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WWW.LANTHORN.COM W////////////////////////////////////////////s//////////////////////////////////////^//////////////////////////////W ^ VIEW------------------------------------------------- THE SLIDESHOW: ^ .lie, ncTU ,e ieeill! . ^ READ THE BLOG: INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 4 THE LANTHORN GOES ON AN EXCLUSIVE HAVE FUN ON SPRING BREAK 4, 'BACKTO SCHOOL': STUDENTS ARE y ^ TOUR OFTHE MARY IDEMA PEW LIBRARY TRAVELLING NEAR OR FAR V, INTHE SAME BOAT COME MIDTERMS y // www.lanthorn.com/multimedia ^ LAKER LIFE I B4 ^Ss www.lanthorn.com/blog /y. y///////////////////////////////////^^^^^ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012 $3K EMBEZZLED FROM STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS BY CHELSEA LANE GVL STAFF WRITER he Grand Valley State University Police De­ partment recently closed Ttwo cases regarding two stu ­ dents embezzling a total of over $3,000 from student orga­ nizations Vertical Earth and the Synchronized Skating Club. Although the cases share simi­ larities, GVPD said it has no reason to believe the incidents are related or connected in any way and that each student ap­ peared to be acting alone. DeHAAN Assistant Director of GVPD, Capt. Brandon DeHaan, said GVPD first became aware of the incidents at the end of August, when the Synchronized Skating Club filed a police report stating that after reviewing the club ’s finances, officers discov­ ered approximately $ 1,000 in unauthorized charges had been made from April to June using the debit card linked to the club ’s bank account. GVPD then launched a full investigation into the disputed charges, which consisted FROM THE GROUND UP IA6 of personal purchases unrelated to official club business or equipment. Criminal charges were ultimately filed as a result of GVL / Eric Coulter the investigation and former club officer Katelyn Doemer Digging up dirt: James Moyer, assistant vice president for Facilities Planning at GVSU, shows Lanthom editor Andrew Justus the real-time progress of the new Mary Idema Pew library construction. Read more about Justus' construction tour on page A6. _ SEE EMBEZZLED, A3 — Three hours, no credit BY LIZ GARLICK GVL STAFF WRITER All students at Grand Valley State University must take a science course with a lab at some point in their college careers, but ost, if not all, of those lab courses are offered for very little credit at the university. According to GVSU’s Office of Institutional Anal­ ysis, 46 science classes with three-hour labs were offered in the Fall 2011 semester, GVL / Amalia Helchelbach and 51 were offered in Win­ Priceless: Grand Valley State University theater students rehearse for the upcoming ter 2012. In the fall, 7,139 show "Antona Garcia." Unlike many science-related courses on campus, art and fine art students took labs, with departments do not receive extra money for supplies needed in their curricula. 6359 students currently en­ rolled in lab courses. Despite the time reserved for class and studying,these The price of good art students often receive no credits. BY KRISY FORCE ly toward the dispersal of supplies?” Harris said. “Three hours of lab are GVL STAFF WRITER money. Senior photography not assigned three credits “While it would be a major Alissa Krumlauf as the style of teaching and When it comes to art, great luxury, I don’t think said she understands why learning are very different,” price is as subjective as the school should have the university does not sup­ said Todd Carlson, chairman beauty, but when it comes to supply every item for ply her art material because of the chemistry depart­ to making art, price of sup­ students, ” said senior art many of the materials dif­ ment. “Labs are more of an plies can be burdensome. major Michael Rajnicek. fer between science and art experimental learning pro­ The art students of “We don’t have the big tab courses. cess where students learn by GVL / Allison Young Grand Valley State Univer­ for textbooks, so it sort of "I think there is a big dif­ doing, such as with intern­ Under the microscope: GVSU students peer under the microscope sity already understand the balances out. Nothing we ference in supplies between ships, independent research, during a lab course. Lab students receive zero to one credit. cost of production, as the buy can be sold back at the different lab courses, ” field classes, or art and mu ­ by virtue of the need to per- have labs vary in how things university does not fund end of the year either, but Krumlauf said. “I’m not sic studios. You will find form tasks mostly within are structured, ” Schut ­ supplies for art students it can be reused for future a (science) major, but I’m that internships, research, the lab or studio are allo­ ten said. “For example, like it does for students in classes.” sure buying all those dead field work and studio class­ cated differently,” Schutten some labs are part of the other practical courses like Junior art major Joseph animals, chemicals, micro­ es have similar formulae for said, adding that 80 to 100 course and the credits for science labs, where chemi­ Harris agreed and added scopes, tools to cut open, determining results. ” percent of lab work occurs the course are reported as cals and other lab tools are the way he sees it, since mix, pour, bum, measure, Mary Schutten. associate during the lab itself. a whole. When a lab is of­ frequently expended. most art courses do not etc., all cost way more than dean of the College of Lib ­ She added that the fered separately, the credit Despite the fact that require textbooks, all of our materials would. It is eral Arts and Sciences, said amount of credits assigned and number of hours varies most supplies for courses his money is going toward nice they don’t charge us that lab courses have more to a lab also depends on with the course. Typically, like photography and art supplies. to use the chemicals for the work inside the classroom whether the lab is connected labs where the students need are bought with students ’ “The university does dark room though, but they than outside. to a course. own money, many art stu ­ not supply textbooks, so “Lab and studio courses “The science courses that SEE CREDIT, A3 dents do not feel negative­ why should they fund art SEE PRICE, A3 CAMPUS oUE YEAR of REUT Grand Valley Lanthorn A21 NEWS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012 NEWS EDITOR LIZZY BALBOA NEWS BRIEFS RON PAUL IN HUDSONVILLE GV report shows effects of forclosure A new report that details the impact of the foreclo­ sure crisis on the state of Michigan has been released by researchers at Grand Valley State University. Researchers in both the Johnson Center for Philanthropy's Community Research Institute and Grand Valley's Seidman College of Business worked on the report, along with the Michigan Foreclosure Task Force. The report revealed that housing values in the state fell by $63 billion between 2006 and 2010, and showed that in rural areas, the average monthly foreclosure rate tripled between 2005 and 2010. Civil rights pioneer comes to GV Diane Nash, a Chicago native who became one of the pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement, will give a presentation at Grand Valley State University as part of the Black History Month celebration. Nash's involvement in the movement began in 1959 when she was a student at Fisk University, where she became the chairperson of the student sit-in movement in Nashville. In 1961, she coordi­ nated the Freedom Ride from Birmingham, Ala., to Jackson, Miss., a story that is documented in the re­ cent PBS film "Freedom Riders." She was appointed to a national comrrlittee by President John F Ken­ nedy that promoted passages of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 'Love Your Body Week' begins today The women's center will be featuring a documen­ tary screening for 'Love Your Body Week' this week. The documentary, by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, explores how the media's misrepresentation of women have led to the under-representation of women in positions of power. Screenings are set for Monday, February 27, at 4 p.m. in Kirkhof Center, room 2204; Tuesday, Febru­ ary 28, 6 p.m. in the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences; and Wednesday, February 29, 6 p.m. in De- Vos Center, Room 138E. Faculty members will lead ’discussion following each screening; the event is LIB 100 and US 201 approved. WHAT'S INSIDE // SECTION A SECTION B ^ // y. News A2 • Sports B1 //% Opinion A3A3 LakerLaker LifeLife B4B4 VVx/ y YourSpace A5 Marketplace B5 y f////////////////w GVL / Anya Zentmeyer A show of support: (Top) A Ron Paul supporter sells "Ron Paul for President "T-shirts outside of the venue. (Bottom left and right) CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS Ron Paul supporters ask passersby to sign petitions to repeal legislation that prohibits the use of marijuana in Michigan. In the Feb.