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Volume 58, ISSUE 17
May 15 - July 1, 2017
Alayne Ingram to coach LCC women Former U-of-M standout has passion for hoops By Brodee Gillam Sports Editor Passion for the game, passion for LCC and passion for her players. That passion can be felt exuding from newly hired LCC Women’s Basketball Coach Alayne Ingram when basketball is brought up around her. “I’m super tough, but I love basketball,” Ingram said when asked about her coaching style. “I’m into motivating players and into teaching them on how to be the best players they can be. “I like hard work, I like fundamentals. … I’m going to be yelling a lot. I’m going to be demanding that my players do the best that they can at all times.” Ingram, 36, is succeeding long-time LCC Women’s Coach Ervin Brunson, who led the Stars to a 15-14 overall record in his final season in 2016-17. Ingram enters the coaching job with plenty of experience, both as a player and a coach. She started four years at guard for the University of Michigan, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament twice and the NIT twice. She left as the college’s alltime three-point field goal leader. After leaving U-of-M, Ingram held several coaching positions in various venues, the most recent as head coach of the Lansing Sexton girls’ basketball team from 2013 to 2015. After being hired for work at LCC in January of 2013, she was promoted to associate dean of Academic and Career Pathways in 2015. The coaching opportunity is a homecoming of sorts. With her father being LCC Men’s Basketball Head Coach Mike Ingram, Alayne has been in the Gannon Gym for much of her life. The elder Ingram has been a player, assistant or head coach at LCC since the
early 1980s. The new women’s coach said she credits the heights of her success to her father. “I don’t think I would’ve been the player that I was and I don’t think I would be the coach that I am if it wasn’t for him,” Ingram said. “We’re really close; like best friends. We’re a lot alike, which is good and bad, but I wouldn’t be who I was and who I am if it wasn’t for him.” Mike Ingram said a key quality Alayne brings to the Stars’ is relatability to the players. “I think this will be great for her and great for (the) girls,” Mike said. “Now they are going to be playing for somebody who’s done it, who’s been one of them, who’s been a little girl, who’s been an AAU player. “(She has) played in the Big Ten; had a chance in the WNBA and I think that she will be able to … get the message across; that this is what you have to do to be successful as an individual and as a team.” LCC Athletic Director Greg Mallek said Alayne was “probably the best interview I’ve ever done,” and politely said “she was head and shoulders above” the other candidates. “She conveyed all the information that I was looking for in our next coach,” Mallek said. “As far as (being) up-to-date with training philosophies … offensive philosophies, defensive philosophies, the things we needed academically for our student athletes to be successful in the classroom.” Coach Alayne Ingram said she wants to invite all women’s basketball players in the Lansing area and beyond to open gym sessions in the LCC Gannon Building on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. all summer.
Photo by Larry Hook
Alayne Ingram, daughter of LCC Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Ingram, was recently named the new coach of the LCC Women’s Basketball Team.
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Portfolio reception brings LCC art to mall By Hannah Anderson A&E Editor After all the work photography and art students put into their portfolios during spring semester, they now have a place to display them. The portfolio reception for LCC Art, Design and Multimedia and Photography students was held at Keys to Creativity on Sunday, May 7 in the Lansing Mall. There was food and live harp music at the event. The portfolios will be displayed in the venue until May 28. Ike Lea, the photography chair at LCC, said Keys to Creativity is a great venue. “LCC doesn’t really have a gallery space,” Lea said. “There is no place on campus to exhibit, so we’ve always kind of battled with where to do this … this opportunity presented itself and it just seemed like a great situation for us.” Heather Proctor, a graphic design student at LCC, said she enjoyed the venue because it gave people from other areas of the community an opportunity to see the final projects. Lea said program faculty members are already talking about possibly returning to Keys to Creativity next year,
but want to see the students’ reaction to the venue first. Lea had good things to say about the event. “I think it turned out wonderful,” Lea said. “The feedback’s been really, really positive. I think it’s a good place for us – it’s out in the community, (and) there’s a lot of exposure for both the art program and the photo programs.” Daisy Simon, a photography student at LCC, said she liked the opportunity to get her and her classmates’ work out in the community. Lea added it is unusual for graphic design projects to be displayed side by side with photography. However, he said, the exhibit looks really nice and the students did a good job. “They’ve done great work,” Lea said. “(There’s) a great diversity of work. You know, everything from some very computer-manipulated work to some very straight, documentary kind of photography.” Ryan Edwards, a computer graphics animation student at LCC, said he saw this event as a good opportunity. “I’m just excited to see the work of all my fellow students, and to hopefully reach out to the community – get my
Photo by Hannah Anderson
LCC graphic design student Jeanette Rico (center) shows her work to a member of the community at the portfolio reception on May 7 in the Lansing Mall.
name out there,” Edwards said. For more information on the display,
call (517) 657-2770 or go to www.keystocreativity.net/
Governor visits LCC to see Patriots & Peacemakers exhibit
Photo by Nick Thompson
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (left) paid a visit to LCC on Wednesday, April 26. He toured the “Patriots and Peacemakers” exhibit in the TLC Library with Arab American National Museum Director Devon Akmon (right). Snyder was the keynote speaker at the reception for the exhibit.
By Idman Gabayre Staff Writer The Arab-American national museum hosted an open reception for its “Patriots & Peacemakers” exhibit at LCC on Wednesday, April 26. This event featured guest speaker Gov. Rick Snyder, along with state representatives and several members of the Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs (CMEAA). Organizers, along with several LCC students and faculty, participated in a conversation with the governor prior to the reception. Manal Saab, chair of the CMEAA, said the purpose of the “Patriots & Peacemakers” exhibit is to shed light on the integral contributions of Arab-Americans to the U.S. The Patriots & Peacemakers’ exhibit was displayed on the second floor of the LCC Library in the TLC Building through Tuesday, May 9. The walking museum showcased true
stories of Arab-Americans who served in various divisions of the U.S. Army. It also highlighted diversity within the Arab-Americans. The exhibit demonstrated the diversity in gender, religion and backgrounds within the Arab-Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, Diplomatic Service and the Peace Corp. As the reception came to an end, students offered input on the event. “I think that this is a wonderful way to introduce the younger generations to this idea that seems to be unheard of,” LCC student Maha Gabayre, said. “I personally enjoyed the exhibit and the idea behind the exhibit.” Other students said they wished they had more time to speak with the Governor during his visit. “I feel like there were a lot of empty holes and unanswered questions,” student Manani Luvnpeace said. “I hope that those issues and questions are later addressed.”