Issue 63, July 12, 2015 - Grand Valley Lanthorn

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SUMMER SPOTLIGHT

Board of Trustees approves tuition hike of 3 percent

LAKERS GET THEIR FEET WET

BY AUDRA GAMBLE EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

he Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees approved a 3 percent increase in tuition for the 2015-16 academic year at their July 10 meeting.

This decision raises the cost of attending GVSU by $163 per semester, bringing the annual total for a first-time student to $11,078.

This is the first year that tuition costs over $11,000, as last year’s bill came in at $10,752.

For lower level undergraduate tuition, a semester will total $5,539. The price tag for upper level tuition is now $5,824, adding $172 per semester.

The 3 percent increase comes in just under Gov. Rick Snyder’s cap of 3.2 percent for public universities. If a university raises their tuition more than 3.2 percent, that university is no longer eligible to receive performancebased aid from the state of Michigan.

The only universities to go over the 3.2 percent cap are Oakland University, with an increase of 8.5 percent, and Eastern Michigan University, with a tuition bump of 7.8 percent.

“We will be under the cap,” said Jim Bachmeier, vice president of finance and administration.

According to Bachmeier, GVSU is the sixth-least expensive university for tuition costs in Michigan.

“There will be nine schools that will be more expensive than Grand

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HANDS-ON: GVSU senior Emily Luke studies diseased corals from the Gulf of Mexico at the AWRI facility in Muskegon, Mich.

Luke and other student interns are spending the summer doing research right alongside their professors. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

BY AUDRA GAMBLE EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

ummertime brings to mind one singular image for Michiganders: the Great Lakes. The mitten state is nicknamed after the surrounding lakes, and Michigan residents take great pride in being able to spend a sunny afternoon lounging about on the beaches that give the state its unique shape.

At Grand Valley State University, students and faculty are living up to their Laker name

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and protecting Michigan’s water.

The Annis Water Resources Institute, located in Muskegon, Mich., works to study and protect the Great Lakes, as well as other bodies of water. The institute studies everything from E.coli levels to invasive species control, as well as everything in between.

The AWRI also uses drone technology to map tree canopy cover for surrounding cities. In the past, the AWRI has done work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the city of Grand Rapids, and other organizations.

Along with protecting bodies of water, the

AWRI offers undergraduate and graduate internships, giving students the opportunity to study under a faculty member and understand how real scientific research works.

Emily Luke, an undergraduate intern working on culturing corals from the Gulf of Mexico, said her experience at AWRI has shown her how much work goes into research.

“I’m about to be a senior, and I got involved just this summer,” Luke said. “I’m really interested in marine biology, but I knew that I was in Michigan,

GRAND RAPIDS

Cat café set to open downtown by 2016

Alumna partners with local shelters for Happy Cat Café Co.

BY MEGHAN MCBRADY EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

n 2016, Grand Rapid residents will be able to sip a gourmet espresso and eat flaky pastries while a purring cat reclines in their lap.

Happy Cat Café Co., one of Michigan’s first cat cafés, is the brainchild of Kati Palmurkar, a 2013 graduate from Grand Valley State University. A lifelong cat lover and volunteer, she developed the idea of owning a cat café due to the success of California and New York’s cat cafés.

“At first, some people thought I was crazy, but our success on our Facebook page with 2,500 fans in our first three days, and almost 4,000 followers in a month has proven that this is a concept that Grand Rapids wants,” Palmurkar said.

A concept that started in Taiwan in the late 1990s, a cat café is part coffee shop, part adoption center. Patrons pay an hourly fee to interact with cats within a warm and inviting atmosphere.

Placing their orders in the noncat section of the café, cat-lovers will then go to the storefront area, which is separated from the coffee shop, to play with the felines.

Palmurkar, who majored in biology at GVSU, said that due to landlord restrictions, pet-free campuses, allergies or lack of commitment, the café offers a place for college students to “rent a cat” for an afternoon. She also indicated that studies have shown that interacting with pets, especially cats, is beneficial for human health.

“Benefits include lower risk of cardiac problems, lower risk of allergies in children, alleviation of de-

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pression and anxiety and improved bone density,” she said.

Katie Gabier, a 2015 graduate of GVSU, said that she is extremely excited about the themed café’s opening.

“It’s a great way to play with a cat before you adopt it and a great place to advertise the adoption of pets,” Gabier said.

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), around 41 percent of the cats are euthanized due to limited space.

Because of the comfortable and

inviting atmosphere of Happy Cat, the 10 to 15 cats that will be fostered, providing relief in local shelters, will socialize with their potential adopter in a home-like environment and gives the cats a second chance at adoption.

“A cat café saves the life of the cat being fostered, the life of the cat that can take its place in the shelter, and improves the chances that both cats will get adopted by giving the public awareness to pet adoption,” Palmurkar said.

Palmurkar plans to spend her and her husband’s savings to open the

café. A Kickstarter campaign is also planned for mid-July to raise funds.

“If Grand Rapids and GVSU supports the Kickstarter, we can have the confidence that the public will support our start up in the future,” she said. “The money from the Kickstarter isn’t going to make the café happen, but make it the best cat café it can be.”

To donate to Palmurkar’s Kickstarter or for more information about Happy Cat Café Co., visit www.happycatcompany.com or www.facebook.com/happycatco.

COFFEE AND CUDDLES: Happy cat café provides a place for adoptable cats to interact with potential adopters. When it opens, patrons will pay an hourly fee in order to spend some quality time with the available felines. GVL | AUDRA GAMBLE

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ALLENDALE

Ottawa County to hold 48th Ave. public hearing Public input sought on newly-completed environmental assessment

BY AUDRA GAMBLE EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

he 2014-15 academic year brought with it a handful of accidents involving Grand Valley State University students on 48th Avenue. In December, Allendale Charter Township supervisor Jerry Alkema revealed a proposed construction plan for the avenue.

Now, the Ottawa County Road Commission has scheduled a public hearing about improvements to 48th Avenue for July 16 at 10 a.m. The hearing will center around the newly-completed environmental assessment regarding the project, created by the Ottawa County Road Commission.

According to the public hearing notice, “the preferred project alternative is widening the existing two-lane roadway to a four-lane boulevard with a continuous nonmotorized path on the western side of the corridor.”

The last public meeting about the construction in question took place on Feb. 13, 2013.

This upcoming hearing will occur at the Allendale Charter Township Hall, which is located at 6676 Lake Michigan Dr. For those unable to attend the public hearing, comments may be emailed to Brett Laughlin, managing director of the Ottawa County Road Commission, at balaughlin@ottawacorc.com. These comments will be received through July 31.

“This is just on the environmental report, nothing about the design,” Laughlin said. “That part will probably come later, in the winter. Once this is done, we can look at the de-

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A2 | NEWS NEWS BRIEFS OPEN REGISTRATION FOR GV SHAKESPEARE’S WILL POWER SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS

Parents can now register their children for the second session of the Will Power Summer Camp, which goes from July 20-24 and is held in the Grand Valley State University Performing Arts Center.

Teaching artists from Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company will focus on the Shakespeare play “The Winter’s Tale” to educate kids about theater, drama and storytelling. There is one group for children who are going into grades 1-3 and one for those entering grades 4-6.

The GVSU Shakespeare Festival is sponsoring the event. For more information about scholarships, email libmank@gvsu.edu or call (616) 331-3668. To RSVP, visit www.gvsu.edu/shakes/willpower-registration.htm.

LAKER WRITING CAMPS

The month of July features several Lake Michigan Writing Project writing camps for young students in grades 3 through 12. Sessions for elementary and high school students begin today, with one of these located on the Grand Valley State University Allendale Campus.

During the week of July 20, writers can learn more at the Pew Campus in Grand Rapids.

The cost is $125 per child, and scholarships are available. For more information, contact Sue Spears at spearss@gvsu.edu, or call 616-331-2994. To register online, visit www.gvsu.edu/lmwp/writers-camp-index.htm.

COAST GUARD CITY CENTURY BIKE TOUR

Those interested in cycling and cooking out can join the Coast Guard City Century Bike Tour on Sunday, July 26 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Morning Star Café is providing made-to-order brats, burgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers alongside fresh fruit, a salad bar and a selection of desserts. Each participant will also receive two free beverage tickets, and they can purchase tickets for spectators.

The 100-mile Century Cyclist bike tour begins at 8 a.m., traveling along the Grand River and through Grand Haven. The 62-mile tour crosses the Bascule Bridge and leaves at 9:30 a.m. Families can enjoy a 33-mile ride departing from Mulligan’s Hollow beginning at 10:30 a.m.

For more details, go to www.loosespokes.com/cgcentury or call (616) 847-1980.

CAMPUS DINING OPEN INTERVIEWS

All locations of Grand Valley State University’s Campus Dining are hiring student employees to start this fall semester. For those who are in the area, Campus Dining is hosting open interviews from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Wednesday, July 29 through Friday, July 31. They take place in the lower level of the Commons, across from Fuel.

Students will fill out applications while waiting for their interviews. They should bring a picture ID and an original social security card, birth certificate or passport. Questions can be directed to dininghr@gvsu.edu.

17TH ANNUAL ENGINEERING DESIGN CONFERENCE

The Padnos College of Engineering and Computing is hosting the 17th annual engineering design conference on Friday, July 31. The event goes from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and is located in the Eberhard Center on the Grand Valley State University Pew Campus.

The conference is a celebration of engineering students who have solved real-world problems during the capstone design program. Students will show their projects and explain how they will address current problems in their field.

To learn more, visit www.gvsu.edu/engineering.

Those with questions can call (616) 331-6750 or email engineer@gvsu.edu.

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so anything that I could work with water would be a good start as I’m finishing school.

I thought this was a really cool opportunity to get used to research and what it’s like.

“I’m enjoying it,” she said. “Working with professors, we learn how it all works and the time it takes, how much you have to put into your experiments.”

Other students at AWRI are working on projects a bit closer to home.

Microbiology undergraduate student Drew McWilliams tests lake water to ensure it is safe for the public to swim in.

“I run (the samples) through a machine, which amplifies the DNA of the E. coli so it will tell me how much E. coli I have, based off of the genes,” he said. “These samples are from Lake Michigan beaches, part of the beach monitoring.”

The samples are then reported back to the Muskegon County Health Department, where a decision is made about whether the beach needs to be closed or not.

The AWRI also hosts AquaGen, which is GVSU’s first business created within the university.

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Valley and five schools that will be less expensive,” Bachmeier said. “That places us in the bottom of the middle. We seem to be sinking a little.”

Based on the average tuition fees from 2014, the universities with cheaper tuition are Saginaw Valley State University, Northern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, University of Michigan-Flint and Lake Superior State University.

While tuition is rising 3 percent, GVSU’s financial aid is also going up by $2.3 million.

“That’s a 6 percent increase in financial aid,” Bachmeier said. “You’ve probably noted that each of the last several years, our financial aid is going up at two times the rate of our tuition. It enhances one of our strategic priorities, which is access and affordability.”

In addition to the increased cost of tuition, the Board of Trustees previously approved a 2.8 percent increase in housing and dining costs. For a traditional living center, the fee will be $80 more per semester than in 2014. Meal plans will increase by $75, totaling $1,425 per semester.

“AquaGen sequences milfoil, which is an invasive species, and tries to identify if it’s a hybrid or not, so lake associations can treat the lakes appropriately depending on what type of plant they have,” said Maggie Weinert, an AWRI technician.

The company sprouted out of research being done by GVSU graduate students, and is run by graduate student Syndell Parks. According to Weinert, milfoil is a big problem for lakes around the country.

“Herbicides are the only answer for it,” she said. “The hybrids are really hard. You might treat a whole lake, thinking that you have one type of plant and then nothing happens. So you wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars, which a lot of lake associations don’t have the chance to do it again.

AquaGen tries to help beat that curve.”

Previous student work has included creating filters for countries without clean drinking water, and continuous monitoring of a buoy in Muskegon Lake.

Two major research vessels are used by the AWRI, called the W.G. Jackson and the D.J. Angus. The AWRI also has an electro-shocking boat and various other small watercrafts.

The AWRI provides multiple paid summer internships each year, as well as vari-

The Board of Trustees also approved phase two of the additions to the Allendale Campus recreation center. Phase two will add 35,000 square feet to the recreation center and will cost $12.2 million, taken from the campus development fund. The plans include adding locker rooms and three basketball courts, as well as more room for free weights.

“Phase two is the addition of the gymnasiums, offices and locker rooms,” said James Moyer, associate vice president for facilities planning. “The rec center has no locker room facil-

ous opportunities during the school year.

However, not many students are aware the chance for experience exists.

“A lot of times I think that main campus forgets about us, unfortunately,” Weinert said. “We’re always looking for new interns every summer, and there have been a few years where we didn’t have enough interns apply.”

Students that are interested in working with a professor at the AWRI can view the current ongoing projects at the AWRI website, and are encouraged to contact the relevant professor whose work they are interested in.

“For undergrads to get an experience of how research really works, we strive to make them see the whole process,” Weinert said. “We make our students present in front of everybody, to see how the real process is. I really like the hands-on experience. It sinks home that it’s how you do it, nobody’s just telling you how it is.

“As a graduate student, your access to boats, trucks, vehicles, gear, not a lot of other programs have that capability.”

GO TO: www.gvsu.edu/wri FOR MORE INFORMATION

ities. Students that need to use locker rooms actually use one that’s in the Fieldhouse.”

A new solar garden was approved by the Board of Trustees as well. The solar garden will be created in partnership with Consumers Energy, and will sit on farmland already owned by GVSU. The solar garden is expected to produce around two megawatts of power, of which GVSU will receive a quarter.

Consumers Energy will also build a training center for its employees on GVSU land located between the Se-

idman Center and a GVSUowned Steelcase building on the Pew Campus. The land is currently a parking lot.

The Board of Trustees meeting marked President Thomas Haas’ 10th year with the university, which he reflected on in his report. Haas says he is already looking ahead to the upcoming school year.

“Our focus is student success,” Haas said. “The focus is clear in my mind: Teaching, learning connecting. That’s TLC, and it works. That’s the Grand Valley advantage.”

PRESIDENT’S REPORT: GVSU President Thomas Haas addresses the Board of Trustees at the July 10 meeting. Haas celebrated the Laker community for its successes during 2014-15. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

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sign and other aspects.”

According to Laughlin, the plan is still

on schedule to begin construction in the spring of 2016.

“We want to have it minimize impact on Grand Valley, so the thought is to start (construction) at the end of April, when the school year is mostly done,” he said.

Individuals may access the environmental assessment prior to the public hearing at the Allendale Township library, the Allendale Charter Township hall, the Georgetown Township office or the Ottawa Country Road Commission office.

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SAFE FOR SWIMMING: Biomedical sciences major Drew McWilliams tests water from Lake Michigan to make sure it is safe for the public to swim in. The Annis Water Resources Institute partners with many cities and other organizations for scientific research. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

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CAMPUS COMMUTE

Faster bus route gets development go-ahead Laker Line project plan receives approval for federal grant eligibility

BY MADDIE FORSHEE LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COM

he time it takes to get from the Allendale Campus to the Pew Campus has been a point of frustration for many Grand Valley State University students in recent years. The Rapid has been trying to cut down that frustration with a new project, called the Laker Line.

The Laker Line has been in the works for about a year now, working toward a quicker and more efficient way to get students to either GVSU campus.

Last month, The Rapid received word that the project has finally been given the approval needed to start project development from the Federal Transit Administration’s Small Starts capital investment program.

Though the construction of the new line likely won’t begin until late next year, this move means that the Laker Line is eligible to apply for federal grant funding, so the project team can begin working on the earliest planning stages of the Laker Line.

Since the project is just beginning, The Rapid is not sure of the budget or what the final costs will be. “(The approval) does not represent a guarantee of grant funding or when that will happen,” said Rapid representative Jennifer Kalczuk. “We don’t really have a say in it.”

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Though The Rapid doesn’t know when they will receive the funding, Kalczuk is hopeful.

“When we actually start is contingent on when (The Rapid) gets the funding, but the Federal Transit Administration is very happy with the way that the Silver Line developed,” Kalczuk said. “Having a successful track record does help.”

In the meantime, The Rapid will be testing out the Laker Line route starting this fall with the existing Route 50 buses. The usual Route 50 route that goes from the Allendale Campus to the Pew Campus and then to Central Station will transition into the Laker Line route, meaning that instead of going to The Rapid Central Station after leaving the Pew Campus, the bus will make a few more stops downtown before going to GVSU’s Center for Health Sciences building.

“The analysis has shown that it’s better for (the riders) trips,” Kalczuk said. “That routing is best going to match their travel demands.”

There will be 14 stops total on the Laker Line route. The idea for the transition came because the team at The Rapid wanted to see how it would work out in real-time, and it is more efficient for students because many students taking the Route 50 are traveling to the CHS building anyway.

Once the Laker Line is implemented, the route will absorb the 50 and 51 routes, the GVSU Campus Con-

RAPID RIDE: Grand Valley State University students board the bus outside the Kirkhof Center on GVSU’s Allendale Campus.

The Laker Line’s proposed quicker route between campuses will be a welcome change for the Laker students. GVL | ARCHIVE

nector, that travels down Lake Michigan Drive to the Pew Campus, and the GVSU Hill Dash, which travels through downtown Grand Rapids.

The Rapid will also transition the existing fleet of buses that runs on the Route 50 to the newer articulated buses. These buses are larger and hold

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more people, allowing more students to travel at once while being more comfortable while doing so.

Right now, Route 50 carries an average of 9,800 passengers per week.

Come 2017, the Laker Line will carry a projected average of 13,000 passengers per week. The Laker Line

project aims to make travel throughout GVSU’s campuses quicker and more efficient for students.

GO TO: www.ridetherapid.org FOR MORE INFORMATION

GRAND RAPIDS

Pew Campus adds bike repair stations

BY LUCAS ESCALADA LESCALADA@LANTHORN.COM

rand Valley State University transportation services have installed four bicycle repair stations on the Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids.

The Dero Fixit repair stations are equipped with the tools required for basic bike re-

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pairs and maintenance. Screwdrivers, wrenches, tire levels and an air pump ensure users can perform fixes that range from adjusting the brakes to changing a flat tire.

According to Mark Rambo, manager of operations at the GVSU Pew Campus, each repair station costs $1,200.

The cost of funding and installing the stations was a joint venture between Pew

Campus operations and the office of sustainable practices.

“We are experiencing an increase in faculty, staff and student bikers on the downtown campus,” Rambo said. “The repair stations will provide an outlet for minor repairs and filling up low tires.”

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STUDY UP: Students study in the Mary Idema Pew Library. In August, the library will bring together experts as part of a conference to discuss how libraries work as communities. GVL | NICKOLAS PETERS

GV to host library conference University staff focus on the library of the future

BY JESS HODGE EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

ver since the Mary Idema Pew Library opened in June of 2013, library staff has been coordinating an international conference to share its transformation. The conference, set to be held Aug. 10-12, is named “Re-Think it: Libraries for a New Age” and will feature speeches covering a wide range of topics. Ranging

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from architecture to the furniture industry and to innovation technology, all topics will be covered by experts in respective fields during the conference.

The university libraries at Grand Valley State University teamed up with Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, and is aiming to help public and academic libraries share success stories, as well as rethink how a library works for a community.

Carlos Rodriguez, associate dean of technology

and information services at GVSU, is excited for the diverse group of people that the conference has attracted.

“We’ve had a lot of interest not just in the community here and in Michigan, but across the country and even internationally about some of the things that we’re doing in the library,” Rodriguez said. “Not just the space, but also the type of services that we’re providing.”

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GETTING SOME AIR: GVSU student Annie Taccolini uses one of the new bike repair stations to pump air into her tires on GVSU’s Pew Campus. The stations are free for students to use. GVL | SPENCER MILLER

Opening 2016 Designed with students in mind, Fulton Place is a fresh take on student living located across the street from GVSU’s downtown campus at the corner of Fulton and Seward.

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A reasonable tuition raise

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By Natalie Love

GV still qualifies for performancebased Mich. government funding hile no student wants to see their tuition bill go up, the Lanthorn recognizes that for the 2015-16 school year, it could have been a lot worse.

The Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees approved raising tuition a flat 3 percent, which is below the state-imposed cap of 3.2 percent for public universities.

Because GVSU stayed under the 3.2 percent cap, the university is still eligible for performance-based funding from the state of Michigan. That’s good news for the Laker community, because GVSU tends to do well when it comes to performance standards.

In an Oct. 15 interview with the Lanthorn, Gov. Rick Snyder said GVSU has performed well in the past few years. “(GVSU has) been at the higher end in terms of graduation rates, achievements, cost and everything else,” Snyder said. “I would imagine your school has done well with respect to the formulas and weighting that we’ve had over the last few years, and you’ve really set some benchmarks to encourage that kind of great performance.”

This is particularly important because in 2014, GVSU received the lowest amount of state-appropriated funds per student of any public university, with $2,835. For comparison, Wayne State University received $8,176 per student, putting WSU at the top of the list.

While the tuition increase for GVSU may be reason-

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able, it is necessary to look at the whole picture.

At the Feb. 13 Board of Trustees meeting earlier this year, housing and dining costs rose 2.8 percent for the 2015-16 school year.

When combined, these fees add up to $318 more tacked on per semester for lower level undergraduates.

For upper level students, that addition is $327. The cost is even greater for Frederick Meijer Honors College students, who have to pay $20 more per honors credit, putting another $60-$80 per honors class on to the bill.

Adding all these other fees up can make a huge difference for college students, especially when one factors in the cost of books and other supplies a successful student needs. Indeed, a $163 tuition bump doesn’t seem nearly as bad as the total increase of $318 for the typical freshman. GVSU’s meal plan is currently one of the cheapest in the state, but it seems to be ever-increasing.

According to Brian McVicar’s July 10 article “How GVSU’s $356 tuition hike compares with increases at other Michigan universities,” in the Grand Rapids Press, GVSU has the highest net price (room and board, tuition, books and other fees minus financial aid) of the 15 public universities in the state.

We’re glad that the approved tuition increase is reasonable, but it’s time the Laker administrators start looking at some of the other costs they place on GVSU students, too.

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Seeking safety and transparency

With proposed changes to 48th Ave., biking is still dangerous

BY ROY COLE GUEST COLUMNIST EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM

just learned that Ottawa County will hold a meeting with the public to talk about the expansion of 48th Avenue.

It’s not surprising that this “outreach” (or whatever it is) to the public will be held in the summertime when students will be few on campus.

I’m going to be in attendance but I’m skeptical about this whole process. My view is that Ottawa County will have public session so that it can

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explain to her that road bikers normally ride on the road. She was rather embarrassed to see me after having told me off in no uncertain terms. Road bikes are sturdily built and easily roll over 40 mph down hills. On the flat, I like to keep an average of 18 mph. I have biked in with an average of 21 mph. That’s fast! Ordinary bikers roll at 5-10 mph.

When we moved to Holland in 2004 from Grand Haven I tried a variety of routes to ride to GVSU. The safest was 36 miles long, although the shortest route is 24.5 miles. When 48th Avenue was repaved with a biking shoulder several years ago I used that route from Chicago Drive. Before that, biking on 48th Ave. was a death wish. Even so, it’s so busy it’s still dangerous with trucks and large pickups.

It’s not just a question of safe biking and other nonmotorized transportation infrastructure. Motorists need to be educated and be held legally

responsible for their actions.

There should be a 3-foot law in Michigan with penalties for infractions. Motorists who kill (or injure) bicyclists should go to jail—not be let off without any punishment at all. It is a dangerous environment we bikers negotiate every day.

Making 48th the same as Lake Michigan Drive through Allendale (4 lanes with curbs) will reduce nonmotorized transportation and create a dangerous environment for local people and inter-city bike commuters like me. I advocate a 4-6 foot wide bike shoulder on both sides of the road. AND a sidewalk for walkers, joggers, parents with strollers, etc.

I’m looking for a solution that will help walkability and bikeability—NOT to create a high-speed blast corridor for cars and trucks where all others walk or bike at their peril.

Roy Cole: Bike commuter Professor, Department of Geography and Planning

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say that the public was consulted then go ahead and do whatever they wanted to do before. The county and township only want to increase throughput, commercial development, property values, and their tax base.

I ride my bike in regularly from Holland (from Grand Haven, when we lived there) and these days the most dangerous part of the ride is through Allendale. A road biker can’t ride on the sidewalk through Allendale and feel safe. It’s bumpy, crooked, and rocky. It’s simply not made for biking.

Cross traffic on the biker’s left from cars turning right and from the right from those entering the road makes biking on a side walk, or “bike path” as the engineers like to call them, very dangerous.

I’ve had drivers on M45 in Allendale tell me to “get the f**k off the road.” Once, I was able to catch the driver at the light at 68th Avenue and

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here to live once summer rolls around is not an easy question to answer.

Many people go back home and live with their parents until school starts back up again in late August. However, there is still a large amount of students who remain in Allendale throughout the summer.

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pros and cons.

The biggest pro about living at home is (hopefully) not having to pay rent. If your parents are anything like mine, they will happily accept you back into their house for the summer and then cry when you leave again in the fall.

If you lived in an apartment or townhome for the summer you would have to pay rent. Unless you have a 12-month lease, in which case you would have to pay rent even if you weren’t living there, moving home would financially be a better decision.

Another financial responsibility your parents take when you get home is getting the groceries. Now that you’re home, you don’t have to live paycheck to paycheck to stock up your fridge with Ramen noodles and peanut butter. You might even get a nice homecooked meal on occasion. We all know that no one makes

lasagna like moms do.

My favorite part about being home for the summer?

My mom does my laundry for me. Sure, I have to bring her my basket of clothes that need to be cleaned, but she washes, dries and folds them. Another bonus: you won’t need a handful of quarters to do one load.

However, with all these nice perks of being home, there are some downfalls. The biggest that college kids think about is curfew. During school, you are your own parent. You can decide when you come home, what time you have dinner, and when you go to bed.

When you move back home?

Not so much. Parents still expect that if you live under their roof, you live under their rules.

They expect you to be home for family dinners, not be out past midnight and to always let them know who you’re with and where you’re at. It’s valid for parents to want to know

everything, it’s just a change of pace from living by your own rules during the school year.

Another downside of coming home during the summer is trying to find a job. There aren’t a lot of places that are too keen on hiring someone for three months, only to have them leave again in the fall. It is especially unfortunate if you found a job during the school year that can’t and/or doesn’t allow transfers to a different location. You just have to hope that if you leave for the summer that your job will let you back in the fall.

Coming home for the summer has good and bad sides to it, as does staying on or near campus. If you go home, you get to see your parents and siblings, but you also have to deal with the crazy family rules that accompany coming home.

They say home is where the heart is, but some people’s hearts stay in Allendale.

MARCHING ON: The metal representation of the Grand Valley State University marching band is one of the most popular statues on the Allendale Campus. It was created

by Stuart Padnos in 1998, in memory of his wife, Barbara, who attended the university. Padnos creates his sculptures out of scrap metal. He made over 70 pieces of artwork, which can be found all over West Michigan. The sculptures are always donated, never sold. While Padnos designed the statues, others fabricated the designs.

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POLICE

GV police academy offers program for military veterans

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or the third year in a row, the Military Police Basic Training Program was offered to military veterans at Grand Valley State University’s police academy for summer 2015.

The MPBTP, a condensed law enforcement program aimed exclusively for military police personnel, is a seven-week program offered from June 22 to Aug. 7.

Williamson Wallace, the director of criminal justice training at the police academy, said GVSU is the only academy out of the 17 regional academies in Michigan to provide military police personnel with this program.

“This is the third year we are running what we would like to call the Military Police Training Program here at Grand Valley,” Wallace said. “We are one of two programs in the country.

Currently GVSU is the only institution in the state of Michigan that offers it.”

In February 2013, The Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) approved two training sites at GVSU and Kirtland Community College, which only GVSU is operating in 2015.

MCOLES has several requirements

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for the program, one of which is a minimum of 2,080 hours in a specified law enforcement occupation.

“If an individual was a police officer in the military, there’s requirements for how much service they need until they are eligible,” Wallace said. “Basically the idea is for these individuals to get caught up on all of the Michigan-specific information before they sit for their licensing exam.”

Capt. Brandon DeHaan of the GVSU police department said the MPBTP is based under the premises that individuals in the armed forces have already gone through extensive law enforcement training.

“What the state of Michigan has identified is that if those individuals wish to become officials in a civilian role,” he said. “They still need to have a certain amount of training that separates them from the military.”

DeHaan said that GVPD assists with the MPBTP, along with providing professional educators to the full 16-week program at the academy. Additionally, 95 percent of the educators are active or former law enforcement officers.

“There’s a lot of value to the academy, it provides an excellent education with these programs, specifically for those going into law enforcement.”

DeHaan said. “The academy has been

very beneficial to the police department and we have a great partnership.”

Wallace said MCOLES requires individuals in the MPBTP to complete 280 hours of training in order to sit for the licensing exam. He said the full 16-week program is delivering 683 hours for 2015, but MCOLES only requires 194 of those hours.

“The state of Michigan has a mandatory curriculum,” Wallace said.

“Grand Valley goes above and beyond those requirements. The academy provides those mandatory hours along with some additional segments.”

Wallace said the academy also provides additional training in areas not covered as often in law enforcement, such as active shooter response training and guidance on how to survive stressors of a law enforcement career.

“The police academy has been deeply rooted into Grand Valley since 1974,” he said. “We provide that community partnership and welleducated individuals that hopefully will be able to have a fulfilling career in law enforcement.”

GO TO: www.gvsu.edu/cj/ policeacademy FOR MORE INFORMATION

BASIC TRAINING: GVSU is be the only university in Michigan to offer the sevenweek training program for military veterans this summer. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

GRAND RAPIDS

Summer safety update

BY HANNAH LENTZ NEWS@LANTHORN.COM

ver the summer, there have been several instances of robbery and attempted robbery on the downtown Pew Campus that have been reported to the public. These instances have left members of the Grand Valley State University community asking why there seems to be an increase in downtown crime as the weather warms up. A report of sexual assault that was later proven to have not occurred was also reported.

The Grand Valley Police Department has been utilizing the emergency alert system to increase awareness of

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PRACTICE: Eleven emergency response teams practice a routine radiology drill on April 18, 2015 around the North B Living Center on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus. GVL | AUDRA GAMBLE

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Rodriguez has been coleading and planning the upcoming conference since December of last year with colleague Julie Garrison. However, the original idea started when the new library was built in June. Rodriguez, Garrison and Lee VanOrsdel, dean of libraries, attended a conference that sparked their interest about having one of their own.

“We looked around and there really wasn’t anything like this that we could see that already existed,” Rodriguez said. “We were encouraged to do this. We felt that there was an audience out there to not only hear more about what we’re doing, but an opportunity for others to

the GVSU community.

“It is important to recognize that crime is not something often associated with Grand Valley,” said Grand Valley Police Department Capt. Brandon DeHaan.

“We look to deal with these instances and inform students of the proper reactions to different scenarios.”

There have been several instances of reported violence, mainly on the Pew Campus.

During these type of situations, it is important to be alert and aware and inform authorities directly after the incident to improve the likelihood of stopping the perpetrator.

“We would like to stress that students ensure their cell phones are fully charged when going out,” DeHaan

share what they’re doing. “ After finalizing the decision to officially host the conference, GVSU reached out to MCLS for help promoting and coordinating events.

Randy Dykhuis, executive director at MCLS, has played a large part working with the planning team to help put the conference together.

“One of the roles MCLS has played is to help set up registration systems,” Dykhuis said. “ We help people get their reservations for housing and food set up for the conference.”

Over 200 people are registered to attend the conference.

The library staff hopes about 50-100 more people sign up before the conference begins.

The conference will include multiple speakers who will share their thoughts and ideas pertaining to topics like trans-

said. “In several of these instances, cell phones have had dead batteries, preventing the students from alerting the authorities immediately.”

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forming the physical space of a library, what the community wants/needs, innovative programs and technology.

“It would be great if people could find one good idea to put into practice,” Dykhuis said.

“Libraries will slowly start to become a more creative space.”

The GVSU library staff is just as excited for the many opportunities this conference has and will present. “This conference is a great opportunity to see new ideas from other people’s perspectives,” Rodriguez said. “We’re hoping everyone will have a broadened scope of how to create and interact with knowledge.”

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GV summer concert series showcases carillon tower

BY RACHEL HUCK RHUCK@LANTHORN.COM

he Cook Carillon Tower is one of the most recognizable landmarks on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus. This summer, the uncommon instrument will be featured in a summer concert series.

“The summer carillon series began 15 years ago as a way to let the community at large know about the instrument, and hopefully to draw them into the campus,” said Julianne Vanden Wyngaard, university

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NEW DIGS: The P. Douglas Kindschi Hall of Science was recently featured to the media for the first time this summer at a media preview event. The new science building will open to the public in August, just in time for students to begin having classes in the newest building on campus for the 2015-16 school year.

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carillonneur. “We wanted the community to know what a treasure it was in the neighborhood.”

The 10-story tower in the middle of GVSU’s Allendale Campus consists of 48 bells and measures 100 feet tall.

“The carillon was a dream of then-president, Arend Lubbers, who believed we needed a focal point for the campus,” Wyngaard said. “(It’s) a place to meet, a place to tell time, a place for large campus gatherings.”

The Cook Carillon Summer Concert Series, featured Margaret Pan, a carillonneur from Toronto,

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nance of the stations,” Rambo said. To prevent tampering, the tools and the air pump in the Dero repair stations are attached to the stands with stainless steel cables.

Dero’s Fixit repair stations include hanger arms for the user to hang their bike during repairs. This allows the pedals and wheels to spin freely during repairs.

Canada on July 5.

The series typically consists of around 10 concerts, each one drawing between 50 and 100 guests.

“As university carillonneur, it is my job to develop a carillon culture for the campus by performing, teaching others to play, teaching the greater audience (and) bringing world-class artists to GVSU to perform,” Wyngaard said.

While the repair stations are located on the Pew Campus, they are not exclusive to GVSU students.

“The repair stations are open to the public and will complement the city’s enhanced mobility efforts,” Rambo said.

The bicycle repair stations are located at Winter Hall, the Eberhard Center, the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences and the Seidman Center.

GO TO: www.gvsu.edu/music FOR MORE INFORMATION

In Allendale, students can rent a bike from the outdoor adventure center for $25 a semester. The rental includes a refurbished bike, a heavy duty u-lock, a GVSU bike permit, free maintenance and use of the compressed air stations in Allendale.

According to Rambo, the outdoor adventure center plans on getting a Dero Fixit bike repair station installed on the Allendale Campus in the near future.

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OUT ON THE TOWN SUNDAY NIGHT FUNNIES A live stand-up comedy show, Sunday Night Funnies takes place at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday nights and features comics from around the Midwest. The event takes place in the Landing Lounge of the Riverfront Hotel. There is a chance to win a free T-shirt every Sunday night and admission is free. The series runs from July 19 to Dec. 27.

For more information about Sunday Night Funnies, visit www.riverfronthotelgr.com/entertainment.

ONEREPUBLIC TO PERFORM AT VAN ANDEL ARENA The Meijer LPGA Classic, presented by Kraft, has partnered with General Mills to put on a community concert at 7 p.m. on July 25 at the Van Andel Arena. OneRepublic will be performing its most recent album, “Native.” All proceeds from the concert go to local food pantries through Simply Give. Tickets are currently on sale at www. vanandelarena.com/arena-schedule.

AEROSMITH’S BLUE ARMY TOUR On their Blue Army tour, Aerosmith will be stopping in Grand Rapids at 8 p.m. on Aug. 4 at the Van Andel Arena. Including 17 tour dates, the Blue Army tour began in June and will end in August. Living Color will be opening for Aerosmith and tickets are currently on sale.

Visit www.vanandelarena.com/arena-schedule for more information.

FIRST FRIDAYS: THE MARKET Along South Division from Fulton to Cherry on Aug. 7, the sidewalks of Grand Rapids will be flooded with artist vendors and performances. In a street market style, the event will feature local artists and local businesses. The event is free and open to the public. For more information about The Market, visit www.avenueforthearts.com/ streetmarket.

PARTY IN THE PARK Featuring Flo Rida, Tech n9ne, and Silento, Fifth Third Ball Park will be hosting their annual Party in the Park at 6 p.m on Aug. 14. Tickets are on currently on sale on the Fifth Third Ball Park website, www.fifththirdballpark.com.

CARILLON SUMMER CONCERT SERIES The Cook Carillon Tower is one of the most recognizable landmarks on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus. This summer, the uncommon instrument will be featured in a summer concert series.

The series typically consists of around 10 concerts, each one drawing between 50 and 100 guests.

Concerts will take place on July 19, 22, 26 and Aug. 2, 9, 16 and 23.

For more information about the Cook Carillon Summer Concert Series, visit www.gvsu.edu/music.

THEATER

Honoring the Bard GV theater aims to peak interest in Shakespeare

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hakespeare isn’t always the easiest to understand, but members of the Grand Valley State University community are trying to show others how relevant and entertaining Shakespeare can be.

Through a children’s summer camp, a nostalgic 1960s theme, a traveling show and a student work competition, the Shakespeare Festival at GVSU will highlight the importance of the Bard.

Starting with the youngest generation, GVSU runs a day camp for children in first through sixth grade called Will Power to introduce them to Shakespeare and get them interested and comfortable with his work at a young age.

“The purpose of Will Power is to encourage campers’ creativity, to encourage them to explore working with other people, work on basic theater skills, and introduce them to how great Shakespeare is,” said Karen Libman, a theater professor who helps run Will Power. She said the camp helps children to understand Shakespeare at their own age level.

James Bell, the managing director of the Shakespeare Festival, has a daughter who has attended Will Power in the past and said he has seen how the program helped turn everyday playing into fun with Shakespeare.

“Part of what Will Power does is show kids that plays are just this sort of imaginative role-playing that kids always do,” Bell said. “It builds on that sense of imagination, but tying it through stories. Even if the

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campers don’t go on to do more theater, they don’t have a fear of Shakespeare the way that a lot of kids do.”

Libman said she feels that this imaginative role-playing is what makes Shakespeare interesting. As director of the main stage show this year, Libman will put Shakespeare’s work on the stage and show audiences what makes the story so entertaining.

“Shakespeare was never meant to just be studied,” Libman said. “Shakespeare was an actor. These plays are meant to be played, that’s why they’re called plays and not studies. They’re meant to be put on stage.”

However, GVSU doesn’t stop the Shakespeare showcase with young students the theater program brings Shakespeare to college students as well.

“The bulk of our audience is our student population and they are the heart of why we do this festival,” Bell said. “This is a chance to come and see student work and professional work as it combines into a tradition that’s been going on for hundreds of years and we hope students will come and take advantage of the opportunity.”

This year, the show performed as the main stage event at the festival will be “All’s Well That Ends Well.”

Libman plans to set the production in the 1960s to help represent the themes of love and the generation gap.

“The play fits well into this time period and I’m personally having a really fun time with my research of music and costume design,” Libman said. “It’s a comedy. I want it to be fun and entertaining.

I want people to laugh until

they wet their pants.”

Emilee Miller, a junior who will be playing one of the lead roles in the main stage production said she’s excited to see the 1960s setting peak audience interest and make the show relatable and humorous.

Last year, Miller was in the Bard to Go show and said this was a great way to get people excited about Shakespeare.

Bard to Go is a shorter, smaller production which tours area high schools, performing a collection of Shakespeare pieces that play on a common theme.

“At first, kids come and they aren’t all that excited,” Miller said. “But by the end, they’re re-

ally involved and they’re asking you thousands of questions. It’s really cool to get to see them get so excited.”

Libman said that Shakespeare is something students can relate to and hopes that the festival will show students how entertaining and relatable Shakespeare can be.

“The reason why Shakespeare continues to be one of the most produced English language playwrights in the entire world is because he is always relevant,” Libman said.

“Themes of love and family and problem and death are always going to be relevant.”

WILL POWER: Young students get mentored by GVSU theater students at The Shakespeare Festival’s summer camp. GVL | ARCHIVE

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A8 | LAKERLIFE STUDY ABROAD

Sharing stories through photography Study abroad student documents Middle-Eastern life in Oman

BY MARISSA LAPORTE ARTS@LANTHORN.COM

tudy abroad trips provide many picture-perfect moments, giving a student vibrant and funfilled memories.

One Grand Valley State University student may be able to take her study abroad photos and showcase them in a gallery at GVSU. Laker student Gabriella Patti has returned from a study abroad trip to the country of Oman with photographs that she is ready to share. Patti may be sharing her photos in an oncampus photo gallery at GVSU in the beginning of the 2016 winter semester.

She has been offered a space and she will be meeting with someone from the gallery in the fall.

With the help of a photography scholarship, Patti was able to make the trip to Oman and capture snapshots of local people in their natural environment.

Alissa Lane, a study abroad coordinator involved in the process of awarding the photography scholarship, encourages all study abroad students to share their photographs even if they aren’t photography majors.

The photography scholarship that Patti received through the Padnos

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International Center is one of two scholarships awarded each year. The international center calls for anyone who will be studying abroad to submit an application, a portfolio of their photography, and an essay. This scholarship was created to promote GVSU student photography and to create a database for study abroad images.

“Students want to see the world at some point in their lives and I think that college is such a unique and wonderful time to experience something like that,” Lane said. “You’re growing as a person and figuring out what to do as a career and you’re figuring out your place in the world.”

Lane encourages students to participate in the study abroad program no matter their financial situation. She said that studying abroad is a social experience that simply cannot be obtained in one’s home country.

“If you haven’t met anyone that has been out of the country before, it can seem like this impossible dream,” Lane said. “But I think that having a study abroad office that is there to help you, and having financial resources and advisors, it takes something that you think might have been a dream and brings it to reality.”

Patti’s favorite photographs to take were those of people. She aimed to capture a person’s true self as well as

she could in order to expose the truth through photographs. However, she had to be cautious when approaching people in Oman because of cultural and language differences.

“The pictures, for me, are very intimate in that sense because they were all taken with permission,” Patti said.

Although the civilians of Oman have a different culture and language, Patti came to the conclusion that they aren’t all that much different from Americans.

“We are all very similar,” she said.

“We all have hope, we all have fears, we all have ups and downs in our lives.”

Patti wants to share her photos because not many people are familiar with that part of the Middle East and fall victim to believing stereotypes and making generalizations. Even though Patti believes that her audience can gain insight from her photographs, she doesn’t consider herself a professional.

During this study abroad trip, Patti realized that Omanis aren’t identical to Saudis or Syrians, but they are their own people with their own values and culture.

The most eye-opening experience Patti had with the locals of Oman was when she was attending a language school in a conservative community.

She attended these classes to enhance her Arabic skills. All of her teach-

UP CLOSE: A camel in Oman poses for GVSU student Gabriella Patti. She spent her trip telling personal stories with photography. COURTESY | GABRIELLA PATTI

ers were female, and since they were teaching Arabic, their English speaking skills weren’t the best. Patti found it amazing that she was able to form meaningful and personal relationships with others at this school even though they weren’t able to understand each other completely because they were communicating in a broken language.

Bringing back these experiences to share with others through pho-

tography is exciting for Patti. She believes that visiting other countries and being immersed in another culture is something that everyone should experience. She wants others to realize that even across borders, people are the same.

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MUSIC

Neon Trees brings big sound to small venue

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QUICK HITS GV WOMEN’S ATHLETICS RANKED FIFTH-BEST IN NATION BY STACK.COM

Stack.com recently named Grand Valley State as the fifth-best college for female athletes. The Lakers finished ranked behind UCONN, UCLA, Notre Dame and Arizona to take home the fifth spot on the list. Some of the criteria used was based on NCAA championship appearances, percentage of female students participating in varsity sports and over 200,000 opinions from nearly 75,000 students.

At GVSU, 1.9 percent of females are student-athletes.

GVSU women’s athletics were successful during the 2014-15 school year, winning two team national championships.

BASEBALL

GV’s Potts starts MLB journey All-American athlete unsure of Laker football future

SWIM & DIVE RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Fourteen GVSU swim and dive student-athletes were named to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-America team. Lindenwood had the most student-athletes named with 16, as GVSU finished second in the nation. Gianni Ferrero, Jared Gregory, Sven Kardol, Danny Abbott, Grant Borregard, Matt Stevens and Michael Hudson were honored on the men’s side by the CSCAA, while Kayla Marquardt, Taylor Wiercinski, Emily Toro, Hannah Deak, Nicole Gilbert, Olivia Schultz and Sarah Roeser earned the same plaudits on the women’s side. The men took sixth place in the NCAA Division II Championships, while the women finished 20th.

GV’S HARTIGAN, SHIPLEY, TAYLOR COMPETE IN LPGA COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL

Three Lakers competed in the Meijer LPGA Collegiate Invitational in June. Senior Kelly Hartigan, junior Gabrielle Shipley and sophomore Alex Taylor participated in the event at Blythefield Country Club. This event was held for college women’s golfers to fill two sponsor exemption spots in the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Hartigan was the top Laker finisher, shooting a 78, while Shipley shot a 79 and Taylor scored an 82. Michigan’s Cat Peters and Northwestern’s Kaitlin Park were the top two finishers in the event. Shipley was selected as the GLIACs Women’s Golf Athlete of the year this past season.

FORMER GV LACROSSE ASSISTANT MOVES TO ALMA AS HEAD COACH

Alma College recently named former GVSU women’s lacrosse assistant coach Ashley Johnson as its head coach.

Johnson spent the last three years at GVSU as a graduate assistant and helped lead the Lakers to a 41-14 overall record and a perfect 21-0 in the GLIAC during her tenure. The Scots are getting a coach who has helped the Lakers to a No. 14 ranking in the final 2015 IWLCA Division II poll. Johnson played her collegiate lacrosse at Birmingham Southern College in Alabama where she was named an All-American as a senior. Prior to that, she was a USA Lacrosse High School AllAmerican at Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tenn.

GENTRY WINS GOLD FOR U.S. AT WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES IN SOUTH KOREA

Grand Valley State junior Austin Gentry won the gold medal for men’s eight team rowing as part of the U.S team at the World University Games in Chungju, South Korea. Gentry is team captain of Grand Valley Rowing. The July 7 victory is the first time the U.S. team has won first place in this event since the World University Games began in 1923.

SLUGGER: GVSU’s Jamie Potts steps up to bat. Potts doesn’t know if he will be able to make it back to Allendale in time to be a part of the 2015 football season, due to his career with the Spokane Indians, a Class A short-season affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Potts was drafted as the 918th pick by the Rangers. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

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uring the 31st round of the 2015 MLB Draft, Jamie Potts got a call.

The area code wasn’t what Potts expected, but the message was.

Potts, a two-sport All-American for Grand Valley State, was selected by the Texas Rangers as the 918th pick in the draft.

“It was pretty crazy,” Potts said. “My social media was a complete mess with people congratulating me… It was pretty overwhelming between family and friends who were contacting me and trying to say congrats. After a few days it backed down and it sunk in for me.”

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Soon after, Potts was shipped off to Spokane, Wash. to begin his minor league career with the Spokane Indians – the Class A short-season affiliate of the Rangers.

Now, 13 games into the season, Potts has begun to adjust to the skill level of professional baseball.

As of July 12, Potts is slashing .274/.357/.397 and has driven in seven runs.

The 22-year-old bashed his first professional home run on June 26 against the SalemKeizer Volcanoes.

“The last couple of games I’ve turned it on a little bit,” Potts said on June 29. “It’s definitely an adjustment seeing guys throwing 84-85 (mph) to guys throwing 92-93. The sheer speed of the game is much different.

“It’s still baseball. The talent level is a lot greater but it’s the same game you’ve been playing since you were a kid.”

Potts hails from rural Oakridge, Mich. and attended Oakridge High School, where he rose to superstar status thanks to a model personality and dominance in baseball, basketball and football.

Potts set 12 football records at Oakridge and holds the best batting average in school history, putting on a laser show to the tune of a .583 clip his senior year.

“He ran like a deer, had a great arm and his hands and his feet were so good the hitting kind of spoke for itself,” said Oakridge baseball coach Brandon

BASKETBALL

GV hires former assistant as head coach

Williams brings Davenport experience to the Laker court

BY ADAM KNORR SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

aseball season may be long over, but Grand Valley State continues to hit home runs.

GVSU athletic director Tim Selgo recently announced the hiring of Mike Williams to fill the void of head women’s basketball coach.

“Number one, he’s a proven successful coach,” Selgo said. “Number two, he’s an outstanding teacher of the game of basketball. That’s of the utmost importance. They must be able to teach their sport. Number three, I know he’s a person of great character and great work ethic.”

Williams, who started coaching at the college level in 1988 with Michigan Tech, has racked up a collegiate head coaching record of 373-155 in 16 years.

His most recent gig was at Davenport University, where he spent four years and led the Panthers to a 130-11 record, including a 32-1 mark in the 2014-15 season.

“It’s bittersweet because I’m leaving a great program and a great bunch of kids and great people,” Williams said. “But I’m moving on to a great situation, with great people and great tradition.”

Williams’ hiring comes after the sudden resignation of eightyear head coach Janel Burgess.

Burgess left GVSU with a career 187-84 mark, including a 20-8 record in her final season.

Williams spent five seasons as an assistant coach at GVSU from 200207. The Lakers went 117-39 during his tenure on the staff, including a 33-3 mark and a national championship in 2005-06.

In a rare coaching perk, Williams will be able to stay in his current home and cut down his commute to work. The Williams family resides in Jenison, a mere four miles from the Allendale Campus.

For Selgo, Williams was especially attractive due to his GVSU connection, success and experience with Division II athletics.

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“In Division II you have to be very humble. You have to work hard because you have to go the extra mile if you want to be successful,” Selgo said.

“You can’t solve problems by throwing money on them. You have to go be creative, go to work and do things in a first-class, successful way.”

Williams is taking over an experienced team that posted a 16-6 conference record and features three seniors and seven juniors for the 2015-16 squad.

The Lakers will return four of five starters from last year’s team, missing only sharpshooting guard Kat LaPrairie.

Brionna Barnett (15.8 ppg) and Kayla Dawson (12.4 ppg) will be looked to again to handle the scoring load, while Piper Tucker (9.5 ppg/5.6 rpg) will be GVSU’s main threat in the post.

Returning role players from the 2014-15 squad include senior Jammie Botruff, juniors Taylor Lutz and Janae Langs and sopho-

more Korynn Hincka.

GVSU will also get a boost in the paint due to the return of 6-foot-1 center Jill Steinmetz who missed all of last season with an injury.

With the centerpieces in place, Williams won’t look to turn the program on its head. Rather, he will make tweaks and adjustments to improve upon the already successful machine.

“I had a chance to take over a program four years ago at Davenport that was really, really good,” Williams said. “I didn’t come in and recreate the wheel. I just made some subtle chances and found out what was working and I stayed with it.

“I think it’s the same thing here.

These players are used to a lot of things they did last year which was good and I’m going to try to stay with some of that stuff and see where we need some subtle changes to make it better.”

The Lakers will tip off their season at the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge with a battle against Truman State in Quincy, Ill. on Nov. 14.

NEW BLOOD: Mike Williams scans the court from the sidelines. He will take on the position of head coach for the 2015-16 season. COURTESY | GVSU ATHLETICS

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Six schools set to leave GLIAC by 2017 Hillsdale, others will join Great Midwest Athletic Conference

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eginning July 1, 2017, the GLIAC will be missing a total of six current members.

Hillsdale College, the University of Findlay, Walsh University, Lake Erie University and Ohio Dominican University recently announced intentions to join the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) in two years. Malone University, another GLIAC school, will join the G-MAC in 2016.

What does this mean for Grand Valley State?

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Two sports will likely see a significant shake up year-to-year due to the conference adjustment.

GVSU’s football domination has tapered off in recent years. The Lakers won the conference from 200510, but since then the GLIAC has seen various schools take one-year reigns atop the conference.

Hillsdale (2011), Ashland (2012) and Ohio Dominican (2013) hold three of the last four GLIAC titles in football. Last season, the Lakers beat Hillsdale, but fell to both Ashland and Ohio Dominican. GVSU also beat Findlay and Lake Erie, but it stands to reason that GVSU’s football schedule will be easier come 2017.

From 2004-05 to 2014-15, Findlay has won at least a share of seven men’s basketball GLIAC regular season championships. The last time the Lakers held the top podium spot was in the 2007-08 season.

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Bored in Allendale? We’ve got you covered

BY ADAM KNORR SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM

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ear in and year out, Grand Valley State students complain about being in Allendale.

“There’s nothing to

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“It smells bad.”

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Barry. “He was definitely one of those kids you hear stories about.”

Coming out of high school, some thought Potts had a shot at being drafted. Rather, he signed to play football and baseball at GVSU, where he cemented himself as one of the best athletes in school history.

As a junior, Potts again was in the conversation for the MLB Draft. The Rangers were in contact with the GVSU standout, and a Rangers scout led Potts to believe he would be selected by Texas.

The scout turned out to be anything but reliable, and Potts’ name was never called.

Heading into the draft in 2015, Potts was in contact with the Detroit Tigers and performed well at a workout with the team. He expected to be se-

“I’ve already been to Mully’s eight times this week.”

But get this. You, as a student, are spending your summer in the Division II sports capital of the United States.

Pretty neat, huh?

The GVSU Fieldhouse features a weight room nearly big enough for a summer crowd, basketball hoops galore and a multi-lane swimming pool that everyone knows exists, but few use.

Stroll past the trophy cases, take a look, fill yourself with inspiration and go hit the weights. Because who knows? The Laker baseball team might have a hole to fill at shortstop next season.

Lifting isn’t for you? Join the club. Maybe you’re a runner. You have my respect.

Slap on some running shoes

lected by his home-state squad, but when the call came, it was the Rangers on the other end.

Potts was a Daktronics, Inc. First-Team All-American in both football and baseball at GVSU. He finished with the fifth-most hits (241), doubles (44) and sacrifice hits (21) in school history, while being the top receiving threat for two seasons.

“He’s a big, strong kid,” said GVSU baseball coach Jamie Detillion. “Physically, he’s athletic and strong. They’re drafting guys on their physical upside and capabilities. He’s got the upside on athleticism. Playing football and baseball at Grand Valley highlights what he’s able to do.”

Potts was redshirted on the football team in 2011, giving him one more year of eligibility for the 2015 season. The Lakers finished 6-5 in 2014, as Potts hauled in 54 catches for 905 yards and 10 touchdowns.

and zip through campus. Start at the Frederick Meijer Honors College, zoom past the lake by James H. Zumberge Hall, will yourself past the Kleiner Commons and labor into the cul-de-sac by the everfamous Back Four Block (Kirkpatrick fam stand up).

Now you’re halfway done with your run and I’m halfway done with my column. We’ll struggle to the end together.

On clear summer nights, my friends and I often find ourselves playing World Cup or tossing a football on the turf soccer fields near Laker Village.

More often than not, you’ll have the company of some other friendly Lakers. And if they’re not friendly?

GVSU’s old nickname wasn’t the Bruisers for nothing.

Speaking of Bruisers, have you

As it stands now, GVSU could be facing a season without its top receiver and team leader as Potts devotes his time at a baseball diamond 1,830 miles away.

The Spokane Indians’ season wraps up Sept. 6. GVSU’s football season starts Sept. 3.

The prognosis? Sobering for Laker faithful.

“It’s not looking good so far,” Potts said. “I’ve kind of felt some people out coaching staff-wise and it doesn’t sound like I’d be able to leave summer ball year. You never know what can happen… It doesn’t look great because I really enjoy playing football there.

“We’ll see. I can never say never about that.”

Last time Jamie Potts got a call from the Texas Rangers, he packed his bags and took off to Washington.

If the GVSU product continues to play well, more calls and new ballparks could be in his future.

ever turned the game setting in NHL 15 to “High Impact?” I know playing video games isn’t conducive to enjoying DII Title Town, but tell me seeing Marty St. Louis send Zdeno Chara sprawling from blue line to blue line isn’t an absolute riot.

Too lazy to make the drive all the way to campus to enjoy the facilities? Never fear. For once, GVSU off-campus housing has you covered. Sometimes.

Campus West, Country Place/ Hillcrest, Campus View and Copper Beech all have basketball courts.

Here you’ve got some options. I’m partial to Campus West’s, because it’s easy to lower the rims. I’m the kid with trace amounts of shame and a throwback Shaquille O’Neal jersey on doing my best imitation of the Big Diesel on a 7-foot-5-inch hoop.

Hot day? Want to take a dip in the

pool? Never fear. The Meadows and Campus View have you covered.

No, you’re not allowed to go if you don’t live in one of the communities. But with the constant #ONEGV hashtag on my timeline, I’m going to cite “mixed signals” when I inevitably get caught.

Make up with the neighbors you upset last month and invite them to a friendly game of touch football on the grassy area outside your apartment complex.

Break out your University of Miami “The U” Era jerseys and Chip Kelly’s playbook and treat your newfound friends to a defeat reminiscent of the 2014 Peach Bowl.

Save the after-party Champagne.

You might need it later.

After all, you are in Allendale all summer.

FIVE TOOLS: Potts dominates on the diamond and the gridiron, earning All-American honors in both sports prior to being drafted by the Texas Rangers. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF

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FISHING

GV bass fishing places 12th at regional

BY ANDY SMITH ASMITH@LANTHORN.COM

he Grand Valley State bass fishing team competed in the 2015 Carhartt College Midwestern Regional and came away with a 12th-place finish.

The Lakers were only 10 pounds, 1 ounce out of first place, which was good enough to qualify them for the national tournament.

“For it being the first time we had ever fished together, we did very well as a team today,” said team member Justin Bruno. “We were able to work very well as a team and it was also a great learning experience for the both of us. We were able to come together and that was the key for us doing so well.”

Day two was the best day for the Laker anglers, as the five fish that counted weighed 12 pounds, 14 ounces. On day one the weight was

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10 pounds, 5 ounces and on day three, GVSU’s weight was 10 pounds, 15 ounces.

The Lakers finished the weekend with a total weight of 34 pounds, 2 ounces.

“We performed very well in this tournament as a team. We practiced very well before the tournament started,” said Brody Anderson. “We found a few really good spots on the lake that helped us out a lot. It was an eye-opening experience for me, and for us the last two days were our best days because we really worked together well as a team, picked each other up and capitalized when we needed to most.

“We had a great game plan, and made great decisions during the tournament about where to fish and when to leave a spot and also managed our time very well.” Anderson said.

The teams were forced to deal with tough weather throughout the tournament, but the battle-hardened crew from West Michigan wasn’t deterred.

After all, it wasn’t a blizzard.

“The weather made it tough not only on us, but on all the anglers that were fishing in the tournament,” Bruno said. “It forced us to adjust and made us use all the skills that we have as a team, but the difficult weather allowed us to show the experience that we have as a team. The weather also caused the weights of the fish to be smaller than we expected, but I felt that we had an advantage in the weather because we were to used to fishing in this type of weather, being from Michigan.”

Northern Michigan won the tournament, weighing in with a three-day total of 44 pounds, 3 ounces.

With all the success that the team is having on the water so far this year, the GVSU bass anglers club was ranked No. 1 among competing schools in one-year rankings at www.bassrankings.com.

The rankings, according to the website, are determined by success in tournaments over the past 12 months, with a four-tournament minimum.

“The team has been doing very well this year,” said Jacob Helwick. “We didn’t have a name for ourselves until last year, we have had lots of great tournaments, multiple top 10 and top five finishes and I expect that it will continue to improve as the season goes on for us.”

In addition to receiving the No. 1 ranking, the Lakers were also fortunate enough to have the top bass fisherman in the world, Kevin VanDam, speak to them.

“It’s nice that he will support Michigan anglers,” Bruno said. “It was a great experience getting to meet someone you have looked up to since you were a little kid. It was a very humbling experience getting to meet someone that lots of anglers have never met before. He is bass fishing’s Tom Brady. We were very fortunate to have that opportunity.”

The Laker anglers also competed in the national tournament July 9-11, at Lake DuBay in Wisconsin.

RACING

New beginnings for GV Formula SAE Lakers compete in first national racing event

BY MASON TRONSOR MTRONSOR@LANTHORN.COM

he Grand Valley State Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team attended its first competition this May at Michigan International Speedway.

Although this is GVSU’s first year in Formula SAE competition, the racing team has competed in Baja events -- competitions that simulate real-world engineering design projects -- since 2002 and won multiple awards.

After gaining recognition from the Baja events, the GVSU racing team decided it was time to move up in the levels of competition and leave its Baja success behind. The next level is the National Formula SAE competition “It was very overwhelming when we first arrived at the competition,” said Bert Vossler, an engineer and president of the GVSU racing team.

“Some teams that we were going up against had been doing the competi-

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tion for over 25 years.”

The competition has come a long way since 1979, when the first SAE event took place. Today, the working concept of the Formula SAE competition is a fictional one. Schools from across the globe are “hired” by a manufacturing company to design and develop a small formula–style race car, almost like a miniature version of Indy 500 cars.

The competition, however, is more that just racing these cars. The teams must design a car that has both racing value as well as marketing value.

Teams must sell the products to the judges at the competition.

“Anyone can be a part of this team,” said Greg Quante, the business and operations manager of the team. “We are always looking for students outside the field of engineering.”

The two U.S. locations for this competition are Michigan and California. Michigan is the largest event, as well as the longest running.

The road for GVSU’s Formula SAE club started last January, when the team began working on the car

it had bought from the University of Oklahoma. The car finished in the top 20 in the past.

With a strong starting point, the team designed the car to fit its plan for marketing in the competition. The Lakers focused on keeping it simple and developing a car that could run and make it through tech inspection.

Tech inspection is a series of tests that all competing cars must go through in order to qualify. There are four different tests that the car must pass. These tests include suspension, tilt, sound and breaking.

GVSU’s team failed the breaking test the first time. After making some minor adjustments, however, GVSU passed and accomplished its main goal, which was to pass tech inspection.

After the long day of tech inspection, GVSU was able to send its car into either the dynamic events or the racing events. The Lakers chose to enter the autocross event. They did not finish the race because of a car malfunction, but nevertheless were proud of making it to the event.

NEW WHIP: GVSU’s Formula SAE club built and entered a formula-style race car in a recent event at Michigan International Speedway. COURTESY | GREG QUANTE

“After finally passing tech inspection, we were all so tired, but we knew we could still make it to the autocross,” said Garrett Pelowski, the engine team leader and the driver. “I was thinking I didn’t want to screw up in the car, but in the end I had a blast driving it.”

GVSU came away from its first National Formula SAE competition with momentum for next

year’s competition.

“We already have a set plan for next year’s car,” Quante said. “We are looking for new kids to join the team even if they aren’t engineering majors.”

The Formula SAE team hopes to bring its new car to the upcoming Campus Life Night and surprise everyone with the new design and plan for competition success.

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GV adds cricket for 2015

International roster heads newest club sport

BY BEAU TROUTMAN BTROUTMAN@LANTHORN.COM

ricket club president Ninad Patel has been stateside for nearly a year now after moving from India, and one thing has been troubling him greatly.

“After coming here, I felt like ‘Oh God, I cannot live without cricket anymore.’”

He may just get his chance.

Cricket, a sport that is widely beloved in places like India, Sri Lanka and England, will be found at Grand Valley State this fall.

After two failed attempts to start a cricket club in 2011 and 2014, the club is making real progress for the first time.

“In 2014 we came close to bringing it back up,” said faculty adviser Ram Ravikumar, who has been pushing for a cricket club since the first attempt in 2011. “We had four or five people, but at the time it was summer and interest level dropped. This time we started in winter, so a lot of peo-

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Oilers in future seasons will allow the GLIAC to open up and welcome new champions.

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The GLIAC currently is home to 12 schools – five of which hail from Michigan.

ple were still on campus and had the right timing to start it this year.”

Several students expressed interest in starting the club this time around.

Things picked up quickly once word was spread that the club was starting While the intricacies of cricket seem daunting, Ravikumar stresses that anyone can participate and enjoy the unique sport. The practices have been laid back and are about having fun.

“Think of a laid back softball game on a Sunday afternoon, that’s how it’s going to be,” Ravikumar said. “Just hop onboard. If you don’t want to play, just come hang out with friends, see how it works, and you might like it.”

“By any means, come and join the club. There’s a place to play, meet people and have fun,” said chief financial officer Chetan Madagi.

The club has 15 members on the roster, and held its first practice the beginning of last month. The squad uses a baseball diamond as a makeshift cricket field, adjusting the rules to fit their situation and adding markers around the field.

Among the six leaving, Hillsdale is the only school in the Mitten.

It is likely that the GLIAC will put out feelers to find replacement schools for the six bolters, but, as it stands now, Laker athletic squads will see travel time cut down during conference play come 2017. With the exception of Hillsdale, each departing

“We had our first practice (June 5),” Ravikumar said. “I was excited finally to see it happen -- and to have representation from five different countries -- that was very good to see that.”

GVSU’s club sports operate like a registered student organization (RSO). They must draft a constitution, get four officers, an advisor and an approval from OrgSync.

Although the club has fulfilled those requirements, it still has a hill to climb.

Club sports coordinator Eric Garvelink likes the direction they’re headed.

“Adding the cricket club to our program has helped bring a very popular global sport to our university,” Garvelink said.

While optimism is high, the club hasn’t been without its challenges.

“With cricket, a lot of people who play are from the Indian subcontinent,” Ravikumar said. “Most of the people who come from there are here for Masters degrees and are only here for two years, so the turnover is really fast. They come in, they settle into a

school is from Ohio.

It is possible that new GLIAC teams could come from outside the state, but, right now the Lakers are looking at fewer travel miles in their future.

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For all the success GVSU athletics have had over the years, it is important to note

BATSMAN: Members of the GV cricket club practice earlier this year. The Lakers hope to fill out their schedule with games this fall. COURTESY | CRICKET CLUB

role, and it’s time for them to move on. This is one of the things we talked about right away, and we knew this is how it would be.”

Patel wants people to know this is not just something for international students to partake in, but rather something new for everyone at GVSU to try.

“Sports bring all people together,” Patel said. “We don’t ask which country you’re from for playing cricket, we just say, ‘there’s a player, let’s play together and have fun.’ We get closer to everybody and get to know all about their culture. That’s the main thing.”

that many of its accomplishments have come since the turn of the millennium. The Lakers have won 48 individual national championships in school history. Ashland has won over 80.

Conference shake ups always throw a wrench in things. In addition to losing top-tier competition in a select few of sports, the GLIAC is losing a significant amount

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of historical success, headed mostly by Ashland.

With the exception of football and men’s basketball, these changes are unlikely to make a large difference in GVSU’s day-to-day athletic success. Most of the schools leaving are teams that the Lakers have beaten up on from sport to sport in the past.

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Whether it be 12 teams, 10 teams or 20 teams in the GLIAC, expect to see the Fieldhouse Arena flooded with new GLIAC Presidents’ Cups for years to come.

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Shutter count unknown.

Mount cap included; eyepiece is in good shape. Of the three D1H bodies that Grand Valley State has for sale, this one is in the best overall condition. There is what seems to be a crack going across the LCD screen, and it is a bit smudged up. Other than that, the grip is in great shape. Very minor cosmetic scratching. This camera comes with a battery, and a charger.

The Grand Valley Lanthorn is selling this lens. $120 or best offer, needs to be sold as soon as possible.

Nikon D300S 12.3MP DXFormat CMOS Digital SLR Camera

Nikon D1H 2.7 MP Digital SLR Camera When last tested (5/24/15), the camera was functional.

Shutter count unknown. Offbrand mount cap included; eyepiece rubber grommet missing. This camera body is in poor condition. It hasn't been used in years, but in its glory days it saw a ton of action. The eyepiece, as it was unprotected by a rubber grommet, is scratched and worn. The grip of the camera is peeling away and will fall off if not tended to. There are scratches around the main LCD and lower indicator as well. This camera comes with a battery, but not a charger.

This camera is fully functional; shutter count unknown.

Mount cap included; eyepiece rubber grommet missing. This camera body is in excellent cosmetic condition.

There is nearly no scratching or heavy wear. Please note that the Nikon D300S has been discontinued by Nikon. This specific camera also does not take proper video, and for that fact may be in need of some TLC. The LiveView screen does not display the correct exposure (what you see isn't what you get, even with correct settings). Otherwise, it takes excellent photographs.

This camera really shines when it comes to portraiture.

This camera has hardly been used. It has sat in our equipment cabinet for some time, and has never seen adverse weather or extreme action. It was primarily used to photograph indoor sporting events and board meetings. Camera comes with charger, and two extra batteries.

The Grand Valley Lanthorn is selling this lens. $80 or best offer, needs to be sold as soon as possible.

The Grand Valley Lanthorn is selling this lens. $900 or best offer, needs to be sold as soon as possible.

The Grand Valley Lanthorn is selling this lens. $1,000 or best offer, needs to be sold as soon as possible.

The club has yet to play in any games, and is sticking to a wait-and-see basis. The State Games of Michigan presented by Meijer held a cricket tournament in Byron Center late last month, but between the club having just begun and conflicting summer schedules, the club didn’t feel it was quite ready.

The club is planning on contacting the American College Cricket league about participation in its events.

“If there is a tournament this fall or an event with other Michigan colleges, GVSU will try to sign up,” Ravikumar said.

C o n t a c t photo@lanthorn.com if interested

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Medium Telephoto Macro Lens for Nikon. This lens is in need of repair. It will not zoom, and when it was last tested autofocus was not working correctly. There is cosmetic wear around the gold trim and zoom ring. Lens hood is included. This lens has been used in the past, but not recently due to its issues. No scratching or dust build-up on the glass itself.$320 or best offer, needs to be sold as soon as possible. Contact photo@lanthorn.com if interested

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