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| big eatersTransition to offensive line forces duo to pack on the pounds, 1b
seeing the dead| Mortician reflects on tending to the
deceased, 3a
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NEWSw Students assisting with Union Township survey, 3A
w Rocky Horror Picture Show this weekend, 5A
SportSw Soccer ends shutout streak with 1-1 tie against Eastern Michigan, 4B
WEathErw Rain showersHigh 63/ Low 42
jake may/staff photographerRemus graduate student Luke Voss, quarterback for the PTriezy’s football team, tosses the football between his hands during the first huddle before the intramural Co-Rec championship game.
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photo illustration by libby march/staff photographerNewaygo junior Abbi VanWyck and Hazel Park sophomore Carlos Coronado illustrate the ghostly tragedy of CMU’s own Romeo and Juliet saga in front of the CMU seal. According to legend, a pair of lovers planned to meet at the CMU seal at midnight to elope, but the man had car trouble and was late to meet her. She froze to death and he died of heartbreak upon finding her.
Tony Voisin heard the myth about kissing a sig-nificant other in front of Warriner Seal.
In fact, he has lived it.The director of Student Life said he heard about the tale
that when one kisses his or her significant other in front of the Central Michigan University seal near Warriner Hall, the couple will enjoy a fruitful relationship.
Voisin took the myth one step further.It was September 1990 when he told his girlfriend,
Kim, assistant director of Residence Life, they were going to the Malt Shoppe, then located in the Student Book Exchange complex, 209 E. Bellows St.
“I had an ulterior motive, though, which was to walk in front of the seal and propose,” he said. “I’m assuming I gave her a kiss after I asked her to marry me.”
Voisin said, so far, the myth has proved very true.“Almost 20 years later of wedded bliss and three chil-
dren, I would think the myth is true,” he said.This is just one of several myths CMU students hear
about when they come to campus. Here are a few others that Central Michigan Life attempted to prove or dis-prove:
Campus Mythbusting
The truth behind five widely known tales students may think are true
If you get hIt bya vehIcle, you getfree tuItIon — Myth busted
Most students have heard the lore of getting hit by a vehicle. The idea behind the story is if any student is hit while on campus, the uni-versity has to pay for their tuition because of the pain they endured.
“It’s all a myth,” said Dean of Students Bruce Roscoe. “There is no university policy there.”
He said students have tried to get free tuition us-ing the myth, but it has not worked.
“A father called and said his daughter has been hit by a CMU faculty member and, therefore, she was entitled to all of these wonderful things,” he said. “We said first off, ‘Wow, how’s your daughter? Because we haven’t heard about this.’ (He said) ‘Well, she’s fine.’ Any-way, it was just all a story.”
Roscoe said if the univer-sity is at fault, there is a little bit of a gray area and it is not standard practice for the uni-
versity to pay medical bills. If the university is negligent in such a situation, the student’s insurer would work with the university’s insurer, he said.
If your rooMMateIn your rooM dIes, you get free tuItIon — Myth busted
Roscoe said the same facts as getting hit by a ve-hicle also apply if a student’s roommate dies in a resi-dence hall.
The university does not have any rules in place that say either way on the issue.
“There are no policies that state ... if a student dies, his or her roommates have all of these things happen to them, nothing along that line,” Roscoe said.
sneakIng Into the tunnels under the school Means InstantexpulsIon — Myth busted
There is a series of tunnels around campus connecting
By Eric Dresden | Student Life Editor
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By Brad CanzeSenior Reporter
Mark Strandskov said it has been roughly 18 months since legal action was taken against a CMU student for il-legal file sharing.
In December 2008, the Recording Industry Asso-ciation of America said it would no longer pursue new lawsuits against individuals for illegal downloading or sharing of copyrighted ma-terials. Instead, the organi-zation has been attempt-
ing to work with Internet service providers to curtail file-sharing.
However, Strandskov, Cen-tral Michigan University’s as-sociate director of networks, said no CMU students have been legally confronted by the RIAA or any other copy-right-defending organization since the spring semester of 2008.
He said, however, these organizations are not dor-mant.
“There are three notices we get, and the most com-mon one is a takedown no-tice,” Strandskov said.
A takedown notice is a warning from the copyright
i l l e g a l d o w n l o a d i n g
CMU now forwards ‘takedown notice’ to offending students
Record companies taking action despite no lawsuits filed
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By Joe BorlikSenior Reporter
PTriezy’s claimed the title Thursday as the best intra-mural co-rec flag football team at Central Michigan University.
The team beat P and V in a 12-10 victory at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
The PTriezy’s consists of eight physical therapy stu-dents and is named after Herm Triezenberg, chair-man of the Physical Therapy Program.
“It feels awesome to have
won,” said Remus graduate student Luke Voss. “Everyone on our team contributes.”
Last year’s championship was between the same two teams. That year, P and V won.
West Canton graduate student Caitlin Colwell said members of PTriezy’s have grown a lot in the past year.
By Griffin FraleyStaff Reporter
Student Government Asso-ciation President Jason Nich-ol said he hopes to increase the total funding of the Cam-pus Programing Fund to $1 million from $800,000.
“We’d like to get this done by next fiscal year,” the Mount Pleasant senior said. “It’s a matter of finding mon-ey.”
CPF funds a variety of pro-grams, including the Student Budget Allocation Commit-tee, Program Board and the Volunteer Center. It is funded by the university.
Nichol is reporting to the Board of Trustees in Decem-ber, where he hopes to make some form of progress to take back to SGA.
Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services David Burdette said there is a possibility of funds increas-ing in the future.
“SGA has done a good job of allocating funding so far,” he said. “We need to keep an eye on inflation and then decide if we need to increase these funds over time.”
However, with the strug-gling Michigan economy, it remains to be seen if an in-crease is possible, said Carol Haas, director of Financial Planning and Budgets.
“With uncertainty in state appropriations, we want to position ourselves for possi-ble budget reductions,” Haas said.
The state awarded more than $83 million to CMU for the 2008-09 academic year. Interim University Presi-dent Kathy Wilbur told Cen-tral Michigan Life in June that the university would be ‘lucky’ to keep this year’s state appropriations at the same level as last year. Last year, the university received an increase of 1 percent in appropriations, instead of the 3 percent it requested.
Nichol is still hopeful CPF will receive an increase. He said SGA will work to find a situation that works for ev-eryone.
Nichol: Money vital to building community experience
SGA seeks $200,000 increase in fundsfor programming
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ptriezy’s takes win at co-rec iM football championshipIM flag football
winnersw Fraternity League: Phi Sigma Phi beat Delta Chi 28-6
w Women’s League: Down n’ Dirty beat Tag You’re It 24-0
w Men’s League: Slumber Party beat Team Blackout 28-27
w Co-rec: PTriezy’s beat P and V 12-10
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cm-life.com Check the Web sitefor an audio slideshowon IM flag football.
todayw the central Michigan university surplus sale is from noon until 2 p.m. in Lot 1 at the corner of Bellows and Douglas streets.
w “saw” Movie Marathon day two is from 6 to 11 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Auditorium.
w after hours Improv Workshop is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Anspach Hall Room 162.
saturdayw healthy halloween trunk-or-treat is from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Naturopathic Community Center.
w samhain (Wiccan holy day) begins at sundown Saturday and goes through sundown Sunday.
sundayw Jazz central is performing from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Music Building’s Staples Family Concert Hall.
w safer sex patrol kit stuffing is from 8 to 10 p.m. in the Bovee University Center Down Under Food Court.
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COSTUME CONTEST
ALL MONTH
Regalia, photos and t-shirts from CMU’s annual Pow wowMulticultural Education Center, UC125
SUN., NOVEMBER 1 – 1pm
cleaning up campus – UC Multicultural Center
THURS., NOVEMBER 5 – 3pm
UC Auditorium
SUN., NOVEMBER 8 – 4pm UC Multicultural Center
MON., NOVEMBER 9 – 5pm
UC Rotunda $3.00 for CMU Students with I.D., $5.00 for non-students
TUES., NOVEMBER 10 – 7pm
by Dr. Brenda Child, with book signing afterward UC Rotunda, Free and open to the public
THURS. & MON., NOVEMBER 12 & 16
documentary with discussion afterwardUC Auditorium, Both days at 1pm and 5pm
SUN., NOVEMBER 15 – 4pm UC Multicultural Center
MON., NOVEMBER 16 – 7pm
UC Rotunda. Free and open to public.
TUES., NOVEMBER 17 – Noon
by Veronica Ann PashfieldUC Terrace Rooms
THURS., NOVEMBER 19 – 5pm
UC Gold Room Free, but space is limited.Call 774-2508 to register
SUN., NOVEMBER 22 – 7pm
A musical performancePlachta Auditorium, Free and open to the public
MON., NOVEMBER 23 – 11am
UC Terrace Rooms
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 – 5pm
Documentary with discussion afterwardUC Auditorium
Native American Heritage Month Pow wow Exhibit—Looking into the Past. Regalia, photos and t-shirts from CMU’s annual Pow wow All month, in the Multicultural Education Center, UC125
Sunday, November 1 at 1pm 2nd Annual Environmental Awareness Day; cleaning up campus UC Multicultural Center
Thursday, November 5 at 3pm The “Chippewa” Nickname Forum UC Auditorium
Sunday, November 8 at 4pm AISES Social UC Multicultural Center
Monday, November 9 at 5pm Native American Heritage Month Food Taster $3.00 for CMU Students with I.D., $5.00 for non-students UC Rotunda
Tuesday, November 10 at 7pm "Ojibwe History and the Mount Pleasant Boarding School” by Dr. Brenda Child, with book signing afterward UC Rotunda, Free and open to the public
Thursday & Monday, November 12 & 16 both at 1pm and 5pm Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School documentary with discussion afterward UC Auditorium
CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. (see http://www.cmich.edu/aaeo/). For more information or for individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations, please contact the Native American Programs at 774-2508 at least two days in advance.
2009
Sponsored by: Native American Programs, Multicultural Center, North American Indigenous Student Organization, Three Fires American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Program Board, Student Budget Allocation Committee, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Office for Institutional Diversity
Sunday, November 15 at 4pm NAISO Social UC Multicultural Center
Monday, November 16 at 7pm Navajo Code Talkers: Keith Little UC Rotunda. Free and open to public.
Tuesday, November 17 at Noon Soup & Substance: Native American Boarding Schools by Veronica Ann Pashfield UC Terrace Rooms
Thursday, November 19, 5pm Dream Catcher Workshop UC Gold Room Free, but space is limited. Call 774-2508 to register
Sunday, November 22 at 7pm Native American Music Awards (Tour)—a musical performance Plachta Auditorium, Free and open to the public
Monday, November 23 at 11am Soup & Substance: Native American Music Awards Performers UC Terrace Rooms
Monday, November 23 at 5pm In Whose Honor, documentary with discussion afterward UC Auditorium
Native American Heritage Month Pow wow Exhibit—Looking into the Past. Regalia, photos and t-shirts from CMU’s annual Pow wow All month, in the Multicultural Education Center, UC125
Sunday, November 1 at 1pm 2nd Annual Environmental Awareness Day; cleaning up campus UC Multicultural Center
Thursday, November 5 at 3pm The “Chippewa” Nickname Forum UC Auditorium
Sunday, November 8 at 4pm AISES Social UC Multicultural Center
Monday, November 9 at 5pm Native American Heritage Month Food Taster $3.00 for CMU Students with I.D., $5.00 for non-students UC Rotunda
Tuesday, November 10 at 7pm "Ojibwe History and the Mount Pleasant Boarding School” by Dr. Brenda Child, with book signing afterward UC Rotunda, Free and open to the public
Thursday & Monday, November 12 & 16 both at 1pm and 5pm Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School documentary with discussion afterward UC Auditorium
CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. (see http://www.cmich.edu/aaeo/). For more information or for individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations, please contact the Native American Programs at 774-2508 at least two days in advance.
2009
Sponsored by: Native American Programs, Multicultural Center, North American Indigenous Student Organization, Three Fires American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Program Board, Student Budget Allocation Committee, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Office for Institutional Diversity
Sunday, November 15 at 4pm NAISO Social UC Multicultural Center
Monday, November 16 at 7pm Navajo Code Talkers: Keith Little UC Rotunda. Free and open to public.
Tuesday, November 17 at Noon Soup & Substance: Native American Boarding Schools by Veronica Ann Pashfield UC Terrace Rooms
Thursday, November 19, 5pm Dream Catcher Workshop UC Gold Room Free, but space is limited. Call 774-2508 to register
Sunday, November 22 at 7pm Native American Music Awards (Tour)—a musical performance Plachta Auditorium, Free and open to the public
Monday, November 23 at 11am Soup & Substance: Native American Music Awards Performers UC Terrace Rooms
Monday, November 23 at 5pm In Whose Honor, documentary with discussion afterward UC Auditorium
Native American Programs, Multicultural Center, North American Indigenous Student Organization, Three Fires American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Program Board, Student Budget Allocation Committee, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Office for Institutional Diversity
CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. (see http://www.cmich.edu/aaeo/). For more information or for individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations, please contact the Native American Programs at 774-2508 at least two days in advance.
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jake may/staff photographerWayne freshman Renaldo Powell strums the same note of his roommate’s guitar in front of Woldt Computer Lab on Wednesday night wearing a sign that reads “I am BROKE!!” He placed an empty Ramen box to collect change and sang off-key to passersby. “I’m so broke, I need your money!” he sang. “I see you at the ATM, you should get me some money.”
By Jake BolithoSenior Reporter
Mid-Michigan probate judges are criticizing a state Senate bill that would re-quire counties to pay addi-tional administrative fees to private foster care and adop-tion agencies.
The money would not go to foster parents, and the legislation would require Isabella County to pay an extra $44,000 per year. Mid-land, Saginaw, Tuscola and Bay counties also would see increases.
“It goes to the agency for any expenses they may have,” said Midland County Trial Court Administrator Je-rome Cole.
Probate judges from each county have organized in an effort to urge Gov. Jen-nifer Granholm to veto the bill.
Isabella County Judge Wil-liam Ervin said the state pays 50 percent of the $27 per child, per day administrative fee while the county pays the other 50 percent. If the proposed bill is approved, the state will pay 75 percent and the counties will pay 25 percent.
However, the counties also would be required to pay an additional $10 ad-ministrative fee per child to the Department of Human Services.
“We’re actually going to have to pay more money,” Ervin said. “Those fees do
nothing to improve the ser-vices to children. It just fat-tens the pockets of the agen-cies.”
Costs for foster care have increased in the past. In 2007, fees were $14 before they increased to $27. The newly proposed fees would mean a 164 percent increase, Ervin said.
Midland County Probate Judge Dorene Allen said she sees no advantages associat-ed with the bill, and that no state revenue will be made.
The money the agencies take in would not be used appropriately, she said.
“We have some abuses within that system,” Allen said. “The foster parents are only receiving an average of $21 a day.”
Judges in the area have criticized the intentions of the bill’s sponsor, State Sen. Bill Hardiman, R-Kentwood. Ervin said the legislation would only benefit two counties — Kent and Grand Traverse. Hardiman’s Sen-ate district includes Kent County.
The two counties mainly use private adoption place-ments, which means they would be largely unaffected by the additional DHS fees, Ervin said.
At the same time, most other counties in the state, such as Isabella County, rely more on the DHS place-ments, he said.
Local judges encourage Granholm to veto bill
residence halls and buildings. They are used for campus heating systems by Facilities Management.
Rumor has it any student caught in the tunnels is instant-ly expelled, no questions asked.
“That’s not true,” Roscoe said. “A student is always af-forded due process — we might have an immediate sus-pension until there is a hear-ing, but we don’t have anything
in the books saying if you’re in a tunnel, you’re expelled.”
Roscoe said there definitely would be trouble, however.
“The tunnels are usually locked, so a student would be going into a cornered-off area or a restricted area, and we would probably discipline a student for going someplace where he or she shouldn’t go, where they have no right to go,” he said.
WalkIng through the roW of brIcks near War-rIner Mall before an exaM WIll end In an ‘f’ — Myth unproven
Another myth many stu-dents are told is walking through the circle of bricks in Warriner Mall on the day of an exam will net them an ‘F.’
The circle of bricks marks the location of CMU’s Old Central Hall, the university’s first gymnasium that was opened in 1909 and demol-ished in 1974.
Voisin said he has heard of the rumor, but has not heard of it actually put to the test.
“I have nothing to confirm or deny that,” Voisin said.
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holder that they are aware of infringement taking place on a particular computer and, if it continues, legal action will be taken, Strandskov said. The warning letters are sent to the university and then forwarded to the user in question.
The university still gets a number of these warnings on a regular basis, and Strand-skov estimates the number may have actually risen after the RIAA stopped suing indi-viduals.
“When January (2009) came around, our takedown notices jumped up again,” Strandskov said. “In spring of 2009, we received 347 and, for summer, we received 54. Since September, we’ve re-ceived 236 this semester so far as of (Tuesday).”
the processStrandkov said in a given
month, notices from the RIAA make up 65 to 90 per-cent of all the takedown notices the university re-ceives.
If illegal downloading per-sists after the takedown no-tice is issued, copyright hold-ers are within their rights to pursue legal action.
Strandskov said the next step in the process is a pres-ervation letter, a notifica-tion to the school that the copyright holder will send an Early Settlement Letter to be forwarded to the offending individual.
“(The Early Settlement Letter says) that they are willing to make a deal before it goes farther in the legal system, and that they plan to subpoena all information,” Strandskov said.
Strandskov said usually after an Early Settlement
Letter is sent, the individual typically has 21 days to set-tle, usually for $3,000, or the copyright holder will take further legal action toward a suit.
Strandskov said 83 CMU students were sent early set-tlement letters, all of those spanning from spring 2007 to spring 2008.
“That’s as far as we get involved in it,” said CMU Assistant General Counsel Mary Roy. “Once those letters leave us, we don’t necessarily know what the follow-up is, because we are not a party to it.”
Roy said the General
Counsel office has a letter it attaches with the Early Set-tlement Letter, advising the student to take it seriously and seek legal advice since CMU’s attorneys cannot rep-resent students.
Roy said the university does not monitor or police its network because, if it did, it would be legally ac-countable as a party to any copyright infringement lawsuits.
“We’re more like an (Inter-net service provider) in this situation. We’re providing the bandwidth for the stu-dents to use, and what they do with it is up to them,” Roy said.
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By Ashley HullingerStaff Reporter
Mount Pleasant couple Jim and Cheryl Pahz spent most of their lives raising a family and earning a living instead of pursuing their passion for artistic writing.
That all changed the day they decided to make time for their creative writing as an alternative to the scholarly-natured literature they were used to working on.
Jim, a health sciences pro-fessor, said he and his wife have written as a team since they were in college.
“The writing process is challenging, but also reward-ing. My wife and I enjoy writ-ing books together — it’s fun,” he said.
Their newly published book, titled “McAngel,” asks one question: “Would you take advice from a grizzled
old man who hangs out at Mc-Donald’s, has a preference for
Time shiftDaylight Savings Time ends at
2 a.m. Sunday. Remember to set clocks back one hour.
Drop deadlineThe deadline to drop a class
without tuition reimbursement is today. Students need to have the instructor sign a withdraw card and turn it in by 5 p.m. today to the Office of the Registrar in War-riner Hall.
Devils Night ImprovAfter Hours is sponsoring
Devils Night Improv from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Anspach Hall Room 161. Devils Night Improv will have tricks, treats, pranks and a batch of improv comedy. For more infor-mation, contact Evan Chapman at (734) 776-9178.
Book introductionJack Westbrook and Sherry S.
Sponseller, authors of “The One-Room Schoolhouses of Isabella County,” will introduce their book from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today in the Charles V. Park Library. Their book focuses on the history of Is-abella County’s one-room school-houses. A reception will follow in the Clarke Historical Library. The event is free. For more informa-tion, contact Megan Moreno at 774-2165.
Cleaning Up CampusA campus-wide cleanup is tak-
ing place from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday starting in the Bovee University Center Multicultural Education Center. The North American In-digenous Student Organization is coordinating the event out of respect for the Native American tradition of honoring Mother Earth. The cleanup is a kick off to Native American Heritage month. Meet at 1 p.m. to receive instruc-tions and supplies. For more infor-mation, contact Colleen Green at 774-2508.
Photography exhibitClick! will feature photo-
graphic work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in the Charles V. Park Library Baber Room. The artist is Juanita Baldwin of Okemos. Originally a geographer from La Serena, Chile, Baldwin’s artwork has won national awards and is shown throughout Michigan and the United States. Baldwin is a member of the Mid-Michigan Art Guild and uses natural elements such as color, light and texture to enhance the composition of each piece. Opening Reception and Artists’ Gallery Talk is from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Baber Room. For more information, call 774-2165.
Pow-wow ExhibitRegalia, photos and T-shirts
from the annual Central Michigan University Pow-wow is on display from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Multicultural Education Center, starting Monday. The exhibit will last through November. It is free and sponsored by the Multicul-tural Education Center and Native American Programs in celebra-tion of Native American Heritage month. For more information, con-tact Ulana Klymyshyn at 774-7318.
Event Center treesWith the construction of the
Events Center, the landscape around Rose Arena will be modi-fied. There are currently 136 trees around the site. During con-struction, 34 will remain in their existing location, 22 will be relo-cated on campus and 80 will be re-moved. An additional 80 trees will be planted around campus to com-pensate for each removed tree. Once construction on the Events Center is complete, 49 new trees, 34 shrubs and 16,357 new peren-nial flowers will be planted.
Campus Connection Project
The city of Mount Pleasant will unveil a conceptual plan for a downtown-to-campus connection project today. Input meetings for all residents occurred at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The plan will be unveiled at 3 p.m. at the City Hall Commission Cham-bers, 320 W. Broadway St. Check cm-life.com for more information.
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photos by jakE May/staff photographerSherman Rowley, Helms Funeral Home manager, sits behind his desk Thursday morning while listening to a funeral service con-sultant pitch coffin prices. Rowley has worked as a mortician in Mount Pleasant for more than 30 years. “You have to remember, we’ve been there, too. It’s hard for people. We want to be there for them, be the ones to hand them tissues,” he said.
Sherman Rowley, Helms Funeral Home manager, walks through an aisle of coffins on the second floor Thursday morning.
victoria zEglEr/staff photographerCo-authors Cheryl Pahz, retired librarian from Park library, and husband Jim, professor of health sciences, recently published their latest novel, “McAngel.”
Many people would shudder at the sight of a dead person.
Not Sherman Rowley. Rowley has worked with the dead for more
than 30 years as a mortician at Helms Fu-neral Home, 330 S. University Ave.
It is there where Rowley spends his time arranging funerals, burials and cremations and embalming the dead.
“I’ve often thought I should keep a diary on how many people I’ve embalmed and made funeral arrangements for,” he said. “There must have been several thousand, at the minimum.”
Rowley uses specific chemicals during the embalming process to enable the corpse to look its finest for the funeral.
This includes applying lipstick and make-up, as well as styling and cosmetic work, such as curling, cutting and dying women’s hair.
Death is his life
c o n s o l i n g t h e b e r e av e d
Mortician reflects on job tending to the deceased
By Joe Borlik | Senior Reporter
He said he uses a large va-riety of makeup and lipstick colors, including many regu-lar over-the-counter brands. Rowley said he uses wax to fill the wounds of badly damaged accident victims.
“I did a man who walked into a train once, and you could hardly tell he was even hit,” Rowley said.
Starting at an early ageRowley’s career with the
dead arose from a desire to help out other people.
At the age of 20, he started working as an apprentice at a funeral home, and three years later, he packed his bags for mortuary school.
A dead | 4A
local couple publishes second book
A book | 5A
By Seth NieteringStaff Reporter
Central Michigan University is preparing to give solar power a trial run on campus.
Steve Lawrence, associate vice president of Facilities Man-agement, said CMU purchased 50 solar panels with plans to install them near the Student Activity Center. The panels, purchased Oct. 5, are expected to arrive next week.
“Our initial thought was to install the panels at the SAC to help heat the pool,” Lawrence said.
Lawrence said the panels were purchased on clearance from Solar Panels Plus Limited Liability Corporation. The uni-versity paid $684 for each indi-vidual unit, plus another $7,550 for shipping, bringing the total cost to $41,750.
“The supplier contacted us and said they were having a clearance,” Lawrence said. “We decided to buy them because their price was so low.”
Lawrence said because of Michigan’s weather, CMU has not really looked into purchas-ing solar panels in the past.
“Solar power doesn’t always work that well in Michigan,” he said.
Demond Pryor, associate director of Facility Operations, said using the solar panels would aid in keeping the pool heated at a lower cost.
“From a cost and energy use standpoint, it’s an outstanding opportunity to save in many different ways. It will definitely help reduce the cost and energy use,” Pryor said.
Pryor said he could not esti-mate how much money CMU would save on the panel.
Lawrence said the pool was the most practical place to use the solar panels, because the pool requires a constant source of heat in order to keep it at a warm temperature.
“We decided they needed to be put in a place where there needs to be constant heat,” Lawrence said.
Thomas Rohrer, assistant professor of environmental studies, said purchasing the panels is a good idea. They would greatly decrease the amount of energy being used and help CMU try out new op-tions for energy, he said.
“I think it’s a great idea to try out some of these alternative technologies to lower our energy cost and improve our sustain-ability on campus,” Rohrer said.
Using more solar power pan-els in the future is uncertain, Lawrence said, because there are so many factors involved in the decision.
50 panels bought for $41,750 to help heat pool
CMU to try solar energy in SAC
By Todd BetzoldStaff Reporter
Union Township’s Vision
20/20 project is getting a lit-tle help from Central Michi-gan University students.
Sociology and politi-cal science students and township officials are col-laborating with the Center for Applied Research and
Rural Studies to conduct a survey for township resi-dents.
“Students in the classes are gaining interviewing skills,” said Mary Senter, CARRS director and profes-sor of sociology, anthropol-ogy and social work. “They are also becoming familiar with survey research, more generally.”
According to the agree-ment, CMU and the town-ship wrote the computer-assisted phone survey and
students helping conduct survey
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By Lonnie AllenStaff Reporter
Students texting to report a crime in progress would not be the preferred method at Central Michigan University says Police Chief Bill Yeagley.
But he would support the service — he said any message that can be used to give infor-mation about, stop or prevent a crime should be used.
“By all means, text if you can,” Yeagley said.
The University Of Michigan’s Department Of Public Safety re-cently implemented a texting ser-vice for students to report crime.
U-M Coordinator of Resi-dential Security Ben Witt said he prefers calling to report a crime, but texting is an intrigu-ing approach.
“We got to keep an eye on what students are using today,” he said. “Our students are tech-savvy, much more than us and, if this is a way we could get them to report crime, it’s a better op-tion than not reporting it.”
Call before textA phone call works best to re-
port a crime, Yeagley said. The discussion between the dis-patcher and caller effectively gives information that helps respond to a crime in progress, he said.
“The dispatcher can ask clear questions the caller or victim of a crime may not think about when reporting the incident,” Yeagley said. “You may not get that interaction in a text.”
Mount Pleasant senior and Student Government Asso-ciation President Jason Nichol said he supports any technol-ogy venue that would help in-crease the security and safety of students, but would need to research the topic more. He thinks calling is faster.
“Why not just call?” he said. “I think text messaging is a means of communication preferred by our generation, but I could report a crime quickly and ef-ficiently by a phone call.”
other anglesCoordinator of Sexual Ag-
gression Peer Advocates Steve Thompson thinks there would need to be a clear policy on what crimes should be texted in to protect victims of sexual aggression.
Diane Brown, public informa-tion officer for U-M’s DPS, said al-though students can text a crime, the phone call is still preferred.
“We offer this alternative if a student is unable to call,” she said.
Brown is not aware of any other universities using texting in crime prevention and re-porting.
It took a number of months to research the process. The university settled on the com-pany 2sms, which specializes in a short message service for businesses and government entities, she said.
“There were no models used,” Brown said. “We did know that there were some sporting ven-ues that used this product.”
Texting in an emergency could be next stepCalls still preferred compared tocrime messaging
How it works at U-M
w Text messages are sent the police department’s communication center.w A separate phone number is set up to receive texts. w Computer screens are monitored regularly.w Response is almost immediate.w Messages should include type of emergency and spe-cific location.w Students should call when able.
By Calyn sharpStaff Reporter
It is the bus drivers who
make getting to and from campus easier for commut-ing students.
Sometimes, their only gratification is a simple “good morning.”
“My favorite part about this job has to be seeing the students,” said Colleen Beltinck, an Isabella County Transportation Commission shuttle driver. “I like hearing the students, their conversa-tions — it’s something I find interesting.”
The 10-year veteran has spent the last four years bus-ing students between apart-ments and Lot 33 in the morning. Each morning, she greets her passengers with a “hello” and “good morn-ing.” Some passengers walk by and greet her in return, but a few walk past without
a word.“I’m usually tired in the
morning,” said Temperance junior David Fernandez, who uses the ICTC system. “I’m just trying to get from point A to point B, but it’s always nice to hear a polite gesture. It tends to brighten your day.”
early ConversationsThe ICTC is the primary
bus system throughout Isa-bella County. The busing fleet has 40 vehicles and em-ploys 86 people.
Although Beltinck said she may not be able to see a variety of people, she said the college students tend to have their own unique personalities and lifestyles. Over the years, only one passenger has really tried to get to know Beltinck.
“It was nice having the conversation in the morn-ing,” she said. “But I under-stand that students are tired in the morning and this is the most convenient way to get from campus to their homes.”
Some passengers do not think about talking to the
drivers and pass it off simply as not breaking from their daily routines.
“To start speaking to someone you see every day and don’t really talk to, most people just get on the shuttle and walk toward the back,” Fernandez said.
In her time as an ICTC shuttle bus driver, Beltinck has seen the campus expand and the number of students increase. She said buses are a good way for students to get around.
“It makes getting around campus safer for the stu-dents and that’s why I’m here, to make things safer for the kids,” she said.
ICTC driver likes to hear ‘good morning’Ten-year veteran loves working with students
NathaN kostegiaN/staFF phOtOgrapherICTC shuttle driver Colleen Beltinck greets Okemos graduate student Kylee Henry Wednesday morning at Westpoint Apartments, 2222 S. Crawford Road. Kylee has been riding the bus since the start of the semester.
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“My favorite part about the job has to be seeing the students.”Colleen Beltinck, ICtC shuttle driver
“When I arrived at mortu-ary school in southern Illinois, I could probably embalm bet-ter than the instructor,” he said. “I already had so much experience from my appren-ticeship.”
But the life of a mortician is not for everyone — Rowley said by the beginning of the second semester of mortuary school, one-third of the class was gone.
Fifty percent of the funerals Rowley does are cremations,
he said.“We use a crematory in Bay
City,” he said. “It’s a retort; it isn’t really an oven like every-one thinks.”
‘it was normal’Sherman Rowley’s son, Jake,
said his family never thought twice about his father’s career.
“We knew it was his job but, for us, it was normal,” Jake said. “Growing up, it’s all I knew.”
Jake said when some peo-ple found out his father was a mortician, they saw it as strange and would ask odd questions.
Jake graduated from Central Michigan University in 2003
and is a computer repairman.He said there were times
growing up when he would help his father with job duties at the funeral home.
Dave Foster, who has worked at Helms for 30 years, said he had to deal with a death call his first day on the job.
“We took the body into the embalming room, and I had to go outside to get some air,” he said.
Working at a funeral home has never bothered Foster.
“People accept you for who you are. They don’t get creeped out,” he said.
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By Calyn sharpStaff Reporter
Drag queens, transvestites
and transgenders. Throwing morals out the window.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show brings a lot to film and on stage.
“The show is a cult clas-sic,” said event co-organizer and Cadillac junior Aaron Fent. “It’s about two people who are falling in love and their terrible luck. They be-come caught up in a crazy world when their car breaks down. Rocky Horror is not supposed to make a lot of sense, it’s just hilarious.”
The show is rehearsed for two days before the perfor-mances at 8 p.m. and mid-night today and Saturday at the Broadway Theatre, 216 E. Broadway St. Tickets cost $4 per person at the door.
Ohio senior Kathryn Mey-er, three-year veteran and co-organizer of the show, said the audience gets in-volved, which is unusual for theater. The audience sings along to the songs, yells lines from the movie and throws props onto the stage.
“The show is also dif-ferent from live theater
because I am not actually speaking,” Meyer said. “We are acting scenes out in front of the movie screen. It is just ridiculous. The mov-ie is hilarious, so it’s hard not to laugh while you’re on stage.”
Charlevoix senior and ac-tor William Barrett said be-ing part of the show is crazy and exhilarating because of the audience involvement.
He said people should know the show was written by a man who is transgen-der.
“The show is really out there,” Barrett said. “There isn’t a solid plot to the mov-ie and there are transves-tites and transgender char-acters in the movie, so it’s shocking the first time you see the show.”
Rocky Horror Picture Show is known for shows around Halloween, Fent said.
“So for many people this could be a new way of spending Halloween night instead of trick or treating,
it’s a new way to spend that night with friends,” he said.
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By Alex washingtonStaff Reporter
Students filled the Rose Row-die student section Wednesday in Rose Arena for the third annual Fright Night Halloween Bash.
“Let’s Go, Central” was heard throughout the arena as students were taught cheers and chants for the upcoming basketball season.
“I came because I wanted to see what it was like,” Warren fresh-man Kaitlyn McGill said. “I heard they were having contests and giveaways, and I really wanted a T-shirt.”
Students enjoyed free pizza and received T-shirts from the CMU Bookstore.
Fright Night kicked off with performances from the Central Michigan University cheerlead-ing team, dance team and the women’s and men’s basketball teams.
Men’s basketball coach Ernie
Zeigler told attendees he was happy they came to Fright Night and hopes they will show their support this season.
“We appreciate the turnout tonight,” Zeigler said. “This is the beginning, and we want to have this kind of fun and energy on the court this season.”
The teams showed what fans can expect in the upcoming sea-son by participating in 3-point shooting and slam dunk compe-titions.
area supportStudents were not the only
ones in attendance — Isabella County residents came to cel-ebrate the start of the basketball season as well.
Weidman resident Julie Wer-nette said she came so her kids could have fun.
“It was something to do with the kids,” Wernette said. “It was a chance for them to have fun and dress up.”
Children attending received candy-filled bags and participat-ed in a costume contest.
Women’s basketball coach Sue Guevara told the crowd that
she hopes they will support both teams this season.
“We have some really good teams and I really hope people will continue to come out and show support to these teams,” Guevara said.
Fright Night tips off basketballCommunity fills Rose to celebrate start of season
paige CaLaMari/staFF phOtOgrapherJunior guard Antonio Weary signs an autograph for Mount Pleasant resident Kim Keener, 23, during the third annual Fright Night on Wednesday in the Rose Arena. Keener, a fan of the CMU basketball team, attended Fright Night for the first time and collected the players’ autographs on a team picture following the event. The men’s basketball team will play an exhibition game against Marygrove at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Rose Arena.
Indiana freshman Sean Day takes a shot during the slam dunk contest at Fright Night on Wednesday in Rose Arena. Day, a forward on the CMU men’s basketball team, took first place in the competition.
By Amanda ObozaStaff Reporter
“Men, Women and Ghosts” is going to haunt the Bohan-non Schoolhouse this Satur-day.
The communication and dramatic arts department will present “Men, Women and Ghosts,” part of the Riecker Literary Series. The performance is not a typical play, but rather dramatic sto-ries portrayed on stage.
“It takes literature and turns it into a performance adapted for stage,” said pro-ducer Betsy Richard.
The performances are at 7:30 and 10 p.m. on Saturday in the Bohannon Schoolhou-seat the corner of West Cam-pus Drive and Preston Street. Additional performances are at 2 p.m. on Nov. 1 and Nov. 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. The last performance is at 1 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Theatre on the Side in Moore Hall.
Authors Edith Wharton, Amy Lowell, Shirley Jackson and Elia Wilkinson Peattie
will be portrayed in this per-formance.
“Its really cool because it’s female voice which is differ-ent than the male perspec-tive,” Richard said.
Creator, compiler and di-rector James Eikrem said the supernatural performance was always planned for Hal-loween, but he originally wanted to feature Edgar Allan Poe. After examining more literature, Eikrem decided to change to a feminist theme.
However, the Riekcker Series imposed some con-straints. All of the authors had to be Americans from the 1850-1950 era, but Eikrem is happy with the selection.
“I think they work best to-gether and I like it best,” said Eikrem, an assistant profes-sor of Communication and Dramatic Arts.
One poem of Lowell’s “The Crossroads” is about suicide, and questions what happens to the soul of a person who committed suicide.
“It’s very vivid imagery that she uses,” Richard said.
One piece of the per-formance is titled “On the Northern Ice” which takes place in Sault Ste Marie, and was adapted from a piece by Michigan author Peattie with the same name.
“I thought it would be fun to include a Michigan story,” Eikrem said “It’s a charming story.”
There also was a high level of student involvement put into the production. The poster was an original screen print from an art student and the set and costumes were designed and created by students. Five students are performing with assis-tant professor of commu-nication and dramatic arts Keeley Stanley-Bohn. Low-ell’s poems also are set to original music created by a music student.
The show is free, but any-one interested in attending must get the tickets from the Central Box Office because of limited seating.
Literary performance bringing ‘Men, Women and Ghosts’
Quarter Pounders with Cheese, and claims to be an angel?”
“‘McAngel’ is a bit of a spiritual mystery that we hope readers will find thought-provoking,” Jim said. “Part of the story takes place in Mount Pleasant, and local readers might find it interesting to read a book with a setting is in this geo-graphical area.”
The book was recognized as a finalist in the 2008 William Faulkner-William Woods Creative Writing Competition and is the sec-ond book they published this year.
“Robin Sees A Song” was rereleased in 2009, but was originally published 32 years ago. Coincidentally, Jim also has worked at CMU for 32 years; Cheryl recently retired from her job at Charles V. Park Library.
how they writeCheryl said they spend a
lot of time discussing a sto-ry so, when they sit down to
write, they are in sync about the overall story line.
“Sometimes, a character seems to take on a life of its own as the story evolves, and then we have to discuss and make adjustments. We do several revisions, passing the manuscript back and forth and, eventually, it works out,” she said.
Jim said they generally get along when figuring out story ideas.
“It’s not hard to agree on story topics, but perhaps that is because we think alike. It
helps to have a partner with whom to explore ideas and gain a broader perspective,” Jim said.
Cheryl said they each bring a different set of work habits and unique strengths to their projects, which keeps them from stepping on one anoth-er’s toes.
“We both have the same goal: to write a good story; so there is not really a power struggle between us,” she said.
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AthleticsAthletics received $15,996,661 from
the 2009-10 operating budget. With the $5,910,703 athletics generated, it has $21,907,364 for its budget.
Athletics needs to boost its own funds and not draw most of them from CMU’s operating budget. The main fo-cus of CMU is academics, not athletics.
Athletes only make up one percent of the entire student body. It should be reflected in the budget, allocating more funds to programs the entire student body can be a part of. Instead of spending $500,000 on FieldTurf for athletes to practice, some of that money could have been invested in keeping computer labs open 24 hours.
It is instances such as this one where
CMU needs to make sure money from the budget is not recklessly spent.
leAdership instituteThe Leadership Institute is another
program that can be be cut from the budget, as it costs the school $127,392 in the 2008-09 academic year. While the program can be helpful, it is an extracurricular activity, not an aca-demic program. It is not a need for the university when CMU needs to cut academic departments.
Furthermore, leaders can be devel-oped through experience, not through activities such as these.
However, the scholarship the Lead-ership Program provides, the Leader Advancement Scholarship, should stay, as candidates of the scholarship are active members of CMU and con-tribute to several different facets.
cAmpus entertAinmentProgram Board’s funding should
be reduced, as well. It is allocated $290,000 to spend on entertainment via the Central Programming Fund.
Program Board helped bring rapper Fabolous to CMU back in September for $25,000. The show was a disaster.
On the other hand, South Park creator Trey Parker came to the school free of charge and Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium was packed with students.
The solution to attracting more students is not more money, but spending what money you do have as effectively as possible. Instead of ran-dom comedians and speakers coming to campus throughout the school year, Program Board should focus on bringing three or four great entertain-ers to campus each year. Students are more likely to come to a few quality shows throughout the year, not small, random comedians they will forget the next day.
Certain programs and departments have not spent money wisely from the university budget this semester.
Students should vocalize their opin-ions and let the university know where their tuition money should go — be-fore the university decides for them.
Students should send suggestions to Central Mich-igan University on what it should cut from the 2010-11 budget. The Web site, https://ssl.cmich.
edu/ssbag, allows students and faculty members to e-mail suggestions on how the university can save and generate money. Here are a few suggestions from Central Michigan Life on what the university should cut from the 2010-11 budget:
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Being involved “Get involved.” Somebody is always encouraging
you to get involved in something on a college campus.
Whether it’s a discussion in a class, an RSO or an IM sports team, college students are always pushed to get involved. At the risk of sound-ing cliché, I’m going to encourage you to get involved.
First, I would encourage every CMU student to submit sugges-tions for the 2010-11 university budget. Whether you have an idea on how to increase revenue, or an area where you think the university could cut spending, the Senior Staff Budget Advisory Group has asked for your input.
If you are interested in sending in your suggestions, you can do so at https://ssl.cmich.edu/ssbag/feed-back.asp.
The second area where students should be getting involved is in local elections. With 328,850 people registering to vote in 2008, there are plenty of new voters who should vote in local elections Tuesday. A lot of these new voters are college students.
Too often, people skip these off-year elections because “they aren’t important enough to worry about.” While they may not receive the media attention a presidential elec-tion gets, local elections are hardly insignificant. Mayors and city councilmembers are the people in charge of the day-to-day city issues.
I would encourage every regis-tered voter to do some research. Look online for candidates’ Web sites. Go to city council meetings and listen to the issues being dis-cussed. Attend a “Meet the Candi-dates” night if your city or township has one.
It is not just your civic duty to vote, but to do some research and cast an intelligent vote.
These two things will only take a couple hours of your time at the most, but it could have a major impact on your academic career as well as where you live. So go ahead — get involved.
I promise it will be worth it.
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
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
During any conversation pertain-ing to computers, you will inevita-bly be asked a question to the effect of “Are you a Windows user or a Mac user?”
Both operating systems have in-herent benefits and drawbacks, ele-ments which have been discussed and debated since the dawn of the personal computer market.
With all of this being said, you may be wondering which operating system I use, Windows or Apple?
I use neither; I am an Ubuntu Linux user.
According to information from the official Linux (pronounced “lih-nucks”) Web site, Linux.org, Linux was originally created in 1991 by a Finnish college student named Linus Torvald.
The software debuted in 1994 with the arrival of the first Linux Kernel, which forms the basis of how everything works within this or any other operating system. Since this new operating system was released under the GNU (pronounced “new”) General Public License, every aspect of the programming content could be altered and acquired by anyone, anywhere, free of charge. This ability to freely edit and distribute content is referred to as “open-source,” with a popular example of an open-source program being Mozilla Firefox.
Based upon the original Linux kernel is the Ubuntu (pronounced as “Oo-bun-too”) operating system, which also is free and open-source. The phrase “Ubuntu” is roughly translated as “human-ity toward others” from the Bantu languages of southern Africa. The word choice creates an apt descrip-tion for software made for global communities. As stated on the Ubuntu Linux Web site, (ubuntu.com), the operating system will always be freely available for use on any type of computer. Fur-thermore, you can even try out a fully-functional copy of Ubuntu on a “Live” disc prior to installation.
You may be asking yourself, “Open-source sounds great, but what about content?”
You can use Mozilla Firefox Web browser, VLC multimedia player (similar to Windows Media Player) and the OpenOffice.org productiv-ity suite (think Microsoft Office). These are just three examples of free open-source programs found in Ubuntu. If you are interested in using these programs, they are found throughout CMU’s campus on Mac and Windows comput-ers. Need an iTunes alternative for managing your music collec-tion? I use Mozilla Songbird. Love 3D modeling and animation? Try Blender. Are you a gamer? I highly recommend Nexuiz.
My computer, like other Linux machines, does not crash nor does it suffer from malware such as tro-jans, viruses or worms due to how the kernel handles security. This is exactly the reason why most serv-ers which power the Internet use Linux instead of Windows and, to a lesser extent, Mac.
Imagination, freedom and com-munity; welcome to the world of Ubuntu Linux.
Timothy PatishnockGuest Columnist
Pre-med Student says:I thought H1N1 vaccines were
supposed to go to people of high risk first such as those with these chronic conditions…this is a little backwards. Good job University Health Services!
How is health services going to guar-antee students that received just the first of two injections required for this H1N1 vaccine to be “fully vaccinated” be able to get the second injection since there’s such a catastrophe and such limited supply?
Thoughts to ponder for everyone rushing out frantically to get your H1N1 vaccine.
Clarendon says:Adults do not need two injections
for full immunity. As far as I know, only young children do. I was just immu-nized myself, and my doctor did not tell me that I needed a second injec-tion for full immunity!
At any rate, the university has the nasal mist version of the vaccine, not
the injection. The nasal mist is a live vaccine; the
injection is dead. Pregnant women, children under 2,
and others with health problems are not supposed to get the live (i.e. nasal) vaccine.
Are you saying that students will need two doses of the nasal mist?
Not so. Get your facts straight.
Grizz says:I was once taken to the Emergency
Room after being assaulted at a par-ty. I was drinking and was underage when the incident happened. When I went to the ER, the nurse asked me if I wanted to press charges.
She said if I did, the police would likely write me an MIP.
Hopefully, this law would put an end to things like this.
Go to the Mount Pleasant hospital on a weekend night, and cops just sit there, waiting to write tickets.
How ridiculous.
CMU Junior says:I think that this is a great idea. I
would hope that someone would take their friend to the hospital even if it meant risking an MIP, but I’m sure that there are some people out there that wouldn’t.
I’m glad that lawmakers are beginning to see that saving a life is more important than writing tickets to people drinking under-age. It honestly doesn’t surprise me a bit that police in Mount Pleasant are handing out tickets to kids who bring their underage friend to the hospital. Just goes to show you how ridiculous the cops in this city are.
Do something more construc-tive!
Watlz says:I think this is a great idea. No
matter if this bill is passed or not, there WILL still be underage drink-ing. There is no way to eradicate that. So why not make it so that if there is an emergency, minors are not afraid to help a friend, and possibly save their life?
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By Chelsea whiteStaff Reporter
The construction project at the north and southbound Mount Pleasant exits of US-127 should be completed be-fore winter.
“This construction plan is a resurfacing project that is currently on schedule and should be completed by the end of November,” said Anita Richardson, the Bay Region spokeswoman for the Michi-gan Department of Transpor-tation.
Workers are operating Mon-day through Sunday, so mo-torists can still expect delays on the weekends, she said.
Terry Palmer, MDOT Mount Pleasant transportation ser-vice center manager, said the project is actually a little be-hind schedule.
“Even though we’re run-ning behind, we’re shooting for the project to be done by
the end of November or be-fore winter starts,” Palmer said. “It’s a weather-depen-dent project, so it’s hard to determine how much work we’ll get done in the next month or so under the given circumstances.”
The construction is taking place on Blanchard Road go-ing into Mount Pleasant. The project budget started at $9.3 million and has not exceeded that amount so far, Palmer said.
Workers are finishing up asphalt-paving for the rest of the roadway, but there are still several unpaved areas left to be done, Palmer said.
The main reasoning behind the project is to bring moder-nity to the roads, Palmer said. The pavement was too old, so workers are adding long-term layers to it.
“The mission is primar-ily for safety improvement,” Palmer said.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is funding the project, which start-ed July 7 in Isabella County.
US-127 exit construction to finish before winterWorkers completingasphalt-pavingfor roadway
He feels that not increas-ing the budget would hurt the college experience.
“In essence, the stagnant allocation is illogical when you consider a significant increase in student en-rollment and an increase in general programming costs,” Nichol said.
Other funds being cutWhile Nichol is searching
for increases in CPF, other areas are being reduced.
The SBAC had its bud-get cut to approximately $88,000 from $99,000 this year, said Director of Stu-dent Life Tony Voisin.
SBAC helps a variety of people on campus by fund-ing trips and events for various registered student organizations, Nichol said.
“The SBAC has had mon-ey left over in their account in previous years,” Nichol
said. “Groups like Program Board and Volunteer Cen-ter have a tighter budget threshold. This gives them some breathing room.”
Nichol said the position of coordinator of student activities, held by Damon Brown, receives rollover money from program fund-ing as part an annual salary, and will not be affected by the cuts in SBAC.
CMU has the ability to pay the salary through oth-er areas, Nichol said, and an increase in CPF funding also would help. SBAC is
under an umbrella of pro-grams receiving funding from CPF.
“SGA, in general, and me, personally, believe that programming is absolutely vital to retention and build-ing a community experi-ence on campus,” Nichol said. “In addition, the cre-ation of an event center alone will not bring large events to Central Michigan University. You need the fi-nancial capabilities to hold an event.”
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“After playing together for a year, we knew how each other played,” Colwell said. “We also knew how P and V played. We knew what to expect.”
Monroe graduate student Craig Schramm helped block one of P and V’s passes toward the end of the game.
“We played hard all game,” he said. “Flag football is really fun. I enjoy playing with these people. They’re great people.”
cO-ed fOOtballAssistant Intramural Sports
Director Gary Baker said this is the third year the champi-onships have taken place at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
“We wanted to give the participants a little more incentive to make it to the championship and have something to remember from their college career,” Baker said.
The co-ed intramural flag football teams consist of four men and four women per team.
Each time a woman scores a touchdown, it is nine points and, when a man scores, it is
worth six.Voss said he enjoys playing
football with women.“I feel like our girls are just
as good as any other girls that play,” he said. “Our girls are amazing.”
Baker said close to 200 teams from CMU played in all four of the different leagues.
Thirty-two co-ed teams faced off against each other in the playoffs.
Last year, P and V traveled to the regionals at Ohio State University and beat three oth-er competing teams. It then went to the finals.
Triezenberg said he is very honored and proud of his stu-dents.
“It was a great game, they played well,” he said. “They’re a fun group.”
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“I feel like our girls are just as good as any other girls that play. Our girls are amazing.”
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The proposed biotechnol-ogy building that has been in talks for several years at Central Michigan University may have to wait to see de-velopment.
Michigan’s struggling economy postponed ef-forts for CMU to receive the funding needed, said Steve Smith, director of public re-lations.
“Due to Michigan’s cur-rent economic climate, we do not anticipate money from the capital outlay fund this year,” Smith said.
Smith also said he was un-sure of any new capital out-lay requests made this year for the biotechnology build-ing.
“Each year, the university submits a letter to the state for our building request,” he said.
The past capital outlay funding request was the bio-technology building. Smith is unaware of any requests after last year.
State Rep. Bill Caul, R-Mount Pleasant, is a capital outlay committee member and remains a strong advo-cate for the building.
“Central’s project is cer-tainly one that is important, but some buildings have been in the request process a lot longer,” Caul said. “Like the recent approval for Fer-ris State University’s School of Optometry building.”
$65 milliOnThe university is asking
for about $65 million for the building, Smith said.
“The campus master plan puts the building just east of the new Education and Human Services Building,”
Smith said.The EHS Building, which
opened this past June, cost about $50 million to con-struct.
When CMU was request-ing funds last year from the state’s joint capital out-lay committee, it certainly looked good, Caul said. However, when it came down to it, there were not enough funds, and the oth-er projects had been in the request process for a long time, Caul said.
Caul, who will remain a part of the committee next year, said funds are limited, but are not part of Michi-gan’s general fund. Capital outlay funds are bonded funds.
Caul said requests get ap-proval in two phases. In the first phase, a $100 place-holder is added to the fund. This allows those requesting a project to move forward with fundraising, architec-ture, design and more. The second phase is when ap-proval is given to start the building process.
“Once a project gets phase one approval, it is almost certain it will be approved in phase two,” Caul said. “It would be some extraordi-nary circumstance to pre-vent complete approval.”
The building, if approved, would house research, lab rooms and teaching fa-cilities.
“It would be used for biotech classes and medical class-es,” Smith said.
Biotechnology building on holdEconomy slows lobbying, but it’s still an interest
By emily PfundStaff Reporter
Central Michigan Univer-sity’s Office of Admissions is looking to cyberspace to draw in new students.
Since 2006, the University of Michigan has had students blogging about their campus experiences and posting them on the school’s admissions Web site in hopes of giving high school students a glimpse at what life is like on campus.
“The use of video on the Web is something that’s fairly new for us,” said Betty Wag-ner, director of admissions at CMU. “We’re in the process to develop blogs.”
Wagner said the student blogs will be online sometime in the next few months.
Admissions already has a “microsite,” which contains videos and a link to the de-partment’s Facebook.
Fairgrove freshman Missy
Long thinks using Web-based tactics can be useful to the university.
“It will get them more well-known with people,” she said.
While admissions is using the Internet and e-mail more frequently to communicate with prospective students, it is not slowing down with the methods that have served well in the past.
Letters and pamphlets sent through the mail are still used.
“You can’t let go of tradi-tional things,” Wagner said. “Parents read them and influ-ence their children’s college choices. People also like to have something solid in their hands.”
Campus tours are still the number one factor for bringing students to campus, she said.
Other ways tO draw in students
Phone calls also have prov-en to be a successful way to reach students, Wagner said.
“We’ve had a lot of success with our voice response pro-gram,” she said.
The voice response system
is an automated voicemail system that calls potential students with a pre-recorded message and is used to garner interest in the Centralis schol-arship and CMU and You Day programs.
“We’re trying to be creative with who makes the calls,” Wagner said.
This year, the call for CMU and You Day featured the CMU fight song playing in the back-ground as Bob Garcia, senior assistant director of Admis-sions, and head football coach Butch Jones addressed stu-dents.
Wagner programs such as these are not designed to per-suade more students to ap-ply, but to get those who have already applied and been accepted to actually attend CMU.
“We have the third-largest applicant pool in the state, so that’s not a problem,” Wagner said.
Admissions now using blog, Facebook for recruitingCMU expanding ways to reach out to prospective students
are administering it to a random sample of Union Township residents — in-cluding students — to de-termine their experiences with and opinions about township services and re-lated issues.
“The questions are structured so that answers to earlier questions may determine subsequent questions,” said Union Township Zoning Admin-istrator Woody Woodruff.
The information will be used to help with the making of the new mas-ter plan, including bud-geting, planning and goal
setting, and should be ready by end of the year, Woodruff said.
“The survey work should be completed in the fall semester, analysis in the winter semester,” he said.
Senter said the sur-vey is being conducted with the help of students in assistant professor of Sociology, Anthropol-ogy and Social Work Jean Toner’s SOC 350: Social Research Methodologies class and associate pro-fessor of political science Moataz Fattah’s PSC 280: Introduction to Empirical Methods of Political Re-search class.
“They will staff the lab
for three-hour shifts, in-viting people from ran-domly generated phone numbers to participate in the survey,” Toner said. “Toward the end of the se-mester, students will also facilitate focus groups with student residents of Union Township to gather their opinions and beliefs about services to students provided by Union Town-ship.”
Collaborating with CARRS has resulted in savings for Union Town-ship.
“Work such as this in the private sector would cost eight to 10 times the $8,000 cost,” Woodruff said.
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ashley miller/photo editorRedshirt freshman Jake Olson, left, and sophomore Rocky Weaver, right, have gained more than 60 pounds combined since the end of the 2008 season to prepare for this season as offensive tackles.
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The average man is recommended to consume 2,500 calories in a day.
CMU offensive tackles Jake Olson and Rocky Weaver are not average men.
Last summer, in an attempt to gain the necessary weight to anchor the offensive line, Olson and Weaver’s calorie intake exceeded expectations.
“We were pushing 10,000 in the summer,” Weaver said. “There were times we’d go over 10,000-12,000 (calories).”
Strength and condition coach Dave Lawson, who has closely monitored the duo’s entire weight gaining exhibition, said he would be happy if they consumed 5,000 calories per day.
But Weaver, now 270 pounds, and Olson, 280 pounds, took it upon themselves to get to a suit-able weight. After graduating high school in 2007, Olson was a 6-feet, 8-inch, 224-pounder. Weaver, at 6 feet, 5 inches, weighed 220.
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w Both basketball teams host exhibition games Sunday in Rose Arena.
w The club hockey team is taking advantage of having an off weekend.
w Andrew Stover breaks down the football game.
Football travels to Boston for non-conference game
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The football team aims for its first Bowl Subdivision Top 25 ranking this weekend as it ventures outside Mid-American Conference play.
It plays Atlantic Coast Confer-ence opponent Boston College at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
The Chippewas are No. 26 in
the USA Today Coaches’ Poll and No 27 in the Associated Press Top 25, and could clinch a Top 25 ranking with a win Saturday. But coach Butch Jones called the Eagles the biggest challenge they have faced all season.
“We’re playing a team that’s challenging to win the ACC,” he said. “They’re a big, physical football team ... and they’re go-ing to challenge us in every as-pect.”
Boston College (5-3 overall, 3-3 ACC) features a ground-led of-fense, with 25-year-old freshman quarterback Dave Shinskie av-eraging just 135.8 passing yards per game. Sophomore running back Montel Harris averages 99.2 rushing yards per game.
The Chippewas are second in the MAC in rush defense, allow-ing 113.8 yards per game. But Jones said he sees a stifling BC offensive line.
“They’re probably the best of-fensive line we’ve faced to date,” he said. “They’re 300 pounds across the board and have great skill ... and they’re a team that’s in first place in the Atlantic Coast
Conference.”And despite Boston College’s
top two wide receivers averag-ing less than 55 yards per game — Rich Gunnell (54.9) and Colin Larmond, Jr. (53.6) — Jones said they can present certain chal-lenges to the CMU secondary.
“Their receiving corps is very athletic,” Jones said. “And they’re all highly recruited kids.”
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w Redshirt freshmanw 6 feet 8 inchesw 280 poundsw Left tacklew Hartford Union HS Hartford, Wis.
w Weight after high school: 224 pounds (Spring 2007)
w Weight after 2008 season: 255 lbs
w Interesting fact: High school coach was father of former CMU quarterback Brian Brunner, who graduat-ed from CMU in the spring.
w Sophomorew 6 feet, 5 inchesw 270 poundsw Right tacklew Harper Creek High School Battle Creek, Mich.
w Weight after high school: 220 pounds (Spring 2007)
w Weight after 2008 season: 243 pounds
w Interesting fact: Weaver was a wide receiver in high school, recruited to be a tight end. He started at tight end for CMU in 2008.
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By Matthew ValinskiStaff Reporter
The shutout streak is over for the CMU soccer team at 1,238 minutes and 23 sec-onds.
However, the unbeaten streak continued to climb to 14 games as the Chippewas tied Eastern Michigan 1-1 Thursday at Sciciuna Field in Ypsilanti.
The 14 games is the sec-ond-longest active streak. Stanford (16-0-0) is riding a 16-game unbeaten streak.
CMU (14-3-2, 9-0-2 MAC) became the first Mid-Amer-ican-Conference team to go through the MAC regular season unbeaten.
EMU junior Sheridan Paige found the back of Cen-tral’s net from a little more than 20 yards away after 10 minutes and 57 seconds.
“The first half, we came out and we didn’t want it as bad as them,” said Kristen Pelkki. “After they scored a goal, we got really fired up
and played a lot harder and carried that into the second half.”
Pelkki said the team is disappoint-ed the streak ended, but it was really a
side note to the team’s goal of a MAC Championship.
“It was going to happen eventually,” she said. “It was really hard to keep that streak going.”
The goal also ended junior Shay Mannino’s personal streak of consecutive shut-out minutes at 1,134 min-utes and 36 seconds, third all-time in NCAA Division I history.
CMU tied the score off a corner when sophomore Claire Horton scored her first goal of the season a little more than five minutes before halftime.
Senior forward Molly Gerst said Eastern Michigan provided a challenge.
“This was probably the most skillful team we have played,” she said. “A lot of the teams we play in the MAC are just bigger girls than us and big tacklers.”
EMU had 21 shots against CMU, the highest total an opponent shot against Cen-tral all season.
MAC TournAMenTCMU will play eighth-
seeded Western Michigan (6-7-5, 3-4-4) at 2 p.m. Sun-day at the CMU Soccer Com-plex.
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Offensive tackles Jake Olson and Rocky Weaver came to CMU weighing 224 and 200, respectivelyBut entering the 2009 football season they were told to bulk up and add pounds by any means possible ...
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Upon the graduation of An-drew Hartline and Greg Wojt, the team’s two starting offensive tackles last season, coach Butch Jones needed to find replace-ments.
“When you’re putting togeth-er an offensive line, it starts at the tackle position,” he said. “People call them bookends, and they’re hard to find — they’re hard to come by.”
Olson and Weaver were pegged as the replacements once the 2008 season finished.
A lighT pAsTJones saw potential in the two
underclassmen. They showed him athleticism rare for the tackle position — but there was a problem. By the time the Mo-tor City Bowl was over and the offseason arrived, his replace-ments failed to tip the scale past 255 pounds, well shy of the typical weight for any offensive tackle in Division-I football.
Weaver and Olson were asked to gain a lot of weight, and gain it quickly.
Olson delayed his enrollment after high school because of a knee injury in 2007 that forced him to move back home.
While Olson was pegged as a pass-protecting left tackle since his time at Hartford Union High School in Hartford, Wis., Weaver saw a different future. A wide receiver at Harper Creek High School in Battle Creek, Mich., the 6-feet, 5-inch, 220-pound Weaver was projected to play tight end at the college level. Af-ter gaining interest from schools around the Big Ten, his stock dropped, but Weaver found a home at Central Michigan.
After redshirting in 2007, Weaver was CMU’s starting tight end in 2008. Olson, who delayed his enrollment, redshirted last year.
gAining weighTWeaver was asked to make the
transition from a pass-catching tight end to right tackle after the bowl game.
“We looked at him and saw the size potential and thought that his athleticism he had at tight end would make him that much more attractive at the tackle position athletically,” Jones said.
With the graduation of Hart-line and Wojt, Olson already had an idea of what was to come.
“I kind of knew it was coming,” he said. “They needed me to gain the weight to be ready for it.”
But before the coaching staff began to stress gaining weight to both individuals, Jones said he was enamored by their growth potential.
“Both of them obviously had the height that you look for,” he said. “You try to look at their waist, their necks, their traps, their shoulders. Kind of the their wing span. All those things that go and you try to look at how they’re going to (develop).
Lawson has monitored Ol-son and Weaver’s weight closely since the decision was made. In January, Weaver was up to 243 pounds and Olson weighed 255. Their weight was too light to man the desired positions.
“It’s a stress because the coaches need them at a certain point,” Lawson said. “If Jake still weighed 230 (pounds), our quarterback would probably be in a neck brace right now.”
An emphasis was put on making sure they put the weight on correctly in order to maintain their athleticism and remain healthy. Lawson said
he wanted Olson and Weaver to put on between a pound and a pound-and-a-half per week. But in order for that to be healthy weight, agility and explosion drills — vertical jumps, broad jumps, change-of-direction drills, other run-ning, etc. — were stressed.
“That way, the body adapts to that weight while still doing those movement things,” Law-son said. “The body can’t handle putting on 20 pounds without (those drills). Then you’re look-ing at injuries and other things.”
snACk TiMeBut the main focus was pack-
ing calories into the body, some-thing the two embraced.
“You snack all the time. When you get bored, you snack. You try to eat as much calories,” he said. “I mean, we were putting cream cheese in between Pop-tarts. Waking up in the middle of the night and eating peanut butter and jelly, milk.”
Olson said he would prefer to avoid some of the foods in his previous diet.
“I can’t even eat peanut butter and jelly anymore,” he said.
Instead, Olson’s current favor-ite is the 89-cent burritos from Taco Bell. Weaver said he still enjoys Little Caesars Pizza.
And while Weaver said the duo tries to stay away from too much sugar, Olson said calorie intake is the key.
“When you’re gaining weight, you got to eat whatever you can,” he said.
That is something Lawson stressed from the beginning. He said a woman was brought in to attempt to monitor the amount of calories they burned dur-ing practice and workouts. She could not compute the calories players burned in the weight
room alone.“We play very fast-paced (and)
our lifting mimics that,” Lawson said. “We don’t lift slow, where they do a set and then they sit down for five minutes. They’re doing an injury prevention ex-ercise that’s a different body part, and then an abdominal or low-back exercise. Then they get back into their next set.”
Because excessive calories are being burned during work-outs and practice, Lawson said he expects Olson and Weaver to consume as many calories as possible, sometimes regardless of nutritional value.
“There’s times I’ll tell them, ‘Don’t make McDonald’s break-fast, lunch and dinner, but go ahead, go at 8 o’clock at night and get yourself a double cheeseburger. Go ahead and eat an extra piece of pie.’”
But there are consequences to gaining weight. Olson said he cannot afford pants at a reasonable price anymore to hit his 42-inch waste.
“I don’t even know the last time I found jeans under $90,” he said.
And Weaver has difficulty finding the right size at all.
“My biggest problem is my waist is like a 38, but my legs will not fit a 38,” Weaver said. “So I wear like a 40, 42.”
weighT rooMTheir appetites also have to
be high for training. Lawson said his training philosophy is mixed to hit different needs.
“We don’t just do Olympic lifts. We don’t just do high-intensity,” he said. “All forms
come together. You got high-in-tensity, you got Olympic lifting. Certain bodybuilding things go into it.”
Although the training regi-men is designed to put mass on the players’ bodies, other factors are heavily involved.
“Our philosophy, we’re more of a total athlete development,” Lawson said. “I got to worry about their speed, their quick-ness, their change of direction, their explosiveness, their injury prevention, their endurance.”
During the summer, Lawson would put a target weight in the middle of a sniper target or a bulls-eye. Every week, Olson and Weaver, among others, weighed in. If they made their weight, training stayed the same. But if they missed, they had conse-quences.
“If you’re under it, then you’re going to do a high-rep, high-volume bodybuilding workout,”
Lawson said, “which none of them like to do.”
Olson said they do those workouts enough, and it was enough motivate to continue gaining mass.
“You won’t be able to move (after bodybuilding workouts),” he said.
MAking progressMaintaining weight has been
a chore since the start of the season. Olson said he has not gained any weight since the start of the season. Weaver’s weight dropped five pounds.
“I can’t eat after games. Espe-cially on Sundays after games, I just can’t eat,” Weaver said. “I mean, go out ... go to Ponderosa. You only have two plates, when usually we go until four or five (plates).”
But Mondays, with no prac-tice, serve as a big eating day. The offensive line also has a
weekly tradition to dine togeth-er at a different restaurant each week.
Olson said he expects to put on more weight after the sea-son. He hopes to be at least 300 pounds by next season.
“He’ll eventually probably get there (300 pounds) just because of his frame and his work ethic,” Lawson said.
And Jones said he is thankful for the sacrifice both individu-als made to lock the founda-tion of his offensive line for a few years.
“To ask people to put weight on like that, it takes sacrifice,” he said. “And it may be waking up at three in the morning and making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I could never imagine eating that much. I just couldn’t. I kind of shake my head.”
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DisCiplineD DefenseSenior quarterback Dan LeFe-
vour described Boston College’s defense as very physical and the toughest challenge CMU has faced all year.
“They’ve got a lot of guys that are very disciplined and do their job,” he said. “So you’re not going to fool them too much or catch them getting lazy — you’ve got to play sound football, just like them.”
The Eagles’ leading tackler is freshman linebacker Luke Kuechly, and their defense has sacked the opposing quarterback 11 times in eight games.
“Our offensive line has been doing their job and they have guys that are big,” LeFevour said. “And they play hard, so we have to match that at least and try to do the best we can against those guys.”
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File photo by matthew stephensCoach Butch Jones talks to Rocky Weaver as he comes off the field during last week’s game at Bowling Green State University.
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OffensePos.No. Name ClassQB 15 DaveShinskie Fr.RB 2 MontelHarris So.WR 18 RichGunnell Sr. 82 JustinJarvis Sr.TE 81 ChrisPantale Fr.LT 74 AnthonyCastonzo Jr.LG 75 NathanRichman So.C 65 MattTennant Sr.RG 78 ThomasClaiborne Jr.RT 66 RichLapham Jr.
DefensePos.No. Name ClassDE 98 AlexAlbright Jr. 86 JimRamella Sr.DT 52 AustinGiles Sr. 96 KalebRamsey So.MLB 34 MikeMcLaughlin Sr.SLB 53 MikeMorrissey Jr.WLB40 LukeKuechly Fr.CB 9 DeLeonGause Jr. 20 RoderickRollins Sr.FS 45 WesDavis Jr.SS 8 MarcellusBowman Sr.
OffensePos.No. Name ClassQB 13 DanLeFevour Sr.RB 2 BryanSchroeder So. 29 CarlVolny Jr.WR 27 AntonioBrown Jr. 7 BryanAnderson Sr. 1 KitoPoblah Jr.TE 82 DavidBlackburn So.LT 73 JakeOlson RFr.LG 66 JeffMaddux Jr.C 63 ColinMiller Jr.C 65 DarrenKeyton RFr.RG 64 AllenOllenburger Sr.RT 78 RockyWeaver So.
DefensePos.No. Name ClassDE 98 FrankZombo Sr. 15 SamWilliams Sr. 95 LarryKnight 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.FS 12 EricFraser Sr. 9 BobbySeay Jr.SS 44 DannieBolden So. 40 JohnCarr So.
Chippewas
Why to WatchG u n n e l
caught 10 passes for 179 yards and a t o u c h d o w n against Notre Dame. He has the most re-ceptions on the roster.
Why to WatchHarris has
794 rushing yards (5.1 yards per carry) and 11 touchdowns to lead the Ea-gles’ run-based offense. He is averaging 99.2 yards per game.
Why to WatchK u e c h l y
leads all fresh-men with 10.38 tack-les per game. Against Notre Dame, he had a game-high and career-tying 14 tackles.
Why to WatchBC has given
up only 115.8 rushing yards per game. LeFe-vour leads the MAC’s second-best rushing offense, and he plays best when he runs well.
Why to WatchBellore and
Matt Berning will need big games to slow down BC’s run-oriented offense, led by a running back who averages nearly 100 yards per game.
Why to WatchAgainst a
BCS opponent, explosive plays may be the dif-ference. No one is better at creating those plays than Brown, who leads CMU in receiving yards.
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By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter
The day the CMU cross country program has been building to all season arrives this weekend.
The men’s team will travel Saturday to Athens, Ohio, for the 2009 Mid-American Conference Cross Country Championships, seeking its first conference title since 2004.
“Anytime you go into a conference championship, you go in saying that you want to win and be the best,” said director Willie Randolph. “Anything can happen on a conference day.”
CMU returns five runners that competed in the 2008 MAC Championships, held in Ypsilanti, Mich., where the team finished fourth overall.
Despite a worsening right
Achilles, se-nior Riak Mabil, who finished 12th (25 minutes, one second) last year, will lead the team this week-end. He is seeking his first conference title, with a possibility of Saturday being the last meet of his five-year college career.
“I won’t have any other shot at it,” Mabil said. “It’s all or nothing.”
Pressure is on Mabil and the team to win a title, but there also is a level of pres-sure on the underclassmen to not let down seniors Mabil and Jacob Korir, Randolph said.
“This is Riak’s last hurrah and his opportunity to leave this program with a ring,” said assistant coach Matt Kaczor.
Behind Mabil is junior Sammy Kiprotich, who led the team and finished sev-enth (24:49) at the 2008 MAC
Championships. Kiprotich finished in the top 50 at the Greater Louisville Classic on Oct. 3.
Junior Chris Pankow and sophomores Jeremy Kiley and Matt Lutzke will compete in the conference champion-ships for a second consecu-tive year. Pankow placed 19th (25:12) last year as a sopho-more in Ypsilanti.
Rounding out the Chippe-was’ lineup is true freshman Tecumseh Adams, junior Adam Smith and sophomore Travis Gere, who ran in the open 8K race two weeks ago in Terre Haute, Ind.
“Our goal is to come back with a championship,” Mabil said. “We’re ready; we’ve been working too hard ... there’s no way we can’t be ready.”
The team maintained its No. 13 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rank-ing in the Great Lakes region following the Pre-Nationals event on Oct. 1.
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CMU seeks first title since 2000By Aaron McMannStaff Reporter
The women’s cross country team brings experience to the MAC Championships Satur-day despite lacking a large senior presence.
The team, seeking its first MAC title since 2000, returns five runners who competed in last year’s conference meet, where CMU finished fourth out of 12 schools.
“It always brings a certain level of experience by having people returning from a MAC Championship,” said direc-tor Willie Randolph. “(It) just brings that much more confi-dence.”
Junior Melissa Darling fin-ished first on the team Oct. 17 at Pre-Nationals and will lead the Chippewas into Ath-ens, Ohio. As a sophomore, Darling placed second on the team and 27th overall (18 minutes, five seconds) in the conference meet.
Senior Em-ily Van Was-s h e n o v a , in her third MAC Cham-pionships ap-pearance, will likely race for the final time this weekend. Van Wassh-enova placed 46th (18:24) last year and 80th (23:06) in 2006.
In addition, juniors Dan-ielle Dakroub (33rd last year at MAC Championships, 18:15), Raenanne Lohner (37th, 18:18) and Brittany Dixon (45th, 18:24) all bring previous conference experi-ence to the team this week-end.
“It’s very helpful (to have returners); they know exact-ly what the MAC meet is all about,” said assistant coach Matt Kaczor. “We’re just hop-ing that we keep things to-gether, and that will help this team out a lot.”
The resTSophomore Holly Anderson,
who put in a second-place fin-ish (22:36) at Pre-Nationals and continues to establish herself as the No. 3 runner on the team, and sophomore Rachael Wessel will run their first MAC Cham-pionships this weekend.
The women will begin their 6K race at 11 a.m. Saturday.
“We’re more relaxed and confident going into (this weekend),” Darling said. “Last year, we were kind of pulling everything together. This year, we have it together.”
The team is No. 15 in the Great Lakes Region, according to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Asso-ciation, heading into this week-end. It is its first ranking of the season.
The Chippewas are preceded in the rankings by respective MAC schools Toledo (6), Miami (10) and Akron (11).
Volleyball chasing WMU for top spotBy D.J. palomaresSenior Reporter
The CMU volleyball team will finish a four-game home stretch at 7 p.m. Saturday against Kent State in Rose Arena.
The match is the finale for the Chippewas against East division opponents. The Golden Flashes have a 4-6 Mid-American Conference record, fourth in the East di-vision.
“Kent State is a different team than any other in the MAC,” said coach Erik Olson. “Their offense is run out of the center of the court. Hit-ters can take sets from in front or behind the setter. It is
very difficult to defend.”
Kent State senior Arjola Prenga leads her team with 301 kills. Prenga came over to Kent State from Al-bania.
“They have a really strong outside hitter from overseas,” Olson said. “They have also a libero who moved over from the outside hitter position.”
The Golden Flashes have been able to find success on offense while moving the block around on defense. KSU ranks second in the MAC in blocks per set.
“The way we challenge an offense like Kent State’s is to keep serving aggressively,” Olson said. “If we can keep them out of system, then we will do just fine.”
The Chippewas (6-5 MAC) are behind the West division leader Western Michigan by two matches, but could nar-row the gap with a win.
“We are very excited to play Kent State because it is the last match we will get to play before having to go back on the road,” said senior libero Alexis Lonneman. “We have to make sure we don’t get down on ourselves if a couple points don’t go our way.”
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By Jacob LougheedStaff Reporter
The CMU field hockey team can end its two-game Mid-American Conference losing streak in its regular-season finale this weekend against Missouri State.
The teams will play at 1 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday in the CMU Field Hockey Complex.
“The kids are motivated to win,” said coach Cristy Freese. “I know we have had a tough season but, they re-ally are motivated to win.”
Freese said Missouri State is a familiar opponent be-cause it closely resembles Ball State, whom the Chip-pewas had success against this season.
“They are a very good of-fensive team,” she said. “They remind me of Ball State in the fact that, offen-sively, they have some re-
ally good players. They are a tough team to play defen-sively because they are very tough in the circle and they score a lot of goals. Our de-fense needs to be top-notch and try to hold them back.”
AwArenessSaturday’s game against
MSU is “Think Pink” day at the CMU Field Hockey Com-plex. Both teams will wear pink wristbands and spec-tators will receive pink rib-bons to raise breast cancer awareness. Sunday’s game is senior day.
“I think we will be very motivated to play in front of our family and friends,” Freese said. “Senior day is always really important and, normally, our team is always motivated to play extra hard for our seniors on senior day.”
This is the third consecu-tive season the Chippewas
finished the regular season at home.
“It is always exciting to play at home because we do get our own fan base and ev-eryone’s parents will be up here for senior day on Sun-day,” said sophomore Pau-lina Lee.
weDnesDAyThe team beat Michigan
1-0 on Wednesday.Junior Pam Seufert scored
the only goal off a shot by senior Kelly Jordan at the 55-minute mark.
“I warned our kids that this is a nice win, but don’t get overexcited here,” Freese said. “When you lose on the weekend, the kids want the coaches to forget about it when they see you in prac-tice. When you win, your coach wants you to forget about it.”
Field hockey to host Missouri State
Team returns five athletes who ranin MACs last year
Matt Kaczor
Alexis Lonneman
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WMU dropped to the No. 8 seed after a 0-0 tie with North-ern Illinois, combined with a Kent State 2-0 victory over Buffalo, which moved the Golden Flashes up a spot to the seventh seed.
The Chippewas defeated the Broncos 1-0 on Oct. 18 in Kalamazoo.
Sophomore Chelsi Abbott scored the game-winner in
that game after junior Valerie Prause headed a throw-in from freshman Bailey Bran-don to Abbott.
Pelkki said she expects Western to come out strong and physical.
“It is a rivalry, so it is a pretty intense game,” she said. “It’s a physical, real intense game. I’m expecting a good game.”
Gerst said although Western is Central’s rival, the team just needs to focus on the game and not let the rivalry get the best of them.
“The rivalry is always some-
thing to think about,” she said. “But we are just going to look at it as another game and win the first half and then the sec-ond half.”
Since winning two of their first three MAC games, the Broncos have struggled to win, going 1-3-4 in their last eight games.
Central has not lost to Western Michigan in Mount Pleasant since 2000, and has a 4-2 home record against the Broncos all-time.
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