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Scenic route: Members of the Alternative Breaks Park Preservation trip take in the sights at Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia. The trip was one of 13 service trips sent out across the U.S. through AB.

Students choose service through AB, CM over sun tans for spring break 2012

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hile some students visited hot vacation spots with friends and family for spring break, two Grand Valley State University organizations, Campus Ministry and Alternative Breaks, sent students around the world to volunteer.

Alternative Breaks sent out 13 service trips within the U.S., reaching as far south as Florida, as far east as Maryland and as far west as Missouri. Students chose from the following service issues: affordable hous-

ing, children at risk, disaster relief, domestic violence, hunger and homelessness, individuals with disabilities, LGBT awareness, organic farming, park preservation, refugee resettlement, sustainability, wildlife refuge, or youth and education.

Alternative Breaks members applied and were accepted into the program without knowledge of the specific issue or location in which he/she will be working; they are only informed of their particular location just before break.

Kristoffer de Villa, president of Alternative Breaks, said the locations of the trips are kept a secret because they want partici-

pants to choose a trip based on their personal service interests rather than where they consider the best vacation spot to be.

The motivation for students to join these service trips and the work that they hope to do varies tremendously.

Alternative Breaks site leader Megan Boundy went on the individuals with disabilities trip last year and decided to attend the wildlife refuge trip this year, in which students cleared four miles of beach to prepare for sea turtle nesting. Boundy said she wanted to try something new and loves being outdoors, which is what the trip is all about.

“We will be working with an organization that works with rebuilding a town that was basically destroyed by a hurricane,” said junior Jenna Brackett before she attended the disaster relief trip. “I chose this trip because it’s an area I don’t have much experience in but would like to know more about. While on the trip I hope to learn how the nonprofit organization (that we work with) runs. I also hope to learn how the families have been coping with losing their homes and neighbors.”

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The good professor or the easy professor?

BY Samantha Belcher GVL STAFF WRITER

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Giving advice: GVSU film and video professor John Schmit meets with a student. The university has completed a preliminary university-wide assessment of academic advising services.

GV assesses advising resources

BY Liz Garlick GVL STAFF WRITER

The Provost’s Office at Grand Valley State University has conducted a “University Wide Academic Assessment” on undergraduate advising services based on the feedback from students, faculty, staff and administrators. As a result, colleges involved are already discussing changes they could make to improve students’ advising experience.

The assessment, which began in the summer 2011, has just completed its preliminary phase. Once all phases are complete, the provost office will present its findings and use the assessment to improve or enhance services in the advising departments, said Nancy Giardina, assistant vice president of Academic Affairs at GVSU. “A majority of students are very pleased with services in general in Academic

Advising,” Giardina said.

“However, we are waiting for the entire assessment report (to be completed).”

Giardina also said the academic advising department has increased resources and personnel over the past six years.

“We have allocated more space and locations for academic advising, and we are increasing use of technoloSEE ADVISING, A3

With the 2012-13 course registration opening next week, many students are hitting RateMyProfessors.com to decide which course sections they should aim for.

The website allows college students to rate their professors on overall quality, clarity, easiness and “hottness” [sic].

Students can also comment about the professors and give positive or negative feedback on their educational experience.

According to RateMyProfessors.com’s Facebook page, the site evaluates more than 1.5 million professors from over 7,500 colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. GVSU has 2,453 professor reviews on the site and 200 comments about the school in general.

A 2008 study titled “Does

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Researching profs: A GVSU student looks up professors on RateMyProfessors.com. Course registration opens next week.

RateMyProfessors.com really rate my professor?” for the “Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education” journal said the site shows students’ bias based on a

professor’s personality, charisma and grading leniency, and that the information does not reveal a professor’s SEE PROFESSOR, A3

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NEWS BRIEFS Lecture to discuss wind farm life cycle From the planning and design phase to the re-use or demolition phase, the life cycle of a wind energy farm includes several stages.

Iñigo J. Losada from the University of Cantabria in Spain will discuss the life cycle of offshore wind farms during a presentation at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center on Friday.

Losada, a professor of civil engineering, will discuss the importance of marine climate information and modelling tools to achieve cost-effective functionality, technical quality and environmentally sustainable conditions. He will present methods and tools for the assessment of the life cycle of offshore and coastal infrastructures, and present examples suitable to applications in the Great Lakes.

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‘Dream Big’

GV helps open army resource center Representatives from Grand Valley State University attended the grand opening ceremony of the Mary Walker Army Strong Community Center in Walker, Mich., on March 3. The community center is one of five centers of its kind in the U.S. and the first in the Midwest, and provides resources to service members and veterans and their family members.

GVSU was the only university from West Michigan to sign an agreement to participate in the Community Covenant program, which is designed to foster state and community partnerships with the Army to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families.

The covenant was signed by Grand Valley Assistant Dean of Students Steven Lipnicki, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Jack Stultz and community and government members.

Padnos International Center to host session on Fulbright scholarship The Padnos International Center will sponsor an information session for faculty members interested in applying to be a Fulbright scholar.

Andy Reiss, from the Fulbright Office of the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, will be available to answer questions on Friday, March 16, beginning at 3 p.m. in the DeVos Center, University Club Room.

Fulbright awards are typically for U.S. citizens only.

Register for the session at www.gvsu.edu/seminar (under FTLC programs).

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Limitless: Grand Valley State University junior Kristen Wellman looks at the “Dream Big” display in Niemeyer Living Center.

Office of Fellowships debuts ‘Dream Big’ workshop series

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hat do Golden Globe nominee Patrick Sheane Duncan, White Sox pitcher Matt Thornton and Former President of the Republic of Palau Tommy Remengesau have in common? They all drew on their experiences at Grand Valley State University to make a name for themselves and advance in their careers.

While some Lakers dream big and set their sights on careers that are often scarce and competitive, many are content with taking jobs only in Michigan, West Michigan or even the Grand Rapids area.

“One thing that we realized repeatedly when students come to meet with us is that its just always kind of a challenge to get students here to think bigger and to think about the opportunities that exist outside of Grand Valley and outside of West Michigan,” said Jackie Dickinson, graduate assistant in the Frederik Meijer Office of Fellowships.

Dickinson said the office is looking to change the depth of alumni pursuits

with its first Dream Big Workshop Series, which she said are meant to get students to consider their career possibilities and imagine their potential.

Amanda Cuevas, director of the Office of Fellowships, said the series would help students realize the scale of their life goals and figure out what a ‘game plan’ would look like to actualize their dreams. Cuevas said the office will get students a few steps closer to where they want to go.

“Our tagline in the Frederik Meijer Office of Fellowships is ‘Discover.

Dream. Destiny.’ so we want to really encourage the Grand Valley community to be thinking bigger, to be dreaming bigger and, as a part of that, to consider applying for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships,” Cuevas said.

“We want to find out what students particular goals and dreams are so that we can then see if there are any nationally competitive awards that might align with where they want to go.”

She added the workshops will help students discover the types of leadership and service opportunities they

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should get involved in to be competitive for the awards they wish to pursue.

Although the Chronicle of Education recognized GVSU as one of the nation’s top producers of U.S. Fulbright scholars in 2010, Cuevas said she looks to expand GVSU’s alumni profile and secure more nationally competitive fellowships for students who want them. An increase in award winners would also benefit future GVSU students by broadening their network and giving current Lakers a chance to connect with successful alumni.

“Of course our goal is to be able to get more scholarships and fellowships, students being awarded these types of fellowships and being able to grow our network,” Cuevas said. “We are developing a network of alumni that we are able to connect current students with.”

The different Dream Big workshops will help students develop professionalism, learn how to get professional recommendations, make good first impressions through E-mail and identify their strengths when writing personal statements.

Cuevas said the skills ac-

quired through the workshops will be beneficial for students applying for both fellowships and graduate schools, which also require impressive personal statements.

“There’s a value added in the pursuit of the process,” Cuevas said, “ So students really gain confidence, they gain a focus in who they are and where they want to go and what their next steps are, and without a doubt, students then as a consequence start dreaming bigger, they start thinking bigger, they start applying to graduate and professional schools that they may not have otherwise considered.”

Cuevas and Dickinson will be facilitating the workshops, which are open to both undergraduate and graduate students of all programs. Certain time slots will be geared toward freshmen and sophomores and others will be intended for juniors and seniors.

Students can attend each of the five workshops from Mar. 15 to April 4. For more information on the Dream Big Workshop Series, visit the website at www.gvsu. edu/fellowships/workshops-21.htm. news@lanthorn.com

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Alternative Breaks apart from other service organizations was the promotion of service learning. Alternative Breaks trips combine aspects of education and service together so participants work with a purpose and are able to immerse themselves in the issue.

They did this by following the organization’s three pillars: reflection, education and service. At the end of every day, volunteers gathered and discuss what they learned. De Villa said sharing experiences helps to open people up to a different light, and he added that volunteers leave the trip with more than service hours behind their belt.

“As a junior, and a social work major I can apply almost everything I learn through AB directly to my

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teaching effectiveness.

GVSU freshman Anna Biggio said she uses the site to help choose her classes.

“I want to find an easy and helpful professor for the class,” Biggio said, adding she finds the website helpful and effective because all of her professors have been great so far.

Although many students depend on the site, Bart Merkle, dean of students at GVSU, said students should be careful and cautious when using RateMyProfessors.com.

“You don’t know who is putting stuff up,” said Merkle, who has explored the site, himself, but said there is no real way of knowing if the information is credible. He added that there is not a way for students to crosscheck and validate comments that are being written on the website. “I think you are better off talking with people you know and trust.”

Biggio said she does not believe everything on the site and takes into account that “people who are interested in a class may find it easier than students who are indifferent,” and therefore give the professor better ratings.

The study argued that ratings on these websites could potentially be positive for both students and professors. For example, students can choose professors who

daily life,” Brackett said. “I feel more inspired that I can make a difference because of AB and will carry this through the rest of my life.”

Campus Ministry sent out 17 trips around the country and to Guatemala, El Salvador and Puerto Rico.

“These trips involve different service activities including physical labor projects, homeless ministry and after-school kids’ programs,” said Kristin Repucci, who went on the Guatemala trip. “Every trip is different, and they never really turn out how you expect them to.”

The members who attended the Guatemala trip worked with the organization Worldwide Hands to help build a Christian school in the city of San Cristobal.

Campus Ministry member Brad Teeple joined other members in the trip to El Salvador. fit their particular learning styles, and professors with negative comments can learn from the ratings and improve their performances.

While many students use the website to evaluate professors, Mary Schutten, associate dean of students for CLAS, said she does not know of any deans that use the site to determine whether to hire or keep certain professors.

“Deans would not use this site as it is not part of the evaluation process of professors (at GVSU).” Schutten said.

Merkle said the university uses its own course evaluations at the end of each semester to get student feedback about classes and professors.

The study also showed that professors with characteristics such as easiness and attractiveness, as perceived by students, had more positive ratings and comments.

RateMyProfessors.com has been around for 13 years and was the inspiration for other evaluation websites like Myedu.com, ProfessorPerformance.com and RateMyTeacher.com.

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“Our main service opportunity while being there will be running the skate park there, which gives the kids an alternative for a hang out

place rather then being on the streets,” Teeple said before he left.

He added that he was most looking forward to

seeing firsthand the issues that are currently effecting El Salvador and participating in the effort to ease the problems.

“I wanted to go on an international trip to get the sense of service needs outside of the U.S. and to experience a different culture.”

Repucci said the biggest difference between Alternative Breaks and Campus Ministry trips is the Ministry’s incorporation of religion. Alternative Breaks is not religiously affiliated.

“Alternative Breaks is different than Campus Ministry spring breaks, but I’ve heard that they are really awesome, as well,” she said.

“The only major difference is that Alternative Breaks does not have the religious component that Campus Ministry trips do; we spend a portion of our time on the trip praying together and doing devotionals and worshiping and such.”

Students returned from their trips during the last few days of break. kforce@lanthorn.com

ADVISING

not offer enough academic advising appointments in Allendale,” Zwart said. “We currently have access to an office two days a week in the Connection but it isn’t enough for us to serve all the students in a timely manner.”

Zwart said she realizes visiting the downtown campus for health-related advising appointments involves a time commitment, and her hope is to obtain a “permanent satellite office in Allendale” with a CHP academic advisor or faculty member who is available for students five days a week.

Paul Plotkowski, dean of the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing, said the assessment conducted confirmed a need to be more proactive in the department’s advising process.

“We’ve started to more heavily invest in early outreach, even before students get to campus,” Plotkowski said. “We started this with our incoming freshman students

and are now in the process of integrating more proactive advising with transfer and international students.”

The dean described the students’ feedback as “overwhelmingly positive,” and said he knows that not all students come in and take advantage of what is available, but those that do often come back multiple times to discuss academic plans and career and life goals.

Mike Messner, director of the Student Academic Success Center, which specializes with pre-major students at GVSU, said he believes these students make good use of his office.

“It is always important to start working with one’s adviser early in one’s academic career to start strategically planning educational goals

and narrowing down major and career possibilities,” Messner said.

He added that students have an overall positive view about pre-major advisers in the office.

“I often hear that students are appreciative of the time staff takes in working with them as individuals and assisting in guiding them to resources that help in their educational planning,” he said.

The university assessment is not yet complete, but changes will be made once the assessment is reviewed and have already been considered in some colleges.

For more information about academic advising, visit the website at www.gvsu.edu/ advising. egarlick@lanthorn.com

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Serving the community: Members of the Alternative Breaks Park Preservation trip climb a rock formation at Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia during their service trip last week.

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gies in addition,” she said, adding that ooVoo is one of the most recent advancements.

Giardina said the studentadviser ratio varies with each academic department, and so does satisfaction.

The responsibilities of being an adviser are not just to pick classes, but to help students consider co-curricular options outside of class, such as internships. Faculty advisers can also help students connect with resources to make progress on and complete their degrees in a timely manner. Advisers in any field should also work with students to see if they are hitting the right landmarks throughout their college careers, such as signing up for the appropriate classes for upcoming semesters.

College of Health Professions’ Student Services director, Darlene Zwart, said three academic advisers in the college have been able to meet with more than 700 students over the course of each semester.

“In terms of complaints, the main concern expressed by our students is that we do

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CHALLENGING A s GVSU students flock to MyBanner to plan out next year’s schedule, it’s easy to fill up a coarse load with easy professors and blow-off classes, but play to your strengths and take a challenge or two.

Websites like RateMyProfessors. com and word-of-mouth recommendations can help shape your schedule, but take them with a grain of salt. Remember that people, whether

With course registration around the corner, it can be tempting to take it easy, but it is important to challenge yourself, too

commenting anonymously online or talking face-to-face can be biased, especially in classes they don’t perform well in, and play to your strengths.

Know when to play it safe, taking easier courses and professors in the subject areas you struggle with, and challenge yourself in your major and in subjects that excite you.

Too difficult of a schedule can add undue stress and burn you out, but

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a course load full of blow-offs will have you coasting and bored, which is a miserable way to spend a semester.

A mix of challenging classes or professors mixed in with easier ones can help you maintain a balanced schedule that allows you to grow without biting off more than you can proverbially chew.

When it comes time to select your

schedule, the best advice is to know your strengths and weaknesses. Know where you can afford to stretch yourself to your limits and know where you need to reel back and give yourself a break. And when you inevitably get stuck with a required course you hate, or one taught exclusively by a professor you don’t like? All you can do is grin and bear it and do your best to make it through.

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How did you spend your spring break?

“I celebrated my birthday by taking a trip to Chicago with friends.”

Avana Johnson

Senior, nursing major Kentwood, Mich.

“I relaxed with my family and played with my beagle puppy.”

Kayleen Hammitte

Sophomor, allied health science major Flat Rock, Mich.

“I went home and saw my family and just took a break from my hectic schedule.”

Making the Invisible Children more transparent Jeff Sorensen

Sophomore, public relations major Little Lake, Mich.

“Spent time with friends and familiy.”

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Suzannah Simon

Sophomore, allied health science major Charlevoix, Mich.

“Doing bad stuff in the ghetto.”

Issac Clark

Sophomore, allied health science major Detroit, Mich.

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Welcome back from Mid-semester Vacation!

Hope you’re ready to feel guilty!

In case you were away from the internet last week (I know Señor Frogs can have some spotty WiFi), the newest Invisible Children video came out, titled “KONY 2012.” The subject of the video is Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, an army of children who slaughter and murder. And they don’t even get their Saturday morning cartoons.

Having totally forgotten about the Invisible Children campaign for the past five years (despite owning a shirt), I was surprised at the amount of backlash this

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from what they do with donated money. Allegedly, only 32 percent of the donations go directly to the efforts of helping free these kids. Many blogs are upset that the rest of the money goes to filmmaking and travel expenses. However, to be fair, Invisible Children is, first and foremost, an awareness organization.

Their primary focus is to provide information to the nation’s youth in hopes that this knowledge will result in action, like what happened with SOPA or the “For every tweet, we’ll give $1 to Mark Zuckerberg” campaign.

And even though IC claims that they do not finance the Ugandan Army directly—a force that has committed rapes and murders of their own, much like Kony’s LMA—challengers argue that assisting this militia in any way is similar to advocating their actions.

I encourage everyone to do their own research into

this topic if they have any questions because there really are arguments for both sides and I’m surprised how black-and-white these two sides are making this issue.

I agree that awareness is an important aspect to putting an end to Kony’s reign (whether he has 300 or 30,000 child soldiers, depending on the source).

It may be “slacktivism”— which is a remarkably clever name for assuming a “like” or a repost constitutes social change—but for an ADD generation like ours, constant reminders from a consistent organization is what we need to stay on track. Otherwise, it’s easy to forget that we’re still fighting for a worthy cause.

Speaking of which, NBC’s brilliant show “Community” is in danger of cancellation, so please watch it, this Thursday at 8 p.m.

I mean, focus. Child soldiers; bad. cslattery@lanthorn.com

Helping countries that help themselves

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video received within its first 24 hours. It seemed ridiculous that anyone would protest a non-profit organization that looks to end the abduction and brainwashing of children in Africa.

However, due to some shady financing and questionable motives, plenty of blogs (the epitome of factual evidence online) are thinking twice before joining the campaign to make Joseph Kony the world’s most famous villain (even more than Voldemort) and donate to the Invisible Children movement.

There seem to be two main points that everyone should be able to agree upon: Kony is a very bad guy and this is a very complicated issue, far beyond the scope of what this column can reach. I know I’m known to write humorous columns, but let me just say this: child soldiers are not funny (they have terrible comedic timing).

Much of the opposition of Invisible Children comes

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Between you, me, and whoever else reads this - the whole “KONY 2012” thing bit seems silly.

If my name were Rambo or Chuck Norris, I’d already be in Uganda and have won the war there outright, and without needing to be prompted

by Facebook. Surely, the human rights violations taking place in Uganda at the hand of one Mr. Kony are terrible.

Forcing children to fight in a rag-tag army represents a robbery of their innocence, their future and their lives.

The recent Facebook fad of posting movie clips and raising awareness of such atrocities and war crimes does more to make people feel good in western countries than it does to put things right in far away lands. The only way to stop Mr. Kony is with military force, something most Facebook users are incapable of bringing to bear. Even if there were an operation to kill or capture Mr. Kony, the political cost of having to kill off the child army he surrounds himself with

would be immense.

Too many times are we urged to come to the aid of those in other faroff countries who do not appear to be first helping themselves. Why not plea for aid to those in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt or Syria?

People who are going to such lengths and even giving their lives to fight for a better and more just future for themselves and their children.

Why should the U.S. or any other country come to the aid of the people of Uganda? Why can’t the government of that country put down Mr. Kony’s forces with their regular army? It

would seem rather easy for an army of men to defeat a band of a few hundred that includes some children.

I’m sure some people who haven’t already set their newspaper on fire by now think I must be heartless or have my own army of kidnapped children, but I don’t mean to be insensitive. I only mean to argue that the people of the world cannot always expect the U.S. or other countries to be a global police force and must at times fight for their own rights as people have done throughout human history. assistantnews@ lanthorn.com

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WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM?

BY ANYA ZENTMEYER GVL MANAGING EDITOR

In an effort to reach out to the Grand Valley State University student body, the Lanthorn is kicking off it’s first installment of “What’s Your Problem?”

Students, faculty and staff are invited to submit questions or concerns regarding university policies or conflicts to the Lanthorn. Reporters will then contact the appropriate sources, find answers to readers’ questions and feature the story in Monday editions.

Justin Russ: “Grand Valley State University posts all of its students’ email addresses and phone number on People Finder.

I find it a breach of priva-

cy that GVSU posted my cell phone number without my permission.”

Jerry Montag, university registrar, said there is no breach of privacy in the way GVSU handles student directory information, which Montag said they consider to be a student’s name, local phone number and email address.

“The student maintains their own phone number in Banner,” Montag said.

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The Grand Valley State University swimming and diving teams will send 25 athletes to the Division II NCAA Championships in Mansfield, Texas on Tuesday.

GVSU will head to the event after both teams finished in second place in the GLIAC behind Wayne State University.

The championship meet will take place over a six day period and will conclude on March 18.

A season ago, both teams finished the NCAA Championship ranked in the top 10 with the men finishing in seventh place while the women ended the year in ninth place.

Basketball teams place seven on All-Academic Teams and two on Academic Excellence Team

Seven different athletes from the Grand Valley State University basketball teams were named the 2012 GLIAC basketball All-Academic teams.

The All-Academic teams are comprised of athletes who maintain a GPA of 3.0-3.49.

The men’s team had two selections in sophomore guard Dan Newell and senior guard Mike Przydzial. Newell and Przydizial are studying computer science and physical education, respectively.

The women’s team had five different athletes named to the All-Academic team including Dani Crandall, Kara Crawford, Emily England Brittany Taylor and Briauna Taylor.

Additionally, sophomore Breanna Kellogg and junior Lauren Stodola were named to the Academic Excellence Team for maintaining a 3.50 GPA or higher.

Kellogg and Stodola are studying health professions and Physical Education, respectively.

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Laker women break records, defend title; men qualify three All-Americans

BY Zach Sepanik GVL staff writer

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riday and Saturday, Mankato, Minn., witnessed a team so hungry it made the “Hunger Games” competitors look stuffed, as the Grand Valley State University women’s track and field team won their second-straight NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championship, while the GVSU men’s team claimed three All-America honors.

“This is a total team, program, athletic administration and school, accomplishment,” said GVSU men’s and women’s head coach Jerry Baltes. “It is not just the kids that were out here competing and the coaching staff. Everyone involved had a little bit to do to help us get where we were today.”

Five National Championship event winners, three second-place finishes and five additional top-eight placers that earned All-America honors culminated in the women scoring 94 team points, greatly outdistancing second-

place Adams State University with 51.

“Everyone did the best that they could do and we all worked hard to get here,” said junior Sam Lockhart, who claimed the first individual National Championship of her career on her final toss in the weight throw with a mark of 67 feet, 6 inches, a NCAA Division II National Championship meet record. “I think we are still hungry for even more. It is awesome, but it is still not enough.”

The distance medley relay team of grad students Betsy Graney and Rachel Patterson, and sophomores Leiah Hess and Lisa Galasso, finished in 11 minutes 23.35 seconds, also a meet record.

Meanwhile, sophomore Kristen Hixson earned an individual title, winning the pole vault by clearing a career-best 13 feet, 1.50 inches.

Another thrower, senior Lauren Buresh, captured the individual crown in the shot put with a toss of 52 feet, 10.25 inches, just beating out Lockhart, who held a slim margin prior to Buresh’s final throw.

Patterson also claimed another title in the 5,000-meter run, finishing with a meet record time of 16:07.28, demolishing the previous record of 16:16.77, held by former GVSU Laker Mandi Zemba.

“Our kids really did a great job of staying focused on themselves and just competing to the best of their ability,” Baltes said. “You can’t worry what everyone else is doing. We did a very good job of that.”

The men, meanwhile, finished 22nd in the team results with 10 points.

Grand Canyon University captured the men’s National Championship.

In his first-ever National Championship meet, GVSU senior Anthony Witt earned All-America honors. Fellow senior Tyler Emmorey also received All-America recognition, as did sophomore Bret Myers.

“We didn’t bring as many people as we were hoping to coming into the season,” Witt said. “We are happy to come away with three of the five as All-Americans. Hopefully we can im-

prove on that vastly going into the outdoor season.”

Witt finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:20.46. Emmorey, competing in his final race in a Laker uniform, crossed the finish line eighth in a time of 14:28.66, earning his fourth All-America honor.

“It is one of the best life decisions I have ever made was coming to this school because of the program and the people,” Emmorey said. “Really all the guys on the team I can count on.

It has been a great ride and it is sad to see it end, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

Myers tallied a fifth-place finish in the pole vault, clearing 16-04.75 to earn All-America honors in his firstever appearance at the NCAA National Championships.

“They competed well and competed hard,” Baltes said. “They didn’t have as many bodies, but we are very proud of our men as well. I am proud to be a part of it.” zsepanik@lanthorn.com

Team to begin outdoor season on new track

BY Zach Sepanik GVL staff writer

With their indoor seasons finished, a new era in Grand Valley State University men’s and women’s track and field will soon begin when the Lakers open the 2012 outdoor season at home against Saginaw Valley State University on their brand-new outdoor track complex on March 31.

It will be one of five meets the Lakers host in the outdoor season, a far greater number than they are accustomed to.

“It’s going to be great because we can sleep in our own beds,” said senior sprinter Xavier Parnell. “But it is really going to be a great year to open and see what we can do on this track. We have been waiting for this for a while.”

Not only is it something that the student-athletes have been counting down the days to, but the coaching staff has had a profound exuberance for the new facility.

“To have some home meets so our student-athletes have the opportunity to compete in front of friends and family, that will definitely be a plus,” said

GVSU men’s and women’s head coach Jerry Baltes. “In addition, not having to miss as much class time will really help us and then not traveling will save wear and tear on the body.”

The outdoor season holds some distinct differences from indoor. There are several new events including the 400-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay in sprints, the 10,000-meter run and steeplechase in distance, as well as the discus and javelin for throwing events. However, the elements of Mother Nature are something not to be forgotten, especially in Michigan.

“The weather is variable so that may not be the best,” Parnell said.

“The meets give us the best opportunity to succeed. Say the distance runners make a trip to California, it gives them an opportunity to compete in warmer weather, which we all need.”

As two-time indoor National Champions and reigning Division II outdoor National Champions, the women’s focus is strictly on repeating just as they did in the indoor season.

“I think some people would get complacent after winning one national championship,” said junior mid-dis-

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Breaking it in: Members of the indoor track and field team compete at a past meet.

The team begins its outdoor season March 31 on a new outdoor track complex.

tance runner Ashley Botham. “For our team, it keeps us hungry to win another one just because we do want to come back and defend our title. It only fuels the fire to push us harder.”

While there is a significant layoff between the end of the indoor season and the start of the outdoor season, it is a time where either taking some time

off or continuing to progress is necessary, depending on the athlete.

“It really depends on the individual, the event group,” Baltes said. “You definitely have to take what we call a deep breath, whether it is one day, two days, or a week and just let your body catch up.” zsepanik@lanthorn.com

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Staying ahead: Head women’s lacrosse coach Alicia Groveston standing in front of the display case at GVSU’s Recreation Center.

W. lacrosse debuts on spring break trip

BY Joe Maher-Edgin GVL STAFF WRITER

Friday is set to be a big day for Laker athletics at Grand Valley State University.

The Lakers have expanded their list of varsity sports to include a women’s lacrosse team, which will take their home field for the first time against Lindenwood University.

The team has been preparing for the upcoming debut season over spring break in North Carolina, where it played exhibition matches against Pfeiffer University, Converse College, LenoirRhyne University and Queens University of Charlotte.

The 10-day trip was long and tiring, head coach Alicia Groveston said upon returning home, but her team is itching for Friday’s match and a chance to play at home for the first time.

“It was very exciting and at times intimidating for our team to play in its first ever games,” Groveston said.

“However, I think they are super pumped to play in front of a home crowd this week. This is when they get to show their families, friends and the entire community how hard they have been working and how far they have come.”

Junior captain Allyson Fritts brushed off the concerns of this being the first season for women’s lacrosse at GVSU. “Just because we are a new team doesn’t mean anything,” she said. “We work extremely hard to get better and stay in shape for the season,” Fritts said. “We want success and hope that everyone will support us on our journey.”

Groveston said the trip was very beneficial to get match experience out of the way before the Lakers come home to begin the season.

“Our team got its first win against Converse College, but overall we went 1-3 on Spring Break,” Groveston said. “As a whole, we learned a lot about what we need to work on and

how much harder we need to push ourselves.”

Groveston said the team is still developing and that the trip to North Carolina helped in identifying areas that the team needs to fine-polish in order to have a successful first season.

However, she said she is confident her team has what it takes to compete at a high level.

“After our first four games we have seen what we need to work on and which positions we need to develop,” Groveston said. “Our coaching staff has worked hard to create an athletic, hard working and aggressive style of play. Each of our players are working out their roles. We have the talent to be successful and our players believe that they can play and win at the next level.”

As far as the season goes, the women’s lacrosse team has big goals set to continue a winning tradition at GVSU. Fritts said though the team is excited, they do feel some pressure from the athletic legacy established by other teams.

“GVSU does nothing but excel at athletics so I feel a pressure to push my teammates and myself to be the best that we possibly can,” Fritts said.

Groveston added that the team would like to finish with an even record and that the Lakers will be targeting specific opponents, who could become conference rivals at some point in the future.

“The goal we set out to accomplish at the start of the year was to have a .500 record, which I feel is a very achievable,” Groveston said.

“In addition, we would like to beat those opponents who will be in our conference in the future such as Tiffin, Lake Erie, Notre Dame College and Urbana.”

First draw for the women’s lacrosse team will be this Friday at home at 4 p.m. jmaheredgin@lanthorn.com

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Winding up: GVSU senior baseball team member Jared Cowan steps up to bat during a previous match. The Lakers will be on the road Saturday and Sunday to face off against Urbana University following last week’s spring training in Florida.

Rounding into shape

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ast season, the Grand Valley State University baseball team found itself just a few games from a national championship at the NCAA Division II College World Series. Although the team was eliminated two games in, that experience is something fueling the team in their attempt to recapture that success this season.

“We have a lot of new guys, a lot of freshman and transfers, so I think we’re just trying to take away all the positives from last year and put them into this year,” said senior pitcher Kyle Schepel. “I think overall we’ve been playing pretty solid and were just trying to get rolling and get everyone used to each other.”

The team, which finished last season 52-5, opened their 2012 campaign with their annual spring training trip to Winter Haven, Fla. While those seven spring games served as the

Lakers first big stretch of the season, the team officially opened their season late last month, taking two of three from Bellarmine University. Along with those early-season games, the team played a set of games in Cuba against their junior all-star team in early January.

“Something all coaches strive for is get off to a good start, and 6-4 is not bad,” said GVSU head coach Steve Lyon. “We felt like we played ok, and we played down to the level of competition a few times … but that’s the game of baseball.”

While their record stands at 6-4 through their first ten games, the young team has gained valuable experience. They’ve played close games, extra-inning games and even a loss to Seton Hill University that saw the teams combine for an eye-popping 30 runs.

“Certainly, the one-run games and extra inning games are important, a little more pressure on at bats and more pressure on guys

coming out of the bullpen,” Lyon said. “Hopefully we aren’t going to play another game like (18-12) all year. The value comes in playing close games, and of course feeling like you can win those like we did against (Minnesota State) Mankato.”

That ability to win close games comes down to the team’s ability to execute in key spots, something Lyon said the team will look to improve upon as the season goes on.

Along with that execution comes offense, which saw the team score 10-plus runs 19 times last season.

Despite losing outfielder Cody Grice, drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft, the team returns a solid portion its offense, led by senior outfielder Steve Anderson, who’s hit .419 to go with two home runs and 15 RBIs this season.

“I just think (close games) help us understand our team and our chemistry and how we work togeth-

er,” said junior outfielder Chris Ripple. “Really, it’s just repetition, that’s the only thing you can do to build chemistry.”

Chemistry is key for the offense, but GVSU’s pitching will also be key. Seniors Cory Rademacher, Ryan Garman and Kyle Schepel return to lead the staff, albeit to the tune of some early-season struggles.

“I think we are pitching well, but other teams have just been hitting,” Schepel said. “A lot of it is just minimizing mistakes and going out there and competing every time.”

Garman, who threw the seventh no-hitter in GVSU history last season, has struggled this season, standing 0-2 with an 11.32 earned run average, but Lyon has said he expects him to return to form as the season progresses.

The Lakers will return to practice this week before heading on the road to take on Urbana University on Saturday and Sunday. sports@lanthorn.com

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Offense leads Lakers to 11-1 start

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A season ago, the Grand Valley State University softball team belted an NCAAleading 76 home runs, but as they open their opened their 2012 season, the Lakers proved they can win games without the long ball.

In its first 12 days of competition, GVSU (11-1) out-hit its opponents 124-55 with only four of those hits resulting in home runs.

The Lakers won in dominating fashion with 15-1 and 10-1 victories over University of Minnesota Crookston (0-7) and University of New Haven University (02), respectively. However, GVSU also snatched two come-from-behind efforts, knocking off Wayne State College Nebraska (7-3) by a score of 3-2 and Northern State University (7-9) by a score of 7-5.

“We had a very good hitting team from last year and we have everyone back so I think it’s carrying over into this year,” said GVSU head coach Doug Woods. “They have that confidence that if we get down by one or two runs… we’ve got a great chance of coming back.”

In 2011, GVSU advanced to NCAA Division II Super Regionals and compiled a record of 46-11. With its entire roster returning, junior Katie Martin said expectations are high for 2012.

Martin, the 2011 Dak-

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Out of the park: Grand Valley State University’s Briauna Taylor swings the bat during a previous softball match.

tronics National Player of the Year, and 2011 GLIAC Freshman of the Year Miranda Cleary will look to lead the way for the Lakers.

Martin, who sees time as the designated player and is a pitcher for the Lakers, led the team with .468 batting average, 20 home runs and 65 RBI last season. Cleary, a third baseman, returns for her second season with GVSU after racking up 59 hits and 19 home runs as a freshman.

Although the duo has the ability to trot around the bases, the Lakers roster features 12 returning players who hit

.300 or better last season.

“It’s great everyone on our team can hit because if there is one good player on a team you can pitch around d them,” Martin said. “With our team you can’t pitch around anyone because the next person is just as likely to hit a home run as the last person.”

Throughout the spring break trip to Florida, junior outfielder Nellie Kosola led the team with 22 hits while sophomore shortstop Briauna Taylor led GVSU with three home runs.

“Nellie is our lead-off and Briauna is our second

hitter and the two of them, for the weekend, hit over .500,” Woods said. “When you have people on base right at the beginning of your batting order, it gives you a great chance to score some runs.”

Offensive firepower aside, the GVSU pitching staff showed they can also turn in dominating performances.

Collectively, the four pitchers through three shutouts and combined for 11 wins.

Senior pitcher Andrea Nicholson said all four pitchers had solid first outings and she expects that the depth within the pitching staff will help the Lakers keep opponents at bay this season.

The lone loss on GVSU’s record came in a 1-0 decision to Kutztown University (11-1). The Lakers mustered four more hits than the Golden Bears, but could not pull off a victory.

“Kutztown is a very good team,” Woods said. “We played them last year and we beat them in extra innings.

They played very well; we had six hits and just couldn’t punch them together. Early in year, it’s good to see we can play good teams, can stay close and have a good chance at winning.”

The Lakers will open up the home portion of their schedule on Tuesday against St. Joesph College with a double header slated to begin at 3 p.m. assistantsports@ lanthorn.com

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The Grand Valley State University men’s and women’s golf teams are looking to duplicate the success they saw in the fall, carrying it with them into the spring half of their season.

On the men’s side, the team captured the program’s fifthever GLIAC Championship this past fall. The Lakers shot rounds of 290, 295 and 302 to finish 23-over-par, 16 strokes better than second-place Tiffin University.

“Before the GLIAC’s I thought we played well,” said head coach Don Underwood.

“I thought the fall season was very strong for us. Chris Cunningham and Nick Gunthorpe were very good and we expected that going in. We knew we had what I felt, two of the top players in the conference.”

Cunningham took home the individual GLIAC title with a one-over-par score, shooting rounds of 73, 71 and 73 for a total score of 217. The sophomore became the first GLIAC individual champion for GVSU since Matt Malloure did it in 2007.

Senior Nick Gunthorpe took second place in the individual scores at the GLIAC tournament and finished with a three-over-par 219. He shot rounds of 73, 72 and 74.

The Lakers carried their success over from the GLIAC Championship’s and won the next week at the Outback Steakhouse Invitational, which was hosted by the University of Findlay. GVSU took first place by shooting a score of 583.

“We had a very good fall,” Underwood said. “We’d like

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Nationals-bound: Freshman Blaine Marney stays focused during a previous match against Hope.

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Returning to the green: Senior Travis Shooks (pictured) and the rest of the men’s golf team will be back in action Saturday.

to get back to getting into the routine of playing the game again and getting our guys comfortable playing golf coming off the winter. Hopefully it won’t take us long to pick up the momentum we had at the end of the fall.”

For the Lakers, taking home the GLIAC title was a confidence booster for the team. They hope that experiencing success in the fall will help them in this upcoming spring season.

“At conferences, we kind of ran away with it,” said senior Nick Gunthorpe. “I think we are more confident now after beating everyone in our conference.”

The GVSU women had their own share of success in the fall season as well. GVSU took first in four tournaments: the Michael Corbett Fall Classic (603), Ferris State Invitational (588), Bing Beall Classic (625) and the Laker Fall Classic (618).

Senior Sarah Hoffman was the highlight of the GVSU women’s team, taking first

individually in the Bing Beall Classic (147), Dallas Baptist Classic (146) and the Laker Fall Classic (145).

Hoffman was named GLIAC Woman’s Golf Athlete of the Week for three consecutive weeks. She averaged a score of 73.9 for the fall season.

The women have some of their most important meets of the year coming up in the spring season, including the GLIAC Championships, the NCAA Division II Super Regionals and the NCAA Division II National Championships. GVSU has set their sights on these tournaments, and they look forward to having good showings.

“Some of our team goals this year include winning conferences, regionals and a top-three finish at nationals,” Hoffman said.

The men will next be in action Saturday at the NKU Spring Classic. The women’s next meet is March 31 at the ODU “Give 18 Fore for Cancer” Classic. bderouin@lanthorn.com

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fter preparing for it all season, the Grand Valley State University Division II hockey club team is heading to Nationals, where the Lakers are looking to achieve their secondconsecutive National Championship.

“We’re going in with a lot of confidence,” said junior defender Craig Marrett.

“We’re also going in with a huge target on our back as returning champions. We can’t take anyone lightly. Everyone is there for the same reason we are.”

Beginning on Friday, Florida Gulf Coast University will host the 16 top-ranked Division II teams from across the nation for five days of win-or-go-home hockey. The teams will be divided into four pools, with four teams in each pool facing off with hopes of advancing to the semi-finals and eventually the finals.

“Everyone’s always excited for this point, even right when the season starts,” said senior forward Brad Keough. “We should have a good chance if we play smart and play our game. Anyone

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University Creighton and Why of She Reads the University of Toledo and a competition,” Black said. “I gun,” said senior Josh KaThe Lanthorn: tough Division III team from zdan. “We are very optimistic “I like to be informed tried to schedule matches facOlivet University. starting those matches and we andNazarene involved in what’s ing opponents who are better The men’s currently going on team, a school and inthan us so we could improve competed against very tough theNo. community. ranked 9 regionally, came and that is what we have teams in the beginning just to away with a 3-4 record after done.” prepare ourselves for these upthe week’s matches, putting Now that the Lakers have coming conference teams.” them at 3-9 on the season. returned from their “vacation” Both teams are prepping They captured their first win of they will be working on mak- to continue their seasons on the season on Tuesday against ing their doubles game stron- a high note with the women Le Moyne University in a 9-0 ger and continue to improve hosting Lewis University on sweep, but fell later in the day as a whole. The women have April 9 and the men hosting to Olivet Nazarene 6-3. moved up in the ITA National Aquinas College on March The women’s team started Ranking to No. 24 but they 31. off Monday by dropping their will be seeking “revenge” tohuhn@lanthorn.com first match 5-2 against Creigh- wards the end of the seasons, ton, but turned it around with possibly playing rivals Drury a 9-0 sweep of Minnesota University or Northwood State University, Mankato. University during tournament The team finished up the week play. with a 6-2 record and stands at “This was a vacation even 21-7 for the season. though we have played a lot “Both teams have played of matches on the trip,” Hayes very solid tennis,” said GVSU said. “We pushed to get stronhead coach John Black. “Just ger and we did, but we can’t being outside and in the sun, bring back the “vacation” we have had a great opportu- mentality. We have to still nity to bond as a team, work work hard because we want to on our doubles and just im- compete at nationals.” prove our play for upcoming The men’s team will be competition.” focused on fighting hard durThe women stepped up ing upcoming conference play when competition got tough and have treated the spring allowing for half of their wins break trip as “turn-around” for ending in shutouts. Freshman their season. With their postMorgan Patterson and senior season play relying on crucial Tara Hayes were the most con- wins against conference teams sistent single players through- the men feel ready to take on out the week, helping the team the competition. play “on a whole other level.”

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pretty easy to get ahead of yourself at Nationals. We have to take everything a day at a time. As soon as you start looking ahead, you run into problems.”

With so many excellent teams battling for the National Championship title, it would be easy to get intimidated. However, the Lakers are confident that, if they play to the best of their ability and avoid any of their past mistakes, they will be able to take a shot at the title once again.

“It’s just going to be a matter of who is strongest and who can withstand playing five games in five days and keep their level of play high,” Forbes said. “I think our team can do that. Our goal was to make it to Nationals to give ourselves a chance to repeat our success from last year and we’ve put ourselves in a good position to do that.

I think it will be a great accomplishment to have back to back National Championships, but it’s a tough road to accomplish that goal. I won’t be disappointed if we don’t win, but on the other hand, I wouldn’t be surprised if we ended up winning it.” jvanzytveld@lanthorn.com

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can beat anyone else on any given night, but we feel like we have a good enough team to beat anyone there.”

The Lakers, who were placed in Pool D, will play the Northern Arizona University on Friday, the Siena College on Saturday and Penn State University on Sunday. Should the Lakers advance, they will take on the victor from Pool B in the semi-finals.

“We’ve got one of the more difficult pools,” said GVSU coach Mike Forbes.

“Ours has the best balance.

We’ve got our hands full in pool-play, and if we’re fortunate enough to advance out of that, then who knows from there? Every team that is there has the ability to win the Championship, that’s the catch-22 of Nationals. There are several very good hockey teams. It’s important that we clean our game up so that we’re ready to go when the puck drops.”

The Lakers will depart for Fort Myers, Fla., on Wednesday, and despite the temptation to look ahead to the finals, the team is committed to taking every day one game at a time.

“We can’t get overconfident,” Marrett said. “It’s

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Professor reflects on Ron Paul’s Hudsonville visit

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Contender: Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Paul visited Hudsonville, Mich., where he discussed changes to education and Social Security.

Economics prof discusses how Ron Paul’s hopeful plans would affect higher education and its students

By Joel Campbell GVL Staff Writer

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ollowing Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s pre-primary visit to Hudsonville, Mich., Grand Valley State University economics department chair and professor Paul Isely said both students and schools would have to make significant adaptations if Paul is elected and goes through with proposed measures such as eliminating the federal Department of Education, subsequently eliminating student loans.

“The expectation would be that it would increase cost,” Isely said.

However, this increase in cost of attendance would lower the student population and force schools to change their ways.

In an article in the American Bar

Association Journal, published this past December, authors wrote that the legal world is taking a very serious look at what they have deemed “the law school bubble.” Undergraduate and professionals schools are part of the larger “school bubble” which will, as the housing bubble did, eventually burst. This will result in a correction one way or the other.

As a whole, the U.S. student debt now totals at $1 trillion, none of which can be erased if a person declares bankruptcy. Eventually a correction will occur, but how it will occur is the question that remains.

“The other major problem we have faced these last five years is the inability of politicians to allow the correction to occur,” Paul said.

“When mistakes are made you’re

supposed to have a correction.”

Isely responded to Paul’s proposals.

“If he got everything he wanted, you should expect a recession in 2013-2014,” Isely said.

However, as Isely sees it, this temporary pain would most likely lead to better investments. Although Paul’s plan could lead to another recession, it would seem that another recession is already in the cards.

The New York Times reported on it in August 2011.

“There’s a lot of credibility in that argument,” Isely said.

Among other issues discussed at the Hudsonville rally, Paul mentioned allowing 25-year-olds and “under the ability” citizens to opt out of Social Security, which would free up their money to be spent in

more lucrative ways to help stimulate the economy. Generations already dependent on Social Security would not have to worry about their coverage being cut, as individuals between the ages of 26 and 64 would still be contributing to Social Security.

Although it may not seem like a pressing issue to most college students, Social Security, originally an optional program, evolved into its current form that in a report released by the Congressional Budget Office, has been decried as “broke.”

Instead of taxing people for Social Security and having that money eventually lost through inflation or mismanagement, much like Paul’s “token cut of one trillion dollars,” the opting out of Social Security would work much in the same way.

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“It would be that the government would quit spending it, and the people would spend it,” Paul told rally attendees. jcampbell@lanthorn.com

Team Building class learns through service

By Rachel Melke GVL Laker Life Editor

While most classes at Grand Valley State University try to integrate teamwork with group projects, one class in particular breathes it: MGT 345, or Team Building.

There are four sections, taught by professors Monica Allen, William Mothersell and Joshua Gerlick.

In Allen’s class, the students are given the following criteria to complete a team project: The project must be large enough to entail a group effort, the project should be manageable enough for you to address in one semester, the project can be within the university or the community at large and the project must make some contribution to society.

Although the students can select any project to work on, the goal is to produce a creative outcome.

“I try not to get too involved in the decision making because I do not want to stifle the creativity of the teams,” Allen said.

Overall, Allen has been pleased with the results she has seen.

“I have been thoroughly amazed, semester after semester, at the amount of creativity and work that the students put into their projects,” Allen said. “Some teams choose projects that focus on the GVSU community, while others focus on the city of GR, West Michigan as a whole and some even do projects that go beyond our state. This project allows the students to ‘give back’ their time and talent to others and to also learn how to work with their teammates to make some contribution to society.”

Mothersell offers a similar assignment, while Gerlick spreads multiple team building assignments throughout the semester.

“For me it is very rewarding to see the students learn,” Allen said. “I would rather they learn by doing than to sit and listen to me lecture about how to be a team. The best way to learn is to just do it.”

Soles4Souls Students in Allen’s class — Lindsey Marvicsin, Julia Hisey, Topher Jarman, Nhat Nguyen and Liz Slatin — chose to work with the Soles4Souls organization. This organization “collects new shoes to give relief to the victims of abject suffering and collects used shoes to support micro-business efforts to eradicate poverty,” as noted on the mission section on their website.

“We knew that organizations existed that gave shoes to children in need, and thought this one would be a good one to partner with because it helps individuals in over 127 different countries and 55 percent of their distribution occurs right here in the U.S,” Marvicsin said.

To help this organization, this group is hosting a 5k run/ walk on campus to raise money for Soles4Souls.

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Sack Suppers: Volunteers make sandwiches during a previous Kids’ Food Basket event. The organization is one being assisted by students in MGT 345, Team Building.

“We decided to raise money for the Soles4Souls because it’s one of two ways that we could help the organization,” Marvicsin said. “We figured that raising money through registration fees for the 5k would be easiest for college students to help in a fun way, rather than having them find or buy shoes to donate.”

The 5k will be held this Friday at 5 p.m. Due to the proximity to St. Patrick’s Day, the race has taken that theme.

“I am really looking forward to seeing all of the creative costumes and outfits that people show up in for the race,” Jarman said. “This project has led to starting an event that we hope can start a yearly Shamrock Run.” Team member Hisey noted that it is not only a good cause, but may be fun for those who attend.

“We’ll be having donations from Louie’s Locker Room for prizes given to the race winners and winner of costume contest,” she said. “It should be a good time and for a great cause.”

For more information about the event, search Shamrock Run 2012 on Facebook.

Kids’ Food Basket Students that are a part of Mothersell’s class — Erica Avram, Tiffany Blossom, Jeff Anderson, Steve Childs and Judson Rodriquez — chose to go for a different approach, working with Kids’ Food Basket.

Kids’ Food Basket is a local organization to benefit the greater Grand Rapids area. Their work includes making Sack Suppers that serve more than 4,800 kids every day, which include 1,000 calories and the five food groups.

“We all wanted to find something that we were all be passionate about when asked in our management class to pick a way to help out in the community,” Anderson said. “We decided what better way then to help feed kids in need.”

The MGT 345 group will be have a table set up in the Kirkhof lobby beginning tomorrow and will continue through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The group will be looking for any size of money donations as well as non-perishable food items for the Sack Suppers like cracker packs and juice boxes.

In addition to donations, they will hold a bag-decorating contest.

“The kids who receive the Sack Suppers love when the bags are decorated,” Avram said.

For $1, anyone can take a white bag home to decorate and return it. The dollar is enough to provide a dinner to one hungry child. The best bag will win a gift card to a restaurant and/or clothing items from Kids’ Food Basket.

“We decided to have a couple different events and to hold the food drive at Kirkhoff, as well as a Dine To Donate at Applebee’s,” Anderson said. lakerlife@lanthorn.com Food items on their wish list: Cracker packs 100 percent fruit juice boxes Individual fruit, pudding and gelatin cups Peanut butter 100 percent fruit packs (.9 oz or similar) Snack size zipper-lock bags Sandwich size zipper-lock bags Brown/white paper lunch sacks (8 lb. or extra large) Individual serving size cereal Bulk pretzels Veggie straws (snack) Cheerios – plain

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“Atlantic Slavery: Lost in Translation: How Ghana’s Schools Address the Transatlantic Slave Trade” Date: Wednesday Time: Noon to 1 p.m.

Location: Kirkhof Center, Room 2270 Mary Owusu is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast, where she currently works as a lecturer in the Department of History. She was the elected Cadbury Fellow at the Center for West African Studies at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Her research interests cover issues related to Asante history, environmental history and the history of the oil palm industry in Ghana. She is currently a Fulbright scholar-in-residence at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.

Scott Stabler’s research focuses on post-Civil War governmental policy and race. Currently in his eighth year in the history department at Grand Valley State University, he has most recently taught at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana on a Fulbright Scholarship in 2011.

“Voices of Our People: The MAM People in Our Community, Mayan Languages and Cultures” Date: Wednesday Time: 7 to 9 p.m.

Location: 107 Manitou Hall Do you know how many Mayan languages are spoken? Have you ever heard them? We invite you to learn about Mayan cultures, traditions and languages.

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Our Guests are: Maria and Francisco de Pablo (MAM Community Members) Moderator: Prof. Mike Vrooman (MLL)

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EVENTS TO CHECK OUT “Exploring the Back to Africa Exodus and Settlement of the African Hebrew Israelites and the AfricanAfrican American Communities in Elmina, Ghana” Date: Today Time: Noon to 1 p.m.

Location: Kirkhof Center, Rooms 2215/2216 De-Valera N. Y. M. Botchway is a lecturer in the Departments of History and African Studies at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests are African and African Diaspora cultures, colonial and post-colonial history, indigenous knowledge systems, biographies, popular culture, African nationalism and pan Africanism. He was a research fellow in African studies (history) at the University of Cambridge in England and a Global Academic Partner and Fellow at the University of South Florida.

“From Violins to Vicunas: Industrious Indigenous Communities in the Andes” Date: Thursday Time: 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Location: Cook DeWitt Center Veronica Salles-Reese, associate professor of Spanish at Georgetown University and the director of Latin American studies certificate will be presenting the keynote address.

Her research focuses on colonial Latin America, the Andean region, especially the daily life in colonial Peru, and cultural hybridization. She is the author of “From Viracocha to the Virgin of Copacabana: History of the Representation of the Sacred” and the editor of numerous books, including “Authors and Actors of the Colonial World: New Multidisciplinary Approaches and Remembering the Past, Retrieving the Future.”

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“La Voz Mapuche: One Nation, One People Undivided by the Andes” Date: Thursday Time: Noon to 2 p.m.

Location: Cook DeWitt Center Directed by Pablo Fernández and Andrea Henríquez 2008 - 113 min

‘Many Mexicos: Indigenous Music and its Impact on Regional Styles of Mexican Folk Music’ Date: Wednesday Time: 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Location: 107 Manitou Hall Sones de Mexico, Chicago’s premier folk music ensemble, specializes in Mexican ‘son,’ including the regional styles of huapango, gustos, chilenas, son jarocho and more.

The group formed in 1994 to keep the tradition of Mexican ‘son’ alive in its many regional forms. The ensemble has developed and popularized many original arrangements of Mexican traditional tunes touring mostly in the Midwest, East Coast and southern U.S. Some of its original work has experimented cross-culturally with symphonic, Irish, folk, C&W, jazz, and rock music, though never abandoning its roots in Mexican ‘son.’

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