Issue 7, October 1, 2018 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change conference to welcome distinguished researchers on campus

BY MCKENNA PEARISO ASSOCIATE@LANTHORN.COM

SAFETY FIRST: The Laker Guardian app provides users with a virtual guardian when they have to walk alone. The Grand Valley Police Department hopes more students will utilize this app. This newly updated smartphone app is available for free on Apple and Android mobile devices. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

Laker Guardian app aims to expand student safety efforts

BY LAUREEN HORAN ASSOCIATE1@LANTHORN.COM

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n an effort to ensure campus safety and easy access to emergency services, Grand Valley State University has recently updated their Laker Guardian app and encourage students and faculty to download it on their mobile devices.

Have you ever been afraid to walk from class to your car?

Do you get worried during your past-dark workouts? Have you ever been on a first date that’s left you feeling uncomfortable?

Now, thanks to a collaboration between the Grand Valley Police Department and RaveGuardian, the Laker Guardian app provides students with a virtual buddy when safety concerns arise.

“There’s a few different components to the app, such as a

safety timer, panic button and an anonymous text tip hotline that goes directly to dispatch,” said Assistant Director of Public Safety and GVPD Captain Jeff Stoll. “The safety timer feature provides users with a ‘guardian’ to observe them as they walk across campus. This allows them to pick a contact in their phone and notifies the contact that they are walking. Once the timer is deactivated, we know the person is safe. If not, the selected contact will be notified that the timer went off.”

The Laker Guardian can actually use the camera function to “watch” the user walking and GPS capabilities make it easy to locate and reach a student who may be in danger. In the event that the timer does go off, an alert will be sent to GVPD with location and users will receive a

call to check on them. If no response is received, officers will head toward the user’s location to do a physical wellness check.

Stoll added that this app has actually been around for several years, but only about 2,000 students have downloaded the app. That’s less than ten percent of GVSU’s student population.

This is an easily accessible tool that could be useful for any student during any emergency, and so GVPD is striving to promote the app and make students aware of its availability.

“This app isn’t just intended for people who are walking late at night, it’s for anything you might need to contact us for. If a student has a seizure or other medical emergency in class, we can get to them quickly. If

The safety timer feature provides users with a ‘guardian’ to observe them as they walk across campus.

This allows them to pick a contact in their phone and notifies the contact that they are walking. once the timer is deactivated, we know the person is safe.

JEFF STOLL GVPD CAPTAIN

Professionals from a variety of fields will take part in a discussion on climate change, specifically its impact on business and society workings. Climate change refers to the Earth’s weather patterns that last an extended period of time. In the past 35 years, climate change has showed record years of warm weather with 2016 being the warmest year on record.

The Koeze Business Ethics Initiative (KBEI) housed in Grand Valley’s Seidman College of Business will be hosting a climate change conference on Oct. 10 to examine the many different viewpoints on the subject. The conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m. in the William Seidman Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus. It will host a panel of speakers from Grand Rapids and other parts of the world to discuss how climate change impacts different professions and communities.

The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dutch researcher and author Mandy de Wilde who will present new and innovative ways the Netherlands are transitioning to a low-carbon, sustainable society. Wilde’s research with the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University revealed the importance of market-based solutions and social movements to create a more ecological, circular alliance. The two Dutch scholars will also be joined by local state and government officials who will be presenting on the different challenges climate change pose to businesses and other public sectors.

Some panelists for the conference include Margrethe K. Kearney from Michigan’s Environmental Law and Policy Center, Jeff Myrom from Consumers Energy and Michigan Public Service Commissioner Norman J. Saari. These panelists and more will debate and discuss the effects of climate change in an attempt to work toward possible future solutions.

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Insomnia Cookies looks to cater to your late-night munchies

BY JAMES KILBORN JKILBORN@LANTHORN.COM

Open just in time for Grand Valley State University’s 2018 fall semester, Insomnia Cookies provides decadent treats to fuel the study sessions that last long into the night. The chain is a popular staple on many college campuses across the country, as students are one of the target demographics specifically identified by the brand. Joining a number of other establishments such as Cottage Inn Pizza and Mully’s Bar and Grill, Insomnia Cookies hopes to capitalize on its proximity to a number of off-campus housing complexes, such as Meadows Crossing and Campus West Apartments.

Morgan Mary, employee of Insomnia Cookies, says that the store has been popular since it opened on Sept. 18 with several customers coming during late-night hours.

“Everyone’s eating a lot of everything,” Mary said, stating that no particular item is most popular due to the store’s diverse menu options. Customers have the option to choose from traditional to deluxe cookies with

other delights offered.

“Some of the things people like are the packs you can get,” Mary said. “We have an array of different cookies you can choose from, as well as several ice cream options. Cookie cakes are a great choice for birthdays or if you just have a big group of people that have a sweet tooth for something.

Ice cream is available so customers can make ice cream sandwiches, and we have brownies as well; whatever you’re feeling for the day, we’ve got it.”

Insomnia Cookies was founded by Seth Berkowitz while he attended the University of Pennsylvania in 2003. He found that there was a distinct market for delivering fresh cookies on campus and expanded the model to over 134 locations spread across the east coast. The popularity of the brand stands as a testament to entrepreneurship as well as capitalizing on students’ highsugar appetites.

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WHO NEEDS SLEEP?: With the recent opening of Insomnia Cookies, Grand Valley students have a new late-night dining spot near campus. These tantalizing treats are baked fresh daily, and Lakers can’t seem to get enough. GVL | KATHERINE VASILE

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HOMECOMING WEEK

GVSU will be hosting several events and activities as part of this year’s homecoming week. Beginning on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 9 a.m. there will be a Homecoming 5K Run/Walk to showcase the beauty of campus in the fall. The cost is $30 for adults, $25 for GVSU students and there will be a free Kids Fun Run. All participants will receive a post-race breakfast. Awards will be given to the top three finishers of each division.

Later that day, the GV community will get pumped for the football game during the Homecoming Recreation Tailgate. Participants are responsible for their own tailgating supplies, beverages and snacks. Tailgate parking is first come, first serve and will cost $10 for lots closest to Lubbers Stadium. The Lakers will take on Dixie State at 7 p.m. for the Homecoming game.

FAFSA FILING WORKSHOP

On Friday Oct. 5 from 12 to 3 p.m. in Henry Hall room 114, GVSU’s Office of Financial Aid will be hosting a FAFSA filing workshop to assist students in the application process. The FAFSA application opens on Oct. 1 and closes June 30, 2019. Students who attend the filing workshop should bring their FSA ID, their 2017 Federal Income Tax, and any W2 forms from 2017. Any questions can be directed to the Office of Financial Aid.

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

The Community Service Learning Center and the Campus Democratic Engagement Coalition (CDEC) will be hosting a series of events dedicated to forming a dialogue about what it means to be an American. The first scheduled coffee and conversation will be held Friday Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the east lawn of the Kirkhof Center. Participants are welcome to come enjoy a cup of coffee, a Panera bagel and some insightful discussion on the American dream. In the case of poor weather, the discussion will be held in the Kirkhof Solarium.

GVSU WELLNESS SUMMIT

A two-mile campus walk is scheduled for Oct. 5 from 10 to 11 a.m. beginning at the Cook-Carillon Tower as part of GVSU’s Wellness Summit. The Summit will begin after the walk at 11 a.m. and activities will continue until 2 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center lobby. Wellness Summit participants are welcome to come learn about wellness programs and resources on campus from student, faculty and staff presenters and have the opportunity to get a flu shot.

Sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine, students and faculty are encouraged to attend and learn more about promoting healthy living on campus.

there’s a fight somewhere, students can report tips anonymously and we can assess the situation,” Stoll said.

Stoll emphasized the texting capabilities within the app. You don’t have to share any of your personal information and dispatchers can receive photos with this feature as well.

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“The idea is to have an open forum where people who are seen differently and have different sets of problems can have an open and respectful discussion about climate change,” said KBIE Director and GVSU management professor Michael DeWilde.

The conference aims to provide a platform for individuals with different agendas and backgrounds to present their perspective of climate change issues that impact their line of work.

This way, panelists can take into account business, government, activism and other viewpoints to better understand how climate change

Betsy Wenk gives another good reason for students to download the Laker Guardian app.

“It will make your mom so happy! We get a lot of questions from parents regarding campus safety and this is a tool we use to provide reassurance to students and their families. The general consensus from students I’ve spoken with agree that they prefer to have someone walk with them at night, so we wanted to give people a chance

to be walked virtually if they need it,” Wenk said.

By being proactive and taking the initiative to contact emergency services when needed, students can do their part to keep their living and learning environments safe.

“We aren’t trying to scare our students, we want to empower them,” Wenk said.

In addition to updating and promoting Laker Guardian, each classroom and most conference rooms

on all GVSU campuses now have emergency placards near the exits that contain information on how to respond to various emergencies, who to call, and the address of the building.

Laker Guardian is available for free on Apple and Android devices. Use keywords “Rave Guardian” to install the app, then select GVSU and log-in with your student email.

can alter an entire community’s quality of life.

“The last year and a half I’ve been meeting with a lot of businesses, government officials and activists who all see the effects of climate change in terms of government regulations, supply chain in business and how it will impact the overall quality of life,” DeWilde said.

As part of the KBEI, the conference will also fulfill discussion on being ethical in business to better understand its relation to the common good. KBEI was first established as a business ethics center in 1995 by GVSU Management Professor Barry Castro. After several years, a substantial donation from the Koeze family gave the initiative its name. In 2008, DeWilde took over KBEI and

has established several projects and strategies to align ethics and business efforts.

One of these projects include research into how ethical decisions are made.

“We are partnering with the neuro lab at Texas Tech University and we are looking at the impact of how the brain works on moral decision making to understand why people make ethical decisions,” DeWilde said.

In regards to the conference, DeWilde hopes that potential future projects for KBEI can be inspired by the debate on climate change effects and efforts. Potential project ideas could likely stem from the final conference topic titled ‘Moving Forward Together: What We Can All Do’.

“We will get a lot of di-

verse viewpoints,” DeWilde said. “There is a good open discussion and people may learn some new things. The Dutch perspective should also be very useful.”

As climate change continues to impact all walks of life in different ways, discussions like these can offer potential solutions to the problems of those affected. It is KBEI’s mission to inquire and educate on ethical practices in business to create innovative, effective practices.

This conference will help facilitate some of this education and inquiry, as other KBEI discussions have managed to do in the past.

“I hope this event will help people find opportunities to work together to see how they can mitigate these effects,” said DeWilde.

SECCHIA BREAKFAST LECTURE

This year’s Peter F. Secchia Breakfast Lecture will feature speaker Missy Young, the chief information officer for Switch Inc. who will be presenting on artificial intelligence. The lecture is scheduled for Oct. 3 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the William Seidman Center on GVSU’s downtown campus. Breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. and the presentation will begin promptly after. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP at gvsu. edu/seidman. The event is free but seating is limited.

Young is an expert in technology trends and data strategies thanks to her work with global technology company Switch. She entered the technology field in the mid-90s as a network engineer and has since become art of the Forbes Technology Council, an invite-only community for technology executives.

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complexes are frequent customers.

“Ever since we opened, we’ve been packed out the door,” Mary said. “The first week was a lot of students waiting in line out to the sidewalk; it was definitely popular. We get a portion of

our customers walking from next door (in 48 West), and we’ve been getting tons of delivery requests as well.”

Part of the popularity is the store’s model of not only staying open late-night, but also delivering cookies long after midnight.

“We’re open until three in the morning and we also deliver until close,” Mary said. “We’re open all day

so the best time to come is in the morning to beat the long lines.”

As GVSU continues to grow, additional businesses see an opportunity and decide to open close to campus.

With around 25,000 students enrolled, many large national chains view Allendale as a market that will continue to see growth, as the influx of incoming students will pro-

vide the revenues needed to grow their enterprises.

GVSU students have demonstrated their economic value, and companies that once would have scoffed at locating in west Michigan have now reconsidered.

In the case with Insomnia Cookies, there are enough students who crave nocturnal snickerdoodles, and that’s all that matters.

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Prop One: Up in smoke?

BY JENNY ADKINS NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Grand Valley State University hosted another Democracy 101 discussion, this time centered on legalizing and decriminalizing the recreational use of marijuana. While voting trends have indicated that the proposal is likely to pass, antilegalization groups are still working to prevent the proposal from passing.

General elections are coming up on Nov. 6 and the vote for legalizing recreational marijuana, known as Proposal One, will come to ballot. The Democracy 101 discussion gave students, faculty and members of the community a chance to consider facts, perceptions and data while examining the authorization process of this issue.

Jina Lee, professor in GVSU’s criminal justice department, discusses the pros and cons of this substance.

“There will be a chance for law enforcement to save hundreds of dollars,” Lee said.

“However, there will be an increase in the risk of younger kids using this substance, which could result in more traffic-related accidents.”

States like Colorado have seen a three percent increase in

accidents, and although this is a small number in the scheme of things, innocent people still ended up injured due to marijuana intoxication.

In order to understand the foundation of this proposal, the first step is to learn the difference between decriminalization and legalization. People often mistake the difference between the two and use both terms interchangeably.

To define, decriminalization is lessening criminal penalties that correlates with marijuana possession, despite the possibility of the law stating the selling and manufacturing of the drug is illegal. This goes hand-inhand with the production and sale of marijuana in that it remains unregulated by the state.

Individuals caught using the drug will face civil fines as opposed to civil charges. Furthermore, legalization is simply the abolishing of laws banning possession or usage of marijuana.

This allows for the government of the state to regulate and tax marijuana use and sales.

In addition, Proposal One will consist of a numerous amount of changes if passed on Nov. 6. Individuals will have the ability to grow up to 12 plants within their residence, there will be a sales tax of 10 percent on the substance and there will

When I saw how weed crimes were affecting people’s lives, I knew I had to get involved. There are no positives coming out of prohibition of marijuana and it doesn’t stop people from smoking. States who have legalized have not seen a massive increase in use, and I don’t see one coming for us either.”

Tami Vandenberg Activist, MILegalize

DISCUSS: Members of the Grand Valley community discussed the potential legalization of marijuana in the state of Michigan. Proposal One, which would legalize recreational use of the drug, will be included on the general election ballot this November. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

be revenue toward the education system and roads and violations will be classified as civil infractions for the benefit of younger generations.

Human rights advocate Dana Knight noted that although marijuana isn’t for her, she’d find comfort in knowing that it is easily available to the public.

“I’ve never smoked weed in my life, but I want weed to be there for me when I need it,” Knight said. “I have (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) after discovering my mother after she passed, and when it’s necessary, I want it to be there for other people who need it for medical purposes. I’m also advocating for the high numbers of black people who are incarcerated for weed-related crimes and for their charges to be eradicated.”

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, 3.3 percent of African-Americans are more likely than Caucasians to be incarcerated for weed-related crimes.

Tami Vandenberg, human rights activist, is a member of the movement known as MILegalize, an anti-prohibition

organization established in 2015. The movement’s purpose is to support the legalization of marijuana within the state of Michigan.

“I’ve been a drug policy reformer for years,” Vandenberg said. “When I saw how weed crimes were affecting people’s lives, I knew I had to get involved. There are no positives coming out of prohibition of marijuana and it doesn’t stop people from smoking. States who have legalized have not seen a massive increase in use, and I don’t see one coming for us either.”

Vandenberg went on to say that criminalization is the most dangerous part about using weed.

“The biggest substance death in America is from tobacco and that’s legal; alcohol is next and that’s legal. What are the laws based on? If it’s based on harm and science, then we’d be outlawing cigarettes and liquor too,” Vandenberg said.

Scott Greenlee was a guest speaker at the panel discussion and he touches on the importance of research. Greenlee is part of the Healthy and Productive Michigan committee

who examines and researches the economic, health and safety concerns this particular substance can cause.

“If we go down this road, it will impact future generations in several ways,” Greenly said. “Media reports are exaggerated… It’s important to recognize this ballot measure has nothing to do with medical marijuana. My own mother died of cancer and those months were awful; I wouldn’t have cared what she was using if it helped. No matter how you vote on this, it won’t affect medical marijuana at all. Where do we draw the line? It’s a case of give an inch, take a mile.”

Moreover, Glenn Valdez, a professor of psychology at GVSU who specializes in drug addiction, studies how the components of this drug do in fact affect health, behavior and cognitive ability. The big question at hand: does the research match the perception?

“It’s not exactly ‘harmless’ but research stands in between,” Valdez said. “You can use marijuana responsibly as an adult. There are numbers

that show various effects, but I encourage you to dig deeper into the research—the methodology of these studies and illustrate how the research could be improved.”

Research on marijuana shows that it can help significantly with pain relief and cell restoration, meanwhile harmful substances like alcohol and cigarettes are legal for adults to use. Valdez declares that people who start using weed as adults won’t see a change in function, but younger users have more issues with cognitive effects later in life, and studies show drops in IQ in younger students.

“If the [proposal] does pass, then we should place more emphasis on drug education,” Valdez said.

Regardless of stance, students can give their input on this and other proposals in the general election.

If you haven’t registered to vote yet, it’s not too late.

Democracy 101 will host a workshop for first-time voters on Wednesday, Oct. 10 for students who hope to learn more about the political process.

CAMPUS

GVSU Women’s Commission hosts annual Fall Welcome

BY ALEXANDRA LOYD NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Grand Valley’s Women’s Commission hosted their annual kick-off event on

Wednesday, Sept. 26—the Fall Welcome. The event was hosted in Grand Rapids for the first time ever in hopes of attracting more guests than usual. Each year, the Fall Wel-

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come event is an opportunity to welcome the Laker community back to campus and see all the new faces at the beginning of the semester.

“Fall Welcome is a chance to meet other people on campus interested in supporting the women on campus and the initiatives of the Women’s Commission,” said Jennifer Palm, co-chair of the Women’s Commission.

This year’s keynote speaker for the event was Takeelia Garrett, the Women Commission’s Student Ombuds who strives to promote fairness and foster a positive campus environment by assisting students with conflict resolution and problem-solving related to their university working, learning, or living experiences. Garrett, who held the co-chair position from 2009 to 2011, delivered a speech consisting of topics sur-

rounding inclusion, equity, retention and belonging.

“The benefits from my discussion will hopefully help open others’ eyes to other issues of retention and help them understand that students also want to belong; maybe a better understanding of what it looks like to belong and not just be here,” Garrett said.

The Women’s Commission is the longest established faculty/staff affinity group at GVSU having been established in 1996.

“The Grand Valley State University Women’s Commission advocates for all woman identifying people on campus by acting on their issues and by promoting equity and social justice, ever conscious of the intersection of race, class, gender and orientation,” Garrett said. “The Women’s Commission was

involved in the initiative to create a Women’s Center on campus, now known as the Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity.

The center opened in 2001.”

As they enter their 22nd year, the Women’s Commission is fully committed to their legacy of creating dialogue, celebrating women’s leadership and exploring issues of advocacy. It is open to any employee of GVSU to join.

“In 2005 the Women’s Commission worked with Human Resources and the AP Development Committee to open the Excellence Series to all employee groups on campus, providing additional professional development opportunities to staff across our campus,” Garrett said. “During that same year, we partnered with Positive Black Women and the Women’s

Center to further campus climate change [knowledge] through conversations among a diverse group of women and men.”

The Women’s Commission continues to see successes from their work, such as the Flexible Scheduling Initiative, the Career Coaching Program and the Early Care and Education Initiative.

“We are also in the beginning stages of creating a mentoring program for women on campus, connecting them to other women in leadership positions,” Palm said.

The GVSU Women’s Commission’s next event is part of their HerStory series where women on campus speak about their personal and professional journeys in higher education and at GVSU. Professor Heather Tafel will present HerStory on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at noon in Kirkhof Center room 2270.

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Cannabis for college students T hese days, marijuana is pretty popular recreationally. Chances are either you smoke it regularly, you’ve tried it before or you know someone who has. Election time is approaching quickly and Michigan residents will soon have a chance to vote on Proposal One which aims to legalize the use of recreational marijuana.

Though the use of marijuana is often associated with poor grades and general laziness, it’s worth it to consider which aspects of cannabis use can actually help students with their academic performance as well as potentially improve sleep quality and reduce anxiety.

Let’s look at the data.

A 2016 study conducted

by University of Michigan shows that 39 percent of full-time college students aged 19 to 22 indicated that they used marijuana at least once in the prior 12 months, and 22 percent indicated that they used at least once in the prior 30 days. This is the highest usage rate among college students since 1987 and it hasn’t changed much in the last couple years. If we play with the numbers and assume that 39 percent of Grand Valley’s student body uses cannabis regularly, that would be (roughly) 10,000 students.

That’s quite a crowd.

Let’s consider some other numbers: a 2017 study by the American Psychological Association indicates that 41 percent of students struggle with anxiety while 34 percent deal with depression. This also averages out to roughly 10,000 GVSU students whose academic performance is potentially impacted by their men-

tal health conditions. Research is now showing that weed could be a useful aid in working past depression and anxiety, especially in a world when many students turn to Adderall and other drugs in an attempt to improve academically.

The high a person receives from using marijuana is entirely different than the effects of alcohol. Users should certainly avoid driving while high, but as for general decision making, communication and cognitive function, weed does not impair individuals nearly as much as alcohol and prescription drugs can.

For students who struggle with stress and sleeping well, cannabis is definitely a worthwhile solution. Marijuana generally reduces anxiety, helps users de-stress and relax enough to sleep through the night and wake up refreshed. You don’t have to smoke to get the effects of weed, either. Cannabis can be baked into foods and eaten, taken as a supplement like a vitamin or vaped like an e-cigarette.

While it’s true that irresponsible cannabis consumption could have negative impacts on a student’s life, the same is true for alcohol, tobacco and prescriptions drugs, all of which are legal for adults to use. Cannabis is not necessarily harmless, but it’s arguably less harmful than other substances that are legal to consume. Just like anything else, moderation is key. There’s no reason why students can’t use weed and also keep a good GPA, be productive in their work environments and maintain healthy relationships with their friends and family.

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Concerns from the Kavanaugh trial go further than sexual misconduct

BY YSABELA GOLDEN SOPHOMORE UNDECLARED MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

So what would disqualify a supreme court justice?

As the F.B.I. runs what’s shaping up to be a relatively brief inquiry into the accusations leveled against Brett Kavanaugh, both democrats and republicans all over the country are debating what these deliberations will actually mean for the still-vacant position on the Supreme Court.

Though party affiliation may have pre-determined what any given American watching the hearing wanted as a result, the actual conclusions drawn from the hearing have surprisingly varied. While many on the left believe Kavanaugh is a rapist who should be kept off the supreme court due to

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his past immorality, others are less concerned with his actions in high school and more concerned with his temperament and tactics during the hearing itself.

Though many on the right still see Dr. Christine BlaseyFord as a fraud, others were moved by her testimony, believing that she believes she is telling the truth but is mislead or even being taken advantage of by democrats. For others, Kavanaugh vs. Ford is just circumstantial window dressing to the actual debate at hand: Roe v. Wade. Regardless, between discussions of secret democrat conspiracies or just the idea that a respected judge would consider a personal calendar exonerating evidence, it’s become clear that the debate has moved past the question Americans asked at the beginning of the accusations—should a person be prevented from becoming a Supreme Court Justice because of something that happened when they were a teenager?

Like most of my generation, I grew constantly hearing that I needed to be careful about potential records of compromising behavior or personal information, because

we live in an age where anything can end up online.

We were warned frequently by parents and teachers that decisions made when we were young could come back to bite us years later if an employer decided to run a cursory google search after glancing over our job applications. It wouldn’t matter, we were told, whether we had long since abandoned past behaviors— just the knowledge that we had behaved recklessly in the past could be enough for an employer to toss aside even the most impressive resume.

From their perspective, what guarantee do they have that such behavior won’t continue in the future, or retroactively damage the reputation of our place of employment?

Previous generations did not grow up with this hanging over their heads, as can be surmised by the fact that a man who claims to have been as scholarly and dedicated a student as Kavanaugh has such a ridiculous senior yearbook entry. I would hope that today’s applicants at Yale Law would think twice before publicly bragging about having been the treasurer of “Keg City Club,” participator in “100 Kegs or Bust,” judge of

“Have You Boofed Yet?,” and (perhaps most impressively) the “Biggest Contributor” at the “Beach Week Ralph Club.”

And yes, all of that would have been just as illegal for Kavanaugh than as it would be for a high school student now—unlike he insinuated during the hearing, TIME reports that the legal drinking age in Maryland was increased from 18 to 21 at the end of his junior year of high school when he was still 17.

Even still, despite my annoyance that we are apparently holding a nomination for Supreme Court Justice to a lower standard than we hold people applying for internships, I would be willing to forgive Kavanaugh for issues with alcohol in his youth if he at his hearing had demonstrated any kind of growth or repentance for his drunken behavior. But instead he raged, deflected and misrepresented his past conduct in front of the entire country for several hours. As his future employers, maybe it’s time for the U.S. Senate to set down his resume and start thinking about how, if hired, Kavanaugh might damage his place of employment.

Why print journalism will never fade

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By Juliette Elton

BY KENDALL POLIDORI SOPHOMORE COM. & WRITING MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

As our use of technology and media in storytelling advances greatly each day, people are left questioning the life expectancy of print journalism, including newspaper. While our use and consumption of multimedia features in order to obtain news is growing larger, there is something special about print journalism that keeps it relevant and still highly consumed by people.

There are numerous reasons as to why print news is still as popular today as it was

when it first came out, one of them being that a newspaper or magazine has something that no other form of media does: a physical copy. Now, I know I am not the only person that loves the idea and feeling of physically holding something in your hands and reading it. The enjoyment of flipping the page and highlighting important points or ideas is still there.

Personally, I hoard print copies of everything whether they are books, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets or pictures. There is something personal in having a physical copy, like it is your own and it will always be there to go back and look at, which is also very useful in important or historical events; in a few years, having that physical copy could be very valuable.

“There is something timeless about a newspaper that society can never deny.” This quote by Faren Rajkumar from The Current explains it perfectly. There is something about a newspaper or print

media that no one really understands, but it just feels right.

Maybe it’s the nostalgia people get from reading one or that it is always constant and reliable.

Either way, a newspaper is just that: timeless. Newspapers are a clear representation of a structured industry, and no matter where we are in society or technology, there will always be that attraction to print or paper that no one can deny.

Now, not only are newspapers nationwide, there are many local and community print media such as the one you are reading right now.

Newspapers provide a simple way in delivering basic news and advertisements. It is important to be informed of local news that may directly affect you, or relate to you because of your proximity. For advertising, newspapers are key for local businesses to place their ads and get their name seen. And while social media is many people’s source of news, not everyone is “connected” on the internet, so print media will always be great way to reach a

mass amount of people.

Of course, we can’t forget that print journalism has a great amount of detail in stories compared to other multimedia features. In television and radio, stories are delivered as short and sweet as possible while not including a good portion of the details.

While print does have its limits in word count, there is much more leeway in extended a story and giving it more depth. This gives readers more information and understanding to a story or event, which a lot of people enjoy most of the time. Along with this, many people have made reading the newspaper a kind of ritual; it is what they are used to and always revert back to.

While technology has made major improvements in our ways of obtaining news, print journalism will never die or fade out. Print will always hold special characteristics that set it apart from the rest, appealing to the people and continuing to be produced.

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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

GVSU hosts Fall 2018 Study Abroad fair

BY RACHEL MATUSZEWSKI RMATUSZEWSKI@LANTHORN.COM

Each year, approximately 800 Grand Valley State University students will participate in the study abroad program.

GVSU and additional providers offer more than 60 programs for students to chose from in deciding where to visit.

This year, the Fall 2018 Study Abroad Fair will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Kirkhof Center 2250 Grand River Room.

“We want students to know what all their options are before picking a program so that they are picking the best one for them based on a personal, professional and academic level,” said Study Abroad Advisor Meaghann Myers-Smith. “There are hundreds of study abroad programs GVSU students can choose from.”

This semester’s study abroad fair will showcase new destinations added for students to explore. This will include Iceland for the geology department, a trip to Chile for students participating in Trio, a new government organization toward first-time students going to college in their family, as well as a trip to Spain for athletes and their coaches. The most common destinations for students last year included the United King-

We really encourage every major, even if students are undecided, to visit the fair and to come to our office. They can talk to us about how they can fit study abroad into their GV career.”

general education, as well as foundation requirements including history or art. Students also have the opportunity to fulfill internship requirements.

“Students can do some double dipping (with general education courses) and sometimes the requirements in Allendale don’t exist when you go abroad,” Myers-Smith

said. “For example, you don’t have to be in junior standing in order to fill your issues requirements when you are studying abroad.”

After completing one semester at GVSU, students can apply to study abroad if they have maintained a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Study abroad trips can last from as little as

two weeks in the summer or up to a full semester. During the summer, students are required to take about six credits during the six-week summer abroad. During the fall or winter semesters, or the entire academic year, students are required to be full time students, taking 12 to 15 credits.

Open advising is available in the study abroad office as well as applications for students considering studying abroad.

“We really encourage every major, even if students are undecided, to visit the fair and to come to our office. They can talk to us about how they can fit study abroad into their GV career,” Myers-Smith said.

Meaghann Myers-Smith Study Abroad Advisor dom, Spain, and Ghana.

Furthermore, students have the option of choosing a GVSU study abroad program or nonGrand Valley led programs.

Payment by use of GVSU financial aid is acceptable for students who choose to study with non-Grand Valley led programs. There is also a wide variety of scholarships and grants students have access to in order to lower their trip cost.

“This opportunity really is for everyone,” Myers-Smith said. “This is not just for students who have parents who can contribute financially to their education, this is also for students who rely completely on financial aid in order to even be here at the university.”

While studying abroad, students can explore the culture’s issues, global perspectives and

ADVENTURE: GV students can learn more about opportunities to study in a new and exciting place at this year’s Study Abroad Fair on Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. which will showcase the many countries and continents students can travel to and study in, COURTESY | GVSU

ENVIRONMENT

GVSU alumnus donates cleanup services at football game

BY DEVIN DELY DDELY@LANTHORN.COM

At most universities, football games are some of the biggest events of the year, a rallying event for the student community to come together and find common ground in their love of the game and the tailgate that precedes it. However, there’s often a byproduct of the celebration: garbage.

Cans and bottles strewn across the parking lots, wrappers and cups scattered in the stands, and so much wasted food. This massive mess often requires a team of volunteers who generally have to heap everything into a trash pile and dispose of it. Grand Valley State University is no exception, which is why on Sept. 22, GVSU alumnus and local business owner Joe Howard decided to volunteer his services to help clean up after the game against Michigan Tech.

Howard graduated from GVSU in 2013, and after a few different business ventures with partner Kevin Shultz, the two discovered a need for ecofriendly junk removal in the west Michigan community, eventually becoming local franchise owners of Junk King, a national junk removal com-

pany based out of San Francisco. Howard felt inclined to give back to Grand Valley in the form of a junk removal donation, citing his love of football and love of GVSU as reasons for his enthusiasm.

“Oh man, it was beautiful,” Howard said. “It was great to see an organization such as Grand Valley stand by its word and be ‘Laker strong’ to show support for young entrepreneurs and alumni like me. Everyone was so receptive. It was a blessing.”

Howard and Shultz worked to make their cleanup as green as possible, taking the extra time to sort through the trash they picked up.

“We donated our services,” Howard said. “The beautiful thing about [Junk King] is that it’s America’s greenest junk removal service, so 60 to 70 percent of what we get, we recycle, repurpose, and donate. All the stuff we cleaned up for Grand Valley—the majority being pop cans and beer cans—we recycled those instead of having someone just throw them away for trash because they want the site clear as fast as possible.

“We usually charge by volume, so the amount that we basically donated to Grand Valley was about $400 worth of trash

that we collected.”

The two men own and operate two Junk King franchises in the state of Michigan, the other being in metro Detroit. According to Howard, their jobs spread across all of west Michigan; sometimes north of Muskegon, and occasionally as far down as Indiana. According to Howard, though, not every job is one that involves “junk.”

“Family Promise, the homeless shelter that we work with, we donate some of our stuff to help when their families move out to help with recidivism of homelessness,” Howard said. “Some places, it’s really not junk. But we’re helping keep our west Michigan green, and we take pride in what we do.”

Howard and Shultz say they are looking forward to giving back more, and if it all works out, they would love to return for the homecoming game against Dixie State on Oct. 6.

“I’m looking to get some feedback right now from the athletic department and see if they loved our services, and if so, we’ll make it even better,” Howard said. “We’ll maximize on it, have a better system, get a little bit more involved—any way that we can give back.”

CLEANUP: Grand Valley alumnus Joe Howard III (left) donated the services of Junk King. Howard and his coworker Kevin Schultz (right) helped cleanup following the football game. COURTESY | JUNK KING

A6 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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ARTS AT A GLANCE ARTIST, EDUCATOR TO DISCUSS OVERCOMING UNCERTAINTY IN THE MEDICAL FIELD

Former artist and current medical educator Alexa Miller will be visiting Grand Valley State University’s Pew Campus as she gives a workshop and presentation on pairing art, medicine and education. Through her work varied work experience, Miller will present using a mix of art and science to a crowd on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at the DeVos Center’s Loosemore Auditorium.

Miller’s presentation, titled “Looking with Uncertainty: Inquiries into Visual Art, Practices for Good Medicine,” will look into how uncertainty is one of the most important traits medical professionals face and overcome every day. Through her experience with art, Miller aims to use art-based teaching to explain how advanced medical practitioners challenge uncertainty differently than other professionals. Miller’s presentation will kick off Wednesday at 7 p.m.

The presentation will be preceded with a variety of workshops and discussions beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Topics include using art to encourage visual thinking and creating engaging group discussions. The workshops will be held in room 430 CHS.

Spotlight Productions hosts River City Improv, promotes stress-free environment

INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BAROQUE ENSEMBLE VISITS GVSU Described as “astonishingly vital music making” by the the Los Angeles Times and “a state of the art early music ensemble” by the Boston Globe, the New Yorkbased REBEL Baroque Ensemble is visiting Grand Valley Wednesday at noon as part of GVSU’s Arts at Noon series.

Specializing in 17th and 18th century ensemble music performed on period-specific instruments, REBEL has been featured on an international stage, including performances on shows such as Perform Today and Sunday Baroque.

Arts at Noon brings in a variety of different musical groups for hour-long concerts throughout the series.

Paired with an accompanying class, the concerts are designed to be accessible to all guests, while also providing musical expertise for music students said Organizer and Associate Professor Henry Duitman.

For more information on REBEL’s performance and future Arts at Noon shows, visit gvsu.edu/artsatnoon.

GVSU HOSTS GUEST TRUMPET AND TROMBONE DUO FOR RECITAL Two musicians from the Longy School of Music are performing a brass recital 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5.

The performance, which will be held in the Haas Center for Performing Arts’s Sherman van Solkema Hall, will feature a trumpet and trombone duo performing works designed for the musical partnership.

Featured in the recital are Longy School of Music faculty Andrew Kozar on trumpet and William Lang on trombone. Both active performers in the New York City music scene, the duo has a broad history of performing varied styles of music and receiving musical accolades. Kozar specifically has been recognized by the International Trumpet Guild Journal for his skill.

The recital is free and open to the public.

ENGAGEMENT: After taking suggestions from the audience, members of River City Improv act out three quirky characters at a party.

Spotlight Productions, GVSU’s student-run entertainment programming organization, brought the group to campus. GVL | ANDREW NYHOF

BY NICK MORAN ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

While tramp stamp coupons, handling a crocodile in a box and debating against resurrecting salty moths may seem peculiar to some, it fits perfectly into another day of randomness for Grand Rapid’s River City Improv group.

The group brought their live improv show to Grand Valley State University on Thursday, Sept. 27 through the efforts of Spotlight Productions, GVSU’s student-run programming organization.

The show featured four members of River City Improv’s team and encouraged audience participation in creating various scenes and games. Students filled the room with scene suggestions and were even invited on stage to help actors portray an uncomfortable first date horseback riding during one game.

The event was primarily orchestrated by Spotlight Productions’ Membership and

Comedy Chair Isabella Kroczaleski. In deciding what event to hold, Kroczaleski said that getting students involved with the performer and interacting with the event is key.

“An improv group is really engaging with their audience, and that’s one thing we really look for: to please the student body and get them more involved in the events that we do,” Kroczaleski said.

In selecting an improv group to visit GVSU, Kroczaleski said locality played a big role. Kroczaleski said that finding an improv group based out of Grand Rapids was exciting because it gave students a chance to interact with and showcase local artists. In setting up the show with River City Improv, Kroczaleski said her excitement to have them visit was mirrored.

“Just communicating with (River City Improv) made me excited,” Kroczaleski said. “(I felt) their excitement and (knew) that I was excited for them to come as well. Just

to have the artist be excited to come and reciprocate the same excitement you’re feeling is a good feeling. It makes you excited to share it with the rest of the student body.”

Another trait shared by both the performers and Kroczaleski was the value in creating a fun, relaxing environment. After introducing themselves to the crowd, the performers noted that their goal for the show was to rid the space of negative energy and have a good time - a scene Kroczaleski said she always wants to have set.

“It’s one of my personal, main goals (to create) a stressfree environment,” Kroczaleski said. “As a freshman, I wasn’t in Spotlight, and I looked forward to the events to get away from homework. So, we try to create a relaxed environment—something different from sitting in your room and doing homework.”

As is the case with nearly every Spotlight performance that Kroczaleski has been part

of, she said her favorite moments as an organizer are seeing the guests leave. Those are the moments full of resonating laughter and chatter that Kroczaleski said are trademark symbols of a successful show. “(The students) are more outgoing and they’re happier than when they entered,” Kroczaleski said. “When they entered, it’s almost like they’re hesitant, but by the end, they’re leaving, they’re thanking you and they’re sharing these moments with the student body, which I think is really exciting.”

As the organization’s comedy chair, Kroczaleski said that events like River City Improv’s visit should always be filled with laughter.

If Spotlight can provide students with a break in the day to laugh, Kroczaleski said she sees the event as a success.

“What we’re really here to do for them is give them this moment where they can let go of their stress and relax,” Kroczaleski said. “Especially comedy; everybody likes to laugh.”

MUSIC

Critically acclaimed pianist performs solo recital at GVSU

BY JACOB CRESWELL ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

Internationally recognized recitalist and piano soloist Jooyoung Kim performed at Grand Valley State University’s Haas Center for Performing Arts Monday, Sept. 24. She performed a solo piano recital in the Sherman Van Solkema Hall.

The recital contained three major piano works: “Beethoven’s Sonata Op.

31 No. 3 in Eb major,” “Albeniz’s Iberia Book II: No. 3 Triana” and “Liszt’s Grandes Etudes de Paganini”. The performances of these pieces also featured several variations on the pieces, such as “Grandes Etudes de Paganini” being performed in several different keys.

Kim’s bio on GVSU’s website states that she “[made] her debut at the age of twelve as a soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, and

has since performed all over the world with renowned vocalists and instrumentalists.”

The recital itself was organized by Assistant Professor of Piano Sookkyung Cho, and is one of two to three piano focused solo-performances that Cho said she tries to organize per year.

Reflecting upon Kim’s soloist piano performance on Monday, Cho said that she was thrilled to see Kim’s level of skill. “[Kim’s] technique was immaculate,” Cho said. “The Liszt pieces are especially very challenging, and her playing was flawless and effortless.”

Cho said that it’s important to host these guest recitals to provide students with opportu-

nities to hear professional playing. She also said that she tries to get at least two or four guest piano players a year to create many of these opportunities because recitals are few and far between in the area.

“It’s rare to hear professional piano solo recitals in Grand Rapids,” Cho said.

Cho said there’s a distinct reason that she enjoys planning and organizing these performances: she loves giving students the opportunity to attend these performances, to be inspired and to see a performance that might move them to learn some of the pieces that are performed.

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RECITALIST: Critically recognized pianist Jooyoung Kim was featured in a performance on campus last Monday. COURTESY | GVSU

FUNDRAISER

The Grand Showcase hosts spoken word poets, supports local nonprofit

BY MARY RACETTE ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Showcase, organized by The Diatribe, will bring award-winning poets to Grand Rapids to join the community’s talented youth in performing spoken word poems.

The event is a fundraiser for the grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to uniting the youth through art, and will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Fountain Street Church from 1 to 3 p.m.

Presenting their art and activism to the Grand Rapids Community, Andrea Gibson, Siaara Freeman and T. Miller are nationally recognized poets and “some of the biggest names in contemporary poetry”, according to Executive Director and Founding Member of The Diatribe Marcel Price, also known as Fable the Poet.

Performing at the event alongside the professional poets will be five of west Michi-

gan’s most talented young poets, aged between 13 and 17 years old. These poets are just one way the event will be showcasing the future of the city.

The Diatribe was founded in 2013 with the intention of educating middle and high school aged students from schools in lower income communities to passionately pursue what they love to do, even if it does not include higher education. The Diatribe’s presence in schools not only increases interest and knowledge on spoken word poetry, but Price says it often decreases bullying within the school.

“We started teaching them what we knew best, and that is life experiences,” Price said.

“Now the program gets young people to write about issues that they know best.”

The programming provided by the Diatribe aims to boost students’ confidence and encourage them

PERFORMANCES: Featuring a plethora of guest artists, The Diatribe’s Grand Showcase event will be Saturday, Oct. 6. The event raises money to support the nonprofit’s efforts to teach the community about the power of poetry and the fine arts. COURTESY | THE DIATRIBE

to voice issues that are important to them, said Director of Education of The Diatribe Rachael Gleason. In addition to its programs in the classroom at middle and high schools, The Diatribe held its first nine week summer program this summer.

The program provided resources for students to grow

and develop through various workshops, assemblies and network opportunities.

“We see students go from not being interested in spoken word [poetry] to passionately sharing personal issues,” Gleason said. Throughout The Diatribe’s programs, students produce poems on a wide

range of social justice issues that they care about.

The event will be raising funds which will support The Diatribe’s efforts to expand the organization.

Their goal is to eventually raise enough money to attain their own space. They hope to include a youth theater so they can hold

their own performances.

The Diatribe also plans on using funds to reach out to more schools in lower income areas, who otherwise would not be able to afford programming.

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A7 | SPORTS QUICK HITS

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FOOTBALL

SENIOR MITCHELL WHITE NAMED GLIAC GOLFER OF THE WEEK

While the Grand Valley State men’s golf team did well at the Doc Spragg Invitational, one performance really stood out, as Mitchell White earned the esteemed award of GLIAC Golfer of the Week this past week.

White is the first Laker golfer to earn the honor this season Mitchell earned this honor after winning the Invitational hosted by Findlay University, his second collegiate victory in his successful career. After the tournament was cut short after day one due to weather, White had the best score of all 90 golfers in the invitational, shooting a three-under, 141 after two rounds of 72 and 69.

White’s efforts also helped the GVSU team earn a firstplace tie with Indianapolis, as the two teams carded two-under, 574’s to lead the 18-team event. The Lakers return to the course in two weeks, as they look to do more of the same in the Detroit Mercy Invite on Monday, Oct. 15.

QUARTERBACK BART WILLIAMS NAMED STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

The accolades never seem to stop coming for quarterback Bart Williams, as he earned the GVSU Student-Athlete of the Week award presented

by Ruth’s Chris Steak House this past week. Williams joins linebacker Tyler Bradfield and punter Collin Cribley as the only football players to win the award so far this season.

Williams has totaled 1,167 yards and 14 touchdowns in five games this season, and looks to improve upon those numbers in this week’s homecoming match-up with Dixie State. Kickoff at Lubbers Stadium is set for 7 p.m.

GVSU WOMEN’S TENNIS BESTS PURDUE NORTHWEST, 7-0

The Grand Valley State women’s tennis team won its third consecutive match Sunday afternoon, as they topped Purdue Northwest 7-0 to improve to a 3-0 overall record on the season.

The Lakers were able to sweep the Pride in doubles play, after they won all three matches to claim the first point of the match. Marily Canellopoulos and Vera Griva claimed victory from the No. 1 spot, while Madison Ballard and Nicole Heiniger were able to dominate in the No. 2 spot.

The duo of Livia Christman and Liv Hanover got a commanding win from the No. 3 spot.

GVSU also dominated in singles action, as they only dropped 11 total games throughout the six matches.

Ballard and Griva claimed wins from the No. 1 singles and No. 2 singles spots, respectively.

GVSU Tennis returns to action this weekend, as they travel to the U.P. for matches against Lake Superior State and Michigan Tech

High five

QUICK FEET: Grand Valley State running back Chawntez Moss looks to avoid a Michigan Tech defender in a game at Lubbers Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, in which the Lakers won 45-20. Moss has had a solid season on the ground, rushing for 509 yards and four touchdowns through five games. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

Lakers destroy Northwood 52-7 to remain unscathed

BY BRADY MCATAMNEY EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

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fter winning back-to-back GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week honors, quarterback Bart Williams was only allowed to throw seven passes before giving way to the second string during the No. 3 ranked Lakers’ blowout of Northwood, defeating the Timberwolves 52-7 on the road in a true team effort.

Williams made the most of his short stint on the field, completing five passes for 129 yards and one touchdown. His second completion, a 23-yard pass to Jalen Bryant, made him the school’s all-time leader in pass yardage, surpassing Cullen Finnerty.

“At the quarterback position, Bart… he didn’t practice all week as a result of the hit that he took against Michigan Tech,” head coach Matt

Mitchell said. “He warmed him up, thought he felt okay, he went out there, played, and thought he wasn’t quite 100 percent so we made the decision to let Cole Kotopka go in and I thought he was really good.”

Kotopka came on in relief with a multiple touchdown lead and proceeded to go nine for 15 with 186 yards and two touchdowns.

Seven different receivers caught passes from Williams, Kotopka and third-string quarterback Nathan Barko, led by Nick Dodson who hauled in five passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns. Austin Paritee made four grabs for 89 yards and a touchdown.

On the ground, no one running back netted double digit carries, but a triumvirate of Lakers picked up 145 total yards on 22 rushes. Chawntez Moss scored twice on seven carries with 57 yards, Aryuan Cain-Veasely had a season-high nine carries for 55

yards and a touchdown and Jack Provencher toted the ball six times for 33 yards and a touchdown.

Defensively, the Lakers held a run-happy Timberwolf offense to only 2.8 yards per carry, allowing them to gain 145 yards on 51 attempts. NU would complete only eight passes for 106 yards with one touchdown which was caught after being tipped by multiple Lakers.

“I thought we prepared well throughout the course of the week defensively,” Mitchell said.

“We were a little frustrated with a couple things that happened, obviously with the pass at the end of the first half. We cannot give up a touchdown in that situation. We made some adjustments at halftime, Northwood was in a position where they couldn’t run their offense because of the scoring situation we had. “[It was] very close [to being a shutout]. Probably wish we could

have had some things back. We didn’t get any pressure on the quarterback at all and then we just got back and tipped the ball and they came up with in. In a situation with 14 seconds left, we can’t let them throw it in the end zone like that and make a play.”

Eight different GVSU players made at least four tackles, led by Dylan Carroll with seven. They combined for 11 tackles for loss, one of which was a sack by linebacker Rahju Blackmon. Defensive back Cordell Finley intercepted NU’s Christian Martinez for the only turnover of the game.

The Lakers’ one forced turnover was their eighth of the season while still having committed zero offensively.

At 5-0 (3-0 GLIAC), GVSU will now return home on Oct. 6 to host the Dixie State Trailblazers (4-1) for their homecoming game. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

VARSITY SCHEDULE FOOTBALL Saturday 7 p.m. Home vs.

Dixie State SOCCER Wednesday 3:30 p.m. @ Cedarville Friday 7 p.m. Home vs.

Michigan Tech Sunday 1 p.m. Home vs Northern Michigan VOLLEYBALL Friday 7 p.m. @ SVSU Saturday 2 p.m. @ Lake Superior State

STRATEGIZING ON THE SIDELINE: GVSU offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Jack GInn goes over the gameplan and discusses strategy with some of his tight ends and offensive linemen in a game from earlier this season at Lubbers Stadium against Michigan Tech on Saturday, Sept. 22. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

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A8 | SPORTS W. SOCCER

PURSUE TO THE GOAL: Grand Valley State forward Madeline Becker evades an Indianapolis defender and looks to strike the ball, aiming to find the back of the net in a game at the GVSU soccer field on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Becker and the rest of the Lakers were able to come alive on offense in that game, beating the Greyhounds 5-0 in the contest from earlier this season, one of many 2018 victories. GVL | DANIEL PACHECO

Cooperate to dominate GVSU soccer stays undefeated, beats Purdue Northwest 10-0

BY KELLEN VOSS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Domination has been the name of the game for the Grand Valley State women’s soccer team, and as they reach the midway point of their season, they continued to dominate on the field this past Friday, Sept. 28, traveling to Purdue-Northwest and beating the Pride 10-0.

Goals were easy to come by in the match for the Lakers as Madeline Becker lead the team in scoring with

three goals, all coming in the first half. This was the freshman’s first hat trick since joining the Lakers this fall.

Becker wasn’t the only Laker to find the back of the net multiple times in the game, as sophomore Ava Cook scored the third and fourth goals of the game. The offensive attack was spread out for GVSU, with Tara Lierman, Riko Sagara, Raemi DeWent, Chelsea Graves and Kristy Gomez also scoring in the contest.

Head coach Jeff Hosler is proud of the way his team

played on offense on Friday, since he’s finally starting to see this team form some chemistry.

“That’s the second consecutive game we started the match really well and played a complete first half,” Hosler said. “Obviously it’s a lot of fun when you score a lot of goals, but we also moved the ball really well. We’ve been working this week on having better combo play up the field, to get ourselves to play with more attention, and it really paid off today.”

The GVSU soccer team is

ATTACK: Senior midfielder Tara Lierman tries to avoid an Indianapolis defender. GVL | DANIEL PACHECO

more than just an offensive juggernaut, as goalkeeper Jessica Radice and the rest of the Laker defense put the Pride to shame, only allowing them three shots on goal.

This win marks the eighth consecutive shutout for the Lakers, as they haven’t allowed a goal since the first game of the season against Bellarmine on Aug. 31.

Hosler really felt like this was a complete win for GVSU, as he was proud of the way his players refused to take their collective feet off the gas pedal.

“I thought we were really creative in the final third and around the box,” Hosler said. “With this young team, we have kids continuing to understand better, [in terms of] the spots they need to be in and how to get there, I think that was on display.”

The win helps the Lakers improve to an impressive 8-0-1 on the season, staying undefeated for the opening half of the season. As the team looks to continue the domination in the second half, Hosler is impressed with the shape his team is in.

Through our first nine games, we’re in a good spot. We’re finally starting to finally learn some things we’ve been harping on for several weeks, and It’s fun to coach this young group because you can see that growth from match to match ” jEFF HOSLER HEAD COACH “Through our first nine games, we’re in a good spot.

We’ve been tested with a good non-conference schedule, and we’ve obviously had the results that we’ve needed to be unbeaten at this point,” Hosler said.

“We’re finally starting to finally learn some things we’ve been harping on for several weeks, and it’s fun to coach this young group because you can see that growth from match to match.”

With the postseason getting closer with each passing day, most successful teams would be looking ahead toward the end of the season, ready to fight for a playoff spot,

but Hosler and the Lakers have adopted a simpler mindset that has worked well in the past, which is simply taking the season one game at a time.

“We’ve got to be prepared for the postseason, but I’ve done this a long time and the key is really to just focus on the next day,” Hosler said. “Nothing else is going to matter if we don’t take care of tomorrow.”

GVSU looks to remain undefeated this week, as they travel to Ohio for a match with the Cedarville Yellow Jackets on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The game is set to start at 3:30 p.m.

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PREPARATION: A few former GVSU student athletes get their practice putts in before a match at The Meadows at Grand Valley State University in Allendale. That preparation is going to be key for the 2018-19 team, as they look to end their fall season on the right foot. Their last match this fall will start on Monday, Oct. 15 as they will compete in the Detroit Mercy Invite at Prestwick Village Golf Course GVL | ARCHIVE

GVSU men’s golf performs well, finishes second in Fall Invitational D’ANGELO STARKS DSTARKS@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State University men’s golf team traveled to Findlay Country Club on Sept. 24 and 25 to participate in the Doc Spragg Fall Invitational. This is only the second tournament of the year for the Lakers, the first of which saw them take home the victory. This tournament would have a similar finish.

On day one of the tournament, GVSU shot a 291 as

a team, good enough to put them in second place going into the final round. The only team to perform better was the University of Indianapolis, with UIndy shooting a 288.

Individually, Eric Nunn carded a 71 in the round. Alex Scott also shot a 71, Mitchell White finished the round even with a 72 and Bryce Messner finished the day with a 77. Matthew Orwig posted the highest score for the Lakers with a 78.

Day two would be much better for the Lakers as a team and for the individuals. As a

team, they shot a 283, which was good enough to move them into a tie with Indianapolis. The big turnaround led to the Lakers sharing a tournament win with Indianapolis.

White had the best round for the Lakers, shooting a 69 on day two, giving him a twoday score of 141 and that was good enough to secure a tournament victory for White.

White was not the only strong performer for GVSU. Nunn finished tied for second after shooting another 71 to finish with a two day score of

142. Scott finished tied for 10th after dropping a couple strokes on day two to finish with a 73.

His two day score was a 144.

Messner made up for his round one by scoring a 70 and moving up 31 spots in the rankings to finish tied for 21st, improving his two day total to 147. Orwig finished day two with another 78, making his two day total 156.

GVSU was the best performing team on par threes for the tournament, shooting seven plus-sevens as a team.

The team was fifth best on

par fours, shooting a plus-17.

Where the team made the biggest impact was on par fives, as GVSU was third in the field in terms of par five’s, shooting minus-14 on them. The team’s 33 birdies were good enough for second in field.

As individuals, the Lakers placed in several different categories. Nunn was fifth in par three scoring, shooting even for the tournament. Nunn also finished second on par fives with a tournament score of minus-six. White lead the entire field in birdies, finish-

ing the two days with 10.

White’s win is the second win of his career with the Lakers, and after his big performance in the tournament, he was awarded the GLIAC Golfer of the Week. White is the only Laker to earn this award on the young season.

GVSU looks to pick up another win in the next couple weeks, as they travel to Detroit to play in the Detroit Mercy Invite. The Invitational takes place all day Monday, Oct. 15 and Tuesday, Oct. 16.

VOLLEYBALL

Battle tested: GVSU volleyball splits weekend matches PAYTON MILOSER PMILOSER@LANTHORN.COM

Returning home from their upper peninsula road trip, the Grand Valley State women’s volleyball team had an impressive weekend against Northwood and Ferris State.

The first game against Northwood on Friday, Sept. 28 was a clean 3-0 sweep for the Lakers improving their overall record to 11-5. The Lakers scored 25-12, 27-25, and 25-2.

GVSU had very balanced offensive to defensive strategies against the Timberwolves.

Overall, the Lakers led in kills (45-34), assists (37-33), blocks (six-two) and digs (69-54).

Quickly shutting Northwood out the first game kept momentum high and gave the Lakers an advantage over the next two sets that would help them beat Northwood in stats and score.

“I thought we came out and started executing early and got onto the plays pretty quickly,” Scanlon said. “We knew Northwood would bounce back though after that first game, but I thought we came out strong and had control the whole match.”

Staci Brower led the Lakers with 13 kills and Hannah Mur-

dock was right behind her with nine of her own. Ashlyn Kartes led in assists with 17 assists and Kendall Yerkes led with 21 digs.

On Saturday, Sept. 29, GVSU faced off against Ferris State University. The Lakers lost to the Bulldogs 3-1. While the games seemed close, it was not enough for the Lakers to beat FSU with scores of 18-25, 18-25, 25-22 and 18-25.

The first two sets started as a battle for points between the two teams with both Ferris State and GVSU favoring their outside and right side hitters, trying to hit the other in their weakest corners. Offensively, GVSU was running multiple plays, however, defensively they lacked in digs whereas Ferris State picked up on them.

However, the Lakers won the third set against Ferris with a competitive energy level and strategic offensive kills and tips to throw off the Bulldogs.

They had several long rally’s for points where the Lakers persevered and put the ball down.

While communication and energy were up for the third set the Lakers lost some of their momentum going into the fourth set. The Lakers played hard, but the Bulldogs put the ball down faster and harder than the Lakers could pick up.

“I was disappointed and thought we didn’t start off well,” Scanlon said. “There wasn’t much of a push back and it was a battle for points.

Defensively, our effort was better but we just weren’t able to sustain that competitive level that we needed.”

Brower and Abby Graham led in kills with 15 and eight, respectively. Kendall Yerkes led in digs with 25 digs with Ali Thompson behind her with 19. The Lakers led both teams in blocks five to two.

This puts GVSU’s record at 11-6 overall. With the season almost reaching its halfway mark, the team is looking back on some good wins and tough losses with much more to come for the GLIAC conference.

“It’s been a season of ups and downs with good wins and growth for a lot of our younger players,” Scanlon said. “We still struggle with consistency and are working on improving in the areas we are deficient in.”

The Lakers hope to improve on their defense and record as they face Saginaw Valley State at University Center, Mich. on Friday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. After that, they’ll travel to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. to play Lake Superior State on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.

STAY ON YOUR TOES: Grand Valley State volleyball player Ali Thompson prepares herself to get in place to properly hit teammate Kendall Yerkes’ set at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

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A10 | SPORTS CROSS COUNTRY

Team speed and depth help GVSU cross country to strong showing at Loyola Lakeside

BY ELI ONG SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

“Speed, I am speed,” once said Lightning McQueen from Pixar’s blockbuster film, “Cars”. One could say the Grand Valley State University Cross Country was speed on Saturday, Sept. 29, too.

The men took home the victory and the women placed second at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational in Chicago on Saturday. The meet was another strong showing from both sides according to GVSU head cross country coach Jerry Baltes.

“We had some pretty good individual races,” Baltes said.

“But now we need to figure out a way to run all those individual races more as a team and pack up.”

With ideal running conditions at 50 degrees and sunshine, the men and women both managed to have runners finish first and second collegiality among all competitors. Senior Zach Panning finished first with an 8k time of 23:48, while sophomore Enael Woldemichael took second with a time of 23:51.

Sarah Berger finished first with a 5k time of 16:57 and Allie Ludge was right behind her at 16:58 for the women’s team.

With two runners leading the pack, both teams had strong performances down the roster as well. The men’s team had five runners place from 17th to 29th with redshirt junior Joe Renner (17th) and junior Jacob Domagalski (29th) rounding out that group.

The girls also had strong performances from senior Gina Patterson (20th), sophomores Madison Goen (29th) and Hanna Groeber (36th) and juniors Jessica Gockley (45th) and Stacy Metzger (57th).

While the guys ran away from second place team McMaster 59-114, the women were outdone by solid pack running by Princeton University, who had their top five runners finish third, 10th, 14th, 15th, and 23rd. Moving

forward, Baltes thinks that is what they should focus on moving forward for the women’s teams.

“I think we need to work on pack running and rolling together, not losing contact and that’s hard to do, because there are days like today where there are 400 runners,” Baltes said.

“You can be two seconds apart but there’ll be 10 runners in between you and its not like you can just run up to a person and join them, you gotta weave around them and what not.”

As for the men’s team, Baltes said they could work on their pack running too.

“I think a lot of the issues are that we’re kind of racing like a yo-yo,” Baltes said. “At certain points in the race we have one guy that’ll be feeling good, they put in a surge, and they pass a teammate and then they level off for a bit and then another teammate runs really good for a stretch,” After finishing up at Loyola in Chicago, the varsities for the men’s and women’s team will next run at the Bradley Pink Classic where they will aim to put this pack mentality to the test.

“The next race will be a good race for us, we’ll see a lot of good competition and good runners,” Baltes said. “We run these races to prepare us for the postseason championships so hopefully we face some good competitors to prepare us for a championship run at the end of the year.”

With Loyola marking the halfway point on the schedule, Baltes once again cited a pack mentality with a sense of consistency.

“If we get some guys to close some gaps and get some people racing together and staying together, pushing one another throughout the race, we can become more consistent,” Baltes said.

Both the men’s and women’s teams aim for another strong performance, as they travel to the state capital for the Lansing Invitational, hosted by Lansing Community College.

The invitational is set to begin at 1:30 p.m.

PERSEVERANCE: Two former Grand Valley State cross country athletes give it their all to finish a race. GVL | ARCHIVE

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