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The site plan for the expansion and renovation of Kleiner Commons was approved by the Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees during its meeting on Friday.

James Moyer, associate vice president for Facilities Planning, said his offices originally brought the plan before the board back in November. At this meeting, the board approved the architect and construction manager, as well as a $7.5 million budget for the proj-

ect. The University General Fund and proceeds from Aramark will both contribute to the funding.

“We have attempted to make the most of university land,” Moyer said.

He proposed a construction site plan that will add 18,000 square feet to the dining facility.

A second floor will be added that will include twice as many food venues, 5 percent more seating, additional study space for students, and room for faculty and administrative support offices.

The project will be a challenge, but Moyer said the expansion should help reduce some of the boredom many students feel with the food currently served at Kleiner.

“The intent with this project is to attack something known as ‘menu fatigue,’” Moyer said. “It’s when students begin to get tired of the food that’s made available to them.”

This year campus dining plans reached an all-time high with

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Renovation: The Board of Trustees has accepted the plans for expanding Kleiner Commons, with construction beginning this month.

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Kleiner renovation plans finalized, will add more seating and study space

GVPD WORRIED ABOUT GROWING TREND University Bookstore sees dramatic rise in shoplifting occurrences at Allendale location

BY HANNAH LENTZ HLENTZ@LANTHORN.COM

Thefts have tripled this year at the University Bookstore on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus. So far, there have been 30 reported incidents

of shoplifting since August.

Last year, GVSU reported 10 incidents of shoplifting at the Allendale UBS. This year, there were 22 reported cases during the fall 2013 semester and eight incidents since the begin-

ning of the winter 2014 semester. Stolen items range from apparel to small electronics.

Though the number of incidents has increased drastically since last year, there may not be a signifi-

cant change in the amount of people stealing, but rather the amount of people getting caught in the act, said UBS manager Jerrod Nickels.

The UBS has been relying more on a surveillance

system in the store, which is often used to catch suspects.

“Our primary goal in addressing theft is deterrence rather than apprehension,” Nickels said. “We try to focus on the dual goals of

providing good customer service and preventing shoplifting. However, no matter how much prevention we try to ensure, shoplifting incidents do occur.”

Budgeting season Changes in store for affiliate faculty Student Senate budget still up for discussion, final vote remains “(The council) is going down because people aren’t using the Next year some newsstands money as efficiently as they could at Grand Valley State University be,” Conrad said.

Right now, this is the only may look a little empty. The Student Senate’s Finance Committee council that may see a decrease proposed its 2014-2015 budget in funding. The money was redisplan at Thursday’s meeting, and tributed for use by other councils while some parts of the budget such as the service and advocacy haven’t changed much, others budget, which may jump from like “USA Today” were cut com- $35,000 to $50,000. The almost 43 percent increase pletely. is the largest boost in “The only real dethe budget. crease (in the budget) “There’s been a lot is ’USA Today,’” said of good service opSamantha Conrad, ...the clubs portunities, and the vice president of the clubs have been doing finance committee. have been really great things,” “We are taking this doing really Conrad said. out because we want great things.

The Presidents’ to serve a greater number of students SAMANTHA CONRAD Ball and the Travel Fund budgets may with this money. Only VP OF FINANCE also be seeing an in100 students can get a crease. The Travel copy and we want to Fund, used for student organizabe able to reach more.”

During the 2012-2013 school tions that seek to take trips off year, $15,000 was spent on the campus, had a very high demand daily newspaper. The budget was last year and ran out of funding cut to $7,500 in the 2013-2014 by December. It could see an increase of $10,000 for a total of budget.

Conrad said there are no cur- $60,000.

The Presidents’ Ball, because rent plans to bring another national newspaper to campus, of the success of the event, may the justification being that the be receiving an extra $7,000 next majority of students have smart year, which would give it a budphones that they can use to easily get of $40,000.

The senate budget is written find the news. by the finance committee and The Academic and Professionvoted on by the entire Student al Council may also see a cut next Senate.

However, it is the Student year from $27,000 to $20,000.

Life Fund Allocation Board that

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decides how much funding the senate will receive.

The board was created in January 2013 to separate the funding for undergraduate and graduate students.

Student Senate President Ricardo Benavidez said that with the allocation board, graduate students receive funding directly from the Student Life Fund rather than taking a portion of the funding Student Senate gets.

In addition, Benavidez said if Student Senate or the Graduate Student Association request more money, it won’t directly affect the other organization. Instead, the university will spend more on student life in order to make up the costs.

Having the Student Life Fund Allocation Board helped ease the process of creating the budget in some ways, Conrad said, though it is still a lengthy process to create the budget.

“I talk to different administrators on campus to see how the funds are being allocated around campus, and based off of my knowledge and previous years, I draft the budget,” Conrad said.

She doesn’t make the budget entirely on her own though.

There are seven other senators on the Finance Committee that help with the planning.

Senator Logan Wyatt chairs the Special Interest Committee

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ECS recommends redefining faculty requirements

of affiliates at GVSU teach at least five different classes. Some teach The Executive Committee of 400-level and graduate classes. the Senate voted Friday to rec- However, current language in the ommend policy changes to the administrative manual suggests University Academic Senate re- that they “teach a limited range garding Grand Valley State Uni- of courses.”

“All of that is within our power versity’s affiliate faculty.

At GVSU there are currently to stop,” said Provost Gayle Da161 affiliate faculty members. vis. “We are very close to makHowever, some have job descrip- ing an ‘untenurable,’ identical tions that more closely resemble job description, and I think it’s dangerous. I would rather us say tenure track faculty.

“We’ve looked at some of the let’s hire tenure track faculty for workloads these people have, the upper division classes and reand they are almost exactly like search, and keep affiliates in their full-time faculty,” said Marie areas of expertise where many of McKendall, chair of the Facul- them are truly wonderful teachers. Let’s not try to ty Personnel Policy blend these two difCommittee. “We just ferent categories.” don’t think that is apThe ECS recompropriate.” mends that most afMcKendall listed filiate faculty are not the Seidman College Seidman... expected to particiof Business as an ex- requires in curriculum ample. The unit has affiliates to do pate development, unieight affiliates who are required to teach scholarship... versity service or scholarship activity 12 credit hours per semester and make MARIE MCKENDALL beyond staying current in their field as a one intellectual con- CHAIR OF FPPC condition of employtribution per year.

Sometimes service at the unit or ment.

The goal is to continue to aluniversity level is also required.

“Seidman is the only col- low affiliates to take on service lege that requires affiliates to do or scholarship roles in place of scholarship, and it is not neces- teaching, but not to require them sary,” McKendall said. “There’s to do all three.

The ECS also recommends no reason to require teaching, service and research of an affili- that unit heads be required to ate, and that’s what we’re doing write a job description, their right now.”

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Kleiner Commons, located on north campus, is sitting in the midst of freshman housing units. Moyer said his offices created the plan in a way that ensures that the renovation does not detract from the surroundings.

“The project is very, very similar to the housing around it,” he said. “It will fit into the neighborhood, itself.”

In addition, the expansion will have sidewalks surrounding the building for service drives and for students to

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have access into the building from multiple directions.

Moyer said the plan is to have south, west and east entrances, and the east door will have access to the second floor.

He added that his offices developed the plan so that certain visual features of the building, such as the plaza to the south, will remain in place.

“We tried to maintain as much of the good structure as possible with the design, itself,” he said.

Construction is expected to begin later this month and is scheduled to be completed in time for the new school year in August.

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Unit heads would also have to provide affiliates written feedback about their performance.

In addition to defining an affiliate’s role at the university, the ECS discussed other discrepancies in the policy.

The Community and Public Service unit does not have voting rights for its affiliate faculty members. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences only allows voting rights to two of its 20 departments: movement science and anthropology.

“We don’t know why those discrepancies arose, and we’re having a hard time saying which one is correct or better,” McKendall said.

With 99 affiliates, CLAS has the largest number of affiliate faculty members.

The unit is also the only one that requires a 15-hour credit load, McKendall said.

The ECS recommends that the deans review the voting rights policy to make sure affiliates are being fairly represented.

The policy changes will be sent to the University Academic Senate for further review at its meeting on Feb. 28. Affiliate faculty policies can be found in chapter 4, section 3 in the administrative manual.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 and said his role was to ensure that a reasonable amount was given to each committee.

“My role as a senator was to make sure that all the funding needs of the university were met and that budgeting was fair and equal between different councils,” Wyatt said.

The budget will be up for discussion at the next two Student Senate meetings, and senators will take a final vote on Feb.

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CONTINUED FROM A1 The staff is also on the lookout for suspicious behavior, Nickels said. Staff members have undergone training to detect and verify occurrences of shoplifting.

“Each incident is different, so a lot of our training comes with experience and we tend to learn from each new incident,” he said.

The vast majority of subjects involved in these cases are GVSU students, and those identified are being prosecuted for theft.

“Students need to know that the Grand Valley Police Department investigates all of these incidents reported, and we have a very high percentage of identifying subjects involved in these cases,” said Capt. Brandon Dehaan, assistant director of DPS. “This is not a victimless crime, and someone has to pay for this kind of theft.”

The increasing rate of theft is concerning to campus officials, especially since the university has a relatively low rate of crime on campus, DeHaan said.

Depending on the retail value of the stolen items, individuals can receive various charges ranging from a misdemeanor to a felony.

“Often after we apprehend a shoplifter, he or she will attempt to plead that this was the first time and that the decision to steal was a temporary lapse in judgment,” Nickels said. “As shoplifters begin to understand that they have to deal with the court as well as the campus judicial system, they often display regret and ask for leniency.”

Students caught shoplifting usually go through both the university judiciary system and the Ottawa County Prosecutor’s Office.

“In my mind, it just isn’t worth the hassle, the stigma or the expense to shoplift and risk being caught,” Nickels said. “I want to encourage students to use common sense. If you resist the temptation to steal in the first place, you can save yourself a lot of trouble.”

Coming Soon

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BRIEFS Latino Film Series to feature free movie night in MIP The Latin American Studies program and Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies will be hosting the Latino Film Series in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Mary Idema Pew Library at 8 p.m. tonight. The 2008 feature film “Sleep Dealer,” also known as “Traficante de Suenos,” will be played in Spanish with English subtitles. Directed by Alex Rivera, the film won an International Amnesty Award. For more information, email areastudies@gvsu.edu.

Vietnam veterans share their stories Grand Valley State University’s Veterans History Project will host the eighth session of the “My Year in Vietnam” presentations tomorrow at 7 p.m. Three Vietnam veterans will share their experiences at the Loosemore auditorium on the Pew Campus. The presentation, Odd Job Men, will have stories from Jim Dykstra, Rex Greenawalt and David Guevara.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Arts at Noon Series presents the Perugino String Quartet The Perugino String Quartet will be playing a free concert for the Grand Valley State University community. The group will play Wednesday at noon in the Cook-Dewitt Center.

Members of the quartet are violinists Gregory Maytan and Eric Tanner, violist Barbara Corbato and cellist Stacey Bosman Tanner. The group will play Mendelssohn Quartet op 80 along with two movements for string quartet by Aaron Copland.

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Community Service Learning Center sponsors overnight trip GV students revamp retirement community store, engage in service activities tasks. Some of those tasks included building new shelves, stocking shelves Residents at the Clark Retire- in the store with new products that ment Community in Grand Rapids the residents requested, and rearrangwere excited for the grand open- ing the store so it was less cluttered.

“It’s so much more open now,” ing of their remodeled mini-mart on Saturday. The restoration work Burge said. “This gives those residents was done courtesy of Grand Valley who can’t go out some new options.

I know they’ll really apState University stupreciate it.” dents volunteering on The night before an overnight trip with volunteering at Clark the Community SerRetirement Commuvice Learning Center. nity, GVSU students “The Overnight It gives them Service Trip seemed the opportunity got together to decorate bags for the Kids’ like a great opportunito come Food Basket proty to connect students gram, a nonprofit orto this organization together... ganization that helps and increase awarehungry children in ness about the ways LAURA MURNEN the Grand Rapids that we can and should CSLC COORDINATOR area. The volunteers give back to this population in our community,” said Jeff then stayed the night at First Park Congregational Church.

Mutch, CSLC coordinator.

“It gives them the opportunity Wade Burge, Clark Retirement Community volunteer coordinator, to come together, bond as a group said that without the help of volun- and get to connect at a deeper levteers, it would have taken residents el,” said Laura Murnen, CSLC coseveral weeks to complete the same ordinator of the trip.

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Helping hands: Students Kim Sloboda and Chad Mersino sort through greeting cards in the mini mart at the Clark Retirement Community.

Dancing for awareness

In the morning, the group helped the church set up a breakfast for members of the church community. They then spent the afternoon at the retirement community working in the store and delivering Yellow Pages to the doorsteps of the senior citizens.

“The idea behind the overnight service trip is to provide a variety of opportunities to engage in service and address different community needs,” Mutch said. “Service trips like this also allow students to interact with seniors, which can be extremely rewarding for both parties.”

Throughout the year, the CSLC sponsors three overnight service trips, each focusing on a different issue.

While any student can go on these trips, the first event was geared toward first-year students. On that particular trip, volunteers worked with Feeding America West Michigan to address issues of food insecurity in the region.

The last trip of the school year will occur on the weekend of March 21.

Registration for the event will open later this month.

Doting on donors

Flash mob dances to stop sexual violence GVS(You) Week gives students opportunity to thank donors

in 2013.

State appropriations made up This week, students at Grand 13 percent of the total revenue Valley State University will have with $2,588 per student. The the chance to thank donors and remaining revenue came from ask university officials ques- grants, contracts, self-supporttions about funding. The annual ing enterprises, investment inevent, GVS(You) Week, will run come, gifts, capital grants and additions to endowment. from Feb. 17 through Feb. 22.

GVSU reported Friday that the In 2013, about 15,900 students, faculty, staff, alumni, endowment fund reached an allcommunity members, corpora- time high of $98.5 million as of tions and foundations donated Dec. 31, 2013.

Lazzar said GVSU(You) Week to GVSU. Private donations totaled $10.3 million, according to isn’t just about monetary donations, though. the 2013 Annual Re“The week shows port on Giving. students how they can “Grand Valley was be a part of running founded on philanour university,” she thropy in the Grand The goal of said. “Students don’t Rapids community, have $5,000 to throw and that tradition of the week is at a building or a projphilanthropy is some- to educate ect, but you can give thing I hope to see back with your skills students carry for- students... that you’ve gained, by ward into the future,” volunteering, or by said Liz Kolberg, co- EMMA LAZZAR showing support for ordinator of student FAA PRESIDENT your fellow students.” philanthropy. “It is The Future Alumni Associaa great way to help ensure the services and opportunities you tion will have tables set up in the enjoy today will be possible for Kirkhof Center on Wednesday for students to sign thank-you students tomorrow.”

GVS(You) week is sponsored cards to donors. A table will be by the Future Alumni Asso- set up for students downtown on ciation, a chapter of the GVSU Thursday in the atrium of the DeVos Center.

Alumni Association.

Each day, members of the as“The goal of the week is to educate students about where sociation will be available at the their tuition dollars are going,” tables from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. said Emma Lazzar, a senior at for students to ask questions GVSU and president of the Fu- about funding and donors. In ture Alumni Association. “Many addition, the group is hosting a don’t understand that they aren’t hot chocolate social tomorrow at paying for a professor to be here. 11:30 a.m. by the clock tower.

“I really want students to unTuition goes to the general running of the university, and it derstand the importance of being doesn’t last the whole year. We a Laker for a Lifetime,” Lazzar said. “That doesn’t necessarily have to have private donations.”

According to the 2013-2014 mean donating all your money, Accountability Report, first- but to be invested in something time student annual tuition is bigger than yourself. If Grand $10,454. Revenue from tuition Valley gave you something then along with net fees made up 51.1 why not donate a little bit of percent of GVSU’s total revenue yourself back to Grand Valley?”

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Catching attention: Members of the West Michigan Rises team perform as part of a flash mob on Friday afternoon at different locations throughout the Allendale campus to raise awareness about sexual violence.

BY PETER CHHUM PCHHUM@LANTHORN.COM

Students walking through the doors of the Kirkhof Center at Grand Valley State University were met with a different sight on Friday. The usual group of students walking to class had been replaced by a flash mob.

At first glance, what appeared to many students as a spontaneous dance routine ended up delivering a powerful message.

“I just wanted to know what was going on. Out of nowhere I see a bunch of people just dancing around, so naturally I had to stop and see what was happening,” said GVSU student Domenic Curtis. “I saw a bunch of signs that said things like, ‘consent is sexy’ along with other statistics, and it became clear they were spreading a message about preventing rape and trying to get awareness out there. It was a really cool idea. It definitely got people’s attention.”

What students encountered was West Michigan Rises, an event that gathered community members and organizations together to raise awareness about sexual violence.

The campaign is a portion of the global movement called One Billion Rising. It’s a universal call to women survivors of sexual violence to break their silence, share their stories and raise awareness about the prevalence of domestic violence through dance, art and other forms of self-expression.

The West Michigan Rises team was comprised of the Center for Women in Transition, GVSU’s Eyes Wide Open, the Women’s Center, the Kent County Health Department and the YWCA West Central Michigan, among others.

“We want to interrupt business going on as usual to get the word out there,” said Abby Johnson, one of the event’s organizers. “People are here on campus. They’re going to grab a bite to eat, they’re walking to class, and we want to be out there for them to see.

We need to be loud. We need to be out there and we need to be fierce in telling people that this happens here.

We can’t be quiet. We’re celebrating survivors and celebrating people that are out there trying to make the world a better place.”

After three performances — two

in the Kirkhof Center and another at the Connection — Lesley Coghill, the prevention coordinator at the Center for Women in Transition, was happy to see it finally all come together.

“I think it was really amazing to see the collaboration among all the different sponsors, organizations and students that put it on. It was very successful because so many community members found it to be so important to be here,” Coghill said. “It felt so good and so empowering to be surrounded by everyone in this unity of dancing and calling for action in this same way.”

More than just attracting attention, the dancing was used to capitalize on the effects it has for those watching as well as those participating.

“Dancing is such an uplifting and spiritually celebrating type of movement,” said Heather Winia, a movement science adjunct. “There’s negativity and there’s violence around the world, but also here on Grand Valley’s campus. The more we can bring awareness to it, the more we can talk about it and the more we can help to stop it.”

MONEY MATTERS

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But credit cards and debit cards are not perfect.

One of the biggest disadvantages to using cards to make all purchases is the tendency to lose track of your spending. When paying with cash, consumers can visibly see the money leaving their pockets and know when that money has run out. Paying by card is an abstract concept that doesn’t become real until bills are received or bank statements are reviewed.

Although debit and credit cards are frequently used interchangeably,

there are times when one is preferable over the other.

Here’s how to decide which card to use. * Need to build credit?

Use a credit card if you are trying to establish a positive credit history. However, you must pay your bill in a timely fashion, and it helps to pay the entire balance each and every billing cycle to develop a good credit score. * Don’t want a large monthly bill? Debit cards withdraw money directly from your account at the moment the transaction occurs. Much like spending with cash, debit cards let users know when they have run out of cash, as cards will be denied if the transaction is not approved. If you do not want to pay a large bill at the end of the month, debit cards are the better choice. * Prefer greater security? Great strides have been made to thwart would-be

identity thieves and keep financial data safe. However, as was evidenced by the major data breach in Target’s payment system in late 2013, when millions of credit and debit card numbers and PIN codes were hacked, no system is entirely foolproof. Credit cards offer added security because if fraudulent purchases are made, your credit card account will be quickly frozen and you will not be held accountable.

When using debit cards, you are spending your own money up front. Fraudulent purchases may be fixed over time, but it could leave a deficit in your account until matters are resolved. * Want to minimize fees? Debit cards do not charge interest or minimum charge penalties.

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Encouraging opinions when professors speak up J

BY JOE HOGAN JHOGAN@LANTHORN.COM

In a recent New York Times column titled “Professors, We Need You!,” Nicholas Kristof laments the fact that academics seem to have little real effect on the public’s understanding of the most significant issues of our time, such as the recent economic crisis and the changing politics of international relations. Kristof considers this

sad fact ironic for an obvious reason: academics commit their lives to the study of some of the most important areas of human concern, but very rarely attempt to speak or write about their insights in a manner intelligible to much of the general public. Kristof, for this reason, calls for more academics and professors to be “public intellectuals,” or people whose ideas have some positive effect on the social conversation.

Kristof’s point very clearly applies to college campuses, where professors logically ought to speak openly and routinely about issues that affect not just them but students, administrators and the public.

But commonly this does not

seem to occur. Instead, to the detriment of many students, professors often seem cloistered in their offices, content to write and speak about their arcane and isolated fields of study without relating their work to anything that goes on at the university and in the wide world.

For these reasons, many students who were in some way involved in recent campus-wide debates—such as those concerning university policies about donors and bias incidents—were heartened and exhilarated by the ways in which their professors gave their input, both in the classroom and in the pages of the Lanthorn. Students

QUESTION OF THE ISSUE

DO YOU THINK THEFT IS A PROBLEM AMONG STUDENTS AT GVSU? “I would assume that at all campuses there is a certain level of theft that goes on, but at GVSU I feel that there is very little theft in comparison.”

PAYTON NOTHDURFT Freshman Nursing Berkley, Mich.

“Probably, but I haven’t seen it. I can leave my laptop to save my table at Fresh, and it’s always there.”

ZACH ELLSWORTH

Senior Supply Chain Management Hartland, Mich.

“I’m from the suburbs in Chicago and I would say Grand Valley does not have a theft problem. Where I live, a lot more stuff gets stolen even outside Chicago.”

MICHAEL CHRISTENSEN Freshman Computer Science Elmhurst, Ill.

were exhilarated not because professors simply parroted their views (judging from the diversity of opinion in the student body and the faculty, this could never have been so); instead, they were exhilarated because professors, by entering the campus-wide debate, affirmed both the importance of the issues students raised and the moral and social imperative of addressing them with intelligence and equanimity.

Not only that, professors exemplified how to apply scholarship and academic knowledge to contribute to debates of immediate importance. This is precisely the variety of “public intellectualism” that Kristof desires for the world.

The main question: how is this call for professors to contribute more often and with greater vigor to campus-wide debates at all necessary for GVSU? The reason, I believe, is that such engagement by professors is not merely beneficial to, but is an essential aspect of, the kind of education GVSU purports to provide. It is a premise of our university that higher education ought to engage social issues at every level—campus-wide, regional, national, international. In fact, GVSU includes in its mission statement the goal of educating students to “shape their societies.” But how can such a practice be taught? Only outside the classroom, only in

the realm where ideas are in all ways weighed, measured and scrutinized by the public can professors model the kind of applied-scholarship that is essential to the very reason for being of the university. This may at times be a painful, even a doomed effort, but it is critical to teaching students how to apply their knowledge to the most pressing issues of their day. In this way, such an education can prove that universities serve a function greater than mere “job preparation” for students: they are, instead, the best means by which students can learn to contribute to public debates that determine, in a very real and immediate sense, the growth and direction of society.

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GROWING UP

Theft on campus brings up the question of how to conduct oneself on campus. We would like to encourage students to remember the lessons they were taught as kids.

The University Bookstore has reported 30 instances of shoplifting since August 2013, with stolen items ranging from apparel to small electronics. This number is up from from last year, with only 10 instances reported.

Echoing the words of UBS manager Jerrod Nickels in Hannah Lentz’s article “GVPD worried about growing trend,” the Lanthorn wants to encourage students to use common sense and obey the law. We are no longer 4 year olds eating dirt. We are soon to be graduates entering the real world.

Grow up, and realize that your actions have repercussions.

As children, we are taught to hold our parents’ hands when we cross the road. We are told to wipe our noses, wash our hands and share our toys.

Don’t dress up the dog and definitely don’t color on the walls. Finally, don’t take what is not yours.

After at least 18 years of this, society considers us adults. Adults who

understand the rules and regulations of the world we live in. We graduate high school and we move on to college. We pay our bills, go to work and try to keep the fridge filled with food. So we’re adults right? Well, not quite yet. Being an adult goes hand in hand with being mature. Being mature means having respect for yourself and your peers.

So where does shoplifting fit into the picture of adulthood? It doesn’t.

Students need to take responsibility for their actions.

Students also need to take responsibility for their own possessions. Theft isn’t limited to the bookstore. It happens in dorms, the library and in class.

Lock your doors, don’t leave things unattended and be aware of your surroundings.

However, the fact that individuals on our campus need to be reminded of the lessons they were taught while they were still debating whether Play-Doh was a good snack food is

unacceptable. All of the members of the GVSU community work hard to ensure that each and every student has the best possible circumstances surrounding them so that they may succeed in their education.

Having to focus attention on petty and such insignificant matters like shoplifting takes energy away from the important things - like making sure that the people actually mature enough to call themselves college students are excelling.

The Grand Valley State University campus should be a place where students and other community members feel safe to express their views and grow as individuals. Growing as individual adults - not immature children that can’t keep their hands to themselves when they see things that are not their own. That’s what being an adult comes down to. Claim responsibility for your actions, and know that your actions have consequences that reach further than your pockets.

GVL EDITORIAL CARTOON I LEAH FISHWICK “Compared to other universities I don’t think so. Theft is something that occurs in any area, but GVSU doesn’t seem like a hot spot for that sort of activity”

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BY RICK LOWE RLOWE@LANTHORN.COM

A while back—say, around Thanksgiving or so—I was doing some of that heady, introspective thinking I tend to do when life’s stresses put me in danger of a meltdown. And I started counting my blessings, so to speak. I had a major epiphany that completely shifted the gears of the way I look at everything: it’s not that bad. Simple as that.

What do I mean? I’ll use the process of negation to show you: I don’t have a crippling disability, disease, disorder or anything that can’t be easily treated. So I get some allergy attacks every now and then, where I use an entire box of tissues

in one go. It could be worse.

I don’t have a kid to take care of, or a parent, or a relative, or anyone else depending on me for anything.

I may not necessarily be self-sufficient, but I’ve got no dependants. I don’t have a girlfriend, so it’s not like she’s distracting me from finishing my final semester here.

I’ve got no one hounding me about my money.

Yet. I’ll be having to pay off student loans, but those are straightforward—it’s not like I’ve got five or more credit cards sucking me dry. Gas may be expensive, but $20 is enough for about a week of back-and-forth between GV and my apartment.

This sort of thinking picked me up for a while, but recently I pushed myself a bit too hard at the gym and to make things worse, the only thing I’d eaten that day was a pack of zebra cakes. Bad, bad idea. It depressed me for about a day, and I really beat myself

up. I mean seriously, telling myself things like “no wonder you’re so out of shape you disgusting wuss,” things that I would backhand other people for if they said them to me.

But then I remembered this past realization of mine: it’s not that bad. I just had an off-day. I learned a lesson the hard way: you need real food if you’re going to be active, not processed delicious frosted cream-filled garbage. I’m slowly starting to get off of my own back about my physique and appearance, reminding myself that I’m not a Sim who can lift weights for four hours straight and get buff within a day or two, that I’m a workin-progress and that every workout gets me closer to what I want. I’ve just got to learn my limits. I’m nowhere near achieving the physical fitness goals I’m aiming for.

But at least I have something to strive for!

What do I want you to take away from this thing

you just read? Think about all the annoyances, the errands, and the little things in your life. Then compare them to the big things—the major issues. Do you really need a bunch of little annoyances nipping away at your heels while you try to deal with the monstrous things?

Look around you, at other people—at the problems in their lives they choose to share with you. Are your problems really that bad compared to theirs?

I asked myself that, and the answer was “no.” I don’t have ulcerative colitis or VD or a newborn baby or a weight problem or an never-pleased-with-mywork boss or piles of bills to pay or gray hair or a “breaks down every other day” car…

There’s a whole world of bad things out there that are not a part of my life, and with that knowledge in mind I can grab a second cup of coffee and think “it’s not that bad.”

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Go abroad: Judy Torres, who has been volunteering for the Peace Corps since 2006, shares her experiences with a group of Grand Valley State University students. Torres spent two years in the Dominican Republic and told students about her experiences. While joining can be very rewarding, the speakers said there are difficulties to be faced too.

Gaining perspective Peace Corps representatives speak about opportunities for volunteering abroad

BY BEN GLICK BGLICK@LANTHORN.COM

To many, it seems like a thing out of another time, a glory belonging to a generation not our own. The Peace Corps to most of us was, and still is, an outlet for ambitious and altruistic college students to get away and enjoy a romanticized vision of encounters in lands far away from home.

From a time more familiar for the Apollo moon landings and the Great Society, it’s difficult to find a place for an organization grown out of 1960s space-age optimism in the sober reality that is our twenty-first century.

But maybe that was the best thing that the Peace Corps representatives contributed to their Feb. 11 visit to Grand Valley State University: its re-framing of a Kennedy-era

ideal into a relevant cause in going to be telling you what the face of modern-day skep- to do, but in order to be efticism. fective you have to make “The Peace Corps is not yourself useful to your comfor everyone,” said Judy Tor- munity.” res, a Peace Corps volunteer The speakers did not sugsince 2006. “It is ar-coat the expea very extreme rience, making experience, but clear that the it’s also a very 27-month compositive one.” mitment to the Torres, a A lot of it is Peace Corps is Chicago native, going to be not to be taken spent two years lightly. in the Domini- you being “It’s a 24-hour can Republic, resourceful. job,” Torres said. participating in “You’re living civic develop- MARK BRYSON and working in ment and lead- PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER the same comership. munity, and it’s Mark Bryson, a 2009 grad- hard to be on point all of the uate of GVSU, spent time in time. But it’s one of those Jamaica helping develop wa- things that calls to your own ter filtration systems. personality. We try and look “A lot of it is going to be for people who are self-startyou being resourceful,” he ers, because there isn’t going said. “There’s no one that’s to be anyone looking over

your shoulder. It’s going to be on you and your community.

That’s why we try and look for people with those strong leadership skills.”

But the theme of the discussion never ventured far from the central point of the people that prospects would be helping by joining the Peace Corps.

“It’s really great to be in these communities for the two years and develop these friendships and relationships,” Torres said. “On your first day, everyone will know who you are; you’ll be a local celebrity.”

The speakers stressed that the benefit of the organization is immense, both to the volunteer and the communities in which they are placed.

“Quite honestly, it’s something you cannot forget,” Torres said. “It carries on

with you. It lets you know what kind of person you really are.”

And it’s that focus on selfcultivation fused with volunteerism that has allowed Peace Corps participants to appreciate how positively the program has affected them.

The living conditions can be hard for Americans who are used to a life of leisure and luxury, but after being in the Peace Corps, that mentality can change.

“Being without really opens your eyes to what you take for granted,” Torres said.

“But when it’s over, you want to do it again.”

One thing that the speakers made clear in their addresses was the significance of finding the job that best fit volunteers’ talents and passion. With a nine- to 12-month waiting period in

the application process, finding that experience is one of the most important things before embarking on the 27-month undertaking.

“What really matters is that what you do is something that you enjoy,” Torres said. “If there is something in your communities that you can do to get experience, try that first. Get experience in the thing that you want to do and see if you even like it.”

The Peace Corps offers volunteer opportunities in seven different categories, including health, agriculture, youth development, education and teaching English as a foreign language.

For more information on how to get involved or to start the application process, visit the Peace Corps website at www.peacecorps.gov.

Teaching table manners Students shop healthy

Career Center hosts etiquette dinner to teach professionalism Nutrition Club leads guided tour for students at Meijer around dinner settings but are transferrable to any setFiguring out which fork ting where etiquette would to use, how to butter a din- be handy.” ner roll or even whose hand The dinner starts with to shake and when can be check-in, followed by a tricky skills to pick up on. short orientation. Once For that reason, the Grand dinner starts, attendees Valley State University Ca- will get tips for job interreer Center is hosting an views, business lunches or etiquette dinner Feb. 19 dinners and general pracfor all students to learn the tices that will prove to be ins-and-outs of etiquette useful to students in the for those important meals future. at conferences or business “The dinner teaches dinners. a lot more than just dinThe dinner will not only ner,” said Audra Hartges, offer students president of the opportuGVSU’s chapter nity to learn of the Public what fork to Relations Stuuse, which glass dent Society of is theirs, and All of these America. “You the difference skills will be learn about between Conbread, buttinental and essential as a ter, forks and American din- student... plates, but you ing style, but it also learn a lot will also teach ELIZABETH CLARK of everyday the history be- GRADUATE ASSISTANT etiquette tips hind etiquette that you never and general would have thought would mannerisms and will help actually apply to real life.” them practice networking The etiquette dinner is skills. put on every semester and “All of these skills will it is recommended that any be essential as a student student attend, no matter begins looking for intern- what their major or area of ships or jobs,” said Eliza- study, but especially those beth Clark, a graduate as- who are in the process of sistant at the Career Center. looking for jobs or intern“The skills you gain from ships. There are about 100 the dinner are more related tickets available for this

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semester’s event, and tickets usually sell out quickly.

The dinner is $5 per student, but attendees are refunded once they check-in at the event.

“I would definitely recommend it to any and all students. It’s a great opportunity, and the food served is great, which is a definite plus,” Hartges said. “I’m really glad I went to the dinner because it has helped me in situations where others didn’t know what to do; I actually used what I learned.”

Clark agreed that the dinner provides students useful skills for the future.

“The Career Center recognizes the importance of etiquette and networking when applying and interviewing for a position or an internship,” Clark said.

“We want students to feel comfortable and confident in their skills. This dinner is a really great and very fun opportunity for students to learn and practice both of these in a practiceoriented environment.”

For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/events.

Tickets for this event are available at the 2020 desk for $5 per student. The dinner starts at 6 p.m. and takes place in the Alumni House.

BY ERIKA COLLIN ECOLLIN@LANTHORN.COM

Grocery shopping doesn’t seem like a challenging task, but when trying to successfully shop for the healthiest options, it’s helpful to have guidance.

The Grand Valley State University Nutrition Club is holding a “Shopping Matters” event on Feb. 17 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Standale Meijer.

This is the first time the Nutrition Club is hosting this event. Before now, the YMCA has been hosting “Shopping Matters” grocery tours around the Grand Rapids area.

“We brought it to GVSU to give students and faculty the chance to learn how to shop for healthier foods,” said President Sarah Craven.

At the event, the Nutrition Club members will give a tour of the grocery store and will also provide educational tips on how to properly read a food label.

These tips will equip attendees with the knowledge they need when looking at ingredients.

For example, they will be taught how to avoid foods that contain high fructose corn syrup. The members will also give advice on how to choose between brands in order to make the healthiest choice.

“Try to eat five cups of the Fitness and Wellness fruits and vegetables a day,” Center if they wish to sign Craven said. “I definitely be- up to attend. lieve in getting back to the “The purpose of this basics and fueling your body organization is to comwith whole foods.” bat the negative outcomes Trevor Birdwell, affiliate that poor food choices can marketer for Vemma Nutri- bring; whether they are sotion Co., said that a healthy cial, environmental, ecodiet and therefore healthy nomic or physical,” Craven grocery shopsaid, quoting ping should be a the club’s miskey factor is evsion statement. eryone’s life.

“We will work “Grocery toward this goal shopping forces Buying food in with education us to see ex- advance also and service on actly what we campus as well are putting into sets you up as in the surour bodies,” for success. rounding comBirdwell said. munity.”

“Buying food TREVOR BIRDWELL C r a v e n in advance also AFFILIATE MARKETER founded the sets you up for club last semessuccess. It proter because she vides structure to your eat- felt that there were many ing habits so instead of im- health-conscious students pulse eating, you can plan at GVSU who were interwhat goes into your body ested in learning about at a scheduled time, which nutrition. Every other helps regulate your metab- Thursday, the members of olism.” the Nutrition Club meet in The Nutrition Club al- MAK A1117 to discuss nuways tries to fulfill their trition, socialize and snack. mission statement, and the They welcome new mem“Shopping Matters” event bers to join them. is helping them do that.

“The organization The club will be hosting a serves as a place for people second “Shopping Matters” with an interest in nutrievent on March 17 at the tion to gather and exchange same location and time. ideas,” Craven said. “EspeStudents and faculty who cially ideas that can lead to are interested can contact a healthier lifestyle.”

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S P O R T S

SHORTS

Lakers repeat as scholar team of year The NCAA Division II Cross Country Champion women of Grand Valley State University have been named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II Scholar Team of the Year for the second consecutive season.

GVSU was the highestfinishing team at the NCAAs to earn All-Academic Team honors. Teams must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and score at a regional meet to be eligible for the award.

Adams State University took home the honor on the men’s side while its women’s team finished as the runner-up with 91 points.

The Laker women had a winning score of 54 points (3.32 cumulative GPA), and all five of their scoring runners earned All-American plaudits. Senior Courtney Brewis and sophomores Jessica Janecke and Jordan Chester also earned AllAcademic honors individually.

The team has won the award three times in the past four seasons along with a trio of national titles.

GVSU names new co-defensive coordinator Grand Valley State University head football coach Matt Mitchell recently announced the hiring of Jim Louis as the new linebacker coach/co-defensive coordinator for the Lakers.

Louis will lead the defense along with secondary coach/co-defensive coordinator Nick Postma.

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STANDINGS M. BASKETBALL LSSU Walsh Findlay Michigan Tech.

GVSU Hillsdale Northwood Malone Wayne State Ferris State Ashland Lake Erie SVSU Tiffin Northern Mich.

Ohio Dominican

W. BASKETBALL Wayne State Michigan Tech.

Northern Mich.

Ashland Malone GVSU SVSU Northwood Hillsdale Findlay Ferris State Ohio Dominican Walsh LSSU Tiffin Lake Erie

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16-3 15-4 13-6 13-6 12-7 11-8 10-8 10-9 10-9 8-11 7-11 7-12 5-13 5-14 4-14 4-15

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Strong defense: Sophomore Darren Kapustka guards Laker territory, helping GVSU rise in overall conference standings. The Lakers are now tied in fifth with Northwood and Hillsdale.

Woodson shines as Lakers rout Northwood GV responds after LSSU loss with season-high 94

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he towel-draped starting lineup erupted from the bench as walk-on senior forward Joe Gurzick delivered the first bucket of his career -- and the final blow of a 23-point thumping.

Gurzick and the Grand Valley State University men’s basketball team bounced back from their worst loss of the season on Saturday by pummeling Northwood University 94-71 at home to move back into a fifth-place tie in the overall conference standings.

“It was awesome,” said the first-year player from Richmond, Mich. “I wasn’t really thinking about it.

I was just in the moment.”

GVSU was scoring at will all night long.

Fifth-year senior point guard Rob Woodson showed a complete disregard for the Northwood press and orchestrated the offense to the tune of 13 points, a career-high nine assists, five rebounds, zero turnovers and a steal.

Woodson’s nine helpers were the most by a Laker since 2006.

“He’s been phenomenal in the last few games,” Gurzick said. “He’s just been playing strong, taking it to the rack and really carrying our team.”

Woodson, who scored a career-high 24 points in the team’s 89-69 loss to No. 20 Lake Superior State University on Thursday, has dished 28 dimes and just six turnovers in his last five games. His 4.0 assists per contest now rank as the sixth highest in

Follow through: Junior Chaz Rollins puts up a shot at Saturday’s game vs. Northwood.

the conference.

The Timberwolves simply had no answer for his up-tempo offense. Five Lakers scored in double figures, and seven finished with more than seven points.

“He’s making great decisions with the ball,” head coach Ric Wesley said. “He’s picking his spots, knows when to score and knows when to dish.

He’s been in a pretty good place all season but he’s certainly played even better here as of late.”

Junior guard Ryan Sabin and sophomore forward Ricky Carbajal both scored a team-high 14 points, and also played well defensively with SEE WOODSON ON A8

Inspiring senior thrills Fieldhouse Arena in OT

Crandall’s 36-point night carries GVSU past Northwood, highest Laker total since Feb. 2005

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enior guard Dani Crandall stole the show as the Grand Valley State University women’s basketball team defeated Northwood University 76-67 in an overtime thriller performed Saturday evening on the Fieldhouse floor; she scored the first and last points of the game and played in 43 minutes of the 45-minute affair.

Enthralling as the game was, the curtain-to-call performance wasn’t just for effect; every minute and every act mattered. Although not every act was conscious and none of the performance was forced.

“I honestly never know how much I score until the next day,” she said. “I knew the game was close, but I didn’t realize it was as close as it was the entire time. I thought we were up six or seven points for the majority of the game because we were clicking so well.

“I just played. We were just playing. We let the game come to us, I let the game come to me and in the last few minutes and overtime -- I don’t know, I just played and it worked.”

Crandall has exceeded 20 points five times now this season and has recorded three doubledoubles, but when she compiled a career-high 36 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field and 13-of-16 shooting from the free-throw line to post the highest Laker point total since February 2005, every point and every one of her 10 rebounds meant something.

Her electric output encapsulated a victory that was not only efficient, but also economic. No frivolous free throws. No directionless drives to the lane. A display that was both direct in execution

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It’s been an up-anddown start for the Grand Valley State University women’s lacrosse team two games into its spring campaign.

GVSU was challenged in its season opener at No. 14 Lindenwood University on Friday and was ultimately downed 16-10 after being outscored 7-3 in the second half. Four Lakers supplied two goals apiece in the loss.

The team bounced back in a big way on Sunday, however, as four players had hat tricks in a 21-4 win over McKendree University.

The Lakers will return to action for their home opener against Adelphi University on Friday at 7 p.m.

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Lacrosse team begins 2014 season 1-1

Hands up: Grand Valley State University junior Meryl Cripe (12) and freshman Piper Tucker (11) defend a Northwood player. The Lakers won 76-67 in an overtime game in the Fieldhouse on Saturday.

and enigmatic in effect.

“Dani is playing tremendously consistent, the team’s playing consistent, we’re getting the ball to the right people at the right times and executing down the stretch,” head coach Janel Burgess said. “We knew what was riding on this game and we have a young group of competitors that understood it -- they weren’t pressured or pressing

to do anything special --they just knew we had to be consistent with what we’ve been doing, which is play good defense and fight through challenges as they present themselves.

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Lakers notch four school records at Big Meet

GV track and field garners 47 provisional marks overall, both teams win at home meet

BY TATE BAKER TBAKER@LANTHORN.COM

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he second-to-last event of the regular season certainly lived up to its name for the Grand Valley State University men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams.

The No. 2 Laker women and No. 5 Laker men felt right at home at the GVSU Big Meet on Friday and Saturday at the Kelly Family Sports Center, and combined to set four school records individually--to go with four automatic qualifying marks in addition to 47 provisional marks.

“This particular meet had a really big feel for us, much like the GLIAC and national meets,” said senior Kalena Franklin. “We came prepared and focused, which is what we really are focusing on at this point in the season.”

The Laker women had a field day on Friday by racking up 21 provisional marks.

Senior Kristen Hixson once again set the school record in the pole vault by clearing a height of 4.30 meters -- eight inches higher than any other competitor in all of the NCAA Division II this year.

“She continues to prove why she’s of 7.98 seconds – the first time a one of the best at what she does,” head Laker has ever finished the event in coach Jerry Baltes said. “There’s no less than eight seconds. Sophomore off day for her. I know she is going to Ethan Barnes notched another school continue to work to keep improving record for GVSU by crossing the on her marks.” finish line in the 800-meter run with Franklin also proved why she’s one a time of 1:49.05. of the top athletes in the country by “I really didn’t even notice how taking home two event fast I came in at,” Barnes victories in the 60-meter said. “It was a really hurdles and 200-meter competitive field for the dash.

800, I just stayed with it She crossed the the entire race and came finish line in the It’s always a out with a considerable 60-meter hurdles with great thing to time.” a time of 8.33 seconds, The performance then followed up that see records earned him an automatic performance with a broken... qualifying mark and school-record time of a spot in the NCAA 24.32 seconds in the JERRY BALTES Division II National HEAD COACH 200-meter dash.

Championship meet.

“I really feel like I had He would finish it going from the start second behind Ashland of the day,” she said. “Our collective University’s Drew Windle, who set team focus showed up in not only my a Big Meet and Kelly Family Sports event but many others on our team as Center record with an impressive well.” time of 1:46.52.

The 60-meter hurdles record “Barnes really had a big day for was also broken on the men’s side, himself,” Baltes said. “It’s always a as sophomore Sean Wells had a great thing to see records broken, ridiculous performance with a time we had more of a few of them this

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weekend. Momentum is built off of performances such as this one.”

The ever-consistent men’s and women’s 4x400 relay teams also had a good showing, as both squads managed to hit provisional marks.

Seniors Nathan Hammersmith, Logan Hoffman and Mohamed Mohamed teamed up with freshman TJ Barnett to cross the finish line with a time of 3:13.18 while the women’s team of Franklin, senior Andrea Kober, junior Brittney Banister and sophomore Brittany Terry clocked in at 3:46.10.

The two-day meet was scored in the invite events as well as the distance medley relay, and the Lakers were victorious on both the men’s and women’s side.

The GVSU women cruised to 106.5 first-place points while the men’s team accumulated 66 points to edge Eastern Illinois University, which had 62.5.

The Lakers will be back in action in the GVSU Tune-Up this weekend -their final meet before championship season begins with the conference meet on March 2.

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The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference may feature some of the best swimming and diving teams in all the NCAA Division II, but for the fourth consecutive season, one program stood above the rest.

The Grand Valley State University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished as the runner-up once again, as the Warriors of Wayne State University won both titles at the four-day GLIAC Championship meet at the Spire Institute Sports Complex in Geneva, Ohio.

The No. 8 Warrior men racked up 1,015.5 points to outlast the No. 4 Laker men, who finished with 894.5 points.

Meanwhile, the No. 3 women of Wayne State tallied 959 points to beat the No. 9 Laker women, who had 667.

“This was a good meet for us,” GVSU head coach Andy Boyce said. “We had really good relays, and school records were broken left and right.

We’re looking forward to na-

tionals now.” impressive meet, and finished Boyce said that senior Kyle in the top eight in multiple Gunderson was the “swimmer events --setting personal bests of the meet” for his team, and in all of them. that Gunderson swam faster “This team overall perthan he’s ever gone before. formed very well,” Gombos Gunderson placed second said. “We had a lot of top-eight in the 200 yard fly, fourth in the performances, a lot of personal 100 freestyle, and was a mem- bests, a lot of school records. ber of the 800 freestyle relay “Finishing third in the mile team which placed second. was something I’ve never done Sophomore Gianni Ferrero before, which was special to do broke GVSU school records in in my last race as a GV swimthe 100 backstroke (47.76) and mer.” the 100 freestyle The Laker (44.67). He won the women were just 200 freestyle event as successful, by setting a meet reand managed to cord time of 1:36.37. Almost break a number Ferrero’s class- everyone of school records. mate, Patrick ShepJunior Olivia pell, claimed two had lifetime Schultz tallied GLIAC Champi- bests. one of them when onships in both she finished third the 1000 freestyle ANDY BOYCE in the 200 freeHEAD COACH (9:24.75) and 1650 style with a time freestyle (16:07.00). of 1:52.51.

The 200 freestyle relay team Schultz, seniors Danielle of seniors Michael Griffith and Vallier and Caitlyn Madsen Erik Aakesson, junior Milan teamed up with junior Sarah Medo and freshman Danny Roeser to touch the wall in a Abbot set a GLIAC meet re- time of 3:44.39 in the 400 medcord with a time of 1:21.34. ley relay, which also broke a Senior Will Gombos had an school record.

CRANDALL CONTINUED FROM A7 come down to which team can execute down the stretch -- and we executed well on both ends.”

GVSU (13-10, 11-8) broke a three-way tie for seventh place with Northwood and Hillsdale College to move into sole possession of sixth place in the GLIAC standings with one last home game yet to be played this season -- a 6 p.m. matchup on Thursday against Saginaw Valley State University.

The Lakers have just three regular season games left on the schedule. Playoff implications will be on the line, and every win gleamed from here to the GLIAC Tournament will hold significance.

“We needed this win, and we wanted this win more than any other win this season,” Crandall said. “I know I had however many points, but we played like a team the entire time, you could tell how much we wanted it, and that’s really what got us that victory.”

It took an ensemble, not just Crandall in lead, to get the job done. All the parts came together at the right time and the final result was no act.

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Freshman forward Piper Tucker, who played the role of an efficacious scorer with 18 points in a come-from-behind 72-63 victory at home against Lake Superior State University on Thursday -- returned Saturday to stifle an 8-0 Northwood run in the first half with back-to-back triples.

“It never happened to me before where I shot like I did Thursday and helped to bring my team back -- it was a little shocking, honestly -- but it was an amazing feeling to get the last two wins the way we did,” Tucker said. “Dani had amazing games, our team is so together and knowing that she’s the leader and we’re behind her every step of the way makes it mean more.”

Crandall matched Tucker against LSSU on Thursday with 18 points and five rebounds of her own, although junior forward Kat LaPrairie, who added 13 points in just 18 minutes and sophomore center Jill Steinmetz, who recorded 10 rebounds to go along with nine points, played equally essential supporting roles.

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The same relay team broke another school record in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:27.62, while Vallier eclipsed the 200 freestyle record by clocking in at 1:52.27.

Sophomore Taylor Wiercinski placed second in both the 1 and 3 meter diving events to add to her strong season.

Boyce said he was impressed

by Roeser’s performance, as she set personal bests and finished in the top eight for the Laker women in seven events.

“Almost everyone had life-

time bests,” she said. “We did amazingly. I’m very, very happy with how our team did.”

Her finishes were highlighted by the 50 yard freestyle, where her time of 23.65 broke a GVSU school record. She was also a part of three recordbreaking relays.

It was the first time the GLIAC Championship meet used a four-day format, which was definitely a challenge to the swimmers.

“It’s different than anything we’ve ever done in the confer-

ence,” Boyce said. “The training has helped with that. We did a great job going faster in the finals than we did in the morning.

“That was great to see, and the team had a lot of fun.”

GVSU is now focused on nationals, as many swimmers await their national-qualifying fates. Other Division II conference meets will help determine who makes it and who doesn’t.

The NCAA Division II National Championships will begin March 11 in the same pool.

minutes of action on Saturday, while fellow freshman forward Kayla Dawson earned her fourth doubledouble of the season against the Timberwolves with 13 points and 11 boards after a quiet game against LSSU. “It was a team win from t o p - t o - b o t t o m ,” Crandall said of the Northwood game.

“We were finding the people that we needed to find in the moment, playing smart basketball and although a lot of people contributed in ways that aren’t going to show up in the stat sheet or newspaper, we know how important every Holding on: GVSU sophomore Jill Steinmetz looks for a teammate single person was to to pass the ball around a defender during a game. that win -- from the coaches to the end seconds to go. The crowd erupted, but it of the bench, everyone played a role.” wasn’t quite time to take a bow.

Following Tucker’s accentuation from She capped the night by scoring eight of downtown, the lead would change hands GVSU’s 10 points in overtime, including two four more times before the first half closed final free throws to put the win on ice. The with the Lakers up 27-25, a lead GVSU Lakers never trailed in the five-minute stanza managed to maintain until a Northwood and held Northwood to 1-of-11 shooting in layup knotted the score at 31-31 with 15:03 extra time; to 20-of-69 in the game. left in the second stanza.

“Dani did a great job of composing herself The Lakers countered with three -- there’s a lot of pressure in those last few consecutive layups from Crandall, Dawson seconds -- but everyone rose to the occasion,” and junior guard Meryl Cripe, and led 54- Burgess said. “We executed well, got ourselves 50 with 2:44 remaining in regulation before an opportunity to play into overtime and Northwood scored the game’s next five points really took control once we were there.” to go ahead one minute and 20 seconds later.

The Lakers celebrated briefly with the Crandall turned in a timely layup with band as they ran off the court to cheers. It was 12 seconds remaining in regulation to cut a a bow-worthy moment and a bow-worthy three-point deficit to one, but a Northwood performance, although the Lakers and free throw one second later made it a 60- Crandall declined to take it. Not yet.

58 game. GVSU called a timeout as the GVSU will return to the Fieldhouse Arena spotlight was once aimed in the direction of for an encore Thursday. It will be Crandall’s its senior leader. senior day, her last game at home as a Laker, “We executed well to get a quick bucket and she’ll be recognized at halftime of the and were fortunate that Northwood missed men’s game against SVSU along with fellow one of the two free throws and after the seniors Rob Woodson and Joe Gurzick. timeout, no different than the two-minute “I would hope that we can continue to drill in football, you want the ball in your play,” Crandall said. “That we can get what playmaker’s hands and we knew who the ball will be my last win on our home court. That had to go to,” Burgess said. “It had to go to we can keep the ball rolling as a team, get into Dani and we knew what we needed to do.” the tournament and go from there.

As the script dictated, Crandall drove to “I want this season to end on a good note if the rim, drew a foul and sunk a pair of free it has to end sooner than we want it to.” throws to tie the game at 60 apiece with two GVL | EMILY FRYE

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WOODSON CONTINUED FROM A7 seven combined steals.

Carbajal’s steal with 2:33 to play in the first half set up what appeared to be the dagger.

He intercepted a pass at the half-court line, took two right-handed dribbles and fired a bounce pass to a cutting freshman guard Luke Ryskamp who elevated for a two-handed dunk to the delight of more than 1,425.

The Lakers led 47-31 and never looked back.

“It was an up-and-down, free-flowing game,” Wesley said. “When it’s free flowing like that, everyone gets involved, and I thought our big guys were really running the floor well. They got some easy opportunities.”

Freshman forward Trevin Alexander chipped in with 12 points while junior forward Chaz Rollins added 11. The

team’s top-four post players The Lakers will have three connected on 16-of-19 free- more regular-season chances throw attempts. to improve their rank in the GVSU also held a 13-0 conference tournament. The advantage in fast-break trio of remaining opponents points while its bench has a combined GLIAC outscored Northwood’s record of 20-35. reserves 44-16.

“If we’re clicking like that “I really feel like our I feel like it’s very hard for offense is one of the hardest teams to beat us,” he said. “I to defend in the feel like we could c o n f e r e n c e ,” beat anyone Woodson said. in the GLIAC. “We don’t just We already have one or two ...our offense beat (LSSU) at people.

They home; they’re primarily focus is one of the the number on Sabin and hardest to one team, and try to limit his if we get a good scoring but, if defend... standing in you do that, the conference we still have ROB WOODSON tournament -SENIOR people even off we can make a the bench who run.” could be high scorers just like GVSU will host its final tonight.” home game of the season The scoring output was against Saginaw Valley State the team’s highest since University on Thursday at 8 December 2010 when it p.m. scored 101.

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Fighting on: GVSU junior forward Brad Wilhelm attempts to keep control of the puck while holding off a Ferris State University defender. The Lakers defeated FSU 11-5 at their game this weekend.

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Next steps: GVSU Senior forward Chad Wilhelm takes a shot on the net against Ferris State. The Lakers honored the graduating seniors before the game.

GV defeats Ferris 11-5 at Senior Night game Lakers cruise to big win over FSU in regular season finale, honor seniors

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ix members of the Grand Valley State University men’s club hockey team stood on the ice for a pregame sendoff on Senior Night at the Georgetown Ice Arena.

Befitting of his jersey number, goaltender Scott Teifenthal was recognized first, and was awarded ACHA All-American honors.

Tim Marney, Bob Penrod, Chad Wilhelm, CJ Pobur, and Nick Heinrich followed in turn, each skating out the blue line to join one another.

Six seniors for the six positions on the ice, never mind that four were defensemen. Befitting, also, that they should enjoy one last win in their home building.

“These kids have been a part of our great success,” GVSU head coach Mike Forbes said. “We’re very proud to have them on the team and they represent the university very well. Their leadership in the locker room just helps us continue to build and build and build so we have that continuity all the time.”

After a scheduling change, the Lakers welcomed Ferris State University on Saturday in GVSU’s final regular season game.

The Lakers opened the game with the throttle on full as the offense bombarded FSU goalie Ruben Medrano

early and often. Medrano held strong for the first half of period attack before skating away with an 11-5 victory. the initial period, but the dynamic first line of the Lakers The 11 goals were spread through all positions and broke through with a goal courtesy of junior forward Brad ages on the team as the Lakers showcased their impressive Wilhelm. depth, which led them to a 20-7-1 regular season record.

Minutes later, his older brother sniped a target in the “It’s what we try to do in building a program,” Forbes back of the net to put GVSU up 2-0. said. “You try to build a good class of freshman and you Seconds later, forward Alex Ostrowski represented the build them through so you’re always turning over and you freshman portion of the roster by wristing a don’t decimate your team.” laser off the post and in.

The Lakers appear to have found a way to The rout was on. play together as one cohesive unit, and closed The sophomore talent came through next as out the regular season with four consecutive forward Nick Schultz knocked home his own We’re very wins to go with victories in nine of their last 10 rebound to make it 4-0. His classmate, forward games.

Jake Endicott, then gave the Lakers their fifth proud to have The team will have a more than a month tally of the night with eight seconds left in the them on the to gear up for the 2014 ACHA Men’s Division first period.

Nationals, which will take place from March 21 The relentless attack resumed in the second team... through March 25 in Marlborough, Mass. when Matt Smartt and the Wilhelm brothers MIKE FORBES Forbes said he will take a page out of Herb combined to give GVSU a commanding 8-0 HEAD COACH Brooks’ playbook and run the Lakers through lead with plenty of time to play. high-intensity drills in practice to make sure the FSU managed to show some life before the team maintains a game-ready edge. end of the period, and chalked up four of the game’s next The team may also make some late-season changes to its five goals to make it a five-goal deficit. schedule to help the cause.

The Lakers quickly slammed the door shut on any “We’re going to be trying to find another game or two,” comeback attempt in the third period, however, and were Pobur said. “We’ve been talking about amping things in once again firing on all cylinders with a methodical third- practice and we will have to play hard against each other so we’re in prime shape going into nationals.”

Forbes got a healthy look at the entire Laker roster as all three goaltenders -- Teifenthal, freshman Ryan Morey and sophomore Dom Juncaj -- got a chance between the pipes.

The seniors will certainly be looking to put a cap on their impressive careers with a national title.

“I think it’s kind of cool,” Chad Wilhelm said. “When we brought Teifenthal up to play with the rest of us, we gelled really well.

“It’s just been a great ride and I can’t ask for anything better.”

Seniors Ben Esh-Nauta and Andrew Darrell also reached the semifinals in their flight after 8-2 and 8-4 wins. They faced off against Davenport’s varsity flight, but came up short 8-4.

“We were all playing pretty well,” Esh-Nauta said. “I don’t think we’ve reached our top level yet, but we are getting there.”

The final GVSU pair, sophomores Andrew Heuerman and Michael Kaye, won its opening round match against Davenport 8-5, but lost to Hope in the quarterfinals 8-4.

Calendars for sale: “We did pretty good (on Friday),” Black said. “There’s $10 for Students still quite a bit we need to work on. We need to keep $15 Retail improving and keep moving forward.

“It was good because we got a lot of doubles play this weekend and we were able to work on a few things.”

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“Our only focus is wining,” Esh-Nauta said. “That’s really the goal for the season, too. (A conference championship) would be the best possible outcome.”

GVSU is set to play in three conference matches this weekend in Ohio, beginning with Ohio Dominican University on Friday, followed by the University of Findlay on Saturday a matchup with Tiffin University on Sunday.

Lakers show promise in doubles tourney Two of three Laker teams advance to semifinals

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fter opening the spring campaign 2-0 last weekend, the Grand Valley State University men’s tennis team played in the West Michigan Indoor Doubles Tournament against some of the area’s best schools.

The event was originally scheduled to take place at Orchard Hills in Grand Rapids on Friday and Saturday, but was changed to a one-day event at DeWitt Tennis Center in Holland.

GVSU, Aquinas College, Davenport University, Calvin College, Hope College and Cornerstone University all competed in doubles action.

The Laker men h a d three pairs compete o n Friday, two of which advanced to the finals.

There’s still “We did OK,” head c o a c h John Black said. “It definitely was a flighted tournament, room for b u t because of the number of teams, some of improvement... our guys ended up playing in a higher flight than they BILLY HECKMAN normally FRESHMAN play at.”

The Lakers still manage d to finish well despite these challenges.

Freshman Billy Heckman and junior Francis Bertrand reached the semifinals in their championship flight after winning 8-2 and 9-7 in the quarterfinals. The duo would eventually fall to the Aquinas pair 8-4.

“Two out of our three flights made the finals,” Heckman said. “There’s still definitely room for improvement; getting adjusted to a couple easy fixes.”

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