Issue 10, September 25th, 2017 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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POLICE

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GV releases Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

GV prepares for first Wellness Summit

BY SAMANTHA KOLK NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

New statistics show decrease in reported on-campus rapes

also William Cadreau, the father of student senator Joe Cadreau, the senator who proposed the resolution. The elder Cadreau recounted oppression he had experienced in boarding schools growing up and hardships on the reservation.

“I appreciate the time here today. It’s all in your hands. It’s time to rename it,” he concluded.

The vote was called out by voice with one abstention and at least one opposed, but the large majority was in favor of the resolution.

Patrick Cox, a GVSU sophomore who is new to student senate this year, voted against the proposal.

Grand Valley State University is in its final stages of putting together its first-ever Wellness Summit. The event is free and will take place Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the second floor of the Kirkof Center.

“The Wellness Summit is for students, faculty and staff,” said Lindsey DesArmo, health and wellness manager at GVSU. “Basically, it’s an opportunity to understand what’s available for you on campus regarding your wellness, health, well-being, whatever that may be. It’s just kind of a way to find your balance.”

Put on by the wellness taskforce at GVSU, the event follows its mission statement “to increase collaboration and awareness among campus partners to identify wellness opportunities for GVSU students, faculty and staff and act on those opportunities to develop a campus culture that supports good health and well-being.”

Four key areas will form the focus of the event: talk, move, breathe and eat.

“There’s going to be something for everybody, I swear,” DesArmo said.

“Wellness to me can be something totally different to you, so we wanted to try to bring in all these different concepts, and hopefully people can find what it is they’re really interested in.”

“Talk” will take place in the Grand River Room and will include presentations and discussion. A LIB 100-approved keynote speaker panel discussing what wellness is will be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Flash talks will follow at 4:30 p.m.

Amy Campbell, associate director of GVSU Campus Recreation, and DesArmo both described flash talks as short speeches similar to TED Talks that will include different wellness experiences from a variety of people.

“Move” will use KC 2263 and KC

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BY EMILY DORAN EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

According to statistics from the Grand Valley State University 2017 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, released Monday, Sept. 25, the reported number of on-campus rapes went down from 2015 to 2016.

At GVSU, there were 15 reported on-campus rapes in 2015 and three in 2016. Four of the incidents that were reported in 2015 actually occurred in 2014, however.

The Title IX office at GVSU updated its electronic report-tracking software in August 2016 to better identify and reduce the number of duplicate reports, one potential explanation for the decrease in reported on-campus rapes. Previously, it would have been easier for multiple reports about the same incident to be mislabeled as reports of separate occurrences.

“We have been able to tie some of these reports that we’ve gotten in better since we’ve made the reporting system much more robust,” said Capt. Brandon DeHaan of the GVSU Police Department.

Theresa Rowland, the Title IX coordinator at GVSU, said the updated report-tracking system is better equipped to identify duplicate reports.

“Tracking reports is an important component of a successful response to complaints of sexual misconduct on campus and in providing a timely, fair and equitable process for both the complainant and the respondent,” Rowland said via email. “In February 2015, the Title IX office successfully transitioned report tracking and case management to an electronic format, and in August 2016 invested in a more sophisticated tracking software.

Report tracking has become more robust, allowing additional details to better identify duplicate reports.”

This year’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report also features some updates from last year’s. The Victim’s Rights and Options (VRO) section has been updated, and information about how to be an active bystander has been added.

DeHaan urged GVSU community members to visit the VRO website, available at www.gvsu.edu/vro/, to learn more about the resources available for victims of sexual violence.

“That’s a resource guide for our students, faculty and staff that live, work and learn on the campus,” he said. “Victim’s Rights and Options is a nice vehicle to help educate the Grand Valley community. And yes, we do update information on there as regularly as possible and to make sure that our community is aware of the different initiatives and different options that are available, specifically surrounding these incidents.”

While the VRO website has always included information about being an active bystander, that information is new to the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report this year. Active bystander intervention training is a prevalent and important part of GVSU campus programming about sexual violence awareness and prevention.

“Being an active bystander is an important role in creating a culture free from sexual violence,” Rowland said. “Including active bystander information in the ASFS report can help increase awareness, options and strategies for responding.

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CELEBRATION: A pow wow takes place at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids Saturday, Sept. 9. The resolution to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day was passed at student senate’s Thursday, Sept. 21, meeting. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE

Student senate votes in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day

BY JOSHUA VISSERS JVISSERS@LANTHORN.COM

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he resolution to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day was passed at the Thursday, Sept. 21, general assembly of the Grand Valley State University student senate. The vote took place after several community members stood to speak during the public comment period, as well as several minutes of statements of support from senate members.

“As a white woman, I’ve had the privilege of thinking of Columbus stumbling on this land as a discovery,” said Kristen Green during public comment. Green attends a local Native American

regalia class, and her two daughters are Native American. Her 10-year-old, Jade Green, also stood at the podium and spoke in favor of the resolution.

“As I see it, this issue is elementary,” she said.

Megan Chivis, a member of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, also voiced her criticism of Columbus Day. “If there was an ISIS Day, would you be okay with it? Would you be okay with a Bin Laden Day?” Chivis asked the assembly, after describing acts committed

by Christopher Columbus.

Several more community members also voiced their support, including concerned students and

ENTERTAINMENT

Annual Renaissance Festival features merchants, entertainers

BY SARAH HOLLIS NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Many things have changed throughout the last 22 years, but one thing that has stayed the same is Grand Valley State University’s annual Renaissance Festival.

This year, the free event was held during the university’s Family Weekend and was host to various merchants, singers, comedians and sword-fighting groups. Merchants sold items such as clothes, jewelry and even silverware.

The entertainers taught about the history of the Renaissance while they were putting on their shows. The crowd ranged from students attending for the first time to alumni who have been coming to the festival for years.

“We have basically everyone from every walk of life,” said Vashti Gregory, president and administrator of the GVSU Renaissance Club (GVRen) and entertainment director of the festival. “We want people to come back.

That’s part of the allure of it.”

GVRen definitely succeeded at getting people to come back. There were merchants, entertainers and alumni who have been coming to the festival for almost the entire time the club has been putting it on.

For example, “Her Majesty’s

Royal Guard,” a full-armor fighting group whose members craft their own metal armor accurate to the Renaissance period, has been coming to the festival for 15 years.

There are also several alumni who were part of GVRen while they attended GVSU who have been coming back ever since.

Three of these alumni are Jennifer Willard, Kristy Eason and Diane Kowalski. Although a passion for

the Renaissance is a large part of what keeps people coming back, it is also the sense of community and family that the festival has provided.

“The best friends I’ve ever made in my life are from Ren Fair,” said Kowalski, who has been at 18 of GVSU’s Renaissance Festivals. “It changed my life.”

The alumni, merchants and entertainers all join GVRen in dressing up as well. Most of them also

have different characters or personas they play according to their role in the festival. Some performers even adopt an accent.

“Some people keep the same character, and they just evolve the character and the costume,” Willard explained. “Other people, as they mature, as they grow, as they learn, as they become a different person, so does their character.”

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FESTIVITIES: GVSU Renaissance Festival attendees pose for a photo Saturday, Sept. 23. The annual weekend event, put on

by GVSU’s Renaissance Club, featured merchants, singers, comedians and sword-fighting groups. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE

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MOBILE VOTER REGISTRATION UNIT COMING TO GV National Voter Registration Day is coming up on Tuesday, Sept. 26. In an effort to get people registered to vote, a mobile registration unit will be coming to Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus.

The Michigan Secretary of State Mobile Unit will be set up at the Cook Carillon Tower and will be available to help get people registered to vote from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Students can also register to vote at Democracy 101 sessions, a biweekly series that focuses on civic learning, or at the Community Service Learning Center (CSLC) in the Kirkhof Center.

For more information, or to explore other CSLC student-engagement initiatives, visit www.gvsu.edu/ service/voter-engagement-185.htm.

GV ANTI-VIOLENCE TROUPE PRESENTS HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PROGRAM

ReACT!, an anti-violence peer theater education troupe at Grand Valley State University, will host its first healthy relationships program of the 2017-18 school year Tuesday, Sept. 26.

The event, which is LIB 100/201-approved, will be held in Room 2266 of the Kirkhof Center from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. It will feature interactive theater and discussion methods, as ReACT! student actors present scenes and raise questions about what makes a “healthy, sexy relationship.”

For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/theatre/ react-peer-theatre-education-79.htm or contact theater professor Alli Metz at metza@gvsu.edu.

GV RECOGNIZED BY PRINCETON REVIEW AS A GREEN COLLEGE FOR EIGHTH YEAR

For the eighth year in a row, the Princeton Review has recognized Grand Valley State University as a green college.

The universities recognized were judged based on their dedication to sustainability efforts in terms of their academic and career resources for students and campus practices, initiatives and activities.

For more information about this designation and GVSU’s sustainability initiatives, contact the Office of Sustainability Practices at www.gvsu.edu/sustainability or 616-331-7366.

OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS TO HOST PROFESSIONALS OF COLOR LECTURE SERIES

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) at Grand Valley State University will host “Hispanics: More Than Statistics” as part of its Professionals of Color Lecture Series.

Dr. Antonia Coella Novello, the first woman and first Hispanic to hold the position of Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, will give her lecture Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room.

This lecture, which is part of the OMA’s 2017 Hispanic Heritage Celebration, is LIB 100/201-approved. The Latino Student Union is also sponsoring this event.

For more information, contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 616-331-2177 or visit www.gvsu. edu/oma.

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“Something like that, wanting to change a holiday, I thought should be left up to the student body themselves,” he said after the assembly. At the previous meeting, Cox had proposed sending the resolution to the whole student body in a referendum but was told there was no process for such a public vote, as it hadn’t been done in decades, if ever before.

“At the end of the day, it’s left up to our administration to decide,” Cox said.

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2259 for different activities, like foam rolling at 4 p.m. and “Glowga,” or glow-in-the-dark yoga, at 6 p.m. Health screenings and assessments will also be available throughout the day.

“Breathe” will be held in KC 2201. It encourages depression screenings and meditation from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and chair massages from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

“We’re hoping to connect with people, get them to explore some new things that maybe they haven’t encountered before on campus,”

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like the festival before and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Even students who have been to a similar event before

Senator Cadreau was unsurprised by the outcome of the assembly’s vote.

“I knew that some people didn’t agree with it, but not one time did I think that it was not going to pass,” he said. “This was something that the students and the community wanted.”

Cadreau is planning to take the resolution to the GVSU administration himself.

“The students took a chance; now it’s time for the administration,” he said.

Outside the general assembly meeting, student senator Rachel Ibara has been working on changing the drone policy on cam-

pus, which is seen as too restrictive and confusing.

“First, I think we have to know what we’re changing,” Ibara said. Her first step is to clarify the policy with the administration.

Student senate is also getting ready for the Battle of the Valleys, a rivalry with Saginaw Valley State University that energizes a week-long fundraiser leading up to the football game between the two state universities.

Student senate general assemblies are open to the public and take place regularly on Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. in the Pere Marquette Room of the Kirkhof Center.

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“GVSU continues to offer educational programming to students, as well as resources for impacted parties. We encourage anyone that has experienced sexual violence to report to the police and the university Title IX coordinator, as well as seek victim advocacy in the Center for Women and Gender Equity.”

In addition, per the annual report, liquor law arrests at GVSU increased from 88 in 2015 to 147 in 2016.

To read the full report, visit www.gvsu.edu/gvpd.

Campbell said. “For instance, our registered dietitians: We have a few of them that operate in different capacities, so they’re going to be putting on cooking demonstrations, mindful eating practices and doing some sampling.

So, you get to meet them, experience it and learn at the same time.”

“Eat” will take place in the Pere Marquette Room and will include activities like cooking demos, nutrition assessments and the opportunity for attendees to make a smoothie with a blender bike.

Other activities taking place in these rooms will in-

clude a produce stand, different vendor tables, Alcohol & Other Drugs Campus Education Services (ACES) demonstrations and more.

Prize drawings will be made throughout the event. Participants must get signed for going to the different rooms to enter.

Another opportunity to note is the chance for attendees to get their flu shot. From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in KC 2266, a flu shot clinic will take place.

“The Kirkhof College of Nursing will be there,” Campbell said. “That will be another highlight. This is the earliest that they’ve done their flu shot offerings on

campus, and, since they’re pairing it with an event, we’re hoping it goes really well.”

A flu shot form is available at www.gvsu.edu/fhc/flu-63.htm.

“Our wellness taskforce is really taking the initiative to put this event on, and we’re excited to work together because it’s a collaborative of lots of departments, organizations and groups that really support wellness efforts across campus,” Campbell said.

are excited by GVRen’s passion for this event.

“I really liked how much passion people had and how much they were really putting into it,” said GVSU freshman Michelle Dykstra. “I think it’s a lot of fun and that it’s a great

place to be able to just kind of let yourself be nerdy and passionate and not have to be judged. I feel like that’s a really great thing about the Renaissance Festival.”

The Renaissance Festival is a completely student-run GVSU

tradition. If you missed the festival this year but are interested in taking part in more Renaissance-era fun, GVRen will be hosting other events this year, such as the Duke’s Ball.

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EDUCATION

GV alumna takes passion for teaching to Tanzania Samantha Wint shares how studying abroad led her to working in Africa

BY TYLEE BUSH TUSH@LANTHORN.COM

FATE: GVSU alumna Samantha Wint poses with her family. Wint is now living and teaching in Tanzania. COURTESY | SAMANTHA WINT

Grand Valley State University alumna Samantha Wint credits her study abroad experience with changing the course of her entire life. Now, living and teaching in Tanzania, married to a Tanzanian man and mothering their son, Wint traces it all back to her experience at GVSU, the professors and faculty members she met here, and the time she wandered into a study abroad fair on campus.

“The moment I set foot on GVSU’s campus, I had an unexplainable feeling that I belonged there,” said Wint, who studied at

GVSU from 2009 to 2013, via email. “GVSU always felt like home.”

Wint originally chose to pursue a biomedical science major in the hopes of becoming a physicians assistant, but she soon discovered her passion for teaching. By the end of her sophomore year, she had switched her degree to teaching.

“I choose to be a teacher because at GVSU I witnessed the importance of having a good, passionate teacher in science and math classes,” she said.

“That inspired me (to) become one myself.”

One day at the Pew Campus, Wint was killing time in between classes and stumbled upon a study

abroad fair. Curiosity led Wint through the maze of tables advertising different study abroad trips, but fate led Wint to one table in particular: the Tanzania teaching experience.

Lisa Kasmer, a professor of mathematics at GVSU and the director of the Tanzania study abroad program, said this fourweek trip offers education students a chance to study educational issues in Tanzania, plan and teach 45 hours in primary and secondary schools, and even volunteer at a local orphanage.

In addition, students are immersed in the culture of Tanzania. They even participate in Swahili lessons given by a local Swahili

instructor. Kasmer said in these short four weeks, students “learn from and interact with teachers and students in a culture much different than their own.”

“I liked to think that just as much as I choose the program, the program chose me,” Wint said.

Immediately after leaving the fair, Wint emailed the professor in charge, Kasmer, and later found herself sitting in Kasmer’s office pleading her case as to why she, a pre-service science teacher, should join pre-service math teachers on a study abroad trip to Tanzania.

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CREATIVITY

Visiting professor to showcase historical scrapbook collection

BY ANNE MARIE SMIT NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Mandy Ross, a professor from San Francisco State University, will be visiting Grand Valley State University Friday, Sept. 29, to share her vintage scrapbook collection. The scrapbooks, titled “Paper of the Past,” are a compilation of photographs, letters, diary entries and other collectives that document the stories of ordinary people between 1840 and 1950.

On her website, Ross describes her motivation behind the creation of Paper of the Past, writing, “It allows me to put these stories back out into the world and connect with other book lovers who daydream of digging up time capsules and exploring antique shops on their time off.”

Ross sought out GVSU in

particular for its archives of James “Bill” Ochs’ scrapbook, a man from Luxembourg whose letters she purchased last year. Ochs saved all of the letters from his pen pal, Suzie, and Ross would like to continue to piece together their story with GVSU’s collection.

“I’m pretty invested in Bill and Suzie’s story and even traveled to Luxembourg to try and learn more about Suzie this summer,” she said via email.

Leigh Rupinski, archivist for public services and community engagement at GVSU and a host for the event, said Paper of the Past is an opportunity for Ross to expand her research while sharing her project with students.

“Ross will give a talk about Bill and Suzie’s story and also how she’s using these old scrapbooks to re-

vive an artistic medium that’s falling out of popularity these days,” Rupinski said.

Ross’ vintage scrapbooks are unique in their effort to tell the stories of ordinary people from the past, a method of engaging people in history in a sentimental way.

“It’s more personal because it’s not a textbook account of a story,” Rupinski said. “There’s all kinds of different fashion cutouts, letters, photographs, ticket stubs and cards that people have sent.”

Due to the variety of material displayed in the project, Rupinski believes Ross’ vintage scrapbooks will attract students from a range of disciplines.

“I think this event would appeal to students who are interested in history, art, design and communications,” she said. “For people

DONATIONS

GV organizations partner with Michigan Blood to hold campus blood drive

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STORIES: Mandy Ross is visiting GVSU Friday, Sept. 29, to share her vintage scrapbook collection. COURTESY | REDMILKMAGAZINE.COM

“Her Instagram account is pretty popular, so there’s clearly a good following of people interested in this art form,” she said. “She will be promoting our stuff as part of that as well.”

Ross will showcase Paper of the Past from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m in the Seidman House.

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needs to be filled out prior to giving blood, and the process for donating takes approximately an hour. This includes a health screening, the blood draw, and waiting about 15 minutes afterward for monitoring and replenishing with snacks.

“The main reason people don’t give blood is because they’re not asked,” said Liz Collver, assistant director of Student Life. “But if we all gave blood once a year, we could have such an impact.”

As a campus, GVSU was able to accumulate 647 units of blood during the 2016-17 academic year. The amount of donors during each drive is often dependent on the student organization. Each day, there are 25 to 30 time slots available for donors. The goal for Michigan Blood and the Pre-Pharmacy Club is to get at least 15 donors per day.

“Donating blood is truly a way to save lives,” Rotter said.

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By merely setting aside an hour out of the day, Grand Valley State University students have the potential to save three lives by donating blood to the Michigan Blood bus drive.

The demand for blood donations is always high, and as a contribution to the consistent demand for blood donations, the GVSU community has teamed up with Michigan Blood and the American Red Cross to host various blood drives throughout the academic year.

GVSU will be hosting its second blood drive of the 2017-18 academic year from Tuesday, Sept. 26, to Friday, Sept. 29. Times and locations vary each day.

This week’s blood drive is a collaborative effort between GVSU’s Pre-Pharmacy Club, the Community Service Learning Center and Michigan Blood, with additional assistance from the Pre-Med Club and Pre-Veterinary Club.

Michigan Blood is the primary supplier for 60 hospitals in the state of Michigan. To accommodate the need of various hospitals in the state, Michigan Blood needs to accumulate more than 560 units of blood each day. So, the organization travels beyond the walls of hospitals to obtain the necessary amount of blood donations.

Michigan Blood finds effectiveness in mobile blood drives, which are responsible for acquiring 70 percent of Michigan Blood’s supply. An additional 25 percent of blood donations come from blood drives at high schools and/or colleges.

At GVSU, student organizations take an active role in sponsoring blood drives. These student organizations hold a critical role in reaching out to students and educating them on how they can donate.

Cortney Cathey, secretary

of GVSU’s Pre-Pharmacy Club, said the club members initiate their role by tabling the week prior to the blood drive, as well as the week during, to gain potential donors.

They also send emails and make various phone calls.

“The best way to get students to donate is by word of mouth,” Cathey said.

The intent of studentorganization sponsorship is that the information they provide will spread by students relaying information to their friends, hopefully accumulating more donors.

Besides the large sum of students, Amy Rotter, Michigan Blood community outreach and partner relations coordinator, said one reason for holding blood drives on campus is because of the convenience it creates for students, a factor that makes them more likely to donate. “(Campus blood drives) make us more accessible, and students can either make an appointment ahead of time or just walk in,” Rotter said.

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who scrapbook, it might be of interest to them as well.”

Rupinski said Ross collects most of her research and heirlooms online, so her visit to GVSU is a rare occasion.

“The particular scrapbook collection that she owns half of is 40 letters to a Luxembourgish woman,” she said.

“The scrapbook we have does not contain the same letters that her scrapbook does, so she wanted to come here to finish out her research.”

Due to her teaching career in California, Paper of the Past is more a hobby that Ross pursues in her free time. She primarily publishes her findings on her Instagram account, which has more than 19,000 followers.

According to Rupinski, Ross plans to publicize what she discovers from Ochs’ scrapbooks stored at GVSU.

September 29, 30, October 5*, 6,& 7 — 7:30 p.m.

October 1 & 8 — 2 p.m. Love, betrayal, vengeance, Louis Armstrong Theatre Performing Arts Center Allendale Campus All students: $6 Alumni/faculty/staff/seniors: $12 Adults: $14

forgiveness, redemption, and magic . . . Shakespeare wraps them all into what is believed to be his final, solo-written play.

For tickets and more information, call (616) 331-2300 or visit gvsu.edu/theatre/. *Sign language interpretation available.

COMMUNITY: A student gets ready to donate blood at the American Red Cross blood drive March 30, 2016. GVL | LUKE HOLMES

Michigan’s longest running Shakespeare Festival, featuring professional, regional, and student artists.

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EDITORIAL

Bystanders need to take responsibility for sexual assault

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n the past few weeks, Grand Valley State University has sent out both a timely warning email and a safety notice email, alerting community members of an on-campus sexual assault and an attempted off-campus sexual assault, respectively.

Both of these alerts described the perpetrators as groups of men, not lone predators. Perhaps more shockingly, in the case of the first timely warning, only one of the men was accused of assaulting the victim in question, while the rest of the men were merely observers

who later ran away.

With so many individuals involved, one has to wonder why no one intervened in either of these cases. Surely someone could have persuaded the group to leave without assaulting anyone.

But no. Call it peer pressure or, more accurately, scumbaggery, but it seems that none of the witnesses or participants stopped the assaults in either of the incidents.

This is exactly why GVSU places such a heavy emphasis on bystander interven-

tion training. The university recognizes the power of active bystanders, whose intervention could drastically alter the outcome of a situation in which sexual violence is an imminent threat.

In fact, the Division of Inclusion and Equity just sent out a campus-wide email with an online training module about bystander intervention.

In addition, numerous programs at GVSU, including “It’s on Us” and ReACT!, focus on equipping GVSU students with the tools and information they need to

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BY KELLY SMITH FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR MUSIC MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

If you hear someone say to you, “You’ve got the mind of a child,” what would that mean to you? Would you take that as a compliment of your personality, or would you interpret it as an insult to your intelligence or maturity?

While such a claim may sometimes be used in negative ways, I believe that this shouldn’t always be the default case because there are many ways in which thinking like a child can actually be very beneficial.

Think about it: How do children think? I remember

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As the GVSU community is forced to confront these group assaults, we must ask ourselves if we are doing everything we can as a collective community and as individuals to confront sexual violence. When you see someone aggressively hitting on an intoxicated individual at a party, do you intervene, or do you turn the other way?

When your group of buddies decides to assault a lone individual walking at night, do you stand by and do nothing, or do you jump in to stop the assault?

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learning in child psychology about Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. The earlier stages are based more on perception through the senses, like seeing and feeling, while the later stages are geared more toward independent and critical thinking.

As young adults, we have been in the final stage, formal operations, for about a decade. In other words, we can think for ourselves and come to conclusions based on our use of logic. While these skills are very important for us to have in life, I believe there are certain aspects of a child’s way of thinking that can also guide us through life sometimes.

This is not to say that that we should be immature in our thinking. After all, as I once read, there is a difference between being childlike and childish. Sadly, there are many times when adults are guilty of this type of attitude, doing things “because I want to.”

One of the greatest benefits of thinking like a child is not overthinking. A child typically does not overthink things but tries to learn by watch-

ing someone else. I know this from experience. As a child, I learned a lot by watching my parents, and if something went wrong, I would ask them about it.

Now, as an adult, I easily get wrapped up in trying to overanalyze everything. “Am I doing this right? Maybe I’m doing this part wrong.

Well, if I got this result, that probably means that ‘this’ was the cause.” What I’ve found out through my experiences is that critical thinking can sometimes be your best friend, but other times it can be your worst enemy.

And that’s another thing.

As adults, we can often be very prideful in our knowledge and skills. “Do you need help?” “No, I got it.” Because of this, we’re not as quick to ask for help when we should.

Being told that we’re doing something wrong isn’t always pleasant, but it is sometimes necessary.

Another good example of beneficial childlike thinking is living in the present.

As adults, we are so often concerned about the future,

how we’re going to take care of certain business that we have, how we’re going to handle things and what we’ll get out of something.

A child doesn’t really worry about any of that. A child enjoys living in the moment.

Where has that disappeared during our transition into adulthood? Sometimes, we need to take a step back and remember where we are in the present before becoming preoccupied with the future.

Of course, none of these examples are set in stone.

There are always exceptions, and there is always a fine line between the two. Even though our adult thinking is necessary, there’s nothing wrong with being a kid at heart sometimes. Like many other things in life, this is a balance between the two sides, and going too far to either side can be bad.

We don’t know everything, and we never will. So, as we continue to push ahead into the adult world and mature into adulthood, let’s not forget to be a kid at heart every now and then.

The nonphysical benefits of exercise

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ment, the authors of the report chose to highlight some of GVSU’s most notable sexual violence resources, including the Victim’s Rights and Options (VRO) website.

The VRO website offers information about different campus resources, options and initiatives, including the campus victim advocate, definitions, police response options, bystander intervention training, risk reduction tips and more. This is a valuable tool for all students, staff and faculty, as the informa-

The benefits of childlike thinking

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be active bystanders. With their numerous educational events held through the academic year, these organizations serve the GVSU community by spreading information and awareness.

This is another reason why it’s notable that GVSU dedicated a significant portion of its 2017 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, released today, to providing information about sexual crimes, resources and bystander intervention.

Recognizing students’ concerns and striving to create a safe campus environ-

BY AMY MCNEEL SOPHOMORE COMMUNICATIONS & WRITING EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

Growing up, I was told that I needed to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day to live a healthy lifestyle. In elementary school, I fell in love with sports, and I had to take a gym class every day through my senior year of high school.

Overall, I loved exercise, and the amount of time I spent being physically active was never fleeting. But then I got to college, and like many people my age, I stopped playing the sport I love. Along with this, a mandatory gym class was a

thing of the past.

At college, with nothing and no one to force exercise upon us, it can be easy to say no to physical activity. It can be time-consuming, hard and boring, but it can also be worth it. When people think exercise, a majority of them think of physical benefits, such as weight loss or muscle gain.

However, as rewarding as the physical benefits are, there is much more to exercise: It allows you to obtain not only a healthy body, but also a healthy mind.

I absolutely love working out. The gym feels like my second home, and I don’t go merely because I want to lose weight or see physical changes to my body. Instead, I go because it makes me feel good.

After participating in highintensity workouts, I feel more energetic and happy. This is all thanks to endorphins.

According to Melissa Conrad Stoppler, M.D. and anatomical pathologist, on WebMD, “Endorphins are among the brain chemicals known as neurotransmitters,

which function to transmit electrical signals within the nervous system.” This chemical is most commonly released in response to pain and stress, and when released, it helps to reduce those feelings.

It has been proven that exercise and physically strenuous activity trigger the release of these feel-good chemicals, and when endorphins are released, not only is there a reduced feeling of pain and stress, but there is also a feeling of euphoria.

Due to this, exercise helps combat stress and depression.

Furthermore, exercise teaches responsibility and helps to boost confidence. Confidence can be felt in many ways through physical activity, and I am not talking about the confidence that comes with physical changes in the body, although that kind of confidence is great, too. Instead, I am talking about the confidence that comes with reaching a goal.

For example, imagine if you ran a mile five times a week, each time attempting to cut your original mile time.

Imagine the struggle. Imagine

the failure. But then, imagine the success. Exercise creates a plethora of opportunities to set goals that are challenging yet attainable. It allows you to work as hard as you can and take failure and success in small doses. When you are reaching goals and taking responsibility for your health and wellness, your confidence will show both in and out of the gym.

When you are living an active lifestyle, it’s easy to focus on physical progress or change, but the nonphysical benefits are what truly matter. Don’t get me wrong, seeing physical progress is incredible and something to be extremely proud of, but it’s not the most important. For me, the gym is a place to push and challenge myself, it is a place to learn, it is a place to explore and it is a place to escape.

There is so many benefits of exercise, both mental and physical, and I’m happy that I get to experience them all.

Exercise is my therapy, and it can be yours, too.

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FARMING

Sustainable Agriculture Project celebrates locally grown food at Harvest Party

BY DREW SCHERTZER DSCHERTZER@LANTHORN.COM

Each year during the fall season, Grand Valley State University students gather together for a feast to celebrate locally grown food. They share a potluck-style meal while basking in the sun at the Sustainable Agriculture Project (SAP) located at GVSU’s Wesley House.

A small crowd got together to enjoy the 90-degree heat Friday, Sept. 22, at the annual Harvest Party. The event began at 5 p.m. and went until 10 p.m.

Ellen Audia, a senior at GVSU who lives at the Wesley House and has an internship there, gave her opinion on the event.

“I think it really is in the farming/agriculture sense that you’re allowed to connect with where your food is coming from,” Audia said. “It re-

ally puts into perspective how hard it is to get food, and a lot of people don’t know where their food comes from.”

The SAP station has a plethora of flowers and vegetables, as well as two “hoop houses.” These are home to much of the plant life and one of the ways the SAP operates in the winter. Every direction features an acre of something colorful sprouting.

Audia said they grow lettuce, kale, peppers, beans and other “root” vegetables.

There was also an array of flowers. Audia said the station was created because in 2008, students thought that GVSU should have its own garden.

Now, each year, an annual Harvest Party is held to celebrate all the new agricultural success the students have had.

Audia said they open the

SAP on the day of the Harvest Party to people who usually wouldn’t come.

This includes professors and their families, or students who haven’t heard of the SAP before.

Audia also stressed the importance of the SAP being interdisciplinary, saying that there are aspects of many different cultures present and that students from any background and any major can find a way to benefit from what they have to offer.

She said people studying a specific discipline, like Asian culture, could volunteer and then take some of their vegetables to make an authentic dish.

“Sustainable food is at the heart of everything since we all get our sustenance from the land,” said Youssef Darwich, farm manager of

the SAP. “If we abuse (our land), we will have farreaching consequences to our environment, economy and ourselves.”

Darwich has been working with the SAP for more than five years now. He currently oversees all operations and feels fervently about sustainable food. He said all students can come to the SAP and use their background to contribute something new.

At they SAP, they grow more than 30 unique kinds of vegetables and flowers, and students can volunteer Mondays, Tuesdays or Fridays if they are interested.

At the Harvest Party, Audia also talked about growing your own vegetables. She said growing your own vegetables isn’t a difficult process and recommended visiting the SAP for

general questions or going to GVSU’s Farmers Market. A lot of the food grown at the SAP is used at the Farmers Market.

CONTACT: sapmanager@gvsu.edu FOR MORE INFORMATION

FARM TO TABLE: Attendees eat at the GVSU Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Harvest Party Friday, Sept. 22. GVL | SHEILA BABBITT

SPEAKER

Carey Lecture to focus on wrongful convictions, false confessions

BY AMELIA PASQUALONE NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

TALK: Kyle Scherr is speaking at GVSU’s seventh annual James W. Carey Memorial Lecture. COURTESY | CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

The seventh annual James W. Carey Memorial Lecture is returning to Grand Valley State University. This year, the event will feature Kyle Scherr, a psychology professor at Central Michigan University, who will speak on the topic of wrongful convictions and false confessions.

“Arresting Signs: From Miranda Waivers Through False Confessions to Wrongful Convictions” will be held in the Richard M. DeVos Center’s Loosemore Auditorium from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27.

The lecture is approved for LIB 100 and 201 assignments.

Scherr was asked to attend this year’s Carey Lecture by GVSU communications professor Valerie Peterson. Scherr will be discussing how innocence can serve as a risk factor in that it can influence decisionmaking and communication during police interrogations.

Peterson has been the driving force behind the Carey Lecture since it began back in 2010.

“I heard Dr. Scherr speak at a conference a few years ago, and while his main discipline is psychology, I noticed a lot of what he was saying was communications related,” Peterson said.

Peterson believes Scherr’s

lecture will pertain to multiple disciplines, though she is most excited to show students and faculty that even those who do not study communications can still have a very good grasp on the importance of it as a whole.

“The thing that makes you a communications scholar is the orientation toward symbol use, meaning and language, and I believe we’ll see a lot of that tied into what Dr. Scherr has to say,” Peterson said.

Peterson hopes that bringing a non-communications-based speaker to the Carey Lecture this year will make the turnout better than ever.

“The communications

department has never really had fancy equipment or a lot of money, but if we can organize this and get seats filled, then I’ve done my job,” Peterson said.

For some GVSU students, the subject matter of the lecture is particularly relevant.

“I went to the Carey Lecture last year because it was required for my class, but this year, I think I may just go for fun because the content of the lecture sounds like it pertains to my major,” said Nichole Gulich, a sociology major and psychology minor at GVSU. LOG ON TO: www.lanthorn.com FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLARTS

CHARITY

ARTS AT A GLANCE GRAND RAPIDS RECORD AND CD SHOW SET FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 30

For Grand Valley State University students interested in music, memorabilia, books and more, the Grand Rapids Record and CD Show will be providing an opportunity for them to expand their collections.

The show, which will take place Saturday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature dealers from all around the Midwest selling vinyl, CDs, tapes and more from musical genres ranging from jazz to progressive. The show will be held in the Westgate Bowl Center’s Banquet Room in downtown Grand Rapids and will cost $1 for admission.

For more information, contact Doug Smith at 616-802-0076.

GALLERY CONVERSATION SERIES: CARPETS AND KILIMS

Grand Valley State University history professor Jim Goode and his wife, Virginia Goode, formerly of the chemistry department, will be engaging in conversation about their trips to the Middle East as a part of their exhibit, “Afghanistan to Morocco: Journeys of Jim and Virginia Goode.” This event will be held Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The discussion about carpets and kilims is open to all and will take place in the Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing Arts in the Art Gallery, Room 1121. RSVPs to the event are encouraged, although not required.

For more information, contact the GVSU Art Gallery at 616-331-2563.

INTERVIEW WORKSHOP BEING HELD THURSDAY, SEPT. 28

For students at Grand Valley State University who are interested in attending professional schools, the GVSU Career Center will be hosting an interview workshop in the Seymour and Esther Padnos Hall of Science, Room 261, Thursday, Sept. 28.

The event, which will last from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., is set up to prepare GVSU students for traditional interview styles.

Because this event will not be a mock interview, professional attire is not necessary. Ginger Lange from the Career Center will be assisting students who choose to attend and giving them a presentation on how to best prepare for the interviewing process.

For more information, contact the Career Center at 616331-3311.

‘Rock the Runway’ to benefit children’s hospital

BY TASMAN MATTOX TMATTOX@LANTHORN.COM

Two local businesses will host “Rock the Runway,” a charity fashion show benefiting the Helen Devos Children’s Hospital, Thursday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m.

Dutton General Store and Myrtle Mae’s Chic Boutique will be showcasing clothing from their own stores at The Golf Club at Thornapple in Grand Rapids.

“We are a real general store with a lot of history,” said Cheryl Lord, Dutton General Store’s coordinator for the event.

“We’re a little boutique with clothes, jewelry, home decor and gift items.”

Dutton General Store is working together with its sister store, Myrtle Mae’s Chic Boutique, to put on this event.

“Myrtle Mae’s is a cute little boutique,” said Ariana

Kiel, Myrtle Mae’s coordinator. “We have gifts; we have home decor. We’re just a little hidden treasure.”

This is the sixth Rock the Runway event that has been held.

“There are so many fall fashions, and people want to see them on real people,” Lord said.

“Our models are grandmas, moms and young women.”

Kiel said Rock the Runway makes what they already do a more grandiose affair.

“We do themed ladies’ nights already, (but) we kind of wanted to do something bigger, like a fun night out,” she said.

Tickets to Rock the Runway cost $30, and the proceeds will benefit the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, which Kiel said made the event more meaningful to the organizers.

“It’s close to home for a lot of us,” she said. “That’s kind

of where we came up with it.

Helen Devos has been a part of everyone’s life.”

Lord said benefiting the children’s hospital has personal meaning for both herself and her store, causing her to feel driven to help.

“Our owner’s granddaughter spent quite a bit of time there. She’s a fighter,” Lord said.

“We thought we’d give back to them. It’s hard to see any wee little one in pain.”

At the event, the models, who are typically store patrons, choose their outfits and get a glance at the new lines that are being offered at the stores.

“Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 6:30 p.m.,” Kiel said. “We always have models that are our customers. They will pick out what clothing they want to wear, and we order a runway in.

They give a bio on themselves,

they walk and they show off all our new clothing lines.”

This is not the only event the stores have put on, and they have experience planning events with many varying themes.

“We’ve had tropical-themed parties; we’ve done denim and diamonds,” Kiel said. “We do a ‘12 Days of Christmas’ countdown. Just a whole bunch of different things.”

In addition to benefiting a good cause, Lord said the events offer attendees a much-needed fun night out with friends.

“Ladies can grab their friends; they will all receive a swag bag and a coupon to spend that night and one for both of our stores,” Lord said.

“It’s always fun. It’s just a fun night for the ladies.”

COOKING DEMONSTRATION BEING HELD TUESDAY, OCT. 3

The Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity will be hosting a cooking demonstration for the on-campus student food pantry, Replenish, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Room 1201.

The demonstration is LIB 100/201-approved and will teach attending students how to make a well-rounded entrée using items that are frequently found inside of Replenish. Up to 14 students can attend the demonstration led by Jody Vogelzang, director of the clinical dietetics program and assistant professor of public health at GVSU. RSVPs are mandatory.

For more information, contact Meagan Mullen at 616-3311100 or at mullemea@gvsu.edu.

GIVE BACK: The Facebook event photo for the charity event “Rock the Runway,” which is organized by Dutton General Store and Myrtle Mae’s Chic Boutique. The fashion show is set to be held Thursday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. COURTESY | ROCK THE RUNWAY’S FACEBOOK PAGE

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Spotlight Productions’ talent show to benefit Laker Children’s Fund

BY TAYLOR CROWLEY ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

It can be nerve-racking to perform in front of others, especially your peers. However, students participating in Grand Valley State University’s “GV’s Got Talent” have decided to take the leap and showcase their talents for a good cause.

GV’s Got Talent, hosted

by Spotlight Productions, will be held Tuesday, Sept.

26, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $2 and may be purchased at the door. There is no limit to the amount of tickets a student can purchase, and all students and participants are encouraged to invite their friends and family to attend the show.

“This event will hopefully become a Spotlight tradition,” said Brenna Hendler, music chair of Spotlight Productions.

These student performers had to audition for the event and have since been practicing their acts in order to put on a good show for GVSU. Some performers will be musicians, and there will even a magician.

“The magician should change it up a bit this year,” said

Sabrina Somers, vice president of Spotlight Productions.

Spotlight Productions is proud to be hosting an event that is also a fundraiser. GV’s Got Talent is a part of the Battle of the Valleys’ fundraising competition, and all of the proceeds will go to the Laker Children’s Fund (LCF).

According to GVSU’s website, “The Laker Children’s Fund is an organization primarily coordinated by Grand Valley State University students that raises money and awards grants of up to $5,000 to nonprofit organizations.”

“I think it’s cool because it raises money for Battle of the Valleys,” Somers said. “Every vote a person makes has to donate a dollar, and that goes right to the Battle of the Valley fund.

I think it’s really great.”

Voting will be based on the amount of ballots the contestant receives at the end of the show. Contestants are encouraged to invite their friends and family to come out and support them while keeping in mind that the proceeds are going to a good cause.

The contestant with the most ballots will win the event.

Voting is done at the end of the show after all of the acts have been completed.

“The voting is based on audience participation, much like American Idol or The Voice,” Hendler said. “What I’m hoping for is that the participants bring their friends and family and whoever else that decides to come, that they purchase their ballots at the door, and that they stay until the end of the event.”

Somers said the event would be fun for the participants.

“Everyone always gets a vote; it’s almost guaranteed,” Somers said. “It’s not always based on talent, but it’s still fun for everyone to showcase what they have to everyone on campus and raise money, too.”

Although this event may appear competitive or intimidating, GV’s Got Talent is hosted mostly for contestants to showcase their talent to their fellow GVSU classmates while also raising money.

If you have questions or want more information about the event, contact Spotlight Productions at spotlight@gvsu.edu.

PERFORMER: Lilly Greenwood sings at last year’s “GV’s Got Talent” Nov. 1, 2016, in the Cook-DeWitt Center. This year, GV’s Got Talent will be held Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 9 p.m. GVL | MCKENZIE BUSH

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FOOTBALL

GV ATHLETICS RELEASES ‘LAKER LEGENDS’ FATHEAD PROMOTION

Grand Valley State Athletics announced a new game day promotion to honor past Lakers who excelled on the field with the GVSU “Laker Legends” promotion, in conjunction with Fathead.

The collectable set will include legends from GVSU women’s soccer, football, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, and women’s lacrosse. The collectables will be given away to fans during selected games for that specific sport.

The Fatheads are 5-by-7 self-adhesive decals. The Laker legends on those decals will be selected through Twitter polls on the GVSU Lakers account. The poll will be open for 48 hours to select the legend.

The first program to vote on Laker legends will be GVSU women’s soccer, which will provide Fatheads to the first 500 fans who attend the Florida Tech game Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m.

GV CLUB ROWING HAS EVENTFUL FAMILY WEEKEND

As one of the oldest clubs at Grand Valley State, the club rowing team prides itself on its rich history and alumni since the program started in 1964.

In light of GVSU’s Family Weekend, the club hosted its own version of Family Weekend with an open boathouse learnto-row event Saturday, Sept. 23.

The event provided an opportunity for family members of novice and varsity rowers, as well as alumni, to give rowing a try.

Led by the team captains, there was a learn-to-row seminar for those interested in participating.

The team also showcased their alumni by inviting the eight-member crew from 1997, the only GVSU men’s varsity eight crew to medal at the Dad Vail Regatta, to race against GVSU’s current varsity men’s eight Sunday, Sept. 24.

The 1997 team finished the Dad Vail in third place with a time of 6:09.73. The only schools that finished ahead were firstplace Temple University (5:59.05) and second-place Florida Tech (6:04.83).

GV RIFLE CLUB COMPETES IN ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

The Grand Valley State rifle club sent three students to compete in the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) Metric Prone Championship and Conventional Prone Championship at the ISRA Range Saturday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, 10.

Each championship consisted of 160 shots fired from the prone position at various distances. The event marked the first time the Lakers had a shot match in Illinois.

Sophomore Ethan Potts shot a score of 1,441 (out of 1,600) in the metric match and 1,528 (out of 1,600) in the conventional match, enough to place 17th and 20th overall.

Teammate Alexander Straith finished 22nd overall in both matches, posting scores of 1,317 (metric) and 1,518 (conventional).

Rounding out the scoring for the Lakers was senior David Cantillon, who scored 1,390 for a 21st finish in the metric match and 1,531 in the conventional match for 19th overall.

The Lakers will be competing in the September Orion Scoring System Virtual Matches. The date and time has yet to be announced on the club’s page on www.gvsuclubsports.com.

VARSITY SCHEDULE FOOTBALL Saturday 7 p.m. vs Saginaw Valley State WOMEN’S SOCCER Wednesday 1 p.m. at Quincy VOLLEYBALL Friday 7 p.m. vs. Michigan Tech Saturday 4 p.m. vs. Northern Michigan WOMEN’S TENNIS Saturday 1 p.m. vs. Davenport

Lakers bring the ‘heat’

Lakers crush Northwood 49-0 to win third straight game

UP IN SMOKE: The Grand Valley State football team awaits in blue smoke to rush the field before the team’s game against Northwood University at Lubbers Stadium Saturday, Sept. 23. The Lakers dominated in all aspects during the team’s 49-0 shutout victory over Northwood for their third straight win. GVL | EMILY FRYE

BY BRADY MCATAMNEY BMCATAMNEY@LANTHORN.COM

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he Grand Valley State football squad did not disappoint in its game against Northwood Saturday, Sept.

23, as part of GVSU’s annual Family Weekend.

The No. 12 Lakers dismantled the Timberwolves 49-0 to move up to 3-1 (3-0 GLIAC), while knocking NU to 2-2 (0-2 GLIAC). The victory marked the second straight shutout at Lubbers Stadium for the Lakers. The zeroes sandwiched a separate blowout (42-7 at Michi-

gan Tech), marking a three-game stretch where GVSU has outscored opponents by 132 points.

“Great job by our team,” said head coach Matt Mitchell. “Felt like in the first half we were winning the game more than 14-0. We fumbled down in the red zone once and had a couple of miscues; we couldn’t quite capitalize. We made some adjustments at halftime, and they brought more pressure, and I thought we came out in the third quarter and we got it to a point where with their offense they weren’t really going to come back.

“I told the team before

the game, 10 teams in the GLIAC, at the end of the day there would probably be three. If we took care of business, we would be undefeated (in conference). We’re one of three right now that’s undefeated in the GLIAC.” Once again, things started slowly for GVSU as it took until there were three minutes left in the first quarter for the team to find its first score when running back Bryce Young-Walls powered his way through the Timberwolves’ defense for a nineyard score. The Lakers would only score once more in the first half when quarterback Bart Williams connected with wide receiver Brandon Bean

for four yards and six points.

The Lakers only led 14-0 at halftime. Once they re-emerged from the locker room, though, things took off.

GVSU found pay dirt four times in the third quarter, highlighted by a 70-yard scamper by running back Marty Carter, two Williams passes (to tight end Nick Keizer and wide receiver Urston Smith) and another touchdown from Young-Walls.

While things were winding down in the final quarter, GVSU running back Caleb Richard pounded his way for his second touchdown of the

season, bringing the game to its final score.

Admist the trouncing, Williams threw for 288 yards to move him into third place in all-time school history with 8,515 career passing yards.

“It feels good. It’s one of those things, though, that you look at when you’re all done,” Williams said.

“Looking back, it’ll probably be a good feeling, but right now, it’s about winning ball games.”

Meanwhile, Bean continued to pace the team in receptions as he hauled in eight passes for 126 yards SEE FOOTBALL | A8

SOCCER

SWEET VICTORY: GVSU soccer player Ava Cook runs up the field and prepares to shoot on net against Saginaw Valley State at home Friday, Sept. 22. The No. 7 ranked Lakers kicked off Battle of the Valleys week with a physical 3-0 shutout victory over SVSU, the team’s fifth consecutive victory and shutout. GVL | EMILY FRYE

Setting the tone

BY ARPAN LOBO ALOBO@LANTHORN.COM

Grand Valley State landed the first blow in the Battle of the Valleys.

Playing host to archrival Saginaw Valley State Friday, Sept. 22, the GVSU women’s soccer team was victorious, winning 3-0. The victory was the team’s fifth consecutive, as well as its fifth consecutive shutout.

The Lakers entered the game ranked seventh in the country at 4-2 looking to

win their fifth straight. SVSU came to Allendale with an identical record, although they had not faced the same level of competition as GVSU. The first half was a cagey, physical affair. The Laker bench was noticeably animated at kickoff, shouting and cheering on their teammates. Both coaches were into the game as well, as the rivalry atmosphere was evident.

GVSU opened the scoring in the 13’ minute, as freshman midfielder Gi-

GV kicks off Battle of the Valleys with 3-0 win over SVSU

anna Parlove was able to move past Cardinal goalkeeper Isabel Bauer with a tidy, right-footed finish.

The Brighton, Michigan, native was able to find herself unmarked after being fed through by senior Gabriella Mencotti. The goal was the first of her career.

Parlove’s goal was the lone score of a tightly contested first half. The Lakers looked to control possession, while the Cardinals sat deeper, eager to hit GVSU on the counterattack. The Lakers outshot

the Cardinals 11 to 2, with shots on goal being 5 to 1.

The Lakers started off the second half looking to continue imposing their physicality on the Cardinals. In the second minute of the half, GVSU senior midfielder Tracey McCoy was involved in a clash with an SVSU defender on the sideline. While both players were going for the ball, McCoy was able to get the better of her Cardinal counterpart and send her out of play.

Jeff Hosler, head coach

of GVSU soccer, was happy with how his team responded to the Cardinal’s physicality. He credits the team’s preparedness to the rigorous non-conference schedule the program plays.

“Our girls have seen that in some matches, not only their system in terms of the formation, but that physicality they possess,” Hosler said. “Because we’ve been in those environments before, our kids have gotten better at SEE W. SOCCER | A8

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Breaking the ice

BY ROBBIE TRIANO SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Although temperatures reached the 90s during Family Weekend, the Grand Valley State men’s club hockey team (Division II) finally opened its season on the ice rink.

The hot weather didn’t melt GVSU’s night, as the Lakers dominated from the opening face-off to the final buzzer to defeat Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) 10-1 Friday, Sept. 22, at Georgetown Ice Center.

The Lakers added seven newcomers to a roster that only lost four seniors to graduation.

Last season, GVSU finished its regular season 23-4-3 and made a playoff push as far as the semifinals of the ACHA Division II National Championship tournament last March.

GVSU head coach Mike Forbes came into the game with winning expectations, but he didn’t anticipate his newly formed team clicking together as well as they did.

“In terms of expectations, it was just a good, solid effort,” Forbes said.

“We had really solid goal-

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and a score.

Additionally, Carter picked up 153 yards on the ground to put him in fourth place in school history with 3,290 career rushing yards.

Carter took 17 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown, highlighted by his seasonlong 70-yard score in the third quarter. Young-Walls added 62 yards of his own to go with his two touchdowns.

An area of controversy in the first two games this season once again showed signs of settling as kicker Avery Echols converted on all his extra point opportunities—seven for seven—after making all six of his attempts the previous week. “(The kicking) was good tonight,” Mitchell said. “I’ll be honest, in practice it was not good. I don’t think

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tending that was backed up by our defense. I wasn’t sure what to expect out of some of our forward lines, but I thought we showed good balance tonight.”

The Lakers tacked on their first goal just eight minutes into the first period after Ryan Hein had a clean slapshot in front of the goal, assisted by Lucas Little and Troy Marrett. Six minutes later, Zach Resnick joined the scoring party, getting a clean look on a breakaway after crisp passes from Little and Nicholas Beers started the break. Little finished the game with five assists.

GVSU entered the second period with a 2-0 lead and didn’t stop there. After an IUP penalty, Laker Connor McEvoy capitalized on the power play to make it 3-0 and excite the entire GVSU bench. Lakers Tommy Carey and Austin Koleski were both credited with assists.

One minute later, the IUP Crimson Hawks tacked on their first goal of the evening, breaking up the shutout for GVSU goaltender Jared Maddock, who finished the night with 27 saves.

After IUP’s lone goal, the Lakers scored seven unan-

swered goals, including five in the third period, to close out the game’s 10-1 final score.

Other goalscorers for the Lakers were Cameron Dyde (three goals), Troy Marrett, Tommy Carey and Evan Newell.

The Lakers finished with 50 shots on goal, compared to the Crimson Hawks’ 28.

For a team that only had two weeks to practice and prepare for their first game, Forbes could have taken the credit for his team’s decisive victory, but he didn’t.

“I was actually at my 60th birthday this past weekend fishing in Louisiana, and (assistant coach Dan Gadbois) ran practice,” Forbes said. “To explain how we got a 10-1 score, I may have to defer to him. He did a really good job preparing our team, and the players responded.”

Although the joy of winning is at the highest for the new team, Forbes realizes that the team cannot get too happy after just one game.

“My concern in winning 10-1 is that they think it’s going to be this easy every single night,” he said. “Not that they didn’t work hard, but you don’t want to get complacent, and we want to continue to work.”

we’ve gotten that figured out. I had to head out to pregame warmups to see who was striking it the best, and I kind of felt with Avery’s performance last week, to go with him again. But we need to get someone who will solidify that job, meaning everyone has confidence in him. I know we haven’t missed a kick in the past few games, but there’s still work to do. In practice it hasn’t been where it needs to be.”

Overall, the Lakers outgained Northwood 594 total yards to 196, marking the second time this season the Lakers have held an opposing offense to under 200 yards (Davenport, 121). GVSU’s top-ranked pass defense held the Timberwolves, who were without starting quarterback Joe Garbarino, to 2-12 passing for only 28 yards and one interception.

“I thought the scheme was

good. I spent more time with defense this week in game planning, so I thought the scheme was good,” Mitchell said. “I thought we had the right people in the right positions. We knew there was going to be a lot of pressure on Studdard, especially with the Jailyn Harden suspension (from targeting against Michigan Tech), in the first half that Jake (Studdard) was going to have to be out there a lot. He did a great job.

“To be honest, once we came out in pregame warmups and saw that their starting quarterback wasn’t in uniform, we knew that was going to build more struggles for them.”

Grant Dunatchik, who started the game at quarterback, completed the two aforementioned passes but also threw an interception to Studdard and watched as his teammate fumbled a

ball eventually recovered by GVSU’s DeMario Johnson on their otherwise promising opening drive of the game.

To put the two completions for 28 yards into perspective, NU also punted a total of nine times for a combined 382 yards.

“We just push ourselves,” Studdard said. “I never feel like we reach our keys, and we feel like we can do always better. We do push each other to compete. It boosts the confidence. We did a great job on the defensive side of the ball today. We got sacks, we got pass breakups, we got an interception, a lot of tackles. We did well, but we can do better.”

The Lakers will now move forward for the long-standing tradition of Battle of the Valleys as they prepare to host rival Saginaw Valley State (2-2, 0-2 GLIAC) Saturday, Sep. 30, at 7 p.m.

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Laker lead to three, ripping in a right-footed finish from 10 yards for her sixth of the season.

From there, the Lakers maintained control of the outing. Senior holding midfielder Dani Johnson was key for GVSU’s possession, constantly getting the ball out of dangerous positions.

“We knew they were going to come in and battle,” Johnson said. “It’s always a bloodbath against Saginaw, and sometimes those games are fun, but we just have to keep it to a minimum. Personally, I like the physicality of games like that because

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RELENTLESS PURSUIT: GVSU’s Ava Cook dribbles the ball past her defender against SVSU Friday, Sept. 22. GVL | EMILY FRYE

making quicker decisions so that we can take some of the physicality out of the game by moving the ball faster.”

The Lakers seized control of the match early in the second half. First, in the 55’ minute, junior midfielder Tara Lierman added the Lakers’ second goal, heading in a cross played by junior Madz Ham from the right side. It was Lierman’s third goal of the season. Just three minutes later, Mencotti pushed the

HUG ME, BROTHER!: Members of the GVSU men’s club hockey (D2) hug in celebration after a goal Friday, Sept. 22. The Lakers defeated Indiana University of Pennsylvania 10-1. GVL | EMILY FRYE

For most Division II hockey programs, teams have the ability to recruit and offer scholarships to recruits. However, since hockey is considered a club sport at GVSU, the only form of recruitment the team can do is finding players willing to commit

their time to the program.

Forbes credits his current players for inviting interested players to join one of the most successful club sports at GVSU. “The freshmen that we’ve got and the new players we had come to the team all came because they had friends here,” Forbes said. “That helps

with the process. They’re building that bond right away, so that’s really nice. I think it makes the transition much easier for newer players.”

The Lakers will continue play against Bradley University at home Friday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 30, at 3 p.m.

ARMS WIDE OPEN: GVSU wide reciever Brandon Bean makes the catch against Northwood Saturday, Sept. 23. GVL | EMILY FRYE

you can get in, get stuck in and (then) get the job done.

“We definitely kept our composure. We kept possession, which didn’t get us into any nasty hits. It was good stuff.”

While the referee did let the game become very tenacious, Hosler thought the officiating was consistent.

“I thought he did a great job. I thought he was pretty consistent,” Hosler said.

“For me, all I can ask our referee is to be consistent. I don’t think he impacted the game one way or another, and that’s all you can ask from a referee.”

For Johnson, Mencotti and the rest of the Laker senior class, it was the final regular season meeting of their careers with the archrival Cardinals. The group will graduate having won every single game they have played against SVSU. “I think it’s something we take pride in, having those kinds of accomplishments,” Mencotti said. “We just go out to every game not so much thinking about who the opponent is but making sure that our team as a whole is working hard and growing every day.”

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GV men’s D3 club hockey starts season with win over UMich-Flint

BY D’ANGELO STARKS DSTARKS@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State men’s club hockey team (Division III) opened up its 2017 season against University of Michigan-Flint at the Georgetown Ice Center Friday, Sept. 22.

The Lakers were able start off their season on a high note, pulling out a decisive 5-0 win.

Coach Charlie Link discussed what they were looking for as the team went into its first game.

“The most we were looking for was consistency, which we got for a while,” Link said.

“We were very happy with the way it turned out.”

GVSU scored the first goal of the game early in the first period, and the offense never looked back after that. The first goal was scored on a wrist shot by forward Mitchell Lawton.

The goal was scored with 14:11 left in the first period.

The skill advantage stood out early on for the Lakers.

They were stronger and faster, and they used that to their advantage, which allowed them to keep the puck in their offensive zone for most of the period.

However, the first period wasn’t all good for GVSU, as the Lakers had a pair of sloppy penalties that led to them playing shorthanded for four minutes in the period. The Lakers were able to fend off

the power play of UM-Flint each time. GVSU took a 1-0 lead into the second period.

The second period started off the same as the previous period, with the Laker offense scoring another goal, this one off of a rebound by Alexander Bjork with 18:44 remaining in the period.

The Lakers were able to earn a couple power plays of their own but did not score while having the advantage.

GVSU did manage to score another goal in the second by Brody Vanderlinde with 13:12 remaining in the period.

GVSU had three more penalties called on them and at one point had to play with a 5-3 player disadvantage. However, the Lakers managed to kill those penalties and took a 3-0 lead into the final period.

Bjork scored his second goal of the night with 19:22 left in the third period. Reidar Burgeson scored the final goal of the game with 5:06 left in the game and sealed the 5-0 win in the opener.

Bjork, who is also the captain of the team, was pleased with how his team performed in their opener.

“It was overall a good team effort,” Bjork said. “Everybody contributed, and everybody did a good job taking care of our zone. That’s what was most important.”

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NEVER GIVE UP: GVSU club hockey player P.J. Schnepp fights his way for the puck against University of Michigan-Flint Friday, Sept. 22.

The Division III team opened its season with a decisive 5-0 win over the Wolverines at Georgetown Ice Center. GVL | SPENCER SCARBER

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GV men’s lacrosse opens season with 17-6 victory over Oakland

BY BRIANA LEWIS BLEWIS@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State men’s club lacrosse team opened its 2017 season with a home-field advantage against Oakland Friday, Sept. 22.

The Lakers started the

season off strong, ending the fourth quarter in a 17-6 victory against the Grizzlies.

“It’s not how you start but how you finish” is a saying GVSU lacrosse can vouch for after winning last night’s game.

The first half started off rough, but shortly after halftime, the

Lakers switched gears and were in full-attack mode.

Junior attackman Zack Crawford felt the slow start of the game and knew a change had to be made. Crawford showed aggressive playing skills out on the field, resulting in six total goals scored during

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the game.

“Sometimes in life you start off slow, and games start off slow at the same way, but coach always says, ‘You got to keep after it, keep doing what you got to do, stick to the system,’” Crawford said. “A couple goals started to fall, and eventually it led to a run, and we just never looked back. It was really awesome, really happy to see the team get it together at the end there.”

Midfielder Matt Jawahir, who is a returning junior, believes the defensive change from the Lakers between the two halves contributed to the successful comeback.

“Our defense definitely stepped it up in the second half,” Jawahir said. “Coach had

a few words for us: He was letting us know that we just got to calm down and do what we know how to do, so that’s kind of how it went.”

The Lakers added 19 firstyear players to the team after saying goodbye to 14 seniors last year. Head coach Tim Murray, who is returning for his eighth season, believes the newcomers can exceed his expectations as the season goes on.

“We have 19 first-year players on this team,” Murray said.

“So, they’re new to Grand Valley lacrosse, and I was excited.

I was anxious to just kind of see how they did, and then I was very happy with what I saw.”

GVSU showed a number of skills during the game. The

Lakers managed to dominate offensively on the opponents’ end of the field during the second half. Putting the Lakers past Oakland on the scoreboard pushed GVSU’s defense to perform well, too.

Murray said the Lakers did a nice job of sharing the ball while playing on offense.

GVSU players Crawford, Jacob Parry and Charlie Schiefer held down the attack line, giving the Lakers plenty of scoring opportunities.

“They did an excellent job of really exploiting the defense,” Murray said. “They found one another. They did a really good job of creating offense for us, and we fed off of that. That inSEE LACROSSE | A10

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GV soccer scores 11 goals in shutout victory over Northwood

BY ARPAN LOBO ALOBO@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State women’s soccer team continued its success against its GLIAC opponents Sunday, Sept.

24, in blowout fashion.

Hosting Northwood at home Sunday, Sept. 24, the No. 7 ranked Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 11-0, improving their record to 6-2 on the season. Playing in the final match of a six-game home stand, GVSU achieved a 2-0 start in GLIAC play.

The Lakers possessed the edge in skill, as well as conditioning, outplaying the Timberwolves for the entirety of the match. The game concluded a home stand that saw GVSU go a

perfect 6-0, in which they outscored their opponents 30-0. The 11 goals that the Lakers put past Northwood equal the team’s best under head coach Jeff Hosler.

In the opening half, the Lakers imposed total control on Northwood. In the 10’ minute, freshman forward Ava Cook opened the scoring with a composed left-footed finish for her third goal of the year. Senior midfielder Dani Johnson assisted Cook on the play, feeding her with a diagonal pass from the midfield.

Just three minutes later, junior fullback Madz Ham blasted a shot past the Northwood keeper from outside the box. It was the defender’s first on the season. In the 20’ minute, Cook created another

opportunity, this time winning a penalty after drawing a foul in the box. Junior forward Katrina Giantsopoulos converted the penalty kick for her third goal of the season, driving her shot low and to the right of the keeper.

Gianna Parlove pushed GVSU’s lead to 4-0 just four minutes later, scoring her second of the year. The freshman forward scored after being played in by junior midfielder Tara Lierman. Corey Sawall capped off the Laker’s first half scoring, beating a Northwood defender to get her third goal of the year. Hannah Klingerman was credited with an assist on the play.

The Lakers opened the second half with a flurry of goals, scoring three within

the first ten minutes. First, senior forward and team-leading scorer Gabriella Mencotti made a sensational solo effort to score her seventh of the year. After getting the ball at the halfway line, Mencotti turned and dribbled past the Northwood defense, eventually beating the keeper with a neat, low finish.

Mencotti scored again just 87 seconds later, pushing the Lakers’ lead to seven. Giantsopoulos netted her second of the day two minutes later.

In the 65’ minute, junior forward Kristy Gomez tapped in a rebound to make it 9-0.

Senior winger Sara Stevens rocketed in the Laker’s 10th with a powerful effort over the keeper to push the Laker advantage to double digits.

Finally, Gomez converted her second of the game with a penalty kick in the 86’ minute to make it 11-0.

Gomez once again echoed the team’s desire to start every half off with intensity.

“We were focusing on that first five minutes to make an impression on the game,” Gomez said. “It was hot on both sides, but we wanted to make sure that we did better.”

The game was played under intense weather, as the temperature at kickoff was 92 degrees. The Lakers credited their ability to withstand the heat to the team’s condition.

“We knew it was going to be hot,” Stevens said. “(The) coaches have been saying ‘Carry your water bottle with you’ for the past three days.”

The team’s focus will now switch to a road matchup against Quincy University Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 1 p.m. The Hawks are the 15th ranked team in Division II. “It’s a huge game,” Hosler said. “(They’re a) very good opponent, and we have a lot of history with Quincy over the years. They’re a very talented side; they’re a very experienced side. They’ll be well-prepared.”

“They’re going to be really good, and we know we have to go out and play our hardest,” Stevens said.

The game will be the team’s lone road contest before returning to Allendale for a GLIAC matchup with Ferris State Sunday, Sept. 29.

RISE ABOVE: GVSU soccer player Gabriella Mencotti (20) jumps up above the Cardinal defense for a header attempt against Saginaw Valley State Friday, Sept. 22, at home. The Lakers defeated Northwood University by a score of 11-0 for the team’s sixth straight win and shutout. During those six games at home, the Lakers outscored all of their opponents by a staggering goal count of 30-0. GVL | EMILY FRYE

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Link talked about what his team needed to improve on moving forward in the season.

“Puck movement and reading what’s going on on the ice,” Link said. “We have a lot of new guys, and we have difficult systems to learn. We are going to

try to get everyone into games early on to get them some experience.”

Defenseman Charlie Reed was also pleased with how the youth came out and performed.

“I thought a lot of our young guys stepped up to the plate,” Reed said. “They skated hard, and they played hard for us.”

This big-win opening

night built some confidence for the Laker team. Bjork talked about the goals for the team moving forward.

“We could be a No. 2 seed in the national tournament if we play up to our capabilities,” he said.

“More importantly, we need to take it game by game first. We can’t just look ahead to that.”

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spired our defense; our defense would step it up, get the ball back for offense, and it kind of became a snowball.”

GVSU lacrosse is a team set on improving. The university’s new young team is focused on becoming a strong team in preparation

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for the spring season.

“We have a very talented team, but we’re very raw; we’re very young,” Murray said. “We gotta keep getting better, and we got to keep playing within ourselves, within our system and get ready to go. We’re going to have a very difficult spring season schedule, one of the toughest conferences in

the nation, and we know that. So, there is a sense of urgency to improve.”

The Lakers will have another home-game advantage against Michigan State Friday, Oct. 6, at the Kelly Family Sports Turf Center.

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