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Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 49, July 7, 2014 - June 1, 2015 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 1-12-2015 Lanthorn, vol. 49, no. 34, January 12, 2015 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol49 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 49, no. 34, January 12, 2015" (2015). Volume 49, July 7, 2014 - June 1, 2015. 33. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol49/33 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Lanthorn, 1968-2001 at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 49, July 7, 2014 - June 1, 2015 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. No more silence MLK Commemoration Week to discuss recent racial controversies LAKER WOMEN MOVE BY GABRIELLA PATTI TO 7-0 IN ALLENDALE GPATTIOLANTHORN.COM WITH WEEKEND WINS rand Valley State University will host its annual Martin Luther King SEEA9 Jr. Commemoration Week. Though this event will follow a similar pattern lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll to past years, thisyear is expected to be a more sobering and thought provoking event. Recent controversies such as the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and Eric Gar ners infamous, “I can ’t breathe” in New York City make this years theme hit closer to home. The theme, “No More Silence” comes from Dr. King ’s famous quote, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our en emies, but the silence of our friends. ” “We reflected that some of the racial killings over the past few years; Trayvon Martin, Michael STUDENT SENATE Brown, Eric Gamer,” said Kin Ma, co-chair for DISCUSSES GOALS the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration execu tive planning committee. “We wanted to highlight FOR THE SEMESTER some of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. highlighted and show that people want to speak out MARC LAMONT HILL SYBRINA FULTON SEE A3 about these incidents and address those wrongs. ” Fulton on campus. Fulton ’s message will tie into Fulton will be speaking at Fieldhouse Arena Events will take place from Jan. 19-24 and recent race discussions in the U.S. on Monday, Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m. Ma said that there 30653319 will include featured speakers Sybrina Ful “We knew what she had been through will be rpom for everyone who wants to attend. ton, mother of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year- would be a great message to share with our Fulton will also be speaking at Grand Rapids old who was killed in 2012, as well as author community, ” Springer said. “After we selected Community College Gerald R. Ford Fieldhouse and activist Marc Lamont Hill. her, stuff started happening which made the at 6:30 p.m., and again on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 10 To more effectively answer questions for Ful connection with her even stronger because she a.m. at Davenport University ’s Sneden Center. ton ’s Jan. 19 MLK Keynote presentation, the MLK has been through some of the experiences that Hill will be featured on Wednesday, Jan. 21 Committee requests that questions be sent by some of these families have partaken in the at the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room at Wednesday, Jan. 14 by 10 p.m. to the following last few months. To know she has lost some 4:30 p.m. His program will be simulcast to the email address, [email protected] with the subject one very precious, that is powerful all by itself.” DeVos Center Loosemore Auditorium. line: *Sybrina Question* Fulton will then respond Springer also said that Hill is a dynamic Additionally, this will be the third year to these questions within her presentation. individual and has a word that fits well with that GVSU has cancelled classes on MLK GV HOSTS ANNUAL Ma said that the speakers will provide a pro relevant social issues. day. Springer said this gives students the op A CAPPELLA found backdrop for the theme. Bobby Springer, “He, in some ways, is connected to theyouth portunity to be engaged. associate director of the Office of Multicultural Af and some of the issues dealing with racial injus “It’s a day that is worth being a part of because of COMPETITION fairs and co-chair of the celebration planning com tice and discrimination issues,” Ma said. “He has mittee, said that GVSU is very fortunate to have been voice that young people recognize. ” SEEA8 SEE MLK WEEK ON AS GV searches for a new VP of inclusion and equity BY ALYSSA RETTELLE ARETTELLEOLANTHORN.COM hree finalists have been revealed as po tential replacements for Jeanne Arnold as the new vice president for inclusion and equity at Grand Valley State University. GVSU Presi dent Thomas Haas created the Vice aPresident of Inclusion and Equity position in 2007, and Arnold has been the only person to hold the po sition. Arnold resigned in July, and the search for a replacement began. Matthew McLogan, vice presi dent for university relations, is on EXPANDING SPACE: The Grand Valley State University Bookstore will move to the new Marketplace building, located adjacent to the new sci ence building, in April. There are several tentative design plans created in preparation for the move to the three-story location. the committee for the hiring of the new vice president. “This search has been happen ing since fall, and we’ve employed a search firm to find good candidates, ” Bookstore preps for new location McLogan said. “We’ve been going over resumes and info for the last six weeks and have interviewed a num BY LUCAS ESCALADA he believes being attached to the new science be added as customers request them. ber of candidates and are ready to an NEWSOLANTHORN.COM building and directly across from Student Ser While all of the changes are designed to benefit nounce the names of the three final vices is an ideal alternative. the students and customers, not all of those chang he Grand Valley State University ists who will be coming to meet the “Hundreds of students each day will be going es will be visible. The building ’s expanded storage Bookstore is set to move into the community and to be interviewed by into the new science building, so we’ll be easily ac means the store can make shopping a little easier. new Marketplace building, lo Haas, who has the final decision. ” cessible for them,” Nickels said. “We’ll be near both “We will also have our warehouse in the cated adjacent to the new science Andrew Plague, GVSU Student the Rec Center and the Student Services building. ” basement instead of having it located two complex, on April 13. Senate president, has also played a The new Marketplace will total 42,000 square miles off campus,” Nickels said. “If customers According to Jerrod Nickels, GVSU Uni role in deciding candidates. feet, nearly doubling the size of the current book need a garment in a size that we don ’t have on versity Bookstore manager, the store has out “I was fortunate enough to have store, Nickels said. This includes space for the sales the sales floor, we will have ready access to it.” grown its current location. The bookstore was been included as a full member of the floor, offices, storage and food areas. This added space will also allow the Universi abuilt in 1973, when the Kirkhof Center dealt committee, ” Plague said. “I reviewed The new bookstore will occupy three floors. ty Bookstore to have textbooks from both the Al with a smaller student population. the materials submitted by candi The main floor will contain GVSU apparel and lendale and Pew campuses. Previously, textbooks “We’ve done everything that we can in the dates and then worked with the rest gifts, while a technology store housing school required for classes in the Pew Campus could past to use the space as efficiently as possible, of the committee as we chose the top supplies and textbooks will occupy the second only be purchased in the downtown bookstore. but it is simply no longer meeting the needs of candidates who we would interview. floor. The basement will have a copy center Nickels said no tuition dollars or general funds our students, ” Nickels said. As a committee, we interviewed six and a pick-up location for web orders. are used in planning, building, moving or operating Being housed within the Kirkhof Center was of the applicants and recommended Besides having a new location and increasing in the new store. He said the bookstore, as an auxil helpful for the bookstore, but its placement deep three of them to be interviewed by size, the new building will provide additional ben iary, has to act as viable business for the university. inside the building made the store hard to find. President Haas and meet with the efits to the bookstore such as the enhanced tech “Both the cost of the new building and the move Nickels said the Kirkhof Center has already campus community. ” undergone two major additions, leaving no nology section that will provide students with more itself are not insignificant, ” Nickels said. “The ben feasible way to add to the bookstore. However, opportunities to shop than the current bookstore. efits to the campus community will be substantial. ” The bookstore will evaluate what new products will SEE SEARCH ON AS • ••••• l % r " r JANUARY 12. 2015 NEWS GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN ICDGVLNEWS # A S NEWS BRIEFS iiimiiiiiniiiHimiiiMMiiiinmmiiiiiHnmiiiiiiiiiiiiMiimiiiiiimiHiMiiiinMiiiiiiHimmiiiiiii How is a campus snow day decided? LAKER ALUMNA TALKS ON ADVERTISEMENT BY DUANE EMERY These facilities remain open to cater to and information services are involved in Laker alumna Jocelyn Goldberg will return to OEMERYOLANTHORN.COM the thousands of students who live in and the decision to cancel classes.