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$11,000/day in heating Playing along: President Thomas Haas gets burned a few times but takes it like a good sport for the roast charity event.

Some truth behind the jokes?

Student comedians roast GV, Haas

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uition and diversity were the brunt of most of the jokes for five comedians at Monday’s Roast of Grand Valley: Featuring President Haas.

At Grand Valley State University, students in HTM 240: Introduction to Meeting and Event Management, led by professor Patricia Janes, organized the roast to raise money for Michigan’s chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The night started out with Luis Valencia, who is majoring in secondary education at GVSU. “It’s not the greatest feeling being the only Mexican in a Spanish class,” Valencia said. “I come in on the first day and I’ll be a little late, and kids will ask me ‘Where’s the syllabus? How much homework are we going to have?

How many tests are there?’ I

just walked in the room, and I’m sitting in the back. Then the teacher walks in, ‘Oh, sorry, wrong room; have a nice day.’”

At GVSU there are 1,025 students who identify as Hispanic or Latino. This is 4.2 percent of the total 24,477 students who attended the university in fall 2013.

James Morton, an alumnus of GVSU and a current semifinalist for funniest person in Grand Rapids, also touched on the subject.

“When I look at the crowd here tonight, one word comes to mind, diversity. I have never seen such an assortment of white people before,” he said.

His sarcasm rang true, as African Americans only make up 7 percent of the student population with 1,654 students who identify with this ethnic background.

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s 2014 set a record for having one of the coldest winters on record across the nation, additional heat was needed to keep Grand Valley State University students safe and comfortable throughout the snowy season.

This January, the university spent about $11,000 a day on natural gas compared to the average of $2,144.75 in July, said Terry Pahl, an engineer for facilities services. With more than 400 accounts for electric, natural gas, steam and water, heating the university is no small task.

As heat is a necessary and unavoidable cost for the university, one of the main focuses surrounding it is sustainability. GVSU works to reduce consumption from an individual approach and an energy project approach, as well as with negotiations of contracts. Within the last 14 years, GVSU’s facilities team has completed more than 200 energy projects to work to reduce consumption of all utilities.

“To date, if we don’t complete another energy savings project, we are still cost avoiding $1.8 million every year. Our to-

tal utility budget has averaged $7.2 million for the past four years, so the cost avoidance is a pretty good percentage compared to our actual costs,” Pahl said.

“I would stack our energy consumption mmBtu per square foot against any of the other 14 public universities or any college in Michigan, as we have completed many energy related projects and procedures.”

Facilities is in the process of presenting more energy projects to the administration that are intended to provide about $100,000 more in energy savings per year.

GVSU currently has a group of about 15 individuals who have been meeting for several years to come up with potential energy projects that have a reasonable payback period. In September 2013, GVSU accepted a plaque in Washington D.C. for the 2013 Region III Corporate Energy Management award from the Association of Energy Engineers for reductions in energy usage and projects. Region III covers seven midwestern states.

“Everyone can do their part to keep heating costs and needs down,” Pahl said.

“That includes students, staff and faculty.

Everyone can do their part to help save a little or to reduce waste — from dressing a little warmer to match the weather, to dialing down the thermostat, especially when the space is unoccupied for periods of time.”

Natural gas is the primary source of heat at the Allendale, Muskegon and Holland campuses, said Pahl. Fuel oil can be used as a backup in case of an emergency on the Allendale Campus.

“Natural gas is burned to create steam that serves most of the academic buildings and in turn is used to create hot water loops for heating purposes,” Pahl said. “For the majority of housing buildings, natural gas is burned directly to create hot water for heating. For our dining buildings, we use both steam and natural gas to create the hot water for heating purposes.”

Most of the buildings on the Pew Campus also use natural gas to create hot water for heat, though Pahl said the university has to purchase steam to heat hot water loops in two buildings there.

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he “Blessing of the Bikes” is an annual event that brings motorcycle riders from across the state to Baldwin, Mich., to receive blessings for a safe riding season. As the event enters its 42nd year, there is a common misperception of its roots. The event is not simply a biker bash; it’s a fundraiser for the community.

To set the record straight, one Grand Valley State University custodian has created a film to showcase the core meaning of this motorbike affair and its social effect.

Organized by the Para-Dice motorcycle club of Grand Rapids, the event is held as an effort to raise money for the Baldwin and Lake County community — the poorest in the state. The event attracts as many as 40,000 bikers with the proceeds going toward the Lake County Senior Services in support of Meals on Wheels and other senior amenities. In addition to raising money, the event has also raised eyebrows about its actual intentions and purpose.

“The whole thing started to get out of hand because people

took it for granted. They assumed that the bikers are lining their pockets with this money,” said Allen Bialk, a custodian at GVSU and the film’s director. “Over the years, there were blurred lines between celebration and tradition. These people started something that was really good, and so I wanted to tell their story. I tried to show all of their passion and conviction they put into it.”

What Bialk created was “The ‘Original’ Blessing of the Bikes,” a documentary that showcases the story of the event and the struggle for those who inhabit Lake County. To help with the project, Bialk recruited the assistance of various GVSU film students and professors Jim Schaub and Joe McCargar.

“I had heard about the blessing of the bikes before, but I never knew that it was for raising money. People don’t realize all of the money they raise goes to poor people in Lake County,” Schaub said. “It’s not just a big bike rally and money making venture for the bikers, all of that money goes to Lake County. The misperception is why he wanted people to know.”

To make the film possible, Bialk relied on his resources —

New view: The 2013 Blessing of the Bikes in Baldwin, Mich., became the topic of a documentary for a GVSU employee.

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his relationships.

“Allen and I ran into each other all the time in the halls of Lake Superior Hall — both of us doing our jobs,” said McCargar, who narrated the film. “I wanted to be a part of it because SEE BIKERS ON A2

Social work majors remind classmates that ‘all people matter’ Social justice advocate discusses importance of social work careers, human service during GV event

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Preach on: Professor Brian Gripentrog shares his story about what brought him to the field of social work during the event “All People Matter.”

presentation on Tuesday for Grand Valley State University students studying social work reminded the audience of the key to their career: caring about others and themselves in order to see a change in the world.

The event, “All People Matter,” was presented by the Bachelor of Social Work Student Organization and featured keynote speaker Don Cooley and four faculty presentations. Cooley is a social justice advocate and has worked on U.S. and foreign policy, including work with Nelson Man-

dela on the Apartheid.

“All people matter — that is what we are supposed to be about as social workers,” Cooley said.

“That is why we are in this, because we believe that all people matter. Unfortunately that is not what society believes.”

Cooley said society suggests that we all matter, but this belief is not put into practice.

“Part of our job is changing the structures of this society so that people have structures that nurture them and help them to get the supports that they need to succeed,” Cooley said.

The students were reminded that they have not chosen an easy

career path, but they were encouraged and told of the importance of their choice.

Professors from the department of social work shared their experiences with the students and gave them practices and thoughts to take away and implement into their future career.

Professor Steve McCleary walked students through a mindfulness practice.

“Mindfulness is awareness of present experience with acceptance,” McCleary said. “This practice is a way of working with attention to harness the brain’s

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he Grand Valley State University Team Web is making leaps and bounds both for developing websites and teaching technology, as well as helping students on the team put their skills to use. Last month, students from the team presented at the 2014 EdTechTeam New England Summit in Boston, which also featured presentations by Google for Education.

Professor Star Swift, faculty adviser for Team Web GVSU, said she started the group because of the need to offer free legal materials. The team then expanded to a medical mobile app for delivering babies when Swift’s cousin, who is a doctor in Malawi, Africa, had the need for it.

“Now I can see us doing many subjects in the future over many topics needed to be covered for free in the third world,” she said. “The technology is also used here in the United States in classrooms and by practitioners.”

The group of students also receives guidance from Andy Brookhouse, the alumni adviser, who works for the Cleveland Clinic from Grand Rapids and graduated from the computer science program. Students on Team Web GVSU include Bill Cook, Tyler Vandenavond, Mike Angerbrandt, Adam Rosenberg, Kaitlyn Adnrykovich, Emily Wisniewski, Frederic Paladin and Nathan Ritter.

To present at the Google Summit in Boston, Swift said all team members deserved to go because they had worked on the projects for free. The team’s websites and apps receive thousands of hits per month from all over the world, Swift said.

“We are a team. Each member has equal say and equal responsibility,” she said. “Our sole purpose is to teach through technology for free as a public service of GVSU. It is a model we hope others at GV use, because on our team we are all students and we all are learners.”

Wisniewski said Team Web presented on the projects it had worked on so far — such as its websites and the impact that Google Analytics has had, ad campaigns it had done to draw in a wider audience, and the creation of engaging content — and how technology has been used to make an impact. She said the summit helped her realize further that technology is changing the way educators need to be teaching.

“Teachers are no longer the ultimate authority on a subject,”

ROAST CONTINUED FROM A1 the student loans he is now in the process of paying off, saying, “I always thought the name ‘Grand Valley’ was a little bit misleading, because according to my last loan statement, it was 50 ‘Grand’ Valley.”

For the 2013-2014 academic year, the lower division tuition rate is $10,454 per year. The upper division rate, for students who have earned 55 or more credits, is $10,978. This means that a student who graduates in four years has payed about $43,000 for a college education.

Morton wasn’t the only one to joke about this.

“A lot of people think that we’re called the Lakers because we’re close to Lake Michigan,” said AJ Rank, a GVSU student and comedian. “That’s not the reason why. The reason we’re called the Lakers is because we’re drowning in tuition rates.”

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she said. “They will need to start acting more as guides instead of simply lecturing. Information on every subject is available online and students have access to this. Teachers now need to ensure that information is being used responsibly and should be making efforts for students to explore that information and draw their own conclusions.”

The Team Web GVSU students were recruited by Swift and have had the opportunity to partner with many companies to help them along the way, including Google, Haworth, ooVoo and Dropbox.

“We have a $40,000 per month Google Grant for free ads from Google.

This means that our students control almost a half million dollars in ads for Brain game: Grand Valley State University’s Team Web stands with its virtual glass the websites and mobile android apps,” wall on which it analyzes the data received from its websites.

Swift said. “From these ads, we see who of education, and experiencing how to interact in a profesis using our sites and how they are using these sites and for sional environment. how long they are using the sites.”

“You don’t always have to rely on your textbook for inforThe group also received Bluescape technology from mation,” he said. “The way that education is evolving is movHaworth, which is a virtual glass wall where the students ana- ing toward that — more online, real information. It’s free and lyze the data received from their websites. we want you to use it; there’s no catch. It’s college and profes“When you have the ability to bring all of your technologi- sionals working on it for your benefit.” cal products and big data in front of you on one big interactive To learn more about Team Web GVSU, visit www.gvsu.edu/ screen, it is amazing how you can see the common threads e-hr/team-web-gvsu-68.htm. of everyone’s work on the team,” Swift said. “The Bluescape helped us write the story for the Google Summit.”

Angerbrandt said he has enjoyed his time on the team and N E W S hopes in the future for the team to have the chance to do more presentations on the work it has done.

“We are improving the website now and finding out how it gets used,” he said. “We get visits through the use of pay to GV alumni to lead Grand Stay-cation advertise, but I would like to see more organic visits rather Next week, three Grand Valley State University alumni will than an advertisement in your Google search. I also hope the lead free classes for families with children in West Michiteam will be able to expand to technology that is not necessargan. The Grand Stay-cation will be hosted at GVSU’s Meijer Campus in Holland during the week of local elementary ily available yet.” school spring breaks. It is for children up to fifth grade.

Vandenavond said he has gotten a lot from being on the Parents are encouraged to bring their children to the free, team and going to the Google Summit, including applying his family-friendly events from 10:30 a.m. until noon on April knowledge, exploring how technology will impact the future 8 and 10. Events will include crafts, story time and snacks COURTESY | STAR SWIFT

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The intent of the event was not just to bash the university, though, and the comedians were happy to be able to help raise money for charity.

“In all seriousness, it was an honor to be asked to be here and do this,” Rank said. “I love this school and couldn’t ask for a better place to get my education. I want to thank everyone who was involved and T. Haas for being here and being a good sport.”

The event was sponsored by 48West, Spotlight Productions and GVSU’s hospitality and tourism management program.

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Loosemore Auditorium on GVSU’s Pew Campus.

“The premiere was the it’s a really good story and culmination of all the hard to put it simply, he’s the real work,” Bialk said. “I had a lot deal.” of people that showed up and As a custodian who works believed in me. Just by seeing in Lake Superior Hall, Bialk their faces made me feel good had built a rapport with the that they were behind me, students and faculty over the and that really is the bottom years. His connecline.” tions then became As the film major composhowcased the nents of his docutrue origins and The mentary. story of the “Bless“After working premiere ing of the Bikes,” in the department Bialk’s core mesfor a few years, I was the sage is of his rewould get to know culmination. sponsibility to a lot of the stu- ALLEN BIALK give back and as a dents, I’d see them CUSTODIAN character example in there late at of empathy. night and year af“It showed the ter year,” Bialk said. “I’ve seen real character and compasstudents develop their own sion of the human character. styles and can see them ma- Our society goes so fast but turing and honing their skills this kind of thing brings it in the areas they are heading out that there are people who in. I thought this would be a care, and I’m a firm believer great opportunity for their of that,” Bialk said. “The film help to benefit the both of us.” was about the blessing of the After three years of pro- bikes, but its core was about duction, the film was pre- the compassion and convicmiered on March 27 at the tion of the human element.”

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with the GVSU alumni Terri Rowe, Linda Kisner and Jennifer Holt. Participants must RSVP by 5 p.m. on April 5. To RSVP, call 616-331-3910 or visit the website at www.gvsu. edu/holland.

GV to host Grand Dialogue

An association of colleges, universities and organizations will explore the relationship between science and religion with The Grand Dialogue. The annual conference seeks to find positive connections between the two ideas. This year’s all-day event will be held in the Loosemore Auditorium in the DeVos Center on April 12. All events are free and open to the public. Registration for the conference and the optional $5 lunch can be done at www.GrandDialogue.org.

Panel to discuss Russia’s annexation

The Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies is hosting the panel discussion “Crimea and Beyond: What Russian’s Annexation Means for Ukraine, the EU, the U.S., and Russia Itself.” Panelists will include community members Nina Tritenichenko and Larissa Koedyker, along with GVSU professors Tom Walker, Heather Tafel and Ivo Soljan. Svetoslav Pavlov, the coordinator of Russian Studies, will also speak at the event. The discussion will take place April 7 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. in the Frederik Meijer Honors College multipurpose room.

Student Senate to host meeting on donor recognition

Grand Valley State University will welcome Board of Trustees Chair Shelley Padnos and member Kate Pew Wolters today from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to participate in the campus-wide discussion on donor recognition. This town hall meeting is the second that the Student Senate has hosted to encourage open dialogue on the matter. The meeting will begin with Pew Wolters and Padnos answering questions that went unanswered during the first meeting, and then the floor will be opened for questions and comments. All GVSU community members are welcome to attend in the Pere Marquette Room on the second floor of the Kirkhof Center.

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Zumba for a Cure raises money, awareness of gene mutation

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“My name is Kelly and I’m a mutant,” said Kelly Roth, a 20-year-old student at Eastern Michigan University.

No, she didn’t mean the green scary kind of mutant that may live at the bottom of Loch Ness; she’s talking about the mutated BRCA gene. After her 18th birthday, she found out she has it.

On Tuesday, the Grand River Room of the Kirkhof Center was turned into a fitness room when BRCAn’t Stop Me, Phi Mu and Delta Upsilon came together to host Zumba for a Cure.

BRCAn’t Stop Me president and event coordinator Mollie Smith said the event was put on to raise money for hereditary cancer research and spread awareness about the BRCA gene mutation.

“The reason that we did this event is because there are so many women and men on campus who don’t know that they have the BRCA mutation,” Smith said. “If you do have this mutation, you have an 85 percent chance of developing breast cancer if you’re a woman and an increased chance of prostate cancer as a male.”

Roth, a guest speaker at the event, told the story about how her mother and her aunt both died at a young age from breast cancer.

Seeing how cancer affected her family led her to make the controversial decision to be the youngest woman to get a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy, a surgery where both of her breasts will be removed in hopes of preventing cancer.

“I’ve never been afraid of dying. I’m not even afraid of getting cancer, but I am afraid

of what it would do to my family,” Roth said.

She added that when her aunt and her mother were diagnosed, testing for the BRCA gene mutation wasn’t something that people did, leading Roth’s mother to believe that her own actions lead to her cancer.

“One of the things that I wish I could’ve told my mother is that it wasn’t her fault,” Roth said.

Smith said the whole idea of the student organization BRCAn’t Stop Me is to spread awareness about all aspects of the BRCA gene. The organization has only been on campus since last fall, but it’s already making a name for itself.

Smith said the organization has partnered with the national organization Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered. FORCE is a national nonprofit that works to improve the lives of families that Move along: After a series of discussions, the group took part in a few rounds of exercise dance at Zumba have been affected by hereditary for a Cure, which took place this Tuesday and was hosted in a collaborative effort by student organizations. cancers. point that exercise can help prevent cancer. the first time she spoke up about it in the One of the ways that families One of the guest speakers was a Grand GVSU community. This event, Gomez said, deal with hereditary cancers is by taking preValley State University professor, Natalia Go- was as much for the audience as it was for her. ventative measures.

“You’re helping me to break something “I hope that people will learn that exercise mez. Gomez was diagnosed with breast canis important because by exercising you re- cer in November 2012, and a month later, she that I needed to,” Gomez said. “I needed to tested positive for the BRCA gene mutation. say that it’s OK that I had breast cancer. It’s duce your risk of cancer,” Smith said.

To teach students more about the BRCA Since then, she has undergone five separate OK to say that I’m a fighter, but I’m also gene mutation and preventative measures, surgeries and radiation therapy, and now she scared to death, and that’s OK.” This semester is Gomez’s first full-time the event featured four guest speakers. Smith is in recovery.

Gomez said she has talked about her battle schedule back since her diagnosis and treatsaid she hopes the combination of Zumba and guest speakers will help reiterate the with cancer behind the scenes, but this was ment.

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Indigenous culture fights language war Anthropology professor shares research on Ecuador to correct perceptions of Latin American civilizations

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Righting wrongs: Professor Michael Wroblewski presents on his experience living abroad in Amazonian Ecuador and interacting with indigenous people.

nthropology professor Michael Wroblewski spoke about his fieldwork in Ecuador to a room full of students at Grand Valley State University on Tuesday.

In a presentation called “Shamans, Urban Folklore and Alphabet Wars: Doing Fieldwork in Amazonian Ecuador,” Wroblewski said his purpose was to present his research as a way to “inform and inspire” students to learn more about Latin America, whether it be through their own research or a more hands-on experience studying abroad.

Wroblewski first became interested in Ecuador when he did independent fieldwork as an undergraduate student. He lived with Shuar shamans for one month. Ten years later, he was back in Ecuador studying the native language and culture for his dissertation fieldwork. Now, his work has become a life-long journey of exploration and research.

Wroblewski explained that Latin American countries are currently in a period of transition that is beginning to recognize cultural differences

among its people. Countries like Ecuador are seeing a shift from civilizing to accepting the indigenous cultures. He focused on how things are changing and what these changes mean for the indigenous people.

“I first decided to conduct research in Amazonia because of a general interest in Amazonian languages and cultures and a general sense that there was something misleading about the way they were represented in popular culture,” he said. “My current research focus is on how indigeneity is imagined, defined and constructed by indigenous Amazonians, other Latin American citizens and government policies.”

Through popular culture, people are often presented with stereotypical views of indigenous people as simple, backward or uncultured. However, Wroblewski said indigenous people in Latin America are members of pre-Columbian communities that are not fully integrated into the dominant culture, but are beginning to form new ethnic and cultural identities in the modern world.

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While it might seem that a pow wow is simply a celebration of Native American culture and spirituality, it is actually an opportunity to come together as a people — a celebration of all walks of life.

On April 5, Grand Valley State University’s Native American Student Association will host the 16th annual Spring Pow Wow. The gathering, held at the Fieldhouse Arena, commences at 11 a.m. and concludes at 8 p.m., with grand entries occurring at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

A pow wow, also known as a traditional jiingtamok, is typically set up as an array of giant circles. The inside circle is generally the dance arena, beyond which is a bigger circle composed of the Master of Ceremonies’ (MC) setup, drum groups, and sitting areas for dancers and their families. Outside of these two circles is a space for spectators. Circling both the Master of Ceremonies’ setup and dance arena are areas filled with vendor shops selling traditional food such as wild rice soup and buffalo burgers, as well as various arts, wares, mu-

sic and regalia materials. their courtship, displaying their afJonathan Rinehart, a Native American fections, sometimes that is what the activist who has been involved in GVSU’s dancing appears to demonstrate.” pow wows for the last decade, said the Another memorable component of gathering is centered on the the pow wow is the music, aspect of equality. which comes in the form “The one true way that of drumming. As Nikole we can come to understand LeCompte, a senior at each other is to be exposed GVSU and president of to different cultures,” Rine- Many times NASA, explained, this is hart said. “We look for the they will tell the most impactful part similarities in what brings us of the celebration. together as opposed to what stories in “Something about it moves us apart.” just gets into your soul,” their dance.

One element of the celLeCompte said. “It’s ebration in particular that JONATHAN RINEHART something you can feel seems to bring people to- ACTIVIST throughout your body.” gether is a dance known as LeCompte also finds the two-step. Whereas during the tradi- that the dancers’ outfits, known as retional Native American dances men and galia, are another feature appreciated women never come into contact with by visitors. one another, the two-step brings the two “The regalia usually strike a lot parties together in the form of holding of people, simply because it is a lot hands and dancing in unison. to take in visually,” LeCompte said.

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Never forgetting: A local Native American participates in a past Spring Pow Wow. Grand Valley State University’s 2014 celebration will take place this weekend.

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April 4, 2014

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Annual Spring Pow Wow brings together students, community members in dance

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A professional panel of minorities from Detroit, Chicago, Grand Rapids and many more

DeVos Center Loosemore Auditorium 301 W. Fulton St., 122E Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Mixer starts at 6:30pm

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Preparing for the singularity: How machine grading challenges our humanity N

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Imagine the following scenario: You submit a 10page essay to BlackBoard at midnight and by 12:01am, you have your grade back with commentary. Though no human reader could evaluate an essay at this pace, robot readers certainly can and without tire.

Programs like this exist and being employed by real educators. Take Pearson Education

Inc.’s Intelligent Essay Analyzer, for example, which designers claim “automatically evaluates the meaning of text, not just grammar, style and mechanics.” There’s research to back up these claims, too. A 2012 study by researchers at the University of Akron found that robots graded 16,000 essays as well, if not better than human graders.

Researchers call this innovation “fast, accurate, and cost-effective,” claiming that machine grading allows teachers to spend less time pouring through stacks of essays and more time engaging with students. For testing organizations, this technology provides tempting possibilities for cheap and efficient mass turn-around.

But many writing educators aren’t sold by this argument for efficiency. I attended a writing conference this weekend where the keynote speaker, Dr. Chris Anson from North Carolina State University, claimed that these robotic readers are programed with algorithms which seek big words and complex sentence structure. During his presentation, he read utterly nonsensical essay which received a 6/6 from a machine grader by using words like “efficacious” and “myriad.” Written texts are made to interact with readers, he argued, and without a human response, we lose touch with that purpose Computers cannot engage with ideas in the same way humans do. Writing draws upon

the subjectivity of both reader and writer, asking us to engage in creative problem-solving, to provide a fresh perspective on a topic, to use our supremely human logics: interpretation, analysis, innovation, audience understanding, and art.

Once they’re able to do all of these things as, well, humanly as a human, I imagine we’ll have another set of problems on our hands.

There are larger and far more ominous implications to passing writing education into the hands of robots. Are not these subjective skills the very things that make us human? To me, the very suggestion of forking our subjectivity over to robot graders is offensive not only to our students, but also to our

QUESTION OF THE ISSUE

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HOW DO YOU PLAN TO USE YOUR MAJOR TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE?

Is there still unfinished business that GVSU needs to attend to before the end of this year?

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“Through my public relations internship in Dublin, Ireland, I will be able to provide international views for my future clients and employers.”

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Senior Advertising and Public Relations Centreville, Mich.

“I plan on going into teaching, so I want to be able to share my knowledge with others.

I want to educate the future generations that will help shape our society.”

BROOKE TIEMANN Junior English Ionia, Mich.

“As a future educator, it is my primary mission to improve intellect by transforming one life at a time. Education is the key to our society and economic system. With that stated, I am one person, with one mission, facilitated through various methods.”

DEMARIO BELL

Junior English and Elementary Education Franklin, Mich.

species.

Marc Bousquet of the Chronicle of Higher Education argues it is not machine grading which lies at the heart of this issue, but our style of education.

“The fact is,” he says, “Machines can reproduce human essaygrading so well because human essay-grading practices are already mechanical.”

If any of you remember writing Core Democratic Value essays in high school history, you know what I’m talking about. We ask students to write these bullshit, five-paragraph essays to bullshit prompts which do not promote critical thinking, but rather, the ability regurgitate what is expected. Bosquet argues that this has created a

generation of students who “have no flipping idea of the purpose of academic and professional writing, which is generally to make a modest original contribution to a long-running, complicated conversation.”

Perhaps robots are not at the heart of the issue, but rather our cultural and educational emphasis on rigid, you-should-follow-the-rules thinking. If this is true and this trend continues, we may not have any reason to fear the singularity. We will have turned into robots ourselves.

If you would like more information or would like to sign a petition against machine grading, visit www.humanreaders.org.

THIS ISSUE’S QUESTION: Does GVSU explain to students opportunities to use their skills to advance the human experience?

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ONLY PEOPLE MATTER We’re inspired by the ‘All People Matter’ event and want to remind all students to use their majors to better humanity, because as far as we know, only people matter.

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hen we were children, we often fielded the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” And we naturally articulated dreams of becoming firefighters, doctors or teachers. For most of us, our answers were inspired by selfless visions of service, and we justified our choices by a simply desire to “help people” and make an impact on the community.

When asked now, some of us have similar aspirations, but for many, our motivations — or at least the shallow focus of our goals — have morphed into something less altruistic. “Helping people” may resonate deep in our minds as a basic goal, but truthfully, our justification for sitting in these classrooms and growing into professionals is to rise in our enjoyed fields of study and rake in cash to afford car

payments, baby formula and pantsuits.

Many of us have forgotten what may have been our first passion (which actually led us to choose certain careers in the first place): serving others. We’ve confused our true passion with our method to realize it.

While many people have lost this altruistic goal, some students haven’t forgotten. They remember their priorities and are working to remind others.

So here’s a shout-out to the social workers’ student organization, which recently held an event called “All People Matter” to remind the school’s students why they’re going into the field of social work: because they care about people.

All departments across campus should follow the example of the social workers and take a day or an hour or a few minutes to remind their students about the humanity-building need for

their work — whether it be biomedical lab work, communications or classics.

Students need to remember that, at the end of the day and at the end of their lives, the amount of money they made in their work has no relevance.

How effectively they served others does. The ripple effect from their work that ameliorates the life experiences of others is what matters.

So professors, remind your students how they should use the skills they’re developing in class to improve the community and to serve their fellow human beings. Don’t let them get swept away in their selfish dreams of promotions and award receptions. Keep them on track and make sure that all their aspirations are about the people. Because in the end, all people matter, and as far as we see it, only people matter.

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BY RICK LOWE RLOWE@LANTHORN.COM

I used to hold myself to some really high standards—almost unrealistic. All throughout middle and high school I was a 4.0 student, and the first time I got less than a B on something, I actually cried about it. I went so long getting 100 percent on everything, and to suddenly have that glass house shattered was devastating. That’s why I don’t really play racing games anymore; right at the last lap, just around the corner from the finish line, Murphy’s Law would always take effect and I’d have to start the race over again, after being in first place the entire time.

A paradox or logic bomb might go as follows: “A flawed

human is a perfect human.”

To me, this makes sense of the fact that when we encounter a depiction of humanity that is “too perfect,” we get unnerved and creeped out.

Following this train of thought looks like this: By wanting to be perfect, I am trying to overcome my flaws, which is impossible because I am flawed, which makes me perfect… this is too confusing. How about a story? Once there was a guy who realized that he was so busy focused on doing well in school that he was socially inept from lack of practice, girlfriend-less from lack of effort, and fat and out-of-shape. He was unhappy because of these things and decided to stop worrying about getting As and be satisfied with Bs and Cs. Ok, I still draw the line at D work. A “D” is a failure to me. That’s a long way from my original viewpoint, where an A- was considered “poor performance” and anything less

was an outright failure.

But you know, are these grades going to matter? That quiz I failed in 7th grade, my first “F” ever? Nobody cares.

I don’t even care anymore.

During my senior year of high school, I was in the running for valedictorian, and I imagine if I had done some more extracurriculars and tried as hard as I used to try, I could have gotten it. The actual valedictorian was much more “involved” as far as the school community went, and she kept her 4.0 throughout the year—I was pleased with my 3.7. So I got salutatorian and it was great because I didn’t have to give a big serious speech, I got to give a short, sweet and funny one.

In the end, I’ve become more laid back. I still have high standards for class work, and I still try to get the As, and I still get angry with myself for failures… the difference is, I move on quicker. I don’t dwell on it and beat myself up anymore. A group project during my first

semester here received a C and I was miffed about it because I had originally wanted to do more work on the project and try to streamline it, tidy it up a bit more… but I shrugged and said “well alright.”

This attitude was cemented during the times I worked retail jobs, where I learned that the idea was to do exactly what was asked of you, nothing more and nothing less. I actually got in trouble once for cleaning the bathrooms ahead of schedule, because the manager had said that she had a specific time she wanted them cleaned. Go figure, right?

Try to impress people and end up disappointing them. An unfortunate side effect of the “nothing more, nothing less” attitude is that I tend to take directions a bit too literally. A coworker once said, teasingly I believe, that I was the store’s “Amelia Bedelia.” I said I was not, because for that to be true I would have to be female and dressed in a maid’s outfit.

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SOCIAL CONTINUED FROM A1 ability to self­-soothe.”

McCleary said mindfulness is not just something he has his patients practice, but it is also an important practice for himself that prevents hims from becoming overwhelmed by work.

“Our attention is continuously pulled

HEAT CONTINUED FROM A1 both a broker and DTE, the university’s utility company.

“We do use a natural gas broker to help us secure natural gas pricing out two-three years ahead of time. We use a natural gas broker for the actual wholesale costs and a smaller part of the transportation costs. This secures the wholesale price and part of the transportation costs for about 80 percent of our forecasted requirements,” Pahl said. “Then, as we approach an upcoming month, and sometimes during the active month, we start layering in the final 20 percent of our requirements based on market pricing, weather and actual usage. All but a couple of our natural gas accounts are done this way.”

back to whatever our trouble is,” McClearly said. “If we practice mindfulness, we are more connectable.”

Brian Gripentrog reiterated for students the importance of this concept.

“I am also a human being, too, and I matter,” Gripentrog said. “If I am not taking care of me, how can I help someone else walk through their problems?”

Gripentrog said part of helping people is providing hope, but hope starts with taking

ECUADOR CONTINUED FROM A3 language, which Wroblewski calls “a living thing that is constantly evolving through social interaction” that shapes people’s identities. He said this is important because it influences the way people think, feel, act and interact in the world. It also influences others’ perceptions.

“Language and culture are also inextricably connected,” Wroblewski said. “These concepts are especially important to indigenous cultures such as the Amazonian Kichwa — my primary community

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Equally important as the traditional formalities are the people conducting them, such as the MC, who is the voice of the pow wow. In past years, visitors of GVSU’s spring ceremony have traveled from regions as far as

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care of yourself.

“Every one of you matters,” he said.

“Everybody here who wants to be a social worker has a similar story.”

Gripentrog, along with the other speakers, emphasized that social work is not just another monotonous career, but a choice based on a desire to help others and a belief that all people matter.

“Being a social worker isn’t just nine-tofive,” Gripentrog said. “It becomes a way of

of study — whose minority language and culture have been historically threatened by dominant, Spanish-speaking culture.”

It is from this ongoing struggle over Kichwa language revitalization that Wroblewski chose the term “Alphabet Wars” for the title of his presentation. He explained that this involves a new standard alphabet called Unified Kichwa, which marks political ideology and social status.

“The ‘war’ is very much an ideological, rather than physical, one, but it is nevertheless quite overt and quite heated in the area where I do research,” he said.

Canada and Minnesota to partake in the celebration.

This year, one of the most important individuals involved is a Laker.

“Our MC this year is Derek Bailey,” LeCompte said. “He is a GVSU alum and was the tribal chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians for a while.”

LeCompte said Bailey — having recently received a presidential appointment by President Barack Obama to

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life because of who you are and who you have always been.”

Professor Dianne Green-­Smith built off Gripentrog’s words by sharing the story of how she became a social worker, emphasizing that each story is similar but unique.

“We all have a journey and a story,” Green-­Smith said. “You don’t have to look for it; it will hit you smack in the face. My journey is my journey, and your journey is yours.”

The other major way the indigenous people are creating new identities is through urban folklore.

Wroblewski said this includes traditional performances in music and dance, oratories, beauty pageants and agriculture exhibits. He said these are important to the community because they help raise awareness about their threatened native language and culture.

“The city stages have become important creative venues for revitalizing and redefining linguistic and cultural identity, as well as important sites of indigenous political empowerment,” he said.

the National Advisory Council on Indian Education — is quite the guest of honor. But beyond the excitement of the experience lies an opportunity to educate oneself, and at the end of it all, that is what the pow wow is all about.

“I want (those who attend) to gain an appreciation for the culture and people, and have any stereotypes shattered,” LeCompte said. “A pow wow is a fun experience and a great opportunity to learn and grow your cultural

awareness. I encourage the students to ask questions and engage with any dancers and vendors they encounter.”

And for Rinehart, the pow wow represents the body of students coming together in unity and solidarity.

“We may all come from different quadrants of the circle of life,” Rinehart said. “But we’re still given the opportunity to join together and celebrate this experience, allowing us to move forward in a positive way.”

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BY CENIQUE YELDELL CYELDELL@LANTHORN.COM

Easing its way into the oddities, the production “Sex and the Supernatural” was met with great success this weekend.

With an aim for an intimate feel, seating is placed on the stage to give the audience an up-close-andpersonal view of the cast.

The production opened with “Passion Play,” where a couple (Natalie, played

by Samantha Chaness, and David, played by Tony Sanchez) contemplate their beliefs while visiting a cathedral. Natalie vents to her husband about her frustrations with their fast-paced life and lack of belief, with the desperation for faith in something greater reflected in her voice.

In “Reincarnation,” Rosie’s (Emily Wilburn) desperation lies in finding love, having tried everything from therapy to buying any product that could possibly work. Her luck

only gets worse when she comes across a psychic who shows Rosie her past lives, which involves a flickering of the lights and a display of good accents on Rosie’s part.

Celia (Maggie Bickerstaff) discovers life outside the looking glass in “What She Found There,” which consists of promiscuity and being wooed — in this case with a man named Lou (Justin Mackey). Bickerstaff does a great portrayal of the Alice in Wonderland character, casually speaking of her past relations while keeping her innocent demeanor intact. Mackey also played his role very well; their acting complemented each other while the characters contrasted perfectly.

The fourth short play, “Visiting Dad,” magnified the nervousness of meeting a significant other’s parent.

When Laura (Ashley Normand) invites her boyfriend Mike (Ryan Farell) to meet her parents, she leads him to a graveyard and begins

to summon her deceased father. His booming voice exposes the secrets Mike wasn’t quite ready to share.

“Zombie Grrls from the Crypt” was pure entertainment from beginning to end, with the vampire girl (Jessica Utter) stomping her stiletto boots in a South American tango as she raised zombie girls from their graves. The zombies were decked out in rags stained with blood and screeches to match, reaching out toward the audience members when they weren’t busy dancing.

The production ended with “Genesis,” a retelling of the Garden of Eden through the perspective of Eve. The next performances will be held April 1 through 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Louis Armstrong Theatre on the Allendale Campus. There will also be a matinee performance on April 5 beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 for students and $10 for faculty, staff and alumni.

Films to show global artistry Dance on Camera combines dance, films from across the world

BY CENIQUE YELDELL CYELDELL@LANTHORN.COM

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he Dance on Camera festival fuses movement and film to show audience members the many possibilities when the two are conjoined.

The annual festival consists of an assortment of films curated by the Dance Films Association in New York, which has a touring program that brings in films from across the world.

Some of its touring partners include Beijing Dance Academy, Kri Foundation in India, Florida State University and Grand Valley State University, which will be showing the films April 3 at 6 p.m. in room 1600 of the Performing Arts Center on the Allendale Campus.

Admission is free.

Carrie Brueck Morris, a dance professor, is organizing the festival this year and said she hopes the films spark an interest in viewers to discover more about dance.

“We try to choose films that are not all going to look alike or have the same story; some of them have a really strong story line, some of them are more experimental in nature,” Morris said. “So, we try

to balance all of those out so you end up with a film festival of things that are completely different from one another.”

When selecting films to show, those interested in the tour are only given a picture and a brief synopsis of the films. They range from being off the wall and experimental to telling a story purely through movement.

Jessica Bonenfant, also a professor of dance, said film allows the audience to see details close up or to watch from angles that are otherwise impossible and coupled with skilled editing, and even special effects, the medium opens up myriad possibilities for letting the imagination run wild.

“I think it is important to keep using movement as a means for expression, as a way of processing information, and a way of asking questions about how we relate to the world around us,” Bonenfant said. “We have kinesthetic empathy, which means our bodies and brains actually respond to watching other bodies move.”

A Dance on Camera class is offered at GVSU ev-

ery three years, and at the end of the class, students vote to determine which final project is the strongest.

The work of Alyssa Smith, a dance major, was chosen and will be the opening film for this year’s festival.

Smith said she learned how to create a noteworthy film and editing was the most gratifying aspect of the class. Her film uses one of her closest friends and aspiring dancer, Markus Shields, to portray the idea of starting anew. She said the inspiration came from Sugar Ray Robinson, a renowned boxer of the ‘30s and ‘40s, who started from the bottom and worked his way up to the top.

“From my film, I hope that the viewers can see the underlying message that it is never too late to turn your life around, whether it be grades, emotional demeanor, physical struggle or social turmoil,” Smith said. “Everyone has the opportunity to rise to success — it’s just about finding the drive to get started.”

Bonenfant said the films should be thought provoking and entertaining and can offer a new perspective on dance and movement.

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Talking issues: The 10th annual Rock Against Rape concert will take place in the Fieldhouse on April 4 at 6 p.m to raise awareness about sexual assault and start discussion on the topic.

Raising awareness for a tough issue GV to host 10th Rock Against Rape with notable performers

BY DAVID SPECHT DSPECHT@LANTHORN.COM

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ccording to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, an American is sexually assaulted every two minutes.

That amounts to more than 200,000 victims of sexual assault each year in the U.S. alone. Statistics such as these are the reason why a trio of Grand Valley State University organizations holds a yearly evening of live music to raise awareness of sexual assault among the student body.

The 10th annual concert, Rock Against Rape, will be held at the Fieldhouse Arena on April 4 at 6 p.m., and it is a joint effort between Eyes Wide Open, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and Sigma Kappa Sorority.

“Rock Against Rape is valuable in terms of sexual assault awareness,” said Lauren Kaphengst, a senior and the event manager of RAR. “Many people don’t realize how often sexual assault and rape occur, especially in the college setting.

One out of four women in college will be affected by sexual assault.”

The gathering will combine live music and poetry along with professional guidance available at infor-

GV brings foreign films to GR Film festival transports students to Latin and Hispanic cultures and Ferris State University to put on the Grand Rapids Foreign Film is the Latin American Film Festicheapest way to travel — at val.

“You have a great numleast that’s how Melba Hofber of people who are saying fer views it.

A Caribbean native and different ideas; what better Grand Valley State Univer- way to put a film festival sity communications pro- together than having all fessor, Hoffer migrated to these different people who the U.S. in the pursuit of a have their own interests and college education. Similar pursuits,” Hoffer said. “Adto many college students, ditionally, some of these older schools she worked a don’t have film minimum wage programs, so job to make the students ends meet. shouldn’t have While working I felt to be deprived at a local video or lose out on store, Hoffer transported an opportunity discovered the watching a like that just betransporting cause the college quality of films. film... doesn’t have a “I felt transMELBA HOFFER film studies maported watch- PROFESSOR jor. So this is a ing a film from way make sure another country; I felt like I was there all of the students have acand when you don’t have a cess to the festival and can lot of money, what a great participate in it and enjoy thing to do,” Hoffer said. “It it.”

Since the festival’s inis two hours of being immersed in another person’s ception, the LAFF council, culture...and I took advan- made up of professors from tage of it through film be- the sponsoring colleges, cause I didn’t have a lot of have created connections money when I was an un- with several Latin American dergrad, and I want to share countries and film directors.

“We have the disposal of that with as many students five different countries or as possible.”

The Latin and Hispan- embassies, and these conic communities in Grand sulates are sending us films.

Rapids continue to grow, That is very important beand it was upon the notion cause we have the support of sharing these cultures of those embassies,” said that GVSU teamed up with GVSU professor Zulema Aquinas College, Davenport Moret. “The consulate of University, Calvin College Argentina, the consulate of Bolivia, the consulate of

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WEEKEND LISTINGS 4/3 Sex and the Supernatural Louis Armstrong Theatre 7:30 p.m.

4/5 Euphoria Spring Concert Loutit Lecture Halls, Rm. 102 7 p.m.

4/3 Infected Mushroom The Intersection. 133 Grandville Ave SW. Tickets $25 day of the show. www.sectionlive.com 8 p.m.

4/5 Victorious Women of Virtue: A Woman’s Worth Thornapple Room 7:30 p.m.

4/3 The Head and the Heart Calvin College. 3201 Burton St SE. Tickets are $30. www.calvin.edu/sao/calendar 8 p.m.

4/4 Midnight Snack Spring Concert Cook-DeWitt Center 4 p.m.

4/4 Pride Prom Pere Marquette Room 7 p.m.

4/4 Sex and the Supernatural Louis Armstrong Theatre 7:30 p.m.

4/6 GVSU Tuba and Euphonium Studio Chamber Music Concert SVS Recital Hall 4:30 p.m.

4/6 Taste of the Arab World Grand River Room 6 p.m.

4/6 Pop Evil The Intersection. 133 Grandville Ave SW. Tickets $25. 6 p.m. www.sectionlive.com

mational booths staffed by should be able to have fun the Women’s Center. The and enjoy college while we event will feature perfor- are able to do so.” mances by Americana/folk Wernette said people band The Crane Wives, ‘90s attending the event will cover band Brena, and na- gain knowledge to better tionally acclaimed spoken educate themselves on the word artist Lacey Roop. dos and don’ts of going out “We realize that (sexual with friends. assault) isn’t the most up“Sexual assault typically beat subject,” Kaphengst happens with someone that said. “Though we may not you know,” Wernette said. be a gigantic “If someone event, I hope that around you is at least one perknowledgeson could benefit able enough to from this, realknow someizing that they I hope at least thing isn’t are not alone. A one person right, then lot of people that they will be this affects never could benefit able to either have the courage from this... step in or help to talk about it. that person We want people LAUREN KAPHENGST if something to talk about it.” RAR EVENT MANAGER bad happens.”

The event is The groups free and open to the public, involved hope to show the and it will offer free food GVSU community that it is and beverages to those in not unaffected by the issue attendance. Structured to of rape. offer an enjoyable, com“I, like many others, fortable environment for have been affected,” KaGVSU’s community, RAR phengst said. “You never aims to teach about sexual know who could have gone assault awareness, how to through this traumatic exbecome an active bystand- perience, whether it’s your er, and how to seek help if girlfriend, aunt, cousin needed. or mother. Sexual assault “One of the best things and rape happen. It hapabout RAR is that we never pens, and it’s nothing to be intend to scold anyone for ashamed of — we are surgoing out with friends and vivors.” enjoying themselves,” said For more information, Adam Wernette, senior and visit www.gvsu.edu/events/ president of RAR. “We all rock-against-rape-2.

Venezuela, the consulate of Brazil and Mexico, and we have (also) received interest from three other consulates to support and help our festival.”

The nonprofit festival depends on the funding of the universities and local organizations to purchase the featured films and to rent out a theater. In the past, the LAFF projected on the screens of the many locations of Celebration Cinemas. This year, the Wealthy Theatre was selected as the venue, said LAFF student Emma LaMore. Due to its proximity to the universities and a Rapid bus stop, the committee thought it was ideal for the film festival.

“This time, we are making it very easy, showing all the films in one place,” Hoffer said. “The Wealthy Theatre has great access to the bus, and like me when I was an undergraduate, you use the bus. We wanted to make sure for the students who don’t drive that it was as easy as possible to get there and enjoy the films for no money.”

The LAFF is a completely free event and will show more than a dozen different films from various Latin American countries. The festival, April 3 through 6, is open to the entire Grand Rapids community. For film information and show times, visit www.grcmc.org or www.gvsu.edu/las.

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SHORTS Janecke earns weekly GLIAC honor

GLIAC salutes Aracena-Sanchez Senior outfielder Ariel Aracena-Sanchez of the No. 20 Grand Valley State University baseball team has been tabbed as the GLIAC Player of the Week after tying the school’s single-game RBI record last week.

Aracena-Sanchez was a key performer in the team’s sweep of Hillsdale College.

He racked up seven RBIs after a first-inning grand slam and finished 3-for-4 as GVSU claimed a 13-8 victory in the nightcap.

A GVSU player has been named either the player of pitcher of the week in three straight weeks.

GV T&F teams ranked in top 10 The Grand Valley State University track and field teams have been slated as top-nine teams in the NCAA Division II U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II National Team Computer Rankings.

The Laker women, who finished fourth at the indoor nationals, were tabbed as the No. 6 team while the Laker men checked in at the No. 9 spot.

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STANDINGS TRACK AND FIELD Thursday at EIU invite 10 a.m.

Friday at EIU invite 10 a.m.

Saturday at EIU invite 10 a.m.

LACROSSE Friday at Findlay 7 p.m.

Sunday at Lake Erie 12 p.m.

BASEBALL Saturday vs ODU 1 p.m.

Saturday vs ODU 3:30 p.m.

Sunday vs ODU 12 p.m.

Wednesday at SVSU 2 p.m.

Wednesday at SVSU 4:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL Saturday at FSU 1 p.m.

Saturday at FSU 3 p.m.

Wednesday at LSSU 3 p.m.

Wednesday at LSSU 5:30 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF Saturday at NCAA Regional #3 Sunday at NCAA Regional #3

MEN’S TENNIS Saturday vs WSU 10 a.m.

Sunday vs Northwood 10 a.m.

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Grand Valley State University junior Jessica Janecke has been named the first GLIAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week for the 2014 season.

Janecke recorded the best 10,000 meter time in the NCAA Division II this year at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina. She finished fourth (first among D-II runners) in the “A” section with a time of 35:04.23.

The Scales Mound, Ill., product cleared the top D-II time by more than 16 seconds.

GVSU will return to action this weekend in Janecke’s home state at the Eastern Illinois Invitational in Charleston.

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inning. The process manifests itself in the shiniest of ways inside the Grand Valley State University Fieldhouse foyer as well as any at the NCAA Division II level.

Championship trophies glimmer inside glass chambers on a springresembling Friday in Allendale, as the parents of a prospective recruit are informed of GVSU’s commanding lead in the Division II Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings — an annual indicator of the program’s prominence.

Directly below the sparkling lobby — down 19 steps in “GV Country,” past Deanne Scanlon, Ric Wesley and Dawn Plitzuweit on a trio of “Laker Legends” banners, and into a windowless corridor — is the office of the program’s shortest

tenured head coach.

It’s 1:58 p.m., and a wide-eyed Jamie Detillion is clicking through five different websites trying to deduce the weekend forecast. The “part-time meteorologist” is wearing a black fleece with white “GVSU” lettering. A matching hat rests on his crossed knee.

He says the trip to Ashland University for a three-game rematch of the 2013 GLIAC Tournament title bout will probably be canceled.

It’s all part of the job description for the 35-year-old, who is 23 games into his second season at the helm of the GVSU baseball team.

“Five inches of snow,” said Detillion, who spent 10 years as an assistant. “It’s frustrating, but it’s a part of northern baseball.”

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long enough to be mentioned alongside national champions yet — but in this tucked-away room beneath the lustrous lobby, the aura of winning is everpresent.

Three black-framed portraits of triumphant summer moments hang on the walls of his office, and they drive this point home better than a hanging fastball turned into a three-run homer.

The winning atmosphere presents itself in this poorly-lit corridor.

It’s expected to.

Trophies are an expectation here, but the forecast seems to be summoning blue skies for Detillion, who is emerging as an up-and-coming coach at GVSU. “He’s a winner, always has been,” Director of Athletics Tim Selgo said.

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Hartigan edges Shipley as Lakers win again GV duo squares off in playoff at NC4K Classic, team rivalry pushes players to next level

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n inch of snow blanketed the course enough for officials to cancel play on day one, but on day two, the Grand Valley State University women’s golf team wasn’t distracted by the poor conditions.

GVSU cruised to a commanding 16-stroke victory at the NC4K Classic with a team score of 300 (+12) on Monday in Columbus, Ohio, for its second win in eight days.

For the second time in seven days, GVSU junior and reigning GLIAC Women’s Golfer of the Year Kelly Hartigan took home medalist honors after besting two opponents in a playoff.

The wet, sloppy course made for a challenging invite as the waterlogged fairways prevented the ball from rolling the way it should, but the Lakers had been playing in similar situations all spring.

“We haven’t really had good conditions yet,” Hartigan said. “It was almost hard to find the ball in the middle of the fairways because it would just hit and stick right into the fairways.”

Following 18 holes, three players had even pars to tie for first: Hartigan, GVSU sophomore Gabrielle Shipley and the University of Findlay’s Brooke Albers.

Shipley shot a two-under on her last nine holes, with birdies on holes one and nine to qualify for the

playoff, which began back at a short and straight hole No. 1.

Hartigan, who won the Bellarmine Spring Invitational on March 24, was able to carry the momentum from her recent victory.

Hartigan and Shipley were neck-and-neck on the fairway after impressive drives, but the second shot of the playoff may have decided it. Hartigan made it safely onto the long, narrow green, while Shipley missed right of the green and chipped up to get within about six feet of the hole to salvage for par.

Hartigan’s putt for birdie was from about 15 feet, uphill and to the left of the pin. She hit it well yet came up inches short of the hole on the low side. She tapped in for par, which was all she needed.

Shipley faced about a six-foot putt for par to continue the playoff. But she pulled the putt to the left, and she ended the one-hole playoff with a bogey, as did Albers.

“Kelly and Gabby are leaps and bounds ahead of everybody in the region in terms of their drives,” head coach Rebecca Mailloux said. “For (Hartigan), it’s really all about her rhythm and tempo and timing with her swing. The last few tournaments, she’s really been hitting her driver well, and that’s been crucial for her.”

The playoff between Laker teammates was a first for Mailloux in her 11 years of coaching golf.

The battle for supremacy on the team has been

an interesting one lately, with Shipley and Hartigan each owning a pair of first-place finishes in the spring campaign.

“The competition with her is definitely fun,” Shipley said. “It keeps me practicing; it keeps me on edge all the time and always trying to play my best.”

It was the same type of positive competitive nature that the team has seen the whole season, only this time it was for medalist honors between Hartigan and Shipley.

“It always pushes me to keep getting better in my game,” Shipley said.

Senior Veronica Ryan also played well in Monday’s event. She finished in fifth place with a 74 (+2), ending the day just a couple strokes behind the leaders.

Finishing well behind the Lakers on Monday was GLIAC foe Northwood University, with a team score of 316 (+28), and Ferris State University, which tallied a 319 (+31). Ashland University and Findlay University tied for fourth with scores of 321 (+33).

GVSU will look to keep its hot streak alive when it travels back to Ohio for the JBMF Cavalier Classic in North Canton on April 13.

“We’ve played really well going into one of our last matches before the GLIAC, so it’s really keeping our hopes high and keeping us practicing even harder,” Shipley said.

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GV outscores Lake Erie 15-0 in doubleheader

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rost clung to grass tips and chain links in the backstop as senior shortstop Briauna Taylor stepped to the plate in the second inning of Monday morning’s double-header matchup with Lake Erie College, but not even a forenoon chill could keep Taylor’s motor from running.

After weeks stored inside, most mechanisms require time to warm up, but the entire Grand Valley State University softball team roared to life with 15 runs scored to only seven hits allowed in back-to-back wins – a 4-0 win in game one, and a 11-0 win in game two – over LEC (3-13, 0-4) with relative ease. It was Taylor that twirled the crankshaft.

“Going into that game, we had talked as a team about how we needed to get the bats going a little bit more, so that was a focus against Lake Erie – to get some runs and put them together

any way that we could,” Taylor said.

“We needed a little warm-up period coming back from inside, which we got against Walsh, but we have people setting in, contributing and hitting when we need them to hit.

“So when I went up to the plate, I just went there to do my job and get on base – nothing more – so that the people behind me can hit me in.”

After legging out an infield single to lead off the inning and start the pistons firing, Taylor promptly stole second base, advanced to third on a wild pitch and then scored the game’s opening run on a RBI single from senior teammate Miranda Cleary.

Next time up, Taylor bunted on to advance freshman Jenna Lenza into scoring position, again stole second and then came home on a sacrifice groundout supplied by senior Tanya Calkins.

In the second game of the doubleheader, Taylor opened up the throttle

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Running at top form, GVSU (14-5, 3-1) scored 11 runs in the game, and between the two starts, Taylor tallied three hits on five at-bats to help manufacture six total runs.

“There are sometimes when we have some people on base that I want Briauna to hit and drive them in, but mostly I let her do what she wants to do,” GVSU skipper Doc Woods said. “That tater she knocked out was pretty deep, that bunt her next time up was well-placed, well-timed, and baseball-smart, and we have a lot of confidence in her making the right plays at the right time.”

On the other side of the mound, the pitching tandem of sophomore Sara Andrasik and junior Lauren

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Since the start of GLIAC play, it was all systems go for the Grand Valley State University baseball team.

Prior to Monday’s doubleheader at Tiffin University, GVSU had strung together a sixgame winning streak and was undefeated in conference play.

The streak was poised to continue against a lowly Tiffin (6-20) squad, but a combination of sloppy defense and timely hitting by the Dragons sent the Lakers (16-7) home with their first two conference losses.

“It was poor baseball all around,” said senior first baseman Giancarlo Brugnoni. “Every aspect of our game was subpar and there’s no excuse for it. We need to use this weekend as a wakeup call to fuel the rest of our season.”

GVSU jumped out to a 4-0 lead in game one, highlighted by back-to-back home runs courtesy of Brugnoni and second baseman Kevin Zak. Things went south quickly, though, as the Lakers surrendered seven unearned runs to drop the opener 7-4.

Junior starter Evan Nietfeldt held the Dragons hitless through four innings, but GVSU committed four errors in the fifth inning, leading to seven Tiffin runs.

GVSU battled back, though, and loaded the

bases in the top of the seventh to bring the goahead run to the plate. But junior third baseman Aaron Overbeck struck out, and GVSU suffered its first GLIAC loss of the season.

The Lakers came out with a vengeance in game two, plating nine runs in the first three innings to race out to an early 8-0 lead. Zak led GVSU offensively again, blasting his third roundtripper in as many games as part of his four-RBI game.

“The middle of the order has been great,” head coach Jamie Detillion said. “I’m really confident in them. One of the things we go after is offensive production, so it’s nice to have guys on base for them so they can bring runners around.”

However, it was Tiffin that brought the runners around for the rest of the game. The comeback train started to pick up steam as the Dragons brought four men around to score in the bottom of the third to trim the Laker lead to five.

After chasing starter Adam Poel (1-0), Tiffin roughed up GVSU’s bullpen to the tune of a four-run fifth to even the score at 8-8. However, a ruling from the press box determined the Lakers were shorted one run, and the score was changed to 9-8.

Still, if it weren’t for closer Chris Ripple (01), the Lakers may have left Monday night with a bewildering Tiffin sweep. Ripple escaped jams in the fifth and sixth innings before retiring the

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Detillion was a four-time All-GLIAC recipient from 1997-2000 as a pitcher and first baseman at Ashland. He set 17 individual school records as an Eagle and is the all-time conference leader in home runs (46) and RBIs (203). He was inducted into the Ashland University Hall of Fame in October 2010.

After a three-year career in the Cincinnati Reds’ and Detroit Tigers’ organizations, he joined the GVSU coaching staff as an assistant. The hitting coach and recruiting coordinator has been a key contributor to the team’s record-breaking rosters ever since.

However, it wasn’t exactly a sun-drenched walk in the ballpark for the rookie skipper when the Lakers got off to subpar start in 2013.

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side in order in the seventh, earning his sixth save of the season in a lengthy outing.

Ripple was once again the focus in a nine-inning game three, but this time, the tables were turned.

Down one run in the eighth inning, GVSU was searching for a way Stepping up: Senior Giancarlo Brugnoni prepares to launch one of his to bring home the seven home runs in a game earlier this season. Brugoni currently leads tying run. As it the GLIAC in home runs. so often does, the search ended when Despite surrendering the loss, Ripple said Brugnoni stepped to the plate and mauled his Monday’s unusually long appearance didn’t alter GLIAC-leading seventh home run of the season his play. to give the Lakers a late 7-6 lead.

“Once I’m on the mound, the adrenaline It didn’t last. takes over and any soreness or fatigue from With two outs in the bottom of the last, Tif- (Monday’s) outing didn’t affect me,” Ripple said. fin managed to mount a late rally, capitalizing “I just missed a few spots in some big situations on a hit batter and another GVSU error to tie and have to learn from it.” the game at 7-7. With the winning run in scorThe Lakers will look to bounce back in Allening position, Tiffin’s Isaac Perry laced a walk-off dale (for the first time this season) against Ohio single into the outfield to take the final game of Dominican University in a three-game series the series 8-7. starting on Saturday.

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“We flat out stunk early on,” he said. “We had good players but were 6-7 and below .500 despite being a good team.”

In hindsight, the adversity seemed to guide him toward his identify as a head coach: a relaxed, even-keeled overseer of elite Division II talent. He decided to stay patient, and it worked.

With smart pitching and sound defense, the 2013 Lakers sizzled their way to 32 wins in the next 44 games en route to a GLIAC-best 22-7 record, a Midwest Regional Championship, and a third-place finish at the NCAA Division II College World Series — the second-best finish in school history.

Detillion was named the GLIAC Coach of the Year and Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

“He never panicked, never wavered and stayed the course with what our team was doing,” Selgo said. “We knew we had a good team. They just had to keep playing. By the end of the year, we were as good as anybody in the country.

“He remained poised through it all, and his players sensed that.”

Since handing over the batting coach duties to trusted assistant Del Young, Detillion has worked mostly with pitchers as a head coach.

A fair evaluation of any coach calls for statistical evidence, and if his pitching staff’s performance is indicative of his defensive mind, then this former pitcher knows a thing or two about manufacturing success on the mound.

In 2013, the Lakers racked up 10 shutouts — a school record.

Their ERA (2.64), OBA (.235), and walks per nine innings (2.74) all ranked as the second-lowest marks in program history.

Safe to say the staff was stingy.

“It’s been fun,” he said. “It’s been different, and I think looking back, that’s part of the challenge. I hadn’t been a college pitching coach for a full season; it was new to me.”

But was the success due to his guidance? Or the first-rate talent he helped recruit? With GVSU Athletics, it’s hard to know exactly where wins come from, but the questions were certainly at the forefront in the offseason after a mound-savvy crew graduated and left the Lakers in need of quality arms.

Detillion went to work by bringing in a number of arms from nearby junior colleges, including Aaron Jensen from Grand Rapids Community College and Evan Nietfeldt from South Suburban Community College in South Holland, Ill. In 2013, Jensen threw his way to 2-6 record with a 4.01 ERA at

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GRCC as a sophomore, while Nietfeldt went 5-3 with a 2.80. What have the junior transfers done since making the jump to Division II? Jensen (3-2, 2.45 ERA) and Nietfeldt (4-0, 1.16 ERA) seem to be doing just fine under Detillion’s direction.

“He’s very in tune with pitching mechanics and helps you maximize your potential,” Nietfeldt said. “There’s a lot of talent at GVSU, but he pushes us to the next level.

Nietfeldt’s ERA is the second lowest in the conference among pitchers with more than two starts.

Jensen, who is tied with the 2013 GLIAC Freshman of the Year Patrick Kelly with a team-high 19 strikeouts, ranks seventh.

“The best evaluators are those that are excellent teachers of the sport, and Jamie certainly is,” Selgo said.

Perhaps Detillion deserves some credit.

GVSU (16-7, 7-2) is firing on all cylinders early in conference play and leads the GLIAC both in the standings and in a number of statistical categories.

The Lakers lead the GLIAC in team ERA (3.31), batting average against (.245), hits (221), runs (159), triples (seven), home runs (16), RBI (145), total bases (307), and slugging percentage (.431) — and GVSU has yet to play a single game in Allendale.

Detillion hasn’t had to right the ship, revamp a roster, or work miracles. He’s had to maintain the winning standard of a program, and he’s done a pretty good job of it so far.

“Winning is an attitude,” he said. “We have to carry ourselves like a team that wins at the end of the day. Like we always say, a .300 hitter fails .700 percent of the time.

“We don’t want to ride the highs — that will result in riding our lows even lower.”

It’s a simplified approach for the most part, but it’s working.

Like any coach, he has some learning to do and some growing pains to experience, but an objective forecast of his GVSU career appears to call for blue skies — Laker blue skies — and a whole lot of wins.

The trophy collection upstairs may have to make room in the coming years if Detillion continues to trust the ability of his talented squad while remembering that the GVSU tradition — like Rome — wasn’t built in a day.

“I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on tomorrow with this weather,” he said.

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Andrasik’s complete-game one-hitter, the 11thshutout of her young career, in the day’s first game came packaged with five strikeouts, and was supported by small-ball tactics. Along with Briauna Taylor, Lenza also went 2-for-3 from the plate in the victory, while Cleary drove in a pair of runs.

Returning from a three-hit, 1-0 victory against Walsh Universityon Sunday, Gevaart, now 5-0 on the year, once again pitched well enough to win in the Monday’s second game, but was assisted much more thoroughly by Laker bats. Giving up just six hits, Gevaart dealt seven strikeouts, allowed only one runner to reach third base and rode a tidal wave of runs, the Lakers’ second-highest scoring output of the season, to victory.

“We’ve been working on mixing up our pitches more and showing batters different looks every time up to keep them off balance,

and it’s been working,” Andrasik said.

Following Taylor’s lead, the young Laker bats sprung to life, too, in a kinetic chain reaction of offense. Freshman outfielder Kelsey Dominguez went 3-for-3 in the second game with two RBI, fellow freshman outfielder Chelsea Horvath scored twice, as did sophomore Taylor Fris, once with a lead-off solo blast to left field.

Another positive sign, like Taylor’s offensive production, GVSU’s pitching and a second outdoor practice in a rowon Wednesday as the Lakers drive into the bulk of their season. A season that is seemingly making a clean break at the right time, and will continue this weekend with two games scheduled against rival Ferris State University (7-8).

“They always want to beat us, we them, and in a rivalry, you always want to play well,” Woods said. “We have a very busy schedule upcoming in the next couple of weeks, and when you play that many back to back, you hope you’re playing well.

“Confidence carries over, and when you’re struggling and playing that many games, it’s not a fun situation, but I feel good about where we’re at – finally outside and playing good ball.”

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Freshmen-led Lakers impress in first home game

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The old adage “everything heals with time” proved to be true for the Grand Valley State University lacrosse team.

Before Monday’s matchup with Roberts Wesleyan College, the Lakers were struggling — losing three straight games in nine days from March 8 through 16.

“At the time, we were playing unlike ourselves, just completely out of sync,” junior captain Sarah Lowe said. “We were playing sloppy on offense and had one too many selfish plays. We realized we needed to change things up.”

GVSU got exactly what it needed: time off. In the two weeks leading up to Monday’s home opener with RWC, the Lakers went back to the basics.

In fact, GVSU played little seven-on-seven in that time period.

Instead, the Lakers were focused exclusively on getting back to play-

ing their brand of lacrosse.

“We needed to re-evaluate how we were playing together as a unit,” head coach Alicia Groveston said.

“That was my message to the team — that we needed to get back to playing blue-collar lacrosse.”

GVSU appeared to do just that as it came out firing on all cylinders and scored 10 goals in the first 18 minutes.

The two-week break seemed to heal all the wounds the Lakers previously had, as they prevailed in a 17-4 romp of RWC. “It’s quite strange how our team appears to have a really weird vibe playing at home,” Lowe said. “Maybe it’s the excitement of playing at home or the fact of how nice our facility is, but whatever it is, it was working for us today.”

The Lakers saw an abundance of production from a pair of freshman midfielders, Kira Dosenberry and Ryan Skomial, as the duo each posted three goals apiece.

Skomial also tallied an assist to give her four points on the day.

“I can’t score without those assists from my teammates, so that’s huge on their part,” she said. “My teammates kept feeding me with great (passes) the entire night. I really have to attribute our hard work

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Battle of will: Freshman Ryan Skomial faces off against Roberts Wesleyan’s Cassley Jackowski as their teammates await the start of the play. The Lakers won 17-4 on Monday partly due to the efforts of the freshmen.

in practice the past couple of weeks leading up to this victory.”

Another underclassmen played a big role in the Laker victory on Monday, as freshman goalkeeper Sarah Zwilsky made seven first-half saves.

She finished with 12 total saves.

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this afternoon; she’s so much fun to watch when she’s on,” Groveston said. “We see bright things in her future. The fact that she’s only a freshman just means that she has so much room to grow.”

The Lakers will now shift their focus to defending their GLIAC title from a year ago.

First up on the conference schedule for GVSU is the University of Findlay in Ohio on Friday.

“This win was just one stepping stone to the many goals that we want to accomplish this year,” Groveston said. “We know we have a huge target on our backs. We have to stay focused and determined.”

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Fresh off of its Saginaw Valley State Spring Invitational win, the members of the Grand Valley State University men’s golf team had high hopes heading into the weekend.

However, a tough second day of competition pushed the Lakers to a fourth-place finish at the WisconsinParkside Spring Invitational held at the Otter Creek Golf Course in Columbus, Ind. GVSU shot a solid opening round on Sunday with a

298 (+10) and was just two strokes off the lead. However, a 302 (+14) finish on Monday dropped the Lakers to fourth place with a final score of 600 (+24).

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of 586 (+10).

Wayne State University and Saginaw Valley State University finished second and third, respectively.

“We did a lot of good stuff along the way,” GVSU coach Don Underwood said.

“We’ve got some things to work on. Some guys had some big numbers late Mind over matter: Senior Chris Cunningham eyes the green during a past in the second outing and contemplates his best shot. He tied for third over the weekend. round, which On Sunday, redshirt ju- hole total. Redshirt freshwasn’t very helpful. nior Jack Rider and sopho- man David Buko competed “I think we’re in a good more Chris Beltzer both individually and tallied a spot, we just didn’t finish as finished inside the top 15. 161 (+17) over the course of well as we would have liked Rider finished with a score the two days. to.” of 73 (+1) and Beltzer was Up next for the Laker Senior Chris Cunning- right behind him at 74 (+2). men is the NCAA Regional ham turned in his second The second day posed Tournament held at the Elks impressive weekend in a problems for the team, as Run Golf Course in Batavia, row, finishing even over the Rider finished with an 80 Ohio, on April 5 and 6. The course of the two days. (+8) and Beltzer ended up goal is to improve on the He shot 72 (E) on both with a 78 (+6). overall consistency headSunday and Monday, which Sophomore Austin Ec- ing into another weekend of earned him a tie for third cleton improved from his competition. place individually. opening round score of 79 “We need to keep making “They were pretty differ- (+7) with his Monday score good decisions and making ent rounds,” Cunningham of just three-over par 75. sure we have the right club said. “I know I shot 72 both “I thought I hit the ball in our hands,” Underwood rounds, but the first day I a little bit better than that said. “We’re going to pracwas struggling early on and score,” Eccleton said. “I tice Wednesday and see had a strong finish. Then my didn’t putt very well over the what the weather is like and second round, I was playing weekend. We just have to maybe get on the grass. pretty well but didn’t have close our rounds a little bit “There’s not a lot of time such a good finish. better.” for preparation at this time “It was kind of a differSophomore Tyler Polulak of the year. I’m still pretty ent feeling at the end of each had a much better round on happy with where a lot of round even though I ended Monday, scoring a 77 (+5), our guys’ games are at.” up with the same numbers.” giving him a 157 (+13) 36-

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Looking for a summer subleaser for my apartment in Mystic Woods this summer (May-August). Rent: $415 utilities a month Email: ronaynec@mail.gvsu.edu

Roomate Wanted: Bedroom w/ Kitchen Priviledges, TV , wi-fi and utilities. $400/mo Contach Bruce at 616-453-6864

Looking for a roommate for the 2014/2015 school year.

Lake Michigan Drive apartments are super cozy and only $400 a month! It’s right on the 37 route but it is a lovely stroll to campus. Hit me up if you’re interested Stephanie @ (906)-369-1084

Looking for Female Subleaser for May-July. Copper Beech $392/ month plus electric. One other girl living during summer. Email for Subleaser needed at 48 West more info: hernere@mail.gvsu.edu May-July 2014 $550/month, 2-bdrm, covered parking Call/Text 586-556-2624

Looking for 2 people to take over 2 leases for a 3 bedroom townhouse from May-August at Campus View. Rent is $320 a month.

looking for a possible subleaser for my apartment for the summer. Rent is $400 and you would be living with one other person. Please let me know if interest. bixlerj@mail.gvsu.edu

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FREE CLASSIFIEDS FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF some restrictions apply FOR COMMERCIAL RATES CALL 616-331-2460 classifieds@lanthorn.com I am looking for a subleaser for an apartment at 48 West for the 2014- 2015 school year and possibly this summer as well. It is a 4 bedroom/4 bathroom and you would be living with 3 other super nice girls. Rent is about $415/ month utilities.

If you are interested or have any questions you can email me at planta@mail.gvsu.edu

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