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Remembering influential leader Richard DeVos The university’s most generous contributor died at the age of 92 on Sept. 6. BY MCKENNA PEARISO ASSOCIATE@LANTHORN.COM
LEADER: Rich DeVos dedicated his life to improving West Michigan. COURTESY | NBA.COM
The Grand Valley community is mourning the loss of one of the university’s most influential leaders, Richard M. Devos, who died at age 92 on Sept. 6. DeVos played a pivotal role in the university’s growth from its founding in the 1960s. He was a prominent figure in revitalizing Grand Rapids, and his work in improving higher education, health care, and the economic development of the city made GR what it is today. Grand Valley’s President Thomas J. Haas said DeVos was one of the university’s greatest leaders who was imperative to the development of the Grand Valley community, most noteworthy being the establishment of the downtown Grand Rapids campus. DeVos served as President of the Grand Valley University Foundation for 24 years. Before that, his work for the university dates back to the 1970s during his time on the Board of Control. DeVos’s work with Grand Valley dates back to the 1970s when he worked on the GVSU Board of Control. “Rich gave so much of himself to Grand Valley,” Haas said. “His enthusiasm and vision were contagious, and drew the entire com-
Rich gave so much of himself to Grand Valley. His enthusiam and vision were contagious, and drew the entire community together to help provide a world-class eudcation to West Michigan citizens.” Thomas J. Haas GVSU President
munity together to help provide a world-class education to West Michigan citizens.” DeVos and his late wife, Helen, were some of Grand Rapids and Grand Valley’s most generous benefactors. The DeVos family has donated an estimated $36 million to Grand Valley. Several of the uniSEE DEVOS | A2
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Successful sustainability GVSU ranked fourth out of 17 universities for achievement in continuous efforts in bettering environmental impact BY RACHEL MATUSZEWSKI RMATUSZEWSKI@LANTHORN.COM
During the spring, Grand Valley State University was recognized as a top performer in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) 2018 Sustainable Campus Index. The university was ranked fourth out of 17 for waste minimization and 10th for well-being and work for master’s level universities. The Office of Sustainability answers questions for Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System program by AASHE. Their thorough assessment requires the ten groups from the Campus Sustainability Advisory to help improve sustainability on campus. Their areas of focus include building and landscaping, community engagement, energy and water management, finance, food systems, health and wellness, student affairs, transportation, waste management and sustainability education and research. “We’ve been delighted to improve our score—over the years it’s gone up every year we’ve done it.” Campus Sustainability Coordinator Yumi Jakobcic said. “It’s a great way for all of us to get in the same room and talk about ways we can collaborate to make something bigger happen.” Last year, the Office of Sustainability utilized the expertise of GVSU graduate student Samuel Afoakwa, who has worked to bring a recycling program to the Univer-
sity of Ghana, where he studied as an undergraduate student. “Myself and two other friends started this volunteer group of plastic recycling,” Afoakwa said. “It was really a challenge at first because we didn’t get full support from our school. We ended up sending proposals to private companies to help us fund recycling bins, which was a struggle because we didn’t have money and we were student volunteers.” Though the team struggled, they succeeded. “After so many rejections we were able to get about 14 recycling bins and now it has increased to 300. The school has cared for it and now we have a department set up for recycling on campus,” Afoakwa said. Afoakwa has been involved in many of the eco-friendly changes GVSU has implemented. He partnered with the Green Team—students who help others sort trash into the correct bins, and created a promotional video for Recycle Mania last semester. They were ranked seventh nationally. Afoakwa accredits GVSU’s success in the competition to getting the word out to the student body. Afoakwa will also be continuing the Zero Waste football games for three out of six games this season with the help of volunteers. There will also be a sustainability week from Oct. 1 - 6. The Office of Sustainability and Campus Sustainability Advisory SEE SUSTAINABLE | A2
ORGANIC: A student sorts through locally grown produce that benefits GVSU’s sustainability initiative. GVL | ARCHIVE
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GVSU RECOGNIZED FOR GOING GREEN
The Sierra Club, the largest national grassroots environmental organization in the U.S., has named Grand Valley State University as one of the country’s greenest universities. This is the sixth time Grand Valley has been included on the Sierra Club’s ‘Cool Schools’ list. GVSU is also the highest-ranking institution in Michigan on the list. The universities dedication to recycling and being green has continued to earn high regards from various environmental organizations. The Cool Schools list ranks schools with a strong commitment to efforts in improving the environment and operating with high sustainability in mind.
THE PRESIDENT SEARCH CONTINUES
The 2018-2019 academic school year at Grand Valley State University marks the final year with President Thomas J. Haas. The Grand Valley Board of Trustees appointed the Presidential Search Advisory Committee (PSAC), which includes 18 faculty, staff, student, community and alumni representatives who will assist the Board in their search. Information about the PSAC, as well as the presidential search can be found at www.gvsu.edu/presidentsearch. Students are encouraged to explore the search web page and offer their input which will be shared with the PSAC and the board in regards to their search for Grand Valley’s new president. Grand Valley officials expect to have finished their search no later than December with the hope the new president will begin once President Haas retires in June.
versity’s buildings are named for the DeVos’ including the Richard M. DeVos Center on the Grand Rapids campus, the CookDeVos Center for Health Sciences as well as the Richard M. DeVos Living Center on the Allendale campus. “The university would not be what it is today without his and Helen’s leadership and generosity. His legacy lives on in the lives of the thousands of students he has touched,” Haas said.
Rich and Helen Devos also gave the initial gift in 2011 for GVSU’s Seidman College of Business in honor of William Siedman, a friend of the Devos family and former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chief who died in 2009. The DeVos’ were also prominent figures in West Michigan through their philanthropy and business ventures. In 2011, the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital was constructed thanks to the donation from DeVos family. The 14-story hospital cost $286 million and is located on Spectrum Health’s
Butterworth campus. DeVos was also cofounder of Amway Corp., a company that is now worth an estimated $5.1 billion. In 1992, DeVos retired from Amway due to health problems and his son Doug DeVos became president of the company in 2002. DeVos was also the owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team and remained the senior chairman of the NBA team until his death. The carillon towers on Grand Valley’s Allendale and Pew campuses will be lit with a blue “Laker Light” for the next two weeks in
honor of Devos. The funeral ceremony will be live simulcast in the DeVos Performance Hall at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids that is open to the public. A public visitation will be held September 12 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-8 p.m. at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in the Ambassador Ballroom. The legacy of Rich and Helen DeVos will live on in the building that bare their names and the lives they touched through their philanthropy. “Our hearts are with the DeVos family at this time,” Haas said.
BLACKBOARD NOW OFFERS MYNAME FEATURE
A process called myName has now been included in Grand Valley State University’s Blackboard website that will allow students, faculty and staff to indicate their preferred name which may differ from their legal name. Although these changes have not yet been added to the class lists portion of the Grand Valley website, the university is currently working on that functionality. The class list with proper identification can be retrieved from Blackboard or the GVSU Faculty/Staff Additional Student Information applications. To utilize the myName system, log in to myBanner, select Personal Information, then myProfile and edit the Personal Details section. Visit www.gvsu.edu/myname for more information.
GVSU FLIES FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF
The Grand Valley community is currently honoring lifetime donor and university leader Richard M. DeVos who died on Sept. 6 at the age of 92. The GVSU flag will be flown at halfstaff on all campuses through Thursday, Sept. 20 to honor DeVos and his longtime dedication to Grand Valley. The funeral ceremony will be live simulcast in the DeVos Performance Hall at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids that is open to the public. A public visitation will be held Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in the Ambassador Ballroom. For more information about DeVos’ impact on the GV community check out the Lanthorn’s story located in the news section.
SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING
The Counseling Center is hosting a QPR program on Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Kirkhof room 2270 that will help educate students on the warning signs of suicide and the steps to take to prevent it. The program attempts to dispel common misconceptions about mental health and suicide to assist students in approaching sensitive topics with proper training and education. The event is LIB 100 approved and will allow students to look further at the issue of suicide from a social and cultural perspective. Students will learn techniques to help those struggling with mental health and possible thoughts of suicide. Visit the counseling center website at gvsu.edu/ counsel for more resources.
REMEMBERANCE: The Cook-Carillon Tower on GVSU’s downtown Pew campus shines Laker Light Blue to honor top donor, Richard DeVos, whose generous donations helped make Grand Valley the thriving university it has become. COURTESY | BERNADINE CAREY-TUCKER
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Council hopes to leave the gold award behind as they strive for platinum, the highest form of recognition by AASHE. Jakobcic also presents another opportunity for growth
in terms of recycling. “America has been outsourcing their recycling, so other countries like Asia are no longer accepting recycling.” Jakobcic said. “We have a challenge in West Michigan and America that our recycling prices are going up because we have to
figure out how to deal with our recycling problem ourselves here in this country. It’s a great opportunity in our everyday lives to instead of thinking about producing a waste and recycling it, thinking about how we can eliminate that waste in the first place.”
Jakobcic says buying in bulk instead of individually wrapped things, using your reusable water bottles instead of recycling plastic ones is the way to go.Trying to eliminate waste at the source is a great opportunity (that could help us) move forward.
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GVSU to host first Study Abroad Story Slam BY JAMES KILBORN JKILBORN@LANTHORN.COM
On Thursday, Sept. 13, the Padnos International Center of Grand Valley State University will host the first-ever Story Slam, an event tailored toward students who have studied abroad and the stories they bring home with them. Students will be able to share their foreign experiences with others while connecting and hearing from others who’ve traveled to unique corners of the earth. Alissa Lane, study abroad and outreach coordinator, sees the event as not only a way to encourage students to study abroad, but allows them to hear first-hand experiences from exotic locations across the globe. “People say travel turns you into a storyteller,” Lane said. “At the Study Abroad Story Slam, students and alumni who studied abroad during their time at GVSU
will be sharing their stories from abroad. I hope attendees will enjoy hearing real stories from abroad from fellow students and alumni and gain an inside look into the experience of studying abroad. This is also a great opportunity for the storytellers. Often, our experiences abroad are some of our most vivid, exciting, challenging and important memories.” Conrad Frank, a GVSU student who traveled to Europe, noted the stark differences in the cycling culture between the United States and the Netherlands on his study abroad trip this past summer. “It was a lot of fun going on a bicycle tour around Groningen with students of the University of Groningen because I was able to experience the accessibility citizens have via bicycle,” Frank said. “There are bike lanes all over the nation and massive areas to park bicycles.” Frank’s advice to stu-
dents considering traveling abroad is to visit more unknown locations—sites that stand in stark contrast to the familiarity of the United States, as these unconventional places give a more authentic representation of foreign countries and stirs the imagination more than typical destination spots frequented by tourists. “The best memories of my study abroad trip to the Netherlands were places that were unique to the region like a roof-top neighborhood in Almere, a bike trail around the sandy island of Vlieland or seeing an Upcycle Center,” Frank said. Ehren Kuzekov, Coordinator of Study Abroad and International Partnerships, hopes that similar experiences are shared, as hearing others’ study abroad stories will be exciting and offer an additional perspective to reflect upon. “We hope that students feel validated in their feelings of returning home by listen-
SPOTLIGHT: Grand Valley State University is hosting their first Study Abroad Story Slam to give students a first-hand retelling of what it’s like to study abroad for Grand Valley. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU
ing to other stories from abroad and that this can be an opportunity for reflection on those experiences,” Kuzekov said. “Studying abroad is a life-changing experience, but it is easy for students to feel like they are alone when they return home. We hope that this event will highlight the commonalities of experiences shared by students that
study abroad. We also hope that the stories will inspire students that have not yet studied abroad to consider the opportunity.” Stories of exotic locations, like the damp rainforests of Haiti, street-side bodegas in Turkey and towering mountains of Peru and experiences from locations across the globe will
be shared. Students are encouraged to attend the event on Wednesday, Sept. 13 in room 107C of the DeVos Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m on the downtown campus. Those in attendance will experience second-hand beauty of these foreign destinations and the impact they’ve left on those who’ve traveled there before.
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GVSU expands police services at Grand Rapids’ downtown campuses BY ALEXANDRA LOYD NEWS@LANTHORN.COM
Grand Valley State University has recently added sworn law enforcement officials to the downtown Grand Rapids’ campus to serve alongside already stationed security. In the past, most of the university’s footprint was held on the Allendale campus, so not as many officers were needed downtown.
“The agreement was proposed because we saw a need to try to provide the same level of service for our campus community on both campuses,” says Director of Public Safety and Captain [Grand Rapids Campuses] Kourosh Khatir. “We traditionally only had security personnel working downtown and we had sworn officers on the Allendale campus, and that made sense because our footprint
downtown was small when it began, but it has grown.” Grand Valley’s student growth in Grand Rapids continues to be more and more expansive. With new buildings being built downtown such as recently opened Finkelstein Hall and another possible health building in the works, more space and property means more students that the university is responsible for. “Students are used to seeing
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security officers downtown, but now they’ll see armed, sworn police officers,” Khatir said. Similar to the agreement GVSU’s Allendale campus has with Ottawa County, officials from Grand Valley and the Grand Rapids Police Department signed their own agreement which states in the case of an emergency, GRPD will now be able to dispatch officers from GVPD. “In the event of a critical incident in Allendale, we’d get help from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office. We’ve integrated that type of idea to the downtown campuses,” said Assistant Director of Public Safety and Captain [Allendale Campus] Jeff Stoll. “The agreement paves the road for us to work in
partnerships so they [GRPD] can come onto campus. This allows us to partner together when we need them.” In the case of an emergency, students won’t have to wait for the Grand Rapids Police Department to arrive, as a GVPD officer will now be patrolling the Grand Valley property and waiting to respond to any call there may be. “In the unfortunate situation where we have an emergency, where we have somebody armed on campus, we’ll also have an armed police officer able to respond and I think when you’re talking about emergencies and an emergency response, minutes, seconds-they count, and having somebody here will allow us to re-
spond quickly,” Khatir said. Grand Valley plans on slowly integrating officers to build a downtown campus police department from scratch. The board has currently approved five officers to work downtown, but more will be added in gradually; thus, 24-hour law enforcement service won’t be provided right away. “We’re kind of creating something where nothing existed. We’re starting out with one officer, hopefully we’ll add another one within the next year, and build it up to four or five as we’re able to,” Khatir said. The end goal is to create a more comprehensive safety service for the students downtown.
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GVSU increase in police services will keep downtown campus safer
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rand Valley State University’s dedication to student safety has resulted in a push for more police officers on the downtown Grand Rapids campus. The amount of student growth into the downtown area was highlighted as the driving force for this expansion of police coverage, but the crime rate of Grand Rapids should also be taken into account. Although Grand Rapids has been considered a city on the rise of revitalization, its crime rate almost doubles the national average. According to this week’s crime summary from the Grand Rapids Police Department, there were 62 reported crime incidents within a mile of Grand Valley’s downtown Pew Campus. The largest fraction of these incidents were reported assaults. With the increasing number of students both attending classes downtown as well as residing in neighboring communities, the need for more police protection is evident. That is why the Grand Valley Police Department has partnered with Ottawa County to give GVPD more coverage of the downtown campus. This means there will be more GVPD officers patrolling GVSU buildings on the downtown campus. With the increase in university buildings downtown, such as the Raleigh J. Finkelstein Hall and a possible new health building, an increased presence from GVPD has never been more needed. There is also the need for student protection even once they have left a GVSU building. Many students utilize the bus system to get between classes in Finkelstein Hall and the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences from the various buildings
on Pew campus. This 15 minute bus ride gives students the opportunity to see more of the Grand Rapids area, which can increase their safety risk being away from university buildings. To combat this, the GRPD now has the ability to dispatch GVPD officers to students or citizens that call to report a crime that is near campus. GVPD officers will be stationed and patrolling on campus and nearby, waiting to spring into action at the first sign of conflict. Many students are renting homes in the downtown Grand Rapids area to be closer to classes and to the hustle and bustle of life in the city. The pitfall occurs when students end up in neighborhoods that may be more dangerous than the accommodations located on campus. While some students may choose to be close to campus, others may opt for cheaper options that could put them in more dangerous areas of the city. While the increased presence of GVPD in the downtown area will help keep students safer, there are always precautions students need to be taking on their own to ensure their own safety. The first of these is for students to educate themselves about different neighborhoods in Grand Rapids before committing to any living arrangements. Students should also familiarize themselves with areas of caution that they may have to encounter and plan accordingly. The GVPD Pew campus also offer safe-walk escorts for students wishing to have an officer accompany them on campus. Students can call the GVPD dispatch center at (616) 331-6677 to have an officer escort 24 hours a day, only available on the downtown Pew Campus.
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Alan Watts’ “The Wisdom of Insecurity” redefines happiness
BY PAULA MARTIN JUNIOR PHOTO & JOURNALISM MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM
After a weekend of campfire conversations, listening to my friends’ answers as we reflected on the question of what happiness is, a very influential person’s words came up throughout the night. Alan Watts pinpoints happiness in a person’s presence, and he does so by incrementing metaphysicality in his writings.
Alan Watts wrote “The Wisdom of Insecurity” to save us, to make us draw back into simple, raw, thinking about this world and who we are in relation to it. This stellar, nonfictional piece is like pressing a button that activates our metaphysical thinking. Metaphysical thinking entails thoughts larger than ourselves, by dictionary referred as “concerned with abstract thought or subjects, as existence, causality, or truth concerned with first principles and ultimate grounds, as being, time, or substance.” I was once told that we must have at least three metaphysical thoughts per day in order to be present and connected with our environment - specially in the times that we live in, filled with social media concerns and expectations of the future. After reading The Wisdom of Insecurity,
my presence in the the present felt reactivated, reborn, enhanced and multiplied. As written on by Watts on page 35, “If my happiness at this moment consists largely on reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of this present. I shall still be dimly aware of the present when the good things that I have been expecting come to pass. For I shall have formed a habit of looking behind and ahead, making it difficult to attend to the here and now.” “Happiness is a spectrum, but most of the times I can pin point on the map are the times when I was fully present - not wishing for the future nor reminiscing in the past,” said Maya Gale, a religion and philosophy student who read The Wisdom of Insecurity. We all question the roots of happiness and we all form
ideals of the future and what it shall be before it comes to us. However, “...the future is quite meaningless and unimportant unless, sooner or later, it is going to become the present. Thus to plan for a future which is not going to become present is hardly more absurd than to plan for a future which, when it comes to me, will find me “absent”, looking fixedly over its shoulder instead of into its face.” To reform our established patterns of thinking of the future before we think of the present is hard, but perhaps the only way of knowing what happiness is is to be fully present to grasp when the moment comes. All in all, this magnificent piece takes one back into awareness of self, consciousness of the environment and perpetual natural, metaphysical thinking of the present.
Trump official generous enough to tell us we should be thanking them
BY YSABELA GOLDEN SOPHOMORE UNDECLARED MAJOR EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM
The atmosphere in the West Wing has been tense since the New York Times published a rare anonymous op-ed article with the unexpected news that a man whose former claim to fame was saying “you’re fired!” is not universally adored by his employees. The article paints an opinionated picture of a loyal conservative staff who have lost patience with Trump’s lack of composure, “a quiet resistance within the administration of people choosing to put country first” believing that “the president shows little affinity for ideals long espoused by conservatives: free minds, free markets and free people.” The divided view of the White House presented by
“I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration” isn’t anything we haven’t seen before - Trump has dealt with plenty of leaks in the past, popping up everywhere from headlines to the bestseller lists. “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” made very similar claims about Trump’s aides and their regard for the president’s abilities when it first started flying off the shelves last January; “Fear: Trump in the White House”, a new book written by Watergate journalist Bob Woodward that was attacked by Trump (before even being released) also contains interviews with “frustrated aides who sometimes resort to extraordinary measures to thwart the president’s decisions.” “Trump isn’t on the same page as his administration” isn’t a new claim - the release of the Op-Ed wasn’t even the first time we’d heard it that week. But the Times wasn’t wrong when it defended its controversial opinion to publish by saying the Op-Ed presented a new first person perspective on the subject. Sure, we’ve heard leakers,
dissenters and disgruntled former employees. Who we haven’t heard from is someone who wants to play secret president while implying the actual president is so out of control that we should be grateful they’re here to keep our government from selfdestructing. Someone who truly believes that Trump aides have been unfairly “cast as villains by the media” becomes hey, sometimes these “unsung heroes in and around the White House” manage to keep their employer’s decisions from leaving the West Wing. It seems like at least one aide is tired of Trump staffers being turned away from restaurants and turned down for dates because of their “perceived” complicity with the president. Since his election, conservatives have so frequently defended Trump’s every passing statement that it was almost refreshing to hear one try to blame him for all the corruption in D.C. in an attempt to save face for their party. Saying “the bigger concern is not what Mr. Trump has done to the presidency but rather what we as a nation have allowed him to do to us” is a lot easier than acknowledging that a signifi-
cant chunk of the American people agreed with enough of what he stood for to vote for him in the first place. Liberals might celebrate this self-termed “steady state” for providing evidence that Trump is unfit for office, but we’ve had a lot of those at this point and yet Mike Pence still hasn’t managed to drop the “vice” from his title. And as Senator Chris Murphy said on the debacle, “if you’re concerned about the stability of the president, the stability of the nation, I’m not sure why you prick him in the side, make him even more paranoid, and perhaps having a purge inside the White House of anyone he suspects of being connected with mainstream Republican causes.” If the Trump aide who wrote this article truly believes that working around Trump in secret is integral to the safety of the nation, then telling Trump in front of the whole American public that a significant chunk of his employees are furtively plotting against him is about to make that job a whole lot harder. If they just wanted to improve their reputation, then I’m sure they’ve been happy with the media attention.
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Groundswell to accept National Innovative Education Award BY JENNY ADKINS NEWS@LANTHORN.COM
Groundswell, located in the College of Education at Grand Valley State University, accepted the National Innovative Education Award and received $25,000. At its heart, Groundswell is a coalition of community partners that fosters environmental learning, providing opportunities to students grades K-12. The annual award is for five nonprofits throughout the United States and Canada that are advanced in environmental STEM research as well as youth empowerment. The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) partners with Underwriter Laboratories (UL) where they launched the award in 2014 in order to invest in programs that represent educational learning and community engagement with the environment. The program needed to be innovative to qualify; essentially, how is the program being presented? Furthermore, Groundswell is funded and receives financial support through Grand Valley’s College of Education, the Wege Foundation, Great
Lakes Stewardship Initiative, and Baldwin Foundation. “Groundswell at GVSU is governed by an advisory council that is made up of nearly 30 different community organizations, which is what provides Groundswell the drive to complete these day-to-day tasks,” said Joanna Allerhand, assistant director and center of educational partnerships for the college of education. “The program started up in 2007 that was housed through funding grants. From there, the program in its entirety launched from funding.” The staff who work on Groundswell is housed within the College of Education where they work with the grand funding program and fiscal agents. The College of Education will provide funding at times as well. Along with the program, teachers within the College of Education are involved in a training session that ensures that teachers are fluent in environmental studies and keeping up with the times. Allerhand mentioned that some of these teachers are even GVSU graduates. “We are hoping that winning this award will give us
some more awareness,” Allerhand said. “We are in the College of Education, and some of our staff is made up of GVSU graduates, but we would love to incorporate more GV students into our program. “What speaks to me with Groundswell is that it reaches to students at that critical point in their life where behaviors are developing that stay with them throughout adulthood. If we can instill environment friendly behavior that they can incorporate in their life, they can engage with the environment around them.” The program is geared more towards students grades K-12 because the key is getting younger students out in the environment so they know what it’s like to make a difference at their age because they can remember what it was like, and this shows children they can start making a change now, not just during adulthood. “If they are around a friendly, natural environment, they can instill this into their adulthood and look back at all of the differences they made as a young child,” Allerhand said. “This is the most important lesson to take away from this program.”
ACHIEVEMENT: The 2018 Innovative Education Award was presented to GVSU’s Groundswell program, an enviornmental learning initiative and part of the College of Education. COURTESY | GVSU.EDU
DOWNTOWN
Grand Rapids welcomes college students during College Week BY AMANDA ROGERS AROGERS@LANTHORN.COM
COMMUNITY: Organizers for GR College Week hope that students can learn all about the opportunites their nearby communities offer, while still enjoying relaxing activities. COURTESY | GR COLLEGE WEEK
Grand Rapids welcomes college students to explore the city during the annual GR College Week. From Monday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Sept. 16, the city will open its arms to all college students within the area as a week designed to get students out and about in the city of Grand Rapids. GR College Week is not just for GVSU students; it is a joint effort between the city and all of the different colleges that are located nearby. Students from Grand Rapids Community College, Calvin College, Ferris State University and other surrounding communities are welcome to participate in the events as well. “This was an idea that came up three years ago where the city and President Haas identified the need for students to get downtown more and engage with the city so they are more fa-
miliar with it and comfortable,” said Liz Collver, assistant director of Student Life for Civic Engagement. “We also want students to get to know the city to see that Grand Rapids is a great place to stay after college.” GR College Week was designed to appeal to all different types of students. Each day consists of various events such as a Mixer at the Knickerbocker, a free yoga session and more. GR College Week is a way for students to really get to know their community while having fun. “We are part of the West Michigan community and Grand Rapids is the economic engine of West Michigan. You should know the community that you are in,” Collver said. Students also can expect special discounts from local businesses within the city. “Some of the discounts being offered, particularly the Downtown Market are really good. They are up to
half off at some of the places!” Collver said. John Ball Zoo, The Bitter End Coffee House and the Grand Rapids Art Museum are just a few of the many businesses that will be offering discounts and deals throughout the week. “This is the first year we have had city services and businesses reaching out to us on how to get involved,” Collver said. “It is just like how we have welcome week on campus, now it is welcome week in Grand Rapids.” The week consists of food, entertainment and a chance to relax and enjoy the city of Grand Rapids. “There are so many discounts and so many events and partnerships…that is what you can look forward to. You can really choose your own adventure downtown,” Collver said. Students who don’t have a ride are recommended to take route 50 on The Rapid to get downtown.
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A6 | BUS ROUTE SPECIAL Frequently asked busing questions
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Bus Route 50 GVSU Campus Connector Weekday
How much does it cost to ride The Rapid?
Monday - Thursday: 5:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.
The bus is free with a valid student, faculty or staff ID card.
Friday: 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weekday service frequency is approximately six minutes during peak hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
What do I do if I left an item on the bus?
Any item left on the bus is taken back to The Rapid Central Station in Grand Rapids.
How late does the bus run?
Visit GVSU Transportation Services’ website and click “Schedules” to view the latest schedules as they are updated frequently.
Bus Route 37 North Campus Express (Apartment Shuttle)
Can I take the bus to...?
Monday - Thursday: 5:45 a.m. to midnight
You can take any Rapid bus throughout the city for free. Visit GVSU Transportation Services’ website and click “Take a Bus” then “How Do I Get To...” for a list of frequently requested destinations.
Friday: 5:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weekday service frequency is approximately six to seven minutes. Update for fall 2018: Route 37 has been streamlined. It will now continue straight on West Campus Drive at the Children’s Enrichment Center and go directly to the Kirkhof Center.
When will the next bus arrive?
Visit www.connect.ridetherapids.org/infopoint to find out when the bus you are waiting for will show up.
Download a mobile transit app
Bus Route 48 - South Campus Express (Apartment Shuttle)
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If you want to know exactly when the bus will arrive so you don’t have to rely on the 2020 Information Desk every time you’re waiting at a stop, try downloading a mobile transit app to keep tabs on the arrival and departure times of buses in the area. Real-time bus arrival information is available via the following mobile applications:
Monday - Thursday: 5:45 a.m. to midnight Friday: 5:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weekday service is every four minutes between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., every five minutes between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. and every eight minutes between 10 p.m. and midnight.
RapidConnect
Information is viewable in your mobile browser.
MyStop App by Avail Technologies Available for the iPhone
Bus Route 85 – Apartment Connector (Early A.M. and Weekend/Break)
Third-Party Applications
Transit App Available for iPhone and Android devices Moovit App Available for iPhone, Android, and Windows devices Transit ~ Directions with Transportation Available for iPhone devices and compatible with voiceover for individuals with visual impairments Google Maps Information is viewable in your mobile browser. Zoom in to your stop to view bus info.
Monday - Thursday: 5:45 a.m. to 7 a.m. Friday: 5:45 a.m. to 7 a.m. 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. Weekday early morning service frequency is approximately 25 minutes.
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BUS ROUTE SPECIAL | A7
How to get to popular places in the greater Grand Rapids area via bus Directions courtesy of GVSU Transportation Services Many Grand Valley State University students don’t have their cars with them on campus, and some students don’t have cars at all. Those students who are lucky enough to have their cars with them often opt not to drive to save on gas or preserve miles. Thankfully, there is a transportation solution for every GVSU student, staff and faculty member alike: The Rapid. Still, if you are not familiar with the bus system, it can be a bit difficult to navigate. What many students don’t know is that The Rapid stops at a variety of locations around the greater Grand Rapids area. Below is a list of popular places for students to go and how to get there via bus.
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To: The Intersection From: GVSU’s Allendale Campus 1. Get on the eastbound GVSU Campus Connector (Route 50) at either Mackinac Hall or Kirkhof Center on Allendale Campus or at the Pew Campus (stop on Fulton Street at Mt. Vernon, under US-131). 2. Transfer to eastbound West Fulton (Route 12) at Pew Campus stop or connect to Southbound Silver Line (Route 90) along Monroe Avenue. Either bus will take you to The Rapid Central Station. 3. Get off at Central Station. From there, walk north approximately one block to 133 Grandville Ave.
To: Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) From: GVSU’s Allendale Campus 1. Get on the eastbound GVSU Campus Connector (Route 50) at either Mackinac Hall or Kirkhof Center on Allendale Campus or at the Pew Campus (stop on Fulton Street at Mt. Vernon, under US-131). 2. Get off at Monroe Avenue and Louis Street. To: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum From: GVSU’s Allendale Campus 1. Get on the eastbound GVSU Campus Connector (Route 50) at the bus stop located at Kirkhof Center or Mackinac Hall. 2. Get off the bus at the GVSU Pew Campus bus stop located on Fulton Street at Mt. Vernon (under US-131). 3. Cross Fulton Street at the crosswalk and follow sidewalk north to Front Avenue. Turn right and follow sidewalk along Front Avenue (follow it left/north at L.V. Eberhard Center). 4. Continue north to intersection of Pearl Street and Front Avenue. To: Van Andel Arena From: GVSU’s Allendale Campus 1. Get on the eastbound GVSU Campus Connector (Route 50) at either Mackinac Hall or Kirkhof Center on Allendale Campus or at the Pew Campus stop on Fulton Street at Mt. Vernon (under US-131). 2. Get off the bus at the stop located at Monroe Avenue and Louis Street, just past TGI Friday’s. 3. Walk south to Fulton Street To: The Rapid Central Station / Greyhound Bus Station From: GVSU’s Allendale Campus 1. Get on the eastbound GVSU Campus Connector (Route 50) at either Mackinac Hall or Kirkhof Center on Allendale Campus or at the Pew Campus (stop on Fulton Street at Mt. Vernon, under US-131). 2. Transfer to Eastbound West Fulton (Route 12) at Pew Campus stop or connect to southbound Silver Line (Route 90) along Monroe Avenue. Either bus will take you to The Rapid Central Station. 3. Get off at Central Station. Park and Ride Stops: Courtesy of GVSU Transportation Services Meijer on Wilson Avenue (bus stop on Lake Michigan Drive at Ferndale Avenue) Walker Fire Station on Lake Michigan Drive (bus stop located behind the fire station, at the north end of the parking lot)
West Leonard 5:10a-11:00p 30 min service (15 min after 6a) Alpine 4:37a-12:32p 30 min service 5:20a-12:30a 30 min service West Fulton 5:00a-11:00p 30 min service Michigan/Fuller North 6:00a-12:00p 30 min service
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A8 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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PARTY
ARTS AT A GLANCE CAMPUS REC TO HOST FAMILY WEEKEND 5K
Come visit Grand Valley State University on Saturday, Sept. 22 for the Family Weekend 5K, hosted by Campus Recreation. This run/walk course starts at 9 a.m. and will go through the GVSU Allendale campus. The race will have professional timing and results by PrimeNRG, and medals will be awarded to winners. The race is partnered with multiple student organizations and organization codes can be entered during registration to support their initiatives. Registration for the 5K is open through Sept. 21. The event is being held during Family Weekend, and is an opportunity for families to come together, get active and have fun. For more information, contact rec@gvsu.edu.
“THE JUNGLE BOOK” AUDITIONS OPEN THURSDAY The Department of Music, Theatre and Dance is hosting open auditions for their Mainstage production of Monica Flory’s “The Jungle Book” on Thursday, Sept. 13 and Friday, Sept. 14. The play is an adaptation of the popular Disney film, following a young boy’s wild coming of age story. Students of all majors and minors are invited to room 1721 in the Haas Center for Performing Arts at 5 p.m. to audition. Call backs will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. if necessary. The production is scheduled to run Nov. 9-18, featuring seven public performances and a weekday matinee. For more information or to sign up, contact lanejack@gvsu.edu.
GV TO CELEBRATE DECADE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT
Grand Valley State University is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Sustainable Agriculture Project. In honor of this milestone, the GVSU Sustainable Agriculture Project is holding its annual Harvest Party. The celebration will include games, music and a potluck dinner. The event is being held at Luce St. Farm on Friday, Sept. 14 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. The project is a partnership between students, faculty and staff to create a more sustainable agriculture on the Allendale campus. For more information about the project, visit www.gvsu.edu/sustainableagproject.
FALL ARTS CELEBRATION PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON MARS WITH NEW EXHIBIT
A reception for “Mars: Astronomy and Culture” will be held Sept. 13 from 5-7 p.m. in the Haas Center for Performing Arts. Guests will be able to view the exhibit, as well as tour the planet’s surface using a virtual reality headset “Mars: Astronomy and Culture” explores the physical and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Red Planet. It is the first in a series of public art demonstrations that are a part of GVSU’s Fall Arts Celebration. For more information on the Fall Arts Celebration, visit gvsu.edu/fallarts
MASTERING MUSICIANSHIP: Reading sheet music, Professor Pablo Mahave-Veglia plays the cello. COURTESY | WHITELAKEMUSIC.ORG
GV alumnus DJ performs at Silent Disco BY ARIE NIENHUIS ARTS@LANTHORN.COM
Behind every party is great music and behind that music is the DJ setting it up. The DJ is the heart and head of the party, controlling the music and the crowd with expertise. Grand Valley State University has been the home of a number of very skilled DJs, one of them being Brandon “DJ B-Wiz” Wisdom, who performed at the university’s Silent Disco on Sept. 7. Wisdom is a GVSU alumnus and DJ with years of experience and a true passion for his craft. He frequently travels and performs at weddings, parties and other events, but many GVSU students have seen him at events in and around campus, such as Welcome Week parties and the Silent Disco. Throughout the years, B-Wiz said he always loves to come back to DJ at Grand Valley. “When I come back to DJ, I already understand where everyone comes from,” B-Wiz said. “I have prior relationships and I can balance DJing with the kind of people I’m
MUTED MUSIC: Dancing in the dark, students listen to a DJ at the Silent Disco. GVL | Sheila Babbitt
with. [Knowing] how previous events went, what was successful and what wasn’t keeps me coming back.” B-Wiz attributes much of his success and skill to his time at GVSU. In fact, he said that he traces his DJ roots back to parties where he felt the entertainment could be taken up a notch. “I was at a house party and the music was terrible,” B-Wiz said. “So, my parents got me a pair of turntables that I played around with in the kitchen. My roommates told me I should DJ, so I set it up, sat down and DJ’d for two hours at a party. I didn’t really know what I was do-
ing, but it was a start.” Lately, B-Wiz said his career has been a series of successes as he continues to cultivate his brand and host bigger events, such as a number of concert openings and many weddings. With his growing successes, B-Wiz said he still loves what he does and finds satisfaction in providing entertainment to others. “I find that I can cater to everyone in some special way,” B-Wiz said. “I want people to feel good, have fun and love every event. If you hear that one song you love, you’re going to feel great for the rest of the night. I want to give that
feeling to everybody.” B-Wiz performed at the Silent Disco alongside fellow performers DJ Kung and DJ Composition. As of now, he plans to continue his DJ career along with a day job in human resources. For any student interested in becoming a DJ, BWiz has some key advice. “First of all, don’t make excuses to not get your work done because you want to DJ; remember why you came you school.” BWiz said. “Second: learn, be receptive and stay humble. Finally, trust your ear, trust your music and believe in yourself. If you don’t, nobody else will.”
CONCERTS
Music professors showcase talents at pair of recitals BY JACOB CRESWELL ARTS@LANTHORN.COM
Pablo Mahave-Veglia and Lee Copenhaven, two of Grand Valley State University’s music professors, are showcasing their talents in the musical arts to the Grand Valley community with a pair of recitals. Copenhaven performed his recital Sunday, Sept. 9 and Mahave-Veglia’s recital is still to come this week. Mahave-Veglia said that recitals are typically a ‘Buffet of Sound,’ as most recitals focus on several styles and base their performances around those styles. For MahaveVeglia’s recital, he said it’s more unique because it focuses on a singular work, but also features related pieces. “This one’s quite different,” Mahave-Veglia said.
“It’s one major work. The pieces around it are all the works that inspired it.” Instead of focusing on that ‘buffet of sound,’ MahaveVegila’s more interested in introducing the audience to a specific piece and all of the works that inspired its creation. That way, the audience not only gets the end product of the piece, but they’re also given a look into the process that made the final product. By focusing on a central piece of music, it allows him to make classic music more tangible—a facet of his recital that he’s most excited for. “I like introducing people to classic music,” MahaveVeglia said. “The idea behind the one piece, the main course, with the inspiration around” It may be typical for students to view their professors as just that: their professors. However, professor-lead
performances, like the ones being performed by MahaveVeglia and Copenhaven, aim to help to connect students with their professors. Mahave-Veglia said that even when he was a student, it was weird to see his professors doing normal things, like going to the grocery store. He said seeing a professor on stage is valuable for both those invested in classical music, and students who may just enjoy the art form. “I think if people know quite a bit about classic music, it might be very interesting to see a performer’s point of view,” MahaveVeglia said. “If people know little, they can learn a lot about one piece.” For those who may be devoting their studies to music, it allows them to see a professor, who may be instructing them, showcase
the performance part of the study. For those outside of the music field, it showcases a professor’s hobbies and interests, helping to connect students and professors. These professor-led performances allow instructors who study these fields to showcase their interest in the field to not only their students, but to Grand Valley’s student body as a whole. “It’s hard to address the act of performance in theory alone.” Mahave-Veglia said. “The stage (...) is something the students would have to see, and I think [the performance] is a value.” Mahave-Veglia will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, which is inside of the Haas Performing Arts Center. Admission is free and all are welcome.
GUEST ARTISTS
Arts at Noon series provides bite-sized performances, award-winning musicians BY NICK MORAN ARTS@LANTHORN.COM
While many students are busy scurrying to class amid the school day, they may catch escaping rhythms and melodies from the Cook-DeWitt Center. As they rush around campus, others are surrounding themselves with sound through the Arts at Noon concert series which kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 12. Described as a break in the day and an opportunity to hear award-winning musicians, this year’s season of Arts at Noon features a variety of recognized musicians, ranging from local to international. Each concert lasts 50 minutes, which is designed to make concerts easy to consume, often a rarity for the musicians involved. “There are lots of times
where [the audience] gives a standing ovation and they don’t want the performers to leave the stage, which is problematic because students have to go to class,” Duitman said. “But I think that it is a really special thing that it’s a 50 minute concert.” The concert series also allows guests to see the talent that GVSU staff and faculty have to offer within their own crafts. Duitman said that many of the performances either feature faculty or were scheduled due to connections by staff in the field, which allow for the series’ musical diversity. “There are connections with local people and our own incredible faculty; the Donald Sinta Quartet features our saxophone faculty member, Dan Graser,” Duitman said. “There’s usually connections there somehow, and we
provide a pretty wide variety of genres and styles.” That vast diversity in musical styles draws a wide range of students. Because Arts at Noon serves both a casual and educational audience, Duitman said that music students especially can benefit both from the break in the day it provides, as well as the outstanding musicianship on display. “There are busy students, so I think virtually every one of them would like to be able to attend every concert, but often they can’t due to other commitments,” Duitman said. “But they certainly come to one that they’re interested in. For instance, when the Donald Sinta Quartet is here, I’m sure every saxophone player
and most woodwind player we have will be there.” The series is coordinated with the Arts at Noon class, which involves inclass instruction for half of the weeks and viewing the concerts for the other half. The class is just one of many reasons that the series applies to students, staff and faculty. “[Arts at Noon] functions as a class, as an enrichment for our music majors, an opportunity to take a break in the middle of the week for any student or staff member,” Duitman said. While the concerts are held on campus at the Cook DeWitt center, the concert also keeps in mind the greater Allendale community. The concert is something GVSU can offer its community due to its
size and support. “[Arts at Noon] is one of GVSU’s hidden treasures,” Duitman said. “It’s a fabulous benefit of being at a large university like this
where we can do something for the students and the community.” All concerts are held on select Wednesdays at the CookDeWitt Center at noon.
MUSICAL MIRRORS: Preparing with song, the Mirror Visions Ensemble will be at Arts at Noon. COURTESY | MATTHEW MAKOWSKI
LAKER LIFE | A9
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLLAKERLIFE LAKER EFFECT
FUNDRAISING: Daniel Bonner, ‘09 grad, and Eric Strickler, ‘08 grad, aboard their paddleboats. The duo paddled 73 miles across Lake Michigan to raise awarness for the Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership. The Lakers began in Wisconsin and took the entire day to traverse across the largest of the five great lakes in a single day - a feat requiring physical and mental strength. COURTESY | HANSON PHOTOGRAPHY
GV alumni paddle across Lake Michigan BY AMY MCNEEL LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COM
Last month, two Grand Valley State University alumni exemplified what it truly means to be a Laker for a Lifetime. In the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 9, Eric Strickler, 2008 graduate, and Daniel Bonner, 2009 graduate, set off on a 79-mile paddle boarding journey. The two Lakers started in Wisconsin and paddled all the way across Lake Michigan. “We paddled from Milwaukee over to Muskegon, and we were paddling for about 22 hours,” Strickler said. “It was 73 miles total that we paddled; 79 miles is the cross-
ing distance. We stopped six miles out because there were pretty trying conditions.” The journey ended around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 10. The goal of the trip was to raise awareness and funds for the Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership, an organization focused on the restoration of Muskegon Lake and the Great Lakes. “I was a natural resources management graduate, and [Bonner] was a natural resources management minor,” Strickler said. “So I think we both, over the almost ten years since we graduated, wanted to contribute to the health of the Great Lakes in whatever way we could, and
this was one way we felt we could do that.” The Michigan natives were excited to support a local organization and the West Michigan environment. “We wanted to support the Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership both for the work they do on and around Muskegon Lake, but also because it directly influences Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes Watershed,” Bonner said. “I grew up in Muskegon, and live and work here now, so it was something close to home that we could support.” From their journey, Strickler and Bonner raised over $7,700 for the Muskegon Lake
Watershed Partnership; money that will benefit the organization and the environment. “They seemed like a great organization that represented our local community and their investment to the awesome water resources here in Muskegon, and that’s why we picked them as opposed to another, larger regional advocacy organization or national organization,” Strickler said. “We figured with our money we would make a bigger impact because their budgets are smaller and it would be within our local community.” From their journey, Strickler and Bonner not only raised funds, but also gained insight and new per-
spectives about the bodies of water here in West Michigan. “The biggest take away was how vast and beautiful Lake Michigan truly is,” Bonner said. “I’ve grown up on the lake, but once I was in the middle of it, supported only by my board, I felt so small. We need to protect this resource both for its beauty and the financial aspect that it allows the state of Michigan.” Strickler added that the actual act of paddling across Lake Michigan was not the journey as a whole; instead, it was just the final result. Before the trip, the duo spent hours focused on training, planning and relationship building. He
said that no matter what you are planning to do or what you are passionate about, there is never a clear cut path to get there. “Follow your passion but enjoy the journey, because if we weren’t satisfied with what we were doing or weren’t enjoying it until we paddling across the lake, we would have missed out on a great opportunity,” Strickler said. “We met tons of just rad people all summer long, had a great time training with each other and bringing our friends out paddling.” Together, these Lakers used their passions to embark on an adventure of a lifetime, while also raising money for a cause.
DIVERSITY
EVENT: The Grand Valley Office of Multicultural Affairs is hosting its annual Intercultural Student Reception on Wednesday, Sept. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. The group hopes to host a fun event with food and prizes while allowing a diverse group of students to find opportunities to connect with one another and get involved on and around GVSU’s two main campuses. COURTESY | OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
Grand Valley Office of Multicultural Affairs to host Intercultural Student Reception BY ELYSE GREENWOOD LAKERLIFE@LANTHORN.COM
Have fun and discover opportunities to get involved with your campus community at the Intercultural Student Reception, hosted by the Grand Valley State University Office of Multicultural Affairs. On Wednesday, Sept. 12 from 4 to 6 p.m., the annual Intercultural Student Reception will be held in the Kirkhof Center’s Grand River Room. This event provides an opportunity for GVSU faculty, staff and student or-
ganizations to connect with the student body. More than 20 student organizations will be present to share information about their club and encourage visitors to join. Many faculty members will also be attending the reception to inform new students about the numerous offices and resources on campus that may be beneficial throughout the school year. “We will have academic departments, especially advising centers, at the reception” said Juanita Davis, the Event Coordinator and Assistant Director of the Office
of Multicultural Affairs. “We will also have special departments like African American Studies, East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Global Studies and other areas that are sometimes overlooked by students. There will be student organizations that are connected to those departments, and offices like the Study Abroad Office. We will have different offices that students, especially first-year students, don’t often connect with. This is an opportunity for them to do that and to be aware of these places as resources and support.”
While there is plenty to learn at the Intercultural Student Reception, this event is also packed with fun. Attendees will have opportunities to win prizes such as GVSU apparel and a pair of wireless Beats by Dre headphones. A dance floor and a DJ will be provided for a Dance-Off competition where the crowd will choose the winner. There will also be complimentary food available for all visitors throughout the event. “It’s also an opportunity for students to connect with one another,” Davis said. “I expect that students will have a good time.”
During the two-hour period, Davis predicts that there will be between 400 and 500 students who will visit the reception. One student organization especially looking forward to connecting with new students is the African Student Council, as this is their first year attending the reception. “The Intercultural Student Reception is basically a Campus Life Night targeted toward the different cultures on Grand Valley’s campus,” said Bernice Fordjour, the President of the African Student Council. “I’m looking forward to relating to
more people, specifically firstyear students who didn’t get the chance to come to Campus Life Night. This is giving them a second chance [to get involved], especially if they are people of color or other underrepresented groups. They can find organizations on campus to join and share a culture.” The reception welcomes all GVSU students. “This is a great event that is open to the entire campus,” Davis said. “Our focus is first-year students, particularly under-represented populations, but we welcome everybody.”
A10 | SPORTS QUICK HITS
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN @GVLSPORTS
FOOTBALL
GVSU CROSS COUNTRY CONCLUDES FIRST MEET, WOMEN FINISH EIGHTH, MEN FINISH 10TH
The Grand Valley State men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their seasons at the Knight Invitational this weekend in Grand Rapids, Mich. The women placed eighth as a team with 186 points while the men finished 10th with 225 points. For the women’s 5K, GVSU had three runners place in the top 25 as Olivia Brian led all Lakers with an 11th place finish (18:41.5). Rachael Walters placed 22nd out of the 287 runners (19:05.5) and Molly Schmidt came in right behind her in 23rd (19:06.5). In the men’s 8K, the Lakers had four athletes place in the top 60. Out of the 298 runners competing, Ben Zaremba finished 13th (25:48.7) and Garrett White placed 32nd (26:23.0). Collin Herrmann and Bennett Peterson both crossed the finish line within four seconds of each other, with Hermann finishing 58th (26:46.7) and Peterson finishing 60th (26:50.4). With the majority of the athletes competing for GVSU being freshmen and sophomores, both the men’s and women’s teams will race their full rosters this Friday, Sept. 14, as they travel to East Lansing for the Spartan Invitational hosted by Michigan State.
GVSU TENNIS COMPETE IN WARHAWK FALL INVITATIONAL, EARN FIVE FIRST-PLACE FINISHES
The Grand Valley State men’s tennis team traveled to Whitewater, Wis. for the Warhawk Fall Invitational hosted by Wisconsin-Whitewater this weekend. This was the first of three tournaments the Lakers will compete in this fall, as they earned one first-place finish in the doubles competition and four first-place victories in singles play. In doubles, D.J. Colantone and Sebastian Lescoulie finished first in the No. 1 bracket, winning their first two matches by scores of 8-2 before advancing to the finals and winning 8-6. Colantone and Lescoulie would also go on to win their respective singles bracket, as Colantone won the No. 3 singles bracket and Lescoulie won the No. 4 singles bracket. They weren’t the only Lakers to survive their bracket, as Marcus Muniz-Infante won the No. 6 singles bracket and Nick Welker won the No. 7 singles bracket. GVSU’s continues their fall match-ups this week as they travel to Holland, Mich. to compete in the Hope Invitational on Friday (Sept. 14) and Saturday (Sept. 15).
STRETCH FOR THE SCORE: GVSU running back Chawntez Moss reaches for the endzone for a touchdown in the team’s game against Indianapolis. The Lakers traveled to Cleveland, Miss. to beat the Delta State Statesmen 21-10. Now, GVSU travels to Marquette, Mich. for a conference battle with Northern Michigan. GVL | SHELIA BABBITT
Two good: GVSU football beats Delta State in road contest BY BRADY MCATAMNEY EDITORIAL@LANTHORN.COM
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he Grand Valley State football team traveled south and saw their win count head north when the Lakers went to Cleveland, Miss. to take on Delta State. GVSU defeated the Statesmen 21-10 in Cleveland, Miss. to improve to 2-0 on the season with wins against two 2017 playoff teams. Opting for a charter flight instead of an 11 hour bus ride, the Lakers’ first road trip of the season was sure to be a test both logistically and physically as DSU, despite being 0-1, boast a storied history as perennial playoff contenders. They opened the game with fire, holding the Lakers’ offense scoreless in the first quarter while taking an early 3-0 lead. GVSU eventually took their lead with 3:24 remaining in the first
half on a Chawntez Moss five-yard rush following a blocked punt by linebacker Rahju Blackmon – his first of two on the night. The drive originally ended in a field goal, but Delta State was called for roughing the kicker which allowed the Lakers to try and go for more. “(The penalty) made the decision to take the points off the board and go for touchdown easy,” said head coach Matt Mitchell. “Our offense executed in the run game and got us the touchdown.” The Lakers scored again with roughly seven minutes left in the third quarter when quarterback Bart Williams found wide receiver Austin Paritee for an 11-yard strike and again 10 minutes later when the pair hooked up for a 31-yard nailin-the-coffin touchdown. After scoring twice in week one, it was imperative that Paritee stepped up again against the Statesman as senior receiver Nick Dod-
son did not play due to injury. Williams connected on only eight of his 26 pass attempts for 133 yards and two scores. Paritee made four catches for 62 yards and two touchdowns while receiver Brandon Wadley brought in two passes for 65 yards. Meanwhile, running backs Jack Provencher and Moss ran for 89 and 93 yards, respectively. It was the defense and special teams that cemented the victory for the Lakers, though. Delta State was held to merely 3.8 yards per play as the Statesmen ran 86 plays for 325 total yards. GVSU forced three turnovers – two fumbles and a game-sealing interception by DeMario Johnson – along with two blocked punts while getting to Delta State’s quarterbacks for four sacks. “Our depth was key again,” Mitchell said. “Delta State tried to use an up-tempo offense to limit it but we made good adjustments. Special teams were huge tonight.
Got us all our field positions, especially in second half.” Defensive end Dylan Carroll made 13 tackles with three tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks while linebacker Isaiah Nkansah wrapped up 11 tackles. Michael Pettis, Tyree Horton, Johnny Williams and Chris Hendricks all came up with sacks. Additionally, punter Collin Cribley booted 12 punts for an average of 45.3 yards per attempt while pinning the Statesmen within their 20 once. GVSU won despite being called for 11 penalties, many of which were questioned by players, coaches and broadcasters alike. “We had a lot of adversity tonight that we overcame,” Mitchell said. “I’m proud of our team’s fight on the road.” The Lakers will return home to prepare for another long road trip as they will take on the Northern Michigan Wildcats (1-1) on Satur-
W. SOCCER
GVSU SOFTBALL SETS DATE FOR 2018-19 ALUMNI GAME AND COOKOUT The Grand Valley State softball team will be hosting their annual alumni game and cookout at the GVSU softball field on Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. GVSU will be playing Aquinas and Kalamazoo Community College at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. that day to close out their 2018 fall schedule. Between the two games, alumni and parents of the current players will meet with this year’s team and mingle over meals between games. All alumni and parents are welcome to bring a dish to pass. Following the softball games, the Grand Valley State football team will kickoff their 2018 homecoming game against Dixie State at 7 p.m. For more information and to RSVP for the annual alumni game and cookout, email head coach Dana Callihan at callihad@gvsu.edu.
VARSITY SCHEDULE FOOTBALL Saturday 1:00 p.m. at Northern Michigan WOMEN’S SOCCER Friday 7:30 p.m. vs Bridgeport Sunday 1 p.m. vs Northwood
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Sophomore defender Sydney O’Donnell chases down the ball on defense in a game against Bellarmine on Aug. 31 at the GVSU soccer field. The Lakers have held their opponents to only one goal in their first four games as they’ve gotten off to a strong 4-0 start this season. GVL | SHELIA BABBITT
Keeping the ball rolling: GVSU soccer stays undefeated BY KELLEN VOSS SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM
The Grand Valley State women’s soccer team stuck to their winning ways this week, as they picked up two wins to improve to 3-0-0 on the year. GVSU came out hot against Missouri-St. Louis, scoring five goals in the first half before blowing the Tritons out 7-0 last Sunday, Sept. 2. They rode that momentum into this weekend, grabbing another home win against Ohio Valley, 1-0 on Sept. 7. In the first game of the week, GVSU was able to control the ball well, keeping the ball on their offensive side for the majority of the game. Head Coach Jeff Hosler was impressed with his team’s composure on offense in that game. “We’re a possession-oriented team, and we really wanted to share the ball,” Hosler said. “We had good shots going all game long.” Hosler wasn’t exaggerating when he said the shots didn’t stop, as the Lakers got off 38 total shots compared to a measly two from the
Tritons. Junior Riko Sagara got the game started with two unassisted goals, followed by a converted penalty kick from Tara Lierman. Ava Cook, Olivia Trombley, Timia Robinson and Greta Deloach were able to chip in with goals of their own. For average sports teams, it’s hard to stay dialed in a blowout like this. But GVSU is far better than average as they’ve shown, and they proved their dominance in the win. “We always talk about our standard and living in the moment,” Hosler said. “No matter the situation, up or down, we always try to play our best. Our commitment to defending that pressure is important.” Despite winning by such a large margin, Hosler was not 100 percent satisfied with his team’s play and would love to see GVSU be more efficient on both ends of the field. “I thought we could be more efficient in front of the goal. We had some good opportunities we didn’t capitalize on, and I think defensively in transition, we need better recovery,” Hosler said. “Sometimes we’re too casual with our posses-
sions, and we got to create our own momentum.” GVSU kept up the good work, beating reigning GMAC champion Ohio Valley. The Lakers held the Fighting Scots to one shot on goal and had eight of their own, with Corey Sawall scoring the only goal of the game nine minutes in. As impressive as this team looked against Missouri-St. Louis, Coach Hosler felt like his team took their foot off the gas pedal on Friday and let Ohio Valley stay in the game for a little too long. “I think too many people are worried about someone else doing their job rather than fulfilling their role,” Hosler said. “If anything, it was ‘bend, don’t break’ defensive effort, but we never defended with the intent to take the ball. A lot of possessions could have been stopped if we were committed to our game plan.” Ohio Valley played an aggressive, physical brand of soccer, but Grand Valley responded with poise, earning five corner kicks and drawing 13 penalties off the Fighting Scots. With all this physicality, the
game featured many injuries, preventing the Lakers from getting into a flow with their game plan. “I think our girls met the physicality with physicality, but [Ohio Valley] was a difficult opponent because of all the stoppages,” Hosler said. “Every time we got into a flow, there was an injury or a stoppage, and that took the air out of the ball a little bit for us.” While a win is a win, the Lakers lacked the same motivation that drove them to beat Missouri-St. Louis. If they want to continue to dominate this season, they’re going to need to stay focused in big games. “Out of the three games we’ve played, this was our worst effort and our worst execution of game plan,” Hosler said. “I want to see us play with the urgency that was seen last Sunday, since we’re nowhere near playing with the efficiency we need to have.” GVSU looks to keep its hot start going, as they have another home game on Friday, Sept. 14 against GLIAC opponent Northwood. The game is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
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VOLLEYBALL
CAMARADERIE: The Grand Valley State volleyball team comes together and celebrates after winning a point in a regular season game against Purdue Northwest in Nov. 2017 at the GVSU Fieldhouse. The squad looks to see more success in 2018, as they performed well this past weekend in the Cavalier Classic, winning all four games of the tournament and starting the season off strong. GVL | DYLAN MCINTYRE
License to kill: GVSU volleyball has solid week, improve to 7-3 on the year BY PAYTON MILOSER PMILOSER@LANTHORN.COM
While everyone in Allendale and Grand Rapids was spending the long weekend relaxing and winding down after a long first week of classes, the Grand Valley State women’s volleyball team was killing it at the Cavalier Classic. Off to a strong start, the Grand Valley State women’s volleyball team traveled to North Canton, Ohio to play four games in the Cavalier Classic tournament on Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sept. 1. The team won all four games at the tournament, giving them an overall record of 7-1 and a four game
winning streak. Starting that Friday, the Lakers took down the Bloomsburg Huskies 3-0 (2519, 25-19, 26-24) forcing 14 errors on the Huskies while the Lakers completed 42 kills. Freshmen Alexandra Thompson and Abby Graham led the team each with 9 kills on the offense, while defensively sophomore Ashlyn Kartes led the team with 15 digs. “Our team has been playing well for the beginning of the season and we are starting a new setter and two freshmen,” said Associate Head Coach, Jason Johnson. “I’m really pleased with their development both on and off the court and the perseverance they
have shown early on.” Later that night, the Lakers defeated host school Walsh 3-1 (25-18, 25-22, 26-28, and 25-21). GVSU led with a hitting percentage of .257 while holding Walsh at .167 and getting a season high 11 aces off of serves. After ending the first day strong, the Lakers started the second day of the tournament just as well, defeating the third team Pitt-Johnstown 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-19). This game, the Lakers had a hitting percentage of .309 while keeping the Mountain Cats at .084. Senior Staci Brower led the team in kills and blocks with 11 and 5. Finishing out the tour-
nament, the Lakers defeated Virginia Union 3-1 (25-23, 25-13, 21-25, 25-11) with an overall total of 58 kills against Virginia’s 28 kills. Senior Hannah Murdock led the last set with 18 kills and her own hitting percentage of .500. Winning the last set by 14 points, the Lakers held strong through the entire tournament and are bringing home four new wins for their record. Unfortunately, the Lakers hit a rough patch against Wayne State and Ashland the next weekend. The Lakers lost 3-1 (10-25, 18-25, 25-19, 2523) against the Warriors and went 0-3 (24-26, 24-26, 17-25) against the Eagles. The Lakers played hard
against Wayne State, however the Warriors held the advantage in kills with 48 kills to the Lakers’ 38. Collectively both teams had 10 blocks a piece for a total of 20 blocks overall during the four sets. Graham led the Lakers with 12 kills while hitting a team-best .286 hitting percentage to go along with 13 digs and two aces. Murdock was second on the team with seven kills on the night, while freshman Ali Thompson and senior Jillian Butsavich hit six and Brower picked up four more. Butsavich led the team with six assisted blocks while Brower tallied a team-high three solo blocks of her own. Once again, Brower led the
Lakers in kills with 12 kills and two blocks against Ashland with Thompson not far behind with nine kills. Junior Kendall Yerkes picked up a match-high 20 digs with Thompson not too far behind with 17. With the first handful of games under their belt, the Lakers have a whole season ahead of them and many more teams to play, including many key GLIAC match-ups that are sure to have postseason implications. The Lakers are headed home and will be playing Davenport in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. before their home opener against Purdue Northwest Friday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. in the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena.
CROSS COUNTRY
Preview: GVSU men’s and women’s cross-country ready to compete BY ELI ONG SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM
When looking at the goals of the men’s and women’s cross-country teams at Grand Valley State, championships are front and center. As cross-country season approaches, chasing championships is what they seem poised to do. Each of the previous five academic years, both the men’s and women’s running programs
at GVSU have finished the year ranked first or second nationally among Division II schools. Leading the way for the Lakers on the men’s team are senior Zach Panning and sophomore Enael Woldemicael who were GVSU’s top two finishers at nationals a year ago. Panning finished second overall posting a time of 30:52 and Woldemicael finished with a time of 31:07, placing sixth.
“Zach has been great his whole career and Enael in his first year of eligibility was outstanding in all three seasons,” said Jerry Baltes, head coach of the men’s and women’s cross-country and track programs at GVSU. “We hope they can pick right back off from where they were last year and once again be high finishers like they were at the NCAA championships.” After having five runners earn All-American honors
PERSEVERANCE: Two GVSU Cross Country alumni keep pushing through to finish. GVL | ALAN STEIBLE
one year prior, Baltes expects a couple of returning runners and a few fresh faces to step up and fill the void left by departed All-Americans Wuoi Mach, Brady Selner and Abe Visser. “We have Josh Steible coming back for his fourth year of eligibility,” Baltes said. ”We also have Jacob Domagalski, who I think is another upperclassman who can step up and fill the shoes of those who have departed.” Steible earned first team all-GLIAC honors one year ago placing seventh with a time of 25:16 at the GLIAC championships while Domagalski finished 11th, earning second team honors with a time of 25:54. According to Baltes, the men’s team also features two up-and-coming redshirt freshmen who are ready to make an instant impact. “We have two young guys, Tanner Chada and Noah Steffen,” Baltes said. “I feel they are both young, but can be contributors on a high level for us in their first years of eligibility.” Chada finished his high school career with an Illinois division 1A IHSAA individual state championship in the 1600 meter. Steffen finished seventh individually his senior year at the Indiana Cross-Country State Championships. Having finished second nationally one year ago, the GVSU men’s team hopes these veteran runners, with a few new additions, can deliver a 17th consecu-
tive GLIAC conference and NCAA regional title along with another run at a national championship. “We definitely want to win one,” Panning said. “That’s been on our radar since I’ve gotten here and that’s been one of my biggest goals,” On the women’s side, the women’s cross-country team had three runners earn AllAmerican status as they finished sixth at nationals one year ago. The year before last, the ladies’ cross-country team took home the national championship. With top runner Kelly Haubert graduated, GVSU returns All-Americans junior Allie Ludge and senior Gina Patterson for this year’s squad. They also added graduate transfer Sarah Berger from Walsh University who was the runner-up at Division II nationals one year ago Berger ran a time of 20:52 to earn her second place finish while Haubert ran a time of 21:05, finishing sixth one year ago at nationals. Ludge came after Haubert, finishing 35th with a time of 21:40 and was followed closely behind by Patterson, who finished 39th with a time of 21:42. On top of the trio of Berger, Ludge and Patterson, GVSU also returns four all-Midwest region runners in Megan Caltagirone, Stacey Metzger, Hannah Groeber and Madison Goen - the 2017 GLIAC Freshman of the Year. “Allie and Gina are in a
really good spot this year, we feel they can both be top 15 ladies at the NCAA championships,” Baltes said. “We have a great crew of returners where anyone of the six or seven returners can step in and fill some shoes.” When asked about going from last season to this season, Patterson feels her squad is primed for a great year. “Talent-wise, I think we were in good shape to go out and compete for a national championship [last year], but I think it was a blessing in disguise because it’s motivated us a lot to come out and compete,” Patterson said. “You know, it’s exciting to us and I think our biggest barrier is overcoming ourselves and if we can do that I think it’ll be a great year for us.” This year, the GVSU women’s team hopes to use their depth and motivation from last years results to chase after their 18th consecutive conference and regional title along with another national championship. “We get good people in our program that are selfless and they are willing to put the goals of the team above their own personal goals,” Baltes said. “They sacrifice a little bit of notoriety individually to make sure the team is in a position to be successful.” Both the GVSU crosscountry teams travel to East Lansing on Friday, Sept. 14 as they both will compete in the Spartan Invitational. The races start at 11:40 a.m.
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Calm and collected
Junior Katie Chipman returns to green after successful summer BY KADY VOLMERING SPORTS@LANTHORN.COM
Junior Katie Chipman is returning to Grand Valley State women’s golf team this year as an on-the-rise athlete in Division II. As a sophomore, Chipman was named GLIAC Golfer of the Year, as well as earning a spot on the All-GLIAC First Team. She is currently among the top five golfers on the GVSU team, and is set to compete in the first tournament of the season starting Monday, Sept. 10. In order to prepare for the upcoming fall season, Chipman played in several tournaments over the summer, which included a run at the Atlas Cup and then the GAM Championship where she placed sixth. Chipman also competed in a local US Amateur qualifier where she needed to place in the top five in order to continue on to the US Women’s Amateur tournament. “I was on the border, and then I shot one over,” Chipman said. “The cutline was to shoot even, so I missed it by just a little bit.” To finish up the summer, Chipman participated in the Michigan Women’s Amateur, which is split into two different kinds of play: stroke and match up. The first two days are stroke play, each day consisting of
We’ve done a lot of work with Katie over the years in developing her belief in her self confidence. She’s really come a long way since her freshmen year in regard to that, and she’s finally starting to recognize how good she actually is” REBECCA MAILLOUX HEAD GOLF COACH 18 holes. From there, the top 32 golfers advance on to match up play. Chipman made it through both stroke and match play and finished in the top eight rounding off the summer on a high note. “I was able to have a caddy during all summer tournaments, so I had either my brother or my uncle on the bag for me,” Chipman said. “My uncle was able to come caddy for me for the four days of the Michigan Women’s AM, so that was cool to experience with him. He has always loved golf and he’s one of the people who got me into the sport,
FOCUSED: Junior Katie Chipman follows through on a drive and scans the course to look for her shot. COURTESY | GVSU WOMEN’S GOLF
so having his support and playing well on the first day was really fun.” Now that the fall season is beginning, Chipman is getting ready to head into tournament play which will determine championship qualifications in the spring. In order to prepare
PRECISON: Chipman has put in lots of work to improve her short game this summer. Chipman and the rest of the women’s golf team open their season in Indianapolis on Sept. 10. COURTESY | MLIVE.COM
for the season, Chipman tries to practice a variety of skills every day, whether that be hitting balls on the range to work on wedges or working around the green for chipping and putting. “Something that really helps me during fall play is coming off the summer season, playing in the nice Michigan weather,” Chipman said. “Getting used to playing three or four months outside and then hopping right into playing outside in the fall has always helped me.” During the winter offseason, GVSU has the opportunity to practice at Golf X in Grand Rapids, a facility that offers virtual play on simulators. Chipman said this type of practice is a great help to her during the cold off-season months as the stats are fairly accurate and allows for golfers to virtually play 18 holes rather than hitting balls into a net some yards away. “We also focus on weight
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training with workouts about four times a week for an hour,” Chipman said. “We do practice for two hours a day in the Kelly Center, so we pull down the nets and use the mats to hit balls, chip and putt. We are pretty fortunate that Grand Valley has this facility set so that outdoor sports like golf can still practice during the winter.” In addition to focusing on the physical aspects of golf, GVSU head coach Rebecca Mailloux said the coaching staff has prepared Chipman for the season by helping to increase her self-confidence. “We’ve done a lot of work with Katie over the years in developing her belief in herself and her selfconfidence,” Mailloux said. “Even as good as she is, she just didn’t believe it. She’s really come a long way since her freshman year in regard to that and she’s finally starting to recognize and see how good she actually is. I believe that’s a
huge testament to her performances last year.” Mailloux believes that Chipman’s comfort level will continue to increase as the season unfolds, building off of her experiences from last year, and could lead to more tournament victories. “She’s a pretty even tempered, kind of person,” Mailloux said. “Everybody responds differently on the course, but for Katie she needs to stay pretty even keel. Her overall personality is laid back, go with the flow. It helps her on game days not to get too excited, and helps her perform.” Chipman’s main goal for the fall is to be able to travel year-round and maintain her spot in the top five in order to compete with the best teams in Division II. GVSU opens their season at the Indianapolis Fall Invite hosted the University of Indianapolis. The team will compete all day on Sept. 10 and 11.
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