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MONDAY, AUGUST 26 WWWLANTHORN.COM Hal Sparks to bring laughs to GVSU LAKERLIFE, B4 STUDENT-RUN PUBLICATIONS LANTHORN.COM PRINT • ONLINE • MOBILE SPORTS, B1 I ROWING CLUB LOOKS TO CONTINUE LAST YEAR’S SUCCESS DD service is 'just responsible enough' Bar goers offered safe ride BY MARY MATTINGLY [email protected] Planning a night out in Beer City, USA, almost always leads to the inevitable question: who is going to drive home? Your Chauffeur, an on-call designated driving service, proposes a possible answer. “These kinds of businesses have been around for a while in places like Europe and Korea,” said Chad Becker, the owner and founder of Your Chauffeur. “I got the idea while visiting a friend in the Carolinas. It was floating around in my head for awhile, (until) finally I started up (Your Chauffeur) in Grand Rapids. ” Operating out of downtown Grand Rapids alongside HopCat on Ionia Street, Your Chauffeur ’s licensed drivers are on-call Thursday through Saturday from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. By using mopeds designed to fold up and fit into a car’s backseat, drivers are able to drive the patron home Nathan Kallnowskl | GVL in his or her own car, then jet back to Grand Rapids. Hands on: Junior Kevin Newell and senior Tyler Dawson of Alpha Tau Omega helped freshmen move into Kistler Living Center last Patrons can make a reservation by calling or texting week. They joined other volunteers from several organizations to ease the move-in process for the newest Lakers. 616-803-9247, or make reservations online at the business ’ website. When a driver has been reached, the driver hops on a moped and meets the patron at this or her location. The first five miles are charged a flat rate of $20, and any GV lends a helping hand mile beyond that is an extra $3. On weekend nights, the business chauffeurs within a 12 mile radius from BY ALYSSA RETTELLE students, the first few days [email protected] are the most important. The President Thomas J. Haas purpose of Helping Hands is worked alongside Helping not only to help students move, 66 Hands —a group of admin ­ but to also get acclimated to the istrators, faculty, students and university quicker by making Your Chauffeur is cool because alumni at Grand Valley State new students ’ first hours on University —to direct traffic, campus a positive and inclusive people get home safely but still help students check-in, carry experience. items from cars to rooms, and The program was founded have their car home the next day. welcome nearly 5,000 students in 1994 and then only consisted and their families to campus of a handful of volunteers. SHAWN BLONK during move-in week. GRAND RAPIDS BREWING COMPANY Nearly 20 years later, hundreds Nathan Kallnowskl | GVL GENERAL MANAGER “This is an organization that of volunteers ^ offered help Tasty treat: President Thomas Haas hands out ice cream, really makes a difference, ” said front of Kleiner Commons. “The volunteers with during move-in week. downtown Grand Rapids, which includes Allendale. Andy Beachnau, director of Haas anc^-his wife, Marcia, Colleen Bailey, associate Helping Hands made move- “With the hours that we operate, we’ve garnered Housing at GVSU. have also been involved with director for Housing and in a lot easier,” said freshman some messed up responses, ” Becker said. “People say, The university ’s housing move-in week for the last eight Residence Life, said this year Abbey Rickelmann of the ‘I can ’t fit on that moped! ’ But once they understand page indicates that the first years. The -Haas family made there were 400 hours worth of Seidman Living Center. what we’re doing, their responses have been good.” six weeks at college are critical an appearance on campus Aug. faculty and staff volunteering “It helped so much having The business got its start this summer after to retention and to student 21 as it served ice cream to and more than 2,000 hours them, and I wasn ’t as stressed winning the “Public Selection ” from local satisfaction, and for first-year students and their families in worth of help from students. because of their help.” investment fund Start Garden in June. “Once we got off the ground, we went to an arena district meeting,” Becker said. “I gave a PHISHING PROBLEMS PERSIST AT GV presentation, told the businesses ‘if you have any interest in working with us, please let us know. ’ Bars like HopCat were definitely the people we wanted to IT warnsof falseemail requests for personalinformation work with and they were interested in the idea. ” BY LIZZY BALBOA has responded to many phishing “The more you answer, the emails were not authentic. Your Chauffeur is sponsored by HopCat, [email protected] incidents, with 15 of them having more data they (have to) use Korzinek said GVSU has Stella’s Lounge, McFadden ’s and the Grand Rapids Internet users with Grand Valley occurred since July 22. against you for fraud or getting implemented a few protective Brewing Company. All four bars are owned by State University email accounts The scammers create into your accounts, ” she said. measures against phishers, local company Barfly Ventures, LLC. have recently been targeted in misleading GVSU email accounts The phishing emails first including limiting the use of “It’s (an idea) we were definitely geeked about, ” a series of phishing incidents to deceive recipients into thinking began hitting faculty and staff the online directory so that Shawn Blonk, the general manager of Grand wherein recipients are requested that they are university officials, accounts but were soon also scammers cannot obtain a Rapids Brewing Company said. to divulge personal information and then they ask recipients to sent to students. Korzinek said comprehensive list of people The Grand Rapids Brewing Company helps out to unknown senders. follow a link to a different website she hasn ’t heard of any email to email, but instead can only with Your Chauffeur ’s business, often directing What Director of Information to supply personal data. recipients who have actually view a certain number at a patrons toward its services. Technology Sue Korzinek called Korzinek said the people opened the link and fallen victim time. “At the end of the night, we’ll try to call cabs for our a “constant battle” has been going behind the fake emails try to to a scam—although some have IT has been combatting the guests and make sure they get home safelyf Blonk said. on since the summer semesters. collect personal information to started the process Korzinek said the IT’ department gain access to other accounts. before realizing the SEE PHISHING ON A2 SEE CHAUFFEUR ON A5 GV social events shift hands BY LIZZY BALBOA success, ” said sophomore Tyler several years to form a student EDITORIAL ® LANTHORN.COM Ziola, the team’s social media Homecoming Committee to Grand Valley State coordinator. “That’s why they plan and coordinate all of the University ’s Office of Student did it—so there’s this concrete events related to that week. In Life has put student events team year to year doing this.” addition, we also wanted more back into student hands with student involvement in the the development of a new traditions of Family Weekend, Traditions Team to coordinate 66 Sibs and Kids, and Intercultural all major events this year. Festival. All of these events “(The OSL) decided to It was all to were consuming staff time for have a more uniform way to event planning rather than get events and Grand Valley’s ensure the allowing us to advise students traditions out to students alignment of to plan the events. ” and have a team of event With the exception of the coordinators working on it as these events. new Laker Remembrance and a whole,” said senior Alyssa Spring Fling, the events were Robert Mathews | GVL A new reign: Student Senate President Ricardo Benavidez is preparing to lead the 2012-13 Smith, chair of the group. TYLER ZIOLA previously run by the OSL senators into a new year after spending last year as a cabinet member. Smith leads the team of TRADITIONS TEAM SOCIAL and Student Senate, who will 13 regular staff, two event MEDIA COORDINATOR still remain involved to some assistants and multiple Director of Student Life extent. Senate gears up for 2013 volunteers to coordinate Michelle Burke said the Members of the OSL nine events: Presidents ’ Ball, development of the team is advise the team leaders on BY SARAH HILLENBRAND will help to look at issues with said. “This is a body made up Homecoming, Battle of the not in response to last year’s all events, while the Student ASSOCIATE @ LANTHORN.COM a fresh light,” Student Senate of the .Student Body Presidents Valleys, Sibs and Kids Weekend, Battle of the Valleys results, Senate retains an active role in Grand Valley State University ’s President Ricardo Benavidez from all Public Universities in the Laker for Lifetime kickoff, which saw Saginaw Valley State planning Presidents ’ Ball and Student Senate has a new said.