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April 21, 2010

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GRCC to havefirst wind-farmsafety program

By Christina Kim

Editor-in-Chief

GRCC will become the frstU.S. training center or a globallyrecognized wind-arm saetyprogram.Working with RockordConstruction Company’s partnerin Spain, Rockord Berge’, GRCCwill oer training sessions tothose new to the feld in July2010.“Our wind saety technologyprogram will be the only globallyrecognized wind saety trainingby almost all o the major originalequipment manuacturers,” saidDirector o Continuing Educationand Proessional DevelopmentJulie Parks.According to Parks, throughRockord Berge’s relationshipin Spain, GRCC met YnfnitiEngineering (YES) and SaetyTechnology o Wales.Yes and Saety Technologyhave authorized GRCC tobecome the frst United Statestraining center or their YES/Saety Technology (YST) saetycertifcation program or thewind energy industry.“This saety training—alongwith additional wind techniciantraining can lead to jobs orGRCC students all over the U.S.and even globally,” Parks said.

By Brittany Zender

Collegiate Staff Writer

A GRCC Student conessedto the Kent County Sheri’s De-partment that the unarmed rob-bery and assault she had report-ed last semester was ake.In October, an 18 year oldpregnant GRCC student reportedthat she was assaulted at approximately 1:20 p.m.on Oct. 29.“She claimed she was punched and robbed onher way to class in the Bostwick parking ramp, andsince she was 27 weeks pregnant, an ambulancetransported her to St. Mary’s hospital shortly aterher call to 911,” said Campus Police Lieutenant Har-old Woolworth.“The Kent County Sheris Department has hadher under private investigations or another alsereport she later fled with them,” Woolworth said.She claimed a male was trying to harass and takeher baby rom her ater she pulled her car over near8 mile and Alpine.”Ofcer Nowak o the GRCC Police, said the stu-dent admitted to the Kent County Sherris Depart-ment that not only was the report alse, but so wasthe assault she reported at GRCC. Woolworth elt

GRCC

Student fles ake report

CC Student Congresslooks at green options

By Stephanie Sicard

Opinion Editor

Student Congress isproposing a resolution to helpcontrol the dependency uponwater bottles at GRCC.“This is a resolution tosupport a change in the drinkingountains and eliminate the needor bottled water on campus,”said Jeremy Christensen, GRCCStudent Congress President.The proposed plan is not toban bottled water on campus,but to promote the use o students bringing their ownreusable bottles and flling themat stations around campus. Thedrinking ountains would beequipped with a water fltration

Bill Foltz, Executive Pastry Chef atL’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in NewOrleans, puts the finishing touches on asculpture made entirely of sugar during LeCoupe du Monde de la Patisserie (WorldPastry Cup) U.S. Team Tryouts hosted atGRCC on Saturday, April 17.Foltz was selected to join the team andwill compete in Lyon, France.

World PastryCup at GRCC

Earth Day Series

See GRCC, Page 3See Student, Page 2See CC, Page 3

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Campus theft hasgone down

According to the rstquarter larceny statisticstaken by Lieutenant HaroldWoolworth o the GRCCCampus Police, the numbero larcenies rom Jan. 1 toMarch 31 has dropped 21percent compared to lastyear.“I believe the drop inlarcenies can be attributedto the arrests that weremade around the rst o the year, along with theimplementation o securitycameras and ocerspatrolling,” Woolworthsaid.

-Brit Zender

Parking meters nowpaid by cell phone

Park Mobile Services isnow available to studentswho use the parkingmeters instead o the schoolparking ramp.This service allowsstudents to add time to aparking meter with theircell phone.An e-mail interviewwith Sara Engel, MarketingManager or Park MobileServices, provided moreinormation.According to Engel,Park Mobile Serviceslaunched their Pay byPhone parking services inGrand Rapids on Nov. 2,2009.Engel also said that or35 cents per call, the usercan add more money to themeters by using their creditcard number.Drivers can sign upby calling the toll reenumber 1-877-PARK-714 orvisit the web site at www.Parkmobileapp.com.

-Allen Wegener

The Collegiatenamed bestMichiganCommunity Collegenewspaper

GRCC’s independentstudent newspaper TheCollegiate was named thebest community collegenewspaper in Michigan bythe Michigan CommunityCollege Press Association(MCCPA).Editors and sta writerswon various individualawards as well during theMCCPA Conerence onApril 17.

-Christina Kim

News

April 21, 2010

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Injury

3/25

A student slipped and injured her tailbone onthe second foor o the student center.

Drunken man

3/26

An intoxicated man was leaning against aGRCC building on his way home rom a bar. Hereused help and continued walking.

Stolen phone

03/26

A student let his belongings in a locker with-out locking it. His cell phone was stolen. Nosuspects.

Missing wallet

3/29

A student let her wallet in a bathroom stall.When she returned, it was missing. No sus-pects.

Car radio stolen

3/29

A stereo was stolen rom a student’s car. Nosuspects

Hit and run

3/30

A student’s car was hit resulting in a rear dentand blue paint marks. No suspects.

Stolen Book

3/30

A student’s book was stolen rom on top o thesink while she was in the restroom. No sus-pects.

Suspicious photographer

3/31

A reelance photographer was taking photoso the catwalk over Ransom St. He was not astudent and was told to register with StudentAairs when on campus.

Theft From Vehicle

4/05

Sunglasses, a GPS and a window mount orthe GPS were stolen rom a student’s car. NoSuspects.

Theft

4/07

Sunglasses and a Raider card were stolen roma student’s bag when she stepped out o theclassroom. No suspects.

By Ashley Eerdmans

Collegiate Staff Writer

and Stephanie Sicard

Opinion Editor

With the school year drawingto a close, high school seniorsace the decision o where to gonext.In a comparison between twodierent high schools, HastingsHigh School and Creston HighSchool, some students arechoosing GRCC while others aregoing or a dierent option.Billy Diaz, a senior at CrestonHigh School will be attendingthe University o Michigan inthe all o 2010.“I’m thinking o probablygetting into medicine,” Diazsaid. “I want to gure out theprograms I can get into thatwill let me get into medicine,but to be a researcher and not aphysician.”Hastings High School seniorslike Ashley Purdun and LukeHubbell have something morein common than just their highschool. Both students will beattending GRCC.“My primary reason orchoosing GRCC was becauseit was cheap,” Purdun said.“I’ve heard that there is a reallyriendly environment there,and that it is really easy to getaround. Also, I’m not playingsoccer there because I wanted todo other things.”Former Hastings High Schoolstudent Andrea Eaton made thedecision two years ago to attendGRCC ater graduation.“I don’t go to GRCC anymore,but I chose to go because it wascheaper than other colleges,”Eaton said.As or Christian Dorma, asenior at Creston High School,GRCC is a summer option.“I’m going to Michigan Statethis all,” Dorma said. “I’ll begoing to GRCC in the summertime. I’m going to take a publicspeaking course and either awriting class or English.”New students are choosingGRCC each day or many dierentreasons. Money, location, andconvenience are all playing rolesin the decision-making.system to puriy the tap water.Nicholas Wikar, GRCC Student Congress VicePresident said, “We’d like to get GRCC to pass outreusable water bottles instead o T-shirts at campusevents.”The Board o Trustees will vote on the resolution,currently titled the Bottled Water Resolution, onApril 22.According to Student Congress, seven otheruniversities and colleges throughout the UnitedStates have banned the sell o bottled water on theircampuses.An additional 30 colleges and universities, oneo which is Grand Valley State University, havecreated campaigns to reduce the use o bottledwater on campus.“This isn’t a ban on bottled water on campus,”said Wikar. “We just want to encourage change,and help students become aware o the waste.”I the resolution passes, Student Congresshopes reduce GRCC’s dependency on bottled watersales, and thereore reduce to the amount o plasticsent to landlls.

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High schoolstudents planfor next year

Student congress hopes toreduce waste on campus

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Creston senior Christian Dorma works on homework while herteacher David Lyons answers questions. Dorma will be takingclasses this summer at GRCC.

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Spring Sustainability Series

1 p.m.

Student work perormance entitled “Celebration o Earth & Sky” eaturing “A Quilt o Words.” Locatedin the Meijer Theater at the Grand Rapids PublicMuseum.

Free Parking

Students can receive ree parking onEarth Day by carpooling. Pull a ticket rom theparking ramps and sign it.

Campus Events

April 22 - May 7

April

News

April 21, 2010

Wanted: Collegiate Editors for fall

Paid posions (for school year):Editor-in-chief: $4,000Sports: $2,000Arts & Entertainment: $2,000Opinion: $2,000News: $2,000Photo: $2,000Web: $2,000Business Manager: 20% of ads sold

Editors are required to have taken, or are taking, JR 251and JR 252.For more info, or if JR 251 is full, contact Dr. ScoMcNabb at

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Editors Wanted

Student Congress Meeting

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Student Congress will have its last meeting o thesemester. It is open to all students. Located in theMulti-Purpose Room on the second oor o theStudent Community Center.

April

Commencement

8:45 a.m.

Commencement rehearsal starts at 8:45 a.m. at theFord Fieldhouse. A reception will start at 5:30 p.m.at the Raider Grille. Graduation Line-up begins at7:30 p.m. in the Bostwick Commons .

April

Locker Refunds

All locks must be returned to studentlie by Friday, May 7 to get your $10 reund. That’slike returning 100 pop cans.

May

April

26-29

Day Exams

Check with your proessor or instructoras to when your exams are scheduled. It would bebad i you missed it.the report was suspicious rom the be-ginning.“We questioned the validity o the report rom the start,” Woolworthsaid. “Her descriptions o what hap-pened just didn’t add up, but we hadto treat it as though it was a crime andtook the assault very seriously.“We even asked the Detective Bu-reau department o the GRPD to makea composite drawling o the suspectaccording to what she described. Thefctitious suspect was a black malewith a tear drop tattoo on his letcheek.“A lot o agencies were involved,including the GRPD that made thecomposite drawling and led us in twophoto line ups with her, the MichiganState Police’s crime lab where DNAtesting was done, and Kent Countywhere vehicle testing and private in-vestigations took place.”The case was closed last week onApril 14. Nowak said the case was alarge waste o resources.“All this did was raise peoplesconcerns and wasted a lot o time andmoney that we will be seeking ullrestitution or,” Nowak said. “Thisdoesn’t just aect GRCC. For someoneto report something that didn’t occurupsets us as well as the entire com-munity.”Woolworth said the student is be-ing prosecuted or the alse report.“We are in the process o havinga prosecutor issue a warrant or thealse report,” Woolworth said. “Any-one that reports a alse crime willmore than likely end up with a elony,and or this particular one that’s whatshe will be charged with.“We have had a ew incidenc-es like this happen in the past thatwe’ve prosecuted or. But it’s been along time.”One student and Nurse Technicianor Spectrum Health, Chris Schaub,took extra caution ater hearing o theincident.“I was really nervous to walk tomy car ater I heard about the un-armed robbery,” Schaub said. “Wegot emails rom Spectrum within aew days o the assault advising usto never walk alone at night, and en-couraged us to use the buddy systembecause o GRCC’s latest incidents.“I had security drive me a ewtimes. Whether or not the assault hap-pened, it’s still dangerous to walk byyoursel. I’ll continue to be cautious.”Mike Vargo, head o the GRCCpsychology department, had a theoryas to why someone might create aalse report.“Generally, some people whomake alse accusations are in disbelie o reality,” Vargo said. “They developalmost a antasy that’s delusional, andit’s oten linked with their need or at-tention.”Woolworth said he was happy theassault didn’t occur.“GRCC is a pretty sae campus orbeing in a downtown city, and the o-fcers and I work very hard to keep itthat way,” Woolworth said.The student is currently takingonline classes, and it’s up to the Deano Student Services to decide whetheror not the alse accuser will be al-lowed to attend GRCC anymore.

GRCC has new program

CC Student tobe prosecuted

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“According to the Department o Labor’s ONET inormation, positionsor wind technicians, wind armoperators, and sales people o windparts are growing at a rate o over 20percent a year.”According to Parks, the initial80 hour training program includesmodules such as working at heights,climbing, rescue, fre saety, confnedspaces, rescue at heights, frst aid andseveral other components.The maximum number o studentsper training session will most likelybe 20-22 people. According to Parks,there is an application process thatwill be fnalized later in the semester.“The saety training is applicableto other felds, such as electrical gridworkers and other occupations thatwork at heights,” Parks said. “This isa good training or people who laterin lie might want to run a companythat sells wind parts, insurance towind arms, run the business end o renewable energy. It is a good basicoundation or students.”

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