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Graduate student Jean Rene Thelusmond, right, and his wife Lita Thelusmond pose for a photo with their children on Oct. 30 at The State News.

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A Crisis Close to Home One MSU doctoral student comes to grips with natural disasters at home in Haiti

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Lt. Scott Wriggelsworth reflects on his win and following his father

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Last week Scott Wriggelsworth watched with his father, Gene Wriggelsworth, as election results announced he would succeed his father as Ingham County Sheriff. Wriggelsworth, a lieutenant with the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, announced his candidacy in January 2015 when his father declined to run for another term.

Seeking to follow the outgoing sheriff’s 28-year legacy, Wriggelsworth described the 22-month campaign as a part-to-full-time job, and as it came to a close he said it felt like a relief. Now, he can gear up to take on the position.

“Last week was a big week for my family — my dad turned 72 on Monday, I had the election on Tuesday and then we had his retirement party on Friday,” Wriggelsworth said. “It was a huge week for the Wriggelsworth family and my election was just part of that big week.”

The first thing he’ll need to accomplish when he takes office, Wriggelsworth said, is to learn the ins and outs of the organization.

“I told hundreds of people as I campaigned that I love where I work and I love what I do, and the city of East Lansing has been great to me and my career and my family.”

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When discussing his plans, Wriggelsworth often repeated the mantra of build on what’s working and get rid of what’s not, a motto that symbolizes the analytical approach he said he’s taking to the position.

“I need to go through the policies and procedures and meet the people, meet with the administrative staff and figure out what’s working and what’s not, building on what is, getting rid of what isn’t and then instituting new programs along the way,” Wriggelsworth said. “I kind of pride myself on being a ‘processes’ person, and the biggest process for me is learning the organization and taking baby steps forward.”

Wriggelsworth has never worked a day in the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office, and did not make that a secret during his campaign.

Branding himself an outsider, Wriggelsworth said he did not make suggestions of change solely to win votes, and instead will be entering the position with an open mind.

“I didn’t run really on a platform of change … change for the sake of change oftentimes leads to disaster,” Wriggelsworth said. “If I run into a major change that needs to be made I’m willing to make that decision, but I won’t know that until it sits right in front of me.”

That’s not to say Wriggelsworth will leave everything as it was under his father.

Wriggelsworth said the largest division of the Sheriff’s Office is the Corrections Division, and he wants to institute programs with a focus on reintegrating offenders into society.

This includes the institution of a “Behavioral Assessment Unit” program similar to the one at ELPD he spoke about as part of his platform.

“It’s not called ‘Incarcerations,’ it’s called ‘Corrections,’ so the more programs we can put in place

East Lansing police Lt. Scott Wriggelsworth was elected Ingham County Sheriff on Nov. 8. PHOTO COURTESY OF SCOTT WRIGGELSWORTH

to help people live positive, productive lives the better off we are as a community,” Wriggelsworth said. “Our goal is never incarceration, it’s always just pointing these people in the right direction and giving them options, keeping them out of crisis for the first time or again.”

Wriggelsworth will take office on Jan. 1, 2017, and until then he said he’ll be splitting time between the Sheriff’s Office and ELPD. He said he hopes to learn the ropes while still keeping the ball rolling at his current job as a lieutenant.

“It’s not like I’ve been elected and I’m just hands off,” Wriggelsworth said. “I’ve got some work left

to do here. This place is important to me and I want to make sure I can set ELPD up for success in the future.”

As he stands poised to take up the mantle of Sheriff Wriggelsworth from his father, Lt. Wriggelsworth said he will be leaving ELPD two days short of having served the department for 23 years.

“I told hundreds of people as I campaigned that I love where I work and I love what I do, and the city of East Lansing has been great to me and my career and my family,” Wriggelsworth said.

“And now that I’m the sheriff-elect, I’m excited about the future.”

MSU greek life without advisor since May, dues still going toward empty position salary

BY MADISON O’CONNOR MOCONNOR@STATENEWS.COM

Since May 2016, there has not been a greek life advisor at MSU, but greek life students are continuing to help pay for the absent advisor’s salary. Despite the relationship agreement between MSU and Greek Life that states MSU will provide a greek life advisor, it looks like there won’t be a new advisor anytime soon.

According to MSU’s greek life Constitution, created by and primarily for the Interfraternity Council, or IFC, of MSU, the greek life advisor is responsible for serving on the Executive Board for the Interfraternity Council, the Judicial Committee, advising the IFC and its member fraternities, advising financial processes, providing assistance and advice for councils, organizing and facilitating leadership programs and more.

The former greek life advisor served at MSU for seven years and left to pursue other opportunities, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Services and all-Greek contact Terrence Frazier said via email. The search for a new advisor occurred this past fall, Fra2

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“At the conclusion of the fall search, the search committee of faculty, staff, students and advisors felt that none of the candidates were right for MSU,” Frazier said in the email.

However, according to the Statement of Relationship between MSU and the Greek Governing Councils, the university’s vice president for Student Affairs and Services should appoint an individual to serve as an advisor to the four governing councils.

In addition, the Greek Life Constitution for the IFC, Article VII, Section I expects the IFC to strive to have an advisor at all times.

Despite this commitment from the university to provide a greek life advisor, the advising position remains vacant and has not been reopened.

“As is the case with nearly all university positions like this, a search committee screens and interviews the candidates that (apply) the for the position,” Interfraternity Council President Kyle Sims said via email. “Two candidates were brought to campus but the university ultimately called it a failed search, meaning that they weren’t satisfied with the candiTHURSDAY, NOVE MB E R 1 7, 2 01 6

dates and would rather try again.”

Greek life students have been required to pay $10 per semester as dues, some of which goes to help pay for the salary of the greek life advisor position, Sims said.

“The position and the support it provides is self-funded, meaning that Greek students pay for their own advisor,” Sims said. “The Greek community is still being called on to fulfill its financial obligation, in form of paying ‘dues’ to the University, though we do not have (an advisor).”

The dues greek life students pay each semester helps with the overall greek community, not just the greek life advisor position, Frazier said.

To help bring this issue to MSU’s attention, the Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, unanimously passed Bill 53-25. The bill calls for MSU to immediately resume the search for a greek life advisor, ASMSU representative for the Panhellenic Council Allegra Schiff, who introduced the bill, said in an ASMSU meeting.

Despite the bill being passed, MSU has not reopened the search for a greek life advisor,

and the position will not be filled until summer 2017, Bill 53-25 states.

Schiff said in the meeting,“Not only did they say we’re not going to have a greek advisor for a while and not continue the search immediately, but they’re also still asking for the money that all four councils pay in dues towards the salary of the greek life advisor, and they’re still asking for the money to pay for the salary of a person that doesn’t exist.”

“At the conclusion of the fall search, the search committee of faculty, staff, students and advisors felt that none of the candidates were right for MSU.” Terrence Frazier, Assistant vice president for Student Affairs and Services

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Damage in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew in October. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEAN RENE THELUSMOND

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Hurricane Matthew swept through Haiti on Oct. 4 and immediately became the biggest natural disaster and humanitarian crisis since the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010.

The hurricane as of Nov. 14 has affected 2.1 million people in Haiti, along with 1.4 million people who need assistance and 175,509 people who were displaced, according to a report from the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Some of those people are family members of doctoral student Jean Rene Thelusmond and his wife, Lita Thelusmond.

“The situation is pretty dire,” Jean Rene said.

A disaster close to home Jean Rene’s family is from the northern part

“First we need to have some stronger houses that can resist the hurricanes, and at the same time work to protect Haiti’s environment.”

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of Haiti, while Lita’s family is from the more southern parts of the country.

Both of their families are currently homeless and have lost almost everything. Lita’s family is currently living in the open air, which means they have no plausible shelter or roof over their heads, the Thelusmonds said.

Impoverished conditions and poor infrastructure have made the situation worse.

“First we need to have some stronger houses that can resist the hurricanes, and at the same time work to protect Haiti’s environment because Haiti’s environment is very, very fragile,” Jean Rene said.

Haiti’s environment is fragile because of the amount of deforestation that takes place in Haiti, along with Haiti being a mountainous country, Jean Rene said.

“Mostly, when we don’t have any trees in the mountains, when it rains … we have a lot of mudslides,” Jean Rene said. “Most of the time the (mudslide) isn’t the problem, it’s the flooding that’s the major problem.”

Jean Rene said with the deforestation in Haiti comes a loss of trees, which are key protectors of the people of Haiti from the effects of hurricanes.

“The trees can also serve as a barrier to block the wind,” Jean Rene said. “If there’s no trees around ... it’s going to blow into the houses directly.”

This isn’t the first time Haiti has been affected by a natural disaster and, if the recent trend of natural disasters continues, it likely won’t be the last.

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Spotlight The deadly landscape During natural disasters like Hurricane Matthew, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Guillaume Girard said the “steep mountainous regions” in Haiti can make the situation worse by causing landslides after a hurricane or earthquake occurs.

“They’re exposed to a lot of natural hazards by geography – that puts them in a bad spot,” Girard said.

Since Haiti is located near the boundary of the Caribbean tectonic plate and North American tectonic plate, it causes Haiti to experience a lot of earthquakes because it is a transform fault, just like the San Andreas Fault in San Francisco, Calif., Girard said.

The reason Haiti is always in a crisis after a natural disaster is because Haiti is one of the poorest countries not only in the Americas, but in the “bottom 20” in the world, Girard said.

Poor infrastructure in Haiti, poor education, a bad health system and that the government response to rescuing those in need after a natural disaster is horrible, to go along with corruption within the Haitian government, which is “more than terrible,” Girard said.

Another reason it’s difficult for Haiti to recover from a natural disaster is the increased exposure to disease, especially with water contamination in a tropical climate compared to a place like San Francisco, Girard said.

“The water may get some dirt in it … (and) you will get notice if you’re in San Francisco (when) there’s an earthquake ... that you can’t drink the water, and people aren’t going to do it because they have other ways to get (water), like bottled water,” Girard said.

This leads to little possibility of water being infiltrated by viruses such as cholera, a bacterial disease spread through water that can cause severe diarrhea and dehydration and, if left untreated, can be fatal within hours of contracting, according to the Mayo Clinic.

This can be an issue in poorer developing nations, such as Haiti, and countries in tropical climates, Girard said.

“Cholera (was) introduced by accident after the earthquake in 2010,” Girard said. “It was a failure of international aid.”

Does school come first?

On top of this, Jean Rene said he’s finding it hard to focus on his academics knowing the situation his family is currently in.

“Now I should be on the ground providing

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help and relief for my family members,” Jean Rene said.

Jean Rene said they’re providing as much financial help as possible, but are limited on what they can send.

“There’s not much that I can do since I’m a (graduate) student,” Jean Rene said. “Because I’m not making much, I can’t just say, ‘OK, here, let me send you some money.’”

Sending supplies to their families is also difficult because of the distance between Michigan and Haiti.

“We try to send them whatever we have,” Lita said. “We cannot send them clothes, we cannot send them any food. Just money.”

Girard said this is because Haiti only has one main airport in the capital city of Port-au-Prince that can host large cargo planes for supplies, which are then transported by land.

“Landslides disrupt the roads … when there’s floods it’s a problem and when the roads aren’t safe — there’s a chance that they can get robbed — that means that there’s less help getting to the populations,” Girard said.

However, through the Red Cross they can send hygiene products to their families, Jean Rene said.

“That’s the only thing they can do, because there’s no office here (at MSU),” Lita said.

Jean Rene said the things people in Haiti need most right now are food and shelter.

Jean Rene said he’s planning on visiting them in December to provide assistance and his family back in homes.

With this, Lita and Jean Rene are trying to reach out not only to the MSU community, but also the communities of East Lansing and Michigan to seek help for their families.

Lita and Jean Rene said this is possible because of a GoFundMe started by Jean Rene to help build homes for the community their family lives in. "(I want) to see if I can make a difference in the lives of the people of my community in Haiti,” Jean Rene said. “As a Spartan, if I could do that, it would be a good thing because I’m called to be a leader and if I see anyone suffering — especially in my community — I can help.”

Jean Rene and Lita are trying to replicate the type of community that takes place in the rural areas and small towns of Haiti, which is where Lita’s family is from.

“In Haiti, when people are living in the rural area, everybody is family,” Jean Rene said. “They have very strong ties, so if one is suffering, the entire community is suffering.”

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Abnormally warm temperatures have extended into mid-November. While it’s easy to blame global warming, National Weather Service meteorologist Wayne Hoepner said there are other factors at play.

Hoepner said both September and October were 4 degrees above average temperature and November has been 7 degrees above average so far, though it is expected to cool down.

“Yes, we have been warmer than normal and part of it was the El Niño, La Niña cycle,” he said. “Another part was a high pressure system, mostly stacked up above the center U.S., and it causes things to circle up through Canada. (It) keeps the cold air locked up further north.”

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, El Niño and La Niña cycles are weather cycles characterized by unusually warmer and cooler temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, respectively.

Nathan Moore, an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, said the weather in the past several days is significantly above average.

“We’re significantly above (average),” Moore said.

“Eight to 10 degrees is a significantly big jump and to be having an 8 to 10 degree highwater mark for several days in a row is exceptional.”

Still, Moore said not to attribute warm weather in November to climate change.

He said climate change is generally studied through a 30-year period, so one year’s warm fall is not necessarily indicative of rising global temperatures.

“Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get,” he said. “To say that this is driven by climate change, well, that’s not really possible to say. You could say it’s very statistically unlikely, but weather does vary quite a lot. If you were to have this for a number of successive fall time periods for year after year after year, then you could attribute to some sort of broader atmospheric forcing.”

Despite abnormal warmth, Hoepner said not to worry, temperatures are expected to fall soon.

An especially warm fall is likely to be followed by an exceptionally cold winter, Hoepner said.

“It’s not good or bad,” he said. “It’s just part of the weather. Through the winter, I know we’re expecting it to be colder than normal and probably a little snowier than normal because (of) all the models they’ve been looking at.”

For now, Moore emphasized waiting for more data to come out before jumping to conclusions.

Moore said because one season is not the defining factor in climate change, there is no cause for concern yet.

“I think you should enjoy the warm weather,” Moore said.

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Forward Sierakowski grows with team, helps push MSU to next level

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Ryan Sierakowski ran from the defense and into the forward-most position. It’s surely a sight fans of MSU men’s soccer know well — the sophomore forward lengthening the grassy distance between himself and his defenders en route to a solo goal.

While self-evident of Sierakowski’s first two seasons in NCAA soccer, however, the roots of that statement stretch back to before anyone knew the All-Big Ten First Team forward would be scoring goals. Not even Sierakowski knew.

Sierakowski began his career as a central midfielder, “box-to-box” and the No. 8. Then he was a center back defender, with some right back play mixed in. But that wasn’t all for the versatile prospect recruited as far west as Stanford.

Trying his foot at winger, Sierakowski eventually started to advance up the pitch.

“I’ve always been a player with good endurance,” Sierakowski said. “I try to use that.”

Undoubtedly, Sierakowski’s work rate is his hallmark quality, head coach Damon Rensing said. It’s what separates him from other forwards.

“Well, his work rate is exceptional,” Rensing said. “He’s got all the tools. He can play back to goal. He can score with his head, he can score with either feet, so he’s versatile and he’s got most of the traits that a forward at the highest college level would want to have.”

Sierakowski’s scoring record is enviable as well — and possibly is a result of his balance. It has been for two seasons.

In 37 career outings, Sierakowski owns 16 career goals, nine of them in 2016. He has the highest goal-per-game and point-per-game rates in program history.

Sierakowski also stands jointly atop MSU’s game-winning goal standing with former striker Adam Montague. With two years of eligibility remaining, Sierakowski has eight game-win-

ners. His six gamer winners this season are a program best in a single year campaign.

“I’ve grown into a leadership role, but I’m not really the type of leader to lead with my voice, but more so by example,” Sierakowski said. “Just with the striker piece, like scoring goals, If I’m not scoring goals, I don’t put that added pressure of having to. I’ll try to get assists like against Notre Dame. I didn’t score but I got the assist, so I’m just happy to help in any way.”

Sierakowski’s growth has corresponded to that of the team. Although his seven-goal freshman season was one of the best in school history, there was nothing fun about the rookie venture for Sierakowski. The team went 8-9-2 with just one win in the last six games of the season.

Following the ramshackle year, the team collectively vowed to improve. The guys moved in early for practices in the spring. Each player sweated a little bit more and stayed a little bit longer. Sierakowski’s summer was spent in Sweden and Denmark competing against eight professional teams.

“Last year was a hard year for all of us,” Hunter Barone, sophomore midfielder on the team, said following a midseason win against Akron.

“We were all so used to, in our clubs, just winning a lot of games. ... This year in the spring, we worked out hard, and we always just said, ‘Hey, we’re going to come back next year with fire and have that edge.’ I think last year maybe helped us a little bit to come back this year stronger.”

It worked. The sophomore class abraded the memory of last season with a 13-5-1 record in 2016. Captaining the front, Sierakowski adapted to the physicality of play and has become more resilient to the challenges of defenders.

Perhaps nothing better represented that than MSU’s come-from-behind 2-1 overtime win against Western Michigan University.

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Sophomore forward Ryan Sierakowski (11) dribbles the ball up the field during the game against Northwestern on Oct. 22 at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field. The Spartans defeated the Wildcats, 2-1. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

Sophomore forward Ryan Sierakowski (11) dribbles up the field during the game against Bowling Green on Sept. 28. The Spartans defeated the Falcons, 1-0. PHOTO: VICTOR DIRITA

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Underdog Spartans not playing ‘spoiler’ against No. 2 Ohio State

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

On a lowly day in 1998 MSU football had nothing but hope to play as it reached Ohio Stadium in Columbus. Hours later it walked out, upset secure in hand, toppling the No. 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 28-24.

Eighteen years later MSU again faces a late season contest with the Buckeyes on the outside looking in. With nothing left to play for but each other and some pride, MSU football faces the opportunity to shape the Big Ten title race for the fourth season in a row — though this year’s chance being ever so slight.

“We’re not playing for anybody else, we don’t care who is where, who is doing what, we’re focusing on what we can do and we don’t really worry about anybody else.”

Chris Frey, Junior linebacker Whether just prepped player speak or an actual belief, the players won’t admit they’re thinking about being spoilers by the time the clock hits 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

“If we win, obviously we’ll shake some things up,” fifth-year senior linebacker Riley Bullough said.

“What that means, I don’t know for them. I’m really focused on our guys and our last game in Spar-

tan Stadium … it’s more about us and our seniors going into this game.”

As the Big Ten East race slips into its final two weeks, University of Michigan wields from a position of strength. Win out and they’re into the Big Ten championship game. Penn State needs to win out and a U-M loss to Ohio State to advance to Indianapolis. Ohio State needs wins over MSU and U-M and a Penn State loss to reach the title game.

MSU predicated its season on winning back-toback outright Big Ten titles, a feat that hadn’t been accomplished in the program since the 1960s and hadn’t occurred in the Big Ten since Wisconsin won in 2011 and 2012.

With nothing left to play for other than improvement and a spark for the offseason, head coach Mark Dantonio didn’t harangue into coach speak, noting that this game could come with added implications even if those implications didn’t benefit his team.

“I think they naturally do,” Dantonio said of his players thinking about having an effect on other teams seasons. “I think that’s pretty natural that you want to be playing for something. So, you’ve got a little bit of added significance there, but I think more importantly, it’s how you are going to measure up.”

While Dantonio acknowledge the players unconscious motivation to have an affect on the Big Ten race, junior linebacker Chris Frey denied the suggestion, putting emphasis on MSU’s focus on its improvements rather than Ohio State’s future.

“No, we’re focusing on us,” Frey said. “We’re not playing for anybody else, we don’t care who is where, who is doing what, we’re focusing on what we can do and we don’t really worry about anybody else.”

Senior wide receiver Monty Madaris (88) catches a pass during the game against Rutgers on Nov. 12 at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans defeated the Scarlet Knights, 49-0. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

The Spartans pull into Saturday the clear underdogs as Ohio State rides a 23-point spread into East Lansing. Lead by dual-threat quarterback J.T. Barrett and former Cass Tech High School running back Mike Weber, Ohio State has averaged 46.5 points per game and 511.4 yards per game.

MSU’s defense by comparison has given up 360.5 yards per game and allowed an average of 27.1 points per game.

For MSU to win on Saturday it will have to play as structurally sound as it did last year in Colum-

bus, stifling OSU’s potent offense and picking up key scoring drives. MSU will be without the talent it had last year meaning it will have to rely on basic principles to stay in the game.

“Games are played on the field,” Dantonio said.

“They are not played on paper. To continually say that and what you win with is great fundamentals. Ultimately, it’s great fundamentals, and how you play out structurally in a game relative to the formations you present, and offense, defense and special teams, and the formations as they present.”

Size is not an excuse for Izzo’s Spartans Early injuries to forward Ben Carter and forward Gavin Schilling created a depletion of size for men’s basketball, however, it seems the guards are more to blame.

After a 21-point blowout loss to No. 2 Kentucky, MSU head coach Tom Izzo addressed the problems surrounding the team.

“What we are is, we’re short,” Izzo said. “What we are is, we should be getting beat on the boards. What we are is, we should be getting killed in the post and that didn’t happen. The problem, when we lost the two bigs, is we have to cover things differently now.”

Although MSU has only two true big men healthy, forward Nick Ward and forward Kenny Goins, it is apparent — the bigs are not the problem. Goins led the Spartans with nine points, the team high against Kentucky.

“It’s going to take some time and some work and I’m not going to make any excuses for me, but I will make one for my players: it was a long trip, and you come here and play maybe one of the most athletic teams we’ll play all year and we hung in there,” Izzo said. “The play before halftime was disappointing, but we’re a better offensive team than this. I thought we’d be a better shooting team.”

A meager 5-for-26 from the three-point line, top-considered shooter sophomore guard Matt McQuaid converted 1-of-6 field goal attempts, each attempt coming from beyond the arc.

Freshman forward Miles Bridges dropped off from his 21-point performance in the Arizona opener. Kentucky limited him to 2-for-11 shooting, 1-of-5 from 3-point territory for six total points and nine turnovers.

“Well, I’m actually a little embarrassed,” Izzo said. “I felt like we competed defensively for the most part, we just didn’t do anything offensively. We looked like a team that was an AAU team; just went one-on- one, didn’t move the ball, got frustrated. I think some of it was that we were a little fatigued and I think John (Calipari) did a hell of a job. I do think that is one of his better defensive teams. They did a very good job.”

While the offensive side is in a downward spiral, Izzo said during media day that the senior class, especially guard Eron Harris, will have to step up to provide more scoring options for the Spartans.

Harris is off to start the season with nine total points in two games after averaging 9.3 points per game a season ago and 17.2 points per game at West Virginia before transferring to MSU. Harris has committed seven turnovers and has converted 4-of-11 from the field, 1-of-6 from the three. He was responsible for defending Kentucky guard Malik Monk who ended the game as the team’s highest scorer with 23 points, knocking down seven 3-point field goals.

While the guards are floundering for a recovery, Ward and Goins have been able to batten down the hatches inside. After playing arguably the tallest team in college basketball, Arizona with three players 6-foot-11 or taller, and a large Kentucky

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Sophomore guard Matt McQuaid (20) and freshman forward Nick Ward (44) high-five fans after the game against Saginaw Valley State University on Nov. 2 at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Cardinals, 87-77. STATE NEWS FILE PHOTO

team, the Spartan big men pushed the rebounding margin against Arizona and were plus-four against Kentucky. A good portion of help came from Bridges’ 12 rebounds against Kentucky.

“It’s just a bad month for us, but that part doesn’t phase me, I’m not worried about that,”

Izzo said. “I have good guys. I was very disappointed in the way we were kind of ‘deer in the headlights,’ but you know you have four freshmen playing at Madison Square Garden and coming off the Hawaii trip, that’s the way we played.

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MSU bowling club gives competitive continuation for former bowlers

BY JONATHAN LEBLANC JLEBLANC@STATENEWS.COM

Oiled and polished, the MSU Intercollegiate Bowling Program provides a competitive way for students to continue the sport of bowling at a collegiate level.

The MSU Intercollegiate Bowling Program teams compete in tournaments, with the most recent being the Adrian College Open in Adrian, Mich. Other tournaments are held in the surrounding Great Lakes states, with the championships being held in Baton Rouge, La. For some team members, the thought of bowling for this long into their college career didn’t seem likely.

Kinesiology freshman Shokhari Tate first started bowling in high school as a second sport to football in order to not take any gym classes.

“I was just average at it at first, then something just clicked in me,” Tate said.

Tate said he made more progress through his sophomore year, eventually making it to states, becoming an all-conference bowler his junior year, and all-conference and all-regional his senior year.

Aaron Radner, accounting senior and captain of the men’s team, started bowling in leagues when he was little, and continued throughout his four years of high school.

“In high school … we practiced three or four times a week and I got better every year just from bowling a lot and learning from older guys,” Radner said. “When I got to college, kind of the same thing, my first couple of years I learned form the juniors and seniors, and now I’m the guy teaching.”

Radner said being the captain of the men’s team brings a couple challenges.

“It’s tough sometimes because you’ve got to worry about yourself, too,” Radner said. “I learned a lot my first few years from the senior (captain) and I try to pass that down.”

Like Tate, Jennifer Walker, english senior and captain of the women’s team, didn’t start bowling until the winter semesters

of her junior and senior years of high school, she said.

“High school was a lot more different in that tournaments were smaller,” Walker said. “They were competitive but they weren’t as demanding.”

Walker said in high school her team didn’t get to bowl with the men’s team.

“In high school, we really didn’t get that opportunity,” Walker said.

Another good aspect of bowling at the collegiate level, compared to high school, is the level and amount of coaching you receive, Walker said.

“I think with that additional coaching experience instead of just volunteers coming in or friendly people from around the bowling alley … actually having somebody to coach us has really improved my game,” Walker said. “Especially since I’ve only been bowling for a couple of years in total.”

However, Tate said sometimes people don’t really consider bowling a sport.

“This takes a lot out of you,” Tate said. “A lot of people think since you can pick up a ball and throw it up when you’re hanging out with your friends, you can do it at the next level.”

Tate said even though football was his main sport, bowling was the more difficult of the two.

“Bowling would have to be my more mentally tough sport because … your worst enemy out there is your oil and you can’t see that,” Tate said.

Tate said the amount of oil on the lanes can affect a bowler’s spin, which can then affect the type of ball they decide to bowl with.

“If you get on a bad streak, you’ve got to snap yourself out of it and it’s really not all that team-oriented,” Tate said. “I mean, you have a team behind you, but at the end of the day it comes down to you and the lanes.”

In the end, Walker said the MSU Intercollegiate Bowling Program has allowed her to feel more comfortable and urges people to come and try out for the team, both men and women.

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MSU senior takes to China to battle for The One Club in advertising

BY JAIMIE BOZACK JBOZACK@STATENEWS.COM

Advertising senior Eric Schwartz lives and breathes all things media. Schwartz studies advertising with a specialization in design and a focus in art direction, graphic design and photography.

Schwartz’s name is becoming a common one around campus. He is the editor-in-chief of MSU’s yearbook — The Red Cedar Log — he is involved with The One Club and he is a member of the Media Sandbox.

Schwartz’s most recent involvement with The One Club has taken him overseas to Shanghai, China.

“We’re competing in an international advertising competition through an organization called The One Club,” Schwartz said via email. “We work with students from the best advertising schools in China.

We’re given two campaign briefs and have to come up with a solution by the end of a week.”

The One Club is an international organization that recognizes and promotes education and achievements in the advertising industry. The group hosts an annual festival called The One Show China, where professionals and students in the industry have the opportunity to network and converse about advertisements.

“The trip so far has been incredibly busy,” Schwartz said. “We have been competing for the past couple days now, clocking in early mornings and long nights. ... We actually have not been able to see much of the city or even walk around the heart of Shang-

hai because we have been competing.”

Schwartz said the competition is split into two MSU-only teams. The first-time split provides a new challenge for the two teams. Schwartz said he anticipates little sleep and designing into the night.

“The competition has been incredibly difficult and stressful, but incredibly rewarding so far,” Schwartz said. “The creative brief we’re working with has really stumped both MSU groups, which has been the most difficult part to wrap our minds around.

Additionally, being in a foreign country has brought along some culture shock, but I think that adds to the excitement of this experience.”

Schwartz said the competition is highly intense, but he looks forward to experience he will gain from the trip.

“Having the opportunity to collaborate with so many different people across so many different disciplines has been so rewarding for me,” Schwartz said. “When I’m working with other people, it pushes me to step back and analyze my role in the creative process.”

Schwartz said he never expected that MSU would provide him with so many opportunities.

“Never did I think my freshman year at MSU that by the time I graduated, I would have traveled to Europe and China, road-tripped across the country to several national parks out west and explored some of the best advertising agencies in New York City — all in the name of my studies and extracurricular projects,” Schwartz said.

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