Issue 8, September 30, 2019 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

Making Waves Water initiative spurs interdisciplinary movement G R A N D VA L L E Y L A N T H O R N

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CAMPUS

GVSUALERT! TEST TO TAKE PLACE OCT. 4

The Grand Valley Police Department will test the GVSUAlert! systems this Friday, Oct. 4 at noon. The test includes messaging through text, voice and email, as well as on-campus alerts through desktop notifications, social media and an outdoor alert system.

The use of text, voice and email alerts is dependent on the user’s preference, which can be changed at www.gvsu.edu/ gvsualert.

With desktop notifications and outdoor alerts, the test aims to reach people across campus whether they are in class or outdoors. Text messages are also a quicker way to alert students of potential dangerous situations. Alerts will only be sent out in emergencies.

No action is required for students after receiving the alerts.

GV PROFESSOR’S, STUDENTS’ WORK CITED IN CAPITOL HILL HEARING

Following a USA Today reverse mortgaging investigation co-authored

by Grand Valley Student University professor Jeff Kelly Lowenstein and three of his students, a Capitol Hill hearing was held Sept. 25 to address issues in the system. The hearing called on Kelly Lowenstein’s findings and the work of students Allison Donahue, Jamie Fleury and Shirley Keys.

“It’s always a wonderful experience when our work as journalists makes a difference for people who have been negatively impacted by a policy or law,” Kelly Lowenstein said. “That this has happened on a project that I worked on with three students and our colleagues on USA Today’s national investigative team only makes it more so.”

The investigation started in 2017 and was published June 2019.

STUDENTS SELECTED FOR STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIP

After a competitive application process, 18 GVSU students received the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship to study abroad. Out of 5,600 applicants, only 1,424 were awarded the scholarship, which includes $8,000 toward the cost of the program.

The scholarship aims to increase students’ proficiency in other languages and cultures, which is crucial to their careers and development.

In GVSU’s history, 190 students have received the Gilman Scholarship, which is intended to diversify both the students and the regions that students study in. The GVSU students will be traveling to countries including Japan, Germany, Chile and nine others. A full list of recipients and selected countries is available on the GVSU website.

The deadline for the next Gilman Scholarship is Tuesday, Oct. 1, with another in March 2020.

OPPORTUNITY: Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson interacts with students Sept. 24. Benson visited both Allendale and Pew campuses with a mobile office to allow students to register to vote. She emphasized the importance of young voters registering and hitting the polls next year. GVL | MEGHAN LANDGREN

Michigan Secretary of State visits GV on National Voter Registration Day

BY LUCAS SWARTZENDRUBER NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

On Sept. 24, the Community Service Learning Center (CSLC) and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson promoted voter registration at the Cook Carillon Tower at Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus.

Associate Director of Student Life Melissa Baker-Boosamra described the event as celebratory. She considered it an honor for Benson to visit GVSU on National Voter Registration Day. “To me, that says she sees that we value student voter engagement and we value student voices,” Baker-Boosamra said.

Baker-Boosamra explained some of GVSU’s work behind promoting student voters.

Last May, the university hosted the Michigan Student Voter Engagement Summit, representing 24 campuses across the state. According to the Office of Student Life, the summit contributed to GVSU earning the title of “voter-friendly campus” in 2019.

Benson said students’ votes are their voices. If youth do not make themselves heard, politicians at all levels of government will make decisions without their input. For issues that students care about, changes will not occur unless they vote.

“Young voters are the future of our democracy,” Benson said.

During her visit, Benson attended the voter registration drive for 45 minutes. She said the Allendale Campus is vibrant with student

life; Benson recalled enjoying energizing conversations with students already engaged in registering their peers to vote.

CSLC Civic Engagement Associate Kathryn Carey explained the event relates to her major in political science and minor in international relations. She said students are key voices in how Americans deal with other countries and their own nation.

Carey said college students face challenges in registering to vote, as many students move to schools distant from home. Subsequently, those students need to register to vote and apply for absentee ballots. However, Carey noted some students have no interest in voting when faced with a long registration process.

Another challenge many students, especially freshman, face is that they have no cars on campus. Given this circumstance, Carey said they cannot drive to the Secretary of State’s office to register for voting. Nonetheless, she mentioned Benson’s mobile office visits college campuses. This provides students access to voter registration.

“The Secretary of State’s mobile office is here,” said senior William Thayer. “So we can actually do a lot more than registering to vote.”

According to Thayer, the mobile office provides various services to people, including renewing licenses. He said students benefit from the voter registration drive by gaining information; this includes dates for upcoming 2019 and 2020 elections and websites that advise people on how to apply for absentee ballots.

Thayer mentioned he interns for Ottawa County and is a member of Benson’s Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force. He described the voter registration drive as involving “two birds with one stone” because it relates to both roles.

For the internship, Thayer helped the registration process since he explained he wants to represent Ottawa County, which includes GVSU. Meanwhile, Thayer said the event gave him an opportunity to meet the Secretary of State before the Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force began. He explained the organization’s members come from across Michigan to discuss engaging more students in voting.

Part of this purpose deals with Proposal 18-3. The amendment passed last year, expanding on voting rights in the Michigan constitution, Thayer said. Among the new provisions are automatic registration and no-reason absentee voting. While Proposal 18-3 benefits college students, Thayer emphasized the task force needs to inform students about these rights.

In experiencing the voter registration drill, Thayer said he learned that people work on the voting process from different levels. From students and clerks to Benson, their participation makes election night possible.

Moving forward, Thayer said he hopes to participate in local and state politics. He also described his hope for Benson’s visit.

“We always want to see more turnout, and college voters are really an untapped group of voters,” Thayer said.

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A3 | NEWS GOVERNANCE

Dowker named new Student Senate executive vice president

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BY NICK MORAN EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

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Student Senate voted Senator Kelly Dowker as its new executive vice president during their Thursday, Sept. 26 meeting.

Following speeches, an extended question-and-answer session and expedited discussion, Dowker beat fellow senator Lansing Sanchez-Castillo, the only other senator running for the position.

Dowker’s successful appointment made her acting executive vice president immediately following the vote, filling the vacancy left by former executive vice president Andrew Nurmi’s sudden resignation earlier in the month.

Dowker, who is in her second year on Student Senate, highlighted her dedication to harboring and maintaining relationships within the body during her speech. She ran on platforms of inclusion and representation, seeing the role as one that supports cabinet’s vice presidents and is a paragon of representation among both the senate and the student body.

“To be executive vice president is to be passionate and willing to work,” Dowker said during her opening speech. “We’re not here to further our agendas, but to advocate for all 25,000 students who aren’t in this room.”

After a quiet call for new nominations, both candidates were given five minutes to share opening remarks. Dowker noted her history of advocacy, especially her work at the tail end of last year in helping to pass a resolution on university non-discriminatory regulations with President Eric-John Sczcpaniak and former vice president Ra-

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APPOINTMENT: Following former EVP Andrew Nurmi’s resignation, Student Senate voted Kelly Dowker to fill the position. Dowker aims to build connections in Senate. GVL | KATHERINE VASILE

chel Ibarra. Sanchez-Castillo voiced his persistence and desire to have a strong Student Senate body amid a wave of new members.

Both nominees were each allowed to field five questions from the body, which was extended to an additional five toward the end of discussion. Questions included what their goals were for the position, how they built relationships within the body and how they would handle internal conflict.

As both nominees exited the room, the rest of the body discussed their upcoming decisions. The majority of senators who spoke out put their support behind Dowker, which ended up foreshadowing her victory.

Additional support was cast for Dowker during public comment prior to the day’s election proceedings, where former vice president of educational affairs Erin McIntosh supported Dowker’s nomination, also sharing supportive statements from Ibarra and former vice president Cameron Jones.

“I knew that Kelly was meant to be on Student Senate, and eventually in a leadership position, from the moment I interviewed her,” Ibarra’s statement read. “She is meant to be a leader in this body.”

Dowker’s appointment once again fills Student Senate’s cabinet as it looks toward the rest of the academic year.

LAKER EFFECT

GV student teachers paired with Detroit schools

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EDUCATION: GVSU’s Charter Schools Office connects student teachers with Detroit schools. COURTESY | GWTODAY.EDU

This semester, 10 Grand Valley State University undergraduate students who are studying to become teachers will be completing their student teaching requirements at a GVSU-authorized charter school in Detroit.

Michael Cousins, manager of communications at the GVSU Charter Schools Office, said the program was first introduced in fall 2016, and the first GVSU students were placed in schools in the winter semester.

Those who participate in the program may receive the Detroit Charter School Student Teaching Scholarship, which provides full tuition coverage for required courses taken that semester. This semester alone, the scholarship will cover approximately $65,000 in tuition and additional fees.

“This program came about because the Charter Schools Office and the College of Education were looking at the current ed-

ucation landscape at the time back in 2014, and looking at some kind of large-scale issues that maybe our partnerships could tackle,” Cousins said. “One of them was the teacher shortage in Michigan.”

Cousins said one goal of the program is to combat the state-wide teacher shortage by giving students studying to become educators a chance to experience working in an urban setting at the very beginning of their careers.

“We can give students who are planning to be educators an opportunity to learn and work in a classroom setting, preparing them for any type of classroom setting,” Cousins said. “That way, if they go into an urban setting, they have experienced it. It also gives schools the opportunity to see that student-teacher doing really well, so maybe they want to have this person on their staff.”

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A4 | OPINION

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EDITORIAL

By Athena Jasman

Take the initiative to get wet, Lakers

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ith the Big Splash Week kicking it off, the Making Waves Initiative is in full swing. But what does this really mean for students?

There were a lot of fun events on campus last week, from concerts to carnivals to kayaking tours, as well as guest speakers to educate and inform. But just as the Making Waves Initiative goes beyond one week of activities, student involvement should stretch beyond the passive attendance of events.

We’ve already seen individuals in the Laker community step up and take action. The Beach Clean-Up event was expanded from the initial 175 participant limit to 200 because of demand. Within the Multimedia Journalism program, Professor Jeff Kelly Lowenstein has recruited students to take on investigative projects into water access and cleanliness.

Professors: Kelly Lowenstein’s efforts in the classroom can be used as an example in your own. As professionals and authorities of higher education, you have the opportunity to bring water awareness into your classroom. By assigning

water research or encouraging attendance to Making Waves events, you can create a wider outreach in the GVSU community and teach students the importance of water education.

Students: if you want to get involved with water awareness but don’t know where to start, check out this course list compiled by the Making Waves Initiative of classes featuring water. Whether you’re studying biology, English or sociology, or if you’re looking for an elective, you should check out the list to see how you can learn more and get involved.

If you aren’t seeing anything on that list that inspires you, well, take initiative yourself. Start a project with your student organization or reach out to your professor for independent study possibilities.

As Michiganders, we take pride in our natural water sources. On campus, we have buildings named after Laker Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario. With our proximity to and our love for the Great Lakes, we should take advantage of our unique opportunities to involve ourselves in the preservation, access and cleanliness of our water.

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Post Malone’s ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ is all skin and no bones

BY RYAN REICHARD JUNIOR MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

When Post Malone was first introduced to the world in 2015 with his hit “White Iverson,” there was a vastly different musical landscape — one that was centered around R&B influenced production and pop hooks. Since then, there has been a shift in the landscape to include more trap-influenced production paired with catchy pop hooks. While the shift may seem subtle, it has paved the way for many of today’s most popular artists, including Lizzo, Billie Eilish, and, of course, Post Malone.

The rapper and singer has taken advantage of this musical transition in producing several hits such as “Rockstar,” “Sunflower” and “Congratulations.” While his songs have proved inescapable on the radio, there has always been a quality missing from many of his songs.

This is one of the main problems that plagues “Hollywood’s Bleeding”; there is a lack of lyrical quality across most of the tracks that don’t go beyond skin deep. One of the strongest examples of this is on the track “Saint-Tropez,” where Post Malone flexes with the shallowest of brags, including drinking copious amounts of Bud Light — as if he

couldn’t afford a higher end beer — and detracts from the claims of being rich, as the majority of people can afford that brand of beer.

Post Malone also highlights wearing “Versace boxers on my dick,” which doesn’t exactly flaunt wealth as they can be found on Amazon for $29. Then there’s the production of the song, which doesn’t do anything to aid in the quality, with the slow-rolling, bass-heavy production proving an odd pairing against Post Malone’s flow.

Then there’s the DaBaby-assisted track “Enemies,” where Post Malone once again tries his best to flex his riches, all the while annoyingly repeating several words again and again (“Think that we don’t see who you are, are, are? / Guess that I’m just talkin’ too much blah, blah, blah”). Then DaBaby hops on to contribute his verse and spits his rat-a-tat flow over an off-kilter tap and bass production, which is jarring against Post Malone’s more singsong style.

“Circles” had the potential to be a stand out track on the album with the softer, beat-heavy production had it not been for Post Malone’s contradictory lyrics: “I said so, I knew that this was doomed from the get-go / You thought that it was special, special / But it was just the sex though, the sex though / Make up your mind, tell me, what are you gonna do?”

Since Post Malone was treating the relationship as a hookup from the get go, the blame should not be on the girl in the song. He knew it was doomed from the start, then blames her for not making up his mind — if he knew from the start that it wouldn’t work, he was the one at fault and not the girl.

Similar to “Circles,” “Goodbyes”

proves Post Malone’s talent for writing a catchy pop hook, but only to have Young Thug come in with his voice auto tuned to the max and screech over his bars.

However, “Hollywood’s Bleeding” is not without a few decent songs.

“Staring at the Sun” is the improved version of “Sunflower” as Post Malone and SZA have genuine vocal interplay and sell the melancholy of the relationship depicted very well, with both being blind to their faults that helped attribute to the downfall of the relationship.

Then there’s “A Thousand Bad Times” where Post Malone gets more vulnerable and realizes that his status in the music industry is not permanent, and that one day the fame and success will be gone.

The best song on “Hollywood’s Bleeding” is the Ozzy Osborne and Travis Scott assisted “Take What You Want.” Most of this can be attributed to Ozzy Osborne, whose vocals remain as strong as ever as he begs his partner to take what she wants and to leave him alone while singing over a rock-inspired production consisting of heavy drums and screaming electric guitar.

Remove Travis Scott’s bland, robotic verse and it will have huge success on rock radio based off of the Ozzy Osborne feature alone.

“Take What You Want” is a prime example that Post Malone could make a rock album if he wanted to.

Overall, much of “Hollywood’s Bleeding” lacks the lyrical structure to build an album that goes beyond skin deep. However, it is an improvement over Post Malone’s previous albums. It’s an easy two stars out of five and is a step forward for Post Malone, who continues to pave his way in the modern music landscape.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLNEWS

A5 | OPINION

When love strikes, hate the player, not the game

BY EMILY EATON JUNIOR POLITICAL SCIENCE EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

I’ve always been one for playing games.

Softball, basketball, volleyball, soccer — I did it all, and not to brag, but I excelled.

But now that my glory days are over, I

save my aptitude for game-playing for two specific things: throwing footballs around at tailgates to engage the gaze of all the random drunk men, and the latest one I’ve been practicing: playing hard to get.

I’ve never been awfully accomplished at hiding my excitement. I don’t know what everyone else is doing, but when I’m attracted to somebody in more ways than one, the game’s over for me. I have no motivation to get back on the field.

However, since it hasn’t worked out for me with all the guys I’ve liked before, (and I’ve lost count of that exact number), I thought I’d try my hand in a game I was always too lovey to try, which is being unavailable and hard to get.

Around two weeks ago, this guy asked me out on a date. Although I was partaking in my newfound unavailable and unattainable attitude, I initially didn’t play it exceed-

ingly cool despite my best efforts.

For example, he asked how busy I was on Thursday. It turned out I was very busy on Thursday, but not for him. In a momentary lapse of judgment, I cancelled my other plans.

Towards the end of our whirlwind romance that actually only lasted three hours at a football party, I had begun playing it pretty cool, which wasn’t without difficulty for me. I told myself I would only respond to him every three hours.

That three-hour routine of mine lasted exactly fifty-four hours until I caved. And then our date never happened. It turns out, if a guy asks you out on a date and tells you what time he’s picking you up, he’s actually unavailable right now, and if he misleads you, he’s “totally sorry.”

Well, I took my answer and my whirlwind three-hour football party romance and quietly packed it away into a box with the other men

who only ever view my Snapchat stories. After that week of stretching a muscle for a game I had never played, and never particularly liked, I couldn’t help but wonder if I just wasted a week of my life trying to figure out if a guy liked me when I could’ve just asked him in the first place instead of trying to portray the non-interested, totally cool girl.

Playing hard to get has its place. Everyone loves games, but especially if you’re not actually taking them too seriously — that’s why we play intramural sports.

But once you get passionate about a sport (or are serious about relationships), you probably won’t be enjoying it while the scoreboard is still changing.

Your best bet is to not keep score at all. At the end of the day, being with someone who has the same intentions as you is much more important than outscoring them on the free throw line.

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No more bottled water at GVSU

BY JOHN KILBOURNE EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

An early step in GVSU’s Making Waves Water Initiative should be the banning of any plastic bottled water at all university events.

The GVSU community consumes thousands of bottles of water each year.

At Convocation and other university events there are often pallets piled high

with plastic bottles of water.

Americans use an average of 50 billion plastic water bottles each year with 90 percent of the bottles not recycled. Billions of plastic water bottles are deposited into landfills and our oceans.

If GVSU is serious about water education and conversation, we can all Move Forward by offering water from large containers to be dispensed in paper

cups at all university events. The Making Waves Initiative may even wish to create a contest for student clubs and organizations to design the most aesthetic and functional portable water containers.

The savings to GVSU’s pocket book and our environment would be significant.

John Kilbourne is a professor of Movement Science at Grand Valley State University.

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Celebrating Open Access Week at GVSU

BY AUTUMN MUELLER EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

Open Access week is such an important week during any college academic year. Open Access is a widespread event that is celebrated internationally about promoting access to knowledge, highlighting activities that are ‘open’ and free,

and advancing actions that will help make educational materials more freely available to educators and students.

Open Educational Resources refer to textbooks, learning objects and other educational materials as free to use as they are open, have few to no access restrictions and most can be freely remixed and customized. The University Libraries and Open Access leaders at GVSU support open educational resources in order to benefit our community, exchange ideas, share research, remove barriers to education, inspire new ideas, develop collaboration and build a sustainable future for maintaining open access for all.

Personally, Open Access means so much to students all around the world because we are given the opportunity to learn through free materials. These

free materials are often from scholars, authors and journalists who published their work with free online access for anyone to use. Having free online access promotes collaboration, recognition, citations and getting more readers invested in certain topics.

Professors and departments at Grand Valley State University have been widespread supporters of this initiative, and that’s why as a campus we celebrate this event.

On Thursday, Oct. 24, GVSU Libraries and Student Senate will be co-hosting the Open GVSU Symposium. This event will be taking place in the Mary Idema Pew Library in the Atrium level, in the Multipurpose Room 030 from 1:30-4 p.m.

If you’re looking for a LIB 100 approved event to attend, this is the one.

During this event, there will be round table discussions from Rob Rozema from the English Department, Sandra Spoelstra from the Kirkhof College of Nursing, Star Swift from the Seidman College of Business, Sarah King from Integrative, Religious and Intercultural Studies, and a representative from the Office of Sustainability.

These discussions will mainly focus on how and why these classes, departments and colleges use open-access materials. Student Body President Eric-John Szczepaniak and Educational Affairs Vice President Autumn Mueller will be discussing how open access has affected the lives of students and themselves. Join the conversation with faculty, staff and students at the Open GVSU Symposium.

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A6 | NEWS POLICE

GVPD warns students about scams, extortion

BY SARAH EDGECOMB NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Assistant Director of Public Safety and Grand Valley Police Department Captain Jeff Stoll said that students should be aware of underreported and sensitive crimes, particularly email scams and extortion attempts. While these incidents have not gotten more frequent, Stoll said they are cyclical and are more common during the fall semester.

The most common type of scam involves a fake check for a large sum of money, with the sender asking for a portion back. While the checks appear to be real, with money appearing in the students’ accounts, the check bounces or is invalid. These scams are usually attempted by a stranger.

Stoll said that these incidents are difficult to investigate, as many scammers are not local and target victims around the world. They are also unlikely to be reported, as students feel embarrassed by believing the scam.

Students can protect themselves by being wary of suspicious emails or requests to transfer money from strangers. Stoll said that running emails by friends can also keep students from following through.

Stoll said that reporting a scam can help keep others from falling victim. GVSU’s IT department is able to see the email recipients and even get the account suspended.

Another underreported issue is sexual

extortion, or sextortion, that involves a victim being manipulated through compromising photos or information. Stoll said that the Grand Valley Police Department works to make students feel comfortable reporting sensitive issues like this.

“We have three officers specifically designed to connect to the community,” Stoll said, adding that officers work closely with resident assistants (RAs) to establish relationships. “We had a student feeling threatened and the RA acted as a conduit to connect us to that person. Because of that relationship with the RAs, we could connect to make sure it’s not an ongoing or current threat.”

Stoll said that GVPD also offers support by finding the best outlet for students. The Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity works with GVPD to make sure victims of sexual crimes are given the support they need.

“Investigation is a key aspect, but also support,” Stoll said, explaining that working with the Women’s Center allows them to “collectively move the student back onto the road to success.”

While GVPD is there to investigate these reports, Stoll said that they are also there to be open about the incident and to make students feel comfortable.

“We want to give you the time and energy you deserve as a victim and as a student,” Stoll said. “By doing that, we’re allowing victims to have a voice, and that’s empowering.”

AWARENESS: Students should be watchful of email scams or large sums of money from strangers. In the event of a scam, students should report to GVPD and alert the IT department. GVL | ARCHIVE

THE ARNOLD C. OTT LECTURESHIP IN CHEMISTRY OCTOBER 10 AND 11, 2019

Presented by

Karen Trentelman, Ph.D. Senior Scientist The Getty Conservation Institute

Public Lecture

Thursday October 10, 2019 Beyond Beauty: Using Scientific Analysis to Uncover Hidden Beauty in Works of Art Reception — 5 p.m.

Lecture — 6 p.m.

Charles W. Loosemore Auditorium Richard M. DeVos Center Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus

Chemistry Seminar

Friday, October 11, 2019 Art as Evidence: The Scientific Examination of Works of Art 1 p.m.

Pere Marquette Room Russel H. Kirkhof Center, Allendale Campus Hosted by

Free and open to the public For more information, call (616) 331-3317 or visit gvsu.edu/chem/.

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A7 | ARTS AND ENTERTANMENT

ARTS AT A GLANCE PARADOXES IN SHAKESPEARE

GVSU’s Shakespeare Festival Scholar-inResidence John Cox held the lecture “Paradoxia Shakespeareana” as a part of this year’s Shakespeare festival. The lecture was Sept. 27 from 4 to 5 p.m. and located in the Pere Marquette room in the Kirkhof Center. The event was free and open to the public and followed the Shakespeare Festival Greenshow.

In Cox’s lecture, he discussed the many paradoxes included in Shakespeare’s work. He will provide specific examples to support his claims of the paradoxes on the topics of religion, language and time.

YOUNG ARTISTS DISPLAYED AT DOWNTOWN MARKET Downtown Market will be hosting Feast For the Eyes, an art exhibit featuring food inspired artwork by students from Grand Rapids Area Schools. Voting opens Oct. 4 and will run until Oct. 27.

Submissions were required to either be created from food products or represent food in some way.

The artwork will be voted on by the public and the winning classroom in each category will be awarded a Love’s ice cream party and a $500 grant for their school. The two categories include kindergarten through eighth graders and ninth through twelfth graders.

CELEBRATE POLISH CULTURE AT PULASKI DAYS Grand Rapids will be celebrating Pulaski Days Sept.

28 to Oct. 6. The festival is named after American Revolutionary War Hero General Casimir Pulaski, who was a Polish Immigrant and is widely known throughout Europe and the Polish American community. In 1973, Ed Czyzyk and Walter Ulanch founded Pulaski Days as an event to celebrate Polish culture and support social community clubs such as Knights of Columbus and the American Legion.

The weeklong celebration included a golf outing Sept. 28 and a flag raising ceremony Sept. 29. A kielbasa eating contest will take place Oct. 2 followed later in the week by a parade celebrating Polish pride on Oct. 5.

HELP NAME GRAND RAPIDS FAVORITE DONUT Sample the variety of donuts the Grand Rapids area has to offer at The Grand Rapids Donut Festival, held downtown at B.O.B.’s Brewery Oct. 5. Ticket buyers 21 and up will receive a drink ticket at the door to pair beer with their donut sampling. Tickets are limited and can be bought online prior to the event.

Children are welcomed to the event.

The event will feature eight to 10 vendors and customers will receive about a quarter of a donut at each stop. There will be other food and nonalcoholic beverages available at the event, in addition to the beer and donuts.

BE HEARD: “Voices” presents the perspectives of members of the disabled community within Grand Rapids. GVL | SHEILA BABBIT

THEATER

Behind A Midsummer Night’s Dream

BY MARY RACETTE ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

As the Grand Valley State University Shakespeare Festival grows near, the student cast and crew have dedicated hours of time and energy on their performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The 26th Annual Shakespeare Festival’s main stage production will be running for two consecutive weekends, beginning Sept. 27.

Director of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Founding Director of the Shakespeare Festival Roger Ellis said that after their final performance the cast and crew will have put in at least 200 hours of work into their roles. Core cast members were called to rehearsal the week before school started, and practices have been almost every day since.

Along with learning and memorizing lines, student actors must develop techniques to help them balance theater with school work and their personal lives.

“I’ve had to switch up my daily schedule and do homework in the middle of the day instead of at night since I do not have a lot of time to do anything at night,” said actress Maggie Oliver.

In addition to the student’s effort to manage their time, Ellis said he tries his best to help his cast where he can. He said he aims to make use of the students’ valuable time by making rehearsals focused.

This way, students know what they are walking into each night. Rehearsals typically last from 6-9 p.m., however, as the show grows closer, rehearsals typically are extended around an hour.

Catherine Skidmore is a cast member who is balancing 18 credits along with

PERFORM: Brian Webb Russell and Samantha Luken perform in the 25th Annual Shakespeare Festival. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is featured this year. GVL | ARCHIVE

her role. She said she spends her weekends prioritizing religious activities and homework so she does not get behind.

Through his experience with directing, Ellis observed the bonding element of theater as a major motivation for students. In the 200 hours the cast spends on stage, they get to know each other well and develop team-building skills.

Teamwork experience and the ability to perform under stress are two traits which employers look for in future employees. Ellis said theater is a good evaluation of whether or not students have these attributes.

With the performance occurring close to the beginning of the year, illnesses are a common obstacle.

“Students give so much time to these

projects that they get worn down so they get susceptible to the flu and strep throat,” Ellis said.

Ellis said the cast is growing more energetic as the show comes closer and they are becoming more confident and comfortable with their role. As time goes on, he asks students to look deeper into their role and guides them to ask how their characters help them better understand themselves. They also “let the deeper questions sink in” and evaluate the themes in the play.

Life as a student actor involves long nights and stress on mind and body; however, Ellis said “they’re up for it.” He said many members of the cast are already preparing to audition for their next show.

MULTIMEDIA

Disability discussed through art in Grand Rapids ALLISON RAFFERTY ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

Saturday September 28 and Sunday September 29, DisArt presented “Voices” as part of Project 1 at Tanglefoot and Critical Infrastructure. The multimedia exhibition started at 12 p.m. and lasted until 9 p.m. both days, with live performances occurring periodically during those times. Free to the public, the exhibition allowed those in attendance to experience and understand the alienation and belonging members of the disabled community experience in their daily lives.

The title, “Voices,” comes from the voices of many members of the disabled community that were presented in both audio and captioning formats, and were the main part of the exhibition. DisArt also partnered with local artists to create pieces in

response to the stories presented.

Another multimedia aspect put on display throughout the duration of the exhibition was photographs. Those in attendance were also encouraged to interact with the exhibition by recording their own story during a personal interview with a DisArt volunteer, as well as sharing their reactions to all “Voices” had to offer.

This was the first time that the “Voices” exhibit has been put on. So far, the only plans to continue the exhibition in the future are to have Grand Rapids Ballet incorporate their performance into their Jumpstart program that will take place from March 6-8 in 2020.

Grand Rapids Ballet’s performance includes four dancers who listened to interviews and met with one participant each, and then choreographed solo dances that corresponded with the specific stories of those individ-

uals. All four dances were performed on stage during “Voices.”

Co-founder and co-director of DisArt Jill Vyn said that the idea behind “Voices” was inspired by DisArt’s motivation “to increase the voice, visibility, and value of Disabled people.”

Vyn added that DisArt’s mission is that they believe “that expressions of a disability cultural identity can transform society from awareness to understanding to belonging, creating a community that enjoys the full and equitable participation of all disabled people.”

The intended impact for “Voices” to have on audience members is connected to its ability to offer narratives of disability that are rarely heard, Vyn said.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLNEWS WATER

Making Waves Initiative spurs interdisciplinary movement

BY SEAN CAUVET SCAUVET@LANTHORN.COM

At Grand Valley State University, a new movement is on the horizon: The Making Waves Initiative (MWI). The Initiative was created by Provost Maria Cimitile and has continued its push through the work of professors and co-leaders of the Initiative Peter Wampler and Kathryn Remlinger, along with over seventy students, faculty and staff.

GVSU Professor of English Kathryn Remlinger described the initiative as having four main goals.

“The first goal is interdisciplinary collaboration: creating cooperative learning for students, staff and faculty and within the community,” Remlinger said. “The second goal is geographic and institutional identity: defining traits of GVSU as a liberal education institution in West Michigan.

The third goal is for the initiative to have good resources and activities: synthesizing learning across disciplines, locally, globally and with intention. The last goal of the initiative is to empower students to make waves through advocacy and community engagement.”

To meet these goals, there will be ten teams of “WaveMakers” who will work on external funding, student research and creative projects, field trips and connections with campus and community partners.

A major factor and first goal in spreading the word about the Making Waves Initiative is interdisciplinary collaboration, and Remlinger says that there are several ways to achieve this.

“I am a socio-cultural linguist and Peter (Wampler) is a hydro-geologist. I think the varied interdisciplinary backgrounds of the leadership team and all the WaveMakers is essential to its success,” Remlinger said. “As we collaborate, we learn from each other and share insights that strengthen our interdisciplinary awareness and collaboration.”

The initiative reflects how I value liberal education, the environment, science and a worldview that encompasses global and local communities.”

KATHRYN REMLINGER ENGLISH PROFESSOR

A range of water-based events are held throughout the year to support this goal, such as the Sept. 19 visit from Peter Annin, an expert on regional and global water diversion and author of “The Great Lakes Water Wars.”

“We also utilize films that draw on themes and approaches from a range of disciplines a well as gain steam from our

Big Splash Week,” Remlinger said.

The Making Waves Initiative has had a strong start and they intend to build on it moving forward.

“We have events and activities planned each month. Some of these events and activities are developed and organized by the MWI teams; some are in collaboration with university colleges, departments and programs; while others are in collaboration with community partners,” Remlinger said.

“Another tactic that we are utilizing is compiling and publicizing a list of courses across our campuses that include water themes,” Remlinger said. “These courses range from anthropology to biology to zoology. The list of these courses is posted on our website so that students can easily find water-related courses that meet their academic and personal interests.”

The website also includes sponsored interdisciplinary events and activities with university departments, colleges and programs such as “Poetry on the Rapid,” which is a month-long poetry exhibition inside the Rapid busses.

As the Making Waves Initiative moves forward and gains momentum, co-leader Remlinger is excited about the opportunity to collaborate with students and colleagues across disciplines and across campus.

“The initiative reflects how I value liberal education, the environment, science and a worldview that encompasses global and local communities,” Remlinger said. “Equally important is how MWI mirrors the interdisciplinary focus of my courses and research, and more personally, my passion for nature, the outdoors and the Great Lakes.”

SWIMMING TOWARD SUCCESS: The GVSU swim

MUSIC: The Fall Arts Celebration hosted the “W

FROM THE EDITOR The Making Waves Initiative (MWI) is creativing conversations all around campus about the omnipresence of one of the Earth’s most precious resources. All over the university, students and staff are encouraged to participate in the initiative by highlighting how water may play into their own work.

To contribute to this initiative, the Lanthorn has dedicated this issue to water. In addition to our coverage on the MWI, each of our sections has at least one story that shows how water makes its way into a different part of campus — from arts to sports to news.

Throughout this issue, look for the emblem below, which will denote a story relating to water. Additionally, look around this issue’s spread for examples on how the MWI is bringing water to every corner of education.

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

INTERSECTIONALITY: An exhibit held Sept. 25 combined water with art and equity. See lanthorn.com for the full story. GVL | MARC GREEN

IMPACT: Students clean up trash at the Grand H

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m team won the CSCAA Open Water Collegiate Championship earlier this month. Moritz Bartels took first place in the men’s 5km with a time of 58 minutes, 46.5 seconds. See page A14. COURTESY | MORITZ BARTELS

Water on the Mind” concert Sept. 23 in the Cook-DeWitt Center. See page A10. GVL | MEGHAN LANDGREN

Haven Public Beach Sept. 21, with 200 in attendance. See lanthorn.com for the story. GVL | CALEB WORPEL

INFLUENCE: The Crane Wives perform Sept. 19. The Making Waves Initiative seeks to spread an awareness of water on GVSU’s campuses. See page A10 for the full story. GVL | MEGHAN LANDGREN

A10 | ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

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FALL ARTS

‘Water on the Mind’ showcases Baroque flow

BY MAISIE WILER ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

After short applause for the opening remarks, the Cook-Dewitt chapel fell silent and dim, illuminated only by the spotlights trained upon the stage. The orchestra, with each of its musicians clad in black, took its place in the light and began to tune.

Still, no conductor had taken the stage.

There was not so much as a podium set before the cadre of musicians. And yet, at a simple nod and a sharp breath from the first violin, the strings broke into a lively song.

“Water has transfixed the imagination and creative artistry of the human race since the earliest days on earth,” read the program of the concert held in the Cook-DeWitt Center on Monday, Sept. 23.

The concert, entitled “Water on the Mind: a Baroque Musical Journey,” comprised four pieces written on the themes of water: its beauty, its constant motion and its occasional ferocity. The performance, which is part of Grand Valley’s Fall Arts Celebration, is a timely complement to

COLLABORATE: The GVSU Fall Arts Celebration hosted the “Water on the Mind” concert Sept. 23 at the Cook-DeWitt Center. Student and faculty joined in the Baroque show. GVL | MEGHAN LANDGREN

the Making Waves Initiative, a movement seeking to educate the university and its community about the vitality of water.

The repertoire included Vivaldi’s concerto La Tempesta di Mare, Telemann’s Hamburger Ebb und Fluth suite, the “Storm Scene” from Marais’ opera Alcyone and lastly Handel’s

Water Music. Pieces were performed in the baroque style, as though a small ensemble with no conductor, and with period instruments or “faithful representations” thereof.

The orchestra, which included student, faculty and nationally-renowned guest musicians, was led by virtuosa and acclaimed vio-

linist Ingrid Matthews. Matthews is a soloist with the Toronto Tafelmusik Ensemble and is the founder of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra.

According to her biography, she is one of the world’s foremost baroque violinists.

Matthews was invited to participate in the “Water on the Mind” concert by assistant professor and cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia, who collated and coordinated the performance. “(Mahave-Veglia) is a great musician and a wonderful colleague, so when he invited me to participate in this project, I knew it would be something special,” Matthews said.

The concert’s accurate-to-period performance of baroque compositions seemed to Matthews an obvious choice for a concert focused on the restlessness of water.

“I love the physicality of the baroque violin, which is without chinrests or shoulder-rests, and is thus in closer contact with the body,” Matthews said.

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LIVE MUSIC

Alumni musicians return for Making Waves concert

BY MARY RACETTE ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

The Making Waves Initiative (MWI) featured a performance of Grand Valley State University alumni musicians as a part of their interdisciplinary approach to spread the theme of water across campus. The Crane Wives performed Thursday, Sept. 19 on GVSU’s Allendale campus during Big Splash Week, MWI’s series of opening week events.

With the Thursday night concert, the MWI team achieved their goal of bringing alumni back to campus by presenting the Crane Wives. Emilee Petersmark and Kate Pillsbury of the Crane Wives are both GVSU alumni. Petersmark graduated in 2009 with a double major in communications and advertising. In 2012, Pillsbury graduated with a double major in writing and Spanish.

During the concert, the Crane Wives talked about their GVSU roots and the significant role the campus played in their songwriting. They said some of their first songs were written at the Arboretum on the Allendale Campus and they would perform at Area 51 in Kirkhof Center.

Pillsbury and Petersmark represented the Crane Wives at GVSU, however, the

band also consists of Dan Rickabus and Ben Zito. The award-winning band has released four albums so far, in addition to several singles released in 2017.

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INFLUENCE: The Making Waves Initiative seeks to spread an appreciation of water throughout GVSU’s campuses. GVL | MEGHAN LANDGREN

A11 | SPORTS

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QUICK HITS

FOOTBALL

GVSU WOMEN’S GOLF FINISHES SECOND IN OPENING ROUND OF GILDA CLUB INVITATIONAL

The Grand Valley State women’s golf team earned a second-place finish after the opening round at the 2019 Gilda’s Club Laker Fall Invite being held at the Meadows Golf Course on GVSU’s Allendale Campus.

Findlay University earned a first-place finish in that opening round, carding a 297 (+9). GVSU ended the round right on their heels with a score of 306 (+18).

Senior Katie Chipman shot an opening round 70 (-2) and entered day two in first place. Maria Sol Pose (79/+7), Abbey Pierce (80/+8) and Morgan Janke-Wolff (81/+9) represented GVSU well, with all three golfers finishing in the top 20.

GVSU LACROSSE COACH INDUCTED INTO OKEMOS HALL OF FAME

Grand Valley State women’s lacrosse coach Mackenzie Lawler was inducted into the Okemos High School Hall of Fame earlier this month.

Lawler spent four years with the program from 2007-2010 and led the team to back-to-back state titles in her final two seasons.

Lawler enters her second season at the helm of the women’s lacrosse program. Last year, she led the Lakers to an impressive 14-4 record and a GLIAC tournament championship game appearance.

GVSU CLUB GOLF HAS RECORD SETTING WEEKEND.

The Grand Valley State club golf team began the year with a third-place finish this weekend at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti, MI, with a two-day team score of 745 (+25).

Club president Brendan Kahl tied for first with a two-day total of 139 (-5), followed by Dylan Conte (149), A.J. Clark (150), Logan Heckathorn (153) and Mason Dirlam (158).

The team broke their two-day total program by 35 shots. The club is now ranked No. 4 nationally and is in good position to qualify for nationals for the second time in club history

READY TO RUMBLE: Redshirt freshman Christian McCarroll (No. 90) and the rest of the Grand Valley State defensive line prepare to rush the quarterback on Saturday, Sept. 14, against the Delta State Statesmen at Lubbers Stadium. Grand Valley State University won that game, 28-24. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

Grand Valley football earns big road win against Michigan Tech, improves to 4-0

BY KELLEN VOSS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State football team made a road trip to the U.P. the weekend of Sept. 28 and were able to return to Allendale with a victory, improving to 4-0 on the year after beating the Michigan Tech Huskies, 21-16.

Sophomore running back Aryuan Cain-Veasey made a name for himself in week one and solidified that his dominant performance wasn’t a fluke, as he ran for 101 yards and three touchdowns, all being from three yards in or less.

While Cain-Veasey got most of the carries due to an injury to junior Bryce Young-Walls, GVSU coach Matt Mitchell was happy to see Cain-Veasey play well despite the team’s lack of depth at the running back position.

“On the road, you can only bring so many guys, so we were shorthanded at the position,” Mitchell said. “We like to usually split the carries and go 1A-1B with Bryce and Cain-Veasey, but with the

injury, Buck stepped up and played well.”

Redshirt freshman quarterback Cade Peterson struggled to get his footing, as even though he was efficient in completing eight of his 13 passes for 157 yards, he was sacked six times and fumbled away the ball on one of those sacks.

He wasn’t the only Laker to fumble on the day, as Cain-Veasey and senior punter Dan Madden also put the ball on the ground. Madden’s miscue was recovered in the end zone by the Huskies, tying the game 7-7 in the first quarter.

This marks the fourth week in a row that the Lakers managed to come away with a victory despite losing the turnover battle. As they look to face tougher teams in the GLIAC, they are going to need to give away less turnovers if they want to continue to be successful.

“It’s concerning that we keep losing the turnover margin,” Mitchell said. “We fumbled a few times ourselves, and our defense got the ball today when (Michigan Tech) put it on the ground. We have to continue to be consistent in terms of

VARSITY SCHEDULE FOOTBALL

Saturday, October 5, 7 p.m., Home vs Ashland

SOCCER

Sunday, October 6, 1 p.m., Home vs Davenport

VOLLEYBALL

Friday, October 4, 8 p.m., @ Purdue Northwest Saturday, October 5, 3 p.m., @ Wisconsin Parkside GRABBING FOR GLORY: GVSU junior linebacker Jace Demenov (No. 33) grabs onto the jersey of the Delta State ballcarrier to bring him down for the tackle at Lubbers Stadium. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

creating turnovers on defense.”

Even though the GVSU defense was unable to get land on one of the fumbles forced by junior Jake Hlava and senior Kurell Vaughn, they still had a solid game. They forced the Huskies to punt seven times and racked up six tackles for loss. Senior Isaiah Nkansah led the Lakers with 10 tackles.

While the defense continues to be the backbone of the team, Mitchell said that they were certainly not perfect on Saturday and need to get better before facing more fearsome GLIAC opponents.

“They’ve been great from the get-go, and the strength of this team has been our defense,” Mitchell said. “From a humility standpoint, even though they only gave up 10 points, the one touchdown they gave up was when we had the lead, and so we didn’t want to have to come from behind. There are a few things that the team will see on tape that they need to improve on, and this is a crew that will see that.”

While improvement is important to any football team, finding a way to win despite a lack of depth and a loss in the turnover battle shows this team has resiliency. They’ve proven multiple times this season they can come from behind and win, and getting a road victory like this in the GLIAC is no simple task.

“It’s always tough to come up and play in Michigan Tech, so I was proud of our guys,” Mitchell said. “We had some bright spots in all three phases and definitely some things we can work on, but we went against a good defense today and I’m glad we got the final two scores.”

The 4-0 Lakers will look to remain undefeated this weekend, as they return to Lubbers Stadium for a game with the Ashland Eagles. Kickoff is Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m.

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A12 | SPORTS SOCCER

Cook’s career night helps blow away UIS, SVSU match postponed

BY ELI ONG EONG@LANTHORN.COM

The No. 4 Grand Valley State University Lakers beat the University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars, 6-0, on Tuesday, Sept. 24 for their fifth win of the year and their second win in a row.

GVSU dominated from the get-go, outshooting UIS by a 32-3 margin and placing 11 corners to the Prairie Star’s one.

“It was good to see the ball go into the back of the net pretty often,” said GVSU coach Jeff Hosler. “We were pretty sharp in our first few opportunities on goal and that allowed us to open it up and get the 6-0 win.”

GVSU used a big night from junior forward Ava Cook and got out of the gates early. The Lakers scored their first goal in the seventh minute, courtesy of a tip in from Cook after a combination of sophomore midfielder Gianna Parlove and freshman forward Kennedy Bearden saw a slotted ball find Cook in front of the net to put them up 1-0.

In the 36th minute, Chantel Carranza sent the ball into the back of the net after she received a through-ball from senior midfielder Riko Sagara to double the advantage for the Lakers in the first half.

Coming out of halftime with a 2-0 lead, Cook hit another gear, as she scored GVSU’s next three goals in the span of nine minutes.

GVSU’s third goal and Cook’s second came off an assist from Parlove once more.

Parlove set-up Cook near post in the 47th minute, who then rattled the ball home after bouncing the ball off of the cross bar.

GVSU’s fourth goal came off of a well placed corner kick in the 50th minute

from junior defender Makenna Schoolman that, once again, found Cook in front of the net, who headed it home for her third goal of the night.

“When Ava approaches matches with the mindset to takeover, she has the ability to do so,” Hosler said. “I think she really approached the second half that way, especially with how she came up with 3 goals in the span of 9 to 10 minutes.”

Cook’s fourth goal that pushed the GVSU lead to 5-0 came courtesy of a great aerial cross from Cece Steinwascher in the 54th minute. Cook collected the pass from Steinwascher and blasted the ball home.

Junior midfielder Lauren Ross added GVSU’s sixth goal in the 78th minute after a shot from Sagara sang off the crossbar and found Ross in front of the net for the second chance finish into the back of the net.

Cook had 4 goals on the night, which was a career high and doubled her goal total on the season from 4 to 8. When asked about what allowed her to come out and have such a dominant performance, she cited the momentum the team had coming off of a big game.

“We came off a big win against Columbus State and we just wanted to keep that energy going,” Cook said. “I tried to keep that mindset and that energy going in my pre-game warm-ups and it definitely carried over into the game.”

Cook also gave praise to Parlove for her performance against UIS, who had two assists on the day and helped set up numerous attacking opportunities for the GVSU front line.

“Gi-Gi is probably one of the shiftiest players in the midfielder across the coun-

SPRINTING FOR A SCORE: GVSU Soccer alum Gabby Mencotti (No. 21) runs to the goal in a 2016 game. While Mencotti is no longer on the team, GVSU Soccer is still in great shape. GVL | ARCHIVE

try,” Cook said. “Teams have a really hard time trying to stop her because of how shifty and smart she is playmaking for us.”

15 minutes into their Friday, Sept. 27, game against rival Saginaw Valley State University, the match was postponed to a later date due to multiple lightning strikes in the area.

When the game was called, the score was 0-0 and featured play as sloppy as the weather from the Lakers who did not match SVSU’s intensity but came out of the game unscathed.

“We didn’t match their level of energy and it showed,” Hosler said. “But that’s what shows up in game preparation, we definitely didn’t prepare as hard or as well as they did and they definitely outplayed us for the 15-ish minutes we were out there.”

A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION: Lakers’ Ava Cook (No. 4), Chelsea Graves (No. 28), Cate Brown (No. 13) and Olivia Trombley (No. 11) celebrate one of their six goals scored on the Prarie Stars of Illinois Springfield. GVSU won that home game on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 6-0 COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

GVSU Soccer will have a week to re-cooperate before having a home match-up with the Davenport Panthers. That game on Sunday, Oct. 6, will kick off at 1 p.m.

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VOLLEYBALL WEEKEND

Volleyball team loses both matches this weekend, sets new goals to accomplish

BY ROSEMARY BOOHER RBOOHER@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State volleyball team was back on the court this weekend for two home matches against the Wayne State Warriors and the Ashland Eagles. Despite the Lakers’ efforts, they were unable to secure a win in either of these matches.

Friday’s faculty appreciation night matchup against the Warriors was a nail-biter that went into five sets. The Lakers fought until the very end, but were unable to finish with a win against Wayne State.

Coach Deanne Scanlon believes that leadership and confidence are the key things needed to be able to have success when in tough matchups like Friday’s — both of which the team struggled to find.

“We need to have someone on the floor that steps up and takes control, we have too many people who are deferring,” Scanlon said. “When the big moments come you have to be willing to take a tough swing or a hard serve, but right now whether it is lack of confidence or something else, we don’t have anyone stepping up as a leader.”

Saturday’s match-up against Ashland was a sweep for the Eagles, as they won

three straight sets to finish off the match against the Lakers. GVSU made themselves a tough competitor against the Eagles, but eventually fell short, unable to obtain a win against a team that Scanlon thought to be beatable.

“They have two really good outside hitters they were very good and very efficient, but we also just made too many errors,” Scanlon said.

“They are a good team, but I thought it was a winnable match.”

The Lakers leave with week with an overall record of 5-8 and a GLIAC record of 1-4, their only conference win being against the Davenport Panthers. Scanlon attributes some of the blame for their record on simple errors and inconsistencies that she hopes to have her team work on.

“The ball mentality has got to be better,” Scanlon said. “A lot of it has to do with just being an inconsistent whether it is an inconsistent pass, hit or set. In volleyball we have this saying: better the ball. When you are the next contact we need to make the situation better.”

GVSU plans to take what they have learned from their matches this week and improve in order to win their next matchups. Next weekend, the Lakers will go on the road for the first time in five matches

BUMP OVER THE NET: GVSU sophomore Abby Graham hits the ball and aims to place it between the Ashland defenders in a Saturday match at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. GVL | ALEXIS VELAZQUEZ

to face up against GLIAC foes in Purdue Northwest Prid Friday, Oct. 4, and the Wisconsin Parkside Rangers Saturday, Oct. 5.

“We stick with the basics — when you make a lot of errors you need to see if it is technical

or situational,” Scanlon said. “To me it seems technical, so in practice we need to work on fundamentals that maybe older teams may find mundane and not have to focus on but it is something that we will have to work on.”

VOLLEYBALL

GVSU Volleyball wins close match against Davenport

BY DANIELLE CURTISS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

SUPER SET: GVSU freshman Rachel Jacquay sets the ball up in the air for a teammate during a game at home. GVL | CALEB WORPEL

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Grand Valley State volleyball team faced the Davenport University Panthers in their third home GLIAC match-up. The first two home match-ups resulted in losses for the team, making them more determined to get a win. After a long, five-set match, the GVSU volleyball team took the victory over the Panthers.

The first set ended with a 25-15 win for GVSU, with many winning blocks from the Lakers. After this powerful start, the team had two close sets with the lead going back and forth between the teams, eventually ending in two set wins for the Panthers: 25-19 and 25-23.

The fourth set started strong with GVSU in the lead, but became another close set between the teams once the score reached 1717. The Lakers continued gaining points on the Panthers through strong blocking and aggressive serves, eventually leading them to a 25-21 set win, leaving both teams with two set wins and resulting in a fifth set.

“We usually struggle keeping our energy and momentum by the end of the match,” said sophomore Ali Thompson. “But tonight showed our success in doing just that.”

The final set started with an ag-

gressive spike from Thompson, then a score from the Panthers, evening out the score. Freshman Karlie Kucharczyk came in with a threatening spike of her own, bringing another point for the Lakers, but Davenport came back to even out the score once again.

Next, registered freshman Emma Clines picked up another point before losing two points again tying up the set.

Freshman Jaelianna Primus proved herself by collecting three more points for the Lakers along with two points from Kucharczyk. With two more points for the Panthers, the score was 8-4. The set carried on with GVSU keeping strong and ending the set with an assailing spike and a 15-7 set win — a match victory for the Lakers.

“I think the last set is how I had envisioned the team being: consistent and smart,” said coach Deanne Scanlon. “It was the greatest set we have played this season. Having a very young team with nine freshmen and one registered freshman makes for a lot of inconsistency.

We approached the season as a learning process where being on the court is like being in a classroom; the players are constantly learning.”

The victory over Davenport University brought hope to the GVSU volleyball team

after their first two losses in conference play.

The Lakers are ready to take what they learned from each match and work towards future wins against GLIAC match-ups.

“This was a good growth game for the team,” Thompson said. “The team has started working a lot better and have gotten more comfortable with each other. Having already played six other five-set matches, we are getting a lot of practice trying to keep our energy and momentum through the match.”

Thompson and Clines have begun to shine as leaders for the rest of the team. Especially in young teams, leadership and control are important factors in success. Previous statements made by Scanlon addressed the lack of leadership and how it has affected the team dynamic, but Tuesday night the Lakers finally began to form a productive dynamic.

“Before, it was hard to see any leadership among the team, but Ali Thompson really stepped up and took control,” Scanlon said. “Emma Clines as well. Everyone contributes their own part to the team.

The team has had its ups and downs, but it keeps getting better every day.”

The Lakers look to earn a few more wins this weekend as they travel for road match-ups with Purdue Northwest and Wisconsin-Parkside.

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A14 | SPORTS SWIMMING & DIVING

Bartels one of many international swimmers ready to make an impact

BY ZACKARY GOODROW SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Earlier this month, the Grand Valley State University swim team won the CSCAA Open Water Collegiate Championship in Kansas at Lone Star Lake. Open water swimming, which takes place out of a pool, is not an NCAA sport yet, mainly taking place in the Olympics.

The team came together with good conditions in the lake and won with a total score of 22. Junior Moritz Bartels took first place in the men’s 5km with a time of 58 minutes and 46.5 seconds.

“Moritz is one of the best in the 5km,” said GVSU swim coach Andy Boyce. “He beat the field by a minute and a half. He led pretty much from start to finish. I was really pleased to see how he performed, and it was fun to see him in his element. I think he likes open water a little bit more than the pool.”

Coming from Zweibruecken, Germany, Bartels lived with his family, who loves swimming as much as he does. His older brother Felix, 23, swam for the University of Tampa and his younger brother, Maximillian, 15, swims in Canada.

Bartels went to a small boarding school for athletics in Germany. Faced with the possibility of giving up swimming, Bartels heard about GVSU from a friend, Melina Goebel, who is now also on the GVSU swim team.

“In Germany, it is really hard to combine athletics and college because we don’t have college sports,” Bartels said. “I wanted to do both and that’s why America is great for me. When Melina was in (Germany), she told me about GVSU, and I got in contact with Andy, our head coach. I had a good feeling from the start.

He was really kind to me.”

Coming to the United States from a different country is a difficult adjustment itself, let alone going to a new university.

Adjusting to the language was difficult for Bartels at first, and so was dealing with the brutal Michigan winters. Despite facing these adversities, Bartels still likes the culture, new experiences and the people.

“Being able to learn the language and meet so many people is great,” Bartels said. “I think college is the part of your life where you really make friends. It’s so easy to just go to class and meet people.

That’s the best part about GVSU.”There were also adjustments he needed to make doing the sport he loves. In Germany, swimming is more of an individualist sport. Here at GVSU, the combination of the team and the friends he’s made has helped him make these adjustments.

“At home my team used to be a lot smaller, but here I have fifty people around me that have the same goals and makes for a really fun practice,” Bartels said. “Also, outside of practice we do

SMILE BIG FOR THE CAMERA: GVSU junior Moritz Bartels (fourth from right) smiles with teammates and holds award from winning the CSCCA Open Water 5km in Kansas. COURTESY | MORITZ BARTELS

a lot together and I enjoy it a lot. The team spirit here is so much different. At home you do everything for yourself, it’s an individual sport. Here, you swim for your team at conference and you fight for them. It makes it a lot of fun for me.”

Bartels not only made the adjustments to a new culture and swim team, but he also brings his best effort and unique techniques to practice.

“He really pays attention to details,” said coach Andy Boyce. “His technique is so strong and he’s not afraid to push himself in practice every day. He’s always looking to do more things in practice.

He has a really good teammate in Jesse Goodyear who pushes him every day.”

Sophomore Jesse Goodyear, who is from Sydney, Australia, finished in fourth at the meet, and pushes Bartels every day in practice. The two push each other to their limits, and it affects the rest of the team.

“It’s a two-way street really at practice,” Goodyear said. “If he’s feeling a little bit tired and he’s pushing it, I’ll see that. If he’s tired but still pushing, then that makes me push it when I’m tired. I’m trying consistently to keep competition between him and me there. There’s honestly never a time to slack off.”

Bartels agrees, and said he appreciates Goodyear. The way they practice together can keep Bartels focused on his goals.

“My buddy Jesse and I practice a lot to-

gether,” Bartels said. “We swim hard sets together and I think everyone on the team sees that. The team spirit is really good.

We all work really hard. I’m not too outgoing in practice. I’m like the calm guy.”

This bond not only between Bartels and Goodyear makes the GVSU swim team pretty good, but the diversity and chemistry of all members make it great.

“The great thing about our swim team here is the diversity,” Bartels said. “We really have swimmers from all around the world and everybody has different experiences.

That just makes it a really great team.”

For the remainder of the season, Bartels wants to keep winning and get people involved with the team.

“The season just started for us, but I really hope we can win our conference,” Bartels said. “We want to bring as many people to Nationals this year.”

Bartels knows his goals for the rest of the semester, but still doesn’t know if he wants to live in America after school or go back home.

“I’m not sure about going back to Germany,” Bartels said. “I’m studying business right now and (am) getting a master’s degree. I’m going to keep swimming and try to combine everything and see what happens. I’m not sure if I’m going to do that here or at home in Germany, we’ll see.”

The next event for the GVSU swim team is Friday, Oct. 5, in the GVSU Fieldhouse Pool at 1 p.m.

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CROSS COUNTRY

GVSU Cross Country competes in inter-regional meet at Ohio State

BY HOLLY BIHLMAN HBIHLMAN@LANTHORN.COM

This Saturday, the GVSU Men’s and Women’s Cross country teams took on some of their top competitors at Ohio State. Both teams ran a great race despite the challenging circumstances, leaving the race with a second place overall for the Men’s 8k and fifth place for the Women’s 6k.

Both Alli Ludge and Tanner Chada were the stars of this weekend, with Chada finishing first with a time of 24.27.2 in the men’s race and Ludge finishing seventh with a time of 21.10.8 in the women’s.

“I think it was overall a pretty good day for the team as a whole,” Ludge said. “It was a really good opportunity to be out there the D1 schools and compete against competition that we don’t get to see always.”

The race was a good gauge on where the runners are at so far in the season and where they fall short up against some of the bigger schools. The underclassmen showed promising results this weekend as well with a few running together and improving from their scores earlier in the season.

“We had a really strong group taking steps forward,” Ludge said. “Hanna Groeber finished right behind me and she’s really strong, and then out third and fourth Maddie Goes and Jessica Gockley worked together and they had

a great race. A few of our underclassmen have made really good steps.”

The senior said after talking to a couple of the underclassmen, they all felt really good about their results, and Ludge thinks they are improving nicely for a great season ahead.

Coach Jerry Baltes offered some insight to both races as well.

“On the men’s side, we didn’t get out real well — we were in the back for the first half of the race and had a lot of ground to make up throughout,” Baltes said. “We had some positive things, but certainly need to improve on getting out in the race and establishing a better position over the first third of the race.”

And on the women’s side, Baltes said, “It was a super good field. Those four teams that beat us are all top 30 teams in D1, so we were up against a super stud field. They did a good job of competing and not backing down.”

Both Chada and Lude planned out their race very well before hand and maintained a good placement throughout the race. They kept up their speed and finished in the top ten.

Looking into the next few weeks, the team will be skipping out on the Oct. 4 meet in Lansing, and running on Oct. 11 in Muskegon for the Jayhawk Invitational. The race will be filled with D2 schools, so their goal is to win, Ludge said. Their competition won’t be as fierce, so it should be a good representation of their improvements thus far.

RUN, FOREST, RUN: GVSU Cross Country alum Kendra Foley races at the championships a few seasons ago. The cross country program is looking to return to dominance. COURTESY | USTFCCCA

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