Issue 26, March 11, 2019 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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LEADERSHIP

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Provost appoints acting dean of Brooks College

BY SHILOH REYNOLDS SREYNOLDS@LANTHORN.COM

As of Feb. 25, Mark Schaub is serving as the acting dean for Grand Valley State University’s Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies.

He was appointed to the position by Provost Maria Cimitile after Dean Anne Hiskes chose to take a personal leave of absence prior to her upcoming retirement. Schaub said that he was surprised to be stepping in at the middle of the semester.

While he said he does not plan on starting any new major initiatives for Brooks College at this time, Schaub hopes to continue implementing successful strategies already in place.

“I really see the (acting dean) role as not starting significant new projects or initiatives, but more to continue on the pathway of the strategic plan for the college and help the various units and programs within the college achieve their strategic goals,” Schaub said. “The plan is in place, and it’s a good plan.”

Schaub has a nearly 20 year history with GVSU. After being hired in 1999, he worked first as a writing professor and then eventually became an administrator in the Padnos International Center. Prior to being hired by GVSU, Schaub was working and living abroad with his family.

“My family and I wanted to move back to the USA, but in one of the Great Lakes states,” Schaub said.

“The GVSU job was my top choice over 20 years ago and we were thrilled to move to Michigan and live in Grand Rapids.”

Schaub holds a doctorate in English with an emphasis rhetoric and composition from Purdue University, along with a master’s degree in creative writing from Wichita State University and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Lakeland College. He said that while he was in college, he was unsure what career path he would later follow.

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FERGALICIOUS: With the Lakers’ bench and fans looking on, guard Jeremiah Ferguson steps back and throws up what would become the game-winning buzzer beater to send GVSU to the NCAA tournament. Ferguson was the MVP of the weekend, scoring 37 points to lead his team to a title. COURTESY | GVSU TWITTER

GVSU beats Wisconsin Parkside on buzzer beater, punches ticket to NCAA Tournament

BY KELLEN VOSS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Going into the GLIAC tournament, no one in their right mind would have predicted that No. 7 Grand Valley State, a team who was 12-11 after losing to No. 3 WisconsinParkside in overtime exactly one month ago, would comeback to beat the Rangers in a buzzer-beating win in the GLIAC semifinals to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2009, and then go on to

win the GLIAC tournament.

But then again, that’s exactly why they play the games.

In the closing seconds of the second half, the Lakers looked jittery, as Jake Van Tubbergen couldn’t get his footing on his signature spin move, and Hunter Hale couldn’t quite make it to the lane, forcing him to kick it out to the corner as he fell to the floor at the Davenport Student Center.

Point guard Jeremiah Ferguson picked up the ball in the corner, executed a crossover and threw up a mid-range shot from the baseline that hit the

front of the rim before rolling up and in as time expired, securing the 55-53 win and tournament berth for GVSU. The berth was clinched before the title game because their championship opponent, Davenport, has not been a Division II team for the minimum three years to be eligible for the NCAA tournament, therefore the Lakers inherited the GLIAC’s automatic bid.

“I just want to thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ, because without him I wouldn’t have that shot and

we wouldn’t be in this position.” Ferguson said. “I just wanted to get it up, I was shooting very well today, but my teammates did a great job picking up the slack because I didn’t play my best today.”

The game could have been a blowout, as GVSU trailed by 11 to the Rangers in the opening minutes. A teary-eyed head coach Ric Wesley could not stress enough the important of good defense, leadership and grit to make that comeback.

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CHARITY

GVSU’s ATO fraternity walks “Hard Many Steps” for Multiple Sclerosis fundraiser

BY OLIVIA FELLOWS OFELLOWS@LANTHORN.COM

WARM WELCOME: Repping their letters, ATO fraternity brothers are welcomed back to campus by Grand Valley Police Department officers.

The men completed their 160-mile fundraiser walk from Traverse City to Allendale to raise money for MS research. COURTESY | GVPD TWITTER

Over spring break between March 1-8, Grand Valley State University’s Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity hosted their seventh annual Walk Hard event benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The eight-day fundraiser entails a 160-mile walk from Traverse City to Allendale, Mich., with a kickoff ceremony on GVSU’s campus before the walk began.

This year, 20 fraternity brothers took part in the grueling journey meant to symbolize the pain that people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) face every day through the fatigue, poor balance and muscle cramps that the continuous, daily walking causes. In the past seven years of hosting the fundraiser, the fraterni-

ty has raised over $230,000 for the cause.

“It started 7 years ago with one of the founding member’s mother having MS,” said ATO Vice President Grant Robertson.

“Our old philanthropy wasn’t very successful and we thought we could bring more attention and money to the MS society through doing something crazy and ridiculous like walking 160 miles in the bitter cold on spring break instead of living it up in Fort Lauderdale.”

Robertson said that the goal for the fraternity is $50,000 each year; however, they are always happy with whatever amount of money they end up raising. This year, the fraternity raised $30,000 before the walk had even begun.

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NEW SCHOLARSHIP HONORS RETIRED MARKETING PROFESSOR OF NEARLY 40 YEARS

Grand Valley State University recently announced the establishment the Bennet L. Rudolph Endowed Marketing Scholarship to honor the retired marketing professor.

Rudolph, who worked at GVSU from 1973-2010, was honored for his student-centered approach that touched nearly 10,000 students during his time at the university.

The scholarship itself will be awarded to junior and senior marketing majors who express a need for further financial aid. Applicants must have at least a 3.5 GPA, but preferably above a 3.7.

CANDIDACY PACKETS FOR STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS DUE MARCH 18

Student senate is inviting those interested in joining their body to pick up and fill out candidacy packets for their upcoming election. Interested students who have not picked up their packet should receive one from the Office of Student Life or the Student Senate Office.

To complete their packet, potential candidates must fill out an information sheet, collect signatures from students and faculty and get their photo taken when the packet is turned it. Completed packets are due back on Monday, March 18 at the Student Senate Office.

For candidacy requirements, regulations and tips for campaigning, visit www.gvsu.edu/studentsenate/vote.

GV NAMED VOTER FRIENDLY CAMPUS BY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION The Campus Vote Project and National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) selected 123 colleges and universities across the country to be recognized for their support of students to register and vote in the 2018 election. Grand Valley State University earned its spot on the list this year for the university’s third time.

The 2018 GVSU Votes! initiative and the Campus Democratic Engagement Coalition organized and hosted a variety of activities and discussions to promote the upcoming elections. The initiative also earned NASPA’s 2019 Gold Excellence Award for Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement.

These combined efforts resulted in over 800 students registering to vote directly due to activities and services.

GVSU also encouraged students to vote on election day through the implementation of “Voter Vans” which took students to Georgetown and Allendale Township voting locations.

GV’S GLOBAL TRADE CENTER HOSTS 20TH AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS SYMPOSIUM

Grand Valley State University’s Van Andel Global Trade Center hosted the 20th West Michigan Automotive Suppliers Symposium on March 7 in its Loosemore Auditorium. The event focused on educating business owners and managers on trends and forecasts in the automotive industry.

Keynote speakers this year included North American GHSP President Dave Jerovsek and GHSP CTO Mark Smeyers. Other speakers contributed their experience in consulting and forecasting in the automotive industry or industries directly related to it.

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“We started off poorly, but I thought as the game went along, in the second half, our defense was a little bit better, and certainly our offense was a lot better,” Wesley said. “Hunter (Hale) really showed some leadership in that second half, Isaiah (Brock) was tremendous the entire game and I thought we got really good contributions off the bench from Shake (McArthur) and Zach (West).”

It was truly a team effort by the Lakers, as Brock helped hold down the fort defensively, posting two blocks and 13 rebounds to help lead a defense that held the Rangers to 41.8 percent

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Besides watching both of his sons graduate with bachelor’s degrees from GVSU, Schaub’s favorite experience with the uni-

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The annual fundraiser is also close to home for many of the brothers as they have personal connections with the disease through family or friends, giving some even more of a reason to take part in the walk. The walkers do around 20 miles each day, with 27 miles being the longest they walk on a single day.

Matt Bertoia, a GVSU junior and ATO brother, explained that the walk has a support team that helps the walkers with meals, clean up and any medical needs when they stay overnight at churches along the way. Bertoia said that the fundraiser is meaningful to him because he enjoys supporting a cause that is not often discussed, as MS is such a rare disease.

“Often times, everyone has a relationship with someone with cancer,

from the field, including 27.3 percent from three.

The great defense helped lead to good offense, as Hale led all players with 19 points and the Lakers crashing the offensive boards extremely well, with seven of the team’s offensive rebounds going to McArthur.

“It feels good,” Ferguson said regarding the NCAA tournament bid. “I don’t think it’s really hit me yet until we get there, but it’s surreal and I can’t wait to celebrate this win with my teammates.

After the big win, GVSU headed back to Davenport to play the top-seeded Panthers in the GLIAC championship the next day at 3 p.m.. Behind 27 points from Ferguson, 20 points form

Hale and the team shooting 54.9 percent from the field, the Lakers were able to capture victory, 80-70.

Being that the Lakers already had a spot secured in the NCAA tournament, it would have been somewhat excused for them to not give their best effort. But in front of a packed gym in a game between two schools less than 30 miles apart, the packed atmosphere brought the best out of the Lakers.

“We played well, we got a little momentum going, I wanted to see of we could keep it going going into the NCAA tournament, because we’re going to face nothing but teams of the caliber of Davenport,” Wesley said. “Thanks so much for all the Grand Valley

people that were here today, we needed every bit of energy we could get. It was a packed gym, both teams had plenty of support, it was really everything you would hope a GLIAC championship game would be.”

Wesley couldn’t be more proud of his team for banding together and making this final push, as GVSU has won six of their last seven games since that overtime loss to Wisconsin Parkside in February.

“That’s one of your goals at the beginning of the year, you’d like to get to the postseason and advance,” Wesley said. “It’s a great accomplishment for our guys to have pulled together as they did in their last month of the year.”

versity “has been the thrill of helping GVSU students have great international experiences — whether they’re studying abroad or international students who are earning their degrees here at GVSU.” “I particularly loved

visiting with GVSU students in cities in other countries, when I visited their host institutions during their semester or year abroad terms,” he said.

While Schaub no longer lives abroad, he continues to travel overseas. He

spent his spring break in Peru with his spouse Gayle, who works as a GVSU library faculty member.

“I definitely should not be taking a spring break vacation so soon into this job, but away we go,” Schaub said.

whether it’s someone who is close to home or a distant cousin, but not many people have a relationship with someone MS,” Bertoia said. “MS is a terrible disease because it affects people’s ability to walk, talk and see and it takes away from a person’s personality. We as ATO brothers have come to recognize that this fundraiser has become something that is bigger than just us and we want to help the cause to find a cure.”

During this year’s walk, there were many new firsttime walkers on the trek across the state, and many didn’t know exactly what to expect going into the walk. Jake Golding, a GVSU sophomore and a secondyear ATO brother who was also a walker leader on this year’s trek, explained that this year’s walk was emotional for many of the brothers taking part.

“Looking back on it after finishing, there was defi-

nitely a lot of emotion that was present,” Golding said.

“I know I teared up a couple times during the walk because of my personal connection with MS, but it was really just a lot of horseplay

and a lot of fun. Coming back to campus after the finish and being able to rest and hang out with all the brothers to share the experience was definitely one of my favorite moments.”

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DISCUSSION

Parkland high school shooting survivor talks safety and reform at GV

BY MCKENNA PEARISO ASSOCIATE@LANTHORN.COM

A year after the infamous shooting at her high school in Parkland, Fla., survivor Samantha Fuentes visited Grand Valley State University to provide her story and perspective about gun violence in American schools.

On Feb. 27, she sat on a discussion panel with several faculty members from GV’s College of Education. The event titled ‘Safe Learning Environments for our Students’ was held in Loosemore Auditorium on the Pew Campus and explored the various questions of ethical safety in schools.

The event had a prominent basis around gun violence and its recent prevalence in school discussions across the country. The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas left 17 of Fuentes’ classmates dead and even resulted in injuries of her own. Fuentes’ was hit with shrapnel and a bullet pierced her thigh while hiding with her fellow classmates during the shooting. Since the event, Fuentes has traveled the country spreading her story and speaking at events to promote the experience of gun violence victims.

“I was never really an activist before,” she said. “I was surely outspoken but I never thought that my words and my story could influence

and inspire people. I think any survivor has a story and a power to them and I learned to harness that power and use it towards good.”

Unfortunately, Fuentes survival story is all too common in America. 2018 was a record year for school shootings in the U.S., with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) identifying 94 in total. Most U.S. school districts have around 180 schools day each year, which averages out to one school shooting for every eight school days.

Fuentes’ 17 late classmates and staff are only a fraction of the 113 individuals lost to school gun violence last year. Some see this as an issue over gun control regulations, but not everyone. In fact, several school districts across the country see more guns as a solution, not less. This idea was the basis for the documentary ‘G is for Gun’ which was screened during the GVSU safe learning event.

“We aren’t doing a service to students to shy away from those topics,” said event panelist Chasity Bailey-Fakhoury. “Especially when they are doing active shooter drills in the classroom. There are age appropriate ways to have discussions with students about gun violence and frame it in a way that they can understand and grasp.”

Panelists at the event

prominently emphasized the importance of awareness when discussing gun violence and safety protocol.

The screened documentary provided perspectives from both sides of the debate on whether teachers and school officials can effectively protect students from an active shooter. Issues of training and ethics were proposed against the practice, while immediacy and training programs were posed to support it. Many movements have risen in opposition of programs like these, especially those who emphasize gun policy change with stricter regulations.

“We often forget how much we glorify weapons in the way we talk about them,” Fuentes said. “People will say they can protect people, they can protect schools but the truth is at the end of the day this is what they’re really doing. Change the conversation around guns, they’re not the reason we are safe.”

Fuentes is able to do something many lawmakers pushing for further gun control cannot: she can pull from her chilling experience to exemplify her wish for change. Her activism for gun reform is something that she believes requires two solutions. One is a call for change in the national narrative around guns; how people talk about them, something she believes is not taken seriously enough.

STUDENT SPEAKER: Speaking at the podium, Samantha Fuentes, a Parkland high school shooting survivor, addresses the crowd, talking about her real experience to as a survivor of gun violence. GVL | BEN HUNT

This shift in rhetoric is also proposed with a change in gun legislation to lower the risk of weapons falling into the wrong hands.

Dozens of other survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas have also become young activists fighting for gun policy reform. In fact, several of of them were featured on Time’s Top 100 of 2018 list because of their outspoken activism. Even before they could vote, the survivors of the Stoneman Douglas shooting have stood up to reject old constraints about gun reform and insist their country could do better to keep its young people safe. Like Fuentes, many have found the benefit in telling their story.

“When outrageous things happen to you they require outrageous responses,” Fuentes said. “But the pain my community experienced is felt in places all over this country. After the shooting my main goal was to make school safe again, I didn’t want another student to go through what I did.”

“I’m a bit more encouraged now than I was after Sandy Hook,” Bailey-Fakhoury said. “This generation of students is standing up and saying ‘enough’. I am hopeful of what is coming.”

Panelists agreed that what makes a safe place is safety precautions that are properly enacted, with each institution adapting its own procedures. Having conversa-

tions about gun violence and safety can be fearsome especially for younger students, however these discussions create awareness about safety protocols that can save lives.

Fuentes says she has since adopted a new understanding of how to incorporate safety into her daily life while not feeling resentful of what she has experienced.

“This experience has taught me that there are so many people who have the ability to hate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you do,” Fuentes said.

“And just because someone inflicts that hate on you doesn’t mean you have to inflict it towards the world, even though it hurts. Sometimes it’s better to love.”

HEALTH

Gift of Life GVSU strives to help blood cancer patients

BY LAUREEN HORAN ASSOCIATE1@LANTHORN.COM

Every four minutes, a child or adult in the United States is diagnosed with some form of blood cancer, ultimately affecting nearly 170,000 people each year.

There are no specific traits that could cause blood cancer; it could occur in anyone, anytime. Cures for many patients are possible, but the shortage of registered bone marrow donors leaves many patients waiting years to receive a transplant, if ever.

Gift of Life at Grand Valley State University recognizes the need for more donors and encouraged more than 100 people to step up at their registration event last week.

Gift of Life Marrow Registry is a bone marrow and stem cell registry with national and global reach. The healthy tissues of a matched donor can help patients fight various forms of blood cancer, which include Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma. Currently there are 260,000 donors registered and Gift of Life has paired roughly 15,000 matches since its founding in 1991.

To give these numbers a little more perspective, 5 million blood cancer diagnoses that have accrued since 1991, yet there are less than 300,000 registered donors.

The cause is evident — more healthy donors will lead to significantly more matches and successful transplants.

Only those between ages 18-45 can register, so college students are a huge portion of eligible donors. Gift of Life has ambassadors at 85 universities around the world, including GVSU. During the registration event, which occurred Feb. 2527 in the commons at Kirkhof Center, 166 total Lakers took the first step in potentially saving someone’s life.

President of Gift of Life GVSU Jocelyn Messer was pleased with the registration outcome but said that far more donors are still needed.

“We did get 166 people to register, but unfortunately few of those registered will actually result in a match,” Messer said.

“There are eight different (Human Leukocyte Antigens) that need to match up, and these include factors like ethnicity and genetics. More donors are really necessary because people

are more likely to match with a stranger than with a relative, so many people have to rely on strangers to help them.”

The national registry is not only lacking in size, but in diversity as well, according to Messer.

“African American and Hispanic patients are less likely to find matches, so we are hoping to expand the diversity of the registry,” Messer said. “We ran this even with Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), which is a Jewish fraternity. The founder of Gift Of Life Jay Feinberg was a member of this fraternity and was not only a transplant recipient himself, but he also helped increase the possibilities of matches for Jewish individuals.”

The students involved with Gift of Life GVSU have a mission to spread awareness of blood cancers and the need for donors. Some students have only recently been informed about this cause, but for Messer, the push for outreach is personal.

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BLOOD BROTHERS: Encouraging students to sign up to be a donor, AEPi brothers, including Student Senate Vice President Morgan Mattler (right) share blood cancer information to passerby.. COURTESY | AEPI

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By Athena Jasman

Do you have five minutes to spare a life?

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ach day, on average, 88 lives are saved by an organ transplant in the United States; but 22 people die each day waiting for a transplant that never comes, according to organdonor.gov. A new person is added to the wait list every 10 minutes. The need for organ transplants rapidly outpaces the rate of donor registrations. Many health organizations turn to college campuses for their outreach and awareness projects because college-aged students are generally the best organ donor candidates, so it’s up to us to take the simple steps that could save lives.

Gift of Life Marrow Registry (not to be confused with Gift of Life Michigan) has ambassadors at 85 campuses worldwide, including Grand Valley State University. This organization was founded in 1991 and strives to match blood cancer patients with healthy donors for transplants. As of now, there are less than 300,000 registered donors. Since 1991, more than 5 million children and adults have been diagnosed with some form of blood cancer, which includes Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma. These can be cured though, if a patient is able to get healthy bone marrow in time.

5 million cases compared to 300,000 potential donors is outrageously skewed, and only people between the ages of 18 and 45 are eligible to register for Gift of Life Marrow Registry. That being said, it’s on collegeaged individuals to promote awareness of this issue and put forth the effort to make a positive change. Unlike the select few blood types, there are millions of tissue types and many factors that have to match up for a good transplant, so getting more people to register is crucial.

Additionally, because these tissue types are based on ethnic and genetic factors, African American and Hispanic people are less likely to find matches due to the lack of diversity in the registered population.

Initial registration is as simple as a cheek swab and providing contact information. Gift of Life will contact you from there if you could be a match. For most people who donate stem cells and bone marrow, the procedure is not much different from donating blood or plasma, it just takes longer. The next Gift of Life Marrow Registry at GVSU will be during the Dance-A-Thon on March 31 between 1-3 p.m. at Fieldhouse Arena.

Aside from just bone marrow donations, organ donations of any kind are always needed, too. According to Gift of Life Michigan, each organ donor could save up to 8 lives and improve the lives of nearly 75 people. As of January 2019, roughly 113,000 people in the United States are on the transplant wait list, and only 36,000 transplants occurred in 2018. It’s awesome that 36,000 were saved, but we can’t ignore how many more people are always waiting at any given time.

Organdonor.gov states that 95 percent of adults in the U.S. support organ donation, yet only 58 percent are registered as donors. Joining the Michigan Organ Donor Registry takes less than a minute at GiftofLifeMichigan.org and within a week or so, you’ll get a red heart sticker to put on your state ID. If you’re a GVSU student but not a Michigan resident, you can find the best way to register at organdonor.gov.

Five minutes of your time could save more lives than you know. Got a moment to spare?

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Why you should go see Captain Marvel

BY XAVIER GOLDEN FRESHMAN UNDECIDED MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

Captain Marvel is Marvel Studios’ latest release, a truly unique movie about a photonblasting superhero from outer space who fights aliens and teams up with Samuel L. Jackson. The film stars Room’s Brie Larson as the titular Captain Marvel, the aforementioned Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (but with two eyes this time),

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execute their impressive vision.

The music is a smooth blend of 90s guitar riffs and orchestral swells and every joke lands. Also prominent in this movie are some super cool space fights, great references to the comics it’s based on and one very adorable cat, but those are more personal reasons for why I think this movie rocks. Sure, there are a few good movies out in theaters right now, but Captain Marvel is right up there with them.

The second reason that you should go see Captain Marvel is the fact that it’s worth supporting. Representation in media is critical when it comes to self-esteem and normalization.

Kids who watch superhero movies need to see themselves up on the screen, but so far, the vast majority of the heroes up there have been white, straight, cisgendered and male. When it comes to female-led superhero movies, Captain Marvel is only

the second in recent history and Marvel Studios’ first. If you want more women in the Avengers or on the Justice League — and if you possess basic human decency, you do — watching this movie in theaters wouldn’t be the worst way to make that happen. We could also march on Disney and Warner Bros., but there is no way this college student can afford a plane ticket to Hollywood right now. I can afford a movie ticket (at least for a matinee).

Just remember, the next time you’re going to the movies — which might be in early May if your professors are anything like mine — pass up Liam Neeson’s latest flick or the newest not-Pixar animated movie and catch a screening of Captain Marvel. Seeing an awesome superhero punch aliens and blow things up is a pretty fun way to cast a vote for better representation in movies.

College crocks: Self-Care

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and Jude Law. You should go see it for two reasons.

A year ago, Marvel Studios released Black Panther and I wrote an article for my high school paper about its importance and why people should go see it. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the kinds of action movies people shouldn’t go see and the kinds of action movies people should. Last Friday, Marvel Studios released Captain Marvel and I might be beating a dead horse (apologies to all the horse fans out there), but as it turns out, my two opinion pieces didn’t completely eliminate all bias in the US, so I feel obligated to write a third.

The first reason you should see Captain Marvel: it’s a genuinely great movie! Brie Larson does a fantastic job portraying Captain Marvel as a funny, tough and independent superhero. Co-directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck clearly

BY BRENDAN ULANCH SOPHOMORE MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

College is an intense roller coaster that stops for no one and if you don’t care for yourself in the correct and most fulfilling ways then you will never be able to finish the ride. The practice of self-care has been thrown around a lot these days, especially in the teens to twenties range. What I have noticed is that there are two ways people react when they hear self-care: brush it off like you are too good for it and that you don’t need it or unleash your love for it and bombard the unlucky victim

with all of your at-home remedies, tips and tricks.

Whichever side you stray toward, everyone takes care of themselves in some way or another. Even the person that states that they are too good for it without a doubt throws their shoes off after a long day, pours themselves a cup of ice cold lemonade and watches the sun go down behind some peaceful rolling hills… or maybe something similar.

I am one that takes school to the extreme and a lot of the time I wish I could just chill and take a load off. So I do. I have a motto in life that I try to stay true to as much as I can and that is: “Work as hard as possible, but if all you are doing is working then you are doing something wrong.” Every single day I try to set aside at least 30 minutes to chill and focus on absolutely nothing.

Something that really helps to relieve stress, anxiety and all the negativity in your head is to sit back, relax and think about nothing. Obviously that’s impossible, but try to focus on those little things throughout

the day that popped into your head but weren’t important at the moment: what’s that girl’s name was at the Connection, how many puppies could I own at once, or would I be able to be president for a day?

It works, and trust me, your peace-of-mind will be thanking you later for it.

Some very useful self-care tips can be found all over the Internet and even your own dorm. Exercising, being able to say no and playing with a pet are all effective self-care techniques that should be implemented by everyone.

Exercising benefits every part of your body, including your mood. Mental strength is just as if not more important than physical strength. I know finding access to a gym or just time in general to workout can be a struggle, but some workouts can all be done either in your neighborhood or right beside your bed!

I know that the right thing in life is to always care about others and that is extremely important, but when it comes to self-care you have to be your

first priority or you will lose yourself very fast. Having a pet can be difficult, especially on a college campus. However, having that companionship and sense of togetherness one feels when playing with a pet is something that is invaluable. A pet is able to lift even the dreariest of moods up.

Now, you don’t have to go and buy one. Having one is obviously great, but neighbors have pets, families bring them on weekends and GVSU even has dog days during finals week that are there purely to help lift the student body’s spirit up in those dark, dark times.

Self-care is no laughing matter and I hope that that readers at least realize that taking care of yourself isn’t something that only certain people need to do. Everyone has to take care of their minds just as much as their bodies or else their bodies and minds will overwork themselves. Don’t let the world take control of you.

Take control of yourself and let the world revolve around you.

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CAMPUS

Student senate encourages campus engagement with week of activities

BY JAMES KILBORN JKILBORN@LANTHORN.COM

Student senate recently hosted Student Senate Week, which featured a variety of events centered on getting elected members engaged with the student body. Senate members aimed to show the value in creating a dialogue between senators and students, illustrating which issues are weighing on the campus community and creating plans on how to address them.

Student Senate Vice President of Public Relations Bilal Qureshi said the week of events allows senators to connect with students as well as raise awareness of student elections that will begin March 25.

“First and foremost, this is an opportunity for senators to make a strong effort toward engaging students,” Qureshi said.

“Engagement efforts are made so that our senate continues to build a better relationship with students so that we have more communication on both parts... Throughout the entire week, we promote senate elections and encourage those who are interested in this opportunity to run. Of course, we enjoy putting on some fun and informative events that students get to go to and enjoy as well as eat some free food.”

Each event corresponded with a student senate committee. On Monday, “Succulents with Senators” was led by the Diversity Affairs Committee, which entailed the decoration and ornamentation of potted

plants. On Tuesday, “Last Lecture” was organized by the Educational Affairs Committee and included motivating presentations from popular professors.

Other events included a discussion board and Kahoot trivia game led by the Campus Affairs Committee as well as a state-funding letter drive led by the External Relations Committee. All events focused on getting students engaged and participating in on-campus events. These events give a snapshot of what being a student senator entails, as relations with the student body are paramount for any prospective candidates.

“In this way, we show how we work hard toward important issues at GVSU and the surrounding communities in an enjoyably interactive way,” Qureshi said. “If this kind of work resonates with a student, we hope to encourage them to run for student senate so that they can be more involved with this experience.”

Elections for the student senate begin March 25 and end on March 31. Any student is eligible to run as long as they complete the candidate packet and requirements established by the Office of Student Life.

“The elections packet will have the details and the timelines for student senate elections,” Qureshi said. “There will be instructions on how to fill an application online as well as directions for the photo that will be used in the candidate packet. A student who grabs a packet and wants to be put on the ballot needs

STANDOUT SENATORS: Hosting a table in the Kirkhof Center, student senators help students send funding letters to state politicians. Student senate hosted a week of events to promote student engagement and keep a finger on the pulse of the student body. GVL | EMILY MODLOFF

to get two faculty signatures, 100 student signatures, turn in the application and get their photo taken. Packets are currently available but will be due

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next year’s senate, there will be both ample opportunities as well as competition for students wishing to join the student legislative body.

PRESENTATION

Last Lectures focus on personal experiences, inspiring students

BY RACHEL MATUSZEWSKI RMATUSZEWSKI@LANTHORN.COM

On Tuesday, Feb. 26, Professors Joel Wendland and Neal Buckwalter gave their last lectures in Grand Valley State University’s Mary Idema Pew Library. Although their final topics skewed away from their usual lessons — liberal studies for Wendland and the nonprofit sector for Buckwalter — when addressing students this time around, they gave testimonies of their lives, lessons learned and advice.

Wendland spoke about “how to be your most radical self.” He explained his upbringing in Tacoma, Wash. where their family wallet was not as full as they would have liked.

Wendland remembers his mother selling their television for $35 in order to afford her children’s Christmas presents. He also the white supremacy instilled by all social institutions in the 1990s.

But Wendland knew there had to be something different — a different way of looking at social class and people. This is how he began forming his radical self.

“We didn’t recognize that a social disease like racism so powerfully outcasted whole populations of people, and discards them so significantly that they can be seen as less valuable,” Wendland said.

“I used to think that there was something wrong with me. But over the years in life, in school, in readings and my experiences with work and community involvement, I’ve learned to realize that something is not wrong with me, but something is wrong with the world.”

Wendland told students about his first day of orientation at the University of Washington, where his two-

hour-long bus trip landed him alone in a seat full of other freshman and their parents. But when he didn’t understand the speaker’s instructions of syllabi and registrars, he took the next bus home following the midmorning break and served in the Army for two years.

“My experience on the day that I tried to orient to college and failed had both personal and systemic roots,” Wendland said. “I could not alter it until I became my most radical self.

The self that had to discover new truths about the world.

That people from different backgrounds shared similar aspirations even if they did not share identical cultural experiences. Those differences did not make them bad people, but rather made them interesting and valuable people worth knowing and sharing my time, work and friendship with.”

If he wanted to become his most radical self, Wendland said he had to demand more of himself by expanding his knowledge of the world, forming opinions of acceptance and sharing it with university students in the hopes that they would share it with others.

Buckwalter opened with a story for his lecture on “expanding the circle of our lives.”

In the story, 15 firefighters drop into a forest fire to direct the flames, but a routine job quickly escalates into a dangerous escape, as the flames turn against them.

One of the leaders lit a fire around himself and urged the others to join them. When they said he was crazy and left in their own directions, only three of the fifteen survived — the two who had run up a steep hill and squeezed through a wall of rocks and

the man in the circle of fire.

Buckwalter explained three ways our circles can become wider: by opening up to others, learning about our ancestors and nurture core relationships.

He described people in life when they don’t expand their circles as bubbles on a screensaver, bouncing off one another in every direction.

“It’s been my experience that life is so much more meaningful when we seek to expand our circles,” Buckwalter said. “When we, rather than being free floating and bouncing off others, look for ways to connect meaningfully with people around us.”

Buckwalter continued with stories, speaking about a woman who welcomed his family into her own and his great, great grandparents.

His last story involved his family when he went to defend his dissertation. His children gave him a congratulatory sign. After hanging it up in his bedroom, he noticed a small picture his son had drawn: it was of Buckwalter reading.

But when his son asked him if he wanted to play baseball instead of work, he finally had the time to say yes.

“It was important to Issac not that I got those three letters, ‘PhD,’ after my name, (but that) I became Dad again.” Buckwalter said.

“Wherever you are in your college experience, I want you to think about the people, your family, your friends, your teachers (and) your loved ones, who have helped you and supported you along the way. There may be times when you feel alone (or) overwhelmed, but I assure you that people are cheering you on in their own way.

They want to see you succeed. Remember them and nurture those relationships.”

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THEATRE WORKSHOP OFFERS ACTING INSTRUCTION Students interested in Shakespearean acting are encouraged to attend a free Shakespeare workshop on March 15 to work with a professional. The workshop is open for students hoping to audition for the annual Shakespeare Festival, expand their theatre skills or experiment with a new acting style.

Katherine Mayberry will work with attendees on monologues, clarity, movement and language. As executive director and member of the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, Mayberry teaches workshops at Interlochen Center for the Arts and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp as well as schools and universities.

Workshop participants will undergo physical and text exercises to expand their skills in both new and familiar monologues. The first 20 students to sign up will be admitted, and those interested can sign up at the box office. The workshop will take place from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Haas Center for Performing Arts Room 1721.

ART AND HEALTH COLLIDE IN ‘LOOKING WITH INTENT’ The “Looking with Intent” series continues this week to explore the intersection of art and health care. Faculty and students are welcome to join the discussion about the effects of art on clinical skills.

Art gallery programs manager Stacey Burns will facilitate discussion, along with work life consultant Elisa Salazar and assistant professor Heather Wallace. No art experience is needed to attend. “Looking with Intent” will take place at the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences on March 12 at 8 a.m. and March 13 at noon. The group will meet in the Central Hall before going to the gallery.

STUDENT FILMMAKERS TO BE RECOGNIZED AT FILM AWARDS Following the first-ever Grand Valley Film Festival this week, an awards show will take place to congratulate the nominees and winners on March 22.

Students can take pictures on the red carpet and enjoy dinner and drinks at a pre-show reception.

Red carpet attire is encouraged. There will be performances by Queens of Dance, the Grand Valley State University Comedy Club and STAGE (Student Technicians and Actors Guild for Entertainment).

Satirical YouTube rapper Gmcfosho is scheduled to host. The reception will start at 6 p.m., with the ceremony at 7 p.m.

COLLABORATIVE MARS EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY

As a continuation of GVSU’s 2018 Fall Arts Celebration, selections from “Mars: Astronomy and Culture” are on display in the Eberhard Center.

Photos, drawings, posters, video projections and other media were curated by the Pasadena Arts Council in California to show the advancement of technology and its effects on astronomy. During the Fall Arts Celebration, the exhibit was divided between GVSU, Calvin College and the Holland Museum. The selections from all three venues will be displayed in the West Wall Gallery until June 21.

FILM FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE ARABIC FILMS

A two-day film showing will take place next week to share Arabic films. Organized by the Arab Culture Club and Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the festival will include discussion led by professors Ashley Bisutti and Majd Al-Mallah. Amber Fares’ debut film “Speed Sisters,” which follows the story of the Middle East’s first all-women racing team, will play on March 19. “Grandma, a Thousand Times” is a documentary directed by Mahmoud Kaabour that addresses a woman’s thoughts and struggles at the end of her life and will be shown on March 20. Both movies will begin at 6 p.m. in Area 51 in Kirkhof Center.

PASSIONATE: Castina Bombardo’s performance piece “Embed” is included in the 2019 edition of ‘fishladder.’ An annual exhibition features art, creative writing, photography and poetry by other GVSU students, available in the Kirkhof Center Gallery until June 21. COURTESY | GVSU

GV’s ‘fishladder’ promotes student voices through art

BY SARAH EDGECOMB ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

Since 1970, students at Grand Valley State University have submitted their work for publication to the university’s art journal, fishladder. Originally called Amaranthus and Italics, the journal seeks art, photography, drama, poetry and creative writing to promote student work and spark discussion. Fishladder is student-run, including submitters, editors and layout staff, with a new magazine released each April.

The work submitted reflects the talent of GVSU’s students. Associate professor of writing and fishladder adviser Amorak Huey said that art journals give students the opportunity to display this work and share with their peers.

“On GVSU’s campus, as on any college campus, there are a ton of talented artists and writers producing new and exciting work. A campus journal is a way to showcase that work, to highlight what students are capable of creating,” Huey said.

Editor-in-chief Maria McKee voiced similar

thoughts about fishladder’s importance to the GVSU community, referring to the vulnerability that comes with submitting personal work. “fishladder is representative of the intellectual and emotional work our campus is willing to do and that work certainly isn’t easy,” McKee said.

Each year, submissions are accepted through the fall semester, with editors reviewing work over winter break.

Fishladder boasts editors in five genres who vote on pieces to be published. Assistant editor Aleigha Kely said that her

interest in creative writing drove her to apply at fishladder, where she met other students with the same passion.

“I love the idea of giving creative people a space to be imaginative and have their work showcased. Fishladder offers all of those things,” Kely said. “It’s an extremely polished magazine that comes together every year through the hard work of students who have a passion for art and writing.”

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EVENT

LA-based musician Nico Franc performs at GV

BY ARIE NIENHUIS ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

No matter who you are, Grand Valley State University is always hosting and setting events that you will be sure to enjoy. For many, the events that get them out of the house are the many concerts taking place at GVSU any time of the year.

One of the most recent shows was a solo concert from Los Angeles musician Nico Franc.

Nico Franc is an immensely talented young artist, playing a unique fusion of pop, jazz, soul and R&B with a wonderful amount of energy.

Described as Stevie Wonder, Sting and John Mayer rolled into one, he strikes an oldschool appeal with an infectious young energy. After his

show on Feb. 27, he shared some of his thoughts on his influences and making music.

“The majority of my musical influences came from my family, but I really branched out in high school,” Franc said. “I found my true calling in blues and funk. I discovered John Mayer, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, all the massive guitar players. And from the moment I could play piano, I was writing songs.”

Coming from a background in design, Franc has also incorporated his visual talents into his musical career. Not only does he design all of his own merchandise and promotional material, he often finds himself working a design-based mindset into his musical practices.

“Everything has to do with simplicity. I want to tell you a

COLORFUL: Nico Franc performed his pop, jazz, soul and R&B fusion for an under-the-stars themed concert. COURTESY | NICO FRANC

story with the least amount of words with the most meaning,” Franc said. “Being able to execute that story and meaning, as well as the story and quality of words, is key. I always ask my-

self what the simplest and most beautiful way is, and that’s the design focus at work.”

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MUSIC

GV Jazz Orchestra performs first concert of semester

BY MARY RACETTE ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

IMPROVISE: The GVSU Jazz Orchestra and Combos performed an energetic concert on Feb. 25 with student soloists. COURTESY | GVSU

The Grand Valley State University Jazz Orchestra and Combos provided an energetic performance at their concert in the Louis Armstrong Theater. Tim Froncek and Michael Drost directed the free and open to the public concert on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Two jazz combos, which are small ensembles of soloists, opened the concert, followed by the jazz orchestra performing a seven piece set.

Along with the family, friends and community members in the audience, students in jazz history courses were encouraged to attend the concert and experience live jazz.

“Seeing it live and the interchange between performers on stage gives (audience members) more than if they were to just listen to the music or watch a

video,” Froncek said.

“The Jazz Showcase” combo was the first to perform, opening with Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite.”

“In the Blue,” the longest combo to play together, followed the opening combo, performing “Some Day My Prince Will Come” and Jackie McLean’s tribute to Charlie Parker, “Bird Lives.”

The jazz orchestra’s set included a selection of songs featuring a variety of solos, including the clarinet, trumpet, trombone, drums and saxophone. Froncek said he chooses the songs played by the orchestra based on the students in the program each semester. He also said he likes to include some popular jazz songs which people might recognize.

For instance, one of the last pieces played was “Cantaloupe Island,” a popular piece composed by Herbie Hancock.

Throughout the concert, Froncek offered a brief history and explanation of the

artist and piece, helping the audience understand the music to a higher extent.

Froncek also energized the audience and performers throughout the concert as he conducted and danced along to the music.

“It allows the audience to feel like they can relax a little bit,” Froncek said.

Froncek said he hopes that once the audience sees him having fun and dancing on stage, they are able to loosen up and have a good time as well.

Freshman jazz pianist Natalie Fisher shared Froncek’s impact on her performance.

“When the director has that much energy, it makes you more motivated to put that energy into your playing,” Fisher said.

Last semester, Fisher was the only girl in the jazz orchestra. Now one of three girls, she expressed her excitement of having more women in the orchestra

alongside her. Froncek said he was enthused to see more female musicians join the jazz orchestra, since jazz is typically a male-dominated field. He said he hopes the presence of female jazz musicians in orchestras continues to be normalized.

Fisher said she does not let being in the minority discourage her, adding, “I’m the one who can show that girls can play jazz too, and it’s not just something that is male-dominated.”

The Jazz Orchestra holds two concerts on campus each semester. Froncek said he is in the process of planning and arranging the set list for their April 14 concert.

They will also be taking their talent off-campus in April to perform in downtown Grand Rapids at Founders Brewing Company.

“I am looking forward to keeping the momentum going,” Froncek said.

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GVSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EARNS AWARDS, INCLUDING GLIAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND COACH OF THE YEAR

The GLIAC regular season champion Grand Valley State women’s basketball team took home eight all-conference awards by six different Lakers, announced by the conference on Friday, March 8.

Junior center Cassidy Boensch headlines the group as the GLIAC Player of the Year, while fourth year head coach Mike Williams was named the GLIAC coach of the year.

Boensch and junior guard Jenn DeBoer earned first team honors, while senior guard Natalie Koenig and junior forward Maddie Dailey were named to the second team.

Additionally, Boensch, Dailey and junior Victoria Hedemark were named to the All-GLIAC Defensive team.

GVSU looks to continue their dominant season during the DII NCAA Tournament.

THREE LAKERS EARN GLIAC POST-SEASON HONORS IN MEN’S BASKETBALL The Grand Valley State Lakers have three players named to the GLIAC post-season teams, as announced on Friday, March 8.

Junior guard Hunter Hale earned first team All-GLIAC, while sophomore Jake Van Tubbergen earned a spot on the second team. In addition to these honors, junior Isaiah Brock was named as a member of the GLIAC All-Defensive team.

Hale is seen as one of the elite shooters in the GLIAC, as he connected on 81 threes in the regular season, good for second in the GLIAC and the fourth most in a single season in GVSU history. Van Tubbergen earned a second team honor for the second year in a row, averaging 14.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game this season.

Brock’s 52 blocks ranks second in the GLIAC, as his defensive presence makes him the figurative anchor to the GVSU defense. All three of these players and the rest of GVSU looks to keep their post-season going in the NCAA Tournament.

GVSU THROWER BOBBIE GOODWIN WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE WEIGHT THROW

With the Grand Valley State men’s and women’s track & field teams competing in the indoor national championships this week, one Laker’s performance truly stood out.

Senior thrower Bobbie Goodwin became am NCAA National Champion in the weight throw on Friday, March 8.

Goodwin joins Sam Lockhart as the only two GVSU athletes to win a national championship in the weight throw, as she opened the meet with a PR of 20.66m before throwing a weight 20.75m later in the meet.

With the indoor season concluding this past weekend, Goodwin and the rest of the Lakers will prepare for the outdoor season, as they will not compete again until Thursday, March 28 at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla.

VARSITY SCHEDULE MEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA Tournament WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA Tournament SOFTBALL Away, Saturday, March 16, 12 p.m., Cedarville Away, Sunday, March 17, 12 p.m., Ohio Dominican MEN’S TENNIS Away, Friday, March 15, 5 p.m., Butler Away, Saturday, March 16, 11 a.m., Southern Indiana Away, Sunday, March 17, 11 a.m., Hillsdale (Match played in Grandville, Mich.)

WOMEN’S TENNIS Away, Saturday, March 16, 10 a.m., DePauw Away, Sunday, March 17, 10 a.m., Bellarmine

HOOP, THERE IT IS: Center Cassidy Boensch scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the GLAIC semifinals last week where they were defeated by the Northern Michigan Wildcats. The GVSU Lakers look forward to competing in the upcoming NCAA tournament despite the conference tournament loss. GVL | BEN HUNT

Upset in conference semifinal Lakers fall to Northern Michigan in low-scoring game

BY BRADY MCATAMNEY EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

The top seeded hosts of the GLIAC women’s basketball tournament – the Grand Valley State Lakers – were upset by the No. 4 seed Northern Michigan Wildcats on Saturday, March 9 at Fieldhouse Arena 47-38.

With the loss, the Lakers will not have an opportunity to play in the GLIAC tournament championship game despite winning the regular season title, their first in 13 years.

Coming into the game, the Wildcats were one of two teams to defeat the Lakers in the 2018-19 season and had also held them to their three lowest point totals of the entire season – 50, 43 and now 38.

“That was a typical game, Grand Valley-Northern,” said GVSU head coach Mike Williams. “We can’t

score on them. I don’t know why, we just haven’t been able to score on them in four years. Same thing, same tune. They have a toughness style on defense. They make you take challenge threes. They don’t let you get to the basket (and they) surround your post player.”

GVSU seemed to be in total control early, as they led NMU 11-0 after the first quarter. However, the Wildcats would score at least 15 points in the remaining three quarters while holding the Lakers to totals of nine, 14 and four in the ensuing periods.

“I thought when we came out in the first quarter, we had pop. We were all over the place,” Williams said. “I even made a comment to my assistant coaches, I said ‘oh my gosh, we are just flying around.’ As the game went on, that just dropped.

Obviously you can see that we didn’t

have the same pop, the same intensity, the same confidence and they just scored at will in the last three quarters. Maybe we’re tired, maybe we can’t bring that energy for four quarters, I don’t know. We’ve got to look at the film and see if we can make some adjustments.”

The newly-crowned GLIAC Player of the Year Cassidy Boensch led the game with 18 points to go with 10 rebounds, but the next highest scorer for the Lakers – guard Brooke McKinley – had only six points. As a whole, the team shot 16-50 from the field and 4-22 from three point range, including going 0-8 in the final 10 minutes.

“Sometimes you make shots, sometimes you don’t,” Williams said.

“You can’t put a loss on that. You have to get it done. I thought they did a good job. They did a good job taking

away what we wanted to do, taking away our players getting to the basket, taking away our post game and making shots tough down there, getting us to create some turnovers with some of their turnovers and stuff like that. They just did a good job and they always do against us. It’s tough to score against them.”

While the loss stings for GVSU, they still have basketball left to play: they were ranked third in the Midwest region in the March 3 edition of the NCAA’s regional rankings and should not expect to drop out of the top eight.

“It definitely sucks right now,” said guard Jenn DeBoer. “Moving forward, we need to let it fuel us for the NCAA tournament so we just need to keep moving forward and get better from this loss.

“Just keep fighting.”

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‘Fun to watch’

BY BRADY MCATAMNEY EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

Editor’s note: this story was published on Tuesday, March 5 before GVSU’s matchup with Northern Michigan. It recaps the game that sent them into the conference semi-final.

In the quarterfinal round of the GLIAC women’s basketball tournament, the No. 1 seeded Grand Valley State Lakers defeated the No. 8 Wayne State Warriors 73-50 on Tuesday, March 5 at Fieldhouse Arena.

After starting the game down 9-3 early, the Lakers rallied and made a 41-10 run to close out the first half with a large lead that would not leave the scoreboard in the second half.

“It was just fun to watch.

It was really fun to watch that first half,” said head coach Mike Williams. “We were all over the place. Some players I thought – two players that came in and played really well were Jenai LaPorte and Taya Andrews. Jenai gave us a huge spark and so did Taya. It doesn’t always show up in the box score, but wow. Rebounds, Jenai made some plays, hit a three, had some offensive rebounds, found some players with some passes so I just thought we had players come in

that played really well.”

LaPorte and Andrews were relied on heavily early due to foul trouble for some starters in a game that saw each teams shoot 22 free throws apiece as the Warriors were called for 20 fouls and the Lakers were called for 16.

Whistles did not stop forward Maddie Dailey, though, as the junior scored a career high 28 points on 11-14 shooting with 11 rebounds and two blocks.

“I feel like we were finding the seams and back-cutting a lot,” Dailey said. “A lot of my points were easy buckets with Natalie and Jenn and V able to find those openings really attributed to that.”

Center Cassidy Boensch scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds while guards Jenn DeBoer and Victoria Hedemark each scored 11.

With the victory, the Lakers will now turn their attention to the fourth-seeded Northern Michigan Wildcats. In two matchups this season, the teams have split the series with each squad picking up a win on their home court. GVSU will “prepare by resting” by taking Wednesday off and going light Thursday and Friday ahead of an alwaysphysical game against NMU.

GVSU women advance to conference semifinal

UP AND IN: Forward Maddie Dailey scored a career-high 28 points and 11 rebounds at the quarterfinal round of the GLIAC women’s basketball tournament last week. GVL | BEN HUNT

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A8 | SPORTS BASEBALL

GVSU baseball making strides despite pedestrian record

BY ELI ONG SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Most college spring breakers pack up their suitcases and head to warmer weather to party, rest and relax for a week before going back to the everyday academic grind. However, when you are a college baseball player, your spring break tends to be a little different than that.

The GVSU baseball team is currently about to round out an 11-game stretch down in Kissimmee, Fla. at the Russmatt Invitational. Nine games in, the Lakers have gone 5-4 with their most loss coming against reigning DII champion Augustana by a score of 6-2. GVSU head coach Jamie Detillion said he felt like the season so far had been an appropriate sum of their record.

“We’re 6-6 so our record shows where we are at,” Detillion said. “I don’t think it tells the whole story because we’re showing improvement in all three phases. We’ve got a lot of talent, it’s just a matter of learning quickly and putting our best game together.”

GVSU started off the season 1-3 before they heated up in the sunshine state. Detillion said this is due in part because of how hard it is for northern college teams to get practice time outdoors early on in the year.

“We don’t like to use it as an excuse, but it is a part of the puzzle,” Detillion said. “We’re a talented team, but when you spend the first 40 percent of your season without getting outdoors, it can cause progress to come slowly.”

Apart from an offensive explosion against Truman State where they won 13-1, the Lak-

ALL TOGETHER NOW: The GVSU baseball team huddles before their next game at the Russmatt Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla., where they finished with a handful of wins and losses. The team looks to improve before their first GLIAC competition of the year on Friday, March 22 against the Wayne State Warriors in Detroit. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

ers managed eight runs across three games against Ohio Dominican and Southern Indiana. Over the past eight games, GVSU has averaged 7.4 runs per game, much in large part due to the efforts of senior shortstop Alex Mandeville and junior catcher Joe Laudont.

Laudont and Mandeville have stepped up early on in the season to provide the Lakers with key offensive production.

Laudont has started the season hitting .484 across 10 games and Mandeville leads the Lakers in runs batted in with 11.

Laudont acknowledges his teammates for his early season successes at the plate.

“I give a lot of credit to my teammates. I go up every at bat very prepared to attack at the plate,” Laudont said. “They help give me a sense of what I’m going to see so I can lock in on a single pitch. I also think that I’m personally not trying to do too much and I’m staying in the teams hitting philosophy. I go up with the mentality just to help the team.”

That approach has paid major dividends for

Laudont, which included a 3-3 performance at the plate with a double, grand slam and five RBI against Minnesota State Mankato.

“I go by a phrase at the plate. It’s called KISS, it’s a pretty common baseball term, but it means ‘keep it simple stupid,’” Laudont said. “So, my approach is basically to see ball, hit ball and it works to my advantage for the most part.”

Laudont agreed with Detillion over how the team is starting to play better and that their record doesn’t reflect it yet.

“We are a very close group of guys and we are never lacking for work ethic. We hold ourselves to very high standards,” Laudont said. “As a team we just need to continue to push each other to play hard and stay locked in every game. If we play pitch to pitch, we will be very successful as has been proven by our more consistent play of late.”

Detillion and the Lakers are excited to face their first GLIAC competiton of the year, as they’ll play the Wayne State Warriors on Friday, March 22,

as well as the following Saturday and Sunday. Friday’s game is scheduled to start at 4 p.m., with Saturday’s starting at 1 p.m. and rounding out the weekend on Sunday at noon “We’re getting to play some top competition down in Florida and we’ve shown anything can happen when we step out on the diamond,” Detillion said. “All around after playing these teams we hope we can learn from our time down here and be that much better prepared once we get back into GLIAC play.”

SOFTBALL

Laker softball improves to 14-2

BY ELI ONG SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

After going 44-9 and 24-2 in conference last season, the GVSU softball team has picked right back up where they left off a year ago.

The Lakers have opened up the season 14-2 and have gone 11-1 over their last 12 games. This is due in large part to dominant pitching by senior Allison Lipovsky and sophomore Hannah Beatus. In 16 combined starts (eight each) so far this season, Lipovsky

and Beatus have thrown for 16 complete games, eight shutouts, 124 strikeouts and own a combined earned run average of 0.79.

“They make a nice combination,” said GVSU softball head coach Dana Callihan.

“Their styles are different so it makes for some interesting adjustments for other teams.”

Lipovsky is a power pitcher who thrives on getting outs via swings and misses. Last year she led all of Division II in total strikeouts with 309 over 191 innings pitched on her way to becoming a NFCA

First Team All American.

Beatus plays more toward inducing weak contact along with being able to generate swings and misses. As a true freshman, Beatus went 8-2 with a 2.77 ERA and was a major contributor to a pitching staff ranked second in the country in ERA a year ago.

Callihan also said that her Lakers squad has played very well defensively behind Beatus and Lipovsky. The Lakers currently own a .975 fielding percentage through 16 games this season.

Another nice contribution

has come from freshman infielder Lydia Goble. Goble has contributed five of the Laker’s nine home runs so far this season while also hitting .319.

“She has a great eye at the plate and jumps on her pitch when she sees it,” Callihan said. “As a freshman, not many teams know about her yet, but she will have to continue to make some adjustments as we get deeper into the season.”

Callihan said she felt that her team could still improve at the plate as GVSU starts to head back toward GLIAC conference play. While GVSU has had six games of

BATTER UP: Nikola Holman steps up to the plate, ready for the pitch. After collecting some wins and losses at the Russmatt Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla. last week, the team is strategizing for their GLIAC game against Wayne State on March 22. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

scoring eight-plus runs, they also have had five games where they managed three runs or less.

“We are still figuring out the lineup and so forth. We can be more consistent at the plate still,” Callihan said. “We had a couple games that we didn’t hit as well as we could have and we will get back at it in practices this week and get that going again.”

Overall, Callihan also felt that the team just needs to continue to focus on getting better day by day.

“We are just looking to get better every day,” Callihan said.

“We are still figuring out lineups and things like that, but it is starting to come together.”

The Lakers will travel back to the Midwest to face Cedarville and Ohio Dominican on Friday and Saturday, March 16 and 17. Despite her efforts to get her team to continue to improve, Callihan also said the Lakers’ selfless mentality has made them a fun team to coach so far this season.

“They get along very well, this team,” Callihan said. “Everyone has bought into our team first concept and that makes things so much more fun.”

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TRACK & FIELD

A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY: The GVSU men’s and women’s track and field teams showed up their competition last week at Indoor Nationals in Pittsburg, Kan. last weekend, with team members breaking both personal and school records. The Lakers finished with 3.25 total team points and 12 podium finishes in their respective categories and are preparing for the outdoor season. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

GVSU track and field teams shine at Indoor Nationals

BY JEROD FATTAL SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

The men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at Indoor Nationals in Pittsburg, Kansas on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9.

GVSU saw more of the same dominance on the second day, as the GVSU women’s team finished second in the indoor championships, while the men’s team finished fourth.

40 Lakers represented GVSU at Indoor Nationals, but before they had the chance to win national medals in Pittsburg, the program earned four U.S. Track & Field

and Cross Country Coaches Association regional awards.

Zach Panning and Allie Ludge were both named the Midwest Region Men’s and Women’s Track Athletes of the Year, while head coach Jerry Baltes and assistant coach Aaron Watson received the Midwest Region Women’s Head and Assistant Coach of the Year awards.

“It’s a credit to the rest of program,” Baltes said. “We don’t win these awards without the amazing student athletes we have in our program.”

The Lakers started the meet strong on Friday, earning 12 All-American honors over the

course of the first day.

“It’s important to just go out and be the best you can be (in championship meets),” Baltes said. “We wanted to stay focused on what we could control, execute our race plans and let the results speak for themselves.”

The women’s team earned the most points (21) of any other team on Friday, with the biggest performance coming from Bobbie Goodwin in the weight throw. She won an individual national title with a throw of 20.75M. “She came in ranked sixth and we never talked about her winning the individual

title,” Baltes said. “But deep inside, she really believed in herself and it was inspiring to the rest of the team.”

Allie Ludge earned a silver medal with a time of 4:49.03 seconds, finishing only .08 seconds off of first place.

In the final race of the day, the DMR team of Rachael Walters, Heather Johnson, Abby Crouch, and Allie Ludge earned a bronze medal, crossing the line in 11:29.05 seconds.

In the 800M, Dennis Mbuta took home a bronze medal with a time of 1:51.33 seconds.

The highlight of the day came in the 5000M, where Zach Panning crossed the line in 13:36.87, earning a silver medal, while breaking his own personal record by 12 seconds

and the school record by five seconds in the process.

“It was an outstanding effort,” Baltes said. “He’s a guy that everyone looks too as a leader for both his words and actions.”

Saturday saw more of the same dominance for GVSU, as the women earned a second place finish on the back of 64 total team points and 12 podium finishes in their respective categories.

Among those on the podium was Rachael Walters, who broke a school record in the 800m with a time of 2:05.09. Elli Kimes and Carly Livingston also tied for second in the pole vault, as they both cleared 3.93m.

Other top-three finishes

included Alli Ludge placing third in the mile and the 4x400m relay team of Walters, Jessica Eby, Sarah Beulla and Heather Johnson crossing the finish line third.

For the men, Mbuta earned a national runner-up finish in the 800m while also setting a new school record at 3:10.81.

Panning placed third in the 3,000m run, while the 4x400m relay team of Daniel Walker, Thomas Capers, Jaylen Hasan and Andrew McFarland broke the indoor school record in the event by 1.29 seconds.

Grand Valley State will now prep for the 2019 outdoor season, as they will compete in the Florida Relays, Raleigh Relays and the Davenport-select meet from March 28-30.

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PUT ‘ER THERE: Bobbie Goodwin pushes her hips forward and uses all the power in her lower body to launch the hammer as far as she can at the NCAA indoor championships. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

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Grand Valley tennis captures eight total wins in annual spring trips

BY KADY VOLMERING SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

After a dominant fall season for both the Grand Valley State men’s and women’s tennis teams ending in late October, the teams headed down to Orlando to jump into their spring season.

The women started off on Sunday, March 3 against East Carolina, ultimately ending in a loss after a tough battle in the Florida heat. On Monday, the women played a double header, first against North Carolina Wesleyan, pulling away with their first win of the week.

Later in the evening, the women faced off with Minnesota State Moorhead to earn their second win of the day.

The Lakers lost two out of three doubles matches, gaining a win from No. 1 pairing of senior Madison Ballard and freshman Marija Leko, who defeated their opponents 6-1.

Fortunately, the Lakers had better luck in the singles matches, winning five out of six matches. Top performers were Ballard, Leko, senior Livia Christman, senior Nicole Heiniger, and sophomore Liv Hanover, as they all won in their matches.

Later in the afternoon, Lakers continued their winning streak with competitive play against Minnesota in the doubles department. The women won all three doubles matches early in the evening, and carried the strong momentum into singles play. The Lakers went away with another sweep, earning the win in all six matches of the night.

On Tuesday, March 5, the women split the day with a win and a loss. The first matches of the day against Keiser ended in 0-5 loss for the Lakers, but they were able to rally up for their 8 p.m. match against Concordia, winning 7-0.

Overall, the competition both the women and men have been up against has put their skill to the test.

“The Florida competition has been tough,” said head coach John Black. “Conditions are hot, around 85 and hotter, and we have had several double headers. Both teams play four ranked teams on the trip, whether that’s nationally or regionally.”

The men started their trip on Saturday, March 2 in Lakeland, Fla. against Florida Southern. The day ended in a

close fought loss, 3-4. But the men were able to switch it up on Monday, earning a 7-0 win over Coe in Orlando.

The Lakers got on the scoreboard first by winning all of the doubles matches, and continued to dominate in the singles play as well.

Top performers were senior Sebastien Lescoulie from the No. 1 single seat, followed by junior Jack Geissler in the No. 2 seat and freshman Jack Dausman from the No. 3 seat.

Tuesday was a bit of a mirror to the women, splitting the day in half with a win and loss. The loss was to Keiser University, a close one as the Lakers lost 3-4.

But, yet again, the Lakers rallied in the evening and earned the 7-0 win against Concordia.

The men continued on with the good energy to Wednesday, in which they found two wins, the first against St. Francis and the second against Chestnut Hill.

“The trip has gone great so far,” Black said. “We are getting lots of tough competition and bonding as teams. We’ve been mini golfing, swimming at the pools, shopping, and visiting some theme parks.”

The team has found great success down in Florida, not only on the court, but also

SPRING FEVER: Livia Christman beat the heat last week in Orlanda, Fla. Both the women’s team and men’s teams performed well, collecting wins against opponents. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

growing together as a team.

The trip should serve as great experience for the men and women, who are both looking to get going on the spring season shortly after getting home.

“I’m looking forward to our men’s conference match-

es in March and April, the GLIAC is wide open and there are five teams that will be very close with each other,” Black said. “For the women, we are looking at finishing strong and preparing for NCAA regionals in May.”

The men pick right back up on Friday, March 15 in Indianapolis against Butler. The women follow the men’s lead, as they play again Saturday, March 16 in Greencastle, Ind. against DePauw at 10 a.m.

SWEET SPOT: Competition was tough, but the GVSU men’s and women’s tennis teams kicked off the spring season skillfully in Orlando, Fla. earlier last week. Nicholas Urban, pictured, won a doubles match from the No. 3 position with his teammate Jack Dausman against Concordia. The team was unable to take the full match though, as the Lakers fell 4-3 against the Clippers. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM

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