the city and resident about the problem. The city needs to know what is privately owned and what is publicly owned, Ross said.

The city needs to hire outside legal council to figure out what options there are to solve. He mentioned eminent domain or a dangerous building declaration may be solutions the city could use.

In addition, Ross wants to bring diverse businesses to downtown so young professionals have a place to shop, but also work in East Lansing.

On the roof ordinance

Ross said he is not in support of the ordinance introduced by the East Lansing City Council during the summer that would ban the recreational use of roof in the city.

Ross took issue with the fact that the ordinance that would have banned recreational use of roofs was discussed by council over the summer while most students were away and couldn’t voice their opinions.

“I don’t support that and I believe that people should make their own mistakes,” Ross said. “I don’t mean falling off roofs, but we can’t tell everyone what they can and can’t do all the time,”

On the relationship between students and permanent residents

Ross said he doesn’t think most students will want to invest in their neighborhoods because they are only living in their homes in East Lansing for one or two years. He said students and permanent residents need to “find ways to coexist.”

Meadows believes his experience can help move the city forward to achieve its rightful place as a diverse and economically stable modern city with strong relationship ties to its neighborhoods, regional partners, its citizens and the students who attend MSU. Meadows said decision-making by council is being questioned by some citizens and that he was careful to work from the bottom up instead of the top down during his time on council. He would like to bring this practice back to the council. He said he would also work to increase transparency of decision-making.

“I believe I can make recommendations as to what has happened in the past and how we have dealt with that to make sure we have a better balance in the community and a better support for the decisions made by the City Council,” Meadows said.

Meadows said he takes issue with the university closing campus to political campaigning. It means those running for public office can no longer go in the dorm buildings or register students to vote in the city, he said.

“The natural result of that restriction is to make it harder for students to make it to be adequately involved in community affairs or even knowing that there is an election or how they can choose candidates to vote for if they do register here,” Meadows said.

Meadows said the city and university need to discuss ways to allow political campaigning while keeping students safe.

On alcohol abuse on college campuses

During his time as a State Representative, Meadows sponsored HB 4393, which allowed for medical amnesty for some incidents involving alcohol and minors.

“It’s the city and the university’s role to address the problem (of alcohol abuse) and not just here, but at every college community.”

Meadows said there are currently too many minor in possession tickets being written in the city. A lot of that is state statute driven, but the city can deal with the issue of underage drinking differently, he said.

“I think we can loosen up a little bit in terms of that and I would rather see us take a kid home than write him a ticket,” Meadows said.

Increasing downtown development Community growth

Ruffin said he is running for East Lansing City Council because “all of the great things in his life” happened in East Lansing and he wants to give back. He said the city is at a pivotal moment and it needs a council representing the whole city and not just part of it.

Ruffin said he is in favor of having an ASMSU representative at City Council meetings and that he wold like to bring a diversity to council the city has never seen.

“Part of what I am trying to do is speak to the history of East Lansing,” Ruffin said. “East Lansing hasn’t had an African American elected to council in the history of the city. For me that is a part of something I am trying to change.”

Ruffin said he would like to engage students to the point where East Lansing is a viable city for them to live and work post-graduation. He believes keeping students in East Lansing after graduation is a way to keep talent and ensure growth for the city.

Ruffin cited the fact that many students have graduated from MSU and gone on to build successful businesses outside of East Lansing. He said he believes the next Dan Gilbert — founder of Quicken Loans Inc. and an MSU graduate — could be on campus right now, and that economic and community growth can be achieved through retaining students and keeping their success local.

On the relationship between students and permanent residents

Ruffin said the city will only get better for students if they demand better and that showing up to city events and voicing opinions is truly what gets the city moving. He said he would like to expand the city’s Community Relation Coalition program to possibly have ambassadors to students in every dorm building with resources on city issues like housing.

He said students should be able to live anywhere they feel at home or can afford in the city and that they shouldn’t be pushed to one particular area of the city.

“There shouldn’t be anywhere students can’t live,” Ruffin said.

“To want to put students in a particular area of the city is the wrong way to do it because that signals to them that they are not a valued part of the entire community.”

Ruffin said in order to create a downtown with diverse housing options and unique restaurants for everybody the city needs to be “welcoming” to developers.

On the relationship between students and permanent residents

“Its a lifestyle issue mostly in our community for permanent residents who may have regular jobs and may also have children who may be awake at night as students walk by,” Meadows said. “There’s no evil involved in this. This is just a lifestyle issue that is dealt with in the community.”

Re-education of the existence of the housing fair, the Community Relations Coalition and the University Student Commission each year, as the city brings in six to eight thousand new student residents every year, is necessary and will help further the relationship between students and permanent residents, he said.

Meadows said students are part of the community and issues like political campaigning being banned from campus lead students to believe they are not.

He also said students should be allowed to live where they choose because they are part of the community and that the city shouldn’t appropriate areas for student living.

“I want our community to be fully integrated by all ages and all income levels and all levels,”Meadows said. What tends to happen is that we identify areas appropriate for student housing and you end up with a student ghetto and that really isn’t good for the community. Students really create a vibrancy in the community.”

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deferred action and formed a work group of students, landlords, police and code officials to analyze the ordinance and safety concerns.

He also said the best way to tackle the issue may be from a public education standpoint instead of a legislative standpoint.

push different groups into different parts of the city is no way to move East Lansing forward because all residents have a stake in the city, Triplett said.

Triplett said he has talked to city officials in Ann Arbor and Madison, Wisc., about the legislative action taken in those particular towns to help slow the rush put on students to sign a rental agreement.

The problem is the “market will always find a way,” whether that is through waiting lists or pre-lease agreements, he said.

The solution is not to over complicate the process and force leasing companies to come up with ways around legislation, but to provide public education through the housing fair, ASMSU and the Community Relations Coalition, Triplett said.

It is important students know their rights and options as far as leasing rental properties go so they can make the most informed decision possible, he said.

“Reducing as much as possible that pressure to feel like you have to sign, but it is a very difficult issue,” Triplett said about the rush to sign a lease.

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“I believe that one of the strengths of East Lansing is embracing our identity of a university community where permanent residents and student residents live alongside each other and enjoy the vitality that comes from living in a Big Ten university town.”

City’s strong credit balance Revitalizing public spaces

Triplett said he would like to continue building the financial foundation, investing in infrastructure while making sure East Lansing has strong neighborhoods and a vibrant downtown.

On the relationship between students and permanent residents

Triplett said there needs to be “constructive engagement” between the student and permanent resident populations.

He said he has worked through his eight years on council to work on this through the city’s relationship with the university as an institution, but also with the actual student body through the University Student Coalition, University Student Commission and ASMSU. “When the first interaction among students and a permanent resident is a positive one and they live alongside one another in a way that recognizes we all live here that’s when we are strongest as a community,” Triplett said.

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Diversity in housing, dining, entertainment and retail options that make East Lansing an attractive place to live for everyone from students to senior citizens is what the city should strive for, Triplett said.

“I think our downtown is at its best when you have that mix of things,” Triplett said. “I don’t support efforts to limit downtown to only owner-occupied housing.”

He said vibrancy in downtown and in public spaces is important.

As far as the vacant buildings on Grand River Avenue near Abbot Road, Triplett said the fundamental challenge is and will always be the properties are in private control therefore the city must be “conservative and cautious” in dealing with the situation.

Triplett said it is important to make sure the cost of demolishing the buildings is taken on by the private sector.

On the roof ordinance

Triplett said although there is a “legitimate safety concern” with the recreational use of roofs, he isn’t sure if a blanket ordinance is the solution. He said this is the reason council

On the rush to sign a lease

On alcohol abuse on college campuses

Triplett said alcohol abuse is a challenge prevalent across the state and country.

“I do think the local government has a role to play in collaboration with the university in doing public education, promoting best practices (and) working through organizations like the responsible hospitality council to set responsible practices in our establishments downtown,” Triplett said about working on the issue of alcohol abuse on college campuses.

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BY ASHLEE KRAWCZYK AKRAWCZYK@STATENEWS.COM

As election day approaches, voters should be aware of recent changes in poll locations.

Election day voting will take place between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday for both locations which have changed.

Voting for Precinct 9 — West Bailey neighborhood — was originally located at the Bailey Community Center. Voting will now take place at Edgewood United Church at 469 N.

Hagadorn Road.

Martin Luther Chapel at 444 Abbot Road will host voting for Precinct 2 — Chesterfield Hills — instead of All Saints Episcopal Church.

The Clerk’s office will moderate absentee ballots from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with all ballots received by Tuesday at 8 p.m.

For more information, you can visit the City of East Lansing‘s website.

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Left to right, supply chain management sophomore Kenny Cao, kinesiology sophomore Jessica Alicia, international relations sophomore Annie Grove, and the rest of the MSU Running Club run past the Kellogg Center on Oct. 26, 2015. The MSU Running Club meets Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. at the IM Sports-West.

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gar said. “They were ranked No. way up.”

The members of the Running Club 10 going into the national champiencourage everyone to do their best onship meet and they pretty much stunned everyone and took third, After spending an entire high school and welcomes all members.

“This is a judge-free zone,” club surpassing all expectations.” career running laps on the track, Terwillegar said multiple teams many face the predicament of find- president and chemical engineering ing a way to continue running and senior Adam Terwillegar said. “We were expected to beat the women’s staying in shape after high school. have people from different back- team of the MSU Running Club last grounds speeds, distances so we are year, but they did not.

“Everybody is worried really just an encouraging group.” “That was really impressive that There are social members and last year we could just take that leap about being the members who are interested in to the next level, especially for the slowest person but competing. Those who want to com- girls taking a huge leap forward,” that’s the last thing pete travel across the country for Terwillegar said.

The Running Club promotes a meets and competitions with othyou should worry colleges. The Running Club has healthy lifestyle. Being a part of about. You can always er competed with Stanford Universi- this club will allow members to work your way up. ” ty, Penn State University and sev- focus more in school, stay motivated, build strong mental awareness eral other institutions.

“Freshman year we traveled to and give members will power to get Laura Carlson, Hershey, Pennsylvania,” social rela- tasks done. kinesiology sophomore “I think that is what sets runners tions and policy junior Jonathan Sollish. “The course was incredi- apart from other people,” TerwilSome students love running, but bly hilly and it was next to both a legar said. “Some sports it’s purely unfortunately are not at able to chocolate plant and a sewage plant skill and a lot of running is mental so we got some interesting smells and perseverance. Being a member make the varsity team in college. of this club and just being able to However, anyone who pays the $50 through the race.”

Members of the team work hard persevere through all of the workdues can be a part of the MSU Running Club, no matter their experi- during practice so they can do well outs and meets and just having that background in your college expeduring competition. ence, distance or speed.

“As a team the girls were real- rience helps you develop more as The running club meets 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday at IM ly impressive last year,” Terwille- a person.”

Sports-West and a chance for avid runners to meet others with a simMSU RUNNING CLUB ilar passion. “(Running club) is for everybody, it’s at your level,” kinesiology sophWHO: RUNNERS omore Laura Carlson said. “I have a WHAT: THE MSU RUNNING CLUB strong belief that everybody starts WHEN: 5 P.M. MONDAY - FRIDAY, 10 A.M. SUNDAY somewhere. Everybody is worried WHERE: IM SPORTS-WEST about being the slowest person but WHY: TO STAY IN SHAPE AND RUN WITH FRIENDS that’s the last thing you should worHOW TO JOIN: SHOW UP TO PRACTICE AND RUN ry about. You can always work your

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Students share some laughs with friends at homemade comedy show

BY ARIANA TAYLOR ATAYLOR@STATENEWS.COM

Laughter is the best way to fight the blues away, or at least that’s what mathematics senior Tom Gannon says.

Gannon is a comedian and the founder of a homemade comedy show, 825 Albert Comedy.

About once a month, Gannon and his friend, Central Michigan student Pat Hoban, rearrange the furniture in Gannon’s living room to host the free comedy show.

“Comedy is like a relaxed form of art and if it’s good people don’t have to work too hard to feel it,” Hoban said.

It’s not anything too fancy. There’s a microphone, a guy makes some jokes, people laugh and then they go out and drink, Hoban said.

Around the time of each show, Gannon and Hoban make funny fliers to put up around campus. About 50 to 60 people come to the shows and Gannon said on a good day, there’s about 10 more standing outside.

“It immediately was a blast,” Hoban said. “We wanted to make it as cool as we could get it and if we had a show, we could control it more.”

Gannon invites comedians from across the midwest such as Myq Kaplan from New Jersey. Gannon and Hoban each do a five minute set before the main comedian comes on.

“I always wanted to run my own comedy show,” Gannon said. “It’s more fun to do more smaller, intimate shows and comedians like the punk rock factor of performing out of a house.”

825 Albert Comedy started about a year ago when Gannon became fed up with the admissions and fees that come with doing stand up in bars.

Gannon and his friends wanted a way to make people laugh completely free, without any of the pressure of comedy shows in a bar.

“In bars, you never really know if people come for you or to get drunk,” Hoban said. “Here, you know everybody is there for comedy. No one accidentally shows up to Tom Gannon’s house.”

Hoban said it’s an underground way for him

Tom Gannon hosts and performs at his comedy show on Oct. 9 at his home in East Lansing. Gannon hosts a comedy show once a month and invites comedians from out of the state to perform. PHOTO: DEJAH DARKINS

“Comedy to me means relating to someone on a level to get them to laugh,”

and Tom to have a show. When they run out of bars, they can perform at home.

Gannon has been interested in comedy Tom Gannon since he was in the seventh grade.

Mathematics senior, comedian He said most of his material comes from

talking about himself.

“Comedy to me means relating to someone on a level to get them to laugh,” Gannon said. “Comedy is like…a way to get people happy pretty quickly.”

‘Netflix and chill’ invades campus hookup culture

BY IAN WENDROW IWENDROW@STATENEWS.COM

It’s an innocent enough expression.

You can reasonably ask someone “Netf lix and chill?” and they’ll know what you mean, since the question is straightforward.

After all, almost everyone likes to watch television. But in the current trend of technology-based dating and the millennial hookup culture, “Netflix and chill” has taken on a wholly separate meaning than what someone would typically expect.

One could ask someone to “Netflix and chill” but really mean inviting someone over to hookup or partake in other intimate activity.

Allie Weis, a James Madison College freshman, said it depends on the context in which it’s being talked about.

“I’ve never been asked to ‘Netflix and chill’ seriously because it’s just become a joke at this point,” Weis said.

Ricky Kent, a James Madison College freshman, agreed with Weis.

“I find it so comical, like I laugh and joke about it all the time,” Kent said. “I’ve never heard someone use it in a serious way because everyone just treats it as one big joke.”

Weis said “Netflix and chill,” much like the term “hookup,” didn’t always have a clear-cut meaning.

Some students would use it as a literal request to stay indoors, hang out and watch a show or movie on Netflix. Others interpreted it as starting off with Netflix and then escalating into intimate action.

As Stephanie Amada, a professor within the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures, discussed in her research on hookup culture, “Netflix and chill” merely continued the trend within the modern dating scene of communicating in code.

“I recall reading an article somewhere that mentioned how ‘Netflix and chill’ was used so that parents wouldn’t suspect anything when looking at their kids’ texts,” Amada said. “With how much social media is a part of today’s dating, it’s become a lot more ambiguous in what people mean when they say certain things.”

This ambiguity has been born out of a larger shift in how young adults approach sex and relationships. When “Netflix and chill” began to take on its innuendo meaning, it was following a pattern of “dating” that has become standard for millennials. Amada said since the 90s, the order in which a relationship had typically progressed has changed.

“Like you would meet someone, you would talk, you might meet up and go to the caf together and would have this progression of things that would lead to a relationship and then sex,” Amada said. “Now, kids who want to get into a relationship often feel like the only way to even just begin to establish a relationship or explore a relationship is through the hookups.”

She said now, the sex and hookups tend to come first.

While “Netflix and chill” has lost whatever hidden meaning it once had, Amada is confident there is already another turn of phrase which has emerged to take its place.

Social media moves quickly, picking up trends as quickly as it drops them.

Left behind in their wake is an ever more confusing series of code and expression, along with equally confused young adults as they navigate dating in the 21st century.

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“Netflix and chill” has become a big part of hookup culture. Many people see it as a joke. Dressing as “Netflix” and “Chill” was also popular this Halloween.

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vs. Michigan Tech @ 2 p.m.

11/15

vs. Western Michigan @ 2p.m.

Women’s basketball looks to rebound from lost 2015 season

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI

11/18

vs. Georgia @ 7:30 p.m.

11/21

vs. Idaho State @ TBA

11/27

vs. Cincinnati @ 5:45 p.m.

11/28

vs. Baylor @ 5:45 p.m.

12/03

vs. Loiusville @ 7 p.m.

12/06

vs. Loyola Chicago @ 2 p.m.

12/9

@ Davidson @ 6:30 p.m.

12/13

@ Oakland @ 3 p.m.

12/18

@ Northeastern @ 8 p.m.

12/21

vs. Detroit @ 7 p.m.

12/31

@ Ohio State @ 12 p.m.

1/03

vs. Wisconsin @ 2 p.m.

1/07

@ Penn State @ 2 p.m.

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vs. Northwestern @ TBA

1/13

@ Indiana @ 7 p.m.

1/16

vs. Iowa @ 4:30 p.m.

1/19

vs. Rutgers @ 6 p.m.

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@ Maryland @ 2 p.m.

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vs. Purdue @ 7 p.m.

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@ Wisconsin @ 4p.m.

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@ Iowa @ 3 p.m.

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vs. Penn State @ 6:30 p.m.

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@ Nebraska @ 4 p.m.

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@ Rutgers @ 7 p.m.

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Following a season chock full of injuries, which ended a promising year, women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant started her media day press conference by looking at the bright outlook of this season.

“Well, first, I walked in their (practice) and I thought I was coaching Izzo’s team, there were so many people in there,” Merchant said. “But honestly, we all had a smile on our face.”

Merchant had a smile on her face for most the press conference, and rightfully so when considering the prospects of this year’s season. Even with all the battered bodies and abundant adversity, the team found a way to finish with a winning record.

Merchant now enters her ninth season as head coach and will look to guide the Spartans back to the NCAA Tournament as the team returns seven players from last year’s squad. Now with a cast of newcomers brimming with potential and experience, Merchant and company look to reverse last year’s misfortune.

For the Spartans to have that type of success, it will have to come behind the leadership of redshirt junior forward Aerial Powers.

Powers is undoubtedly the best player for the Spartans. She’s played in all 64 games during her career, producing 34 double-doubles. Powers won gold in the World University Games as a part of Team USA last summer and has been named to the First-Team All-Big Ten Team the past two seasons.

Counterpart to Powers is junior guard and one-two punch partner Tori Jankoska. Jankoska was second on the team in scoring behind Powers and is dangerous from beyond the arch. She has hit 132 3-point shots throughout her career.

It’s a combo which learned a lot and one Merchant relied on heavily last year to score and lead.

“They had to learn to really communicate in such a way that it didn’t tear the team apart in frustrating times,” Merchant said of Jankoska and Powers. “They did a great job of bringing kids together and bringing our team together, even though everything was sort of geared towards them.”

Beyond Powers and Jankoska, the Spartans have two transfers in Akyah Taylor and Morgan Green, looking to leave their mark on the MSU program.

Taylor, a senior forward, originally began her career at MSU appearing in 17 games during two years with MSU before transferring to Saint Francis in Indiana.

Taylor averaged 20.8 points with the Lady Cougars en route to an NAIA Division II All-America Team selection.

Taylor gained valuable experience in Indiana but was excited to return to the program which gave her a start.

“It’s a blessing, actually,” Taylor said. “Just glad to be here, enjoying the moment and this with these girls.”

Junior forward Aerial Powers speaks to media during Women’s Basketball Media Day on Oct. 28 at Breslin Center. PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL

Green, a west coast native, played one year at Chabot chant said. “She’s had a tough run with a couple of College in San Jose, Calif., averaging 22.1 points a ACLs, but she is by far one of the most athletic kids we game. Green has garnered some high praise from Mer- have on our team. So I’m really excited about her and chant for her toughness after she broke her nose during her maturity and what she’s done in the last season.”

The team added six freshmen to the roster as well. practice and returned the next day.

“I mean she’s tough,” Merchant said. “She’s quick, Kalabrya Gondrezick will be the only guard to join the team. she’s athletic. She can score. She can Octavia Barnes, Nathy Dambo set people up. She’s extremely compet- “We’ve been and Victoria Gaines add depth to itive, mature. “ focusing on making the forward spots. Only Dambo Merchant will also have three seniors won’t see action because she is an at her disposal in Jasmine Hines, Cara a deep tournament academic redshirt. Hana Vesela Miller and Taylor. Hines and Miller have run really. ... Our and Jenna Allen will be centers a wealth of experience with 156 games focus has been behind Hines. played between the two. Hines will be With key components finally playing her fifth season this year after the Final Four all healthy returning to a team that being granted a medical redshirt last summer.” started 8-3 last season, the Sparseason.

Tori Jankoska, tans will be hoping to reverse a Within the sophomore class lies a bed junior guard lost season from a year ago. of talent with Branndais Agee, Lexi Gus“We’ve been focusing on making sert, Kennedy Johnson and Green.

Agee, a redshirt sophomore, didn’t play last season a deep tournament run really,” Jankoska said about expectations for this season. “Our focus has been the after suffering an ACL tear.

She averaged 5.9 points a game during her redshirt Final Four all summer.”

The Spartans begin their journey to the Final Four freshman season. Merchant has confidence Agee will with an exhibition game against Michigan Tech on be back to her old form.

“Brandi, to me, is a big X factor for our team,” Mer- Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. at Breslin Center.

2/21

vs. Minnesota TBA

2/24

Women place third, men fifth at Big Ten cross country meet

2/27

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The MSU women’s cross country team finished third and the MSU men’s cross country team finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships in Chicago on Sunday.

MSU’s Alexis Wiersma finished second in the women’s 6K with a time of 19:49.9 but it wasn’t enough to carry the Spartans to back-to-back

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Big Ten Championships. Two other Spartan runners finished in the top 25 as well. Shelby Jackson’s 20:31.2 was good for 17th place and Katie Landwehr’s 20:51.3 was good enough for 24th place.

Wiersma, a junior, also added another award to her collection as she was named a First Team All-Big Ten selection.

The women finished the 6K with 104 points, 46 points behind second place

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University of Michigan, which had 58 points. Penn State won the Women’s Big Ten Championship with three runners placing in the top 10. They finished with 53 points.

On the men’s side, Clark Ruiz was the top finisher for the Spartans with a time of 23:52.8, placing 13th. The men also had three other runners place in the top 25 in the 8K race. Caleb Rhynard, TJ Carey, and Sherod Hardt finished 21st, 22nd and 23rd respectively.

The men finished with 113 points, 50 points behind first place Michigan.

Ruiz was named to the Second Team All-Big Ten for his efforts.

The Big Ten Cross Country Championships will be shown on tape delay on the Big Ten Network at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12.

Next up for the men’s and women’s cross country teams, they’ll head to Madison, Wisc. for the Great Lakes Regional Championships.

Sports

MSU Club Wrestling allows students to continue to compete in beloved sport

BY TREASURE ROBERTS TROBERTS@STATENEWS.COM

Criminal justice sophomore John Hood was always an avid wrestler in high school.

He remembers fondly the brotherhood formed through the sport and the hours spent crafting his moves.

So when Hood got to MSU, he fell right into place with MSU Club Wrestling “I really loved wrestling throughout high school and wanted to keep going,” Hood said. “I understand college is a time where school is priority. It’s not as high on my list as school, but it’s something I like to do to stay in shape, meet new people and keep up with the sport I love.”

The club meets every Monday and Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at IM Sports-West. They encourage anyone to join no matter the skill level.

The members of the club are understanding and willing to work with newcomers to introduce them to the basic skills.

“Newcomers, we (teach) the basics and go through things very

slowly work with them because it’s a very technical sport and a very difficult sport to master,” Hood said.

“If they have any questions or trouble we are here for them. We understand any errors they might make and we are very accommodating.”

“I really loved wrestling throughout high school and wanted to keep going.

I understand college is a time where school is a priority but it’s something I like to do to do to stay in shape.”

John Hood, criminal justice sophomore

Actuarial science junior Andrew Fialka said the goal of wrestling is to take your opponent down to the mat and pin his shoulders down.

“My favorite (technique) is the double leg take down,” Fialka said.

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The members practice techniques like these to perform during their dual-meets and tournaments.

This past year the wrestling club has had five tournaments and they are looking at six tournaments this year.

Hood believes club wrestlers can benefit because being a part of the club exposes them to wrestling, allows them to meet a lot of new people and make new friends which they could have for the rest of their lives.

“It’s not just working out or wrestling its learning to overcome obstacles, it teaches you life long lessons,” Hood said.

MSU Club Wrestling aspires to make it to nationals which will be held in Texas this year, but they understand it takes a lot of hard work.

“It takes a lot of determination, heart and will to win,” Hood said.

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Call 517-410-1198 or 517203-5157 Lic. 4. msu-shrentals.com, call Julia at 517-214-9354.

Close walk to campus, located on 425 Ardson.

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Real Estate BRICK HOME 2bdrm/1bath, 1 garage -6 parking, part-finnish bsmt, appl incl., 2 blks to bus. 4207 Stabler St., Lansing, $67,000. Call/ text 517-887-0580.

Services DEFENSE OF faculty misconduct cases & student sexual misconduct cases.

Nachtlaw.com. 734-6637550

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Health care at the speed of life

Sparrow FastCare Frandor is your newest campus neighbor—offering convenient, affordable health care provided by Sparrow Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. But you don’t have to be a Sparrow Patient to come in—just someone who wants exceptional care without the wait.

It’s the ideal solution for Students seeking walk-in services for: Most insurances accepted. Co-pays apply. » Treatment of minor injuries and illnesses » Basic lab tests » High deductible plan or no insurance? » Camp/sports physicals Only Sparrow offers this level of care » Vaccines at an affordable price.

Patients must be 18 months or older. Some age restrictions apply for select services.

Choose Your Treatment Options Wisely For emergency care, on-site X-rays, stitches or treatment for broken bones, please visit a Sparrow Urgent Care or a Sparrow Hospital Emergency Room.

Choose Wisely. Choose Sparrow.

Sparrow FastCare Frandor

Another Sparrow FastCare

Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day except Christmas Closed 2-2:30 p.m. for lunch

opens November 2, 2015 107 N. Washington Square, Lansing Located near Kositchek’s

716 N. Clippert Street, Lansing Located near Medawar Jewelers 517.253.4000 Sparrow.org/FastCare

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