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feds probe msu for sexual assault misconduct By Olivia Dimmer email@example.com THE STATE NEWS nn
T he U.S. Department of Education revealed Monday it is investigating complaints about MSU’s handling of sexual assault accusations, a fact that university officials successfully kept quiet until now. On Friday, university officials sent a letter via email to the MSU community announcing what they described as sev-
eral new events aimed at educating students, faculty and staff about sexual assault prevention. In the letter, Paulette Granberry Russell, a senior advisor to MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and the university’s Title IX coordinator, acknowledged “there is more that we can do to educate the MSU community on sexual violence.” Near the bottom of the letter was a single sentence stating that the university is “collab-
“MSU responded fully and appropriately to the incident under investigation ... We look forward to continue working with the OCR on this matter.” Kent Cassella, MSU spokesman
orating” with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, to “give members of the campus community an opportunity” to meet with representatives from the department.
But on Monday, Department of Education spokesman Jim Bradshaw told The State News the planned visit to campus is directly related to an official investigation into sexual harassment and violence
complaints pending against the university. Although details of the complaints are a mystery for now — neither the Department of Education nor MSU would provide insight into the nature or reach of the allegations — university officials were quick to defend their overall handling of sexual assault accusations. It’s not yet clear whether the investigation could prove to be a liability for Simon, who just last week publicly addressed
False alarm of man with gun at Bessey scares student body By Emily Jenks firstname.lastname@example.org THE STATE NEWS nn
Marketing senior Matthew Martin didn’t know true panic before he got an alert telling him a man with a gun was walking toward the hall he was taking a class in. Martin was on the first floor of Bessey Hall in a general business law class of about 30 students when a fellow student
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uate of Saline High. The first charge, felony murder, is punishable for up to life in prison without parole. Armed robbery carries life for any term of years. The final charge, conspir-
raised her hand and notified their professor of the alert. Shortly afterward, “a police officer came in 20 seconds later and told us to shut the blinds, shut the doors and turn off the lights,” Martin said. “You haven’t panicked until a cop with an M-16 tells your class to get on the ground,” he later tweeted. T hou s a nd s of s t ude nt s received the alert from the university Monday afternoon warning them of the man with a gun allegedly seen walking to Bessey Hall. Soon after, another alert was sent informing students
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ST. JOHNS, Mich. — Three minors now face felony charges for allegedly robbing and murdering MSU student Dustyn Frolka. Samantha Grigg, 17, Brendan
Heim, 16, and Tyrel Bredernitz, 17, were arraigned in 65th District Court in St. Johns, Mich., on Monday. They were each charged as adults with felony murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, all of which are felony charges. According to court testimo-
ny, the suspects allegedly used brass knuckles while attempting to rob Frolka, who was a marketing sophomore and aspiring musician at the time of his death. Frolka was found partially clothed and in respiratory distress at about 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 15 near the East Lansing
ramp of I-69 in Bath Township. He was taken to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after. Heim and Grigg both attend Saline High School and are in their junior and senior years, respectively. Bredernitz is a recent grad-
Izzo: Healthy Spartans will compete better Senior guard Keith Appling guards Michigan guard Nik Stauskas Sunday at Crisler Center. The Spartans fell to the Wolverines, 79-70. — Erin Hampton, SN
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Saline, Mich., resident Samantha Grigg responds to the judge as she is read her charges Monday during her and two other suspects’ arraignments at 65th District Court in St. Johns, Mich. Grigg, along with the two other suspects, was not present in the court proceedings and was broadcast for the court over television.
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“destructive” behavior among students, including sexual violence. Granberry Russell said investigators will examine whether MSU’s processes for handling sexual assault follow federal guidelines. She insisted MSU leaders are doing everything in their power to address the problem. A university spokesman said MSU officials are fully cooper-
Student sentenced to 45 days in jail for civil disturbance charges By Geoff Preston firstname.lastname@example.org THE STATE NEWS nn
For the most of the students implicated and arrested in the post-Big Ten championship game civ il disturbance, the punishment has been a f i ne a nd a m a rk on their record. For mater iRoe al science and engineering junior Justin Paul Roe, the night holds much more significance. Roe, 20, was sentenced to 45 days in Ingham County Jail following charges of kindling a fire, unlawful assembly and remaining within 300 feet of a fire without the intent to put it out. The sentence serves as part of a plea agreement that will allow Roe to continue to attend school while he is incarcerat-
ed. Depending on the day and his class schedule, Roe will be allowed to leave to attend classes and work as a career peer at the Center for Spartan Engineering.
Roe was convicted of kindling a fire, unlawful assembly and remaining within 300 feet of a fire without putting it out In addition to jail time, Roe will be forced to pay $542 in fines and costs and $458 in restitution. He will serve his time instead of being prohibited from attending MSU or any other public Michigan college for one year. The original sentence was set for 30 days, but was changed to 45 days to accommodate time outside the facility to attend classes and work. Roe also was a for mer ASMSU representative for the See SENTENCE on page 2 u
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Tom Izzo and Mark Dantonio named No. 1 men’s basketball, football coaching duo Life hasn’t been going too poorly for MSU men’s athletic teams. Coming straight off a Rose Bowl win and moving into a (mostly) promising basketball season, Spartans all over the world have been bathing in the success of the men’s football and basketball teams. Well, Athlon Sports has seen the same trend and has named Tom Izzo and Mark Dantonio the No. 1 men’s basketball and football coaching duo in the entire nation. Last season the two earned the No. 7 ranking in the nation. But with Dantonio becoming the second Big Ten head coach to win a Rose Bowl since 2000, this year’s Athlon Sports ranking boosted the East Lansing pair to the top of the list. The article also noted how Izzo could reach his second national title and seventh Final Four with a healthy roster under his belt. But we all know how hard that is to achieve this season. Other conference schools joining the Spartans in this year’s ranking are Ohio State at No. 2, who from the top spot they enjoyed in last year’s ranking. Wisconsin is ranked No. 6 in the country with Michigan taking the No. 11 spot after being ranked No. 2 last year. MATT SHEEHAN
Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention advocate Laura Swanson said she was not surprised by investigation from page one
ating with the investigation. “MSU responded fully and appropriately to the incident under investigation,” MSU spokesman Kent Cassella said in a statement. “While federal law and privacy concerns prevent MSU from fully discussing the specifics of the matter, we have a comprehensive record of the actions we took that supports the university’s position that we acted appropriately. We look forward to continue
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acy to commit armed robbery, also carries life for any term of years as well as a fine of up to $10,000. All of the suspects were denied bond and are being held in Clinton County Jail. Their preliminary examinations are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on March 6. T he prosecutor is required to show sufficient evidence and proba-
“We’re not trying to clean up after things happen, which is always unsatisfactory. People’s lives have been affected.”
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working with the OCR on this matter.” Simon commented at the last Faculty Senate meeting that MSU leaders are doing all they can to prevent sexual assault on campus, and stressed that Spartans need to take initiative and look out for one another. “We need to have that kind of conversation about how we can have Spartans really feeling comfortable taking care of other Spartans in situations so we’re not about another educational program to prevent (sexual violence), because the same people come to them,” Simon said. “We’re not about trying to clean up after things happen, which is
always unsatisfactory. People’s lives have been affected.” Sexual Assault Crisis Intervention advocate and media and information junior Laura Swanson has a similar take, but said she was not surprised by the investigation. “I think that this is applicable not only to MSU, but to a lot of different universities,” Swanson said. “You do hear stories. Sexual assaults are very much underreported, and you hear stories of police victim blaming. “It speaks to the whole culture that we are in general not believing of victims and their stories, and we don’t take the necessary steps to prosecute people.”
ble cause that the defendants committed the crimes for the case to be sent to circuit court for a trial.
that would confirm whether or not the drug was in Frolka’s system at the time of his death have not yet been completed. Before his death, Frolka was an aspiring rapper who had performed across Michigan under the name “D-Fro.” He was featured in a March 2013 State News article about local hip-hop artists. “I just grew up listening to the radio as a kid,” Frolka said in an interview featured in the article. “So it just grew from there. I started making my own little tracks when I was 13, 14 years old off a little Wal-Mart mic. And it just went from there, building, progressing, getting more equipment, finding more things out.” Frolka is survived by his daughter Melody Lou, who was born in April 2013.
Autopsy and toxicology reports that would confirm if Frolka had taken illegal substances are not yet complete According to 54-B District Court documents, Frolka was arraigned on Feb. 1 for charges regarding cocaine possession. On the night of Frolka’s death, he hinted at plans to use DMT, an intense hallucinogen, on social media. “I’ve never done DMT and tonight is about to change s***,” a tweet from his personal Twitter account read. Autopsy and toxicology reports
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College of Engineering. He resigned from his position this semester because of a heavy class load and obligations with other organizations, said Teresa Bitner, ASMSU’s vice president of internal administration. During a meeting with The
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State News editorial board, East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas expressed disappointment that a student has to spend time in jail, but said the decision was made to set a precedent. “People come to MSU because they have potential ... and to have this happen is such a waste of effort,” he said. “I’ll be much happier if we never have to have someone go to jail for this again.” Roe and his lawyer did not reply to requests for comment from The State News on Monday. Roe joins 26 others who were arrested in December, mostly for remaining within 300 feet of an open fire without the intention to put it out. The East Lansing Fire Department responded to a minimum of 57 fires that night, and DTN Management Co. Vice President Colin Cronin previously told The State News the property damage in Cedar Village was estimated to be between $5,000 and $10,000. East Lansing police Chief Juli Liebler said during the editori-
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al board meeting that the burden of stopping civil disturbances doesn’t fall on increasing the number of police officers, but on individuals taking responsibility for their actions and refraining from incidents that would contribute to their arrest. “The answer can’t be that we need more police officers, the answer has to be that we stop doing this,” she said. “What if someone brought a gun down there? What if someone brought a bomb down there? There is really nothing good that is going to come out of that event.” Lahanas said he hopes the jail sentence will make students more aware that actions and participation in events like this have consequences. “When people see this, they won’t think, ‘Hey, this isn’t that big of a deal,’” he said. “Maybe they’ll think, ‘Hey, we probably should do this.” Staff writer Sergio MartínezBeltrán contributed to thi s report.
Many students in and nearby Bessey Hall at the time of the alert feared for their lives as they waited for the all clear from page one
that the original text was a false alarm and no real threat was evident. M SU p ol ice s a id on t h e i r Fa c e b o o k p a g e that a Reser ve Officers Training Corps cadet in plain clothes had a replica rif le in hand when walking through Bessey Hall’s parking lot. The building is home to a division of MSU ROTC. The cadet’s identity was not released. M a r t i n’s c l a s s w a s instructed to huddle in a corner until the all clear call came, Martin said. “It was dead silent, and dark in there,” he said. T he class remained huddled at the police officer’s instructions for 10 minutes until the authorities determined there was no further threat. After the first alert, MSU’s student body initially went into a panic, taking to their phones to communicate the situation to their families and friends. Despite the fear many students inside Bessey Hall initially felt, there was some relief prior to the followup statement that the first alert was a false alarm. There were at least three officers outside all equipped with assault rifles, which made Martin and his classmates feel safe, he said. “If there was a gunman, they weren’t going to shoot you with cops all around you,” he said. Lyman Briggs professor and associate dean Robert LaDuca remained relaxed in his Holmes Hall classroom when he saw the alert. He told students not to leave the class and assured t he m t h at t he pr op e r
authorities would take care of the situation. Given that the threat was halfway across MSU’s expansive campus, LaDuca chose to focus on teaching chemistry. He said when he heard about the alert, he drew on training he received f rom MSU’s Department of Police and Public Safety. “W hen you’re leading a classroom, the people in the classroom feed off the leader,” he said. “I’m sure if I freaked out and ran out of the classroom it would have elicited that same response (in the students).” Melody Stokosa, an advertising sophomore, was watching
The police presence in Bessey Hall directly following the alert made some students feel safer a movie in class in the Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture when classmates around her received the text alert. Stokosa’s professor instructed students to leave the classroom and to go home or head to a safe place, she said. Stokosa lives in Shaw Hall and normally walks by Bessey en route to the dorm, so she took a longer, but supposedly safer, path home. Agribusiness management senior Megan Birkett said the reaction in her classroom wasn’t very fast. Her professor turned off the light, but seemed just as confused as everybody else. The incident came not long after MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon addressed “destructive” behavior on campus and recent acts of violent crime, inc luding t he murders of hospitality business sophomore Domonique Nolff and marketing sophomore Dustyn Frolka. The incident brought additional attention to recent concerns following the shooting on Cedar Street that the MSU community might not be adequately prepared to respond to active shooter situations. Staff writer Simon Schuster contributed to this report.
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Michigan’s policies regarding same-sex couples, including a ban on benefits for the partners of public employees, continually have been challenged by trials claiming the state’s stance violates the U.S. Constitution. One of the trials will begin Tuesday morning. It involves two Hazel Park mothers of three, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, who originally sued the state for the right to legally be recognized as the mothers of each other’s adopted children. Judgment on the issues was deferred in October by U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman, citing factual issues. Same-sex marriage is illegal under a provision in the Michigan constitution, which was approved by 59 percent of voters in 2004. Former Lansing residents
“It’s like the state has tried to make an entire class of people invisible to its laws, and that’s the sort of thing the Supreme Court simply isn’t going to allow.” Daniel Ray, professor at Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Kent and Diego Love-Ramirez have publicly expressed sadness that both of them are not legally recognized as their son’s father. Coupled with the fact that their marriage is legal in other states but not in Michigan, this prompted them to leave the state less than two months ago and move to Minnesota. Love-Ramirez said the couple has since filed the joint adoption papers for their son, Lucas. “We left Michigan in order to protect my family,” Kent LoveRamirez said, citing concern for their son. He grew up in the Lansing area, went to MSU and worked for the university.
He now works for the University of Minnesota. The Snyder administration has repeatedly filed motions to dismiss or pass judgement in the cases. Attorneys for the state have claimed the motivations to uphold the ban are fiscal. A recent survey conducted by MSU indicated views in Michigan have shifted, with 56 percent now in favor of marriage equality. The state’s adoption code also states than in order to jointly adopt a child, the prospec t ive pa rents must be legally married, restricting same-sex couples from joint adoption.
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Daniel Ray, a Thomas M. Cooley Law School professor in constit utional law, said Friedman told the plaintiffs they should expand their case to Michigan’s marriage ban, which would render the adoption code barriers moot, something he considered “an extraordinary move for a federal judge.” Ray and another facult y member at the school have submitted a brief to the court arguing in favor of the plaintiffs. He cited a long line of U.S. Supreme Court precedents that he said indicate Michigan’s policies violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment when applying a level of scrutiny to the policies known as rational basis review. “It’s like the state has tried to make an entire class of people invisible to its laws, and that’s the sort of thing the Supreme Court simply isn’t going to allow,” Ray said.
Robberies at Hubbard Hall raise precautionary issues By Kary Askew Garcia email@example.com THE STATE NEWS nn
In light of a recent slew of robberies at Hubbard Hall, university officials are encouraging students to ensure they are locking their doors. According to the MSU Police Clery Crime and Fire Log, there have been 10 reported robberies on Hubbard Road since the beginning of February, at least five of which occurred in Hubbard Hall. In a previous interview with The State News, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said many of the burglaries happened while students were sleeping and left their doors unlocked at night. Thousands of dollars in clothing and electronics were stolen from North and South Hubbard halls. Joshua Gillespie, assistant director of Residence Education and Housing Services, said the organization has been doing all it can to inform students of the burglaries and to remind them to lock their doors. “It could very well be an MSU student,” Gillespie said. Because of the security in living areas, which requires a student I.D. to access those parts of the building, Gillespie said the thief is most likely a student swiping expensive items from rooms with unlocked doors. He also said it was possible the burglaries could have been committed by anyone with access to the building. “All it takes is a minute,” Gil-
lespie said. Even students who leave their door unlocked for a moment to walk down the hall put their belongings at risk, he said. Accounting freshman and Hubbard Hall resident Siwen Wang said her friends left their seventh and eighth floors unlocked and were later robbed. Wang said she thinks part of the reason it’s easy for burglars to get into the rooms is because her friends lived close to the emergency exits and because cameras haven’t been installed to monitor activity in stairwells. Some of the items stolen included an iPad, laptop and shoes. Wang said police performed an investigation but came up empty. “I will make sure I will lock my door before I go to sleep,” Wang said. Despite being a resident of Hubbard Hall, general management freshman Erika Witte said she hadn’t heard anything about an uptick in robberies. Witte said taking simple precautions like locking doors could help put students at ease. “Nobody should be going into anybody’s dorm without permission,” Witte said. “But if it’s as simple as locking your doors, then you should lock your doors.” Gillespie said his department has sent out emails to residents in Hubbard and to all students and have instructed resident assistants in the building to inform their residents to constantly lock their doors. “Our number one priority is safety and security,” Gillespie said. “We will do whatever is necessary to ensure that occurs for every student.”
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Lansing Charter Township has issued Apple Inc. a building permit, indicating the possibility of an Apple Store coming to Eastwood Towne Center.
Although a permit was issued, officials could not confirm plans for a store opening Township Senior Planner Matt Brinkley could not confirm or deny plans for an Apple Store, but noted there were positive signs. Speaking generally, Brinkley said when a company pays for a building permit, which includes
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embers of the MSU community took to Twitter Monday afternoon at about 1 p.m. after receiving a text message alert of a man entering Bessey Hall, possibly carrying a gun. Many warned Twitter followers to stay away from Bessey Hall, relaying MSU’s message about a gunman possibly being in the building and telling fellow Spartans to remain safe. Although the university sent out a message on its alert system about 10 minutes after the announcement to let people know the
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man had been carrying a training weapon, the incident shook many across campus. Bessey Hall began nationally trending on Twitter as students expressed terror while they waited to find out what was going on. People continued to post reactions on social media as they made sense of what had happened once MSU determined the shooting had been a false alarm. Check out how the events unfolded through the eyes of the MSU community’s posts on Twitter. — Rebecca Ryan, State News Opinion Editor
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Matt Ciolino @mattciolino So there is a guy with a gun in bessey hall. And the teacher just told us to stay in the room......... 1:05 p.m. — 24 Feb 2014 From East Lansing, MI
hope pell @hpell13 Yup just sprinted out the emergency exit of my classroom in Bessey hall. Apparently there is a gunman inside. #wtf 1:14 p.m. — 24 Feb 2014 From East Lansing, MI
On Feb. 18, The State News reported that President Lou Anna K. Simon addressed “student behavioral concerns,” in particular, sexual assault and the recent murders on campus. On Feb. 21, students received an email from Paulette Granberry Russell, who serves as the university’s Title IX coordinator, informing us about the sexual assault prevention resources available to students on campus. As much as I wish these were displays of MSU’s concern for its students, the sentiments expressed give me a very different impression. These are both blatant efforts to deflect blame from the university for the violence on our campus. President Simon’s use of the phrase “destructive behaviors” is an appallingly inaccurate way to describe the violent crimes to which she is referring. The irresponsible, immature actions of teenagers are simply not comparable to the rapes and murders that have occurred in our community. Her statement that students are solely responsible for preventing such violence is absolutely ludicrous. As Granberry Russell’s letter explains, our sexual assault prevention programs are incredibly important and increasingly effective. Unfortunately, though, these programs are simply unable to immediately and completely eradicate sexual violence at MSU. I have been the victim of sexual violence on campus, and I have met many other sexual assault survivors in the four years I have attended MSU. We were all taught in the sexual assault prevention programs we attended that we are never to blame for the violence committed against us. That message is severely muddled when the president of our university tells us that MSU believes we are, in fact, the only ones responsible for preventing sexual assault. There is no doubt that students should take care of one another. However, it is unreasonable and infuriating to be told the university does not care to help us keep each other safe. We deserve better.
“Her statement that students are solely responsible for preventing such violence is absolutely ludicrous.”
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Evan Schrage @EvanSchrage @thesnews @thesnewsopinion someone with a gun “heading into” the building that houses headquarters of the afrotc didn’t seem that concerning
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Dancing to their own beat North American Indigenous Student Organization continues to celebrate culture MSU alumnus and head male dancer Marcus Winchester dances to a traditional song on Saturday at the 31st annual Powwow of Love event put on by the North American Indigenous Student Organization at Jenison Field House. Winchester is a member of the Potawatomi Tribe.
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undreds of dancers dressed in traditional native clothing gathered in Jenison Field House Saturday in celebration of the annual MSU Powwow of Love. For 31 years, MSU and the North American Indigenous Student Organization have hosted a day full of dancing, drumming and singing. Saturday’s powwow celebrated a variety of American Indian cultures. Participants danced to the beat of the drums for hours while dressed in tribal clothing. Vendors also were posted around the venue for attendees to purchase homemade products, such as dreamcatchers, necklaces and T-shirts. North American Indigenous Student Organization is an inclusive student organization, but members are not required to be Native American, said Cassondra Church, interdisciplinary studies
in social science junior. Church, co-chair of the organization, said the group gives an opportunity to students to learn more about native cultures while discussing key issues within the community. It wasn’t until Church came to MSU three years ago that she started to become interested in her heritage. Church said she always knew she was a part of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indian tribe, but it wasn’t something stressed in her upbringing. During her sophomore year, she joined North American Indigenous Student Organization to get a better feel of the history of her culture. “I knew I was Native American but I wanted to know more about who I was and that’s what pushed me to get involved,” she said. Once people know what the group stands
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for, they become passionate about it and want to know more, Church said. The group serves as a second family said social work junior Jessie Lucero, another co-chair of the group. Before she began at MSU, the organization’s adviser tracked her down and talked to her father, who forced her to attend meetings, Lucero said. After she attended the first meeting, she was hooked. Over the course of three years, she hasn’t missed a single meeting. Lucero, who’s a member of the Taos Pueblo tribe located in New Mexico, said she has learned a lot from the group. “I didn’t know much about Michigan tribes before I came here, so I’m learning a lot about the ones here and hopefully they learn a lot about me too,” she said. In Michigan, there are 12 native tribes and the group has a mix of most of them. For the students who join the club but do not know
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much about their tribe, Church said the group tries to cater to their needs. They will often spend a meeting talking about the tribe and sometimes bring a keynote speaker to speak. The group meets biweekly. During meetings, members often make crafts such as moccasins, dream catchers, or play games such as native bingo. Outside of meetings, the members often get together for team building activities such as laser tag or group dinners. “We try to build that (native) community within MSU,” Church said. “By doing that, the groups often takes freshman students under their wing to help make MSU’s big campus feel a little bit smaller.” However, because the group is fairly small, Church said the group sometimes goes unnoticed. They often help host various events such as the powwow to get word of the organization out to the MSU community. “When people hear NAISO, I want them to know what it is,” she said.
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For the first time, the St. Pete r sbu r g Ph i l h a r mon ic Orchestra performed at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall last night, drawing a crowd of more than 1,000. The orchestra, made up of more than 100 string, percussion, wind and brass players, was accompanied by their current director, Yuri Temirkanov. He has directed the group for more than 25 years. The music of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra has been shared for 100-plus years. The group was originally founded in 1882. The orchestra performed for Alexander III as the court’s music choir. It was under the rule of Nicholas II that they expanded into a full orchestra. Ryonn Clute, marketing manager at Wharton Center, said seeing them perform together is “electric.” “The energy between the director and the orchestra is so fluid and tight,” Clute said. “The strings sound out of this world.” The ensemble performed three pieces during their show with an intermission between the first and second piece. Their first performance was the “Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia” from Gioacchino Rossini. The performers’ muscles were relaxed as they began to play the soft beginning melodies. As the piece went on
and the notes grew sharper, their faces became tight with concentration. Next, the orchestra took on Sergei Prokofiev’s “Violin Concerto No. 2” with their soloist, Vilde Frang. The piece was written by a Russian composer, something Clute said was a specialty of the orchestra. As Frang stood beside her conductor and began her performances, her eyes closed drifted closed. Her body moved in time with the notes that flowed from her violin, her fingers moving precisely along the strings with unbreakable focus. “They could write a book on performing the two Russian pieces,” Clute said. The final performance was Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2,” another Russian piece. Wharton Center has been working to bring the orchestra to East Lansing for a few years. However, the orchestra doesn’t tour in America every year, and they wanted to ensure they would be touring with Temirkanov. Supply chain management sophomore William Woo said he had two reasons for attending the show: the conductor and his own passion for conducting. “First of all, I came because the conductor is famous,” he said. “Secondly, I grew up learning conducting. Sadly, I’m not in the College of Music, but I still want to connect with music. This was a really good way to do that.”
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struggles continue for msu after U-M menâ€™s basketball
Head coach Tom Izzo talks with senior center Adreian Payne during the game against Michigan on Sunday at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Spartans lost to the Wolverines, 79-70.
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One day after the No. 18 MSU menâ€™s basketball teamâ€™s 79-70 loss to No. 16 Michigan, Tom Izzoâ€™s stomach isnâ€™t any better. Nik Stauskas scored 25 points for the Wolverines, and Caris LeVert added 23 of his own. The Spartans committed 13 turnovers leading to 14 U-M points, a stat Izzo said was the difference of the game. â€œDisappointing loss for us yesterday,â€? Izzo said during a teleconference Monday. â€œThey made a couple plays down the stretch, cut the lead to two. We came out in the second half
and got into foul trouble and couldnâ€™t guard Stauskas.â€? MSU has been hampered by injuries all season, and the Spartans have been without junior forward Branden Dawson for the past nine games, five of them losses Ââ€” including Sunday. Seniors Keith Appling and Adreian Payne also are recently coming back from extended time away from the team, as Applingâ€™s wrist dogged him since December before finally sidelining him. Izzo said this has been a crazy year when it comes to injuries, and he canâ€™t remember another like it in nearly 20 years at the helm. â€œI havenâ€™t had a past decade
when Iâ€™ve had injuries like this,â€? he said. â€œWhen we go back and look at all the practices missed, thereâ€™s a five-year period where we havenâ€™t had the same number of practices missed as we have this year.â€? It wonâ€™t be easy for the Spartans to get back in the groove of playing with each other. In their loss Sunday afternoon, Payne looked gassed for much of the game, and Stauskas scored the majority of his points when Appling, with his sore wrist, was guarding him. However, Izzo said he thinks this team can overcome the adversity, get back to its winning ways and find a balance. â€œWeâ€™ve got to make sure Payne realizes heâ€™s still a threat
inside and doesnâ€™t leak outside,â€? he said. â€œWhen Dawson comes back, weâ€™ll be better defensively. Weâ€™re 22-6, not 6-22. It will pass and weâ€™ll get through it.â€? MSU has a bit of a break before hosting Illinois on March 1. Izzo said the sense of urgency was there in Ann Arbor, and there was no lack of respect for their opponent â€” itâ€™s just going to take time to get back in the driverâ€™s seat. â€œSome of these things we should control, and some of these things we have no control of,â€? Izzo said. â€œIt is what it is. Weâ€™ve just got to get better and get some practice time. I love this team, I love the talent of the team.â€?
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Spartans need to focus on improvement It might sound weird to hear, but winning shouldnâ€™t be the number one priority for MSU hockey in its final three weeks of the regular season. I know, as former NFL head coach Herm Edwards famously said, â€œYou play to win the game,â€? but save me the â€œHelloâ€? Herm, and hear me out. For MSU, improving from day-to-day should remain the point of emphasis from head coach Tom Anastos and his staff.
The day was Dec. 17, and MSU just dealt a 30-point loss to North Florida. You might not remember it. You also probably donâ€™t remember, or have never even heard, that Ospreys head coach Matthew Driscoll essentially predicted the future of MSUâ€™s season. In the middle of his eccentric press conference filled with MSU compliments and witty one-liners, the whimsical head coach laid out just how important junior forward Branden Dawson is to the Spartans. â€œDawson, to me, is (MSUâ€™s) guy, almost to the point where you might not be able to lose him,â€? Driscoll said. â€œHe gives you that one person that can put it on the floor and go get rebounds, guard multiple positions all the time â€” bigger, stronger, doesnâ€™t matter what heâ€™s doing.â€? That was more than two months ago, and here we are looking at a Spartan team that has gone 4-5 in its last nine games. Itâ€™s no coincidence Dawson has missed those nine games, because Driscoll was right â€” Dawson is the player MSU couldnâ€™t afford to lose. Right now, I would consider voting Dawson as the team MVP, because he is showing how crucial he is when on the bench. And make no mistake about it, Dawsonâ€™s presence
Itâ€™s no secret that winning the inaugural Big Ten Tournament in late March is the only way MSU can advance to the NCAA Tournament this year. Three games in three days to continue its season. It might sound like a tall task for a team that hasnâ€™t scored more than three goals in any of its Big Ten games, but if this was a year ago, the road would be a lot tougher for MSU. The newly formed Big Ten offers a single-elimination tournament, not multiple threegame series before single elimination that the Central Collegiate Hockey Association had in place a year ago. So instead of having to win the six games needed last year to earn the automatic bid into the NCAA tourney, MSU only needs three. Like I said, three games in three days to continue its season, something the Spartans will have to emphasize. This brings us back to my statement of winning taking
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Losses in the last nine games for the MSU basketball team without forward Branden Dawson. on defense could have helped MSU make the â€œLâ€? column a little emptier. When MSU played Michigan at home a month ago, in Dawsonâ€™s first game out because of a broken hand, three Wolverines scored 17 or more points. At Wisconsin, Badger forwards Sam Dekker and Frank Kaminsky both scored in double figures in a two-point victory over MSU. Even bench player Nigel Hayes scored 14 points against an MSU post presence that was depleted with foul trouble. Nebraska forward Walter Pitchford went off for a surprising 18 points in a ninepoint win over the Spartans. Sunday at U-M, Nik Stauskas went off for 21 second-half points, many of them scored against Keith Appling â€” a guard six inches shorter than Stauskus. Those are four conference losses without Dawson, and Iâ€™m willing to bet a meal at Crunchyâ€™s his presence would have changed at least two of those games. Instead of only having two or three Big Ten losses, MSU has four. That means it will need to win its final three games and have U-M slip at least once to have MSU split the Big Ten title with its rival they lost to twice. Could you think of an emptier way to win a championship? But there is good news, Spartan fans. Dawson is slated to come back Saturday against Illinois, and his defensive dominance will be back in action. Unfortunately, the return is coming four conference losses too late. Matt Sheehan is a State News basketball reporter. Reach him at email@example.com.
a back seat to simply improving in the next three weeks. Now obviously, MSU still is playing to improve its seeding for the conference tournament â€” currently they are the No. 5 seed â€” but after dropping both games last weekend at No. 6 Wisconsin, itâ€™s looking like the Spartans wonâ€™t be climbing too far up the seeding ladder. Especially because its final four games come against that same Wisconsin team, and No. 13 Michigan, the only other team in the conference to sweep the Spartans in a weekend series. Here is the format for the Big Ten Tournament: The top two teams get first-round byes, with the third seed taking on the sixth seed and the fourth against the fifth.
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Despite its reputation for exclusivity, it’s possible to get a table at the River Café with just a couple of hours’ notice if you choose your moment. Best is high summer, when the blue garden tables are spread widely through the courtyard, and the potager is at its peak. The relaxed, cheerful disposition of staff and customers is so contagious, you almost don’t notice the retina-melting price of the food. With most secondi costing £34-£39, you can expect to pay around £75 per person for three courses with wine, even at lunch. On the plus side, the wide-ranging Italian wine list is fabulously democratic with a great by-the-glass selection and prosecco starting at just £6 a coupe. Starters showcase bought-in deli ingredients. but often have something home-made to make them pop – the sweetest, most velvety bresaola, say, with a warm sformata pudding of ricotta and peas, plus a confidently charred garlic bruschetta. Exquisitely intense apricots featured in a buttery almond tart, but didn’t quite stop us envying the many large bowls of own-made gelati that sailed past. Our only disappointment was a bitter-tasting plate of spaghetti bottarga – baby yellow tomatoes detracted from, rather than enhanced, the dish.
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One of my favourite restaurants in London. Good for a special occasion. Expensive, but delicious food.
Unless you’re loaded, a meal at the River Café is strictly for special occasions but the combination of delicious – and not overly elaborate or rich – food and genuinely friendly service make it a gorgeous place to celebrate.The setting doesn’t hurt, either; by the time you’ve strolled along the river from Hammersmith tube, you’re already in the zone. Lunch, in the courtyard is probably nicest. You can’t actually see the river but the restaurant’s herb garden creates an away-from-it-all feeling.Going for a starter plus pasta and drinking prosecco (six quid for a glass) is a way to keep the cost down a bit.
The River Cafe is expensive and the food at times quite simple. If someone asked you why the restaurant is nice and why the food so good you'd struggle to answer but it just is. The private room is a perfect space for a special occasion. Cocktails were keenly priced.
Our last visit to River Café was very disappointing...getting a table so easily 2 days before might have given us a hint! As always the room and staff looked lovely but when the bread (on the verge of being stale) arrived, the disappointement started. My antipasto of Zuchini Fiore was nothing more than 2 dull looking tempura Courgette flowers surrounded by about 40 pink deep fried shrimps...I didn't manage to finish my place (that never happens to me either)...my crab linguine was ok but it is really the bill that got me chocking - 540£ for 5 people having each an antipasto, a main course, 2 small glasses of wine (decent) and sharing 2 desserts and 3 coffees was quite hard to digest - I will not return and certainly won't recommed it, it is not worth what it costs.
Unfortunately our dinner at the river cafe was in the same week I found out that my favourite restaurant in London had closed down, a restaurant that did not have a Michelin star for which I could never figure out the reason. So tonight I spent all night figuring out the reason why the river cafe does have a star. The service was so-so. My wine was topped up once by the waiter. The ossobuco tasted like an old school dinner, the spinach was so salt I can't wait to get home to drink a gallon of water....and despite the fact that I didn't eat most of my food (something that NEVER happens), we were not once asked if we enjoyed our meal, our starter, our wine or our evening. I love food and I love eating out, I am not a snob, I respect the graft and hard work restauranteurs, chefs and waiters put in, but I it's been many many years since I left a restaurant feeling that it had been a complete waste of money. So, in summary, perfectly ok place, great history, ok-ish food, lovely wine, ok-ish waiting staff, but with a lasting sense of disappointment. I just don't remember the last time i left a restaurant feeling cross and cheated. Why have they got a Michelin star?
We splashed out and had a small family wedding lunch in the private room. Half of the family are mediterranean and we were relying on the River Cafe to come up with the goods to please. It was a fantastic success, with such an outstanding antipasti course that we would have gone home happy if it had ended there. The service was excellent and we will definitely now be thankful of the anniversary excuse to go back there to celebrate.
Had a tasty lunch here recently. Some of the best olive oil I have ever tried. However I thought it was on the expensive side for Michelin food. I was also very disappointed with my table and was right by the entrance. I recently came across this site www.tableguru.co.uk and recommend using it to find the best table! Next time I will try and get a window seat in the middle of the restaurant
Terrible. Worst value for Monel in London. I would not even give it one stare out of ten let alone a Michelin star!
Very dissapointing. Main course was served on a cold plate. No value for money and certainily not a Michelin star restaurant

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Over the past decade, organic products have become the fastest growing sector of agriculture, with an annual increase of at least 20 percent. This book explains why organic production and consumption have seen such phenomenal growth in recent years—and, even more important, why they should. A clear-eyed, close-up look at the compelling reasons for organic farming and the methods that make it work, Good Growing begins with a frank account of the problems with conventional industrial agriculture—the pesticide use, pollution, and corporate control that have undermined public health and devastated rural towns and family farms. In-depth interviews with working organic farmers from across the country bring to life the facts and figures that Leslie Duram sets out in her extensive overview of the realities of organic farming today. Farmers with very different operations in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, and upstate New York give us an intimate understanding of the ecological, social, economic, and personal factors that shape their farming experiences. We also learn firsthand about the attractions and pleasures as well as the problems and concerns that accompany organic farming. With its comprehensive view of the status of farming and its compelling portraits of organic farmers, Good Growing is, finally, a work of scientific advocacy describing a course of action, based on the best research available, to improve the health of agriculture in our day.
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"Organic farming has gone from `crunchy' to `corporate' because it's a win-win for consumers, family farmers, and the environment. Strict new standards and a strong labeling law have helped define the organic standard, and consumers are buying more organic products than ever before. It is the fastest growing sector of agriculture, and as consumers choose organics, they are investing in the future of our nation's family farms. Good Growing will help the reader understand the value of organic farming."-U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy(Patrick Leahy)
“Altogether, Duram makes an excellent case for this rural ideal. Her work should be of interest to those looking for a resource that brings together much of the existing organic farming research, and to those who find individual narratives valuable for uncovering the reality of organic farming. At the same time, Duram raises several questions that point out the gaps in our knowledge and the need for further research and a better understanding of the different types of agriculture that currently exist.”—Lisa M. B. Harrington, Agriculture and Human Values Sarah McCarthy - Ecologist (London)
“The pragmatic use of . . . real-life examples increases the relevance and realism of the findings and enhances the credibility of the conclusion that organic production is a viable alternative.”—Lorna Holland, Experimental Agriculture Lorna Holland
“The book is littered with interesting portraits of organic farmers discussing the realities of their way of life, and backed up with an extensive directory of organizations across the world for people interested in learning more or lending support.”—Sarah McCarthy, Ecologist Experimental Agriculture
“This book is not a how-to, but an exposé of the risks, competiveness, and rewards of organic farming. It explains why organic production and consumption have seen such phenomenal growth and, more important, why they should.” —Gail Damerow, Rural Heritage
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Compelling portraits of organic farmers bring to life facts and figures in an extensive overview of the phenomenal growth in recent years of organic production and consumption.
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Leslie A. Duram is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Resources at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

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The theme of happiness is derived from the life of Helga Crane, a protagonist whose journey to seek happiness has been disrupted by racial discrimination. Helga’s life is full of phenomenal shifts that leave her unhappy and disgruntled. Nonetheless, the novel conveys that one should act persistently and attempt to find solutions to problems rather than evading them. To achieve this objective, Helga needs to recognize her feelings instead of shutting them. Throughout the novel, she remains in a constant search for happiness. In the end, Helga seems convinced that happiness can be found in a place where she is accepted as an intelligent being regardless of her biracial origin. This definition of joy and contentment seems incomprehensible by the primary character, as seen in the obstacles faced by a woman of color living in the 1900s. Helga loses her will while on her journey to seek happiness since the search progressively becomes unbearable for an erudite biracial woman. This essay identifies and explains the theme of happiness, as depicted in the novel Quicksand by Nella Larsen. It provides an insight into how the intersection of gender, race, and class have contributed to Helga’s unhappiness.
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During her endeavors to find happiness, it is evident that Helga’s efforts are met with futility and displeasure. The first instance where indecisiveness can be pointed out is where she seems discontented with Naxos. The fact that she is of African American origin raises issues of racial identity, which suppresses her desire for free expression. While on the Greek island, Helga seems unconfident of her definition of happiness as opposed to her thoughts, as seen in chapter two. Nonetheless, she seems to understand that the source of unhappiness is the lack of inclusion and fear of free expression among African Americans. Helga’s powerful intellect does not concur with the exploitive traditions to “fit the white man’s pattern” (Larsen, 2016, p. 8). As a result, she decides to travel back to Chicago, but little does she know that this move will lead her deeper into the quicksand of racial discrimination and rejection. In the new city, she encounters varied racial views that prompt her to escape to Harlem, a place that she believes will help her get out of the quicksand of misery.
In Harlem, Helga continues to face the hardships of finding happiness in the face of racial diversity. At first, she seems to be confident that she achieved what she has been longing for in her life. Larsen (2016) states that the protagonist is welcomed well and lulled into immediate peace and contentment. Nevertheless, she mentions that “black” Harlem welcomes her without hesitation, pointing to the fact that she is received as a dark-skinned human being, and not a European, Caucasian woman. In chapter eight, Larsen (2016) clearly states that “any shreds of self-consciousness or apprehension which at first, she may have felt vanished quickly, escaped in the keenness of her joy at seeing, at last, to belong somewhere, for she considered that she had found herself” (p. 46). Although she seems to be happy at first, the fact that she says, “seeming” and “found herself” is a clear indication that she is unsure of whether her perception in Harlem was that of a dark-skinned person only.
Later chapters unveil Helga’s state of unhappiness and dissatisfaction in Harlem owing to the hatred between the blacks and whites. In this center of African-American culture, she is incapable of expressing her “white” side. Mrs. Hayes-Rore says, “…I wouldn’t mention that my people are white if I were you…” (as cited in Larsen, 2016, p. 44). This statement brings out the implication that Helga’s apparent happiness owing to full acceptance in “teeming black Harlem” was troubled due to the rejection of her other half of identity, and so her fight for happiness bore no fruits.
The next stop in the search for an enjoyable life is Copenhagen, Denmark, where she thinks that she has finally found the meaning of happiness but becomes disappointed once more. Even though she is recognized as a biracial woman in addition to having numerous material possessions, she later realizes that her origin elicits numerous discrimination issues. In chapter thirteen, it is highlighted that her aunt was a “woman who left nothing to chance. In her own mind, she had determined the role that Helga was to play in advancing the social fortunes of the Dahls of Copenhagen, and she meant to begin at once” (Larsen, 2016, p. 70). This statement reveals that Helga’s aunt is at a vantage point of using her exotic skin color to lure Axel Olsen (an artist) to fall in love with her.
In addition, chapter fourteen reveals that life in Copenhagen “conveyed to Helga her exact status in her new environment. A decoration. A curio. A peacock” (Larsen, 2016, p. 75). She is worried that she is being used as a display object due to her dark skin, which she thinks is the reason why the people of Denmark like her. This proposition does not resonate with her intellect but is following indecisiveness. Sooner or later, she starts thinking about the lives of her fellow African Americans. In social settings, Helga is seen mingling with many people but only comes across “pale serious faces” when she expects “brown laughing ones” (Larsen, 2016, p. 94). To make matters worse, she rejects Axel Olsen’s proposal of marriage, a decision that disheartens her aunt and uncle. This course of events reveals challenges that she encounters as she seeks joy and acceptance in racially discriminatory settings.
Towards the end of the novel, the protagonist seems to accept the fact that she will not find happiness soon. By then, Helga has visited many places while seeking a kind and joyous life. She redefines happiness each time she realizes that she has failed to find it. At one point, Helga foresees a perfect life when a reverend marries her, settles on religion, and gives birth to children, only to start disliking her husband, understanding the ineptness of religious conviction, and that bringing up many kids is a daunting task for her. At this time, Helga is confused because she wants to escape the situation, but she cannot leave her children.
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Persistent journey, confidence, and hope to find a solid definition of happiness as an intelligent biracial woman can be likened to the hard pull of quicksand. Regardless of the many travels to different destinations in Europe and America, and later making up her mind to start a family with a reverend, Helga is still not in a position to find happiness in her new life. Despite trying various identities and mingling with both black and white elites, she does not fit in any class and race because of her biracial status.
Larsen, N. (2016). Quicksand: A Bedford college edition. Macmillan Higher Education.


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The American singer/songwriter Mike Posner was born in 1988. A year when INXS, Chicago and Steve Winwood dominated the Billboard Hot 100. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Posner graduated this year with a degree in sociology at Duke University. At Duke, he produced mixtapes eventually signing a major deal with J Records last summer.
The Gigamesh-produced debut hit “Cooler than Me” has already reached No.6 on the Hot 100 and the track has also reached the top ten in Canada, Norway, and New Zealand. It was followed by “Please Don’t Go.” Posner’s debut set 31 Minutes to Takeoff was released last month. The album opens with the title track, a 34-second vignette. Original and inspiring. Mike Posner more or less takes off where Justin Timberlake left. The set entered the Billboard 200 at No.8 upon its release.
WelcheMusic might just have stumbled upon the next Katy Perry. Californian Katie Still collaborates with producers Roy “Royalty” Hamilton (of Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears fame) and Brody Brown. Our favorites are “Get Over It” and “You Should Be Dancing,” available on the music site Hitlantis. Hopefully her presence there might just lead to a record deal.
Eminem’s duet with Rihanna remains atop the Swedish singles chart this week. “Love the Way You Lie” logs a tenth week on the tally, but is trailed by Oskar Linnros’ “Från och med du” which moves 6-3. The Manchester group Hurts, bows at No.40 with “Wonderful Life,” one of three new entries on the chart. Darin’s LoveKiller finally climbs to the No.1 position on the album chart, knocking Iron Maiden off the top. Katy Perry returns to the album chart with Teenage Dream at No.21, the title track moves 41-39 on the singles chart.
Shakira announced her new album “Sale el sol/The Sun Comes Out,” slated for release on October 19th on her blog. The album will include her world-wide hit “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa),” which recently topped the Swedish single tally. The album will also be preceded by the new single “Loca,” an interpretation of the Dominican artist El Cata’s song “Loca con su tiguere.” Shakira has also collaborated with the UK scene’s biggest grime artist Dizzee Rascal on an English version. This is a surefire way to return to the upper reaches on the UK singles chart. The track was co-produced by The Neptunes, the production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams.
Shakira has not visited the top ten in the UK since the summer of 2009, where “She Wolf” reached No.4. The follow-up “Did It Again” (with Kid Cudie) only managed to climb to No.26, while the Lil Wayne duet “Give It Up to Me” failed to chart at all. “Gypsy” stalled at No.167 and “Waka Waka” peaked at No.21.
WelcheMusic regularly covers Swedish songwriters’ success Stateside and today our national newspaper Expressen notes that five songs in the top 10 involves either Max Martin or RedOne. Neither one of them enjoys their first glimpse of success, but this is one of few weeks where their dominance is so great.
Expressen’s music editor Anders Nunstedt compares this phenomenon to five out of the top ten Hollywood’s box office hits being Swedish, a most unlikely event. WelcheMusic reveals that although Americans embrace the hits below, Swedes are more reluctant. Only one of the tracks has actually made it to the top ten – Katy Perry’s collaboration with Snoop Dogg (“California Gurls”). Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite” is on its way to break the top 20, and the track vaulted into No.1 in the UK only a few days ago.
The chart positions in brackets denotes current position on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as the peak position in Sweden.
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Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced the availability of DISCOVER TD™, an interactive digital tool designed to help healthcare providers learn about and identify tardive dyskinesia.
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A group of scientists fed up with claims that a chatbot passed the Turing test decided that maybe the test needed a few—or more than a few—revisions. So they're hosting a workshop to do just that.
The Turing test is meant as a metric of artificial intelligence. Named after computer pioneer Alan Turing, it involves a computer having a conversation with a real human via text. If the machine fools human judges more than 30 percent of the time, then it passes the test. But that test is 60 years old, and doesn't account for many metrics of machine intelligence, few of which may have anything to do with verbal learning.
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The group of researchers developing the Beyond the Turing Test panel envision a triathlon-style test, though actual running, biking and swimming may be noticeably absent. Panel leaders Gary Marcus of New York University, Francesca Rossi of the University of Padova, and Manuela Veloso of Carnegie-Mellon hope to spend an entire morning hearing out AI test proposals, and then spend the afternoon figuring out how a robot could pass them.
The new tests could involve machines reading, interacting with real-world objects (Veloso previously worked on developing a robot capable of besting the best FIFA players of the world), and other tasks that might show critical thinking skills, as opposed to simply being able to impersonate a human. If the new tests become a standard, then they could help to shape the direction of future AI research.


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By J. M. FENSTER; J. M. FENSTER is a former resident of Southern California.
Published: November 25, 1990
CRITICS groaned when Henry Huntington moved his library of rare books from New York to his ranch in San Marino, California, in 1920. Obviously, they said, people who understood such works lived on the East Coast.
When Huntington purchased Gainsborough's "Blue Boy" two years later, Britons felt vandalized -- and Cole Porter wrote a song about it for a London revue:
A silver dollar took me and my collar
To show the slow cowboys
Just how boys
In England used to be dressed.
Even Huntington's wife, Arabella, tried to sway him toward the conventional capitals of culture, but on his first trip to Europe, he wrote home from Paris, "I have seen no nicer place than the Ranch."
"I am a foresighted man," he said at the turn of the century, "and I believe Los Angeles is destined to become the most important city in this country, if not in the world." It was a most unimportant city at the time, but Huntington supported his conviction with business sense and a fortune of $50 million, dominating Southern California's growth through rail lines, utilities and real estate.
From Huntington's retirement in 1910 until his death in 1927, however, he devoted most of his energies to the improvement of the ranch, 600 acres on a rise, 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles. He wanted his ranch to be important, too, and he endowed it with three collections -- rare books and manuscripts; fine art, and garden plants -- deeded to the public as the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Now it is called the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens; each collection leads its field, and together they constitute a monument to a foresighted man.
The Huntingtons' former residence, designed in the white elegance of Beaux-Arts style, is the gallery for the main body of art, which favors English painting and decoration of the 18th and early 19th century. Dr. John Hayes, the director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, called the Huntington, which he visited recently, "the most impressive assemblage of British art and artifacts brought together in a single building anywhere in the world, with the sole exception of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London."
A modern building behind the residence houses the Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art, opened in 1984. The library building shares a wide lawn with the gallery and, though more stolid, repeats some of its details in white granite. Again, the Huntington's specialty is Anglo-American, and within that specialty, the library is said to be the most extensive in America. Wrapped around this central compound are the botanical gardens, planted in 15 sections.
Each part of the Huntington can be defined in terms of a comparable institution in the East: the Morgan Library in New York; Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia and the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven. That the Huntington merges its three disciplines so smoothly is perhaps its most civilized stroke.
If the estate is a reflection of Huntington the collector, greater Los Angeles is a reflection of Huntington the businessman. He created it as a commuters' metropolis by instituting the Pacific Electric line, an efficient system with its "red cars" that connected disparate towns at least 30 miles in any one direction: 1,000 miles of track from the San Fernando Valley to Newport Beach, from the shore to Riverside.
Huntington was not educated beyond public schooling and it is not clear how he came to be such a serious bibliophile. Nonetheless, he spent over $1 million on rare books in 1911, and entered the big leagues.
One of Huntington's purchases that year was a Gutenberg Bible for which he paid $50,000, a record at the time. According to a biography, when a friend chided him for needing such an expensive dose of the Holy Writ, Huntington replied that he found out only afterward that he could have bought a copy for 10 cents. The Bible on permanant display in the Library Exhibition Hall is one of 48 copies produced by Johann Gutenberg in about 1455. The type is set so evenly that from a distance the Latin looks like a hound's tooth check.
This is in contrast to the handwritten edition of "The Canterbury Tales," known as the Ellesmere Chaucer, also on permanant display. Completed in about 1410, 10 years after Chaucer's death, the book hardly shows its age. The vellum pages are not as yellow as last winter's newspapers, and the chestnut brown handwriting leaps out across the centuries, fresher than type can be. The manuscript is decorated in the margins; one page, for example, displayed a letter W encased in gold, giving forth to ebullient vines in russet and Wedgwood blue.
Exhibition Hall at the Huntington is a paneled room dotted with glass cases. A mezzanine level is lined with bookcases containing more than 10,000 of the library's rare books. The remainder, about 600,000 books, are stored out of sight along with over two million manuscript items. Some of the strong points still reflect the interests of Henry Huntington or his collecting coups: 15th- to 18th-century English printing, Western and local California history, the evolution of book manufacture, early travel and exploration, ballooning, railroads, the history of photography, and English family life. Access to this material is reserved for scholars, about 1,500 of whom come to the library each year to pursue their research.

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APPLE has paid out a staggering £92billion to app makers around the world as our insatiable demand for mobile games and apps grows. The figure was revealed during an exclusive Apple briefing on Wednesday, highlighting how the tech giant is increasingly relying less on iPhone sales. Speaking to reporters – including The Sun – Apple’s Oliver Schusser said: ”The App Store itself is going from strength to strength. “We’ve now paid out more than $125billion (£92billion) to developers worldwide. “I’m also hugely proud to say $25billion (£15billion) was paid out to European developers. “The European development scene is very vibrant and strong,” Schusser, who heads up Apple Music globally, added. It turns out that Apple Music is doing quite well, too. Despite stiff competition from rivals like Spotify and YouTube Music, Apple’s fledgling £9.99 music streaming service is now a force to be reckoned with. “We’ve passed 50million paid subscribers worldwide,” Schusser told us. “We only launched Apple Music three-and-a-half years ago, and have had incredible success in a short amount of time.” Apple Music is pretty unique in that it relies on human curators to suggest content you might like. Rival services typically use automated systems, which often struggle to… Read full this story
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