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In celebration of Black History Month, the Marketplace at Doan hosted ‘Taste of Soul,’ an annual event featuring traditional soul food recipes prepared by faculty and staff.

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Music education senior Emily Simmermacher performed her senior recital at the Rhea Miller Recital Hall on Sunday.

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Assistant Director of Career Services Jaime Leyrer said that this was her first time organizing and the first time Career Services has offered a non-profit and gov-ernment career fair.

“We noticed a need for industry-spe-cific career fairs,” Leyrer said. “This is one of the most popular industries that stu-

dents want to go into. The struggle is that a lot of these organizations can’t come to traditional career fairs because of the cost.”

With the sponsorship of Northwest-ern Mutual and Auto-Owners Insurance, more than 50 organizations, businesses and employers could attend for free to recruit interns and volunteers and offer full- and part-time positions to SVSU students.

Leyrer said that they are very happy

Sleep was the furthest thing from students’ minds last Friday as $43,000 was raised for the American Can-cer Society.

From 4 p.m. to 4 a.m., the Ryder Center was buzzing with students making a dif-ference by marking the ninth year of Relay for Life at SVSU.

Amanda Kennard, social work junior and Relay for Life event chair said the event holds a special place in her heart.

Losing an uncle and a grandfather to liver cancer

was extremely hard on her, but inspired her to get more involved.

“I think everyone’s been touched by cancer in some form, so it’s just a way to give back,” she said.

This was Kennard’s first year as event chair. She par-ticipated in Relay for Life throughout high school, but feels that taking part at SVSU is something special.

Kennard was inspired by students’ enthusiasm at the event.

“They have a really posi-tive response to it,” Kennard said. “They all come together for one cause: to fight back.”

Several organizations put together teams, some of which included club sports, Greek organizations, College Republicans, Cardinal Radio and Dining Services.

Elizabeth Groendal, exer-cise science senior, was part of Team Kinesiology.

Her team consisted of ex-ercise science, athletic train-ing and pre physical therapy majors.

This was Groendal’s third year attending, and she said taking part meant a lot to her.

“We’ve all been affected by cancer and it’s important to come out and prevent it from touching other peoples’

lives,” Groendal said. Steve Reeser, accounting

junior and member of Sigma Pi, was excited to be at the event and show support with his fraternity.

“Relay is a way for us to show that we want to be part of the community and help the cause,” Reeser said.

Reeser found himself in jail at the event, and was forced to raise $15 to be re-leased.

Organizations had sever-al other activities going on to collect money, such as raffles, push-up contests and creating tie-dye shirts.

In past years, the women

of Kappa Tau Epsilon were named an all-star team for raising the most money. This year was no exception.

Chelsea Ciszewski, biolo-gy senior and member of KTE, said the event holds a new meaning this year.

“We have a lot of sisters who have been personally af-fected by cancer,” Ciszewski said. “We are here to show them support.”

A sister’s mom recently passed away from cancer, so KTE made a sign and walked in remembrance of her.

Anna Millar, marketing

Although the semester is not yet half over, students are gear-ing up for next year’s housing ar-rangements.

In February, more than 1,300 current residents submitted mate-rials to secure on-campus housing for the 2013-14 academic year.

Dawn Iseler, director of aux-iliary operations, said all students who applied by Friday, Feb. 15, were guaranteed a space. A sepa-rate lottery takes place for third and fourth-year students versus second-year students.

“(This year) 777 second-year students signed up for the upcom-ing fall,” Iseler said. “This number is comparable to the 805 second-year students who signed up for fall 2012 and 790 for fall 2011, re-spectively.”

Iseler said many students waited until the last week of the four-week housing campaign to sign up, but the numbers came in per usual during the final week.

“Living on campus continues to be a popular and convenient choice for students that keeps them in proximity to all their con-nections to support their collegiate path to graduation,” Iseler said. “We continue to welcome them home.”

Third-year and beyond stu-dents had an increase of 150 con-tracts, with a final count of approx-imately 600 compared to the 450 submitted for last year’s reapplica-tion period. Iseler attributed this increase to the policy that guaran-teed placement, unlike the prior two years during reapplication.

“We are very satisfied with the process that was established in the last three years,” Iseler said. “Everyone who has applied by the deadline has gotten a room.”

Iseler said fifth-year and off-campus students are now also eligible to apply for housing in ad-dition to any lower classmen who are still interested.

“Students can still submit ma-terials and commit to the contract for anything available including shared bedroom space,” Iseler said. “Once all lottery students are accommodated, students will be put on a placement list in order of date received.”

Students who have not been assigned a bed by Wednesday, Aug. 7, will be notified in writing and released from the contract to then look off campus, as well as receive a full refund of their $200 prepayment.

“Housing typically experi-ences more than 200 cancellations during the spring and summer months, so we continue to take contracts (after the deadline) to buffer the historical cancellations,” Iseler said.

Promotion for spring and summer housing will begin in March. There are unlimited beds available, and all students are guaranteed single bedrooms at a rate of $425 per month. The spring and summer housing period is about three and half months long.

During spring break from March 4-10, housing operations will remain open, but on-campus dining is limited. Students are wel-come to stay on-campus during this time.

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyAt the Luminaria Ceremony at Relay for Life, students used glowsticks to honor friends and loved ones who have suffered from cancer.

Vanguard photo | Brandy Abraham Last Thursday, Career Services hosted a non-profit and government career fair for the first time, bringing in more than 50 local and state-wide employers offering internships, volunteer opportunities and part-time/full-time positions.

Non-profit career fair brings in 51 employers

On-campus housing still a top choice for students

Staying up to reach out

By Andrea McBrideVanguard Staff Writer

By Brandy Abraham Vanguard Campus Editor

By Lauren WietchyVanguard Staff Writer

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Students raise $43,000 for American Cancer Society during ninth Relay for Life event

Vanguard photo | Arianna Paver Last Monday, students gathered in Albert E’s Food Court to record a Harlem Shake video. Dressed up in colorful costumes and dancing, SVSU joined the Youtube craze spreading across the nation. The video can be viewed at http://youtu.be/Eirt01CxArk.

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Minor in Possession• At 4:35 p.m. Feb. 14, police were called

to University Village by residential assistants after they smelled marijuana while performing health and safety checks and had discovered a marijuana pipe lying on a dresser in a bedroom. Officers spoke to the 19-year-old female student, who gave them consent to search her room, and found more marijuana in the room. The case is to be handled internally.

• At 12:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, police were called over to Living Center Southwest by residential assistants for the smell of marijuana. The 19-year-old resident admitted to smoking the drug in his room and gave police consent to search his room. Officers found more of the drug in his room and the student was arrested for possession of marijuana.

• At 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, police were called over the First Year Suites to

meet residential life to investigate a loud noise complaint. While talking to the individuals in the room, officers could smell marijuana and alcohol. Officers also observed a Mason jar with marijuana residue while speaking to an 18-year-old student in his room. When asked for consent to search, officers were denied and a warrant was obtained to find additional marijuana in the student’s car. He was arrested for possession of marijuana and other students were given M.I.P’s.

• At 1:40 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, an 18-year-old male student was walking down a sidewalk on South Entrance Drive when he saw a police car and took off running. Officers were able to catch up to him and determined that he had been drinking. The student was given an M.I.P.

• At 10:50 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, police were called to Living Center South to meet residential assistants after they had discovered alcohol in a room while there for a loud noise complaint. Of-ficers arrived and issued four M.I.P’s.

Assault• At 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, a 19-year-old

female student and 18-year-old male student got into an argument in Living Center North. They had recently broken up and the female student had went to a party at Ferris University, later posting pictures of her with some guys. The male student became upset with this, came to her room and assaulted her. This case has been turned over to student conduct for further action.

• At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, a 19-year-old female student and 20-year-old male non-student got into an argument in Living Center South. The two had been in an on-and-off relationship for several years and the male was visiting when he discovered text messages on the female’s phone to other guys. He became upset and wouldn’t give the phone back to her, eventually moving over to the Student Life Center. Police became involved, and the female was given her phone back while the male left campus.

• At 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, police were called to the First Year Suites to inves-tigate an incident. While officers were talking to the residents, two students began to argue with each other. An officer then stood between them to stop the fighting when a 19-year-old female student became aggressive and grabbed the officer. She was arrested and taken to jail for assaulting a police officer.

Harassment• At 10:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, a 19-year-

old female student and a 22-year-old male non-student got into a verbal argument in J-4 Lot after the male be-came upset with the female for sending text messages to other guys.

• At 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, a 39-year-old faculty member reported that he received verbal threats from three male students in a hallway within Science East. The faculty member said the students were using “locker room” language and asked them to stop. One

of the students, a 19-year-old, became aggressive and used strong language against the faculty member. Contact has been made with the student and the case is to be handled internally.

Larceny•At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, a 21-year-old female student reported that while doing laundry in University Village around 2:30 p.m., she left for an hour and came back to find that her clothes were gone after checking all the washers. The suspect left the laundry basket, but took about $300 worth of clothes.•Between Feb. 10 and 14, an 18-year-old female student reported that she had parked her car in J-3 Lot on Sunday and returned on Thursday to find her car door ajar. Upon checking, she discovered that her phone charging cord was miss-ing. There are no suspects.•Between Feb. 8 and 14, an 18-year-old male student reported that he had a parking permit in his backpack and while in the Student Life Center, somebody took it out of his backpack.

Driving with Suspended Liscense• At 12:18 a.m. Wednesday, Feb.13, police

were dispatched to Living Center North for a possible fight. Upon arrival, of-ficers found no one around, but noticed a vehicle leaving the lot. Contact was made with three non-students and one student. Two non-students were arrested for driving with suspended license and given M.I.P.s. The other two were released.

senior, said her and her sisters know each other’s families well, so when tragedy strikes it affects them all.

“It’s hard on all of us,” Millar said. Millar said misfortunes such as that make Re-

lay for Life dearer to their hearts.Several events took place throughout the

night.The pompon team, dance team and Encore

put on performances, and a Zumba class was also held.

ASA hosted a “Minute to Win It” challenge and Music N’ Motion held a talent show.

A ceremony for survivors took place as well as a Luminaria ceremony to remember those who

have passed. Kennard was worried how everything would

come together, as the event took place a few months earlier than in previous years.

However, with plans in the works since July, Kennard said everything was smooth sailing and she was pleased with the turnout.

with the turnout. In compari-son with other SVSU career fairs, which have brought in nearly 30 employers, this fair brought in more than 50, mak-ing it a huge success.

This fair was mostly aimed toward students with future degrees in arts and behavioral science, social work or degrees in nursing.

“It is geared toward the liberal arts majors more so be-cause those are the types of students that will work in these types of organizations,” Leyrer said.

Employers from Saginaw, Bay City, Midland, Flint and the State of Michigan, as well as national recruiters such as the army and National Guard were in attendance. Employers did on-the-spot interviews and ac-cepted resumes, but Leyrer said that each organization uses its own application process.

For example, any group as-sociated with the State of Mich-igan directed future applicants

to their online application. Leyrer said that career fairs

are important for students so they can network with employ-ers.

“A lot of people underes-timate the power of network-ing,” she said. “When you make a face-to-face contact with the employer, and talk to them, it really shows the employer that you are proactive, you want a job (and) you want a position or internship.”

She said that coming to these types of fairs is invalu-able for students because they can meet a lot of organizations they might have never known existed.

Leyrer said that students need to be professionally dressed, come prepared and have a good resume whe=n at-tending any type of career fair.

Although students may be walking between classes and see the fair, being profession-ally dressed is highly recom-mended because it gives a bet-ter impression to the employer.

“They definitely need to have a good resume. That is probably the most important part,” she said.

Students are welcome to

come to Career Services and get their resumes looked at through Career Services’ walk-in hours, workshops and one-on-one ap-pointments.

Career Services posts a list of businesses before the fair be-gins, so students can know who is going to be there and whom they are looking to hire.

“Knowing a little bit of information about them is re-ally impressive to an employer, too,” she said.

Communications senior Michelle Horn attended the fair with the hopes to discover more opportunities for her future.

Having attended a SVSU Career Fair last April, Horn was offered a job opportunity through Morley Companies of Saginaw. She highly recom-mends every student, from freshmen to seniors, to attend.

“If students go early on they will see the variety of op-tions that are open to them,” she said.

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New Hope Valley Assisted Living Home recently hired eight SVSU students from the health science, occupational ther-apy and nursing fields.

Managing Director Rumi Shahzad said that he found SVSU potential hires to be “professional and skilled.”

With the help of health science profes-sor Charles Weaver, Shahzad has accepted his recommendations, which connected him with students who have proved them-selves in the classroom.

New Hope Valley is a project by New

Hope Partners, LLC, and is located on North Center Road in Saginaw Township. It offers a living alternative to elders in need of constant assisted care. Its mission is to create a stimulating, safe and comfort-able environment for all while striving to offer an eco-system that meets the physical, spiritual, social, emotional and intellectual needs of its residents.

Shahzad said that he was impressed with how the college hires have jumped into their future careers by understanding the job at hand and suggesting improve-ments.

Weaver said that the students he rec-ommended know the role of the health care provider. They are not trying to make

a name for themselves or build-up their ca-reers, but to serve those in their care.

“I think this is essential,” he said. Shahzad said similar things of his re-

cent hire, SVSU health science graduate Jennifer Neiderquill.

“When you find the right person, with the right attitude and skills, you hire them and then you figure out how you are going to use them to the best use,” Shahzad said.

He said that within four weeks, she moved from her receptionist position to the direct care partner position by making con-nection with resident families.

Shahzad said that he is interested in

Student surveys, hard work help Cardinal Closet grow to offer food, business clothing

Students find jobs providing compassion, care to seniors in assisted living home

In celebration of Black History Month, the university hosted its annual Taste of Soul event in Marketplace at Doan.

This event is sponsored by SVSU’s Office of Diversity Programs, Dining Ser-vices, Conference and Events Center, and Minority Student Services and allows Afri-can American faculty and staff members a chance to share their traditional soul food recipes with the campus community and the public.

“Black History Month is a unique op-portunity to bring more awareness about our American culture,” said First Year Suites Resident Director Paige Jackson. “Taste of Soul gives the SVSU and Saginaw community the opportunity to break bread together and to learn from one another. I am happy that this event has become an SVSU tradition, I look forward to it every year.”

More than 30 faculty and staff mem-bers contributed recipes to the event, rang-ing from “Not yo Mama’s Banana Pud-ding” by Athletic Director Mike Watson, to “Chicken Fried Chicken” by Student

Counseling Center Associate Director Ed-die Jones. Staff and faculty were able to submit a soul food recipe and, if they were available, serve it at the event.

“I receive the recipe from my mother-in-law for the first Taste of Soul (event),” Watson said of his banana pudding.

Professor Anthony Bowrin provided a more exotic dish called Pelau.

“It originates from Trinidad and To-bago in the West Indies. It is a one-pot dish that is made on weekends and especially when family and friends get together for a ‘lime,’ a Caribbean slang word for get-together,” Bowrin said.

Two members of the Dow Chemical African American Affinity Group, Jennifer Kitt and John James, contributed their culi-nary skills. James prepared Cajun seafood pasta, and Kitt made a yellow pound cake.

Even more food was provided by Saginaw restaurant owners Bernard Har-ris from Bernard’s Best and Natasha Burns from the Rite Spot. Harris made ribs and Burns prepared catfish.

“It is just kind of a neat event to en-gage different staff members on campus and obviously it is nice to have another excuse to eat some really good food,” said Dining Services Marketing Manager Jason

Wolverton. “It brings a lot of components together, from faculty and staff, to different departments, to community members from all around the area.”

With full tummies, attendees contem-plated their favorite dish.

“My favorite dish that was served was the 313 Banana Pudding,” Jackson said. “Compliments to Anthony Moore from Admissions.”

Sophomore Scott La Valley was unde-cided on which dish was his favorite.

“I thought the chicken pot pie was great as was the lemon meringue pie,” La Valley said.

Those in attendance and those that help make the event possible marked this year’s Taste of Soul a success.

“I was very pleased with the turnout this year. The Office of Diversity Programs does an excellent job at advertising every year and at this point, I honestly believe that the name sells itself,” Jackson said. “The community has learned to associate Black History Month events at SVSU with the Taste of Soul.”

The student pantry is back and ready to help students through the winter months with free clothing and food.

The Cardinal Closet is a non-profit organization that special-izes in business clothing as well as non-perishable food. At no cost to the students, clothing and food are available for anyone who feels they need some help. Since its first event last semester, the student pantry has learned from past experiences and become more organized and accessible for students’ needs.

The turnout for last semester’s event was bigger than any-one had planned. With more than 50 students showing up and utilizing the items, the idea of future success was without doubt.

Students were asked to help the organization grow by com-pleting short surveys after they had obtained their items. One of the big concerns for the pantry is adhering to a student’s needs.

Social work junior Cara Cole has been the driving force of the Cardinal Closet from the beginning. Through hard work and beneficial donations, the student pantry has been able to expand past just clothing and begin to provide food for students, includ-ing canned, boxed and other goods.

“Everything is non-perishable,” Cole said. “We don’t have a lot, but you can trust the food. Other members and myself sorted through all of the food, looking for dents and other things. We are making sure it’s safe for the students.”

Cole remembers back when the Closet was in the beginning stages and how business attire was not the first choice.

“Our original idea was for a food pantry,” she said. “We had too many roadblocks in the beginning, so we decided that clothes was the best starting point. But now we have progressed to actu-ally being able to give out food. There’s a lot more that goes into food, like different liabilities and freshness.”

There are real hunger issues that students face on a day-to-day basis at SVSU. Cole recognizes this need and uses it to justify the Closet’s necessity.

“We see that there is a hunger in America that exists,” Cole said. “Students are being cut off from bridge cards and that sort of assistance. Some struggle, and I don’t think that finding food should be a struggle or a worry for anyone, especially a college student.”

Cole not only is happy with the Cardinal Closet’s pres-ent success, but is looking forward to its future and how it has changed her personally.

“I’m really excited about the potential this organization has,” Cole said. “This gives me a chance to be in a leadership position, and to know that I have the motivation to have an impact is a huge learning process for me.

“It took about two years to get this off the ground, so I also learned a whole lot about patience and staying positive.”

Political science sophomore Samantha Jackson has also been with the pantry from its startup and was just as excited about this semester’s event as she was for her first experience.

“We learned a lot from last time,” Jackson said. “We’re much more organized. The room looks better. We’ve been more effi-cient. There’s been more recognition, we don’t have to explain the Closet as much anymore.”

Jackson commented on how the pantry is unique because the students, not the advisers, do most of the work helping out SVSU.

“The Cardinal Closet is special because it is run completely by students,” Jackson said. “It’s students giving back directly to the community. As an RSO, we’re also always looking for ways to be better. We have a flexible and open minded attitude, so we’re always wanting suggestions.”

Sophomore London Jocham wasn’t prepared for what he was going to find at the Cardinal Closet, but he was pleasantly surprised.

“I didn’t know that they were going to have food,” Jocham said. “I liked how it turned out. It’s kind of like Goodwill. I saw some of the flyers and decided to come down. It’s also nice that it’s quiet and not that crowded.”

Computer information systems junior Joseph Yax II wan-dered upon the pantry in much the same way. He took the survey that was offered at the end seriously and had some suggestions for its next turnout.

“I just spotted the room while I was on my way to a friend’s place,” Yax said. “I thought they did really well, but there is al-ways room for improvement. They could have had a little more business casual clothes and more pizza products. I’m a big pizza lover.”

Taste of Soul serves up culture

By Brandy AbrahamVanguard Campus Editor

By Alyssa Tarrant Vanguard Staff Writer

By Matt OstranderVanguard Columnist

Vanguard photo | Alyssa Ellis African American faculty and staff members brought their recipes to the annual Taste of Soul event, part of Black History Month.

Vanguard photo | Sean DudleyJosh Rivedal performed “The Gospel According to Josh,” which told the story of his upbringing, family life, and success as an actor.

The one-man show “The Gospel Accord-ing to Josh” took the audience on a journey through Josh Rivedal’s story of religion, real-ity TV and his father’s suicide.

The Student Counseling Center (SCC) and Active Minds, a newly formed mental health RSO, hosted the show, which is written, produced, and performed by New York City playwright Rivedal.

“I kept having dreams of my dad saying things like ‘tell my story,’” Rivedal said. “That, along with a mental catharsis was the impetu-ous for this show.”

The set consisted of one table and a chair, leaving the audience interested, yet confused as to how this one-man show was going to work.

After Jenny Stevens, the assistant director of SCC and Active Minds adviser, introduced the show, Josh took the stage.

“O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E of God and your parents is the best way to show Jesus you love him! Come on children,” Rivedal sang in the character of a former Sunday school teacher.

After the song he recounted his strict

Christian upbringing. An angry father and a flighty and dismissive mother ruled Josh’s childhood via the fear of God. He was not allowed to sing or play until his chores were done, which included picking “bits” up off the floor, as the family did not own a vacuum.

When Josh wanted to try out for a school play, his father told him he could, but not to “come crying to me when you look like a fool in front of all those people,” Rivedal told the audience.

He participated in the play anyway and performed a starring role in front of a very receptive audience. That night, a plan to run away and be a movie star hatched in Josh’s junior high brain. He would make it through high school and move to New York City to be-come an actor. In a few years, Josh graduated from high school, having played many of the lead roles in school plays and saved enough money to move to New York City.

A few twists and turns later, Josh wound up playing a part on the Maury Povich show that he thought would lead to stardom. While stardom didn’t come, steady acting gigs did and Josh began feeling positive about his life and career. Then his mother filed for divorce and soon thereafter his father took his own life.

The play came to a close with Josh swearing he would not continue the cycle (first his grandfather, now his father) of sui-cide in his family.

After the show, Rivedal gave a presen-tation on suicide facts and prevention. In light of facts such as suicide being the sec-ond leading cause of death of those age 15 to 24, he heightened the audience’s aware-ness of the different tools for hope.

He offered resources such as the Na-tional Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, a number that can be called 24 hours a day that connects callers with local volunteers. The SVSU Counseling Center at 989-964-7078 is freely available to all stu-dents and is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Finally, Rivedal’s own web-site GospelJosh.com is full of resources and information.

Rivedal left the audience with this thought: “Look, you would see a doctor for kidney disease if you had it so why not de-pression or anxiety? There’s not some magi-cal line that ends up there [motioning to a line ending at his neck]. There is hope for changing.”

Playwright advocates suicide prevention through one-man showBy William Wood Vanguard Staff Writer

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Rashad Baiyasi is a physics and chemistry senior and the Vanguard’s cartoonist. Reach him at [email protected].

The film industry seems to dominate our lives as we find advertisements for

every new movie on television, on billboards along the roadside, scattered throughout the web-sites we browse and before the videos we stream off YouTube. But with every passing trailer or advertisement I find, I seem to have a growing sense of déjà vu, as though I had seen something just like it in the same spot not so long ago.

At first I thought I was being silly or exaggerating. I thought maybe I had simply seen the trailer a couple of times before, or that I must have slept with the television on again, but I’m beginning to believe that my worst suspicions may be true: Is Hollywood really just pumping out the same movies over and over with a new name and cast?

At first glance, a look at the movies released during the course of the last year reveals a large variety of styles and plots. However, all it takes is a short look at the movies on this week’s theater listings to realize that despite the multitude of plots that are created in Hol-lywood, there are only a few archetypes currently in produc-tion, and you can probably pre-dict the majority of the movie without even bothering to pay for a ticket.

Fans of the classic “Die

Hard” series may be happy to see that Bruce Willis is back for another round in “A Good Day to Die Hard,” but even though I love the series, it’s a struggle for me to respond with much more than a sigh.

Hollywood loves a good sequel because despite failing to be better than the original, it makes money from the fan base created by the first one. While book series’ like “Harry Potter” and “Lord of the Rings” can get away with this since their whole story was originally split, movies like “Die Hard” are des-tined toward a very predictable ending. While I haven’t seen the newest installment, I have a pretty strong feeling that John McClane will once again come face to face with terrorists and after a great personal struggle, will defeat these terrorists just like he did the last four times.

Beyond the simple realm of action sequels exists a much more repetitive and annoy-ing new Hollywood trend: the pseudo-”Twilight” love story. It seems that in today’s day and age any book or script that makes the attempt to blend a bit of the supernatural into a love plot is produced into a Holly-wood film.

With “Warm Bodies” and “Beautiful Creatures” in movie theaters at the same time, it’s difficult to argue that this isn’t happening. Whether or not ei-ther of these movies will be suc-cessful is yet to be seen, but in the post-”Twilight” film world, I wouldn’t expect attempts to achieve the same fame to stop any time soon.

Comedy movies also seem to be hitting a brick wall since the smash box office hit “The Hangover” hit theaters four years ago. You can probably count on two hands the number of comedy films since 2009 that didn’t follow that movie’s basic

plotline of a group of unlikely companions being thrust to-gether, thrown into very raun-chy and unlikely situations at a very rapid pace and ultimately gaining some personal knowl-edge or character development from the course of the friend-ship. I personally hope that a new idea or twist on the comedy genre comes soon but I wouldn’t expect much change from what I have seen in the trailers for “Identity Thief.”

Last but not least, the worst genre is the horror genre. Never the most intuitive or creative genre of film, it seems to find itself stuck on the ideas of ghosts and demonic possession. Typically these films always focus on a family with one or two children, and it never seems to end well for any of the people involved.

While I have to admit that these movies do have an unlim-ited potential to be terrifying, they’ve grown stale from over-use. They are now so predictable in their methods of instilling terror in their viewer that they have become boring and empty as a whole.

Despite this negativity, there are gems in the film industry still. These are the movies that dare to be different and attempt to entertain you with some-thing totally new that you have never seen before. If you plan on going to a movie theater any time soon, I urge you to make the choice to see something that looks strange and different. With that said, this probably is not the time to go.

Beyond the ValleyPredictable film industry is stuck on repeat

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much more stressful than we imagine it will be, partially because it comes with a lot of

stressful decisions that don’t necessarily plague us during the fall.

Those of us who are graduating are thinking about graduate school or career opportunities. Those of us returning next year might be thinking about summer jobs or internships. And of course, many of us are faced with the burden of finding a place to live for the summer and for next fall.

In this issue, we ran a short article detailing the total numbers of students who signed up for on-campus housing for the 2013-2014 school year. As the numbers indicate, on-campus housing continues to be a popular choice for residents — and for good reason.

Living on campus presents a whole host of opportunities for students, the most notable being close proximity to all of the action that takes place on a college campus. Campus housing facilities are well-maintained and already furnished, which often makes things significantly easier for students. There’s also something to be said for the sense of community fostered in campus living arrangements, along with many other benefits.

Still, students should be hesitant to sign up for campus housing without dong the math first. An administrator recently declared on the SVSU I’M BOSS Facebook page that campus housing was the best deal financially for students, and while campus life has many benefits immeasurable in dollars and cents, to say that it’s the best deal as far as money is concerned isn’t always true.

A four-bedroom Campus Village

apartment will cost students $5,560 over the course of the year, not including an optional meal plan. If you divide that cost by the nine months students would live in that residence, it equals out to around $617 per month, including cable, electricity, Internet and water.

A look at our article on off-campus housing from last week will show that local apartments within 10-15 minute of campus offer housing packages that start as low as under $300 per month per person for a four-bedroom unit, often including free water or heating.

It’s difficult to deny that even with the addition of gas money, cable/Internet and other costs, many off-campus units present at least the potential for considerable savings.

Of course, off-campus housing works a bit differently. You have to pay rent each month, and not everyone has that kind of steady employment or accessible transportation options. Many students have scholarships or loans that help with on-campus housing costs, and others work as resident assistants to cover the price of room and board.

The point isn’t to convince anyone that one option is necessarily better than the other. As many people have pointed out, living on campus can offer students things that off-campus housing certainly can’t.

But in terms of costs, it’s something to pay attention to — especially if you’re shelling out loan money to cover that tuition bill.

According to the Project on Student Debt at The Institute for College Access & Success, college students who graduated with bachelor’s degrees in 2011 came out with an average of $26,600 in student debt — the largest such number in history.

Some may be more comfortable than others with taking on debt — often depending on each individual’s field of study — but while the economy has shown signs of recovery, it’s certainly not strong enough to support the level of carelessness and apathetic attitude toward student loans that too many students have.

The point is this: Know the advantages you get with on-campus housing, and know the disadvantages, too. Make the decision that’s best for you, but don’t do it without taking a long look at the dollars and cents first.

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A culmination of knowledge was unleashed Sunday during a music performance.

Music education senior Emily Simmermacher filled the Rhea Miller Recital Hall with music in her senior recital.

This recital was the senior project for her degree.It was compilation of 12 pieces of multiple

languages and a few of her personal favorites. It ran for about 45 minutes.

Simmermacher said it was long process getting to that day.

There were multiple forms required for the application process as well as an audition six weeks prior to her desired date in front of the music staff to see if she would be allowed to proceed.

Simmermacher also had to sit down with her voice teacher and hand pick each song.

“We had to have enough songs for a full recital,” she explained. “And also had to make sure I had the endurance to do all of them.”

Simmermacher said she has enjoyed music from an early age. She was involved in orchestra in middle school and then also did a lot with her high school choir.

“I really admired my music teacher in high school,” she said.

That admiration became the inspiration for her to pursue music education with a voice focus at the university.

“Voice has really been my main instrument here,” Simmermacher said. “I put on this recital to give back to my professors and family and show what I’ve learned.”

A senior recital is typical for SVSU music students. Simmermacher explained that students build

up a repertoire and a recital is a culmination of their

studies.One of Simmermacher’s favorite experiences as

a music student has been being able to get involved with the Cardinal Singers Choir.

“I’ve really loved every minute of it,” she said. “I learned so much and made some great friends.”

Simmermacher also had the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C., with the choir and sing in the National Cathedral.

It was one of the best experiences she had with the choir, she said.

Simmermacher is planning on student teaching in the fall and will find out where she’s been placed soon.

She plans on teaching after graduation. She will be certified for K-12th grade but hopes to end up working with elementary school kids.

The theater department premiered its latest production, “Moon Over Buffalo,” to rave reviews last Wednesday.

After weeks of preparation, the production opened last week for a five-day run in the Malcolm Field Theatre. Though the pressure was on for director Ric Roberts to deliver a stellar set of performances, he

didn’t seem too worried.“There’s always a lot of excitement, but a lot

of apprehension,” Roberts said. “You’re nervous because you’ll be having an audience for the first time. The actors will be getting laughs where they haven’t gotten laughs before. Is the audience going to respond to (the jokes the way you think they will)?”

Roberts added directing comedies is always a different process than directing dramas. “Most people think it’d be easy to put on a comedy, but it’s just the opposite. I don’t have the luxury of having (playwright) Ken Ludwig next to me, so I have to work on the timing myself.”

Despite any type of fear brought on from the production, Roberts had nothing to worry about. To put it lightly: “Moon Over Buffalo” was a laugh riot.

Originally designed as a vehicle for Carol Burnett’s return to Broadway, playwright Ken Ludwig wrote the farce in 1995.

The production circles around George and Charlotte Hay (played by senior Rusty Myers and sophomore Cassidy Morey respectively). The couple run a small theater company in Brooklyn circa 1953.

They are visited by their daughter Rosalind (sophomore Lexee Longwell) who brings a new fiancée in tow (sophomore Dakotah Myers). This proves to be difficult, however, as feelings are still tense between her and ex-fiancee Paul (freshman Keith Schnabel).

Though both couples are experiencing their fair share of romantic struggles, the luck for the company, however, is about to change. With rumors of esteemed director Frank Capra coming to the show to possibly book George for a role in an upcoming film, tensions are high to put on the best show possible.

If it sounds like there’s a lot going on this production, that’s because there is. While “Moon Over Buffalo” is a hilarious piece of theater, it can be a little

difficult to follow at parts.However, despite this hiccup in the play’s

structure, SVSU’s interpretation of the play was spot-on.

For as long as I’ve been going to Saginaw Valley, I’ve always wanted to see the theater department take more stabs at attempting comedic pieces as main stage productions. I’ll be the first to admit that they’re more difficult to produce, but they end up being profoundly more enjoyable.

With the potential in SVSU’s theater department (standouts include Schnabel, Longwell and freshman Amanda Moths), I feel there’s a lot that can be done in a department as talented as this one.

Roberts said that “Moon Over Buffalo” was the first farce that the department has done in at least four years. If those in the future are as well-directed and acted as those in “Moon Over Buffalo,” then here’s to more comedy in future lineups.

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Pilgrimages• Through Saturday, March 2, in the University Art Gallery, the exhibi-tion Pilgrimages with work by Shaun Bangert, Larry Butcher, Aaron Gaertner and Alex Mazon will be on display.

Homecoming Committee• At 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in the Student Life Center Conference Room, a Homecoming planning meeting will be held. All students welcome.

Author Reading• At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Robert Allen Reading Room, Michigan writer Anne-Marie Oomen will read some of her works. Free.

Cardinal Singers and Choir• At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall, the depart-ment of music will present the Cardinal singers and concert choir. Free.

Artist Exhibition• Opening at 5 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Dawn of a New Day Coffeehouse in Saginaw, a show of black and white drawings and black and white photog-raphy will be on display by students Rachael Blaylock and Krista Pozar.

Simmermacher sings for senior show

Theater department sees a new ‘Moon’ for farce performance

By Rachael BlaylockVanguard Staff Writer

Vanguard photo | Alyssa EllisMusic education senior Emily Simmermacher performed her senior recital Sunday to show the

3… 2… 1… Race!Last Tuesday, students raced around a

track in makeshift Mario Kart cars to raise money for Relay for Life.

Mechanical engineering freshman Christopher Schmidt thought real-life Mario Kart sounded entertaining.

“I’m on the race team here at Saginaw, so it looked fun to do,” he said. “It was a good time.”

The event was sponsored by Standing in the Gap, a Christian organization on campus.

The group made a track out of duct tape on the floor in the TSAR and made props to set the scene. A fiery cardboard castle and streamers representing Rainbow Road helped create the atmosphere.

The classic Mario Kart theme music played in the background. Members of Standing in the Gap also dressed up as various characters, including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Princess Daisy.

Social work senior Katie Drouillard said

making the game work in a real setting was a challenge.

“They were trying to find creative ways to bring it to life,” she said. “We were trying to keep it as close (to the game) as we could, being realistic with what we could do in real life.”

Racers stepped into elaborate cardboard race cars and ran around the track. Each race cost $1. Racers and spectators could also purchase items such as banana peels and turtle shells to throw at fellow competitors. If hit with an item, racers had to spin in place two or three times.

Schmidt said the items made the race more difficult.

“It was challenging when they’re throwing things at you and you have to spin out,” he said.

Secondary math education junior and Standing in the Gap event planner Kacie Leneway said the idea for Life-Size Mario Kart came from searching for a way to support Relay for Life.

“The Relay captain asked, ‘Do you have any great ideas?’” she said. “We were playing Mario Kart that day, and this just kind of came to be.”

Making the cars and sets was a group effort.

“There (were) a lot of people in Gap who came and helped out with the building and the painting,” Drouillard said. “For the last few weeks we’ve been really working on making the cars and the props.”

Occupational therapy sophomore Emily May said she was impressed with the group’s efforts.

“I think (the props are) awesome,” she said. “They put a lot of work into it.”

Leneway said Standing in the Gap wanted to support Relay for Life because cancer affects everyone.

“Personally, I’ve been affected by cancer,” she said. “I would love to see (cancer) gone. I think supporting Relay is an excellent way to fight against it.”

Drouillard said members of Standing in the Gap wanted to participate not only for personal reasons, but also to help expand their organization.

“We grew a lot last year, so we wanted to try it,” she said. “I know a lot of people in Gap had a reason.”

Overall, the event had about 50 attendees and raised $100 for Relay for Life.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Logan Shelagowski said he said supporting the cause made the event meaningful.

“Mario’s pretty cool, and the set was pretty cool, and it’s for a good cause,” he said. “It was fun. It was definitely worth the $1.25.”

Christian RSO shells out Nintendo classic recreation

Vanguard photo | Arianna PaverFrom left, Brian Mason and Sam Hull race around the track in a lifesize Mario Kart game to raise money for Relay for Life. The event held last Tuesday was sponsored by Standing in the Gap and raised $100 for the cause with about 50 guests in attendance.

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75-67 win sparks playoff hopesMEN’S BASKETBALL

Following a competitive season that ended with a trip to the final four tournament, the men’s lacrosse team expects to continue succeeding de-spite the addition of new faces and the departure of veterans.

“After making the final four last season, we expect to at least go out east and compete in the finals,” said sophomore team captain and exercise science major Cameron Oswalt. “We’re expecting a lot from the new guys coming in to fill in for some of the guys we lost from last season.

“We’ve got a lot of young talent coming in this year.”

The men’s lacrosse club has competed at SVSU for eight years. Through numerous coaching and presidential changes, the club has jumped in popu-larity and success.

“Five years ago, we may have had 10 guys coming out to practice,” said junior assistant coach and secondary education major John Brand. “This season we have 30 guys on the team who come out to practice and hit the weight room every day.”

Despite being young, the upperclassmen and coaching staff believe this year’s team has a lot to offer on the field.

“This is probably the most talented and deep-est team I’ve seen,” said head coach Mike Berehula.

While the team plays during the late summer and fall, the main season begins in the winter se-mester and games are scheduled during the spring. This year the team has embraced a new regiment

for practicing and working out in order to continue competing at a high level.

“We’ve started a new program where prac-tices are held Monday and Wednesday night until about nine,” Brand said. “But then everyone has to be up and in the weight room at 6:30 a.m.

“That can be tough for some of the guys, but it really shows progress during practice.”

One obstacle for the team to overcome has been the recent changes regarding the coaching staff.

“A central theme for all of us to kind of bind together and overcome has been adversity,” Brand said. “Two weeks before the season our head coach stepped down, and we’ve had to go out and find completely new coaches.

“But we’ve come together and we’re kind of using that as a way to go forward.”

With the team being a club sport, players have to provide most of the funding and equipment needed in order to play. To help with the costs of equipment and traveling, the lacrosse club has be-come experienced in fundraising.

“Us club sports really need to work together in order to bring in money to keep playing,” said sophomore physical education major Tanner Beck-with. “We’ve done a lot of work and fundraising with the women’s pompon team to keep both of our clubs going.

“We’ve also worked with the KTE sorority and the women’s lacrosse team in fundraising.”

Beyond fundraising for travel expenses and equipment, the men’s club has also made it a pri-ority to work with the American Cancer Society (ACS) in raising money for cancer treatment re-

search. Last fall the men’s team worked with the ACS to sell T-shirts as well as wrist bands.

“We have sold probably 200 to 300 T-shirts and wristbands for the American Cancer Soci-ety,” said senior team captain and club president Patrick Gross. “We filled out a $500 check and re-ally helped out with something that the team feels strongly about.

“A lot of the guys on the team have been af-fected by cancer with family members, so it was good to do something like that.”

Gross and the team said that they plan to con-tinue the relationship with the ACS in order to raise more money for the club as well as for research.

“It’s something we want to keep doing every fall and we really want to continue raising money for cancer research as it’s something that we feel pretty strongly about,” Beckwith said.

Now that filling roster spots isn’t a major issue for the club, Gross said that the team is looking to advertise and get people to come and try out for the team.

“We like to have kids come in with experi-ence,” Gross said. “There are expenses that come with playing on the club like expenses from travel-ing.

“We do a lot of traveling and we’ll be taking a trip to Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania dur-ing spring break.”

In order to try out for the club, Gross said peo-ple need to email him at [email protected]. The men’s lacrosse club will play its first game of the season on Thursday, Feb. 28 against Northwood University at Midland High School.

Lacrosse club brings more than victories to campus

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Women’s Track•Friday,March6,@NCAADivisionII

IndoorChampionships,Birmingham,Ala.

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For the women’s pompon squad, it’s more about being com-petitive and winning. It’s about doing more for the university.

“We’ve done a lot of fundraising around campus and worked on programs in local high schools to help girls get into pompon,”

said graphic design junior Katie Adcock. “But we want to do more and help get our names out there on campus.”

Adcock has been on the team for three years and said that the team’s competitiveness stems from the girls all knowing each other before coming to SVSU. She added that while it may be tough to come together as a group in college, the quality of the team is helped by the level of competition involved in just making the team.

“There are around 20 girls on the team right now,” Adcock said. “And we all knew each other in high school and competed against each other.

“It makes it sort of tough coming together and competing on the same team, but I think it’s also helped us come closer together and be more competitive in ways.”

The team performs at home football and basketball games as well as supporting other club sports. Most recently, the team per-formed at Relay for Life. The team also competes in state competi-tions hosted by Mid-American Pompon.

“In early February we took third at the states competition at Central Michigan,” Adcock said. “We competed against Michigan State, University of Michigan, Central Michigan and our rivals, Grand Valley State University.”

In November the girls competed at Eastern Michigan Univer-sity for the High-Kick Competition in which the team took third place again.

Beyond the competitions, Adcock said the team does fund-raising to help offset the costs of being on a club sport.

“It’s expensive to get in and compete with the traveling ex-penses and costs of uniforms,” Adcock said. “So to help with that we sell T-shirts on campus and the kids clinic where we go to local schools and help the girls there.

“We also did a car wash over the summer that helped raise money for the team.”

The team was founded in 2008 and has expanded over the last few years thanks to the girls focusing on recruiting and teaching at local high schools. Adcock said that while it’s tough to make the team, they encourage girls with experience to try out.

“We typically have around 20 girls a year try out for the team,” Adcock said. “It’s tough for girls without prior experience to make the team, but we encourage people to try.”

Girls interested in trying out can find information at [email protected] or on the team’s Facebook page at facebook.com/svsupompon. Tryouts are Monday through Wednesday, March 25-27, in the Ryder Dance Room from 10 p.m. until midnight.

By Chris OliverVanguard Sports Editor

Vanguard Photo | Taylor LaPlace

Freshman guard Damon Bozeman scored 14 points, including eight from the free-throw line, in a 75-67 victory over Ferris State.

WOMEN’S POMPON

For the fourth time in five games, the Cardinals proved they could go neck and neck with the best teams in the GLIAC.

SVSU overcame an 11-point first half deficit on Saturday night to notch a 75-67 win over Ferris State, a team that has already clinched a spot in the upcoming GLIAC playoffs.

“The guys did a really good job defensively for the most part, and we found a way to close it out,” said first-year head coach Randy Baruth.

With the win, the Cardinals improve to 12-12 overall, 10-11 in the GLIAC. Ferris State falls to 14-11, 13-8.

SVSU has won four out of its last five games, including upset victories over GLIAC frontrunners Wayne State and Michigan Tech. Baruth said the team’s strong finish is a result of many pieces coming together at the end of the year.

“I think the guys are working hard and figuring out how we want to play, and I think the coaches are learning a bit better how we want to play with this group,” Baruth said. “It’s a learning experience for everybody.”

The Cardinals had a balanced

night offensively to beat the Bulldogs. Senior guard Chris Webb led the team with a game-high 21 points, while his backcourt partner Brett Beland added 18 points and a career-high nine rebounds.

Junior forward Rob Clark added 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting, while freshman guard Damon Bozeman added 14 points, eight of which came from the free-throw stripe.

SVSU out-rebounded Ferris State 36-31 and dominated the turnover category, forcing 21 and committing only four.

“I don’t think we were trying to create a ton of turnovers, we were just trying to defend,” Baruth said. “It was a combination of us getting lucky with some steals and them mishandling the ball a few times.

“I’m glad we could capitalize on them.”

The Cardinals fell behind early against Ferris, trailing by as many as 11 points with six minutes remaining in the first half. But as the defense stepped up its pressure, the offense did too, spurring SVSU to a 16-3 run in the next five minutes.

“Defensively, when we get some stops, it gives us a chance,” Baruth said.

SVSU trailed Ferris State 29-27 at the halftime but picked up the pace in

the second half, with Beland hitting a timely 3-pointer to put the Cardinals up nine points with six minutes remaining in the contest. SVSU went on to take a 56-45 lead, its biggest of the game, with 4:40 remaining, closing the Bulldogs out in the final five minutes.

SVSU splits the season series with Ferris State, having lost to the Bulldogs

at home earlier this year on a buzzer beater 3-pointer.

With one game remaining, the Cardinals sit tied at tenth in the GLIAC, two spots out of a postseason tournament seed.

SVSU will round out its season next Saturday, March 2, at Northwood. Tipoff in Midland is at 4 p.m.

By Justin BrouckaertVanguard Editor-In-Chief

Vanguard Photo | Sean Dudley

Besides competing on the field, the men’s lacrosse club has made a name in fundraising for causes such as the treatment of breast cancer.

Former rivals unite to compete at higher level

Courtesy | Katie Adcock

In November, the women’s team took third place in a High Kick competition hosted at Eastern Michigan that also had teams from Michigan State, the University of Michigan, Central Michigan and Grand Valley State competing.

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New system, coaches raise bar for team

Playoffs in reach following impressive back-to-back victories

A place in the GLIAC tournament has been all but guaranteed for the Lady Cards after notching a couple of conference wins this week.

SVSU defeated Grand Valley State on Thursday and Ferris State on Saturday. The back-to-back wins improve SVSU’s record to 13-12 and give it an 11-10 conference record.

The Lady Cards are currently ranked fifth in the GLIAC. Whether they make the tourna-ment could depend on their final game and the result of Northern Michigan’s final game against Michigan Tech.

Thursday’s game against GVSU was their second such game this year. The result was a 71-61 finish, a better effort than the team’s previous contest against the Lakers, which ended with a

74-48 loss. The contest saw SVSU have a strong second

half performance after being tied at halftime, scoring 38 points in the final 20 minutes of ac-tion. Despite the halftime score, SVSU never trailed during the first half.

Freshman guard Katelyn Carriere scored a team-leading 21 points while junior guard Kris-ten Greene added 17 off the bench. Sophomore forward Samantha Zirzow pulled down a team-best 10 rebounds. Aysha Boston led the team with four assists in her final home game.

The Lady Cards scored 26 bench points while GVSU managed only seven.

Saturday’s contest against Ferris State saw the Cardinals win by a final of 71-66.

Carriere led the team in points during Sat-urday’s game with 14. Over the past two games she has scored 35 points. She also tied for the team lead in assists along with junior guard

Kayla Womack with five. Freshman forward Emily Wendling had a team-high 12 rebounds.

The team’s second consecutive game with a solid second half performance was substan-tial to the game’s outcome. After trailing at halftime, SVSU outscored Ferris by 10 points in the second half. The Lady Cards can also credit their 50 percent shooting percentage and the 28 points off the bench. In contrast, Ferris managed only 18 points off the bench and shot at 42 per-cent. The Cardinals also dominated in the paint, outscoring the Bulldogs 24-10.

Coach Jamie Pewinski credits her team’s ability to play an entire game.

“We played an unbelievable game,” she said. “We played really tough, weathered an early storm by Ferris and just continued to play the entire 40 minutes.

“Throughout the game we made some re-ally big shots and played incredible second half

defense.”Pewinski says that being healthy and sub-

sequently growing together has also been sig-nificant.

“As a team, we have played really well in our last 10 games, going 7-3,” she said. “During this stretch, we have had a couple players return from injury and we’ve settled into our roles.”

Over the course of the season SVSU’s fresh-men-driven squad has gained experience.

“We’ve figured out what it takes to win,” she said. “More than anything that has been the biggest lesson for this team.

“We have one more game to go and we want to continue the momentum we gained this past week.”

Up ahead for the lady Cards is a road con-test against Northwood University. The same will be Saturday at 6 p.m.

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Head coach Todd Buckingham described last year’s offense as below average. This year with new coaching, Buckingham expects his team to score a lot of runs.

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With a new coaching staff, new players and a new style of play, the women’s softball team looks to improve over last year’s squad.

For first-year head coach Todd Buckingham, the 2013 season will be one of promise, solid defense and an explosive offense thanks to the combination of young talent and returning veterans.

“I think a major strength of this year’s team is that we’ll play solid, aggressive defense,” Buckingham said. “I don’t see us committing a lot of errors and we’re really fine-tuning what we want to do on that side of the ball.”

To Buckingham, aggressive defense involves going after baserunners who manage to get on and letting the catcher position be an extension of his coaching on the diamond.

“Our catchers will be the catalyst for how well we do this season,” Buckingham said. “Senior Ashley Beal, sophomore Haley Niedzwiecki and redshirt freshman Kari Knight will be out there calling the entire game pitch by pitch.

“We’ve been training our catchers to think on their feet and be in control on the field.”

Coming into the season, the lady Cardinals are predicted to finish eighth in the GLIAC. Buckingham says his expectations and his team’s expectations are much higher.

“The top eight at the end of the season make it into the post-season,” Buckingham said. “And we expect to not only make it into the post-season but compete for a GLIAC title.

“After all, once you’re in the playoffs, anything can happen.”While confident, Buckingham knows that his team has its

share of weaknesses. One of the bigger challenges being tackled by the first-year coach is the lack of experienced players returning for the 2013 season.

“I think we have 24 girls on the team,” Buckingham said. “And out of those 24 we have seven seniors, two juniors and the rest are freshmen and sophomores.”

Along with the abundance of young, untested talent, Buckingham says there are other challenges that come with coming to a new team in a new conference.

“Where I was coaching before, we started games a lot earlier,

so it’s tough to keep the girls and ourselves motivated going into late February and not having played any games yet,” Buckingham said. “The other big challenge is the unknown of the conference.

“All I have to learn from are numbers from last year, and those don’t always paint a solid picture of the competition.”

Another major challenge for Buckingham has been increasing the offensive production from last season. Yet, Buckingham is confident with the bats so far in the preparation of the team.

“From the numbers I looked at, it appeared that we had a below-average offense last season, Buckingham said. “But this season we’ve been working the girls really hard on the offensive side and I think we’re going to score a lot of runs.”

Buckingham credits one of his assistants, hitting coach Christa Coppus for helping the girls shine in practice.

“(Coppus) is really a hitting guru and has been phenomenal for us.”

Buckingham said that the emergence of a few girls in practice has given him confidence in the offense this season as well as the return of a couple players who spent some time last year injured.

“Junior Lindsay Hayward and sophomore Jordan Randall have been great with the bats so far,” Buckingham said. “Plus we have sophomore Marcy Medina and Kari Knight, who spent last year hurt, who can really swing it.”

Last season Hayward led the team in batting average, hitting .352 with 25 RBIs, 12 doubles and three homeruns. Randall was second on the team in batting average, hitting .342 with 10 doubles. Randall also led the team in scoring and stolen bases, crossing the plate 27 times and stealing nine bags on nine attempts.

“Overall I’d say the girls and us are ready to get out of the indoor facilities and onto the dirt,” Buckingham said. “We’re looking forward to getting into warmer weather and getting the season started.”

The lady Cardinals will kick off their 2013 season on Saturday, March 2 when they take on Quincy in Kissimmee, Fla., for the Rebel Spring Games.


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new technologies and independent think-ers as future hires who can enhance the ex-perience of residents at New Hope Valley. They are currently looking into Simple C, which is a behavioral, visual product that looks to improve memory skills and overall quality of life.

For future care partners, Shahzad said he looks for three main qualities, which include the passion to serve seniors, the compassion to serve them and having the empathy to put themselves in their shoes.

“If you can empathize at that level with your resident, then I think what you are able to do for them changes dramatically,” he said.

Assuming that potential hires come to his business with these traits, he said that they could be trained for everything else.

Sometimes the job isn’t right for them, and potential hires need a more fast-paced environment to work, which he under-stands.

“Some of the hires that come in have in their earlier years taken care of a grandpar-ent or an older relative,” Shahzad said. “So, for them, they are reliving the rich experi-ence that they cherish.”

He said that he has yet to be disap-pointed in any of the hires that have come out of SVSU.

Weaver said that because the health science department is still a “young depart-ment,” they are still finding themselves. The department is defining their goals and positions and how they want their students to take the information they are taught and apply it to any career.

“One of the goals of our department for shaping the students is to make sure that the lines of communication as a health professional to the community, that those lines are open,” he said.

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