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Football players tied to Ohio plan to make a statement against OSU See page 10 Senior safety Kurtis Drummond pumps up the crowd during the game against Michigan on Oct. 25 at Spartan Stadium. photo: jessalyn tamez

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Last night was the first exhibition game for the MSU men’s basketball team see online

Sophomore middle blocker Autumn Christenson, 3, and senior middle blocker/outside hitter Jazmine White go up to block Illinois outside hitter Morganne Criswell’s spike Friday at Jenison Field House. The Spartans lost, 3-1. The team has eight games remaining this season. Read more on page 12. PHOTO: Julia nagy

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Percent of 19-to-29-yearolds saw the country heading in the right direction in 2013, according to the Harvard Political Review.

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ESPN First Take hosting show in Union on Friday MSU has already hosted one big time ESPN show this fall, and it looks like the worldwide leader in sports is returning to East Lansing soon.

ESPN First Take will be hosting a show at the MSU Union on Friday from 10 a.m. to noon.

The show will be broadcasted in the main lounge of the Union and will be open to the public to attend with an 8:30 a.m. check-in.

First Take will come to campus a day before ESPN’s College GameDay previews MSU football’s matchup with Ohio State on Saturday.

The announcement was made Monday afternoon by the MSU Union.

The show will feature special guests MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio, MSU basketball head coach Tom Izzo and other former Spartans.

First Take is a sports talk show that features debates between analysts Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless, with Cari Champion as the mediator.

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Casey Holland Opinion editor opinion@statenews.com @thesnewsopinion

The best way to help someone with a mental illness?

Don’t doubt them

By Danyelle Morrow dmorrow@statenews.com

Unknown authors have said, “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about,” and that, “the loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do.”

Depression and anxiety are not a choice. If they were, 14.8 million people would choose not to suffer from depression — 42 million would choose to avoid anxiety. We don’t have a box to check that says “opt out.”

My inner war has been raging since I was in high school. It began with mild to severe panic attacks, typically once a week. My heart would start to pound, I would lose my breath and hyperventilate and I would have to excuse myself from whatever it was I was doing so that I could find somewhere to put my head between my knees and wait it out — sometimes mere minutes, sometimes over an hour.

For that indeterminate time I would be afraid for my life, be afraid that I was having a heart attack or that someone was judging me for not being able to help myself, for feeling vulnerable. But there was never just one trigger. The triggers were everywhere.

I had no control over myself.

Nowadays the panic attacks are fewer, but the general anxiety has gotten worse. Depression, something I had always told myself “could never be me,” has slowly emerged and taken over parts of my life.

Anxiety tells me that people are always judging me, staring at me, talking about me, looking down at what I do and telling the world, “she isn’t good enough.” My anxiety keeps me from taking elevators and escalators, tells me to avoid small spaces, forces me to always be afraid of school shooters and groups of more than six strange people.

My anxiety keeps me from pursuing friendships and relationships that I want. It keeps me from asking that one guy that I always flirt with out on a date and keeps me from going to that party where I only know two people. Because what if it goes wrong? What if I manage to screw it up? What if I lose people that I care

about in the process? Will I be worse off than where I started?

Anxiety and depression exist in our daily lives as small battles in a larger war for control over ourselves.

Sometimes we are defeated. But we power through, and we try to hold our heads up.

For some, that war is still going, and it hasn’t gotten better. As with everything, there are ups and downs.

On a good day, I feel like I can take the world in stride and hold my head up high. On a bad day, I spend half the day in bed, too afraid or saddened or frustrated with my own self to kick off the covers.

Once in awhile you find someone that understands what you’re going through, but other times it’s the exact opposite.

I’ve been told by family members and friends not to take medication because I’m “too young” to be on something. I’ve been told I’m “too negative and just have to look for the positives” or that I’m simply “making excuses” and to “quit complaining if you aren’t going to do anything about it.”

This is not what I need. This is not what anyone needs. My inner battles and monstrosities are not an excuse, they aren’t something I can will away with positive thinking and sunshine, and if I could “get over it,” wouldn’t I and millions of people already have chosen to do that?

Wouldn’t we have checked that box a very long time ago, before it got this far in the first place?

Telling someone to “get over it” or to “just think positively” or to “stop complaining” is not what you say to someone who is fighting an inner war. You can never be sure how bad someone’s anxiety might be or how truly depressed they are.

You never know what someone has been through or what they’re up against. We are fighting battles to get out of bed in the morning and go to class, go to work, to make it through the day without thinking that we’re going to die unexpectedly or have a panic attack in the middle of a crowded room where no one understands what we’re experiencing.

Our feelings and our fears are valid. We are valid.

Do not invalidate us by calling our legitimate fears and feelings “excuses” or that we can get over with a little bit of positive thinking and that if we can’t do it ourselves that we shouldn’t be medicating or going to therapy because we’re too young to have severe problems.

We are fighting battles. We are trying. Some skirmishes might be winnable and some might not be, but every little victory keeps us hanging in the war just a little bit longer.

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Have you ever ventured downtown to Lansing in your time at MSU?

21%—Nah, I’ve got everything I need in East Lansing.

60%—Yes! Lansing has so much to offer.

19%—No, but I’m intrigued.

Total votes: 42 as of 4 p.m. Monday

High school system does not prepare students enough for college living

By Leslie Hemenway lhemenway@statenews.com

I know this is a major cliché, especially for a college freshman, but I absolutely love college — the freedom, the independence — almost everything has exceeded my expectations. These past two months, which seemed to fly by at an alarming rate, were some of the best times I’ve ever experienced.

However, I can say with full confidence I was incredibly unprepared for college. Now that I’ve been here for a while, I would say I’m pretty much adjusted to college life, though the road to get here was full of trials and errors. While it’s unfair to pin all the blame onto a single factor, I think high school really failed at preparing me for college.

I know by the time students hit

college, high school is merely a faint memory and completely irrelevant.

It’s important, though, to recognize the flaws within the high school system so it can be improved for generations to come.

There are a lot of ways in which high school can better prepare students for college.

For one, the students should be treated like the adults they’re becoming. It’s really ludicrous when you think about it — high school seniors are expected to ask for permission to use the restroom or get a drink and then, a mere few months later, to be able to live on their own. That doesn’t make much sense at all.

Also, the courses required to graduate high school should be more applicable to the general student body. For example, most, if not all, high schools students are required to take chemistry to graduate. I took chemistry my junior year of high school and couldn’t tell you a single time I’ve ever used anything I learned in that class. Honestly, I don’t even remember anything from that class.

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Instead of mandating courses most students won’t need, there should be classes that teach things such as how to live with a stranger, how to adjust to living on your own or how to create an amazing resume.

Those are all things everyone will need to know for college. Even if a high school student doesn’t plan on furthering their education, these lessons would still be useful.

When teenagers complain about high school, it’s mostly chalked up to teenage angst. While that’s definitely a contributing factor, there is some validity to their claims. High school does, at best, a sub-par job preparing students for college and the “real world.” Sure, there are things students can do to counteract that, such as taking AP courses or getting a job, but they can only do so much. A lot of what’s wrong lies within the system, and they can’t change that.

At the end of the day, the purpose of high school is to equip students with what they need to thrive in college, and that is not being accomplished.

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Schauer and other candidates rally on campus, make last call for support before election Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Schauer speaks to chemistry junior Megan Chilcote after the rally Monday during the MSU College Democrats’ rally for Schauer and his running mate, Lisa Brown at the Sparty statue.

By Jameson Joyce jjoyce@statenews.com

As election day nears, more than 50 people gathered around the Sparty statue on Sunday night to hear prominent candidates, including gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer, rally for a final push of support.

MSU College Democrats president Brianna Shamsuddoha introduced Schauer and his running mate Lisa Brown at the end of the rally. Brown said there was still more campaigning to be done.

“We need you to do a little bit more,” Brown said. “You’ve done so much ... but we need you to do a little bit more. Knock on a few more doors, call a few more people to remind people what’s at stake for this election.”

Schauer is locked in a tight race with Republican incumbent Rick Snyder in the election’s final hours, with the latest poll averages placing Snyder only slightly ahead. Schauer said if those in attendance could get everyone they knew to vote, he had no doubt regarding their victory.

“You are going to decide this election,” Schauer said. “Finish the job, fight for Michigan.”

Schauer, who earned a master’s degree at MSU, wasn’t the only Spartan among the candidates at the rally. Brown attended MSU as an undergraduate and also earned her law degree here.

Attorney general candidate Mark Totten is an MSU College of Law professor. He opened the rally, calling his opponent, Republican incumbent Bill Scheutte, “the most radical far-right attorney general in the nation.”

“I am running to give Michigan families an attorney general who keeps families safe and never lets politics get in the way,” Totten said.

Totten accused Schuette of “waging one extreme crusade after another,” citing the stay Schuette filed to delay overturning a ban on same-sex marriage, while his office appeals the federal court ruling.

“Sooner or later, you need to face the voters,” Totten said. “That’s why on Tuesday, we’re going to win and we’re going to fire Bill Schuette.”

Following Totten, disability attorney Richard Bernstein, who is running for Supreme Court justice, spoke and thanked attendees, a majority of them students from MSU College Democrats, for their hard work this election season.

“Life is not always going to be fair,” Bernstein said. “But our judges absolutely have to be,” as he mentioned his campaign slogan, “justice should be blind.”

He said judges “have to be blind to special interest, partisan politics and political ideology.”

Ingham county treasurer Eric Schertzing, running for Michigan’s 8th congressional district, spoke briefly after Bernstein. Schertzing, run-

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International relations, political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore Emily Linden puts a Schauer and Brown support sticker on her sweater Sunday before the MSU College Democrats’ rally for gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer and his running mate, Lisa Brown, at the Sparty statue.

“You’ve done so much ... but we need you to do a little bit more.

Knock on a few more doors, call a few more people to remind people what’s at stake for this election.”

Lisa Brown, candidate for lt. governor

ning as a Democrat in a mostly Republican district, told the crowd when he was an MSU democrat, it was a Republican district and with their hard work “we turned it blue.”

By Greg Monahan gmonahan@statenews.com

America’s youth is not exactly heralded for its civic engagement.

The youth vote is consistently behind other age groups when it comes to voter turnout, and by a large margin. According to the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, the last midterm election in 2010 saw 24 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds show up to the polls, far behind the national average of all ages, which hovered around 40 percent.

And the fact that a president isn’t on this year’s ballot does not help. Pew Research Center says the Tuesday, Novembe r 4, 2 01 4

average voter turnout is about 50 percent higher in presidential elections compared to midterms.

The reason why the youth vote lags behind other age groups is up for debate. Sophomore education major Meredith Wright said a combination of factors are playing a role in the fact that she likely will not vote on Tuesday.

“I don’t know anywhere to vote,” said Wright, who is registered to vote in Lansing. “I didn’t get a lot of information on where voting was around here.”

Another issue facing Wright and many other students is lack of time and accessibility.

“Getting there is a problem,” Wright said. “I don’t have a car on campus, and I don’t have a lot of time

off. I’m in the band, so evenings are out and I’ve got classes during the day.”

Another issue with youth is their distrust in the political system. In 2013, only 14 percent of 18-to29 year olds saw the country as heading in the right direction, and over half would replace “every member of congress” if given the chance, according to the Harvard Political Review.

“I’m not even registered to vote in the state,” veterinary technology junior Kelsi Reszke said. “It’s not really my thing.”

Reszke also said she thought herself and other students wouldn’t make a significant impact.

“For me, it’s that I know that one vote isn’t going to make a difference,” Reszke said.

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Sweating out midterm stress at IM Sports-West

Marketing sophomores Doug Woodard, left, and Brian Vetsch, right, play basketball Oct. 30, 2014, at IM Sports-West. Woodard came to the gym after an exam to relieve stress. PHOTO: AERIKA WILLIAMS

FAME resource center offers support system for students who have lived in foster care, out-of-home care situations The program, called Fostering Academics, Mentoring Excellence, provides students who have been in foster care, kinship care, lived independently or have been homeless a sense of stability and a life coach with a similar background

By Jasmin Rojo jrojo@statenews.com

Not all college students had a typical upbringing in a two-parent household.

Fostering Academics, Mentoring Excellence, otherwise known as FAME, is a resource center for those students at MSU who were previously in foster care, kinship care, or have experienced homelessness or living independently.

MSU alumna Angelique Day, who went through the foster care system herself, organized the program in 2007 to help students who experienced out-of-home care situations excel during their college careers.

“The program is voluntary, and we’re here to be a resource to meet the students’ needs,” said Andrea Martineau, program coordinator and FAME life skills coach.

Supported by the MSU School of Social Work, FAME has a financial assistance fund that offers scholarships to students.

“Part of the reason it’s valuable is kids in the foster care system don’t have many choices, time to create support, and connections maximize their potential — without some special efforts that often doesn’t happen,” said Director of the School of Social Work Steven Anderson.“It improves their life chances a lot.”

Through FAME, campus champions are set

up in various departments on campus, such as financial aid and housing. These individuals serve as the main contact person to field FAME students’ questions.

The program also organizes an annual summer camp at MSU with individuals from across the nation and the student-run FAME Student Activity Board, which plans events throughout the year.

But mentoring and coaching are the two largest components of the assistance FAME provides students. Social work junior and President of the FAME Student Activity Board Sharonda Chaney said individual support gives students motivation to do well in school.

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“With the coaching program they check up on you, make you set your goals for that year,” Chaney said. “‘Hey, I’m here for you’ would be what the mentoring program says to you because they want to provide everyone with support.”

Students in the program are paired with a coach, who also experienced out-of-home care at some point, and many said having that shared background makes them feel comfortable.

“Knowing that I have relationships with people, that I can talk to my coaches, is what I enjoy most,” Chaney said. “It helps guide you for success.”

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Anya Rath Managing editor arath@statenews.com @thesnews

Ballot breakdown: races to watch this Election Day See the proposals to vote for and what the candidates running for office plan to do to fix Michigan’s roads and make higher education more affordable for students

Gov. Rick Snyder addresses the media during a press conference, Jan. 22, at The George W. Romney Building in downtown Lansing. Snyder addressed the decision to work with state legislature to allocate funds to assist in saving retiree pensions and to keep the city of Detroit on a path to revitalization. State News File Photo

by jameson joyce jjoyce@statenews.com

Who are you voting for?

It’s Election Day — or more specifically, midterm Election Day. Midterm elections — despite arguably having a far greater day-to-day impact on citizens — are a step in the democratic process that gets less than half the voter participation than that of national, according to a poll from Harvard University.

But there are several issues and candidacies on the ballot this year that could impact students, including a close race for governor. Here’s your guide to where candidates running for office this year stand on fixing Michigan’s roads, legaliz6

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ing same-sex marriage and abortion, raising or cutting taxes and making higher education more affordable.

Governor This year’s gubernatorial election is between incumbent Gov. Rick Snyder and former state senator and 7th District Rep. Mark Schauer. In an interview with The State News, Gov. Snyder said he wanted to “stick by his record” and highlighted what had been accomplished during his term. He pointed to Michigan’s improved job growth, especially among young people, as one of his main accomplishments.

Snyder went on to say that if he is re-elected, he wants to put a greater emphasis on making higher education

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more affordable through the use of dual enrollment, which Snyder called “the single biggest saver,” and talking to universities about how to save on their costs. He also explained he cut the higher education budget in his first year in office due the federal stimulus funding cutting off just after he took office. As a result of this cut, MSU’s funding decreased 15 percent.

While Snyder cited numbers showing funding has been increasing since then, with the education budget $1 billion more than before Snyder became governor, the actual money available to schools is still $393 million less than before Snyder’s cut.

Snyder declined to share his opinion on same-sex marriage, saying he would let the courts decide what was legal and that

he would enforce their ruling.

Gov. Snyder’s opponent, former congressman Mark Schauer, has continuously addressed the education cuts and has promised to return the education budget to 2010 levels.

Schauer has placed an emphasis on fixing Michigan’s roads, reducing wasteful spending, giving the middle class tax cuts and restoring the child tax credit. He also has been an outspoken critic of tax that was placed on pensions and wants to replace that tax with the Homestead Property Tax Credit.

Schauer also plans to make corporations “pay their fair share” and offer them incentives to operate in Michigan, such as tax cuts. He has emphasized that if cor-

Spotlight Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Schauer speaks to the crowd of students with his wife Christine Schauer on Sunday during the MSU College Democrats’ rally for Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Schauer and his running mate, Lisa Brown at the Sparty statue on Kalamazoo Street.

Schauer encouraged the supporters to go out and convince more people to vote in the final 48 hours of open polls. photo: Erin Hampton

porations don’t create jobs or send jobs overseas, they would no longer be eligible for tax breaks.

Regarding higher education funding, Schauer told MLive he would “expand state-provided, needbased financial aid to make tuition more affordable...and I’ll establish a student loan refinancing authority to allow qualified borrowers to refinance their student loans at lower interest rates,” if elected governor.

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ing former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land and current U.S. Rep. Gary Peters to compete for his seat.

Land, a Republican, supports her party, which does not support legalized abortion or same-sex marriage. Land said she believes taxes in Michigan need to be lowered and has pledged to not raise them if elected. She believes Obamacare and overregulation are costing Michigan residents a good living.

Gary Peters, a Democrat, supports legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage and wants a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on individuals making over $1 million a year. His main priority is to reinvest in Michigan’s economy — specifically he plans to work with Gov. Snyder to build a customs plaza for the New International Trade Crossing.

U.S. House Michigan’s 8th congressional district includes the counties of Ingham, Clinton, Livingston and parts of Shiawassee and Oakland counties. With incumbent Mike Rogers retiring, former Michigan Senate majority leader Mike Bishop and Ingham County Treasurer Eric Schertzing are vying to fill the spot.

“We did have to Bishop, a conser vative Attorney General Republican, wants to reduce make a cut to MSU law professor Mark government spending, partthe higher ed Totten, a Democrat, is runly by repealing the Affordbudget that first ning against incumbent Bill able Care Act, or Obamacare, Schuette, a conser vative and partly by reducing ineffiyear. Since then Republican. Schuette was cient government programs. we have made elected in 2010 and became He does not support legalized increases...and this known to many Michigan abortions or legally recognized citizens after he delayed same-sex marriage. Bishop has year we actually the legalization of same-sex pledged to not raise taxes if made a double marriages in Michigan after elected. digit increase. ” a district court found MichiHis opponent, Eric Schertzgan’s same-sex marriage ban ing, a Democrat, supports Gov. Rick Snyder, on his cuts unconstitutional. Schuette legalized abortions and sameto higher education funding has defended h is dec isex marriage and has not sion, arguing he was simply promised to not raise taxes. upholding his oath of office.

Schertzing considers improving Michigan’s roads and infrastructure one of his Schuette has said his top priorities as attorney top priorities and is not opposed to Obamacare. general are to increase the number of police officers, school safety programs, increase rape kit testing and increase protections against human U.S. Senate U.S. Sen. Carl Levin is retiring this year, leav- trafficking, a position that has been reinforced T u e s day, Nov e mb e r 4, 2 01 4

with Gov. Snyder’s recent signing of several human trafficking laws.

Former federal prosecutor Mark Totten is running to ensure legal equality for Michigan’s citizens, including same-sex couples, who he believes have been unprotected by the law.

Totten places a high priority on prosecuting sex offenders and holding corporate polluters accountable.

Proposals Proposals 14-1 and 14-2 regard the debate about whether wolves in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula should be considered game and hunted.

In August, proponents of wolf hunting received legislative approval for a wolf hunt initiative, which rendered both proposals seek to veto wolf hunts more or less moot.

Wolves were almost killed off in the 20th century, but were later deemed a protected species.

Their population in the Upper Peninsula now numbers in the 600s, which according to Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources is a viable number, meaning the population can sustain itself. A wolf hunt wouldn’t endanger the species, but it’s estimated the Upper Peninsula could support more.

However, increased human-wolf conflicts spurred the call to hunt wolves, making the issue in some ways more of a social issue than a conservation one. Residents are already allowed to legally kill wolves that are preying upon their livestock or pets under current law.

Proposal 1 would seek to make wolves designated game, authorize a wolf hunting season and give or create government agencies to facilitate wolf hunting. Proposal 2 would grant the Natural Resources Commission, part of the DNR, discretion to designate species as game and to creating hunting seasons for those animals.

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Breaking down the Board of Trustees No race will have more impact on MSU than the race of the Board of Trustees.

Two of the board’s eight seats are up for grabs on Tuesday.

Eleven candidates. Only two spots open.

MSU Board of Trustees candidates will have a freefor-all on Tuesday as 11 candidates vie for two seats on the board currently held by George Perles and Faylene Owen.

Trustees serve on the board for eight years, with two seats up for election every two years.

Here is a summary of the candidates and their backgrounds.

which was taken after she lost the election, included two personal days.

The total cost of the trip was $20,011, the report said.

After the report was released, Foster paid $14,000 to cover her husband’s part of the trip.

In an October forum hosted by the MSU College Republicans she named lower tuition and “wasteful spending” as her highest priorities.

She also said the MSU is reaching a “tipping point,” where out-of-state and international students could potentially displace in-state students. Foster said the Board of Trustees should focus on the issue.

George Perles Political affiliation: Democratic Party

Terry Link Political af f iliation: Green Party

Perles, a former Pittsburgh Steelers and Spartan football head coach, has served as a trustee since 2006.

Perles said in an interview with the Lansing State Journal he is concerned about stuPerles dent debt and its impact on future students, although he has approved recent tuition increases along with the rest of the Board of Trustees.

In 2013, Perles was involved in the campaign to maintain the block “S” as an MSU logo, instead of phasing the logo out for the current Spartan helmet logo.

The latter one prevailed.

Link, a recent retired administrator from MSU, is the founder director of the Office of Campus Sustainability.

Divesting endowment holdings from fossil fuel firms, capping salaries and making link MSU’s campus a gun-free zone are some of the key points in Link’s platform.

Link, who was elected to Clinton County Commissioner in 2006 and served until 2008, hopes to be the first third-party candidate to win a statewide election.

In an interview with The State News, Link highlighted his major goals, which include controlling costs for students, reducing the environmental footprint of the university and a 10 percent investment (from MSU’s endowment) in local businesses to help the community.

Link is a Wayne State University graduate.

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Faylene Owen Political affiliation: Democratic Party Owen was first elected to the MSU Board of Trustees in 2006.

In 2013 Owen came under fire after ABC affiliate WXYZ reported that Owen took a trip with her husband to Germany Owen in 2012 to see the MSU men’s basketball team play Connecticut. That trip alone cost the university $26,319.

Owen’s trip to Germany included limousine rides and $1,275-a-night hotel accommodations.

Melanie Foster Political affiliation: Republican Party Foster was first appointed to the MSU Board of Trustees in the years 1991-1992 and was elected to serve from 2005 to 2012. She lost her reelection bid in both 1992 and 2012.

Prior serving as a trustee in MSU, Foster was part of the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees.

Foster was implicated in Foster the same WXYZ investigation after she flew to South Africa with her husband to host an alumni dinner and reception and recruit potential students. The 10-day trip,

Jeff Sakwa Political affiliation: Republican Party Sakwa, a 1982 MSU graduate, ran in 2012 for a seat in the MSU Board of Trustees, but he did not win the spot.

Sakwa, whose campaign slogan is “Bringing conservative values to campus and the classroom,” told the Lansing State Journal that MSU’s responsibility is “to any student who qualifies in the state of Michigan to be able to get in before we take any student from out of state or any student from a foreign country.”

Sakwa wants to help MSU students to graduate in four years or less, make college more affordable using dual enrollment and encourages students to stay in Michigan after graduation.

Michael Miller, Raymond Moses, Crystal Van Sickle, Stephen Young, Adam Adrianson and Bridgette Guzman are also running for a seat on the Board of Trustees as third-party candidates.

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Alpha Xi Delta sisters experience first time being bigs and littles Education senior Alex Sekulovski and her little, Shelby Fritts, have a unique experience in being part of the first big-little group in Alpha Xi Delta. The sorority was colonized at MSU last year and the sisters were given twins, rather than bigs and littles

By Meagan Beck mbeck@statenews.com

Education senior Alex Sekulovski, left, and psychology sophomore Shelby Fritts enjoy lunch together for their sister date on Sunday at Qdoba Mexican Grill. Both Sekulovski, the big sister, and Fritts, the little sister, are members of Alpha Xi Delta. PHOTO: RAYMOND WILLIAMS

Leading up to the reveal, education senior and Alpha Xi Delta sorority member Alex Sekulovski left clothing, handmade crafts and other goodies for her soon-to-be little sister.

But the experience was especially important to Sekulovski because she did not have a big sister in the sorority of her own. This year is the first time the MSU chapter of Alpha Xi Delta sorority has had a big-little reveal — and bigs and littles to reveal.

Following their fall 2013 recruitment period after recolonizing at MSU, Alpha Xi Delta did not partake in big and little activities because all the members were new.

Instead, the sisters were given twins.

Similar to the idea of bigs and littles, the women had someone in the sorority to count on, study with and do other fun activities with.

Alpha Xi Delta president and theatre senior Whitney Bunn said having a twin is exciting but being given a little sister is a special occasion.

“Colonizing members are excited because they get to be a role model and someone that is there for a new member,” Bunn said.

Sekulovski and her little, psychology sophomore Shelby Fritts, like to go on lunch dates to Qdoba Mexican Grill, craft and just hang out together.

Fritts said she is an only child, so having someone to be there for her as a sister is special.

“It’s nice having that one person you can always count on,” Fritts said.

She said at bid day she found her home, but at the big sister–little sister reveal, she found her family.

Big-little pairings are kept a secret until the day of the reveal. Bunn said oftentimes, big sisters will leave clues by creating Twitter or Facebook pages for their little sisters — but giving the secret away early ruins the element of surprise.

For the first reveal, Bunn said the sisters traveled to a cider mill to have a social day with team building exercises.

The sorority celebrated the occasion by giving the “littles” a balloon with a slip of paper on the inside.

On the slip of paper was the name of the big sister — the secret that had been kept was finally out.

“The reveal is a cool day because your big is someone you’ve already formed a bond with, so it’s exciting to see and watch (the littles) grow,” Bunn said.

Sekulovski said having a little sister brings the sorority as a whole closer together.

“It integrates (the new members) as part of the chapter and I think it’s important to bring the two classes together,” Sekulovski said.

Two MSU students’ documentaries honored in East Lansing Film Festival History, philosophy and sociology of science senior Elizabel DeCesare and media and information senior Syazana Amirulmokminin created documentaries focusing on social issues, and each were played at Wells Hall on Sunday

By Brittanie Chludzinski bchludzinski@statenews.com

For as long as she can remember, history, philosophy, and sociology of science senior Elizabeth DeCesare has been captivated by movies and the process behind creating great films and productions.

After dedicating countless hours to the production of her first professional film “Unplugged” over the summer, DeCesare’s name was among the list of independent film directors recognized and celebrated for their work at the 17th Annual East Lansing Film Festival.

“I am honored,” DeCesare said. “Being a part of that movie-building experience and having someone watch your film and find some meaning out of it is great.”

While collaborating with three other MSU students in her Lyman Briggs College 492 course and submitting the film to the East Lan-

sing Film Festival as part of the class requirements, the short documentary “Unplugged” was screened in the festival’s student film program on Nov. 2 in Wells Hall along with six other student-produced films.

“Unplugged” documents the experiences of the four MSU students that produced the film during their dedication to a 15-day experiment in which they disconnected themselves from all forms of social media, including the use of text messaging.

“Obviously social media is a huge part of our lives, but to let it take over our lives is where we have conflict,” DeCesare said.

By organizing clips from the daily vlogs that each student used to track their thoughts and feelings throughout the duration of the experiment, she said the documentary is able to fully address this dependence on the use of social media and technology while inspiring others to accept this challenge of “unplugging.”

“This is a great opportunity to give students

… this leg up in the East Lansing community,” she said. “It’s so exciting that our student film was chosen and that they thought it was a new and upcoming topic that people would be interested in.”

Another MSU student being recognized in Michigan’s largest and second-oldest film festival is media and information senior Syazana Amirulmokminin.

“I’ve always been interested in photography, but I don’t like taking still pictures,” Amirulmokminin said. “I wanted to do something more dynamic, I guess.”

Creating the project entirely by herself, Amirulmokminin’s short documentary “The New Generation” highlights how cultural and societal factors influence the way in which Asian-Americans identify themselves. After moving to the U.S. from her hometown in Singapore at the age of 10, she said witnessing how race and ethnicity have an impact on interaction inspired the topic of her film.

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“It’s really weird for me because I have not been doing this for a long time,” she said. “All of this kind of just fell into my lap.”

With new plans to pursue a career in the film industry, Amirulmokminin said she hopes having her first documentary featured in the festival will act as a stepping stone to more experiences.

“For me, it’s just about getting a feel for what the industry is like, specifically what the culture of these film festivals is like,” she said.

“It feels awesome and overwhelming, but this opportunity inspires me to improve.”

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

MSU players with Ohio ties look to make a statement at Saturday’s game Football head coach Mark Dantonio has had much success with recruiting in Ohio during his time at MSU. When MSU takes on Ohio State on Saturday in East Lansing, it will be a personal matchup for many Spartan players

By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com

When No. 7 MSU (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) takes on No. 13 Ohio State (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) Saturday night in East Lansing, it will not only be for a commanding lead in the east division, but to stay alive for a spot in the College Football Playoff.

For many of the MSU players, it will be personal because they grew up in, and eventually left, the Buckeye state.

Head coach Mark Dantonio has had a pipeline going through Ohio ever since he got to MSU. Connor Cook, Marcus Rush, Kurtis Drummond and Travis Jackson are all from Ohio. Before the Michigan game, Cook said last season’s Big Ten championship game against OSU was the biggest game for him.

Cook said this week’s game feels more personal than others have.

“It’s different because there isn’t really a divide in Ohio,” he said. “It doesn’t matter where you are in the state, everyone is an Ohio State fan.”

Cook grew up in Hinckley Township, between Cleveland and Akron. He said this week comes with added intensity for a lot of guys — intensity that is fueled by the OSU face base, a fan base the rivals any in the country on passion, according

to Cook.

“Those guys are crazy,” he said. “I know I had someone say something to me that I probably shouldn’t repeat. I know they’re not arrogant or anything, just crazy.”

Cook said last season’s Big Ten championship game was more important for the program, in his opinion, than the Rose Bowl game.

“We always talked about making it to the Rose Bowl,” he said.

“We never talked about actually winning the game, so for us to accomplish that goal was huge.”

Even if players aren’t from Ohio they can still tell that this week is different than other weeks for the players from Ohio or Michigan.

Junior linebacker Darien Harris is from Maryland and said it is players like him who want to play well for the players from Ohio.

“I think it’s the guys like me that aren’t from Michigan or Ohio that want to come out and make a statement for those guys,” he said. “We take it upon ourselves to get this one for the guy next to me who might be from Ohio.”

Cook said players from Ohio tend to make this game more personal than others.

“Anytime you play them (it’s more intense),” he said. “Just because Ohio State is so big and everyone loves them. It definitely makes it more personal.”

Junior quarterback Connor Cook looks to pass on Oct. 25, during the game against Michigan at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines, 35-11. PHOTO: ERIN HAMPTON

November schedule “sets you apart,” according to Dantonio In the past, November has been known as the final drive for a championship and will again serve as a final important stretch for No. 7 MSU starting with No. 13 Ohio State on Saturday.

MSU (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) had this past weekend off with a bye but will return to the field this week with its biggest matchup of the season to kick off the month of November. Ohio State (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) comes to Spartan Stadium also holding an undefeated conference record, creating a situation where the winner will ultimately hold a two-game lead in the division race with only three games to go.

The winner will also remain in the conver-

sation for a spot in the College Football Playoff while the loser will be eliminated.

Even bigger than the upcoming matchup for MSU is the month of November and finishing out the season strong. MSU’s final four games include Ohio State and Rutgers coming to Spartan Stadium, and road trips to Maryland and Penn State.

Dantonio said November is where teams show their true colors and reveal whether they’re contenders or pretenders.

“The month of November really sets you apart, I think,” Dantonio said. “You can fade or you can move forward, and we’ve always tried to put an emphasis on that.”

November has been known as one of Dantonio’s best months during his time at MSU.

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The Spartans have been 18-5 in the month of November, with winning records each season except in 2012.

Junior quarterback Connor Cook helped lead MSU to perfect 4-0 mark in November last year and said the mindset won’t change this week, with every week serving as a “championship game” in conference play.

“Once you start Big Ten play, every game is a championship game, every game means everything, like I said before,” Cook said. “This one is just a little bit bigger because both of us are undefeated in the conference, and we are on the same division. But we are going to just look at it like every other game — have the same mental approach going in just because every single game in the Big Ten technically in itself

is a championship game.”

Junior outside linebacker Darien Harris rehashed Cook’s thoughts on the final stretch, signifying November as the month where championships are won. He said having the bye week gave the team a chance to take a step back and improve through self-assessment before making that final push for a Big Ten championship.

“We know that championships are won in November, and that’s kind of the mindset that we take,” Harris said. “Coach D really harps on coming out the back end of the season even stronger then we started the season, so we just take that mentality into practice and film study. And know we got to work that much harder in November.”

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Police briefs: assault and explosive use reported recently Other students were victims of criminal sexual conduct and credit card fraud in recent weeks

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Criminal sexual conduct A 28-year-old female student filed a police report after being non-consensually touched and kissed by another male student in West Owen Hall on Oct. 18. The female, who was drinking in the suspect’s room in Owen Hall with some friends, left the room with friends but returned alone because she reportedly forgot her phone. While trying to locate the phone, she was touched by the male, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. Upon interviewing the suspect, a 25-year-old male student, police reports indicate he said it was consensual. The incident is still under investigation.

A second incident of criminal sexual conduct was reported on Oct. 20, and was between

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The female, an 18-year-old student, was staying with friends in a tent when another friend invited a male to sleep with the group. During the night, the female reported being inappropriately touched by the male. After, she gathered her belongings and went back to her residence hall. The incident is still under investigation.

Explosives MSU employees reported explosive usage outside Wilson Hall on Oct. 22, police said.

Between 4 and 4:30 a.m., residents of the hall believed they heard gunshots, but upon investigation, university employees locate multiple explosives in a trash can outside the hall. The explosives were made with toilet bowl cleaner, police said. There are currently no suspects in the investigation.

Computer harassment After having nude photos of herself posted online by a scorned boyfriend, a 27-year-old female student reported the harassment to police. The boyfriend, who lives out of state and is 25 years old, reportedly took nude photos of the student while visiting her, and then posted them online once the relationship went sour. Police are still investigating.

Credit Card Fraud A student who gave his debit card and PIN number to an acquaintance who said he needed to use the student’s account to “cash checks” is now out $1,250 and has filed a fraud complaint with police. The student, an 18-year-old male, gave his information to the suspect, a 20-year-old male, after the suspect had promised to give the victim $400. The incident is still under investigation.

Assault While waiting for a parade near the Sparty statue during the U-M football game, two men got into a fight, police said.

The victim, a 65-year-old male, reported that after refuting advances made by a 43-year-old male, he was struck in the back of the head and was knocked unconscious. Witnesses corroborated the victim’s story. Police will be seeking charges.

Food Adulteration After a rocky relationship as roommates, an 18-year-old female student reportedly put rubbing alcohol in her roommate’s drink while she wasn’t looking. The victim, also an 18-yearold female, noticed the rubbing alcohol in the drink and reported it to police. The subject was taken into custody.

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Sports COLUMN: MSU volleyball needs signature win to improve seeding

By Troy Jefferson tjefferson@statenews.com

It’s November, and the volleyball team is still searching for an elusive signature win.

MSU (13-10 overall, 6-6 Big Ten) defeated Northwestern (14-9 overall, 4-8 Big Ten) on Saturday night to snap a three game losing streak, but against No. 10 Illinois (18-5 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) the previous night it was an all too familiar result — a loss.

This past weekend was the epitome of the season to date. The Spartans have feasted on lesser competition in the conference but have failed

to deliver against the Big Ten’s top talent.

MSU, who currently sits in seventh place in the 14-team Big Ten conference, is 0-5 against teams with a better conference record than them and 6-1 against teams with a worse conference record.

MSU has been competitive against the conference elite, playing four and five set matches against No. 13 Purdue (19-5 overall, 9-3 Big Ten) and No. 17 Ohio State (16-8 overall, 7-5 Big Ten) but has not won any games against teams ranked in the AVCA Top 25.

The Spartans have eight games remaining, three against teams with a better conference record and five against teams with a worse conference record.

The first round of the NCAA tournament is exactly a month away and seeding will be paramount for the Spartans, who have made it to the Sweet Sixteen round the last two

seasons.

MSU is No. 47 in the RPI poll, which ranks teams based on their win-loss record and strength of schedule.

The Spartans’ strength of schedule is up there with anybody’s, but the win-loss record leaves a lot to be desired.

MSU has played eight games against teams ranked in the AVCA Top 25 and has lost all eight.

These next two weeks will be pivotal for MSU, who face No. 4 Wisconsin (20-2 overall, 11-1 Big Ten) at home and No. 14 Nebraska (14-7 overall, 8-4 Big Ten) on the road in a span of nine days.

The Spartans lost to Nebraska at Jenison Field House on Oct. 10, 1-3 (20-25, 18-25, 25-22, 23-25).

If MSU wants to seal a NCAA Tournament selection down and improve their seeding, wins or a split against the Badgers (No. 5 in the RPI poll) and Cornhuskers (No. 26 in the RPI poll) would go a long way.

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