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MICHIGAN ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation on Oct. 11 allocating state funds for the creation of the Michigan Achievement Scholarship aimed at providing support to incoming students of higher education institutions.
The bill, which garnered bipartisan support in the state legislature, establishes new scholarship opportunities for students attending public universities, community colleges and private colleges and universities in the state.
According to a press release from the governor’s office, the scholarship would offer up to $2,750 per year for those attending a community college, $5,500 per year for those attending a public university and $4,000 per year for those attending a private college or university.
The scholarship opportunities will be available beginning with the graduating high school class of 2023.
The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) within the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) introduced on Oct. 14 its long-anticipated application form for millions of borrowers across the nation that qualify under the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness plan.
Under the plan, those who make less than $125,000 per year individually or less than $250,000 as a family are eligible to apply for up to $20,000 in debt erasure if they have received Federal Pell Grants and up to $10,000 if they have received non-Pell Grant loans.
With the application now live, thousands of current and former students at Grand Valley State University are expected to be affected, with the DoE’s National Center for Education Statistics having found that 57% of the student body received federal student loans during the 2019-20 school year and 29% specifically received Federal Pell Grants.
The application requires borrowers to submit basic identifying information to the FSA including their full name, social security number, date of birth, phone number and email address.
According to the FSA webpage, a final, refined version of the form will be released as applications are accepted, but borrowers who apply under the current Beta version will not need to resubmit the form.
In December 2019 Austyn Daggett graduated from Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. Three years later, he celebrated the grand opening of Betteraged, his vintage clothing shop near Grand Rapids’ Eastown district, joined by hundreds of eager customers.
Daggett, 26, said that he had dreamed of opening his own shop for the last five years.
“When I was in school, I would tell my professors about the idea,” Daggett said. “They would say stuff like ‘You know, online shopping is the new thing,’ or that a physical location would just die out. In the back of my head, I’m thinking, ‘I’m still going to open up a shop – no matter what.’”
Opening a physical location in the age of same-day delivery could be considered a risky endeavor. However, while some saw a fading, congested market amidst more than 20 vintage, thrift and antique
shops in Grand Rapids, Daggett saw a unique opportunity.
“I think I was one of the first men’s-curated shops,” Daggett said.
Currently, a majority of his brick-and-mortar competitors offer limited value for men, despite reports of a booming market for vintage menswear.
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Former President Barack Obama on Saturday, Oct. 15, indicated his plans to travel to Michigan ahead of the November midterms to encourage voters to elect statewide Democrats to office.
In statements from both Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s campaign and the former president, their offices indicated the Obama would be present in the Detroit area on Oct. 29 to energize voters in the state’s most populace city and a reliable Democratic bastion.
The announcement follows new polling numbers that show Whitmer’s lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon narrowing as Election Day approaches and Dixon has sought to increase her name recognition across the state.
The Grand Valley State University Career and Internship Fair was held in person on Oct. 11 for the first time in two years. The last two fairs were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to GVSU’s Career Center website, 230 employers attended the career fair at the Devos Place Convention Center, along with students from GVSU, Aquinas College, Cornerstone University, Calvin University, Hope College and Davenport University.
Through attending the fair, students like GVSU sophomore Cebrina Kader hoped to make key contacts that could help in their search to break into the professional realm.
Kader said she found three to four companies at the career fair with whom she was interested in interviewing.
“You get to know what they do, but you also get to know the type of employers that you’re going to be working with,” Kader said. “The face-to-face interaction feels like more of a special connection.”
Fellow GVSU sophomore Grace Piasecki said she was focused on learning about employers within her field as opposed to getting hired.
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Armed teachers aren’t the answer
The topic of instituting firearms amongst school staff has become a growing source of debate leading up to the 2022 midterm elections - so much so that it permeated a space of legitimate discourse during the first Michigan gubernatorial debate held on Oct. 13.
As Michigan residents and students, we have a right to share our opinions on this matter because it greatly impacts us.
It’s a hot August morning. You leave for your first class 30 minutes early with the first-day jitters. You get into your car and head toward campus blasting your fa-
vorite songs to set the mood for the day. You finally get on campus and head toward Mackinac. You are relieved to see parking spots within a mile of where you need to be. You head down the first row of parking… full. The second row… full. The third row…full. You finally find a spot after nearly 20 minutes of weaving in and out of the parking lot, trying to avoid getting hit or hitting someone. You rush to class with only 5 minutes remaining due to the parking fiasco. You convince yourself that it will get better since it is the first day of classes and everyone is in the same boat… or so you thought.
After class, you walk out of Mackinac’s doors towards the
lot. You are beat from a long day of challenging classes and want nothing more than a nice lunch at your apartment. As soon as you get closer to your car you notice something on your front windshield. It’s a note. Confused, you look at your parking job, “It’s really not that bad,” but pick the note up to read anyways. It reads “GVSU Parking Ticket: $25, parking in a staff member's spot.” Your anxiety races “a staff spot?” Then you see the tiny sign with arrows pointing out that you indeed parked in a staff spot with a commuter pass.
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The argument suggesting that teachers or school administrators should be armed in order to prevent a violent act from unfolding rarely addresses the fact that these individuals, through their years of educational training, do not expect to and are not prepared to adequately deal with such situations.
Further, training programs proposed across the country for educators to handle such weapons and situations represent woefully inadequate standards.
In Ohio, a law signed by Governor
Mike DeWine and implemented on Sept. 12 stipulates that teachers in the state are only required to have 24 hours of training in order to start carrying guns inside of schools, and only eight hours of continued annual training.
Laws like these operate under the assumption that a single day of training is enough to handle a tool meant to kill, in an environment meant to foster benevolent learning.
In Michigan, for any current or prospective member of the state government to suggest introducing the routine presence of guns in our schools is immeasurably concerning.
Teachers shouldn’t have this added weight placed upon them, as it is not an educator’s duty to take someone’s life in the classroom as a means of protection in the absence of professional authorities.
BY ALISON BAIR JUNIOR ENGLISH EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM
Imagine: it’s fall, you’re a teen, and there are girls in skirts and flannels and Doc Martens everywhere. You have your earbuds in, not AirPods, but the wired buds. Lana Del Rey is playing, up next in your queue is Arctic Monkeys. This one might be for the older audience, but many of us Zillennials - those of us born anywhere from 1996 and 2002
- are appreciating the comeback of so many of the quintessential artists that shaped our moody preteen and teen years.
The 1975, Arctic Monkeys, The Wombats, Marina and many others have garnered attention lately as they gear up to release new albums and go on tour.
Part of the reason why I think we’ve dipped back into early 2010’s indie pop is because it’s reminiscent of our childhood, or at least what we listened to when we had nothing else to hold onto.
Another reason I think we’re going back to listening to these artists is because they’re just plain good and we want to revisit listening to them for the first time.
I grew up on this music, so it’s easy for me to say that this has good, quality, early adulthood angst vibes. Maybe it’s the autumn weather that makes us want to fall back into the comfort of
our sweaters. Perhaps it’s the Diet Mountain Dew we’ve been downing because it’s the only thing available to us.
A large part of me believes that this is going to be the new “Dad Rock” or “Soccer Mom Music;” the defining music genre for this specific generation, a real telling of when we grew up and how chronically online we were as kids. Another example of this would be "emo" fans of the early 2000s.
Much like fashion trends that come around again and again (see: bootcut jeans and claw clips), music naturally does as well.
Because of the shrinking world due to social media, trends are coming and going more and more often.
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Coinciding with Global Climate Change Week, Grand Valley State University’s Geography and Sustainable Planning Department and Office for Sustainable Practices hosted a Climate Change Education Solutions Summit (CCESS) from Oct. 11-13.
By organizing the event, CCESS Planning Committee Chair, Dr. Elena Lioubimtseva, said she hoped to achieve “GVSU leadership in climate change education, community collaboration and (the formation of) diverse and inclusive coalitions united by their passion to overcome the global climate crisis.”
In addition to being the committee chair, Lioubimtseva is a professor of geography and sustainable planning at GVSU.
“Such conversations open opportunities to learn, engage in the community, connect with others and become active citizens,” Lioubimtseva said.
The event included multiple Zoom webinars featuring various eminent speakers from Michigan. These speakers, ranging from GVSU professors to leaders of the Grand Rapids Citizens Climate Lobby Chapter, discussed the ever-growing topic of global climate change.
One of the Zoom webinars titled “Cit-
izens Climate Lobby work in West Michigan” featured Jan Strait, a chapter leader of the Grand Rapids Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL), Peter Boogaart, a founding member of the Holland Area CCL chapter and Dr. Dennis Icabone, a retired professor and a fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry.
During this roundtable discussion, Strait, Boogaart and Icabone talked about the work of the CCL in West Michigan and how students at GVSU can get involved.
“One person can be a multiplier,” Strait said. “Now is the time to vote, we cannot hesitate. Research our candidates, research their opinions on climate change, have the conversation. It’s a continual message from all of us to keep having the conversation. Voting is climate action.”
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BY PAYTON BRAZZIL NEWS@LANTHORN.COM
It’s been four years since Grand Valley State University made the decision to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. While many people in the GVSU community celebrated this past Monday, Columbus Day remains a federal holiday on the same day.
The recognition was set in motion by a 2017 resolution in the university’s Student Senate to formally recognize the holiday due to Columbus Day not aligning with the university’s “values of inclusion or innovation.”
GVSU organizations, such as the Native American Student Association (NASA), pushed for this recognition because they believe Columbus Day represents the genocide of indigenous people and the mass colonization of indigenous lands.
NASA operates as a support group for Native students where they can connect with their community through different activities, guest speakers and discussions among many other indigenous-centered opportunities. The organization is committed to providing a space for Native American and indigenous students and is dedi-
cated to bringing awareness to important Native American social issues.
According to NASA Co-President Jacob Klanke, the organization’s push for GVSU to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day was one of the main reasons it passed.
“I don’t personally believe that Grand Valley would have taken a stance unless they had been approached by NASA,” Klanke said.
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NASA official: Nationwide shift to Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a start, but not enough
The now 7-0 Grand Valley State University football team defeated the defending NCAA DII National Champions in Ferris State University in the annual Anchor-Bone Classic to end the regular season six-game losing streak against the opponent.
With the win, the Lakers were able to avenge two losses from the previous season dealt the Bulldogs its first regular season loss since 2017.
“(The games left a) very bad taste in our mouth,” junior linebacker Abe Swanson said. “We went a whole season thinking about the playoff game and how much that loss hurt us, and it gave us fuel going into this one. There’s still a lot of season left, but it was so satisfying to get that win.”
GVSU started the game flawlessly, as junior quarterback Cade Peterson led the offense 60 yards in six plays on the opening drive, capped off by an 18-yard touchdown connection from Peterson to senior running back Jack Provencher to put the Lakers up a touchdown, 7-0.
Ferris State responded three drives later, as quarterback Mylik Mitchell found running back Marcus Taylor who scampered 31 yards for a score to knot the score at seven points each with 5:54 left to play in the first quarter.
On the ensuing GVSU possession, the offense alternated between their run game and short passes to go on a six-minute drive that saw the team run 16 plays for 63 yards. However, the drive would ultimately stall out and led to junior kicker Josh Gorball sending a kick through the uprights from 35 yards away to give the lead back to GVSU, 10-7 with plenty of time in the first half.
Ferris once again didn’t hesitate to respond as Taylor hit paydirt on a 31-yard run for his second touchdown of the day, putting the lid on a four-play, 73-yard drive to make the score 10-14 in favor of the defending champs.
A few drives later, the Laker defense forced a punt and Peterson again led the offense down the field, setting up a first down and goal just eight yards from the endzone. A run for no gain by junior running back Tariq Reid, followed by an incomplete pass intended for sophomore wide receiver Jahdae Walker, put the offense in a third-and-goal situation.
Peterson found sophomore tight end Drew Peterson for five yards that left the offense facing a fourth-and-goal situation at the threeyard line and a crucial decision to make; go for it and face the potential of no points, or play it cautiously and elect for a field goal.
With bragging rights on the line, the offense stayed on the field, but to no avail, as Peterson’s pass intended for senior tight end Scott Cooper fell to the turf, giving the ball back to FSU and taking a four-point deficit into the locker room as the game clock trickled down to zeros, signaling the halftime break.
The second half began as a defensive stalemate. Both offenses struggled to move the ball and as a result, no points were scored until the 1:20 mark in the third quarter as FSU’s redshirt quarterback Carson Gulker powered his way across the pylon, making the score 10-21.
Head coach Matt Mitchell understood that facing an 11-point deficit against a team like Ferris is not an easy feat to overcome, but the veteran coach kept the team in line.
“(I told the team to) rely on what we’ve done,” Mitchell said. “We didn’t fracture and continued to run the ball. I told the team at halftime that they played a really good half and that we needed to continue to run the ball and be physical, and then continue to shut them down defensively.”
At the start of the fourth quarter, it appeared as though FSU would increase its regular season winning streak to 44-straight games and defend its perch atop the DII rankings. However, the Lakers had other plans and took matters into their own hands.
The offense gained 65 yards on ten plays, ending in a one-yard touchdown run by junior running back Johnt’e Crawford to cut the deficit to five points.
After GVSU forced a three-and-out in the following drive, the offense built off of their momentum from the previous possession, running the ball on five straight plays, gaining 83 yards, capped off by Provencher’s second touchdown of the day, this time from ten yards away.
Maintaining only a one-point lead, the Lakers attempted to stay aggressive again and went for a two-point conversion. However, the attempt was unsuccessful and GVSU kept a 22-21 lead with three and a half minutes to play in regulation.
“The deciding factors were the ability to run the ball and stop the run; it was very critical,” Mitchell said. “When they got into third downs we stopped them and we were able to pick up some really key third downs offensively.”
On the next possession, the defense came up with a tremendous stop once again as junior linebacker Stephen Roncelli forced a fumble that was recovered by Swanson at the Lakers’ 41-yard line to give the offense the ball with what seemed to be a chance to secure the victory.
However, Ferris State’s defense proved why they are the defending national champions, as two plays later, they recovered a fumble by sophomore quarterback Avery Moore to give their offense the ball back at the GVSU 43-yard line with 2:42 left in the game.
“We knew (the fourth quarter) was one series at a time,” Swanson said. “The offense was able to put up points. It was very nerve-wracking getting that turnover, but we held our heads high and stuck to the game plan.”
Sticking to the game plan is what allowed the Laker defense to come up with four crucial plays in a row, as they only allowed five yards on the drive before a false start penalty left the FSU offense with a fourth down and ten with the game on the line.
FSU attempted a deep pass to Tyrese Hunt-Thompson that fell incomplete, allowing GVSU to run out the remainder of the clock to secure a 22-21 victory.
“I’m happy to get a win on the road,” Mitchell said. “I’m proud of our team, we went down two scores and we came back to win. When we were reeling, we fought back into it. We played great defensively and our offense was able to run the ball well.”
On the offensive side of the football, the Lakers put up 223 of their 425 total yards on the ground. Reid carried the ball 15 times for 90 yards, Provencher had eight carries for 76 yards and a touchdown, while Peterson and Moore combined for 59 yards on the ground.
The passing game was not as effective, but Peterson was able to throw for 186 yards and a touchdown, while sophomore wide receiver Darrell Johnson caught two passes for 68 yards and Provencher snagged three balls for 49 yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, the unit put on another efficient display, allowing 316 yards to a team that averaged at least 440 total yards coming into the game. The defense stifled the FSU offense on third down, only allowing them to convert twice in 11 tries.
Swanson led the team in tackles with seven, including a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery. Redshirt freshman defensive back Terez Reid made five tackles with two resulting in a loss of yards. Senior defensive back Antonio Strong, sophomore defensive back Nyzier Fourqurean, and junior defensive lineman Christian McCarroll all added tackles for loss, while the defense produced three sacks.
“I give a lot of credit to Ferris State, they came out with good personnel that made us make adjustments,” Swanson said. “We knew what was coming. This defense stepped up today and handled adversity.” With this win, the Lakers are now ranked No. 1 in the DII rankings as they prepare to host Northern Michigan University for their homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m.
BY ELIZABETH SCHANZ NEWS@LANTHORN.COM
Just under a month away from the general election, Michigan gubernatorial candidates Gretchen Whitmer and Tudor Dixon participated in the first debate of the campaign hosted by WOOD TV8 in its Grand Rapids studio. The debate was a display of the candidates’ contrasting views on key issues including abortion rights, the economy and gun control.
The debate came as new statewide polls have indicated a tightening in the race. Where incumbent Democrat Governor Whitmer once consistently led Republican challenger Dixon by double digits, new polling from CBS News/YouGov and Lansing-based EPIC-MRA have shown Whitmer’s lead narrowing to just six points and 11 points, respectively. With divisive issues on the ballot and juxtaposing viewpoints expressed in the debate, voters are determining what candidate they see as the best leader for Michigan’s future.
One of the central issues in the upcoming Michigan election is abortion rights and regulations. After the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn the nationwide right to abortion, access to the procedure and the future of its legality have come to the forefront of politics and the election.
Lawsuits by Whitmer and Planned Parenthood have prevented the state’s 1931 abortion ban, which offers no exceptions
for abortion and would punish those who perform them with up to four years in prison, from going into effect.
Whitmer expressed during the debate that she advocates for choice for women and said if the 1931 ban is ruled unconstitutional, Michigan’s abortion laws will stand as is.
During the debate and throughout the campaign season, Dixon has expressed an opposing view. During the debate, she said she believes abortion should only be allowed to protect the “life of the mother,” but made no mention of exceptions for rape or incest. Additionally, she has previously called the 1931 ban a “good bill” at a Republican debate in Livingston County, starkly contrasting the stance of the current governor.
However, with Proposal 3 on the November ballot, voters will decide whether to codify abortion access into the state constitution. Dixon said that she would “accept the will of the people” following whatever decision is made on Proposal 3.
During the debate, Dixon continued a pattern of attempting to place distance between her own race and the issue of abortion, which has proven to be an energizing issue for Democrats as Proposal 3 has garnered significant levels of support in recent polls. In doing so, Dixon denied that there is influence by the governor on abortion.
“I understand that this is going to be de-
cided by the people of the state of Michigan or by a judge,” Dixon said. “Please understand that the governor does not have the choice to go around a judge or a constitutional amendment.”
This comment was met by skepticism from Whitmer during the debate who commented about Dixon’s refusal to accept the 2020 election results.
“I think it’s really ironic when Mrs. Dixon stands here and says that she’ll accept ‘the will of the people,’” Whitmer said. “This is a candidate who still denies the outcome of the 2020 election, this is a candidate that will not pledge to accept the outcome of the
Nov. 8 election. [This] tells me that we cannot trust what she’s saying.”
Similarly, voters are skeptical of what future abortion rights have in Michigan if Dixon is elected – regardless of whether Proposal 3 is passed.
Grand Valley State University senior Emily Kewel said she is concerned for the future of the state of Michigan.
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Following allegations of drinks being spiked at The B.O.B. and other bars in downtown Grand Rapids, additional claims have been levied against the business in relation to these events.
Grand Valley State University students and community members alike have been moving to Facebook to voice their concerns and share their experiences with others as the bar has recently reopened after a series of COVID-related closings.
In a post by Emily Killvers on Facebook, Killvers said that a friend of hers got a drink from a bartender at the B.O.B., never put it down and was sharing it with her best friend when they realized it had been spiked. According to the post, the friend was hospitalized that night due to the effects.
Other posts similar to Killvers’ have been uploaded to Facebook and other GVSU community pages since the reopening of The B.O.B.
Killvers’ post received 71 shares and 29 comments, one of which was from the general manager of The B.O.B., Michael Gee.
In his comment, Gee asked to connect and discuss the issue further, assuring Killvers that The B.O.B. takes these allegations
very seriously.
Gee said that there is an intricate security camera system in place throughout the entire building that allows security to locate guests, take footage of incidents and track patrons’ locations throughout the building. If an allegation or instance of suspicious activity is brought to the attention of the staff, action will be taken to locate and ban patrons for instances related to safety.
All servers, bartenders, managers and security personnel at The B.O.B. are required to receive Alcohol ServSafe or Tips for Intervention Procedures (TIPS) certification and to follow strict policies about entering and exiting the break room.
Gee said conversations have been had regarding the drink spiking allegations, and that he has complete confidence that the staff has not been involved.
The problem, Gee said, is that patrons are going straight to social media rather than bringing the issue to the staff, meaning that The B.O.B. is unaware of the instance until there is a post on social media.
“The safety of both our staff and guests are our top priority, always,” Gee said. “While we make every valiant effort we can to keep everyone safe, there are instances where things are missed, where we rely on our guests to bring them to our attention.”
Bartenders and servers have been instructed to only serve drinks to one guest at a time so that there is the least possible likelihood of drinks being tampered with before the guests receive them.
Signs have been placed throughout the establishment advising guests to report any and all suspicious behavior, including a direct phone number to the on-duty security manager as well as Gee’s desk.
Gee said The B.O.B. is excited to be back open for business and looks forward to continuing to provide the highest quality of food, service and entertainment that they possibly can.
“We now have lids behind every bar for drinks and will be offered to guests to help avoid other guests from putting something in another’s drink,” Gee said. “We have drink test kits readily available; all guests have to do is ask if they suspect their drink has been spiked.”
Both social media and proximity have brought these allegations to the attention of GVSU students.
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It’s homecoming week on campus and the Campus Activities Board has a plethora of events planned to help students get into the spirit. The first event is a pumpkin painting event on Monday, Oct. 17. The event is in the Kirkhof Center room 2215/16 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Pumpkins and painting supplies will be supplied for free to those who attend.
On Tuesday, students are invited to decorate their cars with GVSU swag. There will be supplies handed out from the Office of Student Life for free from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The office is located in Kirkhof room 1110. If students don’t have their own personal cars, they can pick up supplies to decorate their friends’ cars.
There will also be a scavenger hunt on the Allendale campus taking place on Tuesday, where students will be able to hunt down dorm room essentials and other prizes. Hints to the locations of the prizes will be posted on @gvsucab on Instagram in the morning.
Tuesday at 7 p.m. the homecoming pep rally will take place in the Kirkhof lobby. The football team, marching band and cheer team will be there. The homecoming court will be introduced and the first 100 people to show up will receive an exclusive homecoming themed GVSU shirt to wear to the football game on Saturday.
On Wednesday students will be able to paint foam fingers to take to the homecoming game in Kirkhof room 2270 at 3:30 p.m.
On Tuesday the repair clinic will be open once more to help students with all of their needs.
From 6-8 p.m. the clinic will help repair broken glasses, sew rips and tears, replace buttons, fix jammed zippers and more. The clinic is run by student volunteers as well as faculty and staff. So far the clinic has repaired over 450 items.
The clinic will take place in the Holton-Hooker Multipurpose room and is free for all students. There will be snacks and small giveaways at the clinic as well.
Students are able to drop their items off at the clinic ahead of time if they have class. The clinic is asking those who need to do so email clas@gvsu.edu with their information.
BY CLEMENCE DANIERE LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COMHalloween is right around the corner, and haunted attractions are becoming a popular pastime for Grand Valley State University’s students. This past weekend, the Haunted Arboretum was set up to scare students right on campus.
Due to the unpredictable Michigan weather, the event was postponed for half an hour on Thursday, but students stuck it out in the rain while they waited in the ever-growing line. Decorated food trucks and hot beverage vendors were available for attendees to warm their hands while they waited.
Campus Activities Board (CAB), the Residence Housing Association and the Office of Student Life collaborated on this event, bringing together their members to create the spine-chilling attraction. The stage manager, Nate Vedders, corresponded with the cast and crew to ensure everything went smoothly and set-up was completed in time.
Events by Anasie, a GVSU alumni-run business, created the sets for this event. Members from all of the organizations helped bring everything into the arboretum and placed it in strategic places to maximize the scare factor of the event.
Although set up proved to be complicat-
ed this year due to the constant downpour of rain and occasional hail, students were able to finish and have everything ready to go by 8 p.m. on Thursday.
“We’re so glad to see everybody out ready to engage in what we’ve created,” said Erin Gallaher, the Director of Headliners at CAB.
Colorful lights adorned the inside of the arboretum, allowing student scarers to roam around the perimeter unnoticed, waiting for people to come through and popping out to scare them at the right time.
The event consisted of over 20 scarers, who were volunteer students who had full creative freedom over their costumes. Ev-
ery one of them had the opportunity to dress up exactly how they liked, whether it be a famous Halloween character, a witch, a ghoul or a zombie.
Famous appearances included Beetlejuice and Michael Myers. In addition to scaring people in the crowd, they were working on crowd control and creating photo opportunities for students.
Beetlejuice, who served as a spokesman for this year’s haunted attraction, has been a staple character for the event.
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BY LEA GAETTO LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COMIn June 2022 Grand Valley State University’s Farmers Market returned after a twoyear hiatus, giving students access to fresh, locally grown foods on campus.
Among the many coordinators for this function is Allysa Babcock, Laker Food Co.’s Sustainability Manager. Babcock said the market has had an incredible turnout since re-opening.
“This was the first year it has happened post-COVID, and I have seen a really great turnout from local businesses and the campus community,” Babcock said. “Each week, I had the opportunity to meet new local
vendors at our GVSU market.”
These events have been held on the second Wednesday of the month since June and lasted until October, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in parking lot G, and this past Wednesday, Oct. 12, was the final one for the season.
The weather, however, was not friendly to the market that day. With on-and-off rain in the forecast for Wednesday, the consumer turnout for this event was less than it had been in previous markets of the
season. However, Babcock still deemed it a successful day in her book.
As part of the event, students had the chance to learn from Laker Food Co. Registered Dietitian Alyssa Koopman, assisted by Babcock, where they presented and sampled a food demonstration.
GVSU department of Visual and Media arts is hosting an exhibition from Oct. 17 to Oct. 28 entitled “Urban Legends! Tales to Tell in the Dark.”
The exhibition will feature work submitted by students, faculty, alumni and staff. These pieces include 2D, 3D, Video and Animated work that follows the theme of Halloween and Urban Legends.
For more information on the event, contact GVSU VMA faculty member Guin Thompson by emailthompsgu@gvsu.edu.
The first performance of the Fall 2022 semester from GVSU Symphony Orchestra Concert will be held on Oct. 18. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre.
The performance will feature three different musical pieces. The repertoire will include Ludwig Van Beethoven’s “Overture to the Creates of Prometheus,” Antonin Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88” and “Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 11” composed by Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Country singer Carrie Underwood is set to perform at Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids on Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. as part of her “Denim & Rhinestones” tour.
Tickets can be purchased online and start around $90.
On Oct. 19 GVSU Concert Band will perform at the Louis Armstrong Theatre in the Haas Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all attendees.
The program consists of seven pieces of music. Some pieces include “Fairest of the Fair” by John Philip Sousa, Steven Bryant’s “Bloom” and Robert Sheldon’s “Choreography.
The performance will be directed by Dr. John Martin.
Country singer Carrie Underwood is set to perform at Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids on Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. as part of her “Denim & Rhinestones” tour.
Tickets can be purchased online and start around $90.
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) is hosting a Jim Henson exhibit called “Imagination Unlimited” that will remain open through Jan. 14, 2023.
The exhibit allows visitors to experience Henson’s work throughout his career in the film and television industry with materials, puppets and clips from productions such as “The Muppets” and “Sesame Street.” The exhibit aims to display the lasting impact Henson had on television, film and the lives of viewers.
Professor emeritus of film and video production at Grand Valley State University Deanna Morse followed a career in animation and film and became an award-winning animator and President of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). Early on in her career, she was impacted by Henson’s work and was able to meet and work with him.
Morse found a passion for animation during her time in college. During this time, she was assigned to work on a project where she had to examine a Pillsbury advertisement frame-byframe. Through this experience, she was amazed by the movement of the Pillsbury Doughboy puppet which, Morse said, “changed her life.”
Morse’s curiosity led her to explore
how to make pictures move through animation and film. She developed her interest through experimentation and practice with stop-motion films and puppets.
“You could move a puppet, take your hands out of the frame, click the film, then move-click-move-click-move,” Morse said. “After 24 clicks, you had made one second of film.” Morse said.
Around this time, “Sesame Street” began broadcasting and Morse and her friends would watch the program while doing homework.
“One of my dreams was to create short animations for Sesame Street,” Morse said. “Some twenty years later, I made several short films for
Sesame Street, using the move-clickmove paper animation technique.”
The work that Morse created for “Sesame Street” was broadcast worldwide.
After graduating college, Morse began working as an assistant editor at WGBH, the PBS affiliate in Boston. While in Boston, a group was looking for a volunteer crew to shoot a promotional video for Planned Parenthood featuring a guest star.
“I volunteered and I was surprised when the star came in - it was Jim Henson, along with Kermit, the frog,” Morse said.
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Grand Valley State University hosted the first program of their second annual GV Piano Chamber Series. The series consists of five different programs that will be performed throughout the school year.
Last year the piano chamber series was called “BrahmsFest.” This year, the series is titled “FrenchFest,” and features 12 French composers and 18
different artists that will perform classical French music.
The idea for the series began with associate professor of piano Dr. Sookkyung Cho’s interest in all of the classical music in the community that surrounds GVSU.
She said because of the Grand Rapids Symphony there seems to be a plethora of influences and interest in orchestral and chamber music, but not as much of them include the piano. Cho said she wanted to find a way to feature the instrument and started the GVSU Piano Chamber Series.
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed of a small group of instruments. It’s traditionally performed by a small number of artists that each have an individual role in the performance.
Now, Cho is the director of the series and will also perform for all of the programs. In her role as the director of the chamber series, Cho makes sure that the events are planned and programs are prepared. Over the course of the series, thirteen concerts will take place at eight
locations in the greater Grand Rapids and GVSU area.
In order to execute the performance, many factors went into setting up the event.
“I choose all of the repertoires and contact all of the performers,” Cho said. “I was also in contact and worked with organizations that we have partnerships with. I also had help from the school offices and student assistants prepping the programs and brochures for the events.”
Cho also received financial assistance from the Michigan Arts and Cultural Council after she applied for their grant in May. She learned the series had been awarded the grant in mid-September which created provided funding for the program.
“It has helped immensely,” Cho said. “I feel that it is a testament to what a positive impact that we are making in the community and the students.”
Grand Valley State University attended the 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association Nationals Preview last week where they placed fifth overall of 16-total teams.
The three-round event consisted of 87 different golfers, with all four sophomore Lakers on the team placing in the top-20 on the individual leaderboards as the team finished with a score of 927 (+63).
Olivia Stoll led the way once again as she fell into a tie for fifth-place with a score of 73 (+1).
Megan Miron finished in a four-way tie for seventh as she shot a 74 (+2), Julia Sanchez placed in a three-way tie for 13th (score of 76, +4) and Paula Badino finished in a five-way tie for 16th overall with a score of 77 (+5).
With the preview behind them, the Lakers are now scheduled to participate in their last invitational of the fall season in a 54-hole event at the Saint Leo Invite starting Monday, Oct. 17.
On Oct. 14, women’s swim sent athletes to compete against Hillsdale College, where they won in dominating fashion, 191-45.
Friday also saw a mixture of women’s and men’s swimmers travel to Calvin College where yet another onslaught ensued as GVSU won 165-75.
The following day (Oct. 15), the swimmers from both sides hosted Hope College as the men’s team won 210-67 and the women’s team won 189-88.
GVSU’s next time out will be in Greenwood, Indiana against the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) on Saturday, Oct. 22.
GVSU’s women’s tennis hosted Bucknell University on Oct. 15 where they fell 2-5 in a series of singles and doubles games.
The Lakers saw junior Sophia Hanover, sophomore Estefania Hernandez, and freshmen Rachel Sam, Leonie Leister, Rachel Sam, Ana Romero Gonzalez and Anna Soteras.
Soteras and Sam were the only two individual performers to win their matchups, as both matchups finished at 6-1, 4-6 and 6-1 (Soteras), and 6-3, 3-6 and 7-6 (Sam).
In doubles action, Leister and Hanover, Sam and Hernandez and Soteras and Gonzalez paired up with each other as all three duo pairs lost their matchups; 6-7 (Hernandez and Sam), 3-6 (Hanover and Leister) and 5-7 (Soteras and Gonzalez).
The match against Bucknell was the final scheduled match for the fall season as the women’s team will take a hiatus until the early spring season resumes.
SOCCER
BY GABRIELA GARBEY SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM
Grand Valley State University women’s soccer had a big win at home over Saginaw Valley State University, 3-1 on the Lakers’ annual senior night, extending their home record to 6-1-1.
In the win, the Lakers also used the match to raise awareness for breast cancer with pink uniform attire and a charity game to help raise donations for the campaign.
Prior to the opening kick-off, eight seniors were recognized in a tribute as they were each given a framed jersey that included photographs of ingame moments; Cate Brown, Kennedy Bearden, Alexa Morello, Kennedy Metzger, Riley O’Brien, Brooke Russell, Callie Rich and Chantel Carranza.
In her first year as GVSU’s head coach, Katie Hultin said it’s an honor to have coached these players (and the rest of the team) so far this season.
“I’ve only got to know them for the last few months but they are eight really special individuals who have been very impactful to the program for this year’s team,” Hultin said. “I’m excited to see what they all do in their future.”
Having scraped by against this opponent in their previous matchup on the road (3-2), GVSU knew the second meeting would be tough to pull away with a win.
Sophomore goalkeeper Kendall Robertson was tested early on by Saginaw’s offensive attack as the opponent held a significant 8-3 shot advantage over the Lakers before the first goal was scored. However, Robertson didn’t waiver against the pressure as
several battles just outside of the goal line were prevented by both the keeper and GVSU’s defenders.
As time went on, aggression levels rose from both sides, and the aggression would ultimately come back to bite SVSU as Bearden would draw a foul inside the box, giving her a chance at a penalty kick.
The forward successfully converted the penalty kick and put the Lakers up, 1-0 at the 25:26 marker.
With the first points on the board and a huge momentum shift, the Lakers wouldn’t look back as Bearden would set up junior forward Taylor Reid for a successful goal attempt at the 27-minute marker and push the lead to 2-0.
Defense and a few unsuccessful attempts at the back of the night from both sides would bring the match to halftime as SVSU would attempt to swing the momentum back in their favor in the remaining 45 minutes.
The charity game consisted of two fellow Laker students that raced against one another to get frisbees to fly into the hula hoops across the field and after roughly 30 seconds, a winner was crowned.
After a bit of fun, the action resumed and GVSU didn’t hesitate to put the match away as Bearden scored her second goal just six minutes into the second half (51:02) on an assist by Brown.
The next 30 minutes were all about the Lakers’ defense as SVSU allowed only three more shot attempts. With six failed shot attempts themselves, Saginaw Valley was finally able to put their first points on the board, but it was too little too late as the goal came with under three minutes left in the match (86:27) and the final whistle blew with the scoreboard reading 3-1.
In their fourth first-place finish in the fall season, the Grand Valley State University men’s golf closed out a successful fall season with a win at the Motor City Invitational.
The Lakers found themselves in a tight match after day one, holding only a six-stroke lead over Tiffin University, with Wayne State and Ferris State not far behind. GVSU shot a 296 on day one, eight strokes above par.
Sophomore Charles DeLong led the Lakers on the individual leaderboards once more after 18 holes as he sat in second place (71, -2). Sophomore Nick Krueger (fifth) and freshman Charlie Cooley (tied-sixth) were as influential in the first round as they held a score of 73 and 74 respectively.
Being one stroke behind the first place leader after round one (Hurtubise; Wayne State), DeLong was familiar with this type of situation and used his versatility to take charge.
“When you’re a couple points behind, especially when you’re trailing someone who’s never been in that position before, you just have to put your foot down and come out strong,” DeLong said. “And that’s what I did. I birdied a couple of holes and
kind of applied the pressure on him, and that allowed me to take the lead.”
Heading into day two and the final 18 holes, the Lakers still continued to dominate but dialed back their performance levels a bit as their team score would ultimately finish at 590 (+14) and only three strokes above Wayne State - their second-poorest scoring finish this season.
With another team win, GVSU saw DeLong finish the invite with his third individual win of the season (score of 72, -1) while Krueger and sophomore Drew Coble finished in a three-way tie for eighth-place (+4 over par) and Cooley dropped to tie for 14th (+7).
Junior Alex Jordan fell into a fourway tie for 29th (+13) and freshman Andrew Gwilliams secured a top-40 positioning as finished in a three-way tie for 35th place (+15).
With another individual victory this season, DeLong earned his ninth career win as a Laker, setting a new GVSU record for most individual wins by a men’s golfer.
“It’s just been steady progress over the last few years,” DeLong said. “I’ve learned how to position myself at the top of the leaderboard and how to pull out a win. To have the most wins of anyone in the program is pretty cool.”
GVSU has now finished the fall season undefeated against other Division II teams, and even during invitationals against DI schools, the Lakers competed well as they defeated seven of the 17 teams they faced in the NCAA DI Folds of Honor Invitational.
Despite GVSU’s success thus far, head coach Gary Bissell said there is still a lot of room for improvement prior to the start of the spring season.
“We’ve had tremendous success this season, but that doesn’t mean there
aren’t things that we need to clean up and work on,” Bissell said.
“We’ve got quite a bit to tackle this offseason, so we’re looking forward to that and to getting better for the spring.”
“The fall season matters,” Bissell said. “You have to play well and position yourself to make the postseason, and we’re certainly done that.
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In a gritty Midwest Region Crossover this past weekend, the Grand Valley State University women’s volleyball team took one win and two losses against unfamiliar opponents, including the Hillsdale Chargers, Lewis Flyers and Findlay Oilers.
The Lakers played their first two of three matches on Oct. 14 in Indiana where they squared off against Hillsdale College, an opponent that is second in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) North Division.
What started as a back-and-forth affair in the first set would ultimately come down to the Chargers taking momentum, as a kill by freshman outside hitter Kendall Stover brought the deficit to within one point (10-11; Chargers).
However, Hillsdale would score the next point and never look back as they didn’t allow the set to come within three points and would go on to win it, 20-25.
The loss in the first was an evident momentum booster for the Lakers as they came out storming over the opponent and took an early 10-4 lead. Nine points later in favor of GVSU, the set
looked to be out of sight for the Chargers as the scoreboard read 19-14 until a quick surge by the opponent brought the match to within a point, 19-18.
GVSU didn’t allow themselves to waiver after the momentum shift as they fought hard to close the set in their favor, 25-20.
Tied at 1-1, Hillsdale jumped to an early lead in the third set as they went up 8-4, but the Lakers would rally back and tied it at 15 each. The rally would eventually fall short of success as Hillsdale made another push to take the set 25-22.
Facing a 1-2 set deficit and the potential of the next set closing out the match entirely, GVSU’s experience in tough situations came in handy as the Lakers absolutely dominated the Chargers and forced the Chargers to make a desperate attempt at substitutions while the Lakers held a 22-10 lead. Subs or no subs, GVSU didn’t fret and took the set, 25-12.
The Lakers continued to ride their momentum as they closed out the match with a little degree of difficulty as they won 15-5.
Four Lakers would have 10 or more kills in this match as junior middle blocker/right side hitter Sarah Wight led the team with 19 (.600 hitting percentage), senior middle blocker Jaelianna Primus
with 16 (five block assists), freshman setter Jordyn Gates (14) and freshman outside hitter Kendall Stover (10).
Just a few hours later, GVSU faced off against Lewis University (LU) in a tough 0-3 sweep - another team in the top five of their conference.
Although the Lakers weren’t able to pull out a set win, the largest loss was only by six points. GVSU came out very slow in the first set as they found themselves in a 0-7 deficit until Wight was able to put the first points on the board.
The Flyers didn’t let up, however, and brought the score to a commanding 12-20 lead with what seemed to be a sure win within a few more points. GVSU made a few more valiant attempts to prevent a firstset loss, but would go on to lose it 19-25.
During set two, the Lakers looked to be more cohesive as they didn’t allow the Flyers to get out in front by more than six points (9-15). A huge momentum shift would put GVSU up 20-17 and the possibility of tying up the match at one apiece, however, the opponent prevailed and would go on to win a second-straight set, 23-25.