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GV grad to bike 3,800 miles to raise money for charity

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fter graduating, many students are on the lookout for one last adventure to add to the books before they join the real world. Grand Valley State University graduate Colin Kammeraad has found his.

This summer, Kammeraad is biking over 3,800 miles from Portsmouth, N.H. to Vancouver, British Colombia.

The trip is through Bike & Build, a national nonprofit organization that raises funds for affordable housing groups throughout the U.S. to finance building projects.

Kammeraad is one of the 30 members of the Northern U.S. Team. Their journey will begin on June 12 and end 10 weeks later on August 21.

This won’t be Kammeraad’s first time volunteering. While at GVSU, he went on several trips through Alternative Breaks, a program that organizes volunteer experiences for GVSU students over winter and spring breaks and on several weekends throughout the school year. Kammeraad’s time spent with Alternative

Breaks motivated him to join Bike & Build.

“After graduating I wanted to continue serving others and I think everyone wants an adventure,” he said. “Riding across the U.S. will definitely be an adventure.”

The riders will average 70 miles a day, although some days they will have to bike over 100 miles. The longest

ride will be 116 miles in one day to reach Devils Lake, N.D. This is the equivalent of five roundtrip bike rides from the Kirkhof Center on GVSU’s Allendale Campus to the Eberhard Center at the Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids.

“This will be my first big bike trip,” Kammeraad said.

“I’ve been riding my entire

life and running so endurance athletics isn’t new to me, but riding an average of 70 miles a day will be something new. “...no doubt we’re all nervous about riding the 116 miles but I think we’ll all have fun while we’re doing it.”

The team will spend their nights at churches, community centers and schools along their route. Some

nights they’ll spend camping.

“I’ve been contemplating what to take for the past couple weeks and I still don’t know what to pack. We have to pack light so I’m not taking my Sunday best, that’s for sure,” Kammeraad joked.

During the ride, the team will stop in several cities to work on housing projects in the area. They will have a to-

tal of 10 build days and team members will also give several presentations to community members about different housing issues in the U.S. In 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 40 million households could not afford to rent or own a home.

In addition, over 20 million spent more than half of their income on housing costs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development considers housing to be affordable to a low-income family if the cost, including rent or mortgage payments and basic utilities, does not exceed 30 percent of a household’s gross income.

Since its start in 2002, Bike & Build has worked to help alleviate some of the costs related to housing. Each rider who participates in the program is required to raise a minimum of $4,500. To date, the organization has donated more than $4.5 million to several housing groups. Donations can be made online at bikeandbuild.org.

Students with questions about participating in future Bike & Build trips can contact Kammeraad at kammerco@mail.gvsu.edu.

GV APPROVES NEW MAJORS TESOL program students struggle to change policy

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t Grand Valley State University, graduate programs are rapidly expanding and working out issues that come up. For students in the graduate program Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, issues have come up with students working toward completion of their thesis.

Students in the TESOL program have been collaborating throughout the past semester to work around a policy that was recently created and put into place in January of 2013. This policy states that students working on their thesis must have several members of their committee, including their thesis chair, be from the College of Education.

formation systems. However, the first three are going to be ndergraduate and grad- transitioned into majors.

“The current emphases uate students at Grand have matured enough that each Valley State University will soon have more options is appropriate for designation when it comes to choosing a as a separate major,” said John major. Several programs will be Reifel, interim dean of Seidman added this year to the catalogue College of Business.

The fourth program, manof 81 undergraduate majors agement information systems, and 32 graduate programs. is being held from becoming a At the Board of Trustees major at this time due to unmeeting on April 30, members approved a Bachelor of resolved questions. There are Science in biochemistry, three concerns that this program management majors and a could have affects on the acmasters of philanthropy and creditation of the information systems program within the nonprofit leadership.

In Michigan, 23 universities Padnos College of Engineering have programs approved by the and Computing.

“These changes will aid our American Chemical Society. Of those schools, GVSU is the only students as they begin their institution that does not have an careers to gain specific credentials in their areas of exexplicit biochemistry major.

Instead, the chemistry pro- pertise,” Reifel said. “All of the gram at GVSU currently has five curricular, faculty, staff, faciliemphases. The most popular ties and financial structures emphasis, biochemistry, holds are in place to implement this evolution without additional 45 percent of the students. costs or modifi“Students cations.” coming to Grand Graduate stuValley or condents will have the sidering Grand option for a comValley don’t This change pletely new pronecessarily find gram. Students (biochemistry) will make seeking a masright away,” said the program ters degree will Frederick Antchave the chance zak, dean of the visible to all. to go through a College of LibFREDERICK ANTCZAK 36-credit program eral Arts and DEAN OF CLAS for philanthropy Sciences. “Often and nonprofit they are asking at leadership. orientation ‘do you have a bio“We worked with our stuchemistry major?’ Technically dents, our faculty and our comwe don’t.”

Antczak added that, “This munity to see if there really was change will make the pro- a need for this degree and we can tell you there is a need, not gram visible to all.”

The management major in only in Michigan but around the Seidman College of Busi- the country,” said George Grant, ness at GVSU is also split into dean of the College of Commumultiple emphases. The four nity and Public Service. “Over emphasis areas include general 12 percent of people employed management, human resources in Michigan now are in the nonmanagement, operations man- profit sector and those numbers agement and management in- will only continue to go up.”

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“The main change that occurred was in the College of Education,” said Melanie Rabine, who will be starting her third year of the TESOL program in the fall.

“The TESOL program apparently never had limitations or guidelines for a thesis – no specifications of who was allowed to be your chair or committee. Now there are specifics on who has to be on your committee and who has to be your chair.

It wouldn’t affect us if we weren’t a joint program.”

According to Rabine and fellow TESOL student Hanyang Fu, the TESOL program is a joint program between the College of Education (COE) and the English department. The students have taken an issue with the new policy because they work mainly with faculty from the English department and would like these fac-

ulty members to chair their theses and be on their committees, they said.

“This policy is problematic because most of the professors we have been working with are from the English department,” Fu said. “If we only have the opportunity to work with professors from the COE, you have to work with professors that you’ve never worked with before and don’t have as much interest (in the topic).”

In contrast, Elaine Collins, dean of the College of Education, said that the TESOL program is housed solely in the COE and is not a joint program between it and the English department.

“It is not a joint program. While the English faculty teach some of the courses, the majority of the courses are taught in the

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GV earns title as ‘Green College’

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or the fifth year in a row, Grand Valley State University has been named one of the most environmentally friendly universities in the country, according to “Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges,” a yearly publication that recognizes excellence in sustainability in institutions of higher education.

For the 2014 edition, GVSU had to compete against a pool

of more than 830 schools to be included in the guide.

“It’s a major reflection on the work that everyone is doing at the university,” said Kimberly Schoetzow, a graduate assistant for the Sustainable Community Development Initiative.

Schoetzow said it is important for GVSU to stress the importance of sustainable practices “because we are in a position to enact change.”

Change, Schoetzow said, does not come from any one

person. Due to the dedication of students and faculty, GVSU has been included in the “Princeton Review’s Guide” every year it has been published.

“We are consistent year after year, that’s a critical part,” said Norman Christopher, the executive director of the SCDI. As important as consistency is, he stressed that sustainability is all about constant improvement, and that requires changing behaviors. Currently, GVSU has a 50 percent recy-

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“It can be higher if we can change our behaviors. Ten years ago that would have been a significant goal to reach,” Christopher said.

To facilitate this, GVSU has more than a dozen sustainability-related clubs on campus, including the Student Environmental Coalition, Farm Club, the Green Team and the Waste Sorting Club.

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This also is a COE program.

This is not to say that the courses are not important or that the contributions of those faculty are not valued.”

According to the English department website, “The Department of English and the College of Education also offer a joint graduate program of study leading to a Master of Education (M.Ed) degree with a concentration in TESOL.”

The students also differed with Collins in faculty that they interact with most. While the students said they work mainly with the English department faculty members in their courses, Collins said the program is mostly housed in the COE. “Actually, the students do not work mainly with the English department,” she said.

“The majority of the courses are in the COE.” Rabine and Fu have been working throughout the semester to get the policy changed or to have exceptions to the rule allowed.

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“I’m going through the process now to work with someone from the English department,” Fu said. “…a lot of students have had issues with this policy. We’ve submitted a group petition to the provost and we have to talk with Dean Collins about this issue. My individual petition was denied from my academic advisor and then passed on to Dean Collins and I’m now petitioning to the Provost Office.”

Though the students were accepted into and well along in the program before the policy change was made, Collins said it still applies to these students.

“There is a difference between curriculum requirements which are always grandfathered (in) and policies which are not,” she said.

“Again, I can point to changes in graduate policies such as the X grade, which was implemented in January following its approval through governance.”

Collins added that there can be no exceptions made because the TESOL degree is a part of the Master’s of Education degree, and all M.Ed degrees have a chair for their thesis from the COE faculty.

“Given that it is a Master’s of Ed degree and that all our programs have COE chairs, this is not specific to TESOL or unusual given the type of de-

gree awarded,” she said.

With this policy in place, Rabine said that she feels it is hurting her learning experience and doing her and other students a disservice.

“I went to Grand Valley for my undergrad and had an amazing experience and really felt like Grand Valley cared,” Rabine said. “With this TESOL program issue that I’m having, I feel like they care less about the product I’m creating and more about political relationships within the university. It’s significantly altering the way I would go about doing my thesis. It’s doing me and Grand Valley a disservice if I’m not allowed to have an expert in the area and have to cater to the knowledge and expertise of another and limit the research I can do.”

Rabine added that with all the issues she has had this year because of the policy, she would not recommend the GVSU TESOL program to other people looking into this degree.

“I understand policies need to be in place,” she said. “But I’m not recommending this program to friends of mine who were interested in the program because of the limitations that are in place, which I think can definitely hurt Grand Valley in the future if they don’t take us seriously.”

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While the sustainability measures reach all over campus, they are not always visibly apparent. To combat this, the Sustainability Initiative has information tables at all student orientations to ask incoming students questions about sustainability and inform them of the many opportunities available at GVSU to get involved.

“A lot of students don’t know we offer money for sustainability projects,” Christopher said.

He added that he wants to better leverage student interest in sustainability by connecting the various clubs on campus. An event is planned in the fall to do just that. By improving sustainability activities and raising awareness, GVSU plans to continue to be among the greenest universities in the nation for years to come.

pizza boxes from on-campus housing were composted, with some of the compost coming back to GVSU’s Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Waste sorting stations can be found all over campus and at sporting events. Dining locations on campus use only compostable utensils and cups.

In addition to reducing physical waste, the GVSU bike rental program allows students to rent abandoned and refurbished bikes to cut down on vehicle emissions.

Furthermore, water bottle refilling stations can be found all over campus.

“As Grand Valley gets bigger, our footprint on the earth is actually getting smaller,” Schoetzow said. “Students see all these buildings going up and expansion, but in reality our resource use is going down.”

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BRIEFS Gov. Snyder accepts GV graduate’s proposal to make May the National Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has proclaimed that May is National Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness month. The idea for the month originated with Jennifer Filber, a 1997 graduate of Grand Valley State University. Filber was born with EDS, a group of genetic disorders that is characterized by mutations in connective tissues. The mutations cause dislocations of joints, fragile skin that is easily bruised and scarred and unpredictable organ rupture that can cause acute pain, internal bleeding, stroke and premature death. Currently, there is no routine screening being done for EDS and there is no cure. However, an early diagnosis can give patients a chance to create medical plans and ensure proper monitoring.

GV Vice President of Inclusion and Equity leaving the university After seven years of service, Jeanne Arnold, the first person to be chosen as vice president of Inclusion and Equity at Grand Valley State University, is leaving. Arnold has accepted a position at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania as the chief diversity officer in order to be closer to her family. Arnold’s last day will be July 31. Her position will be filled on an interim basis until a permanent replacement is found.

Sustainable Agriculture Project installs new apiary to house two honeybee hives Grand Valley State University students recently finished installing an apiary at the Sustainable Agriculture Project. The apiary will house two honeybee hives that were raised at the Meijer Campus in Holland. Honey will be extracted from the hives in the fall and sold at GVSU’s Farmers’ Market.

Honey from the Holland apiary is being sold in the Liberal Studies Office in Lake Ontario Hall. Students interested in joining the GVSU Bee Keeping Student Organization can visit www.gvsu.edu/ honeybees.

GV gears up for Active Commute Week Grand Valley State University is participating in the Grand Rapids Active Commute Week Challenge from May 12-16. The event is in honor of National Bike to Work Week. Employees participating in the challenge are asked to keep a record of the time they spend using alternative transportation methods such as carpools, bikes and buses. On Friday, May 16, GVSU will participate in Bike to Work Day. Experienced bike riders will lead groups of GVSU faculty and staff members to campus via four different routes: Standale to the Allendale Campus, Plainfield to GVSU’s Pew Campus, Marie Catrib’s in Grand Rapids to the Pew Campus and St. Isidore Rectory to the Pew Campus. For more information visit www.gvsu.edu/healthwellness.

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From a tent to an arena

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he first commencement at Grand Valley State University on June 18,1967 was held in a tent on the Allendale Campus. The university handed out 138 diplomas that afternoon. Fast forward to April 26, 2014 as families and friends are filling the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids while nearly 2,900 GVSU students participate in commencement ceremonies.

“Grand Valley is different from when you began your studies and you are also not the same as when you started here,” said President Thomas Haas during the afternoon ceremonies. “Indeed, what you have found within during your time at Grand Valley cannot be used to a greater good than for you to go out into the world. Your families will benefit, your communities will benefit, your future employers will benefit.”

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ates will join a network of over 95,000 GVSU alumni living and working around the world.

“Thousands of you are becoming alumni at Grand Valley State University, Lakers for a Lifetime, and we are celebrating your ambition, your tenacity, your goal setting and the successes that put you in this place of honor,” Haas said.

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Laker for a lifetime: President Haas congratulates a graduate during the commencement ceremonies. Nearly 2,900 students walked across the stage at Van Andel Arena.

Youth summit tackles substance abuse

Third annual summit teaches students to overcome destructive influences

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n May 2, 952 local Generation Y and Generation Z students attended the Kent County Prevention Coalition’s third annual Above the InfluenceKent County Youth Summit on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus.

Organizer Michele Stitt said that the main objective of the conference is to teach youth about living above the influence in a way that speaks to them.

“Everything that we have done today has been geared towards being fun, but all in the name of substance abuse prevention,” Stitt said.

Stitt is the artistic director of the KCPC, a team of 30 local member organizations that work to build a healthier community in West Michigan by preventing and reducing harmful substance use behaviors, especially in youth.

Although the actual KCPC has only three staff members,

Words of wisdom: Erin C. Williams polls the group of middle schoolers on what they think a truly heatlhy relationship is during Kent County’s Above The Influence Summit. Over 1,000 students roamed the GVSU campus to attend the activities.

an event as big as the summit was possible, Stitt said, with the help of the member organizations and some local youth volunteers.

“In today’s society, it is really hard for kids to be kids.

There are a lot of influences that can really mess a life up

early,” said 18-year-old Mehdi Mohammad-Ali. Mohammed-Ali is a member of the KCPC’s Dream Team, a group of sixth through 12th grade students that helped “dream” ideas for this year’s summit.

The Dream Team met every

few weeks for several months before the conference to come up with ideas to make the different activities exciting and inspiring for youth.

“I just want to help kids overcome outside influences and know that they are not alone,” Mohammed-Ali said.

Lauren Stitt, a 14-year-old member of the Dream Team said that she also likes helping with the KCPC for the sake of others.

“I like going to the Dream Team meetings, not necessarily to help me, but to see how other people could use help,” she said.

The conference featured six different workshops that the students could attend, based on their age and preference.

The workshops included topics such as Relationships 101 and were lead by members of the community who have made the decision to live above the influence. “(The speakers) have made it in life and they want to inspire others to do the same,” Mohammed-Ali said.

Students were grouped by age for the workshops in order to help them get to know other students that might have something in common with them.

“We have urban, suburban and rural kids coming together to converge here to be able to enjoy the day and inspire one another towards living above the influence,” Michele Stitt said.

She added that her favorite thing about the summit is bringing together students from different backgrounds.

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GV awarded for healthy practices

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Healthy workplace: Sue Sloop and Lindsey DesArmo accept the Governor’s Fitness Award for GVSU.

Grand Valley State University was recently awarded the Governor’s Fitness Council’s Diamond Award for creating and maintaining an “outstanding healthy workplace.”

The award was presented to GVSU representatives, Sue Sloop and Lindsey DesArmo, on April 25 in Lansing.

GVSU was nominated for the diamond category along with six other Michigan workplaces including Gentex in Zeeland and Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.

“It is a testament to the work that Grand Valley has been putting in to this and of energy and effort that we have been striving for,” DesArmo said. “Our mission is to be the healthiest campuses in Michigan and we were the only university on the nomination list. This is a good place to start, or to at least show

that we are working toward that mission.”

According to a statement released by State Rep. Roger Victory, “the purpose of the Governor’s Fitness Awards is to recognize individuals, organizations and events that encourage others to make healthy choices by teaching, volunteering and engaging in their community.”

The award was given specifically for the university’s fitness initiatives for faculty and staff at GVSU. “Over the past eight years, GVSU has worked diligently to develop a holistic and inclusive approach to health and wellness,” Sloop said. “The scope of our services include a large variety of fitness classes for faculty and staff, free counseling services, programming on wellness for both physical and emotional health, fitness challenges and even the farmers market.”

The school has offered programs such as “Know Your Numbers,” a free

program for faculty and staff to participate in a clinical health risk assessment, the healthy choices program and the exercise release program which allows extra time for faculty and staff to exercise and then freshen up.

“Our program is innovative and follows best practices,” Sloop said.

Over the summer months, the GVSU Health and Wellness Center will be planning for the 2014-2015 academic school year. Sloop said there will be more fitness challenges and possibly a campaign centered around treating each other with respect in the workplace.

“The overall mission of the GVSU Health and Wellness program is to promote and encourage healthy lifestyles to enhance the quality of life for the GVSU community and their families,” Sloop said.

“The end result is faculty and staff being able to serve our students better.”

GV charter schools ranked in top 10 in Michigan

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Charter schools authorized by Grand Valley State University have been receiving state-wide recognition. The “2014 Best High School Rankings,” done by U.S. News and World Report, ranks Grand River Preparatory High School and Black River Public School second and seventh, respectively, among all public schools in the state.

The charter schools are tuition-free public schools open to all students regardless of where a student lives.

They are governed by local community boards.

Grand River Preparatory High School was authorized in 2008 and is located in Grand Rapids. The school serves 628 students. Black River Public School began in 1996 and is located in Holland. It has 858 students currently enrolled.

The report looked at

more than 31,200 public high schools. On a national scale, Grand River Preparatory High School ranked 169th and Black River Public School ranked 374th.

GVSU also recently authorized two new charter schools at the Board of Trustees meeting on April 30. Cornerstone Charter School will open the Jefferson Douglas Campus on the northwest side of Detroit.

The Covenant House Academy, which serves homeless

and expelled students, will open in Muskegon.

“The Academic Committee looked at this and we unanimously recommended this proposal for approval,” said David Hooker, a member of the Board of Trustees.

Not all of the charter schools are seeing success though. The university is ending its role as authorizer of Escuela Avancemos!, a K-5 school that serves 224 students on the southwest side of Detroit.

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“We’re seeking to close it primarily for two reasons,” said Tim Wood, special assistant to the president for charter schools. “One, there has been a contract violation at the school, and secondly the school’s poor academic performance.”

GVSU now has 68 charter schools with nearly 34,000 students enrolled. In Michigan there are a total of 873 high schools with over 512,000 students.

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t’s that time of year again, when the Grand Valley State University population leaves campus for the summer. It becomes a deserted “no-man’s-land,” with very few students left. For those

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of you who do stick around to take spring/summer classes, it can be difficult to find activities to fill your free time with. So let’s be honest, we all could use a cheat sheet of the top things to do throughout the summer.

If you’re looking for something on the Allendale campus: Treasure hunts have always been fun, no matter how old you are. What better way to explore the Ravine’s trails than to join in on the campus geocaching. See what treasures you can find.

Feeling daring this summer?

Visit GVSU’s Outdoor Adventure Center in the Fieldhouse for equipment rentals. Grab the necessities for your next camping, hiking or kayaking excursion without break-

ing the bank.

If the outdoorsy adventures are not really your style, check out the farmers market on campus every Wednesday, beginning June 4. Stop by for a quick lunch to check out the local musical talent or to purchase a variety of local produce. Either way, the market is a must see.

Closer to the Grand Rapids campus? No problem, here are a few suggestions for you too: Lions, tigers and bears! Oh my!

No, but seriously, the John Ball Zoo’s tiger exhibit is back as of this summer. Be sure to stop by and see those friendly felines. The zoo not only has animals, they also have a sky trail ropes course as well as a zip line.

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Sky Zone is another one for the books. It’s an indoor trampoline park where you can literally bounce off the walls. Need I say more?

If you own a pair of dancing shoes, you more than likely belong in Rosa Parks Circle on Tuesday nights. If you don’t own dancing shoes, you still should join because there is music as well as dance lessons. Swing dancing is often the popular dance of choice, but the event does vary.

If you end up venturing towards the lakeshore: Naturally during the summer, most people gravitate towards the lake and the beach. While on the beautiful beaches of Grand Haven, be sure to walk along the pier to

the lighthouse.

Grand Haven is also home to the world’s largest musical fountain. A 20 minute show of water and lights dancing to music is displayed every night. It would be the perfect end to a long day at the beach.

Rosy Mound Natural Area is a classic hiking trail including high wooded dunes, open dunes and a sandy beach on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Although this park is not for the weary, the views are to die for.

This cheat sheet should help you start out the summer right or at least let you in on some of the awesome places the greater Grand Rapids area offers. Enjoy your summer Lakers!

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or many students, the coming of summer means relaxation, vacationing and traveling. Others stuck taking summer classes or working at multiple jobs and internships plan short day trips or find fun activities nearby to escape the monotony.

Though everyone wants to have a good time wherever they go, it is also important to represent yourself and Grand Valley State University well, particularly when wearing your GVSU hoodies, hats and other gear.

Notable examples are easy to find. Take GVSU student Colin Kammeraad. He is spending 10 weeks of his summer biking across the United States to raise money for Bike & Build, a nonprofit organization that works to raise funds for affordable housing groups throughout the U.S. to finance building projects.

While you certainly don’t have to dedicate your sum-

GVSU students travel all over the world, even more so during the summer. Students should keep in mind that their actions reflect not only upon themselves, but also upon the university.

mer to a nonprofit cause, remember that wherever you go, whether you wear the GVSU letters or not, you are the face of this university. You represent this school to everyone you meet, no matter where you are in the world. College students are especially known for being obnoxious and rowdy when traveling. It’s time to get rid of that stereotype.

Students need to be conscious of their actions and the possible repercussions that can follow, especially when wearing GVSU gear. If people see you acting in an inappropriate or insensitive manner, or disturbing the enjoyment of those around you, they will look down on GVSU students and the university as a whole.

The summer also brings many study abroad trips. When traveling abroad, not only do you represent yourself and your university, but also your country. Just like college students, Americans are known for being rude and culturally

unaware when abroad. Being an American college student abroad is a double hit of a negative stereotype, so lets begin to change that stereotype right here at GVSU. It’s important to take note of differences in cultural norms and act accordingly. Instead of thinking that your way of doing things is the “correct” way and how other countries go about their day to day life is abnormal, think of it from a perspective outside your own.

Additionally, be patient and understanding. Language barriers are challenging, but being kind and pleasant is universally understood.

GVSU stresses finding lasting and important experiences for its students, so make GVSU proud and be good representatives of this university while adventuring this summer, either domestically or overseas.

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get it: finals week is every college student’s hell. It’s a time of massive stress, pressure and nervousness all packed into one little week of end-of-the-year papers and exams.

However, what I don’t understand is students’ frequent use of un-prescribed Adderall or other ADHD drugs during finals week to enhance their performance while studying.

In a recent study led by Andrew Adesman, a developmental pediatrician and chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, one in five college students at an unnamed Ivy league school have misused ADHD drugs to enhance their performance on an assignment of some sort.

Adseman did not name the university he studied because he believes that these numbers are consistent

throughout the population of college students, not just Ivy leaguers. Obviously, even the statistics show that mistaking ADHD drugs is a prevalent trend within college students.

My problem with taking un-prescribed drugs to better your focus lies in a few different areas. First would be that it is – HELLO – unprescribed. Taking a medication that changes substances in your brain without a physician’s consent is scary.

Just because your friend with ADHD responds well to Adderall does not mean you will. For example, there could be drug harmful drug interactions if you take any other prescribed medication with an ADHD medication.

Also, there are always risks with illegally buying prescription drugs. The dosage and type of ADHD medicine are not going to be what is personally best for you.

There can also be damaging side effects to taking Adderall such as addiction, insomnia and agitation.

Once you take an ADHD drug, you have to be very careful and aware of the other substances you put into your body, specifically alcohol. It can be life threatening to mix prescription drugs, like Ad-

derall, with alcohol.

Purchasing a pill from someone does not come with a pharmaceutical list of side effects and potentially fatal drug interactions.

My other major problem with illegally taking ADHD medication is that it is a form of cheating.

ADHD medications are considered performanceenhancing drugs. To make a comparison, it is socially unacceptable for athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs because it gives them an unfair advantage: because they are cheating the other players.

This is the same idea with taking un-prescribed ADHD medication during finals.

How is it fair if I study all semester long, push myself to do my best and discipline myself to focus and concentrate to study, when someone who simply pops an illegal, un-prescribed drug can easily change chemicals in his brain to study for as long as they need to without any effort?

The answer is that it’s not.

It is not fair to those who abide by the rules and don’t take illegally bought substances to help them focus or cram for a test.

However, cheer up lawabiding, non-illegal prescription drug taking students!

The good news for us is that the benefits of taking Adderall and other ADHD drugs are pretty much outweighed by the costs.

According to a recent Detroit Free Press article, “several studies have shown that students who misuse ADHD drugs are already on the academic fringe, with lower grades and more drug and alcohol problems than their peers.” Also, Sean Esteban McCabe, a research associate professor at the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center, states that these drugs won’t actually help these at-risk students improve their grades -- all those legal and health risks are taken for “more of a myth than reality.”

So pat yourself on the back. Because it is hard not to fall into the trap of taking a little pill that people claim will help you study and subsequently boost your grade.

Instead of working on an honor code of students not taking performanceenhancing drugs, I suggest GVSU look to Duke University and write it specifically into our code of conduct.

Buying and selling these drugs un-prescribed is not only totally illegal and it is considerably dangerous, but it is an academic short cut.

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COMMENCEMENT CONTINUED FROM A3 ucation in Ghana, was the afternoon’s guest speaker. Opoku-Agyemang is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast making her the first woman to assume that position at a state university in Ghana.

Opoku-Agyemang shared with graduates her vision for the world to be built upon six pillars of justice, respect, tolerance, moderation, generosity and impartiality.

“As you walk away from this institution, walk classically, walk with grace,” she said.

“Walk with gratitude, determined not to forget those that brought you this far, and especially to remember at all times those who have not had it so good. Even as you thought you were hungry, there were others much worse. Walk resolved to make a difference in the lives of persons who have no way of ever paying you back.”

The morning’s speaker, Lawrence J. Korb, is a senior fellow at American Progress, a nonpartisan education and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. He has served as assistant secretary of defense and dean of the Graduate School of

Public and International Affairs at University of Pittsburg.

During the ceremonies, the Alumni Association presented its Distinguished Alumni Award to Kathleen Vogelsang, director and chief investment officer for Van Andel Institute, and its Outstanding Educator Award to Asli Y. Akbulut, associate professor of information systems in the management department in the Seidman College of Business.

Victor Cardenas, vice president of GVSU’s Alumni Association Board of Directors, presented the awards and also asked graduates to always remember the university and the people who have helped them along the way.

“As Lakers for a Lifetime, we stay connected so when you leave here today remember to stay tied to your Grand Valley roots,” he said.

Also during the ceremonies, honorary degrees were awarded to John C. Canepa and William Lieberman. Canepa, a member of GVSU’s advisory cabinet, retired as consulting principal for Crowe Horwath LLP. Lieberman, graduated from GVSU in 1979.

He is now the owner and director of Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery in Chicago’s River North contemporary art district and has donated more than 50 pieces of his artwork to GVSU.

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ALL POSITIONS Special occasion: During GVSU’s commencement ceremonies, the graduating seniors gathered to listen to the words of guest speakers and receive their diplomas.

YOUTH CONTINUED FROM A3 is cool because we’re intentional about bringing together sixth through 12th graders that span all sorts of demographics and socioeconomic backgrounds,” Stitt said.

The first year the summit was held, it was in the DeVos

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Along with the workshops, the summit also featured an Above The Influence tailgate with an “I want to get involved” resource fair. The tailgate gave students more information about different youth serving organizations in West Michigan, such as the Girl Scouts, that students might not know about, but may be interested in joining.

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Vocals: Ryley Grayson, lead singer of West & Run, sings at their album release show.

reaking into the music industry takes hard work and determination to face fierce competition. Although there tends to be a contention amongst musicians, local Grand Rapids bands The Dockvside Fever and West & Run have found that collaboration is key to success.

“There is comradery around the local scene,” said The Dockside Fever member Jimmy Versluis. “Everybody is playing each other’s shows and there is really no outside sort of support for a lot of them, so it is really DIY (do it yourself ) and I think that is very necessary to keep everyone grounded.”

According to Versluis, this joint effort is an effective way of spreading everyone’s music, which is why on May 11, West & Run, The Dockside Fever, Flint Eastwood and Yum are set to perform at the Pyramid Scheme. The show starts at 7 p.m. and

tickets are $10.

Both West & Run and The Dockside Fever have members from the Grand Rapids area as well as students from Grand Valley State University.

“We have never played with Flint Eastwood before, however we have played with Dockside Fever,” said West & Run member Taylor Robida. “It is always fun to see what other people on campus are doing. It really feels like a community, and we are all very supportive of each other.”

The opportunity to play with local bands not only gives musicians a chance to discuss their music, but also allows them to bond over the experience of breaking into the music industry. Robida and Versluis agreed that playing with other bands isn’t a competition but a chance to learn.

Fusion Shows, the label to which Flint Eastwood is signed, organized the show and selected each of the performing bands. In doing so, Versluis explained, the organizers blended local and

state bands to present an interesting line-up.

“This show, we are really focused on having a high energy show and playing really well; it’s going to be a good time,” Robida said. “Fusion Shows always does a great job running the show.”

And while this show is an opportunity for collaboration, it’s also a chance for the bands to premiere new music.

“We are rehearsing new songs that we’ve written for our upcoming record,” Versluis said. “It’s going to be a really great show to premiere those new songs that people haven’t heard before and we have been trying as tight as possible.”

Although the support amongst the bands is important, the support of the local music scene and fans is what makes the show.

“Flint Eastwood is incredible. They are just one of the hottest bands coming out of Michigan,” Versluis said. “It is going to be a night of pure energy.”

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fter two years of planning and a 4,000-mile trek, Grand Valley State University’s New Music Ensemble wrapped up its circuit of several national parks in the Southwest.

Beginning on April 29 at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, the NME visited several iconic landmarks including the Great Sand Dunes and the Grand Canyon. The tour ended in Colorado Springs, Colo. on May 4.

The NME describes itself as being devoted to playing music by living composers and what they view as the most significant music of modern time.

For that reason, the NME commissioned composers, such as Armando Bayolo, David Biedenbender, Dan Rhode, Thad Anderson and ensemble member Ashley Stanley to compose arrange-

ments that complement the American Southwest.

According to their website, the NME delivers a beautiful tribute to the seemingly endless landscapes of the West.

Joshua Dreyer, a music performance major specializing in percussion for the NME and a recent GVSU graduate, described just how well the performances were received.

“We are performing works that we commissioned from composers in response to the national parks in the West,” Dreyer said. “So far the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Audiences have been large and very interested in the project.”

This recent success underlines the organization’s long string of successes since the NME’s founding in 2005.

The NME has gained national recognition for its live performances. The ensemble has been profiled in publications such as Newsweek, The New York Times

and Billboard Magazine.

The ensemble has also been featured on National Public Radio’s “Weekend Edition,” “All Things Considered” and WNYC’s “Radiolab.”

This public exposure and applause from critical outlets has also attracted attention from media seeking out the group’s talent. Some may recognize that a track from the NME’s album “C Remixed” was used in an episode of MTV’s hit show “Teen Wolf ” in July 2013.

In addition to concerts performed on campus, the NME has performed at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Poisson Rouge, New Music Detroit’s Strange Beautiful Music marathon and at Chicago’s Millennium Park.

The NME is not a club or campus organization, but a course offered by the GVSU music department. While it is open to any students who are majoring in music, the ensemble is filled on an as-

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Dedication: The New Music Ensemble poses for a group picture at Zion National Park. The group completed its 4,000-mile circuit that included several national parks in the Southwest.

needed basis.

Dreyer attributes the success of the group to its founder, GVSU associate professor Bill Ryan, and his teaching style.

“I believe its success is based on a couple of things,”

Dreyer said. “First, the ensemble has something unique to offer. It’s an exciting repertoire that not all music departments offer. Dr. Ryan is very motivated and inventive. He is also a good motivator. The result is a

very hard-working ensemble that offers something you don’t get to hear every day.”

For more information on the New Music Ensemble and future events, visit their website at www. newmusicensemble.org.

Kicking off summer: things to do in May Local bands pay tribute to Bob Dylan

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hough the vast majority of Grand Valley State University students have headed home for the summer, there is still plenty to do around and on GVSU’s campus this month. Here are just a few ideas of things to do in May to make sure the summer starts off with a little fun.

1. Beginning on Thursday, May 8, there will be an eight-week online series about meditation for all faculty and staff. The sessions begin at 1 p.m. and will last until June 26. The series, put on by the Health and Wellness Center, is geared toward beginning meditators who wish to de-stress and increase their focus. Those who are interested in the series may register online at www.gvsu.edu/seminar.

2. The River Bank Run on May 10 might not be all that fun

for non-runners, but everyone can take part in the post-race party held in the DeVos Center parking lot on the Pew Campus. GVSU will be celebrating the Laker for a Lifetime team as they finish the race with a party from 7 a.m. until noon.

Tickets are required for the event, and are $10. The ticket includes snacks, non-alcoholic beverages and one drink ticket.

Proceeds from the event go to the Grand Valley Fund. To register for the party, visit www.gvsu. edu/alumni/riverbank-run-registration-form-86. htm. Those who wish to register for the actual race may also do so at that link. Laker for a Lifetime team members may participate in the 5K, the 10K or the 25K runs.

3. For those looking for a more political kick-off for their summer, the fourth annual “Then & NOW” event is being

held by the Grand Rapids chapter of the National Organization for Women on May 20. The event, titled, “Then & NOW 2014: Your Political Power,” will feature keynote speaker Democratic Sen. Gretchen Witmer, an outspoken opponent of SB 1293, also known as the “rape insurance” bill. The event begins at 6 p.m. with a wine and cheese reception, and the programming will begin at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the event may be purchased at www.thenandnow2014.eventbrite.com.

4. GVSU will be the cohost for the NCAA Division II track and field national championships, along with the West Mich. Sports Commission from May 22 to May 24. Over 700 athletes will compete at the event, which will be held at the outdoor fields. Additionally, GVSU will bev hosting the NCAA Division II Men’s Golf National Championships at the Meadows on May 19-23.

For more events going on during May at GVSU, visit www.gvsu.edu/events.

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very year for the past seven years, local bands have gathered to pay homage to the influential and award winning musician, Bob Dylan.

This year, there will be performances by Nicholas James and the Bandwagon, Ian Gorman, the Jukejoint Handmedowns and more. Each band will choose five songs, allowing for a full representation of all the phases of Dylan’s music career.

The tribute will take place May 17 at Founders Brewing Co.’s Taproom starting at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 and only those who are 21 and older will be permitted.

Nicholas Thomasma, a singer and songwriter, came up with the idea for the annual tribute to honor the famous musician and says that Dylan is his favorite songwriter of all time.

Thomasma added that Dylan has an unapologetic approach to music and he rarely sticks to one genre of music for very long, so there’s such diversity in his albums that he never gets tired of him. Thomasma’s favorite song by Dylan is “The Hurricane,” which he said is a factual song about a boxer who was falsely convicted of murder.

“Not only does the song ring with a

fiery intensity for its eight-minute duration, but it also was powerful enough to spark a movement which got the case reopened and eventually led to the release of Rubin Carter,” Thomasma said. “That song got a man out of prison. That’s the power of music.”

Thomasma and his band, Nicholas James and the Bandwagon, will be playing “The Hurricane” at the tribute in honor of Rubin Carter who recently died, as well as a song entitled “Isis.”

Ian Gorman, a musician and board member for the Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association, will also be performing. Gorman said Dylan has been a huge influence for him ever since he was in high school.

“You can learn so much from his songs, about love and life and politics and people.

Also, the stylistic journey his career took is inspiring in its variety and courage, from political folk to heady rock to country, and beyond,” Gorman said.

A few songs that Gorman said he will be playing are “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding),” “Nobody ‘Cept You” and “Wallflower.”

More information about the Bob Dylan tribute is available on the Founders Brewing Co. website at www.foundersbrewing. com and on their Facebook page.

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SHORTS ODU eliminates GV from GLIAC Tournament

The Grand Valley State University softball team (29-12) was eliminated from the GLIAC Tournament on Saturday afternoon after losing to Ohio Dominican University 11-3.

The fourth-seeded Lakers notched wins against Northwood University the University of Findlay on Friday, but fell Saturday morning to second-seeded Wayne State University 3-2.

Wayne State went on to defeat ODU in the GLIAC Championship for its third title in as many years.

GVSU seniors Briauna Taylor and Miranda Cleary were both named to the All-GLIAC First Team on Friday, each for the third time in their careers.

GVSU, ranked No. 5 in the latest Midwest Regional rankings, will be forced to wait until Monday to discover its NCAA postseason fate as the top eight teams in the region advance to the NCAA Tournament.

GV tennis teams fall in NCAA Tournament

A pair of impressive seasons came to a close over the weekend, as both the Grand Valley State University tennis teams were both eliminated from the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament.

The GVSU women, who made their 14th straight national appearance, fell 5-0 to Lewis University.

The Lakers closed their 2014 campaign with a 20-8 record.

After qualifying for the NCAA Division Tournament for the sixth time in program history, the GVSU men lost to No. 10 Drury University 5-0. The Lakers dropped all three doubles matches and two singles matches.

It was somewhat of a historic for the Laker men, however, as senior Andrew Darrell set the GVSU record for career victories.

Lakers pursue NFL dreams

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There are 120 NCAA Division I football programs, 148 or so more in Division II, with approximately 25,300 players in total -- just a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of high school hopefuls that pick up pigskins across the country.

Of that collegiate pool, about 3,500 declare themselves eligible for the NFL Draft every year, and every year, less than 300 are selected into the pro ranks. Even fewer still make it all the way through camp to find a spot, any spot, on a week-one roster.

A minuscule percent of a percent of a percent, only the best of the very best advance to the next level, yet in the context, best is not synonymous with most talented. Plenty of prospective players have the potential to be productive, perhaps even prolific, contributors at the next level, but with so many gifted options to choose from in the pool of prospects, the players that make the cut do so not only because of what they have, but also because of what they don’t, because of what they are able to overcome.

This is especially true on the Division II level where the odds of advancing are even steeper, and where even a powerhouse program like Grand Valley State University has graduated less than 30 of its alumnus into the NFL. With the 2014 NFL Draft looming and scheduled to begin on May 8, three Lakers – Matt Armstrong, Hunter Charneski and Brandan Green – will look to add their

names to the list and join the six former Lakers currently active in the NFL. All three still have something to prove, but have exceeded expectations by being part of the discussion.

Matt Armstrong Armstrong holds the distinction as the only GVSU player to ever get invited to the NFL combine, and was the first three-time All-GLIAC selection at any position on any team. He was also named the recipient of the 2014 Division II Rimington award as the top center in the country. At 6-foot-3 inches, 302 pounds with an explosive 32-inch vertical and 8-foot-10 inch broad-jump, he seems to have all the measurables, accolades and acumen to make it as an interior lineman in the NFL. In fact, Armstrong might be the most highly-touted draft prospect produced by GVSU since defensive back Brandon Carr was drafted in the fifth round in 2008, despite the fact that his career in football nearly came to a premature conclusion.

“I started playing football in the seventh grade and quit after my first day,” Armstrong said. “I was a big lazy kid -- they ran the hell out of me and I didn’t want to do it anymore. The next day, my mom said to go try it again.

So I did, played through middle school and then in high school, continually getting better and better.

“The next thing you know, I’m at GVSU competing at a very high level, with a chance now to do even more.”

Much like Tim Lelito last year (a projected starter for

the New Orleans Saints in 2014), Armstrong offers the versatility to play all three positions on the offensive line -- an attractive quality for franchises that are limited to 53-man game-day rosters.

Although the versatility that Armstrong possesses transcends even beyond the gridiron. A record-breaking thrower over the course of his career at GVSU, he is equipped with unique explosion and an exposure to performing under pressure.

“In track and field, you have to be not only big, but explosive to make it as a thrower, and I attribute a lot of my advancement in strength and conditioning to my coaches, Cory Young and Blaine Maag in particular,” Armstrong said. “All of that improved strength and athleticism gets carried over to football, but also in big meets, when you’re the only one in the ring throwing in front of hundreds of people, all eyes on you; it gets you used to the big stage.”

With the stage set, Armstrong will duck away for a day to spend the draft with his fiancée Sam Lockhart, a former record-breaking Laker thrower herself, as the picks play out while waiting for his name to be called in the later rounds as he silently reflects on how glad he is that momma made him go back after a rough first day.

Brandan Green Measuring in at 5-foot10, 180 pounds in a sport of giants, Green, at a standstill, would be difficult to pick from a crowd as an NFL prospect. Put him on a field, however, and it’s quickly under-

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Welker-esque: Grand Valley State University wide receiver Brandan Green makes a catch during the 2014 season. Green will attempt to play pro football in the NFL next season.

stood that even for football stars, size isn’t everything.

Green played on every facet of special teams last season as a senior, and posted career highs in receptions (53), receiving yards (1,210) and receiving touchdowns (6) as a receiver blazing out from behind the shadow of current NFL sophomore and Cleveland Brown, Charles Johnson.

In regional combine events from Ford Field to Tampa Bay, Fla. to his pro day back in Allendale, Green has failed to stamp his sizzling speed to his resume via a sub-4.4-second 40-yard dash, but has demonstrated elite athleticism. Green’s

broad-jump of 10-feet7-inches would have ranked fifth among all receivers that participated at this year’s combine, and his L-drill time of 6.48 seconds was one of the fastest-timed scores this offseason by any prospect.

“I’m pleased with what I’ve been able to show for scouts so far in the process, but there’s more for them to see from me left on the table,” Green said. “Not to make excuses or to be cocky, but I am fast and feel confident in my ability to run in the 4.3 range.

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The real season is about to start for the Grand Valley State University baseball team.

GVSU (33-11, 24-6) begins its postseason quest this week with high expectations after finishing its 2014 campaign with the best record in the GLIAC and the secondhighest ranking in the region.

The Lakers -- who swept the bottom-three teams in the conference in succession to close out their regular season on Sunday -- will begin their trek in the GLIAC Tournament on Thursday in

Xenia, Ohio before making their 13th straight appearance in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional.

“It’s a great regular season but the slate is wiped clean and we start from scratch,” coach Jamie Detillion said.

“The fun games - the significant games - are now, and hopefully we’ve prepared ourselves for them.”

All eyes will be on senior first baseman Giancarlo Brugnoni when the conference tournament starts.

Brugnoni needs just one home run to tie his coach’s career GLIAC record of 46 after leading the conference with 13 roundtrippers and 55

RBIs. He also finished third with a .382 batting average.

GVSU will also look to junior right fielder Jamie Potts for consistent production after the two-sport standout led the conference with a whopping .421 average this season.

“It’s really important for everybody in our lineup to produce, we’ve got to have all hands on deck for sure,” Potts said. “When you get into the tournament, you’re going to face a lot better pitching, so having everyone hitting well is extremely important.”

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Lay it down: Junior center fielder and speedster Mike Nadratowski attempts to bunt during a recent home game.

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Lakers move all-time conference record to 20-0

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After a 2-5 start to the season, the members of the Grand Valley State University lacrosse team learned to play together, and -- after winning their next 11 games -- they got to celebrate together.

GVSU closed out the 2014 campaign by hoisting its second consecutive GLIAC Tournament Championship trophy after grinding out a 10-6 home victory against Tiffin University on Sunday.

The Lakers’ ability to de-

fend their conference championship seemed in question after the team lost three straight non-conference games during its spring break trip to the East Coast.

“After our games in Maryland, we all kind of grouped together,” said freshman midfielder Ryan Skomial.

“We said ‘this is not a team, we need to collaborate and trust one another.’ I think having that talk, getting our feelings out and connecting on that level is what brought us together.”

The Lakers came together during a two-week break after the trip, and never looked back.

After a first-round bye, they showcased their collective firepower against the fifth-seeded University of Findlay on Friday night.

Skomial led the way offensively with five goals and 11 different Lakers found the back of the net in the 24-7 victory. Junior captain Sarah Lowe orchestrated the Laker attack to the tune of six firsthalf assists and finished with

seven helpers to tie her single-game GVSU record.

“That’s really where she sets herself apart -- she’s happy to share in the glory,” coach Alicia Groveston said.

“She’s been excellent for us all season and she’s really growing into her own.”

The rookie duo of Skomial (seven points) and midfielder Kira Dosenberry (six points) came up big for GVSU in the rout, as did senior midfielder Meagan Emery and sophomore midfielder Carolyn Kraus, who also chipped in

with hat tricks.

The Laker offense wasn’t as dominant in the GLIAC Championship on Sunday, but it didn’t need to be thanks to an impressive defensive effort in what turned out to be a chippy game.

“I know some people are kind of having some weird feelings right now because it wasn’t the greatest win,” Lowe said after the game.

“But in my book, a win’s a win and a championship’s a

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FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM A7 feel like I was running in a parachute and I just haven’t been able to get the time I want on the official record.

“I just hope I’ve done enough on tape and in other drills to get my foot in the door, because if I do, I know the speed is there.”

Comparing Green to an undersized receiver like Wes Welker would feel cliché’, but he is often, and gains confidence every time the resemblance is acknowledged.

An athlete that predicates his game not only on explosiveness, but effort, Green understands that if he is going to make it on the next level – whether that be the NFL, the CFL, or in a league somewhere overseas – it won’t be due to a number on a stopwatch.

“Wes is the guy I look like, the guy I play like, and in my years of watching him and guys like him play, I feel like I can do those things he does out on the field,” Green said. “I’ m not afraid to take a hit, no matter how big the defender might be, to go in there in a tough sit-

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uation to make a tough catch, no matter what the situation is, and my tenacity and mental toughness – qualities that have been instilled in me at GVSU – are attributes I take a lot of pride in.

“You see Wes Welker might be one of the least athletic players in the NFL, but he is also one of the hardest working. He works his butt off, day in day out, and that’s what I’m willing to do. I’ve played this game my whole life, I’ve loved it ever since I wore soccer cleats to my first practice for the Byron Eagles Pop Warner team, and as long as I have a chance to play at the next level, I’m going to take advantage of that opportunity.”

Green is a long shot to hear his name called, but then again, Wes Welker did go undrafted.

Green will spend Thursday at home with friends, patiently waiting by the phone.

Hunter Charneski Every single person that has ever made it to the NFL experienced a dream actualized, but first had to have the dream, stomach and heart to chase after it.

BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM A7 ures to strike fear into opposing pitchers once the playoffs begin, as six Lakers hit .327 or better during the regular season. However, their catalyst will need to be at his best.

Junior speedster Mike Nadratowski, a web-gem-producing wizard in center field, has seen a significant dip in his production after batting .337 in 2013. He is hitting .256 so far this year.

“He’s our sparkplug,” Detillion said.

“When he goes, we go. He hasn’t had the season he would have liked offensively but he’s still very talented.”

On the mound, GVSU will look much different than the team that finished third in the nation a year ago. A pair of junior

LACROSSE CONTINUED FROM A7 championship -- I’ll take it. I’d like to see some cleaner lacrosse, but we won.”

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In it’s own way, to make it to the NFL is to burden hope through trial, victory, defeat, time and pain, all of which Charneski saw plenty of, and through it all, he toted his dream along with him in secret.

“Football was still very new to me in middle school, but I was loving every bit of the game through two-a-days and the whole camp process. It was a happy time for me, but it also was around that time when my father became very ill – he had reoccurring brain tumors and multiple surgeries to remove them, but they just kept growing back bigger and stronger before it took him.

“When he was finally on his death bed, he told me to ‘chase whatever dream it is that you have, Hunter, there are no limits,’ and I really took that to heart. So at 14 years old, with the love that I had for the game that only a kid could have, I told him that I will promise to do whatever it takes to get to that level and make you proud.

“When you’re 14 years old, you truly believe everything is possible, but now that it’s starting to really become a reality,

transfers, Evan Nietfeldt and Aaron Jensen, will lead the way.

Nietfeldt finished the season with a GLIAC-best eight victories to go with an impressive 1.72 ERA. He gave up just 13 earned runs in 10 starts this season.

“We come in, throw strikes and do our job and I think our talent will take over,” he said. “I’m pretty confident in how we’ll do in the postseason. We’re the best team in the GLIAC. As long as we play our game, play with some swag and just be us -- we should be able to win.”

Jensen came away with a 5-3 record, a 2.01 ERA, and led the team with a trio of complete games and 36 strikeouts.

Like Nietfeldt, the 6-foot-6 starter will be called upon to go deep into games.

The rotation recently received a boost as sophomore starter Patrick Kelly returned from injury.

to just seven first-half shots and led 7-2 at the break. The Lakers finished with a 3119 advantage in shots and forced 26 turnovers overall.

Junior attacker Victoria Devine led the way with a

it’s special.”

A defensive lineman throughout most of his high school career at Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay, Wis., Charneski played three years of varsity football at GVSU at 260 pounds and battled against the likes of both Armstrong and Lelito in the trenches as a three-technique every day in practice. Through every snap, Charneski simultaneously played with reckless abandon and plotted his course to the NFL, realizing that if he were going to have a chance to make it to the next level, it would be as the next Mike Alstott -- not the next Jared Allen.

Weighing in at a svelte 240 pounds, the 6-foot-2 Charneski not only looks the part of an NFL fullback (especially when wearing his John Randle-esque war paint) but plays like it. His 4.7-second 40yard dash, his 31-inch vertical and his 20 reps on the bench at 225-pounds all compared favorably to NFL metrics for the position, and his hands on hitches and short routes look much more like those of a receiver than a defensive lineman’s.

Kelly, the 2013 GLIAC Freshman of the Year, started just six games this season and went 2-2 with a 4.57 ERA after missing a number of games with a hand injury.

“We’ve learned how to win without him,” Detillion said. “We’ve had a good season, some guys have stepped up and thrived in their role so we’ll see what happens in the postseason.

“Hopefully he’s healthy and able to give us some quality innings, but he’s still building up his stamina.”

GVSU will likely face sixth-seeded Ashland University -- which eliminated the Lakers on its way to claiming the 2013 title -- on Thursday. Wayne State University, Lake Erie College, Tiffin University, and Saginaw Valley State University also qualified for the GLIAC Tournament.

game-high three goals and four points while Skomial chipped in with two goals on eight shots to go with an assist in the victory.

“Obviously, we’re very excited to send our se-

niors off with two rings and two championships,” said Groveston, the 2014 GLIAC Coach of the Year. “That was our number one goal all season.”

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As an admirer of former Green Bay Packer and AllPro fullback Vontae Leach, Charneski has had some contact with the Packers – the director of pro personnel was also a Notre Academy alumni – and hopes to become one of the select few to make the NFL after a late-career position change. It won’t be an easy road to travel, a truth Charneski knows, but he’s already traveled a long way protecting his dream like a running back, bull-dozing any obstacle in his path.

“I didn’t really tell anybody that I had the NFL in mind, until GVSU’s pro-day came around, and I asked if I could come do my stuff the week of,” Charneski said. “In my mind, dreams become less and less special the more you advertise them, and so I just try to keep mine as hush hush as possible.

“I’m a perfectionist, and very tunnel visioned, so I take everything one step at a time with my eye on the prize. I’m not Matt Armstrong, or a shoe-in for the NFL. I’m a long shot and I know it. But for me, I wouldn’t have it any other way; still have something to

prove.”

Charneski, like both Armstrong and Green, plans to spend the draft in low-key fashion. He’ll go to his older brother’s house in Green Bay to watch, but is uncertain if he’ll be able to spend much time around the T.V. – he’s restless as it is. Instead, he’ll barbecue and play video games to pass the agonizing time with his phone at the ready, sharing baited breath with thousands of other NFL dreamers across the country.

Dreamers that have overcome the odds and maximized their potential to fulfill dreams that can’t all come true. Dreamers that will do all that they can to enjoy them a long as they can. Dreamers with dreams that come Thursday, might just come true.

“It’s hard to guess what’s going to happen in the draft – not even the ‘experts’ know,” Charneski said. “The trick for me, and a lot of us late-round kind of guys, will be to just be content to let it play out how it will, ready to seize the opportunity if and when it comes.”

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also defended her title as the GLIAC Defender of the Year, while Skomial was tabbed as the Freshman of the Year.

Both Neumen and Skomial were named to the All-GLIAC First Team along

with Lowe and junior defender Ashley Stoltenberg.

Dosenberry, Emery, senior defender Brianna Shefferly and junior attacker Zoe Stiemann were named to the second team.

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Out in front: Grand Valley State University golfer Julie Guckian takes a moment on the course to recognize the team’s accomplishments. The women’s golf team took first place in the GLIAC Championships with a stunning victory over Ferris State University by 33 strokes. The Lakers are looking forward to the NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament coming up.

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Great teams find a way to play their best late in the season, and three-time GLIAC Coach of the Year Rebecca Mailloux certainly has her team doing just that.

With a strong class of golfers aiding the reigning GLIAC Golfer of the Year Kelly Hartigan, the No. 24 Grand Valley State University women’s golf team stayed hot by winning its seventh straight GLIAC Championship (April 25-27) with a team score of 943 across 54 holes at the Winding Hollow Golf Club in New Albany, Ohio.

“They’re really feeding off

each other’s successes, and that ultimately drives them to get better,” Mailloux said.

“I think that’s a huge reason for our continued success and improvement over the semester.”

Hartigan earned medalist honors for the second straight year by shooting a 227 (+11) to outlast GVSU teammate and freshman standout Julie Guckian, who finished second with a 233 (+17). Hartigan set a school record by winning her sixth event of the season, and she needs just one more victory to tie the GVSU career record of 11.

GVSU had four of its five C L U B

golfers finish inside the top 10 for the first time since 2010, which also marks the last time it won by more than ten strokes. Sophomore Gabrielle Shipley took seventh with a 241 (+25) and senior Veronica Ryan carded a 243 (+27) to finish 10th. Junior Molly Esordi shot a 253 (+37) to come away in 21st place.

The Lakers finished 33 strokes ahead of No. 19 Ferris State University (976) while the University of Findlay (979), Ashland University (979), and Northwood University (1004) rounded out the top five.

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The Grand Valley State University women’s club lacrosse team was 3-0. The spring season was just getting started, but the Lakers still had a lot to prove – both to themselves and others.

GVSU’s opponent in game four was Oakland University. The in-state rival Grizzlies traditionally field a strong squad, and the Lakers knew that it would be their toughest test yet.

Oakland beat GVSU 146. Yet, somehow, the Lakers turned their first loss of the season into a positive.

“That was the turning point,” sophomore Madison Dapprich said. “When we realized we could lose, but still gave 110 percent and know that’s all our coach and captains could ask for.

“We had our ups and downs like any team would, but we went through them as a team.”

The ups came around far more often than the downs in the 2014 campaign.

After the loss at Oakland dropped GVSU to 3-1 overall, the Lakers went on a tear, winning nine of their 10 re-

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maining games to finish the regular season with a 12-2 record.

The Lakers quickly got used to life on the road, as 10 of their 14 regular season games were played away from home. When the team did get to play in Allendale, however, it took full advantage by winning all four home contests.

On April 19, the Lakers made the short trip over to Pontiac, Mich. for the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) Division II playoffs. GVSU handled its first opponent, Grove City College, 8-7 to advance to the second round.

There, however, the season was cut short.

The Lakers ran into the University of Dayton and the storybook was abruptly closed. The Flyers took the game 20-7 to end GVSU’s season a few games too soon.

Nonetheless, 2014 was a resounding success for the club.

“I couldn’t have been happier when walking off the field after the game,” said senior defender Kate Mitteer, a recent GVSU graduate. “We lost, but it was the most over-

joying feeling to walk away knowing that we played our hearts out. We still had fun.”

The Lakers finished the season with a plethora of players receiving Division II awards.

Senior attacker Kara Hogan and junior goaltender Rachel Jurczyszyn earned First Team All-League awards while Dapprich and a pair of sophomores -midfielder Mackie Forgacs and defender Kayla Hinkle -- were recognized for Second Team honors.

Dapprich also won the Division II Rookie of the Year award.

The team’s impressive season didn’t come as a surprise to the Lakers. In 2013, GVSU finished with a 10-5 record and head coach Dan Teskey saw his club’s potential to do big things going forward.

“Last season set the bar pretty high,” Teskey said. “We decided that we needed to build off what we learned last year. We focused on fundamentals and building off those and trying to do as best as we could with the previous experiences we had.”

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Her squad has seemingly been stellar, poised and unperturbed by the competition down the stretch in 2014.

The Lakers have won four of their last five events, and have had at least three players notch top-10 finishes in each of their last three outings.

“Everyone can play even better than they did this weekend into the regional tournament,” Hartigan said. “No one’s reached their ultimate peak yet.”

The GLIAC Championship marks the sixth team victory of the 2013-2014 campaign for the GVSU. The Lakers have also took fifth or better in nine

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of their 11 tournaments.

The goal to compete nationally lingers in the back of their minds while the accomplishments are in clear view, but still, the philosophy has been centered by a practicehard, play-hard approach.

“Practice pays off,” Guckian said. “It’s showing with the results.”

The Lakers will hope to surpass the competition in the NCAA Division II East Super Regional -- where the team was sent home last year -- en route to a national championship appearance. The recent scorecards certainly seem to indicate that GVSU is one of the favorites as long as the Lakers are able to sustain their level of play.

The chance to advance to nationals is currently taking place at the Purgatory Country Club in Indianapolis, Ind. The three-day event will conclude on Tuesday.

Eye on the prize: Grand Valley State University junior golfer Kelly Hartigan swings her club during a recent golf tournament. The Lakers won the GLIAC Championships by 33 strokes for a victory over Ferris State University.

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