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jake may/staff photographerInterim University President Kathy Wilbur, left, talks with Allen Park senior Angela Her-nandez, co-coordinator of Alpha Leadership Experience, before her speech to about 70 students Thursday in Powers Hall Room 136.

By Edward SchutterStaff Reporterand Jake MaySenior Reporter

Shelby freshman Jacob White turned down loan opportunities because he was expecting another $1,000 from the state.

He was eligible for the Michigan Promise Scholarship, and areas of the new state budget are in limbo and could eliminate his chance at the funds. White is upset.

“I earned it, and I worked hard

for it, too,” White said. “Now that it’s gone, it is incredibly hard for stu-dents like me. We were promised this money. To take that away from students who are just trying to bet-ter themselves by going to college is wrong.“

Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a continuation budget Thursday to allow state government facilities to stay open after the Michigan legis-lature failed to meet the midnight state budget deadline.

State Rep. Bill Caul, R-Mount Pleasant, said Granholm has most of the bills in front of her, but her concern with education is keeping the process going.

“The education bill is still incom-

plete, and it really is up in the air as to how long all of this could take to get it done,” he said.

President: tuition increase exPected

Interim University President Kathy Wilbur said her expectation is that Granholm will veto the elimi-nation of the Michigan Promise and, because there is no funding for the program, she does not see any quick solutions for students waiting for the Promise grant.

“There is a lot of stress because of uncertainty,” she said. “The truth is your university budget is based on some guess-timates. ... The budget cuts will come next year. There is

no question about that and, unfor-tunately for students, that means raised tuition.”

The continuation, valid through Oct. 31, is the first time Michigan has used a continuation budget since the 1970s.

Former Griffin Endowed Chair Bill Ballenger said the budget pro-cess takes some time.

“I think this could go on through the month of October,” he said. “(Granholm) is very concerned with some of the budgets presented to her.”

Granholm is expected to veto sections of the budget that was ap-proved by the legislature. Areas of the new budget eliminated the

Promise and took away funding to schools.

“Odds are against the legislature overriding the vetoes because the majority of them are Democrats,” Ballenger said.

Many are concerned with the con-tinuation because it has been more than 30 years since the last time it was done, although Ballenger said it is a not necessarily a bad thing.

“It’s not as big of a deal as what the Legislature is making it out to be just because it has been so long since it happened,” he said. “This will give them time to make the right decisions.”

Governor looks to keepMichigan Promise

Granholm expected to veto sections in final budget

By Joe MartinezStaff Reporter

Forty-three candidates have completed the ap-plication process to be the next president of Central Michigan University.

Thursday’s deadline is considered a soft dead-line, however, said Trustee Stephanie Comai, meaning the screening committee will still accept applications in the near future.

“We anticipate we have a vast majority of people who will complete the process,” said Comai, the presidential screening committee chairwoman. “But we will still consider candidates.”

Thus far, 70 people were nominated to the universi-ty’s search firm, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates.

The next step in the pro-cess is for the screening committee to start review-ing resumes, select the can-didates to interview and present semifinalists to the Board of Trustees. Comai said she hopes to begin Oct. 12.

“Right now, we’re doing a paper review to select the best candidates based on resumes,” she said.

Goal: Name new university leader by Jan. 1, 2010

Search yields 43candidates

university president

By Luke DimickStaff Reporter

Interim University Presi-dent Kathy Wilbur knows a thing or two about being a leader.

Wilbur spoke to about 70 Alpha Leadership students Thursday in Powers Hall about her experience being a leader.

She explained her experi-

ence as chief of staff to former State Sen. William Sederburg, and about her time serving at Michigan State and Central Michigan universities.

Waterford sophomore Bran-don Wilmot said Wilbur did a good job with the speech.

“She’s a good speaker,” Wilmot said. “She explained that you have to be well rounded and energized for everything. That’s a pretty good point to make. You have to adjust yourself for every situation.”

Wilbur talked about many different leadership qualities from listening skills to differ-

ent types of pressures. One of the things she

stressed is a high energy level is crucial for a leader.

“I heard someone say that to me many, many years ago in politics,” Wilbur said. “They said, ‘Oh that person is a successful politician be-cause she’s got a very high energy level,’ and I thought, ‘Well how much difference can that make.’ It makes a lot of difference. It allows you to be able to go from one chal-lenge to the next in a given day.”

By Victoria JonesStaff Reporter

Sarah Manner loves hockey.

Manner, a Northville freshman, said coming to Cen-tral Michigan University and not being able to play would be a disappointment.

That is where the new wom-en’s club hockey team comes in.

“I was excited to find out about the team,” Manner said. “I’ve been playing hockey my whole life. It’s a stress reliev-er and it keeps me in good shape.”

The team was formed last spring semester, and the first game against Michigan State is at 9 p.m. Oct. 9 at the I.C.E Arena, 5165 E. Remus Road.

Northville sophomore Me-gan Brennan, Novi junior Danielle Hirka and Clinton Township senior Jenna Leone created the team.

Putting it togetherThough the University of

Michigan, Michigan State University and Western Mich-igan University all have club women’s hockey teams, CMU was one of the only major uni-versities without one.

In hopes to change that, Hirka, Leone and Brennan worked to gain support for the team.

“I’ve been playing hockey for five years, and I was disap-pointed as a freshman when I found out we didn’t have a team,” said Brennan, who serves as the team’s president.

Along with the creation of the team came doubts. Sev-eral were worried about not enough advertisement or in-terest.

Leone was surprised to see about 20 girls show up to try-outs.

“People were actually ex-cited. The turnout was twice as good as we expected,” Le-one said. “Our next worry was that people wouldn’t commit. We feared that they wouldn’t be as dedicated as we wanted them to be.”

However, the players proved their dedication through hard work at late night practices twice a week, she said. The 18 girls that make up the team meet for an hour at 10:30 p.m. twice a week.

While the players are con-fident about the game, MSU’s team started more than 10 years ago.

“This is going to bring more attention to CMU’s athletics,” said coach Trevor Ploe.

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photos by neil blake/staff photographerCheboygan sophomore Jaimee Cronk smiles between drills during the women’s club hockey team practice Tuesday night in the Isabella County Events Area.

Hockey not just a guy’s sportClub team plays first-ever game against MSU Oct. 9

Northville freshman Hannah Deacon practices Tuesday night with women’s club hockey team at the Isabella Community Events Arena, 5165 E. Remus Road.

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w Program Board will host two free showings of “the hang-over” at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

w Musician david Bailey will perform at 8 p.m in Alma College’s Remick Heritage Center in Alma. Tickets are $10 for the general public.

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w rock on For Women’s hos-pice will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Chipp-A-Waters Park, 403 W. High St.

w Zonta applefest features local artists and craftsmen at 9:30 a.m. at Papa’s Pumpkin Patch, 3909 S. Summerton Road.

w easy as Pi 5k run/walk will take place at 11 a.m. Island Park, 331 N. Main St. Registration starts at 10:30 a.m.

w an opera gala will take place at 8 p.m in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall.

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w campus chalking will take place Sunday afternoon. Teams must check in by noon in the Bo-vee University Center’s Lake Huron and Superior Rooms.

w comedian dan cummins will kick off Homecoming Week at 7 p.m. in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium.

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jake may/staff photographerRapids City junior Sarah Riegler, center, makes faces at Yale senior Tiffany Sexton, left, and St. Johns sophomore Sabrina Hebeler, as the group practices to give a 30-second commercial in their TAI 170: Fundamentals of Interpretive Reading class Thursday afternoon in Moore Hall’s Townsend Kiva.

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By Randi ShafferStaff Reporter

New crossbow regulations have resulted in more than 20,000 Michigan residents applying for crossbow per-mits for the 2009 hunting season.

The Michigan Natural Re-sources Commission rede-signed crossbow regulations in March to promote and ex-pand hunting opportunities within various state zones.

The new regulations allow hunters age 50 and older to use crossbows during the Oct. 1 to Nov. 14 bow hunt-ing deer season. Addition-ally, the changes allow the use of crossbows during any season a traditional firearm may be used to hunt big and small game.

Michigan’s hunting and trapping zones divide the state into three separate ar-eas. Mount Pleasant lies on the border between zone 2 and 3, with M-20 represent-ing the dividing line between the two zones.

In Zone 3, southern Michi-gan, crossbows may be used by any hunter age 12 and older during any hunting season.

The regulations place a velocity limit on crossbows, restricting weapons to a 350 feet-per-second range. Ap-plicants will be required to have a free stamp on their mandatory hunting license in order to use crossbows.

Mary Dettloff, Depart-ment of Natural Resources spokeswoman, expects more people to apply throughout the season. She said many of the new regulations were put in place to bring retired hunters back into the sport.

“It’s going to be good for hunters who dropped out of

the sport of archery because of physical limitations such as arthritis or surgery,” Det-tloff said.

She also said the new reg-ulations might encourage women wary of firearms to take up participation in the sport.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski agreed with Dettloff’s reasoning behind changing the state crossbow regulations.

He said the new rules might affect quite a few peo-ple in Isabella County.

“It may get some people that couldn’t previously hunt,” he said.

The new crossbow policies will be examined and possi-bly altered after a few years, depending on the result of the changes.

“After three years, we’re going to reevaluate and see if we want to keep going this way,” Dettloff said.

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few hunting accidents previ-ously occurring in Isabella County, Mioduszewski said crossbows have never been a problem.

“We have had some acci-dents where people have tree stand deaths... accidental shootings,” he said. “Noth-ing to do with crossbows.”

Mioduszewski said he is not expecting any issues with the new policies at all.

“I don’t foresee any major problems, just because we’re introducing crossbows into weaponry for hunting,” he said.

Dettloff said hunters should know where zone separations lie and the regu-lations of each of Michigan’s three zones.

For a complete list of Michigan’s zones and crossbow regulations, vis-it the DNR’s Web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr.

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Isabella County Sheriff does not anticipate problems

New crossbow regulations expand hunting opportunities

By Jake MaySenior Reporter

Rose Arena’s pool will be closed until Monday because of an abnormally high level of bacteria found in a test by Fa-cilities Management.

A Facilities Management

employee checks the water for bacteria levels every week, said Stan Shingles, director of University Recreation ser-vices.

“It’s no different than if someone vomits in the pool. Same goes for if someone uri-nates or defecates — it’s the same procedure,” Shingles said. “It’s standard operating procedure to shut it down.”

A pace swim Mount Pleas-ant High School class, as well as swimming and water polo

clubs at Central Michigan University, will not be allowed to use the facility until Mon-day, when Shingles said he expects the pool to reopen.

Shingles said the Student Activity Center pool will be open this weekend and con-tinue its hours as scheduled.

“This will have no effect on other activities going on this weekend in Rose Arena,” he said.

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all other activities continue as scheduled

university recreation closes rose arena pool until Monday

Passion for fashionMaurice’s is putting on a fash-

ion show called “Rescues and Runways.“ The Maurices store will pair with local animal shelters to collect supply donations within the stores and, at the end of the month, they will hold a fashion show with the animals. The event is to help out local area animal shelters in need of supplies and increase animal adoptions. The fashion show will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Broad-way Theater, 216 E. Broadway St. For more information, e-mail guza1ae@cmich.edu.

Lambda Chi missing sign

Lambda Chi Alpha’s rush sign went missing Wednesday and fraternity members are search-ing for it or anyone who knows of its whereabouts. “We have no idea who took our rush sign,” said Michael Houlihan, President of Lambda Chi Alpha. “It’s a big sign. I don’t know where it could have gone.” Lambda Chi Alpha placed its sign on the front lawn of the Bovee University Center and was scheduled to have it there until Sept. 23. Houlihan said if anyone has any leads to please inform a Lambda Chi Alpha member. He said whoever has the sign can return it to the fraternity house in front of Deerfield Village on Deerfield Road. For a full story, check cm-life.com.

The gift of lifeDr. Benjamin Carson Sr., a well-

known pediatric neurosurgeon and philanthropist and the first to successfully complete the sepa-ration of type-2 vertical craniop-agus (Siamese) twins, will come to Central Michigan University for a presentation called “Gifted Hands” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sat-urday in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. Students, staff, fac-ulty and the public can attend the free event with a public reception to follow immediately after. Car-son has been recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his achievements and advancing education for all students. For a full story, check out cm-life.com.

Operation GalaThe School of Music will host

the 2009 Opera Gala at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Staples Fam-ily Concert Hall. Central Michigan University music students will perform various works of art from Puccini, Mozart and more.

Move to Zumba“Zumba Revisited” is an upcom-

ing Latin Fitness aerobic exercise at 6 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Bovee University Center. The event was originally scheduled for Sept. 29, but was rescheduled because of technical difficulties. There will be traditional, fast-paced beats, and participants can get a full-body workout. “It’s salsa and merengue music and a fitness-based class,” said Jennifer Spiegel, assistant director of fitness and wellness. “You don’t have to have extensive background to dance. It allows you to release and it is a good way to celebrate the day.” The event is sponsored by Minority Student Ser-vices and University Recreation. For more information, contact Minority Student Services at 774-3945.

Stereotypes Hurt‘Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts’

will host a two-hour skill build-ing event from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 14 in Rowe Hall Room 229. Those interested in registering can contact 774-6447 or e-mail StratOD@cmich.edu. Participants will learn six specific skills that are practical and applicable to Central Michigan University and in the real world. “Participants will gain skills to speak up when demeaning comments are made,“ said Human Resources Assistant Nate Holmes.

Business Credit Card training

A Central Michigan University Business Credit Card training ses-sion will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. Oct. 21 in Foust Hall Room 133. For individuals who do not have a Timelink account, they will need to fill out a request form before at-tending the session. Contact 774-7363 or 774-3481 to sign up or for training or more information.

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By Alethia KasbenStaff Reporter

Central Michigan Univer-sity has saved $218,358 with interims in charge this aca-demic year.

That is the difference per-manent department senior officers were paid in 2008-09 and the interim and tempo-rary department heads are being paid this year.

There are more than 10 interim administrators at Central Michigan University, including Interim University President Kathy Wilbur and Interim Provost Gary Shapiro, all making less than the per-

manent before them. The individual difference

stays within the department each administrator works in and the extra money is being used for a couple of things.

“The money stays within the account their base salary comes from. A lot of times, looking to fill a new posi-tion takes a lot of advertis-ing, which doesn’t have a lot of money budgeted in — the money can be used for that,” said Carol Haas, director of Financial Planning and Bud-gets. “Or they could hire more faculty — it is in their dis-cretion to how they use the money.”

The cost of advertising depends on various factors, such as the length of the ad and where the ad is placed, said Cali Clark, director of employment and compensa-

tion in Human Resources.Interim employees fill va-

cant positions while a search for a permanent is under way.

“When a position is too crucial to be left vacant, an interim is brought in and, in the meantime, a permanent is searched for,” Haas said. “As positions are filled, the salary that is set for the new perma-nent employee depends on their education and experi-ence. It just depends on the individual hired.”

Interims makes less be-cause, usually, they do not perform all of the tasks the permanent did or they do not possess all of the qualifi-cations needed — they have worked for less time and have less experience, she said.

CMU saving $218,358 with temporary fill-ins

Differences in salaries of past permanents and current interim headsw Former: University President Michael Rao $293,550 Interim: Kathy Wilbur $230,000

w Former: Provost Julia Wallace $200,000 Interim: Gary Shapiro $197,000

w Former: Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Mike Leto $166,011

Interim: Ted Tolcher $132,884

w Former: Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Catherine Riordan $144,065 Interim: Claudia Douglas $134,000

w Former: Vice President of Government Relations and Public Affairs Kathy Wilbur $159,626 Interim: Toby Roth $123,995

w Former: Dean of College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences Gary Shapiro $156,260 Interim: Pamela Gates $146,004

Interim positions leaving more money for departments

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By Sherri KeatonSenior Reporter

On July 4, Stephanie Craft was stranded nearly eight miles from home.

And not by choice. The Livonia freshman

and her boyfriend at the time were arguing when he grabbed her and started to choke her.

“He grabbed me and wouldn’t let me go,” Craft said. “I started having anxi-ety attacks and I was scream-ing and crying and nobody would help me and I thought he was going to hurt me.”

Craft’s ex-boyfriend even-tually let her go and drove off, leaving her to find her own way home. She was 17 and he was 21 years old.

A month of AwArenessCraft’s story is one exam-

ple of domestic violence.October is Domestic Vio-

lence Awareness Month, a tradition that began in 1981 by the National Co-alition Against Domestic Violence. It is intended to connect advocates na-tionwide working toward ending violence against women and their children, according to the Web site, dvam.vawnet.org.

Throughout the country, one in four women have experienced domestic vio-lence, according to the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention and The National Institute of Justice.

The problem can be just as serious for teenagers — one in five teens in a seri-ous relationship reports having been hit, slapped or pushed by a partner, ac-cording to the Oregon Law Center.

SaPa has several events planned in coming weeks

By Heather ShoveinStaff Reporter

Editor’s note: This is the first story following a student working on their Honors senior project.

Freeland senior Mariah Hanson cannot get away with last-minute studying or blowing off research for this project.

She is in the beginning stages of se-mester-long research for her Honors Senior Research Project.

There are about 160 students per semester in various steps of the Hon-ors senior project, whether it be the proposal stage or working on the ac-

tual project, said Honors Program Di-rector James Hill.

“Ninety students a year on average complete projects,” Hill said.

Hanson’s project, “Immunocy-tochemistry of several RNP granule components in an inx-14 mutant strain of caenorhabditis elegans,” was her topic of choice.

Although the title in itself is a lot to digest for people outside the science field, Hanson is working to see if ri-bonucleoprotein granules found in the eggs of microscopic worms called caenorhabditis elegans help sustain viability in the worm’s egg when a de-lay in fertilization occurs.

Hanson said the worms are an ideal model to conduct research on because the C.Elegans and humans eggs react similarly to aging.

By the end of Hanson’s project, she hopes to understand more about vi-

ability of human eggs as a woman gets older.

Hanson has been long planning out and preparing for her project.

“When I was a freshman, they did introduce it in the HON 100 class, which is what everyone has to take as an Honors student,” Hanson said.

Since entering CMU’s Honors Pro-gram, each student has to keep in mind that without the completion of an Honors project, students do not graduate with honors recognition.

“(The Honors Program does) send you periodic e-mails to remind you that you need to complete this in or-der to maintain your status within the Honors Program,” Hanson said.

Honors Program students get an opportunity that about 90 percent of the student body does not, Hill said.

Freeland senior writing project proposal to begin

student researching worms for Honors project

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domestic violence affects 1 in 4 women

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LIBBYT MARCH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERMJ Murphy Beauty College student Samantha Schafer secures her work with hairspray Thursday afternoon during the in-house hair competition at the school. Schafer’s work is running in the “Hair By Night” category of the competition.

sEAn pRoCToR/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERFreeland senior Mariah Hanson checks caenorhabditis elegans, a type of soil dwelling nematode Sept. 25 in a molecular biology lab in Brooks Hall.

By Libby MarchStaff Photographer

The large, softly lit room was flanked by people in black smocks with somber expressions, quiet except for intermit-tent snipping of scissors.

MJ Murphy Beauty College, 201 W. Broadway St., held a hair competition Thursday afternoon. The competition, which includes many different styles of cosmetology, is held to decide the two best students, who then will go to a com-petition Oct. 25 at the Soaring Eagle Casi-no and Resort, 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd.

MJ Murphy Beauty College is a na-tionally-acclaimed and accredited cos-metology school in Mount Pleasant, featuring an 11-month program.

Carol Walker, styles director and in-structor at the school and president of Michigan Cosmetologist Association Inc., said MJ Murphy is determined to change the stigma around cosmetologists.

“We touch lives ... we know people’s life story by the time we’re done (with their hair),” said Walker, who has been

involved in changing hairdos since 1968.Kathryn Spiller, the governor-ap-

pointed consultant for the Michigan State Board of Cosmetology, is the man-ager of MJ Murphy Beauty College.

Though she lives in Saginaw, she chooses to work in Mount Pleasant be-cause of MJ Murphy’s.

“The reason I drive two hours every day is that the curriculum is far above that of other schools,” Spiller said.

The hair competition is a driving goal for MJ Murphy students, with categories ranging from “Hair By Night” to “Fan-tasy Hair.”

Coty Howell, more than halfway through his MJ Murphy education, placed first in the Fantasy Hair group and will head to the state competition.

“(In Fantasy Hair), they give you a cat-egory, like ecosystem or environment, so you have to be more creative with it,” Howell said.

“I’ve been in it once. I placed second last year,” he said.

Howell placed 24th last year in the Orlando Premiere Show, a national hair competition.

students leArn the trAdeSarah Abdalla attended Central Mich-

igan University for two years, but said she did not feel it was creative enough for her.

So the Alma resident enrolled in MJ Murphy’s.

“I like that it’s small and personal,” Abdalla said. “My best experience so far has probably just been the excitement of being good at stuff and learning new things.”

Abdalla placed first Thursday in the Bridal Hair category.

MJ Murphy’s Beauty College includes the study of hair, skin care, manicuring and pedicuring.

“You learn the basics and, with ad-vice, you learn the techniques, up-do’s, and you can take the basics and grow on your own creativity,” Abdalla said.

-Staff Reporter Rachel Mater contrib-uted to this report.

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The meeting was the first time in recent memory that a member of the university administration met with students in such an informal manner. The speech was delivered to roughly 70 students, the size of a normal class-room.

The administration should interact with students more like this, as should the next university president later this year or early 2010.

Wilbur was a perfect speaker for the Leadership Program. As someone who was appointed to university president unexpectedly, Wilbur not only got to

share what it’s like to be a leader in high positions, she spoke of what it was like to unexpectedly be thrusted into a leadership position.

“It’s frustrating to be a leader some-times,” she said. “Sometimes, it feels like you can’t think, but you always have to allow yourself time to think.”

In the end, Wilbur was human and extremely approachable to students, which was evident as she answered students’ questions.

More administrative members need to interact with students like Wilbur did. It shows that the administration

has genuine interest in students. Many times, students have abso-

lutely no idea who sets policies at CMU. Worse, some students become afraid of the administration since they never see them. The mentality of “Uh-oh. The administration is here, this can’t be good,” is easy to develop if no communication is established.

It’s understandable that administra-tors are busy people. But president Wil-bur, who is battling Lansing for school funding and trying to start a medical school, took time out of her schedule to try to inspire students to become great leaders. If administrators took at least two hours a month to speak to students, they could build great rapport with the student body.

Issues such as the CMU tailgat-ing policy might have not become so explosive, and perhaps the administra-tion would have a better idea of what students wanted to see around campus.

But this interaction is a two-way street. If administrators are willing to come out and meet with students, there is an obligation that people should interact. The Monday Student Government Association meeting

concerning the presidential search was met with dismal results. One reason may have been because it was held in a large hall, a place that some students may not feel comfortable going to and speaking.

If administrators are willing to meet in a low-profile setting where more one-on-one interaction takes place, students need to come out and listen. It is beneficial for both parties; students can actually be heard and the university can be in sync with what students want.

More importantly, the next univer-sity president needs to interact with students in this manner. Instead of always having large forums in Plachta Auditorium, the university president should visit indiviual classes and other programs. Students will trust admin-istrators more and may feel more inclined to be vocal with university officials.

Wilbur’s speech Thursday night was a refreshing reminder that students and administrators are more than capable of interacting at a close level.

Let’s see the administration do this more often.

Interim University President Kathy Wilbur met with students from Central Michigan University’s Leadership Program Thursday night, talking about

the responsibilities that come with leadership roles. We would like to applaud Wilbur for taking time from her busy schedule to meet with students in a low-profile setting.

EDITORIAL | Administration should meet with smaller audiences of students more often

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to know. Even when it pertains to news packages about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, including a picture of a killed Marine.

The Associated Press had a photographer, reporter and an AP Television News cameraman in Afghanistan with a unit of US Marines. The photographer, Julie Jacobson, captured a series of pic-tures of a unit in the middle of an ambush and took a photo of a dead American.

On Sept. 3, AP transmitted a news package containing stories and photos of Bernard and his unit with a 12:01 a.m. embargo for the following day. This embargo was set forth to give newspaper editors time to consider the publication of the photos in the package.

The package of photos included events leading up to the firefight and those events immediately after — the wounded soldier picture was the only photo in question.

Many editors across the country chose not to run the photograph, but other parts of the package were ran.

Randy Lovely, a CMU graduate, a former Central Michigan Life editor and current editor of the Arizona Republic, went through this same decision process.

Lovely was on campus last week to speak to current journalism students and was grilled about all things journlism.

Lovely revealed his newspaper, the Arizona Republic, chose to run the photo as part of the package.

If I was in charge, I would have done the same. And my justification for doing so is simple.

It is the right of the American pub-lic to be aware of the reality of war.

The editors of their respective newspapers can choose to leave out the name of the wounded and still get the message across: war is real.

As journalists, we are expected to follow a strict code of ethics.

It is our duty to inform the public and, by failing to run the photos, we would not be fulfilling said duty.

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in school.”Erika Murray,

Ada senior

C M Y O u |If you were the new CMU president, what would you implement?

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“Try to recruit more students

from off campus and encourage

quality teaching.”Akram Almohalwas,

palestine graduate student

“I’d bring the CMU promise back. Tuition keeps

going up. We’re almost as

expensive as private schools.”

Aliscia Leo, hastngs senior

“A more environmentally stable campus.”

Paul Beshouri, Birmingham

junior

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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

If it wasn’t over such an impor-tant issue, the phrase “I can count!” being uttered on the Michigan Sen-ate floor would be amusing.

But when the issue is the Michigan budget crisis, technical difficulties keeping the Senate from tallying votes last night just added insult to injury.

For the second time in three years, the Michigan government briefly shut down as a result of the yearly budget not being passed by Thursday’s deadline. For most states, passing a budget on time is no problem. Only two other states have had to shut down their govern-ment because of a budget crisis.

But how many states have had more than one government shut-down? Just one — Michigan. Why have we had to resort to shutting down part of the state government twice in the past two years?

The answer is that we have had the same failures in leadership for the past three years. We are in the same scenario as we were in for the 2007 shutdown: an economically incompetent Democratic Governor, a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives with a Speaker who waits until it is too late to try to begin work on the budget, and a Republican-controlled Senate who tries to get the budget done, but is unable to overcome the incompe-tency of the House.

This year, the main problems are the same problems that we faced in the 2007 shutdown. Work on the budget started too late, and many state legislators lacked a sense of urgency to get the budget done on time.

While budgets were being passed in the Senate late into the night Tuesday, the House had already gone to recess until Wednesday. On Wednesday night, the Senate stayed in session for hours after the House had already recessed.

Michiganders saw the same thing in 2007: Speaker of the House Andy Dillon,D-Redford, exhibited a pattern of only having the House meet once or twice a week, and he even took a five-day weekend trip to Mackinac Island when he knew the state was facing a budget crisis.

On the other hand, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, has been getting his budgets passed and sent over to the House faster than the House is getting budgets passed and sent to the Senate.

The Democrats in the legislature have refused to accept that spend-ing cuts are an inevitable result of the state’s deficit. Taxes can only be raised so much . When you cannot raise taxes anymore, you have to cut spending.

Fortunately, a temporary budget extension of 30 days was passed by the state legislature late last night. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the bill, ending the shutdown only hours after it started.

But Michigan isn’t out of the woods yet. A full yearly budget still needs to be passed for the 2009-10 fiscal year. Unless the state legisla-ture realizes that spending cuts are going to be necessary, Michigan will see a full-blown government shutdown.

Nathan Inks Columnist

I was shocked by how hor-rible the advice was in the article “Common cure for a hangover,” in Wednesday’s issue of CM Life.

Take Tylenol to cure a hangover? Good luck avoiding permanent liver damage.

Taking Tylenol or other similar painkillers to cure a hangover has serious consequences.

It isn’t something in which you can just say, “Ahh, don’t worry about it, man. It’s all good.”

To start off, Tylenol contains a pain-killing compound called acetaminophen.

When you’re hungover, your liver is often too worn out to break it down.

On top of this, your body is dehydrated and flushed of liquids and electrolytes your body uses to produce every function you need to move or think.

If you want potassium, do

you honestly think a $2 Vitamin Water is going to provide more potassium than a good ole 30 cent banana?

And do you think you’re replac-ing your vitamins and minerals by drinking a room-temperature coke?

Think about it. You drink something, your body

breaks it down, and you eventually sober up.

So what is used to aid in break-ing down the alcohol?

Vitamin B3, also known is nia-cin.

(Just a hint ... Coke doesn’t have any B3).

If you want to “avoid” a hang-over, or at least reduce your chances of feeling like you’ve been hit by a truck the next morning, at least mix your alcohol with B vitamins.

Get these in pill form. A $5 bottle of B vitamins will give

you more B-vitamin supply than 50 gallons of any flavor of Vitamin Water ... per pill.

To get more specific, there is a compound that basically puts your liver into hyper mode.

It’s called N-acetyl-cysteine and is a harmless supplement that can be purchased anywhere.

This is an antidote for alcohol poisoning, among other overdoses, and any biochemistry professor would agree.

If you want advice on preventing hangovers, talk to a biochemistry professor, not an avid partier, who is simply more tolerant to alcohol than the average person.

I certainly hope that no students follow the hangover advice in your article, unless they want to seri-ously damage their health.

Anthony Crawford Biomedical Science

Advice given for hangovers bad for your health

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By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter

The transition from office to office is a little slower than Tony Gomez-Mesquita ex-pected.

On a typical September morning, the new Mount Pleasant director of public safety was still struggling to find time to move all his sup-plies from one location to an-other at the city department.

Still, when it comes to his new position and the respon-sibilities that come with it, Gomez-Mesquita feels more than comfortable.

“I bring the administrative experience to the job, with 28 years experience prior to this,” he said. “That helps me with the operational end of the de-partment of public safety.”

Gomez-Mesquita has worked in 14 communities across the state, from large urban areas such as Detroit to smaller municipalities such as his current location with the

MPPD, where he served as po-lice captain for six months. He was employed with the Michi-gan State Police for more than 25 years.

He officially became the directory of public safety last month, after serving in an in-terim role for several weeks after former director of pub-lic safety Bill Yeagley became Central Michigan University’s police chief.

“I think he’s got outstanding police experience in the state of Michigan and Mount Pleas-ant,” Yeagley said.

The two worked together for many years at the MPPD and, much like Yeagley, Gomez-Mesquita took advice from former CMU Police Chief Stan Dinius during his transition period. Yeagley is now playing the opposite role for Gomez-Mesquita.

“I wouldn’t call it mentor-ing,” Yeagley said. “I just kind of had to point him in the right direction.”

He has helped Gomez-Mesquita get acquainted with certain budgetary processes, among other things.

Sticking aroundGomez-Mesquita may be a

veteran of law enforcement, but said he has no plans to leave it any time soon.

He recalls his younger years when he always wanted to be a part of serious action. Now he is the man behind the scenes in Mount Pleas-ant, working closely with the city government.

His opinion changed when he had a family, and realized the safer job environments tend to be the more worth-while ones.

“I may not always be fight-ing bad guys every day, but I’m looking at all those things that make us a more livable community,” he said. “I’m looking at the economics, I’m looking at our relation-ship with the university.”

As a part of working with the university, Gomez-Mes-quita is involved with CMU tailgating.

“The intent is a public safety issue,” he said. “It’s important for people to ac-complish what the policies are set out to do. Tailgating is about school spirit, and it’s important people don’t lose sight about that.”

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Director settling inGomez-Mesquita brings experience from 14 communities

neiL bLake/staFF phOtOgrapherTony Gomez-Mesquita is the new Mount Pleasant director of public safety. He filled the vacancy left by Bill Yeagley, now the CMU Police Chief.

m o u n t p l e a s a n t p u b l i c s a f e t y

Domestic violence, or Intimate Partner Violence, is described as physical, sexual or psychological harm by a current or for-mer partner or spouse and does not require sexual in-timacy, according to Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention.

Spreading the meSSage

On campus, Sexual Ag-gression Peer Advocates graduate student Mary Pe-ters said domestic abuse is not about equality.

“Anytime someone is in a relationship, they are not seen as an equal to their partner or not treated as an equal,” the Sparr native said.

Peters said there are mul-tiple programs on campus that can help students in different situations.

From Monday through

Friday, there will be ta-bles in the Bovee Univer-sity Center’s Down Under Food Court, where SAPA staff members will hand out Kit Kat bars with do-mestic violence awareness information on them.

From Oct. 12-14, a clothesline project work-shop will allow students to make T-shirts representing their experiences or some-one else’s with domestic violence or sexual assault. The shirts will hang up throughout the month dif-ferent campus locations.

‘LiSten and heLp’Peters said the best way

to deal with domestic vio-lence is individually.

“We just have to be pre-pared to listen and help in anyway possible be-cause everybody copes differently,” she said. “As a SAPA, we don’t give advice; I am there to help you and if you’re looking for an op-

tion in getting out, we can go over a variety of op-tions.”

From venting students’ frustrations out to living in a designated safe place for a few days on campus, there are options at CMU when involved in violent relationships.

“Everything is up to the survivor,” Peters said.

On the night when Craft was stranded, she decided then she would no longer be in that relationship. She also would tell others they could do the same thing if necessary.

“It is okay to leave. I know a lot of girls don’t leave those kinds of re-lationships because they are afraid that person will hurt them later,” she said. “It can happen to any-body, but believe that you can stop this from hap-pening.”

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Making sure students have the building blocks to advance or continue their research after graduation is the purpose of the Honors project, he said.

taking baby StepSThere are several steps

students must take before jumping into their proj-ects.

One is finding a project adviser — a faculty member within the student’s depart-ment of study.

“You really have to find a good adviser to work with, who’s going to mentor your project,” Hanson said.

As a biomedical science major, Hanson has been working with associate professor of biology Jenni-fer Schisa for her research project.

The next step is writing a proposal, Hanson said.

Working with an adviser to comprise a clear and concise project proposal is important. Without this, there is no moving ahead with a project.

If it gets denied, students can make revisions, and the program will tell them spe-cifically what those revi-sions have to be, and then it can be resubmitted, Han-son said.

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“Salaries are set based on the qualifications on the individual and the market for the position. Consid-eration is given to salaries of current employees with similar duties, responsi-bilities and background,” Clark said.

The same system applies for when permanent em-

ployees are brought in to take the place of interims.

Depending on the de-partment’s use of the sav-ings, having interims work-ing for the university can be helpful in terms of the monetary benefits.

“It just depends on what additional costs they will incur. It is possible there could be savings to be used for other things,” Haas said.

The College of Commu-nication and Fine Arts has Al Wildey as interim as-sociate dean, but there is not any extra money left over from the interim po-sition.

“There is no benefit be-cause any difference at this point is offset by other expenses for the college,” said Salma Ghanem, dean of the College of Commu-nication and Fine Arts.

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Comai wants to conduct interviews by the end of October and present two to six semi finalists to the Board of Trustees in November. The Board then will select which of the candi-dates to interview for the position.

new year’S dayComai’s goal is to have a new uni-

versity president named by Jan. 1, 2010.

As for when the new administra-tion will take office, Comai said she does not have a firm date.

“It’s hard to predict when people will make announcements, if you get a sitting university president and they have commitments to their cur-rent university,” she said.

Former University President Mi-chael Rao announced he was leaving for Virginia Commonwealth Univer-

sity on Feb. 20, but stayed on as uni-versity president until June 30. Inter-im University President Kathy Wilbur stepped in July 1 and still holds the position.

Student Government Association President and screening committee member Jason Nichol said going into the screening process with an open mind is a must.

“In my experience on search committees, I’ve found that pre-conceived notions are often shat-tered,” the Mount Pleasant senior said.

Nichol, the only student on the committee, said the committee has been crafting a leadership pro-file to find the right person to lead CMU.

“I’m looking for a president who will be able to best serve CMU,” he said. “Someone who recognizes the unique point we are at as a university and who is a visionary leader.”

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what StudentS thoughtPaw Paw freshman Blake Ge-

schke said Wilbur focused too much on her own achievements.

“I very much felt like she was trying to build her own stature,” Geschke said. “I think she tried her best to apply leadership to her experiences, but she didn’t really succeed. It was a good speech. This probably wasn’t the best audience for it.”

Geschke said even though she focused too much on herself, he got some useful information from the speech.

“I don’t know if I could neces-sarily apply the information she gave right now in my life, but perhaps down the road,” he said. “She talked about being a leader of like 10 people and then ad-vancing up and being a leader of thousands, so stuff like that really helped.”

Ottawa Lake freshman Alexan-dra Reischman said Wilbur told students why she is qualified for the position of interim president

and she was a good speaker. Reis-chman said although Wilbur did answer a few questions from the audience, she was still left wonder-ing a few things.

“To be honest, I don’t think she addressed the questions very well,” Reishman said. “But I think she gave some good examples that gave us a lot of insight about what it’s like to be a leader of a lot of dif-ferent people. I feel like her expe-rience in Lansing gives us some-thing to identify with and it gives us some real life examples.”

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Training programs, mental health programs and libraries also were among the programs that

suffered the most cutbacks in the budget presented to Granholm.

Some state representatives cre-ated a bill after feeling outraged for missing the deadline. Freshman lawmakers proposed a constitu-tional amendment that requires state budgets to be completed by

each July 1. Twenty-seven House members co-sponsored the bill.

The bill proposes to dock pay from the legislature for each day past July 1 the budget is not com-plete.

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SpOrtS Weekendwelcome home | Volleyball team plays its first home game of the season today, 5B

Lethal weaponsphotos by Neil blake/staff photographer

Senior Stephanie Martin and freshman Laura Twidle are the offensive leaders of the soccer team. Martin is tied for first in career points, and Twidle has scored five goals in her first year.

Twidle making an impact after greyshirting freshman year

Senior Stephanie Martin has been a first-team All-MAC selection the last two seasons.

F o o t b a l l

By Matthew Valinski | Staff Reporter

Martin becomes a leader

By Dave JonesSenior Reporter

The defending Mid-Amer-ican Conference champions are off to a 1-3 start this sea-son.

But coach Butch Jones said he sees a Buffalo team that can still present some chal-lenges this weekend.

“I see a very good football team,” he said. “They have a swagger like champions and they play extremely hard. We’re playing a champion-ship-caliber football team and it’s going to be a chal-lenge for us.”

B u f f a l o hosts CMU at 3:30 p.m. Sat-urday at UB Stadium in Buf-falo, N.Y. The Chippewas, on a three-game winning streak, are playing in their first MAC road game one week after beating Akron 48-21 in their conference opener.

Buffalo’s defense is probably the most talented group the Chippewas will match up to thus far this year, Jones said.

The Bulls will use a lot of man coverage because of the depth they have in the secondary. Safeties Davonte Shannon and Mike Newton lead the group.

Buffalo is third in the con-ference in pass defense, al-lowing just 160 passing yards per game.

Also, Jones said, the line-backers are very active and the defensive line has the po-tential to disrupt the pocket and senior quarterback Dan LeFevour.

However, the Bulls have struggled defending against the run, giving up 179 rushing yards per game. As a response, the Chippewas will counter by trying to establish the running game.

“We’ve moved the ball of-fensively because we have never been one-dimension-al,” Jones said. “And that will never change. Running the ball is going to be critical and making plays in man-cover-age, that’s going to be the big thing.”

Deep threatCMU enters Saturday’s

game leading the MAC in scoring defense and total de-fense, getting to its 3-1 record by allowing an average of 16.8 points per game and 274 yards per game.

And despite Buffalo’s aver-age of 20 points per game — ranked eighth — the team is not without its weapons.

Wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt leads the confer-ence in yards per game with 111.2 and is second with 7.25 catches per game.

Jones said Roosevelt is as good a receiver as the Chippe-was will face all season.

“They move him around and put him in different spots, so

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Coming out of high school, most college fresh-men never think about whether they are ready for such a change in lifestyle.

Freshman Laura Twidle graduated from high school in 2008, and CMU wanted her a part of its soccer team.

Twidle, already young for her class upon graduating and not turning 18 until December 2008, was left to wonder whether she was ready for not just college, but collegiate athletics.

It was not just maturity level. There also were concerns over Twidle’s lack of size.

“I’m clearly a smaller person,” she said. “They thought I physically needed to gain some muscle.”

The coaching staff did not know how much of an im-pact she could make in the Mid-American Conference.

Still, CMU wanted her on the team, and she wanted to be in Mount Pleasant. But there was still one more problem.

ScholarShipSThe scholarship money

was already divided among the players for the upcoming season in 2008-09, leaving Twidle and the coaching staff in a predicament.

However, the coaching staff came up with an idea to

allow Twidle to ease into a situation she was not com-fortable with while letting her become a member of the team.

Twidle was directed to

delay enrollment to Cen-tral Michigan and join the team in the spring semester of 2009, when the team had scholarship money avail-able.

For Twidle, it gave her time to mature.

“I felt like I was really young going to school, and I felt like I needed time. When they suggested waiting a se-mester, it was ideal for me.”

Coach Tom Anagnost said he knew even with a late start in recruiting Twidle and a late commitment, she was one of the players who CMU could count on in the future.

“She was so late (in com-mitment) and the class be-low her was so large that it was kind of a balancing act,” he said. “How no one really went after her is beyond me. She is a kid that I wanted from the start.”

other offerSTwidle received offers from

other MAC schools that had the same idea for her to start school in January. But when Twidle sat down with her par-ents, they decided the best decision was to go to Central in January.

“I thought she was kind of young to go away and I just thought it gave her some time for maturity and she could also take a course here at home,” said Jane Twidle, Laura’s mother.

But after practicing with the team for two weeks be-fore the season started in 2008, the idea of Twidle join-ing the team that season arose after some scholarship money had been opened up.

But there were too many other factors for Twidle to deal with, and she decided it would be best to commit to the original plan.

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Laura Twidle

By Matthew ValinskiStaff Reporter

At the time, Stephanie Martin’s knee injury did not seem as sig-nificant.

The soccer team just beat Western Michigan 1-0, and Mar-tin helped lead CMU to a 9-2 record, including four straight wins to start Mid-American Conference play.

As the season wore on, Martin was able to play. The team won two of its next three games. But then it hit a wall, losing three of its last six games, including a 2-0 loss to Eastern Michigan in the semifinals of the 2008 MAC tournament.

“There wasn’t that many games left, so I was just thinking

to get through the games and I’ll deal with it at the end,” Martin said.

When the season ended, Mar-tin was sidelined, unable to train.

SiDelineDMartin, the MAC Freshman of

the Year in 2006, first-team All-MAC selection in 2007 and 2008 and now tied with Jacquie Lacek with 65 career points at CMU, suddenly cannot compete.

To make matters worse, Mar-tin had to visit multiple physical therapists because they could not figure out exactly what was wrong with her knee. However, this fall, Martin was told her kneecap moved laterally on the

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Bulls

OffensePos.No. Name ClassQB 6 ZachMaynard So.RB 27 BrandonThermilus Jr. 36 IkeNduka Jr.WR 18 NaamanRoosevelt Sr. 88 BrettHamlin Sr.TE 82 JesseRack Sr.LT 78 MattOstrowski So.LG 73 PeterBittner Jr.C 75 JoshViolanti So.RG 66 RobertColpoys Sr.RT 72 AndrewWest Sr.

DefensePos.No. Name ClassDE 90 BrunoLapointe Jr. 53 JerryHousey Jr.DT 92 DaneRobinson Sr. 74 AnelMontanez Jr.OLB 1 DariusWillis Fr. 34 JustinWinters Jr.MLB 33 ScottPettigrew Fr.CB 25 DomonicCook Fr. 15 JoshThomas Jr. 12 KendricHawkins Sr.FS 30 MikeNewton Sr.SS 7 DavonteShannon Jr.

SpecialistsPos.No. Name ClassP 13 PeterFardon So.PK 39 AJ.Principe Jr.KR 18 NaamanRoosevelt Jr.PR 88 BrettHamlin Sr.

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B u f f a l o B u l l sNaaman Roosevelt- WR Zach Maynard- QB Davonte Shannon- SS

c e n t r a l M i c h i g a n c h i P P e W a sFrank Zombo- DE Andrew Aguila- K Antonio Brown- WR

Chippewas

OffensePos.No. Name ClassQB 13 DanLeFevour Sr.RB 6 ParisCotton So. 29 CarlVolny Jr. 2 BryanSchroeder So.WR 27 AntonioBrown Jr. 7 BryanAnderson Sr. 1 KitoPoblah Jr.TE 82 DavidBlackburn So.LT 73 JakeOlson Fr.LG 66 JeffMaddux Jr.C 63 ColinMiller Jr.RG 64 AllenOllenburger Sr.RT 78 RockyWeaver So.

DefensePos.No. Name ClassDE 98 FrankZombo Sr. 15 SamWilliams Sr.DT 54 SeanMurnane Jr. 94 JohnWilliams So.MLB 46 MattBerning Jr.OLB 43 NickBellore Jr. 17 TimBrazzel Sr.CB 19 JoshGordy Sr. 31 KirkstonEdwards Sr. 14 TommyMama Sr.S 9 BobbySeay So. 12 EricFraser Sr. 44 DannieBolden So. 40 JohnCarr So.

SpecialistsPos.No. Name ClassP 96 BrettHartmann So.K 36 AndrewAguila Jr.PR 27 AntonioBrown So.KR 27 AntonioBrown So.

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Profile Roosevelt

is averaging 7.25 catches per game and 111.2 yards per game.

Why to WatchCMU’s defense has estab-

lished a strong run defense, but the successful pass defense has been a renais-sance of some sort. Buffalo will test its merit.

Profile Replacing

Drew Willey was no easy task, but M a y n a r d has led Buf-falo to 373.2 yards per game, good for second in the MAC.

Why to WatchHis problem has been

with ball security, and Buf-falo is -10 in turnover mar-gin. Buffalo will only win if it can protect the ball.

Profile Shannon

and Mike N e w t o n make up the best safety duo in the conference, and Shannon is second on the team in tackles.

Why to WatchShannon is big in the

pass defense, but he also will come up in the box to play the run. Expect CMU to scheme away from him.

ProfileZ o m b o

was later credited with his first sack aof the sea-son last week against Ak-ron. He was second in the conference in sacks last season with nine.

Why to WatchThe biggest way to beat

Buffalo is forcing Maynard to turn the ball over. Pres-suring Maynard can make that happen.

ProfileAguila is

5-of-8 on field goals so far, but his biggest game came against M i c h i g a n State, hitting an onside kick and, later, the game-winning field goal.

Why to WatchIn the first road conference

game against the defending champs, special teams could be huge. Buffalo is not as bad as its performance last week.

ProfileBrown is

by far the most electri-fying player on the field for CMU. He leads the team in re-ceiving yards (215) and is a threat on every return.

Why to WatchBuffalo has been stingy

against the pass so far, giving up just 160.2 passing yards per game. Brown will have to gain yards after the catch.

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THE VENUE: UB Stadium

photo Courtesy of buffalo athletiCsUB Stadium has a capacity of 29,013 and was built in the summer of 1993.

that causes some problems,” Jones said. “They’re going to create some one-on-ones.”

But for the CMU de-fense, the challenges posed by Roosevelt, a senior, are nothing new.

“We’ve played against him the past couple of years,” said senior cornerback Josh Gordy. “I feel like all we got to do is stick to what we know, read our keys and play disciplined; play defense

like we’ve been playing the last few weeks and I think we’ll be fine.”

Getting Roosevelt the ball will be sophomore quarter-back Zach Maynard, who re-placed former starter Drew Willy, who graduated after last year. Jones said Maynard is athletic and has the ability to move around and cause prob-lems for the defense.

Maynard has thrown for just more than 1,000 yards in four games, along with seven touch-downs and six interceptions.

injury upDateSophomore running back

Bryan Schroeder again will be a game-time decision this week after missing last week with an ankle injury.

He dressed and was on the sidelines against Akron last week, but did not see playing time.

Also, freshman running back Tim Phillips was ruled out for the second consecu-tive week after suffering an injury in the team’s 48-0 win against Alcorn State.

Injured Buffalo center Matt Bacoulis will be replaced by sophomore center Josh Violanti.

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Sports Editor Andrew Sto-ver breaks down Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. football game at UB Stadium in Buffalo, NY.

QuarterbackS Buffalo leads the Mid-

American Conference in passing efficiency (143.0), but sophomore Zach May-nard has thrown six inter-ceptions. The Bulls also have scored just five touch-downs in 12 trips inside the redzone. That falls on the shoulders of Maynard more than anyone.

Advantage: CMU. Senior quarterback Dan LeFevour’s legs give him the advantage, and his ball security is much better. The turnover battle will play a big role in the outcome of this game, and it is something Maynard needs to improve on.

running backS Buffalo had arguably the

best returning running back in the conference coming into the year, but senior James Starks will not be a factor at all. After shoulder surgery just prior the sea-son, the Bulls have yet to find a true replacement.

Advantage: CMU. Quietly, the team has rushed for 161 yards per game, second in the conference.

cMu offenSive line vS. buffalo front Seven

R e d s h i r t f r e s h m a n tackle Jake Olson and s o p h o m o r e tackle Rocky Weaver con-tinue to get better as the season goes on. The Chippewas have been able to maintain a balanced at-tack, mainly because of the athleticism up front.

Advantage: CMU. The Bulls give 179 yards per game on the ground, and they have managed just

three sacks in four games.

buffalo offenSive line vS. cMu front Seven

Buffalo’s offensive line will have to deal with the in-jury to starting center Matt Bacoulis. Sophomore Josh Violanti will replace him, but he lacks in size and experience c o m p a re d to Bacoulis.

A d v a n -tage: CMU. Buffalo is a v e r a g i n g just 100.5 yards per game, and CMU’s run defense is first in the MAC. If Buffalo gets one-dimensional, the Chippewas could get creative in order to put pressure on Maynard. CMU also is first in the MAC in sacks.

cMu wiDe receiverS vS. buffalo SeconDary

CMU has some of the best playmakers in the confer-ence in junior wide receiver Antonio Brown and senior wide receiver Bryan An-derson. Buffalo can match that. The Bulls have the best safety tandem in the MAC — Davonte Shannon and Mike Newton — and their top three corners have ex-perience.

Advantage: Even. Three of Buffalo’s top four tack-lers are in the secondary. Although that may seem bad, the ability to bring a player such as Antonio Brown down shortly after the catch will be critical to the defense’s success. Shannon and Newton will factor into how Buffalo defends the run and the pass.

buffalo wiDe receiverS vS. cMu SeconDary

Maynard knows how to spread the ball around, and wide receivers Naaman Roosevelt and Brett Hamlin are getting their touches. So is tight end Jesse Rack, who

has caught three touchdown passes. Roosevelt may be the best receiver in the MAC right now, and his statistics tell the story: 7.25 catches per game and 111.2 yards per game so far.

Advantage: Buffalo. CMU’s secondary has been rightfully praised for its work compared to the product displayed last season. Buf-falo will give the Chippewas their biggest test to date, and it will be tough to pass.

coaching If this were last year, Buf-

falo’s Turner Gill would have the edge. But early in 2009, he is not pressing the right buttons. A blowout loss at home to Pittsburgh and a poor showing in the MAC opener against Temple speak volumes.

Advantage: CMU. Butch Jones has his team in tune heading on the road. Jones will continue to succeed as long as he can correct last week’s penalty problems.

intangibleSA minimum seven-hour

bus ride does not bode well for anyone, and rainy condi-tions could tame any explo-sive offense, although it did not last week against Akron.

Advantage: Buffalo. Any-way you look at this, it is tough to be successful on the road in the MAC. This will be one of CMU’s longest trips of the year.

preDiction Most things seem to be

in CMU’s favor, but a road game after long travel can always hinder a perfor-mance. The forecast is call-ing for rain as well. Expect a close game, closer than expected. The winner of the turnover battle wins the game. That bodes well for the Chippewas.

CMU 27, Buffalo 21

G a m e b r e a k d o w n

intangibles will keep game close

Matt Berning

Colin Miller

By Andrew StoverSports Editor

It is difficult to understand how an offense can rack up 373.2 yards per game, yet fail to break 20 points in half its schedule.

The University at Buffalo presents an offense which fails to mesh with statistical reason. The Bulls are second in the Mid-American Conference in total offensive yards, yet it is below average in the confer-ence with just 20 points per game.

And although the Bulls av-erage just 100.5 rushing yards per game, mainly because of the season-ending shoulder injury to James Starks prior to the season, CMU coach Butch Jones said he is impressed with some of the things they can do on the ground.

“They’re very dangerous be-cause they present so many challenges with you,” he said. “They’re going to be able to run the football just because of their talent up front and their size.”

Senior defensive end Frank Zombo said it took him by surprise that Buffalo, ranked eighth in the MAC in rushing yards, had trouble running the ball.

“It’s kind of funny. It’s weird that they actually don’t have good rushing stats because they do a lot of things up front,” Zombo said. “They have a good, strong (offensive) line.”

Junior running back Bran-don Thermilus is averaging 48.8 yards per gameon 59 at-

tempts. In contrast, senior quarterback Dan LeFevour has the most carries for CMU (44) and has averaged 4 yards per attempt (including sacks). No other CMU running back has more than 29 carries.

But despite the Bulls’ strug-gles running the ball, they have excelled moving the ball through the air. Buffalo has the MAC’s third-best passing of-fense (272.8 yards per game) and, by college football stan-dards, it is the most efficient passing team in the confer-ence.

That passing attack is led by sophomore quarterback Zach Maynard and one of the MAC’s most dangerous receivers, Naaman Roosevelt. Roosevelt is averaging more than seven catches and 111 receiving yards per game.

“You see an offense that has a very talented cast of in-dividuals, and you know it’s only a matter of time until they get into a rhythm and get go-ing,” Jones said. “We got to do a good job of really neutral-izing or understanding where Roosevelt is all the time.”

probleM areaSBut the Bulls have executed

poorly in two areas that have hindered the potential of the offense.

The biggest problem is maintaining possession of the ball. The Bulls are -10 in the turnover margin, second to last in the MAC. They have turned the ball over 13 times — seven fumbles lost and six intercep-tions — and have only forced

three. Last year, when Buffalo won the MAC, it was +20 in turnover margin.

Buffalo also has scored just five touchdowns in 12 trips in the redzone. In contrast, CMU has entered the red-zone 21 times and scored 15 touchdowns.

Different lookSWhat makes the Bulls of-

fense so difficult to defend is its use of misdirection, Jones said.

“When you look at all the other things they throw at you, from their naked (boot-leg) game, their misdirection game, to their screens, to their quick passing game, and then you look at the individuals they have ... It’s going to be a great challenge,” he said.

Zombo said as a defense end, reading his keys will be important for the defense to succeed and stop misdirection plays, screens and sprint-outs.

“That’s how they’re going to get the majority of their yards,” he said. “I got to read my keys and I got to be ready to get outside and try to con-tain everything.”

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Avoiding turnovers Bulls’ main goalBy the numbersMAC scoring offense1. CMU 32.8 pts/gm8. Buffalo 20.0 pts/gm

MAC total offense2. Buffalo 373.2 yds/gm3. CMU 360.5 yds/gm

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Twidle, a native of Ontar-io, Canada, already planned extensively to come in the spring, and she would have to deal with Visa and bank account situations with only a few days at home to pack.

So Twidle went home af-ter her short practice stint prior to 2008 with an idea of some of her weaknesses the coaching staff pointed out.

She also grew stronger on the field by playing hockey and soccer, and spending a lot of time at the gym to get ready for the jump to NCAA Division-I soccer.

getting her kickSUpon joining the team in

time for the spring season,

Twidle immediately showed her potential.

During the spring, CMU plays the likes of Michigan State, Ohio State and Wis-consin-Milwaukee to keep the team’s level of play high throughout the offseason.

“That spring time with our team really benefitted her,” Anagnost said. “She was our best forward with our team last spring, and she brings another threat on the field that we haven’t had since I came here.”

For Twidle, the spring in-creased her knowledge of the team, something she could not benefit from if she joined right after high school.

“I liked having the spring because I got used to how we play,” she said. “If I was just coming into the fall and playing into the fall, I

would have had less time to adapt to how we play, because how we play is dif-ferent from how I played at home.”

Anagnost said he saw the difference between the Twi-dle he originally saw at pre-season practice in 2008 and the Twidle of last spring.

“The biggest thing from when we first had her is that she is a much more confi-dent, vocal human being,” she said. “She actually dis-plays a lot of leadership and communication abilities that weren’t really visible when she first got here.”

And early in the 2009 sea-son, Twidle has shown what the spring semester with the team did for her, lead-ing the MAC with 5 goals and 12 points in 10 games.

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ouside of her knee. “No one really knew the

exact problem until, maybe, this August in preseason,” she said. “That is why I had to keep going from person to person, because they couldn’t figure out how to make the pain stop.”

For a player who played in every game since coming to Central, Martin was in a new position.

Trying to utilize her time off the field, she became a coach on the sideline.

“She took a lot larger own-ership role in that regards,” said coach Tom Anagnost. “She is just a much more vo-cal leader and really helped the growth of a lot of the players in the spring and es-pecially the freshmen in the fall.”

And with the time on the sideline, Martin also saw what she could improve on when she came back.

“I learned a lot more about my position; where to go and runs off the ball,” she said. “I think I learned a lot more about patience, es-pecially with myself and the other people on the field.”

Anagnost said he saw the knowledge Martin had his first two years here.

“She is the smartest player I’ve coached,” he said. “My first two years with her, she would always come to me with these ideas and kind of check with me like, ‘Hey, do you this’ and she’s right ev-ery time.”

chaMpionShip aSpirationSLast year, Anagnost want-

ed Martin to focus on be-ing confident with her ideas and presenting them to the team without having to go through him.

And, as this season start-ed and Martin got back to practicing again during the non-conference schedule, the team gained a player ca-pable of scoring anywhere near the goal.

“When she can get the ball

and when she is aggressive, she is the best player on the field every time,” Anagnost said. “She is the most dan-gerous player on the field in every game. She calms our team down; she is just a great weapon and just a threat anywhere inside of 30 yards and sometimes even further.”

During the Akron game Sunday, Martin said she fi-nally felt like she is getting back into form, leading the team in shots with eight. Martin led the MAC in shots last season and led CMU all three of her seasons.

For all the individual ac-colades Martin has received at CMU and how many times her name is in the record books, it has not come up in Martin’s mind this season.

“I think I thought about it a lot more last year,” she said. “I haven’t really thought about it this year, I just think more about playing and helping the freshmen and winning a championship.”

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By Matthew ValinskiStaff Reporter

The CMU soccer team hosts Kent State in a battle of con-ference unbeatens Friday at the CMU Soccer Complex.

The Chippewas (7-3, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) will play Kent State (6-3, 2-0 MAC) on Friday and Buffalo (1-8-1) on Sunday, also at home.

The Golden Flashes are tied with Central for the Mid-American Conference lead and have won five of their last six games.

Kent State already has four shutouts this season with sophomore goalie Kelly Sher-wood having only allowed seven goals all year. She has an .837 save percentage.

Senior midfielder Stephanie Martin said she knows Kent State will be tough to score against, so it will be important for Central to take advantage of its chances.

“It’s important to finish our chances and just (stay) fo-cused for the whole 90 min-utes,” she said.

Martin will go against a se-nior in the midfield in Catha-rine Marosszkey, a two-time second-team All-MAC selec-tion who has been a force in Kent State’s lineup this year

with three goals.

Junior Kel-lyn Flanagan is tied with Ma-rosszkey for the team lead in goals with three. She sat out last year after transferring from the University of Wisconsin.

Flanagan scored the game-winner in Kent State’s latest win against Miami on Sept. 27.

Stay aggreSSiveCMU coach Tom Anagnost

said one of the keys for his team this weekend is staying aggressive despite its recent success.

“We are going to have to be aggressive out there, at-tacking-minded,” he said. “As always, we are going to need to be able to take what we worked on this week and put it in the game, and we are go-ing to have to want the game more than our opponent.”

Anagnost said he has seen improvement with a lot of his players, but three freshmen had their improvements stand out during the week.

“We have definitely seen some growth from Spud (Sa-mantha Brenz) and Charlese

(McLemore) up front, and Ashley Mejilla,” he said. “Those three have definitely done better.”

This past week, Central moved to No. 10 in the Great Lakes Region in the NSCAA Nationals Rankings, taking the spot from Toledo.

a year after a DrawAfter starting the season 1-7

in non-conference play, Buf-falo tied Miami (Ohio) 1-1 on Sept. 25.

The Bulls return 18 play-ers from last year’s squad that went 0-9-2 in conference play, but one of the ties was against CMU in a 2-2 game Oct 12.

The Bulls have not won a conference game since a 3-0 win Nov. 7, 2008, against Kent State.

Five different players have scored a goal for Buffalo this season, but the team is still waiting on junior Lindsay Bai-ley to get on the score sheet after she led the team with 8 goals last year.

Senior Amy Coron will start in goal for Buffalo. Although she has a 1-7-1 record, she has a .812 save percentage and has only given up 1.39 goals per game.

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Soccer to face unbeaten Flashes

Staff reporter Matthew Va-linski sat down with junior goalkeeper Shay Mannino. Mannino earned second-team All-Mid-American Conference honors after posting 10 shut outs a year ago and has five shut outs so far this season.

Matthew Valinski: What is your favorite part about play-ing keeper?

Shay Mannino: I like a lot of things about it. I get to see everything going on the whole field.

MV: What is your favorite food or drink?

SM: I like T r o p i c a l Smoothie. I just like smoothies a lot and I like fruit.

MV: If you could have any super power, what would it be?

SM: Flying, so I could get places faster.

MV: Do you have a highlight of your soccer career?

SM: I think every game is a highlight. But one of my favor-ite memories was when we beat

Western with, like, two minutes left.

MV: Do you have a favorite television show?

SM: I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I like America’s Best Dance Crew.

MV: Do you have any dance moves?

SM: I can do the worm.

MV: What is your favorite soccer team?

SM: CMU women’s soccer team, because it’s our team.

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The CMU volleyball team re-turns to Rose Arena this week-end after its longest opening road trip since 1988.

CMU hosts Ball State at 7 p.m. today and Toledo at 7 p.m. Saturday in its first regular sea-son home matches of the year.

“We haven’t played at home in a long time,” said sopho-more middle blocker Kaitlyn Schultz. “I feel really pumped up because I miss playing in Rose in front of our fans.”

The Chippewas won all four matches played against Ball State and Toledo last season, dropping a combined two sets.

Ball State senior Alisha Green leads her team with 151 kills this season. However, she also leads her team with 72 er-

rors and has a .191 hitting percentage.

Defensively, the Cardi-nals are led by sopho-more middle blocker Kelsey Brandl, who has 31 blocks.

Toledo is coming off a five-set victory over Northern Illi-nois. Sophomore outside hitter Amber DeWeerdt led the Rock-ets with 19 kills in the team’s first conference win.

Greg Jones is in his first sea-son as Rockets head coach.

“Toledo is excited to play for their new coach,” said CMU coach Erik Olson. “They are leading the MAC in digs per game and are just out there having fun.”

Tied aT secondCentral sits in the three-way

tie for second place in the MAC West as Ball State and Toledo also opened conference play 1-1.

CMU beat Eastern Michi-gan and lost to Ohio last weekend to open MAC play.

Senior libero Alexis Lon-neman was named Mid-Amer-ican Conference West Defen-sive Player of the Week after her conference-opening per-formance last weekend.

Freshman outside hitter Lindsey Dulude has stepped into the number two outside hitter spot for the Chippewas. She has the most digs on the team out of those who are not defensive specialists.

“If we keep playing like we are playing now, we are go-ing to be pretty good,” Schultz said. “We weren’t satisfied with our start last weekend, but we put it behind us and look much stronger now.”

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CMU to host first home gameV o l l e y b a l l

Kaitlyn Schultz

By Jacob LougheedStaff Reporter

The field hockey team will take its sub-.500 conference record against the defending Mid-American Conference Champions.

CMU (3-5) hosts Kent State — which finished first in the 2008 regular season and won the tournament title — at 2 p.m. Friday and Ohio at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Kent State (1-0 MAC) re-turns most of its core, and CMU coach Cristy Freese said she has taken notice.

“They are a very talented offensive team, and they will be a challenge to us defen-sively,” Freese said.

CMU is coming off a split last weekend, beating Ball State 4-1 and losing to Miami 2-1 in overtime.

“Our kids have gained con-fidence the past two week-ends in what we are doing,” Freese said. “We just need to eliminate some mistakes and score some goals. We are playing better every weekend

and every game. “I think that we have settled

in on a lineup and have start-ed gelling together and have started to really play well.”

The WeekendKSU’s Debbie Bell ranks

among the top five in all ma-jor scoring categories in MAC play. She is tied for second in goals with three.

“She certainly is a big part of their offense,” Freese said. “They also have a good passing game that develops around her, too. We need to keep an eye on her and pre-vent her from getting the ball, but they have a lot of other good playmakers, too.”

Ohio shows a contrasting playing style to that of Kent State. The Bobcats are a de-fense-oriented team and are tied for first in MAC games with just three goals against. While the Bobcats have a sound defense, Freese said she knows the team cannot overlook its offense.

“Ohio’s defense is their strength, but they can do

some things offensively, too,” Freese said. “They are a very solid team all over the field and they really limit their op-ponents’ opportunities. They have played some tough teams this year, so their over-all record is deceiving.”

With a MAC record of 1-2, the Chippewas’ margin for error is smaller, Freese said.

“In order to accomplish our goal of a MAC championship in the season, we understand that there is no more room for error,” Freese said. “We have lost twice and we can’t drop anymore MAC games if we want to win the Cham-pionship. We understand the urgency here and these two games are must wins for us.”

Sophomore Paulina Lee said she hopes to send a message to the rest of the conference.

“Any conference game is extremely important,” She said. “With these games, we want to shut out both Kent State and Ohio and gain the upper hand in the MAC.”

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Chippewas face Ball State today, Toledo on Saturday

By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter

The men’s cross country team has two goals for its third meet of the season: run smart and run together.

The Chippewas will work toward those goals Satur-day in Louisville, Ky., for the Greater Louisville Classic.

“What we’re looking for right now is for the (guys) to run together as a team,” said cross country director Willie Randolph.

Assistant coach Matt Kac-zor said he would like to see the team stay close to its competition throughout the races.

“We’ve got to close the gaps up. If we can close that gap, then we can start looking a lot better,” Kaczor said. “But, until that point, we need to keep talking like we’re just an average, ordinary team.”

That gap was evident on Sept. 18 at the Spartan Invi-tational, as senior Riak Mabil led the team with a ninth-place finish, followed by sophomore Jeremy Kiley and junior Chris Pankow placing 30th and 44th, respectively.

“We ran at Michigan State

two weeks ago and not e v e r y b o d y was together,” Mabil said. “We’re trying to run col-lectively as a team (this weekend).”

The team will come out with a stronger lineup Sat-urday, adding senior Jacob Korir, who will compete for the first time this season and provide a third veteran presence alongside Mabil and junior Sammy Kiprot-ich.

FourTh manThe Chippewas continue

to prepare and work toward Michigan Intercollegiates and the Mid-American Con-ference Championships, and that includes looking for a fourth runner to help solidify the lineup.

The spot is open for Kiley, Pankow and junior Adam Smith, Kaczor said.

One surprise so far this season is Harbor Springs freshman Tecumseh Adams, who finished third overall at the Jeff Drenth Memorial Sept. 4 in Mount Pleasant.

“He’s coming together as a freshman better than antici-pated,” Kaczor said.

Sophomore Matt Lutzke will sit out Saturday’s race

and return Oct. 9 at Michi-gan Intercollegiates.

“(There’s going to be) a wide range of high-end schools, low-end schools – so fitting in the middle there, it’s going to be on us to decide on how well we want to compete as a team,” Randolph said.

The Chippewas retained their preseason No. 14 Great Lakes region ranking this week, according to the Unit-ed States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

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C r o s s C o u n t r y

Men working on closing gaps

By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter

Contrary to the men, the women’s cross country team has a group of runners coming off performances that earned praise from the coaching staff.

Director and coach Wil-lie Randolph said the girls are looking to improve upon that performance Saturday at the Greater Louisville Classic in Louisville, Ky.

“They’ve been running really smart together,” Ran-dolph said. “The girls are taking leaps and bounds in regards to where they were at previously in terms of training.”

Led by juniors Melissa Darling and Danielle Dak-roub and sophomore Holly Anderson, CMU placed four runners in the top 40 at the Spartan Invitational on Sept. 18.

“They’re understanding what their jobs are, and are starting to bring the other ladies underneath them there where they need to be at,” Randolph said.

The team is looking to find a few more consistent run-ners to complete the team effort, said assistant coach Matt Kaczor.

“Now it’s just trying to

make sure that not just five run well this week, it’s all seven of them,” Kac-zor said.

D a k r o u b set a new personal re-cord at the Spartan Invita-tional, finishing 16th overall with a time of 22 minutes, 21 seconds.

“I just want to have a de-cent race and run one of my fastest races – feel strong,” she said.

Other teams expected to compete on Saturday in-clude host Louisville, top junior college Rend Lake, Eastern Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State and Virginia, among others.

“Looking at some of the teams, I think for us, as a team, a good thing would be top five,” Darling said. “Looking for a lot of us (in-dividually), it’s PR (personal record). It’s a little bit of a faster course; I think three of us can definitely get un-der 18:00 and have all top seven under 18:30.”

The Mid-American Con-ference Championships will take place Oct. 31 at Akron.

The team will compete in the Michigan Intercolle-diates on Oct. 9 and Pre-Nationals on Oct. 17 before championship meet.

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Coaches continue to look for fourth spot to solidify lineup

Women seeking team effort Saturday

Riak Mabil

Daniele Dakroub

CMU placed four runners in Top 40 at previous meet

Field hockey host a pair

Senior back Kim

Erasmus and

the field hockey

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Weekend schedule

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