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Students and faculty attended a candlelight vigil last Tuesday to pay their respects to those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 11 years ago.

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The SVSU football team fell to Findlay 29-27 on Saturday night when a last-second field goal landed short of the post.

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Student Association welcomed 24 new representatives to its organization in last week’s meeting.

Nominations were made, numbers were crunched and the survey says – the top five king and queen candidates have been selected for Homecoming 2012.

The king candidates are exercise sci-ence senior Douglas Eck, chemistry edu-cation senior Jesse Place, health science senior Kelvin Reed, Jr., political science

senior Tyler Manning and engineering technology management senior Tyler Vi-enot. Queen candidates include graphic design senior Anna-Shea Beeman, Eng-lish literature junior Bre Krager, pre-med-icine biology senior Jordan Killop, graph-ic design senior Katrina Murrell and so-cial work senior Kristian Patterson.

Homecoming is a weeklong celebra-tion of activities beginning Sept. 23

Carmen Bugan, a Romanian author who lived and was educated in Michigan, came to SVSU to give a reading from her memoir “Burying the Typewriter.”

Bugan is also the author of a collec-tion of poetry, Crossing the Carpathians. Her work has been published in Harvard Review, the Times Literary Supplement, Modern Poetry in Translation and she is the winner of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Bakeless Prize.

Bugan’s reading was the first of this year’s Voices in the Valley events.

Bugan belonged to a family of po-litical dissidents during the Ceausescu regime. Her father was imprisoned for printing and distributing anticommunist propaganda. Her family was later exiled to the U.S. in 1989.

“In that time you could use the type-writer as a weapon,” she said. “In this case, it was a weapon of resistance.”

Bugan and her family owned two typewriters, one that she used to type rec-ipes and her poetry and the other, which her father used only at night.

“The title comes from my father,” Bugan said.

Registered Student Organi-zations on campus have mixed feelings about Student Life’s new posting policy.

The policy was changed to streamline the look of post-ing boards and provide RSOs a better way to advertise on cam-pus. Organizations submit their printed materials for approval, and Student Life posts them in

the appropriate locations for a set period of time.

The biggest changes from the previous policy are the new limitations on the number of fli-ers on each posting board at one time and how many days each flier is displayed. A new student coordinator was also hired to post the materials and monitor the posting boards throughout the week.

The change to the policy affects the approximately 130

RSOs on campus who advertise by posting fliers to walls and poster boards and distributing information into RSO mailboxes.

According to Nathan Corm-ier, president of Tau Kappa Epsi-lon fraternity, the policy has been met with differing opinions.

“Few feel that it will help campus look more organized and cleaner,” he said. “Most feel that it is very restricting for our organization to be able to get our name out there as we have been

able to do in years past.”Cormier said the policy will

not have a big impact on recruit-ment, but may be a hindrance when advertising for philan-thropic events later in the year.

“I understand why they have put it into place, but would rather have less restrictions and be able to put more posters up in locations that we choose,” he said.

Tony Thomson, assistant dean for student life and leader-

ship programs, said the change was needed because the old sys-tem wasn’t working.

“You would walk out of here with one stack of papers, tack them up, and there’d be somebody right behind you of-tentimes tacking theirs up right over the top of yours,” Thomson said.

Student Association helped register 524 new voters through its registration drive last week.

The drive represented a col-laborative effort on behalf of Stu-dent Affairs, Student Association and the Michigan Secretary of State Mobile Branch.

This full-service branch office travels to 20 universities and com-munity colleges as part of Secre-tary of State Ruth Johnson’s “2012 Express SOS Voter Registration Drive” announced last August.

The mobile office opened in the Campus Courtyard for six hours last Wednesday and regis-tered 73 students.

In addition to providing regu-lar Secretary of State services such as address changes and driver’s license renewals, Mobile branch office manager Pierre Batton and staff answered voter registration questions about polling places, voter IDs and absentee ballots.

Student Association also pro-vided voter registration locations near the Zahnow Library and Marketplace at Doan on Monday through Friday. Parliamentarian Doug Boehm, who coordinated this drive, said most students were “enthusiastic” about participat-ing in the 2012 election. The drive surpassed his goal of registering a total of 500 students, or about 100 each day of the drive.

“A lot of (students) were first-time voters,” Boehm said. “A lot of them had trouble filling out forms because they get complicated. Stu-dent Association wanted to help.”

Boehm said he worked with Student Affairs Vice President Merry Jo Brandimore to make sure students received correct informa-tion. Members of Student Asso-ciation helped new voters under-stand some of the Michigan rules for registering and voting.

Students who have never vot-ed before must register in person in their home cities, townships, counties or any Secretary of State office before they can apply for an absentee ballot. If students vote in their home precincts, they may register to vote by mail.

Members of Student Associa-tion were excited to volunteer for the drive, Boehm said. They distrib-uted 200 T-shirts and candy to par-ticipants through the course of the week.

Boehm says it’s important for students to continue to exercise their right to vote.

According to analysis from faculty and student research-ers at Tuft University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, young voters in college turn out at a higher rate than the national youth average. In 2008, 87 percent of college students registered to vote showed up to cast their votes on Election Day.

Students who missed the op-portunity to register to vote dur-ing the drive still have time to complete the paperwork. Voter registration forms continue to be made available at several loca-tions on campus such as the Stu-dent Association Office, Campus Life Center, Evening Services and Registrar’s Office.

Michigan residents must reg-ister by Tuesday, Oct. 9, to be eligi-ble to vote in the 2012 presidential election Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Vanguard photo | Taylor LaPlaceUnder a new policy, student organizations advertising events on campus now rely on Student Life to approve and post new fliers and posters.

Vanguard photo | Alyssa Ellis Last Wednesday, Carmen Bugan read from her recently published memoir “Burying the Typewriter.” The book is about her childhood in Romania.

Vanguard graphic | Evan Poirier

Top ten Homecoming candidates chosen

Memoir reading unearths memories

SA voting drive takes first-time student voters to the polls

Hanging up on the wall

By Rachel Stocki Vanguard Staff Writer

By Lauren Wietchy Vanguard Staff Writer

By Brandy Abraham Vanguard Campus Editor

By Noah Essenmacher Vanguard Copy Editor

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See COURT, A2

See POSTING, A2

New Student Life posting policy gets mixed reviews from campus groups

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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

Reckless driving• At 1:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, an officer

observed a vehicle driving in K-lot that had a male hanging out of the passen-ger door and another standing in the sun roof. The male driver received a ticket for driving recklessly.

Larceny• At 12:40 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, a

17-year-old female student from the First Year Suites had been noticing that her belongings had been messed with and some items were missing so she set up her laptop’s webcam and left her room. After reviewing the footage she discovered it was her roommate stealing her money and belongings so warrants will be sought.

• At 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, a 27-year-old male student laid his iPhone down near the basketball courts in the Ryder while he played. When he went to retrieve his phone it was gone.

• At 2:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, the company Lowjack called campus police because a laptop that had been stolen from Saginaw County was connected to SVSU’s internet. A 17-year-old female student was using the laptop that her grandmother had gotten for her, and campus police made contact and confis-cated the laptop.

• At 1:21 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, a 18-year-old male reported that he lost his phone in Living Center South. He tried calling the phone, but it has been turned off.

• At 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, a 19-year-old male student ‘s bike was stolen outside of Wickes Hall. There was no room on the bike rack but he had a lock around the tire.

• On Tuesday, Sept. 11, a male student’s parking pass was stolen from his ve-hicle that was parked in the J-3 lot.

Assault• At 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, a 18-year-

old female student was sitting in the Student Life Center when a 25-year-old male non-student sat next to her in the booth. They were talking and then he rubbed his finger on her bare leg. The case is still under investigation.

• At 10:10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, an anonymous student from the University Village called campus police because he thought there was a possible assault in progress. When the officer arrived at the apartment he heard a male voice say, “I need sex.” The officer keyed into the apartment and found a naked male student and a female non-student wrapped in a blanket. The female said everything was OK; they were just hav-ing loud sex.

• At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, an 18-year-old female was walking down a stairwell in Living Center North when a male friend grabbed her bottom and then her breasts. She told him to stop and the case is still under investigation.

Fire alarmAt 5:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, the fire alarm was set-off in Living Center South after residents burned food while cook-ing. This is the second time that the residents have set off the fire alarm so the case will be handled internally.

Property damage• At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, a 21-year-

old female student was backing her vehicle out of Pine Grove and struck an-other vehicle that was driving through the lot. Minor damages were done.

• On Saturday, Sept. 8, the ceiling tile near the Independent Bank was dam-aged.

• On Saturday, Sept. 8, a 18-year-old male student ran a red light while heading south on Bay Road and struck another vehicle causing moderate damage.

• At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, a 22-year-old male student backed his vehicle into a car driving through K-lot and caused minor damage.

• On Tuesday, Sept. 11, a 18-year-old male, student reported that during the night someone was banging on their window and caused it to crack.

• At 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, a custo-dian reported that someone had broken the toilet paper dispenser in a Science East bathroom stall.

According to Thomson, the new policy has four objectives: to be clear and consistent, to provide RSOs with cost-effective ways to promote, to of-fer environmentally friendly adver-tising options and to improve the look of campus.

“Now there’s a destination,” Thomson said. “There’s a better rea-son for individuals to stop and take a look at what’s on the boards.”

Ali Deighton, public relations chair of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority, agreed that the policy has improved the look of the postings.

“Even though it may have been difficult at first, the new policy al-lows for neat and effective displays of posters and fliers on campus,” she said. “It has challenged my sisters and I to think creatively, which is al-ways a good thing.”

Student Life advises that or-ganizations submit their fliers for advance approval before printing, which saves money if there are er-rors or typos. The new policy also provides an exact number of how many fliers should be printed.

“We know, just like depart-ments, student organizations pinch their pennies,” Thomson said. “Cost-efficiency is something we were looking out for.”

Deighton said the policy gives

her organization advertising options that are affordable but still draw people in.

“We came up with ideas that were inexpensive, yet unique,” she said.

Thomson said that so far, the new policy has been successful.

“Change is tough,” he said. “This is a living, breathing operation. Procedures and things are always meant to be revised and reviewed, and so we’re testing it out.”

In general, RSOs have been re-ceptive to the changes.

“We’ve had many more posi-tive comments than we’ve had com-plaints,” Thomson said. “I think adoption has been probably even smoother than we expected.”

She explained that every night her father would unearth the typewriter that was buried beneath her window and used it to type pamphlets, which her family distributed across the coun-tryside. Before morning, he would re-bury the typewriter in an oil container wrapped in a towel.

Bugan explained that her story as an immigrant was never truly a sad one. Since Amnesty International sponsored their case, she was later able to return to her home in Romania.

“As immigrants we might not have a home, but we have a story,” she said.

Bugan said that it was her child-hood home that she remembered most vividly.

“When I was about six or seven we bought a house, destroyed it and built our own,” she said.

Bugan explained that although

the front of their house crumbled, they built rooms in the back.

“My whole sense of home has been displaced,” she said. “My father, who let me ride his back into the Black Sea, was gone.”

She said that writing the memoir allowed her to remember a part of her childhood that was good, although so much had happened.

“I always return to that (memo-ry),” she said.

Rachel Robarge, creative writing and PTW senior was moved by the reading.

“I liked how she made the poems tell her story,” Robarge said. “Hearing what she went through, I ended up crying.”

Bugan explained that her home in Romania was donated to the village, where it became a kindergarten.

She said that when she returned there in 2010, she found the peach tree she planted with her father uprooted and the gates locked.

“I found it not for me anymore,” she said.

Elizabeth Rich, SVSU English professor, teaches Bugan’s book of poetry in her English 434 class this se-mester.

“The idea of ‘home’ centers the class, because the writers we are cov-ering, like Carmen Bugan, M. Nour-bese Philip, and Zadie Smith, are in-terested in the relationship between identity and place,” Rich said.

She hoped that her students would be able to relate to Bugan’s po-etry.

“Even our students are facing the prospects of leaving ‘home’ for work after graduation, and if they stay, they also very well may be refugees in their own home, as the landscape around them changes to keep pace with larger global forces,” she said.

Rich appreciated how Bugan was able to combine the historical with the personal.

“If you are looking for yourself,” Bugan said. “You may find it in story as much as memory, like I did.”

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and ending with the football game ver-sus the Ferris State Bulldogs on Satur-day, Sept. 29. “The circus” is the Home-coming week theme with a slogan of “Lions and Tigers and Cardinals! OH MY!”

To apply for court nomination, candidates were required to submit an application form, resume and letter of recommendation from an SVSU faculty or staff member.

In addition, candidates must have earned a minimum of 62 credits, have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA and be enrolled in at least nine credits at SVSU.

Candidates took part in panel in-terviews Sept. 7 where they were ranked using a numerical value, based on the amount of points received.

Eltaro Hooper, associate director of Student Life, explained the interview process as a piece in determining which candidates will serve on court.

“Each candidate was asked a stan-dard set of seven questions which were scored on a scale of one to five, or low-est to highest,” Hooper said. “This score along with the voting score is calculated into an overall total score to determine which top five (five kings, five queens) candidates made court.”

Homecoming court voting took

place 12 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14. Students used OrgSync’s online platform to cast their votes.

“OrgSync is Student Life’s new system that houses RSOs, student users, faculty users, and staff users,” Hooper said. “OrgSync will be the leading system for most of Student Life operations mov-ing from paper form and other entities to better serve our RSOs and students.”

H o o p e r said that al-though the platform was new, the actual voting process remained the same as past years.

“A cam-puswide email went out with a link for people to vote,” Hoop-er said. “We also created a short video to help people navigate through the

OrgSync system voting polls.”During the week of Homecoming,

the student body will vote for one male and one female from the top ten court candidates. The second round of voting will take place 12 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.

26, until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, through OrgSync.

The King and Queen will be an-nounced at halftime of the Homecoming football game Saturday, Sept. 29.

SVSU will provide reasonable accomodations for those persons with disabilities. Individuals who wish accommodations should contact the Dean of Student affairs at (989) 964.4410

at least three days prior to the event. SVSU does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical impairment, disability or veteran status in the provision

of education, employement or other services.

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Breaking boundaries: Japan study abroad trip uproots student cultural expectations

New SA reps propose big changes to campus life

Vanguard graphic |Evan Poirier

SVSU staff and students paid their respects to those who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001 by holding a candlelight vigil.

The ceremony was held Tuesday evening at the Julia Edwards Bell Tower, located east of Cur-tiss Hall. It commenced with the performance of “Amazing Grace” by Encore, a performing arts group at SVSU.

Ted Goodman, president of the Student Associa-tion, organized the vigil.

“As time moves forward, I think it is important to remember our past,” Goodman said. “The vigil was the least we could do for those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice defending our rights and free-doms.”

United States Army Command Sgt. Maj. Gretchen Evans, a 27-year combat veteran and bronze star recipient, and Robert Evans, chaplain,

were guest speakers at the ceremony. Followed by the veterans, SVSU President Eric Gilbertson gave a speech. The ceremony concluded with the playing of Taps.

“I was touched that the students who came out tonight understand the significance of this moment in our history and wanted to express their support for those who sacrifice to protect us now and their empathy for those who have suffered losses from this horrific tragedy,” Gilbertson said.

Alyssa Webber, second-year marketing major, lived in New Jersey at the time of the 9/11 attacks, where her father worked as a plant manager for Ford.

“I was in third grade. Most people were tak-ing their kids from school. My mom picked me up,” Webber recalled. She said the teachers didn’t share with the students what was going on, but the mood was serious.

Webber’s friend, Hillary Degner, fourth-year psychology major, was in fifth grade at the time of the terrorist attacks.

“I was in Mr. Price’s classroom. I’ll always re-

member he was my teacher and the somber look on his face because he was a fun guy,” she remem-bered. “He closed the shades. It was really dark. We stopped what we were doing. He said a tragic event happened.”

Degner said her brother and her rode the bus home that day and felt relieved when they saw their mother.

“She turned on the news and showed us what happened.”

Over the next few days, she said everyone in the school was nice to each other and supported one another.

“I believe that all the people who lost their lives need to be respected, honored and never forgotten,” Webber said of the event. “It was nice to see college kids take a break and come together and be respect-ful. I’m glad I came.”

“It’s nice to take time out of your day to ac-knowledge that there are things greater than worry-ing about everyday stuff,” Degner added. “I think it’s (great) that the school does this.”

SVSU has many study abroad opportuni-ties for its students, who are coming back with plenty to say.

Traveling to a new country and being placed in a brand new culture, learning new customs and languages, eating authentic cuisine: all are learning experiences that can open students’ eyes to what the world has to offer.

This past year, Elson Boles, SVSU professor of sociology, led a group of six students to Japan for a two-week study abroad opportunity.

Joshua Guerrero, a recent elementary edu-cation graduate, was one of six. He was thrilled about traveling to Japan.

“Japan was absolutely amazing,” Guerrero said. “The people, the food, and the history were unbelievable.”

Guerrero is serving in the Peace Corps in the Gambia in West Africa working as a primary teacher trainer. He said his study abroad experi-ence has opened his eyes to the different cultures of the world, which is “helping tremendously” with what he is doing now.

Kelvin Reed, another student who partici-pated on the trip, was interested in the trip to Japan because he wanted to learn more about how other coun-tries compared to the United States.

“(A) few weeks prior to hearing about the trip, I was reading an article talking about how Amer-ica was falling short compared to other countries,” Reed said. “I thought to myself ‘how are we falling short?’”

By traveling to Japan and experiencing a dif-ferent culture, Reed said he was able to broaden his prospective on the world.

”The people, the food, the entire culture had me thinking,” Reed said “Honestly, that study abroad experience made me realize that there’s an entire world out there with a vast amount of history behind it.”

SVSU study abroad programs are catered towards students and give them an affordable way to travel and learn new things outside of the classroom.

Jason Schmidt, an international business ma-jor, jumped at the opportunity to travel to Japan.

“When else will I have the time to go and at a great price, how could I refuse?” Schmidt said.

His experience helped him realize what he wants to do, and opened his eyes to the opportu-nities available.

“It has helped me narrow down my career path. I have chosen International Business as my major. I would love to travel and be able to expe-rience new cultures, people, and food,” Schmidt said. “I have taken my Japanese language studies more seriously now so that the next time I go I can have somewhat of a conversation with some-one.”

Students such as Olivia Foote, a senior dou-ble majoring in psychology and criminal justice, said it was more than just a traveling experience.

“It was an educational experience learning about all the places we were and the things we were seeing, but on this trip I didn’t feel like a tourist,” Foote said. “We lived in Japan for two weeks.”

For Foote, going out and experiencing the culture first hand was more of a learning experi-ence than just sitting in a classroom and reading about it.

“I was amazed by all the differences of being in a foreign country, and even more by the simi-larities,” she said.

For more information, visit the Study Abroad Office located in Wickes 280 or attend the Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Students interested in attending this year’s study abroad trip to Japan also may contact Elson Boles at boles@svsu.edu

Student Association now has 24 new representatives.

Of the original 32 who sub-mitted applications, only 26 ap-plicants presented at last week’s Student Association general meeting. Five applicants chose to be absent from the proceedings.

Current members discussed and voted on each applicant indi-vidually, passing each candidate into the organization with a ma-jority house vote.

Applicants had five minutes to present.

Ben Curtis, political science senior and new SA representa-tive, called himself an “ideas man.”

“It starts with us,” he said. “If I become a part of SA, I want to make this campus grow.”

Some candidates felt like they could relate to SA because they had previous leadership ex-perience.

Andrew Whitman, music education freshman and new SA representative, said that although he’s not from a big city, he has a lot to offer the university and SA.

“Yes, I come from a small town,” he said. “but I have a lot of contacts throughout the state.

Whitman was an Eagle Scout before attending SVSU and

hopes to work and meet with people across campus.

Some candidates wanted to make small changes, some want-ed to be involved on campus more and some wanted to tackle the “bigger picture.”

Taquawn Williams, psychol-ogy freshman and new SA repre-sentative, spoke in his presenta-tion about diversity on campus.

“I feel like everyone needs to keep an open mind,” he said.

Williams comes from a lead-ership background, serving as vice president of his high school student government and said that he believes you have to work your way to the top.

Other SA applicants want-ed to represent the overlooked groups on campus if elected, such as commuters and transfer students.

Megan Esson, pre-med biol-ogy junior hopes to represent the off-campus students.

“I am a leader and I am a Cardinal,” she said.

As a new SA representative, Esson hopes to include a change in Zahnow Library hours of op-eration to keep them open 24/7 for student use.

Three of the new SA repre-sentatives are in a liberal arts area of study.

Adrian Howard, creative writing and communication se-nior, hopes to bring together the

whole of campus life. As a writer, Howard wants

to help SA by utilizing what he has learned in his studies.

Another new SA representa-tive hopes to bring creativity to SA, whose members admitted during discussion that creativity is something that may be lacking.

Kaitlyn Foulk, SVSU senior, hopes that with a graphic design minor she can help people get their ideas out there.

“Our members should rep-resent the diversity of the SVSU campus,” said SA President Ted Goodman.

SVSU President Eric Gilb-ertson also spoke at the meeting, offering opening remarks about providing a space for open com-munication.

“We want you to be success-ful, and I guess you want us to be successful,” he said.

Gilbertson said that he wanted to talk with students and to make clear the things they are trying to accomplish. He also dis-cussed topics such as upcoming construction projects.

“Right now as we look ahead we need to repair some of the older buildings,” he said.

He said that they would not be building more on-campus res-idential housing until the older buildings are renovated.

Moving forward after 9/11 tragedy

By Brandy AbrahamVanguard Campus Editor

By Katelyn Davis Vanguard Staff Writer

By Marie NesbittVanguard Staff Writer

Vanguard photo | Amelia Brown SA President Ted Goodman, organizer of the vigil, hoped the event would bring together different communities affected by the tragedy of 9/11.

Program Board’s recent reorganization could provide bigger and better events for students.

Program Board is a student-run organization that organizes cultural and campus programs for students. During 2012-2013, the group hopes to plan for larger and different events than in previous years.

Newly elected Program Board President and fifth-year history education major Tony Cianciolo said he is excited for what’s to come and has a lot of plans to make the group more organized.

“This year committees will help out with getting much more done,” he said. “Chairs will be able to organize the footwork a lot easier and will be able to report to me at meetings.”

The group is now divided into four commit-tees. He said this will allow more involvement from the general members as opposed to the heads of the group.

“(Last year) a lot of the decisions were made by only three people, but that won’t happen because the decisions will be made beforehand…” Ciancialo ex-plained. “It would be overwhelming if it wasn’t for all the committees.”

The four committees have been split up to deal with four kinds of events: Diversity & Cultural Pro-grams, Film & Lecture, Campus Traditions and Mu-sic & Special Events.

Third-year English and creative writing major Aaron Zaremski is the Film & Lecture head. Zarem-ski said that he has quite a few tricks up his sleeve for entertainment this year.

“I hope to reach out to the various departments

and RSOs on campus in order to have the best pos-sible guest speakers come to SVSU,” he said. “I am personally aiming to have guest speakers for the im-portant months, such as Black History month, Can-cer Awareness, Donor/Transplant Awareness, etc.”

Another big event that Program Board will be hosting once again this year will be the weekly Cof-fee House series. Taking place this year in the Mar-ketplace at Doan, the open mic night series will again showcase a selection of solo musicians, acoustic acts and comedians that’s free for students.

“Now, this year we’ll actually have coffee,” claimed psychology senior Will Wood.

Wood is the main organizer of the Coffee House acoustic series. In addition to coffee and cocoa, the group plans on having a variety of refreshments, such as cookies and cupcakes available on a bi-week-ly basis.

However, Program Board’s annual main event, Street Fest, which occurred in previous years during winter semester has been revamped.

Street Fest will take on an entire new perspec-tive this year, as it’s planned to be slated for the Fall semester. While some of the events from years past will stay the same, such as bumper cars and conces-sions, there will be new attractions such as street per-formers and a “freak show.”

Cianciolo said he believed this change was for the best.

“Street Fest is going to be awesome this year,” he said. “It’s still in the beginning stages, but we’re hoping to make it multiple days, so more students can come. Bigger bang for your buck is what we’re going for. Longer. Bigger. Better.”

Program board reorganized: revamping Streetfest & Coffee HouseBy Landon DeFever Vanguard Staff Writer

“The people, the food, the entire culture had me thinking.”

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I used to be a hardcore loner when I first arrived at Sagi-naw. While the few acquain-tances I did have fled out

into the weekend looking for fun and excitement, I consistently stayed behind, watching a movie or even possibly completing a shred of homework. Even though I was aware I wasn’t having a “genuine college experience,” I couldn’t seem to will myself to take that first step into a new social arena. Unfortunately, ev-erything was affected by my re-luctance to go out during the first couple of semesters. The class-room was a mime competition with only one competitor: me. I could answer a question when it was asked by a teacher, but there was no way you would catch me sparking a conversation with the beautiful girl sitting beside me taking notes. You wouldn’t have been seeing me venturing out into a new group to share my interests. I stuck to my couple of friends and pretended as if I was content.

Let’s speed ahead to my second year. The first thing I did was apply to the Vanguard. I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was old enough to be a critic. Even though I was literally shaking in my boots as I walked into the interview, I kept repeating to myself in my head: “You can do this.”

And who would have thunk? I

got the job. My mind state slowly started

to shift from desiring a 14-hour night of Skyrim to looking for more ways to get involved on the campus. What changed? Could it simply be because I decided to give up my arbitrary insecurities and focus on the fact that I have nothing to lose? Is it possible to switch from a sarcastic pessimist to a (semi) social optimist just by mentally deciding to do so?

I think this conscious change is a real thing, and I believe it is extremely important for the social and academic success of every student.

While something like speak-ing to someone for the first time might not seem like a colossal event, just one social interaction can lead to another and before you know it, you’ll know most everyone. This socialization is also important for our future lives. In our careers we are going to be expected to be confident in our social abilities. The most successful people are energetic in public, uncaring about what anyone thinks. This mind state is what I feel everyone should be shooting for.

I started looking into the dif-ferent types of organizations on campus, and I was astonished when I realized their multitude. From religion to chemistry, there is something for everyone. I remember being a freshman and thinking none of the groups would suit any of my interests. I was definitely wrong.

I decided to join Cardinal Sins and Cardinal Ink, two groups focused around writing. Not only will getting involved in multiple organizations help me automatically meet people with the same interests as me, but it will also help me create networks for future social and academic opportunities.

Understanding the positions of others is truly one of the major

steps towards opening up and becoming more social. Once you relate your own fears and inse-curities to the next person’s, then we can realize that being social is hard for everyone. We get anx-ious before a first class or when we have to go out in the wrong mood. The trick is confidence, along with a dose of optimism. One we start getting past our illogical fears we will feel much better about socializing.

Social interaction is not the only benefit to getting involved. Academic success is another positive outcome. I had gone to a couple meetings in my various groups, my activities during my free time changed. I no longer wanted to just sit in my apart-ment. When my schedule is filled up with events and obligations, I am less apt to procrastinate. With people depending on me to finish my work, the more willing I am to put hobbies on hold until the work is completed.

At the end of the day it really comes down to how happy you are with your social and academ-ic life. If you have tons of friends or tons of productive habits that translate into your good grades then there is no reason to change those habits. But for a lot of people who are struggling with socialization, just like I am cur-rently, becoming more outgoing is the best solution. There are too many accepting organizations on campus that would love another member to leave a mark on the institution. You never know how many other lives you could be bettering beside your own self-gratification.

Campus BeatEmbrace social change for “genuine” SVSU experience

By Matt OstranderVanguard Columnist

Matt Ostrander is a secondary education junior. Reach him at mjostran@svsu.edu.

Generation “Y” so lonely?

Generation “Y” (born late 80’s to late 90’s) is the most “connected” generation in history. With so-cial networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Badoo, Meetme, etc.; and iphones and mobile apps that make it possible to be connected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to anyone in your social circle; QUES-TION: Why is Generation “Y” also the loneliest?

While online networking allows anonymity and an increased access to greater geographical audi-ences; much is lost in the replacement of “LOFL” for the actual snorting laughter/tears in the eyes response from your best friend (BFF). Online interface does little to comfort the broken heart of a painful breakup or loss of a loved one that an understanding warm embrace and soothing words whispered in an ear can offer. Even just the light touch of hand to shoulder does much to say “hey, I’m here for you” that “ttyl” cannot express.

While online networking is a good start for stay-ing connected to high school friends, parents and family; take time to nurture and explore face-to-face, hand-to-hand connections. There are a wide variety of clubs, sports, sororities, fraternities and other options that can do much to ease the lonely or homesick. Seek out and visit a variety of RSO’s and events on campus; and if you’re interested in exploring a spiritual solution to loneliness there are many Christian (and other spiritual) groups that are more than happy to explore that option with you.

In short, there is a huge support base at your disposal; so push away from the computer, shut off the cell phone (gasp!) and get out and meet someone new (face-to-face, of course)!

Naomi Ramon KrzyzaniakEcumenical Campus Ministries Girl’s Chaplain

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During the past three weeks, we’ve featured front-page coverage of some of the bigger changes Student Life

has implemented this year. We’ve heard our fair share of

complaints about the new posting policy and OrgSync, and we’ve heard some positives about the changes as well. We’ve tried to our best to accurately represent both students and Student Life faculty, both the positive and negative responses.

Our own opinion of the changes is mostly positive.

The new posting policy and implementation of OrgSync is indicative of the university continuing to embrace technology and Student Life’s attempt to stress organization and professionalism among student groups. These are the good things.

This approach does seem to keep things more organized. Poster boards certainly aren’t nearly as messy as they have been, and the policy also sets a standard of professionalism that’s important to foster in student organizations – and students in general.

Board space on campus is a very valuable space to advertise or promote. It makes sense for Student Life to want some degree of administrative over the way flyers are posted there to make sure that those organizations that post will have a clean, organized and effective space in which to do so.

There has been no indication that this will result in censorship of any kind – Student Life’s suggestion for organizations to send their fliers for advance approval before printing appears to be more of an effort to maximize communication than to censor messages, and there is no cogent reason to assume otherwise.

We are concerned, however, about how Student Life is planning poster and flier distribution. With a near-empty corkboard right outside our office, we are very aware of the dangers of students not having complete control over where their

flyers are being posted, and not being able to expand their reach as a result.

Many commuters at SVSU only spend time on certain areas of campus, and won’t see fliers in Science East if their classes are in Curtiss. How is priority determined? Are there going to be empty boards around campus, or boards in certain areas that are neglected, affecting the reach of student organizations? These are important questions to be asked, and if actions aren’t taken to answer them, this could become a problem.

The new policy is as much about communication as it is about anything else. In order for it to work, both students and Student Life will need to adapt to new roles, and everyone will need to work together. Students will need to be active in finding the corrects paths to go through, and Student Life will need to make it a priority to stay organized and responsive, approving fliers in plenty of time if advance approval is requested.

While OrgSync may seem like a headache for a lot of students, it will likely end up to be an effective tool for the university, especially in situations such as Homecoming voting. There will be some bumps in this transition, but we should see this for what it is: an embrace of technology in a world where probably the most effective way student organizations can get word out about their groups is online, through social media outlets.

This won’t be a smooth transition; big changes rarely are. Students will grumble and complain, and it’s likely that at least a few of their complaints will be warranted. There will be some student organizations that will be confused, and that confusion will lead to a lack of assimilation to the new process. Thus, participation may be small at first.

But that, too, will change – if Student Life remains vigilant in its attempt to get the word out, keeps organized and keeps the best interest of students in mind. If students keep an open mind, stay flexible and embrace the change, there’s no reason it can’t be helpful for both parties.

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A few weeks ago, I couldn’t go on Facebook without seeing Chick Fil-a all over my news feed. Very

quickly, the situation escalated from a disagreement between companies and became an issue of “intolerance” versus “conservative Christian values,” with no gray area in between.

You might be wondering why I’m even talking about Chick Fil-a. Old news, especially for folks here in Michigan where there’s only one in the state. But that’s exactly my point—millions of people posting and ranting and sharing pictures, and then nothing and barely anyone still cares. And in a year, how many will even remember?

The same thing happened with Kony and SOPA and Trayvon Martin—lots of opinions that stopped as quickly as they started. We care, or get annoyed, and then move on and forget.

With all of these, it’s not the issues themselves that are bothersome. It’s not that people are voicing their beliefs, either. The problem, rather, is twofold: 1) many people will “stand up” for something all over theIinternet, but then do nothing in real life that has any significant impact, and 2) many of the opinions are not educated ones.

In an ideal social media world, people would have well-researched, well-constructed opinions that they post tactfully. Then they would go out and act on their convictions, not just “like” and share a video or post a picture with a quote on it. Justice is not achieved through Facebook or Twitter.

Of course, there are arguments that this Internet action is helpful—that the millions of likes on the Kony video helped raise awareness, that the Chick

Fil-a boycott and day of support were largely fueled by social media. And that may be the case.

But how many people actually researched these things before forming opinions on them, or before sharing those opinions? It’s easy to say I believe in equality and human rights so I’m opposed to Chick Fil-a, or I don’t believe in government regulation of my computer so down with SOPA! But none of that is helpful if it’s only based on what you’ve heard, what you saw on someone else’s Facebook wall. How many people went out of their way to fully look into the actual statements and events that sparked the Chick Fil-a controversy? Who has even read the actual text of the Stop Online Piracy Act?

Being informed becomes especially important with cases such as the death of Trayvon Martin. It’s easy to quickly be enraged because everyone’s calling racism. It’s harder to read up on the news, follow the case, consider both sides, and then come to that conclusion on your own, not based on the quick snippets of what you’ve heard or saw on the Internet.

Bandwagons are powerful, and it’s easy to forget that Facebook posts are not news. You might feel strongly about something, and that’s perfectly OK. But make sure you know what you’re talking about. Do research. Get both sides. Then form your own thoughts and arguments. Don’t jump on the bandwagons, and don’t forget about the issues and situations as soon as society moves on.

Then step away from your computer and go out there and do something about it, because that’s what’s going to make a difference.

I’ve always been ‘M.A.D.’ for the Marketplace at the Doan, but lately I’ve been left feeling disappointed.

From the long lines to the limited food choices, to even the recent name change, the Marketplace has, for me at least, fallen short on so many levels.

As a vegetarian, my options at the Marketplace are already limited. Even with that being said, I always had faith that the Marketplace would have a variety of options for me to choose from. I mean, that is what a marketplace should have, right? Shouldn’t it have a wide selection that caters to a diverse group of people?

When the FOC became the Marketplace at the start of school last year, plenty of healthier options were added, creating a better eating environment for students. However, the Marketplace has fallen back into its old habits and neglects the healthier alternatives that made the Marketplace so appealing in the first place.

For starters, the salad bar has scaled down tremendously. There used to be a variety of vegetables to choose from, which I have always enjoyed. If all else failed, I had the salad bar to fall back on. A giant salad with all the fixings was something I looked forward to as I walked in (my life is exciting, isn’t it?).

Now, all what I’m left with is soggy lettuce, a sad assortment

(if it can even be called such) of vegetables, and none of my favorite dressings. We do not

need six half-empty bottles of ranch and a few bottles of fat-free Italian. It should not be too hard to add a little variety to the mix. Without the comfort of a salad, I am left with slim pickings in the other sections.

Comfort food. A section with meals that should remind you of your own mother’s home cooking. In past years, it used to contain vegetarian options alongside the meat choices, and I really enjoyed this section. It’s hard finding a filling meal that is strictly vegetarian at any restaurant, so to have one in my own cafeteria was a treat! Even if it was as simple as pasta, I was content.

Now, I barely even have that choice available. I do not have the time or money to constantly go to the grocery store to find viable vegetarian alternatives every week. The Marketplace has slowly cut back on these vegetarian choices so that all that is available are some cooked vegies or seasoned rice. I cannot fill up on a few pieces of broccoli and a couple bites of rice. The lack of meal choices for vegetarians is kind of getting annoying.

The few choices the Marketplace does have for vegetarians are a hassle to get. Vegie burgers, for instance, are pretty much impossible to find. The last time I ordered one, they had to go in the back for ten minutes just to cook it. If they are going to offer vegie burgers, they should at least make them as easily attainable as the regular beef or turkey burgers. As much as I appreciated having it made fresh, I was annoyed to wait even longer than the line (which is always atrocious). The whole

point of going to the Marketplace in the first place was to get food in a timely fashion. If I had wanted to wait awhile for my food, I might as well have ordered from the stir-fry line.

Ever since then, however, veggie burgers have ceased to be an option. Sure, they have several options for meat-eaters, with turkey or beef patties, hot-, chili, or corndogs, and plenty other choices. But yet again, we vegetarians are left behind.

I want to have options when I go to the Marketplace, but all what I seem to have to choose from nowadays are fries and stir-fry. Not the best meal options, in my opinion. If I want to go to lunch or dinner with my friends, I want to have the convenience of heading to the Marketplace and eat comfortably. It has always been a convenient option for me and had a great atmosphere to enjoy time with friends between classes. However, with all these changes (for the worse), I am starting to lose faith in the dining services.

The Marketplace should go back to its original name, F.O.C, or just simply ‘Food On Campus’. If the dining hall cannot provide enough viable options for its diverse community of staff and students, then the name ‘Marketplace’ is pointless. A simpler name would better suit the simplicity of the dining hall. All the unnecessary changes and additions to the dining services have left me disappointed and unsatisfied. And I am sure I am not the only one who feels this way.

Staff Opinion

Working toward social justice not just about likes, retweets

Marketplace at Doan lacks good options for vegetarians and healthy eaters

Staff Opinion

By Marlin JenkinsVanguard Staff Writer

By Marie NesbittVanguard Staff Writer

Marlin Jenkins is a creative writing senior. Reach him at mmjenk1@svsu.edu.

Marie Nesbitt is an English literature junior. Reach her at menesbit@svsu.edu.

Yes, we should take action to address the grow-ing problem of Student Debt in America. In 2011, the total amount of Student Debt sur-passed the Credit Card Debt in America. Ris-

ing tuition costs, high unemployment and often weak economic growth projections have left college graduates holding the bag with an average of $24,651 of student loans to pay off. (finaid.org).

The rapidly growing cost of a college education not only increasingly prohibits more and more Americans from obtaining a college education, it creates a heavy economic burden on those who do. Starting your pro-fessional life off nearly $25 thousand dollars in debt is no easy task. Instead of making a down payment on a house, or buying a new car, many students are forced instead to focus on paying off their loans for many years, preventing them from contributing to the growing economy.

Constantly increasing tuition also makes it increas-ingly difficult for average Americans to obtain a college education. We’ve all heard the statistics before, col-lege graduates make significantly more money in their lifetime than those who only graduate high school. The argument can be made that higher education is a public good, one that everyone will benefit from, not just those who get the education. With such increased earning potential, the amount of disposable income a person has will also increase, and the more disposable income Americans have, the more the economy will grow. So it is in the best interest of all of us to ensure that college remains affordable to those willing to pursue it.

The student debt crisis has reached epic proportions. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, thirty-seven million Americans owe loan money, with student loan debt surpassing one trillion

dollars this year. Coupled with the nation’s high unemploy-ment rate, a staggering 8.1 percent in August, clearly some-thing has to be done. President Barack Obama has called for greater federal funding of student loans, reducing bank loan-subsidies, and transforming the U.S. Department of Education into a loan agent. Despite rhetoric to the contrary, in the last four years President Obama has presided over skyrocketing tuition rates, high unemployment, and the slowest economic recovery in American history. All three factors have con-verged to make life very difficult for recent college graduates who simply cannot find work, delaying repayment of debts. Additionally, the increase in federal student loan monies has further enlarged the federal debt, surpassing sixteen trillion dollars this year. In short, the President’s policies have been hardly beneficial for students.

Governor Mitt Romney understands the importance of a college education and the difficulties American students and graduates are facing. No longer can the federal government afford to continue subsidizing college loans, as the federal debt attests. Likewise, the government cannot just simply “pay back” student loans. Such an act would undoubtedly lead to higher taxes, a situation which Governor Romney describes as robbing one pocket to pay the other. Instead, a Romney presidency would empower college graduates to pay back their own loans by providing an economic environment teeming with jobs. Moreover, by reducing federal involvement in student loans, and injecting much needed private sector practices, a Romney Administration would essentially “get the government off your back, so you can keep more of what you earned,” allowing you to actually pay off your loans. In the end, the real answer to America’s student debt crisis is the same as our economic woes: a job.

Trent Varva is a political science senior and the treasurer of the SVSU College Democrats. Reach him at tjvarva@svsu.edu.

Kevin Lorentz is a political science senior and the president of the SVSU College Republicans. Reach him at kglorent@svsu.edu.

Future topics

Sept. 24Afghanistan: When should we withdraw from Afghanistan? How soon? Should we maintain a presence there?

Oct. 1Health Care: What should we do with the Affordable Care Act (aka--Obam-acare)? Should we throw out the ACA? Should we embrace the ACA?

Oct. 8National Debt / Deficit: How should we handle the national debt? Should we cut expenditures? Raise revenues? Cut what? Raises taxes on who?

Oct. 15The Great Recession: Has President Obama done a good job handling the worst economic collapse since The Great Depression? Are we better off now, than we would have been in 1932?

Oct. 22Economy / Jobs: What is your plan to get the economy back on track

Oct. 29President: Who should be elected President? Why?

What should we do with the student debt bubble?

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.

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Artists ranging from start-ing hobbies to college degrees promoted their passions for the community to see.

The Clio Area Art Society hosted its third annual festival of fine arts last Saturday where vendors sold products that included paintings, gourmet popcorn, metal yard art, pot-tery, weaving and jewelry.

The society’s mission is to enrich the community by building partnerships to pro-vide quality artistic experienc-es for personal growth.

Last year the event was held in July and hosted for a two-day period.

This year it was reduced to a one day festival that lasted seven hours.

Despite time reductions, 27 booths of artists came to sell their services and works.

College of Creative Stud-ies freshman, Zack Bevilacqua sold his pottery creations.

Despite being the only freshman in his pottery class, he claimed he was the best stu-dent in the class.

Bevilacqua found his in-terest in crafts his junior year in high school after his sister convinced him to take a “blow-off” class with her. He saw the products some of the students

were making, and he became determined to be able to create them.

“I do it almost every day,” Bevilacqua said.

Bevilacqua said he works on them six to seven hours a day, making 15 to 20 pieces an hour depending on his motiva-tional levels.

The festival allows him to sell his creations, which allows him to buy more materials and expand his artwork.

Bevilacqua has had his work at other art festivals and works on display in art galler-ies.

“It looks like this festival is a bit smaller, but it’s pretty nice,” Bevilacqua said.

Jan Warner, president of the Clio Area Art Society ex-pressed that she was happy with the attendance at this year’s program.

The event was expected to draw in 500 guests.

Although some artists at-tended college for their areas of interest, vendors who re-cently grew interest in the arts advertised their works too.

Ann-Marie Roberts of Da-vison promoted her photog-raphy with the Mid-Michigan Hiking and Nature Photogra-phy Club.

She became interested in photography in June of last year.

Roberts said she prefers

taking pictures of nature in-stead of portraits.

“Rocks and trees don’t ar-gue with you,” she said. “They don’t care what the picture looks like.”

The photography group holds outings once a month to go to local areas to take photos of nature, which offers Roberts a relaxing environment to take photos.

She said photographers from all skill levels join the group. Some take photos with their phones on the outings.

She has presented her works at several festivals in the past. To her, art festivals give an idea of what people like.

“I like looking at the cus-tomers’ reactions,” she said.

To break away from tra-ditional photography, Roberts said she likes to vary the type of frames used and order some of her prints on metallic paper.

“The metallic paper helps the color pop,” she said.

Guests voted for their fa-vorite booths at the event to determine this year’s award winner.

Dan and Carol Blom were voted to take home the best in show for their metal yard art.

Their works involved an-imal-like creatures made from miscellaneous rustic tools and wine bottles.

Aside from arts and crafts, live entertainment groups and

soloists performed throughout the day in the Clio Amphithe-ater.

Soloists included Renae Erickson, who covered songs such as Adele’s “Someone Like

You.” Master of ceremonies Herb

Nelson asked Erickson to do an encore performance of her cover of Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance.”

Other performances in-cluded a belly dancing routine from Perfect Dance Studio of Clio and soloist Dave Munsell.

Preparing for college might include more than just ACT scores and applications.

The Marshall M. Freder-icks Museum is utilizing that idea through a new program of art classes for high school students.

The museum has been of-fering summer art classes for upper elementary and middle school students since 2008 but there weren’t any options for high school students until now.

Students have been com-ing back annually for the classes aimed at youths but eventually got too old to con-tinue.

Both they and their par-ents consistently asked that classes for high school stu-dents be made available.

The museum agreed and is now offering three visual art classes for ages 14 to 18.

Andrea Ondish, curator of education at the museum and an adjunct faculty mem-ber will teach watercolor and drawing.

Geoffe Haney, the muse-um’s registrar who has a bach-elor of fine arts in photogra-phy will offer a photography class.

Ondish explained that these classes are designed as a midway between high school and college classes.

“It helps them create a portfolio,” she said. “It’s a bit of taste of what college life is and what they will actually do in art classes.”

The jump from high school to college is often a difficult one for incoming freshmen. Ondish hoped this experience will smooth that jump.

However, the idea isn’t to replace high school art classes. Ondish recognized the excel-lent classes high schools were offering, but not every school offers the same classes or uses the same teaching format.

She said there is a need for these classes in our commu-nity to help students get a first glimpse of what college life is like and provide a foundation for entering more advanced classes.

“It’s a form of enrich-ment and experience,” she ex-plained.

This opportunity isn’t for art students alone though.

Taking classes on a college campus will give the kids in-volved an idea of what college life is like.

It’s often confusing to find classrooms and other areas such as computer labs or study

spots.These high school stu-

dents will come out of this ex-perience with art knowledge and also some idea of how to maneuver a campus.

Ondish said it will give students self-identity and es-teem.

“I think it’s something they can use in their career no matter the direction,” she said.

According to Ondish, ev-erything starts with drawing and the repetition of entry level exercises in art.

One of the first steps in college as a whole is learning the ropes.

Through the means of art classes, Ondish wants to help students explore the options of college.

Students can learn that college can be about having fun and being creative just as much as it is test scores and major requirements.

Ondish plans to continue offering classes in the future and branching into other op-tions as well with the ultimate goal to give students a posi-tive experience in the visual arts for whatever career they end up taking.

Vanguard photo | Tyler BradleyCollege of Creative Studies freshman Zach Bevilacqua demonstrates the steps in creating a piece of pottery from clay. Bevilacqua is majoring in crafts at the college.

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Artists celebrate crafts in ClioBy Tyler BradleyVanguard A& E Editor

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Vanguard photo | Arianna PaverA student talks to a vendor at last week’s Cards’ Party. Students got a glimpse of on-campus and local registered student organiations, non-profits, and businesses.

Vanguard photo | Tyler BradleyDeaette Dwyer of Practical Magic Face & Body Painting paints a skull on the face of Kristin Scott of Clio.

Vanguard photo | Tyler BradleyIn front, crafts created in the Holy Land were sold, featuring depictions of the nativity scene, the cross, and Jesus Christ. In back, guest talks to vendor about the vendor’s work.

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“The fat sun stalls by the phone masts. Anti-climb paint turns sulphu-rous on school gates and lampposts. In Willesden people go barefoot, the streets turn European, there is a mania for eat-ing outside. She keeps to the shade.”

With these opening lines, readers are thrust into the life of Leah Hanwell, one of four central characters in Zadie Smith’s newest novel “NW.”

Leah, despite growing up in a poorer district of northwest London, has moved up a rung on the social ladder and has settled into a troubled existence with her husband while trying to leave her past behind her.

However, when a stranger comes knocking, Leah is forced to acknowledge the poverty and violence that exists in the streets while her world comes crash-ing down around her.

Leah’s is the first of four intersect-ing sections in this novel, each narrated

by a different person (from Leah’s life-long friend Natalie to the Felix Cooper, whose section begins shortly after his murder is reported on the news).

As “NW” continues on, the idea that Zadie Smith seemed to pose underneath the story was an interesting one.

Though each of the four characters begins life in a similar way and in the same part of town, they end up in extremely dif-ferent situations in life.

This idea shouldn’t be unfamiliar to any of us as we think of high school friends who never went to college and may already have a family of their own.

It raises questions on fate and karma like no novel before it.

Smith seems to ask if people really get what they deserve in life.

I have raised my own answer to this question from my reading of “NW.” I’ll leave it to you to draw your own answer from it.

While northwest London may seem like a far-off location to some, outside of different names and places, it really isn’t a vastly different environment than the cul-tural melting pots of either Manhattan or Detroit.

The city is a cultural melting pot and within it exists a population representing every race and social class.

In this perspective, the novel hits in-credibly close to home. With the barrier of geography stripped away, the novel comes to represent something much closer to the basic human condition.

While I may be enthralled by “NW,” I will be the first to admit it’s not for every-one.

Its experimental writing style can make for an interesting read or a struggle based on a reader’s experience with less conventional writing.

Smith shifts between stream-of-con-sciousness, to first-person narratives, and even has a section of the book written as an organized and structured list with sec-tions ranging from several pages to a single sentence.

artbriefsWar amd Pece Exhibition• Running through Wednesday, Sept.

19, in the University Art Department

Gallery, Matthew Zivich’s works will

be on display Gallery hours can be

found at www.svsu.edu/art-gallert/

galleryopenhours.

Cardinal Sins Submissions• Submissions for the fine arts and

literary magazine are due Monday,

Sept. 24 by 11:59 p.m. Entries may

be submitted at http://cardinalsins.

submittable.submit.

Friday at Founders• At 3:15 p.m. Friday, Sept.21 in

Founders Hall, faculty and students

will perform. Free.

“Burnt by the Sun”• At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 in

Curtiss 100, Valley Film Society will

show the film “Burnt by the Sun.”

Membership or trial membership

required. $25 regular. $4 SVSU stu-

dent. $10 Non-SVSU student. $6 trial

membership (two admissions.)

Piano Recital• At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 in

the Rhea Miller Recital Hall, award-

winning artist Kazmierz Brzozowski

will perform. Free.

Oktoberfest• From Thursday, Sept. 20, through

Sunday, Sept. 23, in Frankenmuth,

the 23rd annual Oktoberfest will

be celebrated with music, drinks

and weiner dog races. $8 Thursday

through Saturday. Free on Sunday.

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

You’ve seen the commer-cials, and you know it’s com-ing. This fall season can only mean one thing: brand new seasons of your favorite televi-sion shows.

But what show should you watch? With so many return-ing series and so many new shows starting, there’s a lot out there to choose from. This year, students have a broad range of just what they’re looking forward to seeing in their little black boxes.

“I’m definitely looking forward to ‘Merlin’ and ‘Hart of Dixie,’” commented senior Carolyn Brandenburg.

“Merlin,” on BBC Ameri-ca, follows the magician from Arthurian legend. “Hart of Di-xie” on CW TV, follows the life of Dr. Zoe Hart and her small medical practice in Alabama.

Juinor Marc Loubert is looking forward to the new show “Elementary,” an up-coming show that takes a

modern approach to Sir Ar-thur Conon Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

It premieres at 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 on CBS.

“I’m not sure if they have a fall season, but I’m really look-ing forward to a new season of ‘Pretty Little Liars’,” said junior Melissa Stewart. “Pret-ty Little Liars” can be found Wednesday nights on ABC Family.

Senior Ashley Meyer is looking forward to “Go On.”

Starring Matthew Perry, it’s a series that follows the sto-ry of Ryan King, a sportscaster trying to move on after the loss of his wife. It premiered on Sept. 11 on NBC, and will be at 9 p.m. Tuesday nights.

Senior Erik Graham is looking forward to the return of the NFL, which began on Sept. 5 and will end on Feb. 3, 2013, with Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, LA.

There are some students out around campus who are not looking forward to watch-ing any upcoming shows.

“I’ve got a lot of home-work, so I don’t really have much time for TV,” said junior Robert Packard.

Sophomore Jessica Reeves said she doesn’t have enough time for TV between cross-country practices and school-work.

A few other shows return-ing this fall are “How I Met Your Mother” (Monday, Sept. 24, CBS), “Psych” (USA Net-work), “Doctor Who” (BBC America), “New Girl” (Tues-day, Sept. 25, FOX), “The Big Bang Theory” (Thursday, Sept. 27, CBS), and “Supernatural” (CW).

New shows that are pre-miering include “666 Park Av-enue” (Sunday, Sept. 30, ABC), “Animal Practice” (Wednes-day, Sept. 26, NBC), “Arrow” (Wednesday, Oct. 10, CW) and “Revolution” (Sept. 17, NBC).

For more shows and more information, tvguide.com of-fers a full list of premiering shows this fall.Courtesy | tvilicious.com

“Hart of Dixie” is a returning series on CW with a season premiere set for 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2.

Tuning into the fall season lineup

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By Hannah MeyerVanguard Staff Writer

Courtesy | fanpop.comAfter a two-month hiatus, “Pretty Little Liars” will return Tuesday, Oct. 23 on ABC Family.

Courtesy | entertainmentwallpaper.comThe fifth season’s airdate of “Merlin” has not been announced, but is expected to hit airwaves in the United Kingdom this fall.

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By the numbers

• Jonathon Jennings has thrown for 871 yards and eight touchdowns this season. • Tim Hogue has led the Cardinals with 238 yards on the ground and three touchdowns on the year.•Jeff Janis leads the team in receiving with 391 yards and five touchdowns.•Defensively,senior linebacker Grant Caserta currently leads the team with 34 total tackles this season.•34 total tackles this season.•Defensively,senior linebacker Grant Caserta currently leads the team with 34 total tackles this season.

Slow start results in close lossFOOTBALL

Coming into the season, head coach Jennifer Boehm knew she had a special team. Through the first two weeks of the season, her girls have shattered expecta-tions.

Two weeks into the season for the women’s tennis team, the lady Cardinals are 5-1, leaving their dreaded 2011 0-4 start in the dust and currently tying for third place with Ferris State. Their only loss has been to Ashland, who currently leads the GLIAC with a 5-0 record.

“I knew the first day of training camp that we had some things going for us,” Boehm said. “The incoming freshmen and returning starters all came back ready to take on the GLIAC.

In the first week, the lady Cardinals impressed by beating two newcomers to the GLIAC, Walsh and Malone, who cur-rently sit at the bottom of the con-ference with 0-5 and 0-6 records respectively.

Over the weekend, the lady Cardinals won two out of their three road matches.

“We are really happy to win two out of three on the road,” Boehm said. “Our only loss was to Ashland and it was close all the way until the end.

“We proved to the best team in the conference that we can hang with them.”

The quick start has done a tremendous job in building confi-dence for the team, according to Boehm.

“Compared to our start last

year, coming out of the gate win-ning like we have has really set a different tone for this year,” she said. “This team believes in itself and truly believes it can beat any team in the GLIAC.”

Boehm recognizes there has been significant improvement since the end of last season. Dur-ing the past three seasons, the team has improved year after year, making the playoffs in 2011 and 2010 and finishing in the top eight of the GLIAC in both years.

“This off season, the girls re-ally stepped up and worked on improving a number of things,” she said. “Fitness was a big issue last season so the girls went out and really worked throughout the summer.

“Overall, I’d say we are a more physically fit team and cou-

pled with more time on the court to work our technical game, we’re a better team.”

Boehm said that along with physical fitness comes mental toughness, another quality she said her team has displayed this year.

“We’ve really focused on putting the team first with girls putting more time into working out and spending more time on the court,” she said. “We look to improve each player and focus on mental toughness because in those close matches, you’re under pressure and we see how men-tally tough you are.”

Yet Boehm can’t point to just one or two players who have im-proved, saying it has been a team effort all the way.

“The team really has im-

proved together,” she said. “I tru-ly feel that every girl has grown and improved since last season.”

Along with off-season train-ing comes recruiting, which Boehm says she spends a large amount of her time and resources on to help improve the quality of

her squad. “You can’t expect to compete

in a tough conference like the GLIAC without putting a lot of time into recruiting,” she said.

With the quick start, Boehm has high expectations for her squad, yet the season is still young and anything can happen.

“We are good but we’re still a long way from a GLIAC champi-onship,” she said. “A lot can hap-pen in the rest of the season and the big thing is avoiding injuries.

“I know that if we play to our potential we will finish con-siderably higher than last year or the year before.”

The 5-1 lady Cardinals are back in action Friday, Sept. 21 at the ITA Regional Tournament lo-cated at Jenison High School in Jenison, MI.

Tennis team remains hot, improving record to 5-1

Football• Saturday, Sept. 22 @ Lake Erie, 7 p.m.,

Painesville, MI

Men’s Soccer• Friday, Sept. 21 @ Lake Erie, 2 p.m.,

Painesville, OH• Sunday, Sept. 23 @ Tiffin University,

2:30 p.m., Tiffin, OH

Women’s Soccer• Friday, Sept. 21 @ Grand Valley State

University, 7 p.m., Grand Rapids, MI• Sunday, Sept. 23 @ Ferris State, 12

p.m., Big Rapids, MI

Women’s Volleyball• Friday, Sept. 21 @ Wayne State, 7 p.m.,

Detroit, MI• Saturday, Sept. 22 @ Findlay, 2 p.m.,

Findlay, OH

Women’s Tennis• Friday, Sept. 21 @ ITA Regional

Tournament, Jenison High School, TBA, Jenison, MI

• Saturday, Sept. 22 @ ITA Regional Tournament, Jenison High School, TBA, Jenison, MI

• Sunday, Sept. 23 @ ITA Regional Tournament, Jenison High School, TBA, Jenison, MI

Golf• Sunday, Sept. 23 @ GLIAC North

Tournament, TBA, South Haven, MI

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For the Cardinals, sopho-more kicker Scott Stanford’s last-second field goal attempt on Saturday was representa-tive of the his team’s perfor-mance in the game as a whole: unexpected, unpredictable and in the end, just short.

Despite premature celebra-tions by SVSU players and fans, a 54-yard attempt by Stanford that would have led to a second straight home comeback for the Cardinals was signaled no good by ref-erees, short and wide left, turning celebration into disap-pointmentand a 29-27 loss to Findlay.

“I thought it went in,” said head coach Jim Collins. “That’s within his range, but it just wasn’t meant to be. It’s crushing.”

With the loss the Cardinals fall to 2-1 overall, and 1-1 in GLIAC play. Findlay improves to 2-0 in the conference and overall.

Stanford’s miss capped off a chaotic fourth quarter that included a blocked field goal, two lead changes and another late comeback for the Cardinals, who made up a 12-point deficit in less than 10 minutes.

For Collins, the missed field goal was consistent with many of the team’s mishandled op-portunities throughout the game.

“A lot of things happened in that game like that for us,” he said. “We just didn’t execute with the ability that we can or should in order to win a foot-ball game.”

The biggest surprise for SVSU was that it failed to ex-ecute offensively in the first half, with the Cardinals’ two main playmakers, junior quar-

terback Jonathon Jennings and junior wide receiver Jeff Janis, remaining uncharacteristically silent.

“The offense came out flat tonight, and I put that blame on me,” Jennings said. “We weren’t executing like we should have. We came out with no energy in the first half, and it took a while for the passing game to open up.”

The Cardinals did have a consistent running game against the Oilers, with senior running back Tim Hogue pro-viding the team’s only score in the first half. Hogue finished with 127 yards rushing and two touchdowns, adding 27 more yards receiving.

After trailing 13-7 at the half, Jennings led the Cardi-nals to their first lead of the game with a 65-yard drive to start the third quarter. He com-pleted six passes on the drive, including a three-yard touch-

down pass to junior wide re-ceiver Michael Albrecht.

“The rhythm of the first half just wasn’t what we wanted,” Collins said. “I thought we re-grouped at halftime. Our guys came out and played hard in the second half.”

Findlay senior quarterback Clay Belton responded by leading back-to-back scoring drives to give the Oilers a 26-14 lead going into the fourth quarter.

The Cardinals struggled defensively against Belton, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound dual threat through the air and on the ground. Belton completed 32 passes for 335 yards and two touchdowns, picking the SVSU defense apart with screens, slants and longer routes downfield.

“He’s a good quarterback. He knows how to move in the pocket, and we didn’t get to him enough,” said senior line-backer Grant Caserta, who re-corded 16 tackles in the loss. “He really picked us apart when he needed to in the clutch.”

Collins agreed that the Car-dinals’ biggest downfall de-fensively was failing to con-tain Belton.

“The thing we didn’t do a good enough job of today is getting pressure. Belton is big and athletic, so the little pres-sure we did get, he was able to escape,” Collins said. “If you give a guy time or a chance to scramble, he’s going to find open receivers.

“We’ve just got to do a bet-ter job of locking down, get-ting pressure putting people in the quarterback’s face.”

The Cardinals erased the 12-point deficit in less than seven minutes. Jennings found Janis for a 43-yard strike with 12:14 remaining, and Hogue broke through for a 34-yard score with 5:26

remaining. SVSU could not convert on the two-point con-version, though, and led by only one point, 27-26 with five minutes remaining.

SVSU’s lead didn’t last for long, as Belton continued to dominate on the Oilers’ final drive – a drive that was ex-tended by a costly “high hit” penalty on third down by ju-nior defensive back Jon Bry-ant.

The Cardinals’ only three penalties of the night turned failed third-down conversions into first downs, which the Oilers then later turned into touchdowns.

“It’s tough when you get a stop for three downs and you’ve got to come out and start all over again,” Caserta said.

Collins was disappointed in the penalties, but more disap-pointed that his team couldn’t regroup afterward.

“I think the high hit is a tough one because your guys are just playing hard and ag-gressive,” he said. “ I thought (Bryant) was just making a play for the ball and obviously he went a little high.

“We weren’t able to over-come it, that’s the tough thing.”

Despite the loss, Caserta said that his team’s aspira-tions for the season remain the same.

“We have all of our goals still in front of us,” he said. “We’re just going to keep fighting and hopefully achieve our goals in the end.”

The Cardinals travel to face Lake Erie next Saturday. Kick-off is at 7 p.m.

“Lake Erie’s an underrated team in this league, and if we don’t show up, they’re going to give us a handful,” Caserta said. “We’ve got to be ready this week.”

By Justin BrouckaertVanguard Editor-in-ChiEf

By Chris OliverVanguard sports Editor

Vanguard Photo | Alyssa EllisFindlay quarterback Clay Belton threw 42 passes and completed 32 of them for 335 yards and two touchdowns against the Cardinals defense.

Vanguard Photo | Alyssa Ellis Led by Jonathon Jennings, the Cardinals’ offense was unusually quiet in the first half, with the only score coming off of a two-yard touchdown run by senior tailback Tim Hogue in the first quarter.

TENNIS

“We are really happy to win two out of three on the road.”

Jennifer BoehmWomen’s Tennis head CoaCh

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Switching sides; senior takes on new roleHe shoots, he scores!

Gooooooal! One more un-der the belt for Zach Myers, Mariott Player of the Week last week and forward for the men’s soccer team. With this goal comes his new season, along with some goals of his own.

Myers, a senior manage-ment major at SVSU, has been playing soccer since the age of five in his hometown of Grand Rapids.

“I was always outside as a kid,” he explained. “It really helped influence me to get into sports.”

During middle school, he played baseball until he was 13, forced to quit because of his time commitment to soc-cer. He also played basketball up until the ninth grade.

“I played basketball grow-ing up, but I never really en-joyed it as much,” Myers said. “I decided to quit after eighth grade.”

On his high school soccer team, he was able to earn titles such as all-conference and all-district three times, all-region and all-area dream team twice, All-State honorable mention his junior year, and All-State in his senior year. He also holds his high school’s record for most career starts with 95 and most career matches with 97.

After graduating from For-est Hills Eastern High School in 2009, he has contributed to the Cardinals team in a big way.

The past four years have been an improvement time for My-ers. He has improved physically with his speed and strength, and technically as well with his foot-skills. Most importantly, he has gained a higher general knowl-edge of soccer.

Myers plays forward, mak-ing him responsible for part of the team’s scoring during each game. This, however, is a rela-tively new position.

“I’ve played defender for the past three seasons. It was my coach’s idea to switch it up. We wanted to be more dynamic and

add some speed at the forward position.”

Perhaps this switch was good for him. He was able to score five out of seven goals in the first two games of this past season.

This improvement has come with some juggling on Myers’ part. Balancing school, work and soccer, he’s looking to stay as or-ganized as possible.

“I have a great boss,” he added. “Bryan Crainer allows me to be flexible with my work schedule, which is great.”

Looking to improve from last year, he has many team-oriented goals. Myers would like to see his team make it farther into, and possibly win, the NCAA Tourna-ment after only making it to the first round last year.

“We also didn’t win the confer-ence tournament,” Myers said. “We would really like to host and win that game as well.”

To Myers, the biggest accom-plishment for him so far was being on the NSCAA Scholar All-American 3rd team, a title that is granted to only a lucky few in the United States.

However, there have been other titles for him as well. Each week, the GLIAC, chooses a play-er it feels has had the best per-formance. Last weekend, Myers was able to earn that spot as the male Player of the Week.

“I was able to score five goals in the first weekend,” he said. “I’m proud of myself for being able to receive that title.”

Myers has also been Defensive Player of the Year, as well as other all-conference awards. He credits his team and a good defensive season last year that helps gen-erate these types of awards.

The men’s soccer team this season has started with a 5-1 re-cord, but Myers says it still has a lot of work yet to do.

“Our focus is on the present day,” Myers explained. “We’re try-ing to get better and better.”

The team’s next games are on Friday, Sept. 21, at Lake Erie, and on Sunday, Sept. 23, at Tiffin.

Clubbing the competition; first tournament win since 2006

Leadership and experience are paving the way for 2012 men’s golf squad.

With its first tournament vic-tory since October of 2006, head coach Joe Vogl has good reason to be optimistic about his team. Earlier this month, the Cardinals played their first event of the season, a match play invitational at Greywalls Golf Course in Mar-quette, Michigan. Against tough competition that included de-fending GLIAC champions Grand Valley State University, the Cardi-nals won in match play.

“Right now, it feels pretty good,” said Vogl. “It’s like get-ting a monkey off our backs with that win, except it had been so long since we had won, it was starting to feel like a go-rilla on our backs.”

Vogl has high expectations from his team who managed to win the match despite not bringing 2011 GLIAC Fresh-man of the Year and All-GLI-AC first team member, Micah Skidmore.

“The fact that we won up there in head to head competition without one of our best guys definitely helps with the confi-dence level overall as a team for us,” Vogl said.

Vogl said the victory was a team effort with each player stepping up.

“In the match format of this event, we had our guys paired up with guys from other schools and they had to beat them head

to head,” Vogl said. “Our guys did extremely well and won 20 out of the 30 matches, which was a bet-ter win percentage than anyone else up there.”

Leading the Cardinals was Adam Hansen, who went 5-1 in match play. Behind him, Dustin Vogl, team captain and son of head coach Joe Vogl, went 4-2. Wyat Drost and Ryan Thomas also went 4-2 while Eric Gandy went 3-3.

“It was a good tournament for our guys to get out there and build some confidence,” Vogl said. “But we also know that the season is about to be-gin.”

Despite not playing Skidmore, Vogl said his team is one of the better ones he has coached in his years on campus.

“Overall, we have a real solid team this year,” Vogl said. “We’re about seven or eight guys deep with guys who can go out there and play really well and make par.”

Junior Adam Hansen agrees with his coach that the team has a lot to offer this year.

“After the tournament, I defi-nitely think we’re a good squad this year,” Hansen said. “We’re a really deep team which helps because if one guy is off, we can slide someone else right in to re-place him without losing much.”

Hansen said that with a num-ber of sophomores coming back adds experience.

“We’re just overall a much more mature team coming back this year,” he said. “Two of our best players last year were fresh-men so this year we’re all com-

ing in knowing exactly what to expect.”

Vogl also factored in the abil-ity to play well outside of the area as a critical element in his team’s success going forward.

“Essentially, all of our tour-naments and matches are on the road this year,” said Vogl. “We need and luckily have guys who can go out on any course and play well and make par.”

Another element the Cardi-nals have this year that Vogl says was lacking in 2011 is leadership.

“This year we have a good combination of upperclassmen who can help set an example for some of our talented soph-omores,” he said. “We really have a seasoned team and as long as I can pick the best five guys to travel with, I’m pretty confident we can win.”

This year, coach Vogl named his son, Dustin Vogl as team captain. Vogl said his goal is to give the rest of the team a person to follow and someone to look up to throughout the season.

“Over the summer, Dustin really improved his game con-siderably and I really thought that this year’s team needed some leadership,” he said. “So in naming him captain I was hoping to set a tone and kind of give the rest of the guys someone they can emulate.

“Last year we really didn’t have that kind of senior leadership and I really couldn’t even lean on the juniors on our team very much, so we’re hoping that this

makes a big difference.”Hansen said the team was in

need of someone to step up and fill the leadership role.

“Dustin is a great choice for team captain,” he said. “It’s great to have someone that ev-eryone is comfortable with and

can go to if we run into prob-lems.

“If we’re having trouble on the course, he’s always willing to help.”

The Cardinals will next com-pete Sunday, Sept. 23 at the GLI-AC North Tournament located in

South Haven.

Vanguard File PhotoZach Myers was first team All-GLIAC and Defensive Player of the Year in 2011. For the 2012 season, his focus has been on offense, starting five out of six games at forward and scoring five goals in six games so far for the Cardinals.

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