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Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008 Lanthorn, 1968-2001 10-18-2007 Lanthorn, vol. 42, no. 17, October 18, 2007 Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol42 Part of the Archival Science Commons, Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Grand Valley State University, "Lanthorn, vol. 42, no. 17, October 18, 2007" (2007). Volume 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008. 17. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/lanthorn_vol42/17 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 42, July 12, 2007 - June 12, 2008 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Lakers prepare for unique road game, B1 Protesters gather over children s health care veto Group visits Pete Hoekstra s office Below: Oliver Eagleton gathers with other protestors in front of the congressman's office in Holland to express his to voice opinions on Bush's veto of opinion on the decision to cut the children's health care budget. children s health care Left: Carole Ritenour and Dick Noordijk gather with other protestors in front of the congressman's office. By Dana Blinder GVL / Toni Lopez GVL Copy h ’ditor A small group gathered in Holland with posters IfpyfltV CHIL dH Tuesday night with a message for Congress to override the president ’s veto against a children ’s health care ■ 0tSEK\liS m expansion. The protesters met outside West Michigan Fherlthca ^eJ congressman Pete Hoekstra’s office at 6 p.m. to encourage Congress to change their decision in a re­ vote today. The support of 15 additional congressmen is needed in favor of the bill to override President §AvV'-'.’;* V* Bush's veto. m ■■ mrr 1 • JEflrr vv. This would be the first veto to be overridden during his presidency. The government ’s funding is unbalanced, said pa>tester Eliot Dikinson, from Hope College’s Political Science Department. \ “We spend $500 billion (on the war) and suddenly 35 billion is expensive for children ’s health care," Dikinson said. overrule Bush's veto,” she said. health care for children, but actually saves federal to come, he said. Spending millions of dollars on a war Vigils across the nation were organized by MoveOn. Hoekstra’s vote should reflect the family values he dollars, Hoekstra said. Expanding the bill would that does not make sense and not spending money on org, a group that hosts political and civil demonstrations reports to hold, said Julie Kipp, a professor at Hope give additional insurance coverage to thousands of health care is appalling, he added. including anti-war efforts. The protest in Holland was College. people who are already covered and would waste the “1 think if there were other kids here it would be one of hundreds for children's health care around the Gov. JenniferGranholm is in support of the proposed government ’s money, causing a crisis among private good because it’s about us and they should take notice country, said Zack VanOss, regional coordinator for health care expansion because it would provide health health care companies, he said. on those issues, ” Eagleton said. MoveOn.org in Holland. care for children who need it; this would be a significant “Forty-three percent of the people on this program Kipp said she wished there was more support from “We’re a progressive Web site organization that's change for Michigan. Kipp said. are adults, 71 percent of the money spent on the college students at the protest. devoted to change," VanOss said. “We've been trying Statistics show the current health care program is (current) program is spent on adults, ” Hoekstra said. “It's very distressing to me that more of my students to branch out into more of the grass roots activism benefiting adults more than children. Hoekstra said. "Michigan can cover a lot more kids if they actually aren ’t on the streets with me right now, ” she said. “We like this and not just online petitions; we’re trying to ‘Take a look at the numbers. .. it seems to me like use the program the way they intended it to be used. ” need (college student ’s) energy, we’re old and we need actually get onto the streets.” this governor has made a decision that she is going to The real issue is not money-related, it is Michigan’s you. ” Sara Bermedez, organizer for the Holland vigil, cover adults before she’s going to cover kids, ” he said. government is not using the program the way it was Congress will vote today on whether or not to said she hoped the event sent a message to Congress Protests to save children ’s health care are not intended, he added. override Bush ’s veto and if it is not overridden they that people care about health care for children. needed because the program is not going to go away, Ten-year-old Oliver Eagleton came with family will look at the program to determine funding and who “Hoekstra voted against it, so we're protesting he added. friends to be a part of the protest because what he will be eligible for the program, Hoekstra said. right before congress is supposed to meet to decide to The veto for expansion on the bill does not cut learned from his parents and newspapers inspired him dblinder@lanthom. com GVL / Left: Bri Goodyear Right: Kaitlyn Irwin Left: Jeanne Arnold, one of the GVSU professor top 25 in nation candidates for VP of Inclusion and Equity at Grand Valley State University, By Michelle Hamilton keep the information current, he added. answers questions at one of her GVL News editor “When you see the data you really see interview sessions. the impact these professors are having on Right: Candidate for Grand Valley Grand Valley State University has one students ’ lives,” he said. State University's Vice President for of the top 25 professors in the nation out of GVSU senior Ryan Rosso said Guikema Inclusion and Equity, Dr. Wanda S. the almost one million professors rated on deserves her placement in the top 25. Mitchell comes to GVSU to discuss RateMyProfessor.com. “I don ’t think there’s been a day when her qualifications. Dr. Mitchell was at French professor Janel Guikema secured she hasn ’t walked into class without a GVSU Monday and Tuesday speaking spot 20 on the 50 Highest Rated Professors smile,” Rosso said. in Kirkhof. list created by RateMyProfessor.com. This fall he is in Guikema ’s phonetics Although Guikema was the only GVSU course and what is great about the class is professor to be individually recognized, that students want to be there and they want high ratings overall for GVSU’s faculty to leam, he said. Inclusion VP finalists down to two To keep her courses interesting and placed the university as 12th on the Top By Michelle Hamilton of university officials, said Kathleen president of inclusion and equity will come Faculty list for the top 50 universities relevant, Guikema is always employing new activities, she said. GVl. News Editor Underwood, director of Women and from President Thomas J. Haas who held a nationwide. Gender Studies. one-on-one interview with each candidate. The rankings on RateMyProfessor.com “I’m gratified that students commented on my high expectations, ” she said. “I hope The search a Vice President of Inclusion A lot of people on campus are already To aid Haas in his decision, he received are unique because they are derived from actively committed to diversity, but these a complete summary of feedback from student opinions and nothing else, said they come away from my courses feeling and Equity at Grand Valley State University that they invested a lot of themselves and is coming to a close. people sometimes have specific focuses faculty, staff and students who filled out Jason Rzepka. Head of Communications and miss out on working with each other, comment sheets during the candidates' for mtvU, whose company took over that it was worth the time and effort.” It is important that whoever is chosen She has 12 years experience teaching can lead collaboration and embrace all that Underwood added. open interviews on campus this week. RateMyProfessor.com in January 2007. GVSU’s values in terms of diversity, said "I think we’re anxious to have someone The campus community had the Professors with high ratings were See Professor, A2 Marlene Kowalski-Braun, director of the pool everybody together,” she said. “We opportunity to meet with each of the also oiganized into lists of the 50 Hottest Women ’s Center. were just lucky to have administrators who candidates during the interview process, Professors and the lop 10 Standout "There isn't a person on campus who knew the value of a position like this.” which UxTk place Monday and Tuesday. Professors, but GVSU faculty did not make shouldn ’t be touched by this division, ” Meetings between GVSU officials and During four sessions that lasted one hour it onto either of those. Kowalski-Braun said. Greenwood Associates to discuss search each, the finalists introduced themselves The lists are a great resource for students The new position was created in response tactics to find someone to fill the newly and talked about their plans for GVSU to use while scheduling for classes and to repeated reports of bias incidents that created position began in mid-July and then as the vice president of Inclusion Equity.

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