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The men’s soccer team defeated Northeastern State 1-0 in double overtime Sunday to earn its first trip to the NCAA Division II Soccer Final Four.

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Visit the Vanguard’s website to read about local Saginaw authors who held a book signing at the Bay Road Barnes & Noble.

No Issue

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no issue next Monday, Nov. 29. The next issue will hit newsstands Monday, Dec. 3.

Students’ availability to the Internet has made the New York Times rethink how to best provide the newspaper to future readers.

Students can now read the New York Times online, utilize search engines and scroll through their archives, which date back to 1851.

Michael Mooney, New York Times educa-tion manager, visited SVSU to speak to fac-ulty about the enhanced readership program, which began in Fall 2012.

“We are really trying to recruit faculty to mentor students into the brand, so they will

continue reading it,” Mooney said. He said he hoped they would use the online source in their classrooms to let students know they have a resource readily available to them.

He said that with new search features such as Times Topics, students can search more than 665 topics online rather than pick-ing up a newspaper each week.

In 2002, SVSU adopted the New York Times readership program through the per-severance of Robert Braddock, an SVSU his-tory professor. The readership program has provided free New York Times newspapers to SVSU since 2002.

“It is very gratifying to me, just to see

If it wasn’t for a car insur-ance company being backed up, Fagbug would never have started.

New York college student Erin Davies was the victim of a hate crime and had the words “fag” and “u r gay” spray paint-ed on her Volkswagen Beetle be-cause of a rainbow sticker on the back of her car and her perceived sexual orientation.

The crime occurred more than five years ago, but Davies brought her car to the university and spoke about her experience.

The Fagbug presentation was organized by Speaking Out

Loud and sponsored by Student Association, Residence Housing Association and community or-ganizations PFLAG and Percep-tions.

The event received local coverage from WNEM TV5’s news station, which censored this word “fag” but not the name of Davies’ website, www.fagbug.com. Before showing it, newscasters said that the follow-ing segment “may not be appro-priate for all audiences.”

Andrew Northrop, Speak-ing Out Loud president and so-cial work senior, said he’s glad the university allowed the group to put the event on.

“It’s an awareness move-

Cooking up local dishes from home, students from 15 countries offered Marketplace at Doan diners a taste of the world last week.

International students teamed with Dining Services to make traditional, authentic dish-

es from their homelands to serve to the community.

“This event was as success-ful as last year, if not better,” said Pat Shelley, adviser of the Inter-national Food Festival.

Jason Wolverton, market-ing manager of Dining Services, said the event went “great,” with approximately 1,850 attendees, which was up from last year’s

total of 1,800.“We had lots of compli-

ments from the patrons that came in,” Wolverton said.

In addition to a number of African nations, participating countries included China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Ger-many, India, Pakistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan and Ven-

ezuela.There were also students

from Haiti and Mexico helping at different stations, Shelley said.

“The food festival had a great turnout and it brought the entire campus together to appre-ciate the cultural diversity that is part of our university,” said Rima Malik, vice president of the International Student Club

and pre-occupational therapy senior. “My favorite part was the challenge of making food for so many by ourselves.”

Kourtney DeBottis, criminal justice sophomore, said she likes that the event brings everyone together.

“The amount of people here

Students should know that they are not alone.

In August, SVSU, through the support of Jennifer Ord-way, the director of the Student Counseling Center, obtained a suicide prevention grant. Since then, the center has been using money from the grant to get in-formation out to students about suicide prevention, to help them realize warning signs of depression and the facts about their mental health.

Statistics compiled in the last year by the American Col-lege Health Association show that more than 45 percent of students have felt hopelessness. Almost 30 percent felt so de-pressed that it was difficult for them to successfully function. Nearly 7 percent had consid-ered suicide and more than 70 students tried to commit sui-cide during the last year.

One of the centers main goals is to strongly encour-age students to seek help if it is needed. Jennifer Stephens, the center’s assistant director, wants students to feel more than comfortable when coming in to speak with a counselor.

“There’s a big stigma at-tached to asking for help,” Ste-phens said. “People are quick to tell their friends to come to the counseling services, but when it comes to their own problems, they’re not so sure.”

The first step toward recov-er is seeking help.

“It all depends on if they actually come through the door,” Stephens said. “There’s an understanding that if we talk about suicide that it will plant the idea into the person’s mind, which is not true. If you can get someone to talk about their sui-cidal feelings, it might be the first time they’ve talked about it and that can really help to ease the pent-up anxiety.”

The winter season is anoth-er factor in determining where these suicidal feelings derive from. Depression is closely re-lated to the decline in Vitamin D and other essentials due to less exposure from the sun.

“There is a such thing as winter blues,” Stephens said. “When you’re not exposed as much to the sun, it does things to your brain chemistry. That makes it more likely for depres-sion to begin.”

The rigors of college can be another factor in the develop-ment of depression. Stephens emphasized that stress from school affects every student dif-ferently.

“It depends on what kind of coping skills they have,” she said. “If they have healthy ways to cope with stress, then I think it can be beneficial. But if they don’t handle stress in a positive way and they just get overwhelmed, then it can add to the reasoning toward suicidal thoughts.”

The Student Counseling Center wants to dispel any skepticism from the minds of students who might be hesitant to come in to talk about serious issues, such as thoughts of sui-cide.

Several local health-related companies talked to SVSU stu-dents about their career goals and offered insight on future em-ployment at last week’s Health and Human Services Career Fair.

The fair was organized by Thomas Barnikow, assistant director of Career Services. Barnikow believes that career fairs, especially ones that are career-specific, are a great benefit for stu-dents. Career fairs are important for both freshmen just learning what they want to do and for seniors preparing to graduate and enter their field.

“Career Fairs are really an invaluable tool to each and every student that attends Saginaw Valley State University,” Barnikow said. “Having a separate Health & Human Services Career Fair is part of a bigger initiative that Career Services instituted earlier this year. Our department’s leadership had the foresight to real-ize that industry-specific Career Fairs carried great potential in terms of giving employers, students and alumni additional op-portunities to network with one another.”

Vanguard photo | Taylor LaPlaceAmerican Ming Chan University faculty Carine Yang, right, and SVSU student Fang-Yu Lein, center, serve Taiwanese dishes at the International Food Fest.

Vanguard photo | Tyler Bradley Erin Davies, the victim of a hate crime, visited campus with her fagbug to raise awareness about homophobia.

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyAttendees at last week’s Career Fair made connections with future employers.

Networking benefits Career Fair attendees

Fagbug rolls over gender stereotypes

N.Y. Times extends access

Grant to raise awareness of depression, ways to seek help

Feeding global interests

By Katelyn Davis Vanguard Staff Writer

By Marie Nesbitt Vanguard Staff Writer

By Tyler Bradley Vanguard A&E Editor

By Brandy Abraham Vanguard Campus Editor

By Matt Ostrander Vanguard Columnist

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International Food Fest draws more than 1,800 attendees to sample ethnic dishes

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Police briefs are written according to reports from University Police. These indicate preliminary descriptions of events and not necessarily actual incident

Minor in possession• At 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, central dis-

patch notified campus police because a 19-year-old male student was highly intoxicated at the VFW Hall and cut his head. He was taken to the hospital and was given a minor in possession.

Property damage• At 8:47 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, a 38-year-

old male student called campus police because he saw another student hit a vehicle in J-2. Officers found the suspect later in J-3 and he was cited for leaving the scene.

Fraud• At 2:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, Ryder Center

staff called campus police because they found a counterfeit $20 bill. The money was turned over to Secret Service.

Harrassment• On Monday, Nov. 12, an 18-year-old fe-

male student reported that three weeks ago her roommate had a male friend in their apartment in Living Center South and he was disrespecting a roommate. The 18-year-old female student told him to stop and the female resident who was friends with the male has been threatening her. The case has been turned over to Housing. Driving While License Suspended

• At 1:36 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, an officer observed a vehicle run a stop sign on Davis Road. The officer made contact and discovered the male student’s license was suspended. He received a ticket.

Larceny• Between Thursday, Nov. 1 and Sunday,

Nov. 4, an 18-year-old male went home for the weekend and when he returned his bike was missing from the Univer-sity Village. He had left it unlocked.

• At 12 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, a 41-year-old male employee went to his office and discovered that money was stolen from his wallet and his cellphone was gone. Assault

• At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, a 19-year-old female student was talking on her phone in the hallway while her room-mates were cleaning their apartment in Living Center South for Health and Safeties. When the female ended her call, the door was locked and her room-mates did not answer the door at her knock. The female became upset and when her roommates opened the door she said that she was going to smack another roommate and did. The resident assistant heard the females and called campus police. The 19-year-old female student was arrested for assault. The roommates said that they did not open the door because they thought it was the Resident Assistant and were not ready for inspection. The case will be handled by Student Code of Conduct.

• At 1 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, an 18-year-old female student came into the police station because she said that she had been assaulted in the University Vil-lage. She admitted that she had been drinking in the First Year Suites and at another place in the University Village. On her way back, she said that she had been attacked by two females and her friend punched in her face.

• At 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, central dispatch called campus police because the same female was unresponsive and intoxicated while in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

• At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, the room-mate of the female student taken to the hospital reported that it was actually the intoxicated female who had started the fight. Also, she picked up her room-mate from the hospital and asked her for gas money. The 18-year-old female student refused to give her money so another roommate Tweeted about the situation. It upset her so she grabbed a frying pan. The roommates stood and argued. The female who refused to give gas money grabbed a kitchen knife and threatened her roommate. Officers were called, and the students were not allowed to make more contact with each other. The case will be handled internally.

shows how good it is. It speaks for itself,” DeBottis said.

One student who attended last year’s food fest said that she returned because she enjoys seeing diverse country’s customs.

“I like it because they get to show their traditions and food that a lot of Americans don’t know of,” said Joelle Groeb, international business sopho-more.

Myung-Gi Lee, an international student from South Korea and account-ing junior, wanted to recognize SVSU’s Dining Services staff for helping the

students.“They helped us serve food to oth-

ers. The staff has been really helpful. If we needed anything, they got it for us — from the beginning to the end.”

Attendees, staff and faculty served as judges at the event. Germany won first place for best food including pota-to pancakes with apple sauce and curry sausages with roast potatoes.

“I was super excited to hear that Germany won first place. I guess Americans are just as crazy about pota-toes as Germans,” said Ulrike Dreven-stedt, an administrative science gradu-ate student from Germany.

The Indian/Pakistan group won first place for best performance with a student performing on a drum known as dholki. Poland won first place for

most friendly and Saudi Arabia won first place for best-decorated station. Plaques with the winning country’s name will be displayed near the Office of International Programs in Wickes Hall.

The International Food Festival will return next year and dining servic-es are ready for another thriving event.

“The international students are great to work with,” Wolverton said “We’re already looking forward to next year’s event.”

ment that takes a controversial topic and forces dialogue,” he said.

Despite graffiti on her vehicle, Da-vies had decided to leave it on as a way to educate others. She intended to have it cleaned off, but her insurance com-pany was too busy to take care of it.

“If they hadn’t been backed up, I never would have done what I did,” she said.

Soon after the incident, she decid-ed to drive it.

“In this very moment, it was like an inner voice telling me what to do,” she said. “So I didn’t question it.”

She parked it at her university and was soon asked to move her car by po-lice because it was upsetting people.

“Instead of being upset with who did this to my car, they were very upset with me,” Davies said.

One of her friends suggested con-

tinuing driving it around to record oth-ers’ reactions and make a documentary out of it. Davies took a 58-day road trip around the United States, interviewing people about their responses. Fagbug has since been sponsored by Volkswa-gen and repainted in rainbow colors with the graffiti removed.

Davies said she was glad she origi-nally kept the graffiti on.

“Every time you wipe something like this off, you’re just encouraging it,” she said.

Many people criticize Davies for her use of the word “fag” and worry about her safety, but Davies said she’s never been physically attacked because of her project and said it helps stimu-late discussion. If it were a male trying to take ownership of this movement, she believes it would have turned out much more differently.

In her time driving the Fagbug, she has had the word “faggot” shouted out at her once. For just one day, Da-vies let her male friend drive the car. Within hours of him driving, people shouted the obscenity at him. She said

78 percent of anti-gay hate crimes are directed towards men.

“Some people can be victims of hate crimes and not even know it,” chemistry freshman Bailey McCarthy Riley said.

Northrop said these actions can happen everywhere.

He received an email the day prior to the event that a Saginaw resident had his car keyed because of the stick-ers he had on his car.

Davies said she won’t stop un-til she has a presentation where oth-ers don’t have similar stories of hate crimes to share.

“Homophobia is not my prob-lem,” she said. “It’s everyone’s prob-lem.”

The Fagbug documentary is avail-able online and through Netflix.

For more information go to www.fagbug.com

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students carrying it and reading it with their coffee,” Braddock said.

Braddock said their current readership program has been very successful, and that SVSU was an early subscriber to the program.

There are normally 225 print copies of the New York Times circulating around campus each week at different times. And now, according to Mooney, there will also be 225 free day passes to ny-times.com available.

Students can use their user-name and svsu.edu extension to login. These day-passes last for a full 24 hours after activation. Stu-dents can logoff at any time and re-turn to the site, utilize the resource for classwork, projects or enjoy-ment.

With more than 450 campus-es across the nation utilizing the readership program, Mooney said the New York Times hopes to in-spire future readers.

“The Times is really commit-ted to this idea of bearing wit-ness,” Mooney said. Since future readers can also be future leaders, he hopes students will read the New York Times and stay involved in the world around them.

He is optimistic that the pro-gram will continue to give stu-dents an edge in the constantly changing world.

Mooney called the New York Times, “A living textbook, a daily chronicle, of what is going on both nationally and internationally.”

The website is a continuous news site, where articles are often rewritten dozens of times as the story develops. Articles in the on-line archives were published in the print edition.

Mooney said that it’s only fair that if a university buys the paper, it should also get online access.

Originally the website was free, but a little more than a year ago New York Times started charg-ing for the online site. The univer-sity pays 60 cents per copy to make the newspaper free to students.

“I think they, like all news-papers, are frantically are looking toward the future, wondering if there will be newspapers,” Brad-dock said.

He said that from the Times perspective, providing for the younger generation is what will keep news sources such as the New York Times in print.

“It is for the students. We are not the future, you are,” Braddock said.

“We take everything very seriously but we don’t panic,” Stephens said. “We are trained in how to deal with these issues. We know how to get the person the help they need. It could be just getting them here to speak with us, getting them into the community for long-term counseling, or even the hospital if they are not well enough to keep themselves safe.”

Another goal is teaching faculty about the warning signs and how to handle students who are displaying these depressed or suicidal symp-toms. If the faculty can even just help direct these students to her office, Stephens wants that to be the first op-tion.

“It’s an issue that doesn’t get talked about a lot of times because it makes people uncomfortable. But everyone knows someone who has been depressed or committed suicide, so it’s always relevant. Talking about the issue is one of the best ways to re-move the stigmas,” she said.

“Industry-specific Career Fairs are another opportunity for students to get in front of as many employers as possible, which is essential in today’s job market,” Barnikow said. “Many of the companies that come to our University-wide Career Fairs consider students/alumni from every college because they have such a plethora of job offerings.

“The industry-specific Career Fairs allow organizations to target a specific subset of students. For in-stance, Covenant Health Care will come to a University-wide Fair to hire everything from nurses to human re-sources personnel to patient relations, and they use the Health & Human Ser-vices Fair to focus more on their health-related careers because they have more of those opportunities to fill.”

Tony Klapish, president of Renue Physical Therapy, was one of many representatives who attended.

“We’ve been impressed with the students here,” Klapish said. “They’re all willing to work hard. Overall, it’s been a positive experience working with SVSU students.”

Klapish advises students looking for employment in the health and hu-man service field to make as many con-tacts and network as much as possible to find success after graduation.

Banikow believes having career fairs such as these will allow students to do just that.

“Many students that are about to graduate will not be able to speak one-on-one with hiring representatives from individual companies when they apply,” Barnikow said. “With all ap-plications being submitted online, that face-to-face interaction doesn’t tradi-tionally occur until they call you in for an interview. A Career Fair allows you to prove to a company that you have the personality and intelligence to be a good fit in their organization.”

Many of the companies who at-tended the fair last Wednesday advised students to seek out every opportunity available and partake in internships and externships as well as fulfilling clinical hours.

Caitlin Chojnacki, the health and wellness director for the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA, even advised students to go a step further.

“Have a certification even while still in college,” Chojnaki said. “That makes you stand out when applying for jobs.”

Sarah Sparby, talent acquisition specialist for MidMichigan Health, rec-ommended that students who have a broad health science major should find their niche and minor in it to improve their future job prospects.

“It’s the hardest thing to give ad-vice to someone who doesn’t know what they want to do,” Sparby said. “It’s better to pick a minor that fits with what you want to do and what you’re

interested in. Otherwise, it’s harder to find a job.”

The companies that attended were specifically interested in SVSU stu-dents for one reason: their experience.

Jill Peterson of the Dow Bay Area Family YMCA believes that students at SVSU seem to have more hands-on experience and have more extra-cur-ricular opportunities available to them than other, larger schools in Michigan.

“SVSU students seem more ma-ture and have more life experience (compared to students coming from other schools),” said Yolanda Lemmer, human resource recruiter for McLaren in Flint.

Lemmer commented that most SVSU students have done their clini-cals and internships with companies in the area and want to stay with those companies after graduation. She be-lieves that if SVSU students have posi-tive experiences with the companies they intern for, those companies will want to hire them after graduation.

Lemmer believes SVSU students have great appeal for after-graduation hiring.

Paige Bell, an occupational thera-py junior, believes the reason for that appeal is that the health science classes and the instruction from professors bet-ter prepare students for the real world.

“I believe that the classes that count towards my major have prepared me well for my future,” Bell said. “When I was job shadowing this last summer with an (occupational therapist), I was fully able to understand what she was talking about, where as other students sometimes did not know what she was talking about or why she was doing the things she was doing.”

Megan Novak, a nursing senior, is confident that her classes have pre-pared her to start her career.

“A couple of my favorite things about the nursing program are the class sizes and availability of the profes-sors,” Novak said. “That’s part of the reason why I chose SVSU over a larger school. The learning is more individu-alized and your professors know you by name. This for me makes me feel better prepared for my career as a fu-ture nurse.”

The Career Services Center also helps to prepare students for future employment and offers opportunities that will open doors later on.

“In order to build on the success we have had in the past, a concerted effort is given each and every day to enhance the opportunities that are available to our students/alumni,” Barnikow said.

Career Services is designed to help students, graduates and alumni take the next step in finding a rewarding ca-reer. Visit their offices in Wickes 270 to find out more.

Colloquium Series Lectures• On Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 4-5:50

p.m., Dr. Jiro Naganuma, a professor of media and information systems at Shikoku University in Japan, will be presenting a lecture titled “Video

Compression Technologies and their Applications in Japan.” The lecture will be held in Pioneer Hall 240 and is part of the College of Science, Engineering & Technology Colloquium Series. Refreshments will be served at 4 p.m.

• On Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 4-5:50 p.m., Dr. David Stanton will be presenting a lecture in Pioneer Hall 240 as part of the College of Science, Engineering & Technology Colloquium Series. The lecture is titled “DNA Fingerprint-ing of Great Lakes Zebra Mussels.” Refreshments will be served at 4 p.m.

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Staff at the Office of International Programs at SVSU opened their work-place to the campus community on Thursday to showcase the traditions and food of different regions of the world.

The Global Engagement Open House was held during National Inter-national Education Week. Offices were decorated to reflect the customs of Aus-

tralia, Central Eurasia, Cuba, East Asia, France, Great Britain, India, the Middle East, Poland, Sub-Sahara Africa, South America and Ukraine.

“We’re trying to have everyone in the campus community aware of inter-national programs and what the office is about,” said Stephanie Sieggreen, director of international programs at SVSU. “We want them to be aware of the different regions around the world and what they have to offer.”

SVSU held the event two years ago and decided it was time to do it again.

The event was aimed towards wel-

coming domestic students as well as international students. Biology sopho-more Crystal Gwizdala attended the open house because she is interested in Japanese and German culture.

“I think it’s nice that SVSU does this because we have a really diverse body of students,” Gwizdala said.

Daniah Alghulbi, a third year in-ternational student from Saudi Arabia majoring in criminal justice, liked the idea of the event.

“I like the interaction. It’s really nice that other international students get to know cultures other than their own,” Alghulbi said. “Everyone is willing to learn something different from their own culture.”

Each region’s space contained food and drinks that resembled the country’s taste. Eurasia featured dried fruits, nuts, sunflower seeds and black tea.

“It’s to make you feel how you’d feel when you go to another home in someone’s country; this is what you’d expect,” Sieggreen said.

Jim Dwyer, vice president of en-rollment management, believes in the importance of the event.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity for people to have an experience to share values and cultures,” he said. “The opportunities to expose are very

powerful. It’s priceless in many ways.”SVSU has 642 international stu-

dents from such countries as Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China, Czech Re-public and Pakistan, plus many African nations.

“It’s events like this that break down barriers of preconceived notions that people have to engage the commu-nity to understand that we are a global world,” Dwyer said.

Ivy Siaw, a sophomore pre-nursing student from Ghana, said the event is an educational one in which students can learn what other countries are about.

Following the Global Engagement Open House was a presentation titled “History and Culture of Pakistan” by exchange student Bhagesh C. Mahesh-wari from Pakistan. He presented on life, culture and the education system in Pakistan.

Maheshwari is the first guest stu-dent to be an ambassador of Pakistan to SVSU. He was chosen by the U.S. De-partment of State.

For more information on interna-tional programs, visit the Office of In-ternational Programs in Wickes Hall 250 or contact the office at (989) 964-4473.

As the semester draws to a close and term paper deadlines ap-proach, one group of students is throwing its worries to the wind and staying optimistic.

The Optimistic Club is a new registered student organization (RSO) with the mission of pro-moting optimism on campus, in the community and in the lives of SVSU students. Members plan to host positive programs on campus as well as seek out volunteer oppor-tunities in the Saginaw community.

“Basically we are a bunch of random, happy people that came together,” said Optimistic Club President Lela Longworth. “We had ideas to make SVSU a better place and instead of sitting around and talking about it, we decided to do something.”

“I think the most significant thing is that promoting optimism on campus will make it a bet-ter place to be,” said Optimistic Club Secretary Courtney Seaman. “When people enjoy where they are, they will want to come back.”

The idea stemmed from a group of Living Leadership Pro-gram members. These members had the idea at the beginning of the year, but nothing came of it until about a month ago when the new RSO was officially formed.

“We all hopped on the opti-mism train,” said Vice President Riley McEntire.

To finish out the semester, Op-timistic Club plans to plant subtle messages around campus that will, hopefully, make students smile.

“We want to focus on the little things, because those are the things that count,” McEntire said.

These little things will include giving out bubble wrap during fi-nals week for students to pop as a stress reliever. They also plan to post notes on the doors in the liv-ing centers with optimistic mes-sages on them.

While their focus this semes-ter is getting their name out there through small events, next semes-ter they would like to host an event they have entitled OPTIcon, simi-lar to the Cards party held in the Ryder Center at the beginning of the year.

At this event, new student or-ganizations that formed in the fall semester would have a chance to showcase themselves. OPTIcon is still in the beginning stages of development, but members of the Optimistic Club believe that this could become an annual event.

“The idea was that our organi-zation should do something huge,” McEntire said. “What better way to do that than by holding an event to promote not only our organiza-tion, but every RSO on campus.”

Other events the organization is looking forward to will be snow-man building after the first snow, giving out “free hug” T-shirts, and speed friending.

“All our events will be revolv-ing around making people’s days better,” Longworth said.

The club meets at 9 p.m. Wednesdays in Wedge Lounge 1. Meeting times may change in the winter semester, but students will be informed via email. The group is looking for more optimistic members.

Last week, SVSU’s presi-dent had a chance to have some old-fashioned fun at the first ever Games with Gilbert-son event.

President Eric Gilbertson spent the evening shooting pool and playing board games with the students of Univer-sity Village West.

He said he always thought of the classics as his favorite and compared them with modern games such as Battle of the Sexes and Apples to Apples.

“We always played Mo-nopoly on our family vaca-tions,” Gilbertson said. “Re-cently, my wife has been really

Last Monday, the Model United Nations club held a con-ference in which students represented nations on a committee tasked with holding civilization intact in a world overrun by zombies.

Students came in and picked their own countries to repre-sent. From there, they debated over issues that the MUN simu-lation staff presented. Throughout the night, the staff came up with problems that needed to be addressed and students, in the character of their respective countries, debated it.

According to MUN staff, the turnout was much greater than they expected, and they were pleased to see the level of interest students brought to the table.

“It’s great being on the simulation staff so we can do things like this,” said political science senior Trent Varva. “We expect-ed a few, but we’ve had close to 50 people coming and going throughout the night, and everyone seems to be having fun.”

The chance to argue about the future of the world appealed to most students in attendance.

Throughout the night, students argued and debated over how to approach the issue of zombie infestation while the simu-lation staff routinely threw obstacles in the way. The debates ranged from how to best kill a zombie to whether or not zom-bies should be integrated into society and receive voting rights.

According to political science senior Dylan Hellus, the staff

was looking forward to bringing students in for something ev-eryone is interested in.

“We wanted a good way to get our name out there and show off the group,” Hellus said. “We figured that everyone has an opinion on zombies.

“It’s something that students from outside of the political science department can come check out.”

The Model United Nations club is a group that began as a Registered Student Organization. Currently, it is a class offered in the fall to students who wish to do something related to inter-national politics that goes beyond the classroom.

Every fall, students in the class prepare to represent a nation on behalf of the university at an annual conference in Chicago. Students from schools around the country represent countries on different committees and for three days debate over issues and write resolutions to problems that affect the globe.

Last year, SVSU went to Chicago representing the Russian Federation and returned with five awards, including the award for best overall delegation. During the weekend, the MUN class went to Chicago and represented both Iraq and Jamaica at the conference.

While popular within the department, MUN staff mem-bers wished to reach out and show students what it’s like to attend a conference and represent a country.

“We were trying to do something UN related but that ev-eryone would have an interest in,” said political science senior Allison Barbersek. “It’s a great way to advertise the group and can work as a recruiting tool.”

Alongside hosting the event and providing crisis moments for those in attendance, the simulation staff gave away T-shirts, pizza and beverages.

The event even had an impact outside of the realm of SVSU stu-dents.

Midland High School junior Gabe Klotz heard about the event from a family member and attend-ed to get a taste of international politics outside of his own school.

“I take a lot of government and political science classes, and I’m re-ally interested in debate,” Klotz said. “I’m interested in SVSU, and this is just another great thing this university can offer.”

Open house creates cultural awareness

By Chris Oliver Vanguard Sports Editor

By Katelyn Davis Vanguard Staff Writer

By Matt OstranderVanguard Columnist

Several thousand pounds of worms eat our garbage every day.

But it’s not just any worms, said professor Ed Meisel, green-house director, but a special type commonly known as ‘red wig-glers’. After the garbage has been consumed, a nutrient-rich super soil and an organic, natural, liquid fertilizer and pesticide known as worm tea is left.

“It’s amazing what nature will do for us if you can go back just to what gives us and manage it correctly,” Meisel said.

The red wigglers chow on about 15 tons of waste from the Marketplace at Doan each semes-ter, Meisel said, in a process called

vermicomposting. Along with that, the worms consume about a quarter of the university’s pa-per waste, which is shredded and tossed in the worm beds, located in the campus greenhouse about a mile northeast of campus on Michigan Avenue.

“(Vermicomposting) is noth-ing too far-fetched,” Meisel said. “It’s something that you can do yourself at home.”

The worms will eat half their weight per day, and quadruple in population in a month’s time in order to consume larger amounts of food.

Meisel said when the green-house began using this process, it began with only two pounds of worms.

“We have about 6,200 pounds of worms today,” he said.

That means the greenhous-es can take in more than 3,000 pounds of garbage per day.

Meisel said the food and pa-per waste dumped into the bins gets broken down almost com-

pletely within a matter of days. Throw a pizza box in the bin, he said, and come back tomorrow and you won’t even recognize it. The following day, the worms will have processed the box almost, if not, completely.

Vermicomposting is much more efficient than regular com-posting, Meisel said. It can take weeks or even months for waste to break down in a compost bin because a precise ratio of nitrogen and other gasses is necessary for the composting to take place. If that ratio is not met, composting will slow dramatically.

For that reason, vermicom-posting is actually less smelly and more sanitary than regular composting, since the food waste is broken down, usually within a matter of days, and all that’s left is soil. It also yields a more nutrient-rich soil with less contaminant.

And because the new soil is so saturated with nutrients, the excess water used to moisten the beds is drained and gathered and

brewed into what is known as worm tea.

Although the greenhouse sells gallons of worm tea at a discounted rate of $8 per gallon (compared to the typical $30 to $40 price tag one might pay on-line) much of the tea is used with-in the greenhouse in what Meisel calls their vermiponic units.

Because the vermiponic units replace water with worm tea, the plants grow larger and more quickly and produce 20 to 30 per-cent greater yields.

Plants will actually grow three to four times faster in these units than in soil, Meisel said, and one 24-square-foot unit will grow more than a 400-square-foot tradi-tional land garden can.

“In these units, you can get six crops per year compared to maybe two crops per year in other greenhouses or one crop per year in a garden,” Meisel said.

Actually, the roots of choco-late mint plants currently growing in an aeroponic tote in the green-

house are longer than the height of the plant itself, which Meisel said usually is not the case.

“A root like this grown in soil is usually about a third of the height of the plant,” Meisel said.

Not only do the vermipon-ics units yield much better results, they require less maintenance and upwards of 90 percent less water too, as there’s no weeding, and the plants only draw up as much liquid as they need, while the rest recycles through again.

As long as there is enough worm tea in the reservoir pumped into the tubes, you’re good to go, Meisel said.

It is helpful, however, to spray worm tea on the tops of the plants, as it functions as a highly effective and completely safe pes-ticide, said Meisel.

In fact, Meisel said when the staff used to spray common in-dustry pesticides and fungicides in the greenhouse, no one could enter the greenhouse for a few days afterward. Even with organ-

ic sprays, he said, they had to wait 12 to 24 hours before re-entering.

“With [worm tea], we can actu-ally spray it, shake it off and actually eat the plant at that time,” he said.

When it’s all said and done, some of the produce and spices grown in the greenhouse get sent back to the Marketplace where they are eaten and used.

“Seeing is believing,” Meisel said. “The more you work on these projects, the more enlightened you become. It’s really amazing what [these worms] can do on their own.”

Because of the success the greenhouse has had in the past seven years, Meisel said, the con-struction of a more permanent, on-campus greenhouse facility is under way, and will be approxi-mately four times the size of the current structures. Completion is scheduled spring of next year.

To schedule a tour, get in-volved or purchase items such as worm tea, call the greenhouse at (989) 752-6131.

Worms break down campus garbage, produce worm tea

By Alyssa TarrantVanguard Staff Writer

Vanguard photo | Alyssa Ellis Students participate in last Monday’s Model United Nations zombie simulation, in which students represented countries and debated what would happen during a zombie invasion.

Vanguard photo | Taylor LaPlaceParticipants at last week’s Global Engagement Open House visit offices decorated for different countries. Customs, food & drinks were used to teach about foreign countries. See GAMES, A7

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As Thanksgiving ap-proaches, tradition dictates that we all reflect on the blessings

we’ve been offered in the last year and express our thankful-ness for them. While many of us will find ourselves thankful for the same things we were last year – our family, good health, money, the extended weekend offered by Thanksgiving break or the ridiculously large feast placed in front of us – I can’t help but feel that a great deal of thankfulness is being wasted as we ignore the wonderful gifts the last year has brought us. Even the most seemingly trivial offerings that 2012 has given us deserve our thanks, so I want to offer a few ideas to spice up your Thanksgiving:

I am thankful for Black Friday. No other day of the year seems to offer such insanely discounted prices. With a limited college student budget, it provides a way to get the perfect Christmas gift for that special someone this year – me.

I am thankful that Gangnam Style became a large dance craze. Without it, I would still only be able to dance to songs that directly tell you the dance moves like The Cupid Shuffle and the Turbo without looking like a total idiot.

I am thankful that the Hostess Company is going out of busi-ness. With no more delicious Twinkies or Hostess Cupcakes, I will no longer be forced to make the tough decision between a healthy meal or a quick crème-

filled snack cake as I hurry through a busy day or simply can’t work up the willpower to cook something better.

I am thankful to “The Aveng-ers” for being a great superhero movie that women and comic book nerds alike wanted to see. I can’t begin to comprehend how a film about a team of ripped male superheroes could have achieved this, but I am thankful nonethe-less.

I am thankful to my employer for playing Christmas music since shortly after Halloween. Hearing “Jingle Bells” sung by dogs nearly 300 times this year has already inflated by Christ-mas spirit to the point of explo-sion, and it’s not even December.

I am thankful to the “Fifty Shades of Grey” series for prov-ing, yet again, that regardless of content there is and always will be a better love story than “Twilight.”

I am thankful to Apple for the new iPhone5. After purchas-ing the last few versions of the iPhone, I could not be more over-joyed to learn that the iPhone you sold me a few months back was a vastly inferior product, and I would once again be of-fered the exclusive privilege to wait in long store lines to pay a few hundred more dollars and be given the iPhone my old one should have been.

I am thankful to Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 for releasing this month. Without them, men everywhere would be unable to prove their superiority over one another while sitting in an arm-chair screaming into a headset at someone thousands of miles away.

I am thankful the presiden-tial elections are finally over. Regardless of whether or not my candidate of choice won, I am thankful that the United States president is in office for the next four years. Hopefully, this means that I will not be bombarded

with political smear campaigns on every television channel and prior to every YouTube video I watch for the few peaceful years in between now and 2016.

I am thankful to “Breaking Dawn Part 2.” While many people may not have enjoyed the “Twilight” series, I feel that haters and fans alike can appreci-ate the final movie and the series, simply for the fact that it brought an end to the long running movie franchise and that no hopeless boyfriend will ever be dragged to another “Twilight” film again.

I am thankful to Disney for buying the “Star Wars” fran-chise. Not only did this business move make Princess Leia part of the Disney Princess club but the promise that the “Star Wars” series and upcoming Trilogy can no longer be ruined by George Lucas.

I am thankful to Honey Boo Boo for once again allowing Americans everywhere to once again believe that they can fol-low their dreams by proving that literally anybody can be famous.

Try to keep a few of these thanks in mind as you settle down at the family dinner table this Thanksgiving. If your family says thanks aloud, maybe you could even try to throw a few of these in with your traditional Thanksgiving choices. While I can’t promise anyone will appre-ciate them, you may just make a few friends at the children’s table or even with the family dog as you settle down for your holiday meal.

Beyond the ValleyOffering thanks for the best 2012 has to offer

By Gerhardt SchuetteVanguard Columnist

Gerhardt Schuette is a secondary education junior. Reach him at gjschuet@svsu.edu.

This Thursday, millions of Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving with food, family and football in addition to a multitude of unique family

traditions.Commercialization has propagated a few

common expectations for the holiday: The first is that it’s a time to gather with close and extended family and to hate every minute of it (although there is often a lesson to be learned at the end of the night – we can thank television sitcom specials for this).

The second is that Thanksgiving is a time for football and turkey, two symbols that are synonymous with the holiday.

There are many other expectations and traditions related to the holiday that have developed over time (the biggest bar night of the year, black Friday, etc.), though it’s interesting that ethnic diversity is not often one of them.

After all, not every response to Thanksgiving is a positive one. Some view the holiday, much like Columbus Day, as a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans by European Settlers. While not all Native American groups view the holiday in a negative light, some celebrate “Unthanksgiving Day” to mourn the death of their ancestors. The United American Indians of New England has led a National Day of Mourning protest at Plymouth Rock annually since 1970.

It seems only fitting to use Thanksgiving not only as a way to continue our own specific traditions, but also to celebrate the ethnic diversity on which the holiday was ostensibly founded and which is increasingly part of the country’s makeup today.

This week, we highlighted two events that celebrated diversity and the contributions

of international students at SVSU with the International Food Festival, put on by the International Student Club and Dining Services, and International Engagement Week, sponsored by the Office of International Programs.

American students took advantage of these opportunities to learn about other cultures, including native foods, entertainment and presentations in what are really generous acts of sharing. These interactions are one of the many positives of having a diverse campus culture – not only do the 621 international students Saginaw Valley hosts contribute to the university in their academic fields, but they offer American students an opportunity engage in events (such as the International Food Festival) that they may have never gotten the chance to experience otherwise.

Experiences like these are important – not just for the social aspect, but also for pragmatic reasons. The more the job market globalizes, the more important it becomes for American students to interact with and begin to understand different cultures. Study abroad programs and fellowship are about much more than just seeing the world – they’re also about preparing students for international interactions.

Regardless of whether you believe in Thanksgiving as a positive cultural exchange and celebration of diverse cultures or a symbol for genocide and conquest, it should above all else serve as reminder: We should be thinking not only of our family traditions and the commercialized renditions of the holiday, but also consider the diverse culture on which the premise of the holiday was founded, and on which our country continues to grow.

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Last Saturday, the news practically broke my heart. It was almost too difficult to take in at first, but once the words

finally sunk in, it really hit home. Long Island, New York’s own Daytrader, has decided to call it a day.

In case you weren’t aware of the group’s existence, Daytrader is a five-piece emo/punk band that was founded just two years ago. The band started out as a cavalcade of ex-members from bands such as Crime in Stereo (guitarist Gary Cioni) and Latterman (drummer Pat Schramm), among others.

One of the more notable members of the group was vocalist Tym B, a former man of business who chooses to not disclose his last name.

After numerous line-up changes during the next two years, the group went on to release a demo, an EP entitled “Last Days of Rome” on Run for Cover Records and their full-length “Twelve Years,” which was just put out last May on Rise Records.

Both of these releases were welcomed by the public with high amounts of praise for different reasons. “Last Days of Rome” is a fantastic revival of early-2000’s emo music made famous by Further Seems Forever and Saves the Day.

Tracks like “Kill My Compass” and “Death Means Nothing to Men like Me” really stood out well, while the title track showcased Tym’s melodic vocal tones extremely well. The EP served as an outstanding introduction to their music scene.

The band would go on to play

shows with everyone from The Early November to Into It Over It, spreading their music across the nation. In 2011, they signed to Rise Records. Though the company is well-known for signing metalcore acts such as Memphis May Fire and Of Mice & Men, this surely wouldn’t stop them from making, what I consider to be, their best release to date.

“Twelve Years” was released in May of this year and was immediately welcomed with critical acclaim. The album was a wide-ranging display of character for the band; from scorching anthems (“Deadfriends” and “Firebreather”) to down-tempo odes (“Heard It In A Song”and “After-Image”), it really helped define the band’s placement in their genre.

The break-up of a band of this caliber wouldn’t faze some people, but the impact Daytrader had on me, especially over such a short amount of time, is just too much to forget any time soon.

It kills me to hear the news of this break-up for one big reason: The band had so much potential. Their material really blew down the doors in such a big way for me that I knew that there would be others out there who could be affected by it, too.

There is a silver lining to this sad news, however, as vocalist Tym is now working on a side project, while guitarist Cioni is now back with Crime in Stereo. As for the new career paths of the band’s members, I wish them nothing but the best in their musical journeys.

When it comes to Daytrader, however, I guess all us fans can hold on to their material and remember their fond memories of seeing or listening to the group.

Rest easy, Daytrader. Rest easy.

With Thanksgiving coming up, we’re all excited to have a few days off classes. And

rightfully so, as I’m sure we could all use a break.

For most people, classes feel a lot like work: We go because we have to, and then we complain about it in the meantime. But instead of money, we get credit hours.

I’d like to combat this idea of classes as a necessary evil. I think a slight change in perspective can really help improve our college experiences so that instead of counting down to breaks, rejoicing when classes are canceled and doing homework grudgingly, we can enjoy classes and get as much out of them as possible.

It’s easy to lose sight of why we’re even here. Hopefully, most of us are majoring in something we’re passionate about, something we’re motivated for and excited to do for the rest of our lives. Throughout college, we gain expertise in that field, so if we’re passionate about our future careers, we should be passionate and grateful for the path to get there.

In this view, when we’re in classes for our majors, we’re not in them just because we have to be, or just to get the grade. And if we’re not just there for a grade, we should behave in a way that reflects such.

There are plenty of ways we can make the most of our classes. One way is to look for application. Think

about how the course material connects with the real world. Try to make connections from material you’re learning or have learned in other classes. Pick topics for papers, projects and speeches that connect to your long-term personal or professional goals. Don’t think of assignments as just as assignments to take up your time. Think about the skills you’re building, the knowledge you’re gaining, how the assignment impacts your life, even if it’s in a very small way.

Second, take advantage of the opportunities to be involved more in the course material. Speak with the professor outside of class. (In my experience, most professors are more than excited to talk about material in their office, and sometimes you can learn even more directly from them than you can in the classroom.) Visit the tutoring centers. Form study groups. Be involved in class discussion. If there’s a particular idea in a class that catches your interest, do additional research on it.

And taking advantage of opportunities doesn’t have to stop with things directly related to the coursework. Try to think bigger than just the class. Look into RSOs that may help you be more prepared for your future career. If there aren’t any, consider starting one. Apply for internships. Think bigger than just SVSU. Attend professional conferences or even present at them. Once you graduate and enter the workforce in your field, you’ll be entering a bigger world than just classes. Why not step into that bigger world now?

You’ve probably heard it before, but not everyone has the opportunity to attend college. There are people that would give more than we have to even have the option to complain about classes.

I’ll admit it might be a little more difficult to apply these things to

particularly tough or annoying courses, and it’s especially difficult to apply to general education courses. But a little bit of positivity and optimism never hurts. Negativity, on the other hand, does. And usually it’s only making your life more difficult. The professor and your classmates probably don’t care much if you’re not enjoying a class, not if all you’re doing is complaining about it.

And even with such courses, there are two things I think are important to keep in mind. First, it’s another step to getting you where you want to be in the future, and once it’s done you don’t have to worry about it anymore. And second, you’re paying for it - hundreds of dollars. And if you’re on a scholarship or grant, then someone is paying for it for you. Why not make the most of something that costs so much?

If, after all this change in perspective, a class is still complaint-worthy, try to do something about it. Talk to the professor and get his or her perspective on it and try to share your hang-ups and suggestions. Talk to other students and see if they’re having the same problems. Take the course evaluation forms seriously and give honest and thorough feedback.

Earlier this month, with the election, you probably heard people saying that you can’t complain if you don’t vote. Well, I see classes in a similar way. If you’re not trying to improve the situation or at least view it more positively, if you’re not making the most out of a class, then what good is complaining? Some classes are just going to suck. But we tend to be so negative that we take classes only because we have to and we miss some great opportunities.

Staff Opinion

The early demise of Daytraderdeals blow to emo/punk rock

With semester break looming, students shouldn’t lose sight of academic passions

Staff Opinion

By Landon DefenverVanguard Staff Writer

Landon Defever is a marketing sophomore. Reach him at lhdefeve@svsu.edu.

Marlin Jenkins is a creative writing senior. Reach him at mmjenki1@svsu.edu.

By Marlin JenkinsVanguard Staff Writer

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As part of a new weekly feature, members of the SVSU College Democrats and Republicans will write op-eds for the Vanguard debating important politi-cal issues leading up to the Nov. 6 presidential election.

“It’s a combination of family and food. And football! You can’t leave that out.”

What are you looking forward to most about Thanksgiving?

“I’m looking forward to seeing my family members that are spread out over the state.”

Kelsey DubbsPsychology senior

Meaghan MulcahyPre-nursing freshman

“I’m going to New York City, where I’ll be seeing the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and hopefully some black Friday sales.”

Bhagesh MaheshwariElectrical engineering exchange student

“I literally have nothing to do, so I’m probably just going to prepare for exams.”

Nikhil ShahBusiness administration graduate student

“I’m really excited to see my family, and to sleep in my own bed again.”

“I’m excited for basically sleeping and just getting a good meal.”

Riley HupferOccupational therapy sophomore

Scott AndersonElementary education sophomore

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Hot drinks and live music make for a good fundraiser.

That was the idea behind last Monday’s coffeehouse, which raised funds for victims of Hurri-cane Sandy.

Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast on Oct. 29. According to TIME, Hurricane Sandy could cost the U.S. economy $60 billion.

Mary Iott, an occupational therapy sophomore, came to the coffeehouse to hear some friends perform. She was glad to help the victims of the natural disaster.

“They’re our American broth-ers and sisters,” she said. “We have to reach out and do something.”

The event was planned by Will Wood, the music and special events chair of Program Board. Program Board donated $2 for every student who attended the coffeehouse.

Approximately 70 people at-tended, making the total donation around $140.

Sara Groth, an elementary edu-

cation junior, believes students have the ability to make a difference.

“SVSU is known for having exceptional fundraisers,” she said. “I think it’s good we’re doing it because we usually raise a lot of money.”

There were nine performers. Groth said she is hoping to perform herself at the next coffeehouse, the last one after six others this year.

“I am a musician, and I like hearing fellow aspiring musicians,” she said. “It gives people a chance to put themselves out there that they wouldn’t have had before.”

Mary Ankony, a communica-tion and theatre education sopho-more, said she comes to the coffee-houses for the music.

“It’s just calming,” she said. “It’s nice to just listen to the music. It’s nice to socialize.”

Ankony was glad that her at-tendance helped those in need.

“I think it’s important to sup-port our fellow Americans,” she said.

Iott said she enjoyed her time at the coffeehouse.

“I like the atmosphere,” she

said. “People can have their own conversations and do their own thing.”

Kevin Ward, a music education junior who has performed at all the coffeehouses so far, said that it’s a great opportunity for those inter-ested in performing.

“People who wouldn’t usually play, who are wary of playing, get up there and people actually sup-port them,” he said. “They get their confidence back. I like that.”

Ward said he was pleased with how many people attended.

“That was awesome to have that many people come out and support them,” he said.

Ward said it is important for students to step up and help those in need.

“It’s part of our country. A nat-ural disaster hit,” he said. “I think it’s important for students to realize that they’re not the only ones out there, that other people need help too.”

Vanguard photo | Alyssa EllisEnglish and creative writing junior Aaron Zaremski does a comedy routine for Program Board’s Coffeehouse.

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Alumni Scott Carmona and Shan-nan Weston are determined to change Bay City stereotypes.

Bay City has been riddled with stereotypes throughout the years, but making movies doesn’t tend to be one of them.

Carmona and Weston’s company, Cinema Vision Pictures, is especially interested in movies filmed in the local area.

According to Weston, they took on the movie “Meltdown” for exactly that reason.

“The film was made locally with Bay City landmarks,” she said. “That really stuck out to me.”

The movie’s director, Christopher Martin, was the one who originally brought the idea to Cinema Vision Pic-tures. He had the script already written and was looking for financial backing.

“Chris had the knowledge and be-lieved in the project,” Weston said. “We agreed to take it on.”

The film is about an undercover FBI agent who is cut loose after his cover is blown. He teams up with a female agent and together, they have to find a way to survive.

“The message is a straight-forward action film,” Weston said.

They filmed it complete with car explosions and gun fights to keep every scene riveting.

More than making an action film though, Cinema Vision and Martin wanted to celebrate Michigan land-marks.

“It was the intention to play up the cities of Bay City,” Weston said. “The

waterfront is in there and the Bay Coun-ty Building is the office setting.”

According to the press release, there are other notable Bay City landmarks in the film such as the Espresso Express Coffee House, St. Laurent Brothers and Pulaski Hall.

Its stars include retired Bay City firefighter Vern Zaucha, Joe Estevez, Christopher Martin and Maurice Kelly.

The film has been a long process with the original premiere in 2009 un-til its distribution on DVD only a few weeks ago, but nobody involved had doubts that there would be challenges.

“The hardest part of any movie is to be seen and distributed,” Weston said. “It isn’t anywhere near as difficult to make as to sell.”

Both production and distribution has shown signs of success. “Melt-down” is now out on DVD at the local Family Video and is also available on-line from Family Video, Barnes & Noble and CD Universe.

“The best part was to actually see the end project at the premiere and en-joy it with the people who’d worked on it,” she said.

The company hopes to continue making locally filmed movies and cel-ebrate the natural beauty that Michigan has to offer.

“I want people to know that a mov-ie can be made in a local environment and distributed here and to foreign markets,” Weston said. “It is a viable option.”

For more information on Cinema Vision Pictures or what it does, go to its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CVPictures or follow it on Twitter at @CVPictures.

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into that Words With Friends game. It’s like Scrabble, and she loves it.”

Gilbertson saw the night as an opportunity to relax while not concentrating on work.

“It’s just fun,” Gilbertson said. “It’s nice to be able to laugh and joke and compete. I can relate to the students in that way, and we find that we have a lot in common.”

Chelsea Brown, business and marketing sopho-more, was one of the resident assistants who ran the event. She wanted to find a faculty member to bring to the event, and thought Gilbertson was a good choice.

“We just wanted to bring a staff member to our programs,” Brown said. “We always know that Gil-bertson is trying to get to know the students more. Nights like these bring people together. It especially brings the residents of UV West together.”

Elyse Ledy, communications senior and resi-dent assistant, agreed that Gilbertson was the per-fect choice. She understands that not many students might get the chance to interact with him on a regu-lar basis.

“We wanted to go big or go home,” Ledy said. “We wanted to see him in a different environment. A lot of students don’t get to run into him a lot, so this is a good opportunity for him to see them.”

Gilbertson agreed that this was a perfect time to kick back with his students to get their minds off of the everyday stress of college life.

“I like doing events like these because it helps us all relax,” Gilbertson said. “It’s a break from the usual routine, whether the game is answering a silly question or hitting a ball into a hole.”

Gilbertson explained why game nights like these were helpful for the stressful environment students

find themselves caught up in. “Every individual finds ways to cope with

stress,” Gilbertson said. “You have to defeat that stress or it will eat you up. This took our minds off the day to day in a way that was healthy and social.”

Heather Squires, athletic training sophomore, agreed that it was a fun way to connect to students.

She also learned that Gilbertson was a better bil-liards player than expected. She believed it was ben-eficial for more departments to take UV West’s lead and host fun nights.

“Every department should host a game night or something like this so the students can get to know the faculty in their field,” Squires said.

Wave goodbye to the restaurant formerly known as El Mexicano and say hello to Coco Loco.

The restaurant, which sits at the corner of Bay and McCarty, hasn’t changed hands. The owner of El Mex-icano simply decided to make some major renovations.

Pulling up, I immediately no-ticed the new paint, my eyes drawn to a building with a dark red roof and golden sides.

Accompanying the new paint, the restaurant’s new sign features its new title emblazoned in bold, atten-tion-grabbing letters.

The previous sign featured a tired-looking fellow wearing a pon-cho and tipped sombrero as he napped, his body propped up against a tall cactus.

After we were seated in a booth, an impromptu question and answer exchange revealed what else had changed since the renovations had taken place. In describing the restau-rant’s former interior, our waitress may or may not have used at least

one of the following adjectives: drab, dingy, cafeteria-like.

In comparison to those descriptors though, Coco Loco was anything but.

There are now colorful murals depicting scenes based on Mexican life and culture as well as booth sepa-rators featuring similar scenes in low-relief, to shellacked tables and chairs imported from Mexico.

The waitress said El Mexicano had neither a bar nor a liquor license while the new and improved Coco Loco has both.

In honor of this recent develop-ment, I ordered a series of margaritas, each of which arrived in a glass large enough to serve as a makeshift fish-bowl.

Then came the process of order-ing, which is difficult enough, con-sidering the bevy of options one has to choose from, but was made even more time-consuming.

It proceeded in a slightly altered, but usual fashion: I perused the menu and noticed that the front still read “El Mexicano.”

When our waitress returned, she revealed the source of the deception. The menus had not yet been replaced.

I thanked her for her honesty. I told her I still wasn’t ready to order yet. She said she’d check back in a few minutes to see if I’d made my decision.

Following that instance, we re-peated the last two steps around three or four times at which point I had fi-nally made up my mind.

I settled on parrillada Mexican, which translates to Mexican barbe-cue. It consisted of one sizzling skil-let heaped with steak, chicken, and shrimp that had been sautéed with onions, tomatoes and green bell pep-pers; a separate plate of rice and re-fried beans with sour cream and pico de gallo on the side; and a tinfoil pouch of either corn or flour tortillas — customer’s choice.

The kicker, and what made me order parrillada Mexican, was that it somehow came “garnished with a pork chop” and I needed to know how this was accomplished.

When it arrived, I got my answer

along with enough food to feed three to four people.

The pork chop perched regally atop the mountain of sizzling food-stuffs, cloaked in a somewhat spicy and, as of yet, unidentified red sauce.

I’m not ashamed to admit that I had conjured up a kingly appetite to match the kingly portions before me and com-menced eating the entire barbeque.

Twas glorious.However, in my feasting, I did

note the meal’s somewhat careless presentation and the occasional pro-vincial ingredient, which did not greatly affect my enjoyment of the meal at the time. It must be admitted now as this is an honest publication meant for you, the concerned public.

Regardless, in the renovated at-mosphere of Coco Loco on this partic-ular night, a good time was had by all.

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Watercolor Exhibition• The Michigan Watercolor Society’s

2012 Traveling Exhibition is on display

in the University Art Gallery through

Saturday, Dec. 8. For open gallery

hours go to: www. svsu.edu/artgallery/

galleryopenhours .

Marching Band Concert• At 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 19, in the

Malcolm Field Theatre, the Univer-

sity Marching Band will host its 37th

annual indoor concert, featuring

music by Lady Gaga, Adele, Maroon 5,

Bruno Mars and Journey. Free. Tickets

available by calling the Box Office at

989-964-4261.

Video Game Tournament• At 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the

Alumni Lounge, Delta Sigma Pi will host

a tournament with video games such

as Mario Kart, Rock Band and Just

Dance. $5 to attend and play. $2 to at-

tend. Pizza and pop will be provided.

A Christmas by the Fireside• At 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, and

Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Malcolm Field

Theatre, the theater department will

present the production of the 1940s

radio production “A Christmas by

the Fireside.” $10 general admission.

$7 students and senior citizens. For

information or to order tickets contact

the Box Office at 989-964-4261.

Cardinal Singers Concert• At 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, in the

Rhea Miller Recital Hall, the depart-

ment of music will present the Cardinal

Singers Concert. Free.

Fridays at Founders• At 3:15 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30, in Found-

ers Hall, students and faculty will

perform. Sponsored by the depart-

ment of music. Free.

Encore Fall Performance• At 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30, and Satur-

day, Dec. 1, in the Thompson Student

Activities Room, Encore will host its

Fallapalooza performance. Free.

Tim Windy is an English literature and creative writing senior and Vanguard reviewer. Reach him at tmwindy@svsu.edu.

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyStudents Jennifer Hubble and Patrick Stephenson perform an original song entitled “Runaway” at MIC’s program Valley’s Got Talent.

Vanguard photo | Amelia BrownFrom left, Resident director Ian Philbrick plays a board game with President Eric Gilbertson and Elyse Ledy.

Artists compete in talent show program

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During the summer, a popular talent search competition asks if “America’s Got Talent.” Last week, an on campus group asked if “Valley’s Got Talent.”

Students from all over campus flocked to the Alumni Lounge Friday to attend Valley’s Got Talent, SVSU’s first-ever edition of the NBC program.

The show was put on by Music In-spiring Change (MIC), an RSO on cam-pus that performs musical selections on and off campus, simultaneously inspiring positive changes.

Valley’s Got Talent was put on by the RSO’s president and founding member Randy Robinson, a theater sophomore who decided to put on the event after the initial success of similar on-campus events.

“Someone told me the success of Cardinal Idol, so I thought we could give it a try,” Robinson said. “The event was very successful. We filled the room from front to back and even halfway through the program and we still had people pouring in.”

The event showcased three types of acts: song, dance and speech (both spoken word and poetry pieces). Most of the acts last Friday proved to be from the first cat-egory, as the event had more than a dozen acts that played guitar, sang or both.

One of the crowd favorites of the eve-ning was biology sophomore Rene Gon-zales, who played two songs. The first was “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman, while the second was “If It Means a Lot to You” by pop-punk quintet A Day to Remember.

The latter was performed with ac-companiment by social work sophomore Sara Berry, who also performed her own set on acoustic guitar, playing “A Team” by Ed Sheeran.

Tag-team duo of communication and theater senior Carly Anderson and Khari

Neal did a mash-up between “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You” by Frank Ocean and “Lucky” by Jason Mraz.

Sophomore Taylor Vipe gave a pol-ished hula hoop routine to Win Win’s “Victim,” the event’s only dance routine. All eyes were on Vipe during her piece, and even got a standing ovation from most of crowd.

The last performance of the night worth noting was the pair of sociology junior Justin O’Kelly and biology senior Kyle Roksiewicz, more commonly known as The White Oranges, an indie acoustic-based group originally from Caro.

The band played “The Solution,” a new song from their upcoming album, which goes into production this week-end, as well as “New Zealand,” a song from their freshman LP “Steamboats are for the Romantic.”

“The feeling of performing for a crowd is my favorite part of playing mu-sic,” O’Kelly said. “It’s especially nice when people know the words and are into it. It’s such a bizarre thing sometimes to see people singing along to our songs.”

After all the acts performed, the participants were brought to the front of the Alumni Lounge, where the audience chose The White Oranges as the victors of the evening. Gonzales took second, while Vipe took home third.

O’Kelly said, “We plan on putting the money that we won in our band fund to use for gas to get to shows, equipment and what-not.”

Music Inspiring Change raised $130, half going to the winners and half going to the organization.

“The money we raised will be going towards next semester’s nursing home, orphanage and community tour,” Rob-inson said. “We couldn’t be more happy with how this event turned out.”

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By the numbers

•Lauren Hill- 19th, 21:05•Emily Short- 20th, 21:06•Taylor Stepanski- 68th, 21:51.•Teha Ames- 117th, 22:31.•Amanda Paris- 187th, 23:13.•Tori Peet- 194th, 23:21.•Chantelle Fondren- 244th, 25:18

Advancing to D-II semifinals

Post-Season Run

• September 30 was the last

time the SVSU men’s soccer

team lost a match, a 3-2 over-

time loss to Ohio Dominican.

• Since that loss, the Cardinals

are 11-0-2 with 10 shutouts

including the playoffs.

• In the playoffs, SVSU has shut

out Northwood, Notre Dame

and most recently, Northeast-

ern State.

• GLIAC “Offensive Player of the

Year” Zach Myers has scored

three goals for the Cardinals in

the playoffs.

MEN’S SOCCER

Some people can say they have made history in their sport at least once, but the women’s cross country team can say they have done it twice.

The women raced for the second time in SVSU’s cross-country history and for the second consecutive year at the 2012 NCAA Division II National Championships in Joplin, Mo. The team finished 12th out of 32 teams at the race that took place this past Sat-urday.

“We accomplished our overall team goal of qualifying for nation-als, and our next goal was to finish in the top ten teams,” assistant coach Anthony Filipek said. “We came up short, but we placed better than last

year.”The 2011 Nationals in Spokane,

Wash., last year was the first time that the Lady Cardinals made it to a Na-tional meet, plac-ing 13th out of 24 teams.

“We lost five out of our top seven runners from last year,” he said. “This was an amazing accomplishment and shows that this team means business and is a top distance pro-gram.”

Continuing their strategy for oth-er 6K races, the women ran as a pack

for as long as possible to take out as many runners and teams as they could. Up until this race, the training switched to the psychological side to

help with the physical side of running.

“It started with great team leaders a year ago,” Coach Fili-pek said. “They will continue to be un-relenting as long as they don’t forget what came before them.”

Top runners to the team were Lauren Hill who finished in 19th at a time of 21:05, Em-

ily Short in 20th at 21:06, Taylor Ste-panski in 68th at 21:51, Teha Ames in 117th at 22:31, Amanda Paris in 187th

at 23:13, Tori Peet in 194th at 23:21, and Chantelle Fondren in 244th at 25:18. Hill earned All-American hon-ors in her last cross-country race at SVSU, and Short received All-Amer-ican recognition, as well.

Short and Hill are the first All-American women in cross-country since Becca Rudey ran in 2006.

“This is the beginning of a tradi-tion,” Filipek said. “The expectations will only be higher in the years to come, with the ultimate goal of win-ning a national championship in the near future.”

Track season is right around the corner with the first race of the indoor season beginning on Dec. 7, with the SVSU Holiday Classic in the Ryder Center.

Women race two years in a row at D-II nationals

Men’s Soccer

• Thursday, Nov. 29, vs. Simon Fraser, NCAA D-II Championship Semifinals,

Evans, Georgia

Men’s Basketball

• Thursday, Nov. 29, @ Ohio Dominican, 5:30 p.m., Columbus, OH

• Saturday, Dec. 1, @ Tiffin University, 1 p.m., Tiffin, OH

• Thursday, Dec. 8, vs. Ashland, 1 p.m., University Center

• Saturday, Dec. 15 @ Malone, 1 p.m., Canton, OH

• Monday, Dec. 17, @ Walsh, 5 p.m., North Canton, OH

Women’s Basketball

• Thursday, Nov. 29, @ Ohio Dominican, 7:30 p.m., Columbus, OH

• Saturday, Dec. 1, @ Tiffin University, 3 p.m., Columbus, OH

• Thursday, Dec. 8, vs. Ashland, 3 p.m., University Center

• Saturday, Dec. 15 @ Malone, 3 p.m., Canton, OH

• Monday, Dec. 17, @ Walsh, 7 p.m., North Canton OH

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All season, the men’s soc-cer team has treated every match like a playoff game.

Sunday afternoon, the Cardinals beat Northeast-ern State 1-0 in overtime to advance to the NCAA Divi-sion-II Semifinals for the first time in school history.

With a little more than a minute left in the second overtime period, senior for-ward and GLIAC “Offensive Player of the Year” Zach My-ers found the back of the net to push the Cardinals into the NCAA Division II Final Four.

The Cardinals spent the majority of the game with their backs against the wall, being outshot by Northeast-ern State 26 to nine. North-eastern State also had 11 shots on goal to SVSU’s two.

The second shot on goal proved to be the most im-portant.

The winning goal was My-ers’ 16th on the season and broke a stalemate in which the SVSU defense was chal-lenged all afternoon.

To head coach Cale Was-sermann, the end result was expected.

“Zach Walega came in and fed a great pass to Myers and once I saw him approach the net, I didn’t even have to look,” Wassermann said. “When the guy gets in front of the net, he’s absolutely le-thal.”

Senior goalkeeper Jason wise played all 109 minutes of the match and racked up 10 saves on the day to help extend the Cardinals’ un-beaten streak to 13.

“Jason (Wise) was just un-believable for us out there today,” Wassermann said. “There were many times where he simply saved the game for us.

“He really showed the ‘never going to quit’ attitude we brought.”

In overtime, Wassermann said his team turned the ta-bles on Northeastern State, who up until then had con-trolled the ball heavily.

“I think once our guys got into overtime they were un-believably good,” he said. “We were aggressive and didn’t let them control the pace.”

Wassermann credited Northeastern State bringing its best game on their home field Sunday and said he was happy about the way his team responded playing

on the road.“I’m just ex-

tremely proud of the effort our guys put forth out there,” he said. “We had to come out and play an excellent team on their home turf and really grind out every possession.

“ N o r t h e a s t e r n State is a great team that plays a really technically sound game, but I could not be more proud of the effort and

attitude our guys came out and played with today.”

Friday, SVSU defeated 4th ranked Rockhurst Univer-sity 2-1 in overtime. A week ago, Wassermann said he was looking forward to fac-ing off against the team that bounced the Cardinals from the playoffs last year.

In extending their unbeat-en streak to 12 straight, the Cardinals struck early when Myers fired in his 15th goal of the season to put SVSU up 1-0 eight minutes into the match.

Rockhurst responded 23 minutes into the match with a goal of their own to tie it.

For the rest of regulation, neither team could capital-ize, forcing the game into overtime.

SVSU sealed the deal and solidified its spot in the quarterfinals when junior midfielder Lachlan Savage found the back of the net to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.

The winning goal was Sav-age’s 10th on the season.

In the win over Rockhurst, Wise played all 95 minutes and saved three of the four shots against him.

Thursday, Nov. 29 the Cardinals will travel to Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Ga., to take on Simon Fraser in the NCAA Divi-sion-II Semifinals. The win-ner will play in the Division-II National Championship game.

For Wassermann, the blue-print remains the same going forward.

“It’s going to be business as usual for us,” he said. “We have some time to get our minds right and plan the week ahead with Thanksgiv-ing.

“We’re a humble and hun-gry team.”

By Chris OliverVanguard Sports Editor

By Hannah MeyerVanguard Staff Writer

Courtesy | Athletic Media Relations

In extending its unbeaten streak to 13, the men’s soccer team defeated Northeastern 1-0 in overtime to advance to the NCAA D-II semi finals.

Vanguard file photo

Senior forward Zach Myers (No. 15) scored the only goal on Sunday in overtime to beat Northeastern State, 1-0.

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Upcoming Men’s 2012-2013 GLIAC Schedule

- 11/29 @ Ohio Dominican - 1/12 @ Wayne State

- 12/1 @ Tiffin - 1/17 @ Northern Michigan

- 12/8 vs. Ashland - 1/19 @ Michigan Tech

- 12/15 @ Malone - 1/24 @ Grand Valley

- 12/17 @ Walsh - 1/26 vs. Ferris State

- 1/3 vs. Findlay - 1/30 vs. Lake Erie

- 1/5 vs. Hillsdale - 2/2 vs. Northwood

- 1/10 vs. Lake Superior State - 2/7 @ Lake Superior State

Freshmen show promise in 70-64 OT lossSaturday afternoon the Lady

Cardinals came up just short against 25th ranked Wisconsin-Parkside, falling to the Rangers 70-64 in over-time to drop to a record of 1-2 on the young season.

Freshman forward Em-ily Wendling led the team with 25 points, six rebounds and one block. Fellow freshman Katelyn Carriere added 15 points, five assists and two steals. Despite the home loss, head coach Jaimie Pewinski said the game showed off how resilient her team could be as well as offering a number of lessons going forward.

“Overall, I thought we played a pretty good game,” Pewinski said. “We kept our poise in the first half when they had us down by 10 and were able to cut into that deficit go-ing into the half.

“The effort and togetherness the team showed was awesome the entire game and we will learn from this loss

and put those lessons to the test as we begin conference play after Thanks-giving.”

The Lady Cardinals got off to a slow start, trailing by as much as ten in the first half before going into halftime down 34 to 31. Coming out in the second half, both teams ex-changed the lead multiple times.

“Once we got the lead in the second half, we needed to continue to build upon that,” Pewinski said. “But Parkside did a good job of chal-lenging us and taking away what had been working earlier in the game.”

Down the stretch, both teams made critical free throws with junior guard Kristen Greene scoring the last point in regulation to put the Lady Cardinals even with the Rangers 58-58 and pushing the game into over-time.

Once in overtime, the Rangers outscored SVSU 12-6 and took the lead early. The Lady Cardinals bat-tled but were unable to come back.

As a team, SVSU completed 37.9 percent of their field goal attempts along with going 15 for 18 from the

free-throw line. Pewinski noted that it is still early in the season for the Lady Cardinals and her young team is learning and will improve as the year goes on. She was particularly happy with the performances of two of her freshmen, Wendling and Carriere.

“Emily (Wendling) is always the focus of our offense and now is be-coming the focus of the other team’s defense,” Pewinski said. “Katelyn hit some big shots and we will continue to look for her to do so.

“The fact that they are still fresh-men and learning so quickly is going to make things exciting for us going into conference play.”

The Lady Cardinals will have this week off before returning to ac-tion on Thursday, Nov. 29 at Ohio Do-minican. Pewinski is looking forward to working with her team going into GLIAC play.

“We will use the practice time coming up to continue to get better on the defensive end and grow as a team.”

Dominating second half paves the way to a 70-62 road win

Saturday night, the SVSU men’s basketball team beat Central State (OH) 70-62 in the Cardinals’ second game of its four game road streak.

After going into halftime down 34-25, the Cardinals came out firing on all cylinders in the final 20 minutes, out-scoring the Marauders 45-28 to power their way to their sec-ond victory on the season.

Senior forward Rob Clark led the Cardinals with 19 points, four steals and eight rebounds on the night. Senior guard Brett Beland also had 19 points while going five for nine from the three-point line. Chris Webb joined his fellow seniors in the scoring with 10 points.

Head coach Randy Baruth said he was happy with the performance, but his team is still improving.

“Our guys are definitely making strides out there,” Ba-ruth said. “The guys are out there learning to play not only harder, but smarter, too.”

The Cardinals came out of the gates strong, taking an ear-ly lead. Central State Universi-ty quickly responded and came back, taking a nine point lead before going into halftime. In the second half, SVSU’s offense perked up, but Baruth pointed out other factors that proved to be crucial.

“I think as a team we are getting better defensively,” Ba-ruth said. “I can’t point to one

or two guys specifically, but our guys are learning to play with each other and we’re also getting the feel of things offen-sively.”

With the game firmly in control, Clark scored his final point of the night with eight seconds on the clock to extend SVSU’s lead to 11.

Baruth said that despite the win, the team still has a long way to go in playing up to the level that will be competitive in the GLIAC this season.

“We still have our toughest games ahead of us,” Baruth said. “I think our guys still need to learn how hard they

can play as well as how smart they can play.

“I think when they figure that out, they’ll be great.”

He also commented on how limited turnovers and mistakes will be crucial heading into the season and will be a key issue to address in upcoming prac-tices.

“Playing both hard and smart can be a tough combina-tion so it’s something we need to figure out,” he said. “I still don’t think anyone has actu-ally beaten us yet, but we’ve only beaten ourselves.

“If we go out and take care of business, we can handle the

tougher teams we’ll be playing in the near future.”

Following the Thanksgiving Day break, the Cardinals will be back in action on Thurs-day, Nov. 29, against their first GLIAC opponent of the season Ohio Dominican. Baruth said

leading up to Thanksgiving the team will work hard on the little things needed to take on a tough conference schedule that starts on the road.

“We have a big week of prac-tice coming up,” he said. “The guys will get a few days away

from basketball and then we’ll be gearing up again looking to improve on playing as a team and growing.”

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Junior guard Kayla Womack came off the bench for the Lady Cardinals and played 24 minutes. She scored five points and had one steal, two assists and three rebounds on the afternoon. Womack also hit one of two from beyond the three point arch.

Vanguard photo | Alyssa Ellis

Junior guard Kristen Greene (No. 20) scored 10 points in Saturday afternoon’s losing effort. She also added two steals, four rebounds and seven assists on the day. Greene also made four of her five attempts from the free throw lines.

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