Issue 38, January 29th, 2018 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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RESEARCH

GV economists predicts 2018 growth, identifies challenge

BY DEVIN DELY DDELY@LANTHORN.COM

There will be changes in the West Michigan economy in 2018. According to the West Michigan Economic Forecast, an annual report put out by the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University, 2018 is largely predicted to be a year of steady growth for businesses on this side of the state. Paul Isely, associate dean of the Seidman College of Business, worked closely with a team of economists in late 2017 to identify trends in the economy for the coming year, both good and bad.

“We put it out every year, and it’s been coming out since 1995,” Isely said. “Over time it’s become a very stable measure that people can use.

We know they think it’s important because they show up to the presentation that we have for this and request the output. This entire process starts with a survey of businesses.

We get around a 20-percent response rate in a normal year, which shows a high level of interest in it.”

According to the forecast, 2018 will see an increase in exports and nominal sales, while seeing a decrease in employment rates from 2017. At an event presenting the economic report, Isley also cautioned that there will be a large chance of a recession in 2019.

The report highlights three main challenges potentially facing West Michigan in the coming year: changing tax laws, an uncertain future for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and a lack of workers.

“We certainly have a talent shortage,” Isley said. “We’re running out of the breadth of workers that we need. Now, there’s always going to be somebody unemployed, but essentially, the pool of unemployed workers isn’t big enough to fuel growth in West Michigan.”

According to Isley, if NAFTA were radically changed, Michigan would feel it more than most— and not in a good way.

“Certainly, Michigan is dependent on the automotive industry; it’s something economists are scared about, and it’s something business development individuals are scared about,” he said. “It would negatively affect automotive and agriculture, and those are two big sectors here in Michigan.

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MONEY MATTERS: D. Scott Richardson presented with others at the student senate general assembly meeting that took place Thursday, Jan. 25. At the meeting, senators discussed the creation of a petition for students to sign for the university to receive more funding from the state of Michigan. GVL | HANNAH HILL

Student senate creates petition for state fund Lower tuition possible with increased state allocations, according to President Haas

BY SARAH HOLLIS SHOLLIS@LANTHORN.COM

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he agenda for the Grand Valley State University student senate’s general assembly on Thursday, Jan. 25, covered several issues. Five students were appointed to fill spots on senate committees; a petition for more state funding for GVSU was discussed; and senators were encouraged to complete 10 Outreach, Research and Engagement forms (OREs) in the next two weeks.

The petition is an initiative aimed at drawing more attention to GVSU’s comparative lack of funding with other Michigan universities.

“We garnered up a bunch of other schools because higher education advocacy is a huge topic among all schools, and we came together and realized that we need to work together as universities to make this happen,” said Julian

VanDaele, a senator on the external relations committee. “We created this petition, which outlines specific demands that we are going to give the Michigan legislature as they take the budget through that process and make their decision on whether or not to give higher education more money.”

The petition also allowed student senate to be able to amplify the voices of GVSU students.

“State funding is something that we really need every student’s help and support with,” said Jonathan Bowman, student senate president. “It’s something we’ve been working on for a few years now as senate. We’ve written letters to Lansing, we’ve done a lot in the past, but really, we need as many students to support it as possible. President Haas has said that he will reduce tuition if we get a certain percentage increase, so that’s something that he has stood behind.

“If we can really make sure that we’re lobbying our representatives, our state senators and state representatives to increase funding to Grand Valley, it could really affect our tuition, and I think students really need to know that.”

Other business included appointing senators to various committees. Only one senate committee has space remaining after five newly appointed students took seats on Thursday. These students will not be able to participate in senate votes but will be able to speak at general assembly.

Brian Bialowas was appointed to the diversity affairs committee; Shayanna Schut was appointed to the external relations committee; Alexander Samosiuk was appointed to the public relations committee; and Anna Szalay and Ashley Oerman were appointed to the educational affairs committee.

Those interested in joining the senate and sitting on any of

We created this petition, which outlines the specific demands that we are going to give the Michigan legislature as they take the budget through that process and make their decision on whether or not to give higher education more money.”

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TRADITIONS

Annual Presidents’ Ball to be held downtown at DeVos Place

BY ARPAN LOBO NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

TURN UP: GVSU President Thomas Haas at the 2017 Presidents’ Ball on Feb. 3, 2017. This year’s Presidents’ Ball takes place on Friday, Feb. 2. GVL | EMILY FRYE

A long-standing Laker Tradition is returning to Grand Valley State University this Friday.

The 2018 GVSU Presidents’ Ball will take place Friday, Feb. 2, at the DeVos Place Ballroom in Grand Rapids. The event starts with a cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m., with dinner starting at 6:15 p.m. and the dance starting at 8:30 p.m.

The event will run until 12:30 a.m., but doors close at 11 p.m.

Tickets for Presidents’ Ball vary in price. For the cocktail hour, dinner and dance, tickets are $30 for students and $35 for faculty and staff. Tickets for the dance alone are $18. To purchase tickets, students, faculty and staff can visit the Presidents’ Ball web page to select their choice. Buyers must use a GVSU login for access and can purchase up to 10 tickets. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

The theme of the event, “A Night of Masqueraded Mystery,” gives GVSU students the chance

to participate in a classic setting, as attendees are encouraged to bring masquerade-appropriate masks to the dance.

The theme was selected by Laker Traditions, a division of the Office of Student Life.

Students living in Allendale will be able to take charter buses provided by GVSU. The buses will be shuttling from both the Allendale (Kirkhof Center) and Pew Campuses, and will take up to 50 passengers directly to DeVos Place.

Officials from Laker Traditions are excited for the event. LeaAnn Tibbe, associate director of student life, believes the night will be special for anyone in attendance.

“This is a highlight of a lot of students’ experiences (at GVSU),” Tibbe said. “I think for Grand Valley it’s magic.”

Last year, around 4,000 individuals attended Presidents’ Ball. Tibbe expects around the same number to be in attendance this year.

Drinks will be available through a cash-only bar, but those purchasing must be of age and have proof of iden-

tification. The Presidents’ Ball website has a section on advice for GVSU students on drinking at the event.

There will also be performances by the Swing Dance Club and the Fencing Club. Abbi Mikaelian, Presidents’ Ball coordinator, believes the event will offer something for everyone.

“Even if you don’t like dancing, you could still do stuff at Pres.

Ball,” she said. Mikaelian called the event “like prom on steroids,” meaning that GVSU and Laker Traditions aim to make the event enjoyable not only for the students, but for faculty and alumni as well.

Tibbe also highlighted that Presidents’ Ball is something that is very unique.

“We’re a model for other schools,” she said. She pointed to that because GVSU President Thomas Haas is involved in the event, which makes the evening that much more unique for the GVSU community.

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GVSU COMMUNITY MOURNS THE DEATH OF JOHN CANEPA

The Grand Valley State University community is in mourning after the death of John Canepa, a philanthropist and business leader. Canepa passed on Thursday, Jan. 25, at the age of 87 after sustaining injuries in a Monday, Jan. 22, pedestrian-vehicle accident in Grand Rapids.

Canepa was considered a leader in the Grand Rapids community for his involvement with the Grand Action organization, which he co-founded with Dick DeVos in 1993. Grand Action is behind many projects in the city, including DeVos Place, Van Andel Arena, Downtown Market and the renovation of the Grand Rapids Civic Center.

In a statement, GVSU President Thomas Haas said that “John was a longtime, dedicated friend to Grand Valley. He played a critical role in initiating Grand Valley’s presence on Grand Rapids’ Medical Mile, which has led to a vibrant and growing health campus. The move was considered bold at the time, and we will miss his leadership, steadfast support and wise counsel. He was a pillar in the community, and our prayers are with his wife, Marie, and his family.”

Canepa received a Lifetime Enrichment Award from GVSU in 2007 and was given an honorary degree in 2014.

One in five jobs in Michigan is either directly or indirectly related to automotive. A slowdown in the automotive industry would effectively erase 30,000 to 40,000 jobs.”

President Donald Trump first discussed his desire to revise NAFTA during his 2016 campaign.

Recently, that has taken shape as Mexico, Canada

and the U.S. debate the future of the trade deal.

While identifying the challenges and growth facing the future of the West Michigan economy, Isley and his team sought to continue the good relationships that GVSU has had with local businesses throughout their survey process.

In fact, according to him, a large part of the reason the forecast is so well-received by businesses is because of their close relationship with the university.

“We’re actually up this year from last year (in our response rate),” Isley said.

“If you do a cold survey that people don’t know about, you’re going to get a low response rate with this kind of thing. These businesses know GV, and we have a relationship with them. We target (geographical) areas where the businesses have a lot of relationships with the university, so they find value in doing this.”

Their predictions for 2018 have yet to take shape,

but Isley and his team are confident that businesses will see growth this year.

Despite the challenges facing the economy, there are things for employers to be excited about as well.

“One cool thing is we’ve had a really big bump in the 25-34 age set in the last couple years in Kent County,” Isley said. “It’s rare for that to happen in Michigan, but it’s happening in Kent County, and it’s really fueling the growth we have right now.”

MEDICAL INCIDENT INVOLVING STUDENT OCCURS ON ALLENDALE CAMPUS

On Thursday, Jan. 25, there was medical incident that took place on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus. According to GVSU Police Department Acting Director Brandon DeHaan, a student was transported to the hospital for a possible stroke. DeHaan said the student was awake and alert at the time of transport, and there is no update on the status of the student at this time.

TALK SCHEDULED ABOUT INEQUALITY, IMMIGRATION IN THE U.S. Marina Kaneti, assistant professor of area and global studies at GVSU, will be holding a short course for faculty on structural inequalities in the U.S beginning Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 11 a.m. to noon.

Faculty who enroll will have weekly access to a presentation or podcast and will participate in a group discussion online or in person. The course will cover a number of topics, and each presenter on a topic will share facts on structural inequality, evidence of progress and how it fits into contemporary conditions.

To enroll in the course and gain access to online materials, contact the Faculty Teaching and Resource Center (FTLC) at ftlc@gvsu.edu. To have access to the live discussions, register in Sprout. For additional information, contact Dana Munk at munkd@gvsu.edu or Patty Bolea at boleap@gvsu.edu.

‘STALKING IN THE MEDIA’ EVENT TAKING PLACE

The Grand Valley State University Gayle R. Davis Center for Women and Gender Equity is holding an event titled “Stalking in the Media” on Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center Pere Marquette Room.

The event is designed to discuss the warning signs of stalking in music, television and media in general. More information can be found at www.gvsu.edu/events/ stalking-in-the-media/.

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LISTENING IN: Student senators pay attention to a speaker during the general assembly on Thursday, Jan. 25. At the meeting, a petition created for the increase of state funding was discussed. More state funding could lead to reduced tuition costs. GVL | HANNAH HILL

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these committees will have the opportunity to run for election beginning at the end of March.

“We want people that are passionate about Grand Valley, that have ideas of how to improve campus and make things better,” Bowman said. “I think that’s the biggest thing.

It’s also good if you’re involved; you don’t have to be, but if you have different people that you can talk to about concerns that students may have, or just be open to reaching out to students in different ways.

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dents, faculty and staff to attend the event. “Grab a mask of your choosing and

that really want it and really want to put forth the time because senate is whatever you make of it. A lot of people are surprised by what they can accomplish when they put in the time and the commitment to it.”

In addition to encouraging students to sign the petition to make their voices heard, the senators will also be completing OREs in the next two weeks. The goal of the OREs is to make sure that students have the opportunity to share any ideas or concerns they may have with GVSU. “I think people are really surprised when they join student senate about how hard it is to reach out to new students,” Bowman

said. “I’ve been on senate for a few years now, and every year you hear a lot of the same ideas—and a lot of the same concerns— from students, which are great, but you hear those a lot from the same people.

“We’re trying to reach out to different groups, to people that we haven’t spoken to, just so that we can make sure that we’re best representing the students.

Hopefully through OREs we can reach an even greater amount of students.”

Morgan Mattler, chair of the public relations committee, also said that OREs exist to make positive changes on behalf of students.

“It’s very important for students to be receptive

with OREs,” Mattler said. “If they’re not, that’s totally fine, but a big goal of OREs is to really get that student opinion, get that student interest, and really try to attack that as best as we can and help our surrounding student body. We’re here for them, so we really want them to be receptive with us. Be on the lookout for student senators.

“If someone approaches you, feel free to really engage in a great conversation.

We’re all here for our students, and we care. We really do. We want to make the best changes here possible for our students.”

Student senate meets in the Pere Marquette Room of the Kirkhof Center at 4:30 p.m. every Thursday.

prepare for an evening of elegance and mystery with your fellow Lakers,” read the email, signed by Haas and student senate president Jonathan Bowman.

The dinner portion of

the ball will also feature the crowning of winners of the Laker of the Year award and the Student Award for Faculty Excellence. GVSU student senate reviewed nominees, and the selec-

tions will be revealed at Presidents’ Ball.

“We’ve built a tradition here that I’m really proud of,” Tibbe added.

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DANCE FEVER: Performers dance during the 2017 Presidents’ Ball on Feb. 3, 2017. Pres. Ball 2018 is Friday, Feb. 2. GVL | EMILY FRYE

CELEBRATING: A pair of GVSU students hug on the dance floor during Presidents’ Ball 2017 on Feb. 3, 2017. GVL | EMILY FRYE

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TOGETHERNESS: A group of GVSU students pose on Feb. 3, 2017. Presidents’ Ball is taking place on Friday, Feb. 2. GVL | EMILY FRYE

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SPOTLIGHT

KCON assistant dean earns recognition for leadership

BY SARAH HOLLIS SHOLLIS@LANTHORN.COM

“You know, when you have a dream, and you have passion and belief in what you’re doing, … anything is possible.”

Tricia Thomas was told she wouldn’t cut it as a nurse, but her leadership as the assistant dean of practice at Grand Valley State University’s Kirkhof College of Nursing earned her recognition as one of the forefront leaders in the field of nursing in Michigan.

Thomas was named the recipient of the Dorothea Milbrandt Nurse Leader Award by the Michigan chapter of the American Nurses Association (ANA). The award is given to an individual who possesses integrity and fairness; participates in professional nursing organizations; demonstrates excellence in building successful mentoring relationships; demonstrates creativity, management skills and a passion for excellence; and is a role model for listening, negotiating and

collaborating within a team.

“I was one of those kids that was told that I would never be a nurse and that I’d be better off going to a technical school,” Thomas said. “You know, when you have a dream, and you have passion and belief in what you’re doing, and you’re wellprepared, anything is possible.

Never in my wildest dreams when I was sitting with a high school counselor did I ever think that somebody like me would earn an award like this, but I have to say that it’s the dedication of others who have led and mentored me that have allowed me to do this.”

Thomas’ leadership has inspired others in the field. Tobi Moore, executive director for ANA Michigan, saw the impact Thomas had on the field.

“The award really focuses on people that have served as mentors in leadership,” Moore said. “The impact that Tricia has made, all across the state and at a national level in regard to nursing, has been to make sure that the next generation is

included and brought into the fold as we transition into the next time of the generation.”

Receiving this recognition means a lot to Thomas, as she had known of Milbrandt’s work and looked up to her.

“I’m a lifelong Michigander, and I knew of Dorothea’s work and what she had accomplished, and her passion and her fervent drive to accelerate the contributions of nursing, but also to hold nurses accountable for their responsibilities to those they were serving,” Thomas said.

“She was a magnet appraiser and I’m a magnet appraiser, and she was one of the forerunners in establishing standards for exceptional practice.

“So, to have my colleagues, my contemporaries, people I work with, people that I’ve known for many years, acknowledge that parallel was really humbling.”

After receiving this award, Thomas plans to continue to show good leadership at GVSU and help her students

LEADER: Tricia Thomas (center), winner of the American Nurses Association-Michigan Chapter’s Dorothea Milbrandt Award for displaying leadership in the field of nursing. COURTESY | ANA-MICHIGAN.ORG

continue their successes.

“I hope I can bring it back to the university,” Thomas said. “My goal in being here is to share that with my colleagues and with my students, undergraduate and graduate.

I’m serving as the college liaison for civic engagement, which gives me an opportunity to develop those relation-

ships with both practice and community partners.”

Thomas embeds herself in the education of students. For her, that’s been an excellent method of offering support.

“I’m also involved in the classroom, sharing these experiences, supporting students in developing their leadership, and mentoring and supporting

them in their projects and their coursework,” Thomas said. “So, I think I have a pretty ready vehicle, just by the virtue of the work that I’m doing.”

Those interested in learning more about the Michigan chapter of the ANA can visit the organization’s website at www.ana-michigan.org/.

OPPORTUNITY

Volunteer, internship fair taking place at GV

BY ITA TSAI NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

CHECKING IN: Students check out Becky Baker’s therapy dog, Lilley, at the Volunteer/Non-Profit Internship Fair on Sep. 8, 2016. The event is taking place again on Wednesday, Jan. 31. GVL | LUKE HOLMES

Grand Valley State University’s Nonprofit Volunteer and Internship Fair will take place Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the L. William Seidman Center, located on the Pew Campus. The fair is a collaboration between the Community Service Learning Center and the Career Center.

More than 50 nonprofit organizations from West Michigan will be at the fair to connect with students and seek potential volunteers or interns in the greater Grand Rapids area. This event brings together different organizations to offer students the opportunity to do an internship or to provide their services at advocacy agencies.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Habitat for Humanity of Kent County and the Refugee Education Center are just some examples of which agencies will be participating in the fair. The complete list of participants can be found online. Resumes and business attire won’t be required, but they are recommended for those with intentions of finding an internship.

The fair is free and doesn’t require registration. It is open for all GVSU students as well as students from Cornerstone University and Grand Rapids Community College.

Liz Collver, assistant director of student life for civic engagement and organizer of the event, highly encourages students to go to the fair.

“It’s an easy way for students to connect with a number of nonprofit agencies, whether it’s just to volunteer or for a job,” Collver said. “It

makes it easier for our partners as well because they get to meet a lot of students.”

This event takes place every semester and has been running for more than seven years now.

“We have seen a large amount of diversity in our organizations,” Collver added. “New people have started coming to the fair, whereas people that have always come decided to engage with students in a different way, so every semester is different. This keeps the fair really interesting.”

Habitat for Humanity of Kent County is a nonprofit organization created in 1983 that provides affordable housing to people who are looking to build and purchase a cheap but safe home. They are one of the organizations that will have stand in the fair.

“One of our biggest accomplishments is that we’re just completing our 400th home in Kent County, so that’s 400 families that have had the opportunity to live in affordable and stable housing,” said Luke Ferris, the communication specialist for Habitat for Humanity of Kent County.

The majority of the organization’s funding comes from donations from individuals in the community, but it is also supported by contributions from corporations, foundations and government funding.

“There’s a huge housing need both in Grand Rapids and across the world,” Ferris said. “In West Michigan, there’s a low supply of affordable housing, … and this challenges people of low income who spend the majority of their income on housing that sometimes is not safe for families and

young children. Habitat helps families that may not originally qualify for a mortgage—or those who lack the ability to purchase a safe home—to have a path to home ownership.

“We need young creative minds to help further our mission with volunteering and writing skills.”

The Spectrum Health Rehab and Nursing Center will also be represented at the fair.

The agency takes in rehabilitation patients who need longterm physical therapy. It is also the second-largest nursing home in Michigan, with three floors of nursing residences.

“We’ve had such great students from GV that study something related to health care come work one-on-one with residents here,” said Terri Morse, the volunteer coordinator for the center.

“Some of our residents have no family, and the students come and make connections with them. The volunteers that we get here are the ones that make the real difference.

“Imagine if you’re in a facility and you rarely ever get a visitor, and all of a sudden you get a volunteer assigned to you that reads to you, talks to you and takes you outside to get a breath of fresh air.

That makes a huge difference to somebody’s life.”

It’s the small things, according to Morse, that make the biggest difference for some.

“We have some residents that only speak Spanish, and some Spanish-speaking students come here to have a conversation with them,” Morse said. “Just to have someone to listen to you makes all the difference in the world for these people.”

DICUSSION

‘Why Didn’t They Get Legal?’ tackles immigration issues

BY RACHEL MATUSZEWSKI NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

Visiting professor Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz fitted an audience of students and faculty members in the shoes of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. on Thursday, Jan. 25.

Gomberg-Muñoz was at Grand Valley State University to lead a lecture titled “Why Didn’t They Get Legal?” The lecture took place in the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room and was live-streamed to an audience on the Pew Campus.

Gomberg-Muñoz explained not only why immigrants don’t become legal, but why they can’t.

When illegal immigrants decide to try to become citizens or cross the border, they face the difficult reality of governmental policy and the struggle to meet qualifications, punishment, grounds of inadmissibility and other hardship. Gomberg-Muñoz described these as the four hurdles they must conquer.

“Nobody chooses to spend $10,000 to risk their life crossing a desert if they could just do it the right way,” Gomberg-Muñoz said. “Immigration statuses are a question of policy.

People aren’t born inherently being a citizen or being undocumented. Policy shifts in the United States

have erected specific barriers that prevent people from changing their status, even those who qualify for a visa, even people with U.S. citizen relatives. That’s what helps create the undocumented population in the United States.”

She addressed that while many people believe they know the intricacies of immigration, the truth of the process that immigrants— and specifically Latin Americans—go through when they illegally cross the border is not well-understood at all.

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By Kayleigh Van Overen

Donors like Secchia need to be held accountable

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he fallout from the Larry Nassar scandal has seen top Michigan State University officials like former President Lou Anna K. Simon and athletic director Mark Hollis resign as more information continues to come out about the university and staff and administrative knowledge.

Following Simon’s resignation, notable MSU—and Grand Valley State University—donor Peter Secchia was speaking to WZZM 13 in Grand Rapids about the fallout from the case. The case has been well-reported, as more than 170 brave victim survivors testified in court.

Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse charges, on top of the 60 years he was sentenced for child pornography charges.

Despite all of the horror that has been uncovered in this case, Secchia’s comments on the situation didn’t exactly do much to express his support or sorrow for the victims.

“We all wonder why the National Gymnastics people aren’t being dragged in, the Olympics aren’t being dragged in, why some of the parents remained quiet,” Secchia told WZZM. “Were they driven to have a gold medal or driven to have a child who is a star? Were they holding back on the information they had because they didn’t want to embarrass their daughter? There are so many different currents in this river of distraught. ... It’s not a pleasant time, ... but it can only get better.”

In his role as a donor, Secchia is also a public figure. His comments come off as insensitive and ignorant.

Obviously, there are many people to blame in the Nassar case, but he shouldn’t

look to defer the blame.

Simon and Hollis stepping down is a good step in beginning the healing process for everyone involved (although Simon’s resignation letter didn’t exactly voice regret), but Secchia’s comments scream a lack of integrity and accountability.

By shifting the blame onto USA Gymnastics and—even worse—the parents of the victim survivors, one of whom took his own life out of guilt from the situation, Secchia looks inconsiderate and callous.

Secchia’s donations to MSU and GVSU have earned him praise. His name is on Secchia Hall on GVSU’s Pew Campus, as well as the MSU Secchia Center in Grand Rapids.

He is the former U.S. ambassador to Italy, as well, and his contributions to the institutions and communities shouldn’t be ignored.

However, he, and every other donor, should still be held accountable for his comments. And universities and their communities shouldn’t turn a blind eye to ignorant comments made by donors, either. By doing so, they are essentially saying that they can be bought, and so can their silence.

The Nassar case is a horrible and traumatic saga that has ruined many lives. Secchia’s comments should serve as an example of how not to react to a bad situation. MSU’s reaction in general will serve as a case study on public relations failure, but GVSU and other schools should take note that donors aren’t untouchable, and they should be criticized if criticism is merited.

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Our love/hate relationship with ‘fake news’

BY AMY MCNEEL S0PHOMORE COM. & WRITING MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

From President Donald Trump to Pope Francis, the phrase “fake news” has been used quite a bit recently. Our society is constantly exposed to and engulfed in tabloids and the latest celebrity news.

From Facebook to Instagram, there is no shortage of entertainment.

This overwhelming production of entertainment news has been coined as the “fake news” era. However, while all of this is just catching up on us, fake news is nothing new. In fact, this very idea was brought to light in the book “The Image, a Guide to Pseudo-Events in America,” published by historian Daniel Boorstin in 1962. While Boorstin goes into great detail

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says, “pseudo-events” occur.

Boorstin used the term “pseudo-event” to describe a fabricated news story manufactured to spawn publicity and satisfy the public’s expectations. He said these events occur in order to fill papers.

Examples today would be entertainment articles about celebrities. In recent months, a considerable amount of articles have come out about Kylie Jenner’s alleged pregnancy, and each article is meant to make people believe that something new and interesting has occurred.

In many ways, celebrities are actual, living pseudoevents. We glorify them and keep up with their lives for no reason other than the fact that we find them entertaining. News is no longer news because it is important, but because we make it so. This goes right back to Boorstin’s point: Interest now trumps importance. What does this mean? It means that we now read things for entertainment instead of knowledge.

I believe that Boorstin’s idea of pseudo-events is more relevant than ever. When I go onto Facebook, I constantly scroll through countless numbers of celebrity gos-

sip articles. When I go onto Instagram, I see pictures “exposing celebrity secrets” and the newest celebrity couples.

Honestly, it’s almost sickening.

We all know that what we are viewing isn’t important, yet we can’t help but be captivated.

We hate fake news, yet we devour it.

So yes, Francis and Trump are correct: There is a lot of fake news out there. But we have been aware of this for quite some time, and its popularity has only grown. As we witness, watch and read fake news stories, we are simultaneously cultivating it. So here, I challenge you. I challenge you to become aware of the pseudo-events that control your life. I challenge you to avoid clickbait, to scroll past entertainment news stories and to disconnect from celebrity culture.

Boorstin said that “this change in our attitudes toward ‘news’ is not merely a basic fact about the history of American Newspapers. It is a symptom of a revolutionary change in our attitude toward what happens in the world.” If our attitudes can change once, I have hope they can change once again and reverse the fake-news era.

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about fake media and its repercussions on society, it’s clear that the issue has only gotten worse. The popularity of online news articles, celebrity culture and “clickbait” has corrupted our society, and the problem is that we are the ones who fuel it.

Our thirst for novel, entertaining news is explained

by Boorstin in terms of our “extravagant expectations.” He said, “When we pick up our newspaper at breakfast, we expect—we even demand— that it bring us momentous events since the night before.

We turn on the car radio as we drive to work and expect ‘news’ to have occurred since the morning newspaper went to press.”

In many ways, this encompasses our current lifestyle: We seek immediate gratification and hope to constantly be amazed and satisfied by glorified news stories. Of course, in our modern society, the media forums have changed; one could reword Boorstin by exchanging newspapers and radios for television and social media. Either way, we have high expectations, and the journalism industry needs to satisfy them in order to stay alive. Due to this, Boorstin

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In the past several years, there has been an uptick in dystopian literature. Books and movies like “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent” seem to be all the rage. Still, these series aren’t the first to describe a world of “what ifs.” Great authors like Octavia Butler have also made it a point to use literature as a way to warn the masses of possible future scenarios that will happen if

we don’t change our ways. Of course, these books are fiction, but they aren’t always too far off from reality. So, why aren’t we learning from them?

One of Butler’s books, “Parable of the Sower,” was released in 1993 around the time that many of us millennials were born. The novel takes place in the years 2024-27, which is no longer too far in the future. The frightening comparison between “Parable of the Sower” and today’s world is the problems they’re facing. Much like our world, the setting of the novel is essentially destroyed by environmental disaster, selfish people and corporate greed.

Their world, and by some connections our world, is on a downward spiral. In the story, crime is at an all-time high, government is ineffective and the basic necessities of life are completely unattainable. Sounds vaguely familiar, doesn’t it?

Of course, our world is far from being destroyed, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t adopted habits that are pushing us in that direction. We already know about global warming, poverty and governmental instability, but what else is to come? The book shows a correlation to our world, but not necessarily causation. That’s something for us to figure out.

As a population, we seem to have a fascination with dystopias, but there is always the possibility that our world will become the same way.

Most of the literature that describes these fictional societies pushes the envelope past being feasible in our minds, but Butler doesn’t do that. Instead, she gives us a realistic scenario of the world we live in today being pushed past its breaking point by people who are apathetic, greedy and careless.

Take a moment and think about the mistakes we’re making as a na-

tion and as a planet. As we continue to progress, we need to acknowledge that our environment will not continue to bear the weight of deforestation and pollution. Our citizens will not continue to accept mistreatment and suffering. Our government will not be appreciated and effective if we don’t utilize it the right way.

The world that Butler describes is only six years away from being reality. Maybe as of now that fact is only figurative, but in the blink of an eye it could become quite literal.

It will be easier to address the possibility of that kind of future now before it happens than it will be six years down the line. So next time you’re looking for a good read, pick up “Parable of the Sower” and think about how we can learn from Butler before it’s too late.

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Bringing Together the World fosters friendship between international, domestic students

BY TYLEE BUSH TBUSH@LANTHORN.COM

Three Grand Valley State University students, Amber Modena, Alan Carter and Ariana O’Neal, saw a need for deeper, stronger relationships on campus. They noticed a lack of community between international students and domestic students, so with diligent work they created a new student organization that would facilitate these friendships: Bringing Together the World (BTW).

Modena, Carter and O’Neal are thrilled to get BTW off the ground, and they are excited about the opportunities this new organization will provide.

Modena, founder and copresident of BTW, is a senior studying international relations. Modena was asked by the Padnos International Center staff to reestablish and revamp what was once the International Student Organization (ISO), a campus-wide organization that provided opportunities

and social events to get international students plugged into campus life at GVSU. “The process was actually a lot simpler than I had originally expected, thanks to the Office of Student Life,” Modena said.

With explanations from the Office of Student Life and helpful online guides, Modena said that establishing BTW at GVSU was a smooth process.

The amount of passion fueling the organization also helped to move things along quickly.

“We three were all really excited to get started,” Modena said. “So, it was easy to work with such hard-working and enthusiastic peers.”

After mentally envisioning the organization, they laid the foundation by writing the BTW Constitution.

Next, videos were created, marketing initiatives were established and the organization was ready to take off.

Carter, founder and copresident of BTW, is a junior studying advertising and

public relations with a minor in international business. For him, the inspiration for BTW came from the lack of crosscultural connections he noticed between international and domestic students.

“BTW was born as a means to better develop a deeper sense of community between the two and increase cultural competency along the way,” Carter said.

Carter said BTW was created for any student at GVSU. “We pride ourselves on being inclusive no matter who you are and where you come from,” he said. “Everyone will be, and always will be, welcome. The more the merrier.”

With the goal of creating a judgment-free zone where students, international and domestic, can embrace different cultures, BTW will be hosting the annual Sexy Accent Night. Previously run by the ISO, BTW will be carrying on the tradition each year for a night of cultural awaken-

TOGETHERNESS: Bringing Together the World founders and co-presidents Alan Carter and Amber Modena talk about future events during the first meeting of BTW on Tuesday, Jan. 16. GVL | EMILY FRYE

ing and embracing diversity.

The event will be held on Friday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room, and it will include performances from various cultural organizations on campus along with specialty cuisine. In addition to Sexy Accent Night, BTW

plans to host monthly events and gatherings throughout the year to showcase a variety of cultures and enable students to make new friends.

“The intentions are simple: to bring together the world one person at a time,” Carter said.

BTW meets weekly on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. in the Kirk-

hof Center, Room 2266. Students can join BTW through OrgSync, connect with BTW on Facebook and Instagram, or simply join one of the weekly meetings to learn more and get plugged in.

For more information, email btwgvsu@gmail.com.

MEDICINE

Health Forum of West Michigan to examine root of opioid epidemic

BY DREW SCHERTZER DSCHERTZER@LANTHORN.COM

Opioids are defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a class of drugs used to reduce pain.

Some can be prescribed, such as oxycodone or hydrocodone, and others, like heroin, are sold illegally. Nevertheless, 116

people died every day in 2016 from opioid-related overdoses, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. To fight this growing problem, the event “Health Forum of West Michigan: Opioid Epidemic 2018” is being held Friday, Feb. 2.

“The fact is that they (opioids) are important to discuss,”

said Chief David Rahinsky of the Grand Rapids Police Department. “There isn’t a neighborhood in Grand Rapids that hasn’t been affected by them.”

Rahinsky will be giving a short presentation at the DeVos Center’s Loosemore Auditorium. He is one of three panelists who will begin a discussion at 8 a.m., following

OPIOID EPIDEMIC: On Friday, Feb. 2, GVSU will hold the “Health Forum of West Michigan: Opioid Epidemic 2018.” The event aims to draw awareness to the opiod crisis in West Michigan. GVL | SARA CARTE

a light breakfast at 7:30 a.m.

The talks should go until 9:30 a.m., with opportunities for attendees to ask questions.

“We have chosen this topic because it is a significant problem across our nation,” said Jean Nagelkerk, vice provost for health at Grand Valley State University. “We need to come together to hear about the latest statistics, to learn how to prevent it and to discuss what resources the community has to help.”

Nagelkerk said public awareness is key, as the focus needs to be on the people who need help. Focusing on this is important, but so is awareness and prevention, Nagelkerk noted. When it comes to youth, the more parents who understand the complexity of opioids and the frequency of opioid use, the better the future for children, Nagelkerk said.

Rahinsky added that

the opioid epidemic affects many and that the societal cost is huge. He pointed out that sometimes opioid addiction stems from chemical deficiencies.

It’s common to blame the person as an addict and not see them as a victim, Rahinsky said, but he wants the conversation to be about the root of the problem. Whether it’s incorrect prescriptions or heroin dealers preying upon users with physical addictions to opioids, the issue needs to be brought up.

Once the problems are laid out, it is easier to help people with addictions, Rahinsky said. He also gave encouragement to people who have addictions.

“My advice would be to not give up,” Rahinsky said.

“It’s a never-ending battle to get a person that needs help to seek it.”

Getting someone help is half the battle. More often than not, you have to be relentless,

Rahinsky said. People experiencing these problems know that it’s draining at times, but they have to do all that they can to give a good fight to get back on the right track.

Other panelists will include Talal Khan, M.D. for addiction psychiatry for Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, and Cara Poland, M.D. for addiction medicine at Spectrum Health. The talk will be moderated by Michael Bouthillier, director of operations at the College of Pharmacy at Ferris State University.

The event is being hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Health at GVSU, as well as the Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research Center.

For a full list of events, or to find out more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/miperc/health-forum-of-westmichigan-31.htm.

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Democracy 101 event to focus on marriage rights, religious liberty

BY ALEX SIXT SIXTA@LANTHORN.COM

Same-sex marriage rights and their legalization in the U.S. have been a controversial topic. After same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015, many people are now questioning the boundaries of freedom to

practice religion and laws that protect LGBT persons against discrimination.

The Democracy 101 event “Whose Rights?

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty” will take place Wednesday, Jan. 31, in Room 2266 of the Kirkhof Center, and will run from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Darren Walhof, professor in the political science department at Grand Valley State University, will be presenting at the program.

The topic for this Democracy 101 program is inspired by the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015. The event will discuss the future of anti-

discrimination laws aimed to help LGBT persons and how that will affect religious freedom in the U.S. Walhof will be providing background information about this topic. Walhof has been interested in religion and politics, and his current research studies how the meaning of re-

RIGHTS: “Undoing Borders: A Queer Manifesto.” Marriage rights will be discussed at Dem. 101 on Wednesday, Jan. 31 GVL | SARA CARTE

ligious liberty in the U.S. is changing, particularly in the commercial world.

During the program, he will talk about the Supreme Court cases that challenge state anti-discrimination laws and the right to religious liberty. Some of these cases center on same-sex weddings and the refusal of florists, venues and, most recently, a baker due to their personal religious beliefs. Walhof thinks these cases will help to shape how the courts will deal with these rights in the U.S. “They raise important and difficult questions about the purpose of antidiscrimination laws, what religious freedom means and how it can be protected,” he said via email.

These cases and their questioning of the protection anti-discrimination laws can offer against religious rights may be confusing to some, and Walhof plans to have a discussion to help students understand their effects.

“These are issues that

affect all of us, so I think GVSU students would benefit from learning more about them,” Walhof said.

Melissa Baker-Boosamra, associate director of student life for civic engagement and assessment, as well as coordinator of the program, said there are resources outside this program for students to learn about these rights, such as the Division of Inclusion and Equity and the Milton E. Ford LGBT Center.

To further explore this issue, the program will start a discussion on what it will be like to face these conflicting rights in the future and how U.S. citizens will be able to handle them.

Students will be welcome to participate in a faculty-led discussion to share their thoughts about these rights that continue to evolve.

All who are interested in attending are welcome. The event is open to the public, and pizza will be provided.

It is LIB 100- and 201-approved, and there is no fee to attend.

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ARTS AT A GLANCE GRAMMY AWARD WINNER TO PERFORM IN GRAND RAPIDS

Judy Collins, award-winning singer and songwriter, will be coming to St. Cecilia Music Center in Grand Rapids on Thursday, Feb. 1.

Tickets are on sale for $45 and $55 and can be purchased by calling the St. Cecilia Music Center at 616459-2224 or online at www.scmc-online.org.

ELTON JOHN STOPPING IN GRAND RAPIDS DURING HIS FINAL TOUR On Monday, Oct. 15, Elton John will be coming to the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids during his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour. This will be the last tour of his musical career, so if you’ve ever wanted to see Elton John live, now is the time.

Tickets go on sale for the general public on Friday, Feb. 2, beginning at 10 a.m. Ticket prices range from $49.50 to $224.50 and will be available for purchase at the Van Andel Arena and DeVos Place box offices, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 1-800-7453000. Only eight tickets can be purchased per customer.

GVSU ALUMNA TO GIVE SAXOPHONE RECITAL

Lisa Keeney, a saxophonist and GVSU graduate, will be giving a recital Thursday, Feb. 1, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in 1325 Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall in the Haas Center for Performing Arts.

Keeney will be joined by Kathryn Goodson, a pianist from the University of Michigan School of Music. The recital will feature music from César Franck, Piet Swerts, Christian Lauba and Annika Socolofsky. The event is free and open to the public.

SACRED SITES TOUR: WEST MICHIGAN HINDU TEMPLE Campus Interfaith Resources is continuing its sacred sites tour Friday, Feb. 2, from 5:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. The group will visit the West Michigan Hindu Temple in Ada, Michigan, which will give students an opportunity to learn more about the Hindu faith.

Transportation is provided for this event, and registration is required. To register, visit tinyurl.com/ GVSUSiteVisit. For more information, contact Kevin McIntosh at mcintkev@gvsu.edu or Lauryn Nett at nettlaur@gvsu.edu.

GVSU OPERA THEATRE PRESENTS ‘OKLAHOMA!’ Come support Grand Valley State University students in their production of “Oklahoma!”, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s first musical collaboration. Christopher Carter, GVSU alumnus, will be directing the show.

Showings are Friday, Feb. 9, and Saturday, Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 4 and Feb. 11, at 2 p.m in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in the Haas Center for Performing Arts. Admission is $14 for adults; $12 for GVSU faculty, alumni and staff; and $6 for students.

‘JERUSALEM’ MOVIE TO BE SHOWN AT CELEBRATION CINEMA NORTH

The National Geographic award-winning movie “Jerusalem” will be showing at Celebration Cinema North on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m. The film offers three different vantage points of Judaism, Christianity and Islam that allow viewers to experience and understand the Holy City.

Following the movie, two pastors, one rabbi and one imam from Grand Rapids will share their experiences from their trip to Israel and Palestine. This event is LIB 100- and 201-approved.

TIMING: GVSU freshman Trevor Heasley competed in the “36-Hour Challenge” from Jan. 26 to Jan. 27. COURTESY | GRFILMFESTIVAL.COM

New York artist’s Great Lakes paintings on display at GRAM

BY ANNE MARIE SMIT ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

The Great Lakes, which constitute the largest body of fresh water in the world, are one aspect of the Michigan environment that makes it unique.

Alexis Rockman, an artist from New York, has visited the Great Lakes and studied them over a number of years, producing paintings he hopes will initiate discussion on the importance of the Great Lakes for many ecosystems, as well as how they are threatened by climate change, globalization, invasive species, mass agriculture and urban sprawl. Rockman’s project, “The Great Lakes Cycle,” will be on display at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) until Sunday, April 29.

To gather research for his artwork, Rockman visited eight states, including some Canadian provinces. The exhibit includes all of Rockman’s recent work, including six watercolor paintings and five mural-sized paintings that chronicle how the Great Lakes have evolved throughout history, ranging from the Pleistocene Era to present day. A title and description of each painting is provided so that visitors understand Rockman’s intended message.

Rockman looks to the past for his paintings, but his work is futuristic: He imagines the impact of our current environmental decisions on the future of the Great Lakes.

When he encountered posters of Michigan, Rock-

MICHIGAN: Artist Alexis Rockman is passionate about educating people about environmental topics.

His collection “The Great Lakes Cycle” is on display at the GRAM until April 29. GVL | ANNE MARIE SMIT

man recognized that there was a side of Michigan’s story that wasn’t being represented, a much more bleak side, and he decided people needed to be informed about it.

“There’s a series of the state of Michigan posters that I see around—you know, like Sleeping Bear Dunes or White Pine Forest or a river,” Rockman said.

“I would see these posters and I’d be like, ‘That’s only half the story. There’s a much darker story that’s happening in these images.’

“And that’s what I’m after: the story that only an artist can tell in this culture,

or a novelist, because when you’re controlling your own production, and you don’t have corporate overlords to answer to, you can basically do whatever you want as long as you’re responsible.”

Rockman spoke about his painting “Forces of Change,” which takes a look at what caused the Great Lakes to change over the years.

“I started to look at a lot of images from the 20th century,” Rockman said.

“There’s a wonderful image that describes the reach of standard oil in 1908 that shows an octopus in the middle of the U.S., and his tentacles go in every direc-

tion across the map. One of the things that we’re going to have to deal with is the idea of disease, and I decided that I was going to make a character that I call the ‘E. Coli Crackhead’: … the idea of the enormity and the power of these things that are invisible.”

Dan Friis-Hansen, GRAM director and CEO, put the octopus metaphor in more recognizable terms, speaking about how the Great Lakes connect to other bodies of water.

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GV freshman competes in Grand Rapids Film Festival’s ‘36-Hour Challenge’

BY NICK MORAN NMORMAN@LANTHORN.COM

The clock is always ticking.

Competitors are given their prompt. Scripts are written.

Scenes are filmed. Content is edited. Everyone is in a mad dash to achieve a final product in under two days for the Grand Rapids Film Festival’s “36-Hour Challenge,” including Grand Valley State University freshman Trevor Heasley.

Heasley, alongside hometown friend Michael Sanker, competed in the challenge this past weekend (Friday, Jan. 26, through Saturday, Jan. 27) where he represented GVSU. Each year, the prompts are first announced on Friday night, signaling the commencement of the 36-hour timer.

“You can’t really prepare,” Heasley said. “All you have is your past experience in writing, producing and editing video.”

Teams are provided a prompt containing necessary themes, props, audio or settings, Heasley said. By the end of the timer, competing teams turned in their six-minutelong final products to judges who will then select films to be screened at Celebration Cinema North on Friday, Feb. 2, ending with the presentation of the winning films.

For the GVSU team, Heasley said the members had done similar competitions in the past, but the real hurdle for this challenge was the shortened competition time.

“The hardest part for me personally is probably the fact that I haven’t done a 36-hour film competition; I’ve only done 48-hour (competitions),” Heasley said. “The problem with that is before, it would take about roughly 14 to 18 hours of editing, so I wouldn’t get any sleep the last night. I would mainly edit by myself, but I did have some assistance

with my friends back home.”

Heasley and Stanker spearheaded scriptwriting and filming, Heasley said.

For Sanker, a Clarkston native, the ability to be in and around Grand Rapids to film was inspiring.

Although other commitments kept him from being able to spend all 36 hours with Heasley, competitions like this are more of a passion project, Sanker said.

“It’s all passion—not about the competition, per se, but filming,” Sanker said. “Just making videos and music and expressing yourself is what we love.”

Between competing in competitions and working toward his major in film, Heasley has a personal goal of always creating a finished product that tells a strong enough story to transport people to a new place, whether it be serious or through comedy.

“I have a passion for filming,” Heasley said. “I have a passion for the process before, during and after. I just love making people feel emotion through my medium of (film).”

With his hopes of making an entertainment business rooted in music and film, Heasley said competitions like the 36-Hour Challenge are a great way not only to produce a product as a team, but to network with other talented filmmakers.

“Obviously winning would be pretty nice, but (we’re) just trying to get (our) name out there,” Heasley said. “It’s just the idea of getting our name out there (by) meeting some of the fellow competitors to try and maybe hook up some connections for future reference.”

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Blind pianist to perform recital at GV

BY ARIE NIENHUIS ANIENHUIS@LANTHORN.COM

To close out the first month of the semester at Grand Valley State University, pianist Yoo Jin Noh will perform a guest piano recital in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall of the Haas Center for Performing Arts on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 pm.

Noh, who has been blind since birth, has been working past her disability and playing piano since the age of 14. Although off to a later start than most pianists, Noh has earned a wide array of awards for her talent, including top prizes from the Southwestern Music Festival and the Musical

Arts Club Competition, as well as numerous other grand prizes from a variety of institutions.

Sookkyung Cho, assistant professor of piano at GVSU, sees Noh as an incredibly impressive performer, especially with the restrictions her disability causes her.

“I think it’s awesome,” Cho said. “I haven’t heard her play live yet—I’ve only seen the YouTube videos— but I think it’s amazing that she can play such difficult repertoire. Some of it is very advanced.”

According to GVSU’s event page on Noh, she has appeared in the Quincy Symphony Orchestra in Illinois and the Boston Halfner Symphony, and performed

a solo recital at Azusa Pacific University. In 2015, Noh also performed for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

A number of Noh’s performances can be viewed on the internet, but Cho believes that seeing a performance in person is significantly more immersive and rewarding.

“I think it’s a special experience,” Cho said. “Microphones and recording devices can pick up subtle nuances in performances, but they still don’t capture the entire atmosphere. It’s about working with the space and communicating with the audience.”

Cho also thinks that live

performances have a much higher potential for education as opposed to YouTube videos or audio recordings.

“It just becomes a lot more personal,” Cho said.

“It’s on a person-to-person level rather than a personto-machine level. Also, (in) a lot of recordings, both audio and video, artists add a lot of edits. When you go to a live concert, you’re sitting there for an entire hour, and it’s like going on a journey.”

Cho said Noh’s ability to perform despite her blindness is something that other disabled individuals could gain inspiration from.

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ADVANCED: Award-winning pianist Yoo Jin Noh will be performing at GVSU on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. COURTESY | GVNOW

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GVSU TRACK AND FIELD STANDOUT ALLIE LUDGE EARNS GLIAC NOD Grand Valley State women’s track and field received another GLIAC award this past weekend.

Sophomore Allie Ludge became the fourth Laker to be named Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

It all started Friday, Jan. 29, on the fourth weekend of the 2017-18 indoor track and field season when Ludge performed well in the 800-meter with a sensational provisional time of 2:10.81. The sophomore became the holder of the second-best time in the GLIAC, along with seventh-fastest time in Division II for that category.

Ludge didn’t stop there, though, taking on the 3,000-meter where she finished third with a respectable 10:18.17.

GVSU MEN’S CLUB ROLLER HOCKEY TRAVELS TO PITTSBURGH The Division I and Division III Grand Valley State men’s roller hockey teams traveled down to Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 20, where the Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association hosted a tournament.

Multiple teams received an invitation, including 16 Division I teams and five Division III teams.

GVSU’s Division I team started off their tournament against former national champion Neumann University. GVSU had not won a single game against the Knights in their first three meetings.

However, the fourth time was the charm as GVSU finally got over the hump and defeated Neumann with a score of 6-3.

The momentum carried on with the team as the tournament went on. GVSU scored within the first minute of their second game against Temple University and coasted to victory, ending the game at 6-1.

GVSU showed its tenacity against Slippery Rock University, as the Lakers found themselves down by 3 at the end of the second period. GVSU scored eight unanswered goals to finish the game with a final score of 8-3.

They did not stop there, however, adding two more wins against Robert Morris and Cortland to finish the weekend undefeated.

However, the Division III team did not have the same luck, as they did not win a single game throughout the tournament, losing to Farmingdale, Bethel and Lindenwood.

GVSU TENNIS CO-HOSTS ANNUAL ADAPTIVE PLAY DAY The Grand Valley State tennis team held its annual Adaptive Play Day in Holland, Michigan, on Friday, Jan. 19. This is the third year that GVSU has joined the United States Tennis Association Midwest Section to host this event.

The members of the tennis team came to help the 27 athletes who showed up learn more about the sport. However, it turned out that the athletes had as much to teach as they had to learn.

“The event went great,” said head coach John Black. “All of the GV players did a great job assisting the children and helping them have a great time while learning some tennis. After the event, many of my team told me that they enjoyed participating and got a lot out of it.”

Multiple athletes, including Samantha Schrepferman and Aimee Moccia, reflected on what appeared to be a great day for everyone who was involved.

“The way (my partner) got so excited every time she hit a ball over the net, working as a team and doing drills is something that I take for granted every day, and for her, it was a new adventure, something she was absolutely thrilled to be doing,” Schrepferman said. “Working with her, she has taught me to treat everything as its own adventure, even if it (is) something we do every day out of habit.”

FIGHTING FOR A CURE: A member of GVSU men’s DIII club hockey team said he’s fighting for a cure for “all kids” during the team’s “Hockey Fights Cancer” event against Hope College on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Georgetown Ice Center. The team raised over $5,000 for cancer research. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE

More than a game

BY ROBBIE TRIANO SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

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t a glance, the Grand Valley State men’s club Division III hockey game against Hope College may have appeared as just another game on the schedule.

But in actuality, the magnitude of the contest was much more than just a “game.”

The Lakers hosted their third annual “Hockey Fights Cancer” event in an attempt to raise money and awareness for those affected by all kinds of cancer on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Georgetown Ice Center.

All of the proceeds from ticket, Tshirt and bracelet sales—along with donations—went toward the Van Andel Institute for cancer research.

Each GVSU player also wore a special purple jersey, with an individualized reason/person for which/whom they were fighting against cancer.

Along with their fundraising

campaign, GVSU also added a pregame “Senior Night” celebration, highlighting their six seniors and their families with some of their favorite moments during their collegiate careers. Those seniors were Jack Lindsay, Mark Janiga, Ethan Doyle, Derek Simon, Corey Smith and captain Alex Bjork.

Although the Division II team gets the majority of the acclaim for their national success, the senior class has paved a new legacy for the Division III hockey program, according to head coach Charlie Link.

“The players did a great about organizing things,” Link said.

“This is our fourth fundraising event of the year, and they did it with the highest level of class.

Replacing this group is going to be one tough act to follow. They put a whole lot of effort into the community, and that’s what we want to do moving forward.”

Leading the planning and organization of the event was Bjork, who modeled the event off Aquinas Col-

GV men’s DIII hockey raises over $5K in ‘Hockey Fights Cancer’ event

lege’s very own “Hockey Fights Cancer.” In the team’s third consecutive year hosting the event, Bjork believes this one was the best of them all.

“It was just really cool to see all the support and the fans getting into it,” Bjork said. “Not only did we raise a ton of money coming into the game, but our guys really jumped on helping out and spreading word earlier than ever this year.”

The preparation paid off, as the Lakers raised more than $5,000 before the game began, blowing past last year’s record of $3,000 and their first year total of $1,500. The final total donation amount has yet to be released by the team.

GVSU marketing professor Anna Walz, who is currently battling breast cancer after being diagnosed at the beginning of the fall 2017 semester, came out on the ice with her family to be honored with the ceremonial puck drop. After the announcer told her story, Walz and her fam-

ily were greeted with gift baskets from both teams and a standing ovation from a packed crowd.

“Hockey is a great thing, but there’s more to life than just that,” Bjork said. “What I care about the most is that we take the time to use our platform and give back any way we can.”

However, the Lakers dropped the contest after Hope College scored two straight goals late in the final period to steal the win.

But for coach Link, he couldn’t get too angry with his team’s play.

“We needed to have a consistent effort for all 60 minutes of the game, but the impact this team has created to our community is unlike any other,” Link said.

Even with the loss, the Lakers’ record still stands at an impressive 25-6-0 overall standing, with only two regular-season contests against Adrian College remaining before playoffs. That weekend series starts Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Georgetown Ice Center.

M. BASKETBALL

Blowout

BY ROBBIE TRIANO SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

Six minutes into their contest with the Pride of Purdue Northwest (1-18 overall, 1-10 GLIAC), the Grand Valley State men’s basketball team found themselves tied at 11 heading into a timeout against the lowest-ranked team in the conference.

But in the words of senior guard Myles Miller, GVSU sharpshooter Ben Lubitz simply “got hot, man!”

Miller’s statement came after the sophomore hit five consecutive 3-pointers in the first half, sparking the Laker offense over the hump to never looking back. By the final buzzer, GVSU had beaten the Pride 107-65 on Alumni/Kids Day on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the GVSU Fieldhouse.

With each 3-pointer Lubitz made, more excitement burst from the Laker players, bench and siblings in attendance. Lubitz finished the game with 18 total points, all coming from his six 3-pointers.

“When you finally get your shot down, it looks like the rim gets a whole lot bigger,” Lubitz said.

“That’s the special thing about our team: If we see someone is hot, we know you gotta give them the ball.

At that point, you just realize that’s going to be your source of offense until the next guy gets hot.”

The win was the most total points GVSU has scored this season, along with their greatest margin of victory (42 points). Most of their offense came from their unselfishness with the ball, racking up 23 assists, com-

GV men’s basketball trounces Purdue Northwest 107-65

pared to Purdue Northwest’s seven.

That unselfishness also led to the Lakers having six players score double-digits, including a gritty performance by freshman Jake Van Tubbergen, who earned himself a double-double (14 points, 12 rebounds). Other double-digit scorers were Chris Dorsey (15 points), Drake Baar (14), Chris Pearl (11) and Hunter Hale (10).

“We are just pretty hard to scout because we have so many offensive weapons,” Lubitz said.

“You could possibly shut down one of our players, but we other guys who are capable of elevating their game on command.”

With the Lakers up 51-25 heading into halftime, GVSU head coach Ric Wesley finally had the flexibility to rest his top talent for those who don’t see that many minutes. The reserves answered the call, as GVSU tallied 54 points from players off the bench.

“After Ben Lubitz got on fire and broke open dam, I was happy to see our guys come out and play with a whole lot of spirit,” Wesley said.

One player who saw his minutes greatly increase was freshman Brett Lauf, who filled in 23 minutes at point-guard position for Miller. Although Miller started the game, coach Wesley only played him four minutes after he dealt with flu-like symptoms heading into the contest. Lauf tallied 6 points, five rebounds and three assists. “(Lauf) is past the point of being a pleasant surprise,” Wesley said. “Now, he actually has expectations to be in there and get

SOARIN’: GVSU redshirt freshman Steven Lloyd leaps up for a layup attempt during the team’s blowout win on Saturday, Jan. 27. GVL | SPENCER SCARBER

the job done. For the most part, he filled in that role well.”

Besides the final score, this game had a bigger meaning than just another GLIAC contest. Wesley, and his other two assistant coaches, were all donned with tan athletic shoes in support of “Coaches vs. Cancer Week.”

“Cancer is something that almost every person has been affected with in some shape or form,”

Wesley said. “We just want to bring it to light and show support for all those fighting the illness.”

With four weekends of regularseason basketball left, all of their remaining games will be against top GLIAC opponents. Two of those contests will be next weekend against Michigan Tech on Thursday, Feb. 1, and Northern Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 3, both games on the road.

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A8 | SPORTS W. BASKETBALL

Can’t be stopped

BY BRADY MCATAMNEY

BMCATAMNEY@LANTHORN.COM

Most teams watch their league standings religiously, knowing the wins and losses of every team they will come across as the season churns along.

The Grand Valley State women’s basketball team is not one of them.

“We don’t really look at records; we really don’t,” said head coach Mike Williams.

“We try to throw them out and look at every team we play in the GLIAC as good.”

This strategy clearly served the Lakers well on Saturday, Jan. 27, when they doubled up (and then some) the Purdue Northwest Pride 78-36 to improve to 17-3 (10-2 GLIAC), while Purdue Northwest falls to 3-14 (2-10 GLIAC).

Once again, it was guard and reigning GLIAC Player of the Week Natalie Koenig who led the Lakers with 19 points, including going 5-7 from 3-point rage. Guard Jenn DeBoer added 12, and forward Taylor Parmley scored 11.

“I just wanted to keep it up,” Koenig said. “(I) came off a good week last week and knew I could keep it up. I’m just out there to do whatever I can do to help the team, and whether that’s defense, whether that’s getting to the basket, making plays, shooting 3s, whatever it is, I just want to help the team get a win.”

Though the Lakers did not lack any scoring on the night, defense was the name of the game for GVSU, as 36 points is the fewest allowed by them in a single game in the last two seasons.

The Pride managed to

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score only 7 points in the first quarter and 4 in the third quarter, as well as only 14 points in the entire second half on 5-30 shooting.

GVSU’s defense held their opponents to 26-percent shooting from the field and 11.1 percent from 3-point range.

“Coach just puts such a big emphasis on staying in front and being tough on the defensive end and just working to stay in front,” Koenig said.

Unbelievably, the Lakers’ 42-point victory could have come by an even greater margin had they continued to play their signature hardball style of basketball down the stretch.

“I thought we did a good job staying the course,” Parmley said. “We didn’t have any huge letdowns, and a lot of the time, when we go up 30, we let them sneak up, but I think we kept that point margin far apart. I think we just need to work on not fouling down the stretch when things aren’t going our way.

“There’s a lot of times where, like I said, we are up 30 and we just relax a little bit, and when we relax, that’s when the good teams are going to sneak back up on us, and we can’t have those lulls to beat teams like Tech.”

With the victory, the Lakers have won four straight and 10 of their last 11 but face a tall task as they will travel to the Upper Peninsula to take on the Michigan Tech Huskies (15-3, 9-2 GLIAC)—a team responsible for one of the Lakers’ three losses this season—on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 5:30 p.m. in Houghton, Michigan.

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POINT GUARD: GVSU sophomore guard Jenn DeBoer dribbles the ball down the court during her team’s 78-36 victory over the Pride of Purdue Northwest on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. The Lakers improve to 17-3 (10-2 GLIAC). GVL | SPENCER SCARBER

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TRACK & FIELD

THE LONG TOSS: GVSU freshman Noah Debyle winds up to toss the shot put during the Lakers showing in the GVSU Lints Alumni Meet on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Kelly Sports Center. GVL | SPENCER SCARBER

FLYING HIGH: A member of the GVSU women’s track and field team flies in the air while attempting the pole vault compeition on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the GVSU Lints Alumni Meet. GVL | SPENCER SCARBER

Defending their turf GV men’s track and field places first, women place second in Lints Alumni Meet

BY D’ANGELO STARKS DSTARKS@LANTHORN.COM

The Grand Valley State track and field teams have won their past two meets in dominant fashion.

This trend did not stop for either Laker team at the Lints Alumni Meet on Saturday, Jan. 27. The men finished

first as a team, scoring 167.50 points, with the second-place Lewis only scoring 54. The women’s team placed second overall in the meet with a score of 114.60 behind Eastern Michigan, but first out of all Division II schools.

Although the women’s team did not finish first overall, they did have some excellent perfor-

mances. Top-five finishers included Angela Ritter, finishing first in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.63 seconds; Willow Stuedemann, finishing third in the 60-meter with a time of 7.66; and Nicole Sreernan, finishing 5th in the 60-meter with a time of 7.66. Ritter also finished fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.76.

Allie Ludge came in third place in the one-mile race, running a 4:45.50. Malea Teerman was a fourth-place finisher with a time of 9:54.16. The 4X400meter team of Ritter, Heather Johnson, Jessica Eby and Rachael Walter finished second in the event with a time of 3:45.73.

Ellianne Kimes finished fourth in the pole vault with

a jump of 3.79 meters, and Lucy Buckholz finished fifth in the pole vault, jumping 3.64 meters. Angelica Floyd finished first in the long jump with a jump of 5.51 meters, and Emily Matkin finished fifth in the same event, jumping 5.27 meters.

Alex Reeves finished fourth in the triple jump with a

jump of 10.79 meters. Erika Lechner came in third with the shot put, throwing 13.03 meters, and Briana DeSappio finished third in the weight throw, finishing with a throw of 16.52 meters.

The men’s side had some big performances this weekend also. The top-five finishers for the men were Emmanuel Arop, who finished first in the 60-meter dash, running a 6.92; Kenny Jones, who came in fifth in the 60-meter, running a 6.97; Jeremiah Davis, who finished first in the 200-meter dash, running a time of 21.93; and Thomas Capers, who finished second in the 400-meter, finishing with a time of 48.79 seconds.

Tyler Walters came in second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.76; Matt McLaughlin finished third in the 800-meter, running a 1:53.86; Joe Renner finished first in the one-mile run with a time of 4:11.19; Jacob Domagalski finished second in the one-mile run with a time of 4:12.44; Enael Woldemichael finished second in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:25.51; Josh Steible finished fourth with a time of 8:31.33; and Tyler Kirkwood finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.20.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Capers, Andrew McFarland, Tyler Pavliga and Jaylin Golson finished first, running a 3:17.09. Hunter Weeks finished first in the high jump with a jump of 2.06 meters; Sam Ludka finished third in the high jump with a jump of 1.91 meters; and Nick Sabado finshed third in the long jump with 6.53. Justin Scavarda finished first in the shot put, throwing 16.68 meters. Scavarda also finished second in the weight throw, throwing 18.13 meters.

The Lakers travel to South Bend this weekend (Friday, Feb. 3, through Saturday, Feb. 4) to participate in the Norte Dame Meyo Invite.

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A10 | SPORTS M. CLUB HOCKEY (DII)

PACK THE GEORGE: GVSU center Ryan Hein prepares to win the faceoff against a member of the Michigan State hockey team during their 3-1 victory over the Spartans on Friday, Jan. 26. With the 3-1 win against the Spartans GVSU improved to 20-3-2 on the year, and the Division II club hockey team looks to continue next weekend with a game against Adrian and a game against Toledo. GVL | DYLAN MCINTRYE

Fighting off the Spartans

GV men’s DII hockey takes down MSU in ‘Pack the George’ rivalry

BY KELLEN VOSS KVOSS@LANTHORN.COM

The Georgetown Ice Center was indeed packed on Friday, Jan. 26, as the Grand Valley State men’s Division II club hockey team beat the Michigan State Spartans 3-1. The game was quite physical, but GVSU was able to rise above the rough play to pick up another solid win.

The first period of the game was a scoreless affair until Reede Burnett slapped in a wild shot that found the back of the net with 53 seconds left in the period. He was assisted on the play by

Troy Marrett and Dan Smith.

GVSU didn’t have much time to celebrate, as MSU scored with 16 seconds left in the period. Andrew Patzin got that goal, and he was assisted by Jacob Stallings and Daniel Wolfe. However, that was the only goal the Spartans scored all game since they couldn’t capitalize on the power play and Jared Maddock and the rest of the GVSU defense played strong.

With the game being close the entire way through, the fans who packed the George really got into it, and coach Mike Forbes thought the crowd played a key role in the Lakers getting the win.

“It’s always fun to see the Spartans come to town,” Forbes said. “Campus Recreation did a great job to help promote, and it’s always exciting to see that many fans coming to the game.”

The Lakers came out of the second period with fire in their bellies, getting aggressive on the offensive end to a point where the Spartans couldn’t handle it.

Nick Beers picked up a goal five minutes into the period, and he was assisted by Smith and Dan DeBlouw.

“When it came to the goal scoring, they all came at crucial times for us,” Beers said.

“Our boys were hot all game,

and we played the corners really well all game long.”

The third period was more of the same for the Lakers, as they continued to control the puck well on the offensive end while also staying physical on the defensive end. German Samvel scored the last goal of the game right in the front of the net. The goal came with 18 minutes left in the game and was assisted by Tommy Carey and Nate Madigan.

Although GVSU did play a solid game, defenseman Burnett made it clear that the team still has room to improve.

“Our defensive zone coverage needs to get better for our

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“There have been big games in the past where we came out nervous, but we weren’t nervous at all tonight,” Forbes said.

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Burnett wasn’t the only one who thought GVSU could improve on the defensive end, either.

“Our defense was a little sloppy,” Forbes said. “They got under us in the zones, but because of some great saves

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