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IT department continues to crack down on copyright violations BY THERESA MUELLER TMUELLER@LANTHORN.COM
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pon acceptance to Grand Valley State University, every student is given a GVSU email account and access to the GVSU network. With this access come many policies that students must uphold, including conformity to the GVSU copyright policy. GVSU’s Information Technology department sent out a mass email Tuesday, Sept. 26, to all currently enrolled students regarding the copyright laws and policies at GVSU. On average, about four students per week violate copyright laws using a GVSU network. The IT department sees the cases of copyright violation increase slightly every year, but the email was part of the annual effort to remind students what they are and are not entitled to do. “The challenge is finding the best place to notify students,” said Sue Korzinek, associate vice president and chief information officer for IT. The timing is strategic since at the beginning of the semester students are usually bombarded with emails that usually find their way to the “trash” without even being read. Korzinek said IT sends the notification out in late September in hopes that students will actually open the email and take it seriously and not disregard it. The email states, “It has always been against the law to copy someone else’s work without permission, and downloading songs, movies or software from the internet for personal use without permission and/or without paying the owner is considered theft.” The recording, software and movie industries are constantly monitoring various networks, including GVSU networks, to watch
out for illegal activity pertaining to impermissible downloads. As other companies monitor the activity of GVSU networks, the IT department is notified if any copyright laws have been violated on a GVSU network. “We get notifications because they have a ‘@gvsu’ assigned to
them,” Korzinek said. Notifications from other companies include the time of day, the Internet Protocol (IP) address and what the user downloaded illegally. Then, IT searches network logs to find out who had the connection at the specified time of day. “Once (IT) absolutely determines
the user, we lock the student out of their account and notify them that they violated copyright,” said John Klein, associate director of academic services for the IT department. “Then, (the user) gets a notification letting them know they’ve been locked out and need to contact HelpDesk.” As students are directed to the
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POLICIES: Tiesha Anderson, a worker at Manitou, sits at the desk waiting to assist students Tuesday, Oct. 3. GVSU’s IT deparment recently sent out a mass email regarding the copyright laws and policites at GVSU. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE
Grand Rapids economy continues to thrive Grand Rapids has recently been named one of the United States’ fastest-growing economies by Forbes. With a 4.4 percent change in employment between 2015 and 2016 in the city, totaling in a labor force of 575,563, it’s no wonder that people are looking for work in the Grand Rapids area. Brian Long, director of supply management research for the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University, explained that Grand Rapids’ booming economy
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HelpDesk for a first offense, they are required to fill out paperwork acknowledging the copyright policy and confirming they will not violate in the future. If students commit a second offense, they are directed to the dean of
doesn’t come down to one factor. Feeding the economy, there’s the automotive industry; the furniture industry, which supplies 14 percent of the world’s office furniture; and cost efficiency within businesses. “I can’t come back and say that the city of Grand Rapids or county of Kent did something super fantastic and as a result, the employment improved,” Long said. “It’s more of a case of a myriad of things that all came together.” Long said Grand Rapids’ automotive businesses have been strategic with whom they do business in order to stay afloat and thriving
within today’s general economy. “A lot of them made a conscious effort to say, ‘Hey, if we’re going to make a conscious effort to stay in business, we have to figure out how to do business with the Japanese or the Koreans and in some cases the Germans,’” Long said. Another large contributor to the city’s booming economy, Long said, is Grand Rapids’ Medical Mile. Even though the medical field has nothing to do with the automotive or furniture-making industries, it allows Grand Rapids to diversify its workforce while remaining strong when economies
experience a downward turn. “Now, when I say diversification in Grand Rapids, immediately they will refer to the Medical Mile because the Medical Mile has nothing to do with the steel-furniture business or the automotive business,” Long said. “The other advantage of that particular industry is that, I don’t want to call it recession proof because when we do get a recession, they quit hiring, but they don’t lay off half of their staff. That’s a huge advantage.” Even though Grand Rapids’ economy could be considered a maSEE ECONOMY | A2
Once a year, the Grand Valley University (GVU) Foundation elects new directors and cabinet members. This annual election took place Wednesday, Sept. 27, when five new directors and six new advisory cabinet members were selected for the 2017-18 academic year. When the terms for existing directors and cabinet members are about to expire, GVU Foundation directors recommend a candidate who they think fits the role. The membership committee then meets to assemble a list of candidates for current directors to review, and during the annual meeting, new directors and cabinet members are chosen by popular vote. The GVU Foundation has been a part of Grand Valley State University since its beginning. The non-profit organization was initiated by Lewis William Seidman, a businessman in Grand Rapids who sought to establish a state-supported institution of higher education in West Michigan. Karen Loth, executive director of the GVU Foundation and vice president for university development, elaborated on the main priorities of the organization. “Our goals are to increase student scholarships, expand student-support programs and invest in keeping our academic programs and the learning environment at Grand Valley relevant for students and their future employers,” she said via email. In June, the foundation announced the start of the “Laker Effect” comprehensive campaign, a multi-year campaign that raises the funds necessary for GVSU to be an institution of opportunity, achievement and relevance. Through financial aid, academic merit scholarships and need-based scholarships, students are given the opportunity to pursue an education that might otherwise be out of reach. According to the GVU website, the foundation currently offers 450 donorfunded scholarships to 1,400 students and hopes to double that amount in the future, helping thousands more students pay for their tuition. In addition to increasing the number of students able to attend GVSU, the foundation aspires to increase the number of students completing their degree. It recognizes the diligence and drive students need to graduate, as well as the skills they will need to develop to be successful in their careers. The Laker Effect campaign aims to maximize student support by emphasizing leadership development and experiential learning, especially among first-generation and at-risk undergraduate students. On top of helping finance students’ college education and providing them with the support they need to graduate, the foundation strives for relevant growth through the construction of new academic facilities and the improvement of existing ones, matching the demand of the workforce. Currently, the foundation is looking to expand the health campus and the Padnos College of Engineering and
BIG BUSINESS: People stroll around the ArtPrize Nine opening-day festivities in downtown Grand Rapids Thursday, Sept. 20. Grand Rapids has recently been named one of the United States’ fastest-growing economies by Forbes, with a 4.4 percent change in employment between 2015 and 2016 in the city. GVL | MATT READ
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LAS VEGAS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO TAKE PLACE AT CALDER PLAZA The Kenowa Hills Board of Education will host a candlelight vigil for Las Vegas Thursday, Oct. 5, where local leaders will motivate the community and speak out against unwarranted violence. This event will be held in solidarity with the victims and the families of the victims of the Las Vegas shooting that took place Sunday, Oct. 1. This devastating shooting resulted in 59 deceased victims and more than 500 injured. Sympathy, condolences and awareness will all be central themes of this event, which will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Calder Plaza, located at 300 Ottawa Ave. NW in Grand Rapids.
students. A third offense involves the GVSU judiciary. Since 2001, there have been thousands of complaints about GVSU copyright violations, but Klein recalls only one or two students’ violations reaching the campus judiciary. “Some students have gone to the dean of students, but usually the first offense takes
care of it,” Korzinek said. In correlation with copyright violations is the sharing of accounts. For a student enrolled at GVSU, it is against campus policy to share account information. These actions can lead to contention with situations of copyright violation when the account owner is not the offender but the student with whom they shared their account information is. In the end, the student responsible for the violation is
whoever owned the account. “Ultimately, they’re the ones responsible for (the violation),” Korzinek said. “We wouldn’t have any other choice but to work with that student, whether they did it or not. If the logs prove it, we have the electronic footprint, so it’s hard to negate.” The main offenses reported to the GVSU IT department include illegal downloading of music or movies, usually through the use of a BitTorrent application (a medium for large
file transfers). Considering the necessary steps for these downloads, the IT department is certain these offenses of copyright are intentional. IT offers more information regarding copyright policies on their department page, www.gvsu.edu/it/policies-andprocedures-43.htm. There are multiple legal entertainment resources available, and the IT department highly encourages students to choose this route.
GV TO CELEBRATE ANNUAL COLLEGE RADIO DAY
Grand Valley State University is celebrating its annual College Radio Day Friday, Oct. 6, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Cook Carillon Tower. This day, founded in December 2010, is meant to raise awareness of the countless radio stations available to college and high school students on campuses worldwide. The organizers of College Radio Day plan on celebrating the uniqueness of college radio in its independent avenues.
‘FUNERAL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION’ SET FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 8
In Grand Rapids, there will be a public mourning of the adversities the public school systems are said to have undergone at the hands of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Michigan Student Power Network will be hosting the “Funeral for Public Education” Sunday, Oct. 8, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rosa Parks Circle. It is during this time that all attending will take time away from ArtPrize and focus on the supposed threats to public schools and what overcoming these obstacles will look like for the future. The hosts are asking guests to RSVP by clicking on the link on the Facebook event page. They are also asking guests to dress in black formal wear. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ events/279764852523107/.
HELPFUL: Cody Chinn, IT worker at Mary Idema Pew Library, waits to help students with questions and software issues Tuesday, Oct. 3. Since 2001, there have been thousands of complaints about GVSU copyright violations but only a few serious ones. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE
MONTHLY TORNADO TESTING AT GV ALLENDALE CAMPUS
Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus will complete monthly planned testing of the tornado-warning siren system Friday, Oct. 6, at noon. This testing takes place every first Friday of the month. This test will consist of a one-to-three-minute siren tone. This test will also occur in communities throughout Ottawa County. All university members are expected to be aware of the safe areas on campus in the case of an actual weather emergency. Safety areas are identified on signs located in the interior hallways on the lowest floors of all buildings on campus. Refer to GVSU’s emergency weather policies at www.gvsu.edu/emergency/weatheremergency-8.htm for more information.
NEW FACES: The GVU Foundation elects new directors and cabinet members once a year. This past election took place Wednesday, Sept. 27, when five new directors and six new advisory cabinet members were selected for the 2017-18 academic year. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU
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Computing, as well as improve other academic programs and centers. Loth explained that many directors are active with stu-
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jor success, there is one downfall that comes with a surplus of jobs within one city or county: housing deficits. Long explained that there simply aren’t enough rental properties or housing to hold the amount of people who have jobs within Grand Rapids or Kent County. “It obviously means that with every one of those jobs, everyone needs an apartment or house, someplace to live,” Long said. “When it’s expanded that fast, the builders and the developers haven’t necessarily kept up with it all that much.”
dents at GVSU, as well as the surrounding community, enabling them to gauge the help that is needed and how the foundation can continue to invest in student success. “Foundation directors play an essential role because they advocate for the financial needs
of the university and they also ensure that Grand Valley is aware of the needs of the communities we serve so we can better meet them,” Loth said. With the election of new directors and cabinet members, the GVU Foundation continues to bring its main goals
into focus, giving students the means to go to college, the support they need to graduate, and academic centers and programs that are up-to-date with the demands of the workforce. To learn more about the GVU Foundation, visit www. gvsu.edu/giving.
Even though Grand Rapids has gotten to this point of economic success, it takes work to stay there. Long explained that in order to maintain this peak, the businesses of Grand Rapids are going to have to work on diversifying their customer base, more specifically within the automotive industry since sales have been down since the beginning of the year. “Right now, given that we are approaching some kind of a peak right here, is are we going to be able to maintain this peak because auto sales have generally been off since the beginning of the year,” Long said. “Not dramatically. In other
words, we haven’t had a collapse in auto sales, but nonetheless, particular lines of cars are simply not selling well right now, and that has affected some of our firms of Grand Rapids.” Long said recent GVSU and other college graduates should begin looking for jobs in their own backyard due to the success that Grand Rapids has experienced in terms of workforce and job openings. “There are a lot of graduates that, again, are going to find that there is a lot of opportunity just in the greater Grand Rapids area right now,” Long said. Christa Marzke, a 2015 GVSU graduate with a busi-
ness degree, said she stayed in Grand Rapids after she graduated because of what the city has to offer in terms of diverse job opportunities and entertainment. “I love Grand Rapids,” Marzke said. “It’s increasingly becoming more popular. It’s not only the art and the beer industry that makes it a unique and fun city, but also with all the job opportunities available within different fields of work compared to other cities in Michigan. “There’s a lot that Grand Rapids can offer, and it’s been booming within the past couple of years.”
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GV to host forum on supply, demand of health care jobs BY CELIA HARMELINK CHARMELINK@LANTHORN.COM
Grand Valley State University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Health is hosting “The Health Care Talent Pipeline,” a panel discussion on the supply and demand of jobs in the health care industry and how higher education institutes can meet the needs of employers
and employees in the field. This event, which is part of the Health Forum of West Michigan series, is free and open to the public and is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Students are encouraged to attend, as well as community members, faculty and staff. Through this series, an event takes place during the
academic year on the first Friday of every month. This discussion will be held Friday, Oct. 6, from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in the Loosemore Auditorium of the Richard M. DeVos Center. There will also be a light breakfast served at 7:30 a.m. before the presentations begin. The panelists include Norman Beauchamp, dean of the
COOK-DEVOS: ‘The Health Care Talent Pipeline’ takes place Friday, Oct. 6, at 8 a.m. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has sponsored the event, which is free and open to the public. GVL | EMILY FRYE
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; Laurie Chelsey, provost of Grand Rapids Community College; Pamela Ries, senior vice president and chief human resources officer for Spectrum Health; Wanda Stokes, director of the Talent Investment Agency for the state of Michigan; and Maria Cimitile, GVSU provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs. Cimitile said she will be speaking about GVSU’s health program and how the university meets the needs of the workforce in our community. “Our downtown campus is right on the Medical Mile, and so all of those hospitals and health organizations are our partners, and there are many jobs available for students,” she said. “Everything from data analysis and data programming from our computer information systems areas to all of our health profession fields like nursing, physician’s assistants, physical
therapists, billing and coding experts, all of those things.” Jean Nagelkerk, GVSU’s vice provost for health and moderator for this event, agreed that there is a large demand for jobs in the health care industry right now. “There are many job opportunities for health professionals, and the trend is projected to continue,” she said via email. “Job growth in health care is attributed to many factors, including new treatment options; advanced technology; virtual health care; chronic illnesses; and a trend toward health promotion, disease prevention and healthy lifestyles.” Nagelkerk said the panel will discuss the current and future labor markets in the health care industry, as well as offer insight on programs these health-related organizations can provide. “The audience will also hear an employer’s perspective on the challenges and demands they face in recruiting highquality health care profession-
als to ensure adequate staffing for quality patient care,” she said. “Academic leaders will share information on health and health-related programs that their organizations offer to ensure that our health care systems have the workforce they need to provide exceptional care to our communities.” Cimitile said she is looking forward to this event and the discussion it will open up. “It should be a very well-attended event, and I’m looking forward to highlighting the role that Grand Valley plays in our community,” she said. The partners for this event include GVSU’s Office of the Vice Provost for Health; MSU’s College of Human Medicine; the Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research Center; and the Michigan Center for Clinical Systems Improvement. GO TO: http://bit.ly/2xgBh3Y FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Laker Effect Challenge to engage GV with community partners BY MEGAN WEBSTER MWEBSTER@LANTHORN.COM
The Multipurpose Room in the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons at Grand Valley State University will be host to the Laker Effect Challenge Thursday, Nov. 30. However, before participants can get to that final stage, they will need to fulfill certain requirements in order to complete the challenge itself. The Laker Effect Challenge allows students, faculty and staff to align themselves with a community partner to form a plan to better the community. The participants will submit their ideas for voting, they will have the option to pitch their idea in five minutes and they are invited to participate in a poster competition. Shukri Bana, a representative in the Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence at GVSU, said this challenge allows the participants to become active members in their surrounding communities in a creative and effective manner. “One of the best things about this event is it really focuses on the initiative that we of Grand Valley have larger
communities outside of us,” Bana said. “We don’t have any restrictions on the sort of ideas that are submitted; we are really open to that looking however we define.” The participants are given complete freedom when it comes to potential partners and what initiative they want to take on. Participants even have freedom in how they want to deliver their ideas. Along with having to answer some questions, they are allowed to submit any form of media they would like. “Anyone can submit any idea or initiative as long as it’s based on making a positive impact on the community, and we’re using ‘community’ broadly defined but specific to Grand Rapids or broader,” Bana said. Bana explained that an-
other positive component of this challenge, in addition to providing an avenue to get an idea off the ground, is that it allows the public to vote on ideas they want to see in their community. It allows the participants the chance to network with individuals, companies and organizations that are located right in their backyard. “One of the best things that the participants will get out of this is the opportunity to network with people and share their new ideas,” Bana said. “It’s not necessarily just like ‘I’m going out for this to get the implementation capital for this idea,’ although that’s a really central and important and really great thing that’s happening in this event. It’s also an opportunity for people to talk
about their ideas and share it.” Linda Chamberlain, Meijer endowed chair of entrepreneurship and innovation in the Frederik Meijer Honors College, said this challenge is a learning opportunity for all those involved. It provides participants with the chance to engage with the community, to be active in conversation about the needs of the community and to align themselves with the university’s strategic plan for “public good.” “It drives Grand Valley’s strategic initiatives to be engaged with our community and recognizing that public university, and in particular part of our charter, is public good,” Chamberlain said. “This gives us an opportunity to demonstrate that to our community.”
Chamberlain said as an outcome of this event, projects will be able to get airtime and serve as a catalyst to start active dialogue for ways that we can improve our surrounding communities. She said it tends to be difficult to get projects like these funded and that this challenge could possibly allow some of the projects to gain the funding they need to reach the next step of implementation. “Many of these sorts of projects are very difficult to find funding for,” Chamberlain said. “We wanted to have some way, some means by which very worthy projects not only can get some publicity and airtime, but there is some dollars that might be available to spend and to reach a milestone that will have huge impact.” Bana said this event not
only allows the participants to network but that it also gives the audience that opportunity. “Even if you’re not presenting, this is going to be a really great event for networking but also just for hearing new things and being really active in your community,” Bana said. Deadlines for this challenge are as follows: submissions were opened Sunday, Oct. 1; voting opens Sunday, Oct. 15, at midnight; the application deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 31; and the Laker Effect Challenge date is Thursday, Nov. 30. Participants are also encouraged to enter the poster challenge, which will occur Thursday as well. GO TO: www.gvsu.edu/challenge FOR MORE INFORMATION
COMPETITION: Voting opens for the Laker Effect Challenge Sunday, Oct. 15. GVSU announced that up to $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded in the competition designed to promote partnerships between GVSU faculty, staff and students and local community members who want to improve the lives of those around them. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU
NETWORKING
GV career fair to draw more than 230 employers BY SARAH HOLLIS NEWS@LANTHORN.COM
Despite our ability to search online for jobs, it can be quite difficult to find employers while in college, no matter how close you are to earning your degree. In an effort to provide students of all ages and grade levels with the opportunity to network with more than 230 employers, Grand Valley State University is hosting its fall career fair Thursday, Oct. 19. The fair will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the DeVos Place Convention Center in downtown Grand Rapids. It will be open to both current students and alumni. There will also be prep sessions Tuesday, Oct. 10, and Wednesday, Oct. 11,
to help students prepare to network with employers at the career fair. Tuesday’s prep session is titled “So You Think You Can Network” and will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the L. William Seidman Center, Room 1008. Wednesday’s prep session, “How to Talk to Employers,” will run from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Room 2215/2216. For students who aren’t able to make it to the prep sessions or who still have last-minute questions, there will be an “ask me” table at the career fair as well. “There are resources available, including lists of employers,” said Susan Proctor, employer development manager at the GVSU Career Center. “There are cam-
pus partners that are there to kind of provide preparation and guidance as well.” Rosalie Gagnon, GVSU freshman and volunteer career ambassador for the Career Fair, recommends attending the fair because it’s a great way to get in contact with employers that you might want to know. “It’s an amazing opportunity not only to get in touch with an employer from your field but also to talk with employers in another field that you might be interested in,” she said. “It could change your mind about what you want to do.” Students who are unsure of their major or what jobs are available within a major can still attend the career fair. In fact, according to Proctor, “This is a great way
to start kind of testing the waters, regardless of what your age is. So, if you’re a freshman and you’re not exactly sure—maybe you know what you’re studying, but you also want to see what you can do with
this later on—this is a great place to start.” There are reasons to attend the career fair beyond seeking job opportunities, too. “Even if you already have a job or you will be looking for a job in the fu-
ture, it’s nice to be in contact with people who work in your field or people you will want to interview for projects,” Gagnon said. “It’s a really good opportunity for anyone to go.”
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OPPORTUNITIES: Students walk around searching for the next booth to visit Feb. 26, 2016. GVSU has provided students with the opportunity to meet with more than 230 employers. GVL | LUKE HOLMES
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Lakers have no excuse for illegal streaming, downloading
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n Tuesday, Sept. 26, John Klein, associate director of academic services, sent out an email to all currently enrolled Grand Valley State University students with information about copyright laws and policies from GVSU Information Technology. The email stated that at GVSU, the IT department “receives several notifications of copyright violations per day.” The email’s purpose was to clarify the legal implications of this, explain GVSU’s copyright policy and provide alternative legal options for downloading. Much of the material on the internet is protected by copyright laws. Copyright violations are defined as copying someone else’s work without permission and/or without paying the owner. This can be in the form of downloading songs, movies or software. While torrenting illegal material is never justified, there is some gray area attached to students’ illegitimate downloading of textbooks, considering the lofty prices. A lot of classes require textbooks, and on a college budget, many students can’t afford to purchase them. This can be a tempting option for a college student whose book tab for the semester is $400. We can all sympathize with the subsequent deficit after spending a small fortune on books; there have been many ramen noodle nights as a result. Still, there are plenty of (legal) alternatives to violating copyright laws and downloading textbooks. One option would be talking directly to professors about your situation. Most professors are understanding of their students’ financial situation and may offer an alternative option or helping hand. Another option would be purchasing books
through financial aid. Not to mention, the Laker Store does offer to buy back textbooks during the week of final exams. Having extra cash in your pocket is an added bonus to being done with finals. Though torrenting textbooks provides some room for debate, downloading movies and music illegally does not. There are so many free music and video streaming options, and honestly, who doesn’t know someone with a Netflix account? If not Netflix, you can opt to watch YouTube videos for free or rent videos on Amazon.com or iTunes. Amazon Prime, a service that offers unlimited instant streaming of movies, TV shows and music, is only $49 per year for students. That’s only around $4 a month. Even more, Pandora, SoundCloud and Spotify all offer free music streaming. There is also the option of Apple Music, which offers unlimited music for a student membership fee of $4.99 per month. For the same price, you can get both Spotify Premium and a Hulu membership with your GVSU email address. With all of these options, why are students streaming illegally? It’s simply not worth it. Quoting Klein’s email, “Copying more than $1,000 worth of material can bring criminal penalties and include fines of up to $250,000 and prison terms of up to 10 years.” Who has the time or money for that? Besides, aren’t we better as Lakers? Stealing material without permission is never okay. With so many alternative options available, there is no excuse for illegally torrenting material. Rather, we should be taking advantage of the fact that we are students and use the discounts and free services provided to us.
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The Founding Fathers weren’t protecting your right to an assault rifle
BY YSABELA GOLDEN FRESHMAN UNDECLARED MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” It’s a simple line of legislation, at least from the standpoint of the men who ratified our Constitution’s Second Amendment almost 230 years ago. Armed civilians had just fought a war to drive out invaders who threatened the freedom of their home, and they had no reason to assume they would not have to do so again. At the time, “well regulated militias” truly were the best line of defense the United States had. Times have changed.
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as you happen to live in the U.S. University of Alabama criminologist Adam Lankford found, in an analysis of 178 countries, that the U.S. does in fact have more guns but unfortunately not less crime. We dominate the world in both gun ownership and mass shootings: 88.8 firearms per 100 people and 90 shootings in the 46 years covered by the study. To compare, second place in those categories was Yemen with 54.8 per 100, and the Philippines with only 18. Not to mention, the period studied ended in 2012. Since then, we’ve had 19 shootings where four or more people were killed—more than any of the other countries had in 46 years. The latest, occurring this Sunday, Oct. 1, was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with upwards of 59 dead and 500 wounded. The gunman had an excessive number of rifles with him in his hotel room, which, by the way, investigators believe were purchased legally. Authorities know at least one of those weapons was altered to function as an assault rifle. The devices that can make this alteration, like a Slide Fire stock, are a cheap and legal way to
mimic full auto fire without having to go through the background checks required to buy an actual machine gun. As witnessed on Sunday, however, the results can be just as devastating as the real deal. It should go without saying, but the men who ratified the Second Amendment were not including rifles capable of harming more than 559 people in an estimated oneand-a-half hours when they said Americans have the right “to keep and bear Arms.” It is ridiculous to hold our Founding Fathers accountable for weapons they could not have imagined existing. It is our responsibility as the people who created and mass-produced these weapons to keep them out of hands of anyone who would use them the way one was used Sunday night. And if that means keeping automatic weapons out of everyone’s hands, then yes, making it harder for me to purchase a device invented to mimic machine guns is well worth making it harder for an aspiring mass shooter to do so. That has nothing to do with my right to bear arms. That’s just common sense.
How school ruins reading
GV L ED ITORIA L B OA R D EMILY DORAN JENNA FRACASSI ROBBIE TRIANO TY KONELL
Whatever your feelings on the size of the U.S. defense budget, you have to admit it provides better protection than a bunch of musket-toting farmers. And the unorganized militias that do still exist today are pretty clearly not the ones responsible for our security as a free state. As a result, our interpretation of the Second Amendment has mostly moved away from literal protection of militias to the facilitation of a citizen’s natural right to defend themselves. In John Lott’s “More Guns, Less Crime,” a book that has become central to the country’s gun rights movement, Lott argues pretty much what is said on the cover: restricting gun ownership only hurts the good people who follow laws and has little-to-no effect on bad people who don’t because they’ll just buy guns illegally. From there, crime will increase because good people will be defenseless to stop them. The opposite, Lott argues, must also be true: the more legal gun owners there are, the more law-abiding citizens will have the ability to stop crimes as they occur. This argument assumes that gun violence is inevitable, which is true, as long
BY AMY MCNEEL SOPHOMORE COMMUNICATIONS & WRITING EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM
When an English teacher asks students to take out their books, their request is usually followed by animated groans and rolled eyes. In my pre-college schooling, required reading was never enjoyable and I, like many of my classmates, got stuck in the trap of online summaries and SparkNotes. We had absolutely no desire to waste our time reading books that were too hard to understand and too boring to want to even try. Our education system emphasizes the need to read and dissect
books written long ago with words that are overly complex and nowhere near relatable. With this emphasis, reading becomes a tedious and annoying chore instead of an enjoyable experience. To be brutally honest, school ruins reading. What do I mean by this? I mean that our education system twists what should be a love into a hate. High schoolers are forced to read books such as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Fahrenheit 451,” all of which were published decades ago. These books, although prime examples of incredible writing skills, are not necessarily enjoyable to a teenage mind. Instead, they are difficult, slow, and their meanings and story lines are not relatable. School is about learning, but it’s also about helping kids develop a passion for their learning. When schools assign books that are boring and irrelevant in the eyes of the student, they halt the growth of that passion. Furthermore, schools place too much of an emphasis on
annotations and the dissection of books. When I was in high school, I spent hours outside of class reading and writing annotations in an attempt to comprehend what I was reading. It made the stories even slower and more lackluster. My teachers wanted me to pay attention to each symbol, each character description, each use of figurative language and parallelism. They taught me that knowing and analyzing every single crevice of a story is more important than actually enjoying the story as a whole. Due to schools’ strict reading requirements, the idea of reading for pleasure is a foreign concept to many students. And who can blame them? If students are first introduced to reading by boring, irrelevant books, the love and passion that can come with it will not take flight. In school, kids need to be exposed to reading that is interesting and relevant to them. It seems there is a stigma in schools that modern works of writing are too shallow to be taught, and this is a stigma that
needs to be eliminated. Of course, reading is a skill that needs to be learned and studied, and schools are right to require it. However, schools should not require certain books but rather allow students to pick readings of their choice. For me, I hated reading up until my sophomore year of high school when I had an assignment to pick a book of my choice and create a presentation on it. I chose “Divergent” and loved every single second of reading it. From that moment, reading has been a love of mine. If students are given the ability to pick their own readings, they will better understand the value of reading and learn to appreciate it. Reading is something that we all have to do in our daily lives, and in schools, students should learn to love it instead of hate it. I hope that schools will soon stop ruining reading. It’s time to stop forcing books upon children and start allowing them to build their own love for reading.
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NEWS | A5
EDUCATION
Padnos International Center to highlight study abroad programs at annual fair BY TYLEE BUSH TBUSH@LANTHORN.COM
From red dirt roads in Tanzania to red telephone booths in London to the endangered red coral rocks along Australia’s gold coast, Grand Valley State University students have had the chance to see it all. GVSU offers a broad variety of study abroad programs for students to make the most of their educational experience while also gaining a global perspective. The Padnos International Center (PIC) will hold its annual study abroad fair Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event will take place in the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room and will feature the plentiful study abroad programs and internship options for students in every major and minor, ranging from two weeks to a full year abroad. Students can browse through numerous tables showcasing different study abroad programs. The tables will be operated by GVSU faculty and non-GVSU study abroad providers who will be ready and willing to answer questions. There will also be international students from partner universities and former study abroad students who are excited to share their experience with others. In addition, this event is LIB 100-approved and will have a variety of free snacks
and raffle prize drawings. “Study abroad is an incredible experience to have as a college student,” said Alissa Lane, study abroad outreach coordinator at GVSU. “You get to see the world, experience another culture, build confidence in yourself and make friends from around the world. These experiences help make students more thoughtful, engaged global citizens.” Lane highly recommends that any student even slightly interested in study abroad attend the fair. The faculty, staff and students at this fair will offer a wide range of knowledge and advice. “It’s a great way for students to see if a particular program would be a good fit for them,” Lane said. Francesca Bosi, study abroad peer adviser at GVSU, is one of these students who is equipped to guide her peers through the study abroad process. Bosi, along with the other study abroad peer advisers in the PIC, offers free counseling to students who are navigating any stage of the study abroad process. Bosi is trained to understand the student’s personal and career goals, show students how the study abroad process works, assist them through choosing a program that best fits their needs, guide them through budgeting and financing, and mentor them while they are located abroad. Bosi studied abroad twice
TEA TIME: Professor Sebastian Maisel of the Oman/United Arab Emirates serves tea to students at the 2015 study abroad fair wearing a traditional outfit. Students can attend the PIC’s annual study abroad fair Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. COURTESY | ALISSA LANE
and said the experience “sets you apart from others like you in the workforce, and it allows you to discover yourself by being away from people’s expectations of you.” Bosi is a true advocate for going abroad as a col-
lege student. “An international understanding is, I would say, essential in the world we live in today,” she said. “Students should take the time now. ... It becomes a challenge to take six
months off your job, your family and your life in general once you start building one and developing roots in one place. “So if not now, then when?” For more information about the study abroad fair,
students can email studyabroad@gvsu.edu or call 616-331-3898. Students can also follow LakersAbroad on Snapchat, or GVabroad on Instagram to follow their peers on exciting international adventures.
PETS
‘Empty the Shelters’ returns for fifth year Adoption fees temporarily waived for West Michigan animals BY DREW SCHERTZER DSCHERTZER@LANTHORN.COM
FURRY FRIENDS: Ashleigh Fanning plays with her dog Friday, Aug. 4. Adoption fees will be waived Saturday, Oct. 14. GVL | EMILY FRYE
The BISSELL Pet Foundation will pay all fees for pet adoptions Saturday, Oct. 14, at more than 75 locations. Dogs and cats everywhere are currently looking for homes, and many West Michigan shelters are participating in the “Empty the Shelters” event to help encourage pet adoption. Jen Nuernberg, the executive director for the Al-Van Humane Society in South Haven, Michigan, believes the event will help animals get more exposure to be adopted and will save people money. “We think of it as people save money, so if something happens, people can have money to help their animals,” Nuernberg said. “This is a great chance for us to open more space for
more animals.” The Al-Van Humane Society currently has 35 dogs and 65 cats. Nuernberg said they are constantly full and have to put many animals on a wait list to get in. She also explained the difficulty of being restricted in terms of how many animals the shelter can hold. “So many animals are looking for homes, and cats and dogs that aren’t fixed are multiplying very quickly,” she said. “We want to serve those animals and give them a chance.” Nuernberg said the animals have great personalities and are worth giving a shot to be part of a family. She also said the Empty the Shelters event will have the same vetting process, as applications must be preapproved and the process can take some time. Michelle Hocking, owner
of Cannonsville Critters in Montcalm County, Michigan, has been running her shelter for four years with her husband. Hocking, whose organization has 140 cats currently, also noted the problem with the shelter’s capacity to hold animals. She said half of the cats they hold are sanctuary cats, meaning the cats are older or suffer from a deformity and will live their lives at the shelter. According to Hocking, Cannonsville Critters’ mission is to reduce the euthanasia rate of cats, as they try to take in cats that families or other shelters can no longer care for. The sanctuary cats that Hocking and her team care for are unadoptable older cats, many of which have dental issues or other medical issues. Hocking hopes Empty the Shelter will lead to a large amount of cat adop-
tions for the shelter. “Because people don’t get animals fixed, there is an overabundance of animals,” Hocking said. “If cats can’t get adopted or rescued, they have to be put down. It’s a tragedy.” Cober’s Canine Rescue is another West Michigan shelter sharing in a common goal. To be able to assist more dogs, they are looking to have all of their current dogs adopted. Lisa Cober, owner of the shelter, said they are trying to alleviate the number of stray dogs, as well as stop the killing of animals that shelters can no longer hold. The BISSELL Pet Foundation created the Empty the Shelters event with the goal of helping as many animals as possible get homes. GO TO: http://bit.ly/2krsTc7 FOR MORE INFORMATION
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A6 | LAKER LIFE ARTS AT A GLANCE INTERNATIONAL FAMILY AND FRIENDS: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Grand Valley State University professors Medar Serrata and Rebecca Castellanos will be hosting the next installment of the International Family and Friends (IFF) event series from the Padnos International Center. Celebrating the Dominican Republic, this event will be held at Mi Casa Restaurante Friday, Oct. 6, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale for $12 at www. gvsu.edu/istudents/iffoct6 and include a Dominican buffet dinner and non-alcoholic drinks. Faculty and staff members at GVSU are encouraged to attend and reserve seating soon, as spots are limited. For more information, contact the IFF planning committee or the Padnos International Center.
OVERNIGHT SERVICE TRIP TO BE HELD FRIDAY, OCT. 6
For Grand Valley State University students interested in giving back, the Overnight Service Trip, a LIB 100- and 201-approved event, may offer an interesting and engaging way to spend the weekend. The trip, which will be to Grand Haven’s Momentum Center for Social Engagement, will have students spend one-and-a-half days learning how the Grand Haven community is impacted by the organization. The Overnight Service Trip program consistently tries to educate students and prepare them for lives devoted to challenging economic inequalities. Meals and transportation will be provided for students who attend. For more information, contact Rachael Zaborowski at zaborrac@gvsu.edu.
BRASS ALL-STATE CLINIC TO BE HELD SUNDAY, OCT. 8
High school students who play brass instruments will be invited to Grand Valley State University’s campus for a brass clinic, hosted by brass faculty at GVSU. The clinic will be held Sunday, Oct. 8, from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing Arts. The clinic will feature classes for high school students in preparation for their upcoming All-State auditions. Moreover, there will be a feature of the current GVSU student brass ensemble and a recital by the faculty brass quintet. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Paul Carlson at carlsopa@gvsu.edu.
ART AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING DISCUSSION
The Global Studies and Social Impact department at Grand Valley State University will be hosting a discussion in conjunction with ArtPrize contestants about art and human trafficking Monday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The LIB 100- and 201-approved event will feature artists Alisha and Jason Joy and will be held in the Kirkhof Center Pere Marquette Room. For more information, contact Area and Global Studies at areastudies@gvsu. edu or 616-331-8110.
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ACTIVISM
Henna artists crown cancer patients, survivors at ArtPrize Nine BY NICK KONDYLES NKONDYLES@LANTHORN.COM
“Creating awareness and raising money are two things within my control,” said Lisa Fredericks, owner of Rosa’s Closet and advocate for the Michigan Ovarian Cancer Alliance. Rosa’s Closet, a retail clothing store in East Grand Rapids, donated 15 percent of its total sales Saturday, Sept. 30, to “Crowns of Courage,” an ArtPrize project that gives henna tattoos to cancer patients during the event. Crowns of Courage is a Michigan-based effort to inspire and celebrate women fighting cancer. The designers create henna tattoo art by leaving a stain on the skin of patients through a paste from the sonya leaf. The lavender-infused product leaves a tattoo on the scalps of patients usually for a duration of three weeks. “The whole purpose is to reidentify beauty for each of the women because with chemo comes not knowing who you are,” said Amanda Gilbert, head henna artist for
Crowns of Courage and owner of Happy Henna Tattoo. “Our goal is to bring back the identity for these individuals.” The Rosa’s Closet employees hope to have as many women as possible crowned and believe it is an important experience for every cancer patient to have. “More ladies have opportunities to be crowned when there’s more money for it,” Fredericks said. “They can be all the things they believed they couldn’t be because they had cancer. It’s a once-in-alifetime experience.” Both organizations offer services to cancer patients. Crowns of Courage involves a photoshoot with photographer Dave Burgess. The foundation collected 22 portraits, selections that are displayed at their ArtPrize Nine venue. “This project began a huge healing process, giving women love over themselves rather than fear of their diagnosis,” Gilbert said. Rosa’s Closet orchestrates fundraisers at least quarterly, including the family event called “Shaking Our Tail Feathers.” Their last fundraiser part-
nered with Hearts of Hope Dog Rescue to raise money for Kent County animal shelters. “Any clothes can be chosen to have donated and picked up by women in the community,” Fredericks said. “We also have a program for getting women back into the workforce. We have a very loyal customer base, and customer service is very important. We offer genuine connection. We don’t want
customers walking out with something not fitting to them.” Fredericks believes in keeping an educated staff and stressing the importance of making sales not just to make sales. As one of the owners of the store, she takes pride in raising money for cancer research and wishes to further the strides that have been made to help and inspire cancer survivors.
CREATIVITY: ArtPrize project “Crowns of Courage” helps cancer patients realize their beauty during treatment. COURTESY | FOX17
GREEK LIFE
Gamma Phi Beta’s first ‘Phield Day’ to benefit Girls on the Run BY JESSICA HARSEVOORT
JHARSEVOORT@LANTHORN.COM
In the past, Grand Valley State University’s Gamma Phi Beta chapter has held sporting events such as the Gamma Phi Beta Moonball Tournament and the Gamma Phive K. This semester, they will host
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the first annual Gamma Phield Day, a new activity-based event to play off their name and support the nonprofit program Girls on the Run. The event is scheduled to take place Saturday, Oct. 7, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “Throwback games” like relay races, tug of war, water balloon tosses and giant Jenga will be set up on the North Lawn of the Kirkhof Center. “I know field day was my favorite event of the entire school year,” said Hannah Svendor, public relations vice president for Gamma Phi Beta. “If you have the attitude and mindset to enjoy something you did when you were 10 years old, I feel you can really have a lot of fun at this event.” Since the field day will be held on campus, the sorority hopes everyone will feel welcome to join in, relieve stress and have fun. To participate, people will have to pay for a ticket, check in and fill out a liability form. Once registered, attendees can play the games freely, since the games will not be set up in brackets. The sorority also plans to air a college football game and sell popcorn and snow cones. “I’m envisioning this being a very relaxed and fun environment,” said Autumn Jager, Gamma Phi Beta chapter president. “If you are bad at tug of war, then who cares? We’re just going to have fun with it.” All proceeds from the event will benefit Girls on the Run, a North American non-profit program that in-
spires confidence and healthy lifestyles for pre-teen girls through an interactive curriculum focused on running. “Our philanthropic mission at Gamma Phi Beta is ‘Building Strong Girls,’” Jager said. “It’s definitely a lifestyle. This is something you can live out in your everyday life, and this is something that is incredibly important to all of us.” While the Girls on the Run charity is the sorority’s philanthropic partner, GVSU’s Gamma Phi Beta has recently started working more closely with Girls on the Run of Kent and Muskegon counties. To foster their new collaboration, Gamma Phi Beta invited people from this local Girls on the Run chapter to attend the field day. In addition, a representative from the local nonprofit will come to the event around noon and discuss
FUNDRAISER: GVSU sorority Gamma Phi Beta tables in the Kirkhof Center Tuesday, Oct. 3, for Girls on the Run. GVL | MATT READ
COMMUNITY
International students plant trees for GVSU’s Sustainability Week BY KAYLA BROWN LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COM
To honor international students and Grand Valley State University’s sustainability mission, the Padnos International Center (PIC), in conjunction
with the Sustainable Agriculture Project (SAP), will host the “Global Grove” event Friday, Oct. 6, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Grand Valley State University has been participating in sustainability practices for more than 11 years
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experiences in the Girls on the Run community. Svendor said this presentation will help people understand what the donations will go toward. All money left over from the budget and money made from the event will be donated to Girls on the Run. With this contribution, girls in the program will receive shirts, shoes, lesson supplies and a starting budget for their celebratory 5K run at the end of the season. “I’m excited to see the kind of experience this event can create for them because this is money they’ve never had before,” Svendor said. Gamma Phi Beta will be tabling in the Kirkhof Center Monday, Oct. 2, to Friday, Oct. 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to sell tickets to Gamma Phield Day. The tickets will cost $4 during the week and $5 the day of the event.
HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT: GVSU students volunteer outdoors at the GVSU Sustainability Farm Sept. 30, 2016. GVL | EMILY FRYE
now and promotes these efforts by incorporating compost, recycling, alternative transportation and waterbottle refilling stations into the daily lives of students. The event also poses as an opportunity for the PIC to recognize its more than 17 international partnerships. The PIC has been helping students study abroad for decades and is dedicated to making GVSU a culturally diverse university where students can learn more about the world around them and study outside of the United States. LOG ON TO: www.lanthorn.com FOR THE FULL ARTICLE
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GV FOOTBALL GARRETT POUGNET NAMED GLIAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
With six total tackles, one sack, an interception and a fumble recovery resulting in a 37-yard defensive touchdown during the Lakers’ 34-6 victory over Saginaw Valley State, it would be an understatement to say it was a quiet day for Grand Valley State football player Garrett Pougnet. The senior linebacker was rewarded for his dominance by being named the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week by the league offense Monday, Oct. 2. He is the first Laker to be selected for the honor so far this season. Pougnet currently leads the team in tackles with 32 (15 solo, 17 assisted), while also adding three tackles for loss and one sack. During the span of his career, Pougnet has recorded 219 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss and six interceptions. Pougnet and the rest of the Laker defense will face a tough task against the offensive-heavy Wayne State Warriors on the road Saturday, Oct. 7.
GV defense faces road test against offensive-powered Wayne State
TWO GV CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS SWEEP GLIAC HONORS
After strong performances against mostly Division I cross country programs at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday, Sept. 30, men’s runner Wuoi Mach and women’s runner Allie Ludge were both rewarded with GLIAC weekly awards. Senior Mach broke the men’s school record with time of 23:40.9 to earn the nomination of GLIAC Men’s Athlete of the Week. The time was the best out of all Division II runners and ninth overall in the field. This is Mach’s second time this season being rewarded with the GLIAC nod. Sophomore Ludge was also the top Division II runner, finishing with a time of 17:33.3. The finish was enough to land the Lakers top honors in the Division II race. More surprisingly, this was Ludge’s first time competing for the Lakers so far this season. Currently, the women’s team is ranked No. 1 nationally in the United States Track and Field Cross Country Association rankings (USTFCCA), while the men’s team currently holds the No. 2 spot.
GV BASKETBALL PROGRAMS ANNOUNCE DELTAPLEX DATES
In coordination with Grand Valley State Athletics, the GVSU men’s and women’s basketball teams announced that they will play three games in downtown Grand Rapids in the months of December, January and February. “Downtown Thursdays,” sponsored by Campus View, will be played at the DeltaPlex, the home of the Detroit Pistons’ G-League team, the Grand Rapids Drive. The three installments of “Downtown Thursdays” will occur Dec. 7 versus Michigan Technological University, Jan. 18 versus Lake Superior State and Feb. 8 versus Wayne State. All of the men’s games will occur at 6 p.m., while the women will play at 8 p.m. Grandstand seating begins at just $10 per game, with bonus discounts for GVSU students, faculty and staff. For groups of 10 or more, each ticket will be $2 cheaper. For more information, log onto www.gvsulakers.com or visit www.deltaplex.com/box-office/.
GV TO THE ‘D’: GVSU linebacker Garrett Pougnet runs down the field after intercepting a pass from Saginaw Valley State during the team’s 34-6 victory over SVSU Saturday, Sept. 30. Pougnet and the rest of the Laker defense will face the challenge of guarding Wayne State’s offensive threats Saturday, Oct. 7. GVL | MATT READ BY BRADY MCATAMNEY BMCATAMNEY@LANTHORN.COM
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imply put, the Grand Valley State Laker football team is rolling. Back up to the No. 8 ranking in the AFCA Coaches Poll after dropping out of the No. 2 spot following a week-one upset, GVSU has knocked out four straight conference opponents to carry their record to a sturdy 4-1 overall and 4-0 in the GLIAC. In that span, the Lakers have outscored teams 173-13 while not allowing a single passing touchdown. However, only one of those triumphs came away from Lubbers Stadium. Things will look different Saturday, Oct. 7, when the Lakers play the Wayne State Warriors (2-3, 1-2 GLIAC) at Adams Field in Detroit. The contest will be the first of three consecutive road games for the Lakers. Fortunately for the Lakers, the Warriors are still attempting to put pieces in place to compensate for the loss of significant seniors from the past season, which has led to a slow start for the usually triumphant school. “This is a little bit of a different Wayne team than we’ve seen,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. “They lost a tremendous amount of talent off of last year’s senior class. Defensively, they have two returning starters, and I think that’s shown up a little bit on tape the last couple weeks against Tiffin and Ferris State.” The Warriors lost their week-five matchup at Ferris State by six scores, as their defense conceded 59 points. To add insult to injury, FSU did not have their starting quarterback available to compete. Throughout their first contests, the Wayne State defense has allowed 34.2 points per game while giving up an average of 176.8 rushing yards
and 237 yards through the air. for 145 yards and two more scores, With weakness comes while his teammate Darece Roberstrength, and for Wayne State, son has hauled in 14 passes for 253 their strength comes from their yards and six touchdowns. multiple offensive weapons. “They’ve got some wide receivers “Offensively, they replaced a few who have been able to run downfield offensive linemen, but their backfield and stretch,” Mitchell said. and some of their receivers are intact,” Luckily for the Lakers, their deMitchell said. “That’s definitely the fense has been one of the top units in strength of their team.” the country this season. Much of that Wayne State quarterback D.J. Ze- success can be attributed to reigning zula has been a highlight in the War- GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week riors’ disappointing season. Zezula has Garrett Pougnet. Against rival Sagithrown for 763 yards on naw Valley State, Poug55-90 passing with 12 net totaled eight tackles, touchdowns and three an interception and a “You know, it’s a interceptions so far this 37-yard fumble recovvery nice feeling: year. However, Mitchell ery for a touchdown. and the rest of the Lak- you have (defensive) “We’ve seen a lot of ers know what to expect guys behind you that different offenses each from him. week,” Pougnet said. if you’re not there, “We’ve played him “Coach Lewis and all they can make a twice, and he can throw the other linebackers play.” the ball down the field,” have been working reMitchell said. “He can ally hard at it and conthrow it quick, and he’s tinuing to get better to GARRETT POUGNET also elusive back there. get more comfortable GVSU LINEBACKER With his feet, he does a each and every week.” really good job of keepAlthough Pougnet ing plays alive. He’ll move around in has been a major factor in the Laker the pocket and do some things.” defense, he knows his teammates deAnother offensive Warrior is start- serve as much of the praise. ing running back Romello Brown. “You know, it’s very nice feelThis season, Brown has accrued 326 ing you have guys behind you that rushing yards and a pair of touch- if you’re not there they can make a downs on 86 carries, good for 3.8 play,” Pougnet said. “Kyle Short, Jailyn yards per carry. Harden, Jacob Studdard—those guys “Romello Brown’s stats are a little have really stepped up in our defense, down this year relative to last year, but and that gives me a lot of confidence, he’s a big, physical and powerful run- and it gives the rest of our defense conning back,” Mitchell said. fidence, and everyone is there in the Besides Brown, the Warriors have right spot at the right time.” two additional 200-yard rushers in Even though the matchup against their back pocket in Demetrius Stin- Wayne State is a road game for the son, with 47 carries for 267 yards and Lakers, several key players for the two touchdowns, and Deiontae Nich- team, including Studdard, wide reolas, with only 15 carries for 228 yards ceiver Brandon Bean and cornerback and two touchdowns. Tre Walton, grew up in the metroNicholas doubles as the team’s Detroit area, making them feel right at leading receiver with 15 catches home on the east side.
“We’ve always done a great job on the east side of the state,” Mitchell said. “We recruit the east side predominantly, and there’s a lot of good football players over there. There’s a lot of guys on our team from the greater Metro Detroit, and there’s a lot of alums there, too.” Although the battle between the two Division II Michigan football programs would usually grab the headlines, there is another Michigan rivalry that also takes place Saturday. “We’re butting up against Michigan versus Michigan State,” Mitchell said. However, the diminished attention on the road doesn’t seem to affect Mitchell and the rest of the Lakers. “People love Laker football, and they’ll be out there,” Mitchell said. “It feels like whenever we go out there that the visitors’ sideline is always packed with the Laker blue.” As previously mentioned, this will be the first of three straight games away from Lubbers Stadium for the Lakers. Though not losing sight of the tall task ahead of them, the Lakers are not concerned about altering their approach to this game or any of the ensuing bouts—at least, not as far as where they are goes. “It doesn’t change anything,” Mitchell said. “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, obviously Friday and Saturday are different being away from home, but how we approach it and how we do it doesn’t change if we’re home or away. What does make a difference is when we’re turning the ball over and making some penalties, so we might have to change things up based on our performance, but the venue doesn’t change anything as far as how we prepare. It has nothing to do with the venue.” The Lakers and the Warriors are set to kick off in Detroit at 6 p.m. The game can be viewed on Xfinity channel 900 or heard on ESPN radio 96.1.
VARSITY SCHEDULE FOOTBALL Saturday 6 p.m. at Wayne State WOMEN’S SOCCER Friday 4:30 p.m. at Ashland Sunday 12:30 p.m. at Tiffin VOLLEYBALL Friday 7 p.m. at Ferris State Saturday TBD at Northwood WOMEN’S TENNIS Friday 3:30 vs. Michigan Tech
OUT THE TUNNEL: The GVSU football team jumps and touches the alumni banner while running onto the field before the team’s 34-6 victory over SVSU Saturday, Sept. 30, at Lubbers Stadium. The Lakers’ contest against the Wayne State Warriors will be the first of their three-game road stretch. GVL | MATT READ
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Home-course advantage GV women’s golf places first in Gilda’s Club Laker Fall Invite BY BRIANA LEWIS BLEWIS@LANTHORN.COM
After placing fifth in the 2017 NCAA Division II National Preview Tuesday, Sept. 26, the Grand Valley State women’s golf team made a quick turnaround to claim first place in the ninth annual Gilda’s Club Laker Fall Invite held Saturday, Sept. 30, through Sunday, Oct. 1, at the Meadows Golf Club. GVSU ended the two-day event with a team total of 591 (+15), a 27-stroke lead in front of then second placeholder Northern Michigan University (681, +42). Ashland University managed to place third after shooting a 631 (+55), while Wayne State took fourth (642, +66). University Southern Indiana shot a 650 (+74), closing out the top five. Entering the first day of competition, the Lakers emphasized enhancing their mental toughness to push them to dominate on the golf course. The mindset drove the Lakers to end round one in first place with a score of 299 (+11). Even though GVSU dominated the competition in round one, the Lakers entered day two intent on keeping that same mindset of focus, shooting a total score of 591 (+15). GVSU sophomore Katie Chipman showed her strengths on the team, leading the Lakers in both rounds. Chipman shot a 71 on day one, only to advance on day two, shooting a tournament-low 69. The twoday total of 140 gave Chipman a seven-stroke lead from the second-place finisher. Chipman is pleased with how the Lakers are focused on this year’s season while
not letting previous wins dictate the outcome of this year’s competitions. “I liked our preparations before this tournament,” Chipman said. “Yeah, we could have thought about ‘oh, we won this last year’ and ‘yeah, pretty good completion that we beat last year,’ but we prepared for the home tournament and our home course, like our practice rounders went out and played the holes like we thought they would. “We didn’t really think about scores or what happened last year.” Senior Samantha Moss tied for eighth place after shooting a 76 on the first day and continued on to shoot a 72 on day two that moved her to third place. Freshman Olivia Reed earned a sixth-place finish after shooting rounds of 73 and 78 for a two-day total of 151 (+7). Mackenzie Blomberg and and Maria Sol Pose were the last two Lakers to conclude in the winning score. Blomberg took 10th place after shooting a 155 (+11) during the two-day event, followed by Sol Pose, who shot a 156 (+12) for the 11th-place finish. With five underclassmen, one junior and one senior, GVSU women’s golf has transitioned into a younger team, leaving plenty of room and time for growth. But the Lakers shouldn’t be underestimated, as they were able to keep both team totals under 300 points, an all-time first for the female Lakers. “This team has a lot of potential,” Moss said. “And it really shows because it was a home tournament. This is our biggest advantage we have, but to show that we actually can put
‘MENTAL TOUGHNESS’: GVSU women’s golfer Samantha Moss lines up a shot during practice at the Meadows Golf Course Wednesday, Sept. 20. The Lakers finished in first place in the ninth annual Gilda’s Club Laker Fall Invite with a team score of 591 (+15). GVL | EMILY FRYE
up a good score together is a really big deal because when push comes to shove, we need each other to score well as a team.” The Lakers’ home-course advantage brought more than just confidence to the team, allowing them to work with new tactics they can take with them for future invites.
“We have a new coaching method this year that we’ve been utilizing, staying with one player for longer periods of time, which is new to (women’s tennis), and they’ve really responded well to it,” said coach Rebecca Mailloux. “Coach Ochoa might stay with the girls for nine holes, and then I might
stay with the girls for nine holes or six holes.” This GVSU coaching method allows the coaches to get the point of view of each shooter, giving the advantage to make improvements throughout the entire competition. “Who we choose to be with on that final day really made
a difference, and I think that worked,” Mailloux said. The Lakers will have a break from competition, as they are scheduled to travel to Old Hickory, Tennessee, for the third annual Trevecca Nazarene Women’s Fall Invite Monday, Oct. 23, through Tuesday, Oct. 24.
M. CLUB HOCKEY
Freshman Evan Newel brings youth, experience to DII hockey team BY KELLEN VOSS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM
After three straight thirdplace finishes in the ACHA championships, Grand Valley State’s Division II hockey team wants nothing more than to be holding that trophy at the end of this season. Losing four graduating seniors last year, GVSU will be counting on some of its newcomers to step up and contribute to the squad in any way possible. One of those promising
newcomers is freshman forward Evan Newel, who already looks to be a key piece in solving this championship puzzle. Newel learned how to play hockey at the young age of four, and he fell in love with it almost instantly. “It was the favorite sport,” Newel said. “I played basketball, lacrosse and soccer a lot, but I always resorted back to hockey in the end.” Left wing has always been Newel’s preferred position, and he used his speed and vision on the ice to make him
a force on the offensive end. He previously played forward for the Metro Jets out of Fraser, Michigan, of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL), one of three major junior hockey leagues in the U.S. Newel put up an impressive eight goals and nine assists in 33 regular season games on a team that was minutes away from a junior college championship. Newel reminisced about his all-time favorite memories of playing hockey from his days with the Jets.
“We went undefeated in the regular season,” Newel said. “Ultimately, we ended up making it all the way to the national championship, but we lost.” Newel had both a goal and an assist in the Silver Cup Final. After this past season with the Metro Jets, Newel was craving to play college hockey. Luckily for him, he found a home at GVSU. “I knew a lot of people that went here and learned about how good the hockey program was,” Newel said. “I thought, why not try Grand Valley? And
so far, I’ve been liking it.” Newel is enjoying his classes this year and is considering a career in electrical engineering once he hangs up his skates. His play on the ice has spoken for itself so far in his first year with the club. He has already scored two goals in the two games he’s played. GVSU head coach Mike Forbes mentioned him earlier in the year when asked to go in depth about the good newcomers on the squad, calling him one of “several dynamic freshmen forwards on the team.”
PIECE OF THE PUZZLE: GVSU men’s club hockey (DII) freshman forward Evan Newel fights to keep the puck during the game against Indiana University of Pennsylvania Friday, Sept. 22. The former junior hockey league player has already made an impact for the Lakers, scoring two goals in the two games he’s competed in. GVL | EMILY FRYE
Although his play has impressed the coaching staff and his teammates, Newel’s bar for personal success has not come close to his standards yet. “I think I’ve been doing okay,” Newel said of his play this year. “There’s definitely room for improvement. It’s just the beginning of the season, so hopefully I continue to get better as the season goes along.” GVSU (2-0-1) has only played three games this season, but Newel is already loving the chemistry forming between him and his teammates. “We’ve gelled pretty well here between the old guys and the new guys,” Newel said. “I think as we go on throughout the season, we should be pretty good.” Newell has been impressed with what he has seen from the team so far. Not only does he see success in the regular season, but Newell believes the Lakers can make a run at a national championship. Newel is excited to be playing with his teammates on the ice and is pumped to be meeting so many new people. “The big goal for me is just meeting new kids and forming friendships that will last a lifetime,” Newel said. “(My goals for the future include) making a run at the national championship in at least one of my years. That would be my main goal for the hockey program here.” Newel is one of seven freshmen looking to put GVSU over the championship hump. GVSU will face off against Aquinas College twice this upcoming weekend. The Lakers will play at home Friday, Oct. 6, at 6:30 p.m. and will travel to South Side Ice for a 7:30 p.m. rematch Saturday, Oct. 7.
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GV men’s golf finishes second in their final fall tournament BY LOUIS RICARD LRICARD@LANTHORN.COM
UNTIL NEXT SPRING: The GVSU men’s golf team practices shooting drills at Meadows Golf Course Tuesday, Sept. 19. The Lakers finished in second place in the team’s final fall tournament. GVL | MATT READ
Sometimes, individual performances can only get a team so far. The Lakers learned that the hard way this past weekend as the Grand Valley State men’s golf team finished second at the 2017 Tiffin University Kyle Ryman Memorial, the team’s last tournament of the fall season, Sunday, Oct. 1, and Monday, Oct. 2. GVSU finished the first day tied second with Bellarmine University after shooting a 581, only trailing Wayne State. Although the slow start that happened at the University of Findlay two weeks ago seemed forgotten, head coach Gary Bissell did not think his team played even close to their best rounds of golf yet. “We just need four guys to play well,” Bissell said. “But unfortunately, we could only get three guys to play well each day.” The underwhelming source of production has become a concern for Bissell, as a couple of his leaders have yet to play to their usual capabilities on the course this season. “We need Bryce Messner and Domenic Mancinelli to play better,” Bissell said. “They are veterans,
first team all-conference players and they have not played to that level this fall.” Mancinelli and Messner finished 57th and 83rd overall, respectively. Although the team members know where they need to improve, second place is a good standing for the Lakers in a tournament of this size. Teams shot 36 holes in one day to begin the invitational, something that can be draining both mentally and physically, according to junior Alex Scott. “You’re literally up from sunrise to sunset playing golf,” Scott said. “It’s kind of hard to hold it together.” However, Scott seemed to be the only one who did hold it together this past weekend, finishing tied for first overall in individuals. The junior veteran shot a 54-hole total of 210 (-6), including a 68 (-4) final round. “You lose much more often than you win in golf,” he said. “It’s difficult to handle.” Since last year, Scott has emerged as one of the best golfers for GVSU, finishing regularly in the top 10 of tournaments and battling for first place on a few occasions. Over the course of the past five months, the junior has stepped it up. “I’ve definitely gotten more comfortable being at the top of the leaderboard,”
Scott said. “My game just improved quite a bit over the last four to five months. My putting got a lot better, and that’s the main thing I’ve worked on over the summer. I’ve been able to be consistent.” To him, his focus has been sharp this season, as Scott already has one title under his belt in just four tournaments this fall. The junior was once again the bright spot for GVSU, and Bissell hopes the rest of the team catches up to Scott’s individual results. “We have some work to do this winter,” Bissel said. “We’re in a good spot, but if we want to be in the lead, those two (Mancinelli and Messner) really have to step up.” Although fall is not the main season for the GVSU men’s and women’s golf teams, Bissell is satisfied with the production and commitment of his players overall. The teams will start their winter workouts soon to get ready for a national championship run this spring. As Bissell put it, “The goal is just to get better every day and every week.” The question is, how good can this team become? Only time and practice will tell for the Lakers.
CROSS COUNTRY
Louie-ville strong BY D’ANGELO STARKS DSTARKS@LANTHORN.COM
The Grand Valley State men’s and women’s cross country teams were in Louisville, Kentucky, participating in the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday, Sept. 30. Competing on the road, the Lakers faced a tough task taking on a field that consisted of mostly Division I cross country programs. Although it was a daunting undertaking, the Lakers left an impression with their performance. In the men’s field, the Lakers had two top-50 finishers. Senior Wuoi Mach, who finished ninth overall and set a school record, finished with a time of 23:40.85. Mach was pleased knowing he had set the school time record. “It feels pretty good,” Mach said. “The goal was to go in there and try to put up a time that would allow me to compete. Knowing some of the great athletes that have come through here and to have my time be the best one is pretty good.” Teammate Enae Woldemichael finished 47th in the overall standings with a time of 24:30.50. Overall, the men finished as a team in ninth overall out of 42 teams and in first overall out of all competing Division II programs. Things were a bit more tough on the women’s side. The women’s team had no runners finish in the top 50 in the overall rankings. However, the Lakers had two top-100 finishers in Allie Ludge, who finished in 60th with a time of 17:33.25, and Stacey Metzger, finishing with a time of 17:43.04. The Laker’s top women’s finisher, Ludge, couldn’t be disappointed with her season-opening performance. “This was my first race of the season,” she said. “I didn’t race at Michigan State, so for me I wanted to start out on a positive note and start my season strong. I wanted to work together with my teammates to put ourselves in a good position.” Facing off against estab-
lished and acclaimed Division I programs may be daunting to most Division II cross country teams. However, GVSU men’s and women’s cross country coach Jerry Baltes believes there’s a certain motivation behind competing against Division I schools early in the season. “The idea is to put ourselves in a challenging competitive situation that will set us up to have success in the postseason,” Baltes said. “This field was one of the most competitive in the country. I think it will help us immensely getting our kids in the right frame of mind and focused when the big meets start to come around.” With the positives also comes room for improvement. Baltes has narrowed down some key aspects the team needs to improve on in order to finish with better times as a team. “We have to get out early in the race and get ourselves in a better position early on,” Baltes said. “Another thing we need to do a better job of is grouping up and closing gaps in a race, ultimately closing the gap between our five runner and our two runner to make that gap as small as possible. The main thing is trying to get as good as we can and progress throughout the season and reach our full potential. “Ultimately, we want to compete for the conference championship and an NCAA championship, but we can’t sit around and focus on that.” Ludge agreed with her coach on the team’s expectations and how they could achieve their goals. “We have high expectations for ourselves when it comes to the end of the year,” Ludge said. “I believe we have a strong and deep team this year that will allow us to reach those goals.” The GVSU cross country team continues their season with the Lansing Invitational Friday, Oct. 6, and the Conference Crossover in Romeoville, Illinois, this Saturday, Oct. 7.
GV cross country competes against top programs in Greater Louisville Classic
DII CHAMP: GVSU men’s runner Wuoi Mach runs in the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday, Sept. 30. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM
LAKER LEADER: GVSU runner Allie Ludge runs during the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday, Sept. 30. COURTESY | GVSULAKERS.COM
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Column: What happened to the Detroit Tigers (and what’s next)? BY BRADY MCATAMNEY
BMCATAMNEY@LANTHORN.COM
The Detroit Tigers came into the 2017 season with expectations aplenty. Nobody anticipated them to challenge the reigning American League champions, the Cleveland Indians. However, if they were to handle teams predicted to be worse than they were, they could very well slip into one of the wide-open wild-card spots. Therein lies the problem: nobody was worse than the Tigers in 2017. Finishing with a putrid 64-98 record and a minus-159 run differential, the Tigers didn’t secure themselves a playoff bid but rather the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft. The mark came one year after an 86-win campaign, giving them the second-most wins lost from 2016-17. So what happened? If I were to run down everything that went awry, this article would take up your entire afternoon, so let’s not do that. For starters, let’s start with, well, the starting pitching staff. Six pitchers threw at least 100 innings for Detroit this season: Justin Verlander (172), Michael Fulmer (164.2), Jordan Zimmermann (160), Matt Boyd (135), Anibal Sanchez (105.1) and Daniel Norris (101.2). Of the six, only two—Verlander (3.82) and Fulmer (3.83)— had an earned run average (ERA) under four or five for that matter. Zimmermann continued to disappoint after signing his massive deal with the Tigers before the 2015 season, as he posted an ugly 6.08 ERA, with only 103 strikeouts, and a 1.55 walks/hits per innings pitched. Boyd, despite his complete-game shutout in September, managed a 5.27 ERA and 1.56 WHIP. In what was likely his farewell tour with the Tigers, Sanchez stunk the city up with a 6.41 ERA and 1.59 WHIP, and former top prospect Daniel Norris compiled a 5.31 ERA and 1.61 WHIP in the time that he was even healthy. As is evident, Verlander and Fulmer were the lone bright spots in the shoddy rotation before being dealt and injured, respectively. Then there’s the bullpen. There were bright spots in there, too. Shane Greene proved he could be a reliable back-end relief pitcher and shut games down in the few opportunities he received, converting on nine of 13 saves and posting a 2.66 ERA in 67.2 innings. Jus-
tin Wilson did the same before being flipped with Alex Avila to the Chicago Cubs. Even Daniel Stumpf, a Rule 5 draft pick before the season, chipped in 37.2 strong innings with a 3.82 ERA. Outside of those three, there was chaos. There were 12—12!—Tigers relievers who had ERAs over six. Among them were beleaguered veteran closer Francisco Rodriguez, who tossed 25.1 innings and blew six saves (and converted only seven) while holding a 7.82 ERA before being mercifully cut in June. So, yeah, we know the pitching was not good. How was the offense? While the bats were not at the bottom of the league as far as runs scored, they weren’t at the top, either, finishing 19th out of 30 teams. The lower-middle placement can be chalked up to lack of production from a trio of key veteran bats:
Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and Ian Kinsler. Martinez hit slashed .255/.324/.697 and clubbed only 10 home runs in the 107 games he played. Kinsler posted a career-worst .236 average out of the leadoff spot and scored only 90 runs compared to his 117 the previous year. Cabrera—yes, the legendary Triple Crown winner and twotime MVP—hit under .300 for the first time since 2008 and only the third time in his 15year career, and it wasn’t close. His average finished up at .249, and he clubbed only 16 home runs (second least in his career, only to his rookie season where he played 43 fewer games and hit only four fewer bombs). There were bright spots in between the holes, though. Third baseman Nicholas Castellanos set new career highs in runs scored, hits, doubles, triples (in which he led the AL with 10), home runs, runs batted in and walks. Right
fielder Alex Presley stepped in for the departed J.D. Martinez and hit .314, and center fielder Mikie Mahtook, who was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays before the season began, hit .276 with 12 home runs while playing stout defense. Lastly, there were the trades. Once July rolled around, the Tigers found themselves in the unenviable position of being on the outside looking in on the postseason picture, albeit not by much. With a formidable payroll and a wealth of moveable assets, general manager Al Avila pulled the trigger and made four major trades. The first was to move fanfavorite and perennial All-Star Martinez to the Arizona Diamondbacks for infielders Dawel Lugo (Tigers’ No. 15 prospect via MLB.com), Sergio Alcantara (No. 25) and Jose King (NR). The return was gauged as light even before Martinez caught fire in the desert and led the Diamondbacks to the postseason.
Second, it would be closer Justin Wilson and Alex Avila, son of general manager Al Avila, heading to the Cubs for third/first baseman Jeimer Candelario (No. 4, now graduated from prospect status) and shortstop Isaac Paredes (No. 9). Candelario was soon promoted to the Tigers’ main roster and shined in his limited time in the big leagues, hitting .330 with two home runs and playing solid defense at the hot corner. The Tigers were still active after the trade deadline, sending several players through waivers. Many cleared waivers, making them eligible to be traded once again, and two of them were on the same day. First off, it would be outfielder Justin Upton to the Los Angeles Angels. Before Castellanos would step up to lead the offense, it was Upton who did exactly that. The Tigers received pitchers Grayson Long (No. 14) and Elvin Rodriguez. That evening, there were
whispers that Verlander, who was rumored to be moved before the midnight deadline of that very day, was going to be Houston bound. Mere minutes before the deadline hit, the story broke: he was an Astro. For their longtime ace and franchise cornerstone, the Tigers received pitcher Franklin Perez (No. 1), outfielder Daz Cameron (No. 5) and catcher Jake Rogers (No. 7). The trades helped jumpstart what is expected to be a lengthy rebuild for Detroit. Things won’t look good in 2018 and might not get much better in 2019, but things will eventually get better thanks to guys like Candelario, Perez, Cameron, pitchers Matt Manning, Alex Faedo and Beau Burrows, outfielder Christin Stewart, and whoever they decide to take at No. 1 in the draft.
BUILT-UP FRUSTRATION: Detroit Tigers first baseman and former Most Valuable Player Miguel Cabrera fights New York Yankees catcher Austin Romine at home plate while being held back by third baseman Nicholas Castellanos Thursday, Aug. 24. Cabrera recieved a six-game suspension for his actions in the brawl. COURTESY | GETTY IMAGES
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