issue 10, september 22, 2014
DESCRIPTION
Issue 10, September 22, 2014 - Grand Valley LanthornTRANSCRIPT
Housing Guide Coming SoonSeptember 29th
LanthornSTUDENT-RUN PUBLICATIONS // P R I NT . O N L I N E . M O B I L E // L A NT H O R N . C O M
G R A N D V A L L E Y
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22VOL. 49 NO. 10
GV FOOTBALL RECORD FALLS TO 0-3 AGAINST FSU
SEE A7
STUDENTS RAISE MONEY FOR NON-PROFIT IN GHANA
SEE A3
SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO CAMPUS
SEE A6
WOMEN’S SOCCER WINS WITH HAT TRICK GOALS FROM CORBY
SEE A7
arlier this month, the Grand Val-ley State University Padnos Inter-national Center held a ballot for photos students have taken while abroad in the 2013-2014 school
year. The ballot closed Friday, Sept. 12 with three winners chosen and 18 honorable men-tions. Since the contest, office has seen increased interest in students wanting to study abroad.
The first-place winner was Michelle Bou-wkamp for her celebration, tradition and ritual category photo in China. Second place was Me-gan Prangley for her Lakers abroad category photo in Ireland, and Kaila Kaltrider took third with her photo in Spain in the people category.
The prizes were an iPad Mini for first place,
an Under Armour GVSU jacket for second place and a GVSU sweatshirt for third place. With over 1,000 photo entries, 40 countries rep-resented and 1,253 votes casted by the GVSU community, the PIC has received more atten-tion from students.
“It’s been busier than last year,” said Alyse Griffis, a student advisor for the PIC.
The increase in activity for the PIC, which already has more than 800 students studying abroad, can be attributed to the participa-tion in the photo contest that has just con-cluded, Griffis said.
“I think people got exposure to new ideas and locations,” said Megan Lendman, a student peer advisor. “Regardless, I think the biggest thing is just exposure to those visions and ideas, realizing that it’s possible for them.”
Lendman said that turn out for the contest generated a lot of activity for the PIC, and not just from students.
“Throughout the week, people have been coming in just asking for the ballots,” she said. “Right away there were a lot and there wasn’t just students. There was a few faculty as well to talk about it. I don’t know how many people came, but they did, especially alumni who were really excited to see their work on the wall.”
The contest also attracted the attention of international students who were happy to see some of their countries portrayed in the pictures.
“Right away, the international students voted because they had their orientation before any-
BY BEN [email protected]
Sharing international stories
PIC announces study abroad photo contest winners
t’s that time of year again, Lakers: ArtPrize has descended on downtown Grand Rapids. This year, there will be an estimated 400,000 visitors to the art competition, and there are more art entries than ever before, totaling at
more than 1,500 works of art.The official launch party of ArtPrize 2014 will take place
this Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. in Rosa Parks Circle.Festivities will include the Grand Valley State Univer-
sity Laker marching band, the GVSU dance company and WGVU. The event will be hosted by Christian Gaines, the executive director of ArtPrize and GVSU President Thom-as J. Haas will be in attendance.
The GVSU dance company will lead a flash mob, and the evening will include other music.
There will also be a “Nerd Walk,” hosted by WGVU and PBS, going from Rosa Parks Circle along the Blue Pedes-trian Bridge, ending at the Eberhard Center on the GVSU Pew Campus.
f Grand Valley State Univer-sity students have ever found themselves en-
joying a meal on campus and had an idea to improve the dining experience, but didn’t know who to tell, then the food committee meeting is the place for them.
“The food committee pro-vides a platform for open conversation regarding din-ing,” said Deb Rambadt of Campus Dining marketing.
The food committee will hold these meetings every third Tuesday beginning Sept. 23. The meetings are open for all students to come and discuss a variety of topics that they feel are important to the experience of dining on campus.
“There is no formal pro-cess. All are welcome to raise topics, share opinions and join the conversation,” Ram-badt said. “Students bring forth service issues, incon-sistencies, compliments and suggestions.”
Emma Moulton of the GVSU Student Senate co-chairs the meetings with Rambadt and agrees that students need these meet-ings to voice concerns. Din-ing management, including the general manager and at least one restaurant manager, attend each meeting, which goes a long way to improving Campus Dining.
“It’s a great way to talk to the head of Campus Dining,” Moulton said. “They’re really receptive to everything we have to say. Meetings have no set format and, rather than
having an agenda, are con-versation driven and directed by what participants want to talk about.
“If we run out of topics during a meet-ing, the Cam-pus Dining rep-resentatives will take the time to tell us what is new and what is changing,” Moulton said.
Topics that are brought up o c c a s i o n a l l y involve bad or slow service, but the com-mittee is con-cerned with more than being a com-plaint department. Students who attend are interested in improving food variety. In
particular, students are of-ten concerned with getting more gluten free food op-tions, as well as expanding the vegetarian menu. The
committee is always work-ing with dining m a n a g e m e n t to look into broad eating p r e f e r e n c e s such as these to bring expand-ed options to students seek-ing vegetarian or gluten free meals.
“Last year, the food com-mittee brought
about change in salad consis-tency,” Rambadt said.
According to Moulton, previously salads were differ-
ent sizes at different facilities, but cost the same price at each location.
“They changed it to make sure we get the same value,” she said.
Concerns of wait times for meals during food commit-tee meetings also prompted a wait time study, Rambadt said. These studies resulted in service changes that re-duced food preparation time, which allow students to re-ceive meals more quickly.
Moulton said changes are not always as noticeable as the salad consistency is-sue, but the meetings are important to bring about a lot of little changes that will enhance the dining experi-ence through constant im-provement. Since meetings
BY DUANE [email protected]
Campus dining committee gives GV opportunity for food feedback
ArtPrize returns to GR, displays over 1,500 pieces
EXPERIENCING CULTURES:
GVSU student Kaila Kaltrider
won third place in the Padnos International
Center’s photo contest for her
picture in the people category
from Spain.
KAILA KALTRIDERCOURTESY
E
SEE ABROAD ON A2
VOICING OPINIONS: GVSU student Delando Davis Wright checks out at River Landing in Kirkhof. Every third Tuesday beginning Sept. 23, there will be a food committee meeting.
GV
L |
MA
RIS
SA
DIL
LO
N
INTERACTIVE: Kids play on Alexander Calder’s piece ‘La Grande Vitesse,’ once used for another ArtPrize piece.
GV
L |
AR
CH
IV
E
I
I
“The food
committee
provides a
platform for open
conversation
regarding dining.”
DEB RAMBADT
CAMPUS DINING
MARKETING
SEE DINING ON A2
For information about Grand Valley State University’s 21st annual Shakespeare Festival, including• The Comedy of Errors,• the Shakespeare Festival Conference and Guest Scholar,• Bard to Go: Lights, Camera, Action!,• Greenshow performances,• the Renaissance Faire,• and more,visit www.gvsu.edu/shakes/.
Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival 2014
MICHIGAN’S OLDEST ANNUAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL!
Featuring performances September 26 – October 5For tickets call the box office at (616) 331-2300
@GVLNEWS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORNN E W S
A2
NEWS BRIEFS
At the Lanthorn we strive to bring you the most accurate news possible. If we make a mistake, we want to make it right. If you find any errors in fact in the Lanthorn, let us know by calling 616-331-2464 or by emailing [email protected].
The Grand Valley Lanthorn is published twice-weekly by Grand Valley State University students 62 times a year. One copy of this newspaper is available free of charge to any member of the Grand Valley Community. For additional copies, at $1 each, please contact our business offices.
POSTMASTER: Please send form 3579 to: Grand Valley Lanthorn0051 Kirkhof CenterGrand Valley State UniversityAllendale, MI 49401
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-Chief
SARAH HILLENBRAND
Associate Editor CARLY SIMPSON
News Editor AUDRA GAMBLE
Sports Editor JAY BUSHEN
A & E Editor DAVID SPECHT
Laker Life Editor COLLEEN SCHONFIELD
Image Editor KEVIN SIELAFF
Layout Editor ROSS TANNER
Layout Staff KATIE ZIOLKOWSKI
WEB TEAM
COSTAS CIUNGAN T.J. ZIMMERMAN
ADVERTISING STAFF
Advertising Manager
MARISSA WINTER
Asst. Advertising Manager KAITLYN KLAPATCH
Account Managers ARIANNA FUOCO KAY-LYNN CHARTIER MOLLY LABEFF
Ad Designer RYAN MUENCHOW
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager KATIE BALBOA
Asst. Business Manager
STEPHEN CIMBALIK
Distribution Manager STEPHEN CIMBALIK
PROMOTIONS
Promotions Manager
JOAN GIFFELS
LanthornV O L . 4 9 N O . 1 0
GUEST PHYSICIAN TO SPEAK AT GV
The Grand Valley State University Pre-Students
of Osteopathic Medicine Club will present a guest
speaker tonight at 9 p.m. in Room 164 of Lake
Ontario Hall. Dr. Brian Paff will speak about his medi-
cal experiences, discuss the application process for
medical school and answer students’ questions.
Throughout the year, Pre-SOMA Club hosts MCAT
preparation sessions and provides members with
volunteer and job shadowing opportunities.
For more information, contact Tyler Madden at
HOW TO FIND AN INTERNSHIP
The Grand Valley State University Career Center is
hosting an internship session at 4 p.m. on Tuesday
in Room 2266 of the Kirkhof Center. Internship su-
pervisors from area workplaces, including the Grand
Rapids Griffins and Quicken Loans, will explain why
having an internship is important for college stu-
dents and highlight how to succeed in an internship.
Attendees will learn how to find internship oppor-
tunities, how to get college credit and how to apply
for positions. Those who are interested should dress
professionally and bring copies of their resume.
For more information, contact the Career Center
at (616) 331-3311 or [email protected].
ECONOMICS OPEN HOUSE
The economics department is holding an
open house at Grand Valley State University on
Wednesday, Sept. 24. The event will occur from
11:45 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. in Room 2266 of the Kirkhof
Center. Lunch is provided.
The open house will include information about
the economics courses offered at GVSU and poten-
tial career paths for economics majors or minors.
Faculty from the economics department will be
present to answer questions. All students, regard-
less of their major, are encouraged to attend.
To register, call (616) 331-7290 or email econom-
[email protected]. For more information, visit www.gvsu.
edu/economics/.
UNDERSTANDING TRAUMATIC MEMORY
On Sept. 22, the Grand Valley State University
Women’s Center is hosting a webinar/talkback
featuring Dr. Rebecca Campbell, professor of
psychology at Michigan State University. Campbell
will discuss the brain’s response to trauma and
how trauma affects survivors’ reactions to crime.
A talkback after the webinar will be led by Theresa
Rowland, VAWA grant director for the Women’s
Center. The training is important for those who work
with victims and survivors of sexual assault or dat-
ing/domestic violence. It will go from 1:30 to 4:30
p.m. For social workers needing CEU’s for licensing
requirements this will be available for $15 on site.
For more information call the Women’s Center at
616-331-2748 or email [email protected].
POP OF COLOR: GVSU student Michelle Bouwkamp took first place in the Padnos International Center’s study abroad picture contest. Her photo was taken in China and was entered in the Celebration, Tradition and Ritual category.
CO
UR
TE
SY |
MIC
HE
LL
E B
OU
WK
AM
P
FOREIGN FEATHERS: Grand Valley State University students and staff selected Megan Prangley to receive second place in the Padnos International Center’s study abroad picture contest. She studied abroad and took the picture in Ireland.
CO
UR
TE
SY |
ME
GA
N P
RA
NG
LE
Y
one else, so it was fun they were all ex-cited to see their home countries and such,” Lendman said.
Lendman added that students may have voted for a particular photo be-cause that is exactly where they want to visit.
“I think the categories we just felt were really just kind of different aspects of study abroad that definitely stand out on a general basis,” she said. “It’s re-ally crazy some people are out in a giant rainforest or on top of the Himalayas –that’s your classroom. We put that one because it seems so benign but it com-pletely changes as you go abroad.”
Alyse Griffis said that the contest has inspired her again to travel abroad and hopes other students will feel the same way.
“People don’t know when people submit pictures, these are student photos that people have taken abroad and then brought back,” Griffis said. “If anything it inspires students to go abroad and that’s why we have an in-flux of people come in interested to talk to us.”
With the apparent success of this year’s contest, the advisors hope to be able to organize another event in the future.
“It was definitely a lot of work,” Lendman said. “But we think this was a major success.”
ABROADCONTINUED FROM A1
are completely driven by the concerns of at-tendees, students are encouraged to attend as more voices translate to more changes.
“We are still trying to get different rep-resentation, so it’s definitely open to ev-erybody,” Moulton said.
Rambadt added, “Generally there is strong representation from Student Senate and RHA. However, no organi-zational affiliation or formal represen-tation is required.”
The food committee meetings are held in different rooms at the Kirkhof Center. For more information, contact Campus Dining or visit www.gvsu.edu/campusdine.
DININGCONTINUED FROM A1
Grand Valley St. Univ.Size: 3.37 x 4”Run dates: Th 9/4, Th 9/11, M 9/15, M 9/22
Redefine your Future
peacecorps.gov/openings Choose your country and program.
It only takes an hour to apply!
1.855.855.1961 | [email protected]
Seniors, apply now for a post-graduation assignment.
@GVLNEWS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN
A3
N E W S
rand Valley State University senior Michelle Alderink will give a presen-
tation called “A Lost Inno-cence: The Forgotten Chil-dren of Central America” at 2 p.m. on Tuesday in Room 2263 in the Kirkhof Center.
Alderink is a Spanish and social work double major with a Latin American studies mi-nor. She said her presentation came out of her work with Bethany Christian Services and her subsequent research in an independent study. In the speech, she will focus on three main locations where these children lose their innocence: their home countries, their journey and their new Ameri-can homeland.
“These are kids who have lost everything,” Alderink said.
In her research report, she highlights the increasing num-bers of children immigrat-ing to the United States from Central America, particularly those from Guatemala, El Sal-vador and Honduras. Accord-
ing to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, there were 6,800 children caught every year from 2004 to 2011. In 2013, the number rose to 24,000 children. The numbers are ex-pected to reach 60,000 by the end of 2014.
She explained that there are several reasons for this move, with the most com-mon being the violence and poverty at home.
“Overall, these children are fleeing due to lack of eco-nomic opportunities, lack of access and poor quality of the education system, inability to support themselves and over-all fear and hopelessness,” Al-derink said.
Although these children are unaccompanied and il-legal, Alderink said they still deserve help finding their parents and obtaining legal rights, which are nec-essary to survive in Amer-ica. However, the United States’ immigration policies are often not widely sup-ported. Alderink cited an example from last summer when Congress denied a bill that would lend more funds
to make more programs for these children.
“It’s not an immigration issue,” Alderink said. “These children from Central Ameri-ca have been forgotten by their governments, who are un-able to protect them from the escalating violence and gang recruitment of children. In ad-dition, they have been forgot-ten here in the United States, by U.S. policy and its failure to guarantee their physical and emotional safety and general disregard for their need for in-ternational protection.”
Alderink will end with a dis-cussion concerning the future for these forgotten children.
“As college kids, it’s im-portant to expand your mind and become educated,” she said. “I hope they take away a better knowledge of the situation, recognize the his-tory of the children and view
them with compassion.”Zulema Moret is the Latin
American studies and Span-ish professor who super-vised Alderink’s independent study at GVSU. Moret said the main topic of the class was children from Central America, and Alderink took it one step further when she focused on the forgotten children and their struggles with immigration.
“A sense of solidarity is very important,” Moret said. “Students need to know what’s going on with this is-sue because it’s a topic that is on the table now.”
BY STEPHANIE [email protected]
Increasing immigrationGV student to speak about influx of Central American children to U.S.
rand Valley State University stu-dents will have the opportunity to learn about
apps that help with time man-agement skills and academics in the Genius Lab. The Genius Lab is a recurring workshop at the Mary Idema Pew Library every Monday from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., begin-ning this eve-ning. Located in the Learning Alcove, next to the Knowledge Market, the event is set up so students can stop by as they are walking into the library.
“It’s very or-ganic and spon-taneous,” said Mariana Naddaf, graduate as-sistant in the Student Academ-ic Success Center. “If people are just stopping by whenever they can, it will only take 10 minutes or so.”
Set up in an informal man-ner, the Genius Lab is engi-neered to attract busy students who cannot stay for an extend-ed period of time.
Naddaf and Jeff Keson, also
a graduate assistant in the Stu-dent Academic Success Cen-ter, are both facilitators of the event and choose applications that are free, but typically have an advanced version that stu-dents can also purchase.
In addition, they try to find apps that can be used on any device such as Apple, PC, phones, tablets and computers.
“We’re really trying to make sure that no matter what the
student has, we can give them a couple more tools in just a very short amount of time that hopefully they can use,” Keson said.
The apps featured at this week’s Genius Lab are the MyGV app, Dropbox and Wu n d e r l i s t .
These apps give students a resource for personalized GVSU information, as well as a platform to switch files from different devices and organizing their schedules.
Students will be taught how to use the applications and can download them im-mediately. The Genius Lab is
BY ALLISON [email protected]
Genius Lab workshopintegrates apps intostudent success tools
tudying abroad has a different impact on every student as for what they’ve learned and what they hope
to do with that knowledge in the future. For Grand Valley State University junior Stephany Zahl, taking a trip to Ghana with the Honors College Service Learn-ing Program made her want to do something to help those she met now that she’s home.
While she was in Ghana, Zahl worked with the non-profit orga-nization Challenging Heights. The purpose of the organization is to rescue child slaves from Lake Volta, and rehabilitate and educate them,
Zahl said. The trip was seven weeks long, and the first week consisted of classes at the University of Ghana learning about non-profits.
Zahl then had the opportunity to work with Challenging Heights. She said the organization just got a brand new library, so she got to read and tutor the children.
“I had heard about the trip my freshman year, and I knew I wanted to go,” she said. “I had to do a se-nior project that would give back to them.”
For her Honors senior project, Zahl decided to organize a 5K run to raise money for the organization so they can rescue more children. She recruited fellow student Lind-sey Crawford to help her plan the event.
“Stephany went to Ghana and
was planning on doing a research paper, but decided she wanted to do something more hands on,” Craw-ford said. “She said it seemed like a big task and asked if I wanted to help.”
They decided to organize a 5K because they both enjoy running and thought it would be a good way to raise money. In total, it costs $5,290 to rescue one child – which includes the entire costs of rescu-ing, rehabilitating and reintegrat-ing one child. The cost also includes providing over two years of support to ensure they are not re-trafficked.
“Students can relate the educa-tion to service and show they can contribute to the development of a country and do other things,” said Azizur Molla, associate pro-fessor in the department of public
health and one of the leaders on the trip to Ghana. “Other students can be energized philosophically that if another student can do it, they can too.”
Christian Fredericks, living center director and one of the leaders on the Ghana trip, said that Challenging Heights always needs more exposure, which the race will provide.
“I think that exposure is good for the organization as a whole,” he said. “Trafficking of this nature continues to be an issue around the world. (The race) brings awareness to trafficking in general.”
He added that students who participate in the race can also be inspired to go abroad and help those they meet.
“It helps them recognize that
they can help in any way; they can help without even going,” Fredericks said. “Engaging in this race is a stepping stone for some people – an opportunity to learn more about it and share that info with others.
“It’s our goal to create access and opportunities to engage deep-er learning across cultural lines.”
The race will take place on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 9:30 a.m. on campus. Registration is currently open, and there are prizes for the top male and female finishers and raffle prizes the day of the race.
BY SARAH [email protected]
GivingbackgloballyStudents organize race to raise money for Challenging Heights
G
G
S
MAKE A DIFFERENCE: GVSU junior Stephany Zahl poses with a group of students at Challenging Heights in Ghana. She is now coordinating a 5K race to raise money for the organization to rescue child slaves.
CO
UR
TE
SY |
ST
EP
HA
NY
ZA
HL
RISING NUMBERS: GVSU senior Michelle Alderink will present on her research about the increased immigration of Cen-tral American children coming to the U.S. for various reasons including violence and poverty in their home countries.
CO
UR
TE
SY |
LE
SLY
E A
LL
EN
GO TO:
acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/ucs/about#overview
FOR MORE ABOUT
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
GO TO:lanthorn.comFOR MORE ON CHALLENGING HEIGHTS
AND RACE REGISTRATION
SEE GENIUS ON A5
“...we can give
them a couple
more tools in
just a very short
amount of time
that hopefully
they can use.”
JEFF KESON
SASC ASSISTANT
t seems that one of the com-mon concerns shared by in-coming college
students is the fear of being paired with an incompat-
ible roommate. Everybody wants to be matched with someone who shares similar views regarding study habits, bedtimes and tidiness. One thing that I think students frequently forget to take into account, however, is whether or not they themselves are “ideal” roommates.
Indeed, I would argue that at least half the battle of creating a harmonious liv-ing environment, even with someone whose priorities are different than your own, is being a good roommate yourself. With that in mind, here’s what I’ve learned so far about creating a success-ful and balanced living situa-
tion with your roommate.First, it’s important to
be considerate. If you want your roommate to treat you with respect and consid-eration, you should be willing to do the same for them. For example, I try to implement this by keeping the shared living spaces of my apartment clean and by treating my roommate’s personal space and belong-ings with respect.
I’ve found that effective communication is also a key component in creating a successful living situation with your roommate. It’s important to work together from the start, clearly estab-
lishing any rules or personal preferences that you each might have, such as whether or not you’re okay with entertaining overnights visi-tors or what time you think the room needs to be quiet for studying.
It’s also helpful to be able to talk directly to each other if either of you has issues that need to be addressed. My roommate and I are clear on what behaviors and habits we think are okay and which ones cross the proverbial line, and if we do encounter a problem, we know that we can talk it out with each other directly.
On that note, I believe
it’s also crucial to engage in compromise. Even when you’re matched with a very compatible roommate, there are still bound to be differ-ences in your lifestyles that you’ll have to address and be willing to compromise on. I think the key to mak-ing this work is to adopt a relaxed attitude. For ex-ample, if my roommate and I are studying for big exams or have multiple classes in a day, and we don’t have time to wash a sink full of dishes, we don’t get upset and point fingers. Instead, we realize that dirty dishes aren’t a big deal, and we’ll get to them soon enough.
The golden rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you is always a good law to live by, and roommate relationships are no exception. I’ve found that if you want to create a successful living situation, you have to be willing to do your share to make it work. Great roommate relation-ships require commitment on both ends. My roommate and I get along very well, and that’s because we both strive to create a harmonious environment where we can live and succeed together. The reward is certainly worth the effort.
LOG ON & VOTE
The goal of the Grand Valley
Lanthorn’s opinion page is
to act as a forum for public
discussion, comment and
criticism in the Grand Valley
State University community.
Student opinions published
here do not necessarily reflect
those of the paper as an entity.
The Grand Valley Lanthorn
aims to be a safe vehicle for
community discussion. The
Lanthorn will not publish
or entertain any forms of
hate speech, but will not
discriminate against any other
views, opinions or beliefs. The
content, information and views
expressed are not approved
by nor necessarily represent
those of the university, its
Board of Trustees, officers,
faculty or staff.
Reader submissions on
the opinion page appear
as space permits, and are
reserved for letters to the
editor only, all other reader-
generated content can be
submitted to the Grand Valley
Lanthorn’s YourSpace page
by emailing community@
lanthorn.com.
Letters to the editor
should include the author’s
full name and relevant title
along with a valid email
and phone number for
confirming the identity of
the author. Letters should
be approximately 500-650
words in length, and are not
edited by the staff of the
Grand Valley Lanthorn outside
of technical errors for clarity.
To make a submission,
email at editorial@lanthorn.
com or by dropping off your
submission in person at:
0051 KIRKHOF CENTER
GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
ALLENDALE, MI 49401
616-826-8276
GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? WE’LL LISTEN.
LANTHORN.COM LANTHORN.COM
Sarah HillenbrandCarly SimpsonAudra GambleDavid SpechtJay Bushen
Editor-in-chiefAssociate editor
News editorA&E editor
Sports editor
Do you think campus dining menus are reasonably priced for what you get?
Do you think campus dining menus are reasonably priced for what you get?
You can’t blame the tech
By Luke Van Der Male
Do you think getting a flu shot is an effective way to prevent it spreading across campus?
QUESTION OF THE ISSUE
GVL EDITORIAL BOARD
GVL OPINION POLICY
VALLEY VOTE
YESNONO OPINION
70%20%10%
THIS ISSUE’S QUESTION:
BLOG
EDITORIAL
“Mostly, but probably not. I know the fast meals are overpriced for what you get be-cause it’s kind of small, portion wise, for what you pay for.”
CALLIE CLARK
YEAR: SeniorMAJOR: B iomedical ScienceHOMETOWN: P inkney, Mich.
“No. If you look at other colleges, their dining is all you can eat. You get buffets. But here, you don’t get as much.”
ABRAHEM BALAWI
YEAR: SophomoreMAJOR: Radiat ion TherapyHOMETOWN: Detroit , Mich.
“They’re overpriced. It’s like $8 now.”
RACHEL CLARK
YEAR: SeniorMAJOR: Biomedical ScienceHOMETOWN: P inkney, Mich.
“Not really, the sandwiches are reasonably priced but the salads suck. Their prices need to go down.”
SAM LADOUCEUR
YEAR: JuniorMAJOR: Medical ImagingHOMETOWN: Farmington Hi l ls , Mich.
The healthy games
Creating positive roommate relationships
The fads that should fade
BY EMILY [email protected]
BY JESSICA [email protected]
@GVLNEWS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORNO P I N I O N
A4
I
A
M
GVL EDITORIAL CARTOON By Natalie Love
When eating on campus, keep in mind that McDonald’s hasseveral options that are healthier than those offered at GV
t Grand Valley State Univer-sity, students have several op-tions when it comes to dining on campus. There are the tra-ditional sit-down venues such
as Engrained and Fresh Food Company, and there are the quick stops for students on the go such as the Lobby Shop in the Kirkhof Center or The Pod in Connection.
Throughout the year, campus dining takes suggestions from the GVSU com-munity about how they can improve their services. Starting Sept. 23, campus dining’s food committee will hold meetings every third Tuesday for students to come and ask questions, offer suggestions or voice complaints. We at the Lanthorn have a few concerns of our own.
Let’s start with one of the Connection’s dining venues, Engrained. We’ll take just a quick peek at their lunch menu for Sept. 22. Students visiting this dining establishment will have several options, but we’ll let you decide if any of them can be deemed healthy or well balanced.
Option No. 1:Meal: Buffalo chicken wrap. This wrap
has 47 grams of fat and 793 calories. To give you a little perspective, McDonald’s Premium Southwest McWrap (crispy) has 32 grams of fat and 670 calories. In this case, going to McDonald’s is not only healthier, but probably cheaper too.
Side: Fresh cut french fries. While we’re sure these are delicious, french fries are not a healthy side no matter how “fresh” they are.
Option No. 2:Meal: Magic oven mac and 4 cheese.
Campus dining doesn’t have the nutritional information listed for this option, but we don’t have high expectations at this point.
Side: Crispy green beans and garlic aioli. Or, in other words, deep-fried green beans. Is it really necessary to deep-fry our vegetables now?
Now, to be fair we should mention that there is a salad bar at the Connection, and in our opinion it’s a great option. However, campus dining, do you really expect students who want to eat healthy to live off of your salads? We think you may need to give them some more options. This is especially impor-tant for students who are vegetarians or have other dietary restrictions.
Okay, time to move over to freshmen land and the popular Kleiner Marketplace, which offers several venues including Bene, Bistro, Grille Works and Croutons, among others. To narrow the focus we’ll continue to look at Sept. 22 menus.
The Bistro has 10 options listed for Mon-day. The first one on their menu is a smoked turkey panini with pesto on sourdough bread. The name is making us drool; reading the nutritional information, not so much. It has 73.75 grams of fat and 1,376 calories. We’ll give you a comparison again. A Big Mac has 530 calories and 27 grams of fat. The panini is the equivalent of 2.5 Big Macs. Yep, you read that right.
But the Big Mac isn’t even the worst thing on McDonald’s menu. That honor goes to the Big Breakfast with hotcakes and a large-size biscuit. This meal has 1,150 calories and 60 grams of fat. The Bistro’s panini still has more fat and calories than McDonald’s worst menu item.
For those of you who eat on campus and hope to avoid the freshmen 15, or the senior 15, may the odds be ever in your favor.
ost of 2014 is over and many new trends and fads have popped up all throughout
the year. There are a few of these fads that I think should fade away, and fast, because they’re extremely irritating.
The first of the fashion crazes that drive me crazy are glasses with no prescriptions in them. Why is the notion that if someone wears glasses, they’re
smarter? This is the newest, and most obnoxious in my opinion, fad that has risen to such popularity.
As someone who has worn actual glasses since the fifth grade, this trend has bothered me ever since it became a thing. All throughout middle school I was bullied for having “four-eyes” and constantly seen as an outcast. Now, the same people who tormented me are the same ones who are spending pointless money on a piece of plastic that they think makes them look more intelligent. What is the point of these glasses? I simply can’t understand, because I actually need glasses for the rest of my life.
Another bothersome rage on the Internet is ‘instagramming’ your food. Now, I have been guilty of this before and I am not proud of it. I couldn’t exactly tell you what the point of it is. When
I go on Instagram, I honestly do not care what people have had to eat. I understand that your food looks good, but will you really go back into your pictures and stare at the food you ate two weeks ago? I didn’t think so.
Miley Cyrus was quite in-fluential here at GVSU last year with her Wrecking Ball video. And yet, even though that has blown over, she still has a lasting effect on teens all over the world: twerking. This phenomenon is still going on with tons of new videos popping up on YouTube all the time now. Not only are these videos 10 percent repulsive, but 100 percent hilarious. There are twerking fails where people fall on their faces or someone walks in on them twerking on the door. I understand that, as a college kid, you just want to shake your butt, but there are clubs for that.
The last annoyance on the
Internet is #hashtags. I won’t say I have never used them, because I actually love to use hashtags on my Twitter account. I also think they are very helpful if you want to find information. You can search by hashtagging a word, a phrase or even people; it’s quite easy and useful in some situations. However, I think many people overuse it. #For #example, #this #is #annoying, #please #stop. Individual words do not need to be hashtagged; there is no point to it.
Now I’m not criticizing anyone who loves these fads or participates in them, it’s just my opinion that I hope by 2015 they have faded away. As much as I enjoy the twerking fail videos and looking at delicious food, I’m ready for those things to be done. Who knows what amaz-ing and odd things society can come up with next?
an accessible outlet that any student can participate in, no matter the extent of their technology knowledge.
Although tools such as Twit-ter, Facebook and YouTube can be helpful academically, it can also be incredibly distracting since a student can go from watching videos on topics in bi-ology to funny cat videos.
Instead, the Genius Lab of-fers students applications that range from aiding in time man-agement, organization, study-ing or even in specific classes.
“We all have smart devices now,” Naddaf said. “Why not incorporate our education with those devices?”
Another event similar to the Genius Lab is the aca-
demic success workshop, “There’s an App for That!” on Oct. 23 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in North C, Room 142. Both events have the same goal, to inform students of resourceful applications that could greatly improve their scheduling and academic skills. Genius Lab is an option for stu-dents who can-not afford the commitment to stay throughout the workshop later on in the semester.
“This is a way to reach more students in places where they are, versus them trying to come to us,” said Jackie Rautio, as-
sistant director of the Student Academic Success Center.
Rautio’s idea for the event quickly caught on, and Naddaf and Keson collaborated with her to make it happen.
Most current GVSU students have grown up with technol-ogy all around them, to the point where it is not only enter-tainment, but a resource for managing tasks and helping with homework.
“I think it’s an opportunity for us to use
the technology in a way that’s helpful rather than distract-ing,” Rautio said.
SCAVENGER HUNT 5th Annual FREE Rent Giveaway October 4th
12 pm Bring your
team of 3 or 4
616.895.2400 www.48west.com
You and up to 3 other friends get together and race other teams to solve a variety of clues that could lead to a semester of free rent for you and your team!
What is the Scavenger Hunt?
Register at the 48west Leasing Office 10897 48th Ave. Suite B400 Allendale MI 49401
WIN FREE RENT
Visit the Leasing Office for more details. Restrictions apply
Register by October 1st! WIN UP TO $3,000 IN FREE RENT
west
@GVLNEWS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN
A5
N E W S
ut into place in the 1960s by Grand Valley State University’s facilities depart-
ment, the infamous tunnels underneath the university have been a hub for gossip. What goes on in these tunnels? Why do we not know more about them? How many students have been lost in the depths of these underground mysteries?
Although these tunnels are home to many cobwebs and an indeterminable amount of tun-nel-dwelling insects, after Lan-thorn investigation, nothing American Horror Story worthy has occurred in this location.
Factually, the tunnels were constructed to carry the various utility needs (steam, chilled water, electric) to the Lake buildings, Manitou Hall and other original buildings on campus. These tunnels provide the primary means for distribution of heating, cool-ing, electric and cable needs throughout campus. They are essential to successfully main-taining services to many of the buildings throughout the Allendale Campus.
Across campus, there have been many speculations as
to what the tunnels are used for. Some say they are put in place for teachers to use for easy access to classrooms, others say they are simply a haunted part of campus.
“These utility tunnels are confined space locations that require limited, monitored ac-cess. There is no public access opportunity,” said Tim Thim-mesch, associate vice president of facilities services. “The tun-nels aren’t too mysterious – ba-sically concrete walls with a lot of cabling and piping. Some-what like walking through a dimly lit hallway. We continue to expand the tunnel system to accommodate new construc-tion projects.”
These tunnels run at least the length of campus with ad-ditional length in additions to new building developments and other areas with campus access. The entrances to the tunnels allow for fresh air flow into the tunnel to ensure proper circulation through-out its entirety. All entrances are locked and only able to be accessed with proper quali-fications to ensure that the tunnel is being used for its intended purposes.
The campus utilities build-ing, in addition to housing the main entrance to the tunnels,
is host to 13 student employ-ees who work on maintain-ing the tunnels throughout the year. One of these jobs includes cleaning the tunnels during the winter months. Often, student employees will start cleaning the entrance of the tunnels and, by the time they get further down the tunnel, they have to go back and clean the entrance due to the tunnel’s vast expanse.
In relation to any odd happenings in the tunnels, it seems as though nothing out of the ordinary has ever oc-curred. The tunnels are main-ly focused on facility use and maintenance reasons.
“Nothing has happened that I would define as weird,” Thimmesch said. “The issues that we have dealt with relate to issues of low level flooding or mechanical issues. Cer-tainly items that are impor-tant to our maintenance staff that work to keep the campus operational, but nothing too exciting to our students.”
As interesting as a haunt-ed tunnel would be on cam-pus, this myth will have to be classified as “busted.” For now, the only unusual hap-penings going on below the ground at GVSU are hot and cold water-related.
BY HANNAH [email protected]
GV mythbusters:Tunnels under campus?
P
UNDERGROUND: Grand Valley State University has many tunnels running all across the Allendale Campus, which are used by staff for maintenance purposes.
GV
L |
MA
RIS
SA
DIL
LO
N
GENIUSCONTINUED FROM A3
LETTER TO THE EDITOR ON HIT AND RUNCheck LANTHORN.COM
“I think it’s an
opportunity for
us to use the
technology in a
way that’s helpful
rather than
distracting.”
JACKIE RAUTIO
SASC DIRECTOR
@GVLARTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORNARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A6
AEROSPACE ALLOCATIONIf you’re interested in human
space flight, or just looking for in-
sight on leadership, crisis manage-
ment and the role of liberal arts,
be sure to free up your evening on
Tuesday, Sept. 23. Norman R. Au-
gustine, an aerospace expert who
serves as chair of the U.S. Human
Space Flight Plans Committee,
will give a presentation on leading
change as part of the Frederik
Meijer Lecture Series. Held at the
L. William Seidman Center, the
series of presentations focuses
on issues of entrepreneurship,
innovation and leadership from
a variety of perspectives. The
event, which begins at 5:30 p.m.,
is free and open to the public, but
it requires an RSVP which can be
found at gvsu.edu/honor/lecture-
form.htm.
SHOCKING SPECTACLEIf an award for most bizarre
live music lineup was handed out
each year, The Orbit Room would
no doubt have the 2014 plaque
in their trophy case. On Thursday,
Sept. 25, the southeast Grand
Rapids venue will host Shockfest,
which showcases an amalgama-
tion of musicians, including rap
duo the Insane Clown Posse,
nine-piece avant-garde metal band
Mushroomhead, Memphis-based
rap group Da Mafia 6ix (formerly
known as Three 6 Mafia) and rap-
per Jellyroll hailing from Nashville.
While the musical quality of these
artists is questionable, one thing
is certain: this looks to be an odd,
energetic evening that should
make for a great tale. The show
is all ages and opens up at 6:30
p.m. Tickets are $29.50 in advance
and $35 the day of the event. To
find out more, visit orbitroom.com/
shows/icp2014.html.
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ARTPRIZE!
The Grand Valley Shakespeare
Festival’s new 50-minute interac-
tive Shakespearean collage tour-
ing production, Bard to Go, is a bit
different than the festival’s works
from previous years, as it actually,
for the first time, doubles as an
ArtPrize entry. The performances
will be held on Sept. 27 at 2:30
p.m. and Sept. 28 at noon at the
L.V. Eberhard Center on the Pew
Campus near the Blue Bridge. Like
all ArtPrize entries, the perfor-
mances are free and open to the
public. After viewing the show, use
the voting code 57604 to vote for
the entry. For more information, go
to gvsu.edu/shakes.
WITH WOMEN WE WIN
In 2010, 58 percent of women
did not vote in the presidential
election. Michigan’s 3rd Con-
gressional District Democratic
Committee along with a handful
of Grand Rapids-based DJs are
looking to change that by raising
awareness through their Sept. 28
gathering at The Pyramid Scheme.
The event is open to those ages
18 and older and begins at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10. To find out more
about the evening, visit facebook.
com/events/1453263861618826/
?ref=22.
AIGA: FOUR GALLERY SHOW
The Grand Valley State Uni-
versity student chapter of AIGA,
a national professional associa-
tion for design, is hosting a show
dedicated to typography and will
showcase type from the per-
spective of all forms of art and
design. There are about 60 pieces
submitted from 17 students rang-
ing from sophomores to seniors,
and each entry is in the form of
a four-letter word. The event will
take place from Sept. 22 through
Oct. 3 in the Padnos Gallery of the
Calder Art Center. There will also
be a closing reception on Oct. 2
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m in the gallery.
For more information, visit face-
book.com/groups/aigagrandvalley.
Shakespeare Conference.Simotes’ presentation will be held on Friday,
Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. The lecture is LIB 100 ap-proved and will be preceded by a food reception at 3 p.m.
Toting a seemingly endless list of accom-plishments, Simotes is a founding member and current artistic director for Shakespeare & Company. He is an actor, director, fight chore-ographer and theater educator.
In the lecture, “Shakespeare’s Physical Text: Violence and Comedy for the Stage,” Simotes will offer a unique perspective of Shakespeare’s work to the conference attendees.
“What I want to focus on is the physical text of the plays themselves and, from my back-ground, how I came to look at the text of Shake-speare somewhat differently,” Simotes said.
Simotes plans to focus on how the physical text and the language of the texts of the script came to-gether to create a play and production.
Simotes draws from his own experience and the physical work that he did as an actor early on in his career.
“I am really looking forward to the oppor-tunity to discuss the way in which I approach Shakespeare, as well as the training methodol-ogy I have used to direct,” Simotes said. “I am looking forward to the opportunity to share my experience as well as to be ready to engage in discourse to see what I can learn from this con-ference.”
The conference is being held in conjunc-tion with the upcoming Grand Valley Shake-
speare Festival. Jim Bell, managing director of the festival, said that the topic is a great fit for the upcoming performance of “The Comedy of Errors.”
“The play we are doing has the most comic entertainment of Shakespeare’s plays. It has these physical comic moments,” Bell said.
Bell knows Simotes personally and says that he is good at considering the plays from that physical perspective and believes that this will make students excited for the performance.
“Often in comedies you have these elements of violence,” Bell said. “In ‘The Comedy of Er-rors’ there are masters who beat their servants. It is an unusual thing that we find violence like that funny in the context of comedy.”
Bell believes that this lecture will be ben-eficial to students regardless if they plan to come and see the show. It will further stu-dents’ understandings of Shakespeare from a new and unique perspective.
“Shakespeare is likely something (students) will come across in one of their liberal studies courses,” Bell said.
Assistant professor of theater education and a chair member for the conference, Alli Metz said that Shakespeare is still relevant to people because he deals with the human condition in his plays.
“The work that is dealt with in Shakespeare is really what we all work with in theater, which is the human condition,” Metz said. “People go to theater to gain insight about life and the mean-ing of life.”
amous playwright William Shake-speare said, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.” Grand Valley State University will
play host to one of the greats – Shakespearean scholar Tony Simotes – who will be coming to GVSU as the keynote speaker for the biannual
BY GABRIELLA [email protected]
Shakespearean scholar to speak at GVTony Simotes plans to focus on physical aspects of the Bard’s plays
t’s no secret that the history of Native Americans is one that is brimming with in-justices as a result of
white settlers. One of the indirect wrongdoings is the loss of histori-cal documentation of the natives - an issue that an upcoming Grand Valley State University-related project looks to resolve.
“Over the mid part of the 20th century there were a whole range of federal and state policies to take Native Americans off of reserva-tions and bring them to boarding schools and cities,” said Melanie Shell-Weiss.
Shell-Weiss is the director of the Kutsche Office of Local History, a part of the Brooks College of Inter-disciplinary Studies. Her latest proj-ect, “Defend Our History, Unlock Your Spirit,” seeks to share an un-told story about Native Americans in West Michigan and beyond.
“This forced relocation of Native American populations constitutes one of the largest non-consenting migrations in history,” Shell-Weiss said. “The fact that it goes untold is
a terrible loss. It’s a major hole both in our history and in our experience as citizens of West Michigan.”
The project, now in the initial planning phase of development, is intended to extend over the next five years. It seeks to spread aware-ness of Native American histories both within and outside the native community, inviting members from both sides to engage in a culturally enriching dialogue.
Their first event will be held at the Potawatomi North-ern Health Center on Nov. 13. Members of the native communi-ties in West Michi-gan will be invited to share their stories and show their own cultural artifacts. Its intention is to begin conversation that’ll hopefully last for decades.
That’ll be followed by another event on Nov. 19 on GVSU’s Al-lendale Campus in the multipur-pose room. The event will serve as an opportunity to reach out to the
university community and discuss the first leg of the cross-cultural experience that was initiated in the prior week.
“We want to see a fuller inclusion of Native American histories across our curriculum,” Shell-Weiss said. “This is important for GVSU and we
have special resources here. We are the only state university in Mich-igan that has a univer-sity Native American advisory board. GVSU faculty, staff, students and members of the community are on that board, and that gives us an incredible sense of guidance.”
The project has outlined three ma-jor goals. The first of which is to create a list of 50-60 influential
Native Americans throughout the West Michigan area to interview. The hope is that, through oral ex-pression, we might discover new truths about our shared history.
The second goal is to collect resources that already exist. Shell-Weiss’s office is working with ar-
chival resources both within and outside GVSU to collect whatever information is available about these peoples’ unheard story.
The third and final goal is to reach out the GVSU commu-nity. The Kutsche Office hopes to broaden students’ understanding and foster their engagement in what is an unmistakably impor-tant part of their past.
“What we’re doing provides validation to the young people we work with,” Shell-Weiss explained. “It gives them a sense that their sto-ries are important.”
The project is the result of a multi-faceted collaboration between several branches of the university’s administration. The Kutsche Office, the GVSU Native American Adviso-ry Board, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the GVSU Special Col-lections & University Archives have all teamed up to turn this shared education into a reality.
Such a wide alliance could prove to be a testament to the commu-nity’s commitment to diversity, and it’s certainly a message of inclusion that many students will carry with them for the years to come.
BY TJ [email protected]
A voice for the voicelessBrooks College to document Native American stories
ARTS AT A GLANCE
I
F
SHARING HISTORY: GVSU students Brad and Nate look at the statue of Noahquageshik, also known as Chief Noonday, near the Eberhard Cen-ter on the Pew Campus. The Kutsche Office of Local History is working to share an untold story of about Native Americans in West Michigan.
GV
L |
PH
OT
O I
LL
US
TR
AT
IO
N |
MA
RIS
SA
DIL
LO
N
TONY SIMOTES
GV
L |
UN
IV
ER
SIT
Y O
F C
ON
NE
CT
IC
UT
“What we’re
doing provides
validation to the
young people we
work with.”
MELANIE
SHELL-WEISS
KUTSCHE OFFICE
DIRECTOR
TO SEE “THE COMEDY OF ERRORS”Check LANTHORN.COM
Friends with Real benefitsBut seriously... Like us on Facebook for unique contest opportunities
@GVLSPORTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN S P O R T S
A7QUICK HITS
GLIAC STANDINGS
It was over when ... FSU quarterback Jason Vander Laan threw his fourth touchdown of the night with 8:33 left in the third quarter. The rout was on as the Bulldogs went up 35-10.
Gameball goes to ... Vander Laan. The junior completed 19 of 28 attempts for 215 yards and four touchdowns to go with 158 rushing yards on 28 carries.
Stat of the game ... 12. GVSU’s longest run of the game went for 12 yards. The Lakers had just 97 net rushing yards compared to FSU, which had 258.
DE Matt JudonJudon recorded 12 total tackles, including 1.5 for loss, and forced a fourth-quarter fumble deep in FSU territory to set GVSU up at the FSU 5-yard line. The Lakers turned the ball over on downs.
DB Marquez GollmanVander Laan’s first turnover of the 2014 season came courtesy of Gollman, who picked off a deflected pass near the GVSU goal line in the third quarter. He added seven tackles, 0.5 for loss.
PRIMETIME PERFORMERSOVERVIEW
rand Valley State Univer-sity’s football team saw its season go from bad to worse in a rivalry game it had to have.
No. 17 Ferris State University torched GVSU 42-17 at Top Taggart Field on Sat-urday night after FSU junior quarterback Jason Vander Laan racked up 373 total yards and four passing touchdowns. FSU moves to 3-0 with the win. GVSU, which was without starting quarterback Heath Parling, is 0-3.
“We’re not good enough right now. They’re better than us,” said GVSU coach Matt Mitchell. “It doesn’t matter who’s at quarterback. We can’t run the ball effec-tively, and the biggest problem we had tonight is we have nobody making plays down the field. No one’s making any plays in the receiving game.”
The game proved to be a lopsided affair as the Laker offense failed to keep up with FSU, who seemed to score at will after the first quarter. FSU finished with 496 total yards of offense, 200 more than GVSU.
GVSU started senior quarterback Isiah Grimes in the absence of Parling, who was sidelined with an injury. Grimes com-pleted 14 of 34 passes for 199 yards, one
touchdown and an interception.“I knew I was going to start all week so
I was prepared as I could be for tonight’s game, but I just didn’t play well enough,” Grimes said.
FSU got on the board first when Vander Laan threw a 31-yard touchdown strike to classmate Jake Lampman on the team’s second drive of the game.
GVSU answered when it got the ball back, as Grimes led the Lakers to an 11-play drive ending with an 8-yard touch-down scamper up the middle from junior running back Kirk Spencer.
Early in the second quarter, Vander Laan and Co. grabbed the lead again and never looked back.
The All-GLIAC quarterback made the most of a broken play by busting out a 28-yard run to set up running back Jamaal Jackson for a 1-yard score.
GVSU sophomore kicker Joel Schip-per made it 14-10 by connecting on a 21-yard field goal later in the quarter, but FSU extended its lead before the end of the first half. Vander Laan hit wide receiver Shakur Sanders in the back of the end zone with 18 seconds left on the clock, making it 21-10 FSU.
“The biggest drive of the game was the
BY JAY [email protected]
DISBELIEFLakers fall to 0-3 after blowout loss at FSU
acial expressions in the visiting team’s stands summed it up: disappoint-ment, disbelief
and shock. The few faithful that remained couldn’t seem to grasp what was happening in front of them.
No one saw this coming.Nine months ago, the Grand
Valley State University football team closed out the 2013 sea-son as the NCAA’s all-time win-ningest football program. The Division II juggernaut was one victory away from a national championship appearance, and appeared to be primed for an-other successful run this fall.
Success is expected at GVSU, and the expectations coming in this season were almost unfair. Fans clamored for a champion-ship and media personnel tried
to predict how it would happen based on the team’s depth chart, which did not change all that much.
From the get-go – and really since the end of the 2013 season – the Lakers were destined to win.
But they haven’t.
How GV went from hype to heartacheMaking sense of the 0-3 start isn’t easy
n Sept. 14, the Grand Valley State University women’s soc-cer team dropped its first game since 2012 with a 1-0 loss at No. 7 Minnesota State University.
Bouncing back from an unfamiliar feeling was crucial for the Lakers, and they did just that on Saturday.
The game wasn’t without its difficulties, however.
No. 4 GVSU topped rival Ferris State Uni-versity in a wire-to-wire nail-biter by a score of 3-2. Sophomore midfielder Marti Corby was undeniably the hero for GVSU, her hat trick more than speaking for itself.
“(Corby) had a phenomenal game and ev-eryone is extremely proud of her,” said senior forward Jenny Shaba. “She showed up today and came out on top. She was playing well on and off the ball and that led to her success on the field.
“We’re ecstatic for her.”The path appeared rocky early, as FSU’s
Nichole Boehnke drove home a rebound past GVSU goalkeeper Andrea Strauss to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead 11 minutes into the tilt.
The Lakers didn’t take long to respond, however, as Corby displayed what head coach Jeff Hosler described as, “a tremendous bit of individual skill.” Corby took a feed from mid-fielder Katie Klunder, spun a defender off and laced a shot into the back of the net.
Corby followed up with her second goal of the game in the 53rd minute. She sent a corner kick toward the goalmouth where it was mishandled by FSU goalkeeper Maddie Haustein. The ball crossed the goal line and GVSU was up 2-1.
FSU struck back quickly, however, as Casey Shauman tied the game just two min-utes later thanks to an impressive bit of team-work.
Once more, however, Corby came through for GVSU. The Lakers forced a turn-over deep in FSU territory, where the the all-conference first teamer pounced on it and
BY ADAM [email protected]
Corby’s hat trick fuels GV in win at FSUSophomore nets game-winning goal in 68th minute
STOPPED SHORT: Grand Valley State University running back Michael Ratay gets brought down by a Ferris State University defender in Saturday night’s 17-42 loss in Big Rapids, Mich. GVSU will look for their first win of the season on Saturday against Lake Erie College in Allendale at 7 p.m.
GV
L |
KE
VIN
SIE
LA
FF17 - 4 2
G
O
F
BY JAY [email protected]
SEE HEARTACHE ON A8SEE FOOTBALL ON A8
THRICE IS NICE: GVSU sophomore Marti Corby (left) scored three goals at FSU on Saturday. GVSU won 3-2.
GV
L |
AR
CH
IV
E
SEE SOCCER ON A8
GLIAC APOLOGIZES TO
GVSU FOR MISSED CALLS
According to a story by
MLive’s Pete Wallner, Grand
Valley State University re-
ceived an apology letter from
the GLIAC for a pair of missed
calls in the football team’s
loss to Ohio Dominican Univer-
sity on Sept. 13.
GVSU was called for a
roughing the punter call
in the third quarter of the
contest, even though defen-
sive back Marquez Gollman
appeared to deflect the punt.
The call allowed the Panthers
to extend their drive in what
proved to be a 28-24 ODU
victory.
The other penalty was on
GVSU guard Jim Walsh. The
call erased a 24-yard comple-
tion for GVSU with time
winding down in the fourth
quarter.
GVSU WOMEN’S TENNIS
TEAM BEATS HILLSDALE
The Grand Valley State Uni-
versity women’s tennis team
continued to roll this season
with a 7-2 victory at Hillsdale
College on Saturday.
With the win, the Lak-
ers improved to 4-0 and
maintained their perch
atop the GLIAC standings,
while Hillsdale fell to 2-4. A
dominating performance in
the singles flights allowed
GVSU to head home with a
comfortable win.
GVSU swept the singles
matches, as not a single Laker
competitor dropped a set.
The doubles flights were
a different story, as Hillsdale
won all but one match. The
GVSU pairing of Kali Phillips
and Rachel Sumner, however,
won its match with a comfort-
able 8-0 victory.
FOOTBALL
Michigan Tech
ODU
Ferris State
Findlay
Ashland
Hillsdale
Northwood
Wayne State
Lake Erie
Tiffin
Walsh
NMU
GVSU
SVSU
Malone
SOCCER
Ashland
Walsh
ODU
Michigan Tech
GVSU
Findlay
Lake Erie
Ferris State
Tiffin
Ashland
NMU
Northwood
Malone
VOLLEYBALL
Findlay
Ferris State
GVSU
Hillsdale
NMU
ODU
Michigan Tech
SVSU
Tiffin
Wayne State
Ashland
Northwood
Lake Erie
Malone
LSSU
Walsh
3-0
3-0
2-0
2-0
2-1
2-1
1-1
1-1
1-2
1-2
1-2
0-2
0-2
0-2
0-3
2-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-2
4-0
4-0
4-0
4-0
4-0
3-1
3-1
2-2
2-2
1-3
1-3
0-4
0-4
0-4
0-4
0-4
one at the end of the first half,” Mitchell said. “We were load-ing up the box to stop him, but they beat us in the air.”
Vander Laan racked up 206 total yards in the half to go with the pair of touchdowns, while the GVSU offense to-taled 143 yards as a team. Un-fortunately for GVSU fans, the Frankfort, Ill. native was just getting started.
The junior threw another
touchdown to Sanders less than two minutes into the sec-ond half – this time a 67-yard bomb – and duplicated the ef-fort five minutes later with a 16-yard touchdown throw to Lampman to turn the game into a 35-10 blowout.
The teams exchanged touch-downs in the final minutes to make it a 42-17 final score.
The Lakers will look for their first win of the season at home on Saturday when they host Lake Erie College (1-2) at Lubbers Stadium at 7 p.m.
blasted a shot off the goalkeeper’s hands and in.“I was focusing on getting shots in at the net,
and I did that from the start. It allowed me to get more confidence,” Corby said. “Today was a really important win and it showed that we can come back from our loss.
FSU made a few last-ditch efforts, but Strauss turned each one away, tallying seven saves for her
fourth victory of the season.Corby, a midfielder, had been uncharac-
teristically quiet to open the season following a stellar freshman campaign. The three goals on Saturday were the first of her season after she tallied 12 last year. Hosler credited Corby’s perseverance and focus in the week leading up to the game on her breakout.
The game was just as important for the Lakers as it was for Corby, however.
The team’s loss to Minnesota State dropped GVSU to fourth in the rankings, and a loss in its
GLIAC opener could have been even more dis-couraging. However, despite hostile conditions and a vengeful rival, the Lakers prevailed.
“Today was a grinder,” Hosler said. “It was one of those days where you had to battle and get things done. It wasn’t our best effort, and it wasn’t our best performance, but at the end of the day we were able to get a result.”
Although GVSU snapped its 27-game win streak last weekend, some streaks still prevail. The win over FSU was GVSU’s 21st consecutive victory against the Bulldogs.
The Lakers faced some personnel adversity as they were missing key defenders Clare Carl-son and Katy Woolley, who missed the game with injuries. FSU attacked the weak spots, but GVSU was able to defend to the extent it needed to escape with a win.
With the victory, the Lakers improve to 4-1. GVSU takes to the pitch next on Sept. 26 and Sept. 28 with a pair of matches in Ohio against GLIAC foes Lake Erie College and the University of Findlay.
TICKET GIVEAWAY*while tickets last
September 26thOctober 2ndOctober 4th@ 7:30 pm
September 27thSeptember 28th
October 5th@ 2:00pm
SHOWTIMES
Share your favorite Shakespeare play with us @GVLanthorn on Twitter or Instagram to be entered to win!
@GVLSPORTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN
A8
S P O R T S
The 0-3 start has many won-dering exactly what happened. Were they too confident? Not coached well enough? How does a team with so much ex-perience and talent fail to win three straight games? I cer-tainly don’t have the answers, but I think it’s a combination of three main factors.
The most significant of which is the schedule.
GVSU did not have the luxury of easing into its season with cupcakes. Instead, it had to play three ranked teams: No. 22 Azusa Pacific on the West Coast, No. 10 Ohio Dominican in Allendale and No. 17 Ferris State in Big Rapids for the sec-ond year in a row.
It’s not like the Lakers are los-ing to bad teams.
The next biggest reason is a major surprise in my mind: the inability to run the ball. GVSU lost standout center Matt Arm-strong to graduation and start-ing guard Connor Gould to in-jury, but the rest of the offensive
line is back. So are the running backs and tight ends. Yet some-how, the Lakers rank dead last in the GLIAC with just 78 rushing yards per game.
The execution has simply not been there, which honestly flab-bergasts me more each week.
The third factor is a broad category: poorly-timed mistakes. Blown assignments, missed tack-les, turnovers and penalties have plagued GVSU. These may have a deleterious effect on every team, but they’ve seemingly happened to the Lakers at the worst possible times this season.
Some of the miscues haven’t even been their fault – like penal-ties in the ODU game which the GLIAC has since apologized for – but they’re mistakes nonetheless, and they’ve burned GVSU badly.
The Lakers still have eight games to play, and could tech-nically qualify for a postseason berth with a lot of luck and eight straight wins. It will take some serious leadership and resiliency to make that happen, but for the sake of their seniors – and their fans – they’ll have to rediscover their winning formula in a hurry.
HEARTACHECONTINUED FROM A7
SOCCERCONTINUED FROM A7
FOOTBALLCONTINUED FROM A7
ON THE RUN: Grand Valley State University quarterback Isiah Grimes (17) looks for an open teammate to pass the ball to during their game against Ferris State. The Lakers suffered a hard loss, putting their record at 0-3.
GV
L |
KE
VIN
SIE
LA
FF
THEME OF THE
WEEK
ALUMNI
Enter to win prizes & a shout out on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook
by using #Lanthorn every week { }
WMU-Grand Rapids Beltline
campus is hosting an
information session for some
of our most popular graduate
programs. Talk to faculty and
staff. Find out how to get
started this spring.
Friday, Oct. 32 to 3 p.m. - Organizational Learning and Performance (M.A.)
3 to 4 p.m. - Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)
4 to 5 p.m. - Counselor Education/Counseling Psychology (M.A.)
Grand Rapids
Information Session at WMU-Grand Rapids
RSVP online at wmich.edu/grandrapids/infosession
n impressive showing at the GLIAC North Fall Invita-tional left the
Grand Valley State Univer-sity men’s golf team atop the leaderboard in first place, which the Lakers hope is a symbol of what’s to come this year.
A fifth-place individual finish from freshman Do-menic Mancinelli helped so-lidify the victory for GVSU. The seven-stroke victory (17-over-par 593) was the first for rookie head coach Gary Bissell.
“We’re making adjust-ments on the fly and they’ve been working out,” Bissell said. “We’re meeting our goal right now and that is to get better every day. We’re do-ing a great job of that.”
On day one, the Lak-ers finished in a fourth-place tie with Malone University with a score of 294 (+8). Manci-nelli led the way for the Lakers in round one, shoot-ing an even-par 72.
The Plymouth, Mich. na-tive received high praise from Bissell.
“For him to take top-five in his second col-lege tournament ever is ridicu-lously impres-sive,” Bissell said.
“Domenic is – quite frankly – the future of the program, and he’s going to carry us a long way. He’s pretty impres-sive right out
of the gate and he’s got a re-ally bright future ahead.”
From then on, the Lak-
ers put the pressure on their opponents – and the fresh-man wasn’t the only one taking care of business in the tournament.
GVSU junior Alex Nan-netti (148, +2) finished in eighth place, while Tyler Po-lulak (150, +6) took 14th.
Jack Rider had a rough go at it in round one, shoot-ing a 78 (+6). But the senior – who was named GLIAC Golfer of the Week after finishing first in the UIndy Brickyard Invitational on Sept. 14 – was able to battle back on day two.
“He didn’t have his best week, but that’s going to happen,” Bissell said. “Be-ing a perfectionist is a good
and bad thing in the game of golf.
“It’s good because it’s what makes him the hard-est worker on the team, but at the same time, Jack puts a lot of internal pressure on himself and expects to per-form at an extremely high level each and every time he tees it up.”
Rider is still considered to be “one of the best players in the country” in his coach’s eyes, and his influence on the team goes beyond what’s put on the scorecard. Mancinelli called Rider a huge influence on his own game, and said he’s getting better just by try-ing to keep pace with the se-nior leader.
“I just try to keep up with Jack as best I can,” Manci-nelli said.
Rider finished the event in a 23rd-place tie with teammate Chris Beltzer. Both shot eight-over-par 152s across 36 holes.
Coach Bissell said he likes how Mancinelli has so-lidified himself as one of the top talents, although he still has some seasoning left to do in order to mold his game to where it needs to be.
The invitational was held at the Hawkshead Golf Course in South Haven, Mich.
The team will be compet-ing next in the Midwest Fall Regional from Sept. 29-30 in Chicago, Ill.
BY STEVEN [email protected]
Freshman leads GV to victory at GLIAC inviteBissell earns first win at North Fall Invitational
he Grand Val-ley State Uni-versity wom-en’s volleyball team hosted
a pair of GLIAC foes over the weekend as Malone University and Walsh Uni-versity made the trip from Ohio to Fieldhouse Arena.
The teams returned to Ohio without winning a single set, as the Lakers swept both clubs 3-0.
“Against a couple of teams that we knew we were capable of beating,
I thought that we used our size and speed against them,” said GVSU junior outside hitter Betsy Ronda. “We put balls away when-ever there was an oppor-tunity and didn’t make too many errors.”
On Friday, the Lakers swept Malone 25-20, 25-22, 25-14. Despite being down in sets two and three, the Lakers would rally to take home their first home victory of the fall season.
“We made one too many errors on Friday and that
BY TATE [email protected]
GV tunes up for FSU with pair of sweepsNo. 17 Lakers cruisepast Malone, Walshover the weekend
@GVLSPORTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN
A9
S P O R T S
T
A
SWEEP CITY: GVSU women’s volleyball team members Christina Canepa (left) and Josie Werner (right) celebrate after making a play on Friday. The Lakers swept both GLIAC foes this weekend, and will look to stay hot Tuesday against FSU.
GV
L |
KE
VIN
SIE
LA
FF
“Domenic is
- quite frankly -
the future of the
program, and he’s
going to carry us
a long way.”
GARY BISSELL
GOLF COACH
SEE TUNE UP ON A10
through a part of the desert that didn’t have any civilization,” he said. “During that time I saw plants get massive. A normal lit-tle bush on the side of the road would take up the entire horizon. I also thought some cows were a pack of wolves. It freaked out my crew a little bit.”
Even through the unknown
twists and turns of a cross-country race, Yonke still feels a strong con-nection to the organization. He doesn’t know if he will be commit-ting to being a part of the relay on an annual basis, but he does know that he wants to stay involved.
Yonke plans on graduating in the spring and doesn’t think he will have the time while looking
for an internship or a full-time job. He said he hopes to use his marketing degree from GVSU to help him open a running retail store in the future.
MARKETPLACE FREE CLASSIFIEDS FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF some restrictions apply
FOR COMMERCIAL RATES CALL 616-331-2460
Announcements
GVSU Farmers Marketevery Wednesday until Sept.24th from 10am - 1:30pm inLot G. Come check out 15+local vendors or visit us atgvsu.edu/farmersmarket formore info.Grand Valley ShakespeareFestival presents The Com-edy of Errors: Wild WestStyle. Featuring perform-ances September 26 - Octo-ber 5. For tickets call the boxoffice at (616) 331-2300.Halloween On Ionia is back!Save the date: Saturday,November 1st, 2014.Information Session at WMUGrand Rapids on Friday Oc-tober 3rd. 2-3pm for Organ-izational Learning and Per-formance (M.A), 3-4pm forMaster of Soc ia l Work(M.S.W), and 4-5pm forCounselor Education/ Coun-seling Psychology (M.A).R S V P o n l i n e a twmich.ed/grandrapids/in-fosession.Join 48west on October 4that 12pm for the 5th annualFREE Rent Giveaway! Re-gister by October 1st at theleasing office, and be sure tobring your team of 3 or 4.
Announcements
The Michigan RenaissanceFestival is now open onweekends and Labor day.August 16th - September28th, plus Festival FridaySeptember 26th. 10am -7pm, rain or shine. Call 248-634-5552 for more info.Stop by Boardwalk Subs inStandale right across thestreet from the Walker FireStation Park and Ride for10% off a 15 inch sub whenyou use a valid student ID.
Employment
Help Wanted -Office Clerical PT ClericalP e r s o n n e e d e d f r o m1 1 : 0 0 A M T o 3 : 0 0 P MMonday-Friday, $900.00weekly. Computer skills area must. Need to be detail ori-ented, possess good cus-tomer service skills, somecash & items handling skills,must be able to do Lil er-rand. Apply by email [email protected] interior Housekeep-er wanted, for general clean-ing $580 per/wks.contact:[email protected] , formore info.
For Sale
Apple iMac. 24 inch screen,early 2009 model, Intel CoreTwo Duo 3.06, 4 GB Ram, 1TB Hard Drive, latest operat-i ng sys tem, keyboard ,mouse and power cord.Runs and looks great. $599.616-719-0886
For Sale: Gently used love-seat! $250 Non-smoker, butI do have pets. If interested,please email me at [email protected]
Housing
Campus View HousingGrand Valley's closes off-campus housing option. 8different floor plans, apart-ments and townhouses, fullindoor court, fitness center,yoga classes, free tanning,resort style pool and spa, alljust a 1/2 a mile from theheart of campus! Give us acall at 616-895-6678.
Housing
Meadows Crossing is theplace to be! Located directlyacross from the 48th aveGVSU entrance. Call toschedule your tour today616-892-2700 or visit us atmeadowscrossing.net.
My names Megan Imgruetand I want to sublease myplace from October till theend of the lease. I live inMeadows in the A style townhome. Please email me [email protected] ifyou're interested!
Need 1 female roommate tosublease at Copper Beech inAllendale for Winter/Sum-m e r 2 0 1 5 . R e n t i s$442/month & the 3 otherroommates are very easy toget along with. Call/text 586-5 5 6 - 2 6 2 4 o r e m a i [email protected] formore information
Entertainment
A Day To Remember, BringMe The Horizon, Chiodosand Motionless in White atthe DeltaPlex on MondaySeptember 15th. Visit livena-tion.com for tickets.
GVSU presents the 2014Fall Arts Celebration event.Free and open to the public.Seating is limited for everyperformance, visit us on theweb gvsu.edu/fallarts for fullitinerary.
Roommates
I am a male looking for oneroommate for the Fall 2014and Winter 2015. My threeroommates and I have a fourbedroom 2 full bath in High-tree located near GVSUmain entrance in Allendale.The rent is 395 a month plusutilities Please email me [email protected]
One fema le sub lease rneeded for 4-bdrm town-house at Copper Beech.Rent is $442/month, includ-ing cable and water. Leasewill be from Jan 2015-July2015. Please text/call 586-556-2624.
Roommates
Hi is anyone looking for aroommate? I am looking fora place to rent. Please [email protected]
Services
Motman's Farm Market isopen 8am to 7pm, Mondaythrough Saturday. We havefresh produce and freshpicked apples. College stu-dents and staff can show I.Dto receive 10% off any pur-chase of $5 or more.
Student Org Events
Come out to KC 2270 everyTuesday to meet with theGV Fashion club to talktrends!Join Spotlight Productionsevery Monday at 9pm in KC2270 for our GeneralAssembly meetings.
Like performing? SpotlightProductions is hosting an-other Open Mic Night onTuesday, October 14th from8-10p in Area 51. Email [email protected] if youare interested in performing!
@GVLSPORTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN
A10
S P O R T S
rand Valley State University senior Brandon Yonke could be compared to a modern-day
Forest Gump – except he isn’t running across the country just because he feels like it.
Yonke is a part of a relay team called MS Run The US, Inc. Their mission is to connect distance runners who take part in a 3,000-mile relay while raising aware-ness and funds for multiple scle-rosis research.
The 2014 race started in Los Angeles on April 13 and ended in New York City in mid August. It was set up to have each runner run 26.2 miles a day for five to nine consecutive days. Yonke ran a nine-day segment, but stayed on as a crew member for 2,100 miles.
Yonke started in Las Vegas and stayed on the road until Chicago. As part of the race, the organiza-tion donated a wheelchair while the relay was still going on and even ran with runners who had multiple sclerosis.
Prior to running across the country, Yonke didn’t know any-one who was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis, but along the way he discovered a deeper con-nection to the people he was run-ning for.
“During the race I was able to see how strong and full of life people who have MS are,” he said. “It really pulled at my heart strings. The whole team became a family, but I ended up feeling the strongest connection toward the people that we were affecting.”
Yonke sees running as a gift. Even James McAlloon, a long-time friend and an adventure enthusiast himself, sees that in Yonke.
“The MS Run the US run opened up his mind to the possi-bilities out there and the fortune he has to be a fit young athlete, without the everyday struggle of a disease like MS,” McAlloon said.
With the help of sponsors, Yonke was able to raise enough money for a vehicle to be used in future runs as part of the effort to raise awareness for the disease.
When running a marathon for nine days in a row, there is always a chance that things will not go as anticipated. While Yon-ke didn’t experience any injuries, he said he did hallucinate one night from exhaustion.
“I ran sunset to sunrise
BY KATE [email protected]
GV student takes part in 3,000 mile relayYonke runs from LA to NYC to raise awareness, funds for MS
G
DEVOTED RUNNING: GVSU senior Brandon Yonke took place in a 3,000-mile relay this summer, running 26.2 miles for nine consecutive days. The run was to raise awareness and money for MS research.
CO
UR
TE
SY |
BR
AN
DO
N Y
ON
KE
GO TO:lanthorn.comTO MAKE DONATIONS
TUNE UPCONTINUED FROM A9
TEAM PLAY: Grand Valley State University player Kaleigh Lound (15) jumps to spike the volleyball at the opponent’s side of the court.
GV
L |
KE
VIN
SIE
LA
FF
led to them having leads in the second and third sets,” said GVSU coach Deanne Scanlon. “I thought we did a good job of overcoming that and really stay-ing active around the net.”
The Lakers dominated around the net, edging Malone in blocks (8-1) and kills (42-24).
Ten different Lakers had a kill in the match. Freshman middle blocker Sydney Doby supplied seven, while junior Kaleigh Lound and Ronda chipped in with eight apiece as GVSU won its third straight.
“We played with high energy this weekend and I think that contributed the most,” Ronda said. “It wasn’t just the start-ers, our bench played well and made plays to help us pull out the sweep.”
In Saturday’s matchup with
Walsh, GVSU continued to im-prove with another sweep (25-19, 25-14, 25-14).
“We haven’t put a team away like that all season long,” Scanlon said. “It was nice to see us play to our potential against a GLIAC opponent. Our error count was down and we played just a more clean game overall.”
The Lakers continued to dominate at the net as they out-blocked Walsh 12-2 in the win.
GVSU senior outside hitter Abby Aiken led the way with 10 kills, nine digs and three blocks while senior setter Kaitlyn Wolt-ers contributed with 30 assists, 10 digs and four kills.
“The big difference in Satur-day’s game for us is we played a lot more relaxed than we have played lately,” Aiken said. “We didn’t worry about the things that we couldn’t control and our play benefited greatly from that.”
With the sweep, the Lakers
improve to 4-0 in the GLIAC and 6-2 overall. During its four-game winning streak, the team has only dropped two sets.
“It’s a good start, but we have to know that we haven’t proved anything to anyone yet,” Aiken said. “We are about to get into the heart of the GLIAC schedule and we have to be at our best ev-ery night.
“It starts Tuesday night against Ferris.”
The Lakers host rival Ferris State University on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The last time the rivals met, FSU ended GVSU’s sea-son in Allendale in the regional championship.
“It’s going to be an emotional game for us, seeing how things ended last year,” Ronda said. “We are going to send a message on Tuesday, that we’re prepared and we are in it for the long run.”