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Author Kelcey Parker brings her unique writing style to GVSU.

Plan A4 Business Competition Student entrepreneurs pitch business ideas in GVSU’s fourth-annual competition.

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University cuts tuition block

Cutting costs: GVSU has lowered block tuition rates from 16 to 15 credit hours. The extra revenue generated by the cut will be used to counteract next year’s tuition increase.

will generate about $3 million for the university.

Funds generated by the change will be used to limit next year’s tuition rate increase.

“At the end of the day, I need to generate a certain amount of money to run the place,” Bachmeier said. “…Last year we raised tuition by 5.3 percent, for example, but by having that shift in the block, we could raise tuition by 3.3 percent instead. And so I can’t talk about (the financial impact) in terms of an absolute impact as much as it is a reshuffling of the revenue.”

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Block tuition set for 12 to 15 credits in move that will generate $3 million

cheduling began Monday for Grand Valley State University students, but many are unaware that taking a full, 16-credit load will come with extra charges for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Beginning in the Fall 2011 semester, the block tuition rate will drop from 12 to 16 credits down to 12 to 15 credits in a move that Jim Bachmeier, vice president for finance and administration, said

However, most students are unaware of the change, which was decided in the July 2010 Board of Trustees meeting.

Eric Sherbinski, a resident assistant in Kistler Living Center, said many of his residents are in the dark about the shift.

“As far as I know, only those who get emails from select advisers know about it,” he said.

“Many, including myself, have never heard about it before …

There has been little or no say when it comes to advertisements, emails, having resident assistants

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GV students finding new food sources in wake of Bridge Card limitations

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High Tea to celebrate women’s history

By Anya Zentmeyer

Women’s center event will look into the history of women over the past 50 years.

For some students at Grand Valley State University, this spring will mean more than just exam prep and warmer weather. It also marks the beginning of long months of struggle ahead for many students who are no longer eligible for food assistance benefits due to revamped restrictions on student bridge card eligibility.

In early February, a statement issued by Michigan’s Department of Human Services said only a small number of “truly needy” students will remain eligible and the rest will

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stop receiving benefits starting April 1.

Rachel Dewitt, a graduate assistant who works with the Women’s Center’s student food pantry, said she thinks the retracting of student bridge cards will impact student food pantry use in the months ahead.

“Given the financial position that many students are in, they have to make choices about how to best allocate their funds,” Dewitt said. “Sometimes, paying for groceries is a huge part of their budget. If they were once eligible for relief from bridge cards, they will have to find new and creative ways to make ends meet.”

Dewitt said she has seen more than 700 students come through the food pantry since it first opened in April of 2009.

Both men and women from

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Alternative means: Several food pantries are available on or near campus for students who will no longer qualify for bridge cards under new restrictions.

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ADDING IT UP

Student Senate rallies in Lansing for higher education funding TENBRINK

By Anya Zentmeyer GVL News Editor

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(GV)’s students are an invaluable and beneficial asset to this state, and the time has come that we recieve the respect that we deserve.

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-Trevor Tenbrink VP, political affairs

Members of the Grand Valley State University Student Senate will gather in Lansing today with hundreds of other students from public universities across Michigan.

As part of a statewide effort to advocate the increase of funding for public universities, advocacy group Student Association of Michigan (SAM) has organized “the Lansing Blitz” rally on the Capitol steps to make student voices heard. Trevor Tenbrink, vice president of political affairs for GVSU’s Student Senate, said members of the cabinet have every intention of voicing their frustration with the lack of funding given to GVSU by the state.

“Grand Valley’s students are an invaluable and beneficial asset to this state, and the time has come that we receive the respect that we deserve,” Tenbrink said.

Jennie Hlady, member of the Student Senate political affairs committee, is among the members heading to the blitz.

“It’s important to participate in the Lansing Blitz because we as students and Grand Valley have a voice and we need to let our legislators know that we are not okay with decreasing our budget,” she

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spread the word or notifications in MyBanner or on the homepage.”

Currently, there are 4,167 students taking 16 or more credits, according to data from the Office of Institutional Analysis. Under the current tuition rates, those students would have to pay between $395 and $591 for the additional credit, depending on the number of credits earned and their residency status.

Bachmeier said the change in the block has been considered by the administration for at least 15 years.

“As tuition has become the larger portion of the college bill, state appropriations being the smaller portion, (decreasing the block) has become more significant and thus more compelling,” he said.

Bachmeier added that decreasing the tuition block will result in lower tuition for part-time students and students who take between 12 and 15 credits.

“If you’re taking 16 or 17 hours, reducing this block is a bad thing for you, so there are winners and losers,” he said.

Although the change could affect scheduling for students like Sherbinski, who originally planned to take 16 credits next semester, there has been no campus-wide notification, and nothing has

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Upon learning of the change, Sherbinski cut back the number of credits he plans to take next year.

“Anyone who is at the 13-credit mark will have to either be behind in their schooling, or pay extra,” Sherbinski said. “It’s making it even harder than it already is to graduate in four years, which is unfair to students.”

Bachmeier said the lack of publicity was an oversight on the part of the administration.

“I feel bad about that, because … at the time we made the change, which was last year at the July Board meeting, it seemed so far into the future that it wasn’t relevant to people because they weren’t selecting classes and trying to decide whether they want a big or small course load, so it didn’t rise to the surface because it didn’t seem relevant,” Bachmeier said. “And now that it is really quite relevant, it didn’t get publicized because it was so old that those of us who work around it have taken it for granted that we’ve known about it for a year and didn’t talk about it.

So at some level, it wasn’t well publicized because we didn’t do as good a job as we could have or should have to publicize it.” managingeditor @lanthorn.com

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international students and non-traditional students to graduate students use the food pantry, although Dewitt said the majority of students served are undergraduates.

GVSU’s Catholic Campus Ministries – an extension of St. Luke University Parish located on Lake Michigan Drive – also offers a food pantry for community members in need.

Father Donald Andrie said the food pantry, which is about two years old and sees between 30 and 35 people a week, runs off parish support, donations and through an organization called Food for America, which sells over-produced food and food close to the expiration date at dramatically lower costs to food pantries across America.

“I think for us it’s a very important outreach into the community partly because so many families have been struggling and so many students now, too,” Andrie said.

Despite the resources available to them, students like GVSU junior

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Chelsea Hildebrandt-Cooper do not feel as though they quite fit the demographic for a food pantry yet and still worry over how to make ends meet in the face of bridge card retractions.

“I would use it if it was a last resort, but I think it’s for people who really, really need it,” said Hildebrandt-Cooper, who said she feels caught in the middle ground between being “too poor to afford groceries” but “not poor enough for a food pantry.”

With no luck on her job search and a father who is currently unemployed, she worries about asking her parents for money.

“Contrary to popular belief, it seems that many students are not able to rely on family for financial support and are in a precarious position when it comes to sustaining themselves through college,” Dewitt said. “…I believe it is important as a university and as a state to do all that we can to support students through this time in their lives and to increase persistence to graduation in whatever

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Location: St. Luke University Parish, 6163 Lake Michigan Drive Contact: 616-895-2247 Hours of operation: Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Eligibility: Students can access the pantry up to twice a month.

No proof of eligibility required.

GVSU Student Food Pantry Allendale Location: Women’s Center, 1201 Kirkhof Center Contact: 616-331-2748 Hours of operation: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Eligibility: Student ID required. Students need to fill out an intake form with basic information for data purposes only. No proof of eligibility needed and no set limit for access.

GVSU Student Food Pantry Grand Rapids Location: 300 Cook DeVos Center of Health Sciences Contact: Cherly Borgman, 616-331-7181 Hours of operation: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Eligibility: Student ID required. Students need to fill out an intake form with basic information for data purposes only. No proof of eligibility needed and no set limit for access.

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said.

Tenbrink encouraged other GVSU students to attend the rally as well.

“The Lansing Blitz will be a fantastic opportunity for Grand Valley students as well students

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way possible.”

Dewitt said the Women’s Center food pantry, which exists to support students out of awareness of their unique financial situation, requires no income verification to access the pantry and with no expectations or judgment surrounding the students’ individual eligibility.

Andrie said as long as students are honest with themselves about their needs, food pantries are a great option for those feeling financially stretched.

“Occasionally you get people who come into food pantries that don’t need help at all but are saving their money for drinks or other things that they shouldn’t be spending their money on,” he said. “But again, especially for people who are spending money on things they have to spend money on and don’t have much left over for food, this is specifically what that’s for. So if students find themselves in that situation, then they are the people that it’s intended for.” news@lanthorn.com

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from other public universities to voice their opinions regarding Governor Snyder’s proposed budget cuts to higher education,” he said.

The rally is open to the public and scheduled to run between noon and 3 p.m. today. news@lanthorn.com

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Student Senate to host University Leadership Round Table dinner and discussion The Grand Valley State University Student Senate will host the annual University Leadership Round Table dinner and discussion today. This year’s event, which will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Pere Marquette Room in Kirkhof Center, is themed around sustainability with the guest speaker being Norman Christopher, the executive director of the GVSU Sustainable Community Development Initiative.

The purpose of the event is to allow students to speak with administrators, faculty, staff and student leaders to discuss jobs for the new economy and what types of education, applied skills and leadership qualities are required for these new positions. The University Leadership Round Table event is free and open to anyone. For more information, email senates@gvsu.edu.

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GVSU regional engineering conference set for this weekend Students from all over Michigan, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Ontario, Canada will come to Grand Valley State University from March 25 to 27 for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2011 Student Professional Development Conference.

This is the second time GVSU will host the mechanical engineering conference and competition, which will include competitions, oral presentations, student designs, technical posters, web designs and impromptu designs, and the outcome of each competition will determine which teams will advance to the international competition in Denver, Colo., in November.

The competitions will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Kennedy Hall of Engineering. The conference and events are free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Nael Barakat, professor and program organizer, at 616-331-6825 or email barakatn@gvsu.edu.

The Grand Valley Lanthorn is published under the authorization of the GVSU Newspaper Advisory Board.

Corrections It was reported in the March 21 issue of the Lanthorn that Creston High School won the FIRST Robotics competition. The winner was actually Clarkston High School.

Opinion

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Back on your word One of the university’s current goals is to put students on the fast track toward graduating as quickly as possible, but changing the cap on block tuition rates from 16 to 15 will do just the opposite.

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ith last semester’s announcement of the Grand Finish program, which awards $1,000 to students who complete 90 credits by the end of their third year in college, Grand Valley State University administration laid out its goal to get students through college as quickly as possible to help students save money in the long run.

The program was a win-win for students and the university — students could graduate sooner with less debt, while the university could stabilize enrollment, leading to smaller tuition increases in the coming years.

But with a recent reduction on the maximum available credits in block tuition from 16 credits to 15 credits, some students, especially those with four-credit language and science courses, will be forced to make sacrifices when they sign up for classes in the fall semester.

This move, which the administration approved in their July Board of Trustees meeting but conveniently neglected to inform the majority of the students at GVSU before they began signing up for classes, puts an unnecessary burden on students who are already tasked with trying to find a spot in classes, which are almost always full. The block tuition reduction will force students who cannot afford to pay between $395 and $591 for one extra credit to put off taking a class and go down to either 12 or 13 credits, which puts them off track to attain 90 credits by the end of their third year.

One of the reasons for lowering the maximum is to generate some revenue. Jim Bachmeier, the vice president for Finance and Administration, estimated that the university will attain an additional $3 million in income from students taking 16 credits, which would go toward keeping overall tuition rates down.

In an economic climate in which families struggle to make ends meet and the state government makes changes that will make it more difficult for its universities serve their students at an affordable rate, it is important to find new and innovative ways to keep costs down. Changing block tuition, however, is not the way to go about it. After all, what use is having a lower tuition rate if students won’t be able to take all of the courses that they need?

Currently there are 4,167 students taking 16 or more credits, and that number will undoubtedly go down with this decision, and the university will lose money with each student that chooses not to go over the cap. Administration would have done better by raising tuition a little for all students rather than forcing them into situations in which they cannot take the classes they need.

Will you be impacted by the change in the tuition block pricing?

“That seems money hungry, I would be opposed to that.

People have a hard time enough paying for books and food. Why doesn’t the school just cut out all of the useless classes, like themes, and just do gen eds?”

“No, because I can’t afford it. I’m already applying for 8 scholarships next semester. It takes away from the chance for students to take classes outside of their major that help enhance their life.”

“I guess there is a difference between being willing and being wanting. If it meant I can’t graduate, then I guess I’ll bite the bullet. But otherwise, in principle, I think it’s bullocks.”

Sabrina Orser Sophomore Nursing Middleton, Mich.

Daniel Treat Sophomore Undecided Lake, Mich.

Samara Woolfolk Freshman Biomedical Sciences Kalamazoo, Mich.

Ashley Tate Senior WGS, Legal Studies Dewitt, Mich.

Justin Minor Senior Sociology Wyoming, Mich.

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Other states should recycle Michigan’s Bottle Law Chris Slattery GVL Columnist

Andrew Justus

GVL OPINION POLICY The ultimate goal of the Grand Valley Lanthorn opinion page is to stimulate discussion and action on topics of interest to the Grand Valley Community.

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“No, because I don’t have the money as it is.”

location, the extra money is then given back. The point of the tax is to spur Michiganders to recycle their aluminum and plastics, as apparently the earth isn’t going to break down these products naturally.

Because I firmly believe that other states should take a cue from Michigan’s financial strategies, I see no reason why the other 48 states aren’t following suit (I don’t consider Rhode Island a state, due to it lying about being an island). Not only would it promote recycling and conservation across the country, but it would eliminate those unflattering words on the tops of cans.

I mean, kudos to Hawaii and the rest of the states who have attempted to jump on this bandwagon already, but five cents just doesn’t carry the weight that ten cents does (unless you’re talking about the weights of coins, of course).

According to wikipedia.org (slogan: “We’re about as reliable

for facts as The Onion”), Michigan leads all the other states in redemption at 97 percent, which is a percentage I haven’t seen since my ninth-grade biology quiz.

With a great score like that, why aren’t more recyclable products getting in on the action?

I imagine a future like the movie Avatar, only instead of blue people who worship a glowing tree, there are humans who buy cereal with deposit-able boxes. So, I guess the only way my future is similar to Avatar is that it could make billions of dollars. Also, in my future, James Cameron runs everything and people have sex via hair.

We may be a long ways off from a money-based recycling program, but as a person who is concerned about the environment, I want to offer it as a possibility.

I’ll recycle anything you want, but I’m keeping my Four Loko can for proof. cslattery@lanthorn.com

No-fly zone over Libya could lead to clear sky

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Valley Vote Yes: 48%

Would you be willing to pay $400 to $600 to go one credit hour past 15 credits?

No: 52%

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YOUR THOUGHTS

Four Loko is back!

It may not have any of the caffeine that got the drink banned in the first place, but it is just as disgusting to consume.

The reason I bring this up (besides the fact that I love hearing my friends tell Four Loko stories like they were in the Vietnam War) is to let everyone know that most local can return places once again accept the brightly-decorated containers, and you can get 10 cents for every one you deposit.

For those of you who don’t know, one of the greatest things Michigan has to offer (besides a film incentive), is the Michigan Bottle Law, which adds 10 cents to most every bottle (or can) purchased in the state. Upon returning the cans to a designated

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Last weekend, the U.N. authorized the U.S. and several other nations to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya in an effort to protect Libyans from their own leader, who has vowed to show them “no mercy” in this conflict.

The resolution’s execution by the U.S. and the rest of the world represents an important gesture that we are willing to do what is in the best humanitarian interest even though it is not vital to our national interest.

A side effect of our multi-na-

tional mission – it is imagined that our efforts will and better their chances of toppling the government in that country. But what if Gadhafi stays in power? Will the U.N. and our allies enforce this no-fly zone indefinitely or even expand the mission?

The president has stressed the impossibility of ground troops being deployed during Operation Odyssey Dawn – as the mission in Libya is being called – and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Administrator Mike Mullen echoed those sentiments.

While this mission is important in showing the U.S. and the international community stands with those fighting for their freedom, it is vital it be completed as swiftly and efficiently as possible.

We, too, have paid a price this past decade and cannot afford to allow the conflict in Libya to grow beyond its current form. If Gadhafi wants to play for keeps, which appears likely since he is opening Tripoli’s armories to his supporters, we should seek alternative means of making his life difficult.For now, though, it is important America and our allies stay strictly focused on our mission and hinder Gadhafi’s ability to wage war on his own people.

If that does not succeed, our judgment of whether to hold ‘em or fold ‘em should be carefully exercised so as to minimize our negative consequences and maximize protection of civilians. ajustus@lanthorn.com

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GV Business Plan Competition ends with optimistic competitors happens to be one of the more sustainable and clean options out there, so it seemed like someGVL Assistant News thing worth exploring, and before I knew it, I was designing the G.R. Greens logo.”

The seven best student entrepreneurs at Grand Richard plans to resume operations with G.R. Valley State University found themselves stand- Greens after he graduates this May and is taking ing on the stage at Loosemore Auditorium Tues- his company to the regional business competition day night pitching an idea for a business to a group as well. of local entrepreneurs in the hopes of winning the The second place winner was a company fourth-annual Business Plan Competition. called The Great American Culture Company, The Business Plan Competition, sponsored LLC, which was created by junior Mu Yang, an by the Seidman College of Business’ Center for international business major, and fifth-year JeraEntrepreneurship & Innovation, is intended to en- miah Cornell, a marketing major. courage the entrepreneurial spirit in undergraduYang and Cornell created their organization to ate students, according to the BPC website. assist international students in adjusting to life in Adam Ingraham, the graduate assistant for the the United States.

Center of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, said The Great American Culture Company will that they are trying to encourage launch this August. students to developing business Third-place winner, senior ventures. operations management and Half of our office’s “Half of our office’s mission marketing major Frank Leonis talent development, so these mission is talent ard, pitched an idea called Keg entrepreneurial competitions Regulators, which are intended development, so help guide students through the prevent skimming (stealing) these entrepreneurial to business startup process,” Ingraof draft beer in bars. Leonard ham said. competitions help was unavailable for comment.

In addition to encouraging Sophomore Joe Presutti guide students... undergraduate students to pursue and senior Cory Cain won the their business ventures, the com“Buzz” Award for their presen-Adam Ingraham petition winners received fundtation on Suckers for a Cause, Graduate assistant, Center of ing for students to launch their which is intended to provide Entrepreneurship & Innovation business. First prize was $5,000, fundraising and promotional second prize was $3,000 and opportunities for non-profit third prize was $2,000. Ingraham said there was organizations, Presutti said. The first line of proda fourth award, called the “Buzz” Award, which ucts that Presutti, a finance and economics major, is given to the student with the best advertising and Cain, majoring in marketing and finance, plan and marketing campaign, which is determined by to release are custom hard candy lollipops, which the number of “likes” the competitor received on will be available for sale online, in retail stores and Facebook. through other avenues in the near future.

Senior Luke Richard walked away from the The judges at the event were looking for three competition with the $5,000 first-place prize mon- major factors in choosing the winners, said Mark ey and big plans for his company, G.R. Greens, a Olesnavage, one of the judges and managing dibusiness which will grow produce hydroponically rector for Hopen Life Science Ventures. They in Cedar Springs, Mich. looked at the market that the proposed businesses “My idea or vision for G.R. greens developed would serve, the idea as it would stand within that over a few years of reading and learning about market, and confidence in the student or team’s issues facing the world today,” said Richards, ability to turn their idea into a business. philosophy major. “One of major issue is food “G.R. Greens had the most of all three,” Olesproduction, and that’s something I think we’re all navage said. “But they were all very deserving.” passionate about. Hydroponic food production assistantnews@lanthorn.com

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Ingenuity and innovation: Winners pose with their checks on stage at the 4th Annual Business Plan Competition.

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SPORTS SHORTS SOFTBALL OPENER

CANCELLED The Grand Valley State University women’s softball home opener on Tuesday was canceled due to inclement weather. The Lakers were slated to play a doubleheader against Saint Joseph’s College of Indiana, but dark skies and rain led to the twinbill being called off. At this point, it is unlikely the doubleheader will be re-scheduled. GVSU will instead open conference play this weekend with three games in Ohio. Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. the Lakers will take on Ohio Dominican University before facing Ashland University at noon on Saturday. The Lakers will cap their trip with a noon game against Lake Erie College on Sunday. All three match-ups are doubleheaders with the potential for GVSU to improve to a 20-3 record.

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Lakers hope to

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ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

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Grand Valley State University’s Jenna Wenglinski, a defender on the women’s soccer back-to-back national championship team, was nominated on Tuesday as a candidate for the 2010-11 Athlete of the Year in Division II. Wenglinski was named the National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) National Player of the Year for the 2010 season.

She also earned NSCCA AllAmerican First Team, Daktronics All-American First Team, First Team All-GLIAC and GLIAC Defensive Player of the Year. She helped the Lakers to championships in 2009 and 2010 while helping the Laker defense limit opponents to just 84 shots on goal. She led a backline that allowed zero goals in five games at the national tournament.

Weekend Schedule Softball:

Friday 3 p.m.: Softball at Ohio Dominican (DH) Saturday noon: Softball at Ashland (DH) Sunday noon: Softball at Lake Erie (DH)

Baseball:

Saturday 3 p.m.: Baseball at Lake Erie (DH) Sunday noon: Baseball at Lake Erie (DH)

Track and Field:

Friday: M./W. Track at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Saturday: M./W. Track at Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Men’s Tennis:

Friday 12 p.m.: Tennis vs.

Findlay at Riverview Friday 6:30 p.m.: Tennis at Davenport Saturday 10:30 a.m.: Tennis vs. Tiffin at Ramblewood Sunday 10 a.m.: Tennis at Ferris State

Women’s Golf:

Saturday: W. Golf at Northern Kentucky Invitational Sunday: W. Golf at Northern Kentucky Invitational

Women’s Gymnastics:

Saturday: Gymnastics at Michigan Madness - Eastern Michigan

GVL Archive / Andrew Mills

Stepping up to home plate: Grand Valley State University Junior Steve Anderson slides into home plate during a past Laker game. The team has played out-of-conference teams in Florida and South Carolina but has yet to come up to bat against a GLIAC opponent in the 2011 season. The Lakers (11-2) hope this weekend will bolster their already strong start.

Baseball team to face Lake Erie College in first GLIAC game will go up against the team predicted to finish last in Lake GVL Sports Editor Erie.

“We’re looking forward to ith the GLIAC this weekend, and hopefully we season just two can pick up where we left off. days away, the We were playing pretty good Grand Valley in Florida when we left,” he State University baseball team said. “But every year is differprepares for an opponent – and ent, and every team is different, a climate – much different from so our guys need to understand those encountered at the begin- they need to go out and earn evning of the year. erything they will get this year After playing all non-con- and not rely on something that’s ference opponents in two sepa- happened in the past.” rate trips to South The brightest Carolina and spot thus far for Florida, the Lakers GVSU has been We’re looking will open GLIAC a dominating play in the blustery forward to this pitching staff as north as they take the Laker startweekend, and on the newest aders and bullpen hopefully we can have combined dition to GLIAC baseball, Lake Erie for a 2.72 team pick up where College.

ERA. we left off.

The forecast for Schepel has Lake Erie, located been the crown -Steve Lyon in Painesville, jewel in the rotaGVSU head Ohio, calls for a tion thus far as baseball coach high of 33 degrees he is currently on both Saturday 2-0 and has held and Sunday, when opposing batthe Lakers and Storm will play ters to a .131 average. He said two sets of doubleheaders. After his and the entire staff’s success playing in 70-degree weather in has come from controlling the Florida during spring break, the opposition’s at bats. new temperatures will force “We’ve just been able to GVSU to take some time to ad- throw strikes, make guys miss just. our pitches and make guys hit “The weather is definitely a our pitches as well,” said Schebit different,” said junior catcher pel, who has allowed one earned Jared Cowan. “I wish we could run in 18 innings pitched – good have brought the Florida weath- for a 0.50 ERA. “We have to get er here. But this is Michigan. them out with what we want to This is what we have to deal throw and not give in to the hitwith, so we just have to get that ter. It’s basically just throwing a out of our minds and get used lot of strikes and letting our deto playing in this overcast, cold, fense do the rest.” windy weather.”

And as the Lakers kick off After an 11-2 start to the conference play, a bad taste season, including a 9-1 stretch still remains after losing the while in Florida, the team hopes conference title to Wayne State for a quick start after finishing a last season. It was the first time half of a game back of Wayne since 2002 that GVSU did not State University for last year’s win at least a share of the GLIGLIAC title.

AC crown.

“We’ve been playing well “(The GLIAC) is a really for the first 13 games, so hope- good baseball conference. It’s fully we can keep rolling and one of the better ones in the keep the momentum going,” country,” Lyon said. “We’ve said junior righty Kyle Schepel. had good teams go through the “It’s kind of depressing – com- regional and get to the College ing back up to Michigan after World Series.” playing in Florida. But with Assuming the weather stays the cold weather, we just have dry, GVSU will open against to make sure we do all the little Lake Erie on Saturday with a things right and keep playing doubleheader at 1 p.m. First our best.” pitch of Sunday’s doubleheader The Lakers, ranked No. 1 will be at noon. in the GLIAC’s preseason poll, sports@lanthorn.com

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Dual sport dual-threats Sophomore twins take talents from court to softball diamond

By Derek Wolff Assistant Sports Editor

Brittany and Briauna Taylor had opponents seeing double all season on the basketball court, and now the sophomore twin duo have taken their talents from the Fieldhouse Arena to the softball diamond.

Since joining the softball team 11 games into the regular season after the basketball season ended, the twins have played six games for GVSU (14-3, 0-0 GLIAC).

Both twins have played varsity basketball for the Lakers since last year as freshmen, but softball has been a part of their life since grade school as well, and they have happily found the time for the sport again this spring.

“I didn’t want to do it last year since we were just getting adjusted to college,” Briauna Taylor said.

BRITTANY TAYLOR “With school and basketball, I felt that if I would have decided to play softball as well, I would have been too stressed out.

We got adjusted to that, though, so this year I knew I would have time and was organized, so I told myself that I was ready to play two sports.”

The time commitBRIAUNA TAYLOR ment to play just one varsity sport is a daunting task for most student athletes, but the Taylor twins have found that playing two was not as bad as they had initially thought, although it has mandated some sacrifice.

“It’s really not that bad, but you give up some things,” Briauna Taylor said. “I have to get my homework done earlier and make sure to set aside enough time for stuff since I don’t have as much time as most other people have. But it’s fun and tangible.”

Brittany Taylor said she spends a good amount of time in the library to keep up with her work and play the sports she loves.

The twins got their start with softball in a slow pitch league in Detroit and began playing fast pitch when they moved to Livonia, Mich., in fifth grade. They played in high school, too, and have re-acclimated to the sport with relative ease with the support of their teammates at GVSU. “The softball team is great,” Brittany Tay-

lor said. “They’re a great group of girls and have been really accepting of Briauna and I joining the team. I love the sport, and am glad I am getting back into it and cannot wait to see what the future holds.”

Though they have only been with the team for six games, the twins have fit in with the rest of the team and were able to work with the team at the start of the academic year.

“It helped a lot that we had them in the fall for a couple practices,” said GVSU head coach Doug Woods. “They have transitioned very well to our team right after their basketball season and have worked well with the team.”

Through the six games, Briauna Taylor, a shortstop, is batting .462 with six hits in 13 at bats while Brittany Taylor, an outfielder, has already crossed the plate for four runs in her seven at bats. Both girls have two RBI’s and are enjoying their time playing softball again.

While it has been nice having their twin sister on the softball team as well, both Brittany and Briauna said they would still have tried playing softball this year if the other one did not want to.

The Lakers will begin three doubleheaders this weekend against Ohio Dominican University, Ashland University and Lake Erie College. The games begin with Ohio Dominican tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. dwolff@ lanthorn.com

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Double Trouble: Briauna Taylor goes up for a layup in a past game. Briauna Taylor and twin sister Brittany play together on the basketball and softball teams.

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WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

California Dreaming With no home meets on the season schedule, GVSU track teams travel around country to find best competition

By Zach Sepanik GVL Staff Writer

It was only 12 days ago that the Grand Valley State University women’s track and field team won the NCAA Division II indoor track and field National Championship. On Friday, however, the Lakers begin their outdoor season in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Stanford Invitational, one of four separate times this spring GVSU will be sending a part of its team to the Golden State.

“We did just what we wanted to do in our indoor season,” said junior Karie McDonald, who will run the steeplechase for the women this outdoor season. “We went in with a goal to win a national championship, and we did. It should help us in the outdoor season because we are going into it with momentum, and a lot of people are performing at a high point.”

Both the men’s and the women’s teams face the same schedule during the outdoor season. Besides the Stanford Invitational, other big meets include the Spartan Invite, the Mt. SAC Relays and the Long Beach Invitational.

However, the whole team does not travel to every meet.

Each meet is specifically picked out for a particular event group from the track and field team that will provide the best competition against the rest of the field.

“With races in outdoor season, it gives every event group a big meet to go to,” said sophomore Ashley Botham, who will compete in the 1,500 me-

“(Winning nationals) should

help us in the outdoor season because we are going into it with momentum, and a lot of people are performing at a high point.

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-Karie McDonald Junior mid-distance runner ter run for the women. “For example, the throwers will go to a big meet in terms of the best competition for them. And then the mid-distance and distance competitors will go to the Mt. SAC Relays. For indoor track, the team stays together, and for outdoor track each event group is more on their own.”

The Stanford Invitational this week will be a huge test for four of the 10,000-meter runners. On the men’s squad, juniors Anthony Witt and Paul Zielinski will make the trip, and on the women’s side seniors Kylen Cieslak and Eileen Creutz will compete. Junior Tyler Emmorey will also compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as well.

The meet will feature steep Division I competition from the University of Michigan to the likes of the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, Air Force Academy and the University of Alaska—Anchorage. Competitors from the Nike, Adidas and New Balance teams will also be there.

Although the competition

will certainly be steep, for GVSU it is all to gain experience and run the best by the Division II outdoor national championships.

“We all like to travel, and it gives us better competition,” said junior Rebecca Winchester, who runs the steeplechase for the women during the outdoor season. “I think it benefits us a lot, and we get to face a lot of teams that we will see at the national meet. It also allows everyone to focus completely on their event. I think if we can have the same focus and intensity as indoor, I think we can win outdoor nationals.”

With no home meets on the schedule, the travel will play an important role for the teams throughout the season. The women’s goal of winning another national title remains the same, though.

“We don’t host any meets because our track is not in the best shape,” Botham said.

“Next year, when our new track is built, we will host some meets.” zsepanik@lanthorn.com

GVL Archive / Andrew Mills

No rest for the victors: Sophomore Ashley Botham participates in the 1- mile run during the Bob Eubanks Open. The GVSU women’s track team began its outdoor season a mere week after winning the indoor National Championship.

COMMENTATOR’S BOX Brady Fredericksen GVL Senior Reporter

There may not be a better smell than that of freshly cut grass and chalk. No offense to your Mom’s famous lasagna, but when I smell grass and chalk, I know it’s time for baseball – the best time of the year.

Almost everyone likes baseball. You get free reign to swing a heavy wooden stick around while attempting to hit the crap out of the ball. It’s not only our national pastime, but it’s also a heck of a stress reliever.

Playing catch with Dad is what everyone did growing up, and how many of you have played street baseball by assigning bases as a sewer top, stop sign, single roller blade and small child.

The best thing about baseball is that it’s so easily accessible. You can just walk to campus to check out the GLIAC-leading men’s baseball and women’s softball teams.

Did you know sophomore softball pitcher/designated player Katie Martin is the reigning GLIAC Freshman of the Year? Not only does she sport a microscopic 1.77

ERA, but she’s also slugged 11 home runs in just 17 games.

That’s one long ball every five at-bats, partner. On top of her offense, she can shut teams down from the mound. Eat your heart out Ryan Howard.

On the grassy diamond, you have a baseball team that’s just been voted as the GLIAC favorites in the first coaches’ poll of the season.

The team is also ranked fourth overall nationally.

Not to be outdone by his softball-pitching counterpart, GVSU junior righty Kyle Schepel has gotten out to a blazing start this season.

Schepel, who has a teamhigh 20 strikeouts, has allowed only a single earned run in 18 innings.

He’s like Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn at the end of Major League – minus the whole “crazy-Charlie Sheenwinning” thing.

While talking baseball, we can’t forget the pros, and that means the suddenlycontending Detroit Tigers.

It seems like just yesterday when those striped felines were being led to a historically bad 43 wins by the duo of Dmitri Young and Bobby Higginson.

This season’s team has something many teams in the past haven’t had: expectations. And high ones

at that.

Additions like All-Star catcher Victor Martinez and reliever Joaquin Benoit will be counted on to fill some of the holes that plagued the team in the second half of last season.

The thing about this year’s team is that it doesn’t have many gaping holes.

Sure, the situation in right field is a bit shaky with Brennan “Wait, you catch the ball with your glove?”

Boesch and Ryan “I don’t remember how to hit until July” Raburn, but that’s always addressable, right?

Obviously the whole Miguel Cabrera DUI situation is a bit shaky, but imagine if the big man somehow gained a Josh Hamilton-like offensive boost from cutting out partying?

Actually don’t imagine that, your head might explode.

The only thing that’ll stop this team from playing to its potential is the manager.

Jim Leyland has shown he knows how to win games in June, but until his teams gain some sort of late season composure – they went 3342 after the All-Star Break last season – these Tigers are going to be just like every other Tigers’ team.

Disappointing. bfredericksen@lanthorn.com

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WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lack of coach ‘works out nicely’ for gymnastics club Team has come in first place in first two meets of the season, looks to keep rolling this weekend at Eastern Michigan

By Greg Monahan GVL Sports Editor

By Kevin VanAntwerpen GVL Staff Writer

Who needs a coach when you can do it yourself?

That is the attitude of the Grand Valley State University gymnastics club, which became a self-coached operation at the beginning of the 2011 season. The club certainly is not hurting because of the decision as it will head for nationals this season for the first time since 2007.

“A lot of us have been doing this our whole lives,” said gymnastics club president Kristi Hopkins. “So it’s very easy to coach each other.”

Hopkins said the decision to remove the club’s previous coach was made as a team because they believed she was not a good fit for their goals.

“She didn’t have a lot of experience with the kinds of gymnastics we do,” Hopkins said. “She was a trampoline and tumbling coach, which we don’t do. She didn’t really know how to coach us the way we needed to be coached.”

Junior gymnast and club treasurer Alexa Kitson said coaching themselves has allowed the club to become even closer with one another while still maintaining some order.

“It’s working out nicely for us,” Kitson said. “It’s helped us come together as a team. We’re all very self-motivated to get things done, and when problems arise, the board members take care of the issues that need to be taken care of.”

Since the switchover, the team

Two Lakers receive All-American honorable mention

GVL Archive / Kristi Hopkins

Perfect ten: GVSU Gymanstics Club (pictured) has finished first in two matches this season despite not having a coach for the first time.

has experienced a level of success that Hopkins called “unusual.” In the two matches in which the club has participated so far this season – one at Kent State University in Ohio and one at Notre Dame University – the club took first place.

With a single competition at Eastern Michigan University remaining before the national competition in Richmond, Va., one would think the pressure to succeed would be on the uprise, but exactly the opposite has occurred.

“Everything is a whole lot more relaxed this year,” she said. “Everyone feels a lot more comfortable in the gym. People come in and get their stuff done, and

“It’s helped us

come together as a team. We’re all very selfmotivated to get things done.

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-Alexa Kitson Club treasurer it’s for fun. They want to do their best, but there’s no pressure. That’s better for everyone.”

The club’s adviser, Marene Van Farowe, said she feels that the team’s

decision to compete this year without a coach has undoubtedly increased the team’s performance.

“They are not being led by anyone,” Van Farowe said. “It makes them work harder. They have to make the decisions themselves without someone else telling them what they need to do. It’s caused the team to become a conglomerate of spirits and thoughts – pulling them together to become the team they are now.”

GVSU’s gymnastics team will head to Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti on Saturday to compete in “Michigan Madness,” an all-day tournament. kvanantwerpen@lanthorn.com

Although the team’s season ended with a disappointing first-round loss in the NCAA tournament to No. 5-seeded Drury University, a couple of Grand Valley State University starters have earned an TAYLOR honorable mention spot in the State Farm Coaches’ Division II All-America Team.

Sophomores Briauna Taylor and Alex Stelfox were selected as two of 40 athletes nation wide who were elected to the All-America Team. This is the first STELFOX time for both athletes to be recognized on a national level.

Stelfox, second all-time in fieldgoal percentage as a Laker (54.5 percent), adds the honorable mention award to a couple of GLIAC honors from last season, when she was named the GLIAC Freshman of the Year. She also found a spot on the GLIAC North Division’s All-Defensive Team back in 2010.

Taylor went from starting just one game in the 2009-2010 season to starting in all 28 in 2010-2011. She improved her points per game by six (14.8) and averaged a team-high 28.6 minutes. Averaging 6.9 rebounds, she was also tied for first on the team with senior Elizabeth Van Tiflin.

Oddly enough, the duo scored the exact same amount of points on the season with both chipping in 415 in 28 games each.

Both Stelfox and Taylor will return in the fall for their third year on the Laker basketball team. sports@lanthorn.com

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arts & entertainment

The aesthetics of public space UICA symposium furthers ideas of art, community

By Patrick Nothaft

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efore ArtPrize brought giant sea serpents to our rivers and wooden war pigs to our sidewalks, one member of the Grand Rapids art community wished to explore the role of art in the public sphere.

As a professor of philosophy at Calvin College in the 1980s, Lambert Zuidervaart began developing an idea for a book that would answer questions like, “What is art like?” and “What is its role in society?”

The task was much bigger than he first expected — it took more than 20 years of research and resulted in two books.

Zuidervaart, who now teaches philosophy at Toronto’s Institute for Christian Studies, returned to Grand Rapids on March 17 for a lecture and the release of his latest book, “Art in Public: Politics, Economics, and a Democratic Culture.”

“I thought Grand Rapids was a fitting place to release the book because it’s where the ideas took shape – during my time at Calvin College and at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts,” said Zuidervaart, who served as the president of the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art from 1994 to 1998.

In the book, he defines “art in public” as any art that receives some type of government support and is available to a wide audience.

Some things Zuidervaart discusses in his book include using art to experience new things, as well as using it to bring change to society.

The ideas Zuidervaart presents in the book lead him to conclude, “A democratic society needs art in public, and art in public needs us.”

The lecture and book release at the Grand Rapids Art Museum were part of a two-day event focusing on Zuidervaart’s new manuscript.

On March 18, Zuidervaart and Paul Wittenbraker of the Grand Valley State University De-

partment of Art and Design led a symposium at the UICA that focused on the question, “What does art need, conceptually and practically, to serve its public function?”

Zuidervaart said in order to serve its function, art in public needs help from three major societal institutions: the economy, the government and the public.

During the symposium’s intermission, Wittenbraker invited audience members to the UICA’s gallery where a Civic Studio exhibit featured visual representations of the main arguments from “Art in Public.”

Created by Wittenbraker in 1999, Civic Studio is a site-based public art project offered as part of the Visual Studies emphasis in the GVSU Department of Art and Design. It aims to expand the relevance and value of art in everyday public life through interaction with the local community.

“I think (the exhibit) is a great aid in helping people understand Lambert Zuidervaart’s new book,” said Civic Studio member Amber Stout.

“For visual people, seeing his ideas in an actual form instead of in writing is a great way of initiating conversation and seeing the issues from a different perspective.”

Another concept Zuidervaart covers in his book is the idea that everyone has the right to participate in the arts.

“Often society sees art in public as things such as the spectacle pieces of ArtPrize, and likewise, artists are considered to be those who paint, draw, etc.,” said Civic Studio member Christie Westmaas. “I think our view of art would shift drastically if things such as farmers markets, movies, music or park benches were included in the idea of art in public, or if we were to include philosophers, scientists, or all citizens for that matter to be artists.

If art is seen in that way, then I believe it to be quite obvious for why public art is important in society today.” pnothaft@lanthorn.com

GVL / Patrick Nothaft

Artists and authors: Lambert Zuidervaart discusses art’s role in society at the UICA.

“I thought Grand Rapids

was a fitting place to release the book because it’s where the ideas took shape...

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-Lambert Zuidervaart Former UICA president

GVL / Patrick Nothaft

Art in the public sphere: The UICA’s Civic Studio (pictured) is a showcase for public art exhibits created by GVSU students. In this Civic Studio exhibit, toy soldiers represent artists on a cultural battlefield.

Characters as confidants

By Rebekah Young GVL Staff Writer

For author and English professor Kelcey Parker, becoming a good writer is much like competing on American Idol.

“It’s important for young writers to develop their own artistic identity — to begin to assess their particular interests and styles, strengths and weaknesses and, as with singing, to find their voice,” she said.

With the publication of her book “For Sale By Owner,” a collection of 14 diverse and creative short stories about family, friends and life, Parker has found her proverbial voice.

As a writer of fiction, nonfiction and what she jokingly refers to as “non-poetry,” Parker demonstrates great honesty, insight and imagination.

As part of Grand Valley State University’s Writers Series, she will share her unique voice during a reading session today at 1 p.m. in the GVSU Alumni House.

“The purpose of the series is to expose undergraduates to sharp, literary thinkers and their craft,” said Austin Bunn, writing professor and coordinator of the Writers Series. “She brings a fresh

voice and spark to the GVWS. Her stories have strong premises and distinct voices – in one, a woman gives up her family for Lent – and I think students will respond to their originality,” Parker, who received a doctorate in literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati, serves as the current director of the creative writing program at Indiana University South Bend. To share her knowledge and experience, she will also give a craft talk at 4 p.m. today in Room 136 in Lake Superior Hall.

During the craft talk, Parker will discuss creating layers in stories with similes and metaphors.

She will offer examples and exercises to help students learn how to turn basic descriptions into rich expressions of a story’s theme.

During the second half of the workshop, Bunn said Parker will read student work and give feedback.

“It’s a tremendous chance to hear a unique perspective and new aesthetic vocabulary from an established writer,” he said.

Parker’s love for reading and writing first stemmed from living in a family that was constantly uprooted by her father’s job at the manufacturing corporation Procter & Gamble. Growing

up, she attended six different elementary schools.

As a result, Parker said book characters became her constant friends. For her, Encyclopedia Brown, Ramona Quimby, Laura Ingalls, Scout Finch and Huckleberry Finn were her closest confidants. As a child, she would even write notes and letters to her literary companions.

“Moving every year and developing friendships with book characters doesn’t do much for one’s social skills,” she said. “I found that I expressed myself much better through writing than talking.”

During her freshman year in college, she took a 20th century British literature course. It was the first time she had read such celebrated authors like Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and Joseph Conrad. After that, Parker said there was no turning back. She was hooked.

“I love the act of creating -- of generating material, shaping phrases, arranging segments and creating something meaningful,” Parker said.

“After a long night of writing, I sometimes look at my hands expecting to see something like dried paint or clay residue. After all that hard work, there should be some physical evidence.” ryoung@lathorn.com

Author Kelcey Parker’s uprooted childhood breeds career in writing

Courtesy photo / Kelcey Parker

Layered literature: Kelcey Parker will be featured in the GVSU Writing Series today for her book For Sale By Owner.

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