Creston senior Christian Dorma works on homework while her teacher David Lyons answers questions. Dorma will be taking classes this summer at GRCC.(Photo by Stephanie Sicard,Collegiate)

High school students plan for next year
By Ashley Eerdmans & Stephanie Sicard
Collegiate Staff Writer & Opinion Editor

With the school year drawing to a close, high school seniors face the decision of where to go next.

In a comparison between two different high schools, Hastings High School and Creston High School, some students are choosing GRCC while others are going for a different option.

Billy Diaz, a senior at Creston High School will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall of 2010.

“I’m thinking of probably getting into medicine,” Diaz said. “I want to figure out the programs I can get into that will let me get into medicine, but to be a researcher and not a physician.”

Hastings High School seniors like Ashley Purdun and Luke Hubbell have something more in common than just their high school. Both students will be attending GRCC.

“My primary reason for choosing GRCC was because it was cheap,” Purdun said. “I’ve heard that there is a really friendly environment there, and that it is really easy to get around. Also, I’m not playing soccer there because I wanted to do other things.”

Former Hastings High School student Andrea Eaton made the decision two years ago to attend GRCC after graduation.

“I don’t go to GRCC anymore, but I chose to go because it was cheaper than other colleges,” Eaton said.

As for Christian Dorma, a senior at Creston High School, GRCC is a summer option.

“I’m going to Michigan State this fall,” Dorma said. “I’ll be going to GRCC in the summer time. I’m going to take a public speaking course and either a writing class or English.”

New students are choosing GRCC each day for many different reasons. Money, location, and convenience are all playing roles in the decision-making.

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CC Student Congress looks at green options
By Stephanie Sicard
Opinion Editor

Student Congress is proposing a resolution to help control the dependency upon water bottles at GRCC.

“This is a resolution to support a change in the drinking fountains and eliminate the need for bottled water on campus,” said Jeremy Christensen, GRCC Student Congress President.

The proposed plan is not to ban bottled water on campus, but to promote the use of students bringing their own reusable bottles and filling them at stations around campus. The drinking fountains would be
equipped with a water filtration system to purify the tap water.

Nicholas Wikar, GRCC Student Congress Vice President said, “We’d like to get GRCC to pass out reusable water bottles instead of T-shirts at campus events.”

The Board of Trustees will vote on the resolution, currently titled the Bottled Water Resolution, on April 22.

According to Student Congress, seven other universities and colleges throughout the United States have banned the sell of bottled water on their campuses.

An additional 30 colleges and universities, one of which is Grand Valley State University, have created campaigns to reduce the use of bottled water 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 of the waste.”

If the resolution passes, Student Congress hopes reduce GRCC’s dependency on bottled water sales, and therefore reduce to the amount of plastic sent to landfills.

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