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STUDENT-RUN PUBLICATIONS LANTHORN.COM PRINT • ONLINE • MOBILE LANTHORN.COM/MULTIMEDIA LIB 100 CLASS SPREADS ON-CAMPUS LOVE Active-duty soldiers lose ABORTION tuition aid BY RYAN JARVI GVL SENIOR REPORTER Tuition assistance pro ­ grams provided by the mili­ deba JetEs tary for active-duty service HEATED members have been tem­ porarily suspended for the GVSU, MSU Throughout her statement, she said there are a few crite­ 2013 federal fiscal year as a offer different result of sequestration. ria for defining the unborn. The U.S. perspectives on These criteria can be memo­ Air Force, controversial issue rized with the acronym SLED; whose sus­ size, level of development, en ­ pension went BY RACHEL CROSS vironment and degree of de­ into effect GVL ASSISTANT NEWS pendency. at 5 p.m. on he issue of abortion can Wright said the small­ March 11, is be very controversial er size of an unborn baby the latest of LIPNICKI and difficult for people doesn ’t decrease the value of four military to decide where they stand. him or her and that the level branches to suspend tuition A March 14 debate between of development of an unborn assistance. The decision fol­ Grand Valley State University baby doesn ’t decrease their lowed behind similar pro ­ and Michigan State Univer ­ value either. grams put in place by the sity students brought about “An 18-year-old has a Marine Corps, Army and several different arguments in more developed brain, repro ­ Coast Guard. The Navy has both support for and against ductive system, and life expe ­ not yet made an announce ­ abortion. riences, but this doesn ’t nec ­ ment regarding its plans. Brad Varner from MSU essarily mean that an unborn Active-duty service said that R.J. McVeigh from baby has less value,” Wright ROBERT MATHEWS | GVL members who are enrolled GVSU got in touch with Var­ said. “For degree of depen ­ Just to clarify: MSU student Mitchell Pawlak speaks to GVSU freshman Bailey in courses will be able to ner through Facebook. dency, all of us depend on Wright during the clarification session between panels during the abortion debate. finish their current semes­ “R.J. and I got in touch each other in equal amounts, ter, but cannot sign up for through a friend of a friend with an unborn child it’s just tuition assistance from the on Facebook about a year higher because their younger, military for future courses. ago, ” Varner said. “He mes­ which again doesn ’t decrease “The tuition assistance saged me on Facebook and its value.” program is an additional we have had debates on sev­ Varner argued that an un ­ benefit provided by the eral issues. Recently I posted born baby and a human being Department of Defense for a status about abortion, and are intrinsically different. reservists actively drilling R.J. was interested in having a “In order for an organism or soldiers on active duty, ” debate on stage.” or a person to be relevant to said Sherril Soman, profes ­ Panel A was the anti-abor ­ morality the person must sor of chemistry and co­ tion group from GVSU, con ­ have a functioning brain and coordinator of the Veterans sisting of McVeigh and Bai­ have actual desires,” Varner Network at Grand Valley ley Wright from the Student said. State University. for Life organization. Panel Varner added that a vast Tuition assistance sus­ B had Varner and. Mitchell majority of people haye abor ­ pensions will affect active- Pawlak arguing in support of tions at 20 weeks, which is duty service members, but abortion. when the unborn child doesn ’t The size, level of An unborn baby and a person will not affect their G.I. Wright started out the de­ have a fully developed brain. development, environment, are intrinsically different In order for an organism or bate with an opening state­ “This doesn ’t mean that and degree of dependency Bill benefits, which will doesn’t decrease an unborn person to be morally relevant, ment touching on several rea­ having an abortion after 20 still be available for most baby's value they must have a functioning individuals. sons as to why abortion isn ’t weeks is morally impermis ­ All human beings are equal in bram and desires "The G.I. Bill is a pro ­ morally permissible. sible, ” he said. “We must con ­ human nature All people should have access gram administered by the “This is not about choice, sider individual concerns on People and things have to human rights and individual Department of Veterans reproductive rights, womens a case to case basis. ” varying degrees of choice Affairs that provides edu­ rights or religion, ” Wright To combat Varner ’s argu- functionality, but that cation benefits for veterans said. “This debate is about doesn't make them less depending on their type what defines the unborn. ” SEE DEBATE. A2 valuable and length of service,” So­ man said. However, for those sol­ diers that most recently Learning for learning’s sake joined the service, the G.I. Bill is not an option. Students, professors audit classes for no credits Dan Bell, president of BY KARA HAIGHT tor of the CLAS Academic the Student Veterans Orga­ GVL STAFF WRITER Advising Center, said any nization at GVSU, said one For many Grand Valley student can audit a course officer within the organiza ­ State University students, after expressing their in ­ tion is ineligible for the G.I. playing hookey and slack­ terest to the GVSU Regis­ Bill benefits and has been ing on assignments can be ­ trar’s Office. using tuition assistance to come a frequent problems. Schaner said the rules pay for her education. Class is a chore — an unde ­ about audit­ “As of now, she is not sirable albeit necessary step ing courses sure how she will pay for to receiving the long-await ­ are similar school in the fall,” Bell said. TAYLOR ROBIDA | GVL ed diploma. to those of Bell served eight years Good vibrations: Students from a Just Pettibon’es LIB 100 class stand outside on But GVSU Junior Nick credit/no the Allendale Campus to spread some positivity last Friday during their class. in the Army before he came Macksood has a differ­ credit cours­ back to school to study polit ­ ent mentality. The French es; students ical science, and he is expect ­ and Classics major attends can decide SCHANER ing to graduate this summer. every Theories of Com­ within the “People are choosing to munication class, does first five work instead of going to the assigned readings and days of a course whether school, which I understand, participates in discussion they ’d like to audit the class but in this world its hard to BY LIZZY BALBOA But one of GVSU’s LIB nothing to stop it. Several — for absolutely no aca­ and cannot take more than get a decent job without an GVL NEWS EDITOR 100 sections organized a of the students brought demic credit. 10 credit hours of credit/no education, ” he said. Most people who pass ‘demonstration of accep ­ up the point, rightly, that Macksood opted to au­ credit or audited courses Steven Lipnicki, assistant by Grand Valley State tance ’ during their Friday we still face forces of divi­ dit the course and learn for per semester. dean of students and co- University ’s Transforma ­ class to take a stand. sion and exclusion in our learning ’s sake, not to receive The main difference be ­ coordinator of the Veterans tional Link have heard “We’ve been discuss­ country today, and noted a mark on the transcript to tween the two course types Network at GVSU, received the condemning man ­ ing issues related to ethi ­ that there are often peo ­ satisfy future employers. is that students don ’t receive a message on March 8 noti ­ tras of crowd-drawing cal reasoning lately and ple who spread such mes­ “A couple friends had the credit for audited courses fying him of the Army and preachers and religious are reading a couple of sages at the Trans Link class, and I heard the profes ­ like they do with credit/no Marine Corps decisions. activists, whose message pieces by Martin Luther sculpture on campus. ” sor, Corey Anton, was fantas ­ credit classes. “Its going to greatly im­ of justice seems to incite King, ” said professor Jus­ To complement their tic,” he said of his decision to Furthermore, auditing pact the limited number of more jeers than repen ­ tin Pettibone. “In class on course material and con ­ set aside time for the course. students aren ’t held respon ­ Grand Valley students who tance. And though most Wednesday, we discussed tribute to the campus cul­ Had the option to audit not sible to complete exams are using military assis­ people hear it, even fewer King ’s injunction against ture, the students unani ­ been available, Macksood or assignments like they tance, ” Lipnicki said.