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DPS urges safety as spring nears F ollowing the earthquake that registered a
magnitude of 9.0, one of the largest in Japan’s history, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has called the situation and its aftermath the
biggest crisis in Japan’s post-war history, and in the middle of it all are three Grand Valley State Univer-sity students.
Mark Schaub, executive director of the Padnos International Center, confirmed that there are three students studying abroad in Japan through the PIC, and they have all been reported safe. Although Schaub did say there could be more GVSU students in Japan, they are not aware of their activities.
“Our office got information very quickly from the host campuses of the three students, informing us of the current situation in Japan and their particular campus,” Schaub said. “And we have of course been monitoring the situation closely through a variety of sources.”
The three students are studying across the coun-try in univerisities in Tokyo, Osaka and Hikone. The names and contact information of the three students have not been released because written consent by the students is required.
Although many may have trouble contacting the students in Japan, Schaub said GVSU can assist the students and Japan in various ways.
“Students can help Japan by donating to reputable relief agencies and helping any student organizations that may be helping in that regard,” Schaub said.
An earthquake, which struck Friday on the coun-try’s northeast side, triggered tsunami waves that engulfed much of the coastal regions. The death toll following both the quake and the tsunami currently sits at 4,314 people and growing.
On top of these natural disasters, Japan may also face the world’s most serious nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station has had problems with
As three catastrophes rock Japan, three Lakers wait out the storm abroad
Disposal decision: to compost or to landfill?
GVL / Nathan MehmedConfusion: Sophomore Amber Hendrick tosses a plate into the compost can in the Kirkhof Center.
Courtesy photo / silive.comWaves of destruction: Waves from Friday’s tsunami travel across Japan. Friday’s earthquake and the tsunami that followed have created Japan’s largest disaster since an atomic bomb was dropped on the country in 1945.
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Natural disaster in Japan hits
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“We are making changes to the signage on all the trashes to keep up to date and reduce confusion. ”
-Ethan McCannSustainability
manager, Campus Dining
By Chelsea Lane GVL Staff Writer
“If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity.”
-Capt. Brandon DeHaanAssistant director, DPS
Dan Spadafora GVL Staff Writer
See Japan, A2
Where are the Lakers
located?Tokyo • Osaka • Hikone
A Youth Alcohol Enforcement grant will allow the Grand Valley State University Department of Public Safety to increase patrols during high-activity times.
The grant is usually activated around dates of special events, such as sports games, dances and other school-wide functions, when police antici-pate there will be a high likelihood of drinking. Weekends with warm weath-er also usually point to an increased number of parties and drinking and therefore, an in-creased number of patrols.
The grant program, from the Office of Highway Safety Planning, began in 2002 in re-sponse to a large and destructive off-campus par-ty that took place in 2001 and re-sulted in several fights as well as damage to near-by cars and buildings.
As well as monitoring potential on-campus conflicts, the stepped-up patrols are also intended to discour-age students from driving while intox-icated.
Capt. Brandon DeHaan of DPS said past research shows that under-age alcohol consumption can lead to larceny, violence and destructive be-havior.
“We want our students to know that behavior is unacceptable,” he said. “If you take underage drinkers out of the equation, you will often reduce the other criminal activity.”
Bike Safety RemindersThe increase in warm weather days
will likely also lead to more students bringing their bikes out of storage for the last few weeks of the school year. DPS would like to remind bikers that in crossing a crosswalk, they must come to a complete stop and look both ways before proceeding are also ad-vised to wear bright, reflective cloth-ing when it is dark out or visibility is low due to inclement weather.
Students are also encouraged to register their bike with DPS so that in the event the bike is missing or stolen, DPS will already have detailed infor-mation on file. Bike registrations can be submitted online at www.gvsu.edu/gvpd/bike.htm.
Mealtimes at Grand Valley State University campus dining locations are fast-paced and busy, with students rushing to eat be-fore classes start, conversations at many tables, and the occasional frantic-looking person typing on their laptop without noticing that they’ve dropped ketchup on their textbook.
But after eating, many diners are forced to slow down. They must examine the signs on each pair of trash cans and decide whether or not to put their paper
plate, napkin and plastic silver-ware in the compost bin or send it off to the landfill.
Composting is still a fairly new practice on campus, and many stu-dents are still unsure what items can be composted and which must be thrown away. Ethan McCa-nn, the sustainability manager for Campus Dining, said there has been some confusion about the compost bins, which are in every dining location at GVSU.
“We are making changes to the signage on all the trashes to keep up to date and reduce confusion, hopefully going into Spring se-mester,” McCann said.
Currently, each bin has imag-es posted on it, illustrating what types of items can go in each con-tainer. Food waste and other com-postable items are picked up by Sprout Industries, said Steve Lees-er, operations supervisor from Fa-cilities Services. Sprout Industries processes the waste and turns the material into something similar to topsoil, which can be used in gar-dens and on farms.
The Campus Dining Green Team, headed by McCa-nn and comprised of students who aim to make campus din-ing more sustainable and to re-
By Molly Waite GVL Assistant News Editor
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four of its reactors and has seen temperatures rise in two. Prime Minister Kan urged people within 18 miles of the plant to remain indoors.
Bill Downey, communi-cation representative for the Cook Nuclear Plant located in Bridgman, Mich., said he has sympathy people of Japan and the workers at the plant.
“Like everyone else in the country, we definitely feel for the Japanese people,” Downey said. “Wow, that’s a lot to deal with. I can only imagine what they are going through. This is a one-two punch. Not only was it a tremendous earth-
quake, but then the tsunami that followed knocked out the diesel generators and other support equipment.”
Downey said the support equipment is critical in sup-plying the cooling water to the reactor. If the reactor does not get cooled, it could cause a complete melt down. Total destruction of the contain-ment structure, which houses the reactor, would be the worst case scenario.
It is this situation in Ja-pan that causes people across the country to start question-ing their local nuclear power plants. The Cook plant, locat-ed in Michigan’s southwest corner on Lake Michigan, is not far from GVSU. Downey
said the Cook plant is well prepared for any situation due to worker training and exten-sive drills.
“We make the health and safety of the public our num-ber one priority,” Downey said. “I have to commend the Japanese workers for what they have done. They have gone to great lengths in these circumstances to try and keep this situation under control. I’m sure they are relying on their training.”
Likewise, GVSU President Thomas Haas said his feel-ings and prayers will go out to the people of Japan. For Haas, this situation affects him on a personal level.
“It hits close to home
when my son was stationed in Okinawa,” Haas said. “I had a young lady who lived with us as an exchange student some years ago. She’s a math teacher now in Niigata, which is just on the other side of the coast where the earthquake took place.”
When it comes to how GVSU has responded to this situation, Haas said whenever these circumstances occur, GVSU responds very appro-priately.
“I’m pleased with the lead-ership of Dr. Schaub, and the Padnos International Center in responding very quickly in communicating with our stu-dents,” Haas said.
Schaub said following this
crisis, little has changed at this time in terms of safety, but the issue will be discussed by GVSU’s International Cri-sis/Safety Team in their up-coming April meeting.
As for the faculty led study abroad trip in Japan for this spring and summer, the pro-gram did not get enough ap-plications to go. Although Schaub did say other pro-grams not through GVSU will likely still make the trip.
“Natural disasters happen in every part of the world, including here in West Michi-gan,” Schaub said. “The best thing to do is always be as prepared as possible and to be aware of your surroundings.”
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Student Senate still accepting campaign materials
Students interested in joining Student Senate for the 2011-2012 academic year have until Monday to submit their election packets.
The election packets are available online at the Student Senate website, www.gvsu.edu/studentsenate, under the “Senate Documents” tab. Packets can also be found in the Student Senate office in Kirkhof. In addition to completing the election packets, students must turn in a petition for their election with 75 signatures, have their photo taken in the Senate office and take an online survey, which can also be found on the Student Senate website.
There are 44 positions available for graduate and undergraduate positions and six positions that are reserved for freshmen, transfer students or first-year graduates. All members of the Senate must be currently enrolled at GVSU and during the time the position is filled, and must maintain a minimum of 2.5 cumulative grade point average at all times. Once elected, members are expected to attend General Assembly meetings and serve two office hours in the Student Senate office each week. Members are also expected to attend meetings of, and complete work for, the assigned committee.
Election packets are due to the Student Senate office by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 21. Voting will take place March 27 through April 2. For more information, please visit the Student Senate website.
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Student Senate president visits Washington D.C.
The president of the Grand Valley State University Student Senate Jarrett Martus, visited Bill Huizenga, U.S. Rep. of the R-2nd district of Michigan, in his D.C. office on March 8. Martus spoke with Congressman Huizenga, whose district includes GVSU’s Allendale campus, about the concerns that many students have about proposed changes to the Pell Grants and federal loans. They also discussed Teach for America and Americorp, two programs which have proved to be valuable learning experiences for recent graduates and a resource for those in less fortunate areas of the U.S. Huizenga thanked Martus for his feedback and noted that the increasing national debt requires Congress to look carefully at the value of all federal expenditures.
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duce the university carbon footprint, have been work-ing hard to educate GVSU about the composting pro-gram.
“The Green Team has done a nice job of trying to educate people in the eating areas regarding what can be composted,” Leeser said.
Senior Katherine Bau-er is a member of the Green Team and has been very in-volved with the composting that is taking place on cam-pus. Bauer is currently do-ing a benefit-cost analysis of the composting program.
Bauer, a natural resource management major, has so
far found that despite the monetary expense of com-posting, the environmental benefits outweigh the costs.
“Compostings are impor-tant primarily because they reduce our carbon foot-print,” Bauer said. “Also, reusing materials helps to eliminate waste from enter-ing our landfills, which have numerous problems of their own. The first step that stu-dents should take would be to reduce. If our waste vol-ume was reduced even just a little, and students were aware and on board with the composting program, nearly all of our waste could be re-used. It just takes time.”
McCann said, despite some confusion in the cam-pus dining locations, the composting practices and efforts in recycling have been successful.
“I would say both com-posting and recycling have been very successful so far and will continue to grow as we create better practices,” McCann said. “Each year we have increased our recy-cling and composting num-bers.”
Leeser said even though the composting program has only been in place for a year and a half, campus is generating 20,000 pounds of compostable waste per week. He added that Kirk-hof has been the most suc-cessful location on campus so far.
Those numbers, along with other data about cam-pus initiatives in recycling and composting, will be seen in the results of GV-SU’s participation in an annual, national recycling competition called Recy-clemania, which concludes at the end of the month.
But McCann and oth-ers who are involved in the composting efforts have stressed the importance of making an individual effort to compost and keep waste out of the landfills.
“It’s important to reduce the amount of waste by each individual,” McCann said. “Recycling and composting help minimize the waste en-tering the landfills. The best practice would be to only use what you need and re-duce waste in general.”
“...Reusing materials helps to eliminate waste from our landfills, which have numerous problems of their own.”
-Katherine BauerGreen Team member
On the afternoon of March 11 in Japan, an 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the east coast of the island country just out-side of Sendai. The quake sparked a tsunami that engulfed en-tire cities, upended entire homes on their sides and tossed boats and cars like toys. To add to the devastation of such a natural disaster, some cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nu-clear plant, as well as the backup power supplies that were to be used in case of emergency, were damaged during the quake, forcing residents to flee the area and workers to pump seawater into each of the plant’s six reactors in an effort to cool the fuel rods they hold. And, to add to an already complicated recovery process, rescue workers have been slowed down in their search for survivors by freezing temperatures and snowfall, which also adds hypothermia as a cause to increase an already rising death toll.
As of Wednesday, the toll sat at 4,314 with another 8,600 people missing, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. An-other half-million people who survived the incident were left homeless by the sweeping tsunami and are currently staying in shelters, mulling over how to rebuild their lost lives.
Does that sound like the punchline to a Godzilla joke to you?
The day that the disaster began, hundreds of thousands of us-ers on Twitter made jokes about the incident, making allusions Japan was covering up a Godzilla attack with reports of the tsu-nami. #Godzilla was one of the top trending topics of the day.
The jokes continued Wednesday as users posted tweets like “Look at the bright side Japan. Now you know what Would happen if Godzilla actually existed” and “My thoughts re-garding the current state of Japan: If the Japanese can survive Godzilla, they can survive anything!”
Of course, everyone is entitled to react however they want to any given occurrence, but ask yourself how you would react if someone outside of the U.S. made King Kong jokes on 9/11.
Not only are such remarks grossly inappropriate in content, but they are immensely untimely. They are akin to some of the inappropriate Holocaust jokes, which also poke fun at the loss of countless human lives, but the Holocaust happened more than 70 years ago. The person who immediately reacts to death and suffering by poking fun at it is no better than a kid that finds a dead bird and pokes at it with a stick just for fun.
The day that an 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the east coast of Japan, shifting the island by five feet and sparking a chain reaction of disasters that left thousands dead and thousands more unaccounted for, hundreds of thousands of people found it appropriate to make Godzilla jokes on Twitter.
... too soon?
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“I say no. Not when there are a lot of people suffering and they have lost a lot. I’m sure they are not happy at this time. It’s very immature.”
Dennis Slogal SeniorPre CLSGrand Rapids, Mich.
“I guess it depends on the context of the joke. Like if the joke says people deserve to be the victims of a disaster, that’s not okay, but if they are just airing out the situation, then that can be okay.”
Kristin Hartwig JuniorHealth ProfessionsCanton, Mich.
“There’s certain lines that comedians can and cannot cross, but when thousands of people lost their lives and there is a lot of damage, it’s very off color to joke about that.”
Eric Corey SophomorePolitical ScienceJonesville, Mich.
“No. It’s not funny because it wouldn’t be funny if it happened to us and people were making fun of it”.
Tyler Davis JuniorPsychologyGrand Rapids, Mich.
“I don’t think it’s funny. I think at appropropriate times humor can heal situations. But if the shoe was on the other foot, you wouldn’t find that funny”.
Jordan Cross JuniorPsychologyGrand Rapids, Mich.
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I will be the first per-son to point out that not every single one of my columns has a grand point behind it. I mean, my last one was about welcoming people back from Spring Break.
Sometimes it can be difficult to come up with a really good platform twice a week, knowing that tens of fellow students will read it. Yet somehow, Glenn Beck manages to make good points every single day. The man is like a machine—a ma-chine sent from the future to scribble nonsense on chalkboards like some academic Terminator.
But hear me when I say that I do have a point today. It may not be controversial or ground-breaking, but it will hope-fully provide a unique perspective on the West-
boro Baptist Church, an organization that pushes the limits of First Amend-ment rights. And I will at-tempt to do this using the least amount of expletives that I can, despite how full of [excrement] I think the church is.
Since the birth of the First Amendment — especially the bit about free speech—people have exploited it to the point where people begin to ask the question: “Eh, do we really need free speech after all?”
True, if organizations and individuals only used the First Amendment as a means for expressing words so fundamen-tally evil that Satan would blush, then I could see the argument. However, our fundamental freedoms are also the reason that I—and so many others like (better than) me—can have a job.
Of course, when the Westboro Baptist Church uses their protests to
publicize their anti-gay agenda, it raises ques-tions as to where the line should be drawn. Sure, Americans deserve some freedom of speech, but not when it gets this out of hand, right?
Alas, the First Amend-ment deserves an “all or nothing” treatment. Once a line gets drawn, there will be countless legal battles over moving it this way and that, which is not a distraction that our country needs right now.
I prefer to think of the U.S.A. like a giant party (thanks, Miley Cyrus) with the invitation saying that anyone is invited to attend. The Westboro Baptist Church is like that really annoying person whose only role at the party is to [female dog] about the music choice until everyone says, “Well, if you don’t like it, why the [fork] are you here?” Then they call your girlfriend a slut until she cries, and you can’t
help but to be [miffed]. Unfortunately, you don’t have the authority to kick them out because it is technically not your party.
Finally, after com-plaining about the host’s selection of beer, they leave, declaring, “Don’t worry, we’ll be back to ruin your merrymaking next weekend! What hap-pened in Japan is God’s punishment for your lousy party!”
What can we do? They know where we live, and we’re sure as [heck] not going to give these [butts] the satisfac-tion of not having a party.
The best option may end up being a passive one: simply understand the fact that the fight is 7 billion people against 70. With this comical ratio, I think we can all sleep a bit better.
Although a Terminator could be more effective…
Free speech can make America’s parties such a bummer
Dear Editor,I write to you after
recently reading the edito-rial on Governor Rick Snyder’s budget proposal. I find it interesting how many people are pointing fingers towards Governor Snyder and the cuts he is proposing in his budget. This state is in a debt crisis. It has gotten this way from unnecessary spending at all levels in the government. Us, as citizens, allowed this to happen because we only cared about that extra dollar on our tax return or that bridge card we knew deep down inside we could have done without. I’m not saying all pro-grams enacted by the state have not helped people
out in a very positive way. Many have helped and helped immensely. Let’s also be honest and rec-ognize the out of control spending that has also gone on. Look around here at Grand Valley. For a state in as much debt as we are, is everything on this campus essential to our learning? We all need to cut back. On top of that, your telling me that by taking some money away from colleges that I can’t learn the same as an individual? If money is the key to my college education then something is wrong. These are des-perate times because we are in drowning in debt. I don’t like all the sacrifices that are going to need to
be made to get out of that pile of debt but it has to be done. Michigan is just a small example of what is happening at a national level. Before you blame Governor Rick Snyder for cutting back all across the board, just think about how bad of shape our state government is truly in. Cuts have to come somewhere and we all have to take initiative. I’m up for the challenge of becoming innovative so that my children can, one day, live in a land that’s not slumped on it’s knees in debt. I ask everyone else: Are you going to do
nothing but point fingers at the governor for taking initiative and doing what unfortunately needs to be done or are you going to take the initiative yourself and dig out of decades of horribly mis-managed government? If we ever want a strong government again, there is only one solution to this question.; and we can’t keep spend-ing money in this state the way we have. Look around this once greatly energized state. It just doesn’t work.
SincerelyJacob Montgomery
Excessive spending, not Gov. Snyder, to blame for budget cuts
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If you could tell someone a secret, what would it be?
Grand Valley State University student Sara Zecman hopes to find out through her senior project “Grand Secrets,” in which Zecman will hand out and collect post cards on which stu-dents can divulge their secrets.
Zecman said she got the project idea from the misconceptions she sees on campus.
“I was doing some research for my women and gender studies and was noticing that there’s kind of a gap between what some students be-lieve is happening on campus in terms of dis-crimination and biases and sexual assault and what is actually being reported and considered like statistics,” she said.
Danielle DeMuth, Zecman’s faculty adviser for the project, said Zecman is trying to gauge the climate of the university.
“She’s trying to get at some of the issues on
campus about climate, re-ally thinking about what being on campus is like for people,” she said.
Zecman modeled her project after Post Secret, a community art project in which people mail their secret anonymously on one side of a post card. For her project, Zecman has set up a post office box where stu-
dents can send post cards that contain their se-cret.
“I know how popular it was, and I think it’s also important that it be very anonymous because if we’re dealing with issues such as sexual as-sault, harassment — I don’t want anyone feeling called out in their community, especially if we’re dealing with like LGBT issues, things like that,” she said. “I want to create a safe space, so I think by doing it in a creative way and just mailing it off to a P.O. Box, it’s really safe and anonymous and separated.”
For the project, students can write poems or sentences. They can decorate the post card or do anything else they can think of to convey their secret the best.
DeMuth said students will be interested in Zecman’s project because it will give them a platform that they did not have before to voice their secret.
“I do think people will gravitate towards it,”
she said. “If you just think of how popular the Post Secret has been – this ability to say what’s on your mind, to reveal those things that you feel, that you don’t necessarily get a platform for, a voice for – people really like to do that thing. So I think it actually will be really popular.”
For more information, contact Zecman at [email protected]
Senior project calls for student secrets By Eric Higgins GVL Intern
The D.J. Angus research and education vessel celebrates its 25th year of service at Grand Valley State University this year.
The vessel is docked on Harbor Island in Grand Haven and is operated by the Annis Water Resources Institute at GVSU. More than 12,000 students from GVSU have been on the D.J. Angus . The experience includes conducting hands -on -wa te r-qua l i t y sampling and analysis.
“The D.J. Angus serves as both a research vessel and floating classroom,” said Dr. Alan Steinman, director of the AWRI. “The educational component serves both GVSU students and students in the fourth grade and up. Aquatic science instructors guide participants in the use of sampling equipment and instruments to compile water quality data from Lake Michigan and shoreline water bodies. Data from sampling stations are compared and contrasted to develop an understanding of Lake Michigan and inland lake or river ecology.”
The vessel was built and endowed in 1985, and it made
its first trip in 1986. Since then, it has offered several classes for GVSU and local K-12 students.
“Twenty-five years is a significant milestone,” said Dr. Janet Vail, associate research scientist. “We have been offering trips for GVSU classes and K-12 students since 1986. It is a tribute to the Angus family, all the donors who contributed to the endowment fund that helps subsidize the cost of the educational cruises, and to the hard-working educators, crew, and captains who make the trips engaging and informative.”
The Annis Water Resources Institute operates the vessel. The AWRI is a multidisciplinary research organization within the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences. “The D.J. Angus experience
is part of the curriculum in school districts such as Grand Haven,” Steinman said. “The information and knowledge we have generated as part of our research activities on the vessel have contributed to better management decisions and improvements in water quality.”
“The D.J. Angus provides a unique experience that is long remembered by those who go on the vessel,” Vail said. “A trip on the D.J. Angus has helped to inspire students to pursue careers in science. In addition, the D.J. Angus carries the GVSU banner wherever it goes.”
The D.J. Angus celebrates 25 years
Courtesy photo / gvsu.eduAll aboard: A young exploration crew prepares to leave dock on GVSU’s D. J. Angus. The research and education vessel was endowed in 1985.
The P.O. Box that cards can be sent to is:
ZECMAN
GrandSecretsP.O. Box 696Jenison, MI 49428
Lauren RinggerGVL Staff Writer
Once collected, post cards can be viewed on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/grandsecrets
GVL Archive / Eric CoulterHot shot: Senior Allie Tyler swings in a past game. The team finished first at the Classic Club Invitational.
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A panel of sports junkies within the athletic department have un-veiled the 2011 Grand Valley State University Ultimate Bracket, pitting former and current Laker standout athletes and teams against each other in the 64-team bracket. Fans can vote online starting Thursday for the first round match-ups. The 2002 national championship football team earned the tournament’s overall No. 1 seed, while the 2010 women’s soccer national champions are another No. 1 seed and tournament favorite. The regions for the brackets are named af-ter GVSU presidents Arend D. Lubbers and Mark Murray, as well as GVSU’s first athletic director, Charles Irwin, and current director Tim Selgo. You can check out all of the match-ups and vote online at www.gvsulakers.com/ot/ultimatebracket.html.
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The Grand Valley State University men’s golf team finished tied for third at the 2011 Tusculum Invitational in Greenville, Tenn., after carding a two-day score of 587. The Lakers carded a 295 on the first day, followed by a 292. Host Tusculum narrowly won the tournament, carding a 580, while Lincoln Memorial carded a 583. GVSU tied with Findlay University for third. Freshman Chris Cunningham tied for fifth with a 144 (73-71) while Nick Gunthorpe finished ninth with a 36-hole score of 145. The Lakers will be back in action in the E-Z Go Spring Classic from Butler, Ky., this weekend.
It was a tale of two performances for the Grand Valley State University tennis teams during spring break. Staying undefeated, the women’s squad racked up a perfect record while the men’s team stumbled against tough competition.
GVSU head coach John Black saw positives from both the men and women while they competed in Florida.
“Our spring trip went really well,” Black said. “The men picked up some wins here and there, and they have come together and, I think, will be pretty tough come conference play. The women are playing really solid, and it was good to get outdoors.”
In their first match of the trip, both teams faced Division I opponent Presbyterian College. The women won a close match, 4-3, while the men were shut out, 7-0.
“Our match against Presbyterian College was a wake-up call for how difficult the competition would be while in Florida,” said senior Darylann Trout, who played at five singles and one doubles for the women’s team. “Also, our match against Rockhurst University was really important because if we beat them, then we would keep our No. 1 Regional ranking and be able to host regionals.”
The women continued their strong play over the next week as they picked up wins against Walsh University, Southern New Hampshire University and Upper Iowa University.
“Winning the matches showed us that we can basically beat anyone because we played some really good teams, and even though we were rustier than all of them, we still won,” Trout said. “We know how important every win and
every spot on the team is. Right now it is all about practicing and staying in shape to stay competitive for the rest of the season.”
Meanwhile, the men faced stiff competition with struggles against Florida Southern College, the seventh-ranked team in Division II, Rockhurst University and Vincennes University. However, the team did pick up a 7-2 win against Walsh University.
“It was a great experience for our team, and we definitely learned a lot,” said junior Josh Kazdan, who plays at No. 5 singles and No. 3 doubles for the men’s team. “We played very good teams while in Florida – teams that are ranked higher than us – and it was good to match up against the tough opponents.”
With the sunny Florida weather and Walt Disney World behind them, it is back to reality in Michigan and preparing for the rest of the season.
“For the women, we want to stay sharp and keep our focus so that when we go to nationals, they will play their best tennis,” Black said. “And for the men, Florida was good preparation for conference play, which starts next weekend.”
The Laker men will play five games in three days spanning Thursday through Saturday this weekend with the conference opener against Michigan Technological University at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The women will take a few weeks off before an April 8 match-up at Hope College.
Women remains undefeated, men struggle in FloridaLaker women’s team wins all seven matches on trip, including 4-3 win against Division I Presbyterian; Men finish 1-4
SOfTballToday 3 p.m.: Softball at Olivet (DH)Saturday 12 p.m.: Softball at Malone in Urbana, OhioSaturday 4 p.m.: Softball vs. Notre Dame College of Ohio in Urbana, OhioSunday 10 a.m.: Softball at Urbana Sunday 12 p.m.: Softball vs. Notre Dame College of Ohio
Men’S TenniSToday 3 p.m.: Tennis at Hope CollegeToday 7 p.m.: Tennis vs. Calvin at Ramblewoodfriday 3:30 p.m.: Tennis vs. Michigan Tech at RamblewoodSaturday 10 a.m.: Tennis vs. Lake Superior State at Riverview (GR)Saturday 3 p.m.: Tennis vs. Aquinas at Riverview
Men’S GOlfSaturday: Golf at E-Z Go Spring Classic in Butler, Ky.Sunday: Golf at E-Z Go Spring Classic in Butler, Ky.
Men’S lacROSSe:Today 5:30 p.m.: Lacrosse vs. DavenportSunday 1 p.m.: Lacrosse vs. Siena Heights
RuGby:friday 7 p.m.: W. Rugby vs. Calvin CollegeSaturday 2:30 p.m.: M. Rugby vs. Michigan State
Team takes down Ashland and seven others at Classic Club Invitational in Palm Desert, Calif.
GVL Archiveace: Grand Valley Senior Darylann Trout hits a backhand in a past match. The Laker women have a perfect 27-0 record.
After a winter of practicing indoors, the Grand Valley State University women’s golf team got back into the swing of things and recorded its first team win of the year.
The team comes off a victory in its most recent contest at California’s Classic Club Invitational. The team shot well on the second day of the competition, which culminated in junior Sarah Hoffman taking the first-place individual title and the team taking first place overall with a score of 638. On top of the victory, the team came back to beat conference rival and second-place finisher Ashland University for the first time this season, besting them by ten shots.
Hoffman said it was nice to see the team playing up to its potential in the second round of the invitational and noted freshman Veronica Ryan’s tournament low score of 74 in the second round.
“I think starting off on a good note is so important to just keep everyone’s confidence up and start our momentum high and just kind of roll with that,” Hoffman said.
Senior Allie Tyler said the team’s first-place finish at the Classic Club Invitational made a statement to the rest of the teams that GVSU has gotten better.
“I think that if we can just build off of what we did in California, I think we have a good chance of winning GLIACs,” Tyler said. “Obviously Ashland again is our toughest competition there, but I think we can beat them again.”
The team was ready to get back outside after spending two months hitting in the Laker Turf Building without an official tournament since October. Schools from states like Texas, Florida and California benefit from being able to play outside year round.
GVSU head coach Rebecca Mailloux said most of the teams that traveled to the Classic Club Invitational were from the north,
which meant a more level playing field for teams getting back to outdoor golf.
“It’s not the hardest competition that we’ll see all year, but it’s not smart for us to go down and play these southern schools that have been practicing all winter and go head-to-head against them right
out of the gate,” Mailloux said.The team looks forward to
competing against its rivals when Ashland hosts the GLIAC championships in April. Along with the chance to defeat Ashland again, the team also aims for inclusion in the NCAA Division II National Championships to be held at Grand Valley State University’s home course, the Meadows. The team will need to record a finish in the top three at regionals to qualify for the Division II National Championships.
“Obviously it’s great to be hosting at the Meadows. You’d like to think it’s an advantage playing your home course,” Mailloux said. “I mean, we should know that course better than anybody. You know we’ve got to get there first though.”
Although it’s early in the season, Mailloux said she cannot complain when her team finishes first place coming into the spring season.
“To have four girls shoot in the 70s the second time out of the winter season – I mean, you really can’t ask for more than that,” Mailloux said. “If they continue to progress like they did there, I think we’ll be fine.”
The team will next compete when they travel to Perry Park, Ky., for the Northern Kentucky Invitational on March 26.
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When the Grand Valley State University men’s club lacrosse team hosts cross-town rival Davenport University Thurs-day at 5:30 p.m. in a battle of unbeatens, the Lakers will look to avenge their quarterfinal loss in the 2010 postseason to the Panthers by handing them their
first defeat of the 2011 cam-paign.
GVSU is off to a quick 5-0 start after out-scoring op-ponents 106-41 in five games while Davenport has posted an equally impressive 6-0 start be-hind a major scoring advantage of 111-28.
Although Davenport has been a thorn in the Lakers’ col-lective side in the past, GVSU defeated defending champion University of St. Thomas on March 12, a game that has given the team a great deal of confidence going forward.
“Playing a team like St. Thomas, who have been the definition of a dynasty of our league and getting the upset victory has helped boost our confidence,” said Jack Dumsa, junior captain. “But it will take a lot more than that to beat (Davenport) on Thursday.”
Despite beating the Panthers in two of three games last sea-son after winning a regular sea-son match-up and again in the CCLA tournament, the quar-terfinal loss to end the Lakers’ season still resonates amongst the team.
“When we lost to (Daven-port) in nationals, it felt like they won the one that was re-ally important,” Bielby said. “Nothing stings more than that, so coming in and playing a solid game and sending them home with a loss on their record would be huge – not to mention staying undefeated against top-10 teams.”
Dumsa said the team has an
added advantage of wanting the win more after last years’ heart-breaking loss.
“We definitely have a chip on our shoulder coming in af-ter they beat us by a goal in the tournament in May,” he said. “I think we have an advantage by being home, and our experi-ence has helped us so far since we know we always have a tar-get on our backs coming into each game.”
The Lakers have out-scored opponents by 10 or more goals in every game except their 16-14 win over St. Thomas, but a defensive battle could likely en-sue as two of the nation’s best offenses go head-to-head.
Senior Cam Holding said winning the game would come
down to hard work and pas-sion.
“If we want to work and we come out with heart, we’ll win,” he said. “This is a big ri-val game, like Michigan against Michigan State, and it’s a game you want to win. It would be huge for our team and everyone would go home happy.”
Bielby said the Lakers would find success if they continue to execute designed plays and fol-low the systems that have made them successful.
“Our systems and what we’ve been doing on the field will be enough to win but we need to stay disciplined within those and execute throughout the game,” he said.
Lakers to battle cross-town rivals5-0 Lakers to take on undefeated rivals in Davenport Panthers today
GVL Archive / Nicole LamsonRivalry revisited: (Above) Senior Jeff Alexander looks downfield. (Below) GVSU sophomore CJ Scholl faces off in a past game. The upcoming face-off against Davenport is one of GVSU’s biggest rivalries.
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“We definitely have a chip on our shoulder coming in after they beat us ... ”-Jack Dumsa
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The 2011 football season may be five months away, but Friday’s Mitch-A-Palooza at the Laker Turf Building will give Grand Valley State Univer-sity fans a chance to catch their Lakers in action sooner rather than later.
The event, which begins at 11:45 p.m. Friday, will give fans a chance to see the team in a fun and different atmosphere simi-lar to the basketball program’s Tip-Off Madness.
“The event is a great way for fans to get their ‘football fix’ while also previewing our 2011 team,” said second-year GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell, for whom the event is named.
Fan involvement will be a big part of the Mitch-A-Palooza festivities as the athletic depart-ment will offer t-shirt tosses and other activities throughout the hour-long practice. Organiz-ers will also be keeping fans up to date on what is going on by introducing the fans to the team through interviews with coaches and players during the practice.
Fans will also be provided with food thanks to the involve-ment of Brann’s Steakhouse and Grille, Qdoba Mexican Grill and
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Food and fun aside, fans like
junior Ray Callahan, who at-tended all of the Lakers’ home games last season, are excited to see the new-look team in ac-tion.
“I’m looking forward to go-ing just to see what the team looks like early, given the change at quarterback,” he said. “These are fellow students that we have classes with, so it is fun to see guys that you know from class.”
The team finished last season on a disappointing note in its 38-6 playoff loss to Augustana College, but the Friday’s Mitch-A-Palooza represents the first organized practice for the team since season’s end. Not only will the Lakers introduce fans to a new group of players compet-ing for the starting quarterback job, but also to an array of other position battles throughout the roster.
“I think this is great for our students and fans to be able to get up close and personal with our players and coaches,” said Tim Selgo, athletic director. “This is a chance for them to get to know the Lakers a little bit and have some fun as we kick off our spring football prac-tice.”
Mitchell said the football portion of the event will be just
like a normal practice starting at midnight.
“(Mitch-A-Palooza) pro-motes a great atmosphere that helps our team get emotionally
ready to play,” he said. “I think it helps make the first practice more exciting than it would nor-mally be.”
Football team and fans alike excited for Mitch-A-Palooza
‘Laker Navy’ prepares for busy AprilROWING
GVL ArchiveFan favorite: Mitch-A-Palooza, named for GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell (pictured) is in its second year. The event will feature a practice and giveaways.
As classes kick back into gear at Grand Valley State University after a week off, the GVSU rowing team has found a new gear of its own af-ter taking the entire team and crew – a total of 94 people – to Bentley’s Resort in Osprey, Fla., for two separate competi-tions during spring break.
The team practiced every day and participated in the Georgia Tech Dual in Gaines-ville, Ga., with the men win-ning one of three races and the women coming in second to Penn University in each of their four competitions.
“It was a scrimmage re-gatta. During the races, we had a chance to go back, make adjustments and move people around, so we really learned a lot from it,” said GVSU head coach John Bancheri. “It helped us develop a pecking order for who will be in the varsity boats this spring.”
The team tried to balance time off and time in the water, but the trip down to Florida is nothing new for the upper-classmen on the team.
“I love every second of it,” said senior rower Laura Marshall. “You’re with your best friends and you’re doing something you love, even if it tears at you sometimes. We
have enough time to do what we want, so we never feel like we’re giving up our spring break. But it’s still always fo-cused enough to train.”
Most days the team rowed about 20-30 miles, Bancheri said. They also participated in psychological training, which included watching rowing videos and setting goals for the coming season.
“Both kinds of training are equally important,” Bancheri said. “It’s important to be both mentally and physically pre-pared.”
Moving the entire team from Michigan to Florida was no easy task. Bancheri said traveling makes him feel like P.T. Barnum of the famed Barnum and Bailey’s circus, transporting an enormous crew from place to place across the country.
Logistics coordinator Tyler Sellmer likened the rowing op-eration to a football team that moves its entire stadium when it travels. Even when all 94 members of the team and crew help in the packing operation, it still takes several hours.
“We pack up our entire boat house,” he said. “It’s like 25 boats and everything we need to take care of them. That also includes a couple motorboats for the coaches. We needed, like, an entire acre to store all our equipment on site.”
But in the end, Bancheri
said he thinks the hard work is worth it.
“I’m really proud of the program,” he said. “It’s just the best job in the world. We’ve got all these great kids and great support – we have alumni support, parental sup-port, institutional support. It’s just all around. But the best part about it is knowing the experience that all these stu-dent athletes have had. It’s not about the racing. In the end, we all want to win, yeah. But it’s all these experiences that they’ll talk about the rest of their lives.”
As the warm weather ap-proaches in Allendale, so does the GVSU rowing team’s spring season. The rowers are slated to compete in four sepa-rate regattas in April, and the team will be in Michigan wa-ters for the first time on April 2 when the Lakers host the Don Lubbers Cup [email protected]
By Brady FredericksenGVL Senior Reporter
Courtesy photo / John BancheriStroke!: The GVSU crew teams practice during spring training in Florida.
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A guide to Grand Rapids St. Patrick’s Day Events
For being an Englishman, St. Patrick has made himself quite a legend with the Irish people.
After being captured by and enslaved by those same Irish, St. Patrick decided not to get even or just turn the other check, but instead gave the Pagan heathens Christianity. Not only did he repay the Irish with Christianity for all the lessons he learned as a 16-year-old slave, but he went ahead and banished all the snakes in Ireland for the people, though this might have been pretty easy, considering there are no native snakes in Ireland. Some people believe St. Patrick was a dragon slayer as well, having driven the Oilliphéist from the land as well as the Caoránach, the mother of all demons and devils. Lastly but not least, St. Patrick was said to have popularized the Copóg Phádraig, an important water-plantain that apparently posseses the power to ward of pesky fairies. All of these things, whether they hold a shred of truth or not, are probably still worth celebrating. Below are some places where you too can celebrate banishment of the Oilliphéist, probably without the Copóg Phádraig.
The new handcraft brewery on Cherry Street will celebrate it’s official grand opening with a St. Patrick’s Day Festival, along with additional events on Friday and Saturday. Festivities include live music, outdoor beer tents and food specials.
Brewery Vivant
A full day of Irish events March 17 kicks off with corned beef & hash for breakfast, beer & liquor promotions, bagpipers, green beer, specials shots, Irish food specials and live music with Rich Burkholder and Oregon Dreamchild.
Flanagan’s
The downtown GR brewery won’t have green beer on St. Patrick’s Day, but they will have live music with Ann Arbor Bluegrass/Irish Folk band Back Forty. No cover.
Founders
Hopcat, McFadden’s, Stella’s Lounge and Viceroy have teamed up to present the 1st Annual Irish on Ionia Celebration on March 17. The event will offer guests Irish-inspired live music, craft beer, cocktails and food at four different bars, plus an outdoor beer tent. Required wristbands are $10 each.
Irish on Ionia Now in its 28th year, the Irish
Jig at Reeds Lake has grown to become one of Michigan’s top 5K races and helps kick off the running season locally. Top runners in each age group receive cash prizes. Registration is $17 to $22 per person and the races begin at 8 a.m. March 19, starting at Lovett & Wealthy St SE in EGR.
Spectrum Health
The uncertainty of nature is con-tinually present on a number of levels, sometimes devastating as in Japan and sometimes slow and gradual. Prevent-ing and planning to avoid these disas-ters is almost entirely in reaction to the event, given sometimes there is noth-ing that could have be done. But in the case of the ravines at Grand Valley State University, it is possible to be pro-active in approaching a possible blight and unsafe environment.
Ravines Revisited, a photograhpic essay exhibit by GVSU faculty artists Dellas Henke, Stanley Krohmer and Anthony Thompson opens tonight and will run through April, 15 in the GVSU Art Gallery.
The Ravines at GVSU have a rich geological history spanning back 15,000 years.
According to Assistant Geology professor Patrick Colgan, who wrote a brief history of the ravines in 2010, said the creation of the ravines were aided by the effects of the last Ice Age, among other factors.
Currently, sediment build-up has contributed to the reduction of the trees and other root bearing structures. Where once the ravine bottoms were filled with trees and other foliage, there are no expanding meadows.
Two possible near-term futures ex-ist for the ravines, according to Colgan. One, they could reach a new equilibri-um with the changing climate and im-posed human impacts allowing for a well maintained forest and laboratory for students. Two, the ravines could be-come an unsightly, chaotic zone of un-
stable and eroding slopes.The artists’ work explores the beau-
ty and complexity of the landscape as well as the effects of erosion and the complex relationship those here at Grand Valley have with the ravines.
Krohmer, whose photos were cho-sen from more than 2500 Tri-X and Fuji medium format film negatives made between fall 2005 and early Spring, 2007, said that his photographs are meant to reflect light and form as well as the spirit of the ravines.
He worked with black and white and color film photography and several vintage 1950’s Rolleiflex F Twin Lens Reflex cameras.
“They were designed to be used handheld with a neck strap, but I worked with them on a heavy duty tripod in or-der to make longer exposures,” Krohm-er said. “The square format negative (2 ¼ x 2 ¼ ) was only critical to the extent that I did not have to decide on whether to frame the shot horizontally or verti-
cally in the viewfinder like one must do with a 35mm camera.”
He set out initially in 2005 to ex-plore the Ravines land because, even though he had been teaching at GVSU for nine years at that point, he had never spent much time there. His only goal he said was to work on a long-term photo-graphic landscape project, with the in-tent of making images that expressed something of what he saw and felt dur-ing that solitary time.
“At first, I made more tradition-al ‘grand’ landscape photos that were about the drama of the light, shadow and earth forms. Later, during 2006-07, I tried to work more with abstraction and less objective forms.”
Henke took three series of prints over the past 10 years. Some of the photographs being exhibited are more recent and are in digital format.
“I decided to use digital for two rea-sons, one, digital was new to me and was looking for excuses to see what it
could do and two, It made sense for this series because of the way I decided to shoot.”
Henke said initially he went down into the ravines and took the typical, broad cathedral-type landscape shots, but over the course of another summer he made some documentary-style pho-tos including damage, erosion and van-dalism. The vandalism he described were the painted trees and rocks of frats as well as vandalism he said the school was responsible for, with the decision to drain parking lots into the ravines.
In the latter digital series Henke said he didn’t want to deal with the grandeur or the political, instead opting to ex-plore the wonderful experience when walking around the ravines.
“I tried to focus on small things that catch sometimes catch your eye. I would set the camera near my feet and and shoot without looking through the viewfinder. Kind of like the way your eye wanders when you’re walk-
ing around, as unselfconscious as pos-sible.”
When he made the political series, those that show the damage, vandalism and garbage, they were shown in the Siedman House.
“We were trying to draw attention to the fact that the ravines are used by many departments on campus. It might be the most valuable class room on campus and anyone who has spent time back there can see the neglect and gar-bage.”
Henke said back in the early 2000s during the mass building efforts on campus, the school built parking lots over two current scientific study cites, which effectively ended the science. This caught some administrators’ atten-tion, so Henke and others were asked to make some recommendations bene-ficial to the ravines, which they called the Trailways Committee.
“I don’t want to say we were ig-nored, but it seemed as if our sugges-tions just weren’t fully considered,” he said. “One suggestion was renaming the ravines, the Ravines Sanctuary, and make it a protected place.”
Plans to curb the drainage and ero-sion and make necessary reroutes on the trails have been considered, but are currently stalled as the project is ex-pected to produce an expensive bill.
Approximately 7 years ago, Henke created the ravine archive, which doc-uments how people use the ravines at GVSU. The archive contains every-thing from art to scientific research arti-cles concerning the ravines.
“I would love this exhibit to drawn more attention to this archive,” Henke said. “It’s a record of our relationship with that piece of land, we can’t just keep congratulating ourselves on our sustainability efforts. Its a small piece of land that reflects a lot of problems we see elsewhere in society and its a phenomenal learning tool.”
Visuals essays of local natureRavines Revisited captures one of GV’s unique features
By Elijah BrumbackGVL A&E Editor
GVL / Eric CoulterNatural art: Photographs of the ravines will be featured in an upcoming art exhibit. Three faculty members’ works will be on display until April 15.
GVL graphic / Val Waldbauer
By Elijah Brumback GVL A&E Editor
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As Stephanie Nienhouse pre-pares to graduate from Grand Valley State University, she looks back on her unconven-tional college career and looks forward to her future.
“I have had an atypical expe-rience as a college student,” said the 27-year-old student artist.
After attending both Mus-kegon Community College and Kendall College of Art and Design, Nienhouse enrolled at GVSU in 2006 as an Art Educa-tion major. In the summer after her freshman year, she married her fiancé, Matthew. In her ju-nior year, she gave birth to her first child, a son named Isaac.
For Nienhouse, juggling classes and family life has proven to be quite a challenge. Living with her family in Mon-tague, Mich., she has to com-mute to campus and is unable to take a full 12-credit load.
“It’s hard because you feel guilty when you are away,” she said. “But it’s worth it. I would have been disappointed in my-self if I gave up. I’ve had a lot of help from my family.”
Nienhouse had completed almost all her courses for her major when she had a change of heart. She decided to switch to a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in paint-ing.
“I realized one day that I will only live once,” she explained. “And if all I want to do is paint and be an artist, then why would I choose to do anything else?”
Nienhouse said she did not realize her love for painting un-til she was exposed to oil paint-ing in her high school art class. There, she was drawn to the unique qualities and textures of the medium.
“I chose painting as my emphasis because it best fit the kind of art I want to make,” Nienhouse said. “It is very free and fluid.”
Nienhouse focuses on por-traying and manipulating land-scapes. In her pieces, she offers abstract views of land through her use of layers and colors.
“I have chosen to focus on the landscape because I feel that it has a lot to offer,” she said. “Everyone can relate to it, and it has a certain language of its own to engage viewers.”
Before graduating in April, Nienhouse’s paintings will be featured in a Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibit with fellow student artist Anne Gerlofs from March 28-31.
Five of Nienhouse’s oil paint-ings on canvas will be displayed in the show, which will be held in the Padnos Student Gallery. A
reception for the ex-hibit will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on March 31.
“I am very excit-ed for the exhibit ,” Nienhouse said. “I believe people should see art in person. A painting can give you a very different experi-ence when seen in real life.”
After graduation, Nienhouse plans to enjoy motherhood as she is expecting her second child in September. Beyond that, she hopes to develop her body of artwork, participate in gallery shows and open a studio of her own.
“Painting is wonderful. I can’t imagine wanting to do anything else,” Nienhouse said. “It’s an ideal situation. It’s per-fect for me. It’s something you can do at home. You don’t have to go into an office or work a nine to five day. I can have a family.”
Painting with babies on board
Student artist Stephanie Neinhouse juggles family, preparations for B.F.A. show March 28 - 31
After serving the Grand Rapids art community for al-most two decades, Lambert Zuidervaart, former board member and president of the Urban Institute for Contem-porary Arts, will return to the city for a two-day lecture and symposium.
Currently a professor of philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Zuidervaart will host the free lecture, which is co-spon-sored by the Grand Valley State University Department of Art and Design and the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), today at 7 p.m. in the GRAM’s Cook Audito-rium. It focuses on his new book, “Art in Public: Politics, Economics, and a Democratic Culture.”
The symposium, which takes place Friday at the UICA from 1 to 4 p.m., will
focus on what the arts need, conceptually and practically, to serve their public function. Co-sponsors for the 3-hour event are the UICA, the GVSU Department of Art and Design and the GVSU School of Communications.
“In the lecture, I introduce the current debate on govern-ment funding for the arts and explain why debates like that don’t go anywhere,” Zuider-vaart said.
In his book, Zuidervaart proposes an entirely new con-ception of the public role of art with wide-ranging impli-cations for education, politics and cultural policy.
“National, state, regional and local governments all need to be involved in fund-ing the arts, but each level has a different role to play,” he said. “In the symposium, we will discuss the role of the arts at the national level, and the role of the arts in Grand Rapids.”
Professor to discuss new book, public artBy Patrick NothaftGVL Staff Writer
By Rebekah YoungGVL Staff Writer
1:00 - 1:05 p.m.: Welcome1:05 - 1:10: Mayor George Heartwell Introduces Lambert Zuidervaart1:10 - 1:30: Zuidervaart shares ideas that frame and shift the issues1:30 - 2:15: NATIONAL condition report and discussionCondition Report: Evelyn Derico, Discussion Respondent: Anthony Stepter• What are the relevant theoretical, political, historical, and practical issues when considering the public function of art in a national context?
2:15 - 2:35: Break2:35 - 3:45: LOCAL GRAND RAPIDS Condition Report and discussionCondition Report: Christie Westmaas, Discussion Respondent: Anna Campbell• How are we thinking of and representing art in public life in Grand Rapids? • What are current and desired practical conditions for the production and presentation of art as an essential aspect of public life?3:45 - 4:00 Concluding remarks
Courtesy photo / Stephanie NeinhouseCanvases and kids: Neinhouse has worked on paintings such as “Landscape #1” (pictured) while raising a family.
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