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A2 Monday, December 14, 2009 NEWS Scholarships continued from page A1 and succeed. “I hopefully think it’s that students in the Seidman program know that there are people who do want Graduates continued from page A1 GVSU,” LaChappelle said. “Everything from the social work program to the professors was really amazing.” Sharon’s mother is also a GVSU alumnus, which makes Levi a third- generation graduate. Sharon said it was a wonderful discovery when her family recently made the connection about three generations having gone through school at GVSU. “I never thought about how three of us completed Harassment continued from page A1 hostile, or offensive working or education environment.” According to the GVSU Student Handbook, a student Sidewalks continued from page A1 sidewalks. Township Supervisor Jerry Alkema said the township plans to fund them with federal money through the Grand Valley Metro Council. “The funding looks pretty secure,” Alkema said. The township has not yet determined whether 48th will be expanded into a five-lane road or a boulevard. “If we’re leaning somewhere, it would be a boulevard,” Alkema said. Brummel said the to see them succeed and continue on, and we’re being as supportive as we can,” Olesnavage said. “So we’re kind of just stepping up when things got tough, and especially when you an accomplishment like this,” she said. “We didn’t set out to do this; it just happened.” Levi said he did not choose GVSU because of his mother or grandmother but chose it for the sociology program and other activities the school has to offer. He said up until a few days before commencement, he never processed the thought of what it meant to carry on an educational tradition. “It is a novelty to say I am a third-generation alumnus,” Levi said. “GVSU has grown a lot and not many people who is found responsible for physical or verbal harassment or intimidation of any kind may be removed from on-campus housing. Victims are advised to report any instances of expansion of the road as well as the addition of sidewalks would benefit both pedestrians and drivers. “Any time you separate pedestrians from traffic and separate traffic going in both directions with a green median, it will make for a safer environment,” he said. “Whether it’s a person trying to cross the road going to campus in Allendale or someone in a vehicle going to the downtown campus, the boulevard is much safer in the long haul.” From the 1998 to 2008, the average number of vehicles driven per day on 48th Avenue increased by 700. As almost 10,000 vehicles a day travel 48th Avenue just south of Lake Michigan Drive, an increase of 700 is not too significant, especially when increases in Grand Valley State University’s enrollment and the number of housing complexes on the avenue during those same 10 years are taken into account. Nonetheless, both enrollment and the number off- campus housing complexes continue to increase. “48th is going to be a busier and busier street,” Alkema said. Grand Valley Lanthorn plan on things and all of the sudden it’s pulled out from underneath you. So we’re just sort of saying, ‘We feel your pain a little bit, and we’re trying to help.’” azentmeyer@lanthorn.com can say their parents and grandparents went here.” The social work student completed his studies in the typical four years. More than 900 students participated in the fall 2009 graduation ceremony. Graduates of the colleges of Community and Public Service, Engineering and Computing, Health Professions, Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Nursing and Business walked in Saturday’s ceremony. nkharmai@lanthorn.com harassment or intimidation to a Housing or Residence Life staff member or, if they think they are in immediate or severe danger, to the police. assistantnews@lanthorn.com Alkema also said the township tries to add a new stretch of sidewalk each year. Last year, the township added sidewalks to a section of 68th Street. Next year, it has plans to add sidewalks to 60th Avenue south of Lake Michigan Drive. What about the role played by off-campus housing complexes? The owners of Hillcrest Townhouses have built sidewalks on their property, though other complexes have not followed suit. With the potential expansion of 48th Avenue looming, Brummel said it would be unreasonable to mandate off- campus housing complexes to construct sidewalks. “It may be wiser to wait for when the road is improved so that (any new sidewalks) aren’t torn up in just a few minutes,” he said. Because the township is waiting until the expansion to add any sidewalks along 48th Avenue, current GVSU students looking for a safe road to jog or walk along are out of luck. That is, of course, unless they plan on graduating with one or two “supers” preceding their senior status and are still around for 2015. “The difficulty we got into was obviously the timing of it,” Alkema said. “2015 isn’t too far away, so we are better off waiting for it.” dmichniewicz@lanthorn.com Grand Valley Lanthorn Volume 44, Number 31 The Grand Valley Lanthorn is published twice-weekly by Grand Valley State University students 62 times a year. 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In Thursday’s issue of the Lanthorn, the photos for the article, “GV to screen Nepalese Corrections student’s film on home country’s civil war” should have been credited to Tulsi Bhandari.
