Monday 10/17/16

State News The

A long history of protests at MSU, stretching decades Amid recent protests at ASMSU meetings and Black Lives Matter rallies, activism is a lasting tradition on campus STATE NEWS FILE PHOTOS M ON DAY, OC TO B E R 17, 2 016

@THESNEWS

STAT ENEWS .COM

News

Josh Bender City editor city@statenews.com

MSU researchers travel to India to collect infants’ fingerprint data “Any technological advancement or research, which can help the community and healthcare of children, is good.”

MSU Biometrics Research Group leader and computer science professor Anil Jain, right, and biometrics group researcher and doctoral student, Sunpreet Arora, next over, collect fingerprint data during ​the group’s January research trip to India. PHOTO

Inci Baytas, computer science graduate student

BY COLTON WOOD CWOOD@STATENEWS.COM

Researc hers f rom t he MSU Biomet r ics Research Group are leading a project that allows researchers and medical personnel to receive vital information from one simple finger scan.

Biometrics examines the unique physical or behavioral traits that can be used to determine a person’s identity.

Through this project, medical personnel will be able to scan a child’s fingerprint and properly identify them with information, such as recent immunizations, and will be able to tell if they are malnourished.

This will aid people in poorer areas with sparse access to medical care, MSU Biometrics Research Group researcher and doctoral student, Sunpreet Arora said.

The biometrics group, led by MSU professor Anil Jain, consists of several graduate and doctoral students, as well as one postdoctoral researcher.

“Our biometrics group at Michigan State University primarily focuses on person recognition using two different modalities: face and fingerprints,” Arora said.

For the project, Arora was tasked with reviewing the existing literature on child fingerprint capture and recognition, a task that took him and his colleagues on a trek across the globe.

“I began by evaluating different commercially available fingerprint readers from the perspective of capturing child fingerprints,” he said. “Once the choice of readers was narrowed down, then we organized data collection camps every few months in India, where I was one of the two students who was involved in capturing fingerprints of children in the operational setting.”

The biometrics group had to determine at what age a child’s fingerprint could be reliably scanned for the project.

Arora said they encountered a subject that was six hours old and they were able to successfully capture the child’s fingerprint using their high-quality fingerprint reader.

The project was about more than research.

“Any technological advancement or research, which can help the community and healthcare of children, is good,” computer science doctoral student Inci Baytas said. “What they do is really helpful for many people around the world.”

The group’s work has drawn praise from noted scholars.

Computer science and engineering professor Alex Liu, recipient of several honors, including the MSU Withrow Distinguished Scholar Award, said that the biometrics team is on the right track.

“They have so many interesting things,” he said. “I think they are doing great.”

COURTESY OF MSU BIOMETRICS RESEARCH GROUP.

A child’s fingerprint is scanned as part of the MSU Biometrics Research Group’s project.

PHOTO COURTESY OF MSU BIOMETRICS RESEARCH GROUP.

Internet-driven spooky clown craze might have gone too far

BY COLTON WOOD CWOOD@STATENEWS.COM

Cities nationwide have been inundated with news the past few weeks of people dressing up as clowns and causing terror. This has resulted in some people deciding to go “clown hunting,” when they attempt to find clowns and physically harm them.

East Lansing Police Department Lt. Scott Wriggelsworth said residents should always walk in pairs, stay out of dark areas and alleyways during the evening hours and limit distractions while walking.

“If you’re freaked out about clowns and you see one, go the other way,” Wriggelsworth said.

“Ninety-nine percent of the time, it alleviates the problem.”

On Oct. 7, Wriggelsworth said a 12-year-old girl allegedly chased other children with two kitchen knives while wearing a clown mask at MacDonald Middle School in East Lansing. ELPD later found out the same girl was scaring children

earlier in the day at a bus stop in Meridian Township. The investigation is still ongoing, but Wriggelsworth is unsure if the girl will face charges.

“I don’t think it’s right for people to put on masks — clown masks or other kinds of masks — and go around scaring people,” psychology professor Lauren Harris said.

Harris mentioned his concern for the real, professional clowns in light of recent events. “(They are) being vilified, branded because of the silly pranks of a few,” said Harris.

Officer manager for Redford-based children’s party entertainment company Jokers Entertainment, Brandy McKay, said they have not experienced a drop in sales despite the recent negative news on clowns.

“We’ve been in business for over 30 years, so it’s not really an issue for our company,” McKay said. “Most of our business comes from word of mouth, so people know the safety and quality of our business.”

Donald Doornbos said he has been in the clown entertainment business for more than 40 years.

Doornbos, who also goes by his clown name Mr. Bubbles, has been receiving calls from friends to stay safe when in costume because they have overheard people talk about harming clowns.

Doornbos specifically mentioned a friend calling him to say he overheard two men at a grocery store say they were going to get into a car, find a clown and try to beat the clown up.

“From everyone that talks to me, we’re going to have to be escorted in to do a show and escorted out to do a show,” Doornbos said. “It’s getting to the point where you don’t feel safe.”

This has some clowns concerned about their job.

Doornbos said he has a show on the Oct. 23 at a school, but called to ensure they still wanted him there.

Doornbos said the school told him they definitely still wanted him there and said they know he’s an excellent clown.

Those who see a clown who looks suspicious should call 911, Doornbos said.

ILLUSTRATION: MADELINE GUZZO

2

THE STATE N EWS

MONDAY, OCTOB E R 1 7, 2 01 6

Contents

Cameron Macko Managing editor cmacko@statenews.com

ONLINE

First Healthy Homecoming walk

Column: Football season done

FAFSA opens three months early

Campus group hosts walk to promote living healthy

After the Spartans’ fourth-straight loss, this year looks bleak

Students can apply for student aid early this year

BY T H E N U M B E R S

10 Number of years since MSU football has lost four games in a row See page 6

“We had young guys out there, I could have played better on the last touchdown. It’s just really technique things that we have to be better at. We knew what was coming, and we just didn’t capitalize on it.”

Demetrious Cox, Fifth-year senior safety PAGE 9

Tom Izzo given second ever Dean Smith Award

BY SOUICHI TERADA STERADA@STATENEWS.COM

The United States Basketball Writers Association announced on Oct. 14 that men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo would receive another award on his already lengthy list. Izzo is to be honored with the 2016 Dean Smith Award, according to a press release.

The accolade goes to any one individual in college basketball who embodies the spirit of the late North Carolina coach, according to the release.

The USBWA will be giving the award to Izzo at a home game this season,

which is yet to be announced.

Izzo is the second person to receive the award after the organization created it last year. Former Georgetown head coach John Thompson was the recipient of it last year.

With the Dean Smith Award, Izzo adds to his list of honors he’s received this year.

Izzo was already named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame earlier in the offseason.

The men’s basketball team’s first exhibition game of the season will be at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27, when they face Northwood University at home.

FAC T MSU basketball coach Tom Izzo is in his 22nd season at MSU.

The bronze Sparty monument, pictured on Oct. 12 in the Union, was created by sculptor Alison Brown, who created a clay rendering used to cast the 1,500-pound statue. PHOTO: DEREK VANHORN

VOL . 107 | NO. 14 CONTACT THE STATE NEWS (517) 295-1680

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jake Allen

NEWSROOM/CORRECTIONS (517) 295-5149 feedback@statenews.com

MANAGING EDITOR Cameron Macko CITY EDITOR Josh Bender

The State News is published by the students of Michigan State University, Monday and Thursday during the academic year.

ADVERTISING MANAGER Emalie Parsons

FEATURES EDITOR Connor Clark

COLOPHON The State News design features Acta, a newspaper type system created by DSType Foundry.

PHOTO EDITOR Carly Geraci

One copy of this newspaper is available free of charge to any member of the MSU community.

Additional copies $0.75 at the business office only.

State News Inc. is a private, nonprofit corporation. Its current 990 tax form is available for review upon request at 435 E. Grand River Ave. during business hours.

DESIGN EDITOR Claire Barkholz

Copyright © 2016 State News Inc., East Lansing, Mich.

GENERAL MANAGER Marty Sturgeon ADVERTISING M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EDITORIAL STAFF

CAMPUS EDITOR Rachel Fradette SPORTS EDITOR Casey Harrison

COPY CHIEF Casey Holland

MONDAY, OC TOB E R 1 7, 2 01 6

TH E STATE N E WS

3

Spotlight

MSU’s tradition of activism on campus began with Vietnam War

BY RILEY MURDOCK RMURDOCK@STATENEWS.COM.

Editor’s note: This is part of a three-part series examining important protests in MSU’s history as protests and activism picks up around campus.

This first part looks at MSU’s involvement in the Vietnam War and student backlash. Parts two and three will run online on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Protests in the 1960s and 1970s often had life and death at stake. When those protesting the Vietnam War were often at risk of being drafted if they weren’t at college, a bad grade could mean more than just a repeated class on transcripts.

“We called it the death penalty,” Bryan Watson, a student at the newly-formed James Madison College in the late 1960s, said. “If you flunked this class, if this teacher gave you an F, you could die. When you’ve got that kind pressure on you, then you’re willing to do all kinds of things, you’ve been angry about a lot of stuff.

That pressure doesn’t exist today.”

Like many American universities, MSU has seen its fair share of activism throughout its history. A multitude of student protests have taken place for a wide breadth of issues, some successfully enforcing change, some wearing down over the force of time. This is a look back to an era of turmoil and the MSU students who stood up and made their thoughts known.

Popular sentiment at American universities was the Vietnam War was not a good thing.

Negative youth opinion of the Vietnam War, occasionally referred to as the Indochina War, sparked civil unrest on many of America’s college campuses, MSU being no exception.

The University on the Make MSU, however, was exceptional for its role in the war itself.

Wesley Fishel, a political science professor, happened to meet and develop a friendship

MSU professor Wesley Fishel, left, and South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, right, converse together in 1955. Fishel became Diem’s personal political adviser when the latter took power in South Vietnam in the 1950’s. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MSU UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

“Some people admired (MSU professor Wesley Fishel) greatly, as somebody of some prominence... my friends disagreed with him vigorously.”

Bryan Watson, James Madison College alumnus with Ngo Dinh Diem, future president of the Republic of South Vietnam, in 1950.

This relationship led to Diem appointing Fishel his political advisor in 1954, with MSU beginning the Vietnam Project soon after. A group of MSU professors and faculty, known as the Michigan State University Group, or MSUG, played a major role in shaping South Vietnam’s domestic policy. According to a timeline compiled by MSU Archives, MSUG trained the South Vietnamese government on American-style political administration and how to manage the influx of North Vietnamese refugees, as well as played a part in training the country’s police force.

MSU president John Hannah, who was

4

THE STATE N EWS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 7, 2 01 6

known for his rapid expansion of MSU named Michigan State College when he first assumed the presidency, strongly supported the program, according to information gathered by MSU Archives.

Over time, Diem would lose popular support and catch flak from outside observers. Diem, a Catholic, enacted a number of laws targeting the country’s Buddhist majority, among other decisions that turned public perception against his regime. After nearly a decade of helping build his nation, MSUG came to an end when Diem, angry about criticism coming from MSUG members, did not renew MSU’s contract.

The involvement of MSUG in South Vietnamese politics was resented by many who believed an institution of higher education had no place in international policy. Allegations that the program had become a Central Intelligence Agency front did not assuage fears.

Hannah resigned in 1969 to take a government job as head of the United States Agency for International Development.

According to a 1969 Lansing State Journal article in possession of MSU Archives, the speech in which Hannah resigned was surrounded by protesters, and he condemned “extremist student demonstrations” in his

speech, but it is unclear whether this was related to Vietnam. He was succeeded by Clifton Wharton Jr., who would lead MSU through the majority of Vietnam-era student dissent.

John Ernst, a historian who wrote about MSUG in “Forging a Fateful Alliance: Michigan State University and the Vietnam War,” declined to comment, writing that he was not sure he could add to what he had published.

Watson said he had semi-regular contact with Fishel in the years following MSUG, as he taught classes at James Madison College once a month.

Watson said he and his peers had coffee with Fishel on occasion and argued with him about the role a university should play in foreign policy and government involvement.

“Some people admired him greatly, as somebody of some prominence ... my friends disagreed with him vigorously,” he said.

Michael Pennock, also a member of the first James Madison College class, said Fishel taught a class on Vietnam, continuing to defend the war.

“He had the ambassador from South Vietnam come to talk to us, the general who was in charge of bombing the north,

Spotlight

Cameron Macko Managing editor cmacko@statenews.com

Student protesters block traffic on E. Grand River Avenue, May 9-11, 1972. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MSU UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

he pulled out all the stops to get people to (see) ‘There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, we’re winning the war’. The students in that seminar really said ‘uh-huh’ when the Tet Offensive got underway ... but he never backed down an inch.”

Students Rise Up When he tried to remember how many protests he’d participated in, Pennock exclaimed in amusement. “Geez, how many fingers do I have?”

Two major catalysts stoked the flames of protest at MSU and across the nation in 1970: president Nixon’s decision to send ground troops into Cambodia and the killing of four students at Kent State University by the National Guard during protests of the former.

The killings set off a wave of tension and outrage on campuses across the nation, MSU included. According to a May 3 Kalamazoo Gazette article in the possession of MSU Archives, among other clippings, these two happenings led to MSU students rising up in a destructive manner.

The primary target of protesters at MSU and across the nation was the campus Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, ROTC, office. Pennock said activists targeted ROTC to deny the army its flow of officers. Watson said they wanted MSU to sever any support to anything involving the Vietnam War. “(At) universities around the country, there was a move to get the ROTC programs terminated, because... the ROTC was the military, on campus,” Watson said. “Having ROTC on campus was part and parcel of the objection to MSU’s direct involvement in Vietnam.”

On The Banks of the Red Cedar estimates that protesters caused between $40,000 and $50,000 in property damage on the night of May 1, 1970 alone. In a May 2 Benton Harbor News Palladium article at the MSU Archives, a MSU spokesperson “very conservatively” estimates the loss at $35,000 for damage to five buildings, including the administration building, and seven police cars. A May 3 Detroit News article claims damage to 10 buildings. According to said arti-

“If you flunked this class, if this teacher gave you an F, you could die.

When you’ve got that kind pressure on you, then you’re willing to do all kinds of things, you’ve been angry about a lot of stuff.”

Bryan Watson, James Madison College graduate

cle, a student was arrested for attempted arson after police dispersed a group of protesters trying to burn down the ROTC building on May 1. This student could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.

Later that month, 132 students were arrested at the Union. Pennock said the students were at an anti-war planning meeting, and they were arrested for staying past the building’s closing time. He avoided arrest by leaving at the scheduled time. A 1970 Detroit News article said the Union closed at 11 p.m., and police waited until 1:30 a.m. to move in.

“I was on the phone talking to some of the administrators, trying to assure them that everything was peaceful,” Pennock said. “But once it became closing time at the Student Union, they came in and arrested everyone that was there.”

Pennock recalls two other protests he was heavily involved in 1972: the first, a protest in which hundreds of students blocked Grand River Avenue for almost three days.

The second, a demonstration in which students camped in front of the international relations building, a common hangout of Fishel’s, Pennock said.

“For several days the administration tolerated it, then the word came down that the cops were going to clear it out,” Pennock said. “Somebody had the bright idea to arm everybody with water guns and jump out of their tents and shoot the cops with water guns, and I did manage to convince people that they would be shot to death by the police.”

Pennock said the goal of both protests was to be part of the national voice and show the government that people did not support the

MONDAY, OC TOB E R 1 7, 2 01 6

Vietnam War. Watson said most MSU students did not protest. As a student of politics in a left-leaning institution like James Madison College, however, Watson and his peers looked at the public action from an academic lens.

“We were students of public policy, we were political geeks,“ Watson said. “A lot of us looked at this as something to study, as opposed to something to go out and scream about.”

Fortunate Sons Watson, who once worked at a draft-resistance organization giving legal advice to those attempting to avoid conscription, said the most important thing separating the Vietnam era from the modern day was the draft.

“There were thousands of people who went to college to avoid the draft,” Watson said.

“There’s a lot of people, myself included, who turned 18 in their freshman year. I think that’s really hard for people now to understand how impactful, how significant that was, to sit there when you’re 17, going to turn 18 in a week or so, and you’re in college and you know that if you screw up, flunk out, get kicked out, whatever, that your next stop is an induction center, physicals, training.”

Watson said one of his friends who paid his way through college could not spare time to protest because if he stopped working, or lost his job, or flunked out, he would be in Vietnam.

Watson and Pennock were among many objectors to the war who burned their draft cards in defiance, Pennock said. Despite his self-admitted non-participation in protest, Pennock said Watson was the first among their friends to burn his.

TH E STATE N E WS

5

MICHIGAN STATE VS. NORTHWESTERN

“

All I can say is it’s disappointing in our locker room. We need to get back at it, come out Sunday, tomorrow, and figure it out.

There’s no easy fix.

- MARK DANTONIO

”

FINAL SCORE michigan state

northwestern

40-54

DEFENSIVE WOES:

BY THE NUMBERS: TURNOVERS

2

490

475

FIRST-HALF POINTS GIVEN UP

424

1

SECOND-HALF POINTS GIVEN UP

209

Spartans lost to Notre

THIS WEEK: WIDE RECEIVER R.J. SHELTON UNRANKED Dame, Illinois, U-M and Ohio State. The Spartans 7 receptions, 190 yards, 2 touchdowns

4

51 TOTAL RUSHING TOTAL PASSING TOTAL YARDS OFFENSIVE YARDS YARDS

NEXT OPPONENT

University of Maryland

6

KEY PLAYERS Justin Jackson NU Running Back 34 carries 188 yards rushing 2 touchdowns 5.5 yards per carry average

Oct. 22, 2016 7:30 p.m. at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium, College Park, Md.

R.J. Shelton

TV: Big Ten Network Radio: Spartan Sports Network Twitter: @thesnews_sports

7 receptions 190 yards 2 touchdowns

THE STATE N E WS

45 132

RUNNING BACK JUSTIN JACKSON 34 carries, 188 yards rushing, 2 touchAP RANKINGS 2006 downs. 5.5 yards per carry average The last time MSU lost LAST WEEK: UNRANKED four games in a row. The

281

SACKS

1

A TALE OF TWO HALVES FOR MSU THIS SEASON

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 7, 2 01 6

MSU Wide Receiver

finished 1-7 in the Big Ten and 5-8 overall that year. This is Dantonio’s first four-game losing streak.

54 The most points scored against MSU under Mark Dantonio

News

Rachel Fradette Campus editor campus@statenews.com

Breaking down ASMSU’s 2016-17 general fund budget, payrolls EVERY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAYS

$18 EVERY SEMESTER TO ASMSU... ~7.4% 5.3% Allocations Board Operations

General Fund ($58,648) Governmental Affairs ($36,710) Class Councils ($11,000) Programming ($8,500)

$82,348

26.6%

5.84% the President $90,777.05

ASMSU

7.39%

starts the year with

$114,800

*(Specifically, $1,699,114.44)

1.6 million*

8.23%

Where does it go?

RSO allocations $127,871.04

10.88% $169,031

Legal Services & Student Rights Advocates $409,479.32

16.6%

CORES & COPS allocations $255,742.08

BY RACHEL BEARD FEEDBACK@STATENEWS.COM

The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, have released their budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

Unlike in previous years, ASMSU was not able to immediately release individual salary information because of restrictions under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, that doesn’t allow organizations to release salary information with “identifying marks” that could connect those salaries with their recipients.

Although these salary amounts have changed through time, ASMSU hasn’t changed their hourly wages for many years.

“Our interns make, just generalizing, about $9 an hour,” Sam Terzich, ASMSU chief of staff, said. “And then our directorship level, about 10 (dollars an hour), and then above would be, of course, a little bit above. So that hasn’t changed in years.”

What has changed is the amount of hours ASMSU employees work. Last year, ASMSU

put together an internal review committee that included members of the general assembly, the class councils and the staff. The goal was to take a comprehensive look at several aspects of the way ASMSU was run, including how they paid their employees.

“The internal review committee did adjust a handful of positions and they lowered their hours, and then on a couple of positions increased their hours,” Terzich said. “It was a comprehensive look at pay, and so that has changed.”

Even when the MSU Board of Trustees increased hourly pay across campus earlier in the year, ASMSU was able to maintain their regular wages.

“We pay our employees what’s called project pay, which means we pay you on the project that you do,” Terzich said. “So more like a semester basis, and we measure that, completing your project, by the hours that you work.”

In the 2016-17 fiscal year, ASMSU has an estimated budget of $1,669,114.44. Sixteen percent of that, $276,706, has been allotted for payrolls.

12.12%

Red Cedar Log $188,286.50 GRAPHIC: ALEXEA HANKIN

BY RACHEL BEARD FEEDBACK@STATENEWS.COM

The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, collects $18 from every student each semester as part of tuition. $1.25 of that goes towards buying USA Today subscriptions for every student. With a predicted enrollment of 94,621 for the 2016-17 fiscal year, that leaves ASMSU with more than $1.5 million to spend within their organization.

This year, ASMSU was not able to release individual salary information due to restrictions under FERPA. However, their 2013-2014 budget does show individual salaries.

This fiscal year, about $276,000 of ASMSU’s budget will go towards paying employees in the five different sections of ASMSU. Here’s a look at how ASMSU is paying its staff of more than 30 students, according to the 201-17 budget.

1. ASMSU CENTRAL STAFF

Total Payroll: $89,861 What you could buy with that payroll: About 28 platinum meal plans ASMSU’s chief of staff, a student position, is responsible for overseeing the central staff, the highest paid department in ASMSU. The central staff consists of seven different departments: human resources, marketing, public relations, liaison for diversity and inclusion initiatives, controller, information technology, and an internship program.

In ASMSU’s 2013-2014 budget, the chief of staff was the highest paid position in the department, earning $8,910.

2. RED CEDAR LOG

Total Payroll: $60,257.50 What you could buy with that payroll: About 12 designated single dorm rooms The Red Cedar Log is the official yearbook of MSU, and ASMSU allotted about 12 percent of their budget to this publication in 2016-17.

The Red Cedar Log employs various student

staff members to produce the yearbook, including an editor-in-chief who made $7,560 in the 2013-14 fiscal year. Other paid positions on The Red Cedar Log staff include business manager, managing editors, copy editor, design staff, photography staff, journalism staff, photography interns, journalism interns and distribution interns.

3. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Total Payroll: $57,777.50 What you could buy with that payroll: 1,031 new iClickers from the Spartan Bookstore All of the positions in the Office of the President are filled by students who are elected to that position by ASMSU’s general assembly of representatives. Aside from the president, the office also includes five vice presidents: one for academic affairs, finance and operations, governmental affairs, internal administration and student allocations. In their 2013-14 budget, the president’s salary is listed as $10,350 and the vice presidents as $8,910 each.

4. BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGER

Total Payroll: $45,100 What you could buy with that payroll: About 44,100 cookies from Insomnia Cookies In the 2013-14 fiscal year, the business office manager was a full-time position a salary of $35,700. The department includes other administrative assistances, but the business office manager is the primary position.

5. GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Total Payroll: $23,710 What you could buy with that payroll: About 135 student season passes to MSU football The office of governmental affairs is concerned with civic engagement on campus, especially getting students registered to vote and informing students about issues related to upcoming elections.

This department includes a community liaison and state liaison position, both of which were paid $6,300 in the 2013-14 fiscal year.

MONDAY, OC TOB E R 1 7, 2 01 6

TH E STATE N E WS

7

Crossword

L.A. Times Daily Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

Sports

Casey Harrison Sports editor sports@statenews.com

Fans get first look at basketball teams at MSU Madness

ACROSS

1 Solidifies 5 Extends, as a building 11 Triple __: liqueur 14 Golfer Aoki 15 Unfortunate event 16 Thurman of “Kill Bill” 17 Noir film temptress 19 Writing implement 20 Therapeutic ointment 21 Tenants 23 Engineer Nikola 25 “__F!”: pre-weekend cry 27 Homer Simpson’s wife 28 Football-like sport played with a disc 31 Falsehood 32 __ Angeles 33 ‘50s prez 34 Kareem’s former name 35 Dangerous current 37 Female pronoun 40 Cupid’s mo.

41 Year, in Spain 42 Ate 43 Close kin 49 “__ Rae” 50 “__ who?!”

51 Execs, or outfits hanging in their closets 52 Goes on the offensive 54 Gentle 55 Life story, briefly

56 Ironic change in destiny ... and, literally, what happens in this puzzle’s circles 61 Egg cells 62 Transition slowly 63 __ out a living 64 Crossed (out) 65 Same-as-above marks 66 Fender damage

DOWN

1 Animated Internet file suffix 2 Suffix with Siam 3 Meaty dish that would make Mary sad?

4 Mogadishu native 5 Radio band-switching switch 6 Day, in Spain 7 Hrs. that begin when we “spring forward” 8 “Doctor Zhivago” actor Omar 9 “Tall” story 10 Amateur night at a comedy club, e.g.

11 Exquisite 12 Come into view 13 As far as the eye __ 18 Jack of old Westerns 22 Stun with a gun 23 Rock’s Jethro __

24 Nobelist Wiesel 25 Sporty sunroof 26 Develop in the womb 29 “I was with my girlfriend all night,” say 30 No longer encumbered by 35 Edited 36 “Mockingbird” singer Foxx 37 Asian mushroom with an odd spelling 38 “Freeze!”

39 Breyers competitor 40 Storm relief org.

43 Packed up for shipping 44 Whodunit reason 45 “The Wind in the Willows” croaker 46 Help out 47 Dating from 48 Bungled 53 “The Bridge on the River __” 54 Daughters’ brothers 57 Part of a tennis match 58 Padre’s hermano 59 On a scale of one to __ 60 Approx. figure

Get the solutions at statenews.com/puzzles Level: 1

2

3

4

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S PUZZLE

Get the solutions at statenews.com/ puzzles

10/17/16

8

© 2016 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

THE STATE N E WS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 7, 2 01 6

Men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo gives a speech during MSU Madness on Oct. 14 at Breslin Center. Izzo has been the men’s basketball head coach at MSU since 1995. PHOTO: NIC ANTAYA

BY DENISE SPANN DSPANN@STATENEWS.COM

To get the festivities started for homecoming weekend at MSU, both the men’s and the women’s Spartan basketball teams joined together to hold the annual MSU Madness fan festival Friday night at the Breslin Center.

This year marks the first time the event has been called MSU Madness. In years prior, it was known as “Midnight Madness.”

MSU women’s basketball was the first of the two programs to be introduced for the event. The women came out to several different songs, joining their teammates at the center of the court while hyping up the girls who came after them.

A standout was redshirt-freshman forward Victoria Gaines, coming out to “Lip Gloss,” by Lil Mama. She mimicked the moves from the music video, while putting on her lip gloss for the camera.

The crowd rose to their feet when the team’s only seniors, guards Branndais Agee and Tori Jankoska, came on the court. The two seniors will be the driving force and leaders on the team since Aerial Powers has made her transition to the WNBA. Jankoska is ranked fourth all-time in the MSU career record book with 198 3-point shots made, and she has received the Playmaker award at the team’s banquet three seasons in a row. She was named a second-team All-Big Ten shooter the past two seasons. This season, Jankoska will have Agee on her side with more responsibilities on the court.

MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant spoke to the crowd about her team, after performing to the Spartan rendition of Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation.”

“We’re excited about this season, you’ll get a chance and opportunity to watch us play again,” Merchant said. “We’re led by Tori Jankoska, who’s an all-conference player at Michigan State, and All-Big Ten player.”

The MSU men’s basketball team came out a little

differently this year. The men came down the Breslin stairs to their chosen songs in tuxedos. When the whole team reached the court, the crowd waited for Tom Izzo’s grand entrance.

This year, however, Izzo didn’t have a grand entrance. The Spartans honored him instead. As Izzo walked in, everyone rose to their feet clapping for the hall of famer and 2016 Dean Smith Award recipient.

Izzo sported his exclusive hall of fame jacket and ring.

Later, Izzo traded it in for his Spartan coaching jacket.

“The dream is still alive,” Izzo said. “We’re going to work, and we’re going to try and do what we do at Michigan State — we’re going to try and hang another banner. ... We’ve still got some work to make this the greatest place in America.”

In the team scrimmage, MSU men’s basketball played a game for bragging rights. Veteran guards, junior Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr., senior Eron Harris and senior Alvin Ellis III, led the green team. Freshmen forward Miles Bridges, guard Cassius Winston and forward Nick Ward represented the gold team.

The 6-foot-7, 230-pound Bridges brought a wow-factor to the team several times through the scrimmage.

Bridges dunked on his teammates, scoring for his team and bringing a fun element to the game.

Harris was effortless on the 3-point line and ultimately led the green team to their win. He had the captain hat on the minute he stepped on the court.

Harris, a fifth-year senior, stepped up last season in the four games former MSU player Denzel Valentine missed because of his injury. Harris averaged 17.8 points in those games, and he started 22 out of the 23 final games of the season. Now that both Valentine and Bryn Forbes have made their way into the NBA, Harris will have to step up to lead MSU back to the NCAA Tournament.

The men’s basketball team will open up exhibition against Northwood University on Oct. 27, and the women’s basketball team will play Northwood on Nov. 6. at the Breslin.

Sports

Casey Harrison Sports editor sports@statenews.com

No easy fix for MSU defense after loss

BY STEPHEN OLSCHANSKI SOLSCHANSKI@STATENEWS.COM

There are no easy answers for MSU’s defense — no simple tweaks, no unburdensome adjustments.

If it’s technique, it’s fixed by experience. If it’s personnel, they never come to fruition. For MSU football, the loss is all encompassing.

The tackling, the coverage, the leverage, the reads, the pressure and for the fourth straight game, it was a story of missed third down opportunities that plagued the defense.

“We had young guys out there, I could have played better on the last touchdown,” fifth-year senior safety Demetrious Cox said. “It’s just really technique things that we have to be better at.

We knew what was coming, and we just didn’t capitalize on it.”

MSU relinquished 10-of-19 third down conversions, allowing Northwestern to be a perfect 6-for6 on third and short opportunities. Northwestern moved nearly at will through whichever medium it selected, be it ground or air.

On the ground, MSU gave speedy Northwestern running back Justin Jackson plenty of room to make cuts and jukes and yards after contact. He made swift sweeps finding open field and keeping tacklers from gaining the correct angles.

As dangerous as Jackson was, however, it was Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson’s ability to find receivers on out-routes for considerable

gains that ultimately proved to beat MSU’s defense.

Cox pointed to the last touchdown, a 29-yard completion on a fourth down and six, as a play that required betterment, but those plays were there throughout the game. Those were plays in which MSU lost leverage, allowing guys to slip into space and leaving easy windows for Thorson to exploit. “(Northwestern) could go to the corner route where the inside receiver breaks through the sideline and just throw that up and complete it pretty much when they wanted to,” co-defensive coordinator Mike Tressel said. “So we’re going to have to figure out some answers to that.”

Thorson completed the game going 27-of-35 for 281 yards and gaining three touchdowns and he was sacked once. He was hurried another time but those became minor glimpses of hope for MSU in a game that was decidedly bad defensively.

The technique of the defense lacked any sort of swarming ability, giving little back up to players attempting to make solo tackles. Other tackles were simply missed.

“We tackle all the time (at practice),” Dantonio said. “I’m not going to sit up here and point fingers at particular people. They’re good players.”

While Dantonio placed no blame on players personally, he did point the finger at himself and his coaching staff and said, “At the end of the day, it’s a team sport and that involves coaches as well.”

Tressel gave his answers with a little fire, show-

Senior center back Darian Hicks (2) gives his gloves to a kid who was shouting his name after the game against Northwestern on Oct. 15 at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans were defeated by the Wildcats, 54-40. PHOTO: CARLY GERACI

ing a frustration that is rarely given off by the MSU coaching staff. He lamented the lack of gang tackling visibly and was audibly annoyed by the

absence of multiple tacklers on the ball carrier.

READ MORE ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE STRUGGLES AT STATENEWS.COM

Show tomorrow who’s boss.

Learn SAS® Analytics – MONEY’s No. 1 job skill – for free.

Did you know that analytics skills are in high demand?

That’s 1.5 million data science jobs available by 2018.

So why not learn SAS Analytics – the No. 1 job skill for kicking off your career with a higher starting salary – for free?

1. Download SAS® University Edition for free.

2. Access free resources and an online community of experts.

3. Land the job of your dreams.

4. Go from your parents’ basement to a sweet place of your own. sas.com/freeanalytics

SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. ® indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. © 2016 SAS Institute Inc. All rights reserved. G32771US.0816

MONDAY, OC TOB E R 1 7, 2 01 6

T H E STATE N E WS

9

Features

Connor Clark Features editor features@statenews.com

MSU alumna shares story to raise awareness of domestic violence

BY SASHA ZIDAR SZIDAR@STATENEWS.COM

After seeing the pain and agony of her mother being abused by her biological father, MSU alumna Jessica Farr said it was her calling to be the voice of women who have survived domestic violence.

Farr, who graduated from MSU in 2004, has survived three physically abusive relationships.

She is currently a probation officer for the state of Michigan and is a part of the organization Survivor Speakers Bureau.

On Oct. 9, Alpha Chi Omega sorority hosted their philanthropy event, “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes,” where men walk a mile in red high heels to raise awareness for domestic violence.

Farr, their guest speaker, spoke about her journey through surviving physical abuse after the mile long walk.

“When I was a victim of physical abuse for the first time, it was pretty bad. ... He punched

me, threw me up against the wall, threw me on the bed,” Farr said. “I went back into the bedroom to show the officer where it all had taken place and there was a clump of hair on the pillow on the floor.”

MSU mechanical engineering senior Trevor Ploucha participated in the event to help bring awareness of the issues women face on a daily basis, he said.

“I still have blisters on my toes,” Ploucha said.

“Yet this compares nothing in magnitude to the both physical and emotional scars that victims of domestic violence have to carry with them throughout the rest of their life.”

Ploucha and other participants walked a mile down Burcham Road.

“This was my first time ever participating in “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” and I will say though the event was a fun experience, the event continued to open my eyes,” Ploucha said. “It’s quite interesting that walking just a mile in high heels left me with some injuries.”

From left, human biology freshman Joe Hanna, finance sophomore Nicholas Colucci and supply chain freshman Drew Grady walk during Alpha Chi Omega’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event on Oct. 9, near East Lansing High School. The heels are meant to help raise awareness about domestic violence. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

Participants walk during Alpha Chi Omega’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes on Oct. 9, near East Lansing High School. The event raises awareness about domestic violence. PHOTO: EMMETT MCCONNELL

Mackenzie Leigh, Alpha Chi Omega philanthropy chair, said that “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” was established to show men what women face on a daily basis.

“The event is open to the public so anyone can participate,” Leigh said. “Alpha Chi Omega has done ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ for the past four years now.”

“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” has taken place annually in October, as October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Last year Alpha Chi Omega raised $3,000 for MSU Safe Place, where Farr also used to work.

“Victims of domestic abuse can go to MSU Safe Place, it’s a safe haven for them,” Leigh said. “They give you clothes, a place to stay and support.”

Farr hoped to empower woman as she delivered her personal journey of domestic abuse to participants at Sunday’s event.

“I consoled my biological male figure because I saw him as weak and my mom as the strong one,” Farr said. “But I didn’t understand why I was doing that until I became a victim myself and was enabling my abusers and comforting them for abusing me.”

Farr spoke to express the importance of understanding victims of domestic abuse relationships and to bring awareness to the MSU communi10

THE STATE N E WS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 7, 2 01 6

“I went back into the bedroom to show the officer where it all had taken place and there was a clump of hair on the pillow on the floor.”

Jessica Farr, MSU alumna ty, she said.

“Just because I’m a probations officer and I teach self defense does not mean a strong woman like me cannot be a victim of abuse,” Farr said.

“I wanted them to understand that victims are the product of their environment sometimes.”

Victims can come from all walks of life, Farr said. “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” showed participants a short glimpse of the pain that some women are scarred with for life.

“I was embarrassed by it. ... I didn’t want to tell people I was being beaten at home or threatened or almost ran over by my own car,” Farr said. “We shouldn’t be made to feel embarrassed by this, they should be embarrassed. Let’s show these abusers that it’s not okay and it’s not going to fly anymore.”

Features

Connor Clark Features editor features@statenews.com

Wharton Center to show autism spectrum-friendly performance

BY DANIELLE DUGGAN DDUGGAN@STATENEWS.COM

Wharton Center for Performing Arts and the MSU Department of Theatre’s collaboration project, “Temple,” strives to assist both actors and audience members with a beneficial theatrical experience.

“Temple” tells the story of Temple Grandin, a woman who made great strides toward the acceptance of those on the autism spectrum.

“It’s a pretty amazing story of how she came to embrace her brilliance,” artistic director Brad Willcuts said. “It’s also a story about empathy and perception and how we view others.”

Because of the topics discussed in the musical, the Wharton Center has developed a sensory-friendly performance that will take place at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22.

This performance is tailored toward audience members with autism and their families, with special accommodations such as modulated sound, lights not going completely up

or down and an activity room with monitors to broadcast the performance.

“They don’t have to worry about either themselves or their caregivers or families or whomever, don’t have to worry about being self-conscious,” director of marketing and communications at the Wharton Center Diane Willcox said. “This is a warm and welcoming environment in which anyone can just be themselves.”

This is part of a series of initiatives the Wharton Center is putting together to accommodate those with autism. Willcox said the plan is to host multiple sensory-friendly performances each year.

“Temple” is the show chosen for this year’s Imagen program. This program involves Broadway performers, MSU Department of Theatre students, along with high school and middle school students. These performers come together and collaborate on producing new musical work.

This show was written 10 years ago, and after the composer passed away, it was put on a shelf and hardly touched.

The original writer, alongside MSU faculty, have started adding to the piece while still staying true to the existing story, chairperson of the MSU Department of Theatre Kirk Domer said.

“It’s kind of gotten its second life in a whole new first-life situation,” Domer said.

The entire rehearsal process lasts two weeks.

Students learn the music, while the writing team continues to develop the show. They then come together the week before the performance for combined rehearsals, Willcuts said.

“Not only do students get to work with Broadway caliber people, they also get to do it in a very professional and quick environment much like commercial theater in the industry,” Willcuts said.

It also introduces younger actors to the MSU Department of Theatre and encourages them to apply for the program when they begin college, he said.

Performances will take place at the Wharton Center on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22.

“They don’t have to worry about either themselves or their caregivers or families or whomever, don’t have to worry about being selfconscious.”

Diane Willcox, Director of marketing and communications

Social relations and policy sophomore Anna Birmingham, left, and Zillah Glory, right, come together for the show “Temple.”

Photo courtesy of Jamie Brewer

Classified

Your campus marketplace! statenews.com/classifieds TO PLACE AN AD …

BY TELEPHONE (517) 295-1680 IN PERSON 435 E. Grand River Ave.

BY E-MAIL advertising@statenews.com ONLINE www.statenews.com/classifieds OFFICE HOURS 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.

DEADLINES LINER ADS 2 p.m., 1 business day prior to publication (includes cancellations) CLASSIFIED DISPLAY 3 p.m., 3 class days prior to publication

NOTE TO READERS The State News screens ads for misleading or false claims but cannot guarantee any ad or claim. Please use caution when answering ads, especially when sending money.

Employment

Duplexes/Rent

Houses/Rent

COURT ONE Athletic Clubs is hiring customer service reps and childcare attendants. Applicants can apply at either location: 2291 Research Circle, Okemos or 1609 Lake Lansing Rd, Lansing. 517-349-1199 or 372-9531.

1ST MON free! 1041 Ann Street. 3 bdrms available immediately, w/d, garage, $500/person. Pet friendly.

Call 517-272-1000. Also avail 2017.

Avail August 2017. 2 bdrm lic. 2. msurentals.com 517242-6500. Close to campus.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS. $17.25 base-appt. Flex sched. around classes. Great resume builder 517-3331700. workforstudentsnow. com

Apts. For Rent AUG 17 Downtown EL. Studio apts. Heat/Water/ Parking inc. Top Cond.

Check out visual tours hudginsrealty.com 517-5750008 no pets.

AVAIL NOW- 3 & 4 bdrm apts near MSU Union. Be a part of campus, not apart from it Great Deals & Great Locations! 351.1177 or www.cronmgt.com

Houses/Rent 2017 AMAZING deals.

A+ Nice Houses. Lic. 3-8.

Great Locations. 481-6313. bairdrentals.com 2017 HOUSING. Licensed 3,4, and 6.

Visit msustudentrentals.com or call 517-202-0920.

2017 LIC for 4-6 bdrm houses. Close to MSU. Craigslist. boydrentals. com. (517) 896-2247.

AUG. 2017, Licensed 4 and 5. Great Houses. Great locations. Recent Updates. 517712-9600.

AUGUST 2017. Clean 2 bdrm house lic. for 3 and studio lic. for 1. 143 Kensington.

Quiet neighborhood close to campus! (517)861-0016.

AWESOME HOUSE, 251 Gunson. Lic. 2. $650 per person. No Pets, hot tub, a/c, w/d, big bbq, garage, 333-9595.

Theatre senior Hannah Martin, left, and Zillah Glory, right, reherse for “Temple.”

Photo courtesy of Jamie Brewer

FOR RENT starting Aug. 20 2017. Lic. 4. Nice 4 bdrm 2.5 bath house on 400 block of Grove St. Call 641-4030 HOUSES FOR rent 20172018. RentMC.com licensed 3-6. Call 517-655-5941 for more info.

SPACIOUS 6 BEDROOM. Close to campus. D/w + w/d. Call 517-599-5731 for appointment.

Wanted HELP STOP discrimination. Looking for undercover investigators. Call Fair Housing Center 877-9793247. www.fhcmichigan.org MONDAY, OC TOB E R 1 7, 2 01 6

T H E STATE N E WS

11

12

THE STATE N E WS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 7, 2 01 6