Issue 18, October 21. 2013 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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Lakers take down NMU 48-17 for Homecoming

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Where the heart is

Homecoming 2013: Clockwise starting from top left, Steve Aoki performs in the Fieldhouse for the Homecoming concert; Esther Philip performs at the Lip Sync competition; students take in the Steve Aoki concert; Joel Schipper attempts a field goal in GVSU’s 48-17 win; 2013 Homecoming regent winner Nathan Kalinowski celebrates with 2012 Queen Chelsea VanNoord.

GV celebrates Homecoming with football, Lip Sync, team competitions

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Online salary list drops names

BY RYAN JARVI

Speaking out: Keynote speaker Michele DeVoe Lussky gives her story at GVSU’s 10th annual Take Back the Night event.

GV works against abuse

BY CARLY SIMPSON CSIMPSON@LANTHORN.COM

A group of 50 students gathered in front of the Cook Carillon Tower at Grand Valley State University. Silently, they marched across campus, sloshing through puddles left by earlier rain, until the shrill sound of 50 whistles shattered the silence, followed by yells of “The night is ours.”

“Together we can take back the community,” said Zachary Wilson, president of Eyes Wide Open. “Let us break the silence together and end the silence around sexual assault.”

On Wednesday, the Women’s Center partnered with the student organization Eyes Wide Open to host the 10th annual Take Back the Night event.

The first documented Take Back the Night happened in October 1975 in Philadelphia.

Since then, they have occurred across the world, working to raise awareness and end sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual abuse and all forms of sexual violence.

“The work that we are doing tonight helps us to create

change,” said Theresa Rowland, VAWA grant coordinator for the Women’s Center.

“You’re all shifting the culture with us, and it’s taking a new direction in the sense that we’re shifting responsibility away from victims and survivors and to an area where we are all responsible for preventing and ending sexual assault.”

According to a 2006 ALERT Labs anonymous sample survey, one in five women and one in 15 men at GVSU reported experiencing sexual assault at some point in their lives.

“This must stop,” said Michele DeVoe Lussky, professor of writing at GVSU and a trained comprehensive sexuality educator. “We need to educate ourselves and our friends. We need to empower ourselves and our friends to stand up and take back the night.”

Lussky was the keynote speaker at this year’s event and shared her own experiences with sexual assault with around 200 people.

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In an attempt to make information more accessible and public universities more transparent, a law that was passed last year required Grand Valley State University, along with all other state-funded institutions, to disclose specific information regarding university operations through a link on its website.

Part of that was listing employees by name, position and annual salary. However, the law changed in June so that employees’ names were no longer required in the General Fund Position List.

“State reporting policy receives complaints every calls for the state’s 15 public year, but the university hasn’t universities to list online the kept track of how many have salaries of all employees by gone through regarding job title,” said the disclosure Matt McLogan, of names and vice president salaries online, for University McLogan said.

Relations. “Previ- We regularly Under Michiously, individual gan’s Public Act names were also publish our 201 of 2012, listed, but over performance within 30 days the years there after a public have been com- outcomes... university adopts plaints to state an annual operMATT MCLOGAN p o l i c y m a k e r s UNIVERSITY RELATIONS ating budget or that the inclusion a revision to that of names caused budget, the uniembarrassment to some, if versity is required to post spenot many, employees.” cific information to its webGVSU’s Human Resources site. State-funded universities

were required to post financial reports, audits, operating budgets, campus safety and crime reports and more.

Most of the required information for GVSU was already available online at the university’s website prior to the passing of the law, with an exception being the list of employees who are paid through the general fund.

“We think Grand Valley is the state’s most transparent university,” McLogan said.

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Right to access: Lee Van Osen speaking at the recent Student Senate meeting. GVSU Student Senate members continue to work toward making scholarly research articles accessible to students and the general public for free.

Senate to promote Open Access Week

BY CLAIRE FODELL

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Grand Valley State University’s Student Senate members are spreading awareness about the importance of free information this week during International Open Access Week.

At Thursday’s Student Senate meeting, guest speaker Lee Van Orsdel, dean of University Libraries, explained a little more about the Open Access program, which aims to make

scholarly research articles accessible to the public for free rather than requiring readers to pay publishers for subscriptions.

Van Orsdel said older generations haven’t demanded free access to information, and in the past it has been the norm that scholars give the rights of their works to the publishers. Then, either libraries or students have to pay the publishers to access the content.

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Since the invention of the Internet, the idea that all information should be accessible and free for anyone has been planted in the minds of the current generation.

“Information is truly meant to be shared,” Van Orsdel said, adding that she believes this generation will be the one to make sure that free and open access to scholarly articles, journals and research will become a SEE SENATE ON A2

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TAKE BACK CONTINUED FROM A1 MICHELE’S STORY

In 1986, Lussky was a senior at a rural high school in West Michigan.

In October of that year, she and her friends drove to Michigan State University for Cedar Fest, where 5,000 people would form a swarm of drunken bodies swaying from keg to keg.

“I wasn’t much of a

drinker,” Lussky said. “I took one red solo cup and filled it up and held on to that for the whole night.”

Along came a 22-yearold MSU senior named Christopher.

“He was not particularly handsome, but he had a sweet, clean-cut quality about him,” Lussky said. The two struck up a conversation about politics and philosophy until a fight broke out nearby.

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Christopher suggested they go to his apartment.

“I truly believed he just wanted to discuss his love of Reaganomics and family values and his hatred of abortion and welfare,” Lussky said. “And I was eager to prove to him that he was wrong about it all.”

Lussky then abandoned her friends and left the party with Christopher.

After arriving at Christopher’s fancy apartment with a leather couch, CD player, giant stereo and an espresso machine, he offered Lussky a drink, which she declined.

“I was overwhelmed and totally out of my element,” she said.

Lussky then brought up topics they were discussing at the party, “but his mood had changed, and it was suddenly clear to me why he’d taken me here,” she said. “I felt so ‘effing’ stupid, and I thought—of course, college girls have sex, this is what happens in college.”

Lussky said no three times in different ways, but Christopher just replied, “Hey, how about we get this over with now so I can take

you to your car.”

“If I gave into him I could go home,” she said. “I felt so stupid. I felt like it was my fault for going with him and not realizing that this was going to happen. I felt like I didn’t have a choice. I felt so small and so powerless.”

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which to determine best practices for how to create student movements in support of open access on university campuses,” St. Louis said.

GVSU started its own free and public access program five years ago. Research done by students and faculty is made available for free to people all over the world through the website scholarworks.gvsu. edu. Since the website opened, there have been 700,000 fulltext content downloads in more than 140 countries.

“With open access, the work of Laker scholars has become truly global in reach,” St. Louis said.

Both St. Louis and Van Orsdel said open access to scholarly works could also mean, in some cases, free access to textbooks for students.

Open access would also allow scholars to comment and build their own ideas on other scholarly works.

In the current system, many of the published works are only available on the Internet in PDF format; however the this doesn’t always allow for easy searching on the web. Open access wouldn’t use the PDF format, making searching for scholarly works much more efficient.

There has already been some progress nationally for open access. In February, the Obama administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy created a policy that requires any federally funded research teams to release the data they find on a free and public database within a year of publication, since taxpayers are funding the research.

However, Van Orsdel said the policies could be thrown out at the end of the Obama administration. Van Orsdel added that she hopes spreading awareness and having more students take action will help make it more permanent.

journals and research will become a reality.

Student Senate will partner with University Libraries, News and Information Services, the Honors College and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship to hold a Facebook campaign this week to raise student awareness of the importance of open access for everyone.

Student senators and others will be changing their Facebook cover photos and profile pictures to items that promote International Open Access Week. Participants will also be posting status updates about open access with links to videos with more information about the program and how students can get involved.

However, this is only the first step in raising awareness and creating open access for everyone.

“Later in the year, at a date yet to be determined, Dean Lee Van Orsdel and I will be giving a lecture for any interested students and faculty about the value of open access for GVSU, the state of Michigan and the entire world,” said Scott St. Louis, vice president for Educational Affairs of Student Senate.

In August, St. Louis took a trip to Budapest to represent the GVSU Student Senate at the General Assembly of the Right to Research Coalition. The mission of the coalition is to help develop a more cost-effective way for scholarly research to be published and distributed through free and open access to academic journals and other educational materials.

“As a member of the North American Coordinating Committee of the Right to Research Coalition, I am responsible for using GVSU as something of a laboratory in

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CREATING HER IDENTITY

Lussky regretted not telling someone or seeking medical help right away.

“I sat shamefully on this information hoping it wouldn’t affect me, but it did,” she said. “I didn’t really realize what was happening, but I was changing.”

She cut her hair and shaved the sides of her head. She stopped wearing makeup and jewelry and instead donned combat boots and a trench coat.

“I would wear garbage bags and hospital gowns,” Lussky said. “I realize now that I felt like a piece of garbage that was used up and thrown away. I realize now that I felt perpetually wounded, thus the hospital gowns.”

She didn’t tell anyone

“In theory, this is a more objective way to perform a salary comparison among we receive from students, comparable institutions.”

Though the posting of donors and taxpayers.”

Section 245 (1)(d) of Pub- employees’ names, posilic Act 201 of 2012 stated, “a tions and salaries online list of all positions funded was something new, the partially or wholly through university has kept a paper institutional general fund list of employee salaries in the universirevenue that inty archives for cludes the posidecades, which tion title, name has included and annual salemployees’ ary or wage names. amount for each In theory, “It is not reposition.” this is a more quired by law,” M i c h i g a n ’s Public Act 60 objective way McLogan said.

“However, salof 2013, which to perform... ary information went into efis subject to freefect in June, MATT MCLOGAN revised Section UNIVERSITY RELATIONS dom of information inquiry. I 245(1)(d) and anticipate that the requirement of posting a General Fund Position List the old paper lists will be that included the names of kept for archival purposes and would therefore be availuniversity employees.

“Listing relevant data able for review. The online by title shows how much version makes publication of that particular function a paper list of general fund costs, thus making a salary employees unnecessary.”

For more information on review about the worth of a position rather than the GVSU’s transparency reworth of a particular in- ports, visit www.gvsu.edu/ dividual,” McLogan said. budgets/--8.htm.

about that night until two months later, after she had missed two periods. Her friends didn’t think she had been raped, though, because she hadn’t been violently attacked.

“Let’s look at the word ‘consent,’” Lussky said.

“Con means with. Sent— feelings, sentiment; with the same feelings. You both have the same feelings on this active agreement, both parties on the same page. Consent is not coerced, assumed, forced or implied. Like in my case, the absence of the word ‘no’ sure didn’t mean yes, and if either partner is incapacitated by alcohol or drugs, consent cannot be given. If you do not receive clear consent or give clear consent, then it is sexual assault.”

Lussky decided to keep the baby and do an open adoption. Her daughter is now married and is a researcher at Princeton University. After the adoption Lussky started her freshman year at GVSU. She went through a string of abusive relationships with

cocaine addicts and dealers, an alcoholic and a stalker.

She didn’t talk to a counselor until nine years after first being assaulted.

By then, she had earned a bachelor’s degree at GVSU and was halfway through her master’s degree, but “I didn’t feel like I deserved to be well and whole,” she said.

She still blamed herself.

Now, 27 years after the assault, Lussky is the mother of three children and has been happily married for 18 years. She is a local writing consultant, an editor and an activist for LGBTQ rights, the environment and the arts.

“Here’s what I’ve learned,” Lussky said. “I am not my history. I am not my prior suffering.

I am not every bad decision I’ve made. I am not everything bad that’s ever happened to me. I am not the story people write about me. I am not even my identity. I just am.

You write your story. You define your boundaries.

You create your identity.”

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GV signs reverse transfer agreement with KVCC Grand Valley State University signed a reverse transfer agreement with Kalamazoo Valley Community College on Oct. 13.

The agreement will allow students who transfer from KVCC to complete their associate’s degree at the community college using credits they receive at GVSU. Students who have at least 45 credit hours completed at KVCC before transferring will be able to finish up their degrees. GVSU now has reverse transfer agreements with 25 community colleges across the state.

Social justice stories wanted for campus production The sociology department, LGBT Resource Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Women’s Center are looking for students’ stories to use in a new campus production in April.

“Act Up: Dialogues About Oppression and Resistance,” performed by Act on Racism and ReACT, will aim to raise awareness and start conversations about issues related to social justice. Students interested in submitting their stories can do so by emailing Brittany Dernberger, assistant director the Women’s Center, at dernbebr@gvsu.edu. Stories can also be shared in person Oct. 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in 1249 Kirkhof Center or during a scheduled meeting with Dernberger. All submissions must be turned in by Oct. 31.

GV explores Kindertransport 75th anniversary A series of events will be held in November to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Kindertransport, a mission that evacuated more than 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia before World War II officially began. The exhibition called “The Kindertransport Journey” will be displayed in the atrium level of the Mary Idema Pew Library from Nov. 1 to Nov. 24. A Kindertransport survivor will give a speech Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. in the multipurpose room on the atrium level of the library. Both events are free and open to the public. Six performances of the stage production of “Kindertransport” are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, 16, 21 and 22, as well as at 2 p.m. Nov. 17 and 23 at the GVSU Performing Arts Center.

Tickets can be bought at GVSU’s Louis Armstrong Theatre box office and are $12 for adults; $10 for faculty, staff, alumni and seniors; and $6 for all students and groups of 10 or more.

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GV Greeks get involved in LGBT ally training

BY STEPHANIE BRZEZINSKI SBRZEZINSKI@LANTHORN.COM

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ccording to a 2011 Campus Climate Survey, a combination of heterosexism and homophobia was the second largest issue on Grand Valley State University’s campus.

Colette Seguin-Beighley, director of the LGBT Resource Center, said that despite this issue and the fact that there is no option for transgender students to identify themselves as such on official paperwork, “GVSU has the largest selfidentifying trans population they have seen in over 150 Campus Climate Surveys across the nation.”

This is partly due to the efforts of the LGBT Re-

source Center and other campus organizations to increase inclusiveness and educate the community about transgender students.

One of these initiatives, the Greek Allies and Advocates training sessions, is geared toward GVSU’s Greek communities, which are generally split based on sex.

Seguin-Beighley said these sessions were created to establish a relationship between the LGBTQ community and Greek Life and to foster a more accepting environment. She added that 22 chapters have participated in the training so far.

Alpha Sigma Tau is one sorority that has been involved in the Greek Allies and Advocates training pro-

gram. Margie Munoz has been a member of Alpha Sigma Tau for three years and is now the director of Panhellenic Affairs.

Munoz said she is directly involved in the LGBT Resource Center, speaking at council meetings and participating in its programs. She was trained to be an ally last winter and said about 30 active members of the sorority have been trained.

“I have been working on creating a bridge between the LGBT community and Greek Life,” Munoz said.

“We want to be as inclusive as possible. The goals of the training are to introduce terminology and expand awareness of the LGBT community and Greek Allies and Advocates.”

Although Munoz said that there can be problems with blending transgender students into organizations divided by gender, she said transgender members of Alpha Sigma Tau have not experienced many. She added that the sorority will continue its connection with the LGBT Center to expand awareness and become more inclusive.

One way to do this is through the requirement that every active member of the sorority attend one LGBT event during the year.

“As a chapter, I know that we would be fully accepting of any sister that joined, regardless of their gender identity,” Munoz said. “We live in a very binary-based society, and until we begin

to make changes in our resources, public spaces and relationships with peers, we will not achieve full inclusion.”

Leslie Boker, a senior at GVSU, is the president of Out ‘N’ About, a student organization that is also involved with the Greek ally training.

“I was trained by the LGBT Resource Center to have broad knowledge of the center’s position on various LGBT topics, on top of my own experience as a queer and gender-variant person,” Boker said.

Boker added that the Greek Allies and Advocates program is important because it allows “GVSU community members to get a general understanding of

LGBT issues and the ability to interact effectively with and understand the needs of LGBT individuals in your organization.”

Out ‘N’ About aims to continue its link with Greek life and expand the support system through the LGBT community building. “Most problems for trans students stem from the lack of understanding from others, so educating yourself is the best thing you can do,” Boker said.

The LGBT Resource Center will host Dean Spade, a well-known trans scholar, on Nov. 14 at 6 p.m.

For more information about the LGBT Resources Center and its programs, visit www.gvsu.edu/lgbtrc.

BY ERIN GROGAN

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eil deGrasse Tyson, a well-known astrophysicist, will visit Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus on Nov. 13 to speak about the scientific process and the ways to make and discover answers to both small and large questions.

Tyson, who is currently the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, will present his lecture, “Science as a Way of Knowing,” to an audience anticipated to number in the thousands.

“As the only secular group on campus, we hope Tyson’s appearance will inspire people of all backgrounds to think

broader on important scientific and life questions that surround us,” said Aziza Ahmadi, event planner of the Center for Inquiry, which is a student organization at GVSU involved with planning the event.

In addition to the Center for Inquiry, the Physics Club will also be co-hosting the speaker.

“It is said that he never gives the same talk twice, so we are really excited to see what he has to say,” said Amy Mohr, president of the Physics Club.

Tyson’s speaking fee is $40,000, and an additional $15,000 was spent to cover the rest of the cost for the event, said Maria Beelen, vice president of the Center for Inquiry.

The funds were covered by the event co-sponsors: Spotlight Productions, the Office

of Student Life, the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Frederik Meijer Honors College and the Center for Inquiry Michigan.

“As far as I know, it is the largest event to come to Grand Valley,” Beelen said.

“We are expecting around 3,000 to 4,000 people.”

Co-sponsors will have informational tables set up in the Fieldhouse before and after the presentation. After the event, Tyson will also be available to sign books and answer some questions.

Tyson has written 10 books on space exploration, hosted the “Nova Science Now” show on PBS and is working on a remake of Carl Sagan’s TV show “Cosmos”

to be aired in the spring of 2014 on Fox Network.

Tyson’s lecture is not just intended for those interested in science. Ahmadi said Tyson communicates scientific ideas to those who would not normally be interested in science and suggested that students attend the event if they are interested in education in general.

Tickets for GVSU students are free and available today at the 20/20 Information Desk. There is a limit of two tickets per person, and they will be available free to the public starting Friday.

Tyson’s lecture will be held at 7 p.m. in the Fieldhouse.

For more information, visit www. gvsu.edu/events/neildegrasse-tyson-lecture-science-as-a-way.

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Astrophysicist to talk science at GV

Science: Neil deGrasse Tyson will speak to Grand Valley State University about contemporary scientific ideas.

GV to host 5th annual ‘green’ conference ELLIE PHILLIPS

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rand Valley State University will host the fifth annual “GreenUp” conference Wednesday and Thursday in the Eberhard Center on the Pew Campus.

The conference, officially known as the Michigan Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, will have discussions on how to design a sustainable state.

Researchers, chemists, engineers, industry CEOs, students, educators, entrepreneurs and policymakers will be attending to hear and share ideas on how to “green up” the state through green chemistry and engineering.

The conference may help produce jobs for GVSU graduates, said Dalila Kovacs, a faculty member involved with the conference.

“The job market (has) started to demand basic knowledge in green chemistry and green engineering,” Kovacs said.

“The conference will open with a career workshop led by the American Chemical Society, which is free for attendants, followed by a one-on-one resume review throughout the

Discussing solutions: Gov. Rick Snyder awards an attendee at a previous GreenUp Conference, where he discussed the state’s sustainability. Grand Valley State University will host the fifth annual conference on Wednesday.

two days of the conference.”

In addition to the career workshop and resume reviews, the first day of the conference will also feature a Green Chemistry and Engineering 101 workshop and networking reception.

The second day will include the fifth annual Michigan Green Chemistry Governor’s Awards; keynote presentations by Terry Collins, professor of green chemistry and director of the Institute for Green Science

at Carnegie Mellon; and 15 breakout sessions each with their own speaker. There will also be a student poster contest with a prize of $500, as well as exhibitors who will conduct resume reviews.

As GVSU’s chemistry de-

partment is at the forefront of green chemistry education in the state, having won the 2009 Michigan Governor’s Award for Green Chemistry Education, the conference is especially in line with the values of GVSU and the university’s

commitment to sustainability.

Along with Michigan Technological University, GVSU is one of the only two universities in the state that is part of the Green Chemistry Commitment for Education.

“Green chemistry is the chemists’ and engineers’ contribution to sustainability,” Kovacs said. “As a matter of fact, green chemistry is referred to—more often than not and especially in industrial settings—as sustainable chemistry.”

About 150 people are registered to attend the conference so far.

The Green Chemistry 101 workshop from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. has a $45 registration fee for non-students and $15 fee for students, and the reception following is complimentary. The conference on Thursday has a $100 registration fee, reduced to $25 for students. The Career Workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday is free. To register, visit www. deq.state.mi.us/eforms/ 2013GreenUpRegistration. html For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/events and search “greenup.”

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OPINION

OCTOBER 21, 2013 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN

The Joys (And Misery) Of Being Single

BY GARRICK SEE GSEE@LANTHORN.COM

My fellow Lakers, I write to you now as a single guy hoping to catch a break. It’s been many years since I’ve been involved with another human being, and during

that time, there have been too many unmentionable tribulations. It’s ironic that the amount of romantic comedies and love ballads I’ve experienced in my life have brought me to a standstill. My relationship status as of right now has no specific category because words cannot describe it.

But I might ask myself, “Why is this so?” Why do I feel the need to unload my happiness and my pain on someone else’s shoulders? What makes being single so much worse than being in a monogamous

QUESTION OF THE ISSUE

What was your favorite part of Homecoming week?

“Crushing all of those Yoopers from NMU!”

MARK MATWIEJCZYK

Junior Finance and Economics Utica, Mich.

“I was with the choir singing for the halftime show this weekend. I really enjoyed the experience and the chance to show my school spirit doing what I love.”

JESSICA ZAVALA Junior Music Muskegon, Mich.

“I liked the volleyball games because I enjoy supporting Grand Valley women’s sports because they don’t get a lot of fans.”

relationship? The answer is simple, yet confounding; being single means that nobody needs you to need them.

And why would you?

You’re single and you have your freedom along with your money, time and space. Everything you’ve ever fought for in your life is now yours and yours alone. Someone else might just abuse those things if you let them in, which is why the only person you’re comfortable with is yourself.

But then, the tide slowly turns when you figure out that you don’t like yourself as much

as you thought you did. The idea of living with only you is painfully unbearable because you know your ticks and knick-knacks are forever permanent. This creates a tiny little void in you that makes you think that maybe someone else out there might be able to share the load of living with yourself and maybe someone else who enjoys your ticks and knick-knacks because they’re different from their own.

Then, the wanting of a person to be with expands and you search continuously and you strive your hardest to

find the perfect soul in a sea of souls. You hold out until the very last minute and then the flame slowly dies down.

Your passion dwindles and the disappointment lingers in your bones and you feel as though you’ve failed yourself in your search, which comes back around to the idea that you’re now stuck with yourself and nothing else can ever make it right.

I’ve been disappointed like most of you have in my search.

I want someone to want me just as much as they want me to want them. To be honest,

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it feels as though the needle is barely even there in the haystack sometimes. This is why being single is such a hard thing to do.

There really is no real solution except to have faith and keep holding out.

We all want love in our lives, we all long for it. If not for human affections, then it’s for God or something else. Be wary of that void but never let it consume you. Do your best to be yourself and maybe another longing soul out there might notice you someday.

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PUBLIC ANONYMITY

After GVSU removed names and department affiliations from the General Fund Position List, we feel that transparency might be more beneficial than privacy.

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hen Grand Valley State University acted in compliance with state law last year, it published online exactly what it had published for years in the library: employee salaries, title, departments and names. This open access to a broader audience made some workers uneasy, though, and according to Ryan Jarvi’s front page article, GVSU filtered many complaints before removing any identifiable information from its online General Fund Position list.

But in answering the complaints, GVSU didn’t only take out names. The new format of the list only shows employees’ titles and wages—not even department. Employees get ultimate anonymity while interested page viewers get little information.

It’s easy to understand why some pro-

fessors might not want their salaries aired to the public. Surely they don’t want their children or parents or friends to know how much—or how little—they live on.

For some, it can be a very personal and embarrassing matter.

But while we can appreciate the anonymity that the new list allows, the exclusion of some data is troublesome.

Anyone who looks at this data is unable to distinguish an associate professor of physics from an associate professor of English, and thus cannot draw a conclusion about the expense of one department over another or, in essence, the current demand of a worker in one professional field over another.

The Lanthorn imagines that this lack of information is a hindrance not only to data analysts, but perhaps to professors, as well.

We don’t presume or wish to suggest that GVSU would act dishonestly or work to take advantage of its employees, but publishing every last detail could prevent anything of the sort. Perhaps the university knows it can hire in a new professor at a price far greater than the salary of a worker already employed. How is the long-standing employee to know if her earnings could increase as the new worker receives a larger starting sum, or if she’s being worked at a wage that isn’t comparable to her fellows?

As we see it, it’s an issue of leverage and fairness. So, looking beyond the fragile issue of public transparency versus personal privacy, we have to ask: isn’t more information something professors should want?

DAINA GRAZULIS Junior History Marquette, Mich.

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“My favorite part of Homecoming week I must say was tailgating. I had a blast catching up with alumni. Everyone was just enjoying each others company, and didn’t allow the rain to damp our spirit.”

TRACIE TREY

Senior Hospitality and Tourism Management Detroit, Mich.

“My favorite part was the football game, despite the hail, rain, and lightning it was a blast! The band’s performance of the Wizard of Oz was definitely memorable.”

KEVIN FORSTER

Junior Psychology and Secondary Math Education

“The football game.”

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The perils of movie violence

CORRIN RUSSELL Sophomore Exercise Science Marshall, Mich.

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Every so often, parents will turn on the television, rent an action movie, or watch their children play a new video game, and for a moment will realize, as if given new, chaste eyes, that what they are viewing is extraordinarily violent.

Most recently, one such parent was watching The Walking Dead with his kids and felt deeply disturbed by its content. Then, perhaps remembering that I was a film major, he asked me my opinion of movie violence. His questions were well worth posing. Does movie violence cause real life violence? Does it “desensitize” us to violence?

I am usually hesitant to give an answer. For one, I have not once taken a class or had a conversation with a film professor that would prove either way.

Film professors, for instance, could give classes on the aesthetics of movie violence, or on the representation of violence with respect to certain social institutions or groups of people.

However, film professors cannot say with any certainty that movie violence causes real life violence. The proof just isn’t there. For instance, one recent study at Oxford finds that violent crime actually decreases when violent movies are in theaters. The painfully obvious reason: people are at the movies, and thus have no time to drink, wander the streets, or do anything else that can be linked to an increase in crime. Further, the researchers add that they found no—that is, nada—evidence to suggest any long-term effects of movie violence.

Still, despite the dearth of evidence that might condemn movie violence or even validate the (I think, still justified) fears of parents, the news media tends to implicate movie violence whenever the issue resurges in the public sphere.

The late Roger Ebert, in an online journal entry, describes how, after the tragedy at Columbine, he was asked by a journalist whether violence in movies led to acts of real violence. The journalist was visibly disappointed by Ebert’s initial reply that, no, there was no causal relationship in his view. Ebert expounded: real life violence like the events at Columbine are more likely caused by the news media’s representation of violence in

the world, which always appears pervasive and unending.

Movie violence, in Ebert’s view, is more rare—and less disturbing—than the violence that saturates the news.

Ebert’s perspective constitutes what I think is a more nuanced understanding of the effects of media violence—in movies or otherwise—on the collective consciousness of the public. Contrary to Ebert’s view and due to the influence of popneuroscience, we tend to think that watching violent movies releases some super chemical— perhaps malepinephrine—that sends us into a violent rampage.

Think young Michael Myers in the opening scene of Halloween. In this reading, Myers had just watched Scrosese’s Taxi Driver and now considers his innocent sister “the filth” of New York City.

The truth of the matter, I think, concerns the kind of movie violence we consume and thus accept. Stating the case as simply as possible, there are three major varieties: 1) The violence encountered in the action flick, in which plot development hinges on body count. The violence in such films is not disturbing because no gore, no blood, and no audience identification with the victims. In such films, in order for the hero to

reach his destination, kill the madman, rescue his daughter, he must massacre the stock characters who stand in his way. Whether we see blood or gore depends less on the director’s concern for aesthetics or social commentary and more on ratings—bloodless killing gets PG 13, torture gore gets R. 2) The torture violence encountered in films that concern themselves more with cinematic spectacle than realism. In such films, though much more graphic than in category 1, the violence serves likewise only to pleasure the audience. Psychoanalytic readings of such films are telling; check them out.

3) The violence of some films, indeed the most rare, that does not subordinate cinematic violence to spectacle or mere plot device. Instead, these movies make use of cinematic violence to call attention to the profoundly disturbing, disordered nature of real life violence.

In such movies, filmmakers are well aware of the agency of art in culture and the consciousness of the public. These films, to flip the buzzword, “sensitize” rather than “desensitize.”

The extent to which we choose the third, rather than the first and second, category will determine the influence cinematic violence has on our lives.

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NEWS

OCTOBER 21, 2013 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN

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t Grand Valley State University, Disability Support Resources is aiding students with mental disabilities in a unique way with the Campus Links program.

“Really what Campus Links is, (that) it’s part of a comprehensive system of support on campus,” said Ken Pierson, a GVSU senior and mentor for Campus Links.

The program pairs students who have mental disabilities with a student mentor who lives with them and provides support whenever needed.

Cullen McCurdy, a junior and mentee in the program, is on the autism spectrum and said that he has enjoyed being a part of Campus Links. “(The best part) is having someone I can talk to when I need to talk about something,” he said. “Having a mentor and a group of friends with similar difficulties, it’s easier to empathize with someone when you know what they’re going through and why they’re going through something.”

While DSR is more academically centered on helping students on campus, McCurdy said that Campus Links is more centered on helping students socially.

“DSR gives more academic considerations while Campus Links is more social interaction,” he said. “It’s less going into an office with an appointment, but just having something to talk about and hanging out, even though we don’t always get along.”

Pierson said that there are several other universities doing similar programs to Campus Links, but that GVSU is doing it well.

“The increasing number of college students on the spectrum necessitates programs like this being created, and we’re one of the first to do so,” he said.

Campus Links is only in its second year at GVSU, and

even in this short time the program has already grown.

It went from six to nine participants from fall 2012 to 2013, and added a graduate assistant to help with administration of the program, said Kathleen VanderVeen, director of DSR. “All six students who were participants last year returned this year,” VanderVeen said.

“We have a few different mentors and some that came back, but they have all gained a lot.”

All the mentors and mentees in Campus Links also take a class together where they discuss how other people view the world and the way people think about things. Students have also created a club on campus called Students Toward Autism Advocacy and Respect (STAAR) that brings them all together for service activities and social events, Pierson said.

“Being able to experience a variety of perceptions and ways of processing the world is extremely rewarding,” Pierson said. “Some of my best friends are in Campus Links.”

Jessica Marzi, the Campus Links graduate assistant, said that students being mentored in the program have enjoyed the level of support they have received.

“I’ve heard a lot of positive things and have seen a lot of positive; going from feeling like they don’t know what to do, to having someone to guide them and be their friend,” she said. “It helps them meet a lot more people.”

Marzi said that she hopes the program keeps growing to help more students on campus, whether with mentors who live with them or just providing them with another level of support.

The mentors and mentees for the program grow close to each other and become good friends with others in Campus Links, said Debbie Wright, a senior at GVSU being mentored in the program.

Just before transferring to GVSU last year, Wright

Speaker talks viable future

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bout 50 people gathered at Grand Valley State University to hear Lisa Rose Starner, a GVSU alumna, talk about her experiences promoting sustainable and affordable food movements in the West Michigan area.

Starner has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and French, as well as a master’s in public administration, and she wrote the book called “Grand Rapids Food: A Culinary Revolution,” which was published earlier this year.

“Food touches on so many aspects of our lives,” she said. “Someone grew it; it came from somewhere.”

After graduating in 2000, she moved to Napa Valley in California, where she worked in the wine industry. Her interactions with migrant workers and firsthand observation of the difficulties people have in getting affordable, healthy food led her to get involved in the ‘good food’ industry, which provides food that is affordable, organic and economically viable.

Starner brought this passion back to Michigan in 2001 and, as part of her journey to learn about the agricultural system, got a job on a farm in Northern Michigan. Then she relocated to Grand Rapids.

Now, Starner’s biggest concern is getting the community involved in community endeavors, such as the different farmers’ markets in the Grand Rapids area. One of her goals is to help farmers’ markets of any kind connect with their communities and

work with them in the way that the local Fulton Street Market was able to do.

“A lot of people feel that they don’t have the power to make change in their community,” she said. For Starner, helping people find and use that power is part of what she does.

Starner said only about 2 percent of the food eaten in the U.S, is locally produced, which was a reason behind her decision to get involved in the local food movement in the city.

She also discussed how many of the foods eaten locally are unfairly traded; there are children harvesting coffee beans and farmers who aren’t getting paid a fair wage for things they produce and send to the U.S. This knowledge has contributed to her campaign for local foods.

She currently spends her time writing and teaching about local food, and edible and medicinal plants, and she also works with local community gardens and farmers markets. She tries to make sure that the community is involved in the agricultural efforts of Grand Rapids and calls herself a “post-modern foodie.”

Starner’s tastes run toward organic, fairly-traded foods. But being a mother, she realizes that she can’t always shop at Whole Foods and still feed her family.

“We have to remember to extend some grace to each other,” she said.

“There comes a point when you have to do the best that you can with the resources you have, and I like to believe that others are doing the best they can as well.”

was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and was told about the possibility of the Campus Links program getting started.

“I decided to try for it, because having to go through the normal setting seemed more overwhelming,” she said.

From a mentee standpoint, having the extra support of a mentor makes everyday life easier to deal with, Wright added. “There are people I can talk to and complain to,” she said. “I can be really shy with people I don’t know. I do worry how people will react to me

if I say something wrong, but with Campus Links, I don’t need to worry about that because they already know that about me.”

Caitlin Reese, a Campus Links mentor and junior at GVSU, said that what she most enjoys about the program is the relationships created.

“There are people who live next door and down the hall that I can come to with anything I need,” she said. “The people that I mentor are my first go-to on campus. It’s like a builtin friend system. Campus Links can be summed up in one word—accepting.”

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Lending a hand: Senior Ken Pierson (left) is a mentor to junior Cullen McCurdy (right) through the Campus Links program.

Disability Support Services began the program to help students with social skills by having a mentor live with them.

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LAKER LIFE

OCTOBER 21, 2013 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN

DJ brings his signature EDM to GV’s Fieldhouse

BY MARY MATTINGLY

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rand valley state University got a taste of raging electronic dance music Thursday night with this year’s Homecoming Concert featuring DJ Steve Aoki. The beat enticed plenty of students, as well as non-students, to dance.

“Steve Aoki is (one of) my favorite EDM artists,” said Jarrett Weber, one of the concert’s attendees. “I’ve never been to a GV concert besides this one, so I wanted to see what it was about.”

Though not many tickets were snatched up initially, they went fast on the day

of the show. The venue was packed with sweaty dancers, and the crowd only grew as it got closer to showtime.

The night opened with Autoerotique, an electroproducer from Toronto.

Contrary to many students’ expectations, rapper Waka Flocka Flame did not open for Aoki at GVSU. Though the two are touring together currently as a part of Aoki’s Aokify America Tour, Allendale was not a stop for Flame.

Students took advantage of the concert to don their best rave gear. Decked out in everything from a Pokémon-themed outfit to furry leg warmers and pacifiers, attendees wore the best clothes that would catch the flashing strobe lights and multi-colored beams.

A roar from the crowd

arose when Aoki finally took the stage, his signature long hair and goatee immediately recognizable. He proceeded to put on a high energy show, complete with confetti shooting from the stage, the obligatory light show and, of course, his signature caking of audience members. Conducting the crowd as they jumped around, Aoki kept the music frenetic.

“Hands down my favorite part was when Steve played the song ‘Turbluence’ and proceeded to throw an abnormal-sized cake at fellow Lakers,” Weber said.

Several students enjoyed a face-to-face encounter with the artist.

“Steve stopped by outside the area where he was selling shirts and I was right next to him,” said Weber, who managed to get a picture with the

DJ. “When I noticed he was there, (my girlfriend and I) busted through a group of fans and snapped a selfie with (him).”

Thoug h Aoki may not be the most well-known name in mainstream music, the concert attracted plenty of attendees, both avid fans and people who just wanted to dance.

One thing was for sure: those who simply stood still were greatly outnumbered.

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business, inviting alumni back in to take a peek at how GVSU has changed over the years.

“So many of our alumni are spread out and they haven’t been back to Grand Valley since the 70s, 80s, 90s, even the 00s,” Rangel said.

Hands up: Steve Aoki performs inside the Fieldhouse Arena “The Alumni House will on Oct. 17 as part of the annual Homecoming celebration. guide them around and show them how much campus has changed since they were at school.”

The biggest event planned was the alumni tailgate, which took place next to the Kelly Family Sports Center.

“We’re expecting 800 BY ERIKA COLLIN alumni to come back,” Ran- ECOLLIN@LANTHORN.COM least four people. Because of this, gel said before the tailgate. t’s not very often that a goal of the Laker Traditions The event spanned throughaudiences get to expeTeam is to ensure that other camout Michigan. rience groups of col- pus organizations choose to get “There is a bus coming lege students dancing involved in future years. from Novi to the game,” Ranaround in pig tails, tutus “We want other people to get gel said before the tailgate. and face paint to the tune of involved and to do it,” said El“About 56 folks will be coming. Some are parents but pre-wrecking ball Miley Cyrus’ lerie Ambrose, the Homecom“Can’t Be Tamed.” At the Lip ing event coordinator. “(The most are alumni.”

Rangel found alumni ea- Sync Contest, though, the competition is not) just exclupacked Fieldhouse of Grand sive to housing and Greeks.” ger to return to GVSU. Other organizations, in fact, “A lot goes back to being Valley State University got to witness just that and more. did choose to get involved this a Laker for a Lifetime,” she “It was really cool to see how year, but performed after the said. “Grand Valley is one creative everyone was, ” freshcompeting groups while the big family and alumni are always welcome back here. man Nicole Buchmann said. judges deliberated. The Office of The theme of Homecoming, “The fact that all of the teams Student Life performed its rendithere’s no place like the val- could take the simple theme of tion of “What Does the Fox Say?” The first place winners, We’re ley, really showcased that. The Wizard of Oz and make a When you go to school here, six-minute mash-up of differ- Off to See the Greeks, were made you live here for four years ent songs and dances was re- up of fraternity members from Delta Sigma Phi and Sorority and it becomes your home. ally fun to watch.”

The Lip Sync Contest, a members from Gamma Phi Beta.

Alumni can come back and “Everyone had so many difsee what’s new: it’s always GVSU tradition, was held Oct. 16 and ran for two hours, feaferent ideas, and we collaborathome for you.” turing 15 teams who danced ed it all into one,” said Shawn Kathleen Loveland is an and lip synced their way Mueller, the new member edualumnus who graduated in 1983. After getting involved around the brightly lit stage. cator of Delta Sigma Phi. “It rewith the Alumni relations The teams consisted of fraterni- ally came out (well).”

The mix of students pracboard, she has been vol- ty and sorority members, along with other campus organizaticed their dance routine Monunteering at Homecoming Week for the past 13 years, tions, and they were required to day through Friday for at least helping out with both the perform a dance routine that fit two hours a day for the past alumni golf outing and tail- this year’s Homecoming theme two weeks. The dance was of “No Place Like the Valley.” choreographed by seniors and gating party.

The competition was cri- Gamma Phi Beta sisters Briana “The number one reason that I do it is it’s fun,” Love- tiqued by a panel of five judg- Bock and Jessica Faleni.

“We’ve been waiting four land said. “The number two es that were made up of faculty and staff members.

Judges years to win Homecoming, reason is that I get to see a lot of people I don’t see in Mus- announced their picks for the and this is our last Homecomkegon, where I live and work. top seven at the event, but fin- ing,” Faleni said. ishing in third place was the The event coordinators I always have a great time.”

Lions Tougers and Bears, in said they achieved their goal Homecoming Week gives current students and former second place The Kappas of of getting students excited.

“Everybody gets so excited students an opportunity to Oz, and in first place We’re Off to See the Greeks. about something so simple, built connections.

This year the Lip Sync Conand it really shows that peo“I’m more involved now than I was as a student,” test was coordinated for the first ple are excited to be at Grand Loveland said. “I like to talk time by the new-to-campus Lak- Valley,” said Alyssa Smith, to students and tell them er Traditions Team. The com- the overall chair of the Laker about my experiences, they petition is usually most popular Traditions Team. “It’s such a tell me about theirs—their with fraternities and sororities, big deal just for people to go (experiences) are usually though anyone can participate out and blow off steam for as long as they have a team of at one night and have fun.” more fun than mine.”

Welcome home: Grand Valley State University’s Homecoming regents gather at the football game on Saturday. Nathan Kalinowski won homecoming regent to represent GVSU.

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ast week, Grand Valley State University followed the yellow brick road into Homecoming Week. Transforming GVSU into a place that can usually only be accessed by cyclone, both students and alumni got into the spirit.

“Homecoming is our favorite time of year,” Alexis Rangel of Alumni Relations said. “We’re welcoming back everybody. I’m excited for it.”

GVSU was spirited away to Oz through a schedule of events planned by Student Life and Alumni Relations, which all led up to the Homecoming game on Oct. 19. Plenty of people came out to show their school pride, with hundreds of alumni returning to GVSU to check out how the school has changed. The university also used social media contests and collaborations with other organizations to make the week as inclusive as possible.

“The whole week (went) really smoothly,” said Chel-

sea Pulice, the organizer of activities planned by Student Life. “I couldn’t have asked for better volunteers. I’m thankful of them taking the time to help.”

The week kicked off with the Homecoming Ozlympics. Teams competed throughout the week in events to rack up the most points.

Contests such as the Great Ruby Slipper Hunt challenged students to find nine slippers hidden on both Allendale and Pew campuses by following clues laid out on the website.

All slippers were found within the first 24 hours.

“It was a lot of fun to see students scurrying around campus to find them,” Pulice said.

The week wrapped up with a canned food drive contest, where teams competed to build the most creative sculpture out of all the canned goods. All canned goods went to the Student Food Pantry.

“Our goal this year was to do more with collaborations, such as donating to the (Stu-

dent) food pantry,” Pulice said.

The week also used several social media contests.

Students could pose with cardboard cutouts provided

by Celebration Cinema, Instagramming pictures of themselves for the chance to win a gift card. Alumni Relations also held an Instagram contest, challenging alumni across the nation to decorate their porches with GVSU accessories, then Instagram a picure of it.

“We’ve gotten a lot of responses,” Rangel said. “There was a lot of good feedback, (and) it really shows how you can celebrate from anywhere your Laker pride.”

While Homecoming Week provided activities for current students to enjoy, alumni also got involved.

Rangel is a 2010 GVSU alumnus and is charge of organizing all Homecoming activities for alumni. Library tours, a pancake breakfast and the annual 5K were all on the agenda. On Friday, the Alumni House was open for

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SPORTS

OCTOBER 21, 2013 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN

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SHORTS

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STANDINGS FOOTBALL GLIAC NORTH SVSU Hillsdale Michigan Tech.

Ferris State GVSU Wayne State Northwood Northen Mich.

6-0 4-1 4-2 4-2 3-2 3-3 1-4 1-5

GLIAC SOUTH Ohio Dom. Ashland Findlay Walsh Lake Erie Tiffin Malone

6-0 3-3 2-3 2-4 1-4 1-4 1-5

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fter the loss to Ferris State University, Laker head coach Matt Mitchell challenged his offensive line to get back to controlling the line of scrimmage.

The offense rose to the challenge—and then some— as the Grand Valley State University football team (5-2, 3-2 GLIAC) amassed 309 rushing yards in a shortened 48-17 win over Northern Michigan University (1-5, 1-5 GLIAC).

“We challenged our offensive line, and Northern Michigan was running a three-down front,” Mitchell said. “If you’re going to run a three-down front and we can’t line up and run the ball, that’s embarrassing. So we challenged our offensive line to run the ball, and I thought those guys responded.”

Junior running back Michael Ratay led GVSU on the ground, tallying 151 yards on 18 carries and scoring two touchdowns. Senior Chris Robinson chipped in with 61 yards on eight carries and a touchdown of his own.

“Obviously we had a great game plan going into it,” Ratay said. “We were going to focus on running the ball, and we had

some great looks. A lot of the backs were getting into open space, and we wanted to get in open space and the second level real quick, so it was a lot of fun.”

Rain, hail and a porous Northern Michigan defense couldn’t put a stop to the GVSU offense. The Lakers were only slowed once the game was suspended.

Leading 48-17 with 12:55 left in the fourth quarter, the first of many lightning strikes appeared. The game was delayed at 9:26 EST, and both teams headed into the locker room.

After deliberation between GVSU athletic director Tim Selgo, the officials and Northern Michigan’s coaching staff, the parties involved considered it would still be a half hour wait after the last lightning strike, in addition to a 30-minute wait period for the players to warm up. Therefore, Selgo decided it was best that the game be called.

The game was presented before GLAIC commissioner Dell Robinson and a committee, who decided that the game would be considered a final and would therefore result in a win for GVSU. “Weather was a factor the whole time,” Mitchell said.

“We had rain, we had hail ...

the win. Leading 48-17, the game was called off due to lightning. Protocol required GVSU to wait for the committee’s decision to see if it would be considered a completed game, which eventually resulted in a Laker win.

Opening holes: Brandon Revenberg (57) blocks an NMU defender. GVSU tallied 309 rushing yards on the night.

“We weren’t going to let them come in with a young freshman quarterback and let them throw the ball around the field on us,” senior cornerback Reggie Williams said. “We wanted to send a message that we’re better than what we’ve been showing on the back end, and we wanted to come out and prove that—especially with a freshman quarterback—so we took advantage of it.”

Williams picked off

09:28 GV Joe Warner 1 yd pass from Isiah Grimes, 7-0 06:25 NM John Oberheide 28 yd field goal, 7-3 01:43 GV Joel Schipper 34 yd field goal, 10-3

2ND

11:52 GV Chris Robinson 20 yd run, 17-3 05:14 GV Michael Ratay 11 yd run, 24-3 00:56 NM Marcus Tucker 14 yd pass from Shaye Brown, 24-10 00:00 GV Joel Schipper 22 yd field goal, 27-10

3RD

10:24 GV Michael Ratay 1 yd run, 34-10 07:02 NM Connor Schrader 0 yd blocked punt return, 34-17 03:11 GV Ben Hutchins 23 yd run, 41-17

4TH

14:50 GV Joe Wirth 15 yd pass from Isiah Grimes, 48-17

Goes to the offensive line. Mitchell challenged the unit to step up after a lackluster performance against Ferris State, and they responded. GVSU recorded 309 yards on the ground, and Grimes was upright the whole night.

STAT OF THE NIGHT… 549 to 235. GVSU outgained Northern Michigan 549 to 235 in total

8-0 6-2-1 5-1-1 5-3-1 5-3 4-2-1 3-3-1 3-5 2-3-2 2-4-1 2-7 1-7 1-7

10-1 10-1 10-1 8-3 8-3 7-4 7-4 5-6 5-6 5-6 4-7 3-8 2-9 2-9 1-10 1-10

Brown, and senior Erik Thompson made an interception for the second consecutive game. Thompson’s interception came when Northern Michigan attempted a wide receiver pass.

GVSU will now look to have its first success on the road this season as it travels to take on Northwood University.

“It’s a road game that starts at noon, so hopefully our team is ready to go,” Mitchell said.

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Volleyball earns two sweeps GVSU (16-3, 10-1 GLIAC) has been dominant in the majority of conference matches The No. 20 Grand Valley so far this season. It has alState University women’s vol- ready swept eight GLIAC leyball team is finding new squads and has won 14 of its ways to dominate opposing last 15 contests. teams from the GLIAC. The Lakers began the 2-0 GVSU showweekend with a cased its offensive sweep over Wayne firepower at home State University on on Saturday when Friday, although it rolled the Uni- Nobody works the sweep wasn’t versity of Findlay easy against the in straight sets any harder or Warriors. after posting a wants it any The first set was .449 team hitting a back-and-forth p e r c e n t a g e — t h e more. battle, but ultiteam’s best mark mately the Lakers SCANLON since October DEANNE overcame a slow HEAD COACH 2002. start and came out “ O f f e n s i v e l y, on top 31-29. The we’re coming together,” GVSU last time a GVSU team scored head coach Deanne Scan- 31 in a set was in November lon said. “That’s just the kind 2008 in a victory over Northof capability we have. Those ern Michigan University. numbers are pretty incredJunior outside hitter Abby ible.”

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It was kind of just a bizarre night in terms of the weather.

I thought our kids battled through and handled that.”

Junior quarterback Heath Parling sat out after not throwing at all throughout the week. Junior Isiah Grimes made his fourth start of the year and exhibited no signs of rust after sitting out the previous two games. Grimes completed 13 of 22 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns.

“It’s not the rhomboid tear that he had before,” Mitchell said about Parling.

“It’s the AC joint on the top of the shoulder—probably a direct result of getting slammed down multiple times at Big Rapids. Just like anything, we’ll come in here and reassess it. I’ll probably know more Monday, if not Tuesday.”

Besides the 11-play, 74-yard touchdown drive before the half ended, the Northern Michigan offense struggled to sustain any drives. Injuries forced the Wildcats to start their third string quarterback, freshman Shaye Brown.

Brown finished the night converting 14 of 22 passes for 168 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

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yards. Northern Michigan didn’t have any answers for the Laker offense, which didn’t punt in the first half.

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In the trenches: Michael Ratay is stuffed at the goal line on third down. GVSU would score on the next play, a play-action pass to tight end Joe Warner. The game was suspended due to lightning, and GVSU was later granted a win by the GLIAC.

kills to go with a trio of service aces, but she said the team needs to learn how to be more assertive in the first stanza.

“We’re going to be playing better teams, and they’re not going to let us come back,” Aiken said. “That’s our main focus.”

The Onsted, Mich., native has been in quite the zone lately. The performance came after a 21-kill outing in a victory over the University of Ashland on Oct. 12. She elevated her kills-per-set mark to the fifth spot in the conference entering Saturday’s matchup with Findlay.

“I’m really happy for her,” Scanlon said of Aiken. “Nobody works any harder or wants it any more. She’s been able to balance all of the leadership responsibilities ... She’s had that weight on her shoulders. We continue to build her

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Grand Valley State University added five members to its Athletic Hall of Fame at the Kirkhof Center on Friday night: Scott Allen (baseball), Alison Koopsen (tennis), Wendy Lesch (volleyball), Kristen Pietras (soccer) and Christy Tedrow (track).

Allen (2002-2005) was the 2002 GLIAC Freshman of the Year and was an AllGLIAC Second-Team honoree as a sophomore and as a junior before being tabbed as a First-Team honoree as a senior. His 168 career runs, 163 RBIs and 46 doubles each rank as the secondhighest in program history.

Koopsen (2002-2006) notched 172 combined victories in singles and doubles play, finishing as the all-time winningest competitor in the history of the program. She held a 92-27 mark in singles play and was a two-time First-Team All-GLIAC selection.

Lesch (1987-1991) was a two-time First-Team AllGLIAC and two-time All-Midwest selection during her career as a Laker. She still holds a trio of all-time program records with 173 solo blocks, 515 total blocks and 288 service aces.

Pietras (1996-1998) was a member of the first women’s soccer team in program history, and led the team in goals, assists and points in each of her three seasons with the team.

Tedrow (1999-2002) garnered six NCAA Division II All-America awards during her career with at GVSU and still holds the record in the outdoor 400-meter run.

The Athletic Hall of Fame now holds 126 members.

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Shocking start: Sophomore Elle Ryan competes for the Grand Valley State University swim team. The men’s team took a surprising season-opening win this weekend.

Swimmers soak in victory

BY AUTUMN BURIN ABURIN@LANTHORN.COM

Expectations for a team can go either way. When high expectations are shattered by defeat, self-esteem plummets. However, when low expectations are shockingly exceeded, the spirit of a team overwhelmingly improves.

The latter was exactly the case for the Grand Valley State University swim team this weekend.

At the opening meet of the season for the men’s team and the second meet of the season for the women’s team, the Lakers did not expect much when they faced Division I foe WisconsinMilwaukee University.

The team’s expectation was to come away with experience from a highly competitive school and learn new skills to defeat more evenly matched opponents down the road.

The shock came when the GVSU men emerged from the water with the win.

“The team has beaten us every year we have competed against them,” head coach Andy Boyce said. “I was very happy how it turned out. The men had a big win today, and it was a great start to the season.”

Stats were unavailable because the computer system at Wisconsin-Milwaukee crashed prior to the last event of the meet.

Although the GVSU

women’s team lost, the ex“We usually don’t swim citement of the big win by this fast in the first meet, so the men’s team was enough that was surprising,” Medo to motivate them for a great said. “It was a great team with upcoming season, as well. great competition, and I am “We know we are a so happy with the outcome.” strong team,” sophomore After winning all his Faith Bart said. “We went events and helping set a pool up against a tough school record, it was no wonder that and fought until the end.”

Medo confirmed this meet The women’s team came was a great start to his season. up short of the win by 60 “We always have high points, which Bart said was expectations here at Grand hardly a loss at all in this Valley,” he said. “And hopecompetition. fully because of those high “The women e x p e c t at i o n s , performed very we can cause an well,” Boyce upset against big said. “I am very teams this year, happy with how We went up do well in conit turned out.” ferences, and against a The morale eventually make was also boost- tough school it to nationals.” ed by the fact and fought...

The bar has that two pool been set, and the records were FAITH BART team believes it broken by the SOPHOMORE SWIMMER has the strength GVSU athletes. to rise above it.

“The highIn only her light (of the competition) was second competition of the definitely when we had one of season, junior Sarah Roeser our teammates break the pool already set a new personal record for 500 freestyle, and record during the meet. one of our men’s relay team’s “It is a pretty cool feelbroke the (200 freestyle relay) ing,” Roeser said. “It makes pool record, as well,” Bart said. me more confident for the The 500 freestyle pool bigger competitions down record was broken by fresh- the road.” man Jennifer Priebe. The 200 To Roeser, Wayne State freestyle relay pool record University is that competition. was broken by junior Milan “I can’t wait to be right Medo, freshman Danny Ab- with them and give them a bott, and seniors Michael run for first place in conferGriffith and Erik Aakesson. ences this season,” she said.

No mercy: Senior Shelby Humphries defends her control of the ball from an opponent. The Lakers continue their winning streak with a 13-0 victory this weekend.

Making it look easy

Soccer outscores opponents 20-0 in weekend play

BY PETE BARROWS PBARROWS@LANTHORN.COM

Some say it’s better to be lucky than good, although the Grand Valley State University soccer team hasn’t required much luck this season to be historically successful.

Host GVSU (12-0-1, 9-00 GLIAC) beat Tiffin University (3-9-1, 2-5-1 GLIAC) 13-0 on Sunday in match No. 13 of the season. The 13 goals scored by the Lakers set a school record and helped extend the nation’s secondlongest shutout streak in Division II history to 13 games.

The No.1 Lakers have not lost at home in their last 58 matches, which is also the second-longest streak in Division II history.

“I think being home for a lot of these games has really helped us out, and our kids have enjoyed being back, but I think we’re excited to get back on the road, to be honest with you,” GVSU head coach Dave Dilanni said. “We have our big U.P. trip coming up with some really big games, and it’s been nice to see our kids do well, not only as a team, but individually.”

Some might say GVSU has found a lucky number in 13 or that the Lakers would be well served by celebrating victory tonight by tossing a pinch of salt over their shoulders, especially with Halloween just around the corner.

The Lakers, however, have found balance to be an apt substitute for superstition.

Nine different Lakers scored a goal and none played more than 61 minutes.

“What’s unique about this team is our depth,” Dilanni

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up and her teammates continue to build her up because there’s a lot that she does for our team.”

She and senior right-side hitter Megan Schroeder were simply too much to handle for both Wayne State and Findlay.

Schroeder led the way with 12 kills and just one attack error on Saturday as the Lakers made quick work of the Oilers in straight sets. She

said. “Week-to-week, our difference makers are always going to be different.”

Freshman forward Erika Bradfield placed a ball into the left corner of Tiffin’s crease off an assist from junior forward Jenny Shaba, who then assisted freshman forward Kendra Stauffer for goal No. 2 in the eighth minute to start the scoring for the Lakers.

Shaba then recorded two goals of her own in minute 11 and minute 21, the second of which was assisted by a long pass from sophomore midfielder Katie Klunder.

Shaba was one of four Lakers with two goals and one of three Lakers with two assists Sunday and did her damage in 50 minutes of play. Shaba leads the Lakers on the season with 22 points.

“I think soccer’s a game of momentum, and we’ve been riding that wave the last few games,” she said. “We come out in the beginning of every game giving 100 percent, which helps things fall into place for us and give us momentum. Each game we play, things seem to fall into place quicker and quicker from the first whistle.”

In a 7-0 route over the University of Findlay on Friday (6-6-2, 2-4-2), GVSU outshot its opponent 28-5 and only allowed one shot in the second half.

Findlay pressured GVSU’s heralded backline early, but it was quickly stifled. In minute 10, Stauffer broke the scoreless tie off an assist from Shaba, who then notched a goal of her own 25 seconds later.

“Today and Friday were both great examples of a team

win,” Dilanni said. “We had a lot of people play, we had a lot of people play well and in a way, this weekend was a of a celebrations of firsts. We had a couple people get their first goal, we had defenders who were in the attack and we enjoyed ourselves today.”

Another first came Sunday when senior goalkeeper Abbey Miller set a GVSU record with 1,173.57 consecutive minutes played without surrendering a goal. It’s the third longest streak in Division II history.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” Miller said. “It’s awesome to see the team improve every week in practice, and it’s even better when all of the hard work results in rewards like this.”

With a game scheduled against Michigan Tech University (9-3-1, 6-1-1 GLIAC)—who shared the GLIAC title with GVSU last fall— Friday at 7 p.m. and another match set for Sunday with Northern Michigan University (4-8-1, 4-3-1) at 1 p.m., the Lakers will look to continue to make their own luck and pursue history on the pitch with four games remaining in the regular season.

“This weekend’s success was all a byproduct of how we train, but ultimately, we’re only as good as the last time we’ve stepped on the field,” Dilanni said. “This won’t matter when we’re practicing on Tuesday and if we decide we don’t want to train hard or learn and continue to get better, it won’t matter going forward, either. There’s a big difference between scoring these goals now and scoring against good teams in crucial moments and there’s always room to grow.”

V O L L E Y B A L L finished the weekend with 23 kills overall.

“We still need to peak,” she said. “We’ve been doing well but we still have room to get better and show that we can finish in first.”

Sophomore middle blocker Kaleigh Lound also continues to emerge as a consistent inside presence for the team.

Her .316 hitting-percentage and 1.07 blocks-per-set marks both rank as the third highest in the GLIAC. Junior setter Kaitlyn Wolt-

ers spread the ball around in both victories, finishing the weekend with 74 total assists.

The team currently shares the No. 1 spot in the conference with Ferris State University and Northern Michigan, but if the Laker offense continues to produce at a similar level, it could lead to the team’s first GLIAC championship since 2008.

GVSU will return to action on Friday at the GLIAC/ GLVC Crossover in Aurora, Ill.

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Team ties Chippewas 3-3 in weekend play

BY ADAM KNORR AKNORR@LANTHORN.COM

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fter a long playoff run in 2012, the Grand Valley State University Division II men’s club hockey team is carving up the ice again, looking to take care of the business it left unfinished after last season.

Following a 4-3 start, the Lakers attempted to turn on the burners against Central Michigan University (3-2-1) on Saturday afternoon. The sluggish start to the season continued for the Lakers as they allowed an early lead to slip away in a 3-3 tie against the Chippewas.

“We played a little lackluster today,” GVSU head coach Mike Forbes said.

“We didn’t have a play with a lot of confidence. They played hard and we didn’t play particularly well ... We still haven’t learned how to close out a game.”

GVSU (4-3-1), succeeding a 2012-2013 season that resulted in a strong national playoff run, stumbled out of the gate this year, failing to get off to the same dominant start as it has in years past.

The Lakers quickly took a 3-0 lead, directing the flow of the game for the first two periods. However, in the final 20 minutes, the ice began to tilt towards the Chippewas, as CMU staged a late comeback, netting the game-tying goal late in the third period.

Despite holding command of the puck for the majority of the overtime period, the Lakers were unable to score and were forced to leave Mount Pleasant with a tie.

The junior class put on a show for GVSU, as a trio of them scored for the Lakers. Forward Brad Wilhem

notched his team-leading 10th goal of the season as classmates Matt Smartt and Corbin Rainey both put home their second of the 2013 campaign. Senior goaltender Scott Tiefenthal kept his .500 record for the season—coming up with save after save—but he was unable to keep the Chips off the board long enough for GVSU to record its fifth win.

“We got a little bit content and took our foot off the gas pedal,” said Smartt, who also chalked up an assist. “We need to work on playing a full 60-minute game, getting cleaner breakouts and getting the puck deeper.”

The Lakers—coming off a solid 5-2 victory over Pennsylvania State University— have had trouble grinding out games this year, coming out flat late in the game more than once. Injuries have riddled GVSU since day one as captain defenseman CJ Pobur, blue-line mate Tim Marney, and junior forward Jake Endicott have all missed action.

Although the Lakers have certainly been missing their injured upperclassmen, assistant captain Chad Wilhelm said he believes the team has enough skill to succeed without them.

“The sicknesses and the injuries can’t be an excuse,” Wilhelm said. “We’re happy the injuries are sooner rather than later. We still have strong depth, and once we get back to health, we’ll start to click better.”

GVSU will have plenty of time to find fresh legs and work out the flaws as a three=week layoff looms before the team travels to Missouri to take on Lindenwood University.

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BY TATE BAKER

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ith hope of making the GVSU name more recognizable in the rowing community, the Laker navy set their sights on Boston for the annual Head of the Charles Regatta.

“This is the biggest event on our schedule year in and year out,” club president Costas Ciungan said. “We were really excited to get out and compete against the largest field of talent that we will see all year.”

Competing in the world’s largest regatta, the GVSU rowing teams went up against a slew of competition that featured the likes of rowing clubs from all across the country.

“It’s important for us to enjoy the moment but also look to improve with every race we compete in,” Ciungan said. “Continual improvement is something we strive for everyday at Grand Valley.”

In the women’s collegiate eight competition, the Laker women crossed the finish line first with a time of 17 minutes, 46 seconds to narrowly beat out Trinity College (17:48).

This was the women’s first collegiate eight win in the past three years at the Head of the Charles.

“It’s hard to put into words how great of a feeling this is,” senior Shelby Welbaum said. “It’s great to know that everything we worked for leading up to this point really paid off.”

Unfortunately, the Laker men didn’t have the same success but still faired well in the field of 40, as they would finish ninth with a time of 15:56. Drexel University would go on to win the race with a time of 15:22, followed by the Michigan Rowing Association, and the University of Virginia Asso-

ciation of Rowing.

“We came into the race with a goal of improving from last year’s third place finish,” Ciungan said. “It was somewhat disappointing for us to finish ninth this year, but we still competed well and will take the positives out of it.”

The men’s club varsity four would add another top 10 finish for the Lakers as they would finish in 10th place with a time of 17:15, 1:10 behind eventual winner of the club race, Union Boat Club.

“I think a lot of us were really nervous because it was the biggest event of the year, but I thought once we got to the line we responded well,” senior Mariah Edelhauser said. “It’s a big moment, especially for all of our underclassmen.”

Battling choppy waters the women’s varsity four would finish ninth out of the field of 33 with a time of 19:09. Also in action, the Alumni men would finish in 28th, with a time of 16:28, while the alumni women would finish 25th with a time of 19:24.

“We can really be satisfied with our performance across the board,” Ciungan said. “We will look to improve in more areas than one, but it’s reassuring to know that our hard work has paid off.”

The Laker Navy looks to build on their recent momentum as they navigate through the rest of their fall season. Up next for the Lakers is the GVSU Halloween Regatta, which will be hosted by GVSU on Sunday, October 27th.

“It’s important that we keep our focus as we move on throughout the season,” Welbaum said. “We can’t think of the Head of the Charles as our only big race of the year.”

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Season beginnings: Junior Jacob Endicott takes the puck down the ice for the Lakers. The team opened its season against Central Michigan University with a 3-3 tie, a disappointing result after losing the lead against the opponents.

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