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medallion | larzelere finds gold thursday, 6a [cm-life.com] Mount Pleasant, Mich. Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Central Michigan Life Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 [INSIDE] CM-LIFE.CoM w Check the site for student reaction on the recent changes to tailgaiting. NEWS w Students receive strange calls at operating center 3A SportS w Volleyball loses conference matches to Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, 4B WEathEr w Showers High 48/ Low 35 homecoming 2009 Rockin’ on Local police issue 13 MIPs, eight OWIs Central emergency food pantry short on supply neil blake/staff photographer From left, Warren freshman Lael Johnson, Bath freshman Scott Mckenna, Sterling Heights freshman Dan L’Homme and Stanton freshman Jackie Swanson cheer on the band Saturday before the beginning of the football game. Mock performances, ambassadors cap week’s events Homecoming draws bigger crowd By Jaimie Cremeans Staff Reporter The Isabella County Emergen- cy Food Pantry is in need of dona- tions to feed an increase in fami- lies over the last few months. The Emergency Food Pantry, a branch of the Red Cross, fed 209 families in July, 222 in August and 210 in September, a 23.74 percent increase from the same months last year. “About 80 percent of our cli- entele from the last few months have been first-timers,” said Irene Little, emergency programs coordinator of the Central Michi- gan Chapter of the Red Cross. “We don’t turn people away. When a new family comes in, we have them fill out a quick appli- cation and make a food basket for them.” She said the pantry deals with families in a case-by-case man- ner, but tries to limit families to coming once a month as it is for emergencies. Economic troublE Kathryn Gusman, supervisor for the Emergency Food Pantry, said the main reason for the in- crease in needy families is rising unemployment. Michigan has the highest unemployment rate at 15.2 percent this past August. It was 8.6 percent one year prior. “I would estimate about 60 percent of the new people in the last few months have come in because they lost their jobs,” Gusman said. She said medical issues also contributed to the increase. “A lot of people’s health insur- ance is being dropped, so they have to spend more money on prescription drugs,” she said. “This leaves less money to spend on food and other necessities.” The food baskets contain about four to five days worth of food. Little said they hope to qua- druple the donations they re- ceive over the next few months. The Emergency Food Pantry is open from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Monday through Friday at 215 E. Broadway St. to accept do- nations. It accepts any kind of non-perishable food donations, personal hygiene products or donations of money to buy per- ishable foods such as bread and dairy products. “We would appreciate any kind of donations or volunteers, but our main concern right now is food,” Little said. “We really just want to keep (the families’) bellies full.” [email protected] 23.74 percent increase in demand due to economy By Joe Borlik Senior Reporter Although 26,730 people filled the seats Saturday at Kelly/ Shorts Stadium, many alumni who returned for Homecom- ing were disappointed with new tailgating rules. Gary Derkacz, a 1983 alum- nus and Beverly Hills resident, came up to Homecoming for tailgating, a pig roast and a chance to reunite with his Phi Kappa Tau brothers. Although the new rules did not stop Derkacz from visit- ing the student tailgating lot, he said he knows a number of alumni that felt differently. Derkacz said he talked to many alumni before coming who were disappointed with the rules and decided to tail- gate elsewhere. “The new rules are silly,” he said. “All you’ve done is kick the problem down the road, and that road is Main Street.” New rules initiated in Au- gust include a six-beer or one- pint liquor limit, checkpoints into the student lot and a ban on external sound systems, which was rescinded last week. Deana West, a 2005 alumna who lives in California, said she was so embarrassed with tailgating, she will not return to future Homecomings. “This is a lame display, no- body came,” she said. “I was very disappointed when I heard about the new rules.” Shanequa Johnson, a 2005 alumna and Mount Pleasant resident, said she also was dis- appointed with tailgating. Many alums still unhappy with new tailgating rules chris barcarella/staff photographer The student lot behind Kelly/Shorts Stadium had an increase in attendance Saturday morning for tailgate before the football game against Eastern Michigan University. ATAILGATING | 2A By Jake Bolitho Senior Reporter The Mount Pleasant Police Department saw increased activity over Homecoming weekend. City police issued seven MIP citations from Friday to early Sunday morning, ac- cording to a MPPD press log. There were seven reported cases of Operating While Im- paired and seven open intoxi- cant citations. Extra officers were put on the road as part of a state grant. “There was certainly more activity,” said MPPD Sgt. Dan Gaffka. “There were definitely a lot more people in town, and we kept busy over the weekend.” Non-alcohol offenses over the weekend included two cases of restricting and ob- structing an officer. There was one possession of a controlled substance and one arrest for possession of marijuana with intent to de- liver. Gaffka said the extra patrol officers proved to be effec- tive. “It’s always nice to have ex- tra officers on the road,” he said. “It gives us more of an opportunity to be proactive rather than reactive.” ShEriff, cmu SEE lESS The Isabella County Sher- iff’s Department reported smaller numbers for Home- coming weekend than in years past, said Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski. Three MIPs were issued by the department over the weekend, along with one OWI. There were two cases of open intoxicant transport, two malicious destructions of property and two domestic violence reports. Deputies broke up eight loud parties in the area. “Most of the people at the loud parties were very coop- erative,” Mioduszewski said. He said the numbers appear to be surprisingly low, espe- cially when it came to MIPs. “It was pretty much a typi- cal weekend,” he said. nonE at tailgatE Not a single arrest was is- sued Saturday in the student tailgate lot of Kelly/Shorts Stadium, said Central Michi- gan University Police Chief Bill Yeagley. A POLICE| 2A fly fishing | A photographer’s first-hand experience, 3a | soccer Women set shutout record over the weekend, 1B By Alex Washington and Blake Showers Staff Reporters A lumna Alejandra Mata said Homecoming is the weekend where relaxing takes precedence. “It’s a celebration of all the hard- work and commitment that all the students, faculty and the university as a whole, and the community and the businesses put forth throughout the year,” she said. “And Homecom- ing is when you get to celebrate and relax and all that hard work becomes fun.” Alumni from all over, as well as students, celebrated in the Home- coming fashion this past week. Jenison freshman Rachel Radecki said it does not matter whether you are an alum or a student — everyone has shared the same experience. “It’s just school spirit. Everyone getting together and celebrating CMU; I feel like it’s a huge bond- ing experience and everybody cel- ebrates together. It’s so much fun.” rock rally Charlie Brown may have always lost playing football, but he won the 2009 Rock Rally. The team made up of Saxe, Her- rig and Celani halls placed first in the mock rock with a performance inspired by the 1950s “Peanuts” car- toon. The group rehearsed every day for about a week, and SHC Hall Council President Craig Johnson was quite happy the team won. “It just proves hard work pays off,” the Lake City sophomore said. “People weren’t expecting us to win and we weren’t favorites go- ing in — coming out victorious was good for us.” Thorpe Hall took second place in the rally and, for the first time in the mock rock’s history, there was a three-way tie for third place be- tween Barnes Hall, Larzelere Hall and On the Fly Productions. Homecoming co-chairwoman and St. Clair Shores senior Danielle Le- one said she was impressed with ev- eryone’s performance. “Rock Rally performances were outstanding, watching them was amazing,” Leone said. “All I could think was how long it took them to prepare and think of their perfor- mances.” othEr announcEmEntS Rock Rally was more than just per- formances. Rochester senior Jessica Parker and Macomb senior Scott Hillman were named the 2009 Gold Ambassadors. “It feels surreal — it was an honor to even be nominated,” Hillman said. “I never saw it coming.” A HOMECOMING | 2A and the winners are.... w Maroon Cup Winner - Larzelere Hall w Golden Goblet - Student Recreation Association paige calamari/staff photographer On the Fly Productions performs during the Rock Rally on Friday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The group integrated a Transformers theme into its dance to tie with two other teams for third place in the competition. weekend tally INSIDE w Larzelere Hall finds medallion, 6A
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CM-LIFE.CoMw Check the site for student reaction on the recent changes to tailgaiting.
NEWSw Students receive strange calls at operating center 3A
SportSw Volleyball loses conference matches to Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, 4B
WEathErw ShowersHigh 48/ Low 35
h o m e c o m i n g 2 0 0 9
Rockin’ on
Local police issue 13 MIPs, eight OWIs
Central emergency food pantry short on supply
neil blake/staff photographer
From left, Warren freshman Lael Johnson, Bath freshman Scott Mckenna, Sterling Heights freshman Dan L’Homme and Stanton freshman Jackie Swanson cheer on the band
Saturday before the beginning of the football game.
Mock performances, ambassadors cap week’s events
Homecoming draws bigger crowd
By Jaimie CremeansStaff Reporter
The Isabella County Emergen-
cy Food Pantry is in need of dona-tions to feed an increase in fami-lies over the last few months.
The Emergency Food Pantry, a branch of the Red Cross, fed 209 families in July, 222 in August and 210 in September, a 23.74 percent increase from the same months last year.
“About 80 percent of our cli-entele from the last few months have been first-timers,” said Irene Little, emergency programs coordinator of the Central Michi-gan Chapter of the Red Cross. “We don’t turn people away. When a new family comes in, we have them fill out a quick appli-cation and make a food basket for them.”
She said the pantry deals with families in a case-by-case man-ner, but tries to limit families to coming once a month as it is for emergencies.
Economic troublEKathryn Gusman, supervisor
for the Emergency Food Pantry, said the main reason for the in-crease in needy families is rising
unemployment. Michigan has the highest unemployment rate at 15.2 percent this past August. It was 8.6 percent one year prior.
“I would estimate about 60 percent of the new people in the last few months have come in because they lost their jobs,” Gusman said.
She said medical issues also contributed to the increase.
“A lot of people’s health insur-ance is being dropped, so they have to spend more money on prescription drugs,” she said. “This leaves less money to spend on food and other necessities.”
The food baskets contain about four to five days worth of food.
Little said they hope to qua-druple the donations they re-ceive over the next few months.
The Emergency Food Pantry is open from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Monday through Friday at 215 E. Broadway St. to accept do-nations. It accepts any kind of non-perishable food donations, personal hygiene products or donations of money to buy per-ishable foods such as bread and dairy products.
“We would appreciate any kind of donations or volunteers, but our main concern right now is food,” Little said. “We really just want to keep (the families’) bellies full.”
23.74 percent increase in demand due to economy
By Joe BorlikSenior Reporter
Although 26,730 people filled the seats Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium, many alumni who returned for Homecom-ing were disappointed with new tailgating rules.
Gary Derkacz, a 1983 alum-nus and Beverly Hills resident, came up to Homecoming for tailgating, a pig roast and a
chance to reunite with his Phi Kappa Tau brothers.
Although the new rules did not stop Derkacz from visit-ing the student tailgating lot, he said he knows a number of alumni that felt differently.
Derkacz said he talked to many alumni before coming who were disappointed with the rules and decided to tail-gate elsewhere.
“The new rules are silly,” he said. “All you’ve done is kick the problem down the road, and that road is Main Street.”
New rules initiated in Au-gust include a six-beer or one-pint liquor limit, checkpoints
into the student lot and a ban on external sound systems, which was rescinded last week.
Deana West, a 2005 alumna who lives in California, said she was so embarrassed with tailgating, she will not return to future Homecomings.
“This is a lame display, no-body came,” she said. “I was very disappointed when I heard about the new rules.”
Shanequa Johnson, a 2005 alumna and Mount Pleasant resident, said she also was dis-appointed with tailgating.
Many alums still unhappy with new tailgating rules
chris barcarella/staff photographerThe student lot behind Kelly/Shorts Stadium had an increase in attendance Saturday morning for tailgate before the football game against Eastern Michigan University. ATAILGATING | 2A
By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter
The Mount Pleasant Police Department saw increased activity over Homecoming weekend.
City police issued seven MIP citations from Friday to early Sunday morning, ac-cording to a MPPD press log. There were seven reported cases of Operating While Im-paired and seven open intoxi-cant citations.
Extra officers were put on the road as part of a state grant.
“There was certainly more activity,” said MPPD Sgt. Dan Gaffka. “There were definitely a lot more people in town, and we kept busy over the weekend.”
Non-alcohol offenses over the weekend included two cases of restricting and ob-structing an officer.
There was one possession of a controlled substance and one arrest for possession of marijuana with intent to de-liver.
Gaffka said the extra patrol officers proved to be effec-tive.
“It’s always nice to have ex-tra officers on the road,” he said. “It gives us more of an
opportunity to be proactive rather than reactive.”
ShEriff, cmu SEE lESSThe Isabella County Sher-
iff ’s Department reported smaller numbers for Home-coming weekend than in years past, said Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski.
Three MIPs were issued by the department over the weekend, along with one OWI.
There were two cases of open intoxicant transport, two malicious destructions of property and two domestic violence reports.
Deputies broke up eight loud parties in the area.
“Most of the people at the loud parties were very coop-erative,” Mioduszewski said.
He said the numbers appear to be surprisingly low, espe-cially when it came to MIPs.
“It was pretty much a typi-cal weekend,” he said.
nonE at tailgatENot a single arrest was is-
sued Saturday in the student tailgate lot of Kelly/Shorts Stadium, said Central Michi-gan University Police Chief Bill Yeagley.
A PoLiCe| 2A
fly fishing | A photographer’s
first-hand experience, 3a
| soccerWomen set shutout record over the weekend, 1B
By Alex Washington and Blake ShowersStaff Reporters
Alumna Alejandra Mata said Homecoming is the weekend where relaxing takes precedence.
“It’s a celebration of all the hard-work and commitment that all the students, faculty and the university as a whole, and the community and the businesses put forth throughout the year,” she said. “And Homecom-ing is when you get to celebrate and relax and all that hard work becomes fun.”
Alumni from all over, as well as students, celebrated in the Home-coming fashion this past week.
Jenison freshman Rachel Radecki said it does not matter whether you are an alum or a student — everyone has shared the same experience.
“It’s just school spirit. Everyone getting together and celebrating CMU; I feel like it’s a huge bond-ing experience and everybody cel-ebrates together. It’s so much fun.”
rock rallyCharlie Brown may have always
lost playing football, but he won the 2009 Rock Rally.
The team made up of Saxe, Her-rig and Celani halls placed first in the mock rock with a performance inspired by the 1950s “Peanuts” car-toon.
The group rehearsed every day for about a week, and SHC Hall Council President Craig Johnson was quite happy the team won.
“It just proves hard work pays off,” the Lake City sophomore said.
“People weren’t expecting us to win and we weren’t favorites go-ing in — coming out victorious was
good for us.”Thorpe Hall took second place in
the rally and, for the first time in the mock rock’s history, there was a three-way tie for third place be-tween Barnes Hall, Larzelere Hall and On the Fly Productions.
Homecoming co-chairwoman and St. Clair Shores senior Danielle Le-one said she was impressed with ev-eryone’s performance.
“Rock Rally performances were outstanding, watching them was amazing,” Leone said. “All I could think was how long it took them to prepare and think of their perfor-mances.”
othEr announcEmEntSRock Rally was more than just per-
formances.Rochester senior Jessica Parker and
Macomb senior Scott Hillman were named the 2009 Gold Ambassadors.
“It feels surreal — it was an honor to even be nominated,” Hillman said. “I never saw it coming.”
A HoMeCoMing | 2A
and the winners are....
w Maroon Cup Winner - Larzelere Hallw Golden Goblet - Student Recreation Association
paige calamari/staff photographer
On the Fly Productions performs during the Rock Rally on Friday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The group
integrated a Transformers theme into its dance to tie with two other teams for third place in the competition.
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w Envisioning: The Power of Rit-ual Canadian Indian Art from the Dennos Museum Center will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room.
w Theatre of the Absurd: An Open Video Art Exhibition will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Charles V. Park Library Extended Study Hours Room.
w Fearless exhibit: A photog-raphy exhibit is presented from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Multicultural Educa-tion Center.
w Soup and Substance: Flint Stone Street Project will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Terrace rooms A, B, C and D.
w A euchre tournament will take place from 6:15 to 10 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Rotunda
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w Michigan Story Festival Mu-rals are on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the first and third floors of the Charles V. Park Library.
w Inviting Voyeurism in Art is displayed from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the University Art Gallery’s West Gallery.
w Recent Works of Michael Ferris are displayed from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the University Art Gal-lery’s Main Gallery.
w Alpha Chi Omega will hold its annual Spaghetti Dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Alpha Chi Omega House, 916 Main St.
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“It’s terrible,” she said. “ The new rules were not a wise deci-sion.”
Alex Atwell, a 1998 alumnus and a Royal Oak resident, said he almost did not come back because of the tailgate rules.
He did come because he said CMU has one of the best tail-gates in the MAC.
“We’re going to have fun re-gardless,” he said. “It’s all about who you’re with. Tailgating is something I look forward to.”
Still a crowdMany alumni disagreed with
the rules, but that did not stop about 4,000 to 5,000 people showing up to tailgate, said CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley.
Director of Sports Informa-
tion Jason Kaufman said about 12,000 students came to the game to watch Central Michigan University’s 56-8 victory over Eastern Michigan University.
Athletics Director Dave Heeke said he was glad stu-dents and the administration could work together to come to the compromise of lifting the ban on external sound sys-tems.
“I’m very pleased with the turnout and thrilled we had that many students,” Heeke said. “We’ll continue to build a great game day atmosphere, and stu-dents turnout plays a big role in that.”
Heeke said there are no cur-rent plans to lift any of the other tailgating rules.
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niel blake/staff photographerFrom left, freshman offensive tackle Jake Olson, junior guard Jeff Maddux, senior quarterback Dan LeFevour and senior guard Allen Ollenburger line up against Eastern Michigan on CMU’s first possession of the game. The Chippewas started from the four-yard-line and drove 96 yards for the touchdown in the team’s 56-8 victory.
He said two medical runs and three MIPs were issued throughout the day among a crowd he estimated to be between 4,000 and 5,000.
Yeagley said although tail-gating in the student lot, Lot 63, may have been slightly less than previous Home-comings, the turnout was
great.“We were very pleased to
see so many people come out,” he said.
“Almost everyone I talked to had a great time; there were only two medical runs and then us winning the game made it a perfect Homecoming.”
-Senior Reporter Joe Borlik contributed to this report.
police|continued from 1A
Many CMU alumni re-turned to celebrate home-coming weekend as well.
CMU alumna and 2007 Gold Ambassador Jacklyn Welsheimer said she missed CMU and is happy to be back.
“I feel like I’m at home,” Welsheimer said.
“There’s something about being here and hearing the fight song that is irreplace-able.”
In between mock rock acts, attendees were entertained by dance and a cappella.
Fish N Chips, CMU’s male a cappella group, performed the classic hit “Carry On Way-
ward Son” by Kansas. “We have done this for the
past two years,” said Howell senior Kevin Troshak. “When we chose that song, we fig-ured it was a song everyone knows, likes and can sing along with.”
Muskegon senior and Rock Rally coordinator Jenny Zuzelski said, overall, every-thing went well.
“I think it ran very smooth-ly and everyone who was in charge of their department ran it without flaw,” Zuzelski said.
-Senior Reporter Jake May contributed to this report.
homecoming|continued from 1A
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Free pumpkins Tuesday
Free pumpkins are available from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday or until the pumpkins are gone. The pub-lic is invited to come to Edward Jones Investments, 913 E. Pick-ard St. For more information, call 772-9007.
Permanent Collection
The Barrymore Award-winning theatre production Permanent Collection will take place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Satur-day in the Bush Theatre. It is a skillfully intense drama about ex-ploring art, truth and prejudice. It was written by Thomas Gibbons and is directed by Steve Berglund. Cost is $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for the general public. For more information, call 774-3000 or visit the Web site centralboxoffice.cmich.edu.
Dance away Wheatland Music Organization
presents a dance series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. There is a cover charge of $5 for those 18 and older, but those younger than 18 can attend for free. The organiza-tion is putting on the dance se-ries at the Wheatland Music site/classroom building in Remus. The dances will vary from Cajun and Irish to square dancing. No ex-perience is needed; instructions will be given before dancing. People can come with or without a partner. For more information, contact Lola Tyler at (989) 967-8879 or visit the Web site at www.wheatlandmusic.org.
Pug Play GroupThe Mid-Michigan Pug Play
Group will hold its annual costume & fashion contest from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday. It is a chance to dress up the pug in the latest fashion or Halloween costume. Prizes will be awarded. The Mid-Michigan Pug Play Group is a group of people who meet monthly who enjoy pugs. Those who have pugs or thinking of adopting a pug and want more information, or just love pugs, are welcome to come that day. Other small-breed dogs are welcome to attend as “honor-ary Pug for the day.” Please make sure any dog brought to playtime is healthy and can safely interact with other pugs. Contact Kelli Rex at (614) 843-1005 or [email protected], or visit the Web site at mid-michpugplay.homestead.com.
Spirit of the EagleThe Eagle Feather Feast will
be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 23 and is open to the public. People attending can join with members from the Anishinabe Ogitchedaw Veteran & Warrior Society, Eagle Clan and Ziibiwing Cultural Center staff in feasting with the eagle feathers in the Ziibiwing Collec-tions. People also may bring their eagle feathers or bird feathers to the feast. Please bring a dish to pass, but no poultry or other bird dishes. Some restrictions may ap-ply. For information, contact Wil-liam Johnson at 775-4730 or visit sagchip.org.
Michigan Story Festival
The Central Michigan Univer-sity Engineering and Technology Building will hold the award-win-ning Michigan Story Festival from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 23. Free tickets are available at Central Box Office. The festival is an op-portunity to experience the won-der of storytelling with national, regional and local storytelling masters.
Economic forumGriffin Endowed Chair Max-
ine Berman will host and former Griffen Endowed Chair Craig Ruff will moderate a forum at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. The forum, “Michi-gan’s Economic Future: is their light at the end of the assemble line?” will focus on how Michigan will reinvent itself after a new smaller auto industry emerges. Topics of discussion will include an outlook on Michigan now and where it is going in new technolo-gies.
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paigE calaMari/staff photographerConklin senior Emily Brown directs a caller to the appropriate campus office Wednesday afternoon at the switchboard of the Telecommunications Service Center in the basment of the Emmons/Woldt complex. Helping individuals that call the switchboard has made Brown more aware of campus and the variety of events taking place.
Unusual calls don’t phase operators
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Fish on the flyphotos by NathaN kostEgiaN/staff photographer
Midland resident John Johnson, a retired chemical engineer and guide for the fly fish class at Central Michigan University, demonstrates a casting method Saturday to Ionia sophomore Bill Crawford on the Pere Marquette River.
By Melissa TorokStaff Reporter
When you answer phone calls as a job, you occasionally get a weird one.
Emily Brown, an operator at the Telecommunications Ser-vice Center in the Woldt Hall lower level, answers quite a few.
“Someone called asking why I didn’t call to wake him up this morning,” said Brown, a Conk-lin senior. “I said ‘Well, I’m sorry,
but I think you have the wrong number.’ And he said, ‘No, I had called you to wake me up this morning.’”
The Telecommunications Service Center, which takes care of the 774-4000 number, is a 24-hour service where many stu-dents work the midnight shifts.
Brown said the weird calls can make things a little tough because she has to decide how to forward them.
“A guy wanted me to call his wife while she was in class,” Brown said.
Brown’s not the only operator that experiences these uncanny calls. Brown’s co-worker, Brad Schmidt, said he answered one
very weird call about a man’s pet.
“One guy called saying that he lost his kitty,” said Schmidt, a Livonia junior. “I transferred his call to the police because they have a lost and found.”
When a stranger callsCMU operators’ main task
is to help callers by providing event or campus-related infor-mation.
Brown said dealing with up-set callers is a difficult part of her job.
“Sometimes, people will tell me their life story and ask me,
Students work throughout the day answering phones
By Calyn SharpStaff Reporter
Central Michigan University has received $579,990 from sales of custom motor vehicle license plates in less than a decade.
Michigan’s University Fund-raising License Program gives a portion of license plate sales back to the universities repre-sented on the plates, which fea-ture the university logo along-
side the plate number.The sale of plates has raised
approximately $10.6 million for 15 universities across the state of Michigan since 2000, said Kelly Chesney, Secretary of State spokeswoman.
“The initial cost of a college license plate is $35,” she said. “So the year that the plate is purchased, $25 goes toward the school that the plate rep-resents. Each year after that, the person who owns the plate pays their registration fee plus $10 and that $10 goes toward the fundraising program.”
As of June 30, there were 9.6 million college license plates
in circulation and 43,745 of which are CMU license plates, Chesney said.
“Every year, the sales in-crease with the number of students who graduate and the number of students who enroll in school at CMU,” she said.
Money to aluMniThe CMU license plate is
the fourth most popular li-cense plate, following Michi-gan State, the University of Michigan and Western Michi-gan University.
“The money that CMU re-ceives goes toward the Alum-
ni association,” said Mary Lu Yardley, executive director of Alumni Relations. “The mon-ey that we receive goes toward operations of the alumni. This includes publishing Cen-tralight, a quarterly maga-zine that is sent out to 30,000
alumni every four months.”The University Fundraising
License Program was initi-ated by former Secretary of State Candice Miller in 2000. The plates became available for the public to purchase in September of that year.
The plates can be ordered at any time, but are most of-ten ordered when the license plate registrations are up.
Chesney said the person-alized plates can be ordered online, and citizens can check how the plate will look and its availability.
Most popular college license plates in Mich.
1. Michigan State University2. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor3. Western Michigan University4. Central Michigan University5. Ferris State University
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More than 43,000 customized in circulation
Last weekend, I was one of 10 Central Michigan Universi-ty students to learn
the art of fly fishing.We were taught and led
by John Johnson, a retired chemical engineer from Mid-land who has been fly fishing for more than 50 years. He now teaches, guides, back-packs, canoes and skis — you could call him a pure out-doorsman.
He taught the 10 of us about the biology of Steel-head trout and salmon, how to tie knots and flies, types of equipment and different methods of fly fishing.
After a three-hour lecture, we were ready to take our handmade flies and what we
had learned in the classroom to the river.
In the midst of Homecom-ing activities Saturday morn-ing, we departed for Manist-ee National Forest to fish the Pere Marquette River.
Once arrived, we all suited up in waders, tied up our lines and headed to the river.
Fishermen and fish over-took the river, as fall is the peak season for Steelhead trout and salmon fishing, some of the best fish in the world.
The air was crisp and the water was cold, but the fish were swimming as they re-turned from Lake Michigan to spawn in the river, where they were born and will even-tually die.
For many, it was our first time fly fishing and, as many know, any type of fishing is all about patience and get-ting that true bite. It is then that the real battle begins be-tween man and fish.
At last, success — fish were being caught.
After a day of fishing, the
group returned to camp to settle in for a night that we all knew was going to be cold.
With layers on, tents set up, stomachs full and a fire finally burning, the group of fishermen relaxed. After a cold night with the tempera-ture getting down to around 18 degrees, we awoke early
to hit the river one last time before returning to CMU.
For me and most of my fellow students, this was an experience I’m sure we’ll al-ways remember, whether it was the fishing or the cold.
I can’t wait to go again.
Weekend at Pere Marquette River one to remember despite cold nights
Midland resident John Johnson helps Owosso sophomore Jason Luft set up his line for fly fishing Saturday to catch Steelhead trout and salmon in the Pere Marquette River.
Nathan KostegianStaff Photographer
By Hilary FarrellSenior Reporter
Four Mount Pleasant men will find out today where they rank among the nation’s stron-gest.
Mount Pleasant resident Shawn Allen, Harbor Springs sophomore Ron Shock, North Adams senior Jake Webb and Mount Pleasant state trooper Chris Pietrantonio competed at the North American Strong-man Inc. national competition last weekend in Lafayette, La.
Webb placed eighth in the 200- to 231-pound category af-ter placing second in the “King of the Mountain” national qualifying event June 13 at JP’s Gym, 4245 S. Lincoln Road. He is ranked ninth overall nation-ally in his weight class.
Allen, who placed first in the same category at the national qualifying event, took 13th, while Shock placed in the top 50 percent of his weight cate-gory, according to Jason Pyles, owner of JP’s Gym.
Pietrantonio, competing in the 231- to 265-pound heavy-weight division, tore his bicep in the farmers yoke medley and was unable to finish, Pyles said. He was in the third round at the competition and is ex-pected to make a full recovery.
a successNASI Vice President Dione
Wessels said the athletes ap-peared to have a good time, and the national rankings should be posted online to-day at nastrongmaninc.com. The top 15 from the Louisiana nationals will go to the Arnold Classic in March in Columbus to compete professionally.
“It went extremely well,” Wessels said. “Definitely the most competitive competition we’ve had.”
Ninety to 100 people from across the nation competed, said Pyles, who also is active in NASI activities.
The top competitors in each weight class earned their pro-fessional card and will compete on the professional circuit.
The national event is the final ranking for competitors and ends the season.
Students, officer compete in strength competition
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The prize was given to Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplo-macy and cooperation between peoples.”
Feb. 1 was the deadline for consideration of the Nobel Peace Prize, less than two weeks after his Jan. 20 inauguration.
He accomplished nothing in that brief amount of time to earn
him the prize. Obama was given the award on
the basis that he is capable of do-ing great things, despite not hav-ing time to accomplish anything.
There are many other people who are far more qualified and worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. For example, Wei Jingsheng has been fighting more than a decade for human rights and criticizing
communism in China. Mordechai Vanunu exposed Iran’s nuclear program, potentially stopping the building of weapons of mass destruction.
President Obama should not have accepted the prize.
He was every bit as shocked as everyone else when he won the award.
Despite accepting the award with humility, Obama knows he does not deserve it.
If anything, accepting the award puts a lot of pressure on Obama.
There are a few global issues he must face, including the war in Afghanistan and Iran’s nuclear activity, where the outcomes are uncertain.
There are other issues, such as the genocide in Darfur, that Obama has yet to address.
If he fails to live up to the world’s expectations, his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize will seem even worse.
On the cOllege frOnt
Obama was the candidate of choice for most college students during the 2008 presidential elec-tion. He spoke directly to young adults, calling upon them to seek education and contribute to their country. Students should be critical of their president on what he can do for them, not what he can do for the rest of the world. Despite gaining so much international praise, there is still much to do within our own borders. The national unemploy-ment rate is at a record high, with Michigan’s at more than 15 percent. Obama’s health care plan still needs to be thoroughly discussed.
There is much hope that Obama comes close to his goal of creating better relations around the world for America. There is little doubt that he won’t try his best.
Praise should be given for some-one’s actions, not their intentions, especially in matters of peace.
President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite accom-plishing nothing worthy of winning it.
There are more deserving people in the world of the award that, in previous years, was bestowed upon Mother Theresa, former President Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu.
EDITORIAL | Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to people who deserve it
A Nobel surprise
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Ignorance makes for bad mannersI am a woman — a strong woman
at that. So wouldn’t I want a strong and
handsome man? Yes!Not one that would harshly grab
my arm in the campus dining hall and ask me, “What’s good, girl?”
This is an actual event that hap-pened to me recently. This minor situation gave me flashbacks of similar situations where I have been approached by guys of all socioeco-nomic statuses that had the same unfortunate mentality: ignorance.
Some would crudely whistle at me while I was walking down the street in an attempt to get my num-ber or maybe something more.
I ignored them because I am not a dog. Others would just yell, “Hey, girl” down the street at me, never taking the time to actually speak “to” me.
Just for the record, this is not a male-bashing column. I know many men who are intelligent, sen-sitive and caring. They also know how to respect women.
But unfortunately, there are also quite a few men who do not see a problem with treating women like pieces of garbage, whether through their actions or behavior. They just don’t care. And I am not the only one to run into this type of mentality.
Grabbing someone’s arms, behind, or any body part is an un-necessary gesture unless asked. This is a basic principle that applies to both women and men since men have been victims, too. And I can be the first to tell you that some women are not always ladylike.
Both sexes need to take a stand in how they allow people to treat them. There won’t always be such a major problem with getting respect. If a man is used to treating women like dirt because they don’t set standards, he will probably treat other women he meets the same way. Men shouldn’t allow women to debase them on any level.
Your self-esteem is worth way more than a date or companionship.
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free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
In Hilary Farrell’s column, “Marriage laws do not include everyone,” there are several points I disagree with.
One of the biggest misconcep-tions about the marriage debate is that “marriage is a right.” To analyze this statement, one must first understand the concept of marriage.
Marriage, in the sense of a ceremony to show love and dedica-tion to someone you love, is a right. Specifically, it falls under the right freedom of speech. Every Ameri-can is free to express his or her love for any person, and the govern-ment has absolutely no right to say otherwise.
However, marriage in the sense of a civil contract between two consenting adults is not a right. The civil contract of marriage is a privilege, with guidelines set down on how one can enter into such a contract. Nowhere in the U.S. or Michigan constitutions will you find a clause that describes the right to enter into the civil contract marriage.
At any moment, the Michigan legislature could abolish the civil contract of marriage. Would this mean that it would be illegal to get married? No. It would simply mean that the state would no longer be recognizing marriage as a civil contract.
Homosexuals are just as entitled to enter into this civil contract as heterosexual individuals. They must, however, abide by the rules of the contract. The Michigan legislature has specifically said that homosexual marriage is an “invalid contract.” However, this is not denying homosexuals the right to enter into a marriage.
Farrell says in her column, “The limited rights and protections [of civil unions] do not extend past state lines.” Many people feel that this is something the federal government needs to remedy, but why should the federal govern-ment be meddling with the issue of marriage? They have always left the definition marriage up to the states to decide for themselves.
The constitution gives no indica-tion that the federal government should define marriage, giving them no reason to step in. Under federalism, the right to define mar-riage is left to the states.
If states can allow gay marriage, it is just as much their right to not allow gay marriage.
However, Farrell does raise some good points: homosexual individu-als should be allowed to visit dying significant others in the hospital. They should be able to adopt chil-dren. Homosexual couples should be able to share a medical plan.
However, the addition of a partner, whether homosexual or heterosexual, to an employee’s healthcare plan should be a choice left up to the employer.
These issues can be remedied without brining marriage into the picture.
Ultimately, if the state of Michi-gan does not want to change its definition of marriage, it has every right to keep marriage as defined as one man and one woman.
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Mike says:Oct. 7 at 12:51 pm
While I support this move, the excuse that it hindered emergency personnel is still an outright lie. In 10 years of tailgating (mostly in the student lot, even as alumni), I have never seen an ambulance try to get thru that couldn’t. I’m fine with there being an emergency lane, but the rest of the rules should follow this one.
Disgruntled Alumni/Do the right thing says:Oct. 9 at 2:41 am
Come on, SGA get this stuff taken care of. One amendment down, a few others to go. This isn’t right what’s going on, look what happened at Michigan State years back, what really changed they’re No one goes to this stuff for the football, it helps that they’re competi-tive, but it’s all about the students and the alumni. The game is secondary.
Nate says:Oct. 7 at 11:01 pm
These rules seem to be in place to control the student body, but it has caused students to party in other areas.
Students are going to party whether the public wants it or not. It seems to me that it makes more sense to allow the students to party in the lot. Then all the students are located in a contained area.
With these rules students party all over Mount Pleasant, causing more issues. If students continue not coming to the tailgates, the school will have no choice but to drop these rules.
Justin says:Oct. 7 at 12:25 pm
This is great! The external sound system was certainly the main con-cern for students, not the pedes-trian checkpoints or alcohol limit. CMU students will certainly prefer to tailgate in Lot 63 again with external sound systems rather than on Main Street.
P.S. I am being sarcastic.
Class of 1990 says:Oct. 8 at 9:19 am
Get your butts back in the tailgate lot and show some Chippewa Pride!
Never seen such a group of whiny slackers. You have the best team in the MAC, maybe the best team CMU has ever had, and you are pulling this garbage.
Get to the game and the tailgate lot and support your team and stop the complaining. Six beers is enough.
Keith says:Oct. 8 at 3:16 pm
We are “manning up” to the poli-cies. That lot would be full to the limit and then some if the rules were back to normal. If we back down then Heeke will win, and they wil not take the students seriously. I dont want to know what type or restrictions they will try to pull if we end up giving in. I hope we beat Eastern saturday, and I hope the students still protest these rules. Keep the emergency lane, keep the music and vendors but the rest, CHILL OUT.
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libby March/staff photographerGrand Rapids resident John Dayson maintains the flame of an ear candle during the Mid-Michigan Body and Soul Festival on Saturday in Finch Fieldhouse.
The spiritual side of things
sick tray program brings food to students
By Heather ShoveinStaff Reporter
Musical chants echoed Sat-urday in Finch Fieldhouse, where students and commu-nity members perused ven-dor tables at the second an-nual Mid-Michigan Body and Soul Festival.
The Open Grove Society, a registered student organiza-tion, brought together psy-chics, card readers and ven-dors to the natural, holistic and arts fair.
Milan freshman Cindy Grimston saw chalkings around campus and received e-mails for the festival, that persuaded her to check it out.
Grimston, who went with a friend from home, did not know what to expect, but found it intriguing.
“I’m really interested in this kind of stuff,” Grimston said. “The chanting took me by surprise.”
Although one of her read-ings was kind of vague, they were still interesting, Grim-ston said. Overall, she said the experience was worth-while.
What it’s aboutThe festival hosted psy-
chics and mediums that are
members of the Open Grove Society and psychics from around the mid-Michigan area.
The Open Grove Society used to have a small psychic fair for group members each year, said member Crystal Ostrom.
She said she wanted to put together a larger event for several years and, now, the event is in its second year, the Rochester Hills senior said.
Ostrom and other Open Grove Society members said there are several reasons behind the Mid-Michigan Body and Soul Festival, one of which is to help correct the misinformation people have about the Pagan reli-gion and also to steer people away from the stereotypes associated with the idea of psychics.
“This festival has been a
brainchild of mine for the past few years,” the Roches-ter Hills senior said.
a bigger croWdR. E. Whipple, Open Grove
Society member and Mus-kegon senior, said the event turned out well this year and had more foot traffic than the year before. The vendors and readers were getting a great deal more attention from customers.
“I’ve had several people tell me they’ve had moments of rushes, and that was not something that happened as much last year,” she said.
Although an exact head count was not taken because tickets to the event were not given out, it seems the inter-est has peaked in the event’s second year, Whipple said.
Festival puts students in touch with psychics
By Lonnie AllenStaff Reporter
Those who fall ill or injured and cannot make the nearest residential restaurant do not have to miss a meal.
CMU’s sick food tray pro-gram is a way students on meal plans can still receive a meal in dire circumstances, said Nikki Smith, marketing manager of Dining Services.
The procedure is simply done by filling out a form, Smith said.
Students not feeling well can fill out a form online at the Campus Dining Web site to have a friend bring their meal up to their room. Stu-dents must have their Resi-dence Hall Director or Resi-dent Assistant sign the form.
“When picking up a meal, the person picking it up must bring the student’s ID card with them to swipe at the greeter stand,” she said. “Also, a completed sick tray procedure form, which must be signed by their (Residence
Hall Director) or (Resident Assistant).”
Sick tray procedure forms are available at the entrance to all residential restaurants and on the bottom of each residential restaurant loca-tion page online at cmucam-pusdining.com/locations, Smith said.
Individuals picking up a sick tray should ask to see the dining manger to obtain the meal, Smith said.
Loretta Moran, assistant di-rector of Clinic Operations for University Health Services, said it is a great program that Health Services recommends students utilize during the cold and flu season.
“We support the policy of Residence Life and Campus Dining,” Moran said. “Our recommendation is when a student is ill with flu symp-toms to remain in 24-hour isolation after symptoms have subsided just to be safe.”
Although Residence Life implemented and operates the program, Moran said the
program reflects on how well Residence Life is concerned for the welfare of all its cam-pus residents, Moran said.
The program has been part of campus for a long time, said Grant Skomski, assistant director to Residence Life.
“I have been part of Resi-dence Life for 29 years and I know it has been an option since I started here,” he said.
Because of increased aware-ness and education about the H1N1 flu virus on campus, Smith said the residential res-taurants have not increased usage of the program this year over prior years.
libby March/staff photographerReiki master and Lapeer senior Jessica Stefani performs an awakening for balance of the body and spirit during the Mid-Michigan Body and Soul Festival on Saturday in Finch Fieldhouse.
By Hilary FarrellSenior Reporter
Today’s city commission meeting will include a work session for the city’s proposed 2010 budget, a decision on the proposed Michigan De-partment of Transportation Mission Street project and options for the city’s Oak Street Bridge.
A work session for the 2010 budget is at 6:30 p.m. today at City Hall, 320 W. Broadway St., with the regular meeting beginning at 7 p.m.
The proposed Mission Street plan includes creat-ing indirect left-hand turns on Mission Street from Blue Grass Road to Appian Way. The plan would remove the left-hand turns on Mission
Street at Blue Grass Road and Broomfield Road.
Doug and Bart LaBelle from LaBelle Management wrote to the commission last Tuesday to express concerns. The plan will hinder their businesses, the letter said, including 15 of their properties.
“This project will greatly affect Mission Street for the next 50 years,” Doug and Bart said. “It needs more planning and consideration.”
Doug and Bart asked for additional turnarounds for easier access to busi-nesses on Mission Street. The city’s Planning Commis-sion, Downtown Develop-ment Authority, residents and other area businesses also have expressed concerns about the proposed design.
The commission post-poned the decision for the MDOT plan at its last meet-ing, held Sept. 28. Topics in-cluded city concerns and the need for additional design elements.
‘significant’ iMpactAccording to Terry Palmer,
the Bay region manager for MDOT, the Broomfield Road and Mission Street intersec-tion has the most accidents in the Bay Region 13 county area. In the past 10 years, 1,500 vehicle accidents and 25 pedestrian accidents were reported.
According to a memo writ-ten by Assistant City Manag-er Nancy Ridley, MDOT and city staff have been working on design adjustments, but staff still recommend the commission reject the plan.
“The implications of this project are significant to all of Mission Street and to the city as a whole,” Ridley said.
“It is not possible to an-ticipate all of those implica-tions without all of the spe-cific details of the design, as well as the enhancement options.”
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Businesses voicing concern over intersection adjustments
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phots by libby March/staff photographerBay City junior Tiffany Kostus, left, Royal Oak senior Hallie Griffin and Illinois junior Alecia Koczenasz use their phones to text friends for extra brainpower and check for Twitter updates in their search for the Medallion last Wednesday night near Park Library.
Homecoming medallion hunt ends with Larzelere victory
By Luke DimickStaff Reporter
Editor’s Note: Staff Re-porter Luke Dimick followed the Larzelere Hall council in their search for the Home-coming Medallion last week. The following is the last ex-cerpt in his series of blog posts. For the other entries, see the “On The Hunt” blog at cm-life.com.
The Larzelere Hall council team heard the Homecom-ing medallion was found at 10:40 p.m. Thursday night, leaving the room silent.
The atmosphere was in-tense. All were hoping that all the work they put in didn’t go to waste.
But at 10:51 p.m., the en-tire residence hall was cel-ebrating as it was the team to finally bring home the medallion.
The clue Thursday night read, “Even though he doesn’t have a building named after him, as the ones before him, he still has a special place on campus. It’s off the road less trav-eled and the light continues to shine on what you seek. When you view from above, your prize can be found on the President’s staff.”
“After the clue came out, one of our ideas was to go to Abel Court,” Okemos ju-nior Kevin Conlon said. “We looked at a map and real-ized Abel was a president that didn’t have a building named after him and he came after the other presi-dents that did.”
The president’s staff refers to Abel Court which, when viewed from above, looks like a staff. Harold Abel was CMU’s president from 1975 to 1985. Abel Court is off of Denison Drive, which is off of West Campus Drive in the Center for Applied Research and Technology. The team utilized Google Earth and campus maps to get a view from above that revealed the “presidents staff.”
“A lot of cars turned left onto Ellis Place, so we thought we were going to the wrong place,” Conlon said. “We kept going and we re-alized that Abel was on our right so we turned onto that. We were the first ones there and I slammed on the brakes and we got out.”
After several minutes of wandering, Conlon stum-bled upon a gray circle re-sembling the medallion fea-tured in “Raiders of the Lost
Ark.” He immediately called his roommate and Larzelere co-coordinator and DeWitt junior Kyle Smith.
“There was all this sand there, and I remembered all the sand from the movie and from the first clue,” Conlon said. “Kyle got there and I reached into the sand and it was maybe two inches down. I reached in and found some-thing, and it was the bag that holds the medallion. Then everyone went nuts.”
Conlon and Smith re-turned back to Larzelere to a group of chanting and clap-ping Larzelere residents and an enormous celebration en-sued.
“We found it,” Smith said. “It’s a thrilling relief. It vali-dates all the work we put in. To be right there and to see it being pulled out was exhila-rating.”
What were the clues?
w Sunday - Hole 12 W 10 p.m. and the president is key 3950L.w Monday - It’s time to come home. Indy & Mrs. Margo will be waiting for you. Shhh be quiet we don’t want to wake Mr. Judson.w Tuesday - Running through the jungle is where you will find me tonight. All great ad-venturers went WEST and so shall you. Stay close to the path and you will find me.w Wednesday - The key lies in the president staff. Unlike Indy, you have twice as much information as I did.w Thursday - Even though he doesn’t have a building named after him, as the ones before him, he still has a special place on campus. It’s off the road less trav-eled and the light continues to shine on what you seek. When you view from above, your prize can be found on the President’s staff.
‘What should I do?’” Brown said. “It’s hard when people are really upset because there’s not much we can do but transfer their call.”
Brown, along with other operators, answers a lot of phone calls throughout the week.
Main switchboard op-erator Tonia Price said the number of calls depends on the events on campus.
“Depending on the day, we answer around 500 to 1,000 phone calls per day,” said Price, a Shepherd resi-dent. “If it’s extremely busy, we get around 1,300 calls a day.”
Student employees work between 15 and 20 hours a week. Price, a full-time operator, works 40 hours a week.
Operators must tend to the switchboard even if school is canceled.
“No matter what the weather is, we still have to be here,” Price said.
Students do get a few days off throughout the year, such as Thanksgiving and part of Christmas break.
Student operators consid-er the job to be beneficial.
“I am more knowledge-able about where things are on campus and I can con-tribute a lot more to younger students,” Brown said.
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Commissioner David McGuire said at the previous meeting he does not want to agree on the project if the city does not know all op-tions, including the potential enhancement grant.
“That scares me a lot,” McGuire said.
Of the $4.4 million needed for the project, the city is ex-pected to pay $38,500. Most of the funding would be supplied by a federal safety grant, Palmer said.
Two bids for the city’s Oak Street Bridge were received from Miller Development to rehabilitate or rebuild the bridge in the spring. The cost of rehabilitation is $195,726 and the cost for rebuilding is $184,450.
A third option to leave the bridge as is with only pedes-trian traffic also was received and would cost $3,500 if ap-proved.
The city is looking to adopt a policy for an Identity Theft Prevention Program and es-tablish a city Identity Theft Committee.
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From left: Bay City junior Tiffany Kostus, Illinois junior Alecia Koczenasz and Royal Oak senior Hallie Griffin take a break Wednesday to use their phones for updates during their search for the Medallion outside the Park Library.
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Soccer wins 1-0; extends shutout streak
Freshman forward Autumn Hawkins has four points this season. Hawk-ins and the team won its ninth straight game by shutout Sunday in 1-0 victory against
Miami.
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jake may/staff photrographerSenior quarterback Dan LeFevour scored six total touchdowns Saturday.
ashley miller/photo editorCMU held Eastern Michigan to 255 yards of total offense in the team’s 56-8 victory Saturday in Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Junior linebacker Nick Bellore, top right, led the defense with 10 tackles and one sack. The first string for the defense did not allow the Eagles into the red zone and held starting quarteback Kyle McMahon to 76 yards passing.
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CMU dominates Eastern, defense shakes off past poor performancesBy Dave Jones | Senior Reporter
It had been two years and two notable losses for the Chippewas, but satisfaction was gained Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
Having been defeated in key games in consecutive seasons (most recently a 56-52 loss in Ypsilanti in last year’s regular season finale), the football team, led by senior quarterback Dan LeFevour’s six touchdowns, redeemed itself with a 56-8 Homecoming victory against rival Eastern Michigan to remain undefeated in the Mid-Ameri-can Conference.
Eastern Michigan defeated the Chippewas four of the past five seasons, with third-year coach Butch Jones having yet to claim victory.
And it was apparent from the start that the team came into the game knowing just that.
“Eastern Michigan, one of our big rivals, they beat up on us over the past few years,” said junior wide reciever Antonio Brown. “To have some suc-cess against them was really great.”
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Tim OttuschAssistant Sports Editor
More than a
MAC winCoach Butch Jones would
not admit it after the game, but the football team’s victory against Eastern Michiga was more than just another Mid-American Con-ference win.
Jones, in his first two years as head coach of CMU, failed to beat in-state rival Eastern Michigan, despite the fact that Central was heavily favored in both games.
On Saturday, it was apparent a point was being made.
Already up 28-0 with two minutes left in the first half, CMU went for the kill. Despite being pinned deep in its own zone, senior quarterback Dan LeFevour led the offense on a 92-yard one-minute, 42-sec-ond drive, capped by sopho-more running back Bryan Schroeder’s 11-yard receiving touchdown with just 18 sec-onds remaining in the half.
The offense did not punt the ball the entire game.
And it wasn’t really the of-fense making the biggest state-ment Saturday. The defense gave up more than 600 yards and 56 points to the Eagles last season. Junior linebacker Nick Bellore blamed that loss, and the 2007 loss as well, completely on the defense for not playing, at the very least, “adequate.”
The defense held EMU to eight points — 48 less than last year — and did not let the Eagles into the red zone until after the first string was taken out.
Unfinished bUsinessWith the team now defeating
Eastern Michigan, a notewor-thy demon was shed from the past.
But there is so much more ahead. Western Michigan, which has played below its expectations for the most part, dominated Toledo 56-28 Satur-day night. The Broncos seem to finally be reaching their poten-tial just in time for Saturday’s showdown in Kalamazoo.
And the game against Western is just the first of three straight road games for CMU, including a Halloween matchup at Boston College. Couple in a late November game against Northern Il-linois — a game that could potentially decide the MAC West — and CMU has its work cut out for it.
Despite CMU getting a mon-key off its back on Saturday, it is far from done.
By Matthew ValinskiStaff Reporter
Sophomore forward Chelsi Abbott passed one defender and sent the ball off the right post and into the back of the net to give the CMU soccer team the only goal it needed.
The Chippewas (11-3, 6-0) defeat-ed Miami (7-5-1, 3-2-1) 1-0 Sunday at the CMU Soccer Complex.
Abbott said a lot of credit for her goal should go toward senior forward Amanda Waugh, who brought the de-fense to her before passing it over.
“Amanda Waugh did a lot of the work,” she said. “She pulled it in so that I could make that run out.”
The win is Central’s ninth consecu-tive, all coming via shutout, which ties the Mid-American Conference record for most consecutive shutouts with Ohio of 2004.
“Today’s game was a very difficult one,” said coach Tom Anagnost. “Our girls were great today. They managed the game very well at the end and they showed leadership throughout the game. We weren’t as dynamic of-fensively as I would like, but we got better as the game wore on.”
Junior Shay Mannino made three saves to collect her ninth shutout of the season. She said her defense was responsible for not allowing Miami to take quality shots.
“We kept in front of them in the second half,” she said. “We knew we were going to have to shut them out and we did.”
Waugh and senior midfielder Stephanie Martin came off the bench
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at WMUSat., Oct. 17
Last time CMU traveled to Kalamazoo, a trip to the Mid-American Con-ference Championship was on the line. The 34-31 CMU win featured 48 total points scored in the fourth quarter. This is shaping up to be another pivotal game in the MAC West with both teams winning big last week. CMU has won the last three meetings.
GAME OVER MOMENT
With the game already close to being out of hand in the second quarter, junior wide receiver An-tonio Brown fielded a punt, made a cut upfield and took the ball 75 yards for a touchdown. The re-turn, Brown’s second of the sea-son, gave CMU a 28-0 lead with 2:51 remaining in the first half.
Central (5-1, 3-0 MAC) went on to score another touchdown before the half ended on its way to a 56-8 victory against rival Eastern Michigan (0-5, 0-2 MAC).
GAME BALLS
Antonio Brown
Junior wide re-ceiver Antonio Brown scored his second punt re-turn touchdown of the year, going 75 yards. Brown also scored on a 70-yard screen play.
Senior quarter-back Dan LeFe-vour scored six total touch-downs for the second time this season, throwing for 318 yards.
1ST DOWN 2ND DOWN
3RD DOWN 4TH AND INCHES
The plan is always for the Chippewas to get out front with an early lead.
With the defense forcing a punt on EMU’s opening drive to start the game, the offense took over on its own 4-yard line.
But after gaining just 3 yards their first two offensive plays, the Chippewas faced a third-and-seven.
Senior quarterback Dan LeFevour dropped back to pass, but could not find an open receiver. He decided to take it himself for 8 yards and a first down.
Three plays later, LeFevour took it 7 yards on third -and-six for a second third down conversion.
T e s T r e s u lT s
Offense
ALast week: B
The offense was so efficient on Saturday, CMU never punted the ball. Senior quarterback Dan LeFe-vour, for the second time this sea-son, scored six times en route to a 48-point margin of victory.
Defense
ALast week: B
A 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter was all that stood between CMU’s defense and its second shut-out of the season. EMU was stifled and was held to 88 yards of offense in the first half.
Special Teams
ALast week: C+
The biggest play of the game came when junior wide receiver Antonio Brown returned an EMU punt for a 75-yard touchdown in the second quarter. And for the eight touch-downs, senior kicker Andrew Aguila converted on all extra points.
Overall
ALast week: B
The Chippewas dominated in ev-ery facet of the game against EMU. The offense moved the ball at will and the defense kept the Eagles in check. Even the special teams got in on the scoring.
F o u r D o w n s
After LeFevour scrambled for two first downs on third-down passing plays, CMU faced a second-and-six from its own 30-yard line.
LeFevour faked a wide receiver screen to his left, looked right and found junior wide receiver Anto-nio Brown waiting for a screen to his right.
Brown caught the ball, followed the downfield block off right guard Allen Ollenburger, and ran to open field.
Brown’s 70-yard touchdown reception opened the scoring Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. He finished with 110 receiving yards.
After moving the ball to CMU’s 49-yard line, Mc-Mahon was taken down behind the line of scrim-mage after a high snap out of the shotgun formation for a loss of 15 yards.
The Eagles were forced to punt on a fourth-and-20 from their own 36-yard line.
Brown took the punt, dashed to his right, stopped, then turned upfield 75 yards to the endzone.
EMU stopped CMU’s previous offensive series, the team’s first stop in the game. Brown’s punt re-turn seemingly ended any chance for the Eagles to get back into the game.
Central Michigan got the ball with just two min-utes remaining in the half and found itself on its own 8-yard line.
Already up 28-0, the Chippewas were looking to close the door on Eastern Michigan.
The drive opened with sophomore running back Bryan Schroeder rushing for 13 yards and catching a 23-yard pass. Then, LeFevour found junior wide re-ceiver Kito Poblah for 26 yards, Brown for 9 yards and senior wide receiver Brian Anderson for 10 more.
On EMU’s 11-yard line, LeFevour threw a screen pass to Schroeder, who took it in for a touchdown on a 92-yard drive that lasted just one minute, 42 seconds.
Results:
Sept. 5: at Arizona, 6-19
Sept. 12: at MSU, 29-27
Sept. 19: Alcorn State, 48-0
Sept. 26: Akron, 48-21
Oct. 3: at Buffalo, 20-13
Oct. 10: E. Mich., 56-8
Remaining Games:
Oct. 17: at WMU, 3:30 p.m.Media: FSN Detroit Plus
Oct. 24: at BGSU, NoonMedia: ESPN Plus/GamePlan
Oct. 31: at Boston College, 1 p.m.Media: N/A
Nov. 11: Toledo, 8 p.m.Media: ESPN 2
Nov. 18: at Ball State, 6/8 p.m.Media: ESPN 2 or ESPNU
Nov. 27: Northern Illinois, TBAMedia: ESPN U or ESPN 360
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West Division Team MAC OverallCMU 3-0 5-1NIU 1-0 3-2WMU 2-1 3-3Toledo 1-1 3-3BSU 0-2 0-6EMU 0-2 0-5
East DivisionTeam MAC OverallTemple 3-0 3-2Ohio 2-0 4-2BGSU 1-1 2-4KSU 1-1 2-4Buffalo 0-2 2-4Akron 0-2 1-4Miami 0-2 0-6
Saturday’s resultsCMU 56, EMU 8Northwestern 16, Miami 6Temple 24, Ball State 19BGSU 36, Kent State 35Buffalo 40, Gardner-Webb 3Ohio 19, Akron 7WMU 58, Toledo 26
*Home teams in bold
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Central michigan life || Monday, oct. 12, 2009 || 3B
Defense rights past mistakesBy tim ottuschAssistant Sports Editor
Junior linebacker Nick Bel-lore said the blame on the previous two years’ losses to Eastern Michigan was on the defense.
It gave up a combined 104 points and 1,057 offensive yards in losing 56-52 last year and 48-45 the year before.
“All we had to do was play adequate defense and we win both of those games,” he said. “But we didn’t.”
Things turned out differ-ently Saturday.
The starters held EMU’s of-fense to less than 150 yards and kept the Eagles out of the redzone. They were taken out late in the third quarter in the team’s 56-8 win Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
On the opening three of-fensive drives for EMU, the defense held the Eagles to one first down. It set up the offense, which scored on its first three drives.
“We thought that was critical (getting early stops), and that was critical early,” said coach Butch Jones.
Senior quarterback Dan LeFevour said it helps when both sides of the ball are performing at a high level.
“At this point, the offense and the defense are feeding off each other,” LeFevour said. “Whether they get a stop to start the game or we score, I think that kind of energizes the team a little bit.”
Last season, the defense allowed 616 yards of total of-fense against EMU and were just 5-of-18 in stopping the Eagles on third downs, giv-ing up 38 first downs. In 2007, the team gave up 441 yards of total offense and failed to stop the Eagles
on their six fourth down o p p o r t u n i -ties. But Sat-urday, the team held EMU to 255 yards, 14 first downs and stopped 10-of-18 third down attempts.
“Finally, to play some good defense around here is really uplifting for our team,” Bel-lore said. “I think we gel a lot better as an entire team, not just offense, (but) defense, when we’re doing that.”
Bellore led with 10 tackles, two for a loss, and one sack. Freshman linebacker Kyle Zelinsky finished with seven tackles.
season long trendThe win was somewhat
of a microcosm of how the
season has gone so far for the defense. Last season, the defense allowed an av-erage of 30.2 points per game and the passing de-fense allowed 287.2 yards per game, second-worst in the nation. This season, the team’s defense is allowing 14.7 points per game, best in the MAC.
Bellore said he hopes to keep the play going into next week’s game against rival Western Michigan. Bel-lore had 13 tackles in last season’s 38-28 win against the Broncos in Mount Pleas-ant.
“You really feel the inten-sity in the air, I really can’t wait to play the game,” Bel-lore said. “They have a lot of great weapons on offense, we know that.”
ashley miller/photo editorThe defense allowed zero red zone attempts while the first string was in the game during Saturday’s 56-8 victory against EMU.
LeFevour threw for three touchdowns and rushed for three more, marking the sec-ond time this season — Sept. 26 against Akron — that he scored six touchdowns and the fifth time in his career.
He completed 16-of-22 pass-es for 318 yards and added 44 rushing yards on 11 carries.
LeFevour started the scor-ing early with a screen pass to Brown that went for 70 yards an an early lead.
From there, the offense stayed in tune.
“I think we were efficient,” LeFevour said. “We didn’t have a lot of possessions, I don’t think, for a football game. But when we got the ball, we con-verted and we were very effi-cient.”
LeFevour led the Chippewas on three consecutive scoring drives to start but, when the offense was finally stopped, the special teams took over.
Brown, already with a long touchdown, returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.
The first half was capped by an 11-yard pass from LeFevour to sophomore running back Bryan Schroeder after a one-minute,
42-second drive that started at CMU’s eight-yard line.
Junior wide receiver Kito Poblah caught a touchdown pass in the third quarter to go along with his team-leading five catches and career-high 126 re-ceving yards.
Defensively, CMU stifled the Eastern Michigan, holding the Eagles to 88 yards of total of-fense before going into halftime up 35-0.
“On defense, I think we were able to get off the field on third down,” said coach Butch Jones. “We limited big plays and we did a much better job at tackling this week.”
Eastern Michigan was held scoreless until the beginning of the fourth quarter.
EMU freshman quarterback Alex Gillett platooned at quar-terback with junior Kyle McMa-hon. McMahon led the Eagles in passing, completing 8-of-14 passes for 76 yards. Gillett fin-ished 9-of-18 for 51 yards.
Miller injUredJunior center Colin Miller
went down in the second quar-ter while the offense was be-ginning a drive deep in its own zone.
After a short stay on the turf, Miller got up favoring his leg and had to be helped off the field.
He is day-to-day, according to Jones.
schroeder’s retUrnAfter missing two games and
being held to a limited number of plays in a third against Buf-falo (two carries and one catch), Schroeder had an expanded role in the offense, leading the team in rushing with 57 yards on 10 carries. He added three catches for 45 receiving yards and a touchdown.
“Him and (sophomore run-ning back Paris Cotton) and you throw Carl (Volny) in there ... they all compliment each other. And Bryan’s getting back now to 100 percent and I think you can see that in the way he runs,” Jones said.
Cotton started the game and finished with 12 rushing yards on five carries, while Volny came off the bench in the fourth quarter to gain 44 yards on seven carries.
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By Andrew StoverSports Editor
Once junior wide receiver Antonio Brown saw open field ahead of him, he knew he would not be touched.
Brown fielded a punt at CMU’s 25-yard line, sprinted right, then cut upfield with space around him.
“As soon as I saw the open field, as soon as I saw that lane straight ahead, I knew it was pretty much a wrap,” Brown said.
And 75 yards later, Brown was celebrating in the south end-zone in front of the student sec-tion.
It was not the first big-yardage play Brown had in Saturday’s 56-8 CMU win at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. On CMU’s first pos-session, Brown caught a screen pass at the line of scrimmage. After following the block of right guard Allen Ollenburger, Brown broke away from everyone. The screen pass went for 70 yards and a touchdown.
Coming into Saturday’s game, Brown had only four touch-downs of 70 yards or more. Last year, he had a 79-yard touch-down reception against Indi-ana and a 75-yard punt return against Ohio. In 2007, Brown’s freshman year, he had a 76-yard touchdown reception in the Motor City Bowl against Purdue, and also returned a kick 90 yards against Northern Illinois.
Coach Butch Jones said the team failed to create big plays last week against Buffalo, but
did well today.“Antonio did a great job once
he got the ball in his hands,” he said. “I thought we blocked well down the field. When you don’t have explosive plays, you got to play perfect, and that’s extreme-ly hard to do.”
With Brown making plays in space, CMU did not have to play perfect.
“You put it in some playmak-ers’ hands, and things are going to happen,” said senior quarter-back Dan LeFevour. “Those are probably my favorite passes, when I throw it 0 yards and they go 75.”
Jones said Brown’s play bene-fits much more than the offense.
“He means a lot to our football team,” he said. “Again, in the re-
turn games on offense, but also in the field position game. He helps our defense, because he can flip field position.”
brown townWhen Brown arrived in the
south endzone to conclude his 75-yard punt return touchdown, he ran in front of a sign on the left side of the student section. It read “Brown Town,” in apprecia-tion of CMU’s wide receiver.
It was not a coincidence that Brown ended up in that section of the endzone, Brown said.
“I kind of love them,” he said. “They really support Antonio, so I try to take it right in front of them.”
Brown’s explosive plays lead CMU attack
Chris BaCarella/staff photographerJunior wide receiver Antonio Brown stares into his fan section as he scores Saturday.
Nick Bellore
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By D.J. palomaresSenior Reporter
The CMU volleyball team lost consecutive matches for the second time this season.
The back-to-back losses, the first since Aug. 28, may prove costly since they were to Mid-American Conference oppo-nents Western Michigan and Northern Illinois.
“We had a lot of kids think-ing too much instead of just getting out there and doing it,” said coach Erik Olson. “In con-ference play, those little adjust-ments for each team are very important and we didn’t make those adjustments.”
CMU lost Saturday to rival WMU 3-1. After dropping the first set to the Broncos, Central rallied to win the second set, but could not close out another in the match.
The defense had a tough time defending WMU senior Michelle Moore, who hit for 19 kills off 44 attempts.
“In both games, we came out to a really slow start and we had to try to come back from that,” said freshman outside hitter Lindsey Du-lude. “We need to be able to focus from the beginning and not after the other team has already taken control of the match.”
Senior middle blocker Kait-lyn Hurt led the team with 14 kills. The Chippewas had three athletes with double-digit kills, including sopho-more outside hitter Lauren Krupsky, who had 13 kills and four service aces.
“The other team just came out with higher intensity than we did,” Krupsky said. “Once we realized that we needed to step it up, we are already be-
hind and we really can’t do that in the MAC.”
Krupsky hit a career-high 25 kills in the losing effort to NIU.
conference raceThe 3-2 loss to the Huskies
was the first loss for Central in the fifth set this season.
“We need to continue working on our sideout at-tack efficiency,” Olson said. “We need to keep serving tough and we really need to
play with more passion.”The losses dropped CMU
to 3-3 in the conference and moves the team three games behind WMU in the MAC West.
Central has a week’s rest be-fore heading to Ohio to take on Miami and Bowling Green.
The Chippewas play WMU on Nov. 13 and NIU on Nov. 14 at Rose Arena to finish confer-ence play.
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matthew stephens/presentation editorFreshman Laura Twidle has seven goals and 16 points this season. Both statistics lead the team.
ashley miller/photo editorSenior Stephanie Martin, right, set the CMU all-time scoring record Oct. 2.
file photoThe volleyball team’s two losses this weekend moved its conference record to 3-3.
Season of success so far for CMU
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for the sixth consecutive game. Anagnost said they provided the team a spark and made a difference as soon as they en-tered the field.
“Amanda does a real good job, especially with the ball, but she does a good job with-out it,” he said. “She gets be-hind and they have a calming effect on the team. Steph is just a special player.”
CMU outshot the RedHawks 12-7 and held two-time All-MAC First Team honoree Sara Lund to four shots.
Anagnost said his team over-came the mental challenge of playing in a close game against Miami, which was second in the MAC before the weekend.
“We’re just a little more ma-ture and that means a lot in this game ... Especially the return-ers, they have been through it and they know what it takes to win games like this.”
ball stateWaugh made the play to put
Central in the lead Friday as well, when she caused a turn-over near Ball State’s 18-yard box and fired the ball off the right post to give Central a 1-0 lead.
“I knew that it was almost halftime and that it would be really positive to go into the second half with the lead and momentum,” she said. “So once that ball came through,
I just wanted to pressure that back and, once I got the ball, I had to put it away.”
CMU outshot the Cardinals 12-3 in the first half.
Junior Valerie Prause added to CMU’s lead in the second half, knocking in a rebound after sophomore Clair Horton sent a free kick off the cross bar, which gave Central a 2-0 lead.
Freshman Bethany Allport finished the scoring when she sent a shot from the top left corner of the 18-yard box over the outstretched hands of Ball State’s Nicole Wood to put Central ahead 3-0.
The Chippewas play at 5 p.m. Friday at Northern Illinois.
Martin, Gerst and team all set new CMU records
By Matthew ValinskiStaff Reporter
It has been a record-setting year for the CMU soccer team.
First, senior Stephanie Martin broke the school’s ca-reer point record with a goal against Kent State on Oct. 2.
Then, senior Molly Gerst scored two goals against Buf-falo two days later for her sixth multi-goal game of her career, which ties her for first in school history.
Last weekend was about keeping the other team off the scoreboard.
Friday, Central broke the school record for consecutive minutes without allowing a goal and, on Sunday, CMU moved to 6-0 in the Mid-American Conference for the first time in school history. CMU broke the school record for most shutouts in a season with 11.
“Myself and the back line take a lot of pride along with the whole team to not let up any goals,” said junior goalie Shay Mannino. “It isn’t just not allowing a lot of goals, it’s chances, too. We are keeping those down and just taking a lot of pride in our defending.”
Central also moved into a tie for 11th all-time in NCAA history with 9 consecutive shutouts and has the longest streak in the nation since Navy shut out 10 consecutive oppo-nents during the 2006 season.
The 11 shutouts also keep Central in a tie with No. 7 South Carolina for the most shutouts in the NCAA this year.
“Our back line is playing awe-some but, also, our whole team is connecting,” Mannino said, “Defensively, we haven’t been giving up a lot of shots on net and we are playing aggressive.”
The Chippewas have gone
8 hours, 42 minutes and nine seconds of game time since allowing a goal.
coMMUnicatingFreshman Bailey Brandon
said the biggest reason for Central’s defensive ability is the communication on the field.
“The number one thing is communication,” she said. “We are at our best when we are at our loudest ... We have a lot of smart girls on our team so, in the backline, we see ev-erything. It is more of a mental game than anything.”
Brandon also said the entire team deserves credit, not just the defense, to the school’s record-setting performance so far this year, but said the defense does take pride in all the shutouts.
“It is a really great feeling because it is not only a few people contributing, it is ev-eryone,” she said. “It doesn’t matter if they are coming off the bench, we always talk about our defense being the heart and soul of the team and we take a lot of pride in that.”
Sophomore Chelsi Abbot said she recognizes what the Chippewas have done, but also realizes it puts that much pressure on themselves, and they have to be willing to live up to the expectations.
“We know that we have a big target painted on us right now,” she said. “They come in here wanting to beat us and we know that we have to bring it to them.”
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Central michigan life || Monday, oct. 12, 2009 || 5B
By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter
Wet and muddy conditions did not stop two women’s cross country runners from setting personal bests Friday at the Michigan Intercollegiates in Grand Rapids.
Junior Kylee Kubacki fin-ished 20th place at Calvin Col-lege with a time of 18 minutes, 48 seconds, breaking her per-sonal record from her junior year of high school, said assis-tant coach Matt Kaczor.
“Kylee’s been steadily im-proving and she’s showing it,” he said.
Junior Raeanne Lohner, a native of nearby East Grand Rapids, also set a personal re-cord with a time of 19:00, plac-ing 27th.
The rest of the squad fin-ished in the top 100. A total of 197 runners competed.
Sophomore Charnele Ly-ons placed 55th (19:35), sophomore Maddie Ribant 64th (19:49) and sophomore Rachael Wessel 66th (19:50). Freshmenn Jacquelyn McEn-hill had a time of 20:11 and freshman Courtnay Hughes had a time of 20:16.
Men’s rUnnersSophomore Matt Lutzke led
the way for the men, finishing 45th in his first meet since the Sept. 18 Spartan Invitational with a time of 26:35.
“I didn’t really run as well as I wanted to,” Lutzke said. “I felt as if I ran better later on in the race than I did previously ... but it’s not where I wanted to be at.”
The men are still looking for a final runner to solidify their lineup heading into the Mid-American Conference Champi-onships and NCAA Great Lakes
Regional Championships, and Lutzke said he is hopeful to be a part of that.
“My goal is to help the team out at MAC, regionals and be-yond, so I can contribute posi-tively,” Lutzke said.
Kaczor said the team is get-ting close to naming the final runner, but has not yet.
Sophomore Adam Gere finished 72nd (27:03) and ju-nior Adam Smith placed 75th (27:09).
The Chippewas used the meet to give some younger runners a chance to get some experience for the future.
“It’s always good to get peo-ple in uniform and racing so they’re ready for when it’s their turn to take over,” Kaczor said.
The teams will travel to Terre Haute, Ind. on Saturday to compete in Pre-Nationals.
Kubacki leads cross country
By Adam NiemiStaff Reporter
The club hockey team won its first home game of the season Saturday, beating Michigan 6-3.
Central came into the game with a 1-4 record after being swept by rival Western Michigan last weekend.
“We got better pressure. Everyone was just working harder today,” said coach Mike Jakubik. “Playing against Michigan, everyone knew it was a big game.”
Sophomore goalie Zak Knauss stopped 34 shots for Central.
Michigan (1-3) scored the first two goals of the game in the first period. With less than a minute remaining in the period, freshman center Kody Strong entered the of-fensive zone and slapped a shot past Michigan goalie Kasey King’s blocker.
Down 2-1 in the second period, junior center Nick Badder tied the game six minutes into the period. Badder scored two more goals, both on the power play, that gave Central the lead in the second period. Jakubik said the team had difficulties with its break-out last weekend against Western Michigan and said
the improvement was a key change during the week.
“I think we were just bet-ter on our first pass,” Jaku-bik said. “By making the first pass on the tape in our zone, it saved us time.”
Less than seven minutes into the third period, left winger Joe Vandermarliere scored Central’s sixth goal, his first of the season.
He said the goal was a big
weight off his shoulders as he returned from a partially-torn medial collateral ligament.
“I had to leave last prac-tice because my knee was messed up,” Vandermarliere said. “Coach asked me if I could play, and the knee is far away from the heart, so I decided to get out there and get dirty.”
Club hockey defeats MichiganCMU overcomes early two-goal deficit Saturday
western Michigan 58, toledo 26
After a three-intercep-tion performance last week against Northern Illinois, quarterback Tim Hiller and the Western Michigan Broncos bounced back against Toledo with a 534-
yard offensive effort. Hiller started the game with two touchdown passes to re-ceiver Jordan White in the first five minutes of the game, giving the Broncos a 14-0 lead. Hiller finished the first half with three touchdown passes and the Broncos took a 41-12 lead
into halftime. The Broncos were able to get the run-ning game going in the sec-ond half as running back Brandon West finished with 153 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
Information compiled by staff reporter John Evans.
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Broncos win big saturday in toledo
By Jacob LougheedStaff Reporter
The field hockey team lost 2-0 to No. 8 Michigan State in East Lansing Saturday.
The Spartans jumped out to a one-goal lead when Floor Rijpma scored on a rebound just 3 minutes in. The score remained 1-0 going into half-time.
MSU’s Chantae Miller notched the game’s final goal in the second half.
Despite the loss, coach Cris-ty Freese said the team played the Spartans well.
“Michigan State is a very good team and, for us to be able to shut them down, was great,” Freese said. “Their penalty corners are their bread and butter, and our penalty corner defense was good. The other thing that they like to do is carry the ball low in the circle and pass it inside, and that’s how they scored their goals.”
Freese said Rijpma, who has 12 goals and 3 assists on the season, is one of the premier scorers nationally.
“They probably have one of the top ten scorers in the coun-try and we did a good job defen-
sively against them,” she said.Despite the loss to MSU,
Freese said she was proud of the team’s resilience.
“I was happy with the way we played today, especially after the game we had yester-day,” she said. “In the game yesterday, we had the attitude where, when Indiana scored, it brought us down, and that just can’t happen.”
satUrday vs. indianaThe Hoosiers got on the
board just 9 minutes, 22 sec-onds into the game on a goal
from Haley Funk to go up 1-0. IU padded its lead with a goal by Katie Griswold late in the first half, putting the Hoosiers up 2-0 at intermission.
Indiana scored its third goal of the game just less than seven minutes into the second half as Morgan Fleetwood tipped Griswold’s shot into the cage.
CMU’s Kelly Jordan spoiled Indiana’s shutout by scoring her sixth goal of the year in the 54th minute. The final score was 3-1.
Chippewas lose toNo. 8 MSU
f i e l d h o c k e y
file photo by Chris BaCarellaThe field hockey team lost to MSU 2-0 Sunday and Indiana 3-1 Saturday.
Grawn Lab hoursThe Grawn Hall computer lab
has new hours on all days except Saturday. The Lab is open from 7 to 1 a.m Monday through Thurs-day. Friday’s hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday is changed to 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday’s hours remain the same, opening at 11 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m.
“Fearless” photosMulticultural Education Cen-
ter photography exhibits are on display in the Bovee University Center to encourage discussion about homophobia and sports at high schools and colleges throughout the country. This gal-lery is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Friday. Pictures also will be inside the Student Activity Center. This event is a part of Coming Out Week.
Stereotype presentation
“Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts” will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday in Rowe Hall Room 229. The two-hour building ses-sion will confront issues of di-versity. For more information, call 774-6447 or e-mail [email protected] to register.
Poetry readingAssistant Professor of English
Jeffrey Bean is hosting a poetry reading and book launch of his poetry collection, “Diminished Fifth,” at 8 p.m. today in the Charles V. Park Library’s Baber Room. Bean wrote poems inspired by his own life and past ambition to be a professional musician. “That’s what this book shows, how life changes,” he said. For a full story, visit cm-life.com.
French folk singerFrom 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in
the Charles V. Park Library Au-ditorium, anyone interested can listen to French folk singer Éric Vincent. This concert is free for CMU and Alma College students and $5 for other guests. Seating is limited. Please contact Amy Ransom at [email protected] for reservations. Guests are invited to attend a reception in the Baber Room following the concert.
Art in the library“Envisioning: The Power of
Ritual” Canadian Indian Art from the Dennos Museum Center is dis-played from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur-day in the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room. It will run until Oct. 28. The exhibit will feature dif-ferent selections from more than 90 prints, paintings and drawings in the Dennos Museum Center’s permanent collection. Admission to this exhibition is free. For li-brary hours, visit www.lib.cmich.edu. For more information, con-tact Library Exhibit and Projects Coordinator Megan Moreno at 774-2165 [email protected].
Native American culture
There is a growing concern for the Native American culture and the reburial of ancestors. A group gathered Monday in the Charles V. Park Library Audi-torium to try to create a solu-tion. “Hopefully, collectively, we can find some way to bring our families and ancestors back home,” said Brian Corbiere, a tribal member. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is a federal law passed in 1990 and provides a process for museums and fed-eral agencies to return certain Native American cultural items such as human remains, funer-ary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to lineal descendants, cultur-ally affiliated Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organiza-tions, according to the NAGPRA Web site. For a full story, visit cm-life.com.
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By Brad CanzeSenior Reporter
Despite recent cancellations, music comedian Stephen Lynch is still set to visit Central Michigan University.
The show is at 8 p.m. Friday in Finch Fieldhouse.
Lynch’s publicist, Nicole Catrini of Sarah Hall Productions, said Lynch had to cancel two recent shows due to family emergencies, but the show at Central Michigan University was not affected.
Scheduled shows for last Thursday and Friday in Pheonix, Ariz. and Reno, Nev. were rescheduled for Jan. 8 and 9, respec-tively.
Crysta Heckman, comedy chairwoman for Program Board, said she is hopeful for Friday’s show and has received a lot of enthusiastic feedback for Lynch’s performance.
“I know when he was here last time, he was a big hit and he was really popular,” said the Pinconning junior. “When I did my survey of the student body of comedians they wanted to see
last fall, he was in the top three.”
A populAr fAllbAckProgram Board President and Mus-
kegon junior David Breed said every-body involved with the show on Pro-gram Board is a Lynch fan, and the group contacted him immediately when comedian Zach Galifianakis canceled last summer.
“After Zach canceled, Stephen Lynch was the first person we turned to, to see if he wanted to do the show,” Breed said. “I’ve been listening to him back since my freshman year of high school. My favorite song would prob-ably be ‘Lullaby.’”
Heckman said even though tickets
are $10 for students and $20 for gen-eral public, the prices are consider-ably cheaper than are typical for a Stephen Lynch show.
“The average ticket price for him is $50 to $60 for his normal show,” Heckman said. “Even though we are charging, we’re charging a fifth of the price most people would charge for a show like this.”
Family emergencies will not affect Finch show
Stephen Lynch still on for Friday performance
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By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter
They come from many re-gions of the world and bring along with them several global perspectives.
Foreign professors can be found teaching in many of the academic halls of Central Michigan University. Associ-
ate political science professor Moataz Fattah is one of them.
Fattah came to Mount Pleas-ant from Egypt in 1998 and, since then, has found a perma-nent home.
That home is something he was longing for.
“Personally, I hate traveling,” he said. “So, for me, settling down in one place for a couple of years is a blessing ... in 10 years, I’ve lived in five different cities and towns throughout the world.”
Fattah has had positive expe-riences in the United States and
said it has been a significant improvement compared to life along the Nile River.
life in cAiroFattah was born and raised in
Cairo, and still teaches at Cairo University, where he received his undergraduate and master’s degrees, during the summer.
“It’s a very hectic place. I re-member my daughter when we first went there after being here for four years — she cried,” he said. “She thought that these
Professor went from Cairo to CMUEgypt native finds improvement in U.S. life
nathan kostEgian/staff photographerMoataz Fattah is a professor for the department of political science at CMU and Cairo University in Egypt. He specializes in Middle Eastern politics and Islamic studies. A egyPt | 5a
By Kelli AmelingStaff Reporter
Central Michigan University Health Services received its first batch of the H1N1 vaccine Tues-day, but supplies are going fast.
The Central Michigan Health Department dispersed 1,800 doses of the H1N1 vaccines to six different counties, giving CMU’s Health Services 400 doses.
“I think it will only last about two weeks,” said Loretta Moran, assistant director of clinical op-erations.
The vaccine is free to students who fall into the high-risk cat-egory. High-risk people include health care workers, first re-sponders, people 6 months to 24 years old and also those who are 25 and older and have chronic health issues. Health Services will focus on students 18 to 24 years old for now, Moran said.
Moran said the vaccine Health Services has now is live-virus, meaning the vaccine is a sampling of the flu virus to allow the body to build an im-munity to it. It is unavailable to anyone with chronic health is-sues right now.
“We cannot give it to anyone who is not in the high-risk cat-egory,” Moran said.
AvAliAble At heAlth depArtment
The Central Michigan District Health Department now has some Flu-Mist vaccines — the live-virus vaccine — but is hop-ing to receive some of the non-live this week, said Mary Kush-ion, health officer for CMDHD.
“We put in a very small order last week,” Kushion said.
The department will hold vaccine clinics for people in the high-risk category as well. There will be three clinics in Novem-ber, including a first-responder clinic, a school-based clinic and community clinic that focuses on the high-risk profile.
The clinics will consist of people in each category receiv-ing the H1N1 vaccine. For the school-based clinic, the CMHD will set up the clinics at local schools, Kushion said.
“We have some (vaccines) in, just not enough to hold a clinic (at this point),” Kushion said.
CMU to focus on 18- to 24-year-olds
h1n1 vaccines available at health services
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chris bacarElla/staff photographerMount Pleasant resident Jacquelyn Weller, lead teacher, instructs a student how to use the newly installed Mac computers Tuesday in the Education and Human Services Building. The student used the computer to search for acorns, which she was learning about in her class.
By Amelia EramyaStaff Reporter
Four-year-old Gabriel Fanning conducted research on spiders that he and other children dis-
covered in the playground of the Child Development and Learning Lab.
The children wanted to know what types of spiders they were. They searched online and looked at pic-tures.
“One was sticking out his tongue,” Fanning said.
To do the research, the students used Mac Minis.
The Office of Information Technol-ogy installed the computers in the pre-school Tuesday in the College of Educa-tion and Human Services building for the children to use.
There will be four 22” Acer monitors connected to Mac Minis. Each monitor cost $175 and each Mac Mini was $750, totaling out to $3,700 for four sets.
“In a lot of ways, it creates a more in-teractive environment for them,” said Michael Reuter, director of Distributed Computing and Technical Operations.
Reuter said if children use computers at a young age, they will be prepared to use them in the future.
“We truly want children to view
themselves as researchers,” said Cher-yl Priest, faculty director of the CDLL. “We have to give them many types of tools to engage in that process, and this (use of computers) is one of the tools.”
The children will have social inter-action with other children and teach-ers and be able to construct their own knowledge, Priest said.
Jackie Weller, lead teacher of CDLL, said allowing the children to investigate gives them a chance to have a hands-on learning experience.
“We’re helping to facilitate that in-vestigation,” Weller said.
They research it, document it and print it, Priest said.
“Rather than answering children’s questions, we encourage them to be-come researchers,” Priest said.
into A piAzzAThe computers will be placed in the
hallway of the CDLL at children’s lev-els.
“We’re looking at the hallway as more
of a piazza, which is a gathering place in Italy and it is found in the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy,” Priest said. “We’re using the computers, as well as many other things, to transform it into a pi-azza.”
Not only will the children be able to conduct research on these comput-ers, but they also will be able to play music and upload photos they take in class.
“We try to bring music into the envi-ronment,” Priest said.
Basic programs will be on the com-puters, such as iTunes, iPhoto and office programs to document the research.
However, learning games will not be uploaded onto the computers.
The CDLL does not want to encour-age the children to spend lengthy time periods at the computers where they will be in a trance mode, Priest said.
“We really want to focus on how to use a computer in a more beneficial and sophisticated way,” Priest said.
Equipped to learnMac Minis teach children to research early
“In a lot of ways, it creates a more interactive environment for them.”
Michael Reuter, director of Distributed Computing and technical operations
By Randi ShafferStaff Reporter
Central Michigan University and Western Michigan Universi-ty compete on more than just the football field this time of year.
As a part of the week leading up to Saturday’s rivalry game at WMU, the American Red Cross has been on campus collecting blood as a part of the annual Blood Battle between CMU and WMU.
Lindsey Mortier, a CMU alumna and American Red Cross, donor recruitment rep-resentative, said after last year’s loss to WMU in the drive, she has high hopes for this year’s Blood Battle after seeing the enthusiasm of student donors.
“So far, we’re off to a great start,” she said.
At the end of Monday’s drive, WMU had 64 units and CMU had 46.
Mortier said the blood drive’s goal is 400 units of blood — one per student donor, to save 1,100 lives.
At the end of last year’s Blood Battle, the Red Cross was 65 units short of its goal of 400 from CMU students.
Mortier said 20 percent of the blood supply to local hospitals comes from high school and university students.
increAse in supportDave Weston, community co-
ordinator of the Central Michi-gan Chapter of the American Red Cross has seen a lot of change during the past eight years he has worked the Blood Battle.
As the rivalry with WMU in-creases throughout the years, so do the blood donations.
“There’s been an increase in donors,” Weston said. “There’s always more energetic students. They’re doing this to beat West-ern, go figure, but they’re also doing it for the right reasons.”
Weston said as CMU’s cam-pus and population has grown throughout the past few years, blood drive locations have changed.
“Emmons has always been an excellent place,” he said.
Weston said locations such as the Towers, the Bovee Uni-versity Center, Finch Field-
house and Sweeney Hall draw in many participants.
“There isn’t anywhere we go where there isn’t a good turn-out,” he said.
Kentwood freshman Angela Bergsma was part of the large crowd drawn to the Emmons Hall lobby Monday afternoon.
She said the community’s need for blood is what caused her to donate and will continue to fuel her future donations.
“I feel fine,” she said. “It al-ways goes really easy when I give blood.”
interested?Mortier said almost any-
one is eligible to donate blood through the Red Cross.
Donors must be 17 years of age or older, at least 110 pounds and in good health to donate, she said. Mortier encouraged all students to donate.
“It’s a passion of mine to beat Western,” she said.
Blood drives will continue
throughout the rest of this week and the next as a part of the ongoing Blood Battle. Today’s drive is in the Student Activity Center from noon to 5:45 p.m. To make an appointment to donate, visit givelife.org, spon-sor code CMU.
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paigE calaMari/staff photographerBad Axe sophomore Matthew Varner gets bandaged by a Red Cross employee after do-nating blood for the annual American Red Cross CMU/WMU blood drive Monday after-noon in the Emmons Hall lounge.
Central/Western blood drive aims to raise 400 unitsStudents can donate through Oct. 22
Donate bloodw Wednesday: noon to 5:45 p.m. in the SACw Thursday: 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Sweeney Hallw Friday: 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Emmons Hallw Monday: noon to 5:45 p.m. in the Bovee University Centerw Tuesday: noon to 5:45 p.m. in the Bovee University Centerw Oct. 21: noon to 5:45 p.m. in the Towersw Oct. 22: noon to 5:45 p.m. in the Towers
By Darnell Gardner Staff Reporter
Central Michigan University
has increased the number of students who receive financial assistance in response to the economic downturn.
According to the Office of Institutional Research, the number of need-based grants and scholarships given to stu-dents increased by 95 between the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years. Between 2005-06 and 2006-07, the number of need-based grants increased by 28.
Diane Fleming, associ-ate director of Scholarships and Financial Aid, said she expects the trend to con-tinue until the economy im-proves.
Fleming said CMU is try-ing to make up for decreas-ing Michigan high school graduation rates by offering awards that lower the cost of attendance for out-of-state students.
“The goal is to have a class size of a certain number and, as you may know, the num-ber of high school graduates is decreasing every year,” Fleming said. “If we are to maintain our current enroll-ment, then we have to look outside of Michigan and make it reasonable for those students to consider attend-ing CMU.”
Non-Michigan resident transfer students from four-year universities can now re-ceive the President’s Award, previously available only to non-resident students who transferred from commu-nity colleges or were high school seniors.
The President’s Award re-duces the tuition for out-of-state students to that of in-state students.
Transfer students also are now eligible for Board of Trust-ees merit-based scholarships.
combAting tuitionFleming said new measures
taken to lessen the impact of tuition are in keeping with the university’s standard of ac-cepting high-caliber students.
The Board of Trustees Elite Honors Scholarship was awarded for the first time this semester.
The $3,000 four-year re-newable award is available to high-school seniors with an ACT score of 20 or higher and a GPA of 3.75 or an ACT score
of 25 or higher and a GPA of 3.60. It was given to 673 stu-dents this fall.
Fleming said the scholar-ship depleted the universi-ty’s reserve funds, and more money will be requested so it can continue. CMU does not have the money to re-place the Michigan Promise Scholarship if it is rescinded, Fleming said.
“Grand Valley dispersed $500 to 7,000 students, and now they’re billing them back $500,” she said. “That just un-derscores what all of the uni-versities have said to date: we don’t have millions of dollars in reserves to replace a state program.”
President’s award seeks to lower cost for out-of-state students
sluggish economy means more grants, scholarships for students
people must be crazy.”Fattah described the atmo-
sphere in the city as very crowd-ed, unorganized and intimidat-ing. That comes along with a national government that has become increasingly corrupt over the years, he said.
Egypt has seen the same president — Hosni Mubarak — in office for the last 28 years.
He said Egyptians take pride in their history, but the coun-try has gone through a series of poor, autocratic leaders since it regained its full independence from the British in the 1950s.
Fattah had the opportunity to take a new position at George-town University in Washington, D.C., but more traveling was the last thing he wanted.
life At cmuFattah has found the local
students and community to be very accepting of his ethnic and Islamic background.
“The people of Central Michi-gan have been very nice to me and my family,” he said. “As a person who is alien, both social-ly and ethnically and so on, you like to be with nice people.”
Other faculty in the political science department have been impressed with Fattah’s work over the past decade. He is a recipient of the 2008-09 Pro-vost’s Award, given each year to two faculty members still in the early stages of their careers.
“He teaches courses on Islam
and politics and Middle Eastern political systems, which are im-portant areas of the world,” said Orlando Perez, interim political science department chairman. “His teaching style is very engaging and participatory, something his students appreciate very much.”
Subjects such as Islam are important today because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the current war in Iraq and Af-
ghanistan, Perez said.Rick Kurtz, interim associate
dean of the College of Humani-ties, Social and Behavioral Sci-ences, said Fattah is a valued colleague.
“He brings a combination of high level enthusiasm and expertise to the classroom that students enjoy,” he said.
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students excitedSophomore Ali Brady, who
shares Lynch’s hometown of Saginaw, said she only recent-ly heard Lynch’s comedy and was surprised by what she heard when the unassuming-looking Lynch began to sing.
“He just sat down with an acoustic guitar and started saying dirty things,” Brady said.
As an interesting twist to the event, Lynch, who gradu-ated from Western Michi-gan University in 1993, will be perform the day before CMU’s football team takes on WMU in Kalamazoo.
Shepherd sophomore Luke Dille said he would expect Lynch to make a joke about
it, and possibly earning some heckling from the audience.
“I think Stephen Lynch is the kind of guy that would make a joke about it,” Dille said.
Breed said when the show was booked, Program Board was not aware of the coinci-dence.
“Initially, I don’t think anybody realized that it was going to be the day before,” Breed said.
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CMU (5-1) has been off to a fast start this year, which includes an up-set at Michigan State and a throttling of Eastern Michigan last Saturday for Homecoming. It has six AP Top 25 votes in the latest poll and, if it contin-ues to win, Central should crack the Top 25 before the end of the season.
Despite a 3-3 record, Western is a tough team this year. CMU is 3-0 in the MAC, while Western is 2-1. The winner of this game could have control of its destiny in the MAC West division.
The football team could use the support of as many CMU fans it can
get. Regardless of the implications, Central/Western has always been a tough game to win, especially when it is at Waldo Stadium (one CMU win in the last 16 years). This year will be no exception.
This is senior quarterback Dan LeFevour’s last game against West-ern. It will not only be one of the defining games of the season, but one of the most important in LeFe-vour’s career. CMU fans should have every opportunity to watch him in Kalamazoo.
Other than possibly budget restraints, CMU has no justifiable reason for the lack of transporta-tion to the game. Kalamazoo is more than two hours away and, with rising tuition rates and the tough economy, many students cannot afford to drive to the game.
Providing buses would have been a great solution for those who wish to support their team. Most students
would gladly pay for a bus ticket to save on gas and wear and tear on their own vehicles.
Furthermore, midterms are around the corner and registration for next semester’s classes is coming soon. The trip to Kalamazoo would be a great stress reliever for stu-dents.
Too bad many of them won’t be able to make it.
Director of Student Life Tony Voi-sin said the university provided bus-ing two years ago because the game was on a Tuesday, and offices were concerned about students returning to CMU late on a weeknight.
That was certainly a valid concern then but, now, busing should be avail-able for the sake of convenience.
This is a big year for CMU football, and its big rivalry game is on the road.
Give more students a chance to sup-port their team against a formidable Broncos team.
Central Michigan University football is playing its biggest Mid-American Conference game of the season Saturday against rival Western
Michigan. But the Office of Student Life said Tuesday it will not provide busing to Kalamazoo and back like it did two years ago. We think it should reconsider — for many reasons.
EDITORIAL |University should provide buses to Central/Western game Saturday
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U.S. pride “German engineering. Swiss in-
novation. American nothing.”Such read a 2006 billboard
advertisement for a new car, whose apparent purpose was to under-mine American ingenuity. The ad, which appeared in South Africa, has since been removed, but its taunting message remains: the world no longer needs America.
What is the appropriate response to such a provocation? I think Thomas L. Friedman, a New York Times columnist, said it best during his recent speech in Grand Rapids.
“That billboard pisses me off.” Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer
Prize winner, spoke mostly about energy during his address to the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan.
According to Friedman, and also Dr. Benjamin Carson, a world-re-nowned neurosurgeon who spoke on campus recently, America is quickly falling behind other coun-tries in critical areas.
Friedman points out that the Chinese are enforcing stricter ef-ficiency standards and furthering investment in alternative energy.
Friedman said, “We need to get back to work on our country and our planet.”
For Friedman, this involves an E.T. — energy technology — revolu-tion in America. To lead this revolu-tion, and lessen our dependence on oil, he calls for a $1 per gallon gas tax, among other measures.
This would end the easy, minor steps being taken to reduce climate change, what he calls the “Green Party.” It would begin the “Green Revolution,” a complete shift in the energy market that will propel America’s future.
But speaking more broadly, what will it take to awaken Ameri-cans?
As a college student, I love the optimism of a university campus. It is a symbol of America’s poten-tial and may be the determining factor of its future.
It will take more than a party to preserve this country’s future.
But then again, I’m not ready for the “American nothing” age, either.
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accomplishmentfor him.”
Marie Dandie, Detroit junior
C M Y O u |What do you think of President Obama winning the Nobel Prize?
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“I like the guy, but he hasn’t done enough yet. It
makes me question the
legitimacy of the prize.”
Joe Hertler, Lake orion
junior
“I think it’s ridiculous. But after the Dalai Lama won it,
nothing is really surprising.”
Huimin Gan, China senior
“I actually think it’s pretty cool for a president to win a Nobel peace prize. (It)
makes the nation look good.”Quinlan Davis,
Inkster freshman
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free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
– The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The announcement of Ken Lewis’ retirement is sure to be ear candy to the Michael Moore-worshipping, statist kool-aid drinkers out there.
The only thing they might further be praying for now is some kind of investigation find-ing Lewis guilty for not inform-ing shareholders of the condi-tion of Merrill-Lynch prior to pulling the trigger on the buy.
Or not executing the avail-able Material Adverse Change clause once it was shown that Merrill was even worse than initially thought.
The problem is that these people, who you might have heard in the past crying “The king is great! All hail the king!”, magically seem to ignore facts that happen to make their demigod of larger govern-ment look not so pious; media included.
A quick recap for those who don’t know. Earlier this year, Ken Lewis, CEO and Chairman of Bank of America, got railed for failing to inform investors about the horrible condition of Merrill before purchasing it.
Not only did he get the lash-ing from hell in the PR depart-ment, but he also got an inves-tigation from Andrew Cuomo, the New York Attorney General, as well as an eying from other regulators.
If these were all the facts, I would normally agree that Lewis should he held liable and possible face government pen-alties. Buying a bad company, especially without the OK from the board or shareholders? Bad juju.
But these aren’t all the facts. One fact that no one really likes to mention is that Bernanke and Paulson railroaded Lewis into buying Merrill by threaten-ing his job.
Another fact is they didn’t want him to execute the MAC clause once things really went south, yet again backed up with the threat of forcing Lewis, and the rest of the board, out of Bank of America.
Actually, come to think of it, I think Lewis should still be held responsible. The SS was merely following orders from Adolf Hitler and I’m not going to cut them any slack.
Just like Hitler was held responsible for ordering the execution of Jews, people should hold Bernanke and Paulson equally, if not more responsible, for putting Lewis and the rest of the board in a position of harming sharehold-ers by making threats on their job if they didn’t buy Merrill, or they bought it and executed the MAC clause.
That is, unless you enjoy the kool-aid. If that’s the case, come on over — I’ve got a party that would make Jim Jones envious.
Jason Gillman Jr.Columnist
CM Life’s editorial “A Nobel surprise” is a well written editorial, given the fact that the only sources have come from Fox News and right-wing talk radio.
According to nobelprize.org, they give the reason for Obama win-ning the Nobel Peace Prize: “For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and coop-eration between peoples.”
Nobel himself wrote that the prize should be given to someone who has “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduc-tion of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” There are many who are deserving of this prize and President Obama is one of them.
Obama spoke out against going to war in Iraq while still being a senator.
This war has cost billions of dol-lars that the American taxpayer will never see again, and tens of thou-sands of Iraqi and American lives.
Obama has spoken out against torture, is in favor of gay rights, is for the reduction of nuclear weapons and is for an increased role for the US in combating global warming.
These are issues that he has used his political power and clout to deal with.
Are these issues finished? No.Many have said that it’s “prema-
ture” to recognize Obama for these efforts.
However, many Nobel Peace Prize winners hadn’t finished their work by the time they won their prize: Gorbachev in 1990 even though the USSR was still a totali-tarian state, Aung San Suu Kyi in 1991 even though Myanmar is still under military rule, Jody Williams in 1997 even though there are still land mines out there, and Kofi An-nan in 2001 even though the world doesn’t seem more peaceful now than it was in 2001.
The list goes on. The Peace Prize has historically
been given to leaders who have overcome racist and segregated societies, such as Archbishop Desmund Tutu of South Africa or Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Something profound happened in this nation on Nov. 4th.: We elected our first African American president. That’s significant coming from a country that was founded on the genocide of Native Ameri-cans, the enslavement of African Americans, and whose federal and state governments enacted racist, segregationist policies until a few decades ago. And while de jure seg-regation ended during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, de facto racism continues to this very day.
I suggest that CM Life takes its editorial talking points from a multitude of reputable sources from now on instead of whatever the cable media talking point is for the week.
Matt BridgewaterWarren graduate student
Student voice: President Obama deserved Nobel Peace Prize
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File photos by MatthEw StEphEnSCMU’s upset against Michigan State marks the first time the Chippewas have beaten the Spartans since 1992. CMU is off to a 5-1 start and is 3-0 in the Mid-American Conference.
Halfway home
Junior outside linebacker Nick Bellore leads the team with 54 tackles, 27 solo.
By Andrew Stover | Sports Editor
The football team is off to a 5-1 start, thanks to the emergence of the defense and a big-time upset. They now find themselves.....
midseason football grades
CMU ends first half of season with best start since 1988
With its recent play, Central Michigan is the favorite to
win the Mid-American Confer-ence.
With a defense shutting down opponents and an of-fense ranking number one in the MAC, who could argue?
While most of you are now thinking about quarterback Dan LeFevour and his chance for a Heisman invite or about how explosive wide receiver An-tonio Brown is on the football field, you are thinking of the wrong team.
I am talking about the CMU soccer team.
The football team deserves a lot of credit for the season it is having, but the soccer team is right on par.
The sTreTch runCMU, picked to finish second
in the MAC in the preseason, jumped out to a 6-0 start in the MAC with no other team having more than 3 wins.
What makes this lead so important?
If Central finishes first in the MAC regular season, it will play at home for as long as it ad-vances in the tournament.
This includes having the other semifinalists come to CMU to play games, as well as on Nov. 6 before the champion-ship on Nov. 8.
It is the same place where the Chippewas are 15-1-1 in their last 17 matches, including 10-1-1 during MAC matches, having only allowed three goals total at home during that span. They have not been scored on at home this season.
And it does not look like Cen-tral will allow too many more goals this year with sophomore Liesel Toth and freshman Bailey Brandon continuing to organize the backline.
While both are aggressive, it is their knowledge of the game that separates them from other MAC center fullbacks.
Each realizes where the other is and where the ball is going to be kicked before the kick happens. They rarely get out of position.
FirepowerAnd while defense has been
a strength of CMU, the pressure put on by the offense has made it, at times, easy for the defense and goalkeeper Shay Mannino.
With the emergence of fresh-man Laura Twidle and sopho-more Chelsi Abbott, coach Tom Anagnost has had the luxury of bringing seniors Amanda Waugh and Stephanie Martin off the bench during the MAC season.
And you can see the chances CMU gets once those two take the field.
After 22 minutes of a back-and-forth game Sunday with Miami (Ohio), Waugh and Mar-tin came off the bench. Eight minutes later, Waugh found Abbott to give CMU the lead.
But the biggest difference be-tween Central and other teams in the MAC so far is CMU’s depth.
With 12 different players hav-ing scored for the Chippewas, each weekend, it seems, a new player steps forward.
Three weeks ago, it was Martin finally getting back into the swing of things. The next weekend, it was senior Molly Gerst who controlled the game against Buffalo. This week-end, freshman Ashley Mejilla showed the ability to follow the ball and frustrate the opponent.
While the football team may get the most attention, it is not the only team on campus with a good chance to win the MAC.
Another MAC
favorite
QuarTerbacksIt would be difficult
to replicate the year senior quarterback Dan LeFe-vour had in 2007, but he has been even more efficient this season. He will not match the gaudy yardage he attained (3,652 passing yards and 1,122 rushing yards — both career highs) but, this season, LeFe-vour is completing 71.8 per-cent of his passes. That is five percent higher than last sea-son which, at the time, was his career best.
He also is running for 4.2 yards per attempt. LeFevour ran for less than 4 yards per attempt in his freshman and junior seasons. But most ap-pealing to the eye is the num-ber of touchdowns LeFevour
has already accumulated through the air and on the ground. His touchdown-to-in-terception ratio is 12-to-4. He has added eight touchdowns on the ground, which already eclipses his rushing touch-down total of 2006 and 2008. It is near the pace of 2007, when he rushed for 19 touchdowns.
And the most telling story is in the team’s record. LeFevour has led CMU to a 5-1 start, which includes a 3-0 confer-ence start with a win against defending Mid-American Conference champion Buffalo on the road. Obviously, beat-ing Michigan State at Spartan Stadium prior to conference play is what will be remem-bered most about the start to the 2009 season.
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wide receiversCMU has the best
trio of wide receivers in the conference. Senior Bryan Anderson, at 6 feet 5 inches, is a reliable possession re-ceiver who has enough speed to stretch the field. He has ex-tended his receptions streak to 46 games, just five shy of the NCAA record.
Meanwhile, junior wide re-
ceiver Antonio Brown is argu-ably the most explosive receiv-er in the conference. He has returned two punts for touch-downs and turned short and intermediate passes into long gains on a regular basis. Brown leads the team with 38 recep-tions, 437 yards and five receiv-ing touchdowns. Junior wide receiver Kito Poblah quietly has stayed on pace with Anderson.
oFFensive lineThis was sup-
posed to be the team’s weak link heading into the season. Two new, young starters were pegged for the tackle positions, and inte-rior lineman Joe McMahon left the team. But through six games, redshirt freshman offensive tackle Jake Olson has oozed with potential, looking like CMU’s next stud tackle in the mold of Joe Sta-ley. On the other side, former tight end Rocky Weaver, who transitioned to right tackle, seems to have overcome some struggles to adjust in the early going. Both tackles gained in the range of 30-plus pounds prior to the sea-
son to shoulder the load, but it has been their athleticism that stands out the most.
The Chippewas’ veteran interior line of junior guard Jeff Maddox, junior center Colin Miller and senior guard Allen Ollenburger provide the leadership. The unit has given up seven sacks through six games, just one more than the leader (Temple, Northern Illinois and Toledo have given up six sacks. Ohio has given up seven sacks, tied with CMU). CMU’s rush-ing offense is second in the MAC.
However, Miller went down last week with a knee injury, and a timetable for his return has yet to be determined.
deFensive lineCMU ranks
fourth in the conference with 11 sacks. Senior defensive end Frank Zombo leads the defensive line with two sacks, and ju-nior defensive tackle Sean Murnane and sophomore defensive end Kashawn Fraser have 1.5 sacks each.
What has been most im-pressive is the the unit’s ability to shut down the opposing running game in short-yardage situations. Sophomore defensive tackle John Williams and Murnane have been stout in the interi-or. Currently, CMU is second in the MAC in run defense.
It will not be long until Zombo and fellow senior defensive ends Sam Wil-liams and Larry Knight get more involved behind the line of scrimmage.
The defensive line has also been able to take on blocks to free up lineback-ers Nick Bellore and Matt Berning, who are having All-MAC-type seasons.
B- running backsDespite having
the MAC’s second-best rushing offense, most of the yardage can be attribut-ed to LeFevour, who has 148 more rushing yards than his nearest teammate. Injuries have taken a toll on the Chip-pewas’ backfield, with soph-omore Bryan Schroeder and
freshman Tim Phillips going down at different times to lower-body ailments.
However, sophomore Paris Cotton and Schroeder bring different styles of running to the game, and both runners have excelled as receivers out of the backfield. Junior Carl Volny has performed ad-mirably in a reserve role. A Midseason grades | 7a
Through six games, the football team answered sev-eral concerns fans had prior to the season.
The offensive line had three new starters, two of which had little to no college experience. The
secondary returned the same group that ranked 118th in pass defense in the nation out of 119 teams. And senior quarterback Dan LeFevour looked to rebound from an injury-riddled junior season.
After winning five of the first six games, including a shocker at Michigan State, the Chippewas are confident and collected.
The offensive line has gelled. Redshirt freshman of-fensive tackle Jake Olson and sophomore offensive tackle Rocky Weaver have exceeded expectations.
The secondary ranks 16th in the country and second in the Mid-American Conferece.
And LeFevour is on pace for more than 40 total touch-downs.
CMU is in the driver’s seat to get back to Detroit for the MAC Championship. But a daunting second-half stretch lies ahead, and it starts Saturday in Kalamazoo against arch-rival Western Michigan, followed by two more road games and three midweek games to close the regular season.
But to this point in the schedule, the Chippewas have met the challenge at hand and get a passing grade.
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linebackersJunior linebackers
Nick Bellore and Matt Berning have led the
defense in tackles and tack-les for loss this year. Bellore is tied for fifth in the con-ference with 6.5 tackles for loss. Berning is tied for the team lead with two sacks. The Chippewas also have a
veteran presence on the out-side with senior Tim Brazzel, and freshman Kyle Zelinski looks like a natural in lim-ited playing time.
This unit is the heart and soul of a defense which leads the MAC in scoring defense (14.7 points allowed per game) and is second in the conference against the run.
Asecondary
The linebackers may get the head-
lines, but the secondary is far and away the most im-proved unit on the defense and the team. Continuity has been the key, with the same four players (senior cornerback Josh Gordy, se-nior cornerback Kirkston Edwards, sophomore strong safety Dannie Bolden and senior free safety Eric Fraser) starting each game. The unit also has possibly the most
depth of any position, with sophomore John Carr, junior Bobby Seay, senior Tommy Mama, junior Vince Agnew and freshman D.J. Scott each getting playing time in different packages.
Last year, the Chippewas’ pass defense ranked 118th of 119 teams. This year, the pass defense is second in the MAC (163.5 yards allowed per game). Even more impres-sive, CMU is 16th in the entire nation. That is quite the jump from one year to the next.
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B special TeamsThe special teams
has seen a number of highlights, but also a number of blunders. Antonio Brown has two punt returns (55 yards, 75 yards) for touch-downs and senior kicker Andrew Aguila hit the game-winning 42-yard field goal in the waning seconds against Michigan State. But Aguila has also missed two extra
points in 25 attempts, and has a 62.5 percent success rate on field goals.
Junior punter Brett Hart-mann is averaging 38.3 yards per punt. He has had his in-stances where a short punt gave the opposition great field position, but he also has pinned the opponent inside its 20-yard line seven times.
Agnew also blocked a field goal attempt against Akron.
coachingButch Jones has
pressed all the right buttons through six games. He took his team into Spar-tan Stadium and left victori-ous. He has stayed aggres-sive, especially against MSU, and has his team completely buying into the game plan.
Jones finally righted the
ship and beat Eastern Michi-gan, which the team was 0-2 against with Jones at the helm. Motivation will need to be at a premium during the second half of the season, which features a three-game road swing starting Saturday against Western Michigan. It also features two midweek games and the postseason.
overallWhat’s not to like
halfway through the 2009 season? CMU beat Mich-igan State, is undefeated in conference play and has the best scoring offense and scor-ing defense in the MAC. The two problem areas — offen-sive line and the secondary
— have stepped up beyond expectations, and the team is poised for a second-half run.
The only blemish, a sea-son-opening road loss to Ari-zona, can be attributed to a cross-country trip, a change in time zones and, of course, playing against true Pacific 10 Conference speed.
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tulsa looks to end losing streak against Boiseno. 5 boise sTaTe (5-0) aT Tulsa (4-1)8 p.m. wednesday
Boise State, coming off of a bye week, is looking to stay undefeated tonight and live up to the hype of being the No. 5 team in the country against Tulsa.
The Broncos earned their No. 5 ranking in the Sept. 27 polls, their highest ranking
in school history. Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore has thrown for 1,217 yards, 13 touchdowns and two inter-ceptions this season.
Tulsa has won 13 of its last 14 home games, but is 0-4 all-time against Boise State. This will be the first time the teams have met since 2004.
no. 8 cincinnaTi bearcaTs (5-0) aT no. 21 souTh
Florida bulls (5-0)7:30 p.m. Thursday
In a game of undefeated Big East teams, Cincinnati quar-terback Tony Pike will look to add to his Heisman resume Thursday night. Standing in his way is South Florida’s de-fense, holding quarterbacks to just 2 touchdowns while forc-ing 7 interceptions so far.
The Bulls are led by fresh-
man quarterback B.J. Daniels, who started two games since taking over for senior Matt Grothe after he suffered a sea-son-ending knee injury.
The Bearcats lead the all-time series 4-2 and it will be the first time the teams have played each other when both teams are in the Top 25.
Compiled by Staff reporter John Evans.
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File photo by MatthEw StEphEnSThe football team begins a stretch of three straight road games this Saturday.
Long travel warrants attention of coachesBy Andrew StoverSports Editor
As the CMU football team readies for a three-game road swing, the effects of a trip to Buf-falo two weeks ago still linger.
After playing Western Michi-gan on the road Saturday in Kalamazoo, CMU plays Bowl-ing Green and Boston College in consecutive weeks.
Coach Butch Jones said he worries more about the how fa-tigue will set in later in the sea-son from the trips to Buffalo and the impending road trip.
“We have five games in the month of October and only one is at home,” he said. “So it adds up over a point of time. You got to know when they’re getting tired and when they’re worn out, when to back off.”
Despite beating Eastern Michigan 56-8 on Saturday, junior linebacker Nick Bellore said it took time to get back to normal after the trip to Buffalo, where CMU won 20-13.
“(Coaches) want to push you, but they also understand that the Tuesday practice is not go-
ing to be probably as sharp, as energy-packed as if we would have just had a home game,” Bellore said.
The team also is without a bye week this season, which could add to the fatigue.
long TripWhile many outside the foot-
ball program view the trip to Tucson, Ariz., as the team’s lon-gest and toughest travel to over-come, Jones disagrees.
He said the cross-country trip to Arizona, which includes load-ing and taking a bus to the air-port to go along with the flight, was between five and five-and-a-half hours.
But traveling to Buffalo, be-tween the actual driving time and getting stopped at Customs, was nearly nine hours.
The game started at 3:30 p.m. and went through two lightning delays. The team did not make it back to Mount Pleasant until past 4 a.m. Sunday.
“Mentally and physically, that was the equivalent that we feel, and talking to our trainers, that was the equivalent of playing
two football games,” Jones said. He said the team tries to main-
tain a normal pregame routine despite being on the road. The team had meetings throughout Friday in Buffalo and met at 9 p.m. to go over the “Keys to Vic-tory.”
Saturday morning, the pre-
game breakfast was followed by a walkthrough and a series of meetings.
Bellore said the trip to Buffalo took its toll on his body. Flying to Tucson, Ariz., was not a problem though.
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By Amanda ObozaStaff Reporter
Though a play about an art gallery might seem like it could only be about art, “Permanent Collection” has a deeper meaning behind it.
University Theatre is put-ting on “Permanent Collec-tion” today through Sunday at Bush Theatre in Moore Hall. The shows are at 7:30 p.m Wednesday through Sat-urday and at 2 p.m Sunday. The cost is $5.50 for students and $7.50 for the public.
The play is about a black man named Sterling North who takes over an art mu-seum and wishes to make changes after discovering African art.
“(North is) no-nonsense, direct, bold and knows how to get things done,” said De-Marcus Brooks, a Grand Rap-ids senior who plays North. “He’s a cool character.”
However, the will of the previous owner states noth-ing can be changed and Paul Barrow, the white education-al director of the museum, is determined to enforce it.
While the play may seem like a struggle over art, it is much more.
“It does deal with race di-rectly in the play,” Director of University Theatre Steve Berglund said. “It is a pas-
sionate look at who gets to make the decisions.”
Berglund also directs “Permanent Collection” and selected it to be one of the plays this season.
“I think it will be a great play for CMU,” Berglund said. “(It) will inspire people to talk about race and start the conversation.”
More than artMount Pleasant junior
Michael Knight, who plays Paul Barrow, also was drawn to the script and appreciates the topic.
Knight said “Permanent Collection” shows how racist people can be without even realizing it.
“There are so many sensi-tivities on race,” Knight said. “Things get said that don’t typically get said to bring out conversation.”
“Permanent Collection” stands out because it is loosely based on real events happening in the present day.
The Barnes Foundation is a real-life art museum in the news because it is tak-ing several pieces of art in a similar fashion to the play.
Berglund said the play was written four or five years ago and events are still played out today.
“The fact it is so topical and going on right now is cool,” Brooks said.
The play has funny little moments and charged mo-ments.
“I think it will challenge people to see where they are at in the discussion,” Ber-glund said.
Play delves into racial issues
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“Permanent Collection” at Bush Theatre
photos by Libby MarCh/staff phOtOgrapherGrand Rapids senior DeMarcus Brooks plays Sterling North, a businessman turned art director, in the dress rehearsal of “Permanent Collection” Tuesday night in Bush Theatre.
Mount Pleasant junior Michael Knight plays the character Paul Barrow in the “Perma-nent Collection” dress rehearsal Tuesday in Bush Theatre.
By Ryan CzachorskiStaff Reporter
Tobacco companies are looking for new ways to market products to young people in America.
Tobacco companies have started advertising on social net-working Web sites such as Face-book, Twitter and MySpace.
Jeffrey Wigand, a former tobacco executive who oper-ates the nonprofit organization Smoke-Free Kids, said while it is hard to tell how successful the Web site advertising is, it has to make sense for the companies.
“It’s happening—we haven’t been able to quantify it,” Wigand said. “They wouldn’t be doing it if they weren’t reaching somebody. They don’t do things without study-ing it for a while.”
“The Insider,” a 1999 film starring Russell Crowe, depict-ed Wigand’s true story of be-ing attacked by tobacco com-panies after he exposed their perjury to the United States Congress.
Eighteen percent of high school students smoke in Michigan, which equates to about 298,000 minors. About 16,000 minors become new daily smokers each year, ac-cording to tobaccofreekids.org.
Warren freshman Emily Te-ceno said she does not think it is right for tobacco companies to advertise on social network-ing sites such as Facebook.
“I think it’s unfair, just ‘cause it makes it look cool,” she said.
Teceno is not the only student to object to the advertising.
“It wouldn’t bother me too much,” said Ortonville fresh-man John Eldon. “But it does seem unethical to market through social networking because there’s a lot of young people.”
new productsSocial networking Web sites
are not the only way tobacco companies are marketing to youth.
Camel has designed smokeless products intended to be a gate-way to cigarettes, Wigand said.
The new products include Camel Orbs, Strips and Sticks. The Orbs are pellets compa-rable in size to Tic Tacs, and the tobacco and nicotine is released as the tablet dis-solves. The strips are simi-lar to breath strips, and the sticks are similar to twisted toothpicks.
The new products allow people to use tobacco without smoking or spitting.
The new Orbs and Strips are not yet available in Michigan.
Camel is testing them in Port-land, Ore., Indianapolis and various markets in Ohio. If the test markets yield successful results, the products could be
coming to Michigan.“The industry continues to
find ways to make a profit in spite of public safety,” Wigand said. “They keep finding new ways and new tricks to come after our kids.
“Our children are their cur-rency.”
Tobacco companies scoping younger crowd to buy goodsSocial networking, smokeless products among approaches
Tobacco company marketing stragetiesw Social networking sites such as Facebookw Camel Orbs, tobacco and nicotine pelletsw Camel Strips, comparable to breath stripsw Camel Sticks, similar to toothpicks
By emily GroveStaff Reporter
Choosing a major, minor or even classes can be a daunting task.
Students seeking advice on choosing their major or minor can attend the Many Advis-ers Joined under One Roof, or M.A.J.O.R. Night.
The event will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today in the Towers lobby and the three biggest hall-ways of the building.
The event occurs once a year in the fall, giving students a chance to meet with different advisers.
“Students are reluctant to seek out an adviser, but this is like a fair,” said Lynne L’Hommedieu, academic adviser for the Towers
Success Center.The event is a great opportu-
nity for signed and unsigned stu-dents to gain useful information on majors, minors and programs they are interested in pursuing, L’Hommedieu said. Some depart-ments even allow unsigned stu-dents to sign their major or minor at M.A.J.O.R. Night. Students also can receive help with scheduling classes for the spring semester.
L’Hommedieu is in charge of coordinating the event. She real-izes students do not always want to take the initiative to meet with an adviser one-on-one.
InforMatIve eventsLinda Wicander, director of
Student Services for the College of Business Administration, will attend the event and thinks it is a great occasion to explore not only business, but various other opportunities.
“It’s a way to meet faculty members and learn about differ-
ent programs,” Wicander said.Wicander said the business
department does not allow stu-dents to sign their majors or minors at M.A.J.O.R. Night, but she suggests students interested in business attend another up-coming event.
Also today is the Transfer Tran-sitions Night from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Maroon and Gold rooms. This event is specifically for fall transfer students seeking sched-uling help for the spring semes-ter.
Event helps students find a careerAdvisers available at 5:30 tonight in Towers
M.A.J.o.r. n i g h t
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At midnight Saturday, Oct. 10, photog-raphers, videographers and reporters from Central Michigan Life spilled into the community of Mount Pleasant for
24 hours to create a collaborative multimedia project.
Each hour was documented to show students and community members that no matter how small or normal our community may seem, it is still unique in its own way. The project docu-ments the life of our small city from the late-night smoker to the blue-collar worker to prove there is always a story waiting to be discovered. Sometimes you have to search and, other times, it’s right outside your window.
The next time you’re feeling bored, take out your earbuds, turn off your laptops and cell phones and talk to a stranger. You may be sur-prised by what you find.
Everyone has a story. You just have to listen.
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chris bacarella/staff photographerRockford freshman Megan Griffis smiles after she finishes making the perfect slurpee mix at the 300 W. Broomfield St. 7-Eleven. Some regulars at 7-Eleven between the hours of midnight and 1 a.m. include Central Michigan University custodians and people just getting out of work.
jake may/staff photographerHillsdale alumnus and O’Kelly’s bartender Jared Nieswender pours the last of four shots, called dirty girl scouts, for a group of students having a girl’s night out early Saturday morning.
Clerk makes late-night trips to 7-Eleven fun
By Sarah SchuchUniversity Editor
Come on down and bring your wallet.
“You’re the next contes-tant on ‘We’re Taking Your Money,’” joked Nick Mor-gan, night clerk at 7-Elev-en and a Mount Pleasant resident.
“I love my job. I just try to make it a fun experi-ence for people to come here.”
Morgan worked from 10 p.m. Friday until noon Saturday. He spends a lot of that time entertaining the customers.
With country music playing in the background, Morgan, 31, helped 72 customers between mid-night and 1 a.m. Saturday. He said around this time of the night, he sees one customer every 45 sec-onds, on average.
Morgan has worked at 7-Eleven, 302 W. Broom-field St., since December 2007, and knows many people by name.
“A lot of my custom-
ers are away from home for the first time. I like to make everyone feel like home here,” he said.
Gladstone senior Da-mon Paul and Lincoln Park junior Katie Dupree came to the store a little after midnight to splurge on Slurpees.
They visit the store around the same time about once a week, Paul said.
“(Morgan’s) entertain-ing. He makes it fun to come here,” Dupree said. “Let’s be honest, he’s the reason we come.”
Some of his late-night regulars include Central Michigan University cus-todians or people just get-ting off work.
If he does forget some of the names, he tries to briefly glance at the li-censes to remind himself.
“Basically, I try to con-nect one thing about the person,” Morgan said.
Morgan even consid-ers himself a bartender to those students who are not 21 years old yet, and listens to their problems.
“I sell Slurpees and shoot the bull,” he said. “I’m their bartender.”
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By Lindsay KnakeMetro Editor
O’Kelly’s Bar and Grill was at capacity at 1 a.m. Saturday, keeping bar-tender Jared Nieswender extra busy.
Not that he minded.“What better job can
you ask for than getting people drunk, having a good time and listening to music?” he said. “It’s usually a pretty good time when people are having fun.”
The Hillsdale alumnus has worked at O’Kelly’s Bar and Grill for about a year.
He kept a smile on his face as he served the local residents, students and alumni who crowded the bar, 2000 S. Mission St.
“Sometimes, there’s that one person who can really make your night a little bit worse than what you wanted to, but you just gotta keep smiling,” he said. “We’re in the ser-vice industry — you gotta make people happy.”
While his nights are long and fast-paced, he said they are fun, and Homecoming in particu-lar brought back a lot of friends and familiar faces.
Nieswender and the other bartenders stepped around each other behind the bar with practiced care, deftly pouring beers, shots and drinks.
He said in five minutes, he might pour 40 tequila shots, 20 Johnny Vegas’and 40 Bud Lights.
O’Kelly’s owner John Hunter said he hired Nies-wender after getting to know him as a regular cus-tomer.
“He’s been part of our family, our group here, and he’s been great,” Hunter said. “Jared’s a very down-to-earth guy, he’s very social with cus-tomers and that’s a good thing. He comes to work ready to go all the time.”
Bartenders must be the life of a party and Jared has that, he said.
Nieswender even met his girlfriend through O’Kelly’s.
“It’s funny how the world goes around,” Hunt-er said.
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Bartender basks in night life at O’Kelly’s
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By Alex WashingtonStaff Reporter
For some students, the need for nicotine is greater than that of sleep.
Before turning in for the night, Sand Lake sophomore Ron Lewis and two friends decided to take a smoke break outside of Kesseler Hall.
“I have been smoking since I was 18,” he said.
Lewis said he was out spending Friday night celebrating CMU’s Homecoming Week-end and tends to come out every few hours to smoke because of his addiction.
Sometimes, he even finds himself craving a cigarette in class.
“I smoke because I’m addicted,” Lewis said. “I can be sitting in class and I would just be thinking about how bad I want a cigarette.”
Lewis has tried to quit smoking once be-fore, and said that all he could think about during that time was cigarettes. Pressure from his friends did not help.
“I quit for a week, but I have friends who ba-sically fed me cigarettes and would always offer me one — I gave in to peer pressure,” Lewis said.
Smoking keeps some students up late
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Mount Pleasantcaptured over one full dayStudents can feel
at home while shopping
CMU alumnus keeps a smile on at all times
Grand Rapids residents Casey Kubiak, right, Eric J. Chubb
and Jason Ober eat at Lil’ Chef at 1720 S. Mission St. , 3 a.m. Saturday during Homecoming Weekend. “I come to Lil’ Chef
at three in the morning simply because there’s no other
place I’d go and eat when I am wasted,” Kubiak said.
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By Maryellen TigheStaff Reporter
The clock strikes 2 a.m., closing the bars in Mount Pleasant and calling in the taxi cabs.
An hour with Chippewa Cab Driver Timothy Jackson covers an assortment of clientele and all of town, from the Soaring Eagle Casino, 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd., to the Wayside, 2000 S. Mission St., and every-thing in between.
Local cabs generally work on a dispatch basis. At night, when dispatches slow down, cab drivers know it is time to head to the bars.
“It’s like the best way of transport up here,” said 2007 alumna Jessie Beannick. “Either $2 or $2,000, if you wanna drive.”
Jackson has many interesting stories from working in a college town.
A cold night last winter, he had two girls offer to flash him or kiss him for a ride. He told them he would rather have the money, but another man walking buy paid the girls the $5 they needed for a cab ride.
“There’s people that’ll do anything for a ride — just odd things, and then people will buy food for you and take you to drive-thrus,” Jackson said.
Bars closing — time to call in the taxi
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By hilary FarrellSenior Reporter
Not many businesses in Mount Pleasant are open be-fore dawn. Robaire’s Bakery and Doughnut Shop, 1903 S. Mission St., is one of them.
Manager Lorrie Dunlap said the store is busiest with morning customers, who filter through the store between 5:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Mount Pleasant resident Nor-man Christensen and his wife sat down for doughnuts and coffee before a shopping trip.
“(Robaire’s has) a tremen-dous reputation,” Christensen said. “They’ve been around for a long time.”
Although Robaire’s opens at 5 a.m. every day except Sunday, deliveries to area businesses begin around 3 a.m., and bak-
ers work in the evenings some-times until midnight or later, said owner Dina Désormes.
Local bars purchase bread, gas stations purchase dough-nuts and the store delivers to businesses in Mount Pleasant, Clare, Farwell and other area cities and counties, she said.
Cakes also are a big seller, Dunlap said. Robaire’s has two decorators for cakes, cookies and other items.
The shop makes about 150
dozen daily, Désormes said.Désormes loves working at
Robaire’s, and it shows.“You have to love it — other-
wise, forget it,” she said. “It’s a labor of love.”
Her favorite parts of Robaire’s are the customers and the work environment.
“In the back, it’s more like a family,” Désormes said. “We depend on each other.”
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Robaire’s owner loves morning atmosphere
kaitlin thorne/staff photographerRobaire’s owner Dina Désormes of Mount Pleasant, left, and Lorrie Dunlap of Mount Pleasant package buns for delivery orders at 5 a.m. Saturday. The buns are delivered to local bars and gas stations.
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By Sherri KeatonSenior Reporter
Cathy Aho knows cooking to be an art form.
She taught her “children” the same belief.
“I always loved to cook, and (students and I) would all plan a meal out and go shopping. At the end, everybody had their belly full and food was leftover. It was fun,” the Beddow/Thor-pe Hall custodian said.
Aho, a Mount Pleasant resi-dent, worked the 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. shift Saturday and has worked at Central Michigan University for 22 years. For the past three years, she has taught a cooking class for some resi-dents in the hall.
Aho began teaching because students cannot live off of ravi-oli, she said.
“I panicked at first, like, ‘What am I doing?’ and I real-ized everything I picked up in the grocery store was some-thing to talk about,” she said.
For Aho, there is always something to say, especially to those in the college age group, because she remembers life being exciting then.
“They are not just a bunch of 18-year-old college students — they really are our future,” she said.
Her most memorable mo-ment started as a joke. She and a student applied to the game show “Deal or No Deal.”
After two months of pre-
paring, they submitted their application video. Aho was moved, although they did not get a call back.
“I was so touched by the work and time they put into it. My heart was so big,” she said.
At 5 feet tall, Aho does not think she stands out, and she sometimes falters with pro-crastination and keeping in touch with friends.
But she said she still stays inspired by her faith in God and believes everyone has a purpose.
“Some people have a gift of singing and some have gift for cleaning. It’s all important and it’s all hand-picked,” she said.
This custodian has love for God, cooking
sarah schuch/university editorOfficer Doug Lobsinger of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department wipes down the fire engine at 6 a.m. Saturday to prepare it for the next shift to come in at 8 a.m. “Shining the old girl up a bit,” he said.
By Sarah Schuch University Editor
Don’t know who to call when in a jam? Call the firefighters.
When some people were just getting up to go to work — and some college students just get-ting to bed after a long night — the men wearing the blue badge were just ending their 24-hour shift.
At 6 a.m. Saturday, Sgt. Michael Dunham and Officer Doug Lob-singer of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department began last-minute paperwork and final clean-up.
Dunham and Lobsinger work 24-hour shifts every third day, which can take its toll after awhile.
“You spend 121 days away from your family,” Lobsinger said. “We spend more time together on a shift than we do with our wives.”
Saturday morning was pretty quiet, but they would be ready to go at a moment’s notice.
“As soon as the bell drops, it’s time to go to work,” Dunham said.
Dunham said they try to be out in about a minute. To help, a yel-low plastic twisty slide is used now instead of a fire pole.
Fire departmentready to serve
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By Brad CanzeSenior Reporter
As the sun rose Saturday, ap-proximately 400 people ran in the Homecoming 5K race, dubbed “Miles for Medals.”
Some ran, some walked, and each had their own reason for racing and goals for the run, which started and ended in front of Finch Fieldhouse.
But all were there in support of Special Olympics Michigan, which received all money made from the race.
Mount Pleasant residents Rhonda Ostrowsky and Monica Brunetti, as well as Shepherd resident Mary DeGraw, said they specifically came out in support of Special Olympics. They were having fun with the race and the plastic megaphones they were
handed beforehand.“We’re walking and heck-
ling,” said Ostrowsky, Bru-netti’s daily walking partner. “Monica and I walk every morning. And Mary’s out in Shepherd walking to the bar.”
Ostrowsky said she and Bru-netti walk three to four miles every day, so the 3.1 mile race was nothing out of the ordinary for them.
The volunteers working at the race were not about to let the competitors have all the fun.
Alpena sophomore Andrea Bruski and a friend, who were working at the “Spirit Table,” handing out beads and mega-phones, led racers in a Turbo Kick dance-aerobic warmup before the race.
“We’re with the spirit table, so we’re trying to get people ex-
cited, and keep them warmed up,” Bruski said. “It’s also a great way to promote Turbo Kick at the SAC.”
Some competitors were taking the race much more seriously.
“I’m training for a marathon, so this is just a start,” said Alma resident Tracy Beadlescomb, who has been training for the Grand Rapids Marathon on Sunday since August.
Her friend, Alma resident Shirlee Finch, completed the Iron Man triathlon in August, and said 5K races are just part of her weekly routine.
“I go every weekend,” Finch said. “(Racing) gives me some-thing to do.”
5k raises money for Special Olympics
Food, love shared Saturdaymorning at Soup KitchenBy Sherri KeatonSenior Reporter
When visitors walk in, there are signs of encouragement, such as Psalm 135:3 stitched into a frame above the “Great Chili Cook Off” poster to their left.
Near the back wall, another one hangs above the loaves of bread: “Waste not want not, please take only what you can eat.”
At the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen, 621 S. Adams St. around 8 a.m. Saturday, there was no wasting so far, only the building of relationships through food and friends.
Lead cook Jane Wilsher has worked at the kitchen for about 13 years and enjoys it.
“I love helping and serving people, this is like the perfect thing for me,” she said. “Peo-ple come in from all different walks of life, and they all know my name.”
There are always bad things
that happen to people, but it is all part of that living experi-ence, she said.
Vicenta Lopez has been a Mount Pleasant resident for more than 70 years. She carefully looked through the donated items, as her bobby pins held back her graying bun that moved slightly with each browse. Lopez, 89, does not come just for the coffee and clothes. She also comes for solace.
“My daughters both died. So I come here. And when I go home, I don’t know what to do, I just pray to God to help me,” Lopez said.
Marlane Collins has worked at the soup kitchen for three months.
“It gives me a purpose. I love to see customers smile. I smile a lot and it important to take care of everybody — they know we care about them,” she said.
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By Amelia EramyaStaff Reporter
CMU was not the only school celebrating Homecom-ing on Saturday.
Katie Giles and Emily Cross, sophomores from Brecken-ridge High School, were look-ing forward to a night full of memories at their homecom-ing dance.
About five girls went to Water Works Salon & Spa, 502 W. Broadway St., early Saturday afternoon to get pampered and ready for their big night.
Giles said she was excited to be with her friends and eat dinner at Bennigan’s. Cross would host a bonfire at her house after the dance.
The many steps in looking better than other girls begins at the hair salon — after get-ting the dress, of course.
It begins with a little bobby pin frenzy — about 40 were used in Cross’ hair.
“My hairspray bottle is empty now after using it to-day,” said Alisha Hinderline, a stylist from Water Works Salon
& Spa, 502 W. Broadway St.It is going to be a blast to
take out these bobby pins, she said sarcastically.
“I’m going to need help from my friends,” Cross said.
The bright side of getting a hairdo is the future invest-
ment of an endless pile of bobby pins.
“Bobby pin count is a huge thing for these young girls,” said Stephanie Prout, one of the owners of Water Works.
By Aaron McMannand Randi ShafferStaff Reporters
Students, alumni and fans of all ages changed the as-phalt of Lot 63 into a sea of maroon and gold prior to the noon Central Michigan Uni-versity football game against Eastern Michigan.
Alumnus Alison Verbrug-gen was surprised by the result of Saturday’s tailgat-ing, as attendance was down this year because of policy changes that included limits on alcohol per person and pedestrian checkpoints.
“I heard tailgating had a lot more rules, so it’s nice to see people out here,” she said.
Shelby Township junior Tony Bolek was still dis-appointed by the turnout south of Kelly/Shorts Sta-dium, even though he knew the game’s tailgate would be better than the previous two this season, which av-eraged 300-400 people.
“I knew it’d be slightly more interesting,” Bolek said. “This is way better (than previous games) but 10 times worse than last year.”
For many, the Homecom-ing tailgate was about more than the new regulations and policies. It gave many a chance to catch up with old friends and reminisce about past memories at CMU.
Alumnus Robert Rice said he enjoyed getting the chance to grab a drink, chat with friends and watch the football team.
“It’s good to be back,” he said. “This place is amaz-ing. It’s a lot of fun.”
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had no problem giving their opinions Saturday morning on the new stu-dent tailgating rules and football game against East-ern Michigan.
The Lot 63 policies, which include a six-beer or one-pint liquor limit, pe-destrian checkpoints and other changes, were met with differing views from alumni.
Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services faculty member and alumnus Tim Otteman said the rules were needed to prevent a disaster from happening.
“I totally understand why they did it; from a risk management standpoint, if something happened in the middle of all that, they
wouldn’t have the ability to get in,” he said. “I think they needed to have some regula-tion.
“It will be interesting to see how it fosters its way out af-ter they have the chance to re-evaluate it after this sea-son.”
Alumnus Nathan Bootz, member of the class of ’94, found the new rules silly and questions whether they re-ally improve safety.
“Students can be respon-sible at CMU,” Bootz said. “So let’s just take their ability to be responsible and do the right thing away from them and make them go down-
town; how does that improve the safety here? ... They’re just changing one problem for another.”
One thing agreed upon by all alumni was the belief that CMU would beat Eastern Michigan.
“Different quarterbacks this year, I think, will make a big difference,” Otteman said. “Coach (Butch Jones) has got them going in the right direc-tion and I think we’re in good shape today.”
Central Michigan eventu-ally beat Eastern Michigan 56-8.
By Randi ShafferStaff Reporter
Joe Maltese has not missed an opportunity to play with his old band — the Marching Chips — in 20 years.
The Central Michigan Uni-versity alumnus lives in India-napolis, but returns each year for the Homecoming festivi-ties and the parade.
“It’s an opportunity to do all the fun stuff I used to do,” he said. “Go back to my college days.”
The Homecoming parade gave students and alumni such as Maltese an opportu-nity to show off their school spirit.
The line of CMU spirit
made its way through Mount Pleasant at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, starting at Lot 22 on campus and ending at Sacred Heart Academy, 302 S. Kinney Ave.
Alumna Sue Genau, a Mid-land resident, also took ad-vantage of the opportunity to perform with the Marching Chips in the parade.
Genau said to her, Home-coming is about memories and traditions.
“It gets more and more fun every year,” she said.
Parade participants ranged from the Marching Chips to the Common Ground Dance Team and the CMU Faculty As-sociation.
Various student organiza-tions, such as On the Fly Pro-
ductions and the Saxe/Herrig/Celani Hall Council, built floats for parade viewers to enjoy.
In addition to CMU student organizations, Mount Pleas-ant High School showed off its Homecoming representatives and floats local high school stu-dents built.
Although Newaygo sopho-more Maryalice Sherlock was not directly involved in the pa-rade, she was pleased with the opportunity to take a break from her volunteer work at Sa-cred Heart Academy to catch a glimpse.
“Homecoming is a chance to come together as a school and show our spirit,” she said.
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Alumni get to relive college years at Homecoming parade
By Rachel MaterStaff Reporter
Cardboard creations built out of duct tape — and a little ingenuity — floated down Rose Ponds at 10 a.m. Saturday.
“Your job is supposed to be steering it! You’re not do-ing it!” A frustrated specta-tor said to a team.
Students built cardboard boats for an annual Home-coming race sponsored by Central Michigan Univer-sity’s Engineering and Tech-nology Department. The goal is to sit three to four partici-
pants in each boat and com-pete against each other in a race in Rose Ponds.
Rainbow Lake freshman Clay Colley was required to build a boat for his EGR 120: Introduction to Engineering class.
“This is our first year and we worked on it for two weeks — the first week, we designed it and talked about buoyancy and drag. The sec-ond week, we made it,” Col-ley said.
Another team, called the Friends of Craig team (F.O.C.) from the American Soci-ety of Mechanic Engineers,
made a valiant attempt at trying to beat the overall re-cord time of 5 minutes and 43 seconds.
“It was fun getting togeth-er and making the boat,” said Ravenna junior Craig Rinehart, part of the F.O.C. team. “I liked seeing every-one out here and seeing what the freshmen and their designs.”
The F.O.C. team won over-all and nearly set the record in the process as they fin-ished in 5 minutes and 49 seconds.
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Students float, sink in Rose Ponds
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Alumni return to tailgate with mixed views
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By Tim ottuschAssistant Sports Editor
Fall Saturdays have special meaning when the CMU foot-ball team plays at home.
At last Saturday’s Home-coming game against Eastern Michigan, that meaning was amplified with students and alumni together.
The football team charged the field at 12:02 p.m. Saturday, heading straight to the thou-sands of students in the stu-dent section as per pregame tradition.
CMU’s captains, senior
quarterback Dan LeFevour and junior linebacker Nick Bellore, were by joined by the team’s entire senior class for the coin toss, where CMU deferred pos-session to the second half.
Andrew Aguila kicked off to start CMU’s 84th Homecom-ing football game at 12:07 p.m. Central entered the game 54-27-1 all-time in Homecoming games.
Kelly/Shorts Stadium, by the end of the first hour of play, had a full student section. The total reported attendance was 26,730. On the field were several alumni, including members of
the former swimming and div-ing program and the 1979 Mid American Conference Cham-pionship football team. Those programs were honored during breaks in the first quarter.
CMU scored touchdowns on its first three drives to start the game, holding EMU to just one first down in the team’s first three drives en route to a dominating 56-8 victory.
“We played with good tem-po and just executed,” said head coach Butch Jones after the game.
Chris baCareLLa/staff phOtOgrapherThe Central Michigan University football team emerges from the fog and inflatable helmet before the kickoff of the game Saturday against Eastern Michigan University.
Football kicks off against EasternMichigan; wins 56-8
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Girls become pampered princesses for high school Homecoming dance
Royal Oak freshman Marah Stratton,
center, and Alma sophomore Beth
Turner started the “Oompa Loompa” dance while other color guard mem-
bers joined to pass time while waiting
for the 2009 Home-coming Parade to
start Saturday near the corner of Wash-ington and Preston
streets.
jake May/staff phOtOgrapher
By Eric Dresden Student Life Editor
While thousands packed Kelly/Shorts Stadium to watch Central Michigan University football, hundreds of others came to Mount Pleasant High School to watch football of another sort.
Seventh-grader James Hunter plays rocket football for the Mount Pleasant Rock-ets and, along with many oth-er students, said it is some-thing he looks forward to.
Hunter, who plays offensive guard and defensive tackle for the team, said although he plays several positions, he enjoys playing defense the most.
“(On defense), you get more tackles and ... (on of-fense), all you have to do is block,” he said.
Hunter’s teammate and fellow seventh-grader Matt Blackburn, who plays of-fensive tackle and defensive end, said he loves the expe-rience he gets on the field.
“It’s pretty fun because, to-day, I got to play the whole game, except for one play right at the end,” Blackburn said.
Blackburn said playing has given him many memories he will not forget.
“Last year, I think there were like 20 seconds left in the game, and fourth down, they are go-ing for it,” Blackburn said. “We tipped the ball and the ball is like five yards away, so I take one step and dive for it and I catch it ... I’m pretty sure we go down and went for a touch-
down to win the game.” Blackburn’s father, Dave,
an assistant coach for the seventh-grade team, said making sure the kids enjoy themselves is one of the big-gest priorities.
“Hopefully, they have a lot of fun —thats the number one thing—and that they learn a few things, they learn about discipline and hard work. Even if it doesn’t pay off, it’s real im-portant to keep going at it,” he said.
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By Tony WittkowskiStaff Reporter
Usually a car being worked on at a shop be-longs to a customer.
But at Muffler Man on Saturday afternoon, one of the vehicles in the shop belonged to one of its employees.
Kono Boerma, a mechanic for Muffler Man, 101 S. Mission St., for six months, has had to worry about his car as well as the customers.
Earlier Saturday morning, while driving into work, Boerma hit a deer on M-20. The damage done to the car? A busted headlight and mini-mal bodily harm.
“There ain’t no body panels left if I hit it again,” Boerma said. “I called my wife and told her to bring the other car.”
What was amazing about that incident was
the traffic, he said.“Yesterday, it was bumper-to-bumper com-
ing in,” Boerma said. “But there was hardly anyone this morning.”
Boerma, 37, works five to six days a week in 12-hour shifts — typically 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Boerma had brothers working on cars since he was a toddler and said he works a job he loves.
Back at home is his wife of 22 years. With three children, ages 22, 14 and 13, Boerma worked in Steve’s Repair and Auto Parts, 200 West Main in Mecosta, before coming to Muf-fler Man. He had his first child at 15 with his soon-to-be wife.
“We lived paycheck to paycheck.” Boerma said. “But we made it work.”
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Car mechanics occasionally need to work on their own vehicles, too
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ashLey MiLLer/phOtO editOrMount Pleasant Rockets athlete Caleb Jesso-Lynch listens to his coach as he delivers the halftime speech to the 7th-grade tackle football team Saturday during their game against the Tri-County Gladiators at Mount Pleasant High School.
Rocket football a ‘hit’ among seventh-graders
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By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter
Xavier Chapa examined the vertical ramp, took a deep breath and took a dive into the steep basin with his skateboard.
Many kick flips and tricks later, he was back at the top of the ramp to take a much-needed break.
“My legs are tired,” he said. “I come here pretty much every day and do this.”
Chapa, a 19-year-old Mount Pleasant resident and an avid skateboarder, is a regular at Island Park’s outdoor skate park and can
even be seen occasionally during the winter months.
Despite a chilly October afternoon, the sight at Is-land Park, 331 N. Main St., was by no means a dead one Saturday.
Nearby, children were run-ning and laughing at the two playgrounds.
Mount Pleasant residents Sam and Rachel Linton, ages 7 and 4, find themselves at the park with their parents about once a week as long as the weather permits.
“Today, we went to Tim-bertown (a wooden play-ground complex), and then we went on the bridge,” Sam
said after taking a ride down one of the slides. “Timber-town’s my favorite.”
Dearborn resident John Kastler was visiting Mount Pleasant for the Homecom-ing weekend with his family. He took the opportunity to try his luck at fishing along the banks of the Chippewa River.
Kastler, 14, has been fish-ing for much of his life and did manage to reel in a small “sucker.”
“I like it here,” he said. “I can toss the football around and just enjoy the wildlife.”
Residents enjoy skateboarding, playing and fishing at Island Park
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By Kevin DrescherStaff Reporter
Homecoming is a day of memories, food, football and old friends.
But to the employees of The Cabin, 930 W. Broomfield St., this day means some serious business.
“Right now, we’re cranking it. We’ll (make) 100-120 piz-zas in a hour,” said general manager Leon Drake. “It’s one of my busiest days. We have to staff 15 to 20 percent more staffing.”
The crowd packed The
Cabin wall to wall from 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday, so much that people were forced to stand.
While it was packed, many customers were enjoying the tasteful art of 25-year-old pizza cook Josh Borgerding and his fellow coworkers.
“We take pride in our food. We try to make the same (pizza) for everybody,” the Mount Pleasant resident said. “That’s a huge thing that we push for. I am actu-ally a teacher in Saginaw, (but) I like it so much I work here.”
While the cooks are flour-
ing the dough and spreading the cheese, bartenders were busily filling the glasses to the brim with the foam and fizz of their patrons’ favorite drinks.
But for 25-year-old bar-tender Chad Miller, Home-coming is not all about the drinks. It is more about the stories.
“You hear a lot of stories about how this place was in their day,” he said about the alumni. “It’s a great job.”
Crowds pack The Cabin for food, memories
6 p. m .
By Alethia KasbenStaff Reporter
1999 was a year filled with anxiety, fear and excitement for the new millennium. It also was a year filled with music.
Chris Purrett, alumni of the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, worked for 91.5 WMHW-FM, Cen-tral Michigan University’s student-run radio station, when he went to CMU a de-cade ago.
Purrett and his wife, Misty Purrett, spent Saturday as the sun went down putting on the show “Overdrive” from 6 to 8 p.m.
The show began in 1997. It would play rock music that was popular at the time, and also showcase a different band that had a record com-ing out or a concert coming up each week.
“It was really popular when it first started here,” Chris said.
He no longer works in ra-dio but, after graduation, he kept up with “Overdrive” on-line. From there, it morphed into a local rock station, and now it is more of a blog.
Usually, when the Purretts do “Overdrive” at the alumni takeover, they play all local bands from Michigan. This year, they played all music from the year 1999 to honor the 10-year anniversary of the alumni takeover and of their graduation.
“People were worried about Y2K and the world ending. So they put out re-cords,” Chris said.
Chris’s first 30 minutes in the studio were spent pac-ing around the very small room filled with chairs and
equipment. “I get really nervous for
the first 15 minutes of the show,” he said. “I’ll tell you one thing, nothing has changed here. Four clocks in this studio and not one has the right time.”
Misty was not involved in the radio station when she went to school.
“I come back to be his co-host,” she said. “It’s not my passion, but I enjoy it.”
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By Ryan CzachorskiStaff Reporter
Wanda Dague’s main job as president of Tendercare’s Resi-dent Council is to deal with peo-ple’s “gripes.”
Dague, an 87-year-old Mecos-ta native, has been president of the Resident Council for almost a year. It is her third year living at the rehabilitation center and nursing home at 1524 Portabella Trail.
“Once a month, we go down and, if anyone has any grievanc-es, we try to do something about it,” Dague said.
Common grievances include stolen items and missing laun-dry.
“I never have anything to gripe about,” Dague said.
When Dague is not keeping up on her executive duties, she likes to read, talk to her fellow residents and attend the vari-ous activities Tendercare puts on.
“They tell me I’m a people per-son,” Dague said. “I like to help people.”
Dealing with the ‘gripes’
By Connor SheridanStaff Reporter
At 8 p.m., comedian and “The Office” actor Craig Robinson took a Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditori-um audience of more than 900 on a hilarious musical journey.
Robinson, a Chicago na-tive, plays the character “Darryl Philbin” in the hit NBC comedy series.
His opening act was Canadian comic Dylan Mandlsohn, who delivered a rousing performance full of amusing impressions and edgy witticisms.
Robinson began the show by sitting down at a keyboard and playing an instrumental version of “If You’re Happy and You Know it,” only breaking his silence to scold the audience for clapping their hands when they should have stomped their feet.
At one point, he asked what the Central Michigan University nickname was, which several stu-dents answered exuberantly.
“That is slightly more intimi-dating. ChippeWAAUGH!” Rob-inson said.
Craig Robinsonbrings laughs
By Taylor hills Staff Reporter
Popular music, check. Flashing lights, check. Hyperactive teen-agers, check. Rollerskates, check.
Those four things make up a typical night for Spinning Wheels Arena at 1241 N. Mis-sion Road.
Georgia Ramirez, Amber Ben-nett and Sabrina Garibay, all age 12, have been going to the rink for almost three years.
“I like coming here to skate and dance and meet up with my friends,” Bennett said.
When asked about meeting boys at the skating rink, all three giggled, but Ramirez spoke up.
“I have met many of my boy-friends here,” she said.
Jackie Heath, a Mount Pleasant resident, likes coming to Family Night at the rink because it is a great way to bond with hers.
“I like coming here with my two kids and my sister’s eight kids because ... everyone has fun; families just don’t go out and do anything anymore,” Heath said.
Skates spin into the night
By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter
It was just another typical Sat-urday night for Mount Pleasant Police Department Sgt. Carey Murch.
The department had increased enforcement for the Homecom-ing Weekend thanks to a grant from the Office of Highway and Safety Planning. Still, the atmo-sphere was nothing too crazy for Murch, who frequents the night shift in the city.
“Usually, on Saturday nights, it doesn’t get busy until later,” he said. “There’s a lot of people in town tonight, though.”
His first stop of the hour was a visit to the scene of an arrest. A person had been driving without a license or insurance, and Murch wanted to check on the situation with another officer.
“He’s never had a driver’s li-cense,” Murch said. “So he’s going to jail now.”
The sergeant later investigated a rear-end collision in which one driver was injured and had to be transported to the hospital.
Extra policeon night shift
By Luke DimickStaff Reporter
When His House serves hot
dogs, members say they is deliv-ering more than just a snack.
They are trying to deliver God’s love.
Members of the His House Christian Fellowship Church, 211 W. Broomfield Road, have been serving the popular “Je-sus Dogs” every Saturday night on the corner of Main and West Bellows streets for more than six years.
“We start serving hot dogs at 10, but people from His House come together at 9:30 for a time of prayer and to prepare for the night,” said Midland senior Jessy Stark. “We pass out hot dogs until they are gone, which is usually at 1 or 2 in the morning.”
Milford said they usually go through about 500 or 600 hot dogs a night and it costs just un-der $100 every Saturday for the hot dogs, buns and drinks.
“We serve hot dogs because we really just want to show God’s love in a practical way,” she said.
‘Jesus Dogs’ served on Main
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