Issue 58 - April 11, 2013 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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Mrs. and Mrs. Bush: Former first ladies Barbara and Laura Bush spoke before a sold-out crowd at the J.W. Marriot about what it was like to live in the White House among other topics.

An afternoon with the first ladies

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ormer first ladies Barbara Bush and Laura Bush visited the Grand Rapids area on April 8 to celebrate the role of the first ladies in the United States.

The event, titled “America’s First Ladies: An Enduring Legacy,” was hosted by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and was sponsored by Grand Valley State

University’s Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.

Although the event was opened

by Susan Ford Bales, former President Gerald R. Ford’s daughter, and was lead by United States archivist David S. Ferriero, all eyes in the sold-out banquet hall were on Mrs. and Mrs. Bush.

Seeing as the event was held on Betty Ford’s 95th birthday, Laura and Barbara both had warm

words for the former first lady.

“When George and I were living in Dallas, it was almost the very first of the Komen lunches, the big luncheons that Komen for the Cure, Susan Komen and our friend Nancy Brinker hosted right after she founded Komen, the breast cancer foundation, and every year for that really big luncheon, Susan, you and your mom came,” Laura said. “What it

showed was your mother’s unbelievable courage to make something that was a tragedy for her, breast cancer, so public so that every American woman knew to get a mammogram and get the help.”

Laura went on to say that this was the first time the public was made aware of such a tragic problem. As for Barbara, she credited Betty Ford for making a difference in the lives of Americans.

“She was a great friend and I think your mother probably has saved more lives with the Betty Ford Foundation, and I hope she gets great pleasure from the fact that she has changed the world,” Barbara said.

While mixing in a touch of humor with most of her answers, Barbara stoically sat in front in a SEE LADIES, A2

Students invited to new library Sneak Peek event

BY ANYA ZENTMEYER GVL editor in chief

For students on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus, the presence of the new Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons is nothing new, but on April 17, GVSU will give both undergraduates who have looked at the towering, $65 million structure with anticipation and graduating seniors lamenting the summer completion date, a chance to get a sneak peek into GVSU’s new futuristic library that spares no academic luxury.

“President Haas wanted to be sure students had a chance to see the new library before they leave campus this spring and made arrangements have for students to get a special sneak peek,” said Bob Stoll, associate dean of Student Life, who helped the President’s Office to coordinate the event.

The sneak peek will be in the spirit of last year’s beam signing event, an effort to bring together the campus community for an afternoon of music, great door prizes, and “Laker for a Lifetime memories,” Stoll said.

The construction project – one of the largest endeavors in the university’s history – will triple the capacity of the current Zumberge Library, which

was constructed in the 1960s for 5,000 students. The new library will provide space for 150,000 books on open shelves and 600,000 library items in an automated retrieval system, complete with a Knowledge Market armed with experts in research, technology, writing and presentation development.

“I’m so excited about the opportunity for our students to have a peek at their new library before the end of the semester,” said Teri Losey, special assistant to the president, and co-chair of the Library Dedication Steering Committee. “And it was great to work with Student Life staff and students from one of our management classes on planning this activity.”

The event will last from 4-6 p.m., and is open to all GVSU students.

“For the last two years the university community has watched the new library rise out of the ground and become an iconic building on the campus landscape,” Stoll said. “The excitement is building and students are anxious to take a peek at what this new special place will be.”

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Major education: Eric Saksa presents during Student Scholars Day. The event drew over 600 student presenters.

Student Scholars bring energy, ideas

BY ANYA ZENTMEYER GVL editor in chief

With 600-plus student presenters representing 60-odd majors across the board, Grand Valley State University’s Director of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, Susan Mendoza, said this year’s Student Scholars Day had more energy and engagement than in past years, keeping students in the Kirkhof Center’s Grand River Room well past the 5 p.m. end time for the day-long event.

“The presentations exemplified

the level of excellence and dedication of the student researchers,” Mendoza said. “They were truly amazing. Faculty were impressed by the quality and depth of the presentations.” Presentations wrapped up with keynote speaker Jonathon Gottschall, author of “The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human,” a book that aims to highlight story-telling as the single, distinct feature that sets humans apart from other species.

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just about everything that humans do, in ways that we’re hardly aware of,” Gottschall told a full house in the Pere Marquette room. “So jokes are stories and songs are stories, too, and who hasn’t been snuck up on by a story? Who hasn’t been ambushed by a story…when we enter into story telling, we leave ourselves vulnerable, we’re invaded by the teller.”

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transcends discipline, and offers an example of an all-inclusive vehicle for thought.

“He weaves neuroscience, psychology, and biology to talk about the power of stories in the human experience,” Gottschall said. “These intersections demonstrate how we can layer disciplines to have greater understanding of a particular topic.”

Among the interdisciplinary presentations was biology and nursing double-major Carly Sills, who brought the research element of Student Scholars Day into

practical application.

“I’ve always had a really strong interest in the outdoors and biology, and once I came to Grand Valley I got involved in backpacking club and with that and just on my own I got way more involved in the Ravines,” Sills said. “I would just go out there just to hike around, have fun down there and I realized how cool it was and how few people I saw out there…They didn’t know we had trails, they didn’t know that we had deer down there.

People were shocked when I said we have deer.”

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publish GVSU’s first Ravines field guide, which details everything from survival basics to the wildlife, the deciduous trees and the edible plants, complete with recipes for preparation.

“I always thought field guides were cool, I’ve got my own little collection of them and I thought, ‘how cool would it be if we had a field guide to the Grand Valley Ravines?’ to promote the Ravines and get people out there to enjoy nature,” she said. “I’ve always felt that people have to enjoy nature to appreciate it and try to protect it. I felt that as well with the ravines that people

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That I’m aware of, the only trail map out there now is just a sketch that someone did from memory.

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had to use it more to really get trail development going.”

Sills spent hundreds of hours in the Ravines – hiking, collecting and identifying plants, helping fellow student Michael Bonarek use GPS to map the trails in their entirety.

“That I’m aware of, the only trail map out there now was just a sketch that someone did from memory,” Sills said. “So I thought that would encourage people to use it, and also get the ball rolling on trail development, because if they have a map then they can look at and talk about these trails, how long they are.’

Sills is donating copies of the book to different clubs on campus that might find the Field Guide useful, and hopes that the work she did will live on past her graduation date.

“I wanted to get people to appreciate the Ravines and I want to set this up,” she said. “I have – and I think I’ve been pretty successful – at setting this up so this is going to be very accessible even after I graduate. I just want people to appreciate it more and have more interest in protecting it and I thought today would be a great way to start that process.” editorial@lanthorn.com

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BRIEFS GV mourns death of supporter The Grand Valley State University community mourns the loss of Jerene L. DeWitt. She, along with her husband and Peter and Pat Cook, provided support for the CookDeWitt Center on the Allendale Campus. Her son Gary currently serves as director for the GVSU Foundation. To read further about Mrs. DeWitt’s life, read her obituary on Mlive’s website.

Weeklong celebration honors student employees There are more than 3,500 student employees working on campus at Grand Valley State University. Student Employee Appreciation week lasts from April 8-12, which is hosted by the Student Employment Office. A few of the largest employers of students on campus include Campus Dining, Athletics, Facilities Service, Office of Student Life and the Student Academic Success Center. For more information on the events happening during this week go to www.gvsu. edu/studentjobs.

Creating your garden workshop On April 12 there will be a workshop on how to go about starting your own garden. This workshop is through the Sustainable Agriculture Project at Grand Valley State University, and will take place at 2 p.m. at 4539 Luce St. in Allendale.

This project will teach people about transplants, irrigation, soils, media and other gardening questions. All people are invited to attend. For more information, go to gvsu.edu/sustainableagproject/.

Education reform panel discussion On Thursday, the College of Democrats organization will be having an education reform panel discussion from 6-8 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, room 2270. This panel will be discussing the current state of the educational system, in both K-12 and at the collegiate level. In addition, they will be speaking about how people can identify problems within the educational system and how to go about solving them. This event is LIB 100 approved.

blue shirt and her signature pearl necklace next to her daughter-in-law as they talked about the role of the first lady during their time in the White House.

“I think in every case, the first lady, the wife of the president, has really done whatever fit her personality and her interest and have always benefited the people of the United States,” Laura said. “We benefit from that expertise and the interest of our first ladies, I think.”

As for Barbara, she wanted to make a difference in literacy in the United States.

“My dad was in the publishing business,” Barbara said.

“Of course, we didn’t have television but we sure had radio. We would sit at night in our little house, my mother on one end of the couch and me on the other and my dad in his chair and we all read.”

It was because of this early love of reading that Barbara and Laura both decided to attempt to improve the literacy rate in the U.S. Many people know of the work they did as first ladies, but how did the Bushes prepare for the White House?

“I think being a governor’s wife or being a congressman’s wife or living in Washington, as George and I did, it really wasn’t very scary being a president’s wife. It made it a cinch,”

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A life in the White House: Laura Bush shares a laugh during the presentation to celebrate former President Gerald R. Ford’s 100th birthday and Barbara Ford’s 95th birthday.

Barbara said. “And it was nice for me because I knew a lot of people there, plus I had two children who lived there and George and Laura came and helped us.”

As for Laura? She just had to follow the example of her mother-in-law.

“Of course, you know how I did,” Laura said. “I had a mother-in-law and I

learned a lot from Barbara.

And Barb is really good at not giving her daughterin-laws advice because she knew that she didn’t really want advice from her mother-in-law.”

Other topics discussed included the help provided by the White House staff, who Barbara said made life “very easy,” as well as how at

home both truly felt there.

Following a lunch that consisted of grapefruit chicken, a recipe of Betty Ford’s, and the presentation by the first ladies, those in attendance were able to take part in two panel discussions, one about first ladies as influence makers and the other to honor Betty Ford. associate@lanthorn.com

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GV awards students, faculty at annual banquet

BY LIZZY BALBOA GVL NEWS EDITOR

Using his standard Big History approach to conceptualize humanity’s place in the universe, Grand Valley State University professor Craig Benjamin put GVSU’s community into context at Monday’s annual award ceremony.

Benjamin addressed a crowd of award-winning professors and students, who gathered to celebrate their achievements and be recognized by the professors and peers who nominated them.

After asking the crowd to consider how each member could contribute to the world, Benjamin used his Big History concept to position human existence against its impressive background and determine the place of humanity in time and space.

From the heart of Grand Rapids to the edges of the galaxy, from the Big Bang through the expected self-destruction of the entire universe, Benjamin expounded the miniscule size but infinite importance of humanity—especially GVSU’s upcoming graduates.

“So what’s our role in all this?” he asked the crowd. “At first sight, you’re probably all thinking, ‘Well, probably not much.’ We seem pretty short-lived and insignificant, pretty small.”

But Benjamin posited another answer.

“Your place in the universe— the history of each of you—I think is actually incredibly important

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Award winning: Professor Craig Benjamin speaks at the 2013 Award Ceremony which saw faculty and staff receive different awards after being peer nominated.

in this big history story,” he said.

“The picture is not known, and it’s up to you to write the next chapter. You really matter in this story.

You’re not insignificant. You really matter to the future of our species, our planet, and there’s even larger context in there. The future is right

there in your hands. The future is not written. You have to write the next chapter.”

With these encouraging words resonating in the hall, GVSU recognized the significant contributions its faculty and students have already made as they’ve begun to

write their stories.

The Glenn A. Niemeyer awards, which Provost Gayle Davis said are the most prestigious academic awards at GVSU, were awarded to two professors, two undergraduates, two full-time graduate and two part-time graduate students.

The award was named in honor of Niemeyer, who served at GVSU for 38 years as a professor and provost and was in attendance at the ceremony to congratulate the winners. “(This award) is a tribute to the SEE AWARDS, A6

GVSU prepares to fight cancer Relay for life walkathon raises money, awareness

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Differing views: Interfaith activist Padma Kuppa speaks about the Hindu religion. Kuppa and Rev. Paul Kortenhoven were able to educate those in attendance about the ability for different religions to get along.

Different strokes for different folks GVSU Interfaith lecture promotes religious civility

BY RYAN JARVI GVL SENIOR REPORTER

People ranting and raving about their belief systems is nothing new. Many students have probably heard about individuals not fitting the mold of an ideology and facing the impending doom of an eternal sentencing to a place of punishment.

Some students may have even interacted with this ranting person hoping to reach some rational resolution of religious or ideological differences. Chances are the dialogue between both sides grew heated and spiraled out of control into a whirlwind of wild accusations and personal attacks.

This was not the scene at Grand Valley State University’s 2013 Rabbi Philip Sigal Memorial Lecture, as speakers from separate faiths engaged in civil conversation and open religious dialogue.

The event, which was sponsored by the Interfaith Dialogue Association and the Kaufman Interfaith Institute at GVSU, attracted a small audience to Loosemore Auditorium Monday night.

Padma Kuppa, a Hindu and interfaith activist from Troy, Mich., spoke of religious freedom and pluralism, while Rev. Paul Kortenhoven, a man with several

degrees and even more years of missionary work, spoke from the Christian point of view.

Fred Stella, president of the IDA, said the event was a success as both speakers came with an understanding of pluralism and similar positions on the unethical practices of proselytization.

“Padma does not condemn all people who are missionaries, only those who engage in deceptive and unethical practices,” Stella said. “Paul comes to the table agreeing with Padma, that ethical practices are extremely important. His story of how he engaged Muslim and animist citizens in Africa indicate his appreciation for pluralism.”

Kuppa, who is a columnist for Patheos.com, co-founded the Troy-area Interfaith Group and has worked with WISDOM (Women’s Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in Detroit). Four years ago she also became an executive councilmember of the Hindu American Foundation where she works on interfaith issues and became interested in predatory proselytization.

Kuppa told the audience her parents currently live in India and she visits them frequently.

“One of the things I see every time I go back is a proliferation of churches, and the church planting that’s happening and the people who are approached to be converted,” she said.

She told of a watchman who

lives in the same building as her parents who had an older daughter with medical issues. To receive medical assistance they were asked to convert to Christianity, Kuppa said, offering one example of predatory proselytization—the unethical methods used to attract converts.

Kortenhoven has been a Christian his whole life and spent 15 years with his wife and family in Sierra Leone doing missionary work. He has three degrees from Calvin College and Seminary, including a master’s in divinity, and has taught in the Chicago public school system, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

“I’ve never proselytized in my life,” Kortenhoven said. “I was a missionary for over 35 years in Nigeria, in the United States and Sierra Leone, and never once did I ever attempt to force anybody to believe anything other than what they believed already.”

Kuppa hopes to write and publish a report with all the research she has done on predatory proselytization and pluralism.

“I use the power of the pen,” Kuppa said of her efforts to raise interfaith awareness.

She hopes the report could be used when the U.S. government sets public policy, or if the United Nations ever revises article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of SEE INTERFAITH, A6

Grand Valley State University is preparing to fight cancer again with the 2013 Relay for Life.

Relay will take place April 12 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena and is presented by the student organization Colleges Against Cancer.

Within CAC, members are divided into committees, each with a distinct area of concentration and contribution to Relay. Lauren Wagner and Jaimie Chartier are the committee chairs for Service and Survivorship, a committee that, Wagner said, prepares and helps thank the cancer survivors who speak and attend Relay. “(We) organize the Survivors’ Banquet that happens just before the opening ceremony,” Wagner said. “It is a time for us to celebrate the survivors and their caregivers that are joining us by providing dinner.”

Wagner, a cancer survivor, said she has found a sense of community in CAC and helping with Relay.

“When I returned to GVSU after my treatment, I needed a community to belong to and help me act upon my passion to fight cancer,” Wagner said. “The experience has been incredibly fulfilling.”

She added that she and Chartier “enjoy being able to honor those who have passed and celebrate those who have survived, as well as recognizing the caregivers that dedicate their time to take care of their family members or friends going through cancer.”

During the event, co-chair of the Education and Advocacy Committee Carrie Philion said members will be tabling to offer Relay participants educational information, games and prizes.

For Philion, Relay is a time to remember those affected by cancer while encouraging others to join in the fight.

“I have seen how it affects individuals, such as my best friend’s mom and how it affects their families and friends,” she said.

“Remembering and fighting back is important to me, and Relay and CAC allow me to do so.”

The format of the event will stay similar to previous years, with VIP lounges featuring chair

massages and a ‘Relay Center’ to reflect the sports theme this year.

Events will begin at 6 p.m. with the opening ceremony, followed by the survivor lap at 6:30 p.m., the caregiver ceremony at 8:30 p.m. and the luminaria ceremony beginning at 9 p.m. Familiar events like minute-to-win-it, the scavenger hunt and the Mr. Relay competition will fill the remainder of the night.

With CAC organizing Relay for Life over the past academic year, Philion said she will enjoy seeing everyone’s hard work come together.

“It’s a chance for everyone to come together for a common cause and that’s powerful,” she said.

Conversations surrounding cancer can be hard, Wagner said, but Relay has allowed for open and helpful communication.

“If you ask, most people have

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I have seen how it affects individuals, such as my best friend’s mom and how it affects their families and friends. Remembering and fighting back is important to me, and Relay and CAC allow me to do so.

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been affected by cancer,” she said.

“Relay is a chance for us to come together and share our experiences and emotions on the topic…We are able, as a community, to talk about cancer on a platform that is comfortable and inspiring.”

Miller added that Relay is more of an experience then an event.

“At some point in our lives we will hear the words...’You have... you might have...your loved one has cancer,’” she said. “We hope this is cancer’s last century because we are determined to finish the fight.” khaight@lanthorn.com

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DO YOU THINK GVSU HAS A RELIGIOUSLY TOLERANT CAMPUS CLIMATE?

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EDITORIAL “I think GVSU does have a religiously tolerant campus because everyone is supported and there are always oppourtunities to get involved with any religious group.”

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Junior Health Communications Romeo, Mich.

“I think that GVSU does have a tolerant campus climate. Personally, I think the crazy religious preacher should go but other than that GVSU is good.”

Shannon may Sophomore Business Kalamazoo, Mich.

“Yes I do! I think there is a wide variety of religions on campus and I feel this campus has a very tolerant atmosphere.”

KASEY FAVIER

Freshman Undecided Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

SCREAMING OR SILENCE

With religion as a constiutionally granted right of the U.S. citizens, debates on the taboo topic don’t have to be a choice between screaming or silence

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n the realm of conversation, there are certain topics people both young and old tend to avoid. The short list? Abortion, gun control and religion - all value-based issues rooted in ideological belief systems that seem to end with more dissonance than solution.

But these subjects are only taboo because we’ve made them that way. So, when you look at it through a socially constructed lens - does it really have to be a choice between screaming and silence?

As U.S. citizens, we live in a nation that was built on the backs of immigrants, boasting an unbelievable perseverance against all odds to maintain the kind of ethnic diversity that makes the U.S. deserving of it’s title as the Great American Melting Pot. In a 2009 American Religious Identification Survey done by Trinity College’s Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar, 25.1 percent of the religious make-up of the U.S. is Catholic, followed by 15.8 percent of respondents

who identified as Baptist, 0.5 percent Buddhist, and 0.7 percent Atheist.

While the survey looked at many religions, what we mentioned in the grand scheme of things is just the tip of the iceberg but the point is - the U.S. is still a diverse nation.

In an article on A3 of today’s Lanthorn, reporter Ryan Jarvi details a recent event on Grand Valley State University’s, wherein “separate faiths engaged in civil conversation and open religious dialogue” between Padma Kuppa, a Hindu and interfaith activist and Rev. Paul Kortenhoven, who identifies with the Christian religion.

Now, here at the Lanthorn, we’ve covered our fair share of evangelizing preachers, condemning on-campus passerbyers near the blue Transformation Link to eternal hell while students gathered around to engage in often times unproductive arguments. Though dialogue is always positive, when it bleeds into derision it becomes unproductive. When we, as

students, let our need to be right overshadow our need to be tolerant, we become subject to the same paradox we see in the religious dissent of others, pawns in the same hypocritical, divisive game of winning.

What makes this nation great is our freedom to express our own opinions and perspectives, including religion, without fear of persecution. Religious freedom is constitutionally granted to American citizens, and to quote Padma Kuppa: “Not only are you free to change your religion, but you’re also free to retain your religion and be free from people taking advantage of the imbalance of power.”

Simply put: whether you are Buddhist, Atheist, Jewish, Baptist, Muslim, or anything in between - you have a right to believe in the character of your calling.

So stay classy, GVSU. Stay tolerant, stay respectful and most importantly, stay hungry for personal growth and development.

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“Besides the crazy old guy that preaches to us at the beginning of the semester, I’d say GVSU does a great job of tolerating religion on campus.”

Tasha kotz

Junior Criminal Justice Leonidas, Mich.

“Yes, I think that for the most part the people that make up this campus are open-minded and accepting.”

Philip Jackson

Senior Math/ Elementary Ed. Fremont, Mich.

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Since the dawn of time there have been crazes, and there have been dissenters to said crazes. Sometimes justified, most of the time...not so much. There will always be people that hate things because everyone else likes them.

The thing is, everything isn’t for everybody. Everybody can’t be a champ like myself and brave through 40+ years of Doctor Who. It’s okay. Everybody can’t be a champion.

But to say it “sucks” without actually trying it? That’s just whack. Fraudulent. Some things sound worse than they actually are. It’s a fact. If I hear the words trance-pop and hip-hop used for describing a band, I’m immediately turned off. However, I’ll try it at least

once. In the case of one group that fit that description (Black Moth Super Rainbow) I was rewarded. And really that’s what it’s all about, taking that chance. If you say you don’t like something without actually seeing, hearing or tasting it, you’re lying. There are so many people who hate so many things without experiencing them that it makes my head hurt.

“I hate Harry Potter!”

“Have you read it?”

“No...but...”

“Shut up.”

That’s how every conversation of the sort should go. Unfortunately, more often than not it’s more drawn out than that. I don’t understand how this happens. I just want to say that if you don’t understand something completely, then you don’t have the right to have an opinion about it. This accounts for every aspect of life. If you don’t know everything there is to know about it, shut up. That’s it. There’s nothing to talk about if you don’t know the subject. You’ve

lowered yourself to the level of the worst people on the internet. Think about every horrible YouTube comment you’ve ever read. You’re that person right now. Stop talking.

The thing is that if everyone made a consorted effort to try the things they “hate” the world would be a very different place. There would be so much more understanding when it comes to the way people approach things. There would be no outlandish internet rumors, no outspoken morons that pose as public figures. The world would be so...quiet. I like quiet. But maybe the silence is to much for more normal people.

Maybe we need people that hate things for no reason.

Maybe they aid with the ebb and flow of life. If it wasn’t for these people, people might take liking things too far and, I don’t know, have a good time or something.

Now that I think of it, these people are actually essential to surviving in today’s world of blandness. In fact, think

of these people as the first defense. Before you even have a chance to experience things, they already hate it. So you already have a negative opinion about it before you even try it.

That means when you try it, if you like it it’ll be that much better! Mind you I’m not saying take these people’s opinions seriously but, you know, acknowledge their existence.

You never know, they could be the one thing that keeps you from listening to One Direction or watching any of the Star Wars prequels. Stranger things have happened.

The bottom line is, take everyone’s opinion (besides your own) with a grain of salt. This includes critics and best friends. They’re not you and there’s not way to know if they’ll like what you like. If you keep listening to everyone’s opinions on things you’ll never know what you like.

Take a little note from the band Take That and “Do what you like!”. Look up the video, you won’t regret it. nsmith@lanthorn.com

A Q&A with Jenny Jordan

BY ELLIE PHILLIPS GVL REPORTER

LANTHORN: What have been the biggest sustainability-related events in the past year?

JORDAN: I think for this, you have to keep in mind that I’m only talking from the perspective of what I’ve really done....From my point of view, we had the zero-waste football game. We did phenomenally, we did a really great job. It was a big collaboration between several departments. I think that was one of our biggest accomplishments.

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That, for the university, it’s big.

Other things that I personally have been working with is the Campus Sustainability Spotlight, and that is when we collaborated with all colleges, and we just featured the last one in April.

I think that went really well, we had a lot of hits on the website, and we’ll see what we’re going to do next year with that. The pizza box program has done really well, too. I believe now we’re almost at 25,000 since January 2012. We’ll be way over 25,000 at the end of the semester. That’s been a big thing; for that one, we were able to get Eco-rep volunteers for buildings that haven’t been on board. It was really great to have them on board.

LANTHORN: So what programs and events have shown that they need refinement?

JORDAN: I think all of them could.

I don’t know if there will ever be a program that is perfect, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing. I don’t go by best practices, I go by recommended best practices. Things can always be made better, that’s what I believe. I think all of them could use improvement.

With the Zero-Waste, that was our first time going about it, it was a phenomenal experience, and we did exceptionally well, and for next year I think that one will, well, we’re hoping it will become a standard. It won’t be zero-waste, it will be football games, and that’s just what you do. You compost, you recycle, you don’t put things in a landfill, unless you have to. It’s not necessarily improvement, but next year they’ll be able to create a behavior change.

Campus Sustainability Spotlight, this was our first year doing this, and we can definitely work on things there. I can’t talk about next steps, because I won’t be here, but I think they’re going to do great next year.

The Pizza Box, I think that’s a pro-

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Going green: GVSU employee Jenny Jordan has helped shape the sustainable footprint by organizing events such as the Zero-Waste football game.

gram that can always use improvement, but we’ve done really great with increased communication with facilities services, housing and residence life, Eco-reps and buildings, there’s been a lot of improvement in general, and next year there will be even more improvement.

With all of these things, when I’m saying they could use improvement, I’m not saying that they didn’t do well — all of these programs did exceptionally well, but there can always be a little bit of “this could be better” and you improve every year.

LANTHORN: So what’s been the biggest challenge to the sustainability effort over the past year?

JORDAN: It’s been a little different this year because we didn’t do a Campus Sustainability Week, we did a Campus Sustainability Spotlight, but I think it’s a continuous challenge. It’s a continued challenge for all the departments all over campus — it’s student participation. Increasing communication, finding ways to communicate with students, because sometimes email isn’t the best. It’s Facebook, it’s websites, it’s Twitter, to increase participation at events. I think that’s the biggest challenge, and it’s been a challenge since I got here, since the GA before me got here, and it’s something we need to work on.

LANTHORN: So what’s been the biggest asset to the sustainability effort?

JORDAN: I think it’s our improved relationships with multiple departments on campus. We’ve definitely improved our relationships with departments across campus, and that’s been a huge asset for us, As we move through campus, we’re trying to collaborate with other departments. That’s another thing I didn’t mention, the Campus Sustainability Ambassadors, and those are faculty and staff sustainability leaders within their department. They’ve been instrumental in sustainable internal and external effort.

LANTHORN: As far as you know, because I know you’re leaving, what sustainability events and programs will be continued into next year?

JORDAN: I think all the ones that I talked about will be. I think all of those will be continued into next year.

LANTHORN: So there’s nothing where they’ve said, “This isn’t working, let’s try something else?”

JORDAN: Not that I know of.

LANTHORN: As far as you know, are there any new programs that they’re instituting?

JORDAN: No, not instituting, but expanding. All the programs that we talked about will be expanding, but we don’t have our strategic plan yet: that’s when Bart, Andrea, Levi and Norman, and the new GA, will sit down and figure that out, because we’re a small department and we can only do so much. ephillips@lanthorn.com

The Grand Valley State University Student Senate passed many resolutions throughout the 2012-13 academic year, and the new senators as well as returning senators for next year plan to continue to represent the students’ interests on campus.

Lindsay Viviano, this year’s vice president of the Public Relations Committee, said she believed the senate’s greatest accomplishment this year was the Last Lecture.

“While I’ve been on Senate, I believe this was the best Last Lecture yet,” Viviano said. “The speaker, Brian Riemersma from the movement science department, was absolutely incredible. Not only was his speech fantastic, but his excitement to partake not only inspired us, as senators, but many GVSU students and faculty, as well.”

Student Senate also organized President’s Ball, which DeMario Bell from the Campus Affairs Committee said he believed was the senate’s greatest achievement this year.

“This was my first year attending the event, and it was refreshing to see senior administration, faculty and students all in one setting at one time, having a great evening at VanAndel,” Bell said.

While Senate helped to organize several larger events, it also became more known around campus than in years past, said Anthony Clemons from the Diversity Affairs Committee. “A lot more people on campus know about Senate than ever before,” he said.

Viviano said she liked being on the senate because it gave her the chance to vote and voice her opinion on issues brought up in senate and meet a lot of new people.

“Being a member of Student Senate has been by far the greatest experience I’ve had at Grand Valley. It made me realize the importance of not only being an active member of your university, but your community, as well,” she said.

With a wide range of opinions, Viviano said that although senators don’t always agree they have learned

to move past their differences.

“I have met such a wide range of personalities, and although I have not always agreed with everyone, we have always learned how to effectively work together,” she said. “It was a great learning experience for working with all different types of individuals and overlooking differences at the end of the day.” she said.

Jacob Schacht is a current freshman and a new senator joining next year’s Student Senate. He said he decided to join so he could become more involved in the university, and he hopes to address several issues including GVSU’s presence in the community and getting Senate and the student body further connected.

“Allendale and Grand Valley can both bring benefits to each other,” Schacht said. “So maintaining and building upon a strong and enriching exchange with the university and its town is something I would like to foster.

Additionally, I would like to build Grand Valley’s voice and influence in government. Achieving these plans could spread and develop the reputation of this deserving, accomplished university.”

For the new senators, Viviano advised them to not be timid.

“As a freshman, I was timid and afraid to ask questions and fully partake in all this organization has to offer,” she said. “Student Senate is full of opportunities to not only work with students, but faculty and staff. It’s important to work as hard as you can and to not worry about boundaries.”

Bell’s advice for the new senators was to keep an open mind to everything and to remember the senate represents all students—not just the majority. “Disregard your personal feelings towards certain resolutions and discussions and think about the student body,” he said. “I’m not saying forget about your purpose on Senate, but you are here to represent the entire student body and not just yourself, so if you know in the back of your head it will benefit or not be beneficial for the student body, advocate that.” shillenbrand@lanthorn.com

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high regard the university has for Dr. Niemeyer and the many contributions he made through his career,” Davis said, adding that recipients strive for excellence in a well-rounded academic experience.

The 2013 Niemeyer Award recipients were Edward Aboufadel, professor of mathematics; John Shinsky, professor of leadership and learning; Cody Husak, undergraduate nursing student; Sherri Slater, undergraduate liberal studies student; Todd Cates, physical therapy graduate student; Jeffery Clark, business graduate student; John Gipson, higher education graduate student; and Meridell Gracias, nursing graduate student.

James Manser, a senior studying international relations, was nominated by

students, faculty and staff to receive the Venderbush Award for significant leadership contributions to GVSU student life.

The Thomas M. Seykora Awards were given to nine students nominated

by GVSU community members for significantly contributing to student life on campus.

The recipients were Marvis Herring, broadcasting; Jack Iott, finance and economics; Darius Jordan, public and nonprofit administration; Bridgette McGuire, math; Brendan Miller, communication studies; Shelby Schwarzkoff, advertising and public relations; Caitlin Stoltman, therapeutic recreation; Michael Williams, public and nonprofit administration; and Krystal Wilson, studio art.

Departmental awards were also distributed to undergraduate and graduate students.

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thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

The article should also mention the right to retain one’s religion, Kuppa said.

“Just as religious freedom is a human right, we also believe that to retain one’s religion, and to be free from aggressive and predatory proselytization is also a human right,” she said. “Not only are you free to change your religion, but you’re also free to retain your religion and be free from people taking advantage of the imbalance of power.”

Imbalances of power are important factors in predatory proselytization, Kuppa said.

“What happens if I’m economically poor or emotionally vulnerable?” she asked during her lecture. “What about when there’s that imbalance of power, (and) suffering and I am approached.

Am I free, really free, to retain my religion?”

Kuppa said she gets nervous when speaking opposite of someone with many degrees, and even though she considers herself well-read, she’s just a minivan mom.

“I’m a minivan mom who became an activist to make society better for her children,” she said. “To believe in the American dream, not just the economic aspect of it, but what it really means to be with the core democratic values. I think that’s the strength of my conviction

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I’m a minivan mom who became an activist to make society better for her children.

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and that’s what carries me.”

Though he doesn’t call himself a pluralist, Kortenhoven understands pluralism exists in our society and thinks we should enjoy it.

“I think Padma did an excellent job and that we should understand our pluralistic society better than we do, but that doesn’t

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mean we have to change our own belief systems,” he said. “We have to get along—conflict serves no purpose in our society.”

Stella said one mission of the IDA is to advance the understanding of religions and ideologies by study, dialogue and sharing about religious experiences.

“I think that it was a much more civilized dialogue between those two than to get somebody who just railed against all missionaries, and a missionary who came to say that all people who don’t listen to him are going to hell,” Stella said. “That would have been the opposite of what we had tonight and it would have been a dismal failure—there would have been no dialogue. Hopefully people on either side learned something.” rjarvi@lanthorn.com

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HARTIGAN EARNS GOLFER OF THE WEEK

Grand Valley State University sophomore Kelly Hartigan has been named the GLIAC Women’s Golfer of the Week after she finished in second place individually at the 2013 NC4K College Classic. Hartigan (9) led the way for GVSU, which also finished second as a team in the event behind No. 20 University of California-Pennsylvania. She was the only student-athlete in the 18-team field to shoot less than 78 in each day of the tournament (77-76 -153), and finished only one stroke behind Concord University’s Steph Peareth (8). The Lake Orion, Mich. native now has four top-five finishes this season. GVSU will travel to St. Louis, Mo. to take part in the “The Triton” on Sunday.

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fter missing the playoffs the last two seasons, the Grand Valley State University football team hopes to break that trend in 2013.

With their season opener against Azusa Pacific University still 149 days away, GVSU continues to use the spring practices as a way for the players to acclimate themselves with the coaches and system.

This Saturday will be the first time to see the 2013 version of the GVSU squad in action, as the the Spring Game will be hosted at Lubbers Stadium at noon.

However, you won’t see some key players this weekend that will be playing key roles for GVSU this fall.

“I could list ten players that I think will be playing with us in the fall that aren’t with us right now,” said head coach Matt Mitchell. “It’s been challenging because we have a lot of new faces out there. Specifically at the offensive line position and the wide receiver position and add in the fact that we have a completely new coaching staff on offense.”

After spending three years as GVSU’s offensive line coach, Tim Morrison is now the offensive coordinator and will retain offensive line duties. Matt Vitzhum was hired as the new run-

STADOLA SELECTED FOR WBCA PROGRAM

Grand Valley State University senior Lauren Stadola has been chosen to participate in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s “So You Want to Be a Coach” program, according to www.WBCA.org. Stadola started in 45 games during her four-year career with the GVSU women’s basketball team, and was a three-time GLIAC Academic Excellence award winner under head coach Janel Burgess. The “So” program is designed to help participants gain awareness about the details related to coaching women’s basketball, and emphasizes what it takes to get a coaching position, the administrative side of coaching, the process of recruiting and other related topics.

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SCHEDULES TRACK Tonight at Sea Relays (TN) 7 p.m.

Friday at Sea Relays (TN) 10 a.m.

Saturday at Sea Relays (TN) 10 a.m.

Saturday at Western Kentucky 11 a.m.

Saturday at Hillsdale 11 a.m.

MEN’S TENNIS Friday at Ferris State 12 p.m.

Saturday at GRCC/Davenport Invite 10 a.m.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE Friday at AldersonBroaddus 4 p.m.

Saturday at Tiffin 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER Saturday vs. Spring Arbor 1 p.m.

Sunday at Western Michigan 1 p.m.

BASEBALL Saturday vs. Walsh 1 p.m.

Saturday vs. Walsh 3:30 p.m.

Sunday vs. Walsh 12 p.m.

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Saturday at Wayne State 1 p.m.

Saturday at Wayne State 3 p.m.

Sunday at Saginaw Valley 12 p.m.

Sunday at Saginaw Valley 2 p.m.

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Saturday at Drury 2 p.m.

Sunday at Missouri-St. Louis 10 a.m.

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Sunday atTheTriton (MO) Monday atTheTriton (MO)

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ning backs coach after Eddie Brown left to become the defensive back coach for the Toronto Argonauts, and Bill Brechin comes from the University of Notre Dame to become the wide receiver coach.

“It’s been a lot more meetings,” Mitchell said.

“It’s been fun though. We’ve really as coaches, enjoyed working with this group of guys.

We got a new guy calling the plays, so you can see and feel that even though it’s still a Grand Valley State offense and we do what we do, it’s different. There’s some differences because we have some outside coaches who brought in some new ideas too, so we’ve been incorporating some ideas and all the players and those guys are getting to know each other and those relationships are growing, so a lot of new things are occurring.”

Don’t plan on the offense and defense to take part in a full scrimmage this Saturday. With the team still going through transitions, the Lakers are looking to use this time to improve in many different facets.

“Saturday is gonna be more like a practice than a game,” Mitchell said. “We need that. That’s what our football team needs rights now. We need to go out and have another practice and keep working on things.

We’re gonna go out there

and play 11-on-11 football and keep working on things that we’re gonna do on both sides of the ball.”

While the coaches and players are still treating it as a practice, the players are still looking forward to going live in front of an audience.

“It should be fun,” said senior linebacker Sam Power. “A couple practices we’ve been able to go live at the end. This Saturday we’re gonna treat it more as a practice, but we’ll be able to go live at the end, so it should be fun.”

With key players not taking part in the scrimmage and spring practices, it has let Mitchell evaluate talent up and down his roster. This Saturday will continue to serve as a chance for the coaching staff to get a solid look at the entire team.

“Having some of those proven playmakers like a Matt Armstrong not there - Jamie Potts made a lot of plays as a redshirt freshman and not having Luther Ware here, one of our best linebackers. I actually think it might be an advantage because it has forced a lot of guys to get more repetitions and do a lot more things and has helped with their growth process. I look at all those guys being gone as a positive cause we’ve made some strides here.” sports@lanthorn.com

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Getting back to work: Quarterback Heath Parling looks on during a practice. The Lakers have begun spring practice as they prepare for next season’s first game versus Azusa Pacific University in 149 days. Although the team doesn’t have some of the players practicing right now that will be on the team next year, the team will be holding a 11-on-11 scrimmage on Saturday, April 13, at Ludders Stadium at noon.

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Home run queen Martin’s consistency and power key her to numerous GV records

Weather cools hot start Women’s golf finishes second after a strong first day showing

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BY PETE BARROW GVL STAFF WRITER

Grand Valley State University slugger Katie Martin has yet to call her own shot, but the bat-busting and record-breaking senior is quietly quilting a Babe Ruthian lore and legacy for herself at GVSU. A pitcher initially, like Ruth, Martin split time between third base and the mound her freshman season. As Martin’s career progressed, she gravitated away from the field and the mound, embracing her full potential at the plate as a designated hitter, like Ruth.

“Of course you’re going to do what the team needs you to do,” Martin said. “If that’s what I’m supposed to be doing, then throw me in there, that’s what I’m supposed to be doing. At first, it was definitely an adjustment, but now I love it. You have nothing else to worry about.

You see what the pitcher’s throwing, you’re just full on focused on hitting and after you adjust to it, there’s absolutely no problem with it. I enjoy it, I’m still in the game, and I love it.”

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Swing away: After spending time as a pitcher and at third base, Katie Martin has turned into a hitting machine batting DH.

tin holds six GVSU career records - and a home run earlier this season set three career marks (259 hits, 164 runs and 47 home runs, now the GLIAC mark) at once.

By the time Martin’s finished (she’s currently second behind Kim Biskup in both walks and RBI), she, like Ruth, might not have any re-

cords left to break.

“It’s been fun and it’s still fun,” Martin said. “I’m excited to finish the year. I’m going through it and I’m not exactly realizing everything.

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The Lakers were well on their way to winning the 2013 NC4K College Classic - then Mother Nature reared her ugly head.

Despite a trio of top10 individual finishes, the Grand Valley State University women’s golf team fell just short of first place at the Jeffrey Country Club in Blacklick, Ohio on Monday as the teams’ 3-stroke lead slipped away on the second day of the event.

“We’ll always take second place,” said GVSU head coach Rebecca Mailloux. “Except it was hard to swallow this time, especially with our arch-rival finishing first.”

No. 20 California University of Pennsylvania won the 18-team event by one stroke after GVSU failed to adapt to the windy conditions while competing on a challenging back nine.

Mailloux said the weather disrupted her team’s mental focus and momentum.

“Our body language changed on the back nine,” she said. “It was a combination of things, but the conditions were definitely a factor. We just need

to continue to work on the mental aspect of the game.”

Despite the frustrating finish, three Lakers still managed to showcase the team’s potential.

Sophomore Kelly Hartigan (9) was impressive throughout the tournament, carding a secondplace performance individually. Hartigan finished just one stroke behind Concord University’s Steph Peareth (8), who shot a tournament-best 70 on Monday to secure the individual victory.

Hartigan wasn’t satisfied.

“I was frustrated,” she said. “I couldn’t find a way to finish (on Monday), and this is the second time this year that I’ve lost by a stroke individually.”

The GLIAC Women’s Golfer of the Week also finished second in the Las Vegas Desert Classic on March 4.

Junior Veronica Ryan (12) finished in a tie for fifth place behind a solid outing on Sunday when she led the field with a 74 stroke day. The wind, however, also disrupted Ryan on Monday.

“The back nine killed us,” she said. “It got insanely windy and we didn’t play our best. We were pretty disappointed to finish in SEE WEATHER, B2

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GV students gain invaluable experience while working the Final Four BY pete barrows GVL staff writer

The Michigan Wolverines may have been the most notable collection, but they weren’t the only representatives from the mitten state present at this year’s Final Four hosted in Atlanta, Ga. A 16-member contingency of Grand Valley State University students also made the trip south to participate in the festivities.

Working through the summer of 2012 to establish a Meeting Professionals International chapter on GVSU’s campus, senior and group president Erin Lecker and junior Stephanie Kramer, the club’s vice president, were intent on extending at least one volunteer trip offer through the club. In the inaugural year of operation, Lecker and the rest of the 18 or so active meeting professionals could have scarcely imagined the caliber of opportunity that would present itself to them.

“At the beginning of the year, we had kind of talked about taking a volunteer trip to gain some more experience in event management,” Lecker said. “I had thought the Final Four, just because it’d be an awesome opportunity, and when I realized it was in Atlanta, my brother works for the company (contemporary services corporation) that we ended up working for. It fell into place perfectly.”

In the afternoon of April 2, 16 members departed in a carpool and drove through the night all the way to the stoop of the Georgia Dome to fulfill their orientation with CSC. Save for a Sunday off in which some members chose to attend an Atlanta Braves game, a free concert held downtown and the college dunk contest won by fellow Michigander Doug Anderson, a senior forward from the University of De-

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ment and it’s been fun.”

With so many records to her name, it’s become difficult for Martin to pick just one to take pride in. A prolific hitter is not defined

troit Mercy, the trip was a whirlwind tour comprised of 12-hour days (usually starting around noon) and once in a lifetime experiences.

“The experience was incredible,” said GVSU junior and MPI member Kollin Currie. “We were so close to the action and got paid for it. (We) witnessed the interior working of what it takes to put on an event of this magnitude. The weekend attendance was over 140,000.”

Downtime was scarcely experienced by any of the roughly estimated 1,200 CSC volunteers who assisted tirelessly in a variety of fashions

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to ensure each component of the overall event went off without a hitch. GVSU MPI members alone had a full plate to concern themselves with.

“We worked the college all-star game, which included a concert by Gym Class Heroes, four open team practices and all three games,” Currie said. “We all worked the floor level, checked credentials during these events, were security and did tasks like walking in the team, monitoring the student sections, escorting in VIP guests etc.”

The work wasn’t without perks, however, and included benefits far more by solely by stats however, a truth not lost on Martin. “(The record I’m most proud of is) probably the batting average (career .432 hitter), which I know is not concrete yet depending on how I finish this year,” Martin said. “That was probably

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Real world experience: A group of GVSU students made the trip down to Atlanta, Ga to help work the Final Four. The 16member group drove from Allendale to Atlanta and was able to sit within 30 feet of the floor in the Michigan section.

exotic than dental. GVSU MPI members, who were cognizant that they wouldn’t have been afforded nearly the same experience without the facilitation of CSC job duties, were grateful for the opportunity.

“The section I monitored had the Fab Five in it, Denard (Robinson), the families of all the players, Charles Woodson, Zack Novak (former Michigan basketball captain), Desmond How-

ard,” Currie said. “I rubbed shoulders with NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Patrick Ewing, Oscar Robertson, Bob Knight, Will Ferrell and the whole Anchorman crew, Christian Laettner and Gary Payton.

Just unreal and so many others.”

Following a bitter 82-76 to the Louisville Cardinals, the University of Michigan Wolverines departed for home. Taking the cue, the

GVSU MPI chapter followed suit and again powered through the drive in one straight haul on Tuesday, a week after it had all began. The experiences gained, particularly in the field of event management, and packed in with the return luggage were invaluable. The memories made were even more so. “(My) fondest memory will be experiencing such a historic moment and be-

ing up in the action,” Currie said. “Being in the Michigan section and 30-feet from the floor (all GVSU members were close to floor) for the national title game and just seeing all the behind the scenes work that it takes to bring a big event like this together. There was so much energy in the building and it was a once in a lifetime experience I will tell my kids about.”

my favorite one just because I think it shows the consistency throughout the year, that I did it all in one year.”

More importantly than the records, the Lakers (233, 11-1 GLIAC) are winning and the senior laden roster (eight in total) has made ma-

jor contributions, on and off the diamond, to ensure the W’s continue to pile up. For Martin and the rest of her senior peers, the winning mentality and the accumulation of record-breaking production required patience and practice to perfect.

“Katie Martin was my roommate as a freshman, I would go back and room with Katie any day,” said senior catcher Emily Holt.

“I think the seniors we had, we came in and we’ve been through everything – the ups, the downs, we’ve had good seasons, we’ve had bad.

After a slight statistical regression in 2012 following her Daktronics Player of the Year sophomore season, Martin, who currently has 35 hits, eight home runs, 11 doubles, 70 total bases and 37 RBI is right back on pace to end her career at a peak.

With 47 strikeouts and 47 home runs in her 606 career at-bats, an average of one each every 13 plate appearances, Martin has mastered the art of slugging balance and went back through her career to re-establish the skill in the 2013.

“I was looking through my three years here and my sophomore year was definitely my biggest year here so far,” Martin said.

“I thought about that year, what I did, looked at stats a little bit and I struck out a lot that year – but I hit better. I did this the summer coming into this year and thought about it. Last year, my junior

year, I didn’t swing my bat as much and I didn’t strike out as much, but I swung more my sophomore year. This year I went in with the mentality that I’m going to swing a lot and be really aggressive and I don’t care if I strikeout, I’m swinging the bat. I know what cuts to take and I go up there every time thinking ‘you’re going to swing hard’.”

After coming up short in last year’s 45-win campaign, Martin and the rest of the Lakers are hungry to fulfill championship aspirations.

If GVSU is to be successful in that aim, it will take the entire team working in conjunction with Martin’s bat. No matter how the 2013 season completes, championship or not, or how many records are broken, Martin’s GVSU legend and status as a teammate are secure. For Martin, it’s not about Martin or records – it’s about winning and winning as a team.

“Half my stats I couldn’t have done without my team,” Martin said. “I think about my RBI’s and my hits – if I didn’t have my teammates there cheering me on and being on base. You always have to take everything back to the team.”

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progresses.”

Freshman Gabrielle Shipley (14) also came up big for the Lakers, finishing in eighth place behind a 75 stroke performance on Sunday.

The trio looked especially good while teeing off.

“This is the best I’ve seen them hit the ball,” Mailloux said. “They were outdriving the competition by 50 to 100 yards on a consistent basis.”

GVSU will hope for continued success when the team travels to St. Louis, Mo. on Sunday to compete in “The Triton.”

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second place. That’s not what we wanted.”

GVSU has been forced to practice indoors for most of the season due to inclement weather, something the team is not used to. In 2012, the team was able to train outside as early as February.

For the Lakers, simulating these conditions is no simple task.

“Nothing can replace practicing outside,” Hartigan said. “We hit balls inside all winter long, but it’s not the same as natural grass. We will get better as the season

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Second time around Bowling club hopes the second time around is the charm BY tate baker GVL MANAGING EDITOR

Due to lack of organization and interest, the Grand Valley State University bowling club had no choice but to shut down altogether, leading to the end of their existence. After a year out of commission, GVSU has hoped that they have found someone to help rebirth the previously defunct program.

“After having several conversations with Mike Eaton, I feel pretty confident that the bowling club can be successful this time around,” said Eric Gravelink, coordinator

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of club sports at GVSU. “We really just need someone that is engaged within the program and (Mike) seems like he will bring that.”

Now the man in control of the reigns for GVSU’s bowling club, Mike Eaton brings over 30 years of coaching experience to Allendale, which includes experience at the high school level and also Division II NAIA experience from Davenport University.

“I’m really excited to develop a program from the ground up,” Eaton said. “Once we get some of the ground work done and things organized, we should feel pretty confident with building this program.”

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success this time around is simply organization - something they didn’t have too much of the first time.

“The reason the club failed before was due to a lack of organization from various members of the club,” Gravelink said. “We have people interested in bowling at

GVSU. It just takes someone like Mike to get things going.”

One of the main reasons the bowling club has a great chance for rebirth is the fact that GVSU successfully puts 34 different club sports teams on the field, court or where ever it may be each year.

Bowling would without a doubt benefit by rejoining the vast lists of clubs.

“It’s great to have our club sports continue to grow and improve,” Gravelink said. “We would all like to see the bowling club make a comeback.”

Of course you can’t start up a program that ceased existence without having interest from students. That is something Eaton believes won’t be a problem.

“I keep getting calls from local kids around the area that are interested in bowling at the collegiate level,” Eaton said. “It’s not a matter

of getting kids interest, but rather a matter of getting the program up and running.”

Eaton brings a certain drive to the bowling club, which is imperative to success. He not only wants to compete, but also plans to get the bowling club back to prominence. This all happens with time and growth.

“I was a part of a national championship at Davenport University, and have had numerous kids compete for state championships at the high school level as well,” Eaton said. “I feel like we can eventually have the same success here at GVSU.” Any students interested in joining the bowling club are asked to go to the informational meeting in Kirkhof Center, room 2201, which is scheduled to take place today from 5:30-7 p.m. tbaker@lanthorn.com

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Rowing sets sights on Lubbers Cup Regatta

CHARLOTTE LONG | GVL

Remembering the fallen: Despite a disappointing performance in Washington, D.C., the men’s and women’s rowing teams are preparing for the Lubbers Cup Regatta where the team will be paying homage to former rower Rachel Ring who was killed in a car accident in October 2011. The boat will be named “Rachel Ring 1991-2011“ in Ring’s honor.

The team will honor Rachel Ring with a christening of a new boat

BY ADAM KNORR GVL STAFF WRITER

After being cooped up inside during the long winter, the Grand Valley State University men’s and women’s club rowing team’s were finally able to get out on the water this past weekend in Washington, D.C. The weather was more than happy to cooperate with for the Lakers, as they took to the course at the Occoquan Sprints on a gorgeous 68-degree day.

Both the men’s and the women’s varsity 8+ crews started the day off well, as both squads performed well enough to advance past their heats and compete in the final races.

Both crews faltered slightly in the final heat, as the men’s team finished in third place while the women took fourth in their race. After their strong efforts put forth in the earlier heats, both teams felt as though they came up a little short in the final heat.

“We didn’t meet our expectations,” said women’s senior captain Carey Mankins. “We hoped to do better, but as a first race in the spring season it was good experience and a good gauge of where we’re at compared to

other teams.”

The varsity men fared slightly better than the women, taking third place in their final heat. The crew fell just short of second place, crossing the finish half a length behind the boat of Drexel University. The University of Michigan took first place overall in the men’s varsity 8+ races.

“I think we had a decent race,” said senior captain Chad Condon. “It was our first real race this year, so it’s not going to go perfect the first time. It was a good sign that we were competitive with some of the better schools.”

The Lakers will look to improve on their results this upcoming weekend when they race at home in the Lubbers Cup Regatta.

GVSU will play host to a number of schools, including the University of Illinois, Kansas University, Michigan State University and U of M. Due to the level of competition and the size of the schools competing at the Lubbers Cup Regatta, it is one of the biggest events of the year for GVSU rowing.

“I expect our athletes to compete at the highest level,” said head coach John Bancheri. “We are excited to get back and put mileage in and this is a big home race coming up. Getting prepared is our number

one goal right now.”

In addition to their races this weekend, the Lakers will be adjusting their focus to a slightly more sentimental event. Before the Lubbers Cup Regatta, GVSU is christening a new boat to add to their fleet, a Vespoli Four named “Rachel Ring 1991-2011.” The boat is named in remembrance of Rachel Ring, a former rower who died in a car accident in October 2011.

Ring joined the novice team in September 2011 – her freshman year. The boat was donated by Ring’s family.

“Rachel was the kind of athlete every coach wants on their team,” wrote novice women’s coach Kelsey Arnold in a news release. “She was always smiling and radiating a positive attitude to her teammates.”

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Art.Downtown. highlights local artists

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A little bit of everything: Over 300 artists will be showcasing their work at over 30 different downtown venues as part of the Art.Downtown event. The event will run from 6-11 p.m. on April 12.

Artists from all over will showcase their work as part of Avenue for the Arts event

BY Audrey sochor GVL staff writer

Now celebrating its fifth year, Art.Downtown. continues to bring community members together with hundreds of local artists.

Featuring around 30 downtown sites with more than 300 artists on display, the April 12 event “is a one night shop hop around the city of Grand Rapids,” said Krzysztof Lower, Grand Valley State University art and design major and intern with Avenue for the Arts.

Art.Downtown. is hosted by Avenue for the Arts, and runs from 6-11 p.m. To make it easier to try and see most of the art, three of the city’s trolleys are being brought back to help navigate. Volunteers will also be at all of the trolley stops, and other locations, passing out site maps.

Jenn Schaub, coordinator for Avenue for the Arts, said each site will have a different feel, with some focusing on student work, while some are live/work spaces. The different venues will showcase a variety of art media, including drawing, ceramics, photography, painting,

sculpture, music and more.

“I think that the thing to know about the event as a whole is that it’s very eclectic,” Schaub said. “So you’re going to see a really broad range of artwork.”

But she said what really unifies the event is all of the artists are local from the Grand Rapids region, such as students affiliated with a university.

GVSU will have two student groups participating in Art.Downtown., including the graphic design seniors’ showcase, Praxis13, and drawing professor Michael Ingold’s advanced drawing class, which will be showing at Bloom Collective on Jefferson Avenue.

“For students that are in the art and design department, this is a good opportunity for them to sort of get their feet wet with experience, and (see) what it’s like to put on a show of their own,” Ingold said.

He said students who finish their degree at GVSU want to go on to be functional in the arts in some capacity, and that requires them to be able to deal with an audience. They have to be able to communicate

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with a group of people about their intentions, and this a great opportunity to do just that, he said.

Art.Downtown. also offers students exposure they might otherwise not receive.

One of the challenges of GVSU being in Allendale is the isolation from downtown, Ingold said. Art

is something that by definition requires an audience, “and unfortunately there is not a huge audience for art here in Allendale.”

Lower said a lot of art students can get stuck in the GVSU community, and Art.Downtown. is a great way to connect with the Grand Rapids art scene while still in school.

“And I don’t know why people wouldn’t want to show their work,” Lower said. “If you’re making artwork you might as well show it.

You can make as much work as you want in the studio, but if you don’t show it nobody knows about it.”

Graphic design majors Kuu Hubbard and Sam Atherton are two GVSU students hoping to get exposure during their 13-person senior design show, Praxis13. Taking place at Take Hold Church on S. Division Avenue, their show will display projects showcasing the skills they have learned throughout their college careers, with the aim of meeting future employers.

The Praxis13 exhibit showcases a range of the student’s future employment goals and talents. After

graduation, Atherton wants to be a brand developer, so for his project he used the fictional Parallax Industries, a corporation that invents time travel, to show his ability to create a brand identity.

“So I’ll be able to show perspective employers that this is what I’ll be able to do for you, for your company,” Atherton said.

While Atherton’s is focused on a fictional business, Hubbard’s helium project is a campaign that highlights the affects the current helium shortage has had on many industries.

“It’s not really a well-known thing, and a lot of people think helium is just used for balloons, but there are more serious uses for helium,” she said.

But it’s not all about exposure for the artists. It’s also about appreciation for all of their hard work creating.

“I just want my show to be an accumulation of everything I learned the last four years,” Hubbard said.

“I mean, the exposure is nice, but it’s more about the project for me and not necessarily the exposure.” asochor@lanthorn.com

Different media, different inspiration Art seniors combine talents for Art Gallery exhibit BY stacy sabaitis GVL staff writer

As their college careers come to an end, four art students with very different areas of interest have come together to create an exhibit that showcases the skills they have learned at Grand Valley State University.

Their final senior showcase is on display in the Art Gallery inside the Performing Arts Center until April 12, with a reception to meet the artists April 11 starting at 5 p.m. The gallery exhibits all of the student’s different inspirations in a range of art media.

Elizabeth Uitvlugt, an illustration major, created her show based on her passion for cities and people.

Her final project is a graphite drawing of a cityscape with people and interactions, along with several separate compositions of those people.

“You can go back and forth and try to figure out who is who in the cityscape, and then you can kind of see how you maybe perceive the people a little bit differently based on how I draw them outside of the cityscape, versus how I drew them on the inside,” Uitvlgut said.

She took her passion for storytelling and was able to incorporate it into her show.

“I really wanted to convey a sense of story when you look at my piece, like I wanted to be able to look at it and be able to imagine

more than what I show you, like there’s a whole story and I’m just showing you a snip-it of it,” Uitvlugt said.

Also an illustration major, Jessica Banish took inspiration from personal life experiences to create pieces that viewers might be able to relate to.

Her gallery consists of six illustrations, which include a memorial for her dog, as well as a piece dedicated to veterans and another about death.

The project is very different from what she has done before, she said. And she pushed herself while working on the illustrations to create a final product of her best work.

“I will be the first to admit when I first came to the program, my illustrations were lazy,” Banish said.

“I did not put the amount of work in them that they could’ve required, so they’re not bad and they’re not good – well they’re not great.”

And although all art and design students are required to create a senior showcase exhibit, many didn’t look at it as just homework.

“I see it as having definition, and it really is my own inflection of how I think,” said Dexter Dixon, a visual studies major. “So it has— it carries my voice and my thoughts and it’s not just an assignment for class.”

Dixon’s mixed-media project was inspired by popular culture and includes scans from Aqua

Man comics, and a video of a toy that Dixon is assembling.

“It’s really multi-media based, there’s sculpture involved, there’s prints, and there’s a video,” Dixon said. “And all of these objects are things I understand to be cultural artifacts and I’ve removed them from their original cultural setting, and then de-contextualized them by placing them in the gallery so that it adds this new meaning.”

The final part of the gallery is by metalsmithing major Nicole Grogg, who switched up the traditional by using many alternative materials in her project.

“So, my show has to do with combining traditional metalsmithing techniques and alternative materials that are sort of coming up in contemporary jewelry and metalsmithing,” Grogg said. “So I mix a lot of things, like rubber or synthetic hair, latex, fibers, along with metals like copper, gold, and then, like, gemstones and stuff like that.”

Grogg has eight pieces of jewelry on display, including necklaces, rings and broaches, which all use different elements to relate.

“They all sort of have the same common theme with sort of alternative material,” Grogg said. “It kind of catches people off guard when they see such weird, raw materials mixed with jewelry and metalsmithing techniques.” ssabaitis@lanthorn.com

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One last show: Elizabeth Uitvlugt used her passion for cities and people to create her senior project which will be on display until April 12.

Dancing out of GV Seniors produce final concert, say goodbye to fellow students

BY MARY MATTINGLY GVL STAFF WRITER

Each semester, the Grand Valley State University dance department seniors put on a concert showcasing the four years of intense training they’ve gone through to get their degree.

The concert fulfills their capstone class requirements for graduation, and is completely produced by the students.

“The class is all of what we do, it encompasses many facets of the performance life,” said Shawn Bible, dance program coordinator. “The show is a chance for the dancers to have the ability to present themselves as a person.”

The capstone class encompasses many aspects of the professional world that dancers must be prepared for in order to market themselves while auditioning. In the class, they learn how to create a website, build an online resume, and create both headshots and bodyshots for their professional portfolios. They then use the bodyshots to create posters to advertise their concert.

“With this concert, they present themselves to the university in the same way they

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One last time: Students in the GVSU dance department will be showcasing their skills one more time before graduation.

would present themselves to a company,” Bible said.

Along with choreographing the concert, the dancers must also edit their own music, and coordinate a stage manager, ushers and a reception to follow the concert. They organize the costumes, lighting and tech crews.

“They fully produce their own concert,” Bible said.

Jesse Powers and Karley Dorner produced this semester’s concert, which features undergraduate dancers, as well as a few alumni. Both Powers and Dorner said they found challenges in maintaining a rehearsal schedule and coordi-

nating the show, while keeping up with other classes.

“It’s learning how to balance normal life and trying to produce a show,” Powers said.

The class did not have a scheduled meeting time, and it was up to Powers and Dorner to schedule meetings with Bible and schedule rehearsals.

For the show, Dorner and Powers choreographed a group dance, as well as their own solos.

“Personally, it was definitely challenging, the whole choreographic process,” Dorner said.

“You have to work on both a group number and a solo. You

only have eight weeks to get it where it needs to be.”

The dancers have had experience choreographing before, and mixed their personal styles to create the concert.

“It’s what we find aesthetically pleasing,” Powers said.

“It’s dancing and acting at the same time.”

While the group numbers represent more of a concept, the solo pieces are meant to represent the choreographer as a person.

“It’s really refreshing,” Dorner said. “Having that opportunity in choosing to get where you want, to be listening to yourself and making suggestions. Being open so that (the choreography) can keep developing.”

The concert will be a culmination of the dancers’ talents and what they learned at GVSU. “The audience will see great technique,” Dorner said.

“We’re blessed with amazing students here. It’s going to be great performance and entertainment quality.”

And while the show is part of their class, it is also a way of saying goodbye to their college dancing career.

“It’s going to be different pieces, different dynamic ranges,” Powers said. “We’re doing a duet to close the show, it’s our last hurrah.”

Like any graduation, and the events accompanying the end of the year, the show is bittersweet for the two seniors.

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piece out there,” Powers said.

“I’m excited and kind of sad.

It’s crazy that I won’t be here next year. This is my last time dancing with these people.”

They’ve gotten to know each other very well dancing together during the past four

years.

“We’re a family, it’s going to be bittersweet,” Dorner said.

“It’s awesome to present ourselves, but I will be sad to leave the program. (The other dancers and I) grew up together in this program.”

Now, the seniors must use the training they learned at GVSU toward their future careers.

“I’m excited to hear what they do in the future,” Bible said. “You train your students to be so fantastic. You want them to be around another year to put them through more work and be an example so that other students learn from them. But for me, the best part is hearing about their success after the university.” mmattingly@lanthorn.

Best friends showcase design skills

ROBERT MATHEWS | GVL

Til the end: Lindsay Fisher (metals) and Brent Westrick (ceramics) are displaying their senior art exhibit in the Padnos Gallery in Calder Art Center. The pair met early in their GVSU careers and will be showcasing their different talents together.

BY SHELBY PENDOWSKI GVL STAFF WRITER

When Lindsay Fisher and Brent Westrick entered the foundation classes in Grand Valley State University’s art and design program, they didn’t think the road to their senior showcase would arrive so quickly.

Fisher, a metalsmith major, and Westrick, a ceramics major, spent hours working on their pieces for the gallery, which runs until April 12.

They practiced their problem-solving skills as they tried to piece together the Padnos Art Gallery showcase of their work. But the final solution, Fisher said, was to split the gallery in half.

“I made toys,” Fisher said.

“All of (my) work is interactive – they are pretty different.”

She drew inspiration for her metalsmithing pieces from studying philosophy and being curious about the world’s cultures.

“I got my inspiration from really just looking at different cultures,” Fisher said. “More or less, how we treat materials, consumption and, sort of, capitalism as a whole.”

Westrick took a more naturalistic approach to his pieces, drawing inspiration

from the scenery around him at GVSU. “My work is, I guess, ceramic vessels that are inspired by natural elements, such as leaves, and they are, I guess, tied to the landscape,” Westrick said. “I was inspired just because of the ravines and, like, I appreciate that the ravines are here and I make sure that I, like, take a break

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and appreciate nature every once in a while.”

Although the styles of their works differ, Westrick said their intentions are similar.

“We are both, like, criticizing the world or something,” Westrick said. “Her work is more criticizing social practice, like our society, and mine

is more examining the natural world, and I guess our daily rituals like drinking liquids.”

It’s bittersweet for Fisher to look back at how fast time has gone by. But Westrick said if he could rewind time, he would give himself a couple pieces of advice.

He would tell himself “(to) start earlier, to be critical, to examine things carefully, and try to predict. Try to think of what the viewer might think and how they will experience your work.”

The pair hopes for an interested audience, but Fisher said she is hoping viewers are able to take something away from her pieces.

“Regardless of whether they understand my concept I just really want them to interact with my work,” Fisher said.

The preparation working up to the reception on April 11 from 5-7 p.m. created some stress and difficulty for the duo, but the friendship offered much relief.

“She is probably my best friend,” Westrick said. “It is really nice having someone that I connect to and someone I enjoy working with. It was a good pairing.” spendowski@gmail.com

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