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he Grand Valley State Uni-versity Student Senate will vote this Thursday on a resolution of support for the establishment of a new

Human Rights minor program. The proposed program will be the first of its kind in the state of Michigan and one of a few in the country.

I think there is strong support for this, said Adam Hukkala, the student senator who introduced the resolution.

The Student Senate resolution of support will help the proposed pro-gram through the approval process.

Last year, the Provosts University Curriculum Committee approved the minor prospectus, which authorized a task force chaired by Richard Hiskes of the Political Science department. He said he has seen a lot of interest in the minor program.

Im very excited about it, Hiskes said.

A lot of students are asking about it.Hiskes is the former Political Science

Undergraduate Director at the Universi-ty of Connecticut, where he directed the Human Rights minor and established the Human Rights major program.

Its the biggest program in the world, he said.

The professor said hes happy to be at GVSU for his second year, adding that more than just students have sup-ported the new program.

Theres a tremendous amount of ad-ministrative and faculty support that Ive been feeling since I got here, he said.

Hiskes, who currently teaches a hu-man rights course, said human rights is an established area in international law, but its a broad field and the courses can appeal to a variety of majors.

They incorporate human rights law, but also its kind of a moral sense about human rights and social justice, he said.

Organizations such as corporations, international courts, non-governmental

organizations (NGOs), Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are seeking graduates with experience in the human rights field, Hiskes said.

More and more professions like engineering and business are becom-ing increasingly involved, Hiskes said. Its part of the game now.

The minor will be housed in the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Hiskes said he has many hopes for the programs expansion, including opportunities for internships with hu-man rights organizations both locally and abroad, as well as the inclusion of more majors into the program.

The human rights field has the power to change the world and make it a better place, Hiskes added.

Its possible to change the world and make money at the same time, he said. Doing well by doing good.

For more information or to contact Richard Hiskes, visit www.gvsu.edu/polisci/professor-richard-hiskes-15.htm.

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he DeVos Place ballroom was filled with Gatsby-themed glitz, glamour and Grand Valley State University students on Friday for the annual Presidents Ball.

Nearly 4,000 GVSU students attended the event hosted by the Laker Traditions Team and Student Senate, making it the largest Presidents Ball yet. Tickets for the dance sold out on Feb. 4, one month after they became available, and all

480 dinner tickets were sold as well.Event coordinator Emma Moulton worked

with Assistant Coordinator Terrell Couch, Student Senate and the Laker Traditions Team to organize, plan and execute the yearly event. Additionally, there was a Presidents Ball com-mittee made up of student senators that helped with planning and volunteering.

Our main hope in doing this is that every-one has a safe and great time at Presidents Ball, Moulton said. Hopefully this helps students feel connected to Grand Valley in some way.

During the dinner portion of the event, several awards were given out. Campus Din-ing Marketing Manager Deb Rambadt re-ceived the Laker of the Year Award, Modern Languages and Literature professor David Eick won the Student Award for Faculty Excellence and Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell accepted the Presidents Appreciation Award.

The dinner was emceed by GVSU students, and there were several student performances

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Presidents Ball has record attendance, increased budget

he month of February is cel-ebrated as Black History Month across the Unit-

ed States. To commemorate this month, the Office of Mul-ticultural Affairs has planned a variety of events.

The OMA, working with the Black Male Scholars Ini-tiative, kicked off Black His-tory Month on Feb. 4 with Black Lives Matter. The panel, which included six profes-sional African American males from West Michigan, discussed day-to-day life.

Bobby Springer, associ-ate director of OMA, said the discussion went very well, and they received good feedback from those in attendance.

The panel-ists were just talking about their take on life, and the ups and downs that they have to deal with on a day to day basis, Springer said. We opened it up for Q&A because people had things on their mind that they wanted to ask these distin-guished men.

Springer explained that although the OMA was coordinating many more events for the month, each event had a different goal.

One of these events is a film showing held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the OMA office. Hid-den Colors is a documentary about the real and untold his-tory of people of color around

the globe. This event also dedi-cates 15 minutes to discussion, during which students can talk about how the documen-tary affected them.

On Feb. 16, the Step Afrika! event will take place.

We are particularly excited for our Step Afrika! event, Springer said. We had them perform for Black History Month in the early 2000s, but it has been a long time since we had them here. The perform-ers mix step dance and African dance, while interacting with the audience about ongoing history. It is a great event.

Another event Springer recommended, called the Taste of Soul, will be held in the Kirkhof lobby from noon to 1 p.m. on Feb. 20.

People can come togeth-er to share in the African-

American tra-ditions of food, he said. Many people really enjoy attending this event, and it is something that we do put on annually.

There are many other di-verse events planned for the week. The Positive Black Women organi-zation will host

the Tribute to Black Women: Strong, Fierce and Dynamic Divas from noon to 1 p.m. on Feb. 13.

From noon to 3 p.m. on Feb. 14, students, faculty and staff can visit Gods Kitchen for a day of service that gives back to West Michigan. Due to space issues, this event is

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RCAnt Stop Me is a stu-dent organization at Grand Valley State University fo-cused on raising awareness of hereditary cancers and

supporting those affected. It is the only college organization in the nation to fo-cus on these hereditary cancers.

Mollie Smith, a senior at GVSU, founded the organization two years ago after finding out she had a gene mutation in the BRCA gene, or breast cancer gene. Women with this muta-tion are 60 to 80 percent more likely to develop breast cancer, as well as having a higher risk for other cancers.

It was a scary thing to know, and I felt really alone, Smith said.

Smith wanted to create a space where people who are BRCA positive and who have family members affected by breast cancer or other hereditary cancers can support each other and swap resources and advice regarding things like genetic testing, early detec-tion and prevention techniques.

One out of ten cases of breast can-cer is caused from a genetic mutation,

Smith said. I think thats insane that a lot of people dont know about that be-cause thats a lot of people on campus that may have a genetic mutation and dont even know that they have it.

Its actually a blessing in disguise to have this knowledge because youre able to detect the cancer early so that you can save your life. Im glad that I have that information. Its really changed my life and made me make healthier decisions and live a healthier lifestyle.

Bailee Orman, a senior at GVSU and risk management officer for BRCAnt Stop Me, found the organization shortly after she learned she was BRCA positive.

BRCAnt Stop Me hosts other fundrais-ers and events on GVSUs campus to raise awareness, especially during September and October.

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Edward Jack Musch passed away on Feb. 1 at the age of 89.

The professor retired in 1988. Before that, he was a faculty member in the Mathematics Department for 22 years.

Muschs funeral will take place at 11 a.m. on Feb. 14 at the Ridgewood Christian Reformed Church in Jenison. Those wishing to attend a visitation can show up to the first hour of the funeral or go to the church from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 4.

Contributions to the memorial are encouraged to be made to the Alzheimers Association.

ROSALYNN BLISS HEADLINES UPCOMING WHEELHOUSE TALK

The next Wheelhouse Talk will feature Rosalynn Bliss, the current city commissioner and mayoral candidate in Grand Rapids.

Hosted by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at GVSU, the Wheelhouse Talk will give Bliss a chance to talk about her role of leadership within the community.

The Wheelhouse Talk is a free event taking place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11 in Grand Rapids at the L. William Seidman Center in the Forum Room.

For more information about the event, head over to www.hauenstein.org.

8TH ANNUAL RECYCLEMANIA BEGINSIts that time of year again for the annual

RecycleMania competition between universities across the country to see which institution can gather the most recyclables and diminish the great-est amount of trash intake.

GVSU will once again participate in the competition, which runs from Feb. 1 to March 28. GVSU previously ranked first in the state and 35th in the country.

For more information, go to www.gvsu.edu/facili-tiesplanning.

REASONS TO BE PRETTYHigher-level theatre students at GVSU will per-

form Reasons to be Pretty, a show that aims to highlight the problems everyone faces when putting too much thought into physical appearance.

Students will act out couples from different back-grounds as they face issues concerning each others appearances.

Performances will be held at the Louis Armstrong Theatre inside the Performing Arts Center on the Allendale Campus.

Show times include 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 and 2 p.m. on Feb. 15. Tickets cost $6 at the Louis Armstrong Theatre Box Office.

LAKERS OFFERED FREE LECTURE SERIESThe World Affairs Council of Western Michigan is

providing the newest lecture series for free to those who attend GVSU.

Great Decisions 2015 will cover a variety of top-ics every Monday at 6 p.m. at the Aquinas College Performing Arts Center until March 30.

Lecture topics include human trafficking, the Syrian refugee crisis, religion and politics in the Middle East and the consequences from the crisis in Ukraine.

Speakers include GVSU professors, a retired assistant secretary of state for Africa and an NPR correspondent.

For more information, contact Michelle Coffill at University Communications at (616) 331-2221.

for entertainment while at-tendees ate.

It is always exciting to come together as a univer-sity once a year and celebrate Grand Valley, Student Senate President Andrew Plague said. All of our award recipients were really unique and fitting.

GVSU President Thomas Haas also played a hosting role

in the event by presenting the Presidents Appreciation Award and remaining present to inter-act with students in attendance.

All the other students participating in the event and everyone coming to-gether is truly the magic of Grand Valley that I see and feel here and have seen for the past nine years, Haas said. Every day of my time here has been so special.

This year, the ball included free charter busing, a candy

bar, a photo booth, a live DJ, a live band and a catered dinner. Adding to the event, the GVSU swing dance club hosted the upstairs level of DeVos Place to help teach those in attendance new dance moves.

With all of these opportu-nities presented for students in attendance, the total price for this event is no small number. Presidents Ball received a 17.5 percent increase in its budget, growing from $33,000 in 2014 to $40,000 in 2015.

Most of our budget is revenue from ticket sales, Moulton said. We needed to raise the budget because of inflation, and we didnt want to cut out on of the bigger as-pects of the dance.

I think it is important to

throw great events like this for students. For many students, this is one of the only func-tions they get involved with outside of classes. Grand Valley traditions are often times what brings students to campus or what keeps them here.

Despite the large funding needed for this event, the event works to bring together GVSU students to form a tradition for years to come, Moulton said.

We have a great university -- it starts with our students, it ends with our students and we have great faculty and staff and support from the com-munity as a whole, Haas said. When we bring students to-gether like this, at the end of the day, its all about having a night to remember.

limited to seven people.The final event coordinated

by the OMA is the Inspira-tional Leadership Talk, which will take place Feb. 26 in the Charles W. Loosemore Forum on the Pew Campus starting at 2:30 p.m. The talk features business leader Linal Harris.

All events have been coor-dinated by Springer and his planning committee, which is made up of around six or seven members of GVSUs extensive community.

This committee is made up of a very diverse group, Springer said. There are indi-viduals from African/African-American Studies, School of Education, Seidman College of Business, the Womens Center and the Black Student Union.

Springer, who has been a part of planning this event since February 2000, said black history is for everybody.

We all need to know about black history, as well as other significant heritages, he said. Every year, I am just trying to reach that one person that has never been interested before, to give them something that they didnt have.

The OMA is not the only campus organization in-volved with Black History Month. Womens Center Stu-dent Assistant Rebecca Noell

explained that the Womens Center is also coordinating an event that parallels with Black History Month.

The center will put on Womens Lives as a part of Black Lives Matter, Noell said. The event will focus on the role and representation of women of color in the black lives move-ment. Were going to be talking about power, privilege and sys-tems of oppression.

Noell said the event is co-ordinated with women from housing and the Positive Black Women organization and will occur from noon to 1 p.m. on Feb. 20.

Im excited to see what happens when all of these influential women come to-gether, she said.

Student Senate Vice Presi-dent of Diversity Affairs Raine-sha Williams-Fox said she believes it is important that ev-ery student goes to at least one event for Black History month.

Black History Month should really influence peo-ple to take the initiative and learn more about the success, struggles and sacrifices that were made throughout time in the black culture, she said. Black history is so much more than what people know from the surface.

Students should take the time to think about why Black History is so important.

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new certificate program at Grand Valley State University offers stu-dents and non-degree seeking students the op-

portunity to learn about and partici-pate in sustainable food production.

The Sustainable Food Systems certificate is an interdisciplinary pro-gram that pairs hands-on learning with academic instruction.

Were looking at food produc-tions, methods and options not just from one standpoint, said Kelly Parker, director of Environmental Studies at GVSU.

The 15-credit program offers courses in biology, basic nutrition and other disciplines. It also features proj-ect-oriented courses that get students right out in the fields, he said.

It puts everything that some-body might want to do in one place, in one program, he said. It makes it identifiable.

Sustainable food systems involve a combination of local, natural or organic methods of agriculture, minimizing the use of pesticides and herbicides.

Its an alternative to industrial, commodity-based food systems, Parker said.

He explained that the program

comes in response to increased in-terest in various aspects of sustain-able foods from GVSU students and in the Grand Rapids area com-munity, including restaurants that sell locally-grown produce, farmers markets and even breweries.

Theres just a tremendous interest right in this field, he said, but not a lot (of opportunities) in this region to dive in and learn about the details.

Parker highlighted the hands-on learning that the two core courses for the certificate offer.

Introduction to Environmental Studies and Sustainability is very much project-oriented, he said, and Sustainable Agriculture Practicum gives students field experience.

The program will take advantage of the GVSU Sustainable Agricul-ture Project site in Allendale, where students can take hands-on courses toward the certificate or an Envi-ronmental Studies minor during the Summer Experience, offered both spring and summer semesters.

Im really excited about this, Parker said. Im hoping we can get a good cohort of students and fac-ulty out there.

Registration for the spring, sum-mer and fall sessions of the certificate program begins March 17.

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Sustainable food productionCertificate program provides hands-on learning

everly and George Grant were selected by the Grand Rapids Ur-

ban League as recipients of its highest honor, the 2015 Drum Major Award.

Beverly is the interim executive director at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University, and George is the dean of the College of Community and Public Service at GVSU.

The award is based on a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He said, Yes if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.

George said he believes these words mean Dr. King is recognizing that he had got-ten to the front of the line,

the spotlight, but he wanted to be remembered as some-one who stood humbly in the front of the line for justice and righteousness.

We try to live our lives that way, George said. So we can share the talents that we have, mentoring and supporting and doing all of these things. We do it because its the right thing to do, because people did it for us and not to be like, Look at me, look at me, look at me.

George is involved with numerous committees and projects, including those sur-rounding child welfare, abuse and neglect and projects with the goal to make the communi-ties stronger. He works with the organization KConnect, and he is on the board for Boy Scouts.

Of all of the things he is in-volved with, he said he is most proud of his work with the College of Community and Public Service.

The work we have been able to do, to educate students,

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rand Valley State U n i v e r s i t y s Womens Com-mission held its fifth event of the

academic year on Feb. 5. The event was titled Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Raising Smart, Confident, Independent Girls in the Princess Culture.

Liberal Studies professor Jennifer Jameslyn and Womens Commission Co-Chair Kristen Evans, along with Dauvan Mu-lally and Keri Becker from the executive board, facilitated the

event. Students, faculty and community members were in-vited to participate in a discus-sion about the princess culture and what its like to be an adult or a child growing up with it.

Evans said they just want to begin conversation about issues that are affecting the GVSU community.

These events are an at-tempt to get more visibility for the Womens Center and the Commission, Evans said. We just want to bring women together for meaningful dia-logue, and its having a bigger draw than we imagined.

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Independent girls fighting the princess culture

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of a pretty and pink culture confronting girls at every turn as they grow into adults.

The conversations covered Disney movies and how prin-cess dresses, makeup and body type are affecting young chil-dren because they are wanting to look just like princesses, and how its also having an effect on young boys who are wanting

girls to look that way also.There was also discussion

about young girls who dont fit the princess mold and what parents are supposed to fill the gap with because theres no cul-ture for girls to like anything masculine like there is for prin-cesses. The attendees discussed having control over what young children are allowed to see and

do in the household, but theres a bigger culture outside that needs to be changed.

The Womens Commission has held previous discussions over other mainstream topics such as race and gender in Or-ange is the New Black, estab-lishing family friendly work-

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Do you think GVSU is well-rounded in the classes, majors and minors offered to students?

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Yes, there is a lot of different classes, com-pared to other universities.

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Yes, because of the sheer number of courses available. There are quite a few, and there are themes that are required for graduation.

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Yes, because we offer a lot of majors around here. There are lots of options students can take.

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t Grand Valley State Univer-sity, students may feel satis-fied with their courses, pro-fessors and overall academic opportunities. However, we

at the Lanthorn wish to encourage GVSU students, faculty and staff to push for new programs if they see that there is some-thing the university does not yet offer.

Human rights is an important topic that often comes up in classes and everyday conversations. The GVSU Student Senate has introduced a Human Rights minor, and will vote on Thursday as to whether they will officially start the process of imple-menting the minor into the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies.

The topic of caring for the environment and sustainability practices is another that is often debated and discussed. Starting on March 17, students can register for the spring, summer or fall session of the new Sustainable Food Systems certificate pro-gram, where they will gain field experience.

The university allows you to choose your classes and your program, so adding options like the Human Rights minor and the environmental studies certificate are things that everyone should at least have the chance to take. Our school needs these things in order to maintain its well-rounded, balanced atmosphere that caters to everyone involved.

But students should take a look into what GVSU currently offers and critically evaluate if there is something missing. There could be a course that should be added to an already existing major or minor that would better prepare students in their field of study. Or there could be a major that would help GVSU better define itself as a liberal arts university with well-rounded programs that should be added to the cur-riculum. Think outside of the box -- what would you ideally want offered at GVSU?

It is up to the students to bring up ideas and needs to leadership at the university. Student Senate has meetings every week

with specific points in the agenda to allow for public comment. Take advantage of the opportunity, as these student senators are there to represent GVSU students as a whole and cannot do so effectively without input from the students.

Not only will this help the university, but it will also help students become more versatile individuals that have a broad background. After graduation, employers will look at what stands out about your experience and interests to see if you are their ideal candidate. Taking classes in human rights and sustainability, among other subjects, can help you learn about important topics that are applicable to life outside of the classroom.

Dont be afraid to speak up if there is something you want to see added to the course catalog in the future, as it could help you stand out in the job market and help students who enroll at GVSU in the years to come become more well-round-ed individuals.

ith the winter semester well underway, the majority of Grand Valley

State University students are no doubt already faced with various writing assignments. Many students consider papers and reports to be some of their most unwelcome homework.

This common sentiment is understandable: After all, the writing process is relatively unstructured, a characteristic which some find to be frus-trating. As with most tasks,

writing can become sig-nificantly easier if you try to impose some form and order on it. With that in mind, Ive found that there are several helpful ways to organize and execute a writing assignment.

First, I always like to engage in a brainstorming process. On a scrap piece of paper, I record any and all ideas I have as I consider the topic of my paper. Once Ive come up with a sufficient number, I try to narrow down what Ive written and form a more concrete outline. Next, I write my thesis statement and topic sentences. Once Ive completed these steps, Im ready to delve into the more nitty-gritty writing.

I cant offer too many tips as far as writing the bulk of a paper. Its really as simple as getting off of Facebook and cranking it out. Thats certainly easier said than done, but thats really all it takes -- aside from under-standing how to execute the

basic mechanics of writing, of course.

Once youve finished writing, you need to edit your paper. I cannot overstate how important this final step is. I know too many students who simply turn in their work without performing a final edit, consequently failing to catch several simple mistakes that are instead spotted by their professors.

I understand that it can be hard to examine your own work objectively. Still, there are a couple of ways you can maxi-mize your editing efficiency. First, if you can, you should give yourself enough time between finishing a draft and actually performing an edit so that you can examine your work with fresh eyes. Taking the time to sleep on it can help you catch mistakes that you otherwise might not have.

This means that you should avoid starting a paper the night before its due. Just about

everybody does at some point or another, but its really better if you give yourself some more time to complete your work.

Another tip that Ive found to be invaluable is actually reading a paper out loud. Hearing your work as opposed to just reading it can help you discover redundan-cies and other errors that can be hard to spot visually.

Finally, it can be very helpful to have somebody else read your paper and give you an objective opinion; you can bring your paper to the writing center or have a trusted friend look it over for you.

In the end, while the major-ity of students may dislike writing assignments, there are at least some ways that you can make the process of cranking out a paper somewhat easier. Ive found that its helpful to brainstorm, construct an outline and give myself enough time to write the paper and employ editing strategies.

hat is time? For some cultures, time is money; for others, time is nothing but

fluid. I think communica-tion and understanding is deeply tied to peoples

attitudes to time, and the way they describe it by their lexical means. For example, when I came to the United States of America, I un-derstood that time is truly money, especially when you deal with American dentists, doctors, etc.

In Ukraine and Armenia, people tend to focus on rela-tionships and network more than on schedule. However, it does not mean that all people are the same way in particular country. We are talking about stereotypes. Even though I grew up in Ukraine, I do my best to be on time because I do not appreciate when somebody is late. As they say,

Treat others as you want them to treat you.

My best friend and I decided to meet at the mall and do some shopping. She is the queen of being late; she was forty minutes late. I managed to go to all the stores by the time she came. After that, when we would plan on going out with all our friends, we would always tell her that we are going to meet, lets say, 3:30 p.m., but in reality all of us knew that the actual meeting time is 4 p.m. It worked pretty well.

Romke Hoogstra, who was Union of European Football Association Venue Manager during EURO 2012,

which took place in Ukraine and Poland, said that it took him some time to get used to have dinner in a restaurant with a group of Ukrainians. He mentioned that in his country, the Netherlands, you have to wait until everybody arrives and, after that, order dinner all together.

In Ukraine, people were ready to order just after arriv-ing, not waiting for the rest to come because there would always be somebody who was late. So in order not to stare at each other, people got to their business.

Nevertheless, there is one thing that is in common among all cultures: time can-

not be returned or exchanged. Imagine this -- what if there was a bank that would transfer 86,400 dollars on your ac-count every single morning, and your expenses would not affect the balance of your account on the next day. The balance would reset to zero at the end of the day, no matter how much money you spent.

What would you do with all that money? You might think, What kind of question is that? Of course, you will try to spend every last penny.

You might not believe, but every one of us has that kind of bank, and the name of the bank is time. Every morning, we take a loan of

86,400 seconds. Every night our balance is reset to zero. The balance does not change the next day. There are no minus counts. Every day, a new countdown takes place.

If you have not used your daily credit, you are the one who loses. There is no turn-ing back. You cannot borrow from the next day. We must live in the present on account of the time that is allotted to us for this day. In order to achieve something, one should invest his or her time properly. As Coco Chanel said, Do not spend time beating on the wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

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pproximately 35 high school stu-dents from vari-ous schools in the Kent County

Intermediate School District (ISD) participated in the Sys-tems, Applications (SAP) and Products Young Thinkers Pro-gram held at the Seidman Col-lege of Business on Friday.

During the event hosted by Grand Valley State University, the SAP University Alliance and General Motors, students in attendance learned about SAP software and enterprise re-source planning (ERP) through a simulation game.

Meagan Luttenton-Knoll, a member of the department of management and the SAP University Alliance, said the simulation game consisted of marketing, pricing, selling and distributing bottles of water.

The game puts teams into a competitive selling frenzy where they have to use stan-dard business reports in SAP to make business decisions,

Luttenton-Knoll said.Thomas McGinnis, assistant

professor of management, said the event focused on helping students understand available opportunities. He said this was not meant to be a recruitment event. Rather, the main goal was for students to understand the importance of SAP.

Universities like Grand Valley are especially well positioned, in cities like Grand Rapids, to become an active role in the com-munity, McGinnis said.

McGinnis said the uni-versity would like students to attend GVSU, but it is more important for them to make an informed decision on what they want to do.

McGinnis said many stu-dents do not learn much by sitting in the classroom, so these kinds of events are very important.

The change in venue alone excites people, McGin-nis said. Now theyre more interested, now theyre pay-ing attention. Now they catch something they may not have caught before if we had gone

there and lectured.During the formation of the

event, the ISD reached out to schools throughout the district. Four instructors showed inter-est, so those instructors were recruited from their campuses.

Bill Dixon, an IT teacher at East Kentwood High School, said he was not aware of the im-pact ERP has had on the local businesses. Dixon introduced the event to his students by tell-ing them it was an opportunity to network with members of the automobile industry and people in education.

The students engagement impressed Dixon: many of the students did not know each other, nor had they worked in a setting like this. However, he said students seemed to be en-joying the program.

Dixon said every student should have at least one op-portunity outside of the class-room to collaborate with their peers and students from other schools. Events like this ad-vance students abilities and social skills, as well as give them real-world experience outside of the classroom, he said.

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Program teaches students about SAP software

earching for scholar-ship opportunities can be both frustrat-ing and confusing, but with the help of

the Grand Valley State University myScholarhips website, the process has been made easier than ever.

MyScholarships has entered its sec-ond year of existence. Its purpose is to streamline the scholarship application process into one concise application that cuts down on paper and saves the unnecessary time students dont have.

Daniel Shannahan, associate direc-tor of financial aid, said the new pro-cess makes it less likely that students will miss opportunities.

Now we have a system where ev-erything is viewable, Shannahan said.

This system kind of does some of the work for students in identifying what scholarships they will most likely be a good candidate for, so then they just have one common application they can use to apply for as many scholar-ships in the system as they want.

However, depending on the schol-arship, students are still required to fill out extra work such as essays or essay questions, Shannahan said.

Through collaboration with do-nors on campus, myScholarships also makes the process easier for returning and transfer students by requiring one deadline for most available scholarships.

March 1 is the deadline to apply for scholarships for next year, said Erika Wallace, associate director of financial aid for scholarships. Stu-dents have from October to March to get into the system to apply for schol-

arships, and then scholarship com-mittees have from March to May to make their decisions.

Shannahan agreed that the dead-line is important for students to be mindful of.

The March 1 deadline is really helpful because, when students are thinking about financial aid, that one date can stand out, Shannahan said. As myScholarships has gotten more established and students are more aware of it, we have a lot less last minute questions.

Wallace said it was important to consolidate the scholarship applica-tions because many of them were ask-ing similar, basic questions.

They are all pretty much asking the same stuff, just maybe a little bit differently, Wallace said. We looked for common elements that every ap-plication is asking for.

Looking at other universities around the nation, GVSU is not the first university to make the move to online.

We started hearing about these new systems going online, and we always knew the way we were doing it wasnt the most efficient way for our students, Wallace said. It just made sense to do this database. Its the time and culture were in where everything is online, so its very easy for students to log in to the system and understand what to do.

Now that the site is up and run-ning, the main focus is outreach and promotion, Wallace said.

Last year was our first year, and we were learning how the system works and counseling students one on one, Wallace said. Our next step is more outreach and possibly hosting different types of work-

shops, like how do you fill out a scholarship application, or how do you write essays for scholarships.

Many of these workshops are pro-vided through MoneySmart Lakers, a program aimed at teaching students about important financial skills.

Weve had workshops on the top-ics of budgeting, credit scores, using loans, all different kinds of things, Shannahan said. In addition to un-derstanding the financial aid piece, students can make good decisions about their finances as a whole.

For more information on mySchol-arships, go to www.gvsu.edu/scholar-ships or contact the financial aid office at (616) 331-3234.

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YOUNG THINKERS: Career Exploration Coordinator Amy Pierce, from Kent ISD, speaks to high school students about SAP software at the GVSU Seidman College of Business.

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Nancy McKenzie, STEM coordinator at Kentwood Public Schools, said it is hugely important for students to be able to apply what they learn in the classroom.

Seeing beyond what a classroom book or computer can teach them is invaluable,

McKenzie said.Eric Myers, project man-

ager at Johnson Controls, said it is important to give stu-dents a practical understand-ing of what they might do in the workplace.

Myers wants to help GVSU integrate more students into

ERP. He said GVSU is grad-uating many students they would like to hire, but they are not graduating enough of them. This event helps those students gain interest in a ca-reer like this, and it can prove more efficient that just pre-senting in the classroom.

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places and judgment and com-petition among women.

There are two future events scheduled. On March 5, they will hold an event titled Around the World in 60 Min-utes: International Advocacy and Experiences of GVSU

Women, and on April 2 they will hold an event titled Its All About Me (For an Hour): Self-care, Self-worth, Self-sat-isfaction and Self-fulfillment. All general meetings are held in Room 1104 in Kirkhof from noon to 1:30 p.m.

The GVSU Womens Com-mission was founded in 1996 after a 1994 climate study sug-

gested discontent from many of the women faculty and staff on campus. The Womens Commission has been advo-cating for all women on cam-pus by acting on their issues and by promoting equality and social justice, ever conscious of the intersection of race, class, gender and orientation, ac-cording to their website.

Parker said the department will be watching carefully dur-ing the summer experience to

gauge the initial success of the certificate program.

Were hoping this becomes a great thing, he said.

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to impacting the community - that is such a big deal to be able to do that, George said.

Beverly is involved with Rev-olution Christian Ministries and has worked to help with issues such as poverty, homelessness and employment.

She said her proudest moment is helping a young, suicidal mother avoid having her new born baby placed in foster care, when all she needed was someone to talk with her through one par-ticular night.

People dont need a hand out, they need a hand -- a hand that gives them access to infor-mation, resources and knowl-edge, Beverly said.

George said he and Beverly act based on the belief that giv-ing people access to informa-tion gives them power to make

change. They said they do not take their positions or titles for granted, and they hope to use them to pay it forward.

Additionally, much of who they are today is because of the lessons they learned from their parents. George and Beverly agreed that their parents raised them in houses where faith in God and helping other people was important.

We were both raised in the church and raised with the idea of helping and giv-ing back and sharing no matter what, George said. You should always help someone else. If you have a little someone else always has a little less.

However, they have chosen to not work on initiatives together.

We do that on purpose, George said. Instead of both of us doing the same thing and being at the same place, why not do different things and use

our talents in different ways.Despite not working on

committees or projects to-gether, the Grants, who have been married for 20 years, said much of their success as a team is based on mutual trust.

Because we trust each other, we trust each others opinion, George said. We can bounce ideas, strategies about how to have an impact, and we know that we will give honest answers to each other because we want to do it right.

George said he and Beverly hope to be remembered as peo-ple who did everything in their power to help others.

We dont look at our-selves as better than or smarter than (others), but that we all have talents and we all have things that we need help with, George said. If we can play a role in mak-ing that happen, that is how we want to be remembered.

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OPEN MIC NIGHTJoin Spotlight Productions for their monthly

Open Mic Night. The evening is free, and whether you are attending to hear the talented individuals from the Grand Valley State Univer-sity community or to perform, you can snack on some brownies. The event will take place in Area 51 in the GVSU Kirkhof Center from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Feb. 10. If you are interested in performing, email concertsgv@gmail.com to claim a spot in the line-up.

THE GRAND VALLEY WINDS TO PERFORMArts at Noon will highlight the Grand Valley

Winds Feb. 11. The quintet of GVSU faculty will perform pieces by Petr Eben, Robery Muczynski and Karl Pills. The group is compiled of Christo-pher Kantner on flute, Marlen Vavrikova on oboe, Joel Schekman on clarinet, Vinncent Karamanov on bassoon and Richard Britsch on horn. They play at various schools and venues around the Grand Rapids area including the annual GVSU in-strument days. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (616) 331-3484.

SWEETHEART SWINGTo celebrate the most romantic holiday of

the year, the Grand Valley State University Swing Dance club will host the Sweetheart Swing on Feb. 11 at 9 p.m. in the lobby of the GVSU Kirkhof Center. This annual event is free and open to anyone in the GVSU community. Food and refreshments will be available. The two-hour dance is Valentines Day themed, so the club encourages people to dress for the occasion. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/728670460535074/ or contact gvsuswing@gmail.com.

GETTING CRAFTYThe holiday season can be difficult on a stu-

dents budget, so in order to off-set the cost of Valentines Day, Spotlight Productions will host a craft night on Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. in the Grand Valley State University Kistler Living Center. The event is free and open to anyone. For more information, email traditionsgv@gmail.com.

THE ECLIPSE AWARDSThe Eclipse Awards sets to highlight the best

film, video and television shows in West Michi-gan. The event, which is sponsored by WKTV and the West Michigan Video Alliance, works to shed light on this growing industry in the area. In-ternational, national and regional judges will be present to help select the top media in each cat-egory at the awards show in March. Entry for this competition opens on Feb. 14, and more informa-tion is available at www.theeclipseaward.com.

THE LAST LAKER STANDINGOn Feb. 14, Spotlight Productions will crown

the 2015 Last Laker Standing winner. After weeks of auditions and semi-finals, only select Grand Valley State University comedians will take to the stage in the Grand River Room in the Kirkhof Center to fight for the title. The event begins at 9 p.m. and is open to the public.

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multi-talented, Emmy award-winning writer will make his fifth return to

Grand Valley State University. Tom Caltabiano, a stand- up comedian, lectures at many universities, but this time when he visits GVSU, he will work closely with professor Frank Boring to develop a new lecturing style.

Caltabiano, writer for Ev-erybody Loves Raymond and documentary 95 Miles to Go on HBO, is scheduled to come to GVSU Feb. 23-25.

The pair is working together to turn Caltabianos former lecturing style into more of a performance where students can learn about the Hollywood writer and what it takes to make it in the industry.

Boring met Caltabiano while on a tour in California for his documentary Talking with Tigers that aired nationally on PBS. They discovered they both have a love for aviation.

Over the course of years we would keep in contact, Boring said. We got along very well - hes not the Hollywood type.

The two regularly work to-gether to bring different per-spectives to the projects they

are working on.Now, as this duo looks to

work together to create a one-man show for Caltabianos lec-tures, they are looking for input from students as well.

He basically said he didnt want to do a stand-up routine, Boring said. He wanted to cre-ate a show that was part enter-tainment and part educational where students would come to see it to find out what its like to work in Hollywood.

If we could create some-thing where students learn and watch us write this show and experience writing with an Emmy award-winning writer, hopefully we can get some

writers who are interested in expanding their horizons.

Caltabiano has worked with students in the past to write a script for Everybody Loves Raymond, and he enjoyed it.

He was so enamored by his experience at GV and the many times he spoke to students, Boring said.

In the end, the pair is look-ing to educate students on the industry and develop a one-man stand-up show that will portray Caltabianos journey and experience in Hollywood.

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Everybody loves GVRaymond writer to turn lecture into performance

t started with an assignment from Lorie Tuma - break up into committees and

work together to coordinate a major event. Now, a little over a month into the semester, Tu-mas section of HTM 240 (Intro to Meeting and Event Manage-ment) is planning to screen the documentary Girl Rising at Grand Valley State University in March to celebrate national womens month.

The documentary explores the stories of nine girls who have gone against the odds and countered societal norms to re-ceive education. Stories of girls from Cambodia, Haiti, Nepal, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Peru, Si-erra Leone and Afghanistan are featured in the documentary.

Many millions of children around the world lack access to education, whether due to poverty, social norms or ac-cessibility, said Tara Abraha-ms, president of Girl Rising, in a press release. Girls, espe-cially, face significant barriers to the basic right of education, including obstacles such as early and forced marriage and gender-based violence and discrimination.

In the beginning of the se-mester, Tumas class took per-sonality tests and formed com-mittees consisting of people who had different personality types. These three or four person com-mittees were all given different assignments to complete before the day of the event.

Tuma said this project will be a valuable learning moment for the class because it is rare that a university class would be

able to work to screen a film of this caliber.

Tuma said she is proud of the way her students have han-dled the challenges put in front of them. They have put in many hours both inside and outside mandated class time, showing her a lot individual initiative and group effort.

Theyll be more than ready

the night of screening, Tuma said. If this is any indication about what the future of event planning is going to look like, in terms of talent, I can tell you in most certainty that were in very good hands.

BY ERIN GROGANEGROGAN@LANTHORN.COM

GV student project to screen Girl Rising

rand Valley State University stu-dent Kyle Nor-ton began play-ing instruments

at a young age, and when he came to college he decided to use his musical talents to form the one-man band the Nor-

troniks. After years of develop-ing as a solo electronic music artist, Norton has expanded the band to include drummer Christian Grow, who is also a GVSU student.

I actually transferred to Grand Valley and I had like no friends and I got into the music program, Norton said. I had always been in bands in high

school and stuff, so I just really wanted to make music and had no one to do it with so I started making electronic music and really enjoyed it.

A couple of years ago, Nor-ton signed with Detroit re-cord label Young Heavy Souls. Since the pairing, he has pro-duced multiple albums in-cluding his newest Greater

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The Nortroniks are hitting the road and will travel across the country in March to begin a short tour including a per-formance at the Serenity Gath-ering Music Festival in San Diego, Calif.

I am looking forward to it because it is like bigger crowds that dont know my music, Norton said. It is just a really great way to get out there and show it to different people.

This will be the first time the Nortroniks will perform in California, and their trip to the West Coast will conclude with a radio appearance on Culture Remixed in Los Angeles.

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NEMESIS: Michigan Techs Ben Stelzer (No. 5) attempts to rip the ball from Ricky Carbajal during Techs 61-50 win over GVSU at Fieldhouse Arena on Saturday. Offensively, Stelzer (29 points) and Carbajal (24 points, 13 rebounds) put on a show for most of the GLIAC North contest.

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SABINS FREE-THROW STREAK ENDS AT 42

On Thursday afternoon, Grand Valley State mens basketball player Ryan Sabin was recognized with a spot on the Capital One Academic All-District Team.

Sabin, a senior guard, was one of just five play-ers in the region to earn the award, which recog-nizes student athletes for athletic and academic per-formance. A finance major with almost a 3.6 GPA, Sabin is GVSUs second leading scorer with 13.3 points per game.

The Byron Center High School product is also the GLIACs top free-throw shooter. Hes knocking down 91.9 percent (57-of-62) of his freebies, a top-10 percentage in the NCAA Division II this season.

On Thursday night, Sa-bin snapped a streak of 42 consecutive free throws made with 0:09 left to play in GVSUs 60-54 win over Northern Michigan at Fieldhouse Arena. The stretch, a school record, spanned more than 15 games. It lasted 289 min-utes and 8 seconds -- 4.82 hours of game clock.

MYERS SCORES FIRST FOR TEAM USA IN SPAIN

It didnt take long for Grand Valley State wom-ens club hockey player Kendra Myers to shine for the U.S. Womens National University Team in the 2015 Winter World Univer-sity Games in Granada, Spain.

On Thursday, Myers (Ce-dar Springs, Mich.) rifled a top-corner shot past Chinas Wang Yuqing to gave Team USA a 1-0 lead less than four minutes into the third period of the opening game against Team China.

China came roaring back, however, netting two third-period goals -- including the game-winner with less five minutes left -- for a 2-1 victory.

Myers, a sophomore for-ward, is one of two GVSU players on Team USA along with freshman defender Corey Robison (Weidman, Mich.).

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Entering Saturdays contest against GVSU at Fieldhouse Arena,

Stelzer had averaged 21.3 points in his last six games against the Lakers. In that span, Stelzer shot 26-of-38 from the 3-point line -- 68.4 percent -- as the Huskies went 5-1.

Saturday was no different for the GLIAC Pre-season Player of the Year. Stelzer tallied five 3-point-ers and a game-high 29 points as the Huskies won

their sixth straight over GVSU, 71-60.I seem to like this gym, for one thing, Stelzer

said after the game. I dont know. Grand Valleys al-ways been a solid team and if you dont play well, if you dont bring it, youre going to lose. Every game youve got to play big, but against the best teams youve got to play your best.

Stelzer, who didnt know he became Michigan Techs all-time leader in 3-point makes during the game, said he and his teammates got back to play-ing the Tech way on Thursday in a 68-60 victory at No. 22 Ferris State.

Offensively, the Tech way includes patience, purposeful cuts, physical screens and crisp passing. All were on display against GVSU in the first half.

The Huskies shot 14-of-25 as a team (56 percent) in the opening frame, going 6-of-12 from the 3-point line. Four of those 3s came from Stelzer, who had a half-high 16 points. Tech led 36-25 at the break.

Offensively, as you can see, were not the most athletic team, Stelzer said. So its about doing it the Tech way -- screens and playing your role the best you can.

The 6-foot-1 sharpshooter made six of his eight free throws in the second half, finishing 8-of-8 from the stripe. The Huskies hit 16-of-20 free throws in the game, which allowed them to play with a double-

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GLIACs leading scorer goes off as Lakers fall to last place in North

he Grand Valley State womens basketball team held on for a 62-58 home win on Thursday against Northern Mich-

igan, but couldnt get the offense going two days later against Michigan Tech.

GVSU turned the ball over 11 times and shot just 29.1 percent from the field against the GLIACs top team at Fieldhouse Arena on Saturday af-ternoon, as the first-place Huskies claimed a 57-41 road victory. The Lak-ers were previously 11-0 at home.

A 3-pointer from GVSU junior guard Brionna Barnett gave the Lak-ers a 7-6 lead early in the game, but it didnt last long. Michigan Tech led for 37:27 of the 40-minute affair.

GVSU coach Janel Burgess said she commends her team for only giving up 57 points against the Huskies, but thinks her teams offensive execution wasnt very strong.

I mean, we probably beat our-selves if you want to know the truth

about it, Burgess said. I think we just had to finish possessions on both ends. I mean, this game is very sim-ple, its who scores the most, who puts the buckets in and I just dont think we finished possessions.

The Lakers held a slim edge in the rebounding department (39-36), but did not have a great day shooting the ball. The team went 3-of-12 percent (25 percent) from the 3-point line and 6-of-10 at the stripe (60 percent) as the Huskies improved to 20-1.

Michigan Tech held a 16-12 advan-tage in points in the paint and a 13-3 edge in points off turnovers. They also recorded more steals (6-2), blocks (4-0) and assists (12-5).

Barnett, a junior guard from Elkhart, Ind., paced GVSU with 16 points on 7-of-18 shooting, while go-ing 2-of-3 from the behind the arc. She corralled four rebounds, as well.

Our first home loss hurts, but we still have five more games to get better, then the tournament after that, so we

BY BRODIE ORENTBORENT@LANTHORN.COM

Tech hands GV first home lossLakers score season-low 41 pointsagainst No. 13 Huskies at Fieldhouse

ensions were high this past weekend be-tween Grand Valley State and Davenport, as a pair of ACHA Di-

vision II hockey clubs battled for bragging rights with GVSUs auto-matic bid to nationals on the line.

In game one, Davenport held nothing back. The Panthers slammed GVSUs players on every board they could. GVSU retaliated hit for hit, which resulted in a very chippy game.

Penalties littered the score-board, players faces smashed up against the glass and one Panther was tossed for fighting.

Despite Davenports best efforts, GVSUs steadfast core earned a 4-2 win on Saturday night, coming back from a 2-2 tie that disrupted a two-

goal lead in the third period.We had to get back to what was

working, we kind of got away from that, said senior Corbin Rainey of the third-period surge. We had to calm down, reset and get back to what was working the first two periods.

GVSU had an impressive per-formance from sophomore Collin Finkhouse, who scored two of the four goals. New goalie Spencer Craig also came up big when called upon, improving his personal record to 3-0 since joining the team in January.

Those are the fun games, said senior captain Matt Smartt. In the first semester, we had games where we went 10-1, 12-1, and its kind of boring to be out there. But in games like that, youre in it the whole game.

RUNNING THE FLOOR: Grand Valley State sophomore Taylor Lutz moves the ball up the court during GVSUs loss to Michigan Tech on Saturday.

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Lakers, Panthers split physical seriesCross-town foes smash their way to 1-1 home-and-home set

digit cushion for much of the second half.In two games against GVSU this year,

Michigan Tech has made 46-of-53 free-throw attempts, 86.8 percent.

To their credit, Ben Stelzer played phe-nomenal, said GVSU junior forward Ricky Carbajal. We knew he had the potential to do that, and he chose to do it tonight, again.

Those big dudes just set screens on our guards and theyre like a brick wall. Its hard for our guards to get around them, and you have kids like Ben Stelzer who can just catch and shoot quick, without hesitation. Its real hard and they strive for doing that -- getting him open. All he needs is a little

bit of space and hell shoot it.Carbajal had a huge game with 24

points, 14 rebounds, four assists and three steals. The 24-point outing tied his career high, while his 14 boards were a career best.

Sophomore guard Luke Ryskamp add-ed 11 points, while junior guard Darren Kapustka chipped in with seven points, four assists and no turnovers.

A number of guards -- Ryan Sabin, Myles Miller, Ernijs Ansons and others -- were all over Stelzer for much of the game, but his quick release and Michigan Techs screen game countered the coverage.

He does it to a lot of teams. Stelzer is shooting a GLIAC-best 46.5 percent from beyond the arc this season. Hes hit 86 trifectas, 29 more than any play-er in the conference.

You just dont see guys that can shoot the ball like Stelzer anywhere, said GVSU coach Ric Wesley. We did not do a great job on him, but, at the same time, it takes unbelievable concentration and effort to limit him at all. And anytime you dont, he makes you pay.

Michigan Tech moves to 12-5 in GLIAC play, good enough for fourth place in the North Division, while the loss drops GVSU to last (6-11 GLIAC).

GVSU has five games left to make a run at the GLIAC Tournament, but it wont be easy against five North Division teams with a combined conference record of 59-26.

The Lakers head to the Upper Pen-insula to take on first-place Lake Supe-rior State in Sault Ste. Marie on Thurs-day at 7:30 p.m.

cant hang our heads after this, Barnett said.

Sophomore guard Taylor Lutz had six points and two assists for GVSU. Sophomore forward Piper Tucker chipped in with six points on 3-of-5 shooting and four rebounds.

I mean, we all couldve done better, Tucker said. In my case, I couldve been more

aggressive offensively and gotten more boards defen-sively, but overall I think we played hard.

Tucker said the Lakers got the shots they wanted, but couldnt finish.

GVSU has five regular season games remaining. The team sits in second place in the GLIAC North Division standings with a 12-5 record in conference play, 15-6 overall.

The Lakers will look to forget about their first home loss when they trav-el to take Lake Superior State in Sault Ste. Marie on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

It hurts our pride; we have to come back strong for our next game, go hard at practice, be competitive and bring that edge for our next game, Tucker said.

GVSU defeated Lake State, 58-48, in Allendale on Jan. 22.

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shootout victory in the 2011 play-offs was the last time Grand Valley States womens hockey club defeat-ed Michigan State.

On Saturday, almost four years later, GVSU defeated MSU at home on Senior Night, 6-3. The Lakers proceeded to bring the offense to East Lansing the next day, defeating MSU in overtime, 5-4.

It feels good to beat them, and really good to beat them for the people who have been here four or five years, defenseman Lauren Iavasile said on Saturday. We know how tough it is to beat this team, and it feels phenomenal.

Game one didnt exactly begin in GVSUs favor, however. The Spartans started off hot, scoring two first-period goals to take a 2-0 lead. GVSU had a few opportunities, but the bounces were going MSUs way. Heading into the first in-termission, GVSU coach Sean McKernan knew things had to change.

We have to quit the emotional roller coaster and not get down on ourselves, McKernan said. We had to play shift for shift, keep it simple and battle through.

In the second period, the momentum started to swing. Again, the Lakers were creating early opportunities and putting pucks on net, but they couldnt capitalize. Then, Iavasile found the twine with a power-play goal midway through the sec-ond. The tally was scored just seven seconds into the man advantage.

With this team, weve got the mental game, and weve got the mental piece back under con-

trol, said senior forward Alisha Day. We were able to focus on what we had to get done, and we were able to go out there and do what we know how to do.

Entering the third trailing MSU 2-1, the Lak-ers made more adjustments -- and they paid off in a big way. Day scored 6:18 into the period to knot things up, then, only 31 seconds later, the Lakers made the horn sound again when for-ward Katie Danto went top shelf, glove side to give GVSU a 3-2 lead with 13:11 remaining.

Michigan State wasnt about to give up, as Spartan forward Natalie Prisciandaro scored to even the game at three goals apiece. GVSU took over in crunch time, however, and with 2:24 re-maining in the game, Iavasile made a play.

We had to go in there and forecheck, cause the turnover, she said. Then the puck squirted back to me and I had no one in front of me and I knew (MSU goalie Julia King) was weak up top. So I was just going to let it go and (the puck) went right under the bar.

Iavasiles glove-side snipe proved to be the game-winning goal. The Lakers were able to score two more goals, an empty netter from Day followed by another by Stacey Mathieu to round out the six-goal night for GVSU. The team had not won any of its previous six games.

We were finally able to get the monkey off our back, McKernan said. To come out and have the third period that we had really says a lot about the character of the team and how badly that they wanted this victory.

And what a victory it was, especially for the seniors, playing their last home game at George-town on Senior Night. Day, who along with Ia-

vasile tallied a game-high three points, was one of the seniors honored before the game.

It is bittersweet being my last home game at Grand Valley, Day said. I have treasured the five years here and the experiences that Ive had, friends that Ive made.

The Lakers found themselves down two goals with less than nine minutes to play in Sundays game, but were more than ready to duplicate Sat-

urdays third-period outburst.GVSUs Kristen Iannuzzi made it a 4-3 game

with 8:36 left on the clock -- and Mathieu stepped up with the clutch equalizer less than five min-utes later. In overtime, the series came to a close befittingly, as Laker center Allison Lowe struck just 26 seconds into the sudden-death period.

The team concludes its regular season sched-ule with a two-game series at the University of Michigan this weekend.

BY MARK WASHBURNMWASHBURN@LANTHORN.COM

Quick-strike Lakers sweep MSU in thrilling seriesGV nets five third-period goals, wins in overtime next day

RESOLVE: Grand Valley State freshman forward Frankie Wojtylo looks to make a play against Michigan State. GVSUs late-game execution was key in the 6-3 and 5-4 wins.

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The high-impact competi-tion seemed to spark GVSUs physicality and give the team an extra push. Finkhouse and Rainey said the teams are really starting to dislike each other.

Its always fun playing a team thats like, 15 minutes from your rink, Finkhouse said. And Davenport is pretty close. They play us really hard. Last time we played them it went into

overtime, but we should beat them every time.

I guess when youre the better team, people gun for you.

After a grueling game with fists flying and penalties almost in the double digits, the Lak-ers fell to Davenport 4-1 on Sunday afternoon, with three of Davenports four goals slip-ping past GVSUs defense in the third period.

They always play their best game against us -- State goes and beats them 5-1 or whatever, but they always

play their best games against us, Rainey said. Making it to nationals however many consecutive years, we have targets on our backs.

Grand Valley States nation-als streak does not end here, however.

The final ACHA DII rankings come out af-ter next weekends games against Miami of Ohio. Thats when the Lakers will know whether theyve earned an automatic bid to nationals, or have to trek off to regionals beforehand.

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t was another big weekend for the Grand Valley State track and field teams, as the Lakers showed off their depth by sweeping the fourth-annual dual meet at Sagi-

naw Valley State. The GVSU men won 83-54 on Friday, while the women returned home with an 85-44 triumph.

Our depth was key, said GVSU coach Jer-ry Baltes. This was a pretty low-key meet. We held out most of our distance runners; it gave them a chance to train and take a deep breath before the Big Meet next weekend.

The No. 7 GVSU men came away with nine individual wins on the day.

Leading the way was Mike Moon, who set a SVSU field house record in the weight throw (18.52 meters). The Lakers also had the second and third place finishers in the same event, as junior Jay Lechner finished second (18.17 meters) and Blake Donson came away in third (17.98 meters).

Many other Lakers came away with vic-tories and hit provisional marks. Other win-ners were Trent Chappell in the high jump, Patrick Fisch in the pole vault, Samora Nes-bit in the triple jump, Chris Saikalis and Darien Thornton in the shot put, Luke Vasi-lion in the 60 meter dash, Gerald McGee in the 200 meter dash, Mitchell Watkins in the mile and Mark List in the 3000 meter run.

We did very well today as a team; every-one on the team had to step up in the meet

for us to beat SVSU and thats what hap-pened, Chappell said. The overall attitude of the team was great on the day also. We had athletes running in events that might not have been their strength, but I feel that as a team we did our best and gave it our all and the results showed that.

The No. 4 Laker women also had a very successful day on the track, coming away with a total of 10 wins on the day and four provisional marks. They were led by Jamie Roberts, who tied the SVSU facility record in the pole vault with a mark of 3.94 meters.

Other Laker women who set provisional marks on the day were Kaylyn Hill in the shot put, Laura Schroeder in the weight throw, Michaela Lewis in the 60 meter dash, Carly Scott in the 200 meter dash, Breanna

Luba in the 400 meter dash, Allyson Win-chester in the mile, Jenna Klynstra in the 3000 meter run and McKenna Mattson in the 60 meter hurdles.

The weekend didnt stop there for the Laker program.

At the Meyo Invite at Notre Dame, GVSU sprinter Sean Wells broke his own school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60 meter hur-dle during Fridays preliminary round.

On Saturday, he was in the finals with several other top NCAA Division I runners. Wells placed fourth with a time of 7.89, just .08 seconds out of third place.

Wells and the GVSU teams return to action this Friday at the GVSU Big Meet inside the Kel-ly Family Sports Center at 9 a.m.

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RUNNING THE RACE: Grand Valley State runners T.J. Burnett (left) and Daniel Pung (middle) have a strong start to a race during a recent meet. The Laker men won 83-54 at their meet at SVSU on Friday, while the womens team was victorious in an 85-44 win. The teams will host the GVSU Big Meet this Friday and Saturday at the Kelly Family Sports Center.

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