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POLICE IDENTIFY TWO SUSPECTS IN LARCENIES

Police have tracked two suspects in six larcenies at the men’s Fieldhouse locker room. The larcenies, which occurred through-out a three-day period, tar-geted cash, wallets and IDs left in lockers, both locked and unlocked. University police tracked usage of the stolen credit cards, lead-ing to the identi� cation of two suspects. One suspect, a non-student, has been charged with fraudulent use of a � nancial transac-tion device and receiving and concealing stolen property. The suspect has been arrested and lodged in jail. The investigation is ongoing.

Students who believe they were a victim of the larcenies may contact DPS at 616-331-3255.

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A Grand Valley State University student was released from the hospital Tuesday after suffering head and neck injuries from being struck by a vehicle while biking across an intersection on the Allendale Campus. The student was struck by a Ford van traveling southbound on South Campus Drive.

According to witness reports, the biker, who was riding from Kirkhof Center on the sidewalk, did not come to a complete stop at the intersection before riding into the crosswalk. The biker told police a bus, which was traveling north on South Campus Drive, was obstructing his vision, preventing him from seeing the oncoming van until it was too late for him to speed up and avoid the

collision. Witnesses said the driver of the van did not have time to stop and was not at fault in the accident. The biker, who was not wearing a helmet, was transported to the hospital with head injuries.

Traffi c law dictates that bikers, who have the same rules and responsibilities as pedestrians, have the right of way at a crosswalk if the driver has a chance to make a complete stop.

“We always encourage our students to make sure they stop before walking out into the crosswalk and to make sure traffi c is clear in both directions,” said Capt. Brandon DeHaan, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety. “Students should not just assume the driver of the motor vehicle can see them and is going to stop for them.”

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news@lanthorn.comBy Chelsea LaneGVL News Editor

No matter the size or location, colleges around the nation are still feeling the bite of a plagued economy that keeps on taking. In Michigan, universities are carrying the weight of a fl ailing state on their shoulders and, as a result, so are their faculty and staff.

Across the state, the employment of adjunct professors brought in to teach one or two courses are inching upward.

However, Joe Godwin, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, said he does not believe Grand Valley State University’s increase can be attributed to that. Projected numbers, Godwin said, can be “a bit volatile” for a number of reasons.

“For example, if a regular faculty member leaves, it usually takes over a year to recruit another one,” he said. “During that year, it is likely that an adjunct will teach some classes left open by the departing faculty member.”

Institutional analysis shows a total of 512 adjuncts are employed at GVSU across all academic units. Out of the 3,978 sections taught at GVSU, adjunct faculty teaches about 20 percent, or 941 of those sections.

In fall of 2008, adjuncts taught a total of 849 sections out of 3,718 – an increase of 92 percent of sections

taught by adjuncts. Rate of pay, Godwin said, often involves market conditions as a factor when initially set but remains level once determined by the individual college’s dean.

GVSU’s neighboring school, Grand Rapids Community College, employed about 678 adjuncts for this

fall semester, said Deborah Bryde from GRCC’s labor relations. The average pay per credit hour at GRCC grows in conjunction with degrees held. At GRCC, adjuncts without a degree make a starting rate of $650

Use of adjuncts increases across stateGodwin: “We are still intent on hiring tenure track faculty where possible”

By Anya ZentmeyerGVL Assistant News Editor

When most students drop their keys on the way out the door to class, they can bend over and pick them up. But for senior Ashley Wiseman, dropping keys used to be a nightmare situation – that is, before she got Maui, a trained service dog, to help her out.

“Every time I would almost drop something, I would have this mini heart attack like ‘Oh no! I gotta catch it,’” she said. “It’s not like someone else ... If I drop it, I can’t get it.”

At 18 months, Wiseman was diag-nosed with Degerine-Sottas Syndrone, a very rare neurological disorder that affects sensory motor skills. Wise-man, who retained the ability to walk up until high school, now uses a powered w h e e l c h a i r to get around campus.

“That has to do with the distance neural impulses have to travel from the spinal cord to their target location,” she said. “As I got taller, neural impulses had to travel fur-ther, and that made (walk-ing) more dif-fi cult.”

Wiseman said while she was di-agnosed at 18 months, she was not fully aware of the implications of her ailment until high school.

“By mid-dle school it was becom-ing more dif-fi cult to go to my classes, and when I started using the wheel-chair my freshman year in high school, I knew things were getting worse,” she said. “I kind of just thought it was because of the lack of exercise, but I came to understand that things weren’t always stable. I might not always be able to do the things I was used to doing.”

The disorder, in combination with Scoliosis surgery that fused several vertebrate together and limited the fl ex-ibility of her spine, makes Wiseman unable to perform basic tasks, which Maui now performs for her.

Wiseman uses Maui, a female golden retriever, to pick up things that she drops, open doors using a strap she attaches to doorknobs and handles and take off her jacket, as well as other ba-sic tasks.

Wiseman said she has Maui per-form these tasks through a series of commands rather than having the dog perform them instinctively through its training.

“(Service dog trainers) don’t really want the dogs doing things on their

Wise-man’s best friend

Student relies on service dog, Maui, to cope with rare neural disorder

By Emanuel JohnsonGVL Managing Editor

GVL / Eric CoulterNarrow escape: Fire and Rescue squads tend to a student who was hit by a van outside Kirkhof while biking across a crosswalk Tuesday.

Biker released from hospital with head injury

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Look both ways before you cross in the crosswalk and keep looking as you cross.

Do not assume that because you can see the driver, the driver can see you or will automatically stop for you.

Wear bright, re� ective clothing in the evening, in the early morning hours and during inclement weather.

Check for tra� c. Always be aware.

If crossing in a crosswalk, bicyclists must come to a complete stop and look both ways before proceeding through the crosswalk.

Wear a helmet.

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“(Service dogs) are supposed to bond primarily with their owner. She’s not going to work as hard if she feels like everyone around her is going to give her free a� ection.”-Ashley Wiseman

GVSU Senior

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Faculty by the numbers at Grand Valley State University

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GVL GraphicFaculty � gures: Adjunct faculty teaches about 20 percent of the class sections at GVSU.

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own,” she said. “If she picked up everything that I dropped, what if I dropped a pill or something dangerous for her to pick up?”

Now that Maui helps Wise-man with basic tasks, one of Wiseman’s biggest concerns is keeping Maui on track while roaming through a campus full of people waiting to pet her and play with her. She said petting Maui while she’s working can distract her from performing the jobs for which she was trained.

“A lot of people are really nice and ask fi rst, and I have to tell them no because she’s working,” she said. “But then you do get people who are more unconscious of it. They see this really cute dog who is obviously friendly and well-behaved, and they just go in for the pet ... That was honestly the biggest adjust-ment for me.”

It is also important Maui identifi es Wiseman as her sole caretaker.

“(Service dogs) are sup-posed to bond primarily with their owner,” she added. “She’s not going to work as hard if she feels like everyone around her is going to give her free affec-

tion.”Maui’s training came

through Paws with a Cause, an animal training organization that “trains assistance dogs nation-ally for people with disabilities and provides lifetime team sup-port which encourages indepen-dence,” according to its website. Maui spent a year learning ba-sic manners with a foster fam-ily before being matched with Wiseman and trained for an additional four months to serve her individual needs.

Wiseman and Maui began life together in October 2008, just 11 months after she applied for a service dog. She said she is fortunate to have gotten her so early since it generally takes two years to complete the process.

Wiseman maintains a blog, Tuesdays with Maui, to help people understand the nature of her relationship with Maui as well as answer various ques-tions, including why passing students should not pet the dog.

Her blog can be accessed on-line at www.tuesdayswithmaui.com.

For more information about service dogs, visit the PWC website at www.pawswith-cause.com.managingeditor@lanthorn.com

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In the Oct. 25 issue of the Lanthorn, it was mistakenly reported that a classroom/lab building proposal

discussed at the Board of Trustees meeting was for the Pew campus. The proposal is actually for the Allendale

campus.

As the Michigan guberna-torial election of 2010 grows closer, social media outlets as well as student organizations around Grand Valley State Uni-versity are promoting political thought and participation.

The Nov. 2 election pitch-es Democratic nominee and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero against Republic nominee businessman Rick Snyder. The two will replace Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat who cannot run for a third term.

Social media outlets GVTV and WGVU, as well as the GVSU College Republicans and GVSU College Democrats, have promoted the upcoming elections and the candidates by

taking to the airwaves, newspa-pers and television.

GVTV News Manager Amanda Stevenson said the network has recently started up a news program titled “GVTV News” that will air once a month starting in mid-No-vember. The program will run for around 15-20 minutes and partly focus on politics.

Recently, Stevenson and other members of GVTV went out to ask students general in-formation questions about the upcoming elections.

“We found that many stu-dents could not name the can-didates running for governor and several other races,” Ste-venson said. “But many (stu-dents) were more than willing to learn.”

Ken Kolbe, assistant gen-eral manager for GVSU PBS affi liate WGVU, said the net-work provides opportunities for students to attend or staff debates WGVU hosts with the candidates.

“WGVU provides students and all of West Michigan with radio and television programs and reports concerning the state, local and national elec-tions and issues and the politics that drive them,” Kolbe said.

WGVU hosted primary de-bates for both the Republican and Democratic candidates as well as the candidates for more than a dozen state House and Senate races. All were aired on both television and radio,

Kolbe said.Student organizations

around GVSU, primarily the GVSU College Republicans and GVSU College Democrats, have also been active in pro-moting the upcoming elections as well as political thought and participation in general.

GVSU College Republi-cans President Kyle Smith said his organization has volun-teered with several campaigns through the Fix Michigan Cen-ter in Grand Rapids.

GVSU College Democrats President Paul LeBlanc said his organization welcomed three Democratic candidates from races in the area to GVSU for the fall edition of their “Meet the Candidates” series.

David LaGrand, who is run-ning for the 29th District State Senate seat, Fred Johnson, who is running for the 2nd Congres-

sional District seat and Bran-don Dillon, who is running for the 75th District State House seat, were welcomed in the series. Governor nominee Virg Bernero was also hosted by the GVSU College Democrats last April.

“Our organization will also be tabling at Kirkhof this week and AuSable next week in sup-port of the state party’s GOTV (get out the vote) effort,” LeB-lanc said. “Students will fi nd facts about the Democratic Party’s achievements over the past two years and information about individual candidates at our tables.”

Both LeBlanc and Smith stressed political interest and being informed about politics in general as crucial for the up-coming elections.

“Being well-informed about one’s representatives and cur-rent political issues allows one to make reasonable decisions about which candidates to vote for at the polls, which functions to hold politicians accountable for their actions,” LeBlanc said.

Smith emphasized the same fundamental points.

“Grand Valley students need to be informed because it is important for them to know what they may be getting themselves in to when they place their vote in November,” Smith said. “Regardless of what party an individual is affi liated with, an informed decision must be made when casting a vote.”

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Media, student groups promote upcoming voteBy Derek Wol�

GVL Sta� Writer

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per credit hour while those with a bachelor’s degree make $855 per credit hour and those with master’s degrees make $937 per credit hour on average.

At GVSU, the faculty handbook’s faculty compensation schedule dictates “the minimum rate will normally apply for persons possession qualifi cations not signifi cantly above the minimum. The starting rates will be administratively set by the appointing offi cer at a level judged to be commensurate with the applicant’s educational credentials, prior experience, special skills and promising qualities.”

Varying compensation stretches across colleges and disciplines, a disparity that the representatives from each individual academic unit attribute to the same factors mentioned in the faculty compensation schedule.

Some adjuncts, such as those employed in the College of Heath Professions, see as little as $600 per credit hour, the minimum going rate for all adjuncts at GVSU. Others, such as select adjuncts in the Seidman College of Business, make up to $1,366 per credit hour.

Godwin said he believes that GVSU’s method for determining compensation is fair, at least in light of the current market.

“We’re in a competitive market for faculty members, both tenured and adjuncts, and in some cases we just have to pay more to get the right faculty in here,” he said.

John Riefel, associate dean of the Seidman College of Business, said although there is a large wage gap for adjuncts in the Seidman College, only one of the college’s adjuncts make that $1,366 per credit hour. The rest, he said, average in the $2,500 to $3,000 range per three-credit course, or $834 to $1,000 per credit hour taught.

His explanation for the wage gap match Godwin’s — you get what you pay for.

“Depending on the discipline, it can be more diffi cult to fi nd adjunct instructions,” Riefel said. “For example,

it’s almost impossible to fi nd accounting for less than $3,000, and some areas in fi nance are diffi cult as well. But lets say for marketing — there are enough people in the community who are willing to work for a little less.”

In the Kirkhof College of Nursing, increase in adjunct numbers per term have been due largely in part to state mandate for faculty to student ratio in the clinical courses, said Elaine Van Doren, associate dean for undergraduate programs at the Kirkhof College of Nursing.

“We have a large number of adjuncts because they teach primarily in the clinical courses where our faculty to student ratio is usually 1:8. The State Of Michigan mandates we go no higher than 1:10,” said Van Doren.

Although full-time professors are the goal, Godwin maintained that adjuncts are a necessity.

“We need the skills of a lot of the adjuncts; we need the skills of a lot of affi liates to do the things that they do,” he said. “The way we use them takes advantage of their different skills. If people have Ph.D.s, it would suggest that they should be teaching certain kinds of classes

and if they don’t then other courses might be more appropriate.”

Similarly to the Seidman College, Godwin said that although there is a minimum and maximum, those numbers are outliers to the average of $867 per credit hour across the board.

“Most of the payments to adjuncts are going to be around that $1,800 (per 3-credit course) and maybe up to about $3,000 (per 3-credit course) for adjuncts,” he said.

While GRCC is only left with 264 full-time faculty, GVSU has managed a total of 836 tenured or tenure-track full-time faculty members, something Godwin said has remained an outstanding focus for the university.

“I would like to emphasize that the economic downturn has not caused us to focus on hiring adjunct faculty. We are still intent on hiring tenure track faculty where possible,” Godwin said. “There is a lot that goes on here in terms of balancing the classes, departments and tasks in terms of individuals but for the most part we’d like to have a hundred more (full-time faculty members).”

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GVL / Eric CoulterI’ll get that: Service dog Maui opens the Performing Arts Center door for her owner Ashley Wiseman. Wiseman depends on Maui for basic tasks.

GVL ArchivePoll time: Students gather to watch the 2008 Presidential election.

GVL GraphicCollege count: The number of adjunct professors employed in each department varies.

A3Thursday, October 28,, 2010NEWS / DOWNTOWNGrand Valley Lanthorn

Leadership Institute registration open

Beginning now, students can register for the Intermediate Leaders Institute up until the day of the event on Nov. 6. There is no cost to students and while all students are welcome, the event is designed more speci� cally for members of student organizations.

This workshop is aimed at aiding networking and communication skills, con� ict management and team dynamics as well as help with career preparation and community leadership.

For more information, contact the O� ce of Student Life at(616-331-2345 or visit www.gvsu.edu/leadershipad

GVSU zombie walkTonight from 6 p.m.

to 9 p.m. any interested Grand Valley State University students can meet at the clock tower on the Allendale campus to participate in the GVSU’s Comic Book Club’s Grand Valley Zombie Walk. Students are encouraged to “dress the part,” but make-up will be provided until 6:45 p.m. when the walk will begin.

For more information, contact Mike Rapin at rapinmi.mail.gvsu.edu.

Sustainability Champions award breakfast

On Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. in the Kirkhof Center’s Pere Marquette room, Grand Valley State University will host the Sustainability Champions Awards Breakfast.

Along with students, sta� and faculty, Mayor George Heartwell and President Thomas J. Haas will help recognize and celebrate sustainability champions at GVSU.

To RSVP, visit www.gvsu.edu/sustainability.

Lanthorn Literary Edition accepting submissions

Until 5 p.m. Nov. 12, the Lanthorn will accept submissions for its Literary Edition. Faculty judges will name winners in the following categories: 1. Poetry 2. Creative non-� ction 3. Fictional short

stories 4. Photography 5. Graphic Design

Winners in each category will receive a cash prize. Lanthorn sta� can enter but are not eligible to win. Students may enter up to three pieces in each category, and submissions with a title and complete author’s name may be sent to Emanuel Johnson at managingeditor@lanthorn.com.

The Literary Edition will be printed Nov. 29.

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Former-fi rst lady Rosalynn Carter spoke at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Tuesday to share her message that ending the mental health crisis is “within our reach.”

In promoting her second book on mental health issues, “Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis,” Carter addressed the main challenges facing the community of people with mental disorders. As an average of one-in-four people will be diagnosed with a mental illness every year, this community continues to grow and demand more attention.

Carter said the main issue is the still existing stigma against people with mental health problems, which causes many to avoid diagnosis and treatment.

“I hope (the book) will overcome some of the myths and misconceptions about mental illnesses,” Carter said. “That’s my dream of someday overcoming stigma because not only does it humiliate and embarrass them, but it keeps them from seeking treatment they need.”

With 40 years of experience in the mental health fi eld, Carter has seen many positive changes in the diagnosis and treatment of people with mental illnesses.

“Everything’s changed but the stigma,” she said.Carter said the main themes of her book could be

divided into three categories: recovery, stigma and prevention of mental illness.

The recovery portion was focused on soldiers and national guard reserves returning from war who must deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Carter said many of them do not get the support they need from their communities.

“Now mental illnesses can be diagnosed, they can be treated effectively and people can recover,” Carter said. “It’s just incredible.”

However, stigma is the greatest barrier in people reaching that recovery, Carter said.

Carter mentioned recent studies that have shown an increase in education and awareness of the causes of mental illness have not shown any impact in reducing stigma.

“This is so sad to me,” Carter said. She said they need to take a different approach and address the

attitude toward the disorders of each person with a mental illness. One way to help people take a more optimistic view of their disorder would be to see a prominent member of the community openly talk about their own experiences with mental illness and how they overcame them, Carter said.

Prevention is best accomplished with young children. Carter urged parents to pay close attention to their children’s rates of development and address any issues early so professionals can treat any developmental disorders that can be a sign of mental illness.

The museum lecture hall was fi lled to capacity as three local experts from the mental health fi eld joined Carter for the presentation.

Paul Ippel, executive director of Network 180, a mental health and substance abuse agency for Kent County, was the fi rst to respond to Carter’s discussion.

Ippel emphasized the need of community groups and events to provide support to people with mental illnesses and their families. He cited several local organizations already in place such as the Mental Health Foundation’s Live Laugh Love program.

“We contribute to the stigma of mental illness when we fail to recognize and talk about mental illness as we would any other illness,” Ippel said.

Greg Dziadosz, president and CEO of Touchstone

Innovare, then shared his thoughts on the separation of mental health treatment from the general health care system. Dziadosz said patients suffering from multiple chronic illnesses, including mental illnesses, do not have many options to turn to for all-inclusive care because of the distinction between behavioral heatlh and physical health.

To fi nish the panel discussion, Mark Eastburg, president and CEO of Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, echoed the importance of peer support in battling stigma. He said there is still a sense of moral defi ciency associated with mental illness. He said a public fi gure’s openness about his or her personal journey with mental illness and the impact it has would be signifi cant in improving the public’s perception.

Gleaves Whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center, fi nished the segment by asking Carter and the panelists several questions.

They addressed issues such as research results and statistics in the mental health fi eld, the cost of prescriptions to treat mental illness and the best methods to overcome self-stigma of people dealing with a mental disease.

For more information about Carter, her book or the Carter Center in Atlanta, visit www.cartercenter.org.

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Former-� rst lady Carter addresses mental health issues in Grand Rapids

By Lauren FitchGVL Editor in Chief

GVL / Nathan MehmedGeographers unite: Students sit at the registration table for the East Lakes Division Association of American Geographers Conference this past weekend.

The Geography and Planning Department hosted the East Lakes Association of American Geographers Regional Conference this past weekend at Grand Valley State University’s Eberhard Center. About 148 participants representing 28 dif-ferent institutions across Michigan attended. The conference featured 65 presen-tations in a variety of geography-related subjects. Twenty-fi ve GVSU students presented their research and posters at the conference. Six faculty members from the Geography and Planning Department were also in attendance.

GVL / Jordan Bailey

Mind over matter: From left to right, Rosalynn Carter, Greg Dziadosz, Mark Eastburg and Paul Ippel discussed mental health issues.

GVL / Andrew MillsJack-o-cranium: Pumpkins sit on display in the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences building on the Pew Campus. They were decorated to label facial and cranial bones as part of a competition between members of the SLP 302 course.

Pumpkin Skull GVSU hosts Geography conference

OPINION editorial@lanthorn.comA4 Grand Valley LanthornThursday, October 28, 2010

It’s one of the most basic of rules that people learn in kindergarten — before you go to cross the street, stop, look and listen.

But the “Stop for Pedestrians” signs at almost every crosswalk on the Allendale Campus seem to make several pedestrians think this rule does not apply to them. Knowing that oncoming traffi c is supposed to stop for them, pedestrians often walk blindly into the crosswalk, usually while texting on their cell phones, without taking note of vehicle traffi c going either way. This creates a dangerous situation for both the pedestrian and the driver.

But that’s not to say that drivers aren’t at fault either. Whether or not a pedestrian chooses to exercise his or her basic safety knowledge in looking both ways, vehicles are supposed to stop at each crosswalk to allow them to pass. When motorists speed down Campus Drive or Laker Village Drive without taking note of students hurrying to class in the morning, it creates an equally dangerous situation for those involved.

The signs were not put up at the crosswalks as part of some idea to better serve students in affording them a chance to get to class on time — they are backed up by actual law.

According to the Uniform Traffi c Code, chapter seven, section 28.1702, “When traffi c-control signals are not in place or are not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is on the half of the roadway of which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be a danger.”

While driving a motor vehicle, especially along Campus Drive or Laker Village Drive, it is important to remember this rule regardless of what signs are present.

But pedestrians should be mindful of the law as well. Under the same section of the Uniform Traffi c Code, it reads, “A pedestrian shall not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into a path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.”

Translation: don’t walk blindly into a crosswalk without making sure a car isn’t going to hit you.

Bicyclists are guilty of this as well, and they are governed by the same set of rules. Under the Michigan Vehicle Code section 257.660c, “An individual lawfully operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk or a pedestrian crosswalk has all of the rights and responsibilities applicable to a pedestrian using that sidewalk or crosswalk.” And being as a bike travels much faster than a person on foot, it is especially important to ensure your safety when moving into a crosswalk.

The signs are there to advise motorists of the law, not to afford pedestrians the opportunity to cast aside their primary teachings. If kindergartners can do it, then why can’t college students?

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Two bicycle accidents in less than a month should reinforce the need for motorists and pedestrians at Grand Valley State University to use better judgment in sharing the road.

“Flapper. I just randomly had a fl apper dress and thought I’d make it into a costume.”

Danielle WeaverFreshmanHTMHolly, Mich.

Kindergarten stuff

GVL STUDENT OPINION

YOUR INSIGHTS

EDITORIAL CARTOONEDITORIAL

GVL / Dan Sills and Shaun Morton

What are you going to be for Halloween?

GVL OPINION POLICY

Valley VoteHave you attended a GVSU sports event

besides a football game?

Yes: 43% No: 57%

Should Rapid driver Stan Gay have been removed from Route 50?

This week’s question: Vote online at Lanthorn.com

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The ultimate goal of the Grand Valley Lanthorn opinion page is to stimulate discussion and action on topics of interest to the Grand Valley Community.

Student opinions do not refl ect those of the Grand Valley Lanthorn.

The Grand Valley Lanthorn welcomes reader viewpoints and offers three vehicles of expression for reader opinions: letters to the editor, guest columns and phone responses.

Letters must include the author’s name and be accompanied by current picture identifi cation if dropped off in person. Letters will be checked by an employee of the Grand Valley Lanthorn.

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The editor reserves the right to edit and condense letters and columns for length restrictions and clarity.

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“Pirate. It was the least slutty costume at the costume store.”

Hannah StarringJuniorHTMSparta, Mich.

“A bear, in a big bear suit. My friends had an animal theme ... I just came up with a bear. It’s pretty average.”

Andrew KimSeniorBiomedical science Wyoming, Mich.

“Fireman stripper. I just couldn’t think of anything else to be.”

Cory VanOeverenSophomore Biomedical science Grand Haven, Mich.

“Fairy. I just went to the Halloween store and it looked cute.”

Kiera WilsonSenior Professional writingDetroit, Mich.

Chris Slattery

GVL Columnist

If the changing of the color of the leaves is any indication (and it isn’t), the season for parties is now. Midterms are over and done with and homework is already beginning to become an afterthought in the minds of the fatigued student body. With weekends gradually regaining their meaning, it can really only mean one thing: it’s time to bust out the beer pong table.

Of course, under no circumstances will I promote underage drinking or obnoxious behavior. In fact, I want to talk about safe partying and the reasons why one should be responsible when it comes to festivities.

That being said, discussing parties and not mentioning that the

under-21 groups consume alcohol would be the journalistic equivalent of watching MTV’s “Teen Mom” and fi nding the adolescent pregnancy aspect surprising. Similar to music piracy, efforts can be made to make it more illegal, but thinking it can be eliminated entirely is crazy.

So stick that in your pipe dream and smoke it.

Based on my own defi nition, a party is a collection of people (generally more than one) having a good time in celebration of something. Vague? Yes, but parties aren’t meant to be too specifi c. Just look at Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the U.S.A.” where the location is narrowed down to a country. How are you expected to RSVP to a party when the setting is only limited to “the place between Canada and Mexico”? It should be noted that Ms. Cyrus does not recognize Alaska or Hawaii as “party

states.”Now, safe partying

shouldn’t be considered “prudish,” partly based on the fact that no one uses the word “prudish” and partly because wanting to remember a celebratory night with your friends shouldn’t be an activity that is frowned upon. Puking, rather, should be.

Turning into a jerk and blaming it on booze is another reason why alcohol should be used in moderation. Taking responsibility for your actions is an important step in reaching adulthood. Yelling at your girlfriend for distracting you during a crucial round of fl ip cup, rather, is not.

Hanging out with friends can be a really fun time and, granted, doing dumb and irresponsible things before that fi nal leap into the abyss of maturity keeps students from losing their minds after a stressful week of school-work and job-work. However, I

personally fi nd that these situations are more easily remembered without drowning them in heavy amounts of PBR.

Even though I am over 21 and don’t run the risk of getting an MIP, I still follow the fi ne print found on every Bacardi commercial: “Please drink responsibly.” For me, having a party isn’t about seeing who can chug the most beers or who can take the most shots, and the reason is not based on whether or not I would lose those competitions (I would). Instead, I prefer the experience of friends and silly games because I know how very little time I have left in college.

I’m a complete advocate for “living it up” in college, but I want everyone to be careful this Halloween weekend. Parties aside, it’s always the ones who make poor life choices that get murdered by psychopaths fi rst.

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When the boys in Chasing the Sky and I recorded our debut EP, “The Empty Chair”, we spent hundreds of hours in the studio and dropped almost $8,000 (most of which was generously donated) in the process. That being said, if you can fi nd our album on a torrent website – go for it. If your roommate wants you to burn him a copy, burn him four.

You might ask why. Believe it or not,

illegal downloading actually benefi ts the artists, especially those who operate independently. Let me explain.

With the exception of our rugged charm,

we Chasing the Sky boys are most proud of our rationality. Being rational, we realize that we’re the wimpy kids on a playground full of 500-pound bullies. We have to compete for the listener’s attention against major-label acts, and if we play the game their way, we’re going to get a black eye and lose our lunch money. The big-name artists have more brawn, coming in the form of promotional companies, radio play, worldwide tours and placements in movies and Super Bowl commercials. We only have elbow grease and a small, yet dedicated group of people who believe in us.

With all these odds stacked up against us, we aim to be heard any way we can. If that means playing a show a week for six months straight, we’ll do it. If it means losing a bit of cash from CD sales in the greater interest of

the band, we’ll gladly pay the price.

You see, music fans tend to share music they love with their friends. They play it on road trips. They turn up the stereo so loud that the neighbors can hear. If that allows for one of our songs to get stuck in someone’s head, all the better. The best advertisements for any musician are the ones that superglue a catchy melody to someone’s ears and make a fan to say to a friend, “Hey! Dude! Check these guys out. They’re legit.”

Additionally, there is more money to be made from ticket and T-shirt sales than there ever will be made from selling CDs. Fans who download our album are infi nitely more likely to show face at a concert (where our lovely merchandise girl effectively sells everyone a T-shirt) than someone who hasn’t heard us at all. That fan probably won’t

go alone either, which allows us to perform in front of a few more fresh ears.

We’re not the fi rst artists to subscribe to this notion, either. Many other notable artists, such as 30 Seconds to Mars and Silverstein, both of whom have had successful careers, have been known to encourage their fans to fi nd the albums online if they can’t afford to shell out the cash.

This isn’t to say we wouldn’t like it if you paid full price for our album. It’s nice to have extra cash to buy drinks for the cute girls who like our music. But we’re musicians, and we understand what it’s like to be broke. We’d rather you grab our album for free on the Internet than never hear it at all.

We just ask that if you don’t like it, you pass it along to someone you hate.

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Kevin VanAntwerpen

GVL Columnist

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GVL / Nicole LamsonNo � y zone: The Laker front line blocks a ball against Saginaw Valley.No � y zone: The Laker front line blocks a ball against Saginaw Valley.

GVL / Nicole LamsonSetting the tone: Sophomore setter Olivia Kohler lines up to set the ball against Saginaw Valley Tuesday. The Lakers won the game in three straight sets.

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It has been a good run so far for Elizabeth Van Tifl in and Kara Crawford, the lone seniors on Grand Valley State Univer-sity’s women’s basketball team.

Named co-captains, along with junior Jasmine Padin, by their teammates, the two might be nearing the end of their col-lege careers, but they still have a lot left to accomplish before graduation.

“They’re the rock of the pro-gram right now,” said GVSU head coach Janel Burgess. “They’ve seen a lot of different things, like any student-athlete has in their career. They’re very steady, they’re very driven and they’re by far our hardest work-ers that we have.”

Both players said they wel-come the added responsibilities of being the elders in the locker room.

“Being a senior leader is ac-tually a lot of fun,” Crawford said. “We have a lot of new people on the team. To have an insight on what to expect, com-paring my freshman year to now, it’s defi nitely a new perspective. I’ve defi nitely been around the block in terms of what coaches expect from us and how to lead the team on and off the court.”

Van Tifl in said arriving at this point has made everything she experienced along the way worthwhile.

“It’s an accomplishment for the both of us,” she said. “We made it through four years. I think it’s an honor to be a senior and have the coaches bestow some of their responsibilities and their trust on you, on and off the court. We know what it takes, and this is our last year, so we’d like to leave a mark on the program for our teammates to follow.”

The coaching staff has laud-ed Crawford and Van Tifl in’s contrasting personalities and leadership styles, which have created a stable equilibrium amongst their teammates.

“We’ve been roommates for four years, so we’ve defi nitely helped each other out in a lot of ways,” Crawford said. “I think we both knew from the begin-ning that we could trust each other and get to this point. The

coaches say that we balance each other out because she leads by example, and I’m more of the loud, obnoxious type ... It creates a really good balance in practice.”

Van Tifl in echoed her team-mate’s thought, adding the steady poise has aided in her own personal growth, too.

“She makes me laugh and she lightens the mood, whereas I tend to get too serious some-times,” she said. “It’s nice to have comic relief there and have her as a roommate. We’re both going through the same things together, and it’s nice to have a venting buddy so that we have a clear mind going into practice the next day.”

The team will tip off against Michigan State University Nov. 7 for exhibition play.

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Strong bond helps senior duo lead women’s basketball

When the going

gets tough, it is usually

a good time to switch things up.

However, when the going is good, it is usually a good time

to keep things moving. And

that is exactly what senior Rebeccah Rapin and the

Grand Valley State University volleyball team did Tuesday

night when the team downed GLIAC rival Saginaw Valley State

University 3-0 at the Fieldhouse Arena.

The Lakers, whose 11 straight wins are the most by the team since rolling

to 22 straight in 2008, proved worthy of their No. 18 national rank by fi ghting

through a team-wide fl u bug and an array of self-infl icted mistakes to down the

Cardinals.“With this being our third match in four

days, I knew they’d have to mentally gut through the match,” said GVSU head coach

Deanne Scanlon. “Being a little tired and sick, we had to push through and regain our focus a few times.”

Tuesday’s game was promoted as “Pack the Fieldhouse,” and the student support was apparent. An attendance of almost 800 fans, along with the dance team and pep band, helped the team fi ght through its sluggish start to take the match in three straight sets.

“Having everyone at the games is a big motivator for us,” said Rapin, who posted a team-high 12 kills. “When they’re into the game, we‘re even more into the game. It gives us that extra push of momentum.”

While the mistakes were more mental than physical for GVSU, the visitors from Saginaw Valley demonstrated sloppy volleyball. Despite leading early over GVSU, Saginaw Valley

continuously shot themselves in the foot. The Lakers, who did not play the cleanest

game themselves, were sparked early in the fi rst set by sophomore middle hitter Eno Umoh. Umoh, who leads the GLIAC in blocks per set at 1.25, came out attacking and notched four of her six kills in the fi rst set alone.

“Even though I didn’t feel well, I just wanted to go out and play hard,” said Umoh, who was one of seven players suffering from fl u-like symptoms. “I just hoped my play would make them think I’m a threat and give our other hitters better opportunities later in the match.”

Through the fi rst two sets, the team found itself getting out to a lead, then letting the Cardinals back in. The Lakers’ relaxed hold on the lead continued into the second set, which similar to the fi rst lapse, caused a Scanlon time out.

“There were a few times where we had to remind ourselves to play with urgency,” Rapin said. “It‘s hard to play with that urgency all the time, but having the fan support (Tuesday night) was key.”

Coming into the match, the Lakers had been carried by their blocking. Tuesday’s output was not the same as the 17 total blocks they showed in Sunday’s win over Northern Michigan University, but the seven block advantage (9-2) they had over Saginaw Valley was a factor in the win.

The offense was balanced as well, with kills coming from Rapin, Umoh, senior Leslie Curtis and senior Krysta Kornack. That balance is a key that coach Scanlon said she hopes continues to evolve as the regular season comes to a close.

“As a team, we’re starting to round into shape and not be as one-dimensional,” she said. “Tonight we went out and won without playing our best volleyball. It‘s just becoming less reliant on Rebeccah and giving her a supporting cast.”

Tuesday’s win put GVSU at 17-5 (13-2 GLIAC), good for second in the GLIAC North Division. The Lakers will be back on the court Friday at home when they take on Tiffi n University.

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down Saginaw Valley as students ‘Pack the Fieldhouse’

GV rolls 3-0 for 11th straight victory

By Brady FredericksenGVL Sta� Writer

Grand Valley State University remained on top of the American Football Coaches Association Top-25 Poll during a weekend in which most of the rankings shu� ed.

The Lakers (8-0, 7-0 GLIAC) received 24 � rst-place votes to continue their grasp on the top spot after shutting out Ferris State University 41-0 last weekend. After opening the season at No. 2, GVSU took over as No. 1 on Sept. 6 and has held the position since.

The University of Minnesota-Duluth, Abilene Christian University, Northwest Missouri State University and Texas A&M University-Kingsville round out the top � ve positions in the weekly poll of 26 voters representing all Division II conferences and independent schools.

No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth was the only team beside GVSU in the entire poll to remain the same rank as the week before. The Bulldogs will face No. 20 St. Cloud State University this weekend in a key matchup of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference teams.

Dropping out of the top-10 to No. 12 was California University of Pennsylvania. Calfornia, which entered the weekend No. 3, lost to to Mercyhurst College, 31-21. Mercyhurst, a former member of the GLIAC, entered the AFCA poll for the � rst time in school history at No. 24 thanks to the victory.

Hillsdale College, who the Lakers defeated 44-41 on Sept. 11, fell to No. 17 after losing 14-9 to GLIAC-foe Wayne State University during the weekend. The Chargers had previously been No. 6.

GVSU continues to be No. 2 in the D2Football.com media poll behind Minnesota-Duluth, a spot the team has had since Sept. 20.

GVL ArchiveSenior stud: Kara Crawford passes the ball in a past game. She is one of only two seniors on the women’s basketball team.

All Day: M. Rowing at Head of Eagle Regatta in Indianapolis, Ind.Noon: W. Soccer vs. Ferris State1 p.m.: Football at Michigan Tech.2 p.m.: M./W. Swim and Dive vs. Ashland4 p.m.: W. Volleyball vs. Ohio Dominican6 p.m.: W. Ice Hockey vs. Lindenwood at Walker Ice Arena

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GVL ArchiveOle reliable: Senior Elizabeth Van Ti� in drives past a player in a past game. She has been a starter for the women’s basketball team since her sophomore year.

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As he enters his seventh season as head coach of the Grand Valley State University men’s basketball program, it is more apparent than ever that head coach Ric Wesley’s player-centric attitude has helped shape the team into a tightly-knit group of young men with focus, purpose and determination.

“We want to develop these young guys to their maximum potential athletically, socially and academically,” Wesley said. “We’re producing future leaders.”

Wesley, who has led the Lakers to 153 wins and only 39 losses since taking over as head coach in 2004, has

extensive experience from coaching at schools across the country. He served a total of 22 years as either assistant coach or associate head coach at universities in Texas, Iowa and Missouri, along with coaching several youth sports programs.

“Rick’s very good at fi guring out his players,” said GVSU Director of Athletics Tim Selgo. “Their personalities, strengths, weaknesses and what makes them tick – he incorporates that well into team chemistry and individual player development.”

Often extending his infl uence beyond the basketball arena, Wesley takes interest in not only his team’s playing abilities, but

also their personal lives.“He always has his door

open so we can talk to him,” said senior Justin Ringler. “He likes to get to know us on a personal level. He’ll ask about what we enjoy and about our girlfriends.”

The opportunity to learn more about his players and to better them as both athletes and individuals is the highlight of the job, Wesley said.

“Certainly from the outside looking in, they evaluate us on wins and losses,” he said.

“But we get more out of it from the chance to work with young people.”

Wesley compared the team to family roles.

“My relationship with my guys is much like a parent,” he added. “You certainly hope your guys like you and enjoy being around you, but that’s probably not your daily goal. Your goal is that later on, once they’re long gone, they’ll look back on you and appreciate the guidance and advice.”

But just because he values his athletes as people does not mean Wesley is not serious about winning. His players said he demands the absolute best from them, and he has a drive to win no matter what.

“He’s just really down to business about getting things done,” Ringler said. “He’s in the offi ce all day long looking at tapes and reports. He’s always prepared. I’d say he’s one of the most competitive guys I’ve ever been around.”

Wesley agreed he is a

competitive individual. He also called himself driven with a strong tendency to persevere through the hardships associated with collegiate athletics. He considers that sort of determination a large key to his success.

“Just look at the places I’ve been,” he said. “A lot of people, especially young coaches, wouldn’t be able to pack up their bags and move to Iowa at the age of 22.”

As the 2010-11 basketball season comes around, one thing is certain — Wesley will continue to challenge the Lakers with his work ethic and emphasis on interpersonal relationships.

“I’ve always been a big believer that if you work hard and do things the right way, things will work themselves out,” he said. “It’s worked for me so far.”

The Lakers will have an exhibition game against the University of Dayton on Nov. 1 before beginning the regular season at home against Marygrove College on Nov. 13

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Wesley ‘� gures out’ his players en route to season successMen’s basketball head coach serves as mentor for players

By Kevin VanAntwerpenGVL Sta� Writer

Family is an important part of life, and for many athletes a team can be considered a family. Teammates become brothers or sisters, and unique bonds develop.

For Grand Valley State University brothers Tony and Nick Carreri, the unique team bond is actually a family matter.

The pair, who both graduated from L’Anse Creuse High School in Clinton Township, Mich., currently plays sports at GVSU and looks to help their respective teams reach great heights this season.

Oldest brother Tony starts at tight end for the football team while not-so-little brother Nick, who stands three inches taller than his older brother, is entering his third year on the men’s basketball team.

“We have always been pretty close, and growing up we were always out in the neighborhood playing sports, but being at school with him has brought us even closer.” said Tony, a senior fi nance major.

Usually the older brother picks at younger while they fi nd a way compete at everything, occasionally to the point of anger. Despite that stereotype, the relationship the Carreris share is one in which they can show respect for each other, and at the same time be there to look out for one another. It is unique and a little bit against the grain of normality, Tony said.

“The transition from high school to college is a big jump, but to have the comfort of having one of your best friends here I’m sure was a

help for Nick,” said Tony, who has 13 catches for 184 yards and a touchdown this season. “Being able to relate to each other is big — it kind of gives you someone to vent to.”

Their ability to relate to one another has only added to an already strong relationship. In high school, Tony and Nick played basketball together. Early on, both were undecided on what sports to focus on, but the success they saw in their respective sports helped with their

decisions. “In high school I actually

took a year off from basketball and came back my senior year,” Tony said. “Nick even started over me as a sophomore that year, but there was never animosity. I may be at the game on the bench, but I’m his biggest fan.”

Support is another factor both cited as reason why they are together again at GVSU.

“Knowing Tony was here, I knew I’d always have someone to turn to,” said Nick, a junior business major. “I knew it would be tough to come in, go to school and play a college sport, but I also knew he’d be

there to support me and help me out.”A support system will help any college

freshman, but the impact the elder Carreri had on Nick was something special. Growing up, Tony was his role model, and one of the main reason he got into sports, Nick said.

“Whenever I need help, I can turn to my teammates, but I can also turn to Tony, too.” said Nick, who averaged 3.3 rebounds per game last season. “I try to get out and show support at as many of his games as possible before my season starts.”

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Carreri brothers excel for GVSU in di� erent sports

By Brady FredericksenGVL Sta� Writer

GVL Archive / Eric CoulterBig brother: Tony Carreri is the eldest of the two brothers. The senior tight end has 184 receiving yards and and a touchdown on the football team this season.

GVL Archive / Andrew MillsNot-so little brother: Nick Carreri is the younger of the two brothers. The junior averaged 3.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game on the basketball team last season.

GVL ArchiveHead honcho: GVSU men’s basketball coach Ric Wesley argues a call in a past game. Wesley will enter his seventh season at GVSU when the team opens regular season play against Marygrove College on Nov. 13.

“We have always been pretty close ... but being at school with him has brought us even closer.”

-Tony Carreri

GVSU senior

“My relationship with my players is much like a parent ... Once they’re long gone, they’ll look back on you and appreciate the guidance and advice.”

-Ric WesleyGVSU head coach

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Milbrath scored fi ve touchdowns last week against Northwood and leads the Huskies in rushing with 971 yards.

Phil Milbrath,Michigan Tech running back

Norman Shuford,GVSU running back

Since stepping onto the gridiron and into the lo-cal spotlight as a freshman at nearby Allendale High School, Hersey Jackson knew he wanted to play football for Grand Valley State University.

Fortunate in some ways and unfortunate in oth-ers, Jackson’s path to playing in Lubbers Stadium has been anything but typical.

“My whole freshman year (of high school) I was set on coming here,” said Jackson, a redshirt fresh-man running back. “But then, my coach told me, he said it would probably be better off just to keep my options open and see what’s going on.”

A four-year varsity starter at Allendale, Jackson racked up 1,004 rushing yards as a freshman and to-taled 1,705 yards and 1,370 yards in his sophomore and junior seasons, respectively. Entering his senior year, Scout.com ranked Jackson as the No. 58 high school running back in the country.

Jackson’s performance, 6-foot-1, 215-pound frame and football pedigree – his uncle Robert Jack-son played defensive back for the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals from 1981-89 – caught the eye of many col-lege coaches at Division I schools, including former GVSU head coach Brian Kelly at the University of Cincinnati.

Only two games into his senior season, however, disaster struck as Jackson suffered a season-ending Achilles injury. Cincinnati, where Jackson had ver-bally committed to attend, retracted its earlier offer and its interest, as did the other Division I programs that had coveted the running back.

With the injury, the Lakers stepped back into the spotlight as the forerunner for Jackson’s services, and the Scout.com two-star tailback became one of the highlights of GVSU’s 2009 recruiting class.

“Sometimes those guys (at the Division I level) get scared of those injuries,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell. “For us, as long as we get favorable reports back from doctors, those sometimes can be difference-maker guys for us, guys who are in-jured.”

Jackson, who sits third on GVSU’s depth chart behind senior Justin Sherrod and sophomore Nor-man Shuford, has displayed pieces of the talent this season that attracted Division I coaches to him in high school. The Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year in 2009 saw extended playing time against the University of Findlay on Sept. 25 and Ferris State University last weekend. He has 121 yards rushing on 27 carries in six games of action.

“He ran extremely hard, and everyone can see how physical and fast he is,” Mitchell said. “I defi -nitely think you saw fl ashes of what his ability (can do) – the combination of the size and the speed. What he needs is some experience and some sea-soning, not only in the scheme of our offense, but also when things are going full speed.”

After spending almost two seasons away from game action – missing eight contests during his se-nior year of high school and all of 2009 as a redshirt – Jackson is a work-in-progress, Mitchell said.

“It’s a new system – it’s a new everything for Hersey,” he said. “He’s developing and he’s grow-ing. If he sticks with it – he has a great attitude and

he’s got a good work ethic – if he sticks with it on the fi eld and off the fi eld, I have no doubt that he will continue to improve. But, he’s still got a little ways to go.”

Although the Achilles injury took away a chance to play Division I football, Jackson said he will make the most of the opportunity to play football for GVSU and do everything possible to help the team.

“It’s been kind of diffi cult, but I got my chance,” he said. “I didn’t know if I would actually feel com-fortable at other schools because I’m so used to liv-ing in Allendale. This is hometown. This is pretty much my favorite area to be at.”

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‘Physical, fast’ Jackson impresses in limited actionAllendale native and former Division I recruit seeing � rst playing time at GVSU since recovering from high school injury

By Cody EdingGVL Sports Editor

More than 9,000 athletes from 21 different countries competed in the Head of the Charles, which takes place in the Charles River separating Cambridge, Mass., from Bos-ton and is the world’s largest two-day annual regatta. About 2,000 boats compete in one or more of the 60 total events, and Grand Valley State Uni-versity sent both its Varsity-8 men’s and women’s teams.

The GVSU women’s team fi nished 19th out of 30 in the top division available to col-legiate teams, the women’s championship eights division, completing the three-mile course in an even 17 minutes. The team beat out Yale Uni-versity, Boston University and the U.S. Naval Academy.

Women’s rower Vanessa Dean said the team was happy with its placement, especially considering the level of com-petition they faced.

“I’d say we wanted to make top-20, that was our overall goal and we did that,” she said. “So we’re really pleased with the result, and this is good for us moving into the rest of the season. We have a benchmark now, we know where we need to go, and I think we’re going to be even faster moving forward.”

The men had similar suc-cess in their event, fi nishing eighth out of 42 in the men’s collegiate eights division and

crossing the fi nish line in 15:22.

Senior rower Brendan Sawyer said the team made the most out of the entire trip, making sure to take in the eastern seaboard while they had the chance.

“This is defi nitely one of my favorite regattas,” he said. “This one is a lot of fun, we get to come out here and spend some time in the city of Boston, we get to do one race and see how we match-up against a lot of these East Coast schools.”

The teams took a 15-hour bus trip – each way – to com-pete in the event, which has been running since 1965. Ju-nior rower Marco Benedetti said both GVSU squads were honored to compete in the event.

“It’s really a privilege to get to row in this regatta,” he said. “It’s one of the biggest regattas in the world, there’s thousands of competitors and hundreds of thousands of spectators, so to go for a university like Grand Valley it’s great to be able to repre-sent the school on such a big stage.”

On the long trek back to Allendale, it was Dean who squashed any question of whether the 30-hour trip was worth the ride, even if both teams competed for less than 20 minutes and missed a cou-ple days of class.

“It defi nitely affects (schoolwork),” she said. “But I think we can all agree that it is always well worth it. Always, every time. There’s never a doubt in our minds that it’s worth it to miss class.”

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Rowers ‘privileged’ to compete at Head of Charles Regatta

Men 8th, women 19th at world’s largest two-day annual regatta

By Greg MonahanGVL Senior Reporter

Another successful regular sea-son will wrap up for the Grand Val-ley State University women’s soccer team this weekend, and as the squad gears up for a postseason run, excite-ment surrounds the team’s regular season finale.

Saturday’s noon matchup between the Lakers and Ferris State Univer-sity is not only the last of the regular season and Senior Day for five of the team’s graduates-to-be, it also marks the first televised women’s soccer match in the history of the program. Comcast will broadcast the game.

Additionally, it is also the pro-gram’s Breast Cancer Awareness Game. The Lakers will be decked out in pink jerseys, and proceeds from promotions during the game will go to Gilda’s Club, a breast cancer sup-port group based in Grand Rapids.

GVSU head coach Dave DiIanni said the team has not had so many things going on in one game in the past, but the women are excited for it.

“This game will have a couple of great meanings,” he said. “We’ll be on TV, and once we see the cameras on the field, the excitement will set in for (the team). But I think since it’s Senior Day, we want to send the se-nior class out with a win. And then fi-nally it’s our breast cancer awareness game, so we’ll be in pink jerseys.”

Dennis Gamble, an athletics mar-keting intern at GVSU, said the school has partnered up with Hungry Howie’s, which will offer coupons for a free medium pizza with any five-dollar donation to Gilda’s Club of Grand Rapids. He added GVSU Athletics hopes for a season-high in attendance.

“The goal is to get as many people as we can there,” he said. “We haven’t always had the student support that we’d like to, but we’re on TV, and we want a large crowd. Also, we want to show support for Gilda’s Club and hopefully raise a lot of money.”

The Lakers, who clinched a sixth-straight GLIAC championship last weekend, will head into the match-up sporting a 14-1-2 record. They have already beaten the Bulldogs 3-0 in a game in Big Rapids earlier this sea-son.

GVSU Athletic Director Tim Selgo said he looks forward to the Lakers’ first home game on television. The

team has earned the honor after years of dominant performances.

“We’ve got the best women’s soc-

cer program in the country coming off of a national championship sea-son, and we want to showcase them and get them as much exposure as we possible can,” he said. “We want to get as many people to see what great Division II women’s soccer is all about and what a great program Dave DiIanni has built at Grand Valley.”

After the noon kickoff against Fer-ris State, the Lakers will prepare for GLIAC tournament play, which be-gins Tuesday at home.

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Soccer � nale to be televisedTeam to celebrate breast cancer awareness, senior day against Ferris State Sunday

Courtesy Photo / Alex VanderarkCruise control: The men’s varsity-8 � nished eighth in its HOTC race Sunday

GVL Archive / Nicole LamsonSpotlight: Freshman defender Kayla Kimble takes control of the ball in a past game. The Lakers will wrap up their regular season against Ferris State in the programs � rst televised game Sunday.

GVL Archive / Eric CoulterPower back: Redshirt freshman Hersey Jackson carries the ball in tra� c in a past game. He has 121 rushing yards this season.

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Michigan Technological University

Nickname: HuskiesLocation: Houghton, Mich.Enrollment: 6,957Head Coach: Tom Kearly, 5th Season (27-22)O� ensive Scheme: Pro SetDefensive Scheme: 4-2AFCA Ranking: UnrankedLast Week: 63-30 Win vs. Northwood

The sophomore’s speed will cause fi ts for the Michigan Tech defense. Shuford has 401 yards rushing this season.

“We’ve got the best women’s soccer program in the country coming o� a national championship season, and we want to showcase them.”-Tim Selgo

GVSU Athletic Director

WHO TO WATCH

Courtesy Photo / gvsulakers.comHometown hero: Jackson attended Allendale High School.

By Greg MonahanGVL Senior Reporter

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To help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Grand Valley State University, the music department, along with

support from throughout the commu-nity, will bring to the stage one of the most extensive and rarely-performed pieces of theater for its time.

“Appalachian Spring” features choreography from dance legend Martha Graham and music from composer Aaron Copland. The narra-tive follows a husband and wife who are attempting to make a new life after coming to America, during the pioneer age of the 1800s.

“It’s a piece full of Americana, that came out at a time where more nationalist pieces weren’t being made outside of Europe,” said Shawn Bible, director and dance professor at GVSU. “It’s about embracing this country and what it means to live in and be American. It’s drenched in Americana.”

As one of the great ballets, get-ting the rights needed to be able to perform the piece has proved to be a diffi cult road.

“We all had to audition last year for this upcoming performance,” said GVSU alumna and lead performer Lauren Blane. “We had to videotape our practices showing the Graham Foundation that we were on the right track in bringing this piece to the stage. It’s just been a really rigorous experience.”

According to Bible, it’s also been an expensive one. Along with getting rights to the piece, the performance will include a new, one-of-a-kind set done by famous sculptor Isamu Noguchi and custom costumes from local designer, Cat O’Callaghan. The costumes were re-created from origi-nal designs by the play’s initial de-signer Edythe Gilfond, all of which will go to the Graham Foundation, never to be used again.

“This is a historic performance for GVSU and of one of the most iconic pieces that this country has known,” said faculty performer Mary Lohm-an.

Lohman joins Blane and Bible in a cast that includes four senior stu-dents, a returning alumna and a col-lection of faculty performers with the faculty orchestra providing music for performance.

“Working with the students may be my favorite aspect of this entire performance,” Lohman said. “It’s been really fun and interesting to be just another dancer in rehearsal with the students that I’ve taught.”

Blane shares the feeling.“This has been an amazing experi-

ence,” she said. “It’s nice to not only come back and work with my friends again, but working with the teachers is always something I love doing. You see a different side of them. You get to see them practice what they preach, and it makes their teaching all the more poignant.”

The knowledge of Appalachian Spring and its impact on ballet has not been lost on the public either.

“We have never seen ticket sales like this before,” Bible said. “It’s great to see this amazing response from the public, and I can tell you, it’s been a truly rewarding experience to not only see the growth of these students as dancers and the ability for them to truly go out and own one of the greatest pieces of all time, but to see the public take to it like this is something special.”

“Appalachian Spring” will be per-formed at 8 p.m. on Monday in the Louis Armstrong Theatre in the Per-forming Arts Center. Due to the large public interest, a free dress rehearsal will be open to students and faculty at 5 p.m. the same day. Tickets to the main show can be purchased at the box offi ce or by calling 616-331-2300.For more information on this perfor-mance, call 616-331-2180, or go to www.gvsu.edu/fallarts.

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Rare ballet to bring students, teachers to the stage

By Josh BrunstingGVL Sta� Writer

Former Grand Valley State Uni-versity art student BreeAnn Veen-stra is making her mark on the Michigan legislature.

Her illustration combining tra-ditional pencil work and digital painting, “The Ceryneian Hind,” has been selected to appear in the Anderson House Offi ce Building, where the Michigan House of Rep-resentatives is located.

“I feel really honored, very proud and grateful,” Veenstra said. “I realize the importance of expo-sure in the art world. This is an-other opportunity Grand Valley is providing me to help me get my name and my work out there.”

The piece, which GVSU pur-chased as part of its permanent collection, was chosen to represent the university in the 2010 “Arts in the House” exhibition. It is on loan for the year-long exhibition in Lansing, which features artwork from each public state university.

“I’m really excited that it’s go-ing to be up there for a year for people to see and experience,” Veenstra said. “I’m hoping my work will reach a wider audience so someone will enjoy it and feel inspired. My goal is to inspire peo-ple in a way that other artwork has inspired me.”

Hailing from Cadillac, Mich., Veenstra said art is a part of her life. Growing up, she was always drawing and her parents never ceased in buying her more art sup-

plies. She also watched her father, a glass artist, work with stained glass and sand blasting.

“Since I was born, he’s had an art business on the side,” Veenstra said. “I grew up watching him cre-ate. I always had a natural interest in art, especially the storytelling element that goes hand-in-hand with it.”

With an emphasis in illustra-tion, Veenstra graduated from the GVSU art and design program with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Decem-ber 2009. She created the selected illustration for a class project in 2008 with her chosen series theme of Greek mythology.

Her keen passion for nature and animals led Veenstra to draw a nar-rative illustration of “The Ceryne-ian Hind,” which she described as a “great female deer with golden antlers.”

“She appears in the stories of Hercules and was said to be faster than a speeding arrow,” she ex-plained. “She was also a friend to

the chaste goddess Artemis, god-dess of the hunt.”

Veenstra was also drawn to this subject because she had never

heard of this particular myth be-fore.

“That’s one of the great things about being an artist,” she said. “You can draw something just be-cause you want to. You don’t even have to follow the rules of reality. That freedom appeals to me. I’m a whimsical person. I have an inter-est in the fantastical.”

Veenstra described illustration as narrative art work, the most common examples being chil-dren’s books and magazines. For her work, she fi rst draws in pen-cil, then ink, before scanning the image into a computer to digitally paint it with layers of manipulated colors, textures and images.

“We’re in the age of technol-ogy, and more artists are starting to work digitally,” Veenstra said. “People have the mindset that dig-ital isn’t art and that the machine does the work. In this case, that’s not true. Instead of oils or paints, I’m using the pixels.”

Veenstra works for a Grand Rapids printing company and also as a freelance artist. Her work has been published in the national art magazine CMYK and internation-al publications suchas ImagineFX and Ikarie in Britain and the Czech Republic. She also won an award at the National Society of Illustra-tors student competition in New York.

Veenstra currently has pieces on display at the Grand Rapids Chil-dren’s Museum. Her work can be viewed at http://www.lullafl y.com.

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‘Arts in the House’ selects GV alumna illustration BreeAnn Veenstra hopes her piece ‘Ceryneian Hind’ will inspire others as it represents GVSU in year-long exhibit at capitol building

By Rebekah YoungGVL Intern

GVL Artwork Copyright © BreeAnn Veenstra. All rights reservedWhimsy: BreeAnn Veentra’s “The Ceryneian Hind,” which represents a Greek mythological creature, will represent GVSU for the 2010 Arts in the House exhibition in Lansing.

“I feel really honored, very proud and grateful. I realize the importance of exposure in the art world. This is another great opportunity Grand Valley is giving me.”

-BreAnn Veenstra

GVSU alumna

“This is a historic performance for GVSU and of one of the most iconic pieces that this country has known,” said faculty performer Mary Lohm-

Lohman joins Blane and Bible in a cast that includes four senior stu-dents, a returning alumna and a col-lection of faculty performers with the faculty orchestra providing music for

“Working with the students may be my favorite aspect of this entire performance,” Lohman said. “It’s been really fun and interesting to be just another dancer in rehearsal with the students that I’ve taught.”

Blane shares the feeling.“This has been an amazing experi-

ence,” she said. “It’s nice to not only come back and work with my friends again, but working with the teachers is always something I love doing. You see a different side of them. You get to see them practice what they preach, and it makes their teaching all the more poignant.”

The knowledge of Appalachian Spring and its impact on ballet has not been lost on the public either.

“We have never seen ticket sales like this before,” Bible said. “It’s great to see this amazing response from the public, and I can tell you, it’s been a truly rewarding experience to not only see the growth of these students as dancers and the ability for them to truly go out and own one of the greatest pieces of all time, but to see the public take to it like this is something special.”

“Appalachian Spring” will be per-formed at 8 p.m. on Monday in the

Rare ballet to bring students, teachers to the stage

DANCING FEAT

Courtesy Photos / gvsu.eduA rare sight: Several dancers perform “Appalachian Spring.” The performance will come to GVSU Monday.

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When Henry Matthews, director of galleries and collections, started working at Grand Valley State University in 1998, the art gallery support team managed 700 pieces of art. There were also 12,000 students.

Twelve years later, student enrollment has doubled to more than 24,000, and the GVSU collection contains more than 9,500 pieces of art. In order to improve efficiency and deal with GVSU’s exponential growth, the entire Art Gallery Support staff has moved into the building formerly occupied by Papa John’s pizza on 42nd and Pierce Street.

The new facility includes office space, climate-control storage, improved security and workrooms.

“We grew out of where we were located before,” said Colleen Bazuin, art gallery secretary.

The support team used to be tucked away in various, separate locations across campus in a set-up Bazuin called “dysfunctional, cramped and not conducive.”

“It’s very nice that everything is now in one area,” she said. “The only downfall is that is it not connected to the art gallery.”

James Moyer, assistant vice president for Facilities Planning, said the principal reason for the move was to “consolidate the gallery support operation into one location.”

The move was also meant to make previous office space occupied by the team

available for academic uses and provide more space for the gallery support operation, Moyer added.

Matthews said the move allows him to better keep up with the rising demand for art that correlates with the rising enrollment at GVSU.

“As an institution, we’ve more than doubled,” he said. “My job is to place art throughout the university. As we’ve grown, we’ve tried to keep up with that demand ... Part of the philosophy is if we make the environment beautiful, it will make students feel better.”

Along with professional works, the support team also places works created by students in Art & Design and the School of Communications on and around campus. To acquire student art, Matthews attends graduating student exhibitions to add to the GVSU collection.

Matthews’ team, supported by student and professional staff, prepares and processes each piece of art in the database before installing it in a building or living center on campus.

“When you start to do that by the hundreds, even thousands, it starts to be a lot of work,” he said. “The new building allows us to work in better space that is more efficient.”

Other features of the facility include a conference room and a print and drawing

cabinet. Both are used by David Keister, a professor of art and design, in instructing an art class that meets in the conference room on Fridays.

As curator of the print and drawing cabinet, Keister is in charge of more than 3,000 museum-quality works of art stored in the building. In his class, students are able to work with the collection under his

tutelage.“It’s more than just a storage place, an

office and a preparatory place,” Matthews said. “It’s also where real studying and academic work takes place. Teaching actually happens in this building, and we’re directly connected to the curriculum.”

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A10 Thursday, October 28, 2010 A&E Grand Valley Lanthorn

Competitive bodybuild-ing and playing the bassoon have, at fi rst thought, abso-lutely nothing in common. One can only wonder what kind brain chemistry brings these two very separate skills to such a high-level mastery in the body of Jef-fery McCray.

McCray is the assistant professor of bassoon at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and, in the same reality, is also a competitive bodybuilder. He will share his musical talents with the Grand Valley State Univer-sity community on Sunday.

When he is not vibrating the reeds of his instrument or instructing the same ac-tion, he is conditioning what some in the muscle business might call his temple, or

body. “The things I do seem to

have no real connection, but when you think about it they actually have more in com-mon than you might think,” McCray said. “A lot of what I do with music is infl uenced by what I do in competitive body building.”

He said it is the practice and planning in bodybuild-ing that translates to the way he approaches music and also the way he teaches it to his students.

“If you apply yourself with the same dedication to something like training your body to the act of learning music, the result is the same in achieving your goals,” McCray said.

While the U.S. govern-ment continually reports that many Americans are too obese and generally under-educated according to some hard scientifi c facts, McCray

as a human being stands as what the U.S. government might label as an acceptable American.

“Students, especially a batch of freshman usually don’t know what to think when they walk into class and see me standing there,” he said. “It’s funny because I may seem intimidating to them and I’m sure they’re thinking, ‘what is this guy going to teach us.’”

His achievements have all been documented in both pursuits. The records show his aptitude for muscle build-ing, having received third place in both the 2008 Jr. USA Bodybuilding Cham-pionships and the Muscle Mayhem Championships in the light heavyweight divi-sion in Nebraska. As for his accomplishments with the bassoon, McCray has graced many distinguished ensem-bles and symphony orches-tras as the principal bassoon or utility bassoon player. He currently performs with the Lincoln (NE) Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Or-chestra.

“A lot the lessons I’ve learned are in time manage-ment,” he said. “It’s hard to balance the two but it’s something that I care about and have to do.”

The nature of McCray’s interest in becoming a body-builder is not a sordid story of a young boy bullied in high school because he liked classical music. Instead, as a former wrestler, McCray was interested in keeping fi t while he attended college thus he took to bodybuilding through the encouragement of fellow gym members.

“I realized when I got to college to pursue music it would be impossible to have to think about it all the time,” McCray said. “I had to have something to break up the time.”

McCray’s father was the wrestling coach at his high school when he was growing up and it was this instilled physical activity that even-tually brought him to where he is now in both music and bodybuilding.

He began playing the

piano at a very young age and while in high school in Colorado Springs he was recognized as one of the top bassoon players in the state.

“I thought there might be something to this,” McCray said. “So I kept pursuing it.”

McCray received his doc-torate form Michigan State University and he said com-ing back to GVSU is some-thing like a homecoming for him.

“I’m looking forward to seeing some of my old col-leagues and seeing some of the familiar places.”

McCray will perform Fri-day from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall at the Perform-ing Arts Center on the GVSU Allendale Campus.

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Bodybuilding bassoonist to perform at GVNebraska-Lincoln professor to bring bassoon prowess to GV Performing Arts Center for performance Sunday

By Elijah BrumbackGVL A&E Editor

GVSU art department expands facilities to former Papa John’s locationBy Rebekah Young

GVL Intern

Courtesy Photo / bodybuilder.comBrains and brawn: McCray poses for a magazine shoot. He won third in both the 2008 Jr. USA Bodybuilding Championships and the Muscle Mayhem Championships in the light heavyweight division in Nebraska.

Courtesy Photo / FacebookMan of many talents: Je� McCray stand with his bassoon.

GVL Archive / Eric CoulterFrom pizza to paintbrushes: The former Papa John’s location now houses the Art Gallery Support sta� .

MATTHEWS

“If you apply yourself with the same dedication to something like training your body to the act of learning music, the result is the same in achieving your goals.”

-Je� ery McCrayUNL assistant professor of

bassoon