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52 FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1989
ast Lansing — After a
tough day of classes,
many college students
trudge home to plop down on
the couch, reach for the
remote control and flip the
stations until they find MTV.
Between videos, • the
refrigerator and cupboard are
raided and the next two hours
are spent "vegging out" in
the front of the boob tube.
However, Michigan State
junior Jodi Lipshaw is an ex-
ception. A materials and
logistics management major,
Lipshaw dances with MSU
Motion, which keeps her too
busy to be a couch potato.
The 6-year-old dance team
performs at home football and
basketball games, as well as
in community service events
such as the Special Olympics
and Alcohol Awareness Week.
'I like being involved with
the team," ' said Lipshaw, a
Southfield-Lathrup graduate,
"because it gives me a chance
to meet a lot of different
people."
Being a Motion member
gives her pride. "I enjoy wear-
ing a jacket representing
Michigan State," she said. "I
enjoy performing because it
shows my talent to other peo-
ple."
Lipshaw, a West Bloomfield
resident, said Motion tryouts
are difficult. Only 18 out of
about 100 girls make the
team each year.
When Lipshaw isn't hitting
the dance floor to practice, she
usually is hitting the books.
But scheduling isn't a
problem.
"I've always felt that if I do
more things, I could balance
things out easier because I
don't spend too much time do-
ing nothing," she said.
Lipshaw started dancing at
age 5. She studied tap and
jazz 14 years and ballet five
years at Stage Door Dance
Studio in Farmington Hills.
She also performed in several
metro area productions.
Dancing — especialy with
Motion — has brought Lip-
shaw many benefits but her
main reason fordancing
stems from pure enjoyment.
"It's a way of expressing
myself to other people," Lip-
shaw said.
After college, Lipshaw
hopes to own a business but
not necessarily a dance
studio, she said. To help her
decide, Lipshaw wants to
learn as much as possible
Jodi Lipshaw performs with MSU's Motion.
about the business world
before graduation.
So, she tries not to make a
habit of "doing nothing." In-
stead, after a tough day of
classes, Lipshaw comes back
to her East Lansing apart-
ment to plop down on the
couch — and reach for her
management textbook. ❑
Flint's Goldstein Hopes
For Maccabiah Berth
RICHARD PEARL
Staff Writer
oel Goldstein says in-
door collegiate bad-
minton isn't at all like
the backyard variety most
people know.
"The bird (shuttlecock) can
come off the racket at 100
miles per hour," says the Flint
native. "Many say it (badmin-
ton) is the fastest sport in the
world. And it's more deman-
ding than soccer."
Goldstein, 21, knows bad-
minton. He's been playing it
since he was 11 years old and
is now a two-time All-
American in the sport at
Arizona State University.
And if donations can be
raised, he'll be on the six-
member team representing
the United States in the bad-
minton competition at the
j
13th Maccabiah Games in
Israel June 25-July 13.
According to Kim A. Cantor
of Washington, D.C., the bad-
minton team player-coach,
the sponsoring United States
Committee/Sports for Israel is
within $2,000 of sending the
four men and two women to
defend the U.S. team's-1985
Games silver medal. The c - ost
to send an athlete is about
$3,500.
Goldstein, who's 5-foot-9,
says a person can be any size
to play badminton, but needs
speedy reflexes and stamina.
"You can run two to three
miles in the course of a
match. Because the court is
small and the bird goes so
fast, you have to react that
much faster. When it comes
off the racket, the bird is go-
ing right to the floor and
you've got to get it.
"Thnnis is so slow compared