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GRAND VALLEY GV SEES MIDDLING RESULTS DURING SPRING BREAK GAMES IN FLORIDA STUDENT-RUN PUBLICATIONS // PRINT • ONLINE • MOBILE // LANTHORN.COM ALLENDALE & GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN SEE A9 VOL. 50 NO. 49 THURSDAY, MARCH 17 NEWS Library team gauges student experiences The user experience team in the Mary Idema Pew Library gathers data about how students are using A DANCE TO the library ’s available resources SEE A3 REMEMBER LAKER LIFE ‘Spread the Word to End the Word’ at GV Langs* late free throws propel Lakers to NCAA Elite Eight The GVSU Students for Special Olympics Advocacy is encouraging Lakers to take the pledge and stand up for special needs students BY BEAU TROUTMAN [email protected] SEE A6 rand Valley State point guard Janae Langs had been in this situation before. SPORTS The Sweet 16 game against No. 14 Five Lakers perform Drury (26-9) on March 14 at Ashland University was knotted at 60-60 with at GVSU Pro Day just four seconds left on the clock. Langs, who has come of age this postseason, stood at the free throw Matt Judon, Kirk Spencer, Ben line prepared to shoot two attempts after a Drury Hutchins, Jim Walsh and Brandon blocking foul, and had yetanother late-game oppor­ Revenberg showed off for NFL tunity to give her team the edge. scouts in Allendale on March 15 The first one snapped the bottom of the net, and the second followed suit to give the Lakers the 62-60 SEE A7 lead. The Panthers had four seconds to do something, but forwardAddy Roller was only able to muster up an ONLINE awkward jump shot that barely grazed the rim. The buzzer sounded and it was official: the Lakers Asian Student Union (25-9) were headed to the Elite Eight. Unranked GVSU will face No. 18 Pittsburg State (29-5), a No. 2 seed, on hosts RICE conference March 22 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “There’s something to be said about two-sport ath­ This year’s annual conference will letes,” said GVSU head coach Mike Williams. “They focus on “Striving for Excellence,” anticipate situations, they’re gamers, that’s what she is. providing chances for students to Some people have one game-winning shot in their ca- experience Asian culture on March 19 SEE LANTHORN.COM PROTECTION: Redshirt freshman Taylor Parmley fends off a Hillsdale defender during SEE WBB | A2 Grand Valley State’s 63-42 home win over Hillsdale on Jan. 30. GVL I KEVIN SIELAFF HAUENSTEIN CENTER Kate Pew Wolters to lead final Wheelhouse Talk BY MEGHAN MCBRADY “We felt that Kate was an ex­ [email protected] cellent representative to share her story, given her long-run­ rand Valley State ning involvement in philan­ University’s thropy and other endeavors in Hauenstein Cen­ West Michigan, many of which ter for Presiden­ help to improve the commu ­ tial Studies will nity through serving those with host disability advocate Kate disabilities, advancing oppor­ Pew Wolters on March 18. tunities in higher education, Speaking at the Charles W. and ensuring the inclusiveness Loosemore Auditorium in the of our community,” he said. DeVos Center from 3:30 p.m. Dowding said that Wolters until 4:30 p.m., Wolters will work in the community is present at the final Wheel- focused on creating a greater house Talk of the 2015-16 level of equality among citi­ academic year. zens. Those efforts, he said, “Each year, the Hauenstein have helped to increase the Center seeks to invite Grand visibility and expression of Rapids community leaders to multiple and often under­ our Wheelhouse Talk series represented perspectives who can speak from their own throughout the nation. experiences and In 1994, express leader­ Wolters was ap­ ship lessons from pointed by then- a variety of per­ president Bill THROWBACK: A GVSU student talks on the phone in his dorm room in 1970. Back in the time before the internet, students like this one spectives,” said “We felt that Kate Clinton to the could call a local number to find out the current weather and time of day. courtesy | gvsu university libraries digital collection Chadd Dowd- was an excellent National Coun­ ing, program cil on Disability. Local service numbers reactivated, taking people back in time manager for the representative to She is also co­ Cook Leader­ share her story...” chair of the First BY MADDIE FORSHEE around the country, including in Allen­ dred of these old phone numbers across ship Academy at Steps Com­ [email protected] dale and Grand Rapids. the country in the three years that he the Hauenstein mission and a CHADD DOWDING “Back before smartphones and in­ has taken on the hobby. Center. board member PROGRAM MANAGER, he world before the inter­ ternet, there was a limited ability to “People ask me why my company is of the Progres­ A graduate of COOK LEADERSHIP get information,” Lochridge said. "The interested in it, it’s because I’m the owner net was a much different Aquinas College ACADEMY sive Women’s place that not many Grand most commonly sought-after infor­ and I’m interested in it,” he said. and Michigan Alliance of West Valley State University stu ­ mation for people was, ‘what time is To activate an old time service State Univer­ Michigan and dents can remember. You it?’ and ‘how cold is it outside?”’ number, Lochridgesaid that a lot of re­ sity, she earned a Michigan Pro­ couldn’t Instagram your lunch, you Lochridge owns his own telecom­ search has to be done to even find the master’s degree in social work. tection and Advocacy Service. couldn’t read a Buzzfeed article on your munications company called Com- number in the first place. After that, he The philanthropist is co-chair Previously, Wolters has phone and you might not have had to mcierge Solutions where he does said it’s just a matter of communicating of the First Steps Commission worked with a number of actually go outside to decide if it was telecommunications consulting and with phone companies to get the num­ and a two-time appointee to nonprofits, including Indian cold enough to wear a jacket. decided to activate these old numbers ber up and running again. the Board of Trustees at GVSU. Trails Camp, Grand Rapids While Instagram and Buzzfeed are out of pure interest and nostalgia. Though it may seem like an an­ She is also president and co­ Art Museum Foundation, both newfound technologies, there “It’s something that’s part of the his­ tiquated technology, Lochridge said founder of the Kate and Rich­ UICA and the Disability were ways to check the weather pre-in­ tory, it’s part of the past,” he said. “In a that his time service numbers get ard Wolters Foundation, which Funders Network. ternet. People would call a local phone world where things are changing, some thousands of calls from all across the supports nonprofits for educa­ Noreen Myers, a mentor for number and it was programmed to people like to reminisce and like to re­ country, especially recently due to tion, social justice, arts and in­ the Cook Leadership Program, automatically report the current time member how things used to be. That’s Daylight Saving Time. dividuals with disabilities. said that with Wolters upcom ­ and local weather. some of the appeal of it.” “Nationally, I get thousands of calls Dowding said that hav­ ing Wheelhouse Talk, she is John Lochridge, a telecommunica­ Lochridge first restored the time a day,” he said. "It goes up considerably ing Wolters speak on Fri­ happythat the community will tions engineer from Dallas, has taken service number that he grew up with in on Daylight Saving Time and if it’s really day will showcase her long­ that her friend and colleague is it upon himself to put many of these Dallas in early 2013. Since then, he esti­ standing leadership role in time service numbers back into service mates that he has activated several hun­ SEE TIME | A2 West Michigan. SEE WOLTERS | A2 APRIL 1. 2, 7, •, A • AT 1:»Q AM ' AAfttL S A 10 AT 2 AM for tickets andmctr ® INFORMATION, r At I (Flfi’ 3.1! OP MARCH 17, 2016 GRAND VALLEY LANTHORN A2I NEWS &GVLNEWS ¥ NEWS BRIEFS heading into the final period Pittsburg State, like GVSU, lost its con­ ference tournament championship game mHiimiiiHiMiMimiHiinmiiitMiiiniHMiiiHiiitiHiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiimniiimiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii WBB The Lakers had an opportunity to CONTINUED FROM A1 win the game in regulation, but an er­ (an 80-66 loss to Emporia State on March GV FRATERNITY TO HELP BENEFIT CANCER RE­ rant 3-pointer from Taylor Lutz fell 6). In its Sweet Sixteen matchup, Pittsburg SEARCH reers, she’s had three in three weeks. short of the basket. State got revenge on Emporia State with Grand Valley State University’s Phi Sigma Pi fraternity It’s crazy." The teams were virtually even in every a 78-74 win.