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The Saginaw 12 movie theater will be levelled and replaced with a more modern version with updated technology. Renovations are expected to be complete by next winter.

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Works from artists Shaun Bangert, Larry Butcher, Aaron Gaertner and Alejandro Mazon will be on display in the University Art Gallery until Saturday, March 2.

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After suffering a stress fracture earlier this season, sophomore runner Emily Short now ranks 15th in the country in the 3,000-meter run.

Spending a summer in Lansing could be a way to kick-start a career.

The Lansing Living Leadership pro-gram is intended to give students a taste of what it is like to be involved in the po-litical arena.

John Kaczynski, assistant profes-sor of political science, said the program is ideal for those interested in learning more about politics and government.

“(I would recommend this program) to any student that would like to have a career in public service, politics, public policy, public administration (or) non-profit,” he said. “Any student that would like to do an internship in Lansing, in pol-itics, in government, should think about doing this program.”

The program takes place from May 13 to Aug. 16, 2013. The students live to-gether in an apartment complex and are responsible for their housing costs.

In addition to the internship, stu-dents do classwork that earns them six credit hours.

“It’s a great program for anybody who wants to get away for a summer, earn six credit hours,” Kaczynski said. “It’s fairly affordable to live in the apart-ments down there and also meet a lot of people.”

The program has been running dur-ing the last four years, and alternates between taking students to Lansing and Washington, D.C. About 50 students have participated.

The internships offer a range of ben-

efits.SVSU graduate Kris Klein, who par-

ticipated in the program in 2011, said the experience of working with other people was helpful.

“I was able to connect with people, not just networking, but different com-munication skills as a group,” he said. “(There’s lots of) team building that goes on, networking with people in their field.”

Kaczynski also believes in the pro-gram’s merits.

“What’s really important about this program is that you learn how to work well in stressful situations in a high-paced environment, in a professional en-vironment,” he said. “You learn a little bit about yourself.”

Kaczynski said the internship can help students find a mentor.

“In college, it’s extremely important to have a mentor outside of the univer-sity, somebody you can lean on for ad-vice,” he said. “If you can find a mentor, and you’re the only mentee, you can lean on that person’s phone calls, and they’re going to pick up and they’re going to give you real-life advice.”

Students are set up with an intern-ship that best fits their skills and interests, even if they are unsure of their career path.

“Any student that has no idea what they want to do in life would benefit from doing this program. If you’re looking to explore, that’s what this is about,” Kac-zynski said. “Sometimes you might have this career, this hobby, this passion, and

SVSU is getting ready to relay.This year’s Relay for Life will take

place from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, and Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Ryder Center.

Students form teams and raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The overnight event features food, activities and fundraisers to get everyone involved. Fifty-two teams have signed up so far.

Amanda Kennard, event chair, said she is excited about events planned for this year’s relay.

“There’s going to be lots of fun things for college students,” she said. “Our teams have great ideas of different fund-raisers to help raise money for the cause.”

There will be a series of speakers at the event, performances from the pom-pom team, Encore and the dance team,

a talent show and a lip sync contest. In-dividual teams have activities set up around the track.

There will be three ceremonies to cel-ebrate survivors, remember loved ones lost and fight back against cancer.

This year’s fundraising go al is $51,000.

Jessica Ostrander, health science sophomore and a member of team kinesi-ology, said she hopes many people come to the event.

“I would encourage students to come out to the event and donate their time and/or money because everything helps,” she said. “Besides having a great time, you are doing something produc-tive for cancer research.”

In addition to the actual Relay for Life, fundraisers are taking place dur-ing the week leading up to it, including Life Size Mario Kart and a Date Auction.

One SVSU faculty member signed up to save a life through the Michigan Blood Be The Match Registry.

Last year, Josh Miller, assistant football coach for SVSU, joined the National Marrow Donor Program’s “Be The Match” registry. Within six months, Michigan Blood notified Mill-er that he was a potential match for a middle-aged patient with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that affects the immune system. Miller proceeded with confirmatory testing and do-nated peripheral blood stem cells last month.

“It has been a really good learn-ing experience,” Miller said. “It has changed my life in the best way.”

Miller is a part of a small percent-age of people who are called upon to make a marrow donation. According to Michigan Blood, on average, one in every 540 members of the “Be The Match” registry in the U.S. goes on to donate bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells to a patient. With more than 10 million potential donors on the registry, only four out of 10 pa-tients find a match.

Michigan Blood and SVSU’s Ath-letic Department are again partnering to host their blood and bone marrow registry drive at SVSU.

Last year, 161 people signed up to donate, and Michigan Blood received 107 donations. The Athletic Depart-ment has been hosting on-campus blood drives since 2001.

This year their goal is to get 180 people to donate.

The drive will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Cardi-nal Gym. Donors will have an oppor-tunity to donate blood and sign up to

join the National Marrow Donor Pro-gram’s “Be The Match” registry. Every person that attempts to donate blood will receive a coupon for a free large pizza from Papa John’s.

Jeremy Glaser, SVSU head ath-letic trainer, said that their goal with an on-campus blood drive is to en-courage healthy, happy individuals to donate.

“We hope to get as many dona-tors as possible,” he said

Miller, an SVSU alumnus, said he thought the process was going to be painful, but said with the help of qual-ified assistants, the process was nearly painless and he would do it again if given the opportunity.

Glaser agreed that a needle prick is minimal when you have the oppor-tunity to help someone in need.

“My goal now is to motivate others to donate,” Miller said. “Who knows, one of our (football players) could be the next match.”

Founded in 1955, Michigan Blood is an independent, nonprofit blood bank that provides blood for hospitals across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Michigan Blood is committed to serv-ing the needs of Michigan hospitals first.

Donated blood will go to local hospitals, including hospitals located in Saginaw, Midland and Bay City.

The Michigan Blood Stem Cell Program, a “Be The Match” registry affiliate, recruits potential marrow do-nors to help patients in need of bone marrow and blood stem cell trans-plants. To join the registry, registrants must be between the ages of 18 and 44.

To sign up for the blood drive, stop by the Athletic Office in the Ry-der Center or call Jeremy Glaser at 989-964-2121.

A new student and staff con-nection was made last Monday.

For the first time, a luncheon was held for the Board of Control to converse with students and throw around thoughts and sug-gestions.

Merry Jo Brandimore, dean of students, thought it would be beneficial for the board to get to know the students it serves.

“I did not see an opportunity where they were able to engage with students in conversation,” Brandimore said.

She presented the idea to President Eric Gilbertson, who thought it would be beneficial.

Brandimore pulled 35 stu-dents’ names from a list of student leaders who have been identified through the course of the year.

Board members were given small bios on students in atten-dance that included their major, class standing, and academic and co-curricular involvement.

About five students were as-signed to each board member.

Several topics that affect stu-dents were discussed, including thoughts about the renovations to the Ryder Center and the current parking situation.

Board members asked stu-dents about themselves and al-lowed them to suggest what works well and what doesn’t at the university.

“The students were really thankful, and I think appreciated the opportunity to spend time with the Board,” Brandimore said. “The room was just buzzing with conversation.”

She said many students aren’t familiar with the role the Board plays and may not even know of its existence.

Communications senior Danyell Bragg was one of those students. She said she really got a sense for how much the Board cares about students and their col-lege experience.

“There’s somebody out there that’s concerned about our con-cerns, and that’s all they do,” she said.

Bragg said that Jeff Martin, the board member she was as-signed to, encouraged his group to speak up about improvements that could be made. She said her group found that to be a chal-lenge.

“This is a really good school; we like it,” Bragg said. “That was the general consensus.”

Bragg said she loves the small size of the university. She was pleased to hear that the board is content with where the univer-sity is size wise, and is conscious of keeping it that way.

Nursing sophomore Kasan-dra Resio said she thought the board enjoyed the luncheon just as much as students.

“I think it was really good for them to know that their planning is actually working,” Resio said.

Brandimore said she believes the university’s students are something to be proud of, and she is pleased that the Board of Con-trol got a glimpse into their lives.

She said she hopes to get a group of fresh faces to participate next time, and would feel just as confident with what they could bring to the table.

Courtesy | Jeremy GlaserJosh Miller donates blood stem cells through Michigan Blood in Grand Rapids after being notified as being a match for a patient with multiple myeloma.

Vanguard graphic | Logan Mooney

Lansing internships offer college credit

Relay for Life plans under way: $51K goal

Board of Control engages with student leaders on campus issues

Miller is the match By Brandy Abraham Vanguard Campus Editor

By Rachel Stocki Vanguard Campus Editor

By Rachel Stocki Vanguard Campus Editor

By Andrea McBride Vanguard Staff Writer

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Assistant football coach saves a life through bone marrow donation

Events leading up to Relay for Life

Tuesday 19Life Size Mario Kart $2 per race Student Life Center @ 10 p.m. Sponsored by Standing in the Gap

20Date Auction Student Life Programing Room @ 8 p.m. Sponsored by Living Center South

Paint Your Pinky Purple Zahnow Library 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sponsored by Alpha Sigma Alpha21

Valley Nights movie Selling Cancer Awareness T-shirts Relay for Life

22Ryder Center, 4 p.m. – 4 a.m.

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

Fire report• At 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, police

received a call from a student in University Village stating that she could see and smell smoke from a bedroom that she was unable to get into. Officers arrive to the apartment was filled with smoke. The door was opened to reveal that a hair straightener had been left on and had been placed on the towel, which had begun to burn. Windows were opened to clear out the smoke and no damage was done to the room.

Minor in possession• At 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, officers

witnessed an attempt to sell mari-juana at Campus Village. Contact was made with a 20-year-old student who admitted to trying to sell the drug. The student was arrested for intent to sell the drug.

• At 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, officers observed a vehicle traveling on Pierce Road over the center line. Police per-formed a traffic stop and made contact with the driver to find a strong smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle. A search revealed marijuana hidden un-der the center console. The driver was arrested for possession of marijuana.

• At 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, while con-ducting a traffic stop, a vehicle passed by an officer without moving over. An-other officer then stopped the vehicle and could smell alcohol coming from the car. The 19-year-old female student was arrested for drunken driving and taken to jail.

• At 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, officers were called by residential assistants in the First Year Suites because they could smell marijuana coming from a room. When contact was made, officers could smell burnt marijuana. One of the resi-dents admitted to smoking the drug in the bathroom and when asked if there was more, the student produced more marijuana. This student was arrested for possession of marijuana.

Property damage• At 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, while plowing a

sidewalk in University Village, a campus facility employee hit a vehicle parked in the parking lot.

• Between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, police received a report of malicious destruction of property in the Fine Arts building. A student contacted police that someone had shattered the glass of an interior door. Officers arrived to find glass all over the floor. This case is still under investigation.

Harrassment• At 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, police

received a complaint from a 20-year-old female student who reported that her ex-boyfriend approached her in the Stu-dent Center and put his arm around her. He had a prior no contact order on him and the case has been turned back over the Student Conduct for a follow-up.

• At 11:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, police were called by residential life at Living Center North for a threat complaint. Two female students reported that while in another room, one of the tenants began making threats towards them. An 18-year-old male student was later questioned, and advised police that he had asked the female students to leave. When they refused, he became upset. This case has been turned over to Student Conduct for charges.

Program Board retreat inspires future event proposals

The SVSU Program Board packed its bags and headed west to Grand Rapids last weekend to visit Kramer Entertainment, an agency that helps book fun events for college campuses.

It was the first time the registered student orga-nization has attended the retreat, as its usual winter plans have taken members to the annual NACA finals in Nashville. Adviser Jason Schoenmeyer believed the change was for the best.

“We figured we could’ve taken four students to

NACA and spend a large sum of money, or we could take the entire Program Board to Kramer for less than half the cost. It just all made sense to change things up this year.”

The trip featured a tour of Kramer Entertainment facilities, where students had a chance to try out some of the offered products, including a NASCAR simula-tor, a custom photo booth and video games.

The trip helped Program Board members decide what events and activities to bring to campus during the ongoing winter semester.

Possibilities include having local inde-rock due The White Oranges come to campus, as well as hav-ing a Battle of the Bands event sponsored by Cardinals

Radio. There was also dialogue brought up about new events, including a ‘90s-related event near the end of the school year.

With fall 2013 holding high expectations for big ticket events to promote the school’s 50th anniversary, there were talks of moving Street Fest to the beginning of next year. Winter 2013 should expect a “mini-Fest,” however, to allow students to preview the big event in the fall.

For further information on what will be coming up for the rest of the year, students are encouraged to attend a Program Board meeting. The group meets at 10 p.m. every Wednesday in the Unity Room.

you haven’t been really able to explore it yet. Through this internship you (can).”

The program is not only for those majoring in political science.

“Any field of endeavor can par-ticipate,” Kaczynski said. “If you’re an engineer, if you’re in the science and tech field, we might be able to set you up with a public service opportunity in

Lansing that can use your current skill sets in the internships.”

One crucial part of the program is the possibility that a job offer might fol-low the internship.

That was the case with Klein, who is still working with the company where he interned: the South Lansing Community Development Association.

“Through my internship, I en-joyed my position so much that I con-tinued working,” he said. “It’s a great career tool to find a position.”

Kaczynski said students who put hard work and effort into their intern-

ships are often rewarded.“These are internships that get

you on the right track, and they lead to other opportunities. I always tell stu-dents, not everybody gets that chance,” he said. “You’ve got to give 100 per-cent. And if you give 100 percent, those people recognize that and they’re go-ing to offer you a job.”

The deadline for registration is before spring break. To sign up or for more information, contact Kaczynski at jlkaczyn@svsu.edu.

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Vanguard photo | Amelia Brown Mardi Gras kicked off last week on Tuesday, Feb. 12. With events, games dancing and colorful masks, students were given the opportunity to wind down during the start of the week.

Vanguard photo | Amelia Brown Brought to campus by the Residential Housing Association, a jazz band from Michigan played live jazz music at Mardi Gras.

Vanguard photo | Arianna Paver Plans are under way for the Kochville Township Saginaw 12 movie theater to be rebuilt to include better seating and show more 3D movies.

Vanguard photo | Amelia BrownAt the Mardi Gras event, students were able to participate in events like limbo, testing their skills for prizes.

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T-shirts, duct-tape roses and Paracord bracelets are also being sold for the cause.

Kennard said this year’s theme is family friendliness.

“We want to incorporate more community into the event,” she said. “People look at Saginaw Valley State University as being just a university event, but it’s actually Relay for Life

that we’re putting on. We want the community to get involved.”

The event is good for those who are looking to entertain their kids for an evening.

“It’s not too late for families to come and bring their kids,” Kennard said. “It’s winter. What do the kids have to do during the winter? It’s just a family friendly event.”

Ostrander said the spirit of Relay for Life is one part of what makes it worthwhile.

“What I am most looking forward to for relay is the energy of so many people there for the same purpose; to

raise money to help others,” she said.Ostrander said she is hopeful that

SVSU can meet the fundraising goal.“SVSU’s commitment, not only

for Relay for Life, but things like how much we always produce for Battle of the Valleys shows how capable and caring our students are,” she said. “It is amazing how much we can do, and I am excited to see what we will raise for this relay.”

To sign up a team or for more in-formation, contact Amanda Kennard at alkenna1@svsu.edu.

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Speaking Out Loud uses Valentine’s Day to teach about love inequality, work for policy changes

Off-campus housing options at local apartments

Coming next winter, the Saginaw com-munity will welcome another addition to the area.

The Saginaw 12 movie theater will be re-placed by a more modern version in the hopes of giving moviegoers a fresh environment to watch the newest movie releases.

Saginaw 12 was built in the 1970s with four theaters. Since then, the theater has ex-panded and been renovated.

Saginaw 12 is owned by Goodrich The-aters, a company that owns up to 30 other theaters throughout the Midwest. Saginaw 12 was the first theater Goodrich built, and with the help of the renovations, will become its

newest. Kochville government officials and Go-

odrich administration brought plans for the new theater forward. Plans were presented to the township development authority. They hoped the renovations will make the theatre stay in competition with other movie theaters in the area.

The theater will be completely leveled and rebuilt, spanning a 50,000 square-foot area. Plans include updating technology so more 3D movies can be offered. This and other improvements were proposed to keep the the-ater “up-to-date.”

”We are really excited about this renova-tion,” said Steve King, Kochville Downtown Development Authority director. “Saginaw is a growing and developing business district, and the new theater will be an exciting addi-

tion to the district.”“It’s a great project for the area,” he said. According to King, the renovations will

keep Saginaw 12 in competition with other theaters and will become the place everyone wants to go to.

“Competition is different than it was five to 10 years ago,” King said. “It’s all based on amenities now. These improvements will be a great addition to the community, technologi-cal and aesthetic wise.”

King believes that the new theater will be a great attraction for SVSU students, giv-ing them a new and innovative movie theater to see the latest releases and create a local hot spot for students and community members alike.

Renovations will begin mid to late April and are estimated to be completed next winter.

While many were delivering flowers or chocolates to that special someone, some students of Speaking Out Loud used Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to raise awareness about love inequality.

Speaking Out Loud is a student advocacy group for the LGBT community. Their goal is to act as a voice for LGBT issues and create a more inclusive environment at SVSU. On Valentine’s Day, the group handed out candy and stickers reading, “I support all kinds of love! Do you?” to raise awareness about what they consider love inequality.

“If you are a straight couple, you can walk down the street holding hands and it is no problem at all,” said Speaking Out Loud President Andrew Northrop. “But how often if you see a gay couple holding hands in an in-timate way walking down the street, do you stare at them or think differently about it?

“The whole point of today was to raise awareness that we have gay and lesbian couples all over the place.”

Aside from candy and stickers, the group also pre-sented a map showing in which states marriage equality exists. Michigan, being in the majority, is one state that does not have marriage equality laws.

“Since it is Valentine’s Day, a lot of people are getting chocolates and flowers, but they don’t think about the fact that same sex couples can’t even get married,” said po-litical science senior Anthony Kirk. “The fact that some people are legally denied something that everyone should have, is something we do need to talk about more. While most people support gay marriage, not enough people are talking about it or doing anything about it.”

A larger goal of Speaking Out Loud is to change uni-versity anti-discrimination policy to include transgender issues. Before joining fellow Speaking Out Loud members to hand out candy and stickers, Northrop met with univer-sity officials to discuss the policy.

“We started meeting in October to get the policy changed and we have had quite a few meetings about it,” Northrop said. “We get a lot of support from the adminis-tration, but because of all the steps it has to go through at times, it feels like there is resistance.”

Saginaw Valley is one of only three state-funded uni-versities or colleges in Michigan that does not include gen-der identity or expression issues in their anti-discrimina-tion policy.

“Grand Valley, we always talk about how they are our rivals. They even have included transgender issues in their anti-discrimination policy,” Northrop said. “SVSU has a strategic plan and one of the aspects is inclusion and to have an inclusive environment. This is something that would be inclusive and send a clear message that we are inclusive.”

Recently, SVSU housing made changes to their policy to accommodate transgender students. Gender neutral bathrooms are also located around campus. Northrop thinks a change in the anti-discrimination policy is just the next step.

Another goal of the organization this semester is to bring awareness to blood donation discrimination.

“Gay men are not actually able to give blood, which is one of the most discriminatory things and makes abso-lutely no sense,” Kirk said.

The goal is to make more students aware of this fact, not to prevent blood drives on campus.

“We all know that blood saves lives, and we are sup-portive of blood drives, however blood drives are a dis-criminatory practice that the university allows on cam-pus,” Northrop said. “We are not saying you can’t have a blood drive on campus, but we are just trying to advocate to raise awareness.”

Northrop will be graduating in May and is looking to hand the organization off to motivate students to con-tinue the work he and fellow organization members have started this year.

“My biggest fear is that the organization won’t con-tinue on because with advocacy you often put a lot of work into it, and if it doesn’t go, it can seem hopeless,” No rthrop said. “I really hope we have some strong leaders come in to continue the organization and we already have really good people in it.”

Speaking Out Loud meets monthly and welcomes students from all backgrounds. More information about the organization can be found on its Facebook and Org-sync pages.

For college students, choosing where to live is a very important decision that can im-pact many different parts of life. Taking part in social activities, including university-fa-cilitated groups, can be affected by distance. Finances can also have a great impact on a housing decision.

Living off campus can be cheaper than living on campus in the long run, but living on campus can reduce the stress of monthly rent payments.

Listed below are several off-campus housing options. Included are their monthly rent fees, the different amenities they provide and room styles.

Campus VillageCampus Village is located just across the

street SVSU’s campus on Pierce Road. It com-bines many of the pros of living on and living off campus.

Campus Village apartments include parking, central air, high-speed internet, Di-recTV with HBO and private bathrooms. The community includes a pool and sun deck, tanning beds, a pool table, a lounge with flat screen TVs, a computer lab with free printing, a courtyard and both volleyball and basket-ball courts.

There are units of one, two, three and four bedrooms. The one-bedroom units con-sist of one bathroom and cost $700 per month. There are two two-bedroom units, both with one bathroom, starting at $475 and $500 per month per person, respectively. The three-bedroom units include two bathrooms and are $480 per month per person. There are two four-bedroom units that include two bath-rooms starting at $390 and $470 per month per person. The four-bedroom, four-bath-room unit is $495 per month per person.

Saginaw PointeSaginaw Pointe Apartments is located

on Schust Road not far from Interstate 675 and Fashion Square Mall. The apartments are

roughly four miles away from campus.Saginaw Pointe is pet-friendly, and the

apartment amenities also include a children’s play area. Workout junkies will appreciate their 24-hour gym, as well as the pool and volleyball court. They also offer free WiFi and picnic areas.

Each unit is equipped with a dishwasher, air conditioning and optional washer and dryer.

Saginaw Pointe offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. The one-bedroom units include one bathroom and are $574 per month. The two-bedroom apart-ments feature two bathrooms and come to $692 per month. The three-bedroom units also have two bathrooms and total $800 per month. The four-bedroom apartments come with three bathrooms and are $891 a month.

WatersideThe Waterside Apartments is a common

selection among SVSU students. Waterside offers a short commute to campus, as it is lo-cated less than five miles away. Residents can look out their window and see the Lake Mc-Carty beach, and its location also puts those living there near shopping malls.

Waterside gives potential residents the option to choose from apartments, duplexes and townhouse. Occupants are provided with parking, a swimming pool, a basketball court, a volleyball court and a baseball dia-mond in addition to five playgrounds located around the complex.

Inside the housing units, Waterside boasts appliances including central air condi-tioning, dishwasher, garbage disposal, refrig-erator, oven and ceiling fan. The rooms are unfurnished.

A variety of leases are available for would-be residents. A month-to-month lease is optional after one year of living at Water-side. There is a six-month job transfer clause for those who cannot commit to a year-long lease. After living there for one year, residents can transfer from one complex to another.

Waterside allows cats if they are de-clawed, but does not allow dogs. Caged and

aquarium pets are allowed. Utilities include gas, heat and water

while the residents have to pay for electricity and high-speed Internet, if desired.

There are multiple floor plans available. There are two one-bedroom apartment styles, each with one bathroom. The first is 610 square feet and costs $540 per month, while the other is $560 per month for the same room style with an additional 70 square feet.

Four two-bedroom styles exist. The two-bedroom ranch style comes with one bath-room and is $640 per month whereas the other two-bedroom, one bathroom style is $665. There are two two-bedroom, two-bath-room townhouses. One style starts at $740 per month while the other, with an extra 20 square feet, starts at $760.

There are two three-bedroom styles, both with two bathrooms. The first townhouse is 1,050 square feet and is $820 a month, while the other is 1,080 square feet and starts at $850.

Township SquareTownship Square presents interested res-

idents one-, two- and three-bedroom apart-ments. These units are about seven miles from campus on Center Road, offering stu-dents just a fifteen minute trip to campus.

Township Square suites offer free heat and water, and units include central air con-ditioning. The complex features a fitness center, an indoor half-court basketball court, an internet cafe, laundry rooms within each building, indoor and outdoor pools, a picnic area and tennis courts. The apartments offer housing to large pet owners, as well.

The one-bedroom apartments start at $659 a month and offer one bathroom and a balcony. There are two two-bedroom apart-ment types available. The Cedar starts at $789 a month and includes one bathroom. The Mulberry starts at $809 and features two bathrooms. The Oak is a three-bedroom apartment. It comes with two bathrooms and a balcony and starts at $1010 a month.

Movie theater building its sequel

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Vanguard photo | Arianna Paver The Saginaw 12 movie theater will be leveled and rebuilt starting in April to update the facility and create a better movie-going experience.

On Wednesday, the Alumni Lounge was packed with students observing the kick-off of Lent: Ash Wednesday.

Catholics on Campus, whose purpose is “to create and establish a Catholic presence on campus through mass and community events,” sponsored the event.

The service, which was so full that some stu-dents had to sit on the floor, featured hymns, prayer,

Bible reading and the priest placing ashes in the shape of a cross on the foreheads of those in atten-dance.

The ashes are a Biblical image and a sign of re-pentance. Usually, a priest will speak a quote to each person that relates to the ashes while drawing out the cross. Steve Gavit, the priest running the service, instead chose to remain silent for this ritual.

“I’ll let the symbolism speak for itself,” he said.Before the imposition of the ashes, Gavit also

spoke about the meaning of Lent, which is the 40-day period leading up to Easter. The three primary components of Lent are prayer, fasting and the giv-ing of alms to the poor.

He briefly shared the story of Archbishop Ca-mara, who lived in Brazil and cared for the poor there. While Camara is respected and remembered for the work he did for the poor in Brazil, he faced persecution for asking “why” the people were poor. He became known as the “Red Bishop” because he was accused of being a communist.

Despite the accusations toward Camara, Gavit

reminded those in attendance the importance of ask-ing important questions, just as Camara did.

“Lent invites us to ask that question: why,” he said.

Asking why, he explained, is an invitation to think about why people believe what they do and why they have adopted their current lifestyles.

Gavit challenged those in attendance to recon-sider unhealthy life practices. This section of the service featured some humor and he used food as a primary example. Gavit brought a backpack of com-mon snack foods college students eat, such as Pop-Tarts and Cheez-Its. He read the ingredients aloud to show how unhealthy they are.

Through considering unhealthy life practices and the complexities of life, Gavit encouraged ev-eryone to re-evaluate and focus more on God during Lent.

“We simplify our lives [during Lent] in order to show what’s important,” he said.

Traditionally, Catholics will choose something to give up for Lent, but the important aspect is not

the giving up of the thing itself, but to focus more on godly living.

“I’m really not giving up anything,” Gavit said. “I’m focusing more time to prayer.”

Freshman nursing students Chloe Klein and Leanne VanGilder attended the service. Both have been attending Catholics on Campus Sunday mass since starting classes at SVSU last fall.

“It’s a really good time to focus on God and focus on others,” VanGilder said, who is giving up chocolate milk and cookies for Lent.

Klein is giving up pop, but is also going to write 10 letters over the duration of Lent to different peo-ple who have influenced her.

Both Klein and VanGilder are also resolving to read the Bible every day throughout Lent.

Catholics on Campus meets for mass every Sunday at 4 p.m. in Founder’s Hall. They also have weekly meetings at 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, which vary in location. The Wednesday meetings include mass along with an educational, devotional or social component, depending on the week.

Ash Wednesday service promotes self-reflection, faith during Lent

By Marlin JenkinsVanguard Staff Writer

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Bruce Willis is looking mighty ancient these days. But then again, so are most modern

action movies. That’s not an insult to older

people. With age comes wisdom and experience — there’s no denying that cliché — but what age doesn’t bring is complete sil-liness and invincibility. I took my girlfriend to see “A Good Day To Die Hard” for Valentines Day, (I know, I’m a keeper), and I couldn’t believe how ridiculously unbeliev-able this action series had become.

I remember watching the original “Die Hard” on televi-sion when I was a little kid. Now there’s an exciting movie! The tension seeps through the screen during almost every scene. Willis portrays the everyday blue-collar guy thrown into a horrible situa-tion with only his common sense and cop skills to defeat a multi-tude of terrorists. The audience could relate with the hero, and the action never felt forced. That is what kills me when I pay hard-earned money to see a seemingly intense and worthwhile sequel, and the only redeeming quality is the IMAX screen that I watched it on.

There’s been a severe drop in quality in action films during the past 20 years, and it is steadily becoming more of a problem both for Hollywood and the moviego-ers who pump their money into the ongoing system. It’s a problem because no one is a winner.

More nonsensical films are being placed into the canon, espe-cially since a movie like “A Good Day To Die Hard” is a part of such a revered series. It is difficult to explain the greatness of the first film when the casual audience might only be familiar with the most recent editions. This happens with most action movies that have continued well past their initial success.

The first “Indiana Jones” is one of the all-time greats, one of those adventure films that sticks with you not only because of the intensity and charismatic Harrison Ford, but also because it was just plain fun. While it doesn’t hurt me as much as with the “Die Hard” franchise to say the films continu-ously get worse and worse, there’s not doubt that countless sequels do nothing but hurt these beloved characters. When you go from Indiana Jones outsmarting a bad guy by bringing a gun to a sword fight to Indiana outsmarting a nuclear bomb by hiding inside of a refrigerator, something is obvi-ously wrong.

I feel as if a big part of the degradation of recent action films is the growing accessibility of CGI. Computer generated images have been around forever — you can take one look at the original “Star Wars,” and it’s obvious that spe-cial effects can benefit adventure films. But there is a big difference between using these effects to a film’s advantage and using them to make a flat movie pop.

The most recent “Transform-ers” trilogy is a clear example of the use of CGI going too far. What sounded like an interesting prem-ise from the first film’s plot turned out to be just a slight backdrop for the most braindead special ef-fects artist to go overboard almost every scene. It is hard to figure out just what exactly is happening in the action scenes because the they’ve lost all of the reality they need to be grounded in.

Every audience member

understands that they are watch-ing a work of fiction and that they will need to suspend some beliefs in order to enjoy the movie experience. The problem is, you still need a good amount of that reality or you’re just going to have a movie that means nothing and just looks pretty.

Similarly, just as Hollywood is focusing too much on the use of special effects, the same can be said about the use of sequels and prequels. There used to be a time when the most original idea for a movie became the most success-ful. Now, the sequel with the most outrageous concept is the film bringing in all of the dollars. It is almost difficult to enjoy an origi-nal movie because the thought of all of the crappy sequels that are inevitable makes it almost unwatchable.

Sequels and the use of CGI come hand in hand. With a sequel, the filmmakers are going to want the action to be bigger and better, so they use more and more special effects to create a more crazy and memorable movie. Unfortunately all this does is destroy any of the actual creativity that went into making the original.

Obviously, the action movie industry is not going to change anytime soon, but there are ways to help slow down and eventually destroy these unsatisfactory films. All you have to do as an audience member is go see original action flicks that have more dramatic substance than computer gener-ated images. Maybe when the idea of creating “Die Hard 6” floats around the writers will have a little more common sense.

Campus BeatModern action movies spoiled by overuse of CGI animation

By Matt OstranderVanguard Columnist

Matt Ostrander is a secondary education junior. Reach him at mjostran@svsu.edu.

At the Board of Control meeting last Monday, board members approved moving forward with plans to renovate and

upgrade the Ryder Center to include a new field house housing a 300-meter track with a synthetic turf infield suitable for baseball, softball, football and soccer practice purposes.

The board authorized borrowing up to $13 million to finance the project, the rest of which will be funded by capital reserves. In all, the construction project is expected to be completed by November 2014.

When we announced this news on our Facebook page last week, we got a mix of reactions from students — many students, athletes in particular, were excited about the news, while others were critical, asserting that there were buildings more in need of the renovations that the Ryder Center, which was recently revamped a little more than a year ago.

While it’s important to acknowledge that the Ryder Center has uses beyond just sporting events, and that athletics and recreation are an important part of student life, it is a bit troubling to see so much money being spent — and so much being borrowed — on athletics structures when so many other areas are obviously in need.

But it’s not just at SVSU that this priority exists. It’s ubiquitous throughout American universities.

An analysis by economists at Northwestern University and Mathematica Policy Research found that athletics account for more than half of newspaper articles about public universities. Studies also point to the quality and quantity of student enrollment improving in large numbers at big-time football and basketball schools following a national championship or a big performance on the national stage — these

influences obviously being in addition to the significant economic impact of big-time college athletics.

But “big-time” usually means Division I programs, and according to Judith Scott Clayton’s New York Times article “Do Big-Time Sports Mean Big-Time Support for Universities?” only around half of the those programs turn a profit from athletics.

There’s little doubt that SVSU’s athletics program has aided the university’s search for outstanding students and helped spread the Cardinal brand. And there’s little doubt that this renovation, which will put SVSU at the top of the GLIAC in terms of facilities along with Grand Valley, will be good for students.

But some may argue that a Division II school making these kinds of extensive renovations is foolish, and those who stress the negative effects of the commercialization of college athletics would likely agree.

The issue isn’t just limited to SVSU. It’s an arms race among universities across the country for the best facilities, the best athletes, whatever tools will bring national championships and national (and also monetary) recognition.

This renovation seems to be part of that game.

There’s no doubt that buildings such as Brown Hall and various departments across campus are deserving of funding that may go toward the Ryder Center project, and those who would like to see such funding take place should be advocates for those projects, knowing full well that what they are opposed to is much bigger than a desire to create successful athletic teams and recreation programs at SVSU. It’s an entire country-wide culture that advocates for higher education over athletics will have to fight against.

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I’m going to tell you a story since this one is fairly interesting. I discovered this while searching Flickr and

coming across the only known picture of a man named Phineas Gage, a well-liked railroad construction foreman.

In 1848, his job was the help blow up the side of a mountain so a railroad could run through it. To do this, he had to drill a hole into a rock, put blasting powder into that hole, put sand over the powder and then pack it all down with an iron rod.

On this fateful day, Gage was performing this task when something distracted him. It isn’t really known what distracted him, but when he came back, he forgot to put the sand into the hole. When he went to pack it down, a spark was created, the powder ignited, and the rod landed roughly 80 feet away.

Unfortunately, there was something between the hole in that rock and that spot about eighty feet away: Phineas Gage’s head. The rod had shot through his cheek, passing behind his left eye, and exited through the top of his skull.

You’re probably expecting this story to end here because there’s no way he could survive that. Well then you’re in for a surprise.

Three minutes later, Gage regained consciousness and began talking to people before walking over to a cart to ride, sitting up, three-quarters of a mile to his house to wait for a doctor. And when the doctor got there, they talked about his injury for a little bit. Dr. Edward Williams, the first physician, took excellent notes about this, too.

He recorded: “I did not believe Mr.

Gage’s statement at the time, but thought he was deceived. Mr. Gage persisted in saying that the rod went through his head. Mr. Gage got up and vomited. The effort of the vomiting pushed out about half a teacup-full of brain, which fell onto the floor.”

Now, a “teacup-full” isn’t a commonly used expression, but I can tell you that is way too much brain to be losing. Gage proceeded to tell the doctor during that visit that he hoped he wasn’t much hurt, to which the doctor apparently replied: “Eeehh…”

Gage dropped in and out of a coma in the following weeks due to hemorrhaging in his brain. His family had been assured that he would not live for obvious reasons, and so they picked out his coffin and burial clothes. Two months after the accident, though, Gage was walking around and talking, but he wasn’t quite the same as before. But he was alive, which is something you probably wouldn’t expect from someone who lost almost a teacupful of brain.

He lost his construction job due to psychological problems, but P.T. Barnum found out about him and offered him a job in one of his circuses, which Gage accepted. Later, Gage moved to Chile to become a long-distance stagecoach driver in an area where people didn’t know that he was Phineas Gage.

Twelve years after the accident, late onset epilepsy set in, and Gage’s health declined until he finally died. For having a three-and-a-half-foot iron rod pass through his head and hundreds of miles per hour, he had been pretty much OK during those last years. It’s amazing to think that without modern medicine, this man was still able to live a fairly successful life after being through an accident that would probably kill someone even today.

As we say in my hometown, don’t forget to be awesome.

Readers of the Vanguard,Did that just sound

awkward of me to refer you specifically

as a reader? Usually this is something we’d avoid in articles, because you know you’re a reader — mostly in part because you are reading it. Obviously.

This begs the question in how we interact with others. Why do we address hired faculty as professor and doctor in conjunction with their names?

After all, they’re obviously the professor. In a society where communicating in the least amount of words possible is ideal, why state the obvious?

Their reasoning is often, “I worked hard for this title, and I expect you to respect it.”

To me, respecting someone isn’t about a title. It’s responding to them with respectful statements, dealing with classroom issues in a professional manner and doing what’s asked of you for the class.

Building from that subtopic, a degree doesn’t necessarily indicate the quality of teaching professors can offer their students. Many see the imperfections in the standardized testing system in correlation with competency levels, and let’s just say, not every one with a degree is at the same level of competence as the next person with the same degree.

Likewise, other titles are achievable without actually being skilled and good at carrying out its duties.

Years ago, titles were treated differently. The wife of someone named John Doe would be referred to as Mrs. John Doe as a sign of respect.

Now-a-days, we’d probably call that sexist.

I come from a generation — or maybe it was just my school — where we could simply call our high school teachers by their last names — and sometimes their first names. That’s not to say it wasn’t controversial, as some teachers did put up a little bit of resistance.

Through the classes I’ve had, I’ve watched how students interact with professors who prefer titles and those who don’t. I’ve noticed a good portion of those professors who opt to be referred to by their first names create stronger bonds with their students.

In these situations, there isn’t a social hierarchy where the professor is the superior and the student is the inferior. It makes the faculty much more approachable when the student encounters a problem or has a question.

Wouldn’t it be nice if your professor was also an equal and one of your peers?

I could be wrong with that observation, but I challenge others to examine how this scheme works within their classes.

If we look at popular media, society will criticize “role models” when they make a common error. If President Barack Obama were caught in a cheating scandal, it’d be important. If average citizen Bob were caught in a cheating scandal, it wouldn’t.

The title glorifies people. It makes us believe those with important titles can’t make mistakes.

Beyond all this, I have multiple titles. These come from places of work, extracurricular activities and personal identities.

Just as you readers are more than just readers, you’re also students, faculty, staff, white, black, gay, straight,

Jewish, and so on.With that, however, we’re

addressing a much larger audience. What happens if it’s a more singular person being addressed?

Should I be referred to as Section Editor Bradley by professors?

No, because it has no pertinence to the process of education. This would be absolutely absurd to have a professor do. But within the classroom, would it be appropriate for me to be referred to as Student Bradley?

I’m already cringing.It’s not about the title that’s

important to me. It’s about the name. My name that is tied to different actions and people is what people will use to judge me. I understand people have lives outside of the classroom. I would like to treat them as a person.The same goes for organizations.

My apologies, but I’m not going to refer to you as the organization president before your name in conversation or emails.

This raises another problem. I’m a firm believer in calling someone whatever they identify as. If you don’t want to be referred to as he/his/him, and would like to be called it, let me know.

But something I’ve noticed, some professors don’t make it known how they want to be addressed. There’s an assumption that you should refer to them by professor unless told otherwise.

What’s the solution? It’s rather easy.

When introducing yourself, use the title and say that’s how you prefer to be addressed.

And if someone slips up and doesn’t use the title, don’t take it personally.

My name is Tyler, and that is how I prefer to be addressed.

Staff Opinion

Phineas Gage story helps us wrap our minds around modern meds

The trouble with titles: Showing respect for people and not just their prefixes

Staff Opinion

By Hannah MeyerVanguard Staff Writer

Hannah Meyer is a history sophomore. Reach her at hmmeyer@svsu.edu.

Tyler Bradley is a graphic design junior. Reach him at tsbradl1@svsu.edu.

By Tyler BradleyVanguard A&E Editor

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As part of a new weekly fea-ture, mem-bers

of the SVSU College

“I’d like to see a famous sports player come and tell how they got to higher levels.”

What kind of events/activities would you like to see more of on campus?

“I’d like to see a fair or carnival-type event come here.”

Jory StephensAthletic training freshman

Melissa JonesExercise science sophomore

“More outdoor activities would be really cool.”Thomas SorensonElementary education senior

“I want to see a big, reoccurring event come to campus every year for the winter semester, like a concert or homecoming.”Tyler VienotEngineering technology management

“I’d like to see more stuff in general. If there were more fun things on campus, we’d go out and do them. ”

“I really want to see events that help get communters involved. I feel like a lot of events are more resident-based.”

Jessie PerionNursing freshman

Markel HaralsonGraphic design junior

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The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum has been selected to participate in the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) to further support community engage-ment.

Since its creation in 1981, the MAP program, for three decades, has served more than 4,300 museums across the country.

Through guided self-study and on-site consultation with a museum professional administered by the Ameri-can Alliance of Museums, participation in MAP will em-power the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum to better serve the citizens of the Great Lakes Bay Region.

A museum assessment team, consisting of museum staff, including Marilyn Wheaton, museum director; Lau-rie Allison, museum senior secretary; Geoffe Haney, reg-istrar; Andrea Ondish, curator of education; and Melissa Ford, archivist; will oversee the completion of the assess-ment.

According to Wheaton, the goals of the program in-clude increasing understanding of the museum’s commu-nity outreach by improving the museum’s ability to com-municate with the community and serve its audiences.

MAP is a confidential process of self-study, peer re-view and implementation.

The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum has done other museum assessment programs in the past, the latest one in 2003, which analyzed the museum itself and the care of the collection.

“We decided we really wanted to do a museum assess-ment program that focused on community engagement,” Wheaton said. “We think that is important, because muse-ums all across this country are always challenged to figure out how they can best serve the community in which they reside. So we know what are target audiences (are), but we always want to know how we can be better neighbors to

the whole geographic area.” Wheaton said that the self-evaluating questions would

allow the museum to better learn what they are doing well for the community and to figure out some things that they could be doing better to serve the diverse audiences that they want to be stakeholders in the museum.

The primary target audience for the Marshall M. Fred-ericks Sculpture Museum is SVSU faculty, staff and stu-dents.

“I think we have pretty well met that challenge,” she said.

Wheaton said now they want to address the needs of the Great Lakes Bay target audience, which includes Bay, Isabella, Midland and Saginaw counties.

Throughout the year, the museum hosts three or four temporary exhibitions annually, offers tours for the two permanent collections of Marshall Fredericks’ work and hosts summer art camps. And it now offers high school students the opportunity to take a class in the on-site class-room with Ondish or Haney and learn the art of painting, sculpting or photography. All of these services are free.

“We look at all these educational components that we do and try to have something for everyone,” she said. “People for the most part are very happy with what is go-ing on here.”

Wheaton said that the MAP testing will continue for the next few months, then the museum staff will con-duct focus groups to see if any changes will need to be implemented and what they will have to do to make those changes happen.

“Depending on what we learn, perhaps we will open for one evening a week,” she said. “Or if it comes back that people want us to bring a particular exhibition, we will have to find money to do it.”

The museum is located on campus. Museum hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call (989) 964-7125 or visit the museum’s website at www.marshallfredericks.org.

Tony Dier is a folk/punk songwriter with lyrics that cut to the truth.

Learning drums as a first instrument in fourth grade, he stretched his artistic habits into the musical realm.

A few years later, he was asked by a local punk band to play drums. To rehearse for the audition, he played drums in the “Rock Band” video game for six hours in a row, as a real drum set wasn’t available. He made the cut, but the guitar took his fancy after playing drums in the band for a time.

Tony sold his drums and a few other things to buy a used Reverend guitar straight from the owner of the world-renowned company. Shortly after learning a few chords, Tony began to write his own songs.

The anxiety of leaving home for college, an unloved heart and a shadowy future mixed themselves into Tony’s song, “The First Year.”

The anthem features the lyrics: “What am I going to do with a college degree in geography. What the hell does that even mean? Make some good friends, meet a nice girl, hope to God she likes your stupid hair.”

“It’s the first one I was ever proud of,” he said. “I’d written others but I feel like ‘The First Year’ was my first real song, and I wasn’t even really that sure about it.”

Tony had recorded a slow-acoustic version of the song before he played it live at a friend’s party later that month. The response was of undivided relation.

“People really liked it. I feel like it expresses a sentiment that

everyone can latch on to,” Dier said. Other songs come out as autobiographical. “Okinawa” is a

song that tells the story of a strange time at a bar while study-ing abroad.

“I just want to sleep in a bed that I’ve never slept before in, and everything’s so foreign, everything’s so foreign to me,” repeats throughout the song as Tony recounts the alien experi-ence.

While Dier has experience an expressive songwriter, his first mode of expression was that of abstract visual art. In his younger teen years, he was troubled by a variety of strong emo-tions, and found purification in creating large abstract paint-ings.

“I picked it up really quickly. I skipped required classes to do a studio art class and got AP credit for it,” Dier said. “I was going through a lot of stuff at the time, and I think that’s probably when I did the best art for me personally. Somebody actually offered me $400 for a painting I did.”

While not leaving visual art entirely behind, Tony finds his artistic home in music now. He and a few friends have started a band called Separation Atlantic and have started playing live successfully.

In the next few months, Tony plans on recording either an acoustic or electric album with friends of his, featuring the songs he’s written of the past couple of years.

“I don’t associate making a living with music anymore,” Dier said. “Even in my wildest dreams, I wouldn’t want to be a rockstar.”

Dier’s music can be found at likephineasgage.bandcamp.com.

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Fredericks Museum to sculpt target audience relationship

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For as long as I can remember, my parents have been giving me countless pieces of advice that I’ve taken to heart. However, if there’s any specific piece of advice that I could relate to the latest install-ment of the “Die Hard” franchise, it’d be this: Looks can be deceiv-ing. Very deceiving, indeed.

Ever since I saw the first teas-er trailer at the midnight showing of “The Avengers,” I was thor-oughly excited to see “A Good Day to Die Hard.” Everything about the film’s advertising cam-paign made it out to be an exciting popcorn flick for the ages, hoping to breathe some more life back into the franchise.

Oh, how woefully misin-formed I was. “A Good Day to Die Hard” tirelessly trudges through 100 minutes of horrendous act-

ing, a mediocre script and lack-luster action only to come to a bland conclusion that I guarantee will leave a terrible taste in your mouth.

The movie starts off with room for promise. John McClane, our favorite hard-edged cop from the Big Apple, is sent to Moscow, Russia, to help testify at the trial of his unruly son Jack (Jai Court-ney). After the trial is interrupted by a group of Russian rebels, John and Jack reunite and are immedi-ately on the run.

The main focus of their es-cape is to protect Komarov (Se-bastian Koch), who holds the key to an important nuclear secret. Well, that’s at least what I gath-ered from it. The erratic pacing of the plot doesn’t do the film any favors, especially when the film’s

villain changes every 30 minutes.As for the plot, that’s pretty

much all you need to know about “A Good Day to Die Hard,” hon-estly. Other than this nonsensical plot that the film barely sticks to, the film is just an elaborate rouge to once again book Bruce Willis and have him say the same one-liners.

I’m not going to say that the film doesn’t have a few dazzling action sequences, but what good is an action sequence if there isn’t an ounce of good dialogue to help cushion the scene?

And don’t get me wrong. I don’t hate the “Die Hard” fran-chise by any means. The first film is exceptional action film that’s always fun to watch with a big group of friends, and the 2007 in-stallment “Live Free or Die Hard” is a fantastic popcorn flick, de-spite its PG-13 rating.

However, there’s something that first few films in the “Die Hard” series had that this new one doesn’t: lasting value. I can’t imagine even the most hardcore of “Die Hard” fans coming back to this movie years from now. If anything they’ll avoid the film knowing how horrendously dis-appointing it was.

It’s because of this that I hope the movie-going public continues to use movie review databases such as Rotten Tomatoes to help reach out for movie recommenda-tions. I was, unfortunately, duped by the film’s slick advertising campaign, but I’ll remember to stay alert the next time around.

For the time being, however, I can only hope that my review will reach the world before it’s too late. Fingers crossed.

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Girl Talk: Open Diaries• At 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in the

Thompson Student Activities Room,

Phenomenally Young Negotiating

Change with present “Girl Talk: The

Open Diaries” to celebrate Black History

Month.

“Nothing to Declare”• At 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Brown 216,

the Modern Foreign Language Depart-

ment will show the 2010 film “Nothing

to Declare” as part of its French film

series.

Harlem Shake • At 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Albert

E’s food court, an “SVSU Edition” of the

Harlem Shake will be made.

Purple Zumba• At 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in

Campus Rec Center Court 3, Campus

Recreation will host “Purple Zumba,

Dance for a Cause.” Wear purple for

Relay for life. Free admission, but dona-

tions accepted.

Life-Sized Mario Kart• At 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the

Thompson Student Activities Room,

Standing in the Gap will host Life-Sized

Mario Kart.

The Gospel According to Josh• At 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday,

Feb. 20, in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall,

The Gospel According to Josh will be

performed. Sponsored by the Student

Counseling Center and Active Minds.

Free.

Moon Over Buffalo• At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20

through Saturday, Feb. 23 and at 3

p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in the Malcolm

Field Theatre, the theater department

will present “Moon Over Buffalo.” $7 Stu-

dents and Senior Citizens. $10 General

Admission. For more information or to

order tickets, contact the Box Office at

(989) 964-4261

Luau Themed Kickboxing• At 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in Campus

Rec Court 3, Active Minds and Campus

Recreation will host Luau Themed

Kickboxing. Wear bright, tropical colors.

Free.

“Lincoln”• At 7 p.m. and 10 p.m Thursday, Feb.

21, in the Thompson Student Activities

Room, Valley Nights will show the film

“Lincoln.” Free.

LCN Harlem Shake for Relay• At 11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Liv-

ing Center North Lobby, a Harlem Shake

video will be made to raise money for

Relay for Life. $1 to be in the video.

Music of Pilgrimage• At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22,in the Rhea

Miller Recital Hall, the department of

music will present “Taking the Way:

Music of Pilgrimage with Early Music

Michigan and the Hildegard Singers.”

Free.

“Skyfall”• At 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday, Feb.

23, in the Thompson Student Activities

Room, Valley Nights will show the film

“Skyfall.” Free.

Simmermacher Senior Recital• At 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in the Rhea

Miller Recital Hall, the department of

music will present the senior recital

of Emily Simmermacher with Cheryl

Cheger-Timm and Amanda Lewis. Free.

Pilgrimage art journeys to university gallery

Not ‘A Good Day’ for new ‘Die Hard’ action film

By Tyler BradleyVanguard A&E Editor

Pilgrimages take many shapes and forms in the University Art Gallery.

Currently on display until Saturday, March 2, the exhibition features works from artists Shaun Bangert, Larry Butcher, Aaron Gaertner and Alejandro Mazon.

Each artist takes their own approach to show the theme of pilgrimages.

“They all relate to perspective spiritual jour-neys,” gallery director Dave Littell said. “Everyone going through life is making their own personal jour-

ney.”It is being held in conjunction with a university

conference called “Striding toward Salvation: Medi-eval and Renaissance Pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranenan.” The conference will be Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23.

The exhibition features more than 15 pieces by the artists and a wall covered in images from Bangert’s pilgrimage.

One pilgrimage is Butcher’s Road Spirits se-ries reflecting of Native American and motorcycling themes.

The pieces feature Native American and motor-cyclist themes with skulls, road signs and other ico-

nographies.According to Butcher’s artist statement, “The

road to enlightenment doesn’t have a destination — it moves to the echoes of all human travelers.”

He made the three shaped-canvases, “Reconcilia-tion,” “La Calavaera” and “Sky Daddy & Mixed Mes-sages,” in the 1990s.

They were made from exterior-grade plywood with internal skeletal structures of clear cedar with cotton duck canvas, thick acrylic get and acrylic paint.

“All three are about roads we travel on,” Butcher said. “We gain our experience from places we go.”

Butcher gained inspiration from the pieces from riding motorcycles with others.

Since he started riding in 1967, he said he rides every day and calls the experience “very tribal.”

During the summer, the retired emeritus profes-sor of art from Delta takes pilgrimages on his motor-cycle and travels about 600 miles a day.

“Most people don’t talk about what we do,” Butcher said about the people he rides with. “They didn’t know I was a teacher.”

Also featured in the exhibition, Bangert shows photographs from her pilgrimages from places in-cluding Peru and Japan.

Her artist statement discusses the Pilgrimage of 88 Temples on Shikoku Island, a Japanese tradition where pilgrims visit each of the shrines in a 58 day period.

“Each of the temples is believed to represent one of the worldly desire,” her statement said. “It’s the belief that each temple you visit, your transgression is erased for the desire represented at that particular temple.”

New York-based artist Alejandro Mazon, who was born in Cuba, has Medieval-style pieces on dis-play which were influenced by artists such as Goya Velázquez, Bosch and Ingres.

His work “Ancestor” was made with acrylic, vin-tage book bind, 22 karat gold leaf and wood.

Another featured artist, Gaertner displays sev-eral photos from a pilgrimage to Paris.

His piece “What We Will All Become,” was taken in the catacombs in Paris and has been featured in previous exhibitions at the gallery.

Gaertner said the digital image printed on alumi-num was hard to take.

“The light levels were nearly impossible to deal with,” Gaertner said. “Trying to keep the camera still with no flash allowed, it was an interesting place to shoot.”

Some of his shots on display were completely random.

The image “Rue” was taken as he took several snapshots throughout a day in Paris.

When he began developing the film, he discov-ered how much he liked some of the photos.

Gaertner said he is an avid appreciator of old school photography.

“It’s truly a dying art form,” he said. “The smell of developed and fixer — some people put vanilla in it, but it masks the lovely odor.”

Gaertner said he was lucky and unlucky that he did not have a dark room.

He creates his prints in his bathroom he convert-ed into one.

“Ansel Adams did it too, so I’m OK with it,” he said.

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Vanguard photo | Taylor LaPlaceA guest examines part of Larry Butcher’s Road Spirits series on display in the University Art Gallery.

A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD

DIRECTOR: JOHN MOORESTARRING: BRUCE WILLIS, JAI COURTNEYRELEASED: FEB. 4, 2013DURATION: 97 MINUTES

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By the numbers

• Chris Webb scored 15 Saturday afternoon against the Huskies. Currently he is leading the Cardinals in points per game with 16.3, good for seventh in the GLIAC.• In his last four games, Brett Beland has scored 18, 12, 9 and 22 points. • Freshman guard Damon Bozeman has been phenomenal off the bench for the Cardinals. Against Michigan Tech he scored eight points off the bench. Against Wayne State, Bozeman scored 35 points in 35 minutes of playing time coming off the bench.

From broken leg to broken record

Clutch baskets seal 53-50 upset win

PLAYER PROFILE

Even though it was being billed as just a technical day, Cardinal runners were still able to find success.

SVSU’s track and field team participated in the “Jack Scoog” Open at Central Michigan Uni-versity last Friday. Along with SVSU and CMU, Alma, Northwood and others competed in the meet.

Looking forward to next week when the In-door GLIAC championships begin, this day was about practice and focus. While a good portion of athletes did not end up running at CMU, the ones who did found the time beneficial for their future achievements.

Exercise science senior Tyler Grob felt as if the meet, while still important, was a warm up for the postseason.

“It’s really just a tune up,” Grob said. “I just have to make sure my form is crisp. The two meets that really matter are conference and na-tionals.”

Grob admits that the meet is more for prac-tice than the title of first place. Since he takes part in many different events, such as sprinting and pole vaulting, he does not get to work on every event every meet.

“There are two main purposes for the meet,” Grob said. “First, for people who are in-jured and need one more week. Second, it’s like a technical day. It’s a nice time to practice my different events since I’m a multi.”

Exercise science junior Lee Chiatalas en-

joys the competition of indoor track and under-stands the sometimes-complicated strategy that it takes to win the race.

“I just love the 4+4,” Chiatalas said. “The 4+4 is about pride and it’s about the team. You don’t always have to have the fastest runners to win the race.”

Results from the meet varied, but SVSU still managed to have multiple wins and good per-formances.

For the men, mid-distance runner Drew Meylan placed first in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:58:51.

Justin Walker took first place in the 200-me-ter dash with a time of 23:33.

For the 60-meter hurdles, senior David Ray finished second with a time of 8.08 with D’Omar Boyden in third with a time of 8.33.

In the 3,000-meter run, senior distance run-ner Gareth Gose finished in fourth place for the Cardinals will a time of 9:07.57.

In the triple jump, junior Raetron Bryant flew into second place with a leap of 13.65 me-ters.

For the Lady Cardinals, Jessica Reeves and Teha Ames placed first and second in the 3,000-meter run respectively, with times of 10:51:39 and 11:01:66.

The meet at CMU was the final tune-up event for those participating in the GLIAC In-door Championships, which are at Grand Valley State University on Feb. 23-24.

Strong finishes build confidence going into GVSU

Men’s Basketball•Thursday,Feb.21,vs.GrandValley

StateUniversity,6p.m.,UniversityCenter

•Saturday,Feb.23,@FerrisStateUniversity,1p.m.,BigRapids

Women’s Basketball•Thursday,Feb.21,vs.GrandValley

StateUniversity,8p.m.,UniversityCenter

•Saturday,Feb.23,@FerrisStateUniversity,3p.m.,BigRapids

Men’s Track•Friday,Feb.24,@GLIACIndoor

Championships,GrandValleyStateUniversity

•Saturday,Feb.25,@GLIACIndoorChampionships,GrandValleyStateUniversity

Women’s Track•Friday,Feb.24,@GLIACIndoor

Championships,GrandValleyStateUniversity

•Saturday,Feb.25,@GLIACIndoorChampionships,GrandValleyStateUniversity

Hockey•Friday,Feb.24,@Northwood

University,MCHCPlayoffs,9:30p.m.,MidlandMichigan

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For the third straight game, the Car-dinals kept their poise down the stretch and finished their opponents in the final two minutes of the contest.

SVSU beat Michigan Tech on Satur-day night 53-50, pulling away with a go-ahead 3-pointer by freshman Kellen Smith and a pair of free throws by senior Chris Webb in the final minute to clinch the win.

“In a league this good, (it always comes down to) the final minutes,” said first-year head coach Randy Baruth. “You just hope you can be in it at the end and try to make a couple of positive plays.”

After three straight close wins over Wayne State, Northern Michigan and now Michigan Tech, the Cardinals im-prove to 11-11 overall, 9-10 in the GLIAC North. The Huskies fall to 16-7, 13-6 in conference play.

Baruth and the Cardinals were up against the league’s leading scorer in Michigan Tech’s Ali Haidar, who aver-ages 24.8 points per game. The 6-foot-7 center dropped 25 against SVSU, but the Cardinals were able to contain the rest of the Huskies scorers.

“It’s such a challenge when you’re trying to double a guy like that and they shoot the ball as well as they shoot it,” Ba-ruth said. “You’ve just got to stay as con-sistent as possible and hope you get some breaks.”

Haidar has had big games against the Cardinals in the past. He led Michigan Tech to a convincing 77-54 win earlier this year with 25 points, and averaged 30.5 points in two meetings with SVSU last season.

Baruth said he was pleased with the defensive effort of senior forwards Rob Clark and Jay Thames on Haidar.

“I thought Rob and Jay did as good a job as anybody can do on the big kid de-

fensively,” Baruth said. “A lot of people are going to see that he still had 25, but I think he walked away knowing that all 25 were earned and not given to him.

“There are some things that don’t show up on the stat sheet.”

Senior guard Brett Beland led the Cardinals in scoring with 18 points, while his backcourt partner Chris Webb, also a senior, added 15 points and six rebounds.

“They did a great job, as always,” Baruth said. “The seniors are the ones that have to step up and help.”

SVSU jumped out to a 20-16 half-time lead against the Huskies and stretched that lead to eight, 37-29, with 10:56 remaining, but Haidar’s 17 sec-ond-half points kept the Huskies from falling too far behind.

With 2:13 remaining and the game knotted at 46, Haidar and freshman guard Damon Bozeman traded layups. Redshirt freshman Kellen Smith then hit a 3-pointer to put the Cardinals up 51-48 with 51 seconds left.

SVSU gave up a pair of free throws, but Webb knocked down a pair of his own with 11 seconds remaining to seal the win.

“It was good to see a lot of different guys step up and make a play in a lot of different ways for us,” Baruth said.

With three games remaining in the regular season, the Cardinals are tied at ninth in the conference with Malone and Lake Superior State. Northwood, which has one more conference win than the Cardinals, is holding onto the eighth and final GLIAC tournament spot.

Baruth said his team is concentrat-ing on its next matchup and nothing else.

“I don’t even know who we play other than on Thursday,” he said. “We have no clue what the standings are be-cause it doesn’t matter.

By Matt OstranderVanguard Staff Writer

By Justin BrouckaertVanguard Editor-in-Chief

Vanguard photo | Arianna Paver

Emily Short runs both cross country and track for SVSU. At the Hoosier Hills Open in Indiana Short broke a 21-year old record in the 3,000-meter run.

MEN & WOMEN’S TRACK

For Emily Short, this track season has been a bit of a roller coaster, but after a re-cord breaking race, things seem to be look-ing up.

Short began running competitively during her freshman year at Tawas Area High School. Both of her parents are run-ners and she frequently went with them to many road races, but never raced.

“As I got older, I got more interested in it,” Short said. “All my friends seemed to be doing it, so I decided that I would give it a try.”

Now a sophomore, Short runs both cross country and track for Saginaw Valley. During the 2012 cross country season, she earned All-American honors at the NCAA Division II National Championships. Dur-ing the track season, she mainly competes in the 3,000 meter run and the distance medley relay as well as occasionally run-ning the mile and the 5,000 meter run.

Practices start at 6 a.m. with condition-ing and then move onto the running por-tion, which is very specific to each runner’s events.

“Even though it’s so early, once the music starts going, we all have a good time with conditioning,” the chemistry ma-jor said. “And with running, practice can sometimes be intense, but it helps to build confidence in our racing.”

For Short, this season had an iffy start.“I’ve had to sit out the first couple of

meets due to a stress fracture in my right

fibula. So mostly, I’ve just been doing cross training for my practices.”

Although she ran in the first meet, it was not as fast as she wanted.

But the season took a turn for the better at the Hoosier Hills Open hosted by Indiana University on Feb. 8 and 9. Short placed sixth in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 9:51.98 to break a 21-year-old record set by Becky Duda, who originally set the record at 9:53.08. Short’s time also sets a NCAA Division II Pro-visional Qualifying Mark that ranks her at 15th in the country.

“I wasn’t expecting to break the record,” Short said. “It’s a very satisfying and happy feeling, but it’s hard to describe, too. It was just a very special moment.

“I’m very lucky with how this season has turned out.”

Next up for Short is the conference meet at the GLIAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 23 and 24, where she hopes to win the 3,000 meter run and run a time of 9:45. Her other goals include placing the distance medley re-lay in at least the top three and to see her team finish in the top three in conference.

“We can run a lot faster, and I think the first few races have just been a test for us, es-pecially in the distance medley relay. But I’m just happy to be running again.”

Short and her teammates will race again in the GLIAC Indoor Championships at Grand Valley State University this weekend.

By Hannah MeyerVanguard Staff Writer

MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Senior guard Brett Beland led the Cardinals in scoring Saturday with 18 points. Fellow senior Chris Webb added 15 in the home win over the Michigan Tech Huskies. The Cardinals have won three games in a row.

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Club falls 6-2 in regional playoffs Batters up for 2013 season

While Michigan may be still covered in snow, the men’s baseball team is getting ready for its annual trip south to begin the 2013 season in more welcoming weather.

On Friday, Feb. 22, the Cardinals baseball team will begin its season in Greer, S.C. Fol-lowing the trip to Greer, the team will travel to Clearwater, Fla., for ten games throughout March.

In 2012, the Cardinals went to their third consecutive GLIAC tournament. The regular season ended with an even 26-26 record.

Yet the biggest story from 2012 was the story of pitcher Mike Saunders, who posted a GLIAC top-five ERA before being drafted by the Cincinnati Reds.

The 2013 season will be the 31st season at the helm for head coach Walt Head. Following the 2012 season, Head holds a record of 844-606-6. His record includes 27 wins over Division I opponents.

The Cardinals will be led by a few seniors returning from a successful 2012 campaign

Returning for the Cardinals will be se-nior catcher Chet LaFave, who in 2012 started 45 games for SVSU either behind the plate, at catcher or as designated hitter. LeFave had a .319 batting average, which was fifth best on the team. With 43 hits and 23 RBIs, he helped lead the Cardinals both offensively and defensively in 2012.

Fellow senior Andy Orr will also be return-ing at third base for the 2013 season. Orr was third on the team in batting average in 2012, hit-ting .343 while driving in 20 runs on 48 hits for the season.

Senior right fielder Kyle O’Boyle had a spectacular 2011 season, driving in 46 runs on 52 hits that included 16 doubles and six home runs. O’Boyle was also named second team All-GLIAC in 2011. In 2012 the outfielder’s season was cut short due to injury, but in 38 games he hit .330 and drove in 23 RBIs on 34 hits, includ-ing eight doubles and a home run.

The biggest losses for the Cardinals fol-lowing the 2012 season were on the mound. Saunders led SVSU in starts, innings pitched and wins before graduating and being drafted into Major League Baseball. Yet, the cupboards aren’t bare in 2013.

Senior pitcher Carson Beauchaine will help lead the Cardinals from the mound in 2013. In 2011, Beauchaine made ten appearances and posted a 6-4 record while leading the team with a 2.21 ERA, 61 innings pitched and 48 strikeouts. The right-hander was named first team All-GLI-AC in 2011 and received NCBWA Midwest Re-gion Second Team honors. In 2012, Beauchaine started nine games for the Cardinals and posted a 3-5 record on the mound despite finishing with a 2.41 ERA on the season.

Looking to lead in the bullpen will be se-niors Justin Drzewicki and Mike Schaaf. Both relief pitchers led the team in relief appearances with 14 and 13 respectively. Drzewicki led the team in saves with four and posted a 1.77 ERA for the season.

Schaaf is a two-sport athlete, pitching for the baseball team and playing physically in the paint on the basketball team. The Saginaw na-tive allowed only five earned runs in 24.1 in-nings of work which was good for an earned run average of 1.85 on the season. In his final 9.1 innings of action he did not give up a single run.

The Cardinals baseball team will be playing out of state until spring break. Upon returning to Michigan, the team will take on Northwood for a double-header on March 20.

Coming down the final stretch of the season, the Lady Cardinals looked to improve their confer-ence record last week.

The lady Cards fell to Michigan Tech on Sat-urday by a final score of 72-46. The loss drops the Cards to 11-12, 9-10 in the GLIAC while putting the Huskies at a record of 16-7, 14-5 in conference play. SVSU is in fifth place in the GLIAC while Michigan Tech sits in second place.

Freshman forward Emily Wendling put to-gether another double-double with 13 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks on the day. Sophomore forward Samantha Zirzow added to the scoring with nine points while snatching up seven re-bounds in the loss.

The Cardinals started the game out of sync and went into halftime trailing 36-17. Despite getting on the board first the Cardinals suffered a 10-2 run by the Huskies while the offense of SVSU failed to execute. The poor shooting from the floor resulted in a first-half 25-2 run from the Huskies, putting considerable distance between Michigan Tech and SVSU.

As a team, the Lady Cards struggled to make baskets as they shot at only a 26.7 percent field goal percentage. They were also contested from three-point range, missing all 12 of their opportunities.

The second half brought better offense for the

Lady Cardinals, but SVSU was still outscored 36-29.

The Lady Cardinals were on the winning side of things Thursday, defeating Northern Michigan 81-77 at James E. O’Neill arena in overtime.

Wendling and freshman guard Katelyn Car-riere combined to be a dominating duo for the Cardinals, scoring 25 and 18 points, respectively. Carriere also had a team-high in assists with five, while Wendling pulled down 11 rebounds. Com-ing off the bench, sophomore forward Briana Gra-ham added 10 points to go with seven rebounds in the win.

The contest was back-and-forth with 11 lead changes in the second half.

Although the Lady Cards had more turnovers than Northern Michigan (13 to 12) and were out-rebounded (43 to 39), the Cardinals’ bench played much better than their counterparts, outscoring the Northern Michigan bench 17-7.

The Lady Cardinals will be back in action for the final stretch of the season when they take on Grand Valley State University on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. for the Great Women of the Great Lakes Bay Region and Girl Scout Night.

Following that final home game, SVSU will finish out the season on the road, taking on Ferris State on Saturday, Feb. 23, and then Northwood on Saturday, March. 2.

Impressive freshman performance not enough against TechWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

By Chris OliverVanguard Sports Writer

By Joey OliverVanguard Staff Writer

MEN’S HOCKEY

For the men’s hockey club, a rollercoaster season came to an end over the weekend.

Saturday night the men’s hockey team lost, 6-2, in the American Collegiate Hockey Associa-tion (ACHA) regional playoffs to Adrian College to end the quest towards a sixth straight season in the national playoffs.

For club president and team captain Scott Walter, the loss was a disappointing way to end the season.

“We were a low seed in the tournament and all of the highly ranked teams won so we had to play Adrian,” he said. “It was just a bad loss and we were behind the whole game.

“We had a lot of guys in and out of the pen-alty box and it’s tough to win when you’re short-handed against a good team like that.”

The Cardinals went into the game with plenty of confidence after splitting the season series with Adrian, including a 6-3 road victory. While both teams were relatively even on the ice with shots being at 24-21 in Adrian’s favor, the penalties and defense from Adrian were too much for SVSU.

“The goalie for those guys won league MVP this season and he played a heck of a game Sat-urday night,” Walter said.

While the loss prevents the Cardinals from reaching nationals, the first round of the playoffs brought excitement and confidence to the team heading into the end of the season and next year.

Friday’s first round playoff game resulted in a 5-4 overtime win for the Cardinals over Oak-land University. For Walter, it had a crazy end-ing against a rival who had beaten SVSU twice during the regular season.

“We were behind almost the entire game and managed to come back in the third period to tie it up and send it into overtime,” he said. “In overtime, we shot a goal and were celebrating on the ice when the refs called a penalty and took the goal off the board.

“The bench was crazy with the call but eight minutes later we scored again to win it.”

While the loss in the ACHA regional play-offs may be disappointing for Walter and the team, the season still isn’t over. The Cardinals still have the Michigan Collegiate Hockey Con-ference (MCHC) playoffs to play in.

The MCHC is a league under the ACHA that includes hockey clubs from all over Michigan. Walter said the MCHC is considered the best

conference in the nation. “Usually three or four teams from the

MCHC go to the national playoffs,” Walter said. “The games are always really tight and anyone can beat anyone any given night.”

In the first round of the MCHC playoffs the Cardinals will travel to Midland to take on Northwood, a team SVSU beat twice towards the end of the regular season. If they beat North-wood, the team might go on to play Adrian Col-lege again, a matchup Walter is looking forward to.

“Even though they beat us, we really want to get out there and show that we’re better than the team we were when we lost to them in the playoffs,” he said.

Overall, Walter said the season had a disap-pointing end, but it doesn’t come without some positives.

“I feel bad for the guys who aren’t coming back next year,” Walter said. “But we have a great group of guys coming back, and next sea-son should be good.”

The men’s hockey team will be back in ac-tion Friday, Feb. 22, when they take on North-wood University at 9:30 in Midland for the first round of the MCHC playoffs.

By Chris OliverVanguard Sports Editor

BASEBALL

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Despite starting off the season with four losses in four games, the men’s hockey club stormed back during the middle of the season to fight its way back into playoff contention. Along the way, the Cardinals beat highly-ranked teams such as Adrian and Michigan State.

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With an 11-12 record in conference, the lady Cardinals go into their final three games hoping to improve upon their fifth-place ranking in the GLIAC.

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