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Talk of caps and gowns around a campus conjures images of graduation. For nursing majors, the cap and gown are the career focus.

D o n a l d B a c h a n d , interim dean for Health & Human Services, spoke of the process necessary for acceptance into the program.

“The nursing program is one of the most difficult programs to get into, in which the minimum standard far exceeds the minimum expectation,” he said. “Nursing programs all over the state holds the same high standards and our university is no different.”

As beneficiaries of the newest academic building on campus, the Health & Human Services Building, students have more opportunity to conduct research in the most modern classrooms on campus.

Admission is capped at 64 students per year.

This program in the College of Health and Human Services is selective.

The SVSU catalog for majors and minors states applicants must have a 2.5 minimum G.P.A. in science and math prerequisite courses and an overall G.P.A. of 2.5 to apply.

Another factor in determining admission includes the written and oral interviews. A writing sample is required for applicants who do not have SVSU scores for written communication.

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activities, are also taken into consideration in a student’s interview.

High school students who are interested in the nursing program should take four years of math, science and English in high

school.Recommended classes

include chemistry, biology, writing, grammar and

communication, such as written and oral speech.

A limited number of high school seniors are admitted to the nursing major as freshmen. High school seniors may be admitted to the program if they have a 26 or higher ACT score and a minimum 3.5 G.P.A. This is the route nursing senior Julie Yensz and nursing junior Elizabeth Wolf took.

“The expectations were basically the same as when one actually applies to the program in college,” Yensz said.

“I did an interview and writing sample just like everyone else, just at a different time,” Wolf said, adding that once she finished her prerequisite

Students have until Friday, Sept. 30, to submit applications for the Accelerate Michigan Student Competition.

AMSC is an international competition intended to highlight Michigan as a place for businesses to open and expand operations.

There are two categories within the contest, one for mid-to-late seed stage businesses, and another for undergraduate and graduate students.

The grand prize for the college student category is $25,000, $15,000 for first runner-up, and $10,000 apiece to the second runner-up and to the selection in the social media category.

To enter, participants, either individually or in teams, must submit a one-page business idea to the competition through the Accelerate Michigan website.

There is no entry fee, and while there is no limit to how many persons may be on a team, only three will be allowed to participate at the final presentation dinner where the winner of the competition will be decided.

Semifinalists will be announced Oct. 17. Those selected will have until Oct. 31 to submit a three-minute YouTube video adding details about their business plan. The competition will be Nov. 16 and 17.

The competition was the idea of the Business Accelerator Network in southeast Michigan.

According to the Accelerate Michigan website, the network is a collaboration between Ann Arbor SPARK; Automa tion Alley; Macomb-OU INCu ba tor, and Tech Town; the Busi ness Lead ers for Michi gan; the Uni ver sity Research Cor ri dor, which includes Michi gan State Uni ver sity, the Uni ver sity of Michi gan and Wayne State Uni ver sity; and the New Econ omy Ini tia tive.

The New Economy Initiative is comprised of ten national, regional and local foun da tions that have com mit ted a combined $100 mil lion to the initiative.

Sponsors of the competition include Ford Motor Company, DTE Energy, Business Leaders for Michigan, and Pure Michigan.

In an attempt to raise the percentage of students returning from their first year, University administrators unvailed revamped programs.

“First Year” and “Fresh Start” emphasize student involvement, while new programs “Get 2 Go 2” and “MAP-Works” are designing new ways to support student success. Students have probably seen the “Get 2 Go 2” signs while walking around campus.

The slogan has several variations, but Craig Aimar, director of Retention, said that it emphasizes “to get somewhere you have to go somewhere.”

This can mean going to help centers, academic advising, financial aid, registered clubs and RSOs or to classes. The goal is to immerse students in activities designed to get them involved on campus.

Engaged students are often more successful in the classroom than their non-involved counterparts. This year, the retention rate of students transitioning from their first to second year is just over 70 percent, up 3 percent from last year.

Students can meet with professors from their major and discover organizations to join. This creates an opportunity to get involved during a difficult transition period.

“I didn’t know anyone [at Fresh Start], but I learned a lot about my major and possible clubs to join,” said MacKenzie Rupp, criminal justice freshman.

The office has also conducted surveys with incoming freshmen and adapted the orientation and Fresh Start programs to address student concerns and suggestions.

MAP-Works (Making Achievement Possible) is an online program in the pilot stage. This semester, 20 professors are using the software to create an individual profile of students

that details strengths and weaknesses, socio-psychological indicators of success and allows for academic advising

tailored to specific needs. Political science professor Robert Lane, who is using MAP-

Works this semester in his PS 193 class, identified two aspects of the program that will benefit the University.

“First, it will significantly improve communication across campus with academic advisers, resident advisers and

other professors… and secondly, it reminds us that we’re teaching students that have real lives that go on outside

of class,” he said.Lane added that while many programs are

available, with over 300 faculty members and over 10,000 students, programs designed to aid students must be in a comprehensive, organized fashion.

The program is currently used in classes with freshmen this

semester, but could include all SVSU students within the next few years.

In conjunction with MAP-Works, the Academic

Advising office has created other steps to monitor

success.Working with student

surveys and resource center records, advisers can now evaluate the helfulness of advising sessions with student reports and coordinate with the Academic Resource department to seee if studnts followed the given advice.

Aimar said that the goal of all these programs “is to ensure that every student that wants to be here has every opportunity to succeed available to them.”

While the ready med on the corner of Pierce and Bay roads is quite visible on campus, the facility for students wanting emotional support is not so easy to find.

Located in 112 Curtiss, the Student Counseling Center is a resource available to all students, faculty and staff that helps promote mental health. Counselors help with issues such as stress, anxiety, homesickness, roommate lack of communication, relationship conflicts and substance abuse.

“If there’s anything that interferes with your life, then it’s obviously an issue,” said Jennifer Ordway, director of the Student Counseling Center director.

According to the Jed Foundation, a national organization dedicated to promoting the emotional health of college students, only 20 percent of students nationwide have used an on-campus resource center.

However, the center has been busy since the beginning of the semester working mostly with freshmen.

“When people hear Student Counseling Center, they think they don’t need that because they aren’t crazy,” Ordway said. “But it’s not just the major things. Stress, roommate and relationship issues are important, too, and sometimes just talking is enough.”

She added that everything everything shared in the center is confidential and that it can be a student’s “safe place.”

One of the most common issues the center sees is students struggling with stress.

The symptoms are similar to those of depression. Students tend to feel irritable, emotional, lonely, overwhelmed and have a lack of motivation.

The center tries to work with students to prevent stress from turning into depression, which happens over time if there is no treatment.

During the fall semester, more students deal with stress; there is a higher tendency for depression during the winter semester.

Ordway described the process.“When the fall semester starts, students are

really excited, but as school begins, they recognize their stress and throw themselves into ‘survivor mode,’ where they are constantly moving,” she said. “By midterms, they realize that it’s hard, and by the end, they’re sick and tired.”

During winter break, she continued, students go into a ‘recovery mode’ where they have a lack of motivation and feel as though they can’t function. By the time winter semester begins, they feel some excitement but are still drained from the fall semester.

The drearier and colder weather also contributes to a rise in depression, Ordway said.

The counseling center tries to help students deal with their stress before they “crash and burn.”

One of the tips for students is to make a list of their coping skills.

These are healthy things a student can do to distress and feel better. Some examples are coloring, listening to music and taking a walk.

“Students often forget about themselves,” said Ordway. “They need at least an hour of ‘me time’ a day to allow their body to come down from stress.”

Ordway also said that the counseling center is a community. Faculty and staff can come in for a consultation regarding concerns they have for their students.

There is also a new guide available to help professors deal with distressed or disruptive students in their classrooms.

The center will host a mental health workshop series each month on a different topic. The schedule can be found on the Student Counseling Center’s website at www.svsu.edu/healthysvsu.

“Students often forget about themselves. They need at least an hour of ‘me time’ a day

to allow their body to come down from stress”

Jennifer Ordway

directOr, Student cOunSeling center

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KEY STUDENT COMPETITION MILESTONES

September 30: Student Applications Close October 17: Semi Finalists Announced

November 16 & 17: Competition Event and Awards

info@acceleratemichigan.org www.acceleratemichigan.org

Accelerate Michigan Student Idea Competition

$25,000 Grand PrizeDeliverable: One page business idea

Deadline: September 30

The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business plan competition designed to highlight Michigan as a robust and vibrant venue for innovation and business opportunity. The competition will fuel innovation based business growth by uncovering the best and brightest new business concepts and fostering their growth within Michigan.

DETAILS: The competition will be held on November 16 & 17, 2011. All information pertaining to the competition, including applications and eligibility criteria is located on the competition website at www.accelerateMichigan.org.

REQUIREMENTS:

First Round: 1-page business ideaSecond Round: 2-3-minute YouTube videoFinal Round: 5-minute elevator pitch

AWARDS:

Grand Prize: $25,000First Runner-Up: $15,000Second Runner-Up: $10,000Social Media: $10,000

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Battling for mindsRevised programs seen as hope to keep more students

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classes, she began her nursing courses.

All required prerequisite courses must be completed with at least a C average and only one required prerequisite course may be repeated.

A d d i t i o n a l l y , prerequisite courses should be completed or be in progress during the

application process, with the exception of either statistics or microbiology. Either, but not both, may be taken concurrently with other courses during the applicants first semester after admission.

As students complete program requirements, they progress from being a P1 when newly admitted to P5, which designates the last semester before graduation.

“The levels determine what classes you take and what clinicals you have,”

said Scott Vaughn, nursing sophomore. “The higher the level you are, the less time you spend in the classroom and more doing clinicals.”

A degree from the nursing program can lead to a career in community and government service, or in independent practice. Nursing senior Angela Grimaldi is considering the former option.

“I’m considering going the AmeriCorps or PeaceCorps route,” she said, adding that she is

completing her Obstetrics clinical at Covenant Hospital in Saginaw.

Students should apply to the nursing program when they anticipate the completion of their required prerequisite courses prior to the fall or winter selection.

Applications are due Oct. 15 for winter 2012 selection and April 20 for fall 2012 selection.

Police briefs are written according to reports from University Police. These indicate preliminary descriptions of events and not necessarily actual incidents.

Assault• At 1 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, police were dispatched to Living Center North for an assault. A male student reported that a male, nonstudent punched him. Officers found the suspect hiding under a bed in a different room. The 18-year-old suspect was intoxicated and was issued a minor in possession. The victim was transported to the hospital for minor injuries. A warrant will be sought for the suspect. He received a no trespass letter.• At 9:21 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, a fight occurred by the Bell Tower. Staff members called police and had the fight separated. A mother of a female student was attending the Vigil service and approached female students who did not like her daughter. The mother became enraged and a fight broke out between the mother and two students. The case is being handled internally.

Warrants for Arrest• At 3:20 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, Cheboygan police called SVSU police about a fugitive that may be staying at SVSU. The suspect had a warrant for his arrest for strong-armed robbery. Officers went to the apartment and found the male. He was arrested and taken to jail. • At 2 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, a male ex-student was stopped for a traffic violation. An officer ran his license and discovered that it was suspended. The officer made him park his car. An hour later, the male came back and attempted to drive. He was arrested and jailed.• Wednesday, Sept. 14, officers found a vehicle with several outstanding tickets. The owner asked about his tickets and discovered that there was a warrant for his arrest.

Minors in Possession• At 1:02 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, a resident assistant from Living Center North reported to police that loud music was coming from one of the rooms. When officers arrived a female student admitted to drinking, and she was issued a minor in possession.• At 9:25 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, Residential Life Staff called police for a party in Pine Grove. There were several liquor bottles in the apartment. All students were under age and received minors in possession.• At 1 a.m. Sunday , Sept. 11, police assisted Saginaw County sheriff’s deputies at a house party on Mackinaw Road. There were cars parked on the road and the party consisted of mainly SVSU students. Numerous minors in possession were issued and the case is still under investigation.• At 1 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, a resident assistant from the University Village called police because of a marijuana odor. A female student reported that her roommate was smoking in the bathroom. The female admitted that her friends were smoking and had already left. The case was turned over to student code of onduct.

False Alarm• At 2:05 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, a young child pulled a fire alarm in Wickes Hall. The whole building was evacuated.

Roommate DisputeAt 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, female residences from Living Center Southwest reported that their roommate was threatening them. The case was handled internally.

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The “Night and Day” fountain located outside Arbury Hall, is often passed by Pine Grove residents and those walking to and from class.

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stress Management Workshop • The Student Counceling Center is providing a workshop for students to learn about coping and recognizing stress from 10 until 11a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, in 130 Curtiss.Blood Drive

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speaker eric thomas• Eric Thomas, the “The Hip Hop

Preacher,” will share his “Secret to Success” from 7:30 until10:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, in Malcolm Field Performing Arts Theatre. The event is sponsored by Program Board.

speaker Henry Lewis gates• Dr. Henry Lewis Gates, Harvard

professor, will present a lecture racial at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Malcolm Field Theatre. Admission is free, but tickets are available at the SVSU box office.

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Using resource center records, advisers now can evaluate the helpfulness of advising sessions with student reports and coordinate with the Academic Resource

department to see if students actually followed the advice they were given.

Aimar said that goal of all these programs “is to ensure that every student

that wants to be here has every opportunity to succeed available to them.”

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Discussion continues about student allocations and organization of Student Association (SA) meetings.

First was a resolution to allocate $450 to the Organization of Black Unity (OBU) for its ‘Strike a Pose’ modeling event.

After a long discussion determining what the money would be used for in its entirety, the resolution passed leaving a few members of SA concerned.

Justin Kokkinis, a member of SA, said that since OBU’s resolution was vague and unsupported by their group leader, that SA should be more hesitant.

Kokkinis said that he agreed to support the resolution, but that some parts of the resolution were too vague and that the woman in charge of the event did not appear before SA.

Another resolution was introduced to improve the length of SA meetings.

“Something needs to be done about how long the meetings are,” said SA member, Cassandra Gilkey. “Making the meeting times more efficient would decrease student stress and improve student involvement.”

Other members agreed.Jasmine Charlton said that extracurricular activities can be

difficult to manage because she’s a parent.Other members were commuters and were concerned about

going home late. Member Dan Chapman suggested having a different meeting

time next semester. The resolution was tabled.Tabled resolutions from previous meetings were also brought

back into discussion.The first resolution involved SA complying with the Freedom

of Information Act (FOIA) & Standards of Accountability and Transparency.

There was a ten-minute discussion followed by a speech by President Ted Goodman.

“It is not a good idea to support this resolution,” Goodman said. “I encourage us to remain transparent and not to bind ourselves to this. Let’s shoot this down and do our homework on it first.”

The resolution was not passed and some members were disappointed.

“This issue did not come up overnight. It was around last year,” Kokkinis said. “We need to just take care of it already instead of continuing to put it aside.”

A resolution to make SA fees refundable was also discussed. According to this resolution, SA claims to have the support of the

student body, but gathers all funding via a mandatory fee applied to all students for each credit hour they are registered for. This would allow students to opt out, thus letting them withdraw support from SA if they don’t agree with its goals.

Members argued for and against the resolution, but it didn’t pass. “I agree on the principle that students should have their choice.

But, on the other hand, most of the money in our budget goes back to the students one way or another,” Kokkinis said.

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During this month’s President’s Forum, President Eric Gilbertson spoke with students about their concerns.

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Students attend a panel discussion on Constitution Day where professors and staff spoke about the restrictions of Constitutional rights. The panel revisited student issues, such as the new alcohol policy, and earlier cases involving high school students’ freedom of speech.

Students, staff and community members crowded into Ott Auditorium last Wednesday to attend a panel discussion entitled “Our More Perfect Union, Reflections on the Constitution and Recent Supreme Court Ruling.

The panel, sponsored by the Center for Public Policy and Service and moderated by its director, John Kaczynski, was comprised of Delta College Professor Ryan Petersen, Saginaw Valley Professor Robert Lane, and SVSU pre-law students Hailey Kimball, junior, and Ashley Hanson, senior. The central question was “How far is too far when it comes to restricting Constitutional rights?”

The panelists weighed in on four recent Supreme Court rulings, focusing on free speech and unreasonable search and seizure; pertaining to how different situations limit constitutional protections.

“Students have less constitutional rights than a minor not in school would,” said Lane while discussing Safford Unified School District v. Redding, in which the Court found strip searching a middle school girl in search of minor contraband was unconstitutional.

As an example of how college students at Saginaw Valley have separate rights, Lane used the newly revised campus drinking policy.

“If you look at the recent drinking policy on campus, the restrictions placed on a 21 year old on campus are different than those living across Pierce Road,” Lane said.

Petersen said that he agreed in general with Lane’s assessment, saying “College students, for the most part, have a full array of constitutional rights. Drinking, however, is not one of them.”

Freedom of speech was discussed through Morse v. Frederick, a case detailing an act of a high school student holding up a sign on a school trip with “Bong hits for Jesus” written on it. The Court ruled in favor of the school, stating that it was not political or religious, but by the student’s own admission.

“It was just for attention,” Hanson said.She further explained that school speech is a little bit different than normal

speech. “If it had said ‘legalize marijuana’ he might have been treated differently,”

said Kimball, “If the student had been in college, I’m not sure it would have been a problem.”

First Amendment cases, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Snyder v. Phelps, the Westboro Baptist Church case, were debated among the panel, further discussing the issue of freedom of speech.

“We have freedom of speech, but not freedom of consequences from that speech,” Lane said.

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President Eric Gilbertson discussed changes in alcohol policy and revisited parking concerns at this month’s President’s Forum.

Gilbertson helped explain the policy change as a response to student concerns.

The University, by updating its alcohol policy, now requires students who wish to own alcohol on campus to take a educational course and earn an alcohol permit.

G i l b e r t s o n explained that the University could alter the policy again if needed.

“It is still possible to go back to the drawing board if there are compelling reasons to do so,” he said.

Gilbertson said that the policy is not meant to be overbearing.

“There is no line between what is right and oppressive, but we are trying to find the right path,” he said.

Gilbertson also addressed student

parking issues and explained that students will not always be able to find their preferred parking lot.

He said that there will be no changes made to parking situations this year.

He added that during the first few weeks of each semester student vehicle traffic is always steady.

After those beginning weeks, administration offers a two-week parking survey for students.

“There is always complaints from students using visitor parking, but that can be expected,” Gilbertson said.

“First weeks are always chaotic, but it honestly hasn’t been too bad,” said Ron Portwine, assistant

vice president of business services.One student asked if there were

other solutions to the overcrowded parking that have been considered, such as bike programs or campus shuttling.

“An airport shuttling service used to exist, but after circling around campus, it never worked,” Gilbertson said, “However, we can try again.”

As another option for transportation,

students were encouraged to use bikes during the spring and fall.

In an effort to encourage biking, the University purchased and installed more bike racks over the summer.

He added that it would cost the average student more money each year to use a campus shuttle.

“We have examined these issues, and we will act accordingly,” said Merry Jo Brandimore, vice president of student affairs and dean of students.

Sean Dudley, vice president of resident hall association asked if there would be any action from the University about the South and Southwest Livng Centers.

“We detest litter and we will look into a solution as soon as possible,” Gilbertson said.

One student brought up the possibility of co-ed housing.

With more interest, advocation could initiate a change.

“It depends on how strongly students advocate for it, present arguments through the appropriate channels and how well the point is proven,” Brandimore said.

“Since this is a public institution, it would depend on what is found acceptable and we are responsible of upholding that opinion,” Gilbertson said.

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“We detest litter and we will look into a solution as soon as possible.”

President eric Gilbertson

Members also discuss allocations and privacy of information at latest meeting.

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This week, two of our writers covered the growing trash problem on campus. The problem irked one student so much that

he brought it up at the President’s Forum, and one of our writers was so bothered by trash that he wrote his opinion on it.

This leads us to question how we got to be so messy, and what’s even scarier, when messy became acceptable as the norm.

But first, to those who’ve been trashing the campus grounds, we have some advice for you: grow up.

We realize that for some, college is a new experience because it’s the first time they’ve been away from home. Is it possible that some of those students still possess an attitude from home that mom or dad will pick up after their mess? Possibly. But as students with newfound independence, it’s their responsibility to take care of themselves and their spaces.

Or, is it possible that this attitude of “someone else will take care of it” is evidence of a a prevalent problem found in our society? We feel like this might be the case. For example, think about the shopping carts outside of any store. Sure, they have the cart corrals, but it’s so much easier to just leave the cart next to your car.

That’s the type of mentality that leads to the numerous carts you’ve seen and perhaps been unlucky enough to run into with your car.

This mentality worries us because it doesn’t encourage responsibility for the self. A major part of college is to be independent, but with independence comes responsibility. It is not the responsibility of the maintenance workers or ground workers to take care of your trash—it is your responsibility, and yours alone. It does not take that long to throw away a piece of trash. There is no excuse.

One important thing to remember is that this campus is your home, and it’s not just your home, it’s home to a few thousand people who live on campus. Why do different rules apply at this home as compared with the home you grew up in?

If we saw someone dumping

trash on our front lawns, we’d be pretty upset. Instead, we see that there’s more of an ambivalent attitude toward trash and nothing gets done.

To be frank, it’s disgusting to see trash be such a problem on campus, especially in the dorms. One of our members said that when he lived in Living Center South, trash lined the hallways of residents on a regular basis. Is it really so hard to walk to the dumpster, or even closer, a garbage can?

We do realize that it can be difficult to fix this problem, but this is not a hopeless cause. It’s actually a pretty simple solution: Don’t drop your trash on the ground. Throw it away. And if you see trash on the ground, pick it up and throw it away. It only takes one person and the power of suggestion for others to follow and to work toward a cleaner campus.

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The words crisis and epidemic have become so commonplace in the media that they’ve

ceased to make me pause when flipping through the channels for the nightly news. But last week, a new word in reference one of our national plights did catch my attention: bully-side.

I doubt the term is in the dictionary, but I take it to mean suicide motivated by depression resulting from being bullied. A “48 Hours” feature used the term several times referencing stories of children taking their lives when pressure from bullies was too much.

Highlighting this phenomenon, CBS’ “Today Show” aired an interview with Wanda and Kevin Jacobsen, a couple whose 14-year-old son, Cameron, committed bully-side in January. Cameron was a freshman at a Monroe, New York, high school. They say that Cameron dealt with bullies both in the halls at school and on social networking sites.

When I heard the Jacobsen’s story, I was reminded of a story in the news not long ago of Jessica Logan, another teenager who had struggled with cyber-bullying from classmates and who had taken her life. After Jessica’s death, her mother pushed for the passage of the Jessica Logan Act, which aimed to help prevent such tragedies in the future.

Extreme cases like these grab the public’s attention and motivate people to demand answers. What could the school principal or superintendant have done to prevent this? What could parents or students have done to stop the bullying or help the victim cope? What laws could we pass or programs could we initiate to address the problem?

This week, the issues raised by such questions are to be addressed at the third Washington, D.C., summit

on bullying this Wednesday and Thursday. Two recent developments will likely be key points of discussion: a new anti-bullying resolution at Los Angeles Unified School District and a New Jersey’s new anti-bullying bill of rights. Awareness of bullying (and the potential of its consequences) seems to be at an all-time high, and parents are putting increasing pressure on state and local governments for anti-bullying legislation.

Some guidelines being mandated by law at schools across the country include changing curriculums to change the portrayal of certain “oppressed” social groups, starting up hotlines for reporting bullies and required training programs for students to identify and report bullying behavior. Some schools are required to have a bullying expert on staff to help choose which programs meet state requirements.

The cost for these curriculum developments, policy changes and new programs quickly add up and schools are already struggling with budget woes. What programs and services must be scaled back or eliminated to pay for these new mandatory programs? What proof is there that these programs are effective? How will the schools acquire new funds to pay for these changes? School systems will have to find creative and efficient ways to meet state requirements.

Schools presently can only do so much to combat cyber-bullying because they are limited to what happens on school property and during school hours, but some new laws may require school principals to act based on documented reports of bullying off school grounds and even in cyberspace. Some parents claim that since children go to the same school, what happens online happens at school. They argue that bullies from school

invade privacy at home through social networking sites.

Social networks are hardly private in the first place, and if privacy is what parents value for their children, they would not be printing off their student’s discussion threads and presenting them like case studies to public school employees. Anyone who makes a profile publicly accessible online opens themselves up to criticism, mockery and bullying. Public figures are subjected to insults and death threats every day. Just ask President Obama. Last week, bullies posted threatening messages were posted to the official White House Facebook.

Anti-bullying concentrates too much attention to what swchools can do in the short term and not enough attention to what parents can do in the long term. Bullies don’t disappear from the fabric of life once a student finishes school, so parents must equip children with ways to stand up to bullies and cope with malicious people around them.

It’s time to bring some of the old school toughness back. Too many of today’s parents pander to their children’s fragile sensibilities. Parents used to be more effective at teaching children to not let the petty and malicious personal criticisms of others affect them and were more inclined to tell children to stand up for themselves against bullies.

When it comes to bullies, the best way to combat the problem is not to, for example, print out a Facebook wall for the principal to read but rather to simply turn off the conversation with the bullies – block them, make it private or just get off the network. In this way students are learning to solve their own problems rather than running to a public employee to sort out the mess they are unwilling to confront personally.

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Our position - Each of us needs to take personal responsibility in making sure that we do our part in keeping campus and our living facilities clean.

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The 2010 U.S. Census revealed a record 46.2 million Americans, or roughly one out of every seven, living in

poverty. My reaction to this statistic was

not one of complete surprise as I suspected that the 2008 housing crash had negatively impacted a great many Americans who were barely making ends meet before the economy tanked.

What did surprise me was how soon I began to see articles from such conservative groups as the Heritage Foundation that attempted to discredit the census findings.

In their report “Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts About the Nation’s Poor,” a list of statistics are given that are intended to portray those considered “poor” under the census’ criteria as quite the opposite.

For example, the report cites 80 percent of those living in poverty as having air conditioning, 92 percent as having a microwave and 75 percent having a personal vehicle.

Now I want to make it clear that I do not believe that those who are considered “poor” in the U.S. to be as disadvantaged as those living in poverty in places such as India or Mexico.

However, I think that the Webster’s Dictionary definition of poor as “less than adequate” is a good starting point for discussing what exactly it means to be poor in the United States.

A cornerstone of contemporary conservative belief is that those who are on the lower end of the economic scale can advance themselves by working harder and, by being frugal, eventually enjoy a comfortable living.

Therefore, for those in poverty to make ‘frivolous’ purchases means that they are undeserving of government aid, which in turn means they are burdens on hardworking folks, literal leeches on society.

While there are some legitimate

points to be made in the Heritage Foundation’s report, such as the 25 percent of those in poverty who own an Xbox or Playstation, or the nearly 66 percent who have cable or satellite TV, lets look at the first three numbers mentioned.

To say that having a microwave somehow means you are not poor is ridiculous. If a family was subscribing to the conservative narrative of working two or more jobs to pay the bills, how much time would they have to cook dinner for their kids? (They don’t buy fast food because its a luxury.)

Or how about the 92 percent with air conditioning? For those living in the South, its the only way to survive oppressively hot heat indexes during the summer, and to eschew it could mean heat stroke, especially for the elderly and those with heart conditions.

Furthermore, it could mean a trip to the emergency room on the public’s dime. This individual has made the “choice” to be uninsured, after all.

For the 75 percent who own a personal vehicle, I would like to say that I agree with the Heritage Foundation, and that this is a luxury. However, it simply would be a fallacy to say that poor persons can take a bus or train to a station near their workplace.

After all, it seems each round of state budgets seems to appropriate less and less to public transportation systems that would be the alternative to owning your own vehicle.

For someone who needs to be to work on time in order to keep their job, would you trust the local metro bus system?

To further compound the poverty problem in the U.S. is the fact that there are several common sense solutions that neither party has wanted to advocate.

The first one of which is increasing access to fresh fruits and vegetables in low income areas by starting community gardens.

This will decrease the incidence of obesity among children (saving medicaid money), as well as cut the amount that needs to be spent on food for public schools (putting more money toward keeping teachers in the classroom).

Additionally, studies have shown that children learn better when they eat regular meals, especially those lower in processed sugar.

Another solution would be improving public transportation by investing in high-speed light rail.

This would allow potential job seekers to access a larger area during their job search, and provide further stability to their family by not having to relocate them every few years in order to continue looking for jobs.

Stability in home life also lends itself to creating a better learning environment for children, increasing their odds of being able to do well enough in school to work their way out of poverty through attending college.

By pursuing these ideas, our state and federal government could save money in the long run by making a moderate investment now.

However, by demonizing the poor, conservative thinkers do nothing to solve the problem, instead choosing to inflame rhetoric against those who would be better served by action.

The campus of SVSU is a visually pleasing place, but some places are not as aesthetically pleasing as others due to lack of

individual responsibility.On my walks around campus,

I’ve noticed areas where lots of trash is left on the ground. I’ve seen arrays of water bottles, paper plates, cigarette butts and more left where they don’t belong.

Each of these can be properly disposed in trash cans around campus, blue garbage dumpsters, recycling dumpsters or cigarette butt receptacles.

I’ve noticed that people are leaving trash in the Rotunda and the volleyball court between Living Centers South and Southwest.

I try my best to clean up areas in which people left litter behind. But it is the individual’s responsibility for what garbage he or she creates.

Maintenance workers have many tasks they need to complete. Taking care of someone else’s misplaced trash shouldn’t be on their to-do lists.

Trash cans are a short walk away from areas where trash may be left. If not by the area in which would be most convenient to throw junk away, there are trash cans on route to a person’s next destination on campus.

It’s also upsetting to see others spot an area that has trash as they walk by it. If one passer-by isn’t going to pick it up then who will?

There is the argument that some of these items that are trash could be contaminated with chemicals or for some other reason best left alone.

Although reasonable excuses, if individuals picked up after themselves in the first place, then there wouldn’t be a need for others to take the chance with potentially hazardous trash.

There are reasons people may be leaving their trash behind. If you see someone leaving behind trash, step up. A simple reminder is an effective

method to make sure students clean up after themselves.

Perhaps someone chose to leave their trash behind because the nearest cans were overflowing with junk.

It is still the individual’s responsibility to find the nearest can. If the closest one is full, there should be another one nearby not at full capacity.

Garbage cans in the Rotunda tend to be filled to the rim and sometimes on the floor next to the cans with pizza boxes from the Papa John’s by Student Life.

To cut down on these garbages overflowing, only get boxes for your food if you’re going to be traveling with it in conditions that could ruin it, such as rain or cold.

Therefore, getting plates and cutting down on any other packaging will help cut down on the amount of trash in garbage cans and make our campus tidier.

Recycling plastic, aluminum, glass, and non-greased cardboard are also effective ways to cut down on the amount of trash on campus.

Although litterers cannot be altogether stopped, you are ultimately responsible for your own garbage and others should not have to take on that responsibility for you.

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More than 200 people gathered to hear the musings behind a world-famous artist’s work last week.

Charles McGee of Detroit gave two gallery talks about “2 Centuries, 3 Decades, 28 Works” which is on display in the Marshall M. Fredericks Museum now until Saturday, Sept. 24.

“I make art; it’s my life,” McGee said.In his high school in South Carolina, McGee became involved

with several art projects such as making posters.In college, he took evening classes and worked during the day.

He said he wanted to explore art outside the academic process.“I set out at the beginning to discover what art is,” McGee said.

“What I found is that art is line, paint, color, texture and ultimately the way that these elements are arranged to create content.”

He said that he only studied line for several years and then went on to study color and texture.

“I wanted to understand the elements in a signature way,” he said. “I wanted to create a world using my own language.”

In 2010, McGee was asked to be a juror for the Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition and, after accepting, selected the artwork for that year’s event.

“In a way it’s very much like a contest,” said Andrea Ondish, museum curator of education.

Ondish said that McGee, upon seeing an open wall in the exhibition gallery last year, decided to create an art piece for the museum, “Play Patterns II.” It is displayed as a major centerpiece of his new gallery.

McGee said he used color, line and many elements in this art piece to create different sensations.

He continued to reference the idea that the world is arranged

into a system of objects that govern universal order. He said that white and black, day and night and all manner of polarities are essential aspects for mankind and our existence within nature.

It is for this reason that McGee chooses to use so many different kinds of art in his own pieces.

“The materials that I use come to my palette from years of experience to what I deem to be necessary,” he said.

He said that he never looks only at one thing. Instead, he tries to use many elements to create a tempo of emotions in the room that he finds interesting.

Ondish said that one of the things she appreciates and enjoys most about McGee’s work is the fact that he uses a variety of fabrics, textiles and enamels to create very strong collages.

“It reminds me of graffiti,” she said. “His figures are recognizable images of people, but they’re also very elongated and abstracted.”

She said she also appreciates how diversely he uses the repeated imagery of animals such as birds, snakes and dogs.

“Collaboration in exhibitions can be good,” McGee said. “But as for your own work, it’s like your handwriting. You can’t change it.”

He said that it is great to work together, but when he does he

still feels like the pieces are “portions of (his) soul.”“My main goal has been to discover me. That’s what I work

towards,” he said. “Like my work, I change over the years.”He said he is an individual just as we all are, and that is essential. “The floor that we walk on, the beds that we sleep in,

everything is created by somebody,” McGee said. “It’s why we need to eliminate some of this ego business. When we do this, it’s easier for us to come together and contribute our own little gifts to the world.”

He said it is beautiful that everything changes and nothing is forever.

Marilyn Wheaton, director of Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum said she was “thrilled” to have McGee’s artwork features at the museum.

She said that students should never feel hesitant to come, study and be inspired by the museum.

Additionally, Ondish has created several teacher guides for students who visit the museum. Included is a guide for McGee’s work that can be found on the museum’s website.

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Artist Charles McGee shared the ideas behind his art exhibit “2 Centures, 3 Decades, 28 Works” during a gallery talk.

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A long line stretched out of a room that boomed with loud music, balloons, and laughter last Friday.

The students were in line waiting to enter and be interviewed by three judges in the Richard Thompson Student Activity Room.

They were auditioning as part of the “Strike a Pose” Beaute Marc Model Casting Call. If they passed the audition, they would be eligible for the upcoming fashion show.

“This is a great opportunity for SVSU students to get out there and to even create their own clothing line to show off,” said BreAna Allen, business sophomore and founder of Beaute Marc Clothing Co.

Students filled out applications and turned in headshots to audition. They also got a chance to show off by strutting on the catwalk.

After walking, students met with Allen, her mom and a friend who interviewed the candidates and gave pointers of how to walk correctly on the catwalk.

Allen said that the girls will be able to learn with a modeling coach, Brenda Beckom, SVSU customer service coordinator.

Allen, a student at SVSU, began the clothing line at the age of 16.

She said she began the clothing line for girls to realize that there are more important things than outer beauty.

“Beate Marc is all about inner beauty and knowing who you are,” she said.

She said she is here to prove that you can go through the toughest situations and still rise to the top.

There were many students that had come in before, and even applied online to be in the fashion show, but only a few will make it.

“Those who don’t go on to be a model will be given the opportunity to work behind the stage,” Allen said.

She said she didn’t want to turn down any of the girls, and this seemed like a fair opportunity for them.

“Beauty is all around us, no matter what race or ethnicity,” she said.

The fashion show will be Dec. 9 in the Cardinal Gym.

Visit beautemarconline.com for more information.

Despite hype from Hollywood media and praise from entertainment shows, Sarah Jessica Parker’s latest film is sure to disappoint.

Audiences may feel they’ve experienced a made-for-TV movie rather than the comedy they were sold at the box office.

Parker stars as mother of two and finance executive Kate Reddy in “I Don’t Know How She Does It.” This comedy, adapted from Allison Pearson’s 2002 novel, takes a tell-it-like-it-is approach to the everyday struggles of working mothers.

Despite the subject’s fertile ground for humor and an all-star cast, the movie fails to deliver the laughs moviegoers may expect.

Kate and husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) already lead stressful lives balancing work and family. When Kate’s idea for a new retirement investment product catches the attention of her boss, Clark Cooper (Kelsey Grammer,) her life takes a complicated turn.

Working at all hours and traveling to meetings in New York begin to take its toll on Kate as she feels increasingly distanced from her husband and children.

As Richard’s firm begins work on a new building renovation contract, the couple struggle even more to keep their marriage afloat. They find

themselves missing out on important events in the lives of their children such as first haircuts and holiday traditions.

Support for Kate comes from several women in her life. Christina Hendricks plays Allison Henderson, Kate’s outspoken feminist friend and confidant.

Hendricks’ dialogue is riddled with overgeneralizations and cliché remarks about men and women which prevent her from becoming more than an unmemorable stock character.

Mother-in-law Marla Reddy (Jane Curtin) is sometimes critical of Kate when her work life interferes with her relationships, but Marla helps to illuminate how motherhood has changed since the domestic and workplace roles of men and women have changed.

Olivia Munn gives the best performance in the film, playing Momo Hahn, Kate’s indispensible assistant. Most of the movie’s comedy comes about through Momo’s changing perspective on motherhood, first insisting that she will not sacrifice her career by having children and then becoming an expecting mother in the course of the film.

Momo’s humorous dialogue and Munn’s vibrant performance provide a refreshing break from the predictability of most scenes, but they’re not enough to make the movie as a whole a

worthwhile comedy for most viewers.Pierce Brosnan plays Jack Abelhammer, a New

York investment banker and Kate’s teammate in her firm’s business venture. Abelhammer develops romantic interest in Kate as their work brings them closer together, but Kate’s concern is for the struggling health of her marriage and family life.

Seth Meyers of “Saturday Night Live” brings his dry wit to the role of Chris Bunce, Kate’s annoying and competitive coworker who is ready to step in to take her deal at any time.

Abelhammer and Bunce lack considerable character development considering their prominence in the film and the potential for stellar performances from Brosnan and Meyer.

The total lack of chemistry between Parker and her costars Kinnear and Brosnan seriously works against the believability of their performances in key scenes. Fans of Parker’s “Sex in the City” movies won’t find the same satisfaction in this film in terms of romance or comedy.

By the end of “I Don’t Know How She Does It,” Kate and Richard learn that their happiness is greatest when they place priority on their roles as mother and father, both contributing at home and making time for their family. A happily-ever-after and all too tidy ending brings the film to an idealistic and predictable close.

Free Salsa Dance Lessons• 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19, in the Richard Thompson Student Activ-ity Room, Campus Recreation will sponsor salsa dance lessons as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Free.

Cardinal Sins Poetry Slam• 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23, at The Magic Bean Cafe in Saginaw Township, Cardinal Sins will host its biannual poetry slam. Open mic and judged portion. Free.

Hell’s Half Mile Film and Music Festival• Thursday to Sunday, Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, in downtown Bay City, independent films will be screened and a workshop will offer advice for aspiring filmmakers. Also, 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, in the court-yard in front of the State Theatre in Bay City there will be live music from indie bands. For schedules and tickets, visit hhmfest.com.

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Danyell Bragg, a communications junior; Adrianne Muntz, a criminal justice junior; and Jennora Walker, a social work junior; wait to audition for the “Strike a Pose” Beaute Marc Fashion show that will take place Dec. 9 in the Cardinal Gym.

Noah Essenmacher is an English and chemistry senior and Vanguard columnist and staff writer.Reach him at ntessenm@svsu.edu.

Cardinals get a chance to let inner beauty shineBy Kaelyn Wardvanguard staff Writer

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About 20 students auditioned to be a part of the Saggawockeez, a hip hop dance team at SVSU that wears white masks during peformance to promote team unity. Students had two days of rehearsal where they learned a dance routine. They had to peform this for their audition starting Monday. Results have not yet been disclosed.

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Football•Saturday vs. Northwood, 7 p.m. , University Center

Men’s Soccer•Friday vs. Northwood, 4:30 p.m. , University Center•Sunday @ Davenport,2 p.m., Grand Rapids

Women’s Soccer•Friday vs. Hillsdale, 7 p.m.. , University Center•Sunday vs. Michigan Tech,

Noon, University Center

Volleyball•Friday vs. Northwood, 7 p.m. , University Center•Saturday vs. Wayne State,2 p.m., University Center•Sunday vs. Findlay,2 p.m. , University Center

Tennis•Friday @Wayne State1 p.m., Detroit•Saturday @ Findlay1 p.m. , Findlay, OH

Bowling•Sunday @ AHIBC Match #1,11:45 a.m., Beavercreek, OH

Hockey•Friday vs. Michigan State,7 p.m., Saginaw Bay Ice Arena•Saturday vs. Central Michigan7 p.m., Saginaw Bay Ice Arena

Golf•Sunday @ NCAA Regional #1,TBA, South Haven

Men’s Rugby•Saturday vs. University of Michigan,4 p.m., University Center

Women’s Rugby•Sunday vs. Ferris State,11 a.m., University Center

SVSU in the NewsFormer SVSU wideout Ruvell Martin has been re-signed by the Buffalo Bills, the team reported last week. Martin caught three passes for 40 yards in two preseason games with the Bills this year.

In their season-opener against Ferris State, the Cardinals fed off an electrifying home-field atmosphere to edge out a win late in the game.

On Saturday, they proved that they can do the same on the road.

SVSU beat Lake Erie by a score of 35-20, holding off a second-half surge by the Storm to clinch the win.

For the second straight game, sophomore quarterback Jonathon Jennings led the team on a long drive

to clinch a win in the game’s final six minutes.

“They started coming back toward the end of the game, and we knew we needed to put them away,” Jennings said. “It was a really good drive for us, and we really need that to close the door on them.”

SVSU drove the ball 70 yards in seven plays to eat three minutes off the clock and put away a game that saw a 21-point third quarter lead slip to only eight late in the fourth quarter – a situation that last year’s team might have struggled in.

“We’re a lot more composed and

a lot more determined [this year],” junior running back Ronnie Lark said. “Because we’ve been here so many times last year, we know how it feels to have the game and lose the game. “

After SVSU and Lake Erie traded off punts on their opening drives, Lark broke the ice for the Cardinals by finding the end zone for an eight-yard score, accounting for 30 yards on the team’s 44-yard scoring drive.

Lark had 43 yards and one touchdown on nine carries in the first half before leaving the game early with an ankle injury. Sophomore running back Tim Hogue took over for Lark in the second quarter, finishing with 132 yards and a touchdown on the day.

“Tim is pretty quick, and I’m more of a power back,” Lark said. “It’s a pretty good one-two punch because we don’t really give the defense a break.”

SVSU extended its lead early in the second quarter when Jennings found sophomore wide receiver Jeff Janis on a 76-yard strike.

Jennings was nine for 19 on the game with 314 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions, connecting with 10 different SVSU receivers.

“There are a lot of big playmakers that we have (on offense),” Jennings said. “There are a lot of people that can do a lot of big things for us.”

The Cardinals found the end zone once more in the second half, this time on the ground as sophomore running back Tim Hogue punched the ball in from 13 yards out to open up a 14-0 lead.

Hogue combined with Jennings, Lark, senior running back Brandon Hayes and junior running back David Pardun to put up 199 yards rushing on the night. As a team, the Cardinals averaged 5.1 yards per carry – nearly one yard more than they did in the team’s first win over Ferris State.

“We’re really balanced right now,” Lark said. “We’re passing the ball and running the ball just as much.

“We’re keeping the defense honest and making them respect the run.”

Lake Erie scored to cut the Cardinals’ lead to seven at the half, but Jennings responded on the team’s first drive of the third quarter with another long bomb, a 59-yarder to senior wide

receiver Nick Gallina. After that, things got difficult for

the Cardinals.The Lake Erie offense began to

find their rhythm, scoring first on a touchdown run and then recovering the ensuing onside kick. The Storm turned the kick recovery into a field goal to make the score 28-17.

Jennings would throw two interceptions on the team’s next two drives, but the Cardinals’ defense was solid, allowing only two field goals in the fourth quarter.

“As a defense, we pride ourselves on getting stops when there’s an interception or fumble,” junior linebacker Grant Caserta said. “The offense was struggling a little bit, and it was just our turn to carry the load.”

Caserta finished the games with eight tackles, behind junior safety Jeff Heath’s team-leading total of 10.

“Nobody was panicking when the game started to get close,” Caserta said. “We had confidence that we were going to pull it out.”

With 8:15 remaining, Jennings took the field at his own 30-yard line with only an eight-point lead, once again charged with the task of putting together a late-game drive to clinch the win.

Once again, he didn’t disappoint.Jennings went four for four with

70 total yards on the drive, connecting with Janis once again on a 34-yard strike to cap off the win. Janis finished with 144 yards on only four catches in the game.

The Cardinals offense racked up 514 total yards in the game, punting only once and converting 64 percent of their third down attempts.

“A lot of things are just clicking for us right now,” Jennings said.

In two games, SVSU has put up 65 points and nearly 1,000 yards in total offense.

“Everybody is just making the plays we didn’t make last year,” Lark said.

With the win, SVSU improves to 2-0 on the year. Lake Erie falls to 1-2.

The Cardinals host Northwood for the Axe Bowl trophy at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24.

Before the season started, head soccer coach Cale Wasserman promised that expectations were high for the Cardinals.

So far, the team has lived up to those expectations – and then some.

The Cardinals are off to a red-hot 5-0 start - the team’s best start in six years - outscoring their opponents by a combined total of 12 goals to three.

The team wasted no time picking up their first victory of the year, a 1-0 overtime thriller over Lewis University. The early win against a team that was 10-6-1 in 2010 seemed to act as a catalyst for SVSU.

“It’s always good to get a win on the road, especially in a tight game against a regional opponent like Lewis,” Wasserman said. “It gave us a bit of confidence for sure.”

Junior midfielder Robert Short also emphasized the importance of the win.

“The win over Lewis was one of the best ways to start our season,” Short said. “Our returners have never beat Lewis and don’t have many regional wins in our careers. It just excites us for the rest of the season.”

SVSU wasn’t able to find the net in that game until sophomore Zach Walega’s breakaway goal clinched the win just 1:52 into overtime, but the offense heated up quickly in the following games.

The team netted three goals to beat St. Joseph’s and scored five in a blowout win at Marygrove.

The defense, however, has been solid throughout.

“We want to attack and play an attractive brand of soccer, but we all know organized defending and keeping the ball out of the back of the net is the key to winning games,” Wasserman said. “We have some guys that have improved tremendously in the last year and a half.”

SVSU’s defensive front and junior goalkeeper Jason Wise have been outstanding, allowing only three goals in five games this year.

“The bottom line is, if you don’t let a goal in, you cannot lose the game,” Wasserman said.

On the offensive side, SVSU has showcased a balanced attack. Walega leads the team with three goals while Short and freshman Laurence Paterson are right behind with two each.

“Our style of soccer encourages many players to interchange positions and get into the attack, and we try and make it unpredictable for our opponents,” Wasserman said. “All three of those guys have done a great job to put themselves in positions to score.”

“We have a pretty balanced attack,” Short said. “There’s not one guy on the field I don’t have confidence [in] to crack a shot when they have it.”

After a game against Ohio Dominican last Monday was cancelled due to inclement weather, SVSU continued its dominant play with two conference wins this weekend.

The Cardinals topped Tiffin University 1-0 on Friday and beat Findlay 2-1 on Sunday to extend their winning streak to five.

Sophomore Conor Reaume scored the only goal late in the Tiffin game off an assist by freshman forward Tyler Channell.

Against Findlay, the Cardinals struck early with two first-half goals by Walega and freshman defender Craig Neal. The team held on to a 2-1 halftime lead to extend their winninsg streak to five games.

“If we play as a unit, and work for each other, we can compete and beat any team on our schedule,” Wasserman said. “That will not change.”

With the season-opening, six-game road trip now finished, the Cardinals must now prepare for their first home match-up, against Northwood on Tuesday.

“We knew going into the season that it would be a tough start playing away from home for six games, but we also know how important it is to battle through and get some results,” Wasserman said. “The new guys have adjusted well to life on the bus and in the hotels and I think that says a lot about the maturity of our young players.

“(The home opener) will be a special and important game for all of us.”

The Cardinals host Northwood at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23.

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After sweeping the Upper Peninsula portion of their season-opening road trip for the first time in SVSU history, the Cardinals finally returned to play their first home games on Friday and Sunday.

Two wins later, the team hasn’t missed a beat.

SVSU played its first matches in the Cardinal Gym this year in front of a racous crowd, beating Northwood 3-1 and Lake Superior State 3-0.

“We have great fan support here in the Cardinal Gym, and the girls love the energy that our crowd brings,” said Will Stanton, head coach. “I think we learned some things about ourselves on the road, and we are tougher for it.”

For the Cardinals, this weekend’s wins counted as numbers three and four in a row after the team defeated Northern Michigan 3-1 and Michigan Tech 3-2 on a trip to the Upper Peninsula last week.

“The U.P. road trip is always a tough couple of matches,” Stanton said. “We were excited for the win at Northern since they have a phenomenal home record.

“For us to go 2-0 on that trip was a big boost mentally,” he said.

Annie Buxton, a senior outside hitter, stood out in the two wins, totaling 33 kills, four service aces and 30 digs on the weekend. Her performance was enough to earn her the GLIAC North Divison Player of the Week award.

“I feel we possibly had three girls on the team [that] qualified for that honor after last weekend,” Stanton

said. “We had some good numbers and some very good performances by several players, but Annie did it in so many categories that she stood out.

“She has the ability to impact the game in so many ways with her passing, blocking and attacking, and with four years of starting experience, she knows when it’s time to step up.”

Buxton continued her solid year with standout performances in the team’s weekend games, recording 12 kills against Northwood and 12 more against Lake Superior State.

“If we are passing well and running our offense then we [can] compete with both Northwood and Lake Superior State,” Stanton said.

Junior Sam Breault played a large part in the offense, posting a match-high 41 assists in the team’s win over Northwood

and earning the Chili’s “Player of the Match” honors in the win over Lake Superior State with a match-high 32 assists.

Senior Laura Ward also had a strong weekend, recording a match-high 18 digs in both games.

The Cardinals continue their home stand this weekend with games against Hillsdale, Wayne State and Findlay University; Coach Stanton said that he is glad to be staying at home for the weekend.

“Now it is time to take advantage of the home court and the home crowd,” Stanton said.

The Cardinals will be back in action when they host Hillsdale at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in the Cardinal Gym.

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After defeating Northwood and Lake Superior State in their first two home matches, the Cardinals are 4-0 against GLIAC opponents this year.

Buxton dominant in winning streakBy Justin Brouckaertvanguard sports editor

One week and one win into the 2011 football season, there have been few issues with the new alcohol and tailgating policy.

According to Sgt. Marc Strain, SVSU campus police would like it to stay that way.

“We really haven’t had any issues so far,” Strain said. “However, we’re only two weeks into semester, so I hope it lasts.”

SVSU and the athletic department announced a new tailgating policy last month that would go into effect for the 2011 season.

Changes to the policy were made mainly to accommodate the change in start time of the games from noon to 7 p.m.

Students are now allowed to begin tailgating three hours before kickoff in Parking Lot C, near the Ryder Center.

Tailgating activities are not allowed outside of Parking Lot C, and only students 21 years or older are allowed to drink alcohol during the tailgating period.

All alcoholic beverages must be in a bottle or a can; no glass containers are allowed in tailgating areas.

Drinking games that promote the excessive consumption of alcohol are not permitted.

Tailgating will end 15 minutes prior to kickoff to give fans and students time to get into the stadium safely and find their seats.

Outside beverages will not be permitted into the stadium.

Strain said that safety is of the highest concern to the university and campus police.

“Just be safe,” he said. “Make sure you have a designated driver if you are going to be drinking.”

For more information, SVSU students can go to h t t p : / / w w w. s v s u . e d u /s t u d e n t l i f e / s t u d e n t -tailgating-policy.html to view the full policy.

The next home game kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 against Northwood. Student tailgating will start in Lot C at 4 p.m.

Police say tailgating working fine, so far

After years of experience with Division One and Division Two schools, Anthony Delli-Pizzi is ready to build SVSU’s strength and conditioning program from the ground up.

This fall, only weeks before the start of the football season, Delli-Pizzi was hired as the University’s first strength and conditioning coach, a position that will benefit both SVSU students and student-athletes.

Delli-Pizzi, who graduated from the City University of New York in 2001, brings experience from interning at Michigan State University, developing an early program at Wayne State University, working at the University of Michigan and creating a strength and conditioning program at Lake Superior State University.

SVSU faculty believe that Delli-Pizzi’s experience will be key to handling his new position.

“To be a strength and conditioning coach, you really need education and training to enhance the program,” said Joshua Ode, associate professor of kinesiology.

In his first few months at SVSU, Delli-Pizzi has strived to make up for lost time. He has worked 14-hour days and he realizes that there will be no offseason for him.

“In the offseason, there’s

only one person who can work with the teams: the strength coach,” Delli-Pizzi said.

Regardless, Delli-Pizzi can’t do it alone. Instead, he realizes the importance of athletes taking ownership of their workouts. Since athletes don’t always necessarily want to work out, this task can be difficult.

“Convincing them to work out in a way that truly benefits them is a challenging task. However, the bottom line is, I don’t make athletes better,” Delli-Pizzi said. “What I do is make those athletes durable enough that they can make themselves better.”

Another objective for Delli-Pizzi, who has worked as a personal trainer and a coach for Olympic training, is to help to give exercise science students exposure to hands-on experiences in the field. This exposure is a very important step in determining what will be best for each individual student.

“Experience is the key to finding out what you really want to do,” Delli-Pizzi said.

The exact details of the program are still being determined; nevertheless, his hopes are to have a tiered program that kinesiology students will have an opportunity to complete. This program will ideally span four or five years.

“In the first semester, the interns would just observe,” Delli-Pizzi said. “Then, in second semester, they could

work with a small team so that they can slowly, over their three, four, or five years in the exercise science program of training with me, maybe end up working with the football team,” Delli-Pizzi said.

The process of working with Delli-Pizzi in SVSU’s weight room will be intricate and students can expect to go through a detailed interview process.

He spoke about trust in the weight room.

“The players have to trust that I am telling them to do something that will make them better or keep them strong throughout the season. I need to trust that the interns have the athletes’ best interest at heart,” he said.

Once the foundation of trust has been laid, students will have opportunities for experiences that have never been made available to students at SVSU.

Ode spoke of the opportunity for students to take what they have learned in class and apply it into the clinical setting.

“Students will be able to coordinate testing assessment with (Delli-Pizzi) since he’ll know what he wants measured,” he said.

Once these authentic measurements are made, both Ode and Delli-Pizzi noted the vast opportunities the students and athletes will have due to the test results.

“The exercise science students will have the opportunity to create or

publish their data because they’re going to have real data,” Delli-Pizzi said.

He hopes to establish ties with the kinesiology

department as soon as he settles into his new position.

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