Issue 18, October 23rd, 2017 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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INITIATIVES

GV’s Campus Links program recognized for support of ASD community BY SARAH HOLLIS NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Online College Plan, a website that ranks the top online college degree programs in the country, recognized Grand Valley State University’s Campus Links program as one of the top 10 programs in the country for students with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Campus Links program received this recognition for its success in helping students with ASD adjust to life at college and in preparing them to acclimate to their professional lives. The ranking was calculated based half on the freshman retention rate and half on the graduation rate for students with ASD at GVSU. These were calculated to be 84 percent and 66 percent, respectively. “The Campus Links program connects students who have Autism spectrum disorder with students who have been trained as coaches and mentors,” said Jason Osborne, senior program adviser at Disability Support Resources. “Campus Links mentors help students adjust to new environments and routines more quickly in the hopes mentees will have more fulfilling and enriched lives. “The program is unique among similar programs because the participants and mentors, and those diagnosed with ASD, live together in ... campus housing and provide daily support. We also have another sector of it that is not residential where a student still wants to live on campus or at home, and they can still be involved with the program and have a mentor, but they don’t have to live in the residential building.” The program began in the fall of 2012, and it has undergone many improvements to get where it is today. “When it first started, it was strictly residential; people lived in the South E Living Center, and then we added the Blue program, which is non-residential because we were finding that students didn’t always like to live in a specific housing unit or they wanted to live at home but they still needed the support of the program,” Osborne explained. There are several benefits for students who take part in the Campus Links program. “The benefits would be that they have support to help, with this particular disability, transition into a new environment, which is what they typically have the biggest trouble with,” Osborne said. “Plus, this provides social support.” Since the release of Online College Plan’s ranking, Campus Links has already experienced SEE LINKS | A2

ENVIRONMENT: GVSU green team member Sam Green educates students in Kleiner Commons. The green team, a campus dining program with volunteers from the Student Environmental Coalition, sponsors numerous events and initiatives at GVSU to promote sustainable living and habits. COURTESY | GVSU GREEN TEAM

Going ‘green’ BY KARINA LLOYD NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

As part of a campus-wide sustainability initiative, Grand Valley State University’s Student Environmental Coalition (SEC) is promoting sustainability on campus by teaming up with campus dining’s “green team” for their waste bin monitoring project to educate students on recycling and composting on campus. SEC is a student-run organization that helps promote sustainability on campus through service projects like a campus cleanup and “adopt a highway,” as well as fun enrichment activities like watching environmentbased movies once a month. GVSU prides itself on being a sustainable school. The university works to support the causes SEC holds dear by offering compostable cups and plates in the campus dining areas as well as creating “sort stations” throughout campus where trash can be sorted between recycling, composting and landfill items.

However, it was recently brought to the attention of campus dining that many students were disposing of their trash in the wrong bins. The goal on campus is to have at least 70 percent of the waste properly disposed of, but data found by the green team shows that students are currently not meeting this standard. This discrepancy prompted current green team intern Mara Spears to bring back the waste bin monitoring, a project on campus that ensures sustainable practices in campus dining areas. The project runs on the hard work of the green team as well as the volunteers brought in by SEC. The green team project has been in existence since the sort bins were first placed on GVSU’s campus years ago, though the waste bin monitoring has not been done every year. To help coordinate environment-focused events and incentives, campus dining assigned the role of green team intern to Spears. Along with this job, Spears’ responsibilities include coordinating

SUSTAINABILITY: The Student Environmental Coalition’s goal is to make sure that 70 percent of waste is correctly disposed of. COURTESY | GVSU GREEN TEAM

GV students educate peers on waste disposal at campus dining locations

green team volunteers, conduct- include all food and liquids as well ing bin motoring, helping run the as all campus dining eco-products adopt-a-highway initiative and like plates and containers. much more. According to Spears, When it comes to landfill items, about 90 percent of the green team Spears says, “when in doubt, throw it volunteers come directly from SEC. out” to avoid contaminating the com“We stand by the post or recycling bin. bins, and we inform There are other items students on what that can be found “The purpose of campus dining bins on GVSU’s campus the green team is to use and explain to where the rules are students what can be slightly different, such to educate Grand recycled, composted as wax paper plates, Valley students on and what has to be but these tips are a the availability of put in (the) landfill good rule of thumb to composting that (bin),” said Katelyn keep in mind. we have.” Tomaszewski, SEC GVSU freshman co-president and Caroline Adams was KYLE HART GVSU junior. first intimidated by CO-PRESIDENT, GVSU Tomaszewski and STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL the numerous ways senior Kyle Hart to dispose of trash work together as cowhen she arrived at presidents of SEC and continue campus, simply because her high to help keep this initiative run- school did not offer such extenning along with many other pro- sive options. Now, with the help grams going on in SEC. of the green team, Adams has a “The purpose of the green team is better understanding of the systo educate Grand Valley students on tem, and she hopes it will help the availability of composting that we other students as well. have, and campus dining and Grand “I think having the students Valley as a whole put forth great ef- stand there and help other students fort to make things more sustain- learn what belongs in what trash able,” Hart said. “Every material cam- bin is a good idea because it can be pus dining puts forward ... is either confusing to some students,” Adams recyclable or compostable, but we see said. “I’ve seen other students on a disconnect in how well the students campus throw recycling items into are aware of that and how well they the (landfill bin). I think it will help put those items in the correct bins.” students in the future and help our Spears explained the general school become a better place.” rules of properly disposing of waste Spears, along with those on SEC, in a few simple steps: Recyclable check the waste bins once a month to items need the “chasing arrow” see how well students are sorting masymbol with a number from one terials on their own as a kind of audit to seven inside. These items have to see how the education of waste to be about 70 percent clean from food or water. Compostable items SEE GREEN | A2

REMEMBRANCE

GV community mourns the death of Helen DeVos BY ARPAN LOBO NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Longtime supporter of Grand Valley State University Helen DeVos passed away Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the age of 90. The wife of Amway co-founder Richard DeVos, Helen DeVos was born in Grand Rapids in 1927. She married Richard DeVos in 1953, and together, the pair had a longstanding impact on GVSU. The DeVos couple played a pivotal role in the expansion of GVSU’s Pew Campus in Grand Rapids in the 1990s. The Richard M. DeVos Center was named in recognition of the family’s efforts to secure both land and funding for the project, according to a GVNow article. As well as the DeVos Center, the DeVos family also played a key role in fundraising for the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences in Grand Rapids, as well as making the lead gift

toward the creation of the L. William Seidman Center on the Pew Campus. The Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, also located in Grand Rapids, bears her name after her four children, Dick, Dan, Cheri and Doug, combined to donate $50 million in their mother’s name. The facility opened in 2011 and treats thousands of children per year. Helen DeVos also served as a member of the advisory cabinet for the Grand Valley University Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides scholarships and grants for students, as well as other financial needs for the university to develop academic programs. The university gave her an honorary Doctor of Arts degree in 2010, and she was honored by GVSU with the naming of the Helen DeVos Presidential Scholarship in 2011. In that same year, GVSU recognized her as grand steward of the university. In 2014, she was inducted into GVSU’s Hall

of Fame and received an enrichment award from the university. GVSU President Thomas Haas sent out a university-wide email Thursday, Oct. 19, to remember DeVos. “Throughout her lifetime, Helen provided exceptional leadership and service to Grand Valley,” Haas said in the email. “She was passionate about education and a lifelong learner herself. Her leadership and support played a major role in the creation of the Richard M. DeVos Center, the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences and the L. William Seidman Building, as well as many other campaigns and projects.” To pay tribute to DeVos, both carillon towers on the Allendale and Pew campuses will be lit with a blue “Laker Light.” The light is intended for students, faculty and staff to remember DeVos and her contributions to GVSU. SEE DEVOS | A2

A LIFE WELL-LIVED: Helen DeVos played a key role in the expansion of GVSU. DeVos passed away at the age of 90 Wednesday, Oct. 18. COURTESY | WZZM 13

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PRESIDENT OF PALAU TO VISIT GV

Grand Valley State University alumnus and current president of the Pacific island nation Palau, Tommy Remengesau, will visit GVSU Wednesday, Nov. 1, to lead a presentation on current geopolitical issues. Remengesau, a member of GVSU’s graduating class of 1979, will lead a discussion titled “From GVSU Student to World Leader.” Gleaves Whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at GVSU, will moderate the discussion. The discussion will take place from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Room 2204.

GV TO HOST PANEL ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Grand Valley State University will hold a panel on violence against women Monday, Oct. 23, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Loosemore Auditorium, located in the DeVos Center on the Pew Campus. The panel will feature several GVSU faculty members. Mexican artist Elina Chauvet, creator of Zapatos Rojos (Red Shoes), an art installation designed to shed light on violence against women, will also make an appearance. A Spanish-speaking version of the panel will take place Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Catholic Information Center in Grand Rapids, located on 360 Division Ave.

management is progressing at GVSU. “During those audits we will take compost and trash bins from the waste bins, and then we sort through them and actually sort out how much of the compost trash bin had compost materials versus landfill materials, and then we weigh them before and after we sort them, so that difference in weight is kind of our analog for how well students are composting,” Hart said. Though the green team has not collected hard data on the effectiveness of this project, the results seem to be positive thus far. According to Tomaszewski, even without the audits, the green team has seen a great improvement in students placing trash items in the correct bins. The project has not only helped improve

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how much students dispose of waste correctly, but the green team and SEC are becoming more well-known around campus through this initiative. “I definitely have seen, personally, an increase in our presence on campus, so people are aware of the initiative,” Hart said. “Campus dining workers and managers have asked us, ‘Oh, I’ve noticed you’ve been doing this ... What is it? How can I help?’ So (I) definitely (have noticed) an informal community response. We are gaining a little more public awareness on campus.” According to Hart, the rate of student volunteer involvement has grown within the past year, and SEC hopes to keep the volunteer numbers growing. “We’re gaining traction this year and having (members regularly volunteer), and hopefully we can continue to build it up as something that’s a little more prominent and with a little bit more presence on campus,” Hart said about

the green team initiative. “We try to keep it fairly consistent by having everybody at all the different campus dining locations, so we try to encourage daily participation. “We’re trying to aim for having someone at every different campus dining location representing the green team every day.” Another benefit to working with the green team’s bin-monitoring team is the opportunity to earn service hours or dining dollars from campus dining. “Our volunteers get paid in dining dollars, and campus dining takes care of that,” Spears said. “It’s a fun little perk for the green team. We welcome people who want to use the green team for volunteer hours, but we recognize that students have to work hard and their time is valuable, so we play them in dining dollars.” The next upcoming project SEC is working on is “zero waste football games,” and it is

another way to get involved in the green team’s cause. “That would be helping to do waste sorting right at the football games,” said Yumiko Jakobcic, sustainability coordinator at GVSU and SEC staff adviser. “You get to watch the game and do it at the same time. The green team and the SEC will be at ... those games, so you get an opportunity to work with them and get to know them, and it’s definitely a fun environment to do waste sorting in for sure.” To get involved in the green team or any of the SEC’s volunteer projects, Jakobcic recommends reaching out to the Sustainability Office on campus, located at 260 Lake Michigan Hall. The office will help put students in touch with organizers of the events or projects and help them begin their work with the SEC. For anyone interested in joining SEC, the coalition meets every Thursday evening in the Kirkhof Center.

Grand Valley State University will host an information session for its Student Summer Scholars program Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the DeVos Center, Room 302E, on the Pew Campus. The Student Summer Scholars program awards grants to students to work with a faculty mentor for research and creative programs over the summer. The event will also take place in Allendale on Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Room 1104.

JOHN BALL ZOO TO HOST HALLOWEEN-THEMED WEEKEND

The John Ball Zoo, located in Grand Rapids, will be hosting “Zoo Goes Boo!” a weekend-long event to celebrate Halloween. The event will be held from Friday, Oct. 27, to Sunday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Admission is $3 for members and $8 for non-members.

CENTER FOR WOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY TO HOST ANNUAL HOMECOMING CELEBRATION

The Grand Valley State University Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity will host its annual Homecoming celebration Friday, Oct. 27, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The B.O.B in Grand Rapids. Tickets are $15 before Friday and will rise to $20 the day of the celebration. A ticket includes appetizers and two drink tickets.

GV ALUMNA TO PRESENT ON RESETTLEMENT

Grand Valley State University alumna Holly Chadwick will lead a discussion titled “Why Resettlement: The History, Need and Process of Global Refugee Relocation” Thursday, Oct. 26, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Room 2263. The lecture will discuss the impact of recent refugee crises around the world.

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in the program, which is really nice,” Osborne said. “We usually don’t recruit for that until February, but now we’re already getting applications, so it’s much easier for next year.” All these unique aspects

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CHECKPOINT: Mara Spears and Danielle Zukowski conduct a green team audit behind the Connection building. Members of the green team spend time at different campus dining locations to make sure waste is disposed of properly around campus. COURTESY | GVSU GREEN TEAM

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MEMORY: From left, GVSU President Thomas Haas, Richard DeVos, Helen DeVos and President Emeritus Don Lubbers. Both carillon towers on GVSU’s Allendale and Pew campuses will be lit with a special blue “Laker Light” in honor of the late Helen DeVos. COURTESY | GVNOW

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“My greatest wish upon receiving your generous award is that it will serve as an example and an inspiration for others

to continue to contribute to our university and our community,” DeVos said after receiving an enrichment award in 2014. “And, may they both continue to succeed beyond our wildest imagination.” Helen DeVos is survived

by her husband, Richard, their four children, 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A public visitation will be held Monday, Oct. 23, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Ambassador Ballroom in Grand Rapids from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. A private

funeral procession will take place Tuesday, Oct. 24, with a public simulcast taking place in the JW Marriott International Ballroom. A public reception will be held in the Amway Grand Plaza from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. the same day.

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STUDYING

Graduate School Fair returns to campus BY DREW SCHERTZER DSCHERTZER@LANTHORN.COM

As the academic calendar draws closer to the end of another semester, some students are focused on graduation and the subsequent steps of their lives. For some, those steps will include postgraduate studying. For students interested in attending graduate school, Grand Valley State University will be hosting a graduate school fair Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Henry Hall Atrium. Representatives from schools in Michigan and country-wide will be set up for tabling. Students can visit the fair in between classes to learn about certain graduate school programs. “Students get the opportunity to get involved in exploring graduate school ideas,” said Meghan Veltri, career development specialist at the Career Center. “We connect students to resources as well as meeting with advisers.” The Graduate School Fair

will serve to introduce students to opportunities to help them further their education. Veltri said there would be a diverse range of programs, from law to education. Some of the schools that will be present include Michigan State University, The Ohio State University and Miami University. GVSU also has four programs that will be featured, including graduate studies programs for the GVSU College of Education. “I think that sometimes students don’t know about graduate opportunities,” Veltri said. “Students think they need to be on a specific track, which isn’t true. They can use transferable skills to advance their career opportunities.” This means that undergraduate students don’t always have to have a specific major to get into a graduate field. For example, a student going to law school could have taken one of multiple undergraduate paths since a wide range of majors can get accepted. However, Veltri encourages

students to access as many resources at GVSU as they can to make sure they make an educated decision for their future. Veltri said students can explore ideas for graduate school through internships, undergraduate research, informational interviews and job shadowing. The GVSU Career Center works to connect students to resources available at the university to help them take the next step. Alyssa Gunn, another coordinator for the Graduate School Fair and a graduate assistant at the Career Center, said students can learn many things from the fair, such as how to get into different graduate school programs and what it takes to prepare. She suggested that students go online and research different schools to learn about the professors, retention rates and/or what type of programs they offer. Gunn said graduate schools often close admission by December or January, meaning that students should begin looking for

NEXT STEP: GVSU held its annual fall semester career fair Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Devos Place. GVSU will host a graduate school fair Wednesday, Oct. 25, in the Henry Hall Atrium. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE

graduate schools they are interested in earlier in the summer. Gunn encouraged students to contact her or the Career Center if they are interested in going to a graduate school. The Career Center generally hosts a graduate

school fair once a year. Veltri said a lot of other events are being held to help students either go to graduate school or to obtain jobs. On Thursday, Oct. 26, there will be a “Careers in Computing” event at the Cook-DeWitt Center, and

another job fair will take place Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Calvin College Prince Conference Center. GO TO: www.gvsu.edu/careers FOR MORE INFORMATION

CURRICULUM

Bringing history to life

BY ANNE MARIE SMIT NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

While there are many forms of teaching, finding exciting new ways to involve students can be challenging. Recognizing this, David Eick, associate professor of French literature and European culture at Grand Valley State University, uses the “Reacting to the Past” (RTTP) pedagogy in his classroom to teach students about significant events in European history and

to strengthen language acquisition skills in his French classes. RTTP is a role-playing game that Eick incorporated into his curriculum shortly after Gretchen Galbraith, associate dean for faculty, resources and scheduling at GVSU, experimented with it in an honors sequence in 2011. With the support of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), GVSU is one of the founders of the Reacting Consortium, a collaborative effort of col-

CREATIVITY: Professor David Eick (pictured) uses the “Reacting to the Past” (RTTP) pedagogy in his classroom. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU

leges and universities to include RTTP role-playing games and programs at their institutions. Eick said RTTP is currently used by professors in multiple departments at GVSU. “Professors in classics, women’s studies and history run games, and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures has a team researching the use of the pedagogy in foreign language teaching,” he said via email. RTTP games are primarily run by the students while Eick monitors them. Before the game starts, students are assigned a character or group from a period in history. To make the game realistic, students have to research the person or political group in history they were assigned to ensure they are knowledgeable and can accurately embody them. Eick believes that students come away from an RTTPrun classroom with critical reading skills, the ability to effectively persuade others and think on their feet, and a more complete understanding of events in history. “Students will tell you they benefit a great deal,” he said. “First, they learn skills: writing, close read-

GV faculty use role-playing to foster learning in the classroom

ing, critical thinking, public speaking, information literacy, collaboration, problem solving. They also learn the content that is the subject of the game, be it tensions around democracy in Greece, 403 B.C.E; India’s independence; or Title IX in (the) 21st-century United States.” Amber Sackett, a senior studying French and Middle East studies who is enrolled in Eick’s French literature course, is a transfer student who has participated in RTTP games every semester since coming to GVSU. She has become involved by teaching faculty in workshops and going to a program development conference. “The reason that I’m really involved is because I saw it transform my own learning experience,” Sackett said. “It’s helped my French improve a lot. A lot of it is spur of the moment, which is hard to do in another language, which is why when you go through that process you can gain further progress in your fluency.” Cayla Dwyer, a senior studying French and writing at GVSU and a student in Eick’s French literature course, said she first tried RTTP during her freshman year in a class with

Eick and that it has increased her fluency. “With French it helps a lot because you have to have these conversations about separation of powers and rights of man all in another language,” Dwyer said. “It forces you to use that vocabulary and think on a higher level.” Eick thinks RTTP is challenging for students, especially at first, because they need to learn to express themselves eloquently and persuasively in difficult contexts while also learning how to handle failure. “They must figure out for themselves how to accomplish their objectives,” Eick said. “They must interpret complex texts, they must react creatively and decisively in difficult situations, they must persuade others via informed reasoning and eloquence. In addition, they may perform brilliantly and still ‘lose’ the game, so they must learn how to deal with failure.” Sackett said RTTP makes students more comfortable expressing complicated concepts in French and enables them to better grasp the complications and tension that historical figures must have felt.

“You have to express these complicated emotions, and one of the things I really appreciate about it is it simulates certain aspects of history,” she said. “For instance, we get to experience that frustration to communicate and come to agreements with people and actively counter what they’re doing. You feel that same frustration that people in 1789 in France felt, too.” While students are expected to express complicated concepts and participate in active debates, they are sometimes also assigned a person whose worldview goes against their values. Dwyer said RTTP requires students to open their minds by taking on another perspective that is contrary to their own beliefs. “Sometimes you get a role that’s someone you agree with and sometimes you don’t,” Dwyer said. “You have to figure out, ‘How do I do this? How do I sympathize with someone that I don’t sympathize with at all, whose ideas I don’t agree with?’ It forces you to be more open-minded. It forces you to see the world through another side’s eyes.”

INTERNATIONAL

GV to host Global Laker Celebration BY TYLEE BUSH TBUSH@LANTHORN.COM

On Thursday, Nov. 2, Grand Valley State University’s Padnos International Center (PIC) will host its fifth annual Global Laker Celebration. The event will take place at 6 p.m. in The Waldron Public House in Grand Rapids. This yearly event is an opportunity for the community to celebrate diversity and learning across borders while supporting study abroad funding in an effort to make trips possible for future students who study abroad. This cultural event includes dinner, dancing, story sharing and even a performance by local AfroCaribbean/Latin jazz band Grupo Aye. GVSU and the PIC believe international study should be accessible to all GVSU students, so the funds raised through ticket purchases are put toward scholarships dedicated to students who wouldn’t be able to study abroad without financial help. Tickets can be pur-

chased online at www.gvsu. edu/pic, and at the time of purchasing you can select which scholarship you would like your contribution to go toward. Options include the “Murray Study Abroad Scholarship,” the “Global Programs Fund” for faculty-led programs and the “Empower Haiti Scholarship,” among others. Or, you can simply select to have your funds go toward the scholarship with the most need. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. Meaghann MyersSmith, study abroad adviser, is an advocate for the Global Laker Celebration. “Attendees will eat, dance, laugh and hear stories from students who have taken journeys abroad,” she said. “I promise they’ll want to return next year.” Myers-Smith has enjoyed seeing the opportunities that students have taken to gain international perspectives. “I genuinely enjoy my job because the reward is witnessing firsthand transformation in the students I work with,” Myers-Smith said.

“Students go out into this world and take a journey into self; they return with incredible confidence and drive.” Myers-Smith is certain this kind of personal transformation and global perspective can only be gained through a global experience. “I sincerely believe international study is a vital educational experience for everyone,” she said. Francesca Bosi is a study abroad peer adviser in the PIC office who, like MyersSmith, has seen the transformation that happens in a student who studies abroad. “The most rewarding

part of my job is when I see that they have become citizens of the world and want to keep traveling and make themselves a difference,” Bosi said. “I strongly encourage everyone to attend: students and families, professors and staff members, and any of their friends who want to spend a fun evening different than their usual routine. “It is important to recognize and acknowledge that each individual is unique and meeting new and different people can help bridging generational and intercultural gaps that is perhaps

GOING ABROAD: GVSU’s Padnos International Center is hosting its Global Laker Celebration Thursday, Nov. 2. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU

Ticket purchases to fund study abroad scholarships

filled with prejudice and stereotypes that only comes from ignorance.” Participants must purchase a ticket ahead of time, as tickets will not be sold at the door. Ticket

costs are $25 for GVSU students and $35 for nonGVSU students. To ask questions or get ticket-purchasing assistance, contact Alissa Lane at laneali@ gvsu.edu or 616-331-3898.

A4 | OPINION EDITORIAL

Ignorance isn’t bliss

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By Athena Jasman

Why GV should use education in ‘green’ efforts

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t Grand Valley State University, sustainability is a way of life. Or, at least, GVSU administration and organizations are trying to make it be. While many students at the university may already be on board with living a sustainable lifestyle—reducing their waste, recycling plastics and papers, and reusing their grocery bags instead of throwing them away— others may not be yet. For example, the university has apparently not reached its goal of correctly organizing at least 70 percent of its campus waste into recycle, landfill and compost bins. That’s why groups like the campus dining “green team” and the Student Environmental Coalition (SEC) are partnering to spread awareness about how to dispose different types of waste campus-wide. As part of the waste bin monitoring project, green team members and SEC student volunteers are stationed at different campus dining locations to educate their peers about where different food-related waste should be disposed. This initiative is a good example of the university actively living out its sustainability mission. A lot of students may genuinely be ignorant of how to dispose of different waste properly, and campus dining and the SEC are proving they’re not afraid to get their hands dirty (literally) to divert recyclable or compostable materials from the default trash bin. In fact, students from the SEC check and sort the different waste bins monthly to determine whether or not students are learning and adopting best practices for waste disposal. They also

organize various campus cleanups, educational events and community outreach programs within the GVSU campus and greater Grand Rapids area. Enacting these types of efforts on campus is super important. If students start to learn proper sustainability methods now, they are more likely to carry them forward in the future. Creating awareness of these topics is equally critical, too, because it generates an important dialogue and allows for students to hold each other accountable. Many universities and colleges around the country are participating in “going green,” and GVSU is no different—perhaps even better than most. According to the university’s Office of Sustainability Practices website, “GVSU is known locally, regionally, nationally and globally for applied sustainability best practices on campus and in the community.” The sustainability office, which has been at GVSU for 11 years, offers many resources for students, including a GVSU Sustainability Tour Map and a Sustainability Guide. Through their website, GVSU community members can also access a list of the recycling locations on campus, which is extremely helpful for those who simply don’t know where the bins are located. Sustainability is also one of Student Life’s six “department values,” encouraging students to engage with their respective environment(s) in a positive way. All in all, it is clear that taking care of the environment is a priority at GVSU, and hopefully through these various campus efforts and organizations working to foster campus-wide sustainability, going green will soon become the norm.

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#ButWhyNow: An examination of the #MeToo campaign

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Being born a woman means being born into a legacy of fighting for equality. We have made huge strides within the last few centuries garnering things like the right to vote, the right to education and equal pay legislation. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, this equality is more of a facade than a fact. Even in the 21st century, women are plagued by sexual harassment and assault, as shown by the recent Harvey Weinstein allegations. The myriad of accusations against Weinstein have started a much-needed dialogue and even a hashtag campaign titled “#MeToo” aimed at raising awareness for the many victims of sexual harassment or assault. I’ve seen that very hashtag far too many times within the last few days, meaning that victims are far too common. It makes me wonder why it

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other powerful men who have received similar accusations, like Bill Cosby, Bill O’Reilly, Larry Nassar and, perhaps most notably, our own president, Donald Trump. Our country actually elected a man who was accused of various counts of sexual assault and harassment. Why? Because, of course, Trump has vehemently denied all of these accusations, so they must not be true, or at least that’s what people choose to believe. This fact is shocking, seeing as there is concrete video proof of Trump not only objectifying women but also speaking about assaulting them. There are also more than enough claims that share the same sentiment. His ex-wife Ivana Trump even implied that he had raped her during the course of their marriage. So why hasn’t Trump’s career been ruined like Weinstein’s? The answer lies in why the country is so willing to accept a man’s truth over a woman’s. Why does Trump’s dismissal of claims equate to more than his victims’ accusations? If we can trust Trump’s word, then we should be able to trust these women, too, right? This idea circles back to the Weinstein allegations and the #MeToo campaign. The victims of Weinstein hold a footing that most other women have never held. They are thought of as strong

and successful, capable and trustworthy. As women of the entertainment industry, they have finally received the empathy that all other women have been looking for. In Lynn Hunt’s book, “Inventing Human Rights,” she examines this very idea. People only care about other people when they can imagine themselves in others’ shoes. Hunt explains this idea of empathy as “depending on the recognition that others think and feel as we do.” This matters because now we can imagine anyone becoming a victim. No longer are the victims of sexual assault viewed as weak. Instead, they are seen as strong, just like we all view ourselves to be. Now we support them. There is no way to avoid acknowledging that it should not have taken society this long to empathize with women. Though #MeToo was a huge eye opener for many people, it is hardly the first example of women fighting against sexual assault. Though Weinstein is a heinous example of a sexual predator, he is not the first. This is not a new occurrence. This is a pattern. Moving forward, it is important to remember that #MeToo reaches far beyond Hollywood, and for that reason, a victim’s validity does not rest in a simple zip code.

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took so long for people to start talking about this. Weinstein is not the first example of an affluent and influential man abusing his power, so why was he the first to have his career and character annihilated by accusations? Unfortunately, I believe the importance of this particular case comes not from the atrocity of his actions but instead from the power of his accusers, who now total more than 40 women, according to CNN. These women are significant because unlike many other victims, they are believed to be strong and honorable. This idea creates a paradox. Why does the type of woman matter? If RAINN reports that one in six women are the victims of either an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime, then why is it that 99 percent of those rapists also go free? Why it is that only 310 out of every 1,000 rape cases even get reported to the police? The answer is simple: power. Many of these women are not in the position to challenge their abusers because oftentimes people choose not to believe them. Women are told that they are asking for it, that they’re dramatic or even that their abuse wasn’t as bad as they think it was. Instead, the perpetrators of these assaults are given the benefit of the doubt. Take for example

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Sometimes it feels like the only thing Hollywood likes more than making blockbuster hits is remaking those blockbuster hits decades later. “Footloose.” “Star Wars.” “Poltergeist.” Every animated movie Disney has ever made. “Tron.” At this point, it’s more

shocking when an old classic hasn’t been reimagined for a modern audience than when it’s finally rebooted to cash in on nostalgia at the box office. That being said, the announcement of “Blade Runner 2049” took me completely by surprise. It’s not that a story about android “replicants” rebelling from enslavement (only to be killed off one by one by space detective Harrison Ford) is somehow less relevant to us now than it was in the 80s. If anything, modern advancements in artificial intelligence have only made that narrative more interesting, something “2049” actually touches on by giving replicant Ryan Gosling an A.I. companion. Her humanity is constantly weighed and debated throughout the film,

much like the humanity of Ford’s hit list was analyzed in the original. The fact that the original “Blade Runner” took place in the oh-so-distant age of 2019 also makes revisiting the world now an interesting concept (though why they couldn’t wait another two years to release the sequel itself in 2019 is entirely beyond me). No, I’m surprised Hollywood would make a new “Blade Runner” because despite being a cult classic, the original had an infamously less-than-impressive theatrical performance. The film arguably only became truly popular in the U.S. when Ridley Scott released the director’s cut on VHS a decade later, removing the voice-over narration and “happily ever after” ending

the studio had insisted on but Scott and his fans despised. Thirty-five years later, the 2017 sequel isn’t performing all that well in theaters, either, earning about $20 million less than the $54 million industry experts projected for its U.S. theater release. I guess that’s what you get for thinking a movie that sold well on home video would be a box office hit if you just threw almost $200 million at its production, but it would be a shame if the low ticket sales of “Blade Runner 2049” scared filmmakers away from the genuinely good elements the movie brought to the table. LOG ON TO: www.lanthorn.com FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

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GV Founders Day to celebrate university’s history BY MEGAN WEBSTER MWEBSTER@LANTHORN.COM

Fifty-seven years ago, 282 individuals put their minds and resources together to form what we now call Grand Valley State University. With a lot of hard work, they came together to raise an initial $1 million to purchase the original GVSU property. Now, years later, GVSU will honor their hard work and dedication Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the annual Founders Day celebration. This tradition, which has been ongoing since 2013, is a collaboration between the Future Alumni Association and Laker Traditions. Founders Day, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., will be packed full of different activities designed to bring awareness to GVSU’s history and celebrate the university’s birthday. There will be 282 flags on both the Allendale and Pew campuses for people to view in honor of the founders, and there will also be cupcakes and a scholarship fundraiser. Lindsey Smith, a GVSU student and one of the coordinators of the Founders Day events, said the celebration is an opportunity for attendees to reflect on where GVSU started and where it is today.

“We are a thriving university now,” Smith said. “We have to look back on our history to realize where we came from.” The fundraiser for the “Student Legacy Scholarship” is a student-for-student fundraiser. In buying a brick, students can help other students in need of scholarship funds. While buying a brick may seem strange, Smith said the selling of bricks holds significance in the university’s history. “Our founders sold bricks for the clock tower, and that is what raised the initial dollars to create Grand Valley,” Smith said. “That’s why we sell bricks for a dollar to raise money for this fund. It’s a really cool fund. It makes you think about the history.” Smith said Founders Day isn’t just about buying cupcakes and gazing at more than 200 flags: It’s about recognizing the hard work and dedication that has gone into making the university the way it is today. “I hope they think about how people put it together so many years ago to make sure that this college experience happens for everyone,” Smith said. Amy Blaker, another GVSU student who is coordinating this event, said Founders Day is not just a reflection

on our university but on the students and the Grand Rapids community as a whole. “Thanks to our 282 founders, we have this campus that continues to grow,”

Blaker said. “It has the brickby-brick philosophy to it. Like our founders, we save to pay for each brick in life one way or another to create a beautiful masterpiece.

“Each (GVSU student) continues the work of our founders with a single brick at a time. Some become a part of the Grand Rapids community to sup-

port the campus and others spread the Laker Effect.” To learn more about Founders Day, visit www. gvsu.edu/foundersday.

‘BUCK-A-BRICK’: Kimberly Long (left), Megan Ellinger (middle) and Kaylee Harmon (right) pass out cupcakes on Founders Day Oct. 25, 2016. The university has celebrated Founders Day since 2013 to honor those who founded the university in 1960. GVL | LUKE HOLMES

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Activist Shireen Ahmed to discuss Muslim women in sports BY THERESA MUELLER TMUELLER@LANTHORN.COM

Grand Valley State University will welcome Shireen Ahmed, writer, athlete, public speaker and sports activist, to lead a discussion on Muslim women in sports Tuesday, Oct. 24. Ahmed’s discussion, “Unveiling Greatness: Muslim Women in Sports,” will be held in the Kirkhof Center, Room 2204, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. During this time, Ahmed will cover a wide range of topics pertaining to the intersections of race, religion and gender in sports. Her discussion will focus on the lack of representation of female sports journalists and, more specifically, Muslim women in sports. Ahmed creates awareness by offering an exclusive perspective of Muslim women in sports and specifically African-American women and how they are often not considered in discussions of Muslim women in sports. Ahmed is active in the

sports community through her journalistic work, advocacy for athletes, coaching, mentoring and public speaking. She finds various ways to communicate with others through published articles, blogs, podcasts and tweets. Louis Moore, event coordinator, associate history professor and coordinator of African and AfricanAmerican studies at GVSU, first discovered Ahmed’s work on Twitter. While continuing to follow her work, Moore eventually decided to reach out to her. Bringing Ahmed to speak at GVSU has been a collaborative effort between African and African-American studies, Middle East studies, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the global studies and social impact department, sociology department, and the Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity. “(The departments) haven’t had anyone speak about this,” Moore said. “It’s very rare someone speaks specifically about Muslim women in sports. It’s such a new and hot topic, and I think

it’s good for people to learn.” Moore views sports as a window to talking about Muslim-Americans as this environment is only one of the many fields where race, gender and religion intersect. Sebastian Maisel, program coordinator for Middle East studies and associate professor of Arabic at GVSU, discussed the critical perspective Ahmed offers for the understanding of Islam as a global religion. “The current discourse (of Islam) is very negative and stereotyped,” Maisel said. “(But) Islam is a global religion that impacts all societies.” Maisel noted the importance of Ahmed being an athlete who covers her hair. He said the way in which some Muslim women dress is often singled out in the U.S. and debated around the world. Many people misinterpret the act of covering one’s head to be a sign of oppression, creating an idea that “something is wrong with Muslim women,” Maisel said. But, he said covering one’s hair is a choice for Muslim women.

Moore and Maisel believe the discussion about Muslim women in sports will offer many angles from which all students can benefit. “I think it will be great for students to listen to

stories of Ahmed,” Maisel said. “(They) are not easy topics to talk about.” Moore believes the lecture will also enhance the sense of inclusivity around campus. “I just want (students) to

learn something new and be open to different people and their backgrounds,” Moore said. The event is LIB 100- and 201-approved.

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ARTS AT A GLANCE CHORALE CONCERT TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25

The Grand Valley State University Arts Chorale and Cantate Chamber Ensemble will perform in a concert Wednesday, Oct. 25, in the Cook-DeWitt Center at 7:30 p.m. The University Arts Chorale is made up of 35 voices and performs consistently throughout the school year. The Cantate Chamber Ensemble is a small group of singers who perform a cappella music, tying together secular and spiritual genres of music. GVSU Professor Ellen Pool will be directing the chorale concert. For more information, contact the music department at 616-331-3484.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO HOST HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL

For Grand Valley State University students looking for a local and engaging day of fun, international students at GVSU will be holding a Halloween Carnival from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Kirkhof Center. The Halloween Carnival will include games, treats, pumpkin carving and costumes. The event offers GVSU students an opportunity to spend time with and get to know GVSU international students in a fun and social environment. For more information, go to facebook.com/iStudents.

‘FEMINIST FILM FRIDAY’

The Grand Valley State University Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity (CWGE) will be hosting its monthly “Feminist Film Friday” this Friday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center. Feminist Film Friday occurs every month with a different film each time. GVSU students who attend are able to watch a film with a feminist framework and have a discussion about it afterward, typically facilitated by CWGE employees. For more information about Feminist Film Friday, contact the CWGE at cwge@gvsu.edu.

GENETIC UPDATE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD MONDAY, OCT. 30

The Sam Rhine Annual Genetic Update Seminar will be held in Grand Valley State University’s Kirkhof Center in the Grand River Room Monday, Oct. 30, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The conference is primarily for high school teachers and high school students, and will feature the most up-to-date discoveries in medical genetics and tissue engineering. Covering topics from cancer mutations to inheritance, the event aims to educate those who attend about the newest advancements in genetic technology and their applications and potentially influence future career decisions. For more information, contact Kathy Agee at the GVSU Regional Math and Science Center at ageek@gvsu. edu or 616-331-3031.

Planting the ‘roots of the future’ Student slam poets to host open mic to draw new members BY NICK MORAN ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

While professional slam poetry can be intense, engaging and competitive, the start for many poets begins at an open mic. Grand Valley State University slam poets Rachel Jenkin, Annie Livingston, Jenna Sobaski and Michelle Roldan hope to inspire creativity at the “Roots of the Future Open Mic” Wednesday, Oct. 25. The four women, all members of the GVSU Tendons + Teeth Poetry Slam Team last year, organized the event as the first of many open mic nights to come, Jenkin said. For the group’s first open mic, Jenkin expects the tone to be inviting with a goal of welcoming students both to the team and to performing poetry publicly. “We want to give people a chance to practice their poetry, go up in front of people and get an idea of who we are,” Jenkin said. “So, we figured that putting on an open mic night, even before we find out about forming the slam poetry team and preparing for that, would especially (be) for the people who are on edge or don’t really know who we are yet.” The team performed to compete at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) last year, but this year, they are shifting the initial focus toward inviting students to experience poetry and toward increasing membership. For many, Livingston said, open mic nights can initially be intimidating, so breaking the mold is important. “Usually, how these things go, … people are a little hesitant

at first, and if somebody gets up and is like, ‘Yeah, I’ll read something,’ and does so with enthusiasm, then generally the crowd is willing to participate,” Livingston said. “So, I’m more than happy to do that. I don’t want the open mic night to be competitive for its first time.” The open mic night also provides inspiration for those who don’t write traditional poetry. For GVSU musician Ian Arnold, his attendance at open mic poetry events in the past has given him a sense of introspection in the creative process and a sense of vulnerability. “Whenever I’m playing music, personally, what I write in my lyrics, in my music, it’s sort of a meditative practice for me,” Arnold said. “It’s an emotional process. … It’s (about) processing those emotions, savoring those emotions. I hope that reflected in my music, people can see and hear their own struggles, their own joys.” Arnold said attending events such as the open mic night is important for all types of artists. For Arnold, one motivating factor behind recording an album with his band was the support he got from other artists at open mic nights. “Go to every open mic that is available because that’s how you start meeting other people that are interested in the same things as you, and you start collaborating with people; you start making friends from it,” Arnold said. “It’s a great way for new artists, no matter your style, to help yourself grow.” With poetry being an individualized process, Roldan said poems range from serious to comical. Regardless, she said she feels that the sharing of

PERFORMANCE: Kelsey Fraser reads at Oppression Out Loud Poetry Slam by Eyes Wide Open Nov. 10, 2016. GVL | MACKENZIE BUSH

emotions is more important than how experienced the poet is. “I’ve never shared (my poetry) before last year, and I think it’s really rewarding when you think you’re struggling with something, and you’ve worked on your struggles, and everyone in the room is like, ‘Yes, I agree with you,’” Roldan said. “It’s empowering. No one really tears you down for how good or how bad your poetry is.” It’s that support, Jenkin said, that turns the group away from being a competitive slam poetry team and toward being a community of supportive individuals. “My poetry has a lot of personal stuff, and I think a lot of people tend to write about their experiences, positive or negative, but I think that’s kind of the thing that makes it very

personal and makes it feel like a poetry family,” Jenkin said. “It’s a lot of empathy in one room.” With the open mic night being the first of its kind for the year, Livingston said students need to drop their preconceived notions on the art and experience it. “My dream here is that a bunch of people come to the Multipurpose Room in the library and people get up and share stuff and that we have a variety of people reading poems, especially a lot of people who hadn’t been in that space before, hadn’t thought that poetry was for them,” Livingston said. “There’s this myth that poetry can be really esoteric. … I want people to redefine poetry. So, if one person gets up and shares a story and feels empowered by that, that’s really enough.”

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

GV pumpkin painting event to fund breast cancer research BY AMY MCNEEL ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, two Grand Valley State University organizations are coming together to help spread awareness and raise money for the cause. On Thursday, Oct. 26, two GVSU organizations, BRCAn’t Stop Me and ChemoCare at GVSU, are partnering to host “Pumpkin Painting for a Cure.” The event will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Kirkhof

Center Grand River Room. The event will feature pumpkin painting, presentations and the chance to win a prize. “People are going to come (to the event) and are free to buy one pumpkin—or if they want to buy more, they can— and they can sit down with friends, paint pumpkins, and all the proceeds are going to go towards Purple Community to raise money for breast cancer,” said Kate Smith, president of BRCAn’t Stop Me, a non-profit organization with

the mission to spread awareness about hereditary cancers. At the door, pumpkins will be $5 for one or $7 for two. Supplies will be provided, and attendees will have a chance to win a prize if the pumpkin they select has a sticker on the bottom. The ultimate goal of Pumpkin Painting for a Cure is to spread awareness about cancer and to raise money for cancer research. This event will also allow students to discuss and obtain information

on cancer in a social way. “I just hope that a lot of people realize that breast cancer awareness is something that really needs to be taken seriously and it can be brought to the community in all different ways, even by painting pumpkins,” Smith said. “Just by buying one pumpkin, that money is going to go towards breast cancer research, and the more money we put towards it and the more awareness we put towards breast cancer, the closer we are going

to get to finding a cure.” Along with BRCAn’t Stop Me, ChemoCare at GVSU is helping to run the event. The mission of this organization is to help bridge the gap between kids who are sick, especially with cancer, and kids who are healthy. While overall awareness is the fundamental goal of Pumpkin Painting for a Cure, ChemoCare at GVSU also hopes to bring awareness to cancer with a specific focus on children.

“We all know that cancer affects kids,” said Kayla Ross, co-president of ChemoCare at GVSU. “But while they’re going through their treatments, we don’t have to stand idly by. We might not know the answers for the cure or treatment, but we do know the answers for helping with happiness and love.” LOG ON TO: www.lanthorn.com FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

MUSIC

GV to host annual modern piano festival

BY TASMAN MATTOX TMATTOX@LANTHORN.COM

The 20th/21st-Century Piano Festival will bring a range

of piano students to Grand Valley State University’s Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall Saturday, Oct. 28. There will be recitals throughout

the day, beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing into the afternoon, with performances by professors, college students and young performers alike.

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“This is performance opportunity,” said Sookkyung Cho, assistant professor of piano at GVSU and event coordinator. “Pre-college students don’t really get as many opportunities to play for people they don’t know.” This is Cho’s third year at GVSU and her third year leading the piano festival, which focuses on music composed in the 20th and 21st centuries. “During this time, the style of composition is so varied that it’s hard to pinpoint what is a style for the centuries,” Cho said. “We have students coming from elementary school through high school, and they get to experience what other types of piano music is.” The festival will also be debuting a brand new piano piece, “Tiny Machines,” by Bill Ryan, a GVSU composition professor and director of the New Music Ensemble. “All we asked was it was a four-hand piece on one piano and that the time limit was five to seven minutes,” Cho said. “It is rhythmically and technically challenging, and it features many aspects of the piano in that is uses the full range of colors that you can get out of certain registers. It’s very driven. It evokes the sound of engines.”

Ryan will be conducting the GVSU New Music Ensemble at the festival. “I founded the group in 2006, shortly after I was hired here,” Ryan said. “I wanted to create a group that was focused on very recent classical music in a chamber setting. We hope to share a little bit about what Grand Valley has to offer, and playing in this ensemble is definitely a possibility for pianists.” Ryan believes every performance allows for a unique lesson in audience engagement for the ensemble members. “We perform on campus quite a bit for audiences that often are their parents, for example, but we also do outreach things to schools, and they have to learn how to communicate,” Ryan said.

“This particular festival has a huge age range, so them being able to successfully navigate that audience is a skill that will be pretty practical once they get out of here.” Cho said the event will also be an opportunity for students to get some feedback. “We’re also having a guest judge,” Cho said. “It’s not a competition, but the students will get comments so they have something to take away. I’ll be judging, too. We have about 60 kids coming in; it’s almost double the number of last year.” The 20th/21st-Century Piano Festival will have a wide variety of performance to explore. “I always hope that we open up people’s ears and eyes to what’s possible in music,” Ryan said.

KIDS: Elementary students pose in GVSU’s Cook-DeWitt Center. The upcoming piano festival is Saturday, Oct. 28. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU

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QUICK HITS GV WOMEN’S TENNIS WINS SENIOR DAY

In pursuit of their ninth straight victory this fall, the Grand Valley State women’s tennis team had to overcome GLIAC rival Saginaw Valley State during the Lakers’ Senior Day Saturday, Oct. 21. The emotions of the event didn’t phase the Lakers as GVSU pulled together a 7-2 victory to improve to 9-0 overall and in the GLIAC this season. Seniors honored before the match were Aimee Moccia, Abby Perkins, Rachel Sumner and Alexa Sweeney. In the doubles category, the No. 1 pairing of seniors Moccia and Sweeney won the first match by an 8-1 decision. GVSU continued to win the doubles as No. 2 pairing of juniors Madison Ballard and Nicole Heiniger won 8-5, while No. 3 Perkins and Livia Christman won 8-2. In the singles category, winners for the Lakers were No. 2-ranked Sweeney (6-1, 6-4); No. 4-ranked Perkins (6-1, 6-1); No. 5-ranked Olivia Hanover (6-4, 6-4); and No. 6-ranked Christman, who cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 victory.

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Bulldogs sink Lakers

GV football drops Anchor-Bone Classic by single point BY BRADY MCATAMNEY BMCATAMNEY@LANTHORN.COM

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rand Valley State quarterback Bart Williams drops back to pass from the Ferris State 3-yard line. He scans the field and quickly locates his tight end Nick Keizer and lobs his target a pass above the defense. Keizer leaps and brings the ball in for a go-ahead touchdown with only 2:30 left in the game. However, the ensuing extra point would be blocked, leaving the Lakers with only a 6-point lead instead of a far more comfortable 7. The Bulldogs would drive down the field and win the game when quarterback Reggie Bell used his battered legs to score from 2 yards out with only 15 seconds on the clock. The time remaining would not be enough for Williams and the rest of the Lakers to get into position for any more points, and a last-ditch series of laterals would fall short. “I told them in the locker room I was proud of the way they competed,” said head coach Matt Mitchell. “I’m not looking past Northern Michigan, but we still have a chance to win the GLIAC championship. We’re just going to have to get over this.” In the end, the Lakers fell to the rival Bulldogs in Big Rapids, Michigan, Saturday, Oct. 21, by a score of 28-27 in the Anchor-Bone Classic. It was the first conference loss of the season for GVSU, knocking them to 6-2 (5-1 GLIAC), while FSU improved to 6-1 (5-1 GLIAC). Things started hot for GVSU as they found the end zone after only four plays in the opening drive of the game, capitalized upon by running back Marty Carter with a 3-yard run. After the Bulldogs’ field goal late in the first quarter, the Lakers would not score again until wide receiver Austin Paritee’s highlight catch in the far front corner of the end zone from 25 yards out from Williams to give GVSU a 14-3 lead into halftime. “We have players that can win in those one-on-one matchups, and those are the kind of guys we try to recruit and put on the field,” Williams said of his receivers. “When

GV VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS SAGINAW VALLEY STATE

Collecting their fourth win in five games, the Grand Valley State volleyball team dominated Saginaw Valley State, sweeping the Cardinals in three games (25-21, 25-18, 25-17) at the GVSU Fieldhouse Saturday, Oct. 21. The Cardinals led in kills (36-33), assists (35-30) and digs (39-37), but the Lakers’ blocking near the net made the difference as GVSU recorded 12.0 team blocks and forced SVSU to a staggeringly low .055 hitting percentage. Although the Lakers collected the sweep, all three sets went back and forth until one team found the momentum. Luckily for GVSU, the momentum on the front line pushed them through to grab their seventh conference win of the season and improve to 12-10 overall. Leading the way for the Lakers was senior Sydney Doby and sophomore Jayci Suseland, who each posted eight kills. Suseland also contributed six blocks for the Lakers. Other contributors for the Lakers were Shannon Winicki (seven kills, three blocks), sophomore Frankie Cavallaro (11 assists, eight digs and three aces) and senior Katie Olson (14 assists). The Lakers will hit the road once again, as they are set to travel down to Ohio to take on the Dragons of Tiffin Friday, Oct. 27 and the Eagles of Ashland Saturday, Oct. 28.

GV MEN’S CLUB ROLLER HOCKEY OPENS 2017-18 SEASON

After making it to the national tournament in Florida last season, the Grand Valley State men’s club roller hockey teams (Division I and Division III) opened up their season in a preseason tournament in Shelby Township, Michigan, Saturday, Oct. 14, and Sunday, Oct. 15. The tournament featured 13 teams from the Midwest Collegiate Roller Hockey League’s three divisions. GVSU’s Division I team finished the weekend with a record of 2-1. In the first game Saturday, the Lakers took care of the University of Akron with an easy 12-1 victory. Later that day, the Lakers faced Michigan State, but the outcome didn’t roll GVSU’s way as the Spartans grabbed a narrow 5-4 victory. However, the Lakers were able to walk away from the tournament happy, redeeming themselves with a 9-1 victory over the Spartans. The weekend did not go the same for the Division III team, as the Lakers’ young roster went 0-3 overall. On Saturday, the Lakers lost 4-1 to Michigan State and 4-2 to Western Michigan University, while Sunday’s contest was a 7-0 loss against Miami University (Ohio).

JUST OUT OF REACH: GVSU senior wide receiver Brandon Bean watches a passed ball sail over his head and out of bounds during the Lakers’ tightly contested 28-27 loss to rival Ferris State at Top Taggart Field Saturday, Oct. 21. GVL | EMILY FRYE

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CROSS COUNTRY

GV cross country teams claim GLIAC Championship BY D’ANGELO STARKS DSTARKS@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State men’s and women’s cross country teams turned in a dominant performance this past weekend at the GLIAC Championship Saturday, Oct. 21. Both teams finished with the best score and took home the GLIAC Championship. The women’s team finished with 17 points, which was by far the best score as the secondplace Northern Michigan University team finished the event with 62 points. On the men’s side, it was a very similar story as the team finished first with 20 points and the second-place team, Saginaw Valley State, finished with 76 points. The individual results show just how big this performance was for the Lakers. For the women, GVSU had seven of the top 10 finishers, including the top four overall for the women’s side in the 6K. Those top four finishers were Gina Patterson, Stacey Metzger, Allie Ludge and Madison Goen. The other top-10 finishers for the Lakers were Kelly Haubert, Megan Caltagirone and Rachel Bendewald. Times for GVSU runners were as follows: Patterson (21:47.3), Metzger (21:47.9), Ludge (21:52.6), Goen (21:53.9), Haubert (22:05.8), Caltagirone (22:10.3) and Bendewald (22:15.7). Patterson, the first-place finisher for the women, talked about how the team’s performance helps build confidence heading into regionals. “The GLIAC has always been known as a good conference,” she said. “I think being able to have our

RUNNING FOR GOLD: Both the GVSU men’s and women’s cross country teams pose with their GLIAC Championship trophies and medals after the teams raced eight hours away in Marquette, Michigan, Saturday, Oct. 21. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS

top seven in the top 10 is a blessing. It gives us the confidence that we are a deep team overall and that it could have been any one of us crossing the line first today. So, I think that gives us courage and confidence going into regionals and nationals.” On the men’s side of the tournament, GVSU also had seven top-10 finishers for the men, the only difference being they did not have the top overall finisher in the 8K. The seven top finishers for the Lakers fell in the second-place-to-eighth-place range. These runners were Wuoi Mach, Enael Woldemichael, Zach Panning, Abe Visser, Brady Selner, Josh Steible and Trevor Sharnas. The times for the runners were as follows: Mach (24:40.4), Woldemichael (24:51.9), Panning (24:52.5), Visser (25:08.2),

Selner (25:13.0), Steible (25:16.4) and Sharnas (25:19.3). Senior Selner talked about how this performance helps the team moving forward in the season. “It’s a huge step in the right direction,” he said. “It’s the first step of a three-race process, and there’s nothing better than being able to run with teammates that you trained with and spend a lot of your time with. It just makes racing a lot of fun because you’re running alongside your best friends.” GVSU cross country coach Jerry Baltes talked about what stood out to him in Saturday’s performance. “We did a good job of packing it up and rolling together in a group, helping each other out throughout the whole race,” Baltes said. “The

last 1,000 to 2,000 meters they got after it and spread out a little bit. I’d say what we did best was working together as a team.” Baltes talked about his expectations for his team heading into the regional tournament. “We always have three goals for the regional championship,” he said. “First and foremost is to qualify for the NCAA Championships and move on. Second, run it as controlled as possible, in doing so to hopefully come out healthy and ready to get back to one last good week of training. Third, hopefully compete to win. That’s what our focus is going in.” The Lakers will face a short break before the NCAA Regional Championships, which take place Saturday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. in Cedarville, Ohio.

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POCKET PRESENCE: GVSU starting quarterback Bart Williams prepares to launch a deep pass down the field to receiver Brandon Bean while a Ferris State defensive lineman looks to knock him down during the team’s 28-27 loss to Ferris State Saturday, Oct. 21. Williams had a solid showing in the pocket, completing 22 of his 39 total passes for 287 passing yards and three passing touchdowns. GVL | EMILY FRYE

SPEWING SPIT: GVSU footall head coach Matt Mitchell frantically argues a questionable penalty call with one of the referees during the Lakers’ 28-27 loss to Ferris State in Big Rapids, Michigan, Saturday, Oct. 21. The Lakers tallied 11 penalties in the game. GVL | EMILY FRYE

LEAPING GRAB: GVSU receiver Brandon Bean leaps over a Ferris State defender for a reception Saturday, Oct. 21. GVL | EMILY FRYE

BUTTING HEADS: GVSU starting linebacker Garrett Pougnet (25) closely embraces one of his defensive teammates after the Lakers made a crucial stop during the first half of competition Saturday, Oct. 21, in Big Rapids, Michigan. Pougnet and the rest of the Laker defense struggled to contain the Bulldogs’ offensive attack late in the second half, allowing 427 total yards of offense in the 28-27 defeat. GVL | EMILY FRYE

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it’s our guy versus a defensive player one on one, we believe our guys have the advantage.” The tide shifted out of the break, though, when FSU knocked in a 25-yard field goal on their first drive after halftime. After the score, they kicked off into the wind, which seemed to knock the ball down considerably in the air, causing it to drop between several Lakers and bounce straight at a group of FSU gunners who snagged the ball and gained possession deep into GVSU territory. FSU would capitalize on the opportunity with a 9-yard run by Reggie Bell, making it a 1-point game at 14-13. A 16-yard Brandon Bean touchdown reception gave the Lakers a 2113 cushion late in the third quarter before FSU’s Jevon Shaw punched his way into the end zone from 2 yards out, which gave way to a

successful 2-point conversion, tying the game at 21 with 4:50 left in the game. The story from there includes a blocked extra point and dramatic finalsecond score to seal the victory for the Bulldogs. “Collectively, we obviously didn’t play a perfect game, but there’s no pointing fingers,” Bean said. “Now it’s time to head back to the lab and focus on next week. (Rebounding from the loss is) about reloading. There’s no time to hang our heads. “Everything is still wide open and nothing is set in stone. Everything we wanted to accomplish before the season, we can still get it done. What’s so special about this team is that everybody knows what our mission is to have everyone motivated towards one goal.” Bean finished with 10 catches for 167 yards and a touchdown, which were game highs for both teams. Williams hit 22 of his 39 passes for 287 yards and three touchdowns while

Carter shouldered the entire run game for the Lakers as his backfield partner Bryce Young-Walls missed the game with a sprained ankle. Carter took 27 carries for 139 yards and one touchdown and had four catches to go along with his ground work. During his strong day, Carter broke the GVSU record for most career rushing yards, passing James Berezik with 3,742. On defense, linebacker Collin Schlosser paced the Lakers with 12 total tackles, including two tackles for loss and a sack. Garrett Pougnet added seven tackles and a fumble recovery. One major factor that played a role in the outcome of the game was penalties. GVSU was flagged 11 times for 93 yards, while FSU was only flagged twice for 15. Many of the Lakers’ penalties came as unforced personal fouls after the whistle, giving the Bulldogs unnecessary additional yards. “The intensity of the rivalry got to us in the begin-

ning of the game and put our team in some bad positions,” Mitchell said. “I thought the score should’ve been greater than 14-3 after halftime.” Despite winning the turnover battle and holding the Bulldogs to 5 of 16 on third downs and 0 of 5 on fourth, the Lakers were still unable to come out on top. “You can look at the last drive or the last couple of drives, but offensively we had chances in the first half,” Williams said. “We missed Dodson for one or two touchdown opportunities. Offensively and personally, I know I could’ve played better. This game came down to one-on-one matchups. We just really didn’t get that explosive play from our offense.” With the loss, the Lakers are still in position to compete for the conference championship as well as a postseason spot. GVSU sits tied for second place in the GLIAC with FSU, while Ashland University is the lone undefeated team left.

If the Lakers manage to take care of business at home against a struggling Northern Michigan University team and Tiffin University, while pulling themselves together and beating Ashland on the road, their season is far from over. “We like to go out there with excitement because if you go out there with a defeated attitude, it’s probably not going to go well out there,” Schlosser said. “We look at it as a challenge any

time there’s a sudden change opportunities. We still control our own destiny. We’ve just got to go watch the film and get back to work.” GVSU will hit the gridiron again Saturday, Oct. 28, when the Northern Michigan Wildcats (1-6, 1-5 GLIAC) come to town to help the Lakers celebrate Homecoming at Lubbers Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m., and the game can be streamed on ESPN3.com or heard on ESPN radio 96.1.

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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS: GVSU junior outside hitter Hannah Murdock (19) jumps up in anticipation of a spike kill during the Lakers’ 3-1 victory over GLIAC opponent Lake Superior State during the team’s Breast Cancer Awareness game at the GVSU Fieldhouse Friday, Oct. 20. After a poorly executed first set, the Lakers rebounded with solid blocking and passing to grab the 3-1 set victory. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE

Pretty in pink

BY ROBBIE TRIANO SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Donned with all pink gear and jerseys, the Grand Valley State volleyball team stepped onto their home court for the first time since Saturday, Sept. 30, to raise awareness for breast cancer. The return back home wasn’t spoiled as the Lakers (11-10, 7-4 GLIAC) took care of business for a 3-1 victory over Lake Superior State (3-16, 1-9 GLIAC) at the GVSU Fieldhouse Friday, Oct. 20. With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, GVSU head coach Deanne Scanlon takes pride in her team for giving back.

“The kids like doing it, and it’s something we do every single year,” Scanlon said. “There’s always somebody, whether it’s your immediate family or someone you’re not far removed from, that’s suffering from cancer.” The win was GVSU volleyball’s 51st straight over Lake Superior State. GVSU junior Staci Brower paved the scoring for the Lakers, leading all players with 13 kills and seven blocks. Brower has been a consistent source of production for the Lakers. She was even named GLIAC South Division Player of the Week Monday, Oct. 16, her second time of the season. “My team is working hard, which is pushing me to work

even harder,” Brower said. Things weren’t going the Lakers’ way in the first set, as the team started the contest riddled with 11 attacking errors against a quick Lake Superior State team. By the end of the first set, Lake Superior State took an early 1-0 lead with a 25-21 set victory. Brower led the set with six kills. “It was definitely disappointing to start out like that,” Scanlon said. “We had a game plan to finish the game in three sets and have a hitting percentage around .300 percent, but it obviously didn’t go the way as planned. But I was glad we were able to flip it around.” The next three sets were a much different story for

GVSU, as the Lakers used their height to their advantage in the blocking game. In the second set, sophomore Jayci Suseland led the blocking parade with one solo block and three assists to lead the Lakers to a 2516 second-set victory. GVSU found their groove in the third set, as senior Sydney Doby served 9 straight points in the pursuit of the Lakers’ 25-11 set victory to take a 2-1 lead. Doby also led the set with four kills and two service aces. The Lakers finally took care of business to clinch the 3-1 victory in the fourth set with a 25-17 set victory. Junior Shannon Winicki and Brower led the set with three kills, while Brower

GV volleyball defeats Lake Superior State 3-1 in Breast Cancer Awareness game also added three blocks. “At the beginning of the game, we clearly had a rocky start, but after we started getting into the rhythm of it, we started playing our game,” Brower said. End of the game stats favored GVSU in almost every category, as the Lakers led in kills (50-41), aces (5-3), assists (48-40), digs (71-61) and, most importantly, blocks (13-4). Brower knew the success her team had in the blocking category was the biggest difference between the two GLIAC opponents. “We had quite a few blocks this game, which sometimes isn’t really the case with us,” Brower said. “Having that production

really helped our defense out quite a bit.” Notable Lakers included Suseland (nine kills, six blocks), Winicki (eight kills), Katie Olson (25 assists) and Kaylene Norris (21 digs, four assists). After the Lakers collected a 3-0 victory over Saginaw Valley State at home Saturday, Oct. 21, the Lakers improved to 12-10 on the season as winners of four of the last five games. GVSU hopes to continue the stretch of success on the road next weekend against GLIAC opponents Tiffin University Friday, Oct. 27, and Ashland University Saturday, Oct. 28.

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GV lacrosse dominates U-M 27-5 in final fall contest BY BRIANA LEWIS BLEWIS@LANTHORN.COM

FIELD VISION: GVSU lacrosse sophomore Sarah Stagaard cradles the ball while looking for an open teammate during the team’s 27-5 victory over Michigan (club) Saturday, Oct. 21. GVL | HANNAH ZAJAC

After a solid fall season, the Grand Valley State women’s lacrosse team took home their last win of the season after sweeping University of Michigan (club) Saturday, Oct. 21, at the GVSU track and field stadium. The Lakers had a slow start to the final game of the season but quickly turned their motivation into fuel and kicked into overdrive, defeating the Wolverines by a dominating 27-5 finish. GVSU scored their first goal of the game a minute into the first half. The goal was scored by senior attackman Ashley Bailey, one of five scores for her in the game. Carly Shisler managed to put 4 points on the Lakers’ scoreboard, placing her behind the leading scorer Bailey, who contributed 6 points. “Honestly, we needed to just find the motivation inside of ourself and really pick things up as a team ‘cause we weren’t clicking and firing on all ends, so we really needed to find that, and then it got way better in the third half,” Shisler said. GVSU was able to find a place and playing time for each player on the team, which is something the Lakers value. They were able to work together out on the

field knowing they had each came back out onto the field other’s back off the field. ready to show the Wolverines “Everyone on the team their best. They were more foplays an important role on cused during the final half of the team,” Shisler said. “And the game, keeping their eyes it doesn’t even matter who’s on the ball. The Lakers attacked on the field, but everyone their opponents’ net while deworks very well together.” fending their territory. Despite their One of the lack of drive challenges the in some areas, Lakers had to “Everyone on the deal with was the Lakers used team plays an their other skills changes to the to take home rules of womimportant role the sweet victoen’s lacrosse. on the team, and ry. GVSU had to The Lakers put their visual plan to use the it doesn’t matter communication offseason to who’s on the skills to the test: snap back and field.” After gaining adjust to these possession from changes. playing aggres“ W i t h CARLY SHISLER sive defense, the the new rule GVSU LACROSSE PLAYER Lakers found changes that one another, we’ve seen with creating smooth open passes free movement, you don’t that led to offensive scores. stop really anymore in this “Our shot selection was game,” Groveson said. “So much improved,” said Alicia conditioning is super imGroveson, who is in her sixth portant. We have to be fit. season as head coach. “It wasn’t If you’re not fit, this game is something that we’ve been su- going to be raw ugly.” per spectacular of. We really Neumen believes the Lakworked very hard this entire ers are capable of doing more fall, so to work on that and to next season, and now GVSU see a lot of people take some is ready to continue the jourquality shots is good. ney and start preparing for “Transition passes looked the rigorous spring season. pretty solid, and that’s some“Going off what we did thing we’ve continued to last week at CMU, I think work on as well. I’m pleased that this upcoming year has with those two aspects.” a lot of potential, and I think The Lakers knew how to that we have good room for end the season strong: They growth,” Neumen said.

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Worth the trip BY ROBBIE TRIANO SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Another year, another GLIAC regular season title. Taking an eight-hour trip up north, the No. 3-ranked Grand Valley State soccer team (15-2, 9-0 GLIAC) didn’t come up empty-handed, claiming their 13th-straight GLIAC regular season title during the team’s 2-0 victory over Michigan Technological University Friday, Oct. 20, and 3-1 win over Northern Michigan University Sunday, Oct. 22. With the win over Michigan Tech, the Lakers clinched the GLIAC regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the GLIAC Tournament, which gives GVSU home-field advantage in the final two rounds of the tournament. The GLIAC Tournament begins Tuesday, Oct. 31 and

goes until Sunday, Nov. 5. In the first game against the Huskies of Michigan Tech (5-8-1, 2-5-1 GLIAC), freshman Ava Cook opened up the scoring for the Lakers in the ninth minute after receiving an assist from Tara Lierman to defeat the Huskies keeper. The score is Cook’s ninth of the season, and she has scored at least one goal in five consecutive matches. Although the Lakers posted 10 shots during the first half, Cook’s score was the lone goal of the half, giving the Lakers an early 1-0 lead. Michigan Tech goalkeeper Amanda Young finished the first half with seven saves. Just minutes after the start of the second half, senior forward Sara Stevens gave the Lakers their second goal of the match after a pass from senior forward

Tracey McCoy. The goal gan, to watch the GVSU was Stevens’ second of the men’s and women’s cross season. country teams compete in The two goals were all the the GLIAC Championships. Lakers needed to defeat Mich- Luckily for the Lakers, they igan Tech 2-0, collect their saw both teams capture the 14t h-st raig ht GLIAC titles win and clinch and be awarded the GLIAC regtheir regular ular season title. season trophies. “We did a GVSU outshot “We were Michigan Tech very good job really fortunate 18-5, a statistic to be able to defensively that head coach get into MarJeff Hosler can throughout the quette just in credit to his time to watch contest.” back line. the two teams “We did a win their GLIvery good job AC ChampionJEFF HOSLER defensively ships,” Hosler GVSU SOCCER HEAD throughout the said. “It was a COACH contest,” Holong trip, but sler said. “The we had beautionly shots we faced were ful weather the entire time.” deep outside the box.” During their final day On Saturday, the Lakers of the road trip, the Lakers weren’t scheduled to play a faced off against the Wildgame, so instead they made cats of Northern Michigan the trip to Marquette, Michi- University (3-10-2, 2-5-2

GV soccer sweeps road weekend series, claims GLIAC regular season title GLIAC) in Marquette. Neither team had success early on in the first half until GVSU freshman defender Makenna Schoolman scored her first career goal in the 35th minute off a corner kick assist by freshman Cecilia Steinwascher. Minutes later, Steinwascher scored a goal of her own after a crossing pass from midfielder Corey Sawall, giving the Lakers a 2-0 lead into halftime. With a sizeable lead heading into the second half, GVSU decided to remove the starters for their young bench unit. Hosler was pleased with the second unit’s production in the contest. “Our bench really stepped up and played a huge role in this victory,” Hosler said. “Not only did they get on the score sheet, but they impacted the match in all phases.” However, Northern Michigan’s Aimee Colla scored the first goal in the second half,

cutting GVSU’s lead to within one in the 69th minute. However, that would be the Wildcats’ last goal, as GVSU sophomore midfielder Mia Gale had a perfect post run to find a crossing pass by senior Gabriella Mencotti for Gale’s first goal of the season in the 75th minute. The goal gave GVSU its 3-1 final score to wrap up the road weekend. The Lakers (15-2, 9-0 GLIAC) will face Ferris State on the road in the team’s last regular season contest Friday, Oct. 27. With the GLIAC Tournament starting Tuesday, Oct. 31, Hosler wants his team to focus on one specific trait until then. “Consistency,” Hosler said. “It’s been a long time since each player brought their same in the same contest.”

13 STRAIGHT: GVSU women’s soccer team poses together with the GLIAC regular season trophy they recieved while watching the GVSU men’s and women’s cross country teams compete in the GLIAC Championship in Marquette, Michigan, Saturday, Oct. 21. With their 2-0 victory over Michigan Tech Friday, Oct. 20, the Lakers clinched the best record in the GLIAC for the 13th straight season. COURTESY | GLIAC SPORTS

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