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rand Valley State University will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week. Though this event will follow a similar pattern to past years, this year is expected to
be a more sobering and thought provoking event.Recent controversies such as the shooting of
Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and Eric Gar-ner’s infamous, “I can’t breathe” in New York City make this year’s theme hit closer to home.
The theme, “No More Silence” comes from Dr. King’s famous quote, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our en-emies, but the silence of our friends.”
“We reflected that some of the racial killings over the past few years; Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner,” said Kin Ma, co-chair for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration execu-tive planning committee. “We wanted to highlight some of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. highlighted and show that people want to speak out about these incidents and address those wrongs.”
Events will take place from Jan. 19-24 and will include featured speakers Sybrina Ful-ton, mother of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was killed in 2012, as well as author and activist Marc Lamont Hill.
To more effectively answer questions for Ful-ton’s Jan. 19 MLK Keynote presentation, the MLK Committee requests that questions be sent by Wednesday, Jan. 14 by 10 p.m. to the following email address, [email protected] with the subject line: *Sybrina Question* Fulton will then respond to these questions within her presentation.
Ma said that the speakers will provide a pro-found backdrop for the theme. Bobby Springer, associate director of the Office of Multicultural Af-fairs and co-chair of the celebration planning com-mittee, said that GVSU is very fortunate to have
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No more silenceMLK Commemoration Week to discuss recent racial controversies
he Grand Valley State University Bookstore is set to move into the new Marketplace building, lo-cated adjacent to the new science complex, on April 13.
According to Jerrod Nickels, GVSU Uni-versity Bookstore manager, the store has out-grown its current location. The bookstore was built in 1973, when the Kirkhof Center dealt with a smaller student population.
“We’ve done everything that we can in the past to use the space as efficiently as possible, but it is simply no longer meeting the needs of our students,” Nickels said.
Being housed within the Kirkhof Center was helpful for the bookstore, but its placement deep inside the building made the store hard to find.
Nickels said the Kirkhof Center has already undergone two major additions, leaving no feasible way to add to the bookstore. However,
he believes being attached to the new science building and directly across from Student Ser-vices is an ideal alternative.
“Hundreds of students each day will be going into the new science building, so we’ll be easily ac-cessible for them,” Nickels said. “We’ll be near both the Rec Center and the Student Services building.”
The new Marketplace will total 42,000 square feet, nearly doubling the size of the current book-store, Nickels said. This includes space for the sales floor, offices, storage and food areas.
The new bookstore will occupy three floors. The main floor will contain GVSU apparel and gifts, while a technology store housing school supplies and textbooks will occupy the second floor. The basement will have a copy center and a pick-up location for web orders.
Besides having a new location and increasing in size, the new building will provide additional ben-efits to the bookstore such as the enhanced tech-nology section that will provide students with more opportunities to shop than the current bookstore. The bookstore will evaluate what new products will
be added as customers request them.While all of the changes are designed to benefit
the students and customers, not all of those chang-es will be visible. The building’s expanded storage means the store can make shopping a little easier.
“We will also have our warehouse in the basement instead of having it located two miles off campus,” Nickels said. “If customers need a garment in a size that we don’t have on the sales floor, we will have ready access to it.”
This added space will also allow the Universi-ty Bookstore to have textbooks from both the Al-lendale and Pew campuses. Previously, textbooks required for classes in the Pew Campus could only be purchased in the downtown bookstore.
Nickels said no tuition dollars or general funds are used in planning, building, moving or operating the new store. He said the bookstore, as an auxil-iary, has to act as viable business for the university.
“Both the cost of the new building and the move itself are not insignificant,” Nickels said. “The ben-efits to the campus community will be substantial.”
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Fulton on campus. Fulton’s message will tie into recent race discussions in the U.S.
“We knew what she had been through would be a great message to share with our community,” Springer said. “After we selected her, stuff started happening which made the connection with her even stronger because she has been through some of the experiences that some of these families have partaken in the last few months. To know she has lost some-one very precious, that is powerful all by itself.”
Springer also said that Hill is a dynamic individual and has a word that fits well with relevant social issues.
“He, in some ways, is connected to the youth and some of the issues dealing with racial injus-tice and discrimination issues,” Ma said. “He has been voice that young people recognize.”
Fulton will be speaking at Fieldhouse Arena on Monday, Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m. Ma said that there will be room for everyone who wants to attend. Fulton will also be speaking at Grand Rapids Community College Gerald R. Ford Fieldhouse at 6:30 p.m., and again on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. at Davenport University’s Sneden Center.
Hill will be featured on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room at 4:30 p.m. His program will be simulcast to the DeVos Center Loosemore Auditorium.
Additionally, this will be the third year that GVSU has cancelled classes on MLK day. Springer said this gives students the op-portunity to be engaged.
“It’s a day that is worth being a part of because of
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EXPANDING SPACE: The Grand Valley State University Bookstore will move to the new Marketplace building, located adjacent to the new sci-ence building, in April. There are several tentative design plans created in preparation for the move to the three-story location.
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hree finalists have been revealed as po-tential replacements for Jeanne Arnold as the new vice president
for inclusion and equity at Grand Valley State University. GVSU Presi-dent Thomas Haas created the Vice President of Inclusion and Equity position in 2007, and Arnold has been the only person to hold the po-sition. Arnold resigned in July, and the search for a replacement began.
Matthew McLogan, vice presi-dent for university relations, is on the committee for the hiring of the new vice president.
“This search has been happen-ing since fall, and we’ve employed a search firm to find good candidates,” McLogan said. “We’ve been going over resumes and info for the last six weeks and have interviewed a num-ber of candidates and are ready to an-nounce the names of the three final-ists who will be coming to meet the community and to be interviewed by Haas, who has the final decision.”
Andrew Plague, GVSU Student Senate president, has also played a role in deciding candidates.
“I was fortunate enough to have been included as a full member of the committee,” Plague said. “I reviewed the materials submitted by candi-dates and then worked with the rest of the committee as we chose the top candidates who we would interview. As a committee, we interviewed six of the applicants and recommended three of them to be interviewed by President Haas and meet with the campus community.”
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the knowledge that will be available,” Springer said.
Other events include social justice activities, lectures given by department of education faculty, a day of service and a silent march.
Ma said that the social justice activities are continuing the discussion from 2014’s teach-in. He is hopeful that this discussion
will lead into the second teach-in.“These issues raised here are larger soci-
etal issues, so that we welcome people from all races to come out to be able to interact and discuss in a thought-provoking way,” Ma said. “We don’t want to go down a vio-lent path, we have a opportunity where dif-ferent issues can be raised and discussed.”
Springer said that GVSU is going in the right direction to make the campus more inclusive for everyone. While not perfect, he said, it is becoming a place
where everyone can be successful.“We all have to learn and grown in or-
der to make things the way they are sup-posed to be,” Springer said. “We have to talk the real life situations that are happening all around us. We can’t be silent. We all have to do our part and share in the conversation.”
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ne of the most unique as-pects of the winter semes-ter is the tense moments spent waiting for email to load, text to come scroll-
ing across the bottom of the TV or notifications to set off the phone. Then the sigh of relief comes: it is a snow day, and Grand Valley State University stu-dents can go back to bed.
Not having to face the harsh weather to get to class may be a warm feeling, but the realities of adulthood can often mean a snow day is not exactly a day off.
“I usually catch up on homework,” said GVSU student Rose White. “You can get ahead or catch up instead of having to go to class.”
GVSU administrators are also aware that students do not stop when classes do. Because of this, even in the worst conditions, the university stays open to provide the services students need.
“When we close the university, then only essential staff report to work,” said GVSU Police Capt. Brandon DeHaan.
Essential staff consists of workers from facilities, the Fieldhouse, field ser-vice, the library and law enforcement.
These facilities remain open to cater to the thousands of students who live in and around GVSU who rely on these services both to get work done and also to keep from being snowed in.
“It’s good that they have a place to go to engage in some other activities,” DeHaan said. “The library gives them the opportunity to get out of where they are and study.”
Though snow days can provide ex-tra time for studying, there are often consequences in classroom applica-tion that cannot be made up when school is called off.
“Students miss the classroom time, class material still needs to be covered, events rescheduled, etc.,” Tim Thim-mesch, associate vice president of facili-ties services, said.
Still, the decision to close the campus is not one that is taken lightly, and many factors have to be considered.
“We have students that commute from a wide geographic area,” DeHaan said. “We try to arrive at a reasonable decision that considers the safety of students and their right to receive instruction.”
According to Thimmesch, four to five administrators from facilities services, public safety, administration and news
and information services are involved in the decision to cancel classes.
“Administrators look at forecasted weather conditions, the ability of the grounds staff on campus to clear and maintain parking lots, sidewalks and entrances and road conditions in Ot-tawa County and into Kent County,” Thimmesch said.
Snow removal begins at 3 a.m., so the decision to close is targeted for 6 a.m. for morning closings and 3 p.m. for afternoon closings, Thimmesch said. While November set a record for snow-fall, December presented a break in snow removal, and January is looking to be on schedule for snowfall, Thimmesch said. Compared to this winter season, last win-ter was costly and challenging for GVSU.
“We doubled our typical winter snow removal expenses,” Thimmesch said. “Supplies of ice melt products and salt for treating roadways had run out by the end of February.”
In light of recent weather based cancellations, only time will tell how many more times the word “canceled” lights up the screen, and coats and gloves are tossed aside for the warm embrace of flannel sheets and a few more hours of rest.
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LAKER ALUMNA TALKS ON ADVERTISEMENTLaker alumna Jocelyn Goldberg will return to
Grand Valley State University to give a presenta-tion on what it takes to create an advertisement for the Super Bowl.
Goldberg’s presentation, titled “Hashtags Don’t Break for Halftime: Inside Coke’s Social Media War Room,” will show off what Goldberg has learned during her time creating Super Bowl ads with the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy.
The presentation will emphasize the growing landscape of advertising and how social media plays an important part in reaching consumers.
Goldberg said she encourages students interested in advertising to attend the event as it will enlighten them with details that are often never told.
The event will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Loosemore Auditorium inside the Richard M. DeVos Center on the Pew Campus in Grand Rapids.
GVSU PROFESSOR DISPLAYS ARTThe retirement of Ed Wong-Ligda, professor and
coordinator of illustration in the Art and Design Department at Grand Valley State University, will be commemorated with an exhibit of his own paintings for the public to enjoy.
Titled “Veracity, Distortion, Reduction: Visual Explorations by Ed Wong Ligda,” the exhibit will have 15 oil-on-canvas paintings that were made by Wong-Linda while he was at GVSU.
The exhibit debuts on Thursday, Jan. 15 in Room 1121 at the Performing Arts Center, located on the Allendale Campus. It is free to the public and is open until March 20.
For more information, head over to www.gvsu.edu/artgallery.
JUDGE SARA SMOLENSKI TO TALK AT GVSUDistrict Judge Sara Smolenski is set to be
the first speaker at the 2015 Grand Valley State University Wheelhouse Talks Series, an event creat-ed to celebrate leadership and recognize the newest leaders coming out of the community.
Smolenski will be speaking about her role as the Chief Judge of the 63rd District Court as well as the responsibilities of leadership that come along with the job.
Smolenski is known as a firm supporter for educa-tion and prevention of violence against women as well as his engagement with the community.
The talk will take place on Jan. 14 at 12:30 p.m. in the L. William Seidman Center in Grand Rapids.
For more information, go to www.HauensteinCenter.org
GVSU STUDENT REFLECTS ON EXPERIENCE IN PARIS
Grand Valley State University student Miguel Perez reflected on his experience in Paris during the events at Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspa-per that was the center of a terrorist attack which left 12 dead on Jan. 7.
Perez, who is currently studying abroad in Paris, said it was difficult to see the sadness and anger of the people around him.
However, Perez said the amount of citizens who decided to show their support for the newspaper and the idea of free speech encouraged him.
The events at Charlie Hebdo proved to be a global issue as protesters in Madrid, London, Brussels and the United States took to the streets to voice encouragement for the newspaper.
Carmen Suarez, John Gates and Jesse Bernal have been named the three final-ists who will compete for Arnold’s position.
Suarez, director of the Of-fice of Human Rights, Access and Inclusion at the University of Idaho, is assistant to the pres-ident for diversity and the as-sociate vice provost for Student Affairs. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history, a master’s de-gree in history and a doctorate in education from Southern Il-linois University.
Gates, president and CEO of Campus Diversity Agenda and principal of Criticality Management Consulting in New York City, is an organi-zational scientist who special-izes in institutional diversity and inclusion strategies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Morehouse College, a master’s degree in higher education administra-tion from New York Univer-sity and a doctorate in orga-nizational behavior from the University of London.
Bernal, director of the Of-fice for Diversity and Inclu-sion at Santa Clara University in California, develops strat-egies for underrepresented faculty recruitment, retention and success and coordinates with the Offices of Enrollment Management and Affirmative Action to recruit and support a diverse student body. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Westmont Col-lege and has a master’s and doctorate in education from UC Santa Barbara.
The three finalists will visit GVSU between Jan. 20 and 22 to meet the community, senior management team,
staff in the inclusion and eq-uity division and hold their own open forum to conduct a question and answer session with the community.
Suarez’s open forum is Tuesday, Jan. 20 from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 2204 Kirk-hof Center. Gates’ forum is Wednesday, Jan. 21 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Room 2204 Kirkhof Center, and Bernal’s forum will be held Thursday, Jan. 22 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Room 2250 Kirkhof Center.
“We encourage all that would like to meet the can-didates to attend the forums, and those in attendance will have the opportunity to fill out a form or respond online with
comments and observations,” McLogan said. “Those reac-tions are very welcomed and will be given serious consider-ation and the people who re-spond with comments are free to remain anonymous.”
The person in the Vice President for Inclusion and Equity position is a mem-ber of the Senior Manage-ment team, the University’s Chief Diversity Officer and heads the Division of Inclu-sion and Equity. The vice president is a university and community leader who pro-motes diversity and inclu-sion both within and around GVSU, according to the Di-vision of Inclusion and Eq-uity website.
dents to meet with her. She also highlighted ways domestic stu-dents can connect with inter-nationals, such as on-campus events, student organizations and other programs.
GVSU students should re-member that international students are the same as any person and deserve the same respect, Jawish advised.
“West Michigan is a great community for internation-als to come to because people are so welcoming and polite,” Jawish said. “We really want that connection.”
The Padnos International Center and the International Student Organization are sponsoring several interna-tional events that are open to all GVSU students:
The Global Leadership Or-ganization has its first meet-ing on Jan. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The organization features
a buddy program between do-mestics and internationals and also works with ELS students.
Two international din-ners will take place at 6 p.m. in Connection this semester. The first happens on Jan. 25
and the second on April 12.Sexy Accent Night is the
biggest International Stu-dent Organization event of the year. It occurs at 7 p.m. on March 28 in Kirkhof ’s Grand River Room.
For more information on how to get involved, contact Elizabeth Jawish at [email protected].
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rand Valley State Un i v e r s i t y ’s Student Sen-ate has many responsibilities,
including passing resolutions, planning events and working with students and student or-ganizations in response to their thoughts and opinions. With
the winter semester beginning, Student Senate is currently in the works with several projects.
For one, the finance com-mittee is in the process of com-ing up with a draft of the stu-dent life fund budget for next year. Once it is finished, the budget will be presented to the senate for a vote.
Additionally, a resolution to commend GVSU’s policy on
intellectual property rights and to encourage other universities to have similar policies will be discussed at the General As-sembly on Jan. 15 at 4:30 p.m. in the Pere Marquette Room in the Kirkhof Center.
The resolution was written by Scott St. Louis, vice presi-dent for educational affairs on Student Senate, with the help of Student Senate President
Andrew Plague in regards to a startup company run by GVSU students. Fluition, LLC is a biomedical device design company that is developing a new sit-to-stand device for in-tensive care patients.
“We’re a university which I think kind of breaks from the norm in that we allow students to retain 100 percent ownership of their startup as long as they’re not grant fund-ed by the university or con-tract funded,” St. Louis said.
The resolution also men-tions Students for Intellectual Property Rights, which is an organization that advocates for the Higher Education Reau-thorization Act to add a revi-sion so college students across the country can own their own startup and keep at least 75 per-cent of the resulting royalties.
“We wanted to commend the university on its current policies because we think that Fluition, LLC is an example of how those policies have done right by Grand Valley stu-dents,” St. Louis said.
Another event being orga-nized by Student Senate is the University Leadership Round-table, happening Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. in the Alumni House on the Allendale Campus. All presidents of student organi-zations registered on OrgSync are invited to the event. These
campus leaders will then have the chance to eat dinner while discussing the benefits and challenges of their positions.
At this event, individuals may ask questions, exchange advice and ideally will walk away with a greater under-standing of the types of stu-dent organizations there are at GVSU. Promotional tech-niques, programming and organizational skills may be among the topics discussed.
“I think it’s good to have the leaders be able to network with people who they might not see or be able to talk to on a daily basis,” said Emma Moulton, executive vice presi-dent of Student Senate.
The annual Presidents’ Ball is another event Student Sen-ate helps organize. The theme of this year’s ball is “The Grand Gatsby” and will high-light the glitz and glam of the 1920s with the help of student senators and members of the Laker Traditions Team.
The ball will be held on Fri-day, Feb. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at the DeVos Place’s Performance Hall in Grand Rapids. Dinner and dance tickets are $30 and dance tickets are $10, available for purchase at the 2020 Desk in the Kirkhof Center.
Finally, Student Senate’s election process also begins at the end of February. Students
interested in becoming a Stu-dent Senator can access the application via OrgSync. Once approved, election packets are distributed. A student needs to turn in the packet to Student Senate with 75 signatures of enrolled students and a faculty endorsement before they can begin campaigning. Voting oc-curs in late March for the 44 positions available.
Moulton gave her advice for students thinking about be-coming a senator.
“Don’t be afraid to cam-paign and to go out of your comfort zone to try to get peo-ple to vote for you,” Moulton said. “Last year it was very com-petitive. You can’t just put your name on the ballot – you have to put yourself out there and tell people why you should be on senate and get their support.”
Last year, about 20 percent of GVSU’s students voted in the election. Student Senate hopes that number will increase.
“The student government can only be representative of students so far as students are willing to participate in shaping that government and making sure that we as an organization know of the issues that students are facing in their interactions with faculty, staff, the adminis-tration and the Allendale com-munity,” St. Louis said.
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Student Senate plans goals for semester
ore than 400 internat iona l students from around the world are cur-
rently studying at Grand Val-ley State University.
Elizabeth Jawish, the international student inte-gration coordinator at the Padnos International Cen-ter, said culture shock and academic adjustment are the two most common prob-lems students face when they come to the United States.
Culture shock is the cultural adjustment process students go through when arriving in a new country they are not familiar with. Not everyone will experi-ence culture shock in the same way or to the same degree.
Academically, interna-tional students may have a lot of adjusting to do. Jawish said this is because the U.S. edu-cation system varies greatly from that in Europe.
“I meet with students to show them things we consider normal like keeping a planner,” she said. “It depends on the level the students are at. Some-times it’s just little things, but all the same resources are available for international students as regular students.”
Nikola Gudovic, a hospi-tality and tourism major and German minor, is currently in his second year as a GVSU in-ternational student. His home country is Montenegro, located in southeastern Europe.
Gudovic said culture shock was not a major issue for him, though he did notice many differences between his home and Michigan.
“I had to adjust to some
laws that I never thought ex-isted, but food is the worst cul-tural shock we have because what’s available here is differ-ent than at home,” Gudovic said. “I’m a sponge when it comes to language and culture. I take in everything.”
In terms of academics, Gu-dovic said the main differences he noticed included the higher homework load and manda-tory attendance. However, he also mentioned many positives, such as the attentiveness of the professors, who he said are just like an “academic parent” be-cause they make sure students understand the material.
“People here are so willing to help,” he said. “People are really polite here. In Europe, people don’t do the small signs of attention and polite-ness like saying ‘thank you’ to your bus driver.”
Gudovic added that di-versity is a major positive element at the university, a place where everyone can fit in somewhere. He said he has participated in many groups, including African Council, German Club and the Resi-dent Housing Association.
Connecting with domestic students is something Gu-dovic has done easily right from the start of his time in the U.S. and at GVSU.
“It’s a really nice place be-cause it’s just like a big family,” he said. “International stu-dents have so much to offer. Stereotypes can be a wall be-tween students and can cause conflicts, but I broke most of the stereotypes I had about Americans. When you hear each other’s stories, it’s benefi-cial for both sides.”
To combat culture shock, Jawish encourages foreign stu-
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Record number of international students enroll at GV
PLANNING: Students discuss goals at a past Student Senate meeting. The senators are preparing for Presidents’ Ball, electing new members for next year and other projects.
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GLOBAL VIEW: International students pose for a group photo. Grand Valley State Univer-sity has set a new record of over 400 international students at the university.
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“If you think about how it was 3 to 4 years ago and we didn’t have it off, it is a step in the right direction.”
NATHAN BARGAS
YEAR: JuniorMAJOR: PsychologyHOMETOWN: Luddington, I l l .
“I haven’t heard anything about it. They could put more things on the Pew Campus or on the main page of the website.”
CHELSEA LEASK
YEAR: SophomoreMAJOR: Secondary EducationHOMETOWN: Grand Rapids, Mich.
“I don’t know what they are doing. The fact we have classes off though puts us ahead of other campuses.”
BRANDAN BILSKI
YEAR: SophomoreMAJOR: Criminal Justice and PsychologyHOMETOWN: Grand Rapids, Mich.
“Yes. We have the day off and we didn’t do that at my high school.”
KATIE SZASAK
YEAR: SophomoreMAJOR: B iomedical ScienceHOMETOWN: Hudsonvi l le , Mich.
“I think our campus should do more because all I know of is we get the day off.”
COURTNEY TALBOT
YEAR: SophomoreMAJOR: C l in ical Exercise ScienceHOMETOWN: Fisher, Ind.
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artin Luther King Jr. Day is on Jan. 19 this year. To honor this important his-torical figure, Grand Valley State University is hosting
its annual MLK Commemoration Week from Jan. 19 through 24.
We would like to encourage all stu-dents, faculty, staff and community mem-bers to attend any or all of the events they can. Martin Luther King Jr. became the face of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, when he paved the way for change in areas such as racial discrimination, seg-regation, poverty and social justice for all people regardless of their demographics.
The theme this year is “No More Silence,” which comes from Dr. King’s famous quote, “In the end, we will re-member not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” This is relevant today because of national con-troversies, like the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Mo. that pointed out there
is still work to be done.Two people who are taking these words
to heart are Sybrina Fulton on Monday and Marc Lamont Hill on Wednesday. They will showcase the importance King’s legacy still has today. Fulton is the mother of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old boy who was killed by George Zimmerman in 2012. She started a foundation to raise awareness about the prevention of violence toward children and the need for safer communities. Lamont Hill is a journalist, author and activist who works to educate young people about their legal rights.
Besides these speakers, MLK Com-memoration Week also includes various social justice activities, a silent march and a day of service volunteering in the community. These hands-on events allow participants to learn more about King’s core values and what he was fighting for.
It is important for the GVSU commu-nity to take part in these events. With the controversies surrounding racial justice,
especially considering current events concerning this issue, students should take the time to listen to the opinions of these speakers and fellow students on what can be done to make the future better.
In fact, the university considers this educational opportunity such an im-portant one that it gives students the day off from classes. There is no excuse not to attend.
Students, we are the face of the future. We should take the time to discuss with others unlike ourselves what can be done to make everyday life equal and fair for ev-ery single person. Don’t waste this oppor-tunity to form an informed opinion and think about solutions moving forward.
MLK Day will continue to be celebrat-ed at GVSU, encouraging students to stand up for what they believe in and not be the silent bystanders. We have an opportunity to make a difference and continue the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
ne thing that inspires me the most is travel-ing. It is not just about places, but
the new vision.My first time on a plane
was when I was four years old. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you much about it. However, I do remember how I dumped the cookies on my cousin’s head when we were in the airport because she refused to share.
Going to other countries
was a dream come true. When I was 10 years old, we flew to historic Armenia. When we arrived, a crowd of people was waiting for us. To be honest, I did not know half of them. Everybody started kissing us and, when I say “everybody,” I mean it! And not just a “cheek-to-check” kiss, but a firm and genuine one.
At first it was bizarre, but the more you learn about peo-ple the better you understand that they have a big heart and endless love for their families – regardless how far of a distant relative you are, how often you see each other and how far you live from each other.
In Ukraine, we love to dress up. We never leave the house without at least putting lip gloss on. My friend and I de-cided to go to one of Europe’s most charming cities: Prague. The first day, we went out to
have dinner and people kept staring at us and giving looks.
Good thing we had Sketchers with us. Prague is known for its cobbled lanes, walled courtyards and love of comfort. It turned out that they consider girls who are wearing high heels as seducers. Good to know, right? Not wearing heels in Prague anymore.
The police in Ukraine sometimes can be beyond cre-ative. Get ready; this is a true story! The scene took place in the subway. I was going to pick up my paycheck – my salary in the envelope to be more exact. Suddenly, a police officer in his 20s comes up to me and says that something happened and now they are questioning all women.
With my Ukrainian suspi-cion, I agreed to answer a few questions. I followed him to the kiosk. He asked for my ID, wrote down my information,
and said that now we need to wait for a confirmation call. Meanwhile, he started asking personal questions.
Thirty minutes passed, no call. I really could not wait any longer, so I told him that it seems that nobody is calling him back, why not just call himself. He called and said that everything was okay and I could go. Finally!
At the second I left, this person followed me again. I said, “Now what?” And he goes, “May I ask you to have a coffee with me or perhaps your number?” Imagine my expres-sion! Actually don’t. I just spent 30 precious minutes of my life on this fake nonsense when the whole deal was about get-ting my number. That is why I do not trust police.
Every culture has a different identity, and it is important to come prepared when visiting a new place.
ith the com-mencement of 2015, students are no doubt making (and
perhaps already breaking) a fresh set of New Year’s
resolutions. While I certainly believe that January is the perfect time to implement positive changes, I can’t help but feel discouraged that so many people (including myself) almost inevitably end up breaking their resolutions within a few months.
There seems to be plenty of reasons why this happens: sometimes the goals chosen are simply too big and too dif-ficult to achieve. Other times, they are not specific enough, and it can be difficult to deter-mine where and how to begin the process of fulfilling them.
One idea, which doesn’t seem to be discussed very
often, is the fact that people frequently choose goals that they won’t enjoy fulfilling. While this makes sense (after all, if you resolve to lose five pounds, the chances that you’ll be jumping for joy while cutting your calorie intake are probably slim), it still acts as a legitimate explanation for why some people, if not most, find it difficult to maintain their New Year’s resolutions.
Last year, I decided to try to break this cycle of pick-ing and inevitably breaking unenjoyable resolutions. In searching for what goal I would focus on for the next year, I instead thought about
something I would really like to learn. In the end, I decided that I would learn how to swing dance. I had tried it briefly a few years earlier and had enjoyed it, and I figured that if I chose a fun resolution that I had been wanting to work on anyway, I would have a better chance of fulfilling it.
So I started attending a local swing dancing club and picked up as many tips and tricks as I could. I went pretty consistently throughout the year and eventually became reasonably competent and learned several different types of swing dancing. There were certainly difficulties and dis-
couragements along the way, but in the end, I enjoyed what I was doing and consequently stuck with it.
This year, I’m adopting a similar attitude and picking a goal that I’ve been wanting to fulfill for some time now. In 2015, I plan to run a race. While I know that training may be difficult at times, I also know that I enjoy working out and that this will ultimately be a very rewarding experience.
My mom always says that anything worth having in life requires hard work. I certainly agree with that statement, but I think that most people make the unconscious deter-
mination that hard work is inherently unenjoyable. This is certainly not the case. On the contrary, it’s perfectly fine, even beneficial, to pick a diffi-cult New Year’s resolution, but you will likely have a much more positive experience, and increase your likelihood of success, if it’s also one that you will find fun.
With that in mind, consid-er looking at your New Year’s resolution differently this year. Pick up a hobby that you’ve always wanted to try or cross an item off your bucket list. In the end, you’ll have a much more enjoyable experience.
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BE COURTEOUSIt can be stressful trying to find a spot to sit or stand. If the bus is crowded, try to walk all the way to the back and avoid saving a seat for your backpack to make more space avail-able for others. Keep your eye out for someone who might need a seat more than you do. Another piece of advice: avoid talking on the phone loudly. Chances are, fellow riders will not want to hear all about your latest problems and concerns.
BE SAFERiders should stay seated until they reach their destination. However, if the bus is crowded and standing is necessary, remember to hold onto either the overhead strap or the bars to the side. Balance will save you from falling on a stranger and creating an awkward situation. Be aware of your surroundings while waiting and riding the bus. If you feel uncomfortable, sit up front be-hind the bus driver.
BE TIMELYIt is important to hop on the bus early during peak times so that you are not late for an important appointment. The peak times for Monday through Thursday are 9 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Fridays are busy around 9 a.m. and noon, generally tapering off as it gets later in the afternoon.
BE KNOWLEDGEABLEPlan your route ahead of time so that you know when to pull the cord to sig-nal to the driver that you will be exit-ing at the next stop. Don’t be afraid to ask the driver any questions relating to the route. Learn the bus schedule so that you don’t have to wait outside in the cold for longer than necessary. The buses run every six minutes on weekdays and about every hour on weekends. Check gvsu.edu/bus for more specific times.
BE CAREFULWhen you get ready to exit, remember to gather all of your personal items and winter accessories if you took them off during the ride. Left something behind? All forgotten items are kept at Central Station. You can call The Rapid Lost and Found at (616) 776-1100 anytime Monday through Friday between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
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tips for riding The Rapid, wheth-er you are going from Kirkhof to Mackinac, from Allendale to Grand Rapids or from an off-campus apartment to campus. The bus is free for all GVSU stu-dents, faculty and staff with a valid I.D. This will also get you onto any of The Rapid’s buses in downtown Grand Rapids.
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The Rapid saves the GVSU com-munity over 2 million rides, 20 mil-lion vehicle miles and $11 million in vehicle operating costs.
Park and Ride: GVSU students, fac-ulty and staff can park in marked areas and ride the bus to campus for free. The Standale Meijer and the Walker Fire Station have parking designated for this purpose. However, it is best to avoid overnight parking, as the vehicle may be ticketed or towed. This can help save gas money, avoid purchasing a parking pass and reduce emissions.
The Rapid has five hybrid-electric buses operating with green roofs to protect the environment by burning less fuel and emitting fewer pollutants into the air. The Rapid also uses ultra-low sulfur diesel, which emits 90 per-cent less pollutants than before.
The buses feature a battery-pow-ered electric motor that provides most of the power at slower speeds and a smaller clean diesel engine that takes over at higher speeds.
Looking to buy more than just gro-
ceries? Here are directions to the Ri-vertown Crossings Mall: 1. Board the GVSU Campus Connector (Route 50) at either Mackinac Hall or the Kirkhof Center on the Allendale Campus or at the Pew Campus (stops at Seward Ramp and between Eberhard and De-Vos centers). 2. Exit the bus at Central Station and board the Grandville/Ri-vertown Crossings (Route 8) bus. 3. Exit the bus at the stop located at Ri-vertown Crossings.
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Want to know exactly when the bus will arrive? Search for The Rapid bus routes on the MyStop app (iPhone only) or the Transit App (iPhone or Android). Don’t have a smartphone? Check The Rapid Con-nect website (www.connect.ridether-apid.org/infopoint) on your computer’s internet browser before heading to the bus stop.
BUS STOP: Grand Valley State University students wait outside the Kirkhof Center during a snowstorm for The Rapid. The Rapid has a fleet of environmentally-friendly vehicles.
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ARTS AT NOON: COOPER, HAY, VAN LENTE GROUP
The jazz stylings of the Cooper, Hay, Van Lente Group will take the stage of the Grand Valley State University Cook-DeWitt Center on Jan. 14 from noon to 1 p.m. Mike Van Lente will keep the beat on drums and percussion while Dave Hay plays the keyboards and Jim Cooper performs the vibes and marimba. The mixture of these instruments cre-ates the unique sound of the Cooper, Hay, Van Lente Group and composes the band’s original repertoire. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call (616) 331-3484 or visit gvsu.edu/music.
“THE MOUSETRAP”The Grand Rapids Civic Theatre presents Agatha
Christie’s “The Mousetrap” from Jan. 16 through Feb. 1. This thrilling tale of a group of people trapped during a snowstorm is a must see and is still the longest running play in modern theater. This rendi-tion stars Rachel Varley as Mollie Ralston and Joel Ruberg as Gile Ralston. “The Mousetrap” is spon-sored by The Porter Foundation. Tickets are $16-28. To purchase tickets or for more information, call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.GRTC.org.
COMMIT THIS TO MEMORY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR
The pop, punk band Motion City Soundtrack celebrates 10 years with a stop at the Intersection in downtown Grand Rapids on Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. The band, known for hits such as “Hold me Down,” “Everything is Alright” and “The Future Freaks Me Out” is celebrating its album Commit this to Memory that dropped 10 years ago. Hit the Lights and Team Spirit will also take the stage. The concert is open to all ages. Tickets are $22.50 in advance and $25 the day of the show. For more information, visit www.sectionlive.com.
“GOODBYE TO ALL THAT”The UICA, located on Fulton Street in down-
town Grand Rapids, will screen the independent film “Goodbye to All That” from Jan. 16 through 29. The film follows the journey of a single dad try-ing to figure out the dating scene. This 87-minute film touches upon the struggle of dating after marriage and at an older age. The film stars Paul Schneider, Anna Camp, Heather Graham, Amy Sedaris and Melanie Lynskey and was directed by Angus MacLachlin. Tickets are $4 for UICA members and $8 for non-members. For more information, call the UICA at (616) 454-7000.
or the past five years, the Grand Valley State Uni-versity chapter of SAI Mu Al-
pha has hosted A Cappell-Off. A Cappell-Off is a competition that brings a cappella groups from around the Midwest to compete for titles such as best overall group, best male group, best mixed group and best fe-male group. This year, not only will groups from four different states compete, but also all four
of GVSU’s a cappella groups will go head to head.
“It is going to be a very com-petitive competition because we have Euphoria that is going and I believe Midnight Snack and After School Special are as well, and those are all the GV groups,” said GVSU GrooVe! president Jacob Sackleh. “It is exciting to be able to share the stage with those groups and really put our best foot forward.”
The competition is a yearly fundraiser to raise money for the sisterhood of SAI Mu Al-pha and the music program at Allendale Public Schools. The A Cappell-Off begins at 7 p.m. on Jan. 17 at Allendale High School’s auditorium.
“This one (competition) is a great one because it goes direct-ly to SAI,” said Midnight Snack Vice President Lindsay Cannon. “And on top of that, it is a really good cause and it is local and we get to meet so many different people from all the different col-leges. It is just a really fun thing to be a part of.”
Groups such as GrooVe! are using the A Cappell-Off as a stepping-stone to the In-ternational Championship of
Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA), which would give them the chance to work closely with the other music groups.
“We have pretty much gone to ICCA for four years and the ICCA is a pretty big competi-tion…and the A Cappell-Off is a really good tune up for the ICCA,” Sackleh said. “I mean the experience aside, we really want to be able to connect with other a cappella groups, and we really want to grow ourselves...”
To get ready for competi-tions such as these, the groups at rehearsals concentrate on blending voices, choreogra-phy and fine-tuning their set list, Cannon said.
For the A Cappell-Off, Mid-night Snack will be performing a mashup of “Some Nights” and “Payphone,” “Skyfall” by Adele and “Fallen” by Alicia Keys.
GrooVe! is planning to use the performance to per-fect its set list for the ICCAs. The group will perform “The Rhythm We Started” by Sophie Madeleine, “Give Me Love” by Ed Sheeran and “Bottom of the River” by Delta Rae.
“For these competitions, we select specific songs that
we want to perform and that we think we are the best at and that would put our best foot forward,” said Josh Sackleh, GrooVe! e-board member.
With a cappella groups from Michigan, Illinois, Indi-ana and Ohio in attendance, each group will have to per-form its best to take home a title. For the GV groups, it is also a chance to grow as indi-viduals and as a community.
“The idea of opening your mind to different ideas with your music and stuff,” Jacob Sackleh said. “That is a huge thing. These other groups you know – Euphoria, After School Special, Midnight Snack – all bring a different style to the table and we can learn from that.”
The show is not only enjoy-able for those familiar with a cappella, but it also will be a night for anyone who enjoys music, Sackleh said.
“It is going to be a great show,” Sackleh said. “You are looking at a lot of really good a cappella groups under one roof and it is not just going to be a good show, but you are also going to see a variety in terms of musicality.”
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Harmonizing as individuals and communityFour GV a cappella groups compete for top spot
ach year, stu-dents at Grand Valley State Uni-versity who are enrolled in the
curatorial studio course come together to host different art exhibits. The curatorial studio course is open to all students no matter their major.
“Curating creates ideas in the realm of imagination and rep-resentation,” said professor Paul Wittenbraker. “It’s how we de-termine and present ideas that are relevant to the challenges of being a human right now.”
Students started the semes-ter with a project called “Six,” consisting of six micro-exhibits in six days that will be on dis-play in the Padnos Student Gallery, located in the GVSU Calder Art Center.
“We are really fortunate to have the Padnos Student Gallery to use for this project because we’re able to immerse ourselves in such a rich curatorial con-text,” Wittenbraker said. “Many majors have practical content knowledge to synchronize ideas with each other to learn about
collaboration, integration and interdisciplinary inquiries.”
This curatorial studio course encourages those involved to take their knowledge from their major and apply it to art. How-ever, with so many ideas and backgrounds, keeping all the ideas straight has caused the project to be more challenging.
“I think the main challenge for me will be getting used to viewing curatorial work from an artistic standpoint,” said Jeremy Coldicott, an anthropology ma-jor in the class. “I suppose it’s like dipping my toes in new water.”
Coldicott took the course at the recommendation of a pro-fessor with whom he consulted about a career in museum work.
“She said it would give me ideal hands-on experience with exhibit design, and I figured it would also allow me to diversify myself and the classroom as a whole,” Coldicott said.
Throughout the semester, the class will focus in more de-tail on the various aspects of curating. The students will not only display their work at the Padnos Student Gallery, but also around the Grand Rapids area, including at the UICA in down-town Grand Rapids.
“The micro-exhibits are all generated from the same archive of artifacts,” Coldicott said. “Taken as a whole, the micro-exhibits demonstrate how various contexts and combinations effect and create different meanings.”
Curatorial studio is one of the five courses of GVSU’s visual studies program. All are open to non-majors and dynami-cally engaged in cultural project work. The purpose of the class goes beyond the world of aca-
demia; it sets to inspire students to express themselves to each other and those around them in a more creative way.
“It’s so exciting to think about challenges that we have as a society and how to solve those problems,” Wittenbraker said. “There are great rewards, but it’s not always happy and clear.”
“Six” will be on display from Jan. 5-15. There will be a light re-ception open to the public from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 14.
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ART DESIGN: Molly Lucille Tiesma works with fellow students to create a piece for the group exhibit “Six.”
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HOME INVASION: GVSU’s Ricky Carbajal, one of six players who missed practice for the Lakers last week due to injury, looks to pass the ball against Malone on Saturday. Malone entered the game with a 3-10 record, but handed the Lakers their first home loss of the 2014-15 season.
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or the Grand Valley State women’s bas-ketball team, domi-nation has been the name of the game at
Fieldhouse Arena.After starting 7-0 this season,
GVSU hit a rough patch, losing three straight games on the road. The momentum shifted as the team returned home for a game against Walsh on Thursday.
GVSU coach Janel Burgess, now in her eighth season coaching the team, said it came down to defense against the Cavaliers. Rebounds and defensive stops coupled with com-munication and teamwork to end the losing streak at three games.
“Success breeds success,” Burgess said. “Our overall focus is working on both sides collectively and having a sense of urgency.”
The win wasn’t easy for the Lak-ers. GVSU was only up by four un-til the final 45 seconds when Walsh scored, trimming GVSU’s lead in
half. With 14 seconds left, GVSU junior Brionna Barnett sank a clean jumper and put away two free throws to clinch the 72-66 win.
“I knew I had to play aggressive and trust in myself and my team-mates,” Barnett said.
Having broken the streak, sophomore Kayla Dawson echoed Barnett’s sentiments about relying on one another. Dawson said the win against Walsh helped bolster their resolve going into Saturday’s game against Malone.
“After three losses getting that one in the boat was a great confidence boost,” Dawson said.
The Lakers had their groove back, and it carried over against the Pioneers.
After combining for 27 points against Walsh, Dawson and Barnett topped off the two-game stretch with 20 and 16 points against Malone, re-spectively. Sophomores Taylor Lutz and Piper Tucker and junior Jammie Botruff also heavily contributed with
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Feelin’ it at FieldhouseGV moves to 7-0 at home against Walsh, Malone
or the Grand Valley State men’s basketball team, every game is a test at this point. And with so many key play-
ers battling injuries, there hasn’t been much time to study properly.
Slow starts and inconsistent of-fense led to just 17 first-half points for GVSU in both games at Field-house Arena last week. The Lakers escaped with a 63-56 win over Walsh on Thursday night, but were over-whelmed, 81-61, by a 3-10 Malone team on Saturday afternoon.
GVSU had played 87 games at home since its last 20-point loss. Find-lay, which handed the Lakers a 68-47 defeat in December 2008, was the last visiting team to win by 20 or more.
The inability to score early is a con-cern for coach Ric Wesley moving for-ward, but it’s not something that can be easily addressed in practice. For-mer starters like Ernijs Ansons, Chaz Rollins and point guard Aaron Hayes are still sidelined; others are playing through the pain.
“Our timing’s not good,” Wesley said. “We’ve had nine guys in prac-tice here for weeks. We’re not really practicing. I think that’s part of it, we had a good thing going with (Hayes) in the lineup and now he’s out of the lineup, so we’re playing some dif-ferent guys. Our timing is not very good and our cohesiveness is bad -- so it’s a combination of things.
“We’ve got to play better. We showed good will and desire on Thurs-day and we made some strides, but we’ve had a couple crazy weeks here. We’ve had nine healthy bodies and it’s
very difficult to get into a good rhythm in practice to evaluate where you’re at.”
The team shot 32.7 percent from the field in the two-game stretch, and made just five of 28 attempts from the 3-point line.
Despite the offensive woes early on against Walsh on Thursday, senior guard Ryan Sabin and the Lakers came to life in the second half. Sabin scored 17 of his 23 points in the second stan-za, and knocked down all 12 of his free-throw attempts in the game.
Sophomore guard Luke Ryskamp chipped in with 11 points as the Lak-ers improved to 5-0 at home. Junior forward Ricky Carbajal added nine points and seven rebounds.
“In the first half, our mind wasn’t right mentally on offense -- I’m not sure what it was,” said Sabin, the GLIAC’s top free-throw shooter (91.3 percent). “The second half, we
just came together and we attacked more. We were much more aggres-sive on the offensive end.”
The Lakers, who shot 39 free throws in the game, have been at their best this season when attacking the rim. They’ve attempted 249 freebies in eight conference games so far -- 35 more than SVSU, the only other GLI-AC team with more than 175.
When it comes to most shooting categories, however, GVSU ranks near the bottom. The team has used seven different starting guards, and is last in assists per game (10.3).
The team never found its rhythm against Malone on Saturday in a game that was scoreless until the 16:01 mark in the first half.
“We were just being too passive, and I don’t really know why that is
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hile the seats of the Georgetown Ice Arena fill with fans, the vi-brations of heavy bass bump in Jack Lindsay’s
headphones as he ties his left skate, al-ways his left skate first, and visualizes stonewalling his opponent yet again.
The freshman goalie finishes up his routine (left skate, left pad, right skate, right pad) and joins his teammates as the Division III Grand Valley State hockey team leaves the locker room to warm up.
Freshman forward Alex Bjork hangs back, waiting for his team-mates to finish filing out. Bjork, a slave to his own superstitions, has to be the last one on the ice.
One of two men’s hockey teams to represent GVSU, this D-III team has shot out to 15-10 record in the 2014-15 season. It seems as though routines and superstitions are part of a winning formula.
As important as they are to the players’ mental game, rituals aren’t the only things getting the boys out on top. A mix of talent and rapport gives the team a distinctive edge in their matchups.
“I think we’ve proven that when we’re on top of our game, we can defi-nitely play with anybody,” Bjork said.
The mental and physical commit-ment of playing hockey can be taxing on the players. Sometimes the coach-ing staff, led by head coach Charlie Link, steps in and helps players deal with life just as much as with hockey.
Both Bjork and Lindsay say the coaching staff is supportive and en-couraging, sometimes coming to practice early just to chat and catch up with their players.
The coaching staff’s extensive hockey experience is another facet the team takes advantage of. Link, who is in his sixth season at the helm, is a scout for the Muskegon Lumberjacks,
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HOME COOKING: GVSU player Meryl Cripe looks to make a play against Malone. The Lakers have not lost a game in Allendale this season (7-0).
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LAKER ATHLETES EARN ACADEMIC RECOGNITION
Eighty-five GVSU athletes earned a spot on GLIAC 2014 Fall Sports All-Academic and All-Academic Excellence Teams for their performance in the classroom. Athletes meeting the criteria can be on GLIAC All-Academic Teams (3.0-3.49 GPA) or All-Academic Excel-lence Teams (3.5-4.0 GPA).
The men’s cross country team had five All-Academic runners (Bryce Bradley, Joe Cecil, Mowgli Crosby, Greg Madendorp and David Pow-ell) and 10 Academic Excel-lence Team honorees (Ethan Barnes, Torben Hoffmeyer, Chris May, Nate Orndorf, Spencer Pageau, Alan Pe-terson, Josh Steible, Mitch Wilkins and John Luterbach).
On the women’s side, four national champions earned All-Academic honors (Kendra Foley, Kelly Haubert, Hannah Osborn and Taylor Smith) while 11 others made their way on the Academic Excel-lence Team (Rachel Bende-wald, Jordan Chester, Katelyn Cliff, Sarah Cullip, Jessica Ja-necke, Brianna King, Alex Mc-Bride, Natalie Nelson, Madie Rodts and Alison Work).
The soccer team, contrib-uted 13 names as Gabbie Guibord, Katie Klunder, Juane Odendaal, Jenny Shaba, Alys-sa Wesley, Katy Woolley were on the All-Academic Team, while Erika Bradfield, Emily Bush, Clare Carlson, Marti Corby, Alexis Mencotti, Mad-dison Reynolds and Andrea Strauss earned Academic Excellence plaudits.
The football team was also well represented. Chris Calvano, Nate Cole, De’Ondre Hogan, Brad Horling, Alex Kelly, Parker McInnis, Joe Moran, James Nutter, Robbie Peck, Chris Picano, Michael Ratay, Brandon Revenberg, Joe Rob-bins, Troy Sassack, Joel Schip-per, Kyle Short, Jake Slobin, Jim Walsh and Joe Warner earned a spot on the All-Academic team. Those earning Academic Excellence laurels were Ollie Ajami, Robert Ault, Jeremy Byers, Marco Iaderosa, Nick Keizer, Scott Koenigsknecht, Cody Moore, Heath Parling, Jack Sauber, Collin Schlosser and Evan Schriner.
Kristina Lucas and Mor-gan Patterson represented the women’s tennis team on the All-Academic Team, while Leah Dancz, Carola Orna, Kali Phillips and Kelly Trapp earned spots on the Aca-demic Excellence Team.
Jessica Majerle of the vol-leyball team earned a place on the All-Academic Team, while teammates Rachel Dickerson, Nicayla Joyce, Clair Ruhenkamp, Carley Serowoky, Ally Simmons and Josie Werner were on the Academic Excellence Team.
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offense and multiple steals.“We want to make a state-
ment in the conference,” Bar-nett said. “We need to step on the gas and not let up.”
GVSU has bumped up their record to 9-3 overall and 6-2 in GLIAC. The Lakers are 8-0 when holding opponents to less than 70 points, and 9-0 when
leading at the 2:00 mark.For Burgess, it all starts
with teamwork.“Team chemistry is ex-
tremely important,” Burgess said. “Effort and energy helps start up our defense which leads to a good offense”.
With a spring in their step, the Lakers will be gearing up to face Northern Michigan on Jan. 15 and Michigan Tech on Jan. 17.
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right now,” said Ryskamp, who led GVSU with 19 points. “But I think the answer is we have to come out, attack and be more aggressive.”
Malone’s Nate Sheppard swung the momentum toward
the end of the first half by connecting on back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers. It fueled a 14-0 run and left GVSU down 34-17 at the break.
Ben Haraway, who finished with a game-high 24 points, was one of four Pioneers to score in double figures. Malone hit 10 of its 20 3-point attempts in the game -- and led by as
many as 33 points.Wesley was ejected in the
second half after picking up his second technical foul.
“It was more of my frustra-tion with our team play,” he said. “I thought we had some calls that didn’t go our way, which is magnified when you’re not playing well.
“Some games when you’re
ahead you just kind of move forward, but, when you’re struggling as a team, every call seems like it’s life and death and I kind of overreacted.”
GVSU (8-6, 4-4 GLIAC) must face two more tests this week as it travels to the Upper Peninsula to take on Northern Michigan (6-8, 4-4) and Michi-gan Tech (9-3, 6-2).
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a USHL team based in Michigan.
“On the ice, they’re really good about watching the other team’s systems, breaking them down and telling us what to do to counteract them,” Bjork said.
Bjork also credits team success to good communica-tion and chemistry between players, saying that his line gels well and gets results.
“We’re basically at the point now where wherever I’m at with the puck, if my head’s looking at them or not, I can tell where they’re at
on the ice,” he said.Although he plays be-
tween the pipes and not be-tween the goal lines, Lindsay says he can tell that the boys are meshing in such a way that breeds success.
“It can kind of play a dis-advantage to us,” he said. “Like we’re so close to each other that I’m not afraid. I’m not afraid to call someone out on some-thing. It works both ways, but we try to keep it constructive.”
A common weakness in hockey teams is failing to give 100 percent effort for the full 60 minutes. The D-III team is not exempt from this, sometimes succumbing to a bad habit of showing up for the first period -- then disappearing.
“Putting three periods to-gether and playing them con-sistently is something we need to improve,” Bjork said.
Earlier in the season, the
team was up 2-1 on Oakland University -- ranked first in the ACHA Division III North Region -- but ran out of steam, resulting in a loss. The team has started to put com-plete games together in the last few weeks, however.
The Lakers notched a 12-0 victory against Toledo before winter break, and bested Adri-an College in another high-scoring affair, 7-4, the next day. The team then travelled south to sweep Florida Gulf Coast in a two-game series.
This past weekend, the win streak ended at four games as GVSU fell to the University of Michigan-Flint in two losses, 2-1 on Friday and 5-4 on Sat-urday. The team will look to bounce back at home against Hope College this weekend at Georgetown at 7 p.m.
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HOME COURT: Kayla Dawson (23) poured in a season-high 20 points Saturday in the team’s 85-60 win over Malone.
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SABINATION: Ryan Sabin (20) lowers his shoulder against Malone on Saturday. Sabin, the top free-throw shooter in the GLIAC (91.3 percent), was the hero for GVSU two days before against Walsh: 17 of his 23 points came in the second half.
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FORECHECK: Dante Delabbio battles for a puck against the University of Michigan-Flint at home on Saturday.
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fter a long winter break layoff and what felt like an even longer bus ride, the Grand Valley State women’s club hockey team finally got back on the ice. GVSU traveled
to took on Liberty in a two-game series over the weekend, but Liberty (16-3-1) claimed both wins (7-3-1).
GVSU’s skaters knew what they were going up against.
“Coming into this weekend knowing they were ranked #2 really set a strong tone for us,” said senior captain Alexa Tenwalde. “I think we did a really good job at coming in not being in-timidated and instead letting their ranking moti-vate us to play harder.”
Unfortunately, the start of the first game didn’t go according to plan. On Friday, Liberty started off the game strong, overwhelming GVSU to take a 2-0 lead after the first period.
“We had road legs that really carried off the bus,” said GVSU coach Sean McKernan.
Despite the road legs from the 11-hour bus trip, the Lakers were able to get back on their feet. McKernan and the Lady Lakers went into the locker room, got pumped up and came out for
the second period with an edge. Junior forward Stacey Mathieu took note.
“We all did a really good job of staying posi-tive and not letting up,” Mathieu said. “We came out in the second period with fire and tied up the game.”
Junior center Kendra Myers got the scor-ing started for the Lakers in the second period. Later in the second, senior Lauren Iavasile tied the game with a blast from the blue line during a power play.
There was some great individual play by a few players, and McKernan took note.
“Kendra Myers played an outstanding game,” he said. “She had determination.
“Our captain Alexa Tenwalde really stepped up at both ends of the ice, led by example, and the team really fed off of her energy and play.”
Despite the newfound life, GVSU couldn’t get on the scoreboard again.
Liberty had a chance to respond, and did when captain Carrie Jickling scored on a break-away in the third period to put Liberty ahead 3-2. It was the final tally on either side.
The Lakers had 5-on-3 power play later in the period, but couldn’t find the back of the net.
One takeaway was that there was a lot of char-acter shown by GVSU in the game. The Lakers
could have let the game slide after falling behind 2-0, but they fought back.
“We’ve been doing a really good job this year at not letting ourselves get down after being be-hind and we reacted by tying it back up the next period,” Tenwalde said.
Saturday’s game started off much differently
for GVSU. The Lakers outshot Liberty 15-7 in the first and really put the pressure on through-out the entire period, but couldn’t capitalize on their scoring opportunities.
Then, with about ten minutes left in the sec-ond period, Liberty scored what some thought was a controversial goal. GVSU goalie Taylor Watson covered the puck during a scrum in front of the net, but the whistle wasn’t blown -- and Liberty powered the puck home.
“Us captains and coaches always preach to ev-eryone to just control what we can control and play through bad calls, regardless of how much we may disagree with them,” Tenwalde said.
The Lakers lost 2-0, but responded well again by playing great defense.
“Our defense was excellent tonight,” said McKernan. “They skated with the puck well and the two goals were unfortunate breaks.”
GVSU’s goalies came up big throughout the series. Freshman Lauren Allen made some key saves for the Lakers in the first game, while Wat-son contributed a great effort in the second game.
The Lakers hit the ice this weekend for a big series against Adrian (7-4-4) on Jan. 17 and 18 at Georgetown Ice Arena.
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Liberty ices GV women in weekend seriesNo. 6 Lakers fall short against No. 2 Flames in Virginia
ivalry is a term many use to describe a history of com-petition between two people or teams. For Grand Valley State’s swimming and diving
team, the words ‘Wayne State University’ mean only one thing: all or nothing.
Wayne State has claimed numerous vic-tories over GVSU in recent history, and has the track record of a nationally prominent program. But the past can only predict what the future might hold.
“We always look forward to competing against them,” said GVSU coach Andy Boyce. “They push us and we push them.”
Wayne State has won eight of the last nine GLIAC championships on the women’s side, while the Warrior men have won nine of the past 12 conference titles.
With a week of intense training and their meet against Nova Southeastern University last weekend, the Lakers were faced with more hard-ship prior to their meet against WSU. The team began lifting again in addition to race training
while some fought off illness and injuries.“This is the most tired we’ve been all year,”
said senior Sarah Roeser. “But some of us raced events we hadn’t done before so it was fun and there wasn’t as much pressure.”
Roeser also said that the team is best when they’re together, getting rowdy and cheering on one another during every event. The Laker
women came up short in the end against the Warriors, but claimed top finishes in the 500 free (Samantha Postmus) and the 1- and 3-meter div-ing events (Taylor Wierchinski).
While training, illness and injury hampered the Lakers, it didn’t keep them from putting a fight. The women had a number of strong per-formances from the likes of Roeser, Emily Galla-
gher, Meghan Falconer, Olivia Schultz and many others.
On the men’s side, GVSU racked up seven first-place finishes.
“We were really hurting going into this meet,” said junior Gianni Ferrero. “It was incredible to see everyone continue to push themselves and do as well as they did.”
Ferrero secured first in both the 200 free (1:43.47) and 500 free (4:40.76) while senior Sven Kardol touched first in the 200 fly (1:54.88).
GVSU freshmen Metin Aydin and Gabriel Souza also picked up wins. Aydin claimed first in the 200 backstroke (1:50.44) and set a new GVSU pool record while Souza set a pool record in the 100 fly (1:23.64), finishing first.
The final event determined which team would come out on top. Leading only by 14 points go-ing into the 200 relay, the men had to claim at least third place to hold on. Third place would be claimed by Nate Wagner, Nathaniel Stoller, John Eber and Nick Zacek.
Abbot, Souza, and Medo finished the first three legs while Ferrero anchored. As the anchor leg came to a close, Ferrero touched first three-tenths of a second ahead of Wayne State to dispel any chance of a Warrior comeback.
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