Issue 16, October 18th, 2015 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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Fall Arts Celebration features diverse poets

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Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Kwame Dawes read portions of their poetry repertoire to students during writing department annual event SEE A6

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No. 18 Lakers down No. 12 Michigan Tech Grand Valley State handed Michigan Tech its first loss of the season, 3821, in Allendale on Saturday as Bart Williams threw three touchdowns SEE A7

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ucked deep in a corner, down a narrow hallway in Lake Superior Hall, a man sits, ready to share his stories.

The stories start in the World War II era, traversing through the Midwest, interacting with female trailblazers and Philip K. Wrigley of Chicago Cubs and chewing gum lore. The stories travel south to a rundown baseball stadium in Havana, Cuba, and brush up with foreign politics.

They link Babe Ruth, the Library of Congress, a man who once swam across all five Great Lakes and Grand Valley State University.

This week, GVSU professor and documentary filmmaker Frank Boring is inviting the public to come along for the ride.

With the help of GVSU students, professors and alumni, Boring and Co. will release two documentaries.

On Oct. 21, “A Team of Their Own,” the story of a women’s professional baseball league in the World War II era, will show in Grand Rapids, before making its rounds to 14 cities in the Midwest.

On Oct. 24, the crew will also premier “A Lesson in Diplomacy,” which docu

LINEUP: “A Team of Their Own” and “A Lesson in Diplomacy” teams pose for group photos. COURTESY | MELISSA NICKELS/CHARLIE PRYOR

LAKER TRADITIONS

‘Once Upon a Laker’ homecoming celebrations commence Monday EVENT SCHEDULE T-SHIRT SWAP Where: Kirkhof When: 10/19 @ 1p–3p 10/20 @ 3p–5p 10/21 @ 2p–3p 10/23 @ 11a–1p LOUIE’S GLASS SLIPPER HUNT Where: Various locations When: 10/19–10/23 REGENT REVEAL Where: Grand River Room When: 10/19 @ 9:15p TRIVIA COMPETITION Where: 2215/2216 Kirkhof When: 10/20 @ 9:15p BONE MARROW EDUCATION TABLING Where: Kirkhof When: 10/21 @ 9a–11a 10/22 @ 2p–4p

LIP SYNC Where: Fieldhouse Arena When: 10/21 @ 9:15p HOMECOMING SHOW Where: Fieldhouse Arena When: 10/22 @ 8p SCUPLT IT! Where: Thornapple/0072 Kirkhof When: 10/23 @ 3p

BY KATHERINE WEST KWEST@LANTHORN.COM

orget what you know about fairy tales. The phrase “once upon a time” is out and the phrase “once upon a Laker” is in. In a far away land called Allendale, Michigan, students and alumni are getting ready for a week of events to celebrate Grand Valley State University.

GVSU’s Once Upon a Laker homecoming will take place the week of Oct. 18 through Oct. 24. The week includes a variety of activities for students to participate in to prepare for the homecoming football game on Saturday.

Homecoming events are organized by the department of student life and the Laker Traditions Team. The aim of homecoming is to embrace the “Laker for a Lifetime” mantra and unite the past and present of GVSU, said Bethan Angell, Laker Traditions Team homecoming coordinator.

Oct. 19 will feature the homecoming regent reveal and court serenade taking place at 9:15 p.m. in the Grand River Room of the Kirkhof Center. Regents have been nominated by student organizations on campus. Angell and the rest of the tradition team members have been preparing for this event for weeks.

“Each group that has nominated a regent and they sing to them and it’s a lot of fun,” Angell said. “At the end of the night, we announce the top 10 regents based on their interviews and whatnot and then people vote throughout the week.”

On Oct. 20, a trivia night will take place in Kirkhof Center Room 2215/2216 at 9:15 p.m. Groups of six will compete in

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this event. All trivia questions will go along with the homecoming theme and will all be fairy tale and Disney themed.

Following trivia is the annual lip sync on Oct. 21 at 9:15 p.m. in the Fieldhouse Arena.

In this competition, registered student teams will be performing choreography and lip sync to medleys of songs.

“The lip sync is a little different this year in that we are live-streaming it, and there will be the people’s choice award as well as placing,” Angell said. “The performances are also only five minutes long, and must pertain to ‘Once upon a Laker.’”

Homecoming will also encompass an educational component this year. GVSU will partner with Michigan Bone Marrow, with a bone marrow donation drive at the end of the week. Education tables will be in the Kirkhof Center on Oct. 21 and 22 to explain the process of donating bone marrow. The bone marrow donation drive will benefit community members in need.

On Thursday evening, Spotlight Productions will host a show in the Fieldhouse Arena. This year’s homecoming show features comedians Jay Pharoah and Aidy Bryant from the television show, “Saturday Night Live.” This is the largest production taking place during the fall semester. Tickets for the comedy show are available for purchase at the 20/20 desk in the Kirkhof Center for $10 with a student ID. Friday afternoon, Sculpt it! will occur in the Thornapple Room in the lower level of the Kirkhof Center. At the event, groups will have two hours to make a sculpture related to the homecoming theme. The sculptures will be SEE HOMECOMING | A2

VOLLEYBALL VS HILLSDALE Where: Fieldhouse Arena When: 10/23 @ 7p VOLLEYBALL VS FINDLAY Where: Fieldhouse Arena When: 10/24 @ 4p FOOTBALL VS FINDLAY Where: Lubbers Stadium When: 10/24 @ 7p

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FAIRYTALE ENDING: The 2015 homecoming festivities are set to begin Oct. 19. All events are coordinated by the Office of Student Life and the Laker Traditions Team. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU

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GV professor revamps filmmaking process, set to release two documentaries with students’ help ments the GVSU baseball team’s 2012 trip to Cuba.

While both stories shed light on historic events, the production of the documentaries themselves is plenty noteworthy.

SETTING IT UP

Documentary filmmaking involves more than just a camera and script. Video editing, advertising, public relations and research, among other things, all play into the production of a good documentary.

Boring’s past in filmmaking helped him to understand the costs of hiring out those branches. His idea, however, was not to contract their services.

Instead, he found the talent right in front of him. In the seats of classrooms around GVSU, students sat, undergoing studies of the various duties of what it takes to make a documentary film.

The university approved Boring’s idea to use students for his documentary team.

Just like that, students from a variety of disciplines left their lectures and joined forces to create documentary films.

“I was told that what we’re doing here is completely unique and should be used as a model for the entire country,” Boring said. “There are other people doing this, but not, to the best of my knowledge, on this level.”

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SCHOLARSHIP

Murdered alumna memorialized with GV initiative

BY ASHLYN KORIENEK AKORIENEK@LANTHORN.COM

Grand Valley State University alumna who was tragically killed by her roommate will be honored for her volunteerism and passion to sustain the world.

Terry Fazio and his wife Cindy Fazio, with the help of Shelby’s closest friends, started a volunteer initiative called Shine On for Shelby to continue the legacy their daughter carried on throughout her short life.

On Oct. 24, Shine On for Shelby encourages others to get involved in the community doing service to honor her memory. The annual day of service is on the Saturday closest to the date of her death.

Shelby Fazio, 23, was involved in volunteer work in her years at Lapeer West High School, where she joined the Key Club and served as vice president. Shelby continued her service as the president of Circle K when she started at GVSU. Terry Fazio said after they lost their daughter the focus was on the tragedy. He said Shelby believed through simple acts of kindness the world could be a better place, which is how she deserves to be remembered.

“Shelby always had a positive outlook and was always eager to help others,” Fazio said.

“We want to continue Shelby’s giving ways and separate her name from what happened to her.

“This is a healing process for her family and friends to divert the focus and energy from the bad to the REMEMBER: Shelby Fazio good Shelby always COURTESY | NYDAILYNEWS.COM did for others – her legacy.”

After finishing the study abroad program in South Africa, Shelby moved to Orlando to participate in the Disney College Program, which is a fivemonth internship for college students and recent graduates. Fazio said she completed the program quickly obtaining her dream with a full-time position as a cruise boat Captain and trainer.

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RESUME WORKSHOP

Grand Valley State University students looking to get an edge in today’s competitive workplace are invited to attend a resume workshop on Oct. 19.

Alpha Kappa Psi Co-Ed Business Fraternity will teach participants about the essential elements of a great resume such as content, format and persuasiveness.

The resume workshop is scheduled to take place from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Au Sable Hall, Room 1314.

For more information on the workshop, contact Ashley Spann at spanna@mail.gvsu.edu.

ARTPRIZE PIECE “MATHIAS ALTEN TRIPTYCH” AWARDED CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARD

An ArtPrize piece created in partnership with Grand Valley State University and the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra (GRSO) was recently awarded the Critic’s Choice Award during the St. Cecilia Music Center’s ArtPrize Seven Music Awards Ceremony on Oct. 15.

The three-movement composition, titled “Mathias Alten Triptych,” was created by Bill Ryan, director of GVSU’s New Music Ensemble; Jeremy Crosmer, GRSO assistant principle cellist; and Alexander Miller, GRSO assistant principal oboe.

Each of these three individuals chose one painting from the late artist Mathias Alten to musically interpret. These three paintings and much more of Alten’s work can be viewed at the George and Barbara Gordon Gallery located in the DeVos Center on GVSU’s Pew Campus.

For more information about the ArtPrize piece, contact Bill Ryan at (616) 331-3087.

CLAS ALUMNI TO VISIT CAMPUS

Eleven different alumni from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) will return to campus to give presentations on their post-graduation experience between Oct. 22 and 23.

During their presentations, CLAS alumni will share their advice on how students can best prepare for life after graduating from Grand Valley State University.

Alumni presenting come from various institutions such as College of Saint Scholastica, Kendall College of Art and Design, Indiana State University, Max Planck Institute of Ornithology, and more.

For more information about upcoming lectures, contact Keesha Hardiman at hardimak@gvsu.edu or go to www.gvsu.edu/clas/alumni-in-residence-38.htm.

ALTERNATIVE BREAKS INFO NIGHT

Students looking to travel during their spring break are invited to attend the second Alternative Breaks Info Night at Grand Valley State University on Oct. 21.

At the event, students will be given the chance to browse various spring break trips as well as talk with individual trip leaders.

The Alternative Breaks info night is set to take place from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Henry Hall atrium, located on the GVSU Allendale Campus. Students can stop by at any time during the event.

For more information, contact GVSU public relations at ab.gv.publicrelations@gmail.com.

O-PHONE DEMONSTRATION

David Edwards, a biomedical engineer and writer visited GVSU from Harvard University. He gave two presentations on Oct. 15 about entrepreneurship and classroom learning.

During his presentation, Edwards introduced the “o-Phone,” an invention that allows people to take photos on a smartphone and then attach scents to those pictures. These pictures can then be played on o-Phones that emit the scent, similar to how a speaker presents sound.

The event was hosted by the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing.

For more information on the event or on the o-Phone, you can visit www.cbsnews.com/news/smell-of-success/ for a full interview on the invention.

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The story starts in the early 2000s, when Boring came to GVSU as a professor. Boring and his documentary team partner with the Library of Congress, which operates the Veterans History Project (VHP) – an effort to share the stories of U.S. veterans from wars spanning from World War I to the Iraq War. “When I first came (to GVSU) 10 years ago and began the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, (James Smither) of the history department and I ran into a serious problem,” Boring said. “Everyone thought the project was all about guys with guns.”

Boring and Smither, the director of the GVSU VHP, saw an opportunity to draw the VHP stories from guns to bats. For Boring, persuading the VHP to approve his idea came down to one simple thought.

“If Rosie the Riveter is in there, why shouldn’t Rosie the Right Fielder be?”

The idea was approved, and the project began.

When the GVSU crew began working on the idea, it was not the only one vying for the right to produce the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).

Boring’s team was, however, the only group with a Library of Congress partnership.

From start to finish, the GVSU team carried out 46 interviews, mostly with former AAGPBL players.

The documentary traces the rise of one of the most unlikely sports leagues in U.S. history. When World War II began, Major League Baseball took a hit. A number of the league’s best players were drafted and went to war overseas.

The talent pool thinned in all levels of professional baseball and the public was rabid for the return of skill to America’s game.

With the help of former Chicago Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley, that high-level baseball came back in a woman’s swing.

The AAGPBL formed in 1943, with just four teams. Wrigley soon noticed, however, that the women’s teams, which played in MLB stadiums, often outdrew crowds of MLB games.

The league expanded. The league changed. The league thrived. By the end in 1954, the AAGPBL grew to 14 teams, and gave over 600 women the opportunity to play professional baseball.

“That period of time, they came, they had their moments, and then they’re gone,” Boring said. “There hasn’t been (a league) since, and there never was one before.”

The GVSU documentary covers the league from its inception to its termination.

Some of Boring’s team who started working on the documentary as students have since graduated and signed onto the documentary team as paid professionals.

Two of those people, James Christie and Melissa Nickels, are the film’s editors.

Christie, Nickels and a number of other documentary workers had the chance to show a rough cut of their film at an AAGPBL reunion in South Bend, Indiana, in front of former players and their families.

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However, on Oct. 26, 2014, Shelby was stabbed to death by her roommate Bryan Santana in their West Orange County, Florida apartment. Her American bulldog Azaia was also killed. Santana was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to two life sentences.

“As easy as it would be to just give up and fall into a spiral of despair, Cindy had a vision of continuing Shelby’s legacy,” Fazio said. “Shine On for Shelby will be each year on the weekend closest to the day that Shelby was taken from us.”

Joseph Jacquot, associate professor of biology, was Shelby’s mentor and professor for her environmental biology capstone and mammalogy. Jacquot said Shelby had a bright future of becoming a conservation biologist, graduating with honors in biology.

“I have nothing but positive things to say

the baseball team were the coaches, GVSU Director of Athletics Tim Selgo and GVSU President Thomas Haas and his wife, Marcia.

The Lakers were in Cuba for six days.

On days one and two, they did a bit of sightseeing and practiced. On days three, four and five, GVSU squared off against a team of 18 to 22-year-old Cuban All-Stars.

The Lakers lost all three in competiA LESSON IN DIPLOMACY tive fashion. It was not the outcomes, The second documentary, set to release however, that mattered. on Oct. 24, profiles the trip of the GVSU GVSU was, and still is, just the third baseball team to Cuba in 2012.

American baseball team to play in Cuba.

Every three or four years, a different The Baltimore Orioles visited in 1999, and GVSU athletic team takes an internation- the University of Alabama went in 2008. al trip in search of competition, exploraThe event was historic, though the tion and learning. In 2010, then-head Lakers weren’t sure just how historic uncoach Steve Lyon learned it was his team’s til they arrived. turn. He suggested Cuba, and, after two On the scoreboard was just a set of letyears of navigating through bureaucracy ters displaying: U.S.A. The Lakers quickly and red tape, visas were acquired and the realized it wasn’t just Laker blue that they trip was approved. were wearing. It was U.S.A. blue.

The journey was filled with serendipity “When the game began, two girls and good fortune. brought out a Cuban and American Physical therapy professor Gordon Al- flag and they sang both anthems,” Borderink was then the pitching coach for the ing said. “I don’t know how often the GVSU baseball team.

American anthem has been On a chance meeting, played in Cuba, but I can’t Alderink linked up with imagine too much. The CuJim Dreyer, a man once well “If (Haas) couldn’t ban fans didn’t boo the U.S. known for his ambitious team. They booed at a bad swims across all five Great bring the world to play or a bad call from the Lakes. The two men had umpires. They were rooting Grand Valley, he played for the same baseball was going to bring for baseball.” coach and met for breakfast And baseball prevailed.

Grand Valley to with the coach one day while The GVSU and Cuba teams the trip was still up in the air. swapped gear following the the world.”

Alderink mentioned how games. Haas posed as a first he thought the trip should base coach for a game. The FRANK BORING be documented, but didn’t Lakers, on the last day, doGVSU PROFESSOR know where to begin. Dreyer nated all their old gloves, mentioned how he knew a bats, balls and spikes to man at GVSU who may be able to help. a group of kids playing pickup baseball Just like that, Alderink was in con- on a dirt field off the side of the road in tact with Boring. The documentary Havana. filmmaker was on the case again.

From top to bottom, the trip was an “If we’re successful, there are going to be exercise in patience, effort and teamwork. other schools that will want to do this and Without the commitment and approval of they’re going come to us and ask how we GVSU’s higher-ups, the trip may not have did it, so we need to document this pretty been documented - or worse, never taken. well,” Alderink said. “Just writing down ev“If (Haas) couldn’t bring the world to erything we went through, but I was also Grand Valley, he was going to bring Grand thinking of a film and so that’s when the Valley to the world,” Boring said. idea came into my head.”

For now, GVSU will be the only place Boring sent film and video student to view “A Lesson in Diplomacy.” The film Charlie Pryor along with the team to will premiere at Loutit Lecture Hall on Oct. record the event. Along with Pryor and 24 at 1:30 p.m.

ALL TOGETHER: The documentary team traveled to Muskegon to conduct research on the Muskegon Lassies at the Lakeshore Museum Archive Center. COURTESY | MELISSA NICKELS

about her,” he said. “ I’ll be honest, I realized after she was gone that I didn’t know her as well as I wish I had.

“It’s kind of amazing how much she gave to the world at large in her short time.”

Fazio said a scholarship in memory of their daughter was started at GVSU. The Shelby Fazio ‘13 Memorial Endowed Scholarship will assist primarily biology and natural resources management majors at GVSU, which the public can donate to on GVSU’s website.

“In her short time she touched thousands of lives, but millions more will never experience her benevolence,” Fazio said. “We have established this campaign to see that those who did not have the privilege of meeting her get to know the illumination and joy she brought to everyone around her.”

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“The reaction from them was phenomenal,” Christie said. “It was almost surreal.

They were crying, giving standings ovations, they were hugging us.

“We’re doing much more than making an entertaining documentary. It’s about preserving their stories for one, and also we’re representing a whole group of people and their story needs to live on.”

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made with cans and non-perishable food the groups have collected throughout homecoming week. A panel of judges will decide the winner, and at the end of the competition the items will be donated to the GVSU food pantry.

Also taking place throughout homecoming week is the slipper hunt.

“The slipper hunt is like a scavenger hunt, where we post the clues, and (students) have to go and find the slippers and then take pictures with them,” Angell said.

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POLICE

GVPD works with surrounding county police departments Split campus security efforts involve GRPD, Ottawa County

BY HANNAH LENTZ NEWS@LANTHORN.COM OUT-OF-STATE: GVSU students may have noticed an increase in the number of students from Illinois in recent years. They make up 61 percent of out-of-state students. COURTESY | METRO CONNECTION

GV records rise in Windy City students

61 percent of out-of-state students hail from Illinois

BY DREW HOWARD ASSISTANTNEWS@LANTHORN.COM

ut of all the students who attend Grand Valley State University from an out-of-state location, a majority of them tend to be from the Illinois area.

This year, 918 students from Illinois are attending GVSU. This equates to around 61 percent of all students who come from somewhere other than the Mitten State.

Since 2012, GVSU has seen the number of students from Illinois rise from 2.6 percent to 3.6 percent in relation to the whole student body.

Lynn Blue, vice president for enrollment at GVSU, said both distance and cost factor into why so many out-of-state students tend to come from Illinois.

“GVSU is attractive to families and students who live in and around Chicago and the suburbs to the west of Chicago as we have a strong reputation,” Blue said. “They are just as close to GVSU as is Detroit, and our out-of-state tuition is very competitive with the in-state tuition of Illinois.”

Aside from these factors, GVSU’s marketing team also promotes the university through both web-based advertising and active recruitment in the Chicago area, Blue said.

“GVSU has spent $100,000 on targeted webbased advertising in the Chicago area,” she said.

“That supplements an extremely active recruitment effort that relies on our admissions counselor visiting high schools and introducing students personally to what GVSU has to offer.”

William Wallace is one such GVSU recruiter stationed in Chicago. In his work, Wallace visits high schools in the surrounding area to help spread the word about what GVSU has to offer.

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“I’m basically stationed in Chicago to primarily make contact with students and their guidance counselors to help answer questions about the GVSU application process,” Wallace said. “In the fall, a lot of time is spent visiting high schools, giving presentations, going to college fairs and conducting on-sight admissions.”

When visiting these various events, Wallace said he highlights how students at GVSU can benefit by attending a university that is both is both big and small at the same time.

“There’s so much about GVSU that stands out, and I think the great thing about it is it offers students a little bit of that small college feel within a large university,” he said. “Students have available professors but have resources and programs to choose from. I also tell students in Illinois that GVSU is both rural and urban because of its location to Grand Rapids.”

In addition to recruiting, Blue said media coverage also plays an important role in reaching Illinois students.

“We have reporters in the region picking up our news and story ideas and exposing people to the highlights of GVSU in that way,” she said.

“Sometimes a story that runs locally is picked up by media outlets around the region, country or the world, and all that exposure is not purchased, but rather earned by the interesting nature of the news or feature item.”

While there are many ways for out-of-state students to hear about GVSU, Blue said the main advertising message is the same everywhere.

“Our main message in our advertising and in our decisions with journalists/media is that GVSU provides a tremendous education for the investment made,” she said. “There is value in a GVSU degree. Our graduates are successful and go on to postgraduate work or jobs in their field.”

ith a campus in Allendale and a campus in Grand Rapids, the Grand Valley State University Police Department (GVPD) has a lot of ground to cover when it comes to student safety.

In order to provide students with the safest possible situation, collaborating with surrounding police departments is a necessary task.

On the Allendale Campus, GVPD works closely with Ottawa County police. In the past, the two stations have been more closely associated as GVSU officers received police authority from Ottawa County. In 2001, GVPD was declared self-empowered, meaning that GVPD could swear in its own police officers through the university.

However, GVPD continues to maintain a strong, long-lasting working relationship with Ottawa County, said Brandon DeHaan, GVPD captain.

“We share information with each other as there are a number of students who live off campus,” DeHaan said. “This way, we can see if there are any trends regarding crime and we meet with (Ottawa County police) on a regular basis to have those discussions.”

Currently, around 6,200 students live on the Allendale Campus and approximately 7,000 students live in areas surrounding the Allendale Campus. If there are large-scale issues on campus or at close, off-campus locations, GVPD will enlist the help of Ottawa County and vice versa.

“We have a significant student population living in a

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small, designated area between the Allendale Campus and surrounding apartment complexes. It makes good sense to collaborate with partners to identify if there are any issues out there,” DeHaan said.

GVPD’s collaborative patrol area includes property such as Lake Michigan Drive, 48th Avenue and Pierce Street, as well as all on-campus locations.

“We will assist Ottawa County if there is a crime with a large disturbance or large group that may impact the community as well,” DeHaan said. “Instances of selfharm, fires off campus, or the need for notification of a family member because of a death will lead to collaboration.”

Ottawa County also provides resources such as a K9 unit when tracking or drug detection services are needed, DeHaan said.

The annual Youth Alcohol Enforcement Grant also comes through the Ottawa County Sheriff ’s Department. With this grant, the university is better able to limit the size of potentially dangerous gatherings and increase patrol at large-scale events such as football games and homecoming weekend.

Pew Campus Security faces a different form of cooperation. Due to the location of Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids, campus security works in association with the Grand Rapids Police Department in certain instances.

One of the main examples of this partnership is through the sharing of information. Often, Grand Rapid’s police officers need to communicate with Pew Campus officers to obtain all possible information. Since Russell Wolff, assistant chief of Pew Campus Security, came to

GVSU in 2009, he said he has seen an expanded relationship with the Grand Rapids Police Department.

“Our relationship is a very good one,” Wolff said. “We work with all emergency response departments from the fire department to the Grand Rapids Police Department.”

On the downtown campus, the main area that requires collaboration lies in bike larcenies.

“Individuals often come from surrounding community and steal student’s bicycles on the Pew Campus,” Wolff said. “What we have done is set up a program where we register bicycles with a GPS system and talk to the Grand Rapids Police Department to find the bicycle and where the rider is going so we can make an arrest if needed.”

Another area of focus is on homeless individuals who come onto campus and panhandle students.

Though Pew Campus Security is in close proximity to areas that the Grand Rapids police responds to, they usually do not respond to off-campus instances.

“We don’t have the same responsibility because we are not sworn (in),” Wolff said. “We are just a set of eyes and ears for the Grand Rapids police.”

During the instances of attempted robbery that students were alerted to on the downtown campus this summer, security has worked closely with surrounding police authority using specialized tools and additional officers to keep an eye on the area Wolff said.

“It is important to know that the Grand Rapids Police Department is just as concerned about the safety of students as we are on campus,” Wolff said.

SERVICE

Lakers participate in ‘Make a Difference Day’ National event focuses on community service, giving back

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s college students, it is easy to get caught up in all the requirements and responsibili-

ties needed just to make it to graduation. However, some Grand Valley State University students took a break from that to help out those in need in their community.

An estimated 350 Lakers participated in national

GIVING BACK: GVSU students volunteer at the sustainable agriculture project on Make a Difference Day. COURTESY | GREG LAWTON

Make a Difference Day on Oct. 17. The students worked with 19 different organizations from the area, ranging from retirement communities to the John Ball Zoo. Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell kicked off the event on the Allendale Campus with the help of GVSU President Thomas Haas and student senate President Maddie Cleghorn. Participants were then released to their various work locations until 3 p.m.

Brendan Gallagher, graduate assistant at GVSU’s Laker Leadership Programs, said the event was an opportunity for any student to make a difference through direct service.

GVSU has participated in Make a Difference day for over 15 years. Gallagher himself participated in the event as a student, but now he works in SEE DIFFERENCE | A5

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A4 | OPINION EDITORIAL

OCTOBER 19, 2015 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLNEWS

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Hop in on homecoming Take advantage of fun-filled festivities rom the football game, to the lip sync battle, to a fairytale-themed scavenger hunt, this year’s homecoming, “Once Upon a Laker,” provides students with plenty of opportunities to get involved on campus. Homecoming events are opportunities to learn, to meet people, to have fun and to be an active part of the Grand Valley State University community; students should take advantage of these opportunities.

For the most part, the events scheduled for homecoming week have been created by students, for students. Going to these events not only shows your school spirit, but it also shows support for the hard work your fellow Lakers have put in to organizing these events.

The highlight of homecoming has always been the football game. GVSU’s football team has begun to hit its stride. With Saturday’s win over Michigan Tech, the Lakers showed that they’ll be in the mix for the GLIAC title for the rest of the season.

This weekend’s game against Findlay (4-3) will be another real test for GVSU. The Oilers feature one of the top pass offenses in Division II, and the Lakers could find themselves in a crowd-pleasing shootout for the homecoming game.

For the first time, homecoming festivities will include an educational aspect.

If sporting events aren’t your thing, you can focus on the idea of giving back to the community. GVSU is partnering with the Michigan Bone Marrow Association to organize a bone marrow donation drive. There will be tables in the Kirkhof Center

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on Oct. 21 and 22 to explain what it means to donate bone marrow. This is a great way to be involved with the GVSU community in a way that also benefits those in need.

In addition to the educational events, homecoming activities can provide muchneeded relief from the stress of classes. A great event for a few laughs to help you take a break from those midterms and semester projects is the homecoming show. Performing in the Fieldhouse Arena at 8 p.m. on Oct. 22, Jay Pharoah & Aidy Bryant from “Saturday Night Live” will perform a comedy act. Laughter and comedy are great ways to deal with stress and feel happier in general. This year, homecoming weekend also coincides with College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Fred Antczak’s Fall Breather.

Theoretically, this means that students will have a homework-free weekend in order to fully enjoy the homecoming festivities.

Not only is it important to take a break from your studies once in a while, but being involved in homecoming activities is a part of being in college. It’s important to have well-rounded experiences in college and this means taking part in activities that aren’t necessarily required for you to get that diploma. College is incredibly stressful, and this is one of those opportunities for students to make some happy memories.

Go ahead, participate in the trivia competition, see the football game, dance in the lip sync and go to the comedy show. It’s all a part of being an active member on campus and making the most of your time here. Goodness knows we deserve a little fun.

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A tale of two think tanks

BY SCOTT ST. LOUIS, GVSU STUDENT EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

ast spring, I accepted invitations to the meetings of two think tanks affiliated with competing ideologies in national life. The first meeting brought together different subcultures of the American Right – paleoconservatives, libertarians, and neoconservatives – to discuss the philosophical roots of conservatism and its future. The second meeting was hosted by a progressive organization affiliated with a distinguished public research university on the West Coast, uniting scholars and activists of the American Left for several days of innovative programming that combined research lectures, advocacy presentations, and avant-garde artistic performances. I am

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deeply grateful to the organizers of both events, as well as to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies, for offering me the valuable opportunity to attend these meetings and broaden the experiential foundations of my worldview.

As a result of my attending both conferences and playing the part of a fly on the wall, I have learned that the virtuosos of America’s ideological echo chambers often employ the rhetorical strategies that they lambast their opponents for using.

For example, I noticed that some of my conservative peers ridiculed what they saw as the excesses of identity politics even as they lamented the supposed marginalization of “conservative identity” in academia and in popular culture.

On the other hand, my progressive peers laughed raucously when a high-profile keynote speaker took just two or three dismissive sentences to summarize a book written by an accomplished conservative scholar before shrugging his shoulders and telling them not to read it.

After catching their breath, they patted themselves on the back and happily concluded that their movement is indeed free of the mindless chest-thumping that is, supposedly, the exclusive domain of their adversaries.

My time at both conferences reinforced my (admittedly unoriginal) belief

that the demands of mass politics do not always lend themselves well to civil discourse. This is especially true in a country where virulent strands of antiintellectualism have exerted an undeniable influence on the national culture.

By encouraging their peers to ignore the layers of nuance that accompany all wicked problems, some individuals would conflate the fickle world of partisan politics with an eternal struggle between good and evil. Under the guise of “principle,” it becomes possible for such “leaders” to accomplish a stunning feat of acrobatics, throwing their noses into the air and their heads into the sand at the same time. In so doing, they imperil our democracy itself in order to feed the sacred cows of one group or another. (An ample source of manure, if ever there were one!)

Engaged citizens should let both groups know that they can’t have their cake and eat it, too. Shocking though the concept might be, perhaps these organizations should treat each other as fellow stakeholders in the health of public culture, rather than mortal enemies of it.

Maybe I’m just naïve. I hope not.

Common ground might be elusive, and the search for it highly challenging to many, but nevertheless, I remain optimistic.

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Breaking down the Fall Breather his has reference to the front page article titled, “Taking a break,” in the Oct. 15 issue of the Lanthorn where Dean Antczak requests faculty to, “plan to give no reading, no assignments, no homework for the weekend before the drop deadline (Oct. 30), that is Oct. 24 and 25.”

I commend Dean Antczak on taking a leadership role on the Fall Breather issue as well as his insistence that the amount of work during fall semester not be affected by the Fall Breather.

Since I am concerned that some students may take Dean Antczak’s suggestion as a “get out of class free” card and just not show up for some classes the following week, I think it might be better to create an “official” Fall Breather and as-

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sign, for example, the Monday and Tuesday following the Homecoming weekend for that purpose. Such a Fall Breather could be “paid for” in one of following two ways. a. No make-up day for the lost Monday - Along with cancelling classes for Monday and Tuesday following the Homecoming weekend, we would need to restrict the Labor Day recess to Labor Day alone. This would result in students missing all classes on Labor Day – similar to what happens every Winter semester when we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. day on a Monday. The downside for students taking Monday classes would be that the remaining 13 Mondays would have to compensate for the material that would have been covered on this lost Monday. b. Make up the lost Monday - Alternatively, we could save this lost Monday (i.e., Labor Day) by completing classes on Monday of the current exam week with Tuesday through Fridays being the

final exam days. In this manner, students taking Monday classes would not be required to complete material meant for fourteen Mondays in thirteen Mondays.

The downside would be that classes would end on Monday and exams would start on Tuesdays, an occurrence familiar to those who take classes in the first session of Spring/Summer semester.

Understandably, the final exam schedule would need to be adjusted so that students completing classes on Monday have their final exams, say, on Thursday or Friday of the exam week.

So, students - the cost of a Fall Breather Monday and Tuesday following the Homecoming weekend is restricting the Labor Day recess to Labor day alone and (a) completing a 14-week Monday class load in 13 weeks or (b) completing a 14-week Monday class load in 14 weeks, with final exams starting on Tuesday of the current exam week.

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QUESTION OF THE ISSUE DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO PARTICIPATE IN HOMECOMING EVENTS? WHY OR WHY NOT? MEGAN THOMAS

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“Yes it’s important to participate in homecoming events, but if you have other stuff you shouldn’t make it your priority.”

“No, I don’t think they’re made to be enjoyable enough to the general populace. I go to the football game or the lip sync, but I don’t think they’re always interesting enough to everyone.”

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“I think it is, because they’re fun and just gives you a sense of togetherness. It really gets you involved in the Grand Valley culture.”

“I would say yeah, what’s a school without a sense of community? It’s a good way to make friends, to find a sense of connectedness to the school and it doesn’t hurt.”

YEAR: Junior MAJOR: Special education HOMETOWN: Sterling Heights, Michigan

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GOVERNANCE

Student senate focuses on academic success

BY JESS HODGE JHODGE@LANTHORN.COM

rand Valley State University’s student senate brought in Nancy Giardina and Michael Messner to their meeting on Thursday to discuss student success. Giardina is the vice provost for student success and Messner is the assistant vice provost for student success. Their presentation was broken up into three points of information: updates on framework for student success, student academic success center website and the presentation of the new interactive blueprint for student success.

“If someone were to ask you ‘what’s Grand Valley doing with student success, what does it mean at Grand Valley?’ I wonder if every one of us in the room could articulate that and have it sound pretty the same,” Giardina said to the senators.

She emphasized three components to what she calls the “student success model.” The first component is student academic challenge, the second is student engagement both insides and outside the classroom and the last is student support. Those break down further into four initiative areas: first-year experience, high impact practices, student support services and university-wide initiatives. Those four initiatives are built to help achieve the ideal student success model.

First-year experience strives to help new students stay engaged and happy. Keeping students engaged in school and the community is essential for their success. This includes things like going through the Transitions program, being engaged in co-curricular activities, attending convocation and going through first-year advising and registration.

“Successful students right from year one and through year one, engage in these kind of things,” Giardina said.

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every year, particularly your first year.”

The second aspect of success is high-impact practices.

These are things that help students not only graduate, but also find a job successfully after graduating. They include undergraduate research, studying abroad, leadership roles and intensive writing experiences, such as the SWS courses taken at GVSU. They’re called high-impact because they are meant to have a “tremendous impact” on a student’s college stint. These practices are very desirable to employers.

“The latest research says students that have three or more high-impact experiences by graduation, employers are all over you, they want you,” Giardina said. “At Grand Valley State University, we don’t just give you lip service, we are creating all kinds of places that you can choose to do whatever you want.”

The fourth component was students engaged in student services and university-wide student success initiatives. This includes things like employment on campus, being awarded a scholarship or the Grand Finish, living on campus or participating in the Laker for a Lifetime initiatives. This component is necessary for students to succeed because it engages them with the university and helps them work more in-depth with their community.

The most emphasis is placed on the third item; students engaged in using academic advising and instructional support services. For the students to be successful, GVSU needs to meet the increased program size with an equally increased amount of quality support services. These services can come from the Mary Idema Pew Library, the Fredrick Meijer Writing Center, the Student Academic Success Center or other additional services.

These helpful places offer advising for students of all majors, students with undecided majors, transfer students and nontraditional students. They also offer instructional support in the form of tutors. The university employs about 350 tutors a year.

Messner said this was the fifth year in a row that their

lead tutor in the science success center was accepted into medical school. In 2005, GVSU completed about 5,000 hours of tutoring. Last year, an estimated 70,000 hours of tutoring happened at the school. The Student Academic Success Center is working on expanding their reach and giving all students the opportunity to come in and get help.

“There’s sometimes a stigma at coming in and asking for help,” Messner said. “It really is important when you have students in leadership roles and are role models to folks and say ‘it’s OK to pop in and get help, it’s OK.’” Both Messner and Giardina encouraged the senators to be able to define and explain what it means to be successful and GVSU and how the university aids students to be their most successful not only during college, but after their collegiate careers as well.

SUCCESS: Student senators attend a general assembly meeting to discuss campus student success measures. GVL | KASEY GARVELINK

CAREER FAIR

Over 200 orgs expected at GV career fair

BY TAYLOR FUSSMAN TFUSSMAN@LANTHORN.COM

inding a job in the field a student loves can be a daunting task, but Grand Valley State University hopes to smooth over this process for its students by providing them with the opportunity to network with hundreds of employers.

Students looking to explore their career or take the leap into the professional world have the chance to speak with over 200 organizations at GVSU’s fall career fair.

Organizations covering fields such as business, nonprofit, health, education and government/public sectors will be present.

The employers attending the event are hiring for part-time, full-time, internship and seasonal opportunities.

“It’s important to keep in mind that even if a specific job or title is not represented at the event, it’s a great place for students to find a referral,” said Rachel Becklin, assistant director in the GVSU Career Center.

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PROFESSIONAL: Alison Lovell speaks at a past Grand Valley State University career fair. GVL | ARCHIVE

“Networking is still the number one way we find internships and jobs, so it’s important to engage and connect with professionals while at GVSU,” Becklin said.

“Participating organizations have over 11,100 available jobs and internships to offer - that’s nearly one position available for every two students who attend GVSU,” said Susan Proctor, employer development manager at the GVSU Career Center.

“These are some pretty amazing odds.”

GVSU hosts career fairs such as this one because they are beneficial for everyone, Proctor said.

These events can help first and second-year students explore career paths and companies they are interested in, Proctor said. Juniors are able to meet employers and learn about internships available to them, and seniors and grad students along with alumni can find further opportunities and land interviews.

Attending employers are looking for confident students who can effectively articulate why they attended the fair, Proctor said.

“Students should prepare an introduction - a

polished 30-second or less speech to introduce themselves and why they are approaching the employer,” Proctor said. “Employers are looking for a firm handshake, students who look them in the eye and are dressed for success.”

There are also a variety of prep events, held on both the Allendale and Pew campuses to help students get ready for the career fair. These events include career fair prep, “Rock Your Resume” and “How to Talk to Employers.”

Workshops such as these are beneficial to unprepared students by teaching them what to wear, what to bring and what to do and say at the fair, Proctor said.

The event is free and open to the public, college students and alumni who are seeking professional employment or internship opportunities.

Participant pre-registration is not required, but it is requested that students bring their student ID. The career fair takes place on Oct. 22 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids.

GO TO: www.gvsu.edu/careers FOR MORE INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

CIS department re-accredited Global organization recognizes one of GV’s most rapidly increasing programs

BY MEGHAN MCBRADY MMCBRADY@LANTHORN.COM

ith the rising demand for workers within computational science and programming fields, Grand Valley State University’s Computing and Information Systems (CIS) department is committed to providing students the skills needed to succeed in their given field.

To verify that GVSU students are then gaining a quality education, the CIS program has been re-accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineers and Technology Inc. (ABET).

Basing itself as a peer-review system, the global organization evaluates post-secondary systems within applied science, computing, engineering and engineering technology programs to determine if they are providing technical and professional skills that graduates need when they join the work force.

Paul Leidig, who helped form and is currently directing the CIS department, indicated that the review, which occurs every six years, helps promote the best practices for a student’s education.

“One of the first things I did when I created the department was to build our accreditation by ABET,” he said. “We are accredited by what is called the computing accreditation society, which

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the background to craft the experience.

He said nonprofit organizations signed up to participate in the event.

Based on which organizations signed up, the team picked a wide variety of them in order to have more choices for students.

“Instead of having 15 organizations that are all environmentally focused, we want to have one or two environmental ones, one or two health, one or two education ones,” Gallagher said.

Though the national Make a Difference Day takes place on Oct. 24, GVSU opted to host their version on Oct. 17 as not to conflict with the homecoming football game.

The event was open to all GVSU students. Christine Bell, an intern at Laker Leadership Programs, said students did not need any kind of volunteering experience to join in.

She said participating last year completely changed her mind set and

I used to be a commissioner on, and that commission basically gives the distinction for that program and shows that we are meeting the criteria that is expected for all of the best programs.”

The CIS department offers undergraduate degrees in computer science and information systems, as well as seven undergraduate minors – which are intended for other majors, Leidig said – that include data science, computer science and a health care information systems minor. The graduate degrees include a master’s of science in computer information systems and a master’s of science in medical and bioinformatics.

Leidig said the rise of students within the CIS department – 700 undergraduates and 800 graduate students – helps establish that overall need for talented and knowledgeable students within computer science.

“If you look at the Bureau of Statistics, in all the ads of where the jobs are, we’re routinely when you take the top 10 have computing jobs be six, seven, eight of those top 10 jobs,” he said. “It is extremely in high demand and it is good that we have an increasing number of students, as there are a shortage of students with talent within IT.” Carson Schaefer, a senior and computer science major, said he has enjoyed taking all the computer science courses at GVSU, even when the curriculum is tough. Schaefer said being part of an ABET accredited university gives employers a standard for the knowledge he has attained at GVSU. “I transferred in from a school that wasn’t ABET-accredited and from talking to someone from Auto Owner’s Insurance, that this is something that you want to have. If you don’t have that stamp of approval you really can’t show what you know or do unless they talk to you a little bit more,” he said. “Having that stamp from Grand Valley just shows that they are teaching us the right stuff and providing us the resources and skills that most companies are looking for.”

made her aware of the wealth of opportunities that are available for students who want to aid the community.

“To see how something so small and taking a few hours out of my day can have such a big impact on everybody,” Bell said.

This year, Bell did not participate in the event. Instead, she worked behind the scenes to ensure Lakers had the best possible experience.

Working behind the scenes is another way Bell realized how much Make a Difference Day impacts the community.

Everywhere you look, there is someone working to help someone else, Bell said.

There were many people involved with the event, whether it was members handing out T-shirts or organizations helping students make a different.

“It’s an amazing feeling,” Bell said. “It’s something that you don’t really realize how much goes into it until you actually step back and see how the operation is going.”

That hard-to-describe feeling is key for Bell. She said convincing students who have never thought about volun-

teering is hard, because explaining the feeling of fulfillment is not easy. However, she usually starts by telling students her story and trying to explain how Make a Difference Day changed her mindset.

“This little thing that you think you might be doing, even if it’s raking leaves, it makes such a big difference when there’s so many of us that come together,” Bell said.

Students who chose to participate were matched with an organization that fit their interest. If they wanted to, they could ask to work with their friends, Gallagher said.

Whether students elected to work with students they did not know, friends from class or members of their student organization, Bell said everyone would get the same special feeling of fulfillment she talks about. She said she encouraged anyone, especially college seniors, to try it.

“It’s that feeling that you get of ‘we’ve really done something,’” Bell said. “And then the impact that you make on people—people that tell you ‘thank you’ and they’re just genuinely happy. If we all get together and do it, it’s just a better community.”

GO TO: www.cis.gvsu.edu FOR MORE INFORMATION

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OCTOBER 19, 2015 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLARTS

POETRY

Fall Arts Celebration presents diverse poetry

ARTS AT A GLANCE UNIVERSITY ARTS CHORALE AND CANTATE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE CONCERT

At 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 in the Cook-DeWitt Center, the University Arts Choarale and the Cantate Chamber Ensemble will perform.

The University Arts Chorale conducted by professor Ellen Pool has 44 members and will be performing pieces

by Felix Mendelssohn, Kevin Memley, Kim Arnesen, Jozef Swider and one piece including percussion called “Balleilakka” from the Southern Indian province of Tamil Nadu.

The Cantate Chamber Ensemble performs without a conductor, but trains with professor Ellen Pool. Their 16 singers will be performing a cappella music ranging from the early 17th century pieces to vocal jazz. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/music.

UNIVERSITY SINGERS AND SELECT WOMEN’S ENSEMBLE CONCERT

The University Singers and the Select Women’s Ensemble will be performing in a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in the Performing Arts Center.

Directed by James Metzler, 90 percent of University Singers are non-music majors. Anyone can join the group and they hope to enjoy and celebrate music.

Select Women’s Ensemble has been in existence for five years and is directed by professor Ellen Pool. They perform both accompanied pieces and a cappella from a variety of musical periods and styles.

For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/music.

THE SKETCHES THAT LIVED

At 7 p.m. on Oct. 21 in the Wealthy Theatre, the Creative Youth Center will present a performance written and inspired by their youth members and performed by professional adult actors.

The show is based on sketches and monologues created by students in a summer workshop led by Amy Gascon, local playwright and improv comedian.

For more information visit www.grcmc.org/theatre/cyc.

SPOTLIGHT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: JAY PHAROAH & AIDY BRYANT FROM “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE”

Performing in the Fieldhouse Arena at 8 p.m. on Oct. 22, Jay Pharoah and Aidy Bryant from “Saturday Night Live” will be this year’s homecoming show presented by Spotlight Productions.

Jay Pharoah, is an actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, rapper and voice actor. He is known for his impressions of President Barack Obama, Jay Z, Denzel Washington, Kanye West and others. Pharoah recently played roles in “Ride Along” with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, “Get a Job,” Chris Rock’s film “Top Five” and the Independent Film “Intramural.”

Aidy Bryant has been with “Saturday Night Live” since 2012. She received an Emmy nomination for the SNL digital short ”(Do It On My) Twin Bed” and Entertainment Weekly recognized her with their fan favorite EWwy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy.

Tickets are $10 for students, or $15 the day of the event.

Tickets are available at the 20/20 Desk and at www. startickets.com.

VOICE STUDIO RECITAL: STUDENTS OF PROFESSOR MIN JIN

In the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center, the voice students of Professor Min Jin will perform in recital. The recital will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 and will be free and open to the public.

For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/music

GUEST ARTIST RECITAL: CELLIST BENJAMIN WHITCOMB

Cellist Benjamin Whitcomb will be performing at GVSU in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall in the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25.

Whitcomb is an active recitalist and chamber musician, who performs more than 20 concerts a year. He appears regularly on the “Sunday Afternoon Live from Chazen” concert series broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio.

He collaborates with pianist Vincent de Vries in recitals around the country and is a member of the Ancora String Quartet. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/music.

International authors share unique perspectives, styles with Lakers

BY MARISSA LAPORTE MLAPORTE@LANTHORN.COM

oetry with inspirations stemming from a boat full of cats in Amsterdam, a hanging tree, spices, a tornado child and the mascot of Beaver Creek High School were shared with a large audience on Thursday night.

Two authors with roots in other countries shared their poems with Grand Valley State University students, professors and many other members of the community.

Patricia Clark, GVSU’s writing department chair, has been coordinating Poetry Night as a part of the Fall Arts Celebration since its start in 2002.

“Our goal has always been excellence and diversity – so we choose well-known writers from across the United States and ones whose work reflects many different aspects of life,” Clark said. “Over time we hope to have a wide introduction to poetry, as though poetry is a kind of cuisine and we’re trying to introduce people to as many different flavors and tastes as possible.”

Aimee Nezhukumatathil was the first author to read at GVSU’s downtown campus on Thursday night. Nezhukumatathil is a younger writer who has published three books of poetry with more to come, Clark said. Nezhukumatathil grew up in Chicago, but has roots in India and the Philippines.

She visited professor Amorak Huey’s class the morning before delivering her reading and said that GVSU has talented profes-

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sors, enthusiastic and curious students and an amazing campus.

“In my wildest dreams I never thought I would be at this reading series,” Nezhukumatathil said. “This is known across the country as being one of the premier poetry events. I’m honored to be at a place where the written word is so valued and celebrated.”

Following Nezhukumatathil, Kwame Dawes kicked off his poetry reading by singing a Jamaican hymn. Dawes was born in Ghana, grew up in Jamaica and now lives and teaches in Nebraska. He has published 16 books of poetry as well as various other books. His poetry reading consisted of pieces inspired by racism and he ended with two poems inspired by his wife. “(Dawes) makes work that is political and historically conscious, but spiritual, lyric and sensual all at the same time,” Clark said.

After the poetry readings, a reception and book signing was held in another room. Patricia Durell, an English student at GVSU, responded to Dawes’ work by saying she didn’t feel uncomfortable at all while listening to him read poems inspired by racism.

“I’ve read Kwame before and I really enjoyed his work,” Durell said. “I found him warm and enduring. I felt like he had the crowd at his fingertips.”

Durell said that this experience can help her in her future studies as an English student. Clark said that after this experience students can take away a new

sound, a new taste of language and a new way of looking at the world.

“Each writer has the capacity to widen one’s appreciation of the world,” Clark said. “At the reception, students may ask the writers about how to get published, where to think about going to graduate school. Students often tell me (after the event) that they had no idea poetry was so enjoyable, so accessible. It helps to have the authors here to tell us a few private things about their work.”

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READING: Poet Kwame Dawes discusses his poem before reading it. GVL | EMILY FRYE

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Arts at Noon breaks down language barrier with music

Russian instrumentalists visit GV

BY CLAIRE FISHER ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

enry Wadsworth Longfellow said “music is the universal language of mankind.” With a visit from the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin on Oct. 14, audience members at Grand Valley State University’s Arts at Noon series experienced this universal language in the flesh.

The Chamber Orchestra Kremlin was founded in 1991 by its music director Misha Rachlevsky and has performed 1,800 concerts in 24 different countries since then. They have produced over 30 CDs, which have won the Diapason d’Or award in France, the Critics Choice in London’s Gramophone, the Critics Choice in The New York Times and Record of the Year in Hong Kong.

Rachlevsky said that there are small differences in performing for audiences around the world, but the differences aren’t substantial when it comes to playing and listening to the music.

“Such differences all become meaningless the moment a performance begins,” Rachlevsky said. “For at this moment everyone becomes part of an entity called ‘the audience’ and their experience is universal: some

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performances hold the audience; others do not.”

The Arts at Noon series is held in the Cook-DeWitt Center, and is free and open to anyone. Rachlevsky said the performance at GVSU was unique because of the time of day and the fact that many audience members are students.

“There are people with a kind of trained soul (for music),” Rachlevsky said. “Trained acceptance of something, ability to hear, ability to feel something that is not necessarily described. Those are people that for us, are the best audience.

Because there is something to communicate to and get from.

That can be at any age, not necessarily just students.”

Principal double bass player, Alexander Pavlov said that there is no difference between performing in the U.S. and performing in Russia, but said he felt a difference in performing at an earlier time of day than concerts are usually performed.

“The morning is a good time to practice because your brain is cold, mind is cold,” Pavlov said. “Evening is a better time for music. Evening mind is a little bit more feeling and emotional. It’s a good time to give emotions inside you to others in the audience.”

The Chamber Orchestra Kremlin performed “Serenade in E minor for String

STRINGS: The Chamber Orchestra Kremlin performs in GVSU’s Arts at Noon series, sharing music with audience. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

Orchestra, Op. 20” by Edward Elgar, “String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110” by Dmitri Shostakovich transcribed for chamber symphony, “Contrapunctus No. 1 from ‘The Art of the Fugue’” by Johann Sebastian Bach and surprised the audience at the end with a tradition the orchestra jokingly calls “Russian Roulette.”

The tradition involves Rachlevsky asking for a volunteer from the audience. The volunteer is then asked to select a member from the orchestra to perform a solo accompanied by the rest of the chamber orchestra. At Wednesday’s performance, the audience member selected Pavlov to solo on his double bass.

“Yesterday or the day before I learned that the guys call it Russian Roulette,” Rachlevsky said. “It was interesting only because we’ve done (Russian Roulette) 11 times now and out

of 11 (Pavlov) is the absolute champion because he was selected three times.”

Rachlevsky came up with the idea for the audience to have the chance to choose a soloist, after by chance running into and meeting composer John Corigliano at LaGuardia airport. After connecting with Corigliano, the composer sent over a piece which Rachlevsky then arranged to include solos for each member of the orchestra. Rachlevsky now uses the piece and audience participation to give each player a chance to show off their skills.

“I have very strong players; it’s very difficult to get in our orchestra because you have sort of spotless expectation for quality in Moscow,” Rachlevsky said. “I want everybody (to play a solo), but you can’t put everybody in the program. So I came up with this Russian Roulette and it’s a lot of fun.”

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Red Wall Gallery displays stories of the Amazon GV professor shares photos of his South American travels

BY DAN GOUBERT DGOUBERT@LANTHORN.COM

hough the threat of snow may loom closely on the horizon for Grand Valley State University, a new exhibit in Lake Ontario Hall’s Red Wall Gallery hopes to open students’ eyes to a world where the presence of water is often a much more dangerous inconvenience.

“Different Waters: 30 Years in the Western Amazon,” documents the many travels of GVSU professor Jim Penn to Peru and nearby areas of South America. Engaging in projects ranging from zoological research to human rights work, Penn took photos of his journeys over the course of three decades.

Of the 400 photos Penn submitted to the gallery, the exhibit features 72 that depict not only the trouble and turmoil faced by the people living alongside the Amazon River, but also how their ingenuity has allowed them to adapt to it and grow, said Penn.

David Newell, GVSU’s curator of exhibitions, said he decided which pieces to include in the exhibition based on the story he wanted the exhibit to tell.

“There’s stories within this that I think are very telling. They may be subtle, but I hope they resonate with people. It really is opening people’s eyes to another world,” he said. “They aren’t glamorous

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photos by any means. Sometimes they’re out of focus; sometimes they’re grainy or there’s staining. It just sort of represents the environment these things were happening in…it’s not a comfortable world, but there’s an entire culture existing there.”

Penn also spoke about the importance of storytelling through photographs.

“It felt good that I was able to tell some real stories about what’s going on,” he said.

“A lot of people think (the Amazon is) some nice green forest and everybody lives this happy-go-lucky life, when really there’s all kinds of social issues that challenge people: there’s poverty, a lack of education, a lot of corruption and a lot of abuse of the people.”

This political corruption can be seen in a group of photos noted by both Newell and Penn that features a man holding a large fish.

“This is the president of the nation,” said Newell. “He was having a photo op, and they staged the whole thing. He was flying into a fish farm that was a scam, and they weren’t doing anything. They found out he was coming, they went out and bought the fish, stocked the fish ponds…made him think everything was wonderful, (and) he got his photo op. It makes you wonder about the reality of politics.”

But despite the struggles seen in the photos, Penn said he has also seen growth in his travels.

“I still think there are a lot of glimmers

of hope. Just the fact that young people (living in the Amazon) are trying to educate themselves and are working really hard,” he said. “They’ll do sorts of creative and imaginary things to make a living. Whether it’s the guy selling gasoline out of bottles or people with a floating mechanic site. People want to work and they want to work really hard and have their children have a better life. I think that the situation in these villages have gotten better because we’ve helped the people to empower themselves.”

Newell said he noticed hope and happiness in the photographs.

“This strikes me as a very inconvenient world. Pleasures are few and far between, (and) you find your joy where you can,” said Newell. “But the kids are always smiling. The people look happy. So there must be something fulfilling there.”

The exhibit will remain on display through Dec. 18, and a formal reception will be held for the exhibit in November.

For students interested in combating the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and helping the people who live therein, Penn said he encourages them to contact him to work on the formation of a student group.

He said interested students could take GPY 361 to learn more in the winter semester or GPY 425, a study abroad field course in Peru. For more information, Penn can be reached at pennji@gvsu.edu.

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GVSU REPRESENTS WELL AT GRAND RAPIDS SPORTS HALL OF FAME

Grand Valley State athletics and athletic director Tim Selgo were honored last Thursday night at the 2015 Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony held at the Van Andel Arena.

The ceremony marked the 21st class inducted into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame.

Selgo, who began his tenure as GVSU’s athletic director in 1996, was named the NCAA Division II Athletic Director of the Year in 2013 by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).

Selgo now serves as the president of the NACDA, and is set to retire from his GVSU post following the 2015-16 academic and athletic year.

SHIPLEY EARNS GLIAC WOMEN’S GOLF HONORS

Senior Gabrielle Shipley earned medalist honors to help the Grand Valley State women’s golf team take home a win at the Bing Beall Classic in Findlay, Ohio last week.

Following her first-place performance, Shipley was announced as the GLIAC Women’s Golfer of the Week.

The senior has had a stellar fall campaign, and, at the Bing Beall Classic, fired a two-day score of 149 (+5) to help the Lakers run away with the event.

Shipley and the Lakers are back in action on Monday and Tuesday at the University of Dayton Fall Invitational in Kettering, Ohio.

GVSU BASKETBALL TEAMS WRAP UP FIRST WEEK OF PRACTICE

Both the Grand Valley State men’s and women’s basketball teams have officially notched the first week of the season in their belts. The two Laker squads started practice last week, and have until early November before any games roll around.

The Laker men will start off with two scrimmages against Division I squads before delving into their regular season games. GVSU will travel to take on Cincinnati on Nov. 3 and Iowa State on Nov. 6.

The Lakers will start their official season against Quincy at home on Nov. 14 as part of the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge.

Led by first-year head coach Mike Williams, the Laker women are looking to build on a 20-8 campaign in 2014.

GVSU kicks off its season on Nov. 14 in the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge as well, but the Lakers will play Truman State in Quincy, Illinois as opposed to opening the season at home.

Training the Huskies

ENTER SANDMAN: The Grand Valley State football team takes the field against Michigan Tech on Oct. 17 at Lubbers Stadium in Allendale. The Lakers defeated the Huskies 38-21 to drop MTU from the ranks of the unbeaten. GVSU will host Findlay in a conference matchup on Oct. 24 for the Lakers’ homecoming. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

Offense, defense show out as GV hands Michigan Tech first loss of the season

BY ADAM KNORR SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

ecked out in ice-white uniforms on a frigid October night, the Grand Valley State football team froze out Michigan Tech long enough to knock the Huskies from the ranks of the unbeaten.

The Lakers (6-1, 5-1 GLIAC) extended their win streak to four, besting the Huskies 38-21 at Lubbers Stadium on Saturday night.

“Obviously a good win (against) a good football team. All things considered, after the first drive we settled in defensively,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell.

No. 12 MTU (6-1, 6-1 GLIAC) came into the game with one of the best rush defenses in the GLIAC.

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The No. 18 Lakers gained 139 yards on the ground, but exploited the Husky secondary all evening.

GVSU quarterback Bart Williams turned in another solid outing, completing 16-of-26 passes for 280 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.

MTU scored the first touchdown of the game thanks to a 1-yard touchdown rush by Alex Sherbinow. The Lakers hung 24 consecutive points on the Huskies following the early touchdown, and put MTU in the biggest hole it has faced all season.

The Husky offense has used a methodical, clock-chewing approach all season. With the Lakers up 17 after the first half, MTU was unable to come up with enough big plays to eat into the deficit.

“I still think we have a champi-

onship-level defense,” Mitchell said.

“I still think we have the personnel and coaches, and the last four games, beside the Lake Erie first half, I think we’ve been playing that way.”

The Huskies cut the GVSU lead to 10 points twice in the second half, but every time the Lakers took a shot, they gave one right back.

MTU trimmed the GVSU advantage to 24-14 early in the fourth quarter, but the Lakers pushed it back to 21 quickly. Bart Williams hit Jamie Potts for a 49-yard touchdown on GVSU’s third play from scrimmage following the Husky touchdown.

“We turned the ball over in the first half and the defense came right back out and they got a pick,” Williams said.

“It’s really a team effort - the offense isn’t just concerned with the offense.

We really try to pick the other units up

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Home turf takedown

No. 4 GV blasts Michigan Tech, Northern Michigan at home

BY MASON TRONSOR ASSISTANTSPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

he Grand Valley State women’s soccer team has not lost a GLIAC match in an entire calendar year.

GVSU continued its GLIAC win streak this past weekend, as it obliterated two in-state conference foes.

The Lakers defeated the Michigan Tech Huskies 7-0 on Friday evening, before besting the Northern Michigan Wildcats (5-8, 5-4 GLIAC) by the same score Sunday afternoon.

Once again, the Lakers (14-1, 10-0 GLIAC) used early offensive firepower to fly past their opponents. Six different players scored over the weekend for GVSU, but Kendra Stauffer stood out from the pack.

The junior had a career weekend as she recorded five goals and three assists.

Four of Stauffer’s five goals came in the second half against the Wildcats.

“All week we knew this weekend was going to be huge for our team,” Stauffer said. “Coach talked about urgency and we wanted to score early.”

The No. 4 Lakers remain undefeated in conference play and have won 14 straight games since their season-opening loss to Quincy. GVSU is 7-0 at home and has recorded four consecutive shutouts.

“We are using this weekend as another building block on our foundation and move forward from here,” said senior forward Katie Bounds. “Just try to win the next game and the next game until we get to Pensacola (for the national championship) and win that one.”

The Lakers outshot their opponents 49-12 and recorded two shutouts thanks to solid play in net by freshman goaltender Emily Maresh.

GVSU also forced both opponents to swap goalkeepers midway through the matches.

Friday night’s match pitted the Lakers against MTU (7-5-1, 4-4-1 GLIAC), which tied GVSU last season in Houghton, Michigan.

The 2015 match was an entirely different story.

Early offense in the first period from a barrage of different Lakers set the tone. Senior Katie Klunder scored her sixth goal of the season to open the floodgates just five minutes into the match. GVSU led 4-0 at the half, outshooting the Huskies 11-3.

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and we do a good job throughout the week competing with each other.”

MTU played the hand GVSU expected. Quarterback Brandon Cowie was efficient on screens and pop passes, going 32-for-44 for 323 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

Led by senior Matt Judon, the Laker defense got pressure on Cowie throughout the evening and managed to force two turnovers.

In the second quarter with MTU driving, Judon hit Cowie from behind and forced a fumble, which the Lakers recovered deep in their own territory, swinging the momentum early.

The Lakers performed well in all phases, but the Huskies’ inability to capitalize on their opportunities doomed them as the clock wound

UNSTOPPABLE: Kendra Stauffer dribbles upfield in Grand Valley State’s 7-0 win against Northern Michigan on Oct. 18. The junior attacker scored four goals in the second half of the match as the Lakers cruised. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

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Clipping the Falcons Division II Lakers work Bowling Green in two-game series sweep

BY JOSH PEICK JPEICK@LANTHORN.COM

he Division II Grand Valley State club hockey team extended its winning streak to nine games to start the season, besting Bowling Green State 8-2 and 4-1 in a home-and-away series over the weekend.

The Lakers trailed Bowling Green State four minutes into action on Friday at Georgetown Ice Center after the Falcons capitalized on a rebound opportunity to take the early lead.

The advantage did not last long.

GVSU answered a minute later with a goal of its own off of a rebound, and never looked back.

The Lakers finished the first period with two more goals, one coming with ten seconds left in the frame. GVSU held the momentum for the rest of the game.

After another BGSU goal early in the second period, the Lakers scored five consecutive goals two in the second period and three in the third.

Forward Mitch Claggett netted a goal in each period. Claggett’s goal in the third period came on a backhand shot following a deke feint that fooled the defender.

“I just made the move to the middle and got the puck up,” Claggett said. “I didn’t know if it went in at first, but it hit the back bar and came out.”

Forward Collin Finkhouse added to the mix, scoring a goal in the third period and tallying two assists.

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down in a tight contest.

MTU missed a 34-yard field goal and dropped a pair of would-be interceptions, and the Laker lead was never reduced to single digits in the second half.

“We didn’t give up a big play all night and in the end that’s probably why we won,” Mitchell said.

GVSU’s linebackers feasted on MTU’s underneath routes all night, as a number of Lakers laid big licks over the middle.

Junior David Talley recorded 18 tackles, while Marquez Gollman and Collin Schlosser added 17 and 15, respectively.

“The first couple games we had a pretty young team as far

alties over the three periods.

The Lakers provided enough offense to get the win, as goaltender Spencer Craig allowed just one goal.

Although the offense has been clicking for GVSU, the defense and goaltending has led the way. The Lakers have yet to give up more than two goals in a single game.

It is not just one goaltender, however. All three net-minders have shown up this season.

Craig and Jiri Ablere have each played four games, while freshman Jared Maddock has started one game.

Heading into the weekend, Aberle and Craig are both ranked in the top 30 in goals allowed average in the nation for Division II. Craig possesses a 1.33 average, tied for 20th in the nation.

Aberle ranks 29th with a 1.67 average.

“We are trying to push ourselves in games and practice,” Aberle said. “I wouldn’t say pressure, it is just good motivation.”

With Aberle and Craig performing among the elite, it is difficult for GVSU head coach Mike Forbes to pick a starting goalie for each game. The thought of pulling either goalie has been nonexistent with an easy schedule to start the season, but as the schedule gets tougher, the goalies may have a shorter leash.

“We have the utmost confidence in both of them,” Forbes said. “As games get more important, (pulling a goalie) may come into play, but I don’t anticipate it.”

The Lakers will look to extend their winning streak to 11 games in a two-game series against the University of Illinois-Edwardsville. Both games will be at home at Georgetown Ice Center on Oct. 23 and 24.

as in the (defensive) backfield, and they didn’t play with as much confidence as they do now,” Talley said. “Now they’re just buying into going out there and playing the football they know how to play.”

Brandon Bean led the Lakers in the receiving game with five catches for 57 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game with a right ankle injury. Bean did not return to the contest and no official word on his status has been given.

Potts pulled in touchdown catches of 17 and 49 yards, and freshman Martayveous Carter ripped off an 18-yard touchdown rush.

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“We talk a lot about quick starts,” said GVSU head coach Jeff Hosler. “Soccer is played with first goal wins 70 percent of the time.”

The second half was similar to the first. The Lakers kept their foot on the gas and continued to find the back of the net. The highlight came late in the half from sophomore defender Tracey McCoy, who scored her first goal of the season with a 30-yard blast. Sophomore Gabriella Mencotti added two goals for the Lakers.

It was much of the same against NMU for GVSU’s Senior Day. The Lakers again controlled the game early, as junior midfielder Marti Corby opened up the scoring five minutes into the game with her conference-leading 18th goal of the season.

The Lakers held a 2-0 lead at the end of

pass to tight end Nick Keizer.

Spencer, who threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Potts on Sept. 26 against Lake Erie, is now 2-for-2 with two touchdown passes this season.

The senior running back also rushed for 108 yards on 13 carries.

Junior Joel Schipper nailed a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter, and, by the time the game ended, had moved into ninth place on GVSU’s all-time scoring list.

MTU marginally outgained GVSU 424 yards to 422. The Huskies ran 87 plays to the Lakers’ 52, and controlled the ball for 37:08.

GVSU will host Findlay (4-3, 3-3 GLIAC) for homecoming on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at Lubbers Stadium.

the first half after Klunder drove home her second goal of the weekend.

Then, Stauffer took over.

The junior forward exploded for a career-high four goals in the second half, breaking the game open for GVSU. Bounds added a late tally to seal the deal at 7-0.

“Kenny was special today,” Hosler said.

“The different number of ways she does it shows how dangerous of a player she is.”

On Oct. 23, GVSU will travel to North Canton, Ohio to take on Walsh (5-6-3, 3-5-1 GLIAC). The Lakers will look to avoid a trap game against one of the GLIAC’s weaker teams before a crucial matchup against Ferris State (12-3-1, 8-1-1 GLIAC) on Oct. 30. With some luck and a win over GVSU, the Bulldogs could theoretically win the GLIAC. If the Lakers take care of Walsh, however, the conference clash shouldn’t matter but for pride and confidence.

BY THE BOARDS: Reede Burnett lines up a pass. Grand Valley State’s Divison II men’s hockey squad squares off against Bowling Green University Oct. 16 at Georgetown Ice Arena. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

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FIGHTING FATIGUE Lakers split pair of five-set matches, go 2-1 at crossover tournament

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eeking a marquee win to put on its resume, the No. 23 Grand Valley State volleyball team traveled to Aurora, Illinois for the eighth annual Midwest Region Crossover to challenge three quality Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) opponents.

GVSU (13-7, 7-2 GLIAC) split a pair of five-set marathon matches on Friday before ending the crossover tournament with a winning record by beating Missouri S&T (15-8, 6-3 GLVC) in four sets (25-22, 2125, 25-19, 25-12) on Saturday.

The Lakers’ only loss of the event came against No. 19 Lewis (21-1, 9-0 GLVC), despite a strong outing from senior Kaleigh Lound, who tied a season-high in kills (16) with a .500 hitting percentage in the five-set match.

“I was just really emotionally invested in the game and wanted to win, so I tried to step up and take that role,” Lound said. “We fought hard to even get it to five sets. (Lewis) is really good team.”

The defeat started off eerily similar to the Lakers’ loss against Ashland on Oct. 10.

GVSU dropped a close first set, regrouped, and handily took the second, before conceding the crucial middle stanza.

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With GVSU down 1510 in a must-win fourth set, sophomore Sydney Doby entered the match for the first time to give freshman Staci Brower (5 kills, .043 hitting percentage) a breather, as Brower struggled to get into her usual rhythm.

Doby-for-Brower was one of several roster adjustments GVSU head coach Deanne Scanlon made throughout the weekend to shift momentum.

“I just feel really comfortable now with the kids we do have to bring in off the bench,” Scanlon said. “They can contribute. They’re understanding how to stay engaged in the match so when we do call on them they can come in and help us through a tough time, because that’s usually when you make those switches.”

Trailing 17-11 when Doby stepped up to serve, the Lakers answered back with seven consecutive points to recapture the lead late in the set.

Redshirt freshman Shannon Winicki eventually finished the frame with one of her nine kills to complete the comeback and force a fifth set.

GVSU held a 10-8 lead in the deciding set, before Lewis closed out the match by taking seven of the last eight points. An opportunity to pick up a quality win against a nationally ranked opponent had slipped away.

“That’s just the kind of

team (Lewis) is. They hang around and grind things out,” Scanlon said.

There was no time to dwell on the past, as GVSU’s second match of the tournament against Indianapolis (9-13, 5-4 GLVC) later in the evening also went the distance. This time, however, the Lakers secured their first five-set victory of the season (15-25, 25-16, 25-23, 21-25, 16-14). “(Five-set matches) are emotionally draining because you’re so tired at the end,” said senior Jessica Majerle. “It was back and forth, battling, so it was pretty intense.”

Majerle led the offense, putting down a career-high 17 kills (.302 hitting percentage).

Freshmen Brooke Smith and Brower each added 10 kills, while Lound and Winicki both had nine.

Smith, another one of Scanlon’s situational changes, also contributed two aces, as she got more playing time with senior Betsy Ronda sidelined.

Indianapolis took the first three points to start the fifth set. GVSU fought back to tie it up at three different stages, before edging away to a slim 13-11 lead.

A pair of Greyhound kills brought it to 13-13. A solo block by Majerle gave GVSU match point, but a service error from libero Taylor Shomin tied it back up, 14-14.

A Majerle kill and a com-

GAME ON: Freshman Taylor Stewart serves in a Grand Valley State sweep against Tiffin on Oct. 3 inside the Fieldhouse Arena in Allendale. The Lakers are 7-2 in conference play this year. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

bined block from Winicki and Brower gave the Lakers the final two points of the match. Scanlon was satisfied to come out of top and praised the opposition.

“Indy, I think, is one of the rising teams in the GLVC,” Scanlon said. “I think they are going to have a really good second half of the season. They are very young and a lot like us.”

Brower and Ronda redeemed themselves in the final match of the tournament against Missouri S&T, each knocking down double-digit

kills in the victory. Brower also recorded four blocks to go with her 12 kills, while Ronda had a double-double (11 kills and 12 digs).

Sophomore setter Katie Olson added 30 assists and 13 digs.

In a rematch of the first round of the Midwest Regional in 2014 when GVSU swept the Miners, the Lakers nearly put up another 3-0 final score Saturday.

A second frame collapse was quickly forgotten, as GVSU hit a combined .342 with only

three attacking errors in sets three and four to seal the win.

Freshman Kaylene Norris rotated in during critical moments for her serving ability, and delivered a season-high five aces. GVSU collected 12 aces, its most since Sept. 6, 2009 in a 3-0 win over East Stroudsburg (14).

GVSU returns to Fieldhouse Arena next weekend to resume conference play, hosting Hillsdale (15-4, 7-2 GLIAC) on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. and Findlay (15-5, 8-1 GLIAC) on Oct. 24 at 4 p.m.

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Perfect no more

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oing undefeated seemed to be a forgone conclusion for the Grand Valley State women’s tennis team, which had 12-0 in sight heading into the regular season finale against rival Ferris State on Thursday.

However, the Bulldogs stunned the Lakers 6-3, spoiling GVSU’s undefeated season.

“We didn’t have one of our best days against a very solid Ferris team,” said GVSU head coach John Black. “They came out and swept us in doubles, and it’s very difficult to come back from being down in doubles, let alone swept.”

The Lakers (11-1, 10-1 GLIAC) have swept opposing teams in doubles five times this season, but on Thursday, the script was reversed for the first time.

“We fought hard and made the singles matches really tight,” Black said. “I think it was a good learning experience for dealing with adversity. It was good to see after doubles, we

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Lakers fall to Ferris State in season finale to lose undefeated mark

still had a lot of fight in us and still gave it our best.”

Abby Perkins and Alexa Sweeney won at the singles No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively, and Samantha Schrepferman won at the No. 6 seed.

Though Livia Christman lost at the No. 4 seed, the Lakers could potentially have won with Aimee Moccia and Rachel Sumner’s matches, but the Bulldogs eked out two close wins to get the victory.

Moccia lost to Ferris State’s Lauren Lomax 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (75), and Sumner lost to Nicole Meylor 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.

Perkins says the 12-0 possibility didn’t distract them on Thursday, and the Bulldogs were simply the better team.

“Obviously everyone wanted it, but no one was like ‘oh my God, we have to win today, we have to go undefeated,’ it (was) more from a reputation standpoint that we wanted it,” she said.

Though GVSU lost the goose egg in the loss column, the team took some positives from the loss. Being undefeated adds pressure, and by losing, the Lakers no longer

have the weight of a perfect season on their shoulders heading into the GLIAC tournament on Oct. 23.

“It’s never good to lose, but you can always have positives come out of a loss, and I think that’s going to be the case here where I think it’s going to be a positive for us in the long run,” Black said. “We caught them on their better day, and it’s going to make us really ready to play next weekend.”

Perkins even said the loss has potentially given the Lakers an advantage heading into the most important part of the fall season - an advantage they otherwise wouldn’t have by going undefeated.

“Obviously this would be over a million times worse if we were at tournament and lost to (Ferris State). If we were going to lose, yesterday was the best time,” she said. “I think it gives us an edge. We were used to winning, used to clinching, and at the end of matches it was like ‘oh, we won.’ Now the pressure is off.”

SEE W. TENNIS | A10

OCTOBER 19, 2015 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLSPORTS

A10 | SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

STRONG FLEET AT FIRST MEET Ferrero, Van Noort lead Laker men, women in opening meet

BY ANDY SMITH ASMITH@LANTHORN.COM

he Grand Valley State swim and dive team went on the road against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee over the weekend and split the competition as the men’s squad prevailed but the women came up just shy of a victory.

“We started off with really fast times. It is great to see how fast we can go as a team, we are already faster than last year’s times and it’s only the first meet of the year for us,” said GVSU head coach Andy Boyce. “We just need to keep focused and take it day by day.”

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a decisive win 180-120, while the Laker women lost a tight meet 146-154.

“This was a really solid meet for it being the first meet of the season. It was a long five-hour trip for us but we came out really strong. Meets like this push us to be better,” Boyce said.

The GVSU men won 11 of 16 races, including both relay events.

Senior Gianni Ferrero led the way with individual victories in the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke. Ferrero’s time of 49.38 in the backstroke event set a new pool record at the Klotsche Natatorium. The senior was also part of GVSU’s first-place crew in the 200 medley relay.

Freshman Marius Mi-

kalauskas was another key contributor, winning the 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.74. Mikalauskas touched in first in the 200 breaststroke (2:03.32), setting another pool record for the Lakers.

Mikalauskas joined Ferrero, Gabriel Souza and Danny Abbott in the winning 200 medley relay team.

“There were a lot of good swimmers competing today at the meet,” Mikalauskas said. “It was a lot of fun, and a meet like this pushes me to do my best and see what I am able to do.”

Sophomore Jared Gregory won the 1-meter diving event, as freshman Brad Dalrymple and sophomore Ian Ellis finished in second and third place in men’s 3-meter diving.

ON YOUR MARK: Grand Valley State’s Joseba Hidalgo-Viela gets set before the backstroke on Oct. 10.

The Lakers opened their season in strong fashion over the weekend in Wisconsin. GVL | EMILY FRYE

The Laker women nearly came away with a win, but UW-Milwaukee edged GVSU’s top group by 1.72 seconds in the final relay of the day to deny the Lakers an event sweep.

Leonie Van Noort paced GVSU, flying through the pool in the 200 freestyle to set a GVSU record at 1:50.75.

Van Noort also set UW-Milwaukee pool records in the 100 freestyle (52.83) and the

500 freestyle (4:56.30).

“We did really well today as a team. A few records fell and we are way ahead of expectations and everyone is faster than where they were at this time last year,” said junior Emily Gallagher. “We also had a great team atmosphere today. Everyone was cheering when someone did great, and we were also cheering each other on when the races

were going on. It will be really great to see what we can do as a team this year.”

Gallagher won the 100 breaststroke, while freshman Celia Hoag took first in the 200 breaststroke. Sam Postmus snagged first place in the 400 individual medley.

The Lakers are back in action Oct. 23 at Calvin College.

M. RUGBY

Rumbling onward Lakers embarrass Saginaw Valley State to stay undefeated

BY BRODIE ORENT BORENT@LANTHORN.COM

n a chilly and windy October day, the Grand Valley State men’s rugby team turned in a dominating performance against Saginaw Valley State.

After beating up on the Cardinals 73-0 in the two teams’ first match of the season, the Lakers (50) blew out SVSU 71-7 in Allendale on Saturday afternoon.

“Honestly we have the strongest pack I’ve ever seen or ever played with, we are just very technical in what we do and everyone knows their job and does it well,” said sophomore Calvin Bischoff.

GVSU head coach John Mullett was satisfied with his team’s performance, and unconcerned about surrendering seven points, because when it happened, the game was

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“kind of meaningless.”

Mullett is known to have his team take it slow in the first half, and Saturday was no different.

“We were playing slow early, but when playing slow you don’t stop trying to run it forward,” Mullett said.

The Lakers jumped out to a 7-0 lead four minutes into the match, and pressed on with force. 20 minutes into the match, the Lakers had a convincing lead at 24-0.

“We executed our game plan better than we ever have, I think in the time I’ve played here,” said senior Jared Preston. “We had a good week in practice. Usually we have a Thursday practice that is really light, but coach told us we were going hard on Thursday and he knows what we are geared up for and it was a great week of practice.”

At halftime, the Lakers led the Cardinals 44-0 and showed no signs of letting up.

The Lakers brought in reinforcements in the second half and did nearly as much damage as they did in the first half.

“We’ve got a lot of A-side capable players. I’m bringing in subs and that’s their opportunity to essentially keep the level of play high and show me that they deserve a chance to be playing when the games are important,” Mullett said.

GVSU flyhalf Louis Ricard was carted off the field after dislocating his elbow. Mullett said he spoke to Ricard after the game, and his elbow had already been repaired and showed no signs of a break or of ligament damage. Ricard isn’t expected back until he is 100 percent healed. Mullett expects that to only take a week or two.

The Lakers’ next match is at home on Oct. 23 at 8:15 p.m. against Ferris State. GVSU took the first meeting between the two teams 69-7.

OVER THE TOP: Grand Valley State sophomore Aimee Moccia takes a serve against Saginaw Valley State on Sept. 12 in a Laker win at home in Allendale. GVL | EMILY FRYE

W. TENNIS CONTINUED FROM A9

The GLIAC tournament is set to be played Oct. 23-25. The tournament will be held in Midland, Michigan, at the Greater Midland Tennis Center.

GVSU is the No. 1 seed in the tournament, and will face the No. 8 seed, which has yet to be announced. Northwood is the No. 2 seed, but seeds 3-8 have not been determined.

If GVSU is able to win the first round, it will play the winner of the matchup between the No. 4 and No. 5 seed.

Despite losing to FSU, the Lakers are still the favorite to win the conference tournament. GVSU and North-

wood are tied for the best record in the conference at 10-1, but the Lakers’ win over Northwood gives them the regular season tiebreaker.

If GVSU and Northwood both win their first and second round matches, the two teams will play each other in the final round on Sunday.

Will the Lakers leave Sunday with a GLIAC title? For Perkins, it’s clear-cut.

“I think we can, I think we really can.

We had eleven straight matches of winning and we had one bad day, we can’t really count ourselves out for one bad day,” she said. “We had eleven great days and one bad day against Ferris. I think the one bad day is over, and we’re going to have all good days next weekend.”

MAKING MOVES: A member of the Grand Valley State rugby team sprints up field during a win against Oakland on Oct. 3 in Allendale. GVSU beat Saginaw Valley State over the weekend to stay undefeated. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

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