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he expanded findings of Grand Valley State University’s 2015 Campus Climate Survey were released to the public Monday, Dec. 5 with data that confirmed and built upon the preliminary results announced in February 2016. According to the expanded findings report, the campus climate was assessed in terms of individuals’ experiences and perceptions of the campus environment, as well as their “perceptions of and recommendations for institutional actions related to inclusion, equity and campus climate.” “The idea is to get a sense of how people experience the campus, to really get a rich collection of data that lets us know where things are going well and where things could be improved,” said Andrew Plague, communications and project coordinator for the Division of Inclusion and Equity. Positive trends and results in the expanded findings include recordhigh participation in the survey with a 42 percent response rate and a significant percentage of respondents reporting they felt comfortable at GVSU. “Eighty-seven percent of respondents indicated that they were comfortable or very comfortable at Grand Valley,” Plague said. “That’s a lot better than national averages with similar surveys done at other colleges, but of course, even one person who doesn’t feel comfortable here is a problem.” According to the report, 77.6 percent of respondents believed GVSU is more “committed to diversity,” whereas only 62 percent of respondents reported the same in the 2005 survey, indicating another positive trend. Despite these results, the extended findings also revealed areas of discomfort among certain minority groups at GVSU. “On the less positive side, we do continue to see disparities with cer-
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people of color reported feeling ‘very comfortable’ or ‘comfortable.’” “Those disparities (are) something that continue to be a concern for us and are something that call us to really just enhance the efforts we have ongoing to create a more inclusive and
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Scholarworks program hits download milestone GV’s online database recently hit 3 million downloads, looks to see continued growth BY KYLE DOYLE ASSISTANTNEWS@LANTHORN.COM
Campus Dining launches new app ‘Tapingo’ A HASSLE-FREE EXPERIENCE: A Campus Dining worker makes a salad inside of the Connection on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. Campus Dining launched a new mobile app called ‘Tapingo’ which will allow students to pre-order and pre-pay for food on campus. GVL | LUKE HOLMES
Mobile app eliminates lines, hassle of ordering food BY MEGHAN MCBRADY MMCBRADY@LANTHORN.COM
Throughout the school year, students flood Grand Valley State University’s different dining establishments on the Allendale and Pew campuses. However, long lines and time crunches can often impede a student’s dining experience. Emphasizing how technology can remove the stressors of everyday transactions, Tapingo, a free food delivery and takeout mobile app available for Apple and Android phones, has partnered with GVSU’s Campus Dining in order to streamline student meals. With the app’s focus on easy mobile ordering to enhance customer experiences, Tapingo’s menu management section has allowed students from over 125 college campuses in the U.S. to order food from any
of the national brands on campus, schedule pick-ups and skip lines. “We’re excited to introduce this new technology,” said Deb Rambadt, marketing director for GVSU’s Campus Dining. “We expect it to enhance guest service and provide another level of convenience.” Once the app is downloaded, students can create an account by indicating GVSU as their affiliated university. Also, by adding a cell phone number and the 14-digit number on the back of a student’s GVSU identification card, thereby adding the student’s meal plan onto the app as well, all the participating dining locations will become accessible for students to then place their order. When a student’s order is ready, an email or text notification from Tapingo will be sent to the user. Frequent use of the app will also allow the app to analyze ordering preferences and will note if a certain
drink or sandwich is ordered on a particular day and will ask the user if they want to order it again. Jen Joachim, a GVSU sophomore, said downloading the app will be convenient when pre-ordering food or drinks from her apartment and will spare her from having to deal with lines. “I think that it would be a great thing because the lines can get ridiculously long,” Joachim said. “The Starbucks line can get really long in the mornings and between classes. I would definitely use the app because I don’t have time to wait in lines or be late to class.” Beth Hopkins, the vice president of campus affairs for student senate and co-chair of the food committee with Rambadt, said she is excited about the partnership between Tapingo and GVSU’s Campus Dining. Working with Campus Dining and the food establishments on
campus, Hopkins said the food committee’s relationship with Campus Dining is one of their healthiest relationships with an on-campus department. Hopkins said the app, which is responsive to student concerns and answers questions in a timely manner, is one way GVSU’s Campus Dining is working to create a worthwhile dining experience for GVSU students. “In my opinion, the app will help shorten wait times for students and will allow students the opportunity to enjoy a greater variety of Campus Dining options in a more convenient way,” Hopkins said. “I, personally, am very excited to see how the app changes the way students eat on campus and am very excited to use it myself.”
Many scholars publish research to gain credibility in their field and to be noticed by colleagues. Doing so helps them make progress in their careers and become candidates for grants and funding. However, some people at the undergraduate level simply may not have the resources, prestige or opportunity to publish research they’ve done in their field, whether it be groundbreaking or not. Luckily for students at Grand Valley State University, GVSU has a solution. Scholarworks is an online database for faculty and student research available for people around the world to access and use. The site has recently hit 3 million downloads (as of late September 2016), and that number is continuing to grow. “I’ve been watching the downloads per year and the downloads per month steadily grow, and it’s exciting to see because it means the research that is helping students, faculty and staff here is continuing to be useful,” said Matt Ruen, scholarly communications outreach coordinator at GVSU. In addition, Scholarworks hit a record with the most downloads of Frederik Meijer Honors College seSEE PROGRAM | A2
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LIGHTING PROJECT ON 48TH AVENUE COMPLETED
The project to install permanent street lights on 48th Avenue, taken on by Consumers Energy, has been completed as of Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. The lights were installed to increase the safety of Grand Valley State University students living in nearby off-campus apartments after several reported sexual assaults in the fall of 2016. The project was a joint effort between Consumers Energy, Allendale Charter Township and GVSU and was approved by the township last October. A similar project is expected to begin construction on Pierce Street during the summer of 2017.
dents who reported experiencing occurrences of hostile, intimidating or offensive behavior. Fourteen percent of respondents indicated experiencing such an instance in the 2015 survey, whereas only 11 percent reported the same in 2011. “It’s a slight uptick, and
that’s cause for concern, but not alarm,” Plague said. “It’s not totally unexpected. Part of what happens is we had such a larger response rate in 2015 than we did in 2011 that you’re just hearing from more people, and that could be part of the increase.” In addition, 29 percent of faculty and staff reported observing “unjust or unfair hiring practices,” Plague said, com-
pared to 20 percent in 2011. “Obviously, this data will inform our work, both in the social justice centers and in our other units,” Plague said. “We’ve convened three actions teams. (Each) of those groups is made up of faculty, staff and students from across campus, and we’ve charged them with reviewing the data, working with us to (run) additional analy-
GV’S SUSTAINABILITY HAS TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $250 MILLION
Grand Valley State University’s sustainability initiatives in the area have reached an economic impact of over $250 million in 2015, according to the GVSU Collective Sustainability Initiative Report. The report outlines 11 areas in which GVSU staff and students have contributed to bettering the campus economically, socially and environmentally. According to the report, GVSU created 2,919 jobs through various construction projects in 2015 and offered more than 200 sustainability courses. Campus Dining also purchased 1 million pounds of food from 54 local farms and suppliers. GVSU has further committed itself to sustainability by being one of the founding members of the Grand Rapids Community Sustainability Partnership. It is also a member of the 2030 District, a group that is dedicated to the goal of decreasing overall energy consumption by 50 percent by the year 2030.
GV WRITING PROGRAMS SEEK MORE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
Grand Valley State University writing programs will begin promoting linguistic diversity across campus after a January 2016 Teach-In session, which affirmed a student’s right to use their own language and encouraged teachers to recognize the difference between English and the student’s native tongue. In January 2017, 100 peer advisors from the Speech and Data Inquiry labs, Writing Center and Research Consultant program will attend training sessions about linguistic diversity and contrastive analysis. These sessions will be put on by campus linguistics experts and the staff of the Division of Inclusion and Equity. Training sessions will also be held during the winter semester for professors who teach SWS classes. The goal of the sessions is to increase inclusion across campus and promote diversity.
GV’S AWRI NAMED ‘WATER STAKEHOLDER OF THE YEAR’ 2016
The Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI) at GVSU has been named “Water Stakeholder of the Year” by the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council for the year of 2016. The MACC, which functions out of Holland, gives the title to people or groups who make large contributions to helping improve the water of the Macatawa Watershed. The AWRI was able to work on many aspects of the watershed due to their partnership with Project Clarity, a community initiative for cleaning, restoring and maintaining waters in the Macatawa Watershed. The AWRI has worked with the Macatawa Watershed for a number of years conducting fish surveys and water quality tests in streams near Lake Macatawa. Several graduate students have also used the area for research projects.
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sis, (reviewing) the results we have published and then making recommendations for changes.” Bernal reiterated these plans for moving forward in light of the expanded findings. “We are going to continue to get feedback from the campus community,” he said. “We’ll also begin to do more disaggregation of the data for certain identity populations, in particular those who we found had a different experience, or a less positive experience, on our campus.” Overall, Plague thinks the expanded findings reveal some promising trends, despite the disparities that need to be addressed. “I do think that Grand Valley is making progress and making real strides toward a truly inclusive and equitable campus,” Plague said. “We’re committed to figuring out how people experience our campus so that we can improve it. (Our) results show a healthy campus climate, but it’s not perfect, and we certainly don’t want to minimize the negative experiences that people had. “That’s what we need to pay attention to and that’s what will really drive our work, too, as we seek to create a campus where everybody feels welcome and valued with all of their identities.” GO TO:
RESULTS: Jesse Bernal introduces a keynote speaker Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. The Division of Inclusion and Equity released extended results for the Campus Climate Survey taken in 2015. GVL | LUKE HOLMES
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nior projects in a single year at roughly 76,000 downloads over the course of 2016. The site, which launched in 2008, reached 1 million downloads after five years, 2 million downloads about two years later and 3 million downloads roughly one year after that. Ruen said he’d like to see that number increase to 4 million by the summer of 2017. According to a graphic provided by Ruen, there were more than 50,000 Scholarworks downloads in 2016 per month, and downloads neared 100,000 per month in May and September. Ruen thinks these numbers are significant because they show that people are using the site. In fact, people from around the world are accessing and using Scholarworks. There is a site that tracks downloads on Scholarworks by putting up colored circles with numbers inside of them to
show downloads in a particular area. Download traffic is heavy in densely populated areas such as New York City, Southern California, Chicago and London, but there is also a high number of downloads in places like South Africa, the Philippines and India. There was even a single download of work in Vanavara, a rural town in central Russia, titled “Attachment, Relationship Maintenance, and Stress in Long Distance and Geographically Close Romantic Relationships.” The site has been growing steadily as more and more programs and departments are submitting work from their students and faculty on a number of different topics. Ruen said Scholarworks is considered an appealing posting option for honors college students because, normally, “(they) would do an original research project, write it up, hand it in, and it would sit in a binder or a folder or a file on some shelf gathering dust and nothing
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would ever happen to it.” “Now, with the opportunity to share it online if they want to, that original research can be discovered,” Ruen said. “People wouldn’t think to travel across the country to come to Grand Valley and walk into the honors college and say, ‘Can I look through your past honors projects? I want to find one that’s written about this topic I’m researching.’” Danielle Lake, an assistant professor at the College of Liberal Studies, has become well acquainted with the program and has had her students use it to keep ideas alive from semester to semester. “Ideas have to live on after a semester,” Lake said. “And Scholarworks offers a platform for ideas to grow from fall to winter, year after year.” Lake’s students have been able to start and continue ideas by uploading research and findings, pictures, video and documents onto the Scholarworks database. Such ideas include the promotion of GVSU’s food pantry “Replenish,” the idea
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for a campus-based food truck that drives around promoting the food pantry and food insecurity on college campuses and methods to combat food insecurity at K-12 public schools. These ideas have not only been used on GVSU’s campus but around the world as well. “What I love about publishing on this website is I can send (a person) this link, I can send them this video,” Lake said. “No one wants to read a 50 page portfolio but if I send a two minute video, maybe you’ll be interested and take a peak.” Scholarworks has become a resource utilized by both GVSU students and people around the world and has given several GVSU students the opportunity to do something that had not been feasible prior to its inception. “A lot of student work (gets) created—and it’s engaging research—and then it just kind of stops,” Ruen said. “We needed to provide a path for those people with certain ideas, that (perception) on an issue. (That’s) why we have (Scholarworks).”
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GV facilities talks snow removal, semester challenges BY HANNAH LENTZ EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM
WINTER WONDERLAND: A Grand Valley State University student ventures out into the cold weather on GVSU’s Allendale Campus Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 during a West Michigan snowstorm. GVL | SARA CARTE
Living in West Michigan means trips to Grand Rapids, days at the beach and, in the winter, lots and lots of snow. Ken Stanton, landscape operation supervisor, and the entire Grand Valley State University facilities services team are some of the most knowledgeable people on campus about the challenges that the winter season brings. Though this school year has seen an extended “fall” season, snow removal efforts are now needed to combat dangerous driving conditions on campus. Usually, the facilities department is completely ready for the winter season by Nov. 1 although preparations are made for the change of an early winter. “It’s a step-by-step process,” Stanton said. “We have things that we do each month to prepare for snow as well as for the other challenges that different seasons bring from snow re-
moval to landscaping.” Though Stanton now serves as the landscape supervisor, he was the grounds operation supervisor for many years, a position now filled by Ed Simon. In order to ensure that student safety is a priority, the facilities team weighs in on university operation decisions such as snow days and school delays. Part of this process includes constantly checking weather forecasts to prepare for upcoming storms. “When we are deciding whether or not to cancel school we think about if we will be able to keep up with the snow fall,” Stanton said. “Sometimes this means calling in extra help to clean up campus and make it safe.” The priority after large snow falls is to be ready for classes by 8 a.m. Stanton said. When the facilities department sees an upcoming storm, they check the forecast 6 to 8 times a day to monitor the storm and see what resources they need to have available. Currently, there are about 20
pieces of grounds equipment and rented equipment used to plow snow. Additionally, there are 17 full-time staff members responsible for running snow removal equipment. The GVSU crew team also helps remove snow around academic buildings and building entrances seven days a week from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. One of the biggest challenges of the winter weather is not the snow removal process, but the storing all of the materials necessary to reduce snow on campus including over 300 tons of road salt, 60 tons of bag salt and 100,000 gallons of deicing liquids for sidewalks. This process of storing these materials means months of planning and negotiating with contractors and equipment dealers. “If you can see students riding bikes on a dry sidewalk in January, that’s impressive,” Stanton said. “We have an intensive snow removal process and a huge commitment by the university to keeping things open for GVSU community members.”
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Making goals Student senate talks plans for winter 2017 semester BY JESS HODGE ASSOCIATE@LANTHORN.COM
What does fall break, the Teach-In, President’s Ball and Mental Health Awareness week all have in common? They are all things Grand Valley State University’s student senate will work on and strive to improve in the 2017 winter semester. Those are only some of the focus points senate will have this semester, as the 50 members of senate have many projects in the works. GVSU’s student senate works to provide the 25,000 students of GVSU with the best college experience. Many of these projects will try to do just that. Ella Fritzemeier, student senate president, has personal goals for herself to achieve and also has goals she hopes senate as a body can accomplish. As president, she said she
wants to make sure the sena- tween October and November. tors are “engaged with student Another project Fritzesenate and everyone is mak- meier would like to see gain ing the progress they want to ground is Mental Health be making on their projects.” Awareness week that will be When Fritzemeier gradu- put on in March. Last year ates in April, her big goal is was the first year for Mental to have a soHealth Awarelidified break in ness week when the next fall for senate teamed “If there are any GVSU students. up with many projects that were “I feel as departments at though (fall GVSU includnot discussed that break) has been ing the Counstudents believe in process for so seling Center long, something should be a priority, to shed light on needs to change. mental health, then they should Whether it’s particularly in contact us.” small or large, college kids. there needs to be Bob Stoll, a break for our student senate’s ELLA FRITZEMEIER students,” Frit- STUDENT SENATE PRESIDENT faculty advizemeier said via sor, said he was email. “They dehappy with the serve it and we can see it from work the senators put out last the number of students that at- semester and hopes to see tend the counseling center be- more in the winter semester.
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Grand Valley State University is partnering with the Grand Rapids Public Museum to honor the astronauts tragically killed in the Apollo 1 incident in 1967. Events are scheduled Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11 at the L. V. Eberhard Center as part of a 50th anniversary symposium titled “Roger That! A Celebration of Space Exploration in Honor of Roger B. Chaffee.” The symposium will include a presentation titled “Why Do We Look Up to the Heavens?” from keynote speaker Brother
Symposium held in honor of Apollo 1 astronauts, including GR resident Roger Chaffee
Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory Friday, Feb. 10 at 12:30 p.m. His talk will be about space exploration but will also cover many other space-related topics. Chaffee lived in Grand Rapids for many years and worked for NASA as an astronaut before he and two other astronauts passed away during a fire in the testing of Apollo 1 Jan. 27, 1967. Since then, his daughter, Sheryl Lynn Chaffee, has worked with NASA on many safety features. “People need to be aware that somewhere, someone gave their life for space and be connected to (Chaffee’s)
life,” said Deana Weibel, GVSU professor and co-organizer of the symposium. Chaffee’s wife, Martha Horn Chaffee, will give a keynote dinner address with their daughter Friday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. for $35. They will discuss Chaffee’s life, describe what they’ve done since the incident and talk about their futures with the space program. Some of the money earned at the event will go toward the Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship Fund. “This symposium is a resource for us to teach people about a local Grand Rapids hero that many folks don’t know about,” said Kate Moore,
TAKE OFF: Roger Chaffee (right), Commander Virgil “Gus” Grissom (left) and Senior Pilot Ed White (center). Grand Rapids Public Museum will honor the Apollo I astronauts. COURTESY | NASA IMAGERY
SOLUTIONS: Ella Fritzemeier answers a question at a student senate general assembly Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Friztemeier hopes to be able to set a fall break after the winter semester. GVL | LUKE HOLMES
One thing Stoll said he was quite happy about was the way senate connected with the student body as a whole. “I think they’ve done a pretty good job connecting to the student body as a whole,” Stoll said. “It seems to me they’ve been representative as a body and they’ve been more in tune with a lot of general kind of needs.” Fritzemeier also mentioned interacting with the GVSU community more as something she would like to see improved on from last semester.
“We did a pretty good job of this, but there is always room for improvement,” she said. Student senate elections are also on Fritzemeier’s and Stoll’s radar. Fritzemeier hopes there will be a high turnout for the elections, both with the number of people running as a candidate and the number of people voting. “The whole election process happens in the spring so trying to get everyone actively engaged and getting people to run for office, run for senate (so) that’s one of
the (goals),” Stoll said. One last event Fritzemeier hopes to host is another sexual assault follow-up townhall for people to ask questions and express their concerns. “If there are any projects that were not discussed that students believe should be a priority, then they should contact us,” Fritzemeier concluded. “We love hearing from the student body about things that they believe are important.”
vice president of marketing and public relations for the GRPM. In total, there will be 14 speakers at the Eberhard Center Friday, Feb. 10., starting their presentations from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and continuing at 2 p.m. There will also be a musical event, and each hour will offer different presentations, ranging from space science to space and arts, Weibel said. “One of the goals is to bring home how many different disciplines can be involved in space,”
Weibel said. “Many people may not realize that GVSU’s art and design departments—or their women, gender and sexuality studies—are related to space.” While these events are going on, the GRPM will be hosting field trips for local students from sixth grade to 12th grade. Many activities are planned at the museum, as well, including a planetary show, Weibel said. Students will have the opportunity to see the lunar material from NASA
that travels around the U.S. Saturday, Feb. 11 at the GRPM. Also, Consolmagno will be delivering his second presentation, “Discarded Worlds: Astronomical Ideas That Were Almost Correct,” at 11 a.m. while many other space-related activities are going on. Registration for the symposium is now open and the deadline is Friday, Feb. 3. To register or learn more, visit, gvsu.edu/rogerthat.
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Campus inclusivity is the responsibility of all GV community members
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or the past three weeks, we have been surrounded by old friends, family members and familiar places. From Christmas dinner to New Year’s Eve celebrations, odds are topics of conversation regarding politics and personal opinions were avoided and replaced with lighter topics that were rated “safe” in the hopes to avoid confrontation. Recently, Grand Valley State University released the extended Campus Climate Survey results from 2015 that gauged the Laker community’s perceptions of the campus environment in order to find places to focus on or improve upon. Though 87 percent of respondents said that they were comfortable or very comfortable at GVSU, that still leaves 13 percent of campus respondents feeling less than comfortable on our campus. If we’ve learned anything after being at home for the holiday season, it’s that we have to respect our family for who they are and work to make sure that we are creating an inclusive and constructive environment. This same idea should be applied to the GVSU campus community. If anyone is feeling uncomfortable at GVSU, it is our shared responsibility to ensure that we are working toward a more inclusive environment. This is not a responsibility that should be put solely on the administration. We understand that GVSU is not perfect, but it is also important to remember that we have a chance to im-
prove every day. After 2016 was deemed the worst year by most people on the internet, 2017 doesn’t have much to live up to. People are hoping this year will be better than the last and are making resolutions to eat healthier, exercise more, avoid procrastination on homework and more. Being inclusive and accepting diversity at GVSU should be a resolution that everyone–faculty, staff and students at GVSU–makes. Being diverse and creating an atmosphere where every Laker feels comfortable isn’t one person’s job. President Thomas Haas can’t change GVSU’s campus climate by himself, and neither can one department or one organization. It takes everyone involved in the GVSU community coming together and working with one another to make sure no one feels as though GVSU isn’t a place where they can be themselves. Remember that we are all lucky to be at a university that brings together over 25,000 students from different parts of the state, nation and world. Part of the responsibility of being a member of a diverse community is ensuring that we are taking advantage of the opportunities surrounding us. Whether this means taking a second to listen to the opinions of someone in your class or reaching out to a fellow Laker who may come from a different background, there are a multitude of ways that we can promote diversity and understanding in our community.
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sional who is paid a salary, professors should be on time if students who are paying to attend are expected to do the same. I also disagree with the practice of some professors to extend class because they did not budget their time correctly. Though I know a professor’s time is very important, so is mine as a student. As a full time student, part time writer and full time server/ bartender, time is precious to me. To better use my time, I often schedule my classes with 10-15 minute breaks, the amount of time it will take me to walk across campus. When a professor does not value these prior engagements it detracts from my learning in both the class I am being held over in, but also in the class I will be late to as a result. Of course, I could walk out of class right when time expires, but what if my professor decides to give the homework after the end of class? What if they hold my apparent insub-
ordination against me at later times? To play devil’s advocate, I am on the professor’s time, not my own. At some points I have been forced to leave a class running over time due to another engagement and it creates a worry that I will be unprepared due to the information I miss. My time spent in class is important to me, but so is my time spent out of class. I value my time for homework, friends and sleep. Professors who don’t realize that their time management affects mine seem to be a consistent problem that I’ve encountered. I disagree with the double standard that often exists with students in terms of tardiness or absences. I have the utmost respect for professors and their line of work and trust me I know we are all human, but trust me again when I say that my time matters too.
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beginning of the semester, I found this acceptable because class time is important. However, as the class progressed it wasn’t the students arriving late that was the problem, it was the professor. No person is perfect of course, a few minutes late on one day is totally acceptable to me as a student sitting in class. A few minutes of tardiness could be contributed to weather, car troubles or even just a late start. The problem arose when my professor was not two minutes late, he was ten. He wasn’t late one day, he was late five. On those days where our professor was late, we were also held over because they did not cover all of the material they wanted to. By no means do I wish to be inconsiderate of outstanding circumstances, but I also don’t believe that it’s fair for a professor to hold students’ tardiness against them, when we cannot hold them accountable for their absence. As a profes-
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Not only does January mark the beginning of 2017, it also marks the beginning of my last semester at Grand Valley State University. Throughout my time at school, GVSU has gone from an on the rise university to one of the better universities in Michigan. Grand Valley built a new library, a new science building and renovated their gym all within my stay. For myself, I
lived in four different places, turned the legal drinking age and learned twice as much as I have forgotten. Yet there is still much I have to accomplish before I can call my time at GVSU a success. Aside from the obvious boxes I have to check, minor things such as passing my courses, I would still like to continue to experience new things. My girlfriend would like for me to take her to the President’s Ball, while I would like to have a sit-down conversation with our fearless leader Thomas Haas. One of these is clearly easier to accomplish than the other, but nonetheless I would like to do both. There are many places that I need to see as well. For instance, I’d like to drink at Brewery Vivant, only after I have waded in the Grand River trying to catch a salmon. Sure, there is much ahead for me to experience and
accomplish, but there is also so much more that I wish I would have done better. ‘I have no regrets’ is one of my least favorite phrases there is, because I regret plenty. I have regrets on a daily basis, things as small as picking the wrong thing at lunch. Obviously, these regrets don’t eat at me, but I do question some of my decisions in undergrad. Although my sophomore year in the apartments was a blast, I wonder what would have been different had I stayed in the dorms for one more year. I wonder what would have been different had I chosen to go on an alternative break instead of going to Daytona. There were plenty of clubs I wish I would’ve not only joined, but had gotten deeply involved in. But at the time, all I knew was what I knew, I did not have the wisdom of future me. On the other hand, I look upon myself with a smile
when I remember some of the decisions I did make. I had a blast playing intramurals with some of the best friends I’ll ever have. I have great memories of playing trivia on Wednesdays and singing karaoke on Thursdays. I am thankful for the relationships I have made with my professors. While it sure was boring, I even look fondly upon pulling a couple of infamous all night study sessions. On the contrary, skipping studying to go to ‘late night’ at Kleiner was twice as fun as studying. While there is much left for me to do, I am proud of all I accomplished while I was here. Even though I will just be a small, barely visible name in the commencement booklet, Grand Valley will take up a much bigger section in my book.
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“I believe it is because I see nothing against it. Right now, everyone in this room with me is different. We have Latinos here, African-Americans here, so yes I believe we have diversity.”
“I think even after the election, people openly expressed who they were with, and nobody bashed anyone for being a part of a certain political group. The staff is very diverse.”
YEAR: Freshman MAJOR: Chemical engineering HOMETOWN: Whitehall, Michigan
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“I’d say they are. Even my classrooms, we do attract a large range of people of all kinds of ethnicities, so yeah I believe they’re pretty diverse.”
“I’ve noticed a lot of diversity around campus, a lot more than other schools I’ve visited.”
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YEAR: Freshman MAJOR: Engineering HOMETOWN: Holland, Michigan
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SCHOLARSHIP
‘Race and the American Dream’ Journalists from The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal to discuss civil rights accomplishments, milestones BY DYLAN GROSSER DGROSSER@LANTHORN.COM
FARM FRESH: Austin VanDyke (right) and Skyla Snarski (left) garden Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. GVSU’s Sustainable Agriculture Project aims to promote local environmental awareness. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF
Ready to research Research proposals related to Sustainable Agriculture Project now being accepted BY JESS HODGE ASSOCIATE@LANTHORN.COM
Oftentimes, some of the greatest ideas are stuck in the minds of people who don’t have an avenue to explore their thoughts and theories. Grand Valley State University’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (OURS) is offering an opportunity for people to share their research thoughts and receive money to pursue those ideas. OURS, in conjunction with the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, is now accepting research proposals that are related to GVSU’s Sustainable Agriculture Project. Faculty members from any discipline can apply to receive an award of up to $6,000. These research proposals should relate to the mission of the Sustainable Agriculture Project (SAP) and will be viewed to determine if they meet the guidelines or not. According to their website, the Sustainable Agriculture Project was started in 2008 as a project to do four main things: seeding sustainable food prac-
tices, cultivating leadership and learning, nurturing place, growing community. The guidelines were established and determined by the Sustainable Agriculture program which has a faculty committee who guides many projects within the program. Susan Mendoza, director of OURS, will deal directly with the proposals and hopes the two main goals of the proposals will be accomplished. “The first (goal) was to have folks understand and utilize SAP as a place to do active, either what we would call peer research, so kind of what folks traditionally think of as what research may be, or applied research where you’re taking a concept and trying to implement within the site,” she said. The second main goal is to get more undergraduates involved in the entire research process. “One of the things that is very common at many colleges but is especially unique at Grand Valley is the level to which undergraduate students are involved in research from the original argument or development of the hypothesis
all the way through presenting the work,” Mendoza said. This is only the second cycle OURS is asking for proposals since it is still in project form. Because it is still a project, the office will see how it goes from year-to-year and determine how many times they will offer the grant money. Mendoza said the research depends on funding so, at minimum, proposals will be sought once a year. However, this year there was additional funding so OURS requested proposals in August of 2016 and then again for the winter 2017 semester. Since this is only the second cycle, Mendoza said it is hard to determine about how many proposals will be sent in. Last year’s grant receivers were Amy McFarland, assistant professor for environmental studies and Erik Nordman, associate professor in the biology department. The deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 27. Each proposal should include a 200-word abstract, an updated curriculum vitae (CV), a statement of the research and a letter of support.
Grand Valley State University’s Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies will partner with the Division of Inclusion and Equity to present “Race and the American Dream,” a Common Ground Initiative event, Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in the L.V. Eberhard Center. The event is scheduled as part of GVSU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week to honor King’s life and legacy. The event will be a moderated conversation between two journalists, Nikole HannahJones and Jason Riley. Hannah-Jones is an award-winning staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, and Riley is a columnist and editorial board member for The Wall Street Journal. Together, they will discuss civil rights advancements since the midtwentieth century, in addition to challenges still facing the continued quest for equality. Scott St. Louis, program manager for the Hauenstein Center’s Common Ground
Initiative, said the goal of the initiative is to bring scholars from across the political spectrum to GVSU to discuss life in the U.S. and to reveal the commitment shared by progressives and conservatives to make life better. “We decided to host this event because we believe that on an issue of such seriousness, such importance, progressives and conservatives need to recognize the common ground that we all can share, the value of learning and teaching together,” he said. St. Louis said one of the goals of the Hauenstein Center is to create a place where leading minds can “reexamine their political and intellectual traditions” to fit in with the purpose of the Common Ground Initiative. “We’re interested in cultivating a public forum that isn’t just another ideological echo chamber,” he said. St. Louis said the event was concocted by many different people within the Division of Inclusion and Equity and the Hauenstein Center. The latter,
he said, wanted to collaborate with the Division of Inclusion and Equity for this event given the relevance of race as a topic of discussion in 2016. “We thought the time would be right to bring two people together who write about a similar issue and who disagree in some areas but probably do have some areas of mutual understanding and common cause,” St. Louis said. Gleaves Whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center, said he hopes there will be a robust airing of issues about the progress AfricanAmericans have made in American society. He said the importance of this event comes from students learning about the impact King made on American society. “It’s important for students to hear about a significant historical figure and his contribution to American freedom and justice,” Whitney said. “Race and the American Dream” is free and open to the public. Interested individuals can RSVP at www. hauensteincenter.org/RSVP.
EQUALITY: Jason Riley (left) and Nikole Hannah-Jones (right). Riley and Jones will discuss civil rights Tuesday, Jan. 17 as a Common Ground event. COURTESY | MANHATTAN INSTITUTE, FINN HAWLEY-BLUE
A6 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ARTS AT A GLANCE THE LIFE OF ASTRONAUT ROGER B. CHAFFEE
An exhibition celebrating famous astronaut and Grand Rapids native, Roger B. Chaffee, hosted by Grand Valley State University and the Grand Rapids Public Museum, will begin Monday, Jan. 9 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the West Wall Gallery in the Eberhard Center on the Pew Campus. This photo exhibition honors the 50th anniversary of Chaffee’s death and aims to educate the public on his life and accomplishments.
FACULTY AND STAFF CLIMBING SESSION
The Grand Valley State University Climbing Center will hold an introductory rock climbing session for all interested GVSU faculty and staff members Wednesday, Jan. 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Field House, Room 170C. During the event, participants will learn about different styles of climbing, basic equipment, routines and rating systems, basic body positioning, techniques and general safety. All attendees are asked to dress comfortably in clothing that allows free range of motion.
CAMPUS LIFE NIGHT 2.0
Join in on another Campus Life Night, an annual student organization fair hosted by the Grand Valley State University Office of Student Life, Friday, Jan. 13 at 6 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about more than 450 registered student organizations on campus and the departmental resources GVSU has to offer while collecting free swag and light refreshments.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: GRADUATE EDUCATION STUDY ABROAD All students interested in studying abroad in the Dominican Republic in the graduate education program are encouraged to attend an informational meeting Saturday, Jan. 14 from 11 a.m. to noon in the DeVos Center, Room 119E on the Pew Campus. This program was created to provide students in the College of Education with an opportunity to learn about social and cultural differences and apply that knowledge to systems of education in the United States. An overview of the program will be included in the session as well as travel dates, financial aid options for graduate students, housing and course content. The application deadline for this program is Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
GV journalism student creates photo exhibit of life in Oman BY CARMEN SMITH CSMITH@LANTHORN.COM
Grand Valley State University journalism student, Gabriella Patti, created a photo exhibit portraying life in Oman. Her exhibit focuses on breaking down language barriers and the “universal language” of humanity in the Middle East. Photography from Patti’s five-week, faculty-led trip to Ibri, Oman is currently on display in the Red Wall Gallery in Lake Ontario Hall on the Allendale Campus from now until Friday, March 10. Patti majors in multimedia journalism and international relations and minors in Middle Eastern studies. The photos taken during her study abroad trip to Oman have been displayed before on the Blue Wall Gallery in the DeVos Center prior to this current exhibit. While in Oman, Patti studied business and Arabic while immersing herself in Middle Eastern culture. Patti said she referred to a quote from her favorite book to lead the way during her time in Oman called “The Little Prince,” which states “If I can learn to understand a language without words, I can learn to understand the world.” She focused on taking photos of people in order to capture and explore humanity in the Middle East. Many of the people in Oman spoke very little
DIVERSITY: Through her photographs, Patti aimed to convey a universal language shared among all people around the world and encourage others to welcome diversity. COURTESY | GABRIELLA PATTI
LIFE IN THE OMAN: While GVSU journalism student, Gabriella Patti studied abroad in Oman, she took a series of photographs of Oman residents that portray their ways of life. COURTESY | GABRIELLA PATTI
English, so Patti had to learn to communicate and how to ask people if she could photograph them in a respectful way. Patti said it was easier to capture photos of men, especially if she was with men. She has only a couple photos of women. Discussing the misunderstandings and generalizations of the Middle East, her photos show that within the Middle East, each country and town is unique and each person is unique. “I wanted to capture humanity. I wanted to show is that there is this “universal language” across the countries and across barriers, and that we’re all the same at the end of the day,” Patti said. Patti emphasized how interesting and gratifying it was to explore the culture outside of the “war and stripes” way the Middle East
is portrayed in the media. Laughing about boys, talking about clothes and sharing frustrations through a “universal language,” Patti was able to get to know the girls she was staying with in Oman. Through her photos and experiences, Patti aims to show we are not the only people in this world, and people in the Middle East experience things the same way we do; there is a connection across borders. She hopes her pictures will inspire people who are skeptical of the Middle East and of Islam to explore their skepticisms and do further research outside of their comfort zones. Patti encourages all students to become a part of the study abroad program. “At the end of the day, laughter is universal, tears are universal, and despite lan-
guage barriers and all of that, there’s this beautiful universal language that you will never forget if you just have a little empathy and step out of your comfort zone,” Patti said. Through her experience in Oman, Patti hopes to motivate others to experience things outside of themselves and learn to be empathetic by exploring what the world has to offer. Patti said her time in Oman was rewarding and encouraged her to be more adventurous in her time there and to learn things outside of herself. “I hope it inspires people to think. We all have joys and sorrows, we all laugh, we have these friendships across barriers, and I wanted to portray that in some way,” she said. “I think I captured that for the most part, there’s a lot of expression in the pictures I took.”
PRODUCTION
GV Opera Theater presents Sweeney Todd BY NICOLE BOBB NBOBB@LANTHORN.COM
THEATER: GVSU actors in Opera Theater will be performing Sweeney Todd, a dark-humored comedy. COURTESY | CAITLYN CUSACK
Grand Valley State University Opera Theater presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with showings Friday, Feb. 3 through Sunday, Feb. 12. Sweeney Todd will be the second show of the academic year for GVSU Opera Theater, who presented Gianni Schicchi this past fall. This dark-humored comedy was written by Hugh Wheeler and composed by Stephen Sondheim. Sweeney Todd was adapted to the cinema in 2007 with Johnny Depp
playing Sweeney. “Sometimes a show just has timing and it just felt like it was the right time to do it,” said Dale Schriemer, the Sweeney Todd producer. “It is a very intense, dramatic experience. It is a very vocally demanding experience.” The role of Sweeney was filled by Maxwell Elkiss, a music major at GVSU. Elkiss first became interested in being part of a production of Sweeney Todd in middle school. “(Sweeney and I) both are very passionate about what we do. He loves being a barber and I love being a musician,” Elkiss said. “When he picks up those razors he feels so at home
and he feels very back and complete. Whenever I go up on stage to perform or whenever I have music to work on I feel at home; I feel complete.” Sweeney is a complex character who changes from a decent-minded individual into someone seeking revenge through murder after life as he knew it is destroyed. “It’s a lot more complicated when it comes to developing the character, the
most complex character I’ve ever played,” Elkiss said. ”(I’ve tried to figure) out those complexities while keeping it simple and not over dramatic and not making me look like a total psychopath at times.” Sweeney Todd is a balance of comedy and horror with a musical mix of simple tunes and more complex parts in the score that require a higher level of precision. The show is aimed to keep audience members on their toes.
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OPERA: Beginning Friday, Feb. 3, the GVSU Opera Theater cast will turn a popular 2007 thriller into an opera production. Featuring themes like murder and revenge, Sweeney Todd takes the audience on a dark journey that will keep them wondering. COURTESY | CAITLYN CUSACK
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CARTER FINISHES FIFTH IN HARLON HILL AWARD VOTING
Grand Valley State football’s Martayveus Carter finished fifth in the Harlon Hill Award for player of the year in Division II. Carter was the only non-senior among the finalists for the award. Colorado School of Mines senior quarterback Justin Dvorak won the award with 185 total points. Dvorak’s 185 finished 72 points ahead of second place finisher Kyle Zimmerman of Northwest Missouri State. North Alabama’s Jacob Tucker finished in third and Augustana’s Trey Heid finished in fourth, two points ahead of Carter. Carter rushed for a GVSU single-season record 1,908 yards and 20 touchdowns. He averaged 7.5 yards per carry, the best in the nation for running backs with 250 carries or more. Carter recorded 10 100-yard rushing games and four 200-yard rushing games. Carter led the Lakers to an undefeated regular season and a trip to the NCAA DII Quarterfinals. The Lakers were bested by GLIAC rival Ferris State in the playoffs.
FOOTBALL ANNOUNCES 2017 SCHEDULE AND NONCONFERENCE OPPONENTS THROUGH 2019
The Grand Valley State football team announced its 2017 schedule and non-conference opponents through 2019. The 2017 season will include nine games against GLIAC opponents and two non-conference games. The Lakers will host Indianapolis in the first game of the 2017 regular season along with another non-conference battle at Truman State. GVSU will play Indianapolis again in 2018, along with non-conference opponent Delta State in 2018 and 2019. GVSU has had success against both Indianapolis and Delta State. The Lakers are 20-2 against Indianapolis and have one win in the lone game against Delta State in 2006. “We are excited to get Indianapolis and Delta State on our schedule as non-conference opponents through 2019,” said GVSU coach Matt Mitchell. “Indianapolis and Delta State have great traditions of competing in the NCAA playoffs and on the national stage.” GVSU is following up an undefeated regular season in 2016 in which the Lakers claimed the GLIAC title and earned a playoff spot for the 13th time since 2001.
LEADER: Grand Valley State senior Trevin Alexander lets a free throw fly during a game last season. The Lakers played three opponents over the winter recess, defeating the Lake Erie Storm (73-62) and the Ashland Eagles (87-75), but lost to the Tiffin Dragons, 80-72, putting their record at 9-5 (5-2 GLIAC). GVL | LUKE HOLMES
‘Us versus the GLIAC’
GV hoops goes 2-1 over Holiday break
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hatever New Year’s resolutions Grand Valley State reserve center Justin Greason made appear to be working. Greason led the Lakers in maybe his best game of the season with 18 points and ten rebounds in a 7362 win over the Lake Erie Storm (2-14, 1-7 GLIAC)
on the road Saturday, Jan. 7. The Lakers improved to 9-5 (5-2 GLIAC), putting them in a three-way tie with Ferris State and Lake Superior State for third place in the conference. “I told (Greason) they’re a small team, establish yourself early, we’ll be looking for you down there,” said GVSU senior Trevin Alexander, who finished with 13 points and five boards.
“Just establish yourself early down in the paint and force coach to keep you in the game, and he did that, I applaud him. I told him, ‘Keep doing that. Every game, doubledouble, easy money.’” It was Greason’s fourth start of the season and his first since Nov. 16. Greason filled in for starting center Drake Baar, who was out with an ankle injury. To put his performance into
perspective, Greason had a combined total of three points and four rebounds in 16 minutes played in the previous two games. He said his performance Saturday was a confidence booster. “We have an advantage on most teams,” Greason said. “We have two big guys that can play pretty well, so I think if we play at a high level, we’re going to be a hard team to beat.”
The win over the storm was the Lakers’ first game in over two weeks. The Lakers played three games in total over the Holiday break, and split a two-game home series at the GVSU Fieldhouse. GVSU fell to the Tiffin Dragons 80-72 Thursday, Dec. 17, but bounced back with an 87-75 win over the Ashland Eagles Saturday, Dec. 19. Senior forward Juwan SEE M. HOOPS | A8
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GVSU LEADS DIRECTORS’ CUP STANDINGS
After the conclusion of fall athletics, Grand Valley State leads the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings with 350 points. The Lakers are followed by Colorado Mines (324), Long Island University Post (257), Alaska Anchorage (235) and Shippensburg (233.5). GVSU is an 11-time winner of the Directors’ Cup and are on its way to adding to that total. The Lakers finished with four top-five finishes in the five sports that competed. The women’s cross country team won the 2016 National Championship (100 points), and the men’s cross country team and women’s soccer team both finished second for 90 points each. The football team added 70 points with a fifth place finish. The Lakers earned a NCAA National Championship, four GLIAC titles and three NCAA Regional titles. Twenty athletes earned All-American honors during the fall.
BACK IN ACTION: Grand Valley State’s Taylor Parmley holds the ball during a game last season. The Lakers played four games over the Holiday break, notching wins over the Lake Erie Storm (50-45), Wisconsin-Parkside (82-53) and the Tiffin Dragons (85-39), and suffering one loss to No. 1 ranked Ashland, 75-61. GVL | EMILY FRYE
Taking care of business BY JOSH PEICK JPEICK@LANTHORN.COM
The Grand Valley State women’s basketball team took care of business on the road with a 50-45 win over the Lake Erie Storm Saturday, Jan. 7. The Lakers (10-3, 5-2 GLIAC) used a 14-point halftime lead to propel them to a conference win. “We showed some toughness on the road,” said GVSU coach Mike Williams. “We stayed the course. We had a game plan we put in, and I thought our players stuck to
it very well.” The bulk of the offensive production did not come from one of the five GVSU starters, but from one of the first players off the bench. For the second time in four games, Taylor Parmley led the team in points. Parmley finished the game with 11 points and six rebounds, proving to be a menace on the low blocks. “I think I have an advantage on the low block,” Parmley said. “I feel like I’m pretty good at drawing fouls, but it’s also getting good passes
from my teammates putting me in that position to be able to score.” Parmley missed a few games due to an ankle injury, but since her return she has done nothing but provide the Lakers with instant offense off the bench. “Since she’s been back, her ankle is better now and she’s able to move, and she’s back to the way she was at the end of last year,” Williams said. “She’s a tough (matchup) inside because she can score.” Parmley was also the leading scorer in the Lak-
ers’ toughest test this season, Ashland. GVSU hosted the top ranked team in the nation Monday, Dec. 19 in one of their four games over the Holiday break, and other than a three minute stretch in the third quarter, the Lakers gave them everything they can handle. To close out the third quarter, the Eagles scored 13 unanswered points, enough to pull away from the Lakers. “It’s always fun to get a challenge like Ashland,” said GVSU senior Piper Tucker. “It motivated us to come
GV women’s hoops goes 3-1 over holiday break back strong for the next two games over break.” GVSU proceeded to win the next two games during the winter recess, one in convincing fashion against WisconsinParkside on New Year’s Eve. The Lakers dominated in the 82-53 victory. A couple of bench players that have also had an impact on the Lakers success are freshmen Cassidy Boensch and Jenn DeBoer. The freshmen duo led the team in scoring with double-digit points against Wisconsin-Parkside. Boensch, a tough matchup
for any team because of her height, is improving each game and becoming more acclimated with the competitiveness of college basketball. “I think she’s gotten used to the physical aspect of the college game,” Williams said. “She’s adjusting and being more aggressive and with that comes success.” Another player who found her rhythm over the past few games is Piper Tucker. The veteran forward recorded two double-digit point games in SEE W. HOOPS | A8
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A8 | SPORTS W. HOCKEY
An American dream
Two Lakers selected to compete with US Women’s National University Team BY JACOB ARVIDSON JARVIDSON@LANTHORN.COM
Dawning the red, white and blue of the United States is an honor most athletes can only dream about. That dream became a reality for the first time for Grand Valley State women’s club hockey goaltender Lauren Allen and a second time for forward Kendra Myers. The two Lakers were selected as members of the U.S. Women’s National University Team which will compete in Almaty, Kazakhstan from Saturday, Jan. 28 to Wednesday, Feb. 8 as part of the 2017 Winter World University Games. “I’ve been playing hockey for nearly 16 years now and I’ve always dreamed of having a U.S.A. logo on my sweater,” Allen said. Myers will be representing GVSU for the second time on the international stage. She was selected as part of the 2015 U.S. Women’s National University Team along with fellow Laker Corey Robison. “It’s a big honor to go again,” she said. “We’re playing for our country and we’re going overseas with 22 of the best (American Collegiate Hockey Association) players.” Having been in a similar situation before, Myers felt she had an advantage at the tryouts. “It helped for sure,” she said. “I know coach Shelley Looney and coach Scott Hicks because I worked with them two years ago, so that was comforting.” Myers, Allen and GVSU defenseman Brelin Tasker were called to training camp
from Dec. 28-30 in both Chicago and St. Louis to try out for a place on the national team. All 28 women at the camp were from the ACHA. “More than half of the girls were from the CCWHA, which is this league that Grand Valley plays in,” Tasker said. “So we knew most of the players, give or take a few from Minnesota or Massachusetts.” The women participated in several training sessions as well as two exhibition games against the Lindenwood University women’s NCAA Division 1 team and the Chicago Mission U19 team. After the few days at training camp, Allen, Myers and Tasker headed back home and awaited a phone call notifying them if they had made the final 22-woman roster. Allen and Myers got the news they had been hoping for. “In all honesty, I cried a lot when I figured out,” Allen said. “I was on my way home from Grand Valley and I had to pull over because I couldn’t even see. I was just so excited about it. I’m proud to represent all my friends and family in the sport I love.” Tasker was chosen as an alternate and could still make the trip to Kazakhstan, but only if there is an injury or illness to another player. “I wasn’t heartbroken, but it was still a little disappointing,” she said. “It’s still a cool opportunity to do the camp and be invited as an alternate. Most players didn’t even get an opportunity to try out.” This was a training camp for a national team and peo-
ple took notice. Many spectators showed up to watch practices and the exhibition games. Seeing all the people look at her as a top hockey talent blew Allen away. “Walking through the hallway with all the kids, they were staring at us, and I know I’m kind of larger, but they were just staring at us and their parents were telling them to take a glimpse at the U.S.A. hockey players,” Allen said. “I was awestruck at the whole experience because I’ve never had anything like that happen.” GVSU head coach Sean McKernan is proud to be able to say his players were chosen to represent their country. “I’m proud of each and ev-
ery one of the girls that were invited and I’m happy for Kendra and Lauren, two vital parts of our team,” he said. Mckernan said the U.S. Women’s National University Team will flourish with the offensive skillset of Myers and the puck-stopping ability of Allen in net. “On any given day, Lauren can be the top goalie in the nation and Kendra can be one of the most dominant players in the nation, offensively and defensively,” McKernan said. McKernan and the GVSU team will miss Allen and Myers for an important weekend series against the University of Michigan while the U.S. Women’s National University
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THE JAM: Grand Valley State senior Trevin Alexander throws down a dunk in GVSU’s win over Great Lakes Christian Nov. 16. Alexander is one of three seniors on GVSU’s 2016-17 roster. GVL | KEVIN SIELAFF
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the last four games, including a team-high 16 points against Tiffin in an 85-39 win. “Staying confident and
looking for my shot is the main thing for me,” Tucker said. After going 3-1 over the holiday break, the Lakers are ranked No. 21 in the nation and second in the GLIAC North Division behind rival Saginaw Valley State. The Lakers will
and break the news, though I’m sure most of them already know. Missing a few games for Grand Valley is going to be hard, but I think our team is strong enough that we can do it without Lauren and I.” The U.S. will face Russia and Japan in the first round of the tournament on Sunday, Jan. 29 and Tuesday, Jan. 31, respectively. Myers expects each game to be a test, but looks forward to the opener against Russia. “From what I experienced last time, I think Russia is a very strong team and I think that will be our toughest game,” she said. “We have overall great talent and I think we’re going to do really well in Kazakhstan.”
GOING ABROAD: Lauren Allen (left) and Kendra Myers (right) compete in games played at home last year. Allen and Myers will be representing GVSU in Kazakhstan after being selected to compete with the U.S. Women’s National University Team. GVL/COURTESY | ARCHIVE
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Team is in Kazakhstan. The Lakers will have to rely on depth to get them through two tough games without two of their top players. “We have a deep enough roster,” McKernan said. “Obviously those players will be missed for that weekend series, but we have other players that are more than willing to step up and we’re going to need them to step up.” Allen and Myers feel a bit torn leaving their teammates while the GVSU season is still in progress, but they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to represent the United States. “That’s always the tough part,” Myers said. “We’re going to have to go back after break
Starks made three out of his five season starts over the three game Holiday-stretch, and played his best basketball of the season. He was starting in place of regular starter sophomore Zach West, who had his playing time reduced due to a concussion. Starks took advantage of his opportunity, scoring 23 points in the loss to the Dragons and a careerhigh 26 in the win over the Eagles. Starks, who is averaging 9.9 points-per-game in 22 minutes a game this season, is now in the starting five going forward for the Lakers after his performance in not just those two games, but the last several games. Starks has made his presence felt coming off the bench as a scrappy defender and a guy the team can count on for hustle plays. West will still see substantial time off the bench, and GVSU coach Ric Wes-
look to continue the success in a two-game GLIAC road trip next weekend. GVSU will face off against Northwood Thursday, Jan. 12 and Lake Superior State Saturday, Jan. 14.
JUMP BALL: Taylor Parmley (14) goes for the ball during a game last season. GVSU is currently ranked No. 21 in the nation and second in the GLIAC South behind rival Saginaw Valley State. GVL | EMILY FRYE
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ley plans to use him in a more varied role. “(Starks) has really picked it up in the last month or so,” Wesley said. “Senior, kind of knows what’s going on. I think he’s made a conscious effort to be more vocal. His practices have been better, he’s taking on more of a leadership role.” Along with Starks’ performance, Alexander and senior Luke Ryskamp both scored in double figures against the Dragons, Eagles and Storm. After shaking off the rust against the Storm, the Lakers will get back into the swing of things with
games against Northwood Thursday, Jan. 12 and Lake Superior State Saturday, Jan. 14. With the fall semester in the books, Alexander wants to see his team compete near or at the top of the conference in 2017. “We have to have an ‘us’ mentality,” Alexander said. “Us versus the GLIAC. We were picked to be in the middle of the pack, so we’ve got to have the underdog mentality. (Other teams) got to prove to me why they were picked above us.”
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SWIM AND DIVE
BACKSTROKE: Grand Valley State swimmer Leonie Van Noort works hard during a practice at the GVSU pool. The Lakers departed for Miami, Florida for a training trip Dec. 28-Jan. 4, and then returned home to host Wayne State in their first meet of the new year. The Laker men and women both came away victorious over the Warriors, with the men claiming a 198-102 win while the women won 172-128. GVL | EMILY FRYE
Back from vacation BY JAKE CARROLL JCARROLL@LANTHORN.COM
The Grand Valley State men’s and women’s swim and dive teams looked a little more tan than normal this past Saturday, Jan. 7, when they took on Wayne State in the GVSU pool. This is because they had just returned from a training trip in Miami, Florida. “We had two practices a day,” said GVSU coach Andy Boyce. “We would practice swimming for two hours in the morning, and diving for two hours in the morning. Then we would to the same thing in the afternoon. After our morning
sessions we usually had about 45 minutes of either dry-land exercises or weights. Good training, good weather and we came back ready to roll.” The Lakers took their talents to South Beach starting Wednesday, Dec. 28. Eleven practices later, they were ready to take on the Wayne State Warriors. GVSU dove into the new semester just the way they had envisioned, with the men claiming the win 198-102, and the women also taking home a 172-128 victory. This meet was one of the largest meets GVSU will have this season. For the women, Sam Postmus set a pool record
in the 200-yard freestyle with a final time of 1:51.64. She also finished first in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:12.48. Speaking of pool records, the GVSU A-team consisting of Gabriel Souza, Liam Little, Ben Walling, and Danny Abbott also broke a pool record in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a final time of 3:04.89.To put that time in perspective, the world record in the 400-meter relay was set by a team including Michael Phelps. The final time for their team was 3:03:30. For the men, Abbott also had a monster day for the Lakers. Other than being part of
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a pool record in the 400-yard freestyle relay, he also finished first in the 400-yard medley relay as part of the GVSU Ateam with a time of 3:24.15, he finished first in the 50-yard freestyle with a final time of 21.32 and he also came in first in the 100-yard freestyle with a final time of 46.33. “(Wayne State) had a ton of tough training too, so we were sort of in the same boat,” Abbott said. “We were confident and that’s how you need to approach every meet, and how you can get your best results.” On the women’s side, Leonie Van Noort had another stellar day in the pool. She finished second in the 200-yard
butterfly behind teammate Melina Goebel with a time of 2:15.02. She also finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:34.56. Van Noort finished first in the 500-yard freestyle as well with a final time of 5:04.96. She capped off the day with another first place victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay as part of the GVSU A-team finishing with a time of 3:37.66. Van Noort has her eyes set on bigger goals for herself. “For me personally, I am focused on nationals,” Van Noort, a defending champion, said. “I hope I can win all my races at nationals and that’s what I’m really going for.
As far as diving went, Brad Dalrymple showed more of the same while winning both boards again. For the 3-meter dive he finished with a score of 336.45, and in the 1-meter dive he finished with a final score of 308.47. “Today I felt a little nervous,” Dalrymple said. “One of the Wayne guys had a bigger list (of dives) than me, but you’ve just got to stay focused and do what you know.” The GVSU swim and dive teams will be back in action next Saturday, Jan. 14 at Findlay.
CLUB HOCKEY
ONWARD AND UPWARD: Grand Valley State Division II club hockey’s Collin Finkhouse awaits the puck drop in the Lakers’ game against Rochester Oct. 7. GVSU ended the first half of its season with an 11-4-1 record, and are hoping they can improve on that mark in the latter half of a season in which GVSU has seen the development of several young players on the roster from the beginning of the year. GVL | EMILY FRYE
New Year’s resolutions BY ROBBIE TRIANO RTRIANO@LANTHORN.COM
As 2016’s chapter—finally—comes to a close, 2017 opens the new year for students to set high hopes and create resolutions for self-improvement. The same goes for Grand Valley State’s Division II men’s hockey team as they reflect on the first semester’s successes, but look to resolve major issues in their offense moving forward in the new year. The Lakers ended 2016 and the first half of its season with an 11-4-1 record, a surprise to most due to its very young roster of 17 combined freshmen and sophomores. Even head coach Mike Forbes had qualms that their youthful roster would possibly struggle early on, but has been pleasantly surprised with his underclassmen and their ability to fulfill leadership roles. “We got a whole roster of talented new players, but the biggest concern was if they were
going to be confident enough to step into leadership roles,” Forbes said. “Our captains can only do so much to lead during games and practices, but slowly and surely they have turned up the intensity to push each other to become better.” One shining star for the Lakers is senior Collin Finkhouse, who leads the team in total points, goals scored, and assists (10 G, 14 A). Finkhouse has excelled so far at creating goal-scoring opportunities for his teammates, but has shocked his teammates, and even himself, at his success at finding the back of the net. “It’s a lot of fun playing with my line (consisting of Matt Sherman and Troy Marrett) because of how skilled they are at shooting and how unselfish they are,” Finkhouse said. “Everyone on the team knows I pass more because I don’t have the best shot, but I’ve learned when to pass or when to shoot as a playmaker and it has been working for me.”
The biggest source of production for the Lakers has come from Finkhouse’s line of Sherman (7 G, 6 A) and Marrett (5 G, 6 A), combining for 48 total points and 22 goals. But besides the success of their reliable first-line play, the other lines have struggled to deliver that same type of production, which has been a major point-of-emphasis moving forward from coach Forbes. “It’s obvious that they’re our best line and have to be, but when they’re off the ice we need to see players step up and carry that offensive load,” Forbes said. Although this team has experienced early success, the consensus from players and coaches was that they’ve only showed glimpses of their true potential. The Lakers have struggled to stay consistent production and effort wise, which was highlighted during a weekend series against Lindenwood earlier this season. The Lakers captured game one with a score
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of 5-3, scoring all five goals in the second period, but showed a lack of effort the first and last period, and in the next game which resulted in a 3-1 loss. Another underlying issue for the Lakers is their time spent in the penalty box. The team has combined for a total of 293 penalty minutes, highlighted by freshman Ryker Barber’s team leading 48 penalty minutes. Freshman standout Matt Sherman is guilty with a total of 41 penalty minutes, but realizes that in order for the Lakers to make a deep playoff run they need to stay out of the box and on the ice. “Plain and simple, we play our best when we’re unselfish and not taking too many penalties,” Sherman said. “Taking ourselves out of the game is not what we need because we play such a team oriented game. “Once we correct these mistakes, we’re a very solid team on offense and defense.” GVSU will have its first taste
of competition since Dec. 17 during a weekend series at Indiana University (6-10) Jan. 1314 to get a head start on their
new year’s resolutions and the first step before Regional Tournaments, which begin Feb. 25.
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Who’s going to win the College Football Playoff?
Beau Troutman -- Clemson 30, Alabama 20 Alabama will be squaring off against Clemson in a rematch of the 2016 national championship, a game ‘Bama won 45-40. In a very unusual chain of events, ‘Bama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin left the team to take over as Florida Atlantic’s coach after their 24-7 first round win over Washington. That, coupled with the presence of true freshman Jalen Hurts at quarterback will cause some problems on that side of the ball. Not only that, but Clemson and defensive coordinator Brent Venables are coming off of a 31-0 shutout over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the first round. Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson will go out in a blaze of glory and give coach Dabo Swinney his first championship.
Jacob Arvidson -- Clemson 24, Alabama 21 I can’t imagine either team putting up a goose egg like the Ohio State Buckeyes in round one, but I do expect a lowscoring affair. Strong defense is going to be the theme in this one and I think it will be close late. Clemson has made a living on squeaking by with close finishes this year and I think they’ll put a cap on their season by doing it once more.
Robbie Triano -- Alabama 34, Clemson 17 People love the underdog
Lanthorn sports writers weigh in on championship matchup story: David versus Goliath, the 1980 Winter Olympics “Miracle on Ice” and Frazier beating Ali because no one likes a bully, which in this case is Alabama in their quest of finishing its season undefeated and going (Drake voice) back-to-back. But on Monday, Jan. 9, the underdog (Clemson) does not get their day. Why? Because when you watch ‘Bama, they are clearly bigger, stronger and just simply more polished with coach Nick Saban as their messiah leading them to the promised land. ‘Bama takes the dub in convincing fashion 34-17 over Clemson. Roll Tide.
Jake Carroll -- Clemson 27, Alabama 20 To be perfectly frank, I don’t want either one of these teams to win. Alabama coach Nick Saban is one of
my least favorite people in sports right now, and I don’t like Clemson because my dad went to South Carolina. If I had to pick my poison, it would have to be Clemson, though. For the sake of seeing Nick Saban in tears, I hope Deshaun Watson obliterates Alabama’s defense. I’m taking the Tigers 27-20.
Brendan McMahon -- Alabama 27, Clemson 21 I have Alabama beating Clemson to give them their fifth nation championship within the past decade. While Clemson quarterback and Heisman Trophy runner-up Deshaun Watson leads one of the most explosive offenses in the nation, Alabama’s defense, with five projected first rounders in this coming NFL Draft, will shut
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Brady McAtamney -- Alabama 36, Clemson 30 There’s a reason it’s Roll Tide. It’s not Roll Huskies, and we saw that last weekend when Alabama manhandled Washington 24-7. It’s certainly not Roll Buckeyes, either, as Clemson dominated that game as well as any team could. But, nor is it Roll Tigers, and though I have love for quarterback Deshaun Watson, receiver Mike Williams and the rest of the Clemson faithful, the near-unbeatable Tide will, you guessed it, Roll.
36-30 ‘Bama. But would they beat the Cleveland Browns? (The answer is absolutely freaking not)
Josh Peick -- Alabama 17, Clemson 7 I feel like I’m selling my soul to the devil here picking Alabama, but they are just way better than everyone else. Their defense may be the best the program has ever fielded. As a fan, I will be rooting for Clemson all the way. As a realistic observer of the game, I expect the Tide to be holding the trophy at the end of the game.
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