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Students blew off steam before final exams through music, games and stress-relieving activities at Relaxation Night.

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The Cardinal Photography Student Association held its first exhibition at the Golden Gallery in Bay City.

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Senior guard Chris Webb scored 26 points to lead the men’s basketball team to a 66-61 win over Ashland.

A professional writing graduates’ future job isn’t only as an instruction book creator.

There are many jobs available for graduates to pursue, according to the Association of Profes-sional and Technical Writers (APTW) President Scott Merrow.

Merrow said graduates of the program can become journalism editors and even social media directors.

“I like to tell people it’s like an English de-gree that can actually get you a job,” Merrow said.

Formed in 2007, the association meets every two to three weeks to promote the professional technical writing (PTW) major and the rhetoric and professional writing (RPW) department as well as establish collegiality among students and faculty.

The association hosts movie nights and guest speakers to connect peers and build skill sets and knowledge about the PTW field.

All PTW students can become members.The meetings are open to all SVSU students,

and non-members can attend.According to Merrow, networking with other

students is important in finding job opportunities.“The students of the RPW department are al-

ways willing to help and give advice,” Merrow said.

Last Wednesday, alumnus Danielle Rohac spoke at the meeting about interning, stepping out of comfort zones and utilizing the Career Services office to be better prepared for the work-place.

Merrow plans on bringing a staff member from Career Services to present to the group next semester.

According to Rohac, it’s important to gener-alize job searches after graduation because not all companies use the same titles.

Rohac works as a marketing assistant at Tri-Star Trust Bank in Saginaw.

Rohac hesitated when applying to her cur-rent job because she had not received a marketing degree.

After reviewing the responsibilities, she de-cided to apply.

“It was all things I’ve done,” she said. “I had a lot of experience from classes and interning at an on-campus publication.”

Rohac said it was scary to find a job, but the search for one can never start too early.

“Being able to write well opens doors,” Mer-row said. “But writing within disciplines opens up even more doors.”

Merrow became interested in the PTW pro-gram after returning to school for social work.

After taking a class with Brad Herzog, before the RPW department was split from the English department, Merrow became convinced to de-clare a PTW minor.

After a semester of taking classes for the mi-nor, he changed it to his major.

“I figured I could work alongside adminis-trations for community change,” Merrow said.

The department has created a usability lab for students to use equipment such as Mac com-puters with the Adobe Suite packages and green screens.

“The trouble for students is getting the soft-ware and getting to know them,” Merrow said.

The group’s next meeting will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the PTW faculty suite out-side of Zahnow 219.

SVSU students are continuing to be successful in moot court competition.

Three teams from SVSU’s Moot Court program have qualified for the national Moot Court competition, in Virginia Beach, Va., on Jan. 18-19.

Mikaela Burch, a political science and criminal justice senior who is part of one of the qualifying teams, said she is excited about the national competition.

“The feeling that we had when we found out we were going to nationals and we placed fifth, that was probably one of the best feelings I’ve had in my life,” she said. “It feels good

With a different look and feel, the new issue of Cardinal Sins is ready for reading.

Cardinal Sins celebrated the release of its fall 2012 issue last

Wednesday in the Roberta Allen Reading Room.

Creative writing senior and Cardinal Sins editor Brandy Abraham thanked the audience of contributors, benefactors and readers who made the new issue possible.

During the event, Abraham

announced that Cardinal Sins will now be available at Bay City and Saginaw libraries as well as the Barnes and Noble on Tittaba-wassee Road.

Abraham also announced that Cardinal Sins plans to at-tend the Association of Writing and Writing Programs confer-

ence in Boston in March. Members going to the con-

ference will distribute older edi-tions as well as the fall 2012 edi-tion, allowing people across the nation to read and see the pub-lished works.

“We decided that our goal was to take Cardinal Sins to the

next level,” Abraham said. “We at least wanted to make Cardi-nal Sins more prestigious, more modern and more well-read.”

Associate professor of phi-losophy and Cardinal Sins fac-ulty adviser Peter Barry said the

Resume workshops give stu-dents the chance to gain tools as they progress into professional fields.

The resume workshops of-fered by Career Services provide information and teach skills that can be helpful when applying for jobs. The information is not only for students trying to build on their existing resumes, but also for ones who have yet to start. Students are given advice along with direct explanations on what to include and what not to include in their resumes.

Not only do the leaders of the workshops edit resumes, but also they are able to conduct mock in-terviews, help with certain groups on campus and assist in applying for specific jobs straight off the Cardinal Career Network.

Jamie Leyrer, assistant direc-tor of Career Services, wants ev-eryone to feel comfortable to come into her office for help on anything that pertains to applying for a job.

“I love it when freshmen and sophomores come into the work-shops because they are really able to get ahead,” Leyrer said. “These workshops are bridges to more resources for students to benefit from.”

Leyrer said students should take more advantage of the work-shops. Not only will they discover what employers are searching for and how to create an appealing resume, but also they will learn to network and make connections with potential references.

“They’re looking for consis-tency,” Leyrer said. “They also look at grammar, how your past experience works with the job be-ing applied for, if your education background fits with the position.”

Graduating electrical engi-neering senior Nate Weller under-stands what makes a professional resume. He believes that stressing the relevance of past experience is one of the most important parts.

“Even including relevant courses, projects completed in that class, or unpaid internship is im-portant,” Weller said. “This dem-onstrates to potential employers that you have been involved in rel-evant and educational activities.”

Length was a factor Weller stressed as crucial for a profes-sional-looking resume. The shorter the better, as employers only take a short amount of time to oversee the resumes submitted.

“Most employers will only look at each resume for about 10 seconds before making a deci-sion,” Weller said. “You don’t want it to be too long or congested.”

When asked what the biggest issue was with students’ resumes, Leyrer said bullet points stand out. Making sure to stick to the posi-tive outcomes of past experiences is key.

“Bullet statements are usually the biggest problem,” Leyrer said. “We’re trying to teach students that instead of listing, they should show the results that were posi-tive in whatever they did. It’s easy to get across efficiency, especially through quantitative statements.”

Mechanical engineering freshman Joseph Southgate trusts the members of Career Services to help him understand exactly what

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyFrom left, Rozy Humphrys and Brittany Hodges admire “Haircut,” Fall 2012 Color Artwork winner, a collaboration by Erin Case and Andrew Tamlyn.

Courtesy | Mikaela BurchMikaela Burch and Brandon Harris make up one of three teams going to the national Moot Court competition.

Professional association helps writers network, gain skills for future jobs

Moot Court teams to compete at national level

Workshops offer opportunities for improved student resumes

‘Sins’ unveils new look

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By Tyler Bradley Vanguard A&E Editor

By Rachel StockiVanguard Campus Editor

By Matt Ostrander Vanguard Columnist

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Assault• At 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, a

17-year-old female student reported that while practicing with the Forte Hip Hop Dance Team at the Ryder Center an-other member punched her in the face. The case is under investigation.

Trespassing• At 3 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, an 18-year-

old female student from the First Year Suites called her resident assistant because her roommate’s boyfriend was over and he was not supposed to be in the room. When officers arrived, they asked the 21-year-old male to leave and the girlfriend became upset and disorderly. She tried to leave before the investigation was done so she was ar-rested for resisting and obstruction and a minor in possession.

• At 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, the same 21-year-old male student was found in First Year Suites and was arrested for trespassing. A warrant will be sought because he knocked off mirrors on vehicles in J-3 and J-4 lot.

Property damage• Between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. Friday, Nov.

30, ten vehicles had their mirrors knocked off from while parked in J-3.

• Between Friday, Nov. 30 and Monday, Dec. 3, an 18-year-old female student’s driver-side mirror was knocked off while parked in J-3. It seems to not be related to other incidents.

Department assist• At 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, the Southfield

Police Department contacted campus police because a 19-year-old student may have been involved in an armed robbery. Officers found him in the Uni-versity Village and Southfield took him for questioning.

Minor in possession• At 9:55 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, Residential

Life called campus police because two students from Living Center North had small amounts of alcohol in the room and admitted to drinking. The case will be handled internally.

• At 12:10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, a resident assistant from Living Center South called campus police because of a noise complaint. When officers arrived, there was alcohol in the room. Five students admitted to drinking and they were given notices to appear.

• At 2 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, a resident as-sistant called campus police to the First Year Suites because they found several empty alcohol containers in the room. There were eight students in the room. Five students failed sobriety tests and were given minor in possessions.

• At 8:48 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, a 19-year-old male student was stopped in Pine Grove because he failed to stop at the stop sign. When the officer made contact, he could smell marijuana. The student had marijuana on him and the officer found distribution paraphernalia in the vehicle as well as a backpack with a loaded .38 caliber revolver. He was arrested and taken to jail.

• At 2:03 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, campus police were called to the University Village because of a large party. When the officers arrived, one noticed a male come out of a different apartment looking suspicious. The officer made contact with the 23-year old male and asked if he knew who lived there. The male did not know and also said no one was home. He admitted to not being a student as well. The officer believed it was a possible breaking and entering in progress so he placed the male into custody. The officer found a mason jar full of marijuana in his backpack. Then a 20-year-old male non-student asked who was in the car and why. The officer told him and then the male admitted that it was his marijuana. Both non-students were taken to jail.

Threats• On Sunday, Dec. 2, an 18-year-old female

was taking a shower and heard a bang-ing on the door. After her shower she opened the door and found a picture of her and her boyfriend on the ground. His face was scratched off and a note was on it that said, “It’s time to bury your relationship with him before I bury you.” The case is under investigation.

Chess club’s strategy for RSO success begins with 40 members

The fun and posi-tive mental involvement of the newest RSO on campus is as clear as a checkmate.

Business sopho-more Cameron Sydes, president of the RSO and avid chess player, feels that there is a defi-nite desire on campus for a chess club.

While looking to

join a club in his sopho-more year, he realized that there was nowhere on campus where chess was regularly played. Sydes decided to be the one to create that group. With about 40 students who are interested in joining, the response has been positive.

“It helps me con-tinue to be dedicated,” Sydes said. “Also, I get to help others enjoy their experience at the univer-sity.”

Sydes and the rest of the RSO are steadily building their organi-zation for it to be suc-cessful in the winter semester. Once school has begun again, they plan on having meetings about three times a week until a formal routine is established. The goal is to have tournaments against other universi-ties along with more domestic events as well. No matter if one is a be-ginner or an expert, they

will learn from the more experienced players.

“There is a way to beat your opponent in four moves,” Sydes said. “I’ve used it twice. It’s rare to use the move, but it’s effective.”

There are many rea-sons why Sydes feels the chess club will be a suc-cess with students. Its distinctiveness from oth-er RSOs makes it a club that will lead to benefits in real life.

“It’s unique because

it’s new,” Sydes said. “You can also take a lot from chess. It helps with general strategy and thinking processes.”

Not only is the orga-nization new, but it also promotes hard work and elaborate thinking. Chess is more complicat-ed than other common board games such as checkers, and this leads to higher gratification.

“I like complexity, not something that takes like two second to do,”

Sydes said. “When you win, you feel a sense of accomplishment be-cause it took a lot of strategy and had to de-feat the other person’s strategy.”

Meetings and tour-naments are set to begin in the winter semester, so there is still plenty of time to contact either Sydes or Sirias for more information.

to put so much time into something, and find out (the judges) liked you over all these people.”

In a moot court competition, teams of two students act as attor-neys and argue before a panel of judges using Supreme Court cases regarding constitutional law. This year’s problem involves the 1st and 14th amendments.

The Moot Court program at SVSU has been growing.

“We are getting better,” Burch said. “We sent teams to nationals last year and this year, and we’re pro-gressing.”

Moot court competition can prove challenging. According to Brandon Harris, a criminal justice senior who qualified for the national competition on Burch’s team, stress is often high.

“It’s really just you against your own thoughts,” he said. “Before that first day’s over, it’s very stressful. But once everything’s all said and done, once teams start to place, then you can see the mood lighten.”

Kevin Lorentz, a political science senior part of another qualifying team along with political science ma-jor Hailey Kimball, agreed that moot court can present difficulties. During competition, the judges can ask ques-tions at any time.

“Anticipating what they’re go-ing to say and responding appropri-ately to it, and then getting back into your argument, that proved difficult initially,” he said.

Despite the challenges, moot court is also rewarding.

“If I had to choose my favorite part, it would be the ability to delve into the court cases and come up with an argument,” Lorentz said.

Harris enjoys having to present his argument in only 10 minutes.

“I love that sprint where it’s like, you only have a 10 minute window to make your point, and you can’t go past that,” he said. “Everything’s very direct, to the point, and it’s just so amazing after you’re done be-cause you have this adrenaline rush, and when you come down from it, it’s almost like a euphoric feeling.”

Lorentz believes that participat-ing in moot court can give those in-terested in law school an edge over their peers.

“This is excellent on a law school

app and it prepares you for that first semester when law school is expos-ing you to writing court briefs, get-ting into your arguments and actu-ally doing oral arguments,” he said. “You have a step ahead. You’ll shine out. The professors will make note of that.”

Harris said moot court can also be beneficial for all students, regard-less of their major or future career goals.

“I suggest it for everybody here, because it really hits almost all the disciplines,” he said. “You’re critical-ly thinking, you’re applying as much creativity as you possibly can to the matter and at the same time you’re going to stand up and deliver.”

An additional team made up of political science major Marissa Geyer and political science major Larissa Skalecki round out the three teams that qualified for the national com-petition.

Lorentz said the success of SV-SU’s Moot Court program is a reflec-tion on the school as a whole.

“I think, overall, the university is doing a very good job of compet-ing with big name schools, private and public,” he said.

Burch agreed.“Moot court, along with the oth-

er organizations that we have here, definitely make SVSU a stronger in-stitution,” she said.

Lorentz has high hopes for the national competition.

“I hope to do well. There’s go-ing to be considerable competition there, but I would like to get an ora-tor’s award and place in the top 20 for oration,” he said. “Maybe make into the second day, be able to score high enough on the first day of com-petition and qualify for the actual na-tional competition.”

Burch has similar goals.“I would like to place some-

where,” she said. “You never know where you might place. (You) work on your argument, do your best, and hopefully it’s good enough.”

Regardless of the outcome at the national competition, Harris said the end result is worth it.

“Aside from the fact that we were able to place in the second day and we were able to move onto na-tionals, I felt like wow, look at what I was able to do in 10 minutes with a speech that I’ve been working on for four or five months now,” he said. “I like that whole end goal thing. You work hard for something, and it just brings it all together in one 10-minute speech.”

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employers are looking for in a re-sume. Even though he has only participated in one workshop, he recognized the competence of the staff.

“They have lots of experi-ence,” Southgate said. “They know what employers are looking for and what needs to stand out in a resume.”

Marketing senior Derek Kilm-er looked forward to discussing the templates best suited for a pro-fessional resume.

“These workshops are impor-tant because it helps us know the

structure of a resume,” Kilmer said. “Resumes are fairly easy if

you can just get the formatting down.”

Resumes written in high school

are much different compared with resumes expected out of a college student. One of the big variations is that more people will be seeing the resume.

“In high school, the only person who critiqued it was the counselor,” Southgate said. “Now, there are numerous employ-ers looking at our resumes. They’re all asking themselves ‘Are we go-ing to hire this person?’”

For students who need help constructing their first resume or editing their preexisting one, workshops are held every week, beginning again starting next se-mester. Students can RSVP to the event, but walk-ins are encour-aged, as well.

Vanguard photo | Taylor LaPlaceLast Monday, the SVSU concert choir perfomed melodies with the help of student singers and faculty instrumentals.

“They know what employers are looking for and what needs to stand out in a resume.”

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572 graduates take next step toward future: ceremony to commence Dec. 14

Students looking for some relaxation before final exams found it through snacks, music, games and ac-tivities at Friday’s Relaxation Night.

The event, held to help students de-stress from the anxiety of finals, was put on by Peer Health Educa-tors with assistance from Campus Recreation, Program Board, Residential Housing Association and Valley Nights.

Students were welcomed with goodies from Peer Health Educators which included a pill-a-day box filled with M&Ms, informing its users of the dangers of Ad-derall and similar drugs.

There were plenty of stress-relieving activities for the dozens of students who came out, including color-ing, decorating gift bags, playing with Tinker Toys and filling up socks with rice to create neck pillows.

One crowd favorite for the evening was having Just Dance 4 for Xbox 360 up on the screen for students to participate in. Program Board president and second-ary education senior Tony Cianciolo had the idea of putting it up on the big screen to play.

“A lot of the activities are done every semester, like the rice socks, shaving cream and the crafts,” Cianciolo said. “But every semester, everyone works to make the following relaxation night even more of a success. Basi-

cally it’s finding what works and what doesn’t, and this worked.”

Cardinal Radio provided music for the event and provided a mixture of relaxing tunes and Christmas music. Creative writing junior and Cardinal Radio President Aaron Zaremski was extremely excited for the event so he could help promote Cardinal Radio even further.

“It is always fun to work Relaxation night because it helps us get our name out there in a big forum,” Za-remski said. “It’s also one of those events where mul-tiple RSOs come together and help each other out to make a big event happen.”

Business sophomore Doug Boehm was one of the students who attended the event.

“I wasn’t able to stay long, but from what I saw, it was a ton of fun.” Boehm said. “There were a lot of things to do. Having massages, playing with shaving cream, getting to dance and having hot chocolate were among my favorites.”

Even though the event is over, Cianciolo has ideas for where he’d like to take it next year.

“Next year, semester, we’re already talking about doing it in the Student Life Center, which will include the Rotunda as well,” he said. “Also, we’re looking into having more boyish things to do than just crafts and coloring.”

On Friday, SVSU will say farewell to yet another graduating class.

December is the second-largest graduating cere-mony, behind the one in May and ahead of the one in August. This year, 572 students plan to complete de-gree requirements and graduate, with 434 receiving bachelor degrees and 138 receiving their masters or education specialist degrees. Just under 500 of these students plan to don cap and gown and march in the ceremony this Friday.

The ceremony will take place in the O’Neill Are-na, inside the Ryder Center, at 7:30 p.m.

The December 2012 graduation class is com-parable in size to last year’s graduation class, but a little larger than the class of 2010. That year, only 533 students made up the graduating class, of which 431 planned to march in the ceremony. In all, 424 stu-dents earned bachelor degrees and 109 received their masters or education specialist degrees.

The most popular majors among this year’s graduation class are nursing, criminal justice, ac-counting, elementary education and psychology, according to J.J. Boehm, director of media and com-munity relations. Three of these majors (nursing, ac-counting and elementary education) have the high-est projection of job openings in Michigan, something that Boehm feels may bode well for SVSU graduates.

“It would appear that SVSU is doing a good job of preparing (students) to meet regional and state-wide employment needs,” Boehm said.

More than 80 percent of SVSU’s 38,000 alumni have remained in Michigan to live and work.

During Friday’s ceremony, per tradition, Presi-dent Eric Gilbertson will congratulate each graduate as he or she walk across the stage.

Bob Hansen, the CEO of Dow Corning Corp. in Midland, will give the commencement address. Hansen has been a part of Dow Corning since 1982, and has risen the ranks and held a number of posi-tions within the company, traveling to several coun-tries to assist in Dow’s global innovation. Hansen became President in 2010 and CEO in 2011.

Last week, Peer Health Educators (PHE) and Program Board sponsored a happy-hour event to promote safety during holiday festivities.

Sara Martinez, Student Counseling Center as-sistant director, said that they want students to be safe during the holiday season.

Happy Hour used a drunk-driving simula-tor to show students how much control they lose when under the influence of alcohol. A computer regulated delayed reaction times while the student “test-drove” in the simulator.

Biology freshman Aaron Shultz said that after participating in the simulation, he realized how much control matters when behind the wheel.

“You have to be in complete control,” he said. “Otherwise you put yourself and others in danger.”

Although PHE has used the drunk-driving simulator in previous years, Ashlie Tillman, PHE alcohol chair and student member, wanted to “add something new to the event.”

“I thought a way to get more students out to use the simulator would be to also have a mocktail

contest,” she said. This year is the first time PHE incorporated

the mocktail contest. Students brought their own recipes and supplies to the event, promoting a “de-licious, but safe, way to have fun,” according to Martinez.

There were four groups that participated, in-cluding Phi Sigma Sigma, Jonathan Knieper, Tim Koss and Nate Cormier. Phi Sigma Sigma made a fruity drink called the Lucky Driver, which com-bined orange and pineapple juices and grenadine. Knieper made a Chocolate Mocha, which com-bined peppermint crème, chocolate syrup, black coffee and vanilla syrup. Koss made a Fizz, which combined orange and cranberry juices and club soda. Cormier blended fresh strawberries and ice together to made a Strawberry Daiquiri, covering the lips of the glass with sugar crystals.

“I see the risks and dangers of using alcohol, so I thought this would be a helpful program,” Till-man said.

Martinez said that they called it Happy Hour purposely to gain interest from the student body, scheduling the event from 1-5 p.m., allowing for more students to attend.

Martinez said that since the holidays are com-

ing up, they wanted to remind students that if they are going to drink alcohol, they should make sure that people around them are not drinking and driv-ing.

“It is really important,” Martinez said. “Ev-eryone knows you are not supposed to drink and drive, but it still happens. I think they are getting more mindful about not drinking and making sure their friends don’t. “

Martinez and Tillman agreed that it is impor-tant for student to realize how dangerous drinking and driving can be.

“It is really a way for us to promote our event to our students and get the word out to stay safe,” Tillman said.

Tillman said that she hoped the event allowed student to come out and de-stress before exams and holiday break while having fun.

PHE also supports the Cheers program, where designated drivers are offered free alcohol-free drinks at participating local restaurants. The program is designed to promote an increase in the number of designated drivers. In this way, local restaurants and bars are promoting the safety of people in the community.

Burning off pre-exam stress, relaxation night unwinds anxiety

PHE Cheers drinking responsibly By Brandy AbrahamVanguard Campus Editor

By Landon Defever Vanguard Staff Writer

By Marie NesbittVanguard Staff Writer

Vanguard photo | Taylor LaPlace To show students how easily their ability to drive is impared when under the influence, a drunk driving simulator was set up during the happy hour event, regulating reaction times.

Vanguard photo | Taylor LaPlace Nate Cormier makes alcohol-free Strawberry Daiquiri’s for students during PHE’s happy hour.

Vanguard photo | Amelia Brown Relaxation night helped students de-stress before exams through coloring, making neck pillows, playing with Tinker Toys and decorating gift bags.

Vanguard photo | Josh Hartley Decorating can be eco-friendly and inexpensive this holiday season if you opt to be creative.

‘Tis the season for clogging garbage trucks and landfills with 4 million tons of wrapping paper and grocery bags.

Because consumerism is at its annual peak, it’s more impor-tant than ever that you’re con-scious of just how much you’re wasting. Try to find new ways to reduce your carbon footprint and make a positive difference on the environment this holiday season.

With time and creativity, it is possible to do just that without compromising the rich, elegant look of an unopened gift under

the tree. Or your pocketbook, for that matter.

For instance, I used the Sunday funnies and kraft paper to wrap and decorate my gifts this year, since it is considerably cheaper and both are easily recy-clable, whereas many traditional wrapping papers are not.

Feel free to use the ideas I’ve compiled as they are, as a tem-plate or as a springboard into your own creative twist on recy-clable gift wrap.Here’s my supply list:• $11 – A 140-foot roll of build-

er’s paper, also known as kraft paper (made in the USA). To purchase the same amount of a plain, solid-color wrapping paper (imported), it would cost more than $80. I got my roll at Menards, but you can find it anywhere.

• $3 – A roll of white Duct Tape. Regular scotch tape doesn’t stick to builder’s paper, you need a heavier-duty tape to do the trick. You can get creative here, too. Instead of a plain

color, such as white, clear or brown, choose a more decora-tive color, such as gold, silver, or even a neon color and use it to decorate.

• $5 – Red and green raffia and twine.

• I also used a small amount of glue to add the names to the gifts, stencils and an X-acto knife to cut the names out of newspaper and, of course, an old newspaper. You might also consider using a magazine, an old book or even a map.

Here are some tips for creating these looks:• Use stencils and an X-acto knife

to cut out letters. If you don’t have stencils, you can always make your own. Print the al-phabet in a font you like. Cut out each individual letter. Use them to trace. Reduce waste and save the letter cut-outs for next year, too.

• For two-part gifts, wrap them together, going around the gift several times with a matching or contrasting color of raffia

or twine. I chose to wrap two small gifts separately in news-paper, using red raffia to match the colors in the comics.

• To create round paper flowers, cut a circle about 5 inches in diameter. Cut a spiral pattern into the paper, starting from the outside edge. It should look like an uncoiled spring or

the shape of a spiral staircase when you are done cutting. Then, starting from the outside edge, roll it up. Once it is rolled up completely, it should look somewhat like a cylinder. To finish it off, let it relax some and then glue it so it stays in place.

• Add color to black-and-white newspaper or book

wrap with raffia.• Consider adding natural

twigs, small pine cones or the tips of pine tree branches to your gifts to create more of a rich, vintage feel.

• To create a cohesive look under your tree, mix and match these elements with each gift.

Dreaming of a ‘green’ Christmas: Sustainable gift-wrapping ideas on a budget

Molly Young is a PTW senior and Vanguard staff writer. Reach her at mryoung1@svsu.edu.

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Rashad Baiyasi is a physics and chemistry senior and the Vanguard’s cartoonist. Reach him at ribaiyas@svsu.edu.

As the fall semester draws toward its long-awaited end, a silent cheer seems to echo

through the student population around campus as we congratu-late ourselves for surviving one more round in the ring with an overloaded schedule. The simple joy of finishing the exams is often enough to make students tem-porarily forget about the terrible Christmas Break Slump.

The Christmas Break Slump is not scientifically recognized but it is a common and incredibly serious problem among college students everywhere. Symptoms of the Christmas Break Slump include overeating, excessive weight gain, prolonged periods of sleep, empty bank accounts, a lack of social interaction and the development of a strange mania-cal rage toward members of your household.

Now you may be thinking: How do I prevent myself from falling into this horrible sounding Christ-mas Break Slump? Fortunately for you, you don’t have to worry about entering into the slump. By the time you read this, you’ve already been thrown into it. Now all you can do is just know what to be prepared for as you go through the five stages of the slump.

The first stage, which you are already very familiar with, is the Finals Week Breakdown. During this week of all-nighters, constant studying and general craziness brought on by procrastination, it

is no shocker that students begin to feel as if the work their classes required was far too much. Our campus attempts to help us deal with these bad habits by offer-ing us late-night coffee and a crowded library all-nighter but the experience still seems to leave us drained. From there we exagger-ate the stress put on us by exam week to a point we can’t wait to go home, and before you know it you are into stage two.

Building on all the hype, you prepare for stage two: the Super-star Arrival. While juniors and seniors may skip this step due to prior disappointments, fresh-men seem to fall victim to it every time. Many of us tend to think that with ourselves removed from the picture, life at our households or in our family seems to stop and we imagine they are eagerly awaiting our return home. In your mind, your return home may seem to play out like a stroll down the red carpet. Upon arrival, you will probably find that the reaction isn’t much different than it was when you came home from high school every night. Your extrava-gant hopes deflated, you may still enjoy a slight bit more attention from family, but from here you’ve got nowhere to go but straight down.

The descent into sadness is slow but for roughly the first two weeks you’ll be in the third stage: Christmas Meltdown. During the early part of break you may still have your hopes held high for a fantastic time away from school. As time progresses, you’ll begin to grow tired with your family. An empty wallet seems to prove a much greater obstacle to having a good time when home then it does at Saginaw Valley. The little quirks, and things you missed about home begin to get on your nerves and friends from your local area are never as easy to get in touch with as your friends here. Any questioning of your habits or direction to help accomplish some

chore around the house will seem smothering compared to the life you had when on campus. Christ-mas may help to alleviate some of the tension but it will find its way back when the holiday spirit wears off.

Inevitably, things will reach a boiling point and when it does you have reached the fourth stage of the Christmas Break Slump and the one that is by far the most hazardous: the New Year’s Nightmare. Typically, in college, you would have been able to find something to do with ease on a night like New Year’s Eve. At home, you may just find yourself stuck in a room with family wait-ing for the ball to drop just to find yourself ducking of to bed quietly at 12:01. The New Year’s Night-mare doesn’t have to literally refer to a lame New Year’s, it’s the point at which you’ll find yourself en-tirely disillusioned with the break you wanted so much the weekend before exams. For some this could come as early as the first week home. Luckily for you, the final step is always an available option.

The fifth and final stage is the Tactical Retreat and it is all about escaping the troubles you’ve found at home a little earlier than the four weeks offered this year. For some, this may be offered in the form of a job or an activity through a group they participate on campus. When that option is not available, it may just be best to find a reason to excuse yourself a week early to return to your apartments. For those in the Liv-ing Centers who don’t have that option, I wish you the best of luck in surviving your Christmas Break Slump until the very last day. You just might need it.

Beyond the ValleyAvoiding the infamous “Christmas Break Slump”

By Gerhardt SchuetteVanguard Columnist

Gerhardt Schuette is a second-ary education junior. Reach him at gjschuet@svsu.edu.

It’s the end of the semester, and that means it’s evaluation time.

Professors are evaluating the work we’ve done in their classes, students are evaluating what they’ve taken away from the past five months, and those of us who had particularly rough semesters are left evaluating our mental health.

It’s been one of those semesters for me.I’m looking forward to this break for

so many reasons. Big picture, first: This December marks nine semesters down, one to go. I only have a limited time left here at Saginaw Valley, and while these have been the best five years of my life, I’m ready to move on.

But then the smaller scale: I need to recharge. I came into this semester with perhaps the most energy I’ve ever had to start a school year, and it’s been steadily draining since October. I imagine others feel the same.

For me, recharging means catching up on reading, doing my own creative writing and unwinding with family and friends. It means work, too: preparing papers for journal submission, writing literary magazine reviews, working on miscellaneous projects that have been pushed to the side this year.

And of course, evaluating our semester’s work here at the Vanguard.

For the most part, I’m happy with the steps we’ve taken this year. The partial redesign has given the Vanguard a new look, which has contributed to a more economical and effective use of space. We’ve turned the bottom of A5, often a problem area for white space and homemade recycling graphics, into an outlet for student voices, and hope to continue bringing the student body’s opinion into the newspaper through both serious and

playful “Cards Views” questions. The quality of writing, too, has improved.

We’re a small group, but a talented and hard-working one, too – I’ve been blown away this year by the personal improvement and dedication I’ve seen in staffers this year. They’re talented people, and they’re serious about this job – that’s the type of organizational culture you want for a newspaper staff.

But we still have room for improvement. As the newspaper industry continues to drastically evolve, I want the Vanguard to be more active online via social media outlets. We’ve made steps in this direction, but next semester I hope to take it even further, publishing more articles in much timelier fashion during the week and pushing them out to the public through our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

With a few exceptions, the Vanguard has operated on a weekly basis for a long, long time. It won’t be easy changing that mindset, but the students and faculty at Saginaw Valley deserves that type of objective, timely reporting, and we know they count on the Vanguard to deliver it to them. While we will remain a weekly print publication, readers can expect to see our online presence increase significantly over the course of the winter semester.

Readers can also expect to see some changes in our website as well as further improvements in the Vanguard’s writing and story selection.

A lot of education takes place at the Vanguard, and all of our writers, myself included, are constantly engaged in the act of learning and evolving as we begin to understand what it means to be student journalists.

So, we will continue to improve and continue to evolve. But if I’ve learned anything at all in my first semester as a newspaper editor, it’s that you can’t have it all – at least not at once. Change takes time. It takes patience, too, and a whole lot of work. I know that I won’t accomplish everything I set out to do with the Vanguard this year, but I hope that work we’ve done and the work we have ahead of us will lay the foundation for future editors, writers, photographers and staffers to continue changing the Vanguard for the better.

And how well we do that will be the true benchmark for evaluation.

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You are a magnet. You have a sticky end and

a repelling end. There are people in the world that will

enjoy you, and people that won’t. You probably already know that, so why am I telling you again?

Well, it’s hard to live by what we know. I know I should get an oil change every 5,000 miles, but sometimes I don’t. I know I should probably eat better, but I don’t always eat that well. It can be hard to remember, and even harder to do them. Most of the time, however, the difficult and less urgent things bring us the most benefit.

I find it hard to talk to new people sometimes. I repel them, or they repel me. I worry about what they think of me. I worry if I’m normal. This is probably pretty common, though sometimes I think so much about it that I lose myself in my thought-bubble of discontent.

Words spill out of my mouth like a naked guy falling through a shower curtain – I don’t like it, and it isn’t very pretty. The harder I try to impress these new people, the uglier the naked shower guy gets. Very quickly, I morph into a person I think they like and there’s an ugly wet guy running down Broadway. Both of those pictures are equally disconcerting.

I might have attracted these new people and gained their acceptance, but did I really? Negative. Someone else did. The guy I thought they would like did. I covered up parts of myself and said nice things I didn’t mean in order to attract them. They don’t like the real me, they liked the show I put

on. Further still, do I even want to be around these people if they don’t like me for me? What a mess.

Fortunately, I haven’t done this in a very long time. Authenticity has become a word that’s part of my everyday vocabulary. I lace my shoes up with it every morning and take two shots of it in my coffee.

To me, authenticity means being honest with people about the things I like and the things I don’t like. It also means being honest with them when I screw up … and I’ve screwed up before. It means being myself in every situation I am in and in every interaction. It is being a good person to myself and believing in what I have to say. Being the same person in every situation brings about a lot of confidence. It’s great.

To be honest, I don’t always do it. Like I said, it isn’t easy, but I can tell you that I get better every time I am completely authentic. Sometimes I don’t click with people when I’m being myself, and that bothers me, but it doesn’t stop me.

You will attract and repel people no matter whom you are. By not being true to yourself you become what became of your lunch in 6th grade when you would mix it all together and dare people to eat it – pretty unrecognizable and gross.

People know when you’re putting on a mask and when you’re looking them straight in the eye. As humans, we’re programmed to stay away from people that seem a little bit suspicious. So, all that work we put in to getting people to like us is not going to work anyway.

It’s better to be authentic and attract people that like you for whom you are than to be that person who just wants everybody to like them.

Be cool, freezer magnet.

21 days. Only 21 more days left of 2012. Unless the Mayans’ predictions that the

world will end in approximately ten days before that comes true (Spoiler Alert: It won’t), then rest assured, we will see a brand new year in three short weeks.

And what does that mean exactly? Well, if you’re like me, it means a million different things. The way I see it, when every year comes around, it gives us all a new opportunity to start anew. The second that ball drops on New Year’s Eve, something happens within every single one of us; a transformation takes place, you could say, meaning that we’re given another shot.

It is for this sole reason that I intend to make 2013 the best year I possibly can. And who’s to say it’ll be any less than that? I mean, hey, there’s enough great things to look forward to that could signify that it’ll be the best year ever.

First off, not only does 2013 mean a New Year, but a new semester, too. For the past three months, I’ve steadily started to grow tired of same four classes I chose back in April. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy them all for one reason or another, but it’s definitely that time in the school year where some kind of evolution is needed.

And I feel like I’m going to get it with my new semester. With a schedule that contains

English, math, philosophy and communication courses, I’m really anticipating that the tedium won’t immediately set in and will allow for a lot of enjoyment in my education.

It’s not all about courses, though; extra-curricular activities come into play, as well. After being elected music director for Cardinal Radio, SVSU’s on-campus radio station (like us on Facebook!), I have a ton of changes for what I want to do with the station. Reorganizing the music library, utilizing the full potential of Spotify and brainstorming ideas for new shows are at the top of my list of priorities.

School’s obviously important, but in order to have a successful year, you need to put in an equal amount of fun as well, and, boy, do I have a year of fun ahead of me.

Like every year, hundreds of movies, albums and concerts present themselves to the public, and like every year, I plan on seeing and attending as many as I can. And 2013 looks to have a million different choices for all three demographics.

Just looking at the list of summer releases that are slated for the new year has me giddy with anticipation. With sequels to “Iron Man,” “Star Trek,” “The Hangover,” “Kick-Ass,” “Superman” and “Despicable Me,” not to mention adaptations of classics like “Much Ado About Nothing” and “The Great Gatsby” and a prequel to “Monsters Inc.,” there’s going to be a little bit for everyone when 2013 rolls around.

The same goes for the music industry, as well, as there’s a lot to anticipate. Projects from artists such as Eminem, Lady Gaga and Rage Against the Machine are sure to shake up the musical world next year.

As we analyze all of the upcoming events of what a new year has to offer, it’s always necessary to remember the things that we don’t

know will happen that make it so exciting. I believe that even though we naturally think that the new year will automatically be full of promise, in all honesty, we have little to no idea of what to expect. And that’s what makes it so exciting.

At this time last year, I, frankly, had no idea what to expect. After an incredible 2011, I had high expectations for what the new year would bring. It was the events I hadn’t expected that made it so enjoyable.

At the beginning of 2012, never would I have thought that my simple blog on the Warped Tour band announcements would have landed a position at one of the more up-and-coming music websites in the alternative music scene. Furthermore, never would I have thought I’d get to interview some of my favorite bands of all-time because of it.

You see what I’m saying? Just because we think that the new year will be the best one yet simply isn’t enough. Sure, luck does play into some aspects of our life, but in order to have a great year, you have to make it a great year by working hard, getting your name out there and doing the best you can to push yourself forward.

And that’s the best advice I can really give to someone who wants to have a great 2013. In life, our main purpose is to continue to evolve as people, which is why it’s always my new year’s resolution. Not only does it almost always come true, but you’ll know in your heart that the new year was all you could make it to be. And that’s the best resolution of all.

Staff Opinion

Embracing your magnetism: The attraction of authenticity

Looking forward to a fresh start in 2013 with movies, albums and an open mind

Staff Opinion

By Will WoodVanguard Staff Writer

Will Wood is a psychology senior. Reach him at wswood@svsu.edu.

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

By Landon DefeverVanguard 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.

What are you looking forward to about the holiday break?“I’m looking forward to a break from this long semester. Having an entire month off is really nice.”

“I’m really excited for just sleeping in my own bed.”Lauren TrotterOccupational therapy freshman

Jennifer JarmanPsychology freshman

“The snow! Just...just the snow.”

Nathan DegnerComputer science sophomore

“I can’t wait to spend time with all of my family that I haven’t seen in a while.”Paige StaffordAthletic training freshman

“I’m excited to see old friends that go to other schools.”Alex MarkoskiNursing freshman

“Being able to do a lot of no-stress things is what I can’t wait for.”Blake GrivettiOccupational therapy freshman

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new issue “quite literally looks and feels differently” with a tex-tured fabric cover, new logo and different font.

“These are all editorial de-cisions that our new editor de-cided to make,” Barry said. “She was very insistent that they’ve been doing the same thing for a number of years and it may be time to give Sins a bit of a facelift to freshen things up.”

Barry said the 28-member staff did “a spectacular job” making all design and content changes.

“Most of the people who were involved this year had not been involved previously,” he said. “There are some familiar

faces, but there are an awful lot of people who have never had any say in what gets published in Sins who are now responsible for doing that.”

Barry also noted the record numbers of submissions in all the categories, which he says at-tests to a new group of writers, poets and visual artists, discov-ering an interest in the student publication. That, Barry said, is “as it should be.”

Following Abraham’s re-marks, Cardinal Sins contribu-tors read excerpts from and commented on their work. Attendees were then invited to enjoy refreshments and con-verse with the writers and art-ists.

Cardinal Sins contributor Nathan Phillips said his creative nonfiction “A Letter Received” was inspired both by a class dis-cussion about “flat and round”

characters and an experience he had working for an insurance company.

“We got this weird let-ter from this old man who was about to pass away,” said the creative writing and literature senior. “He wrote asking how his niece would collect his insur-ance policy, and it just struck all of us as so odd because … the letter was handwritten and also that’s not the kind of insurance we work with.”

Phillips said his questions about the letter and its writer inspired him to create in prose “this whole other life, this whole other story.”

Phillips said he loves read-ing and writing personal essays because they retain much of the style and beauty of fiction while sharing deeply personal reflec-tions.

Featured for the first time in the fall 2012 issue is photogra-phy from biology junior Nancy Lackey. Her black and white piece “The Cave” presents a scene from the South African coast.

“I got job experience, I did my honors thesis, and I’ve got a picture published — which I’ve always wanted to do — all in one trip,” Lackey said. “I like the idea that I had one opportu-nity and turned it into three. It’s good, and SVSU always allows me that.”

Chemistry senior Tyler Beyett, a past contributor to Cardinal Sins, published three photographs in the current is-sue, one of which gained him the editor’s choice award.

“My skills have gotten bet-ter partly because of being able to publish in Sins,” he said.

Beyett said he took a chance by taking his photogra-phy in a more artistic direction after Cardinal Sins rejected his first submissions.

“The first pictures I sub-mitted were kind of stan-dard,” he said. “I started to think what could I do that is a little different, a little more abstract. And I did a really ab-stract photo for the next sub-mission and that’s the one that got in.”

Beyett said Cardinal Sins pushed him outside of the genre of photography he was doing at that time. He said rejections only made him “get into looking at things differently.”

For the first time, Cardinal Sins also will host a flash fiction

contest with the theme of tres-passing in the winter 2013 edi-tion. The contest will be open to anyone, not only to SVSU stu-dents, faculty and alumni.

“We hope with this new contest that we will be able to push the journal’s potential

even further, providing some diversity and extending our reach,” said Abraham.

Students will find free copies of the Cardinal Sins fall 2012 available at locations across campus beginning this week.

Trivia wizards know what all the buzz is about.

Student Life, in collabora-tion with Valley Nights, has brought Buzztime Trivia to the university.

The game that can be played at more than 3,800 lo-cations in the U.S. and Canada can now be played without the travel to Saginaw’s Buffalo Wild Wings.

Since 1984, Buzztime has provided interactive trivia en-tertainment primarily to restau-rants and bars.

Buzztime runs on a schedule that kicks off at lunch time and is available throughout the night.

“It allows people to relax and have a good time while put-ting their brains to the test,” said communications senior and Stu-dent Life staff member Amanda Dunford.

Other educational institu-tions such as Rutgers University have partnered with the com-pany as well.

Student Life is looking to implement aspects of Rutgers’ system at SVSU.

Its staff hopes to create

a month-long tournament in which the player with the most accumulated points would re-ceive a large prize.

For the past two weeks, Student Life hosted a smaller tournament for the program’s launch.

Players competed through-out a four-day period to rack up the most accumulated points in the game Six.

“Even if we’re not good at it, it’s fun to do,” said psychol-ogy freshman Makala Suther-land.

Players are prompted with multiple-choice questions from six categories such as the sci-ences, the world, the shows, the past, the games and the arts.

This game can be played from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Wednesday and Thursday.

“We wanted a variety of questions for the tournament,” said Jason Schoenmeyer, asso-ciate director of student life. “It has a mix in difficulty.”

Criminal justice and politi-cal science junior Justin Kokki-nis won first place and a $75 Best Buy gift card.

Taking second, University Village West’s team received a $50 Buffalo Wild Wings gift card.

Taking third, Vanguard col-umnist Gerhardt Schuette won a $20 Meijer gift card.

Student Life wasn’t the only one giving out prizes. One night of the tournament, Buzztime of-fered a promotion with prizes.

One student received a $10 Amazon gift card for reaching a specific point threshold.

According to Schoenmeyer, the tournament has brought a mix of students not usually seen in Student Life and he hopes to see it continue.

“It’s going to keep grow-ing,” Dunford said.

Dunford said the amount of users at the university is al-ready growing quickly.

To accommodate the growth, Student Life is looking to install an additional TV mon-itor in the main area.

Dunford said she hopes registered student organization members use it for game nights within their groups.

Student Life offers up to 20 remotes for students to play, but the game can be played through a Buzztime smartphone appli-cation as well.

Students can stop at Stu-dent Life and play Buzztime any time the Cardinal Cage is open.

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyThe fall 2012 issue of Cardinal Sins sports a nakoosa feltweave cover texture. The issues were released last Thursday and can be found around campus, Saginaw Barnes and Noble and local libraries.

Student Life buzzes for new trivia systemBy Tyler BradleyVanguard A&E Editor

Vanguard photo | LaPlaceStudents check the rankings between rounds in Student Life during the Buzztime Trivia tournament that finished last Thursday.

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyEnglish literature junior Nathan Phillips discusses his piece “A Letter Received,” published in the fall 2012 Cardinal Sins issue.

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Presumably the title of Ke$ha’s newest album “Warrior” refers to her-self.

But why she considers herself a warrior, how the battle will be waged, what the stakes of such a battle would be and how one might win are ques-tions left untouched when the album finishes and the dance floor clears out.

Fortunately, what battle she’s in-volved in and what side she’s taken up are alluded to in the course of the al-bum. The best evidence the listener can hope for in illuminating clear answers to these questions are the hazy refer-ences she makes in her songs.

Within the album’s title track, Ke$ha sings of what side she has aligned herself with. The “we” of which she is a part “are the misfits . . . the bad kids, the degenerates,” all de-rogatory terms that, as they are used in the song, might best be thought of as

existing within quotation marks.Ke$ha’s reappropriation of these

labels indicates that the “we,” her le-gion of fans or, more broadly, people whose own views might resonate with her own, consists primarily of those who have strayed from certain societal norms and have been identified by the enforcers of those norms through the use of the same or similar labels (e.g. freaks, weirdos, etc.).

To parse, and to further delineate the forces involved in the battle, the labels mentioned in the song are not the sort heard in everyday language. The likely users of “misfits,” “bad kids” and “degenerates,” and enforc-ers of those societal norms from which Ke$ha’s “we” have strayed and are disapproving senior figures. This, ac-companied by Ke$ha’s mention that “now . . . is our time, our generation,” reinforces the idea that this battle is taking place between age groups.

However, if this is the case, it might be argued that such a battle takes place regularly between consecu-tive generations, the older generation clinging to power until the younger more sprightly generation usurps po-sitions of power and slowly supplants the previous generation’s values with their own in some obnoxious cycle that we should all be familiar with by now.

So is the battle Ke$ha referring to any different at all? Have the stakes changed?

A reference to Bob Dylan made within the title track suggests that, mo-mentarily, for Ke$ha, they have become more petty. She sings, “Times, they are a-changin’ tonight!” Here, Ke$ha har-kens to the cheapened idyllic hedonis-tic vision of the ‘60s that has, in pop culture, replaced the actual period of time in which Dylan’s “The Times They are a-Changin’” functioned as a protest song against deep societal injustices.

A new app that will track your energy levels can get you juiced up and ready to go.

This free app, punningly named Juice, can help connect the dots between habits and energy levels.

Available for Apple prod-ucts, this app uses measuring systems of energy, sleep, exer-cise and nutrition to help deter-mine your energy levels.

Users get to rate these cat-egories daily in terms of being great, good, OK, bad or awful.

Not all people need the same hours of sleep, exercise or food, so it’s understandable why the app left out numeral increments for ratings.

But, the awful-to-great scale may be too subjective to

accurately determine the prob-lems with someone’s energy.

As the energy level rating is changed, the amount of juice in the juice bottle on-screen gets lower or higher.

When rating the other three categories, it uses scales of sheep jumping over fences, a middle-aged man watching TV or being active and meals that range from unhealthy to healthy.

It provides some comical illustration to habits, but prob-ably isn’t really useful in the long run.

Each day, the app offers an energy tip in the aforemen-tioned categories in addition to new categories in balance, mood and stress.

Tips include things such as “Cultivate contentment” and “Cancel noise.”

Most tips aren’t very de-tailed, but could be useful if a person doesn’t like lengthy advice.

Interactive media com-pany Mindbloom, the creators behind the app, have a mission to make life improvement ac-cessible to everyone.

Since the new year is ap-proaching, weight loss and be-ing more productive will be in

many college students resolu-tions.

Tracking these levels of bad or good habits can be ben-eficial in determining what is needed to be focused on to ful-fill these resolutions.

This app allows the user to see energy stats over periods of time. This is the bulk of the payoff for utilizing this app.

While it can’t ultimately make someone change daily habits, the app is a good way to organize day-to-day infor-mation to get a better look at the correlation between them and energy levels.

It’s not necessarily a way to change habits, but it can in-spire someone to do so.

It helps in taking small steps to become healthier.

The app calls itself “The World’s Funnest Energy Track-er.” Its apparent knowledge on grammar is about as equivalent to its knowledge on energy.

This app is no personal trainer. It’s only a tool to help be in tune with health.

For only the cost of click-ing download and 23 mega-bytes of space, it might provide some inspiration to nourish today for a healthier tomorrow.

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“God of Carnage” Auditions• At 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11, and

Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Pit and

Balcony Community Theatre, auditions

will be held for the play “God of Car-

nage.” Roles for 2 females and 2 males.

Directed by Robin Devereaux-Nelson.

Youth Choir Performance• At 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15, at the

Midland Center for the Arts, the Center

Stage Youth Choirs will perform. $8.

Holiday Extravaganza Concert• At 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15, at the

Midland Center for the Arts, more

than 200 singers from groups such

as the Chorale and Men of Music will

perform in the Holiday Extravaganza.

$16 Adults. $11 Students. Sponsored by

Chemical Bank.

Local Bands Performance• At 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 29 at

Hopevale Church’s South Campus Apex

in Saginaw, bands including Act as One,

Last Night Saved My Life and A King at

Heart will perform. $6 advance. $8 at

the door.

New Year’s Eve Party• At 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 31, at the Dow

Event Center Unity Hall, a New Year’s

Eve Party “Rock’ Through the Decades”

will be held. Packages include prime

rib dinner, open bar and party favors.

Music by CEYX. $140 per couple. $75

single. For tickets or more information

call (989) 758-5700.

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5, in the Dow Event Center Unity Hall

and Atrium, the Bridal World 2013 Expo

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

Tyler Bradley is a graphic design junior and Vanguard A&E editor. Reach him at tsbradl1@svsu.edu.

The photography group on cam-pus has turned its focus to an exhibi-tion.

The Cardinal Photography Stu-dent Association (CPSA) has had an excellent track record and has been working hard to keep it that way.

The RSO was founded at the be-ginning of this semester, has a steady membership, has attended a photog-raphy convention in New York and is now putting on its first exhibition.

The show opened this past Thurs-day at the Golden Gallery in Bay City.

“We had an excellent turnout,” said professional and technical writing senior Katrina Robinson. “It was nice to talk with fellow artists. It’s refresh-ing to know that the pros are just like us: people who love photography.”

For most of the members, it was their first time ever formally showing

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyGolden Gallery owner Avram Golden examines photos in Cardinal Photography Student Association’s exhibition Thursday.

Photo club exposes new exhibition

New app juiceful to track energy levels

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Webb leads men to fourth winMEN’S BASKETBALL

The women’s track team returned at the SVSU Holiday Classic last Friday with a bang, hitting three NCAA provi-sional marks and breaking one team record.

“Going into this meet, we really wanted to get some good times,” said junior biol-ogy major Diamond Taylor. “We weren’t sure if we were going to hit a provisional mark or not.”

A provisional mark is when an athlete hits a time that could be good enough to make it to nationals. If there are not enough athletics who hit automatic times to get them straight through, then those with provisional times will be put into consideration.

Taylor was a part of the 4-by 400-meter relay that fin-ished first with a time of 4:04, which was not a provisional mark. The other three women on the relay were junior Sha-vonne Roberson along with

two freshmen, Ola Hendler and Yanisha Edwards.

Edwards was also able to break the school’s record for the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.92 seconds during the pre-liminary round.

“Last year, based on the talent we had, we didn’t do as well as we could have,” Rob-erson said. “There certainly was room for improvement, but we’ve been working pretty hard this season, and we’ve shown that off at this meet.”

Taylor and Roberson are looking to head to indoor na-tionals individually as well as a team. Both women run the 400 meter dash, the 4-by-400 meter relay, and the 200 meter dash.

A triple jumper and high jumper, junior rhetoric and professional writing major Lauren Little ran unattached last season. This time around, she’s looking forward to being a part of “the greatness of the Lady Cardinals.”

“Last season, you could notice the distance between us as a team,” Little said.

“But we’ve got a strong bond this year and our teamwork is much better.”

Little is hoping for an au-tomatic jump of 1.7 meters (or 5.7 feet) in the high jump as well as 12.6 in the triple jump.

On Friday, senior Lauren Hill hit a provisional qualify-ing mark in the 3000 meter run in first place with a time of 10:07. Sophomore Emerald Joiner also reached a provi-sional mark in shot put with a throw of 13.64 meters.

On the men’s side, David Ray hit a provisional mark in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.12 seconds in the fi-nal race.

“As a team, it’s good that we all have fun while we’re racing,” Little said. “We put out good numbers, and now we’ve made it through the first meet. The first one’s always the toughest.”

Students can come sup-port the teams when they re-turn from winter break for the Doug Hansen Open on Jan. 11 on the Ryder Center Indoor Arena.

Sprint record shattered in opening meet

Men’s Basketball•Saturday,Dec.15,@Malone

University,1p.m.,Canton,OH•Monday,Dec.17,@WalshUniversity,5

p.m.,NorthCanton,OH•Sunday,Dec.30,vs.DeltaCollege,3

p.m.,UniversityCenter•Thursday,Jan.3,vs.Findlay

University,6p.m.,UniversityCenter•Saturday,Jan.5,vs.HillsdaleCollege,

5p.m.,UniversityCenter•Thursday,Jan.10,vs.LakeSuperior

StateUniversity,6p.m.,UniversityCenter

•Saturday,Jan.12,@WayneState,1p.m.,Detroit,MI

Women’s Basketball•Saturday,Dec.15,@Malone

University,3p.m.,Canton,OH•Monday,Dec.17,@WalshUniversity,7

p.m.,NorthCanton,OH•Sunday,Dec.30,@Armstrong

University1:30p.m.,Savannah,GA•Thursday,Jan.3,vs.Findlay

University,8p.m.,UniversityCenter•Saturday,Jan.5,vs.HillsdaleCollege,

7p.m.,UniversityCenter•Thursday,Jan.10,vs.LakeSuperior

StateUniversity,8p.m.,UniversityCenter

•Saturday,Jan.12,@WayneState,3p.m.,Detroit,MI

Men’s Track•Friday,Jan.11,SVSU“DougHansen”

Open,UniversityCenter

Women’s Track•Friday,Jan.11,SVSU“DougHansen”

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Clutch late-game shooting combined with solid execution powered the Cardi-nals past Ashland University, 66-61, on Saturday afternoon. The win puts the Cardinals at a 4-2 overall record on the young season with a 2-1 GLIAC record.

Senior guard Chris Webb turned in an-other solid performance with 26 points, seven rebounds and two assists while going 11 for 16 from the free-throw line. Fellow senior forward Rob Clark scored 12 while securing 10 rebounds on the day. Off the bench, junior forward Mike Schaaf added eight points with two rebounds and a steal.

Head basketball coach Randy Baruth said it was a team effort and each player did his part in the win.

“Chris (Webb) does what Chris does out there and off the court,” Baruth said. “Guys like Rob Clark went out there to-day and played as hard as anyone did.

“Everyone played hard and did their job to get the win.”

The Cardinals came out with a fast start, taking a quick lead thanks to two quick buckets from senior forward Jay Thames.

“Jay made great plays all day,” Baruth said. “Not just scoring but defending and keeping possession of the ball.”

After giving up the early lead, the Car-dinals regained the advantage 24-20 going into the break. Fighting through animos-ity and keeping calm are traits Baruth said he’s glad to start seeing in his squad.

“I think we made a lot of strides going forward on how to stay resilient when the other team is making a run at us,” he said. “In this game, you just have to accept that there are great players on the other team, too, and they’re going to score.

“You can’t let that affect your game and you can’t let that get you down.”

The Cardinals came out to another strong start in the second half, pushing their lead to 31-22 with Clark hitting two layups in less than a minute.

Following an Ashland timeout, the Ea-gles came back as they had all game.

With seven and a half minutes to play, SVSU held a 46-40 lead before Ashland

stormed back, going on a 7-0 run to regain a 47-46 lead.

Refusing to go down, the Cardinals retook the lead when senior guard Brett Beland hit three free-throws in a row to regain the advantage for SVSU, 49-47.

Ashland went score for score with the Cardinals, but with 2:18 to play, Beland hit a three-pointer that put SVSU up 54-49. The Cardinals never looked back.

Down the stretch, SVSU made went 15 for 18 from the free-throw line, a feat that ultimately sealed the deal against Ashland. Baruth said it is the little things that happen during the game that lead to victory.

“During the game, I thought we were doing a lot worse from the line down the stretch than the numbers show,” he said. “It just shows how in this game, every single possession matters and every free throw is important at the end of the game.

“If you can execute and do the little things right, you’ll come out on top like we did.”

A week after giving up 28 points off turnovers, Baruth said he was excited

about the way his players protected the ball.

“We only had eight turnovers on the day,” he said. “And between our two point guards we only had two turnovers.

“If we can play like that and not beat ourselves, we’ll be just fine in any game.”

Going forward, Baruth said he expects his team to get better at executing the little things but doesn’t want himself or any of his players looking too far ahead.

“We like to worry about one opponent at a time,” he said. “Coming into this game, we were worried about Ashland and now we have Malone to think about.”

Baruth said he doesn’t know much about Malone, a new addition to the GLI-AC this season, but said he and his team will watch film and prepare accordingly.

“Come Monday, we’ll know a lot more in our preparation, but the big thing is just working on not beating ourselves and im-proving our execution.”

The Cardinals will continue GLIAC play next Saturday, December 15 when they travel to Canton, Ohio, to take on Malone (5-2).

By Chris OliverVanguard Sports Editor

By Hannah MeyerVanguard Staff Writer

By Chris OliverVanguard Sports Editor

Vanguard photo | Alyssa Ellis

Cardinal men rally around head coach Randy Baruth during a back-and-forth 66-61 victory over Ashland University Saturday afternoon.

Vanguard photo | Alyssa Ellis

Senior point guard Brett Beland (No. 12) brings the ball up the court for the Cardinals. Beland had nine points in the game, including a game-changing 3-point shot late to drive SVSU to victory.

Vanguard photo | Alyssa Ellis

Coming off the bench was freshman guard Sterling Johnson, who contributed by playing 12 minutes and snatching up two rebounds. The Cardinals out-rebounded Ashland 39-31 to help put the game away late.

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Shooting towards 2013, the men’s hockey club split its weekend series with the University of Michigan — Flint.

Saturday, the Cardinals im-proved their record to 11-11 on their home ice, downing the third-ranked team in the division by a score of 5-1 fol-lowing a 6-5 road loss Friday.

Going into the weekend, club president Scott Walter said it would be one of the toughest test yet for the Car-dinals, who needed a strong weekend to influence rank-ings going into Christmas break.

“We went in hoping for at least a split and would have loved taking two games from them,” Walter said. “They’re ranked third in our division and we’re sitting at ninth, so losing close and getting a solid win is still going to look great.”

The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) has multiple levels of compe-tition, with the Cardinals sit-ting in the middle of a contest-ed North conference. In the ACHA’s Division 3, there are four conferences, the North, South, Pacific and Atlantic. With Christmas break ap-proaching, Walter said it was key to have a good weekend before rankings came out.

“This was our last game before Christmas break,” he said. “Now there will be some shuffling in the rankings in the divisions.

“Each conference sends four teams to the playoffs at the end of the season so 16 teams nationwide make the post-season.”

Saturday, the Cardinals dominated University of Michigan – Flint, outshoot-ing the Wolverines 59 to 15. He also attributed the team’s success to a few of the rookies and freshmen on the team.

“Mitchel (Leist), our rookie goalie played on Saturday, and he was just great,” Wal-ter said. “Only allowing one goal really shows how he did, and really that’s how all of our rookies have been this season.

“They’ve grown up and they know they can play.”

Friday, the Cardinals fell to the University of Michigan – Flint in Flint. Walter said de-spite giving up five goals and ultimately losing, the game showed how dominant the Cardinals could be, outshoot-ing the opposition 48-24.

“Friday was tough for us because it’s just unfortunate to dominate pretty much the entire game and still come out on the losing end,” Walter said. “We came out strong but in the second period we sort of flattened out and gave up some goals.

“But we knew going into Saturday that we had them

against the ropes.”Walter said a major part

of winning on Saturday was playing smart and not making costly mistakes.

“They’re a really fast team on the ice,” he said. “So we kind of sat back and let them come to us, turn the puck over and keep them out of our goal.

“We managed to put a lot of pressure on them defensively during both games, and Satur-day it paid off.”

Even with the loss, Walter said the ACHA rankings will improve for the Cardinals. The ACHA ranks teams based on a committee of coaches from around the country who look at more than just scores in making their decisions.

“They’ll see how we out-shot them and really domi-nated the ice against the third-ranked team in our division.”

Following Christmas break, Walter said his team will be right back out into the mix against quality opponents. The Cardinals will take on fourth-ranked Davenport in Grand Rapids on Friday, Jan. 18. After Davenport, SVSU will take on Hope College, which is ranked fifth in the conference and has a 14-2 re-cord on Friday, January 25.

“After break, we’re pretty much going to be playing the toughest part of our sched-ule,” Walter said. “Every game is going to be a must-win rivalry game.”

Upset bid falls short against No. 1 Ashland

No game is easy, especially when it’s against against the No. 1 team in the nation.

Saturday, the Lady Cardi-nals faced off against Ashland University, the No. 1 team in Division-II, falling by a final score of 81-67.

According to head coach Ja-mie Pewinski, the score was not indicative of how close the game really was. Pewin-ski liked what she saw from her team facing off against the toughest competition in the country.

“We had incredible effort in the game tonight and we nev-er quit fighting,” she said. “We got some great post play out of (freshman forward) Emily Wendling again and were able to get out in transition a little bit to get some easy baskets.

“Overall it was good to see how we stack up against a team like that, and now we know what we must get bet-ter at, if we want to become a team as good as Ashland.”

The game was close throughout. Going into the half, the lady Cardinals were down 41-37, showing resil-ience despite the tough com-petition. The last 4:10 of the first half ended with SVSU on a 10-0 run.

The four-point lead was the smallest lead that Ashland has held going into halftime in

any game against a Division-II opponent this year.

The second half saw the Ash-land lead get smaller as fresh-man guard Danielle Carriere made the score 69-65 with 7:02 left to play. However, that is as far as the Cardinals would get, getting outscored in the sec-ond half 40-30.

Pewinski credited the effort of her team to their prepara-tion during the week, say-ing that playing a top-ranked team can be difficult, but it also gives you an opportunity for self reflection as a team.

“We were excited this week to get a chance to play Ash-land,” she said. “We knew the game was going to come whether we were ready or not, so we wanted to embrace the challenge and have fun with it.

“Our focus was 90 percent on us and what we needed to do to improve this week and then take those lessons from practice into the game.”

The week’s preparation was more than just the physical grind of practice. It was also a mental preparation for a game that saw the unranked Lady Cards playing David in a Da-vid vs. Goliath matchup.

“Being a young team, we knew there were things that we would struggle to defend, but we wanted to focus on our principles and our basic con-cepts,” she said. “After that, it comes down to playing hard, being focused and matching

intensity for 40 minutes.“We wanted our players to

not be thinking too much, but to be out there playing and letting instinct take over, and for the most part, I thought we did that well.”

Their effort was led by Wendling, who scored 19 points and pulled in 11 re-bounds, leading the team in both categories for the game. Freshman guard Katelyn Car-riere added six points and eight assists. The bench also got involved with sophomore forward Kayla Womack scor-ing eight points and Briana Graham scoring six.

The loss brings the Cardi-nal’s record to 2-4 on the sea-son and 1-2 in the GLIAC. The team’s next game will be Sat-urday, Dec. 15, when it goes on the road to play GLIAC newcomer Malone in another conference showdown.

Overall, Pewinski said that she thought the game would be a great opportunity for her young team to learn going for-ward.

“We learned that we can be a pretty good team, but that we still have some work to do,” she said. “We have some great players, who really want to compete and win here at SVSU and that is half the battle.”

“These are tough kids that are only going to get better.”

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2012-2013 Lady Cardinals By the Numbers

Points per game...................................................................65.8 Field goal percentage........................................................41.4 Three-point percentage....................................................20.5 Free throw percentage......................................................70.2 Offensive rebounds per game..............................................9 Defensive rebounds per game.......................................29.3 Assists per game..................................................................14.8 Turnovers per game............................................................13.7 Steals per game......................................................................8.2 Opponents’ field goal percentage.................................38.7 Opponents’ three-point percentage................................36

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As a stand in for red wine, Mulled Pomegranate Juice can be good by itself, but also try adding some heat and spices to it for the real mulled taste of wine. Try whole cloves, cinnamon sticks and grated orange zest.

Take a handful of cranberries and muddle them with a tablespoon of mint leaves and 1-2 table-spoons of sugar, depending on how sweet the desired drink. One suggestion is blending the cranberries and mint in a food processor for a more thorough blending. To this mixture, add the juice of one lime, and then fill up the rest of the glass with a combo of coconut water and sparkling water. Rim the glass with sugar and garnish with mint for decoration.

Cranberry Thyme Simple Syrup1 c sugar1 c water1 c whole cranberries5 sprigs thyme1. Place all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Allow to boil until most of the cranberries have popped, no more than 5 min-utes. Reduce heat and allow to simmer another 5-10 minutes. Take off heat and strain.This should make enough syrup for about 5-8 drinks as per the recipe below.

The Recipemakes 1 drink2-3 Tbsp cranberry thyme simple syrup2 Tbsp cranberry juiceginger ale, sparkling lemonade or soda watercranberries & a sprig of thyme for garnish, optional1. Pour cranberry thyme simple syrup and cran-berry juice in a highball glass (use 3 Tbsp syrup if mixing with soda water, 2 Tbsp if mixing with already sweetened soda). Fill the glass with ice. Top with soda.

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These drinks are perfect for designated drivers, underage students or for anyone looking to taste something new.

Cranberry Coconut-water Faux-jito

Mix one tbsp of softened butter and brown sugar in a few tablespoons of boiling water. Add one teaspoon of rum extract. The extract does contain a very small amount of alcohol. The alcohol can be cooked off on the stove or in the microwave, while still retaining the flavor. Pour into a glass garnished with a cinnamon stick. Fill the rest of the shot glass with boiling water. One sweet op-tion is to top the drink with whipped cream.

Blend together creamy, rich, vegan cocoa powder, soymilk and coconut milk ice cream, while using crushed grahams and a vegan marshmallow for garnish. This recipe is an option for vegans, picky children or guests allergic to dairy. This recipe makes two servings.

2 Tbsp vegan cocoa mix2 cups vanilla coconut ice cream1/2 tsp cinnamon1 cup vanilla soy milk1/4 cup ice cubes1 banana (use frozen banana slices for thickest shake)garnish: vegan marshmallow and graham or gin-gersnap crumblesBlend until smooth. Pour. Garnish. Serve.

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2 liters gingerale1 can white grape juice concentrate

Melt the white grape juice concentrate in the microwave. Stir into the gingerale. Serve in wine glasses, garnish with a twist of lime, if desired.

Mix 1-2 oz of pickle juice with 6 oz of tomato or vegetable juice. Add a teaspoon of horserad-ish, more or less depending on how spicy the desired drink, half teaspoon of celery salt, and the juice of one lemon. For an extra hot version, add some Tabasco sauce and black pepper. Pour over ice and garnish with celery or a pickle.

their work.“My plan was to give (CPSA

members) an opportunity to show their work,” founder and graduate student Nadeer Alab-dulwahab explained. “Meet-ing people in person is differ-ent than showing your work on Facebook, and doing a show provides feedback and a new ex-perience.”

Alabdulwahab also said this experience is great for students’ resumes and it can teach them how to prepare their photo-graphs for the show.

“The biggest thing I learned was how to frame and matt my photos,” art sophomore Alison Bur said. “It is such a compli-cated process.”

The students who submit-ted also learned how to write an artist’s statement and how to evaluate their work to decide which pieces were the right ones

to submit.“It was very hard to choose,”

Kuan Yan, a third year interna-tional trade major, said. “A pho-to isn’t like an article. Just one photo doesn’t always explain what I want to say.”

Unlike a written document, a photograph’s visual commu-nication is much more subjec-tive and CPSA’s members had to think very carefully about which pieces were going to

best express their messages.Bio-chemistry first year

Mohammad Almughalaq de-scribed how he captures the effect he wants.

“I compose images that contrast different light and shadow,” he said. “I use ob-jects with personal meaning to show mood and emotion.”

Most CPSA members have never shown their work be-fore, but Almughalaq, an in-ternational student from Saudi Arabia, has shown his work twice in his native country.

When comparing his two experiences, he said doing this exhibition in the United States was much better.

His favorite part is the ex-perience he is getting about how to deal with other people and with his own work.

“I’m learning all this so I can manage my future,” he said.

Alabdulwahab’s goal was to focus on its members and

give them a chance to organize an exhibition.

He hopes to open his own gallery one day.

Whether these artists have had years of experience in photography or have been simply learning as they go, CPSA looks to provide this ex-perience for its members.

Alabdulwahab hopes to continue to offer similar op-portunities next semester and see even more artists get in-volved in the group and in shows.

More information on this RSO can be found on its Face-book or at its weekly meetings.

The meetings take place at 7:15 p.m., Wednesdays in A160, but may change next se-mester due to new schedules.

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The qualification Ke$ha makes that the times are changing “tonight” along with other mentions of clubbing and nighttime in “Die Young,” “Crazy Kids,” and “Thinking of You” signal that this revo-lutionary attitude, the incomplete manifesto that is teenage rebelliousness, that is part of “Warrior,” is both time- and location-sensitive.

Ke$ha’s succumbs to the realization that her “Go Hard” lifestyle is merely posturing a little after the album’s halfway point in a track entitled “Won-derland.” She says, “I was just a young kid with time to waste. / Living out of my car, those were the days. / We were all the wild ones, the wasted youth. / Other than a dream, had nothing to lose.”

This acknowledgement profoundly influences the remainder of the album, carrying through in the tone of the remaining songs.

The concern is no longer how can one live as a careless youth pursuing pleasure for as long as possible. It progresses to concerns about genuine human connection and the beautiful life while still retaining an air of rebelliousness.

KE$HAcontinued from A7

“A photo isn’t like an article. Just one photo doesn’t always explain what I want to say.”

Kuan YanInternatIonal trade junIor

MocktailsBy Brandy Abraham Vanguard Campus Editor