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Haas addresses New Zealand mosque shootings

BY NICK MORAN NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

GROWTH: Reciting a spoken word poem, Marcel “Fable the Poet” Price speaks about receiving a hurtful tape in the mail from his father and its impact on his personal growth. Price was one of the performers and guest speakers from the Grand Rapids community featured at this year’s TEDxGVSU event March 15. GVL | LEAH KERR

Students, alumni unite to host third annual TEDxGVSU event

BY NICK MORAN NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Following months of rigorous planning, educators, authors, performers and leaders alike each gave their unique take on growth during this year’s TEDxGVSU event March 16. This year’s theme, “Grow,” was organized by Grand Valley State University’s independent chapter of TED, a nonprofit dedicated to spreading ideas through short speeches.

The event was sponsored by GVSU’s Design Thinking Academy, WGVU and the Dean of Students’ Office.

TEDxGVSU Director of Speakers Jordan Punches described that the theme - “Grow” - would be spoken about in different ways.

Each talk funneled the theme through the speakers’ experiences to create a range of topics from

storytelling to self-love.

“The ideas that you hear tonight: there is passion behind those,” Punches said. “These are ideas that (the speakers) have culminated their whole life, and tonight they’re here to share them with you.”

The theme builds on “Blueprint” and “Shape,” the themes from the last two years. Director of Marketing and Creative Jacklyn Ermoyan said that the theme even applies to the growth of TEDxGVSU and its improvement this year.

“I think ‘Grow’ means something different to everybody,” Ermoyan said. “That’s one of the reasons why we chose it as the theme for this year… We can talk about plants a little and the natural idea of starting small and becoming bigger, but it can be more than that… It’s important to me because I love self-development and selfimprovement and growth of myself

individually is important to me.”

Speakers featured Founder of Grow Wise Learning Sally Triant, international best-selling author Joie Cheng, GVSU alumna and founder of Delasie Rhoda Klomega, Grandville High School English teacher Jen Ward and President of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation Diana Sieger. The Crain Wives provided an acoustic performance and Poet Laureate of Grand Rapids Marcel “Fable the Poet” Price read two spoken word pieces.

Sieger said she thought it was important for people to understand what has happened in their lives influences how they move forward. Her past experiences with racism and experiencing the Detroit Riots (which she prefers to be renamed to the Detroit Uprising) molded her views of activism and equality today.

“My growth was to continue to learn and to talk to people and understand the experiences that I’ll never have so that I can not be so righteous,” Sieger said. “While things are good in many ways, some things are still not so good.”

TEDx events often feature a variety of talks, videos and performances. Price, who performed a poem about coming to terms with his biological father not being a part of his life, said that ‘Grow” strikes a personal chord to him.

“I’ve definitely been many different human beings,” Price said. “What got me to the point of where I’m at now has been a significant amount of growth.

Recognizing wrongdoings, holding myself accountable, and just continuing to be the pest person I can try to be.”

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EDUCATION

Department of Movement Science to offer new “supermajor” Fall 2020

BY SHILOH REYNOLDS SREYNOLDS@LANTHORN.COM

Grand Valley State University’s Department of Movement Science will offer a new, comprehensive dual major option to students beginning Fall 2020; coined a “supermajor” by Associate Professor Ingrid Johnson, this new option will allow students to earn degrees in both Health Education and Physical Education.

Students who fulfill requirements for the major will be certified to teach both health and physical education classes from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

As a result of this new option, GVSU intends to add additional courses for students to take, including one that focuses on early childhood movement and another on outdoor education.

The Department of Movement Science also plans to add more fieldwork time with children of different age groups for all Teaching Methods courses.

Currently, students in the Physical Education major have the opportunity to work with young children at the campus’ Early Childhood Center and with local high school students through Adapted PE.

Grand Valley State University President Thomas Haas sent out a campuswide statement via email responding to the mass shooting in New Zealand March 15. Haas sent his thoughts and prayers to those affected and offered on-campus support to students.

In a statement on the Division of Inclusion and Equity’s website, the university condemned the shooting, stating that it will “unapologetically educate to interrupt intolerance.”

“Grand Valley State University recognizes the responsibility we have to speak out against efforts that attempt to divide or target people based on identity,” Haas said in the statement.

“We condemn these acts as reprehensible and contrary to the values of our campus and our country. Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiments have no place in society.”

Both messages expressed sympathy toward GVSU’s Muslim community. Haas said in his email that he personally reached out to Muslim Student Association leaders.

GVSU’s Kaufman Interfaith Institute also released a statement on the attack, offering love and support for the international Muslim community.

It noted that those killed were attending weekly Friday Jum’ah prayers, a congregational prayer.

“This heinous act of terrorism, though occurring overseas, affects Muslims all around the world and certainly our beloved neighbors in west Michigan,” KII’s statement read.

“As we stand together and resist such hatred, may we continuously strive for safety and peace so that our community and world would be a place where everyone’s life is valued and respected.”

The shooting that prompted the email was an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 people. Police detained the gunman and three other suspects within 36 minutes of the attack, with one suspect already convicted of murder.

The terrorist attack came as a shock to many New Zealanders, who consider their country one of the safest in the world. According to Newshub, New Zealand declared a 40-year low in murders after releasing 2017 figures. At 48 murders that year, the number was lower than the 50 people killed in the Christchurch shooting.

The terrorist attack sparked promises from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to reform gun laws, who banned semiautomatic weapons the weekend following the attack.

For students in need of support following the events, Haas offered the Division of Inclusion and Equity, Campus Interfaith Resources and the University Counseling Center as resources. Interfaith Services Coordinator Kevin McIntosh is available to connect students with support or resources as well.

Fifth-year physical education student Taylor Kastens said that she picked the major because of her “passion for sports and movement, as well as always wanting to become a teacher.”

As part of the curriculum, Karstens went to the Early Childhood Center to work with children on the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2).

“It was a great experience for me with practicing content we learned in class with real kids, but the best part was how much the kids loved it,” Kastens said.

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STRETCHING STUDENTS: Learning about yoga in regard to stretching before physical activity, students in the Physical Education Teacher Program listen to the instruction of Stephanie Armstrong. GVL | BEN HUNT

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN POLICE RESPOND TO ACTIVE SHOOTER SCARE

University of Michigan police responded to reports of gunfire in Mason Hall around 4:30 p.m. on March 16. After clearing out rooms and confirming that there was no active threat on campus, police said that the initial reports stemmed from students thinking the sound of popping balloons and screaming were gunshots.

Police also responded to reports of the potential shooter moving to the undergraduate library. After investigating and clearing out both the library and Mason Hall, the university announced that there was no ongoing threat to the community.

The calls stemmed from a vigil for the victims of the recent Christchurch, New Zealand shootings, where attendees included students, faculty and a handful of state politicians.

Images of students barricading themselves in rooms and videos of vigil attendees were circulated online amid the police response.

While the speeches and performances included prominent members from the community, representatives from GVSU’s campus also shared their stories. Aside from being entirely organized by GVSU students or alumni, the night included a performance by Euphoria, a GVSU a capella group.

Award-winning GVSU computing and information systems professor Szymon

Machajewski approached “Grow” through analyzing failure in immersive feedback environments. A specialist on gamification, or the use of game elements in non-game settings, he discussed how the definition of failure has changed over time, but games have created a model of failure that encourages growth.

“Games teach us that failure is a precondition for success,” Machajewski said. “In games, we seek out failure and then we face joy when we learn to conquer failure.”

Also present was senior electrical engineering student John Smutny who discussed the importance of arts, reading and writing in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) field. Using design principles on three old models of computers, Smutny explained that the humanities play an integral role in making engineering accessible and enjoyable.

“When a student comes up and tells us that math is too hard or science isn’t their subject, we’ve failed to show them

how the arts plays an important role in the process,” Smutny said.

The event was a huge collaboration between the community of Grand Rapids and GVSU, said TEDxGVSU Adviser David Coffey, who noted that the real heroes of the night were the organizers and volunteers who made the event what it was from the ground up.

“It’s a huge deal,” Coffey said. “This is really about the students and the alumni who come together to make this work.”

VIANT MEDICAL STOPS PRODUCTION ON POLLUTIONRELATED PROCESSES Viant Medical, the medical company revealed to be releasing unsafe levels of ethylene oxide, announced in a letter to nearby residents that it will be stopping the sanitation processes that are associated with the air pollution. The plant’s proximity to Grand Valley State University’s Grand Rapids campus led to independent air quality checks from the university to analyze the potential for future harm to students.

The company’s letter also read that they will be providing GVSU with updated information as it works with the Michigan Department of Air Quality (MDEQ) on the matter. The letter noted the university as one of its key stakeholders alongside the City of Grand Rapids and the Kent County Health Department.

While the state associated the pollution with increased risk of cancer in the area, the MDEQ said that there are no short-term health risks associated with ethylene oxide emissions.

LAKERS & LEADERS: Encouraging audience members to listen, learn, act and embrace, Grand Rapids Community Foundation President Diana Sieger tells the audience a story about how experiencing racism around her molded her current love of activism and justice. GVL | LEAH KERR

STUDENT SENATE ALLOCATED RESERVE FUNDS TO PAY FOR PRESIDENT’S BALL

During their March 14 general assembly, Grand Valley State University’s student senate voted in favor of spending $20,000 of their reserve funds to help pay for this year’s canceled President’s Ball.

Due to the cancellation of the celebration, the university had outstanding, non-refundable balances that needed to be paid.

The bill will also be paid in part by the Office of Student Life and the offices within it, such as Spotlight and Laker Traditions. The Office of Student Life’s portion will be approximately $28,000.

Vice President of Finance Amanda Crawford said that the reserve fund is filled with portions of the budget left over from previous years, saved for occasions like this.

Prior to the approval of the allocation, the fund had approximately $60,000 in it.

LIFE’S A GAME: Explaining the theory of gamification, or the act of applying aspects of games to non-game settings, GVSU computing and information systems professor Szymon Machajewski describes growth as learning from welcoming failure and learning from it. GVL | LEAH KERR

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All Physical Education majors at GVSU are currently required to have a minor. As Kasten’s minor is in School Health Education, she said that if the dual major had been offered previously, she would have wanted to do it.

“I think a comprehensive dual major in health education and physical education will be popular,” Kastens said.

“Considering my minor is School Health Education, this is something I would have definitely pursued. In (physical education), many professionals are not certified in health, so I think this makes us, when we graduate, more marketable in our field because a lot of PE teachers also teach health.”

A 2012 New York Times article by Al Baker discusses a significant drop in physical education in schools through the decades. Baker cites a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that finds that “nearly half (of high school students) said they had no physical education classes in an average week.”

The article largely attributes this development to budget cuts; one elementary school mentioned in the article did not even have access to a gymnasium facility and relied on classroom aides to oversee physical education activities on the playground.

Despite district financial problems that may limit physical education classes in primary and secondary schools, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics foresees employment of high school teachers rising eight percent by 2026.

According to Johnson, GVSU typically sees between between 10-15 graduates with degrees in physical education each year.

“We are one of the larger PE teacher training programs in the state of Michigan,” Johnson said. “(Many are shutting down) and are very proud of our students and program. We have a nearly 100 percent job placement rate (for those grads who want to get teaching jobs).”

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HIGHEST HONOR: Speaking on years of experience as a former general, Wesley K. Clark tells the story of America after receiving the Ralph W. Hauenstein Fellowship award. Clark joins the ranks of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and President Gerald Ford, who have also received the award. At the end of his speech, Clark called for legislators to consider policy to ensure America is strong globally. GVL | ANDREW NYHOF

GV acknowledges former general, presidential candidate for leadership

BY JAMES KILBORN JKILBORN@LANTHORN.COM

On March 14, members of the west Michigan community convened at Grand Valley State University’s Eberhard Center in downtown Grand Rapids to commemorate the service of Wesley K. Clark, retired Army general and candidate in the 2004 presidential election.

During Clark’s 38 years of service in the United States Army, he oversaw strategic airstrikes during NATO’s Operation Allied Force, ending the ethnic cleansing of Albanians in Yugoslavia, as well as negotiating the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the Bosnian War. Following his retirement from the United States Army in 2000, Clark said it was America’s response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks that prompted him to become involved in politics. He went on to run

in the 2004 Democratic Primary, winning Oklahoma.

With prominent members of GVSU’s Board of Trustees present along with members of the community, the event aimed to celebrate the leadership and public service that not only is valuable to local communities in west Michigan, but also on a national level.

The event began as Director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies Gleaves Whitney spoke about the life of the center’s namesake, Ralph W. Hauenstein. He highlighted the public service of the former Army colonel, newspaper editor and philanthropist, stating that “leaders continue to lead long after they’re gone,” and emphasizing the importance of values and compassion in public leaders in the community.

Whitney and GVSU President Thomas Haas then welcomed Clark to the stage, presenting him with the Col. Ralph W. Hauenstein Fellow-

ship Award, a prestigious award given to other public leaders such as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and President Gerald Ford.

Following the award ceremony, Clark gave a speech regarding the current political polarization within the country. He asked how the United States, as the wealthiest nation in the world, has an increasinglylarge economic disparities between the wealthy and the poor, then asked “how did we fall into (a) deep political crevice where the left and right fight.”

Clark began his speech with a wide-ranging historical analysis of 20th century America.

Beginning with World War I, Clark said that although Woodrow Wilson initially detested American involvement in the war, his presidency involved both the mobilization of American industry to end the war and women gaining the right

to vote. It also established the United States as a world power and a bastion of democracy.

Clark then spoke about the Roaring Twenties’ great industrial and economic power. This period ended as the stock market crashed in 1929, ushering in the Great Depression. Clark highlighted events during this period that exacerbated the plight of Americans, such as the inaction of the Hoover administration, the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act of 1930 and a rise in isolationist views that failed to render aid to European allies, allowing Hitler’s Nazi Germany to amass more power during the period.

“You must use the power of government to strengthen free enterprise,” said Clark, drawing from the first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt’s administration that enacted progressive policies aimed at lessening the depression’s economic effects.

Clark said that the

1950s represented a time in which the United States was unrivaled by any other nation, as “each generation could expect to do better than their parents.” Citing President Eisenhower’s investments in infrastructure and education, Clark stated that “American culture was the icon of the world” during this period.

Clark’s speech then addressed the 1960s, a period of uncertainty and angst driven

by America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. While President Johnson’s administration built upon domestic platforms championed by Roosevelt and Truman, the Vietnam War horrified Americans watching the war unfold on television.

“It’s said you can choose guns or butter,” Clark said.

“During this period, we chose guns and butter.”

Following this sentiment, Clark then addressed the recent history of the nation.

“We won the Cold War,” Clark said. “People my age would have never believed it, but once we lost our adversary, we lost our strategy.”

He argued that stagnant wage growth during the 1980s coupled with the breakup of the USSR and the acceleration of off-shore manufacturing spurred by NAFTA during the 1990s led the United States to lose its focus for the future.

Clark also spoke about increasing competition with China, as China has invested in infrastructure in the form of high-speed rail and is in the process of constructing other projects across the globe aimed at increasing its influence.

Clark said that legislators need to develop a comprehensive foreign policy agenda to ensure America’s interests remain strong in the face of Chinese globalization.

“If you have global interests, you better get out there and lead globally,” Clark said.

HEALTH

GVPD presents Stop the Bleed seminars

BY LAUREEN HORAN ASSOCIATE1@LANTHORN.COM

On December 14, 2012, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and took the lives of six adults and 20 children before taking his own. Since that day, there have been multiple mass shootings in the United States which include thousands killed and wounded. Emergency responders get there as quickly as possible, but many victims still succumb to blood loss. Through the Stop the Bleed program, Grand Valley Police Department offers the Laker community information and training on how to treat a serious wound and potentially save a life.

“Active shooter response training has gone through a

lot in the past 20 years,” said GVPD Capt. Jeff Stoll.

“Police used to secure a perimeter and get SWAT involved, but we realized that was ineffective if the shooter was inside, so now we have a rapid response model wherein the officers are moving to engage the violent offender as quickly and efficiently as possible to neutralize the threat, however, emergency medical responders have to be cleared to assess the scene... Now we are asking, what about the people who are hurt during these incidents, how do we save them?”

According to Stoll, some basic first aid application can drastically increase the likelihood of survival during the wait for emergency responders. GVPD hopes that student organizations, faculty

groups and other campus departments will arrange the Stop the Bleed seminars as preventative safety measures.

Created in 2013 by the American College of Surgeons after the Sandy Hook tragedy, Stop the Bleed attendees will learn to control bleeding by direct pressure, wound packing and the use of tourniquets.

They will also learn to identify life-threatening bleeding and how to take further action depending on the location of the wound. According to research cited by the Stop the Bleed campaign, about 40 percent of trauma-related deaths are caused by uncontrolled bleeding, making it one of the leading causes of preventable death.

“At GVSU, we have combined this training with excerpts from FEMA’s ‘Be The Help Until Help Arrives’ cam-

paign, which educates citizens on other important aspects of responding to emergencies, including ensuring your own safety as a helper and providing important information to 911 dispatchers,” said GVPD Officer Ryan Ykimoff.

You don’t necessarily need a first-aid kit to take action, but if there are no tourniquets accessible during an incident, don’t wrap the wound with anything else.

“A tourniquet is used to stop the flow of blood by wrapping around a patient’s arm or leg. It is then tightened until blood flow to that extremity is stopped, thereby stopping any bleeding on that extremity. It’s common that people try to simulate the effects of a tourniquet by wrapping a shirt, rope or some other material around someone’s extremity, but make-

shift tourniquets won’t be nearly as effective and in some cases could cause harm. Instead, we encourage attendees to look to the other bleeding control skills, like direct pressure and wound packing,” Ykimoff said.

GVPD Sgt. William

O’Donnell and Officer Ykimoff will continue to conduct these seminars for any department that would like to provide emergency training for their staff. To arrange a seminar, contact Sgt. O’Donnell at odonnewi@gvsu.edu.

THAT’S A WRAP: GVPD Officer Ryan Ykimoff instructs GVSU staff on how to apply a tourniquet to an external wound. COURTESY | GVPD

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By Sean Pollock

Celebrating women’s accomplishments of yesterday, today and tomorrow

W

hile Women’s History Month is indeed a time to look back and celebrate those who have brought our society forward, it is also a time to push for the advancement of women today.

Grand Valley State University is one institution that elected to do just that when selecting Philomena Mantella as the next president of GVSU, the first woman president of the university.

The advancement of women has felt so strong in the past year, with the appointment of Mantella and the slew of women taking seats in Congress and positions of power across the country. It appears that not just the future but the present is in-fact, female.

Michigan’s past too has been fueled by strong women who helped push the state forward. Merze Tate of Mt. Pleasant was a trailblazer in higher education as the first African American to graduate from Western Michigan University and the first to earn a PhD in government from Harvard.

Another female innovator was Cora Reynolds Anderson, the first woman and only Native American elected to the Michigan House of Representatives just four years after women received the right to vote. Anderson went on to work towards improving health care as a state representative.

One of the most fascinating Michigan women is Harriet Quimby of Arcadia, the first woman in the country to gain a pilot’s license. Quimby was also the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

What these women and hundreds of others were able to do is advance gender equality by being the

historic ‘firsts’ of many unique feats. Today, women everywhere are still achieving incredible ‘firsts’. Like Serena Williams, originally born in Saginaw, went on to be ranked #1 in the Women’s Tennis Association. The past 2018 midterm election also saw a large amount of women being sworn into Congress as the need for female representation increases in America’s polarized climate. These women include Michigan’s Elissa Slotkin and Indiana’s Jacie Walorski who each bring more diverse, female perspectives to a male-dominated Congress.

In celebrating these women and their accomplishments we remember the essential role women play in everyday life. From mothers, to teachers, to diplomats each are helping to shape the world a little better, a little kinder. Beyond recognizing women’s achievements, it is important to see the undying need to continue to push women’s rights forward. Whether it be through supporting women’s fight for their right to choose or helping to advance sometimes forgotten female voices.

As Grand Valley shifts into a new age of leadership under it’s first female president, it is important to remember the women who helped lay the path that led Mantella here. Celebrating women’s accomplishments especially in terms of leadership helps demonstrate how far America and even Michigan have come in gender equality. Women leaders of yesterday and today represent the kind of positive change that influences the leaders of tomorrow to make their world just a little better and a little kinder.

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Struggling with drug addiction in college? You’re not alone

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The most difficult part was admitting I had a problem. I was a high-achieving student in high school, and my first semester in college I did really well.

But then slowly I began to slip. I started skipping class, not doing my homework and failing tests. There were times I didn’t leave my room for days. My grades started to drop as I was developing this depression, which severely worsened it.

I wanted a quick solution to help turn things around. I saw a doctor who prescribed me

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It was hard because I didn’t think of myself as being a “drug addict” or even at risk of being one. Yet according to Rehab Spot, an organization that helps people overcome drug addiction, college students make up a large piece of drug addicts.

With many college students, the problem is alcohol. Addiction Resource, an informational agency on drug addiction, says it is the most commonly abused drug on college campuses.

Drinking affects everyone differently, dangerously so in depressed and certain mentally ill people. The short-term mood lift drinking gives you can lead to a dependency on drinking to alleviate depressive thoughts whenever they appear, which then leads to alcoholism.

Many addictions occur in people who struggle with feelings of inadequacy and low self-worth. It’s not usually the drug itself, but rather the mental illness that drives people to seek drastic

measures to try to change their thoughts. On its own, Adderall is a tool that helps many people with ADHD focus. Drinking and smoking weed in moderation are also not considered harmful to your body. But once that substance becomes intertwined in your identity, once you rely on it everyday or else you aren’t yourself, then you have to realize the pleasure has overstayed its welcome.

Many people feel shame about their addiction, and feel they’re too busy with school work to seek treatment. However, there are many outpatient rehab centers that accommodate for student schedules, and GVSU has both regular Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for students.

It’s important to suggest — but not force — an addicted person to seek treatment, because an addict has to want to get better for themselves, because in the end that’s who they’re fighting for.

Admissions scam: Affirmative Action for the rich?

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Adderall for my ADHD, which he said I had. The effects were instant to me: it helped me become more alert during class and motivated to do school work. One small pill seemed to fix all my problems.

If I felt like staying in my bed all day, I would take one Adderall. If I couldn’t focus on my homework, I took another. If I wasn’t motivated to go to class, I’d take one more. I sometimes would take three to four pills a day.

I conditioned myself to take Adderall every time I had feelings of fatigue, loss of interest or “emptiness,” because without that medication I felt I wasn’t good enough.

I didn’t feel I was addicted because I saw a practical purpose for the medicine and a doctor had prescribed it.

It wasn’t until I ran out and experienced heavy withdrawal symptoms that I was able to reflect on how my problems were not being solved, but rather being covered up by the medicine. I didn’t take Adderall after that.

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Apparently having your parents fund a new campus library isn’t enough to get you admitted to the top schools in the country anymore, as has already swept social media. Eight universities, including Stanford and Yale, have been definitively implicated in an admissions bribery scandal. 50 people have been charged and 30 arrested for involvement in what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling a nationwide conspiracy between rich parents, athletic coaches, a university athletics director and SAT and ACT exam administrators. William Singer, owner of the college counseling business “Edge College & Career Network LLC” and the non-profit “Key

Worldwide Foundation,” conspired with the parents of applying students to a) cheat on their college entrance exams, b) create falsified honors profiles or athletic records to pad applications down to falsified photos and c) get the bribe payments deducted off of their taxes by disguising them as charitable contributions to the Key Worldwide Foundation.

There’s outrage over this scheme from non-cheaters all over the country and especially from the guilty schools themselves. Two Stanford students, suddenly very annoyed about their $80 application fee, started the movement to sue all eight guilty schools in a class action lawsuit that would return the fees charged to thousands of students on the grounds that those applying hadn’t gotten what they paid for — a fair application process. Though cynics may say that anyone who actually thought they were getting an honest application process didn’t have the smarts to be accepted anyway, there’s something amusing about the admittance of old money applicants due to family legacy going continuously without comment while the scheming of new money applicants to replicate the same treatment is a national outrage.

There’s a lot of obvious jokes stemming from this story, like “what a great day to have a rejection letter from Yale” or “how dumb are your kids that you didn’t just spend all this money on a tutor,” but the most ironic is that these scammers, once accepted, probably got less suspicion from their peers as “not deserving of their spots” than those accepted thanks to affirmative action.

Whether or not affirmative action should exist is a topic argued everywhere from congress to Grand Valley State University’s entry level philosophy courses, and this scandal has not done anything to douse the debate. Both sides have used the fiasco to support their view of the college entrance system as “rigged,” though neither suspect that our conservativeleaning Supreme Court would factor the arrests as evidence in the seemingly inevitable case that the debate makes it back to them. Considering the “colorblind” stance of their new majority and the still-escalating case against Harvard’s affirmative action policies, it seems very likely that we could soon be living in a country without any such policies at all.

Unless we’re really supposed to believe that by arresting

30 people the Department of Justice have fixed education inequality in this country, this seems like the worst possible time to stop assisting groups with pasts of racialized poverty and discrimination. Because if this scandal has proven anything, it’s that the rich white students at the top of the pile are not always there because they have such fantastic academic and athletic abilities. We need programs that bring attention to talented students who were maybe too busy working afterschool jobs to clock 44 hours a week at the school rowing club.

And yes, I’m sure we all have stories of affirmative action going wrong. The lawsuit against Harvard’s policies argues that they favor Hispanic and African American students over Asian American students. I lived across the street from the son of a successful dentist who bragged that he got a scholarship to an ivy league because his greatgrandmother was half Chippewa. I get the concerns. But affirmative action isn’t flawed because its existence prevents schools from getting the cream of the crop; it’s flawed because its a band-aid on a system that’s been broken past ensuring fair treatment on its own.

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CREATION

Grand Valley’s Muskegon Innovation Hub honors first ever Innovator of the Year

BY MCKENNA PEARISO ASSOCIATE@LANTHORN.COM

Grand Valley State University has several pillars in its mission for students and the community, some of which include sustainability, education and enrichment. However, one pillar of GVSU’s mission that is sometimes overlooked is innovation. This aspect of the university’s mission is fulfilled by its Muskegon Innovation Hub, which provides support to local entrepreneurs and startup companies including those from within GVSU. The university’s Innovation Hub awarded its first ever Lakeshore Innovator of the Year title at a ceremony on March 14. Innovation Hub Director Kevin Ricco said this award is meant as a ‘round of applause’ to local innovators who are contributing to the greater good of the community.

“There’s a lot of pillars that are required to build up and sustain a community of excellence,” Ricco said. “That is what we do at the hub and this award is just a piece of that. It’s really about honoring them and recognizing them for their hard work and creativity.”

Five finalists were named prior to the award ceremony, with each having its own unique impact on the local community.

One of the finalist groups was a class of students at the Muskegon Area Career Tech Center who created a specialized desk for an elementary student in Montague with visual and mobility issues.

Other finalists for the innovator award included a company creating specialty LED lights, a patent pro-

cess that infuses hydrogen into carbonated beverages and an invention that preserves freshwater. While all of the finalists were clearly worthy of the award, only one could win. Ricco admits it was a difficult decision and that each of the finalists are doing amazing work in their own right.

The winner of the first Lakeshore Innovator of the Year award was Camp Shout Out, a program that ties the summer camp experience with speech therapy. Started by two speech language pathologists, the camp is located in Holton, Mich. and assists more than 100 children between the ages of 8 and 18 in each week-long session.

Co-founder Julie Raynor accepted the award at the March 14 ceremony and was excited to share the unique work Camp Shout Out has been doing since 2011.

“Our main focus is we want to help kids who stutter evolve as communicators throughout their life,” Raynor said. “Therapy is embedded throughout the day in what we are doing. By also providing that training to our specialists we are spreading that message out so specialists can take what they have learned and provide it for kids who can’t come to camp.”

The camp program combines hands-on training for language pathologists and graduate students with the fun of a residential summer camp. By tying speech therapy and an enjoyable camp environment together, Raynor says many first time campers return to camp each year and move on to become volunteers, recreation staff and even speech pathology students. GVSU student Madison Nichols is just one of those campers who has

remained with the program.

Following her speech at the innovator award ceremony, Raynor was approached by another finalist whose son, who also had a stutter, was moved by Camp Shout Out’s work. Raynor then introduced the young boy to a previous Camp Shout Out camper, who is now studying speech language pathology at Calvin College.

“I could see the look of amazement on this little boy’s face who has probably never heard anyone else stutter,” Raynor said. “Here is this cool college kid who is stuttering openly. Being a part of this innovative award process, if it opens the door for one kid that’s so worth it.”

It is the program’s uniqueness that both Raynor and Ricco believe is why Camp Shout Out was selected as Innovator of the Year. The camp’s innovation in speech therapy in a residential camp setting is currently the only one of its kind and brings in fluency specialists from around the globe.

“What these two women have created and put together, it is the first of its type,” Ricco said. “The understanding that if you are unable to communicate it sets back so many other things as you go forward in life. I think it was the uniqueness and the connection to youth that put them at the top.”

GV’s Muskegon Innovation Hub began presenting the award this year as a way to recognize local programs and entrepreneurs making a difference in innovation and creativity in the community. According to Ricco, the decision to start the award comes from the recent re-branding of the Muskegon and lakeshore areas that are churning out new innovative minds and

CLAP FOR THE CAMP: Posing with her Innovator of the Year award, Camp Shout Out co-founder Julie Raynor is recognized for building a camp that assists children needing speech therapy. COURTESY | GVSU

ideas. As the public may not know much about the amazing things coming out of local businesses, the Innovator of the Year award aims to bring those innova-

tors to the forefront.

“If you stop and think about the things that happen every day at Grand Valley, the creative and innovative things we do whether

its sustainability or educationally, our whole premise is to be at the forefront of innovation,” Ricco said.

“This award ties in really nicely with that.”

ACHIEVEMENT

Campus community joins U.S. in celebrating Women’s History Month

BY RACHEL MATUSZEWSKI RMATUSZEWSKI@LANTHORN.COM

March is Women’s History Month — 31 days to celebrate women of the past and present who have reformed societies and continuously strive for equality. The National Women’s History Alliance has declared the 2019 theme “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence.”

This month celebrates the champions who have carved new paths in history, such as Rosa Parks, Angela Davis,

Sally Ride and Mother Theresa — while also giving due recognition to the diligent efforts of today’s women in leadership, like Malala Yousafzai, Roxane Gay, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tarana Burke.

Women are working to increase the number of female voters in Pakistan. Phyllis Omido is fighting to save the Owino Uhuru village from lead poisoning. Adriana Cómbita strives for peace at a prison in Barranquilla, Columbia. Saudi Arabian women are moving toward the right to

drive. Malala Yousafzai advocates for education.

The National Women’s History Alliance will be honoring women from the past and present, such as founder and successor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Mary Burnett Talbert and founder of Women for Women International Zainab Salbi.

Celebrations of Women’s History Month have certainly spread since its genesis 1978, established by the Education Task Force of the Sonoma

County (California) Commission on the Status of Women in an effort to introduce their history to schools and the public.

They positioned the week-long celebration to fall on International Women’s Day and the response was a success.

Several schools joined, inviting women of the community into their classrooms to give presentations and accepting entries for a “real women” essay contest. By February 1980, the week gained publicity thanks to President Jimmy Carter’s presidential procla-

ALL FOR FEMALES: Filling the Kirkhof Center’s Grand River Room, members of GVSU’s Women’s Commission gather for their Fall Welcome.

Center for Women and Gender Equity Director Jessica Jennrich said GVSU is full of strong women. COURTESY | WOMEN’S COMMISSION WEBSITE

mation to name it National Women’s History Week.

Fourteen states had deemed March Women’s History Month by 1986. A year later, Congress announced March would be to honor women.

March is the month to celebrate the struggles and successes of women around the world, including here at home.

The Grand Valley State University Center for Women and Gender Equity is hosting several events throughout the duration of the month to recognize the achievements of women all around the world and here in the Laker community.

“The contributions of women to history are certainly important, but perhaps equally important are that thinking of ‘women’ as one category of person with one type of lived experience is to truly miss out of the depth of understanding how a woman of color, trans woman or student who is parenting a minor child experiences life and is contributing to our understanding of gender justice,” said Director of the Center for Women and Gender Equity Jessica Jennrich.

The Center for Women and Gender Equity is celebrating Women’s History Month by providing a variety of events to inform students about topics of feminism, gender, relationships and more.

“The events are to educate and engage the campus community about both the history of women’s contributions to important social justice movements as well as, and perhaps more pertinent in recent years, em-

phasize the important work women from diverse intersectional identities are engaging in currently to shape our campus, community and world.” Jennrich said Aside from the activities offered for Women’s History Month, the Center for Women and Gender Equity holds various events and seminars throughout the year, continuously providing students with opportunities to gain more insight.

“Talk Back Tuesdays” occur monthly at the Center for Women and Gender Equity and allows attendees to discuss current issues in local and global communities.

“Feminist Film Fridays” is a chance to watch and discuss films about gender justice.

Additionally, “EqualiTEA” is held once a year, and starts conversation about literature, politics, and reform.

Jennrich said the Women’s History Month panel is beneficial for those who may be new to concepts of gender equity and justice and are looking for an introductory event. The Ntozage Shange reading event honored the influential African American playwright who emphasized the intersectionality of race and gender in feminist issues.

Both on campus and off, Women’s History Month is honoring the women who have begun a movement in our past, and are leading the way in the present toward female freedom for future generations.

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GV WRITING AND JEWELRY STUDENTS JOIN FOR COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION Thursday, April 4 is the opening of a collaborative exhibit between two Grand Valley State University Departments. The exhibit, titled “Desire: Storytellers/ Storymakers” is a partnership between GVSU writing students in advanced fiction and creative nonfiction courses and students in the Intermediate Jewelry and Metalsmithing course.

Each year, the Intermediate Jewelry and Metalsmithing course has a narrative jewelry assignment where they make a piece of jewelry that encompassed a story. This is the first year that the story selections are pieces written by GVSU students.

The exhibit is open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the Calder Art Center Padnos Gallery through Friday, April 5. A reception for the exhibit is being held on Thursday, April 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. All GVSU students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

AUTHOR MEREDITH BROUSSARD TO DISCUSS HER BOOK, “ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE” On Tuesday, March 26, author Meredith Broussard is giving a one-hour presentation for Grand Valley State University’s Big Data Initiative. The event is taking place from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center Pere Marquette 2204.

Broussard is author of the book Artificial Unintelligence which, according to the book description, is “A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.” At the talk, Broussard will highlight the key ideas and themes from her book. The event is free and open to the public.

GV TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH WEEK Community Outreach Week (COW) is Saturday, March 23 through Saturday, March 30. During this week, Lakers have the chance to come together, volunteer and assist in projects around Michigan.

COW is sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Community Service Learning Center. Last year, over 700 people volunteered. This year, Lakers can volunteer for over 35 projects. Students can also create a new project and open it up for others to join.

Students who volunteer during COW can record their hours and sign up for projects at www.gvsu. edu/cow.

Fight against climate change takes root in Grand Rapids

BY ELYSE GREENWOOD EGREENWOOD@LANTHORN.COM

Amidst environmental issues worldwide, many people still question the prevalence and effects of Global Warming.

To combat misinformation and spread awareness, hundreds of students across the country have joined the Sunrise Movement. There are more than 100 Sunrise Movement hubs across the nation, and two Grand Valley State University students have taken the initiative to begin the conversation of climate change in Grand Rapids.

The Sunrise Movement aims to unite young adults across the nation with a common goal of environmental conservation and fighting climate change. To achieve this, the main objectives of the movement are to end the corruptive influence of fossil fuel money on politics, elect leaders whose platform aligns with the health and well-being of all people, and to make the sustainability of our planet an urgent priority. Upon hearing of the impact the Sunrise Movement has made and is continuing to make on our country, GVSU student and hub cofounder Margaux Sellnau felt compelled to make the same difference in her hometown.

The passion to fight climate change began to manifest in Sellnau, a junior studying Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Human Rights, after attending the Climate Change Conference at the Seidman College of Business. She left that conference with a fervent desire to take action, but the opportunity arose one day when she stumbled upon an inspirational video

SUSTAINABILITY: Two GVSU students have joined the Sunrise Movement and opened a hub in Grand Rapids, where they plan to fight climate change on a local level. COURTESY | MARGAUX SELLNAU

from Sunrise Movement’s top leader Jeremy Ornstein.

“By the end of (the video), tears were streaming down my face,” said Sellnau. “They mentioned they were having a national mass call the following day, and immediately I knew I couldn’t miss it. On that call, I knew this was what I needed to be doing. Why? Because of the culture, principles, strategy and story the movement was founded on.”

The specific values of this movement that truly resonated with Sellnau were the non-violent principles and the youth-centered mission.

“I like to feel and see the impacts of my actions and know that it’s worth it while maintaining non-violent actions,” Sellnau said. “This is one of the Sunrise founding principles that they implement into their

movement which I deeply resonate with. Not to mention, this movement simply felt like my calling. It is a mass movement of young people, led by youngpeople. This is something that I strongly identify with, and I felt empowered to take a stand.”

The Grand Rapids Sunrise hub officially launched in February. Since then, the hub has been busy organizing visits to the offices of both Representatives and Senators, leading Town Hall meetings and planning other events to raise awareness and rally supporters.

One of the upcoming events for this hub is the Road to Renewable Energy panel discussion hosted by the Michigan League of Conservation Voters at the Loosemore Auditorium.

With all of these efforts, the local Sunrise Movement hopes to have a strong

beginning to their fight against climate change.

“The Sunrise GR hub is working to bring climate action to all levels of government, specifically pushing our local governmental officials in Grand Rapids,” Sellnau said.

“As much as we are a support to the national movement, we also work collectively with the state movement while doing our own thing on the local level.”

Local initiatives like the Sunrise Movement Grand Rapids hub truly start the conversation against climate change in the area and begin the efforts toward long-term change.

As the Sunrise Movement’s website says, “We are not looking to the right or left.

We look forward. Together, we will change this country and this world, sure as the sun rises each morning.”

SERVICE

Campus Ministry hosts spring break mission trips

BY AMY MCNEEL LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COM

After eight cold, long weeks of meandering around campus and bundling up for classes, spring break provides most students with a period of

much needed relaxation and sunshine. However, for members of the Grand Valley State University Campus Ministry, spring break means more than a week of chilling out.

This spring break, GVSU Campus Ministry sent 310

students on mission trips to 14 different locations. These locations included multiple cities in Texas, as well as Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, California, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Guatemala and the U.S. Virgin Islands. During

FRIENDS ABROAD: Over spring break, Campus Ministry hosted mission trips in 14 locations. 310 Lakers went on the trips and built relationships through their service. COURTESY | CAMPUS MINISTRY

these trips, students deepened their faith and their relationships with those around them.

“These trips give students the opportunity to leave ‘the bubble’ of Allendale, serve in communities that are in need and immerse themselves in a new culture,” said Spring Break Interns for Campus Ministry at GVSU Megan Genslak and Madison Reid. “Students not only go to serve, but also to build relationships.”

To pick locations, members of GVSU Campus Ministry communicated with ministries they have worked with in the past. Genslak and Reid said they also did a lot of research and prayer to detect where God was calling them.

This year, more than half the visited locations were effected by hurricanes.

“It’s impossible to complete-

ly finish a house in one week, but it’s an honor to help make a small dent in the work that is being done,” Genslak and Reid said. “In addition, the rest of the locations worked with community outreach ministries where the students engaged with the community by providing meals to the homeless, after school help with kids or simply loving on the local people.”

When asked why Campus Ministry hosts these trips, Ganslak and Reid quoted Matthew 28:19: “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” The mission trips provide students the ability to grow, engage and serve without distraction.

Ganslak and Reid encourage GVSU students to consider participating in a mission trip.

“Whether you’re looking for community, wanting to expand your worldview or even learn more about yourself, these mission trips give students the opportunity to serve alongside amazing ministries while also growing in your relationship with Christ,” Ganslak and Reid said. “We found a community of Christians that encourage and pray for each other daily, something we didn’t know was missing until we found it.”

Students are also welcome to join Campus Ministry at their weekly worship services and events.

“Whether you grew up in The Church or are just starting to explore your faith, Campus Ministry at GVSU provides a laid-back place for students to make lifelong friends, learn about Jesus, and experience college to the fullest.”

DIVERSITY

Annual Sexy Accent Night comes back to GV

BY AUTUMN BABAS LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COM

While study abroad provides students with a chance to dive into different cultures, not everyone is able to take part. So, Grand Valley State University’s Bringing Together the World will soon be kicking off Sexy Accent Night, where students can dance the night away while exploring unique cultures right here at GVSU. Students will be able to see and experience these cultures without having to do any traveling.

“It’s a night where students can come and learn in a fun way and not feel like they are being lectured,” said President of Bringing Together the World Alan Carter.

Sexy Accent night will be held Friday, March 22 from 7 to 11:30 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room. Several

different cultural organizations on campus will come and play live music, perform cultural dances, display their own artwork and represent their culture. On this night, one room will take students on an expedition around the world.

“There is a vast variety of organizations coming,” Carter said. “Some of the performances will be by K-pop, Irish Dancing Club, Taekwondo club and even an American violinist.”

Along with the various performances and activities, there will be a free dinner for anyone that comes out. Bringing Together the World will be serving a taco bar along with an Asian buffet and fortune cookies. The event is LIB 100 approved and is a part of the intercultural festival.

The Grand River Room will be covered in elaborate decorations to suit the jungle theme of this year’s event. The night

will be filled with constant live entertainment, activities and a huge dance afterwards. DJ B Wiz will keep the night buoyant with his dazzling music.

“My favorite part was that you could see cultural dances, and later join in on some traditional dancing too,” said fifthyear student Kayci Marr.

Organizations lead the cultural dances. The performance starts out with a dance by members of Bringing Together the World, but then is opened up for the audience to join.

“It’s simple steps so that audience members can pick it up immediately and dance along,” Carter said. “We want to involve each and every person that comes and create a fun atmosphere.”

At Sexy Accent night, students will have the chance to meet and connect with many different international students.

“I had an amazing time last

year with my U.S. and international friends,” Marr said. “It was cool to experience it with both of their perspectives.”

While students jump from table to table, they see the traditions, clothing and food of different cultures. The event might even spark further inter-

est in a specific culture.

“We want to allow people to feel comfortable enough to join these organizations that do these cultural events,” Carter said. “If you find something you like, then you can pursue and enjoy it.”

Sexy Accent Night has

EVENT: Sexy Accent Night will soon introduce students to a plethora of diverse cultures. COURTESY | BRINGING TOGETHER THE WORLD

grown exponentially over the years. It ultimately provides the experience of study abroad without paying a dime. Bringing Together the World encourages everyone to come out and have a good time while learning about cultures from a new perspective.

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GVSU MEN AND WOMEN FINISH FIFTH AND 11TH AT NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Grand Valley State men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams completed a strong five days at the 2019 NCAA DII Swimming & Diving National Championships in Indianapolis the weekend of March 16.

The men’s team finished fifth with 222 points, while the women’s team turned in a 11th place finish with 152 points.

The Saturday night finals were headlined by junior Harry Shalamon, who claimed his first individual national championship when he touched the wall first in the 200 back in a school-record time of 1:42.46.

Other noteworthy performances included senior Marius Mikalauskas placing third in the 200 breast, junior Melina Goebel placing fourth in the 1650 freestyle and Mikayla Karasek earning all-american honors and placing fifth on the 3-meter board.

ISSAC MOORING NAMED GVSU ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH

Grand Valley State head football coach announced the hiring of Issac Mooring as an assistant football coach in the Laker football program. Mooring, who most recently coached at Texas State, will coach the running backs for GVSU. “I am excited to have Issac join our coaching staff,” said head coach Matt Mitchell. “Issac brings a wealth of knowledge, both as a coach and former player, that will bring a positive approach to our coaching staff and players.”

Mooring coached the last two years at FCS member Texas State as the defensive line coach. Prior to that, he spent four seasons at Gardner-Webb, where he coached O.J. Mau, who was a finalist for National Defensive Player of the year in FCS. In addition, Mooring tutored Shaquille Riddick, a former FCS Co-Defensive End of the Year before being selected in the fifth round by the Arizona Cardinals.

Mooring also had brief coaching stints at North Carolina Wesleyan (2008-12) and North Greenville (2012).

GVSU’S CADE CINTORINO NAMED GLIAC PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Sweet 16

Laker women win two to advance MAKING A MOVE: Grand Valley State junior Victoria Hedemark rips past a Truman State defender in attempt to get to the basket in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Hedemark and the rest of the Lakers had a dominant weekend, beating Truman State and Lewis en route to the Sweet 16. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

BY BRADY MCATAMNEY EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

For the first time since 2016, the Grand Valley State women’s basketball team is on to the Sweet 16.

The No. 3 seeded Lakers beat up on the No. 2 seed Lewis 72-55 on Saturday, March 16 to punch their ticket to the regional semifinal after defeating No. 6 Truman State 89-64 the day before.

“It’s unreal,” said GVSU forward Maddie Dailey. “We’re so excited to be one of 16 left playing. It’s a great feeling, especially because the last two years we’ve lost in the semifinal in our region so to finally make it to Monday night is really special for us.”

Dailey led the game with 20 points while adding five rebounds and three assists, but she got plenty of help from her teammates. Four other Lakers scored in double digits with guard Jenn DeBoer (13 points,

eight rebounds, four assists), guard Taya Andrews (12 points, six rebounds), center Cassidy Boensch (11 points, five rebounds) and guard Natalie Koenig (10 points, seven rebounds, five assists).

“Our kids are looking to score, they’re making good decisions,” said GVSU head coach Mike Williams. “We talk about the fact that I’m not sure we have great scorers individually but as a group, if we move the ball, we take good shots and we attack, we can all score and I think that’s what they’re doing right now.”

The Lakers won each of the first two quarters 14-10 to bring an eight point lead into halftime, but outscoring LU 21-11 to put themselves in a confident position to win the game heading into the final 10 minutes.

Lewis and GVSU met earlier this season in November where the Flyers came into Allendale and claimed an eight point victory, but

the Lakers feel as though they’ve evolved over time and have learned from their previous games to become the power they are right now. “(Lewis) was our third game of the season and we weren’t quite acquainted with what we could do,” Dailey said. “They out-toughed us for 40 minutes and in this game we were ready to out-tough them right back and get a little revenge.”

The opening round game was not as intense, as the Lakers jumped out against Truman and did not look back during the blowout.

“We try to get into their shooters,” said Williams. “Just keep the shots a little bit off balance and we did; they looked rushed, we kept them off the free throw line until the second half… we limited them in transition and get back in transition because they can really score… it was one of the better games we’ve played all year.”

While the Laker defense deliv-

ered a strong performance, it was the offense that stood out, as three different players lit up the scoreboard: reigning GLIAC Player of the Year, center Cassidy Boensch, led the game with 27 points, guard Victoria Hedemark added a career high 26 and forward Maddie Dailey added 21. The trio combined to shoot 29-41 from the field and 8-10 from three.

“They can all score in different ways,” Williams said. “(Hedemark) got to the basket, Maddie hit threes and Cassidy hit the rim on post touches. We’re scoring in three different dimensions…

The good thing is the players that aren’t scoring, they’re doing everything else to be successful and that’s what we did today.”

GVSU will now take on No. 1 Drury in the Sweet 16 with a trip to Columbus, Ohio on the line for the Elite Eight. The game will tip-off at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 18.

The GLIAC announced on Tuesday, March 12, that junior Grand Valley State left-handed pitcher Cade Cintorino has been named the Pitcher of the Week in the conference.

Cintorino tossed a pair of complete-game shutouts en route to a 2-0 week against traditional NCAA regional participants Seton Hill and West Chester.

VARSITY SCHEDULE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA tournament, Monday, March 18, 8 p.m., No.1 seed Drury in Springfield, Mo. BASEBALL Friday, March 22, 4 p.m., @ Wayne State Saturday, March 23, 1 p.m., @ Wayne State Sunday, March 24, 12 p.m., @ Wayne State SOFTBALL Wednesday, March 20, 3:30 p.m., @ SVSU Saturday, March 23, 1 p.m., @ Wayne State Sunday, March 24, 12 p.m., @ Ashland MEN’S TENNIS Thursday, March 21, 11 a.m., Hillsdale at Grandville, MI. Friday, March 22, TBA, @ Michigan Tech Saturday, March 23, TBA, @ Lake Superior State WOMEN’S LACROSSE Friday, March 22, 7 p.m., @ Ashland Sunday, March 24, 12 p.m., @ Indianapolis, Ind.

A BASH ON THE BENCH: The GVSU bench jumps out of their seats to get rowdy and celebrate a score from their team in the NCAA tournament. This bench has been able to celebrate plenty this season, as they currently hold a 29-3 record and look to improve upon that in the NCAA Tournament. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

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GVSU basketball falls in first round of NCAA Tournament to Lewis

BY KELLEN VOSS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

The clock has struck twelve on the Cinderella season for the Grand Valley State men’s basketball team, as their thrilling journey to the NCAA Tournament last weekend has ended in defeat.

The Lakers fell to the Lewis Flyers 65-63 on Saturday, March 16.

The Lakers were minutes away from upsetting the hosts of the tournament, keeping the lead for more than 26 minutes in one of the most complete games they’ve played all season.

Unlike many games this season, GVSU started off this game strongly, leading by as much as seven early to Lewis, leading after the first half 2925. Consistently getting stops on defense was key to that, as well as an offense that always flowed well with Jake Van Tubbergen in the game, who led the Lakers with 19 points on 8-10 shooting in just 19 minutes of action.

Despite the quality performance from Van Tubbergen, GVSU’s starting guards who have been so key all season long couldn’t get into a groove offensively, as Jeremiah Ferguson and Hunter Hale were each held to single digit points on 6-28 shooting.

“We’re disappointed that we couldn’t find a way to keep the run going, our guys have really come together well in this last month,” said head coach Ric Wesley. “We played pretty well for the most part, it just came down to a call or two. I’m proud of our effort, togetherness, and the fact that they fought until

SCOOP TO THE HOOP: Grand Valley State’s Jake Van Tubbergen drives to the lane and looks to finish with his right hand amidst a few Lewis Flyers in the NCAA Tournament. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

the very last second.”

While the loss may sting at this very moment, the Lakers are proud of this season — winning the GLIAC tournament and earning a spot in the NCAA tournament is nothing short of a successful season. Perhaps one of the most successful postseason basketball teams that GVSU has had this decade, as Wesley recalls.

“We started off the season with a lot of promise, and that was probably as good of a late season run as we’ve had at GV, we’re the first seven seed ever to go through the conference tournament,

and we didn’t get any breaks along the way,” Wesley said.

“We didn’t get a break during the tourney either, since we played a number one seed at their place, and yet we took them right down to the wire. We left a legacy, won a trophy and have a lot to feel proud about to build upon for next year.”

Going forward, the Lakers will lose three seniors who were major contributors to the season’s victories. Kindred Williams played some key minutes in crunch time and Zach West and Justin Greason were four-year contributors at

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Senior thrower Bobbie Goodwin reflects on national championship, prepares for outdoor season

BY KELLEN VOSS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Grand Valley State University has a long tradition of earning national championships over the past decade, and thrower Bobbie Goodwin joined that illustrious group of champions on March 8, hitting a personal record of 20.66m in the weight throw at the indoor track and field championships. She topped her own PR later in the meet, hitting 20.75m with relative ease.

That individual national championship took a lot of hard work from the South Haven, Mich. resident, who got into throwing because of her early visit and found a pleasant home to do it in Allendale.

“When I was in middle school, my brother threw shot-put in high school, so it was just something I wanted to do because he did it and I ended up being ok at it,” Goodwin said. “When I transferred from Siena Heights, I was looking for something close to home, I talked to coach Sean (De-

nard) and came on a visit, and I just loved it.”

It’s clear that Goodwin better than ‘okay’ at throwing, as she named 2017-18 GLIAC Champion in the weight throw (19.71m) and discus (44.63m), as well as USTFCCCA All-Region in indoor weight throw and outdoor discus. She’s the favorite to earn both those awards again this season.

Every thrower likes to stay focused when they’re in the ring ready to launch, and that was exactly the case with Goodwin, who gave herself a chance to breath and focused on what she did well in practice earlier in the week.

“When I’m in the ring, I try to pick out two things in practice earlier that week,” Goodwin said. “Usually Sean stands right in the back of the ring, so I just lock in and do what he says.”

Going into the indoor championships last week, Goodwin had the typical butterflies in her stomach. But through intense focus and hard work, she was able to win the national champion-

LET IT FLY: GVSU senior Bobbie Goodwin looks to launch a weight as far as she can in a meet at SVSU. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

ship and that accomplishment hasn’t quite set in for her.

“I had a really good week of practice. I was super nervous going into the meet, but once I got into the ring, I wasn’t thinking about anything, I just let my body do what it does,” Goodwin said.

“It feels really good to be a champion, I’m still kind of in shock because I never really thought it could happen.”

Looking ahead to the spring season, Goodwin’s main goal is to get healthy, as it is apparent she strained her rotator cuff in practice. Once the senior gets back up to a hundred percent, head track coach Jerry Baltes is confident her hard work will carry her far.

“It’s been steady progress, a lot of learning and a lot of growing,” Baltes said on Goodwin’s career. “She’s worked really hard throughout, it’s been one step at a time, and all that hard work culminated into the opportunity to capitalize at the national championship last weekend.”

While she aims to become a state trooper once she retires, Goodwin looks to earn another national championship in both the weight throw and the discus in the outdoor season, which starts on Thursday, March 28 at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla. If she can get healthy sooner than later, Baltes is confident she can end her track career with another national championship to her name.

“She was the GLIAC Field Athlete of the Year last year,” Baltes said. “She’s been good for us for a while now, so hopefully she can take what she did indoor and what she did at the GLIAC level onto the outdoor season and into the national championship, where she can hopefully score in a couple events there.”

GVSU. Wesley was glad that the team could have some success with them before parting ways.

“I’m glad we could send our seniors out winners and reward them for all their hard work and commitment to our program,” Wesley said. “Hopefully this group takes away the fact that when you’re all in for each other, good things happen” GVSU ended the 2018-19 season with a 19-13 record, along with a 10-10 record in the conference, won the GLIAC tournament, and mad ean appearance in the DII NCAA Tournament.

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THROWING THE PITCH WITH GRIT: Grand Valley State senior right-handed pitcher Allison Lipovsky holds her follow through as she delivers the pitch to her opponent at the GVSU Softball Field. Lipovsky had yet another dominant performance this weekend, as she was able to hold the Cedarville Yellow Jackets without a single hit and earned the victory in the 1-0 win on Saturday, March 16. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

Lipovsky throws no hitter; Grand Valley softball sweeps weekend doubleheader

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Grand Valley State softball headed home from their latest match victoriously on Saturday, March 16.

No. 10 GVSU travelled to Cedarville, Ohio to take on

the No. 19 Cedarville Hornets in a clash of two teams who have been playing a high level of softball over the past few weeks. Going into the doubleheader, both Cedarville and GVSU were 8-1 in their last nine games.

Game one featured an elite

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and third overall for her career in the Lakers 1-0 win.

While Lipovsky has strung together some impressive individual accolades in her career at GVSU, she said her only priority is to put her team in the best position possible to win games out on the diamond.

“I’ve been working really hard to be where I am now because the better I can be, the more successful my team is going to be,” Lipovsky said. “It’s great to be recognized for your own hard work, but really I just want to make sure my teammates and I have the most successful season possible.”

The difference for the Lakers in game one came from junior infielder Kelcie LaTour as she delivered what turned out to be the game winning RBI single in the top of the sixth inning.

Nikoma Holmen and Shannon Flaherty also provided two hits apiece.

“We hit the ball well both games,” said GVSU head coach Dana Callihan. “But we just couldn’t string it together in the first,” In game two, GVSU’s bats came alive behind yet another dominant pitching perfor-

mance, this time from sophomore Hannah Beatus. The Lakers went off and strung together 13 hits in a 10-0 mercy-rule victory as Beatus delivered a five-inning shutout where she struck out six while only giving up two hits.

Several different Lakers contributed multiple hit games in the 10-0 victory. Leading the way for GVSU was Taylor Rieger with two hits and three runs batted in, Holmen again with two hits and two runs scored, Brooke Henning with two hits and three RBI and Rachel Terwilliger with two hits.

Callihan noted that when GVSU hit in game two, they came in bunches and the Lakers were able to capitalize on their opportunities, unlike in game one.

“The second game, we were able to put some innings together and go back to back on and scored some runs,” Callihan said.

With the sweep of Cedarville on Saturday, March 16, the Lakers softball team moved to 5-0 against nationally-ranked opponents this season. GVSU also has yet to surrender a run against nationally ranked opponents this year, as they have outscored their best competition 33-0 across five games.

“We try to stay focused with every opponent, but this team loves the challenge,” Callihan said. “They are very hungry right now.”

Lipovsky also feels that the talent of this year’s softball team is better than any of the teams she has played on previously.

“I think that we have a better team chemistry but all around this is by far the best team I have ever played on, athletically and chemistry wise,” Lipovsky said. “Up and down the line up people hit the ball and hit it hard.”

Lipovsky felt that her team should not become complacent and instead focus on continuing to improve overall as a group.

“To keep things rolling we just have to keep our bats consistent and making adjustments in the box,” Lipovsky said. “But we also have to continue to work hard in the circle as a pitching staff and get our job done to make it easier for our team to come out on top.”

Up next the Lakers will face Saginaw Valley State in Saginaw, Mich. in their first conference matchup of the season on Wednesday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m.

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FOCUSED FACE LOOKING FOR AN ACE: Grand Valley State senior Madison Ballard looks to hit the tennis ball over the net with ferocious power, as she aims to earn victory in a match against Bellarmine on Sunday, March 17. Ballard and the Lakers did just that, defeating Bellarmine 6-2 while also defeating DePauw, 9-0, on Saturday, March 16, to make for a successful weekend. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

Grand valley tennis teams capture weekend victories

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Both GVSU tennis teams were victorious on the road this past weekend, with the men’s team defeating Southern Indiana and the women’s team defeating DePauw on Saturday, March 19. Following a 7-0 loss to Butler on Friday, the men’s team got back on track Saturday with a 4-1 victory, but it didn’t come without its challenges.

“We had to battle the elements,” said assistant coach George Rodriguez. “It took some time for us to get used to playing outdoors and in

colder temperatures.”

The doubles team of Martin Matov and Jack Geisser started the meet off strong for the Lakers with a 6-3 victory in the two slot.

The duo of Ryan Rhoades and Eric Zwemer continued the success, winning a back-and-forth match 6-4 in the three spot. “(Geisser) has really stepped up his game for us,” Rodriguez said. “He’s been coming through match after match in clutch situations.”

Sebastien Lescoulie followed up the doubles team’s performances, winning 6-1 and 6-0 in the No. 1 singles position and improving his individual record to 10-2 on the season.

“He’s a special player and he’s in the zone right now,” Rodriguez said. “He’s playing with tons of confidence and he’s looking to go undefeated the rest of the way.”

Jack Geisser and Nicholas Urban finished off the Eagles with victories in the two and six spots. Geisser won his match in two sets, after 6-4 and 6-3 victories and Urban cemented the victory for the Lakers, winning his two sets with a combined score of 121. Coach Rodriguez was especially proud of the focus and control showed by Urban “(Urban) is showing what it takes to win,” Rodriguez said. “His command on and off the court

has helped our team come together and it’s going to be critical going forward.”

The Lakers are officially over the half-way point of the season, but with GLIAC play starting in less than a week, their goal from the start of the season hasn’t changed.

“We are trying to win all of our matches from here on out,” Rodriguez said.

“We definitely have the team to do it. We want to improve day to day, practice to practice and match by match, both as individuals and as a team.”

The women’s team swept DePauw 9-0, outscoring the Tigers 74 to 36 in singles matches and 24 to 14

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two-set victories in the two and three spots.

The only three-set match came in the four position matchup, where Livia Christman won a final set with a score of 7-6. Heiniger and Olivia Hanover closed out the Lakers’ sweep, with two-set victories in the five and six spot.

The men’s team will be back on the court on Thursday, March 21, with a home meet against Hillsdale. The girl’s team will have an extended period of time off before traveling to Stow, Ohio and facing Indiana University Of Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 6.

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in three doubles matches.

The doubles team of Madison Ballard and Marija Leko started things off strong with an 8-3 victory.

Vera Griva and Marily Canellopoulos followed suit, winning their match in the two spot with a score of 8-5.

In the third match, Nicole Heiniger and Livia Christman won 8-3, finishing the doubles sweep for the Lakers.

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