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                   The Valley Vanguard
Monday                                                             Saginaw Valley State University’s student newspaper since 1966
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Vol. 40
February 18, 2008                                                                                                                                                                                                      No. 18




                                                                                                                                                                                Oscar
Vanguard photo/Adam Baudoux




University
Police report
two incidents of
domestic violence                                                                                                                                                               worthy
on campus                                                                                                                                                                       SVSU celebrates
By Mary Oakley
The valley vanguard
                                                                                                                                                                                Valentine’s Day at
                                                                                                                                                                                 Temple Theatre


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     A domestic violence case last week
in the First Year Suites was investigated                                                                                                                                             alentine’s dancegoers cupid-
further by University Police.                                                                                                                                                         shuffled and cha-cha’d the night
     According to police, a student                                                                                                                                                   away in downtown Saginaw’s
assaulted her younger sister, a minor, who
                                                                                                                                                                                      Temple Theatre.
was visiting.
     “There were some issues with her not                                                                                                                                     Student Association Campus Events Director
obeying her older sister,” University Police                                                                                       Vanguard photo/Adam Baudoux           Jeanna Byers estimated that 200 people attended the
Chief Ron Trepkowski said. “Whether she                Tournament bound – With victories over Lansing Community College and Northern                                     Oscar-themed event.
did it willingly or whether she was egging             Kentucky last weekend, SVSU hockey earned a spot in the national tournament.                                           “We think sales were lower this year due to the
on her sister, but ... her sister got upset and                                                                                                                          snow days,” Byers said. “We have about the same
ended up getting in a fight with her.”                                                                                                                                   attendance as last year, but it usually increases from
     According to Trepkowski, the student              Icers advance                      pionships in Minnesota next            man Pat Miller.                         year to year.”
                                                                                                                                                                              Light snacks were available for attendees upon
was arrested and the younger sister was                                                   month.                                      The Norsemen were able
taken to St. Mary’s hospital to receive                to national                             Friday night the Cardi-           to slip two goals past Sag-
                                                                                                                                                                         their arrival, and a buffet-style dinner was served in
                                                                                                                                                                         the multi-story, chandelier-lit banquet room. Dancing
some care for bruises and a cut.                                                          nals routed Northern Ken-              inaw goalie Brad Altenbernt
     The student was charged with                      tournament                         tucky 11-5 after a close game          during the period but could
                                                                                                                                                                         followed the dining experience courtesy of a guest DJ,
                                                                                                                                                                         and an open bar was available throughout the night.
domestic assault, a misdemeanor, and is                                                   through the first two periods          not catch up.                                Nursing sophomore Tracy Scovill came with a
currently out on bail. The court hearing               By Adrian Nida                     despite five Saginaw goals                  With just under seven              group of friends.
is scheduled for next month. Trepkowski                The valley vanguard                in the first. Assistant captain        minutes left in the period,                  “We decided it would be really fun to get all
believes the student’s punishment pay                                                     Jake Trombley commented on             Trombley scored a fourth                dressed up like we did back in high school and have
is minor, but this depeonds on her past                                                   the team’s play.                       goal assisted by senior for-            a night out on the town,” she said. “I feel like I’m
                                                                                                                                                                         famous!”
police record.                                              At the start of their sea-          “We played pretty shaky          wards Brian Jensen and Nate
                                                                                                                                                                              “It was a nice evening to get out on the town
       “We ended up arresting her for                  son, the club hockey team          the first period, but put it all       Engstrom.
                                                                                                                                                                         and have a wonderful dining experience and dance,”
domestic assault because the sister was                knew they would go far. And        together in the 3rd.”                       The team stayed strong             communications and Spanish sophomore Holly Plewa
beat up,” Trepkowski said. “Now, they                  they have.                              Junior defenseman Chris           through the remainder of the            said, who was with her date, chemical physics junior
will handle that internally as well. What                   The team took part in         McGuire scored the first goal          period with a 5-2 lead, the             Joshua Shea. “It’s probably my favorite event of the
we do is we just do our paperwork and                  the regional tournament over       assisted by forward freshmen           fifth and final goal of the pe-         year.”
then the prosecutor will file a complaint,             the weekend at TheDow              Brandon Clary and Chris                riod scored by Miller, assisted              “It’s also very prestigious that people are catering
issue a warrant.”                                      Event Center, beating North-       Tibaudo. Junior forward Matt           by freshman defensemen Ka-              to your needs,” Shea added.
 Residential Life also took action.                    ern Kentucky on Friday and         Fogal notched Saginaw’s sec-           leb Grapp and junior forward                 SA representatives set up the theme-based
                                                                                                                                                                         decorations, which included Oscar trophy center
     “SVSU has an extremely low                        Lansing Community College          ond goal and Tibaudo scored            Doug Greene.
                                                                                                                                                                         pieces. The event was the third hosted by SA.
                                                       on Saturday, securing their        the third late into the first, as-
                 See VIOLENCE, page A2                 ticket to the national cham-       sisted by sophomore defense-                See HOCKEY, page A8                                                          Sara Kitchen


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