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Kevin Martini / Western HeraldWill Anderson, frontman of Para-chute, of Charlottesville, Va. per-forms at Bronco Bash on Friday, Sept. 9.
Kevin Martini / Western HeraldDanielle Percy, Bridget Dooler, Benjamin Ayer, Ashlee Daraban and Trever Walters work the booth for WMU’s Peace Center at Bronco Bash on Friday, Sept. 9.
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Kevin Martini / Western HeraldPrepared for rain, performers from Bronco Bash 2011 managed to stay dry to entertain fans on Friday, Sept. 9.
Kallie Strazdas / Western HeraldPresident Dunn came dressed for the weather to Bronco Bash on Friday, Sept. 9.
SERVING WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND KALAMAZOO SINCE 1916
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 VOL. 96 ISSUE 3
WESTERN HERALD.COM
By Kassie Charnley
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By Kassie CharnleySta� Reporter
A little rain didn’t scare away the students of Western Michigan University as they received and took in all that was made available to them at this year’s Bronco Bash. �e 31st annual kick-o� event of the school year shined on, even though the weather did not, allowing students to listen to live bands while gathering freebies and prizes from clubs and organizations around campus as well as from business-es around Kalamazoo
News editor for the Western Herald, Erin Gignac, said that students were putting the most recent issue of the West-ern Herald to good use as she and fellow reporters hand-ed the newspaper out to students as they passed Western Herald’s booth at Bronco Bash. “We were hoping students would read the issue, but once it started raining, students began using them as umbrellas, which is good too I guess!” Gignac said.
�e usual free handouts of �iers, tote bags, pens, and coupons was of interest to Mindy Dunn, a junior majoring in Family Studies, but she said the �ash mob, a sudden act or performance done by a group of people in public, was her favorite part of Bronco Bash this year, hands down. “I really enjoyed watching the �ash mob because a lot of my friends were in it. �ey all looked like they had a lot of fun doing it, and it de�nitely puts a message out to new students, showing that it can and is fun to get involved at WMU,” Dunn said. Dunn also said that Bronco Bash is a good way to introduce students to the di�erent registered student organizations, or RSOs around campus and helps not only the freshmen, but others as well get acquainted with the area.
At his year’s Bronco Bash, student coordinators have been working very hard to make the 31st annual welcome back festival a successful event for WMU students. Jim Stano, Matt Vargo, and Molly Weiner are the Bronco Bash coordinators for this year’s event. Each of them have been busy these past few months getting everything in order for the event that kicks o� the school year – the event that most WMU students look forward to, as it includes live bands, prizes, giveaways, and food.
All three of 2011’s Bronco Bash coordinators are eager to see how Bronco Bash will turn out this year. �ey worked together over the summer to plan this event for the students of WMU, while they each had their own tasks to handle for the event.
Each student coordinator took the time to discuss exactly what they did on the job as individuals who have helped plan out the welcome back fun-�lled event of the year known as Bronco Bash. Stano, Vargo, and Weiner were all willing to inform students of their tasks in order to give them an idea of just how much hard work was put into this event.
Jim Stano, a senior Vocal Music Education major, is in charge of coordinating the artwork for posters, postcards, and promotional items. “�is year, our promotional items included buttons, chapstick, hacky sacks, and sunglasses. I also created advertisements for newspaper and artwork for logistical aspects of Bronco Bash, such as the map and directional signs for the event,” Stano said.
“Each of us usually work four or �ve-hour days,” Stano said. “�e workload varies throughout the summer depending on the projects that need to be done. We try to have our promotional items by June for orientation, so the �rst couple of weeks were busy for me.”
Stano said that he receives anywhere between �ve and 10 phone calls a day, and an aver-age of six or seven emails a day, all depending on the work week, what was needed, who had questions, etc. For him, the telephone is used more o�en, as a means for asking general ques-tions about the upcoming event.
Matt Vargo, a junior studying Organizational Communication and Philosophy, is equally as busy as Stano, but handles the tasks of recruiting volunteers, working with food vendors and contracted groups, and organizing the Green Team, which are the volunteers responsible for reducing trash waste at Bronco Bash. In his set 18 hour workweek, the time spent in the Bronco Bash o�ce, located in the Student Organization Center in the Bernhard Center, all varied on how busy his schedule was.
Vargo has been busy this past month working with over 100 volunteers who will be work-ing throughout the day of the event. He said that without the hard work of the volunteers, Bronco Bash would not be able to run as smoothly as expected. Vargo has answered many phone calls and sent out even more emails concerning schedules, dates, and times in order to make sure that each of the volunteers that he has recruited has been trained properly for what they need to do come the day of Bronco Bash.
Vargo has enjoyed the time that he has spent making Bronco Bash 2011 a successful event. He has also enjoyed working alongside Jim and Molly. “I always have fun with my co-coordinators. �ey are two amazing individuals and great to work with,” Vargo said. “Jim and I have both lost our name tag, had to order another, and then found our lost name tags! Molly for some reason has not lost her name tag, so I like to hide it, which I don’t think she appreciates.
By Laura LevinSta� Reporter
On Oct. 5, WMU welcomes its very �rst Cen-ter for the Humanities. An e�ort that took sev-eral years to form, now provides students, sta�, and faculty to put together and discuss some of today’s current social and political issues.
“Several years ago, I headed an e�ort to start a humanities center. �ere was energy and in-terest but the time wasn’t right,” said Kather-ine Joslin, Founding Director of the University Center for the Humanities.
Although the timing was not right, years lat-er three new professors wanted to take the steps necessary to form a Center for the Humanities at WMU, in conjunction with Joslin. �e Center for the Humanities turned from an idea into a reality.
“Two years ago, three new professors—Blain Auer in comparative religion, Lo�on Durham in theatre history, and Natalio Ohanna in Span-
ish—noticed we didn’t have a humanities cen-ter, and they went to Provost Tim Greene to get his support to put one together. I was called in, and we formed an advisory board of ten faculty members who all helped build the Center,” said Joslin.
Joslin said having an education in humani-ties allows students to develop a well-rounded understanding of our cultural, political, and social issues of today. It also allows us to apply this knowledge to everyday life, and to further educate others.
“Humanities education has value for students beyond training for a single job or profession. Humanities courses teach students how to read well, write e�ectively, and think critically about the signi�cant issues of our time. �ese skills actually make students more successful in com-peting for jobs and, especially, for moving from one job to another, as the economy is increasing demanding of our workforce,” said Joslin.
Blain Auer, Assistant Professor of Islamic
Studies in the Department of Comparative Reli-gion, said humanities provide the fundamental intellectual resources for exploring global litera-cy, critical thinking, diversity and inclusion.
“�e mission of the University Center for the Humanities is to challenge cultural, profes-sional, political, professional and intellectual landscapes for the creation and dissemination of original knowledge on the human cultural and social condition across space and time, through research, interpretation, and debate in the realm of ideas,” said Auer.
�e center provides a place for a large variety of people to voice their opinion, and share their knowledge with one ananother. When topics of such importance are heavily discussed, it opens up and stimulates people’s minds.
“�e humanities deal with questions that are interdisciplinary and can’t be answered by any one discipline or any one department in the University,” said Joslin. See Humanities
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WMU welcomes Center for the Humanities
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Brian �lters through his back-pack in hot pursuit of a pen. He �nds a blindfold, a whistle and an old tool for a futon he sold a year ago.
“My life is usually mixed up,” the 21-year-old said.
Brian Celusnak, pursuing a dual master’s degree in Orienta-tion and Mobility for Adults and Vision Rehabilitation Teaching, is partially blind and was diagnosed with Cerebral Pal-sy at 11 years old.
He’s enrolled for 12 credits as a master’s student, twice as any class-es needed to be considered full-time in the graduate program.
Oh yeah, and he’s a comedian.“I like hearing people laugh,”
he said. “If they don’t, it’s just awkwward. Once they start to laugh, they feel at ease.”
His hearing isn’t super sensi-tive, it’s just more tuned in, he said. His favorite hearing hobby is listening to rappers like Lil’ Wayne and Lil’ Jon.
“All the little people,” he said.
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her fellow co-coordinators, Molly Weiner – a senior studying English, Biology, and Secondary Education in the College of Education and Human Development – has the responsibilities of work-ing with the sponsors of Bronco Bash as well as man-aging the database, which means processing the many applications of area busi-nesses and WMU’s student organizations for the event.
“�e �rst thing I started working on was commu-nicating with our spon-sors. We create sponsorship agreements so that both the sponsor and the program bene�t,” Weiner said. “I also see each application that comes in, and I input those into the database.
As for the man in charge of the �ash mob, Anthony Haduch, a junior studying Early Childhood Education, was very happy with the way the dance turned out, espe-cially since it had rained be-fore and even during their performance. However, the rain didn’t stop Haduch and about 30 other students from getting their groove on and getting their message across to the students of WMU.
Haduch and fellow WMU student, Emily Scott, were co-coordinators for the ‘Getting Involved Flashmob.’ �ey spent the month of Au-gust planning the �ashmob and
planned practices two weeks prior to Bronco Bash. Haduch got students in-
Bronco Bashvolved by sending out a Fa-cebook message to all of his WMU friends and asked if they wanted to get involved, and then from that group of people he asked them to ask some of their friends to join in on the performance.
Haduch said that the message behind the �ash-mob was ‘Getting Involved at WMU.’ “We had shirts made by the Spirit Shoppe in Kalamazoo, and with the help of Sindecuse Health Center, Residence Life, and Student Activities and Lead-ership Programs (SALP) we were able to get the message across for students to take their �rst steps with us here at WMU,” Haduch said.
Haduch also said that the main group in charge of planning things like this speci�c performance is the �eatre for Community Health (TCH). “TCH is a Peer Education group that is a�liated with the Sin-decuse Health Center. We perform skits all around campus that have to do with diversity, sexual health, al-cohol use and abuse, and even eating disorders. �e common goal of TCH is to make sure our community is a safer place for all and some of the ways we do this is by sending messages through performing arts or �ashmobs,” Haduch said.
Elisia Alonso, a sopho-more majoring in Jour-nalism, worked a booth at Bronco Bash, but got to take a break from working and was able to perform in the �ashmob, which she said was her favorite part of Bronco Bash this year.
“I worked at the Spice & Rice and Buddha’s Belly booths because I work part
Natalio Ohanna, assis-tant professor in the De-partment of Spanish, fur-ther explains humanities.
“We see the University Center for the Humani-ties as a gathering place for intellectual dialogue and exchange, with the goal of bringing together fac-ulty, students and the pub-lic with diverse interests, through the shared branch of learning that concerns global cultures. We seek to support the creation and dissemination of original knowledge on the human, cultural and social con-dition across space and time, through research, interpretation and debate in the realm of ideas,” said Ohanna.
�e Center for the Hu-manities has a theme each year. Each year, speakers are invited to come speak from various colleges across the country.
“We are putting togeth-er events and speakers from across all the colleges of the university. What we are dis-covering is that the human-ities are tied to everything the university does,” said Joslin.
Each year contains a theme in which humanities are deeply explored.
“Last year our theme was ‘Placing the Humanities at the Center.’ As our key-note speaker, we brought in Martha Nussbaum, the author of Not For Pro�t: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, and she talked about this idea of educat-ing students for full partici-pation in democratic life. �is year we are bringing in Richard Arum, author of Academically Adri�, whose research shows that courses
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Coordinators“I like to keep the lines of
communication open with both the sponsors and the booth applicants to make sure that SALP, Bronco Bash, and WMU alike are represented in the most professional (and awesome!) manner possible.”
Weiner said that 450 booths are made available at Bronco Bash. “I actually had to turn away about 15 appli-cants once the spaces �lled up,” she said. “We are still receiving calls from people checking to see if we have any booths le�. We were completely full even before our cut-o� date!”
Weiner said that the pro-cess of accepting applicants and inputting them into the database has been like a re-ally fun rollercoaster ride for her. “Some weeks I would have only a few applications to work with, other weeks I would have a stack of 50 ap-plications, 10 emails and �ve voicemails to answer. I like this type of job though, I like working hard, and I’m very task oriented so the data-base was a great job for me,” Weiner said. She also stated that while she works longer days than others, the work is always enjoyable for her. She said that it didn’t really seem like work, especially when there’s such a great sta� to work alongside, especially for an event like Bronco Bash.
Weiner even said that some of the requests on the applications were interest-ing, which also made for a fun time at work for her and her co-coordinators. “We
had the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) of WMU ask if they could bring a concrete canoe! We were ba�ed that it actually �oats,” Weiner said. “Some people wrote me little notes on their applications asking for a ‘good’ booth location. It’s always nice to read what people had to write to me.”
All three of this year’s Bronco Bash student co-ordinators expressed their excitement for Bronco Bash 2011. “I am really looking forward to when the clock strikes 3:00 on Friday. I don’t think it will even feel real to me until the event actually starts,” Weiner said.
Stano and Vargo are both excited to see how it all comes together. “It’s kind of like a puzzle. �ere are a lot of little aspects that �t together,” Stano said. While Vargo is looking forward to seeing the volunteers put their hard work in action. He is very grateful for the people who volunteered their time this year, especial-ly because they are so dedi-cated and excited for Bronco Bash, just like Vargo, Stano, and Weiner. Attribute
�e Bronco Bash coordi-nators have put a lot of hard work into making this year’s Bronco Bash successful and enjoyable for the students of WMU. �ey look forward to the outcome of their hard work and especially look forward to seeing the turn-out this Friday, September 9 at 3 p.m. in the Fountain Plaza area near Miller Audi-torium.
in the humanities help stu-dents to become better think-ers,” said Joslin.
“Our theme this year is ‘Convergence of Cultures’ and we have invited speakers to talk about ways that people can come together over con-siderable social and cultural boundaries. For these lec-tures, discussions, and events, the center hopes to gather stu-dents and faculty from across the university and people from the larger community to consider pressing issues of our time,” said Joslin.
Auer said the intentions for the center this year is to focus a lens on the contact zones between culture and power to understand the ten-sions, collaborations, accom-modations and conversions that accompany sustained cross-cultural encounters. �e lecture series is designed to contest stereotypes of dif-ference and expand the un-derstanding of complex so-cial dynamics.
“If, for example, you are training to be a nurse or an accountant or an engineer, the minute you stand back to consider the meaning of what you are doing, including the ethical and cultural aspects of your work, you are in the realm of the humanities,” said Joslin.
�e Center for the Hu-manities welcomes and en-courages anyone to join.
“We invite people to come and see our new Cen-ter in 2500 Knauss Hall. �e Center has drop-in hours on Monday and Wednesday from 2-5 and on Tuesday and �ursday from 9-1. �e Cen-ter opens on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 4-6.”
time at both restaurants dur-ing the school year. How-ever, our boss gave us breaks from working the booth, so me and my co-workers were still able to walk around and enjoy Bronco Bash as well,” Alonso said.
Alonso said that Bronco Bash de�nitely opened her eyes to how diverse WMU is, which got her to be further interested in getting more involved on campus. “Being involved with your school is an important part of partici-pating in the college expe-rience. By joining an RSO, it will allow you to take full advantage of your college ex-perience,” Alonso said.
However, for students like Caitlin Stumpf, a sophomore majoring in art education, and Mike Madden, a sopho-more studying �nance, their favorite part of Bronco Bash was not just all the free stu� that they gathered through-out the a�ernoon, but spe-ci�cally the band, Para-chute, that performed live at Bronco Bash. “Hands down, Parachute’s amazing live per-formance was the most en-joyable part of Bronco Bash for me,” Madden said.
Stumpf and Madden found organizations that they felt they would like to get involved in more on campus this year. “Bronco Bash is a good way to meet the people behind the scenes of events and organizations that are important to me, which support my reason-ings for continuing my mem-bership with OUTspoken. It is a great RSO, and I look forward to what this year will bring as far as events and amazing meetings each week,” Stumpf said.
Madden discovered Hu-
mans vs. Zombies and a paintball group at this year’s Bronco Bash. He said that both groups draw to his in-terests so he de�nitely sees himself getting involved with each of them this year.
All in all, this year’s Bronco Bash was a success. Despite the rain and gloomy looking skies, a crowd of students bombarded the Fountain Plaza and park-ing garage near Miller Au-ditorium to stock up on the freebies, prizes, and coupons for the school year. However, this is not what Bronco Bash is all about. Many students have said that the free stu� is nice, but it’s really about get-ting out there and knowing all of what WMU and the surrounding area has to of-fer students. Bronco Bash is a great event for students to learn more about Kalama-zoo and their school, even when �ghting through the harsh weather that can be experienced while living in Western Michigan.
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Q & A
Courtesy PhotoThe corn maze at Gull Meadow Farms will be open to the public starting Sept. 10.
Kevin Martini / Western HeraldCongressman Fred Upton gives a speech com-memorating the tenth anniversary of the events of the World Trade Center in Kalamazoo’s Bronson Park on Sunday, Sept. 11.
Kevin Martini / Western HeraldA member of the Portage Fire�ghters Department delivers a brief speech before honoring fallen �rst responders with the traditional last call at Ka-lamazoo’s tenth anniver-sary commemoration of 9/11 in Bronson Park on Sunday, Sept. 11.
Kevin Martini / Western HeraldKalamazoo residents gathered on Sunday, Sept. 11 in Bronson Park to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001 as a community.
Kallie Strazdas / Western HeraldDesigner Elizabeth King works at Art Hop on Friday, Sept. 9. Her series, “Suspention of Disbelief,” was created with reclaimed materials such as street sweeper needles, wash-ers, and garter clips.
See www.westernherald.com for more pictures and a story.
All Photos Kevin Martini / Western HeraldWSA meetings will be held in Room 157 of the Bernhard Center on Wednesdays at 4:15. Meetings begin this week.
Gull Meadow Farms partners with WMU
Meet 2011-12 WSA cabinet
Southwest Michigan commemorates 9/11
Maize Company.” �ey are one of the largest corn maze designers in the world.
�e cost of the design isn’t too expensive and it’s nice because any time we have question or comments, need advice or direction, we can contact the group who is willing to help everyone out. �ey do a great job and their
resources are endless. Q: What else can students
do at Gull Meadow Farms?A: We have a U-pick
pumpkin patch and we do pre-picked pumpkins as well. We have 25 acres of apple orchards. �e cider
By Paul VanHevelSta� Reporter
A six-acre corn�eld will feature Western Michigan University’s logo in the form of a maze. WMU alumnus Justin Wendzel, creator of the maze, explains his hard work and dedication in making this attraction possible.
Q: What inspired you to create and construct corn mazes?
A: It is a family business out here at Gull Meadow Farms. My family has been doing this for 15 years. I came on full time about three years ago.
Q: What type of planning goes into creating these mazes?
A: �e planning starts in February or March each year. When we come up with an idea, we try to get a picture
of what we want to do. �en we ship the design out to a company in Utah. �ey take the picture and turn it into a maze. All the rows of corn are accounted for, including those that need to be cut. A�er cutting it a couple of times with a lawnmower, I eventually go through with a Roto-Till.
Q: How long is the process?
A: It used to take me about a week to do a corn maze. Now, it’s probably closer to two and a half days, if it’s not too intricate. You have to go through it a couple times to get all the loose corn out. I’ve probably been through this maze about �ve times now.
Q: What are your costs involved in creating these mazes?
A: We go through an organization called “�e
out here was ranked 2nd in the state. �e previous two years, it was ranked 1st. We do a pretty decent job with that. We do wagon rides that go around the farm. One of the other new things out here is our apple cannon. We take two and a half to three inch apples and load them into a barrel. It’s completely safe. We use compressed air and push button �re where you can shot at targets 30 or 40 yards away.
Starting Sept. 10, the maze will be open to the public. People of all ages are encouraged to participate in this years corn maze, Monday through Saturday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission fees are set for �ve dollars. Students who present their student IDs will be admitted at a discount price.
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Chair
Meghan WalshSustainability Chair
Erin KaplanPresident
Hailey MangrumVice President
Collin MaysPolitical Affairs Chair
Anna SalvaggioSpeaker Pro-Tempore
Lizze FowlerChief Justice
Sean NichollChief of Operations
Katie BerlinAllocations Committee
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Christopher RettichUniversity Pride Chair
John-Mark CuartoIT Coordinator
Lindsay StonePublic Relations Chair
Jasmine NeldonSpeaker
Zac PutnamTreasurer
Alyson WileyStudent Affairs Chair
Creativity lives at September Art Hop
Garret SchuelkeSta� ReporterSunday, Sept. 4:
Case Number 2011005397: Ambulance requested at 350 Gilkison Ave. and 12:41 p.m. Subject was cited for minor in possession and was under the in�uence of alcohol.Monday, Sept 5:Case Number 2011005418 and 2011005419: At 11:48 a.m. a woman at 1940 How-ard St. called advising that her child’s father broke her
door a�er an argument. �e subject was arrested on a fail-ure to appear for a possession of marijuana warrant out of Wayland, Mich. �e subject was taken to the Kalamazoo County Jail.Tuesday, Sept.6:Case Number 2011005429: O�cer found subject in room 1707 of the Dalton Center at 12:44 p.m. Subject arrest for illegal entry.Case Number 2011005438: At 12:44 p.m. a counterfeit $50 bill was passed at the Bernhard Center. �e case is
still active.Case Number 2011005444: At 4:58 p.m., a gym bag was reported stolen from the locker room at 1300 Western St. �e case is still active.Wednesday, Sept. 7:Case Number 2011005455: Subject was arrested in Western Michigan Univer-sity’s parking lot 54 at 12:59 p.m. on a felony marijuana warrant of out Battle Creek. �e subject was arrested and transported to the Battle Creek Police Department.
Crime BlotterSunday, Sept. 4 through Wednesday, Sept. 7
Sam SchreuderSta� Reporter
Kalamazoo and the sur-rounding areas came to-gether to host a series of community events in re-membrance of 9/11. Here is a recap of the events and ceremonies that took place this weekend.
Saturday:Volunteer Kalamazoo,
Hands on Battle Creek, and VA Medical center hosted a Community Wide Day of Service across Southwest Michigan. Events included eastside community clean-up, a beach build at Oak-wood community beach, campus beach garden shed build, O�cer Zapada trib-
ute cleanup, veteran care packages, and park cleanup.
“Our 9/11 event is part of a larger set of community events planned to create a considerable sense com-munity service,” said Chris Sizemore, executive director of Volunteer Kalamazoo. “We want to make a di�erence in our community.”
Western Michigan Univer-sity also held an observance and a tribute to community �rst responders before their football game with Nicholls State in commemoration of the heroism that took place in the wake of 9/11.
Sunday:A program to com-
memorate 9/11 was held at 4 p.m. in Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo. Par-
ticipants included Air Force retired Brig. Gen. �omas Edmonds, former Kalama-zoo County sheri�; U.S. Rep. Fred Upton; the Kalamazoo Pipe Band; By Chance gospel group; and vocalist Catrinka Johnson of Immanuel Chris-tian Reformed Church.
“�is is a ceremony to express our graditude and sympathy towards our ser-vice men and women as well as our �rst responders,” exclaimed former Rep. Lor-ence Wenke. “�is event is a way to remember what hap-pened on 9/11 and to express our patriotism.”
�e event in Bronson park commemorated the �rst responders to 9/11 and helped to achieve a sense of togetherness within the community. It helped to edu-cate those that were not alive when 9/11 took place about what happened and why it is so imporant to remember what occured on that fateful day.”
“It is a time to honor and pay tribute to those that per-ished on 9/11,” said Mayor Bobby Hopewell. “�is event is a tribute to the nation and is important to help heal the nation.”
A special service was also held in Portage by First Reformed Church of Por-tage, Portage Free Method-ist Church, and the Portage Department of Public Safety.
�e service included music, song, and a presentation of colors.
Lest We Forget Our Vets also hosted their third an-nual AmTryke Rodeo. �ree wounded veterans were giv-en a specially �tted tricycle for people with disabilities. Contributions were given by AMBUCS, Langland Fam-ily Funeral Homes, and the American Legion.
For more photographs from the Bronson Park 9/11 commemoration, see www.westernherald.com.
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ViewpointWestern HeraldTuesday, September 12, 2011 Editor-in-ChiefNora Strehl
4Looking back on a day in history
I don’t know if it was the half eaten box of pizza next to me, but I woke up yesterday morning very thankful. I climbed out
of bed, took the Dog-in-Chief for a walk, made myself some bacon and �ipped on the tube. Fire, debris and ash �ooded the me-
dia. Paper falling from towers like confetti, the streets of lower Manhat-tan covered in dust, the Twin Towers shooting with �ame--footage of September 11 was everywhere. I couldn’t believe that when I woke up this morning, feeling all groovy, the fact that it was the ten-year an-niversary of 9/11 hadn’t crossed my mind. �at really bothered me—was I that sel�sh that I hadn’t considered how I was going to honor and remember those we lost all those years ago? Most of us remember exactly what we were doing and who we were with, but how do we show oth-ers that we are actu-ally remembering? A�er much contemplating (and crying over Anderson Cooper’s ridiculously sad interviews) I came to a conclusion. Maybe we don’t actually have to show anything. I’ve always been told that it is the thought that counts, and that’s what I’m sticking with. I hope all of you took the time yesterday to just think--think about the people that we’ve lost and more importantly the people we still have.
Nora StrehlEditor-in-Chief
Ten years ago on this day I was sitting in my freshman English class talking with friends and waiting for the bell to ring when the principal came on the P.A. He told us that an airplane had hit one of the twin towers. He told us that at this time there was no further information on what had been going on but that we would continue to be informed. I remember that all I felt was confusion and surprise. I just kept wondering what happened and is everyone okay? �e bell rang and I moved on to Social Studies class with Mr. Mc-Coy, my always cheerful leprechaun looking teacher. Except he wasn’t smiling today, he seemed dis-tracted. I went to public school so we were allowed to watch what was going on. Mr. McCoy had CNN broadcasting in our room and ex-pressed to us what had happened so
far. He informed us that we would not be doing any-thing in class today. �en we saw footage of the second airplane go-ing directly into the second tower. �at image continues to haunt me and give me goose bumps. �e counselor came on the P.A. informing all students that if they wanted to go home and be with their families everyone would be excused. At age 13, I didn’t completely understand what had been going on. I was aware that there was a ter-rorist attack and that many people had died. Ten years later, I have a very clear memory and under-standing of what happened to the United States on that awful day and every emotion I felt that exact day, is still felt. �e image that forever will make me cry at the very sight of it is the image of the twin towers collapsing. I had never seen anything like this image. All that smoke, debris, all
those people running and screaming and crying. What could
possibly be going through their minds right now? What could be going through their families minds? Did they get to say goodbye? We are brought up in a nation that protects us from the awful events that take place in the world. In other countries there are no �lters on what they can and cannot show on the news. Live executions, bombings…everything can be seen on the news in other countries. �is is not something we are used too. But here we were, watching live as thousands of people died and his-tory was made. No one had words. Everyone was in a panic. Airports were shut down; no incoming or outgoing �ights were being made. Was it going to happen again? Were there more attacks? Was it over? Were we safe? So many questions. Many people’s lives would never be the same a�er this. So many
people lost loved ones that day and will never again feel complete. For what seemed like the �rst time ever to me, our entire country was in mourning. Even people who had not lost someone in this tragic ac-cident were hurting. Our country would never be the same. But we did move on together as a nation. We survived and we retaliated. And our nation has been better for it since. Now instead of mourning on this day, we celebrate the lives of all those lost. So many people across the nation are gathering together on this day to re�ect and remember the events that took place and to honor all those who were lost and all those who have helped. On this day 10 years ago, Al-Qaeda tried to break the United States. �ey made us question are safety. But they did not succeed in bringing us down; they brought us together. And that is what we continue to celebrate year a�er year on this day.
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Trick-or-Treat, smell my feet. Give me something fun to do.
Since approximately 2005, the sta� of Residence Life along with the help of their assistant director, Laura Darrah, has been hosting an event known widely among Western Michigan University’s campus as the Haunted Hall.
When enrollment decreased in 2005, occupancy among the Residence Halls took a toll, leaving Valley III’s Eldridge/Fox Dorms vacant. RL saw the opportunity to use the newly dormant space as a way to host a Halloween-themed service event for children and students alike.
�anks to the help of its 813 participants in 2010, Haunted Hall raised a total of $913 for Big Brothers Big Sisters Agency and three laundry bins full of ed-ible goods were donated to the Gospel Missions.
Rumors have been circulating concerning whether or not Haunted Hall will be taking place this year. Darrah said it has been made clear that Eldridge/Fox has seen its last haunt.
“�e �re marshal saw some of our advertising and contacted Environmental Safety and Emer-gency Management (ESEM) sta� to ask them if they were aware of the Michigan code regarding haunted attractions,” said Darrah, “�ey were not.”
Laura said that the Michigan Fire Code states that any haunted attraction must be in an establish-ment where all of its locations have a sprinkler sys-tem, and unforunately Eldridge/Fox Hall has sprin-klers in only two of its rooms.
“As I met this summer with representatives from that of-�ce we really decided, now that we are aware of the code, we were not going to intentionally do anything to violate the code,” Darrah said.
Students who have spent valuable time and e�ort on WMU’S well-known “haunt spot” have been nothing short of disapointed, much like Krista Roberson, an active partici-pant and volunteer of four years at H.H.
“When I found out as to why we couldn’t do it, it was un-derstandable,” Roberson said. “I’m just happy that we were told not to do it long before we ever got started, instead of being halfway through building and organizing it and then
someone coming in and saying ‘No, you can’t do it.’” Not everyone was so lucky, as highly ranked Phobia House
on Portage Street in Kalamazoo was abruptly shut down due to violations of Michigan’s Fire Code back in 2010.
Business owner Laura Gerard said they weren’t given the opportunity to make the necessary changes before being de-nied. An inspection made by the �re marshal back in 2009 concluded that a �re sprinkler system was required to have in the building. Gerard claims that at the time of the inspec-tion it was made clear to Kalamazoo’s �re marshal that the building itself was not under her direct ownership. �ere-fore, the �re marshal provided an alternative precaution re-quiring Fire Extinguishers every twenty feet.
“About a month and a half, or two months before we opened I started calling his o�ce and asking him to come in and inspect. We have to have an inspection. I never heard back from him,” Gerard said.
With uncertainty, Phobia House went on to open. “We just kind of assumed that he knew that we did what
we were supposed to do and everything was �ne,” Gerard said.
�e �rst Saturday open, Gerard received a shocking call from the �re marshal.
“He simply asked ‘Did you put in that sprinkler system?’ When we said no, he said ‘You’re closed,’” Gerard said.
Without any explanation from the marshal, the Gerard family searched for answers as to how they could regain the permission to re-open to the public but had no such luck. Last fall the Gerards turned away over �ve bus loads of people and explained to their volunteers that that year they wouldn’t be giving them a friendly Christmas Bonus for all of their help.
Some people in the Kalamazoo area have experienced tenant or landlord problems but what exactly are the rights both tenant and landlord hold?
In concerning maintenance of the building, the landlords hold responsibilities to provide the tenants with a clean place to live.
“A landlord has statutory duties set forth in MCL 554.139(1)(a) to keep premises and common areas ‘�t for the use intended by the parties’ and also has a duty set forth in MCL 554.139(1)(b) to ‘keep the premises in reasonable repair,” Jeshua Lauka, attorney at Willis Law, said. “If a land-lord fails to keep the premises in reasonable repair this con-stitutes a breach of the lease agreement”
One Kalamazoo resident said she experienced numerous problems concerning mold in an apartment complex over the summer.
“Where to begin, there was mold which attracted bugs and it was just disgusting. We would have the worst allergies but everything would be normal as soon as we le� the place. We couldn’t breathe, we would sneeze a lot,” tenant Marisa Dinkel said.
�e landlords denied any mold problems, Dinkel said.“�ey told us we were delusional even though I was in the
hospital [for the allergies],” Dinkel said.Dinkel is living in a di�erent complex now but is again
having di�culty with multiple repairs needed on the prem-ises.
“Before we moved in we were promised a security sys-tem and it wasn’t here. �ey only handed us four out of six keys. We demanded a new doorknob and we have yet to get it. �ey replaced it with a temporary one and they said they’d be back in two days and it’s been over a month,” Din-kel said.
�ere are also blinds missing in the living room showing who is home, a basement screen is ripped open, and one of the doorknobs in the apartment complex is missing, all of these things have yet to be �xed, Dinkel said.
�ere are numerous things a tenant can do if a landlord refuses to �x repairs.
“First, try and communicate your legitimate concerns to the landlord. You should document in writing what the necessary repairs or health or sanitary concerns are and re-quest the landlord to repair and remind the landlord of their statutory duties to do so,” Lauka said. “You should send the letter to the landlord and always keep a copy of the letter for
your records. If a landlord is unresponsive, you may want to consult an attorney.”
Dinkel’s landlords have been unresponsive for the most part, Dinkel said.
“�ey don’t like to talk [on the phone], they don’t like to answer,” Dinkel said.
“If they don’t come [to �x everything] then were going to withhold payment on our rent because they take it out automatically and they can take that money out on time but they can’t �x anything we’ve had problems with,” Jodie Eckl, one of Dinkel’s roommates, said.
Landlords failing to provide necessary repairs are one of the most common complaints from tenants in the Kalama-zoo area.
Many tenants do not understand that they have certain protections, Lauka said. �ey have certain protections based in Michigan law when a landlord fails to keep the premises in reasonable repair and in habitual condition.
“Also, if they are being sued for eviction, they potentially have defenses available to them, including potential protec-tions under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. Most importantly, if a tenant is being sued for eviction the best defense is payment. In general, paying the money owed will stop the eviction proceeding dead in its tracks,” Lauka said.
One year since the �rst announcement of a donated Boeing 727 aircra� was made, the gi� landed at the W.K Kellogg Airport, do-ing its last �ight as a FedEx jet before settling down for the rest of its time at the Western Michigan University College of Aviation.
�e morning of the formal ceremony in-
cluded cold weather. However, the College of Aviation was surrendered by a warm atmo-sphere, which could be experienced by any-one who attended the event.
“Today I am �ying high,” WMU President John Dunn said. “It is a great day, a marvel-ous gi� – FedEx is providing us a 727 — the long body plane, and it will make a great ad-dition to our program here. �e University thanks FedEx for its generosity.”
He pointed out the importance of diver-sity in the professional aviation �eld.
“We need a more diverse participation. We need more women to be pilots,” he said.
�e donation of the 727 airplane will improve student performance, said captain Dave Powell, Dean of WMU’s College of Aviation
“�is is a really kind of new face for us,” the captain said. “If you can learn how to work on 727 and be competent, you can get a job at any airline or any business jet com-pany that �ies this type of aircra� anywhere in the world. �is is a very big piece. It is re-ally the next step of our education process, and we are doing it with the cooperation of the Organization of Black Aerospace Profes-sionals and Federal Express.”
James Gorman, vice-president of �ight standards and training at FedEx Express, stated the signi�cant value of cooperation for education progress.
“Working together we can do wonderful things,” Gorman said.
�e pilots who were on the 727 are gradu-
ated from WMU. Billy Corder, a 21-year-old aviation stu-
dent from Detroit, considers the donation a wonderful opportunity for students to learn about �y science technology. He said
“I feel pretty excited,” the aviation student said. “Finally, we are getting the 727, and today it is going to touch down land here at WMU. �e 727 will greatly help the avia-tion students, giving current maintenance and technology information. Students will learn how the di�erent parts can be broken down and put back together in 727 aircra�s. Besides, the parts can simulate the modern ones which are used for the current aviation professionals.”
�e 727 a i r p l a n e will have a significant impact not only on the student p e r f o r -mance, but also on the a v i a t i o n college as an academ-ic institu-tion, said the aviation student.
T h e College of Av i a t i o n is known by interna-tional students as a competent school, and they believe that it can help them to make real their dreams. “I came here to be a pro-�cient pilot and become a captain,” said Antoni Ton-Makour Shagai, a 29-year-old student from South Sudan in Africa. “WMU is well organized and has multiple aviation resources. Besides, today I feel the luckiest student for being part of the �rst generation that receives the 727.”
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versity has 108 years of edu-cational history and, through time, is keeping alive its aca-demic trajectory.
East Campus, as part of that history, is still living not only in the memory of thou-sands of WMU alumni, but also in the heart of the local community.
East Hall—the oldest building of WMU, which keeps the remains of the �rst president, Dwight Bryant Waldo—holds the Archives and Regional History Col-
Western Michigan Uni-versity has another notch to tie on its belt now that it’s been ranked as no. 21 on the top 25 gay friendly universi-ties.
According to “�e Daily Beast,” which is an online subsidiary of Newsweek, WMU is among the best colleges with a diverse and accepting student body.
Ratings were based on Campus Pride’s Campus Cli-mate Index, which measures how inclusive college cam-puses are of LGBT (lesbian,
Western Michigan Uni-versity Dining Services will be hosting their third annual Farmer’s Market Luncheon featuring a variety of lo-cally grown foods from West Michigan on September 14. �is event will take place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the �rst �oor of the Bernhard Center at the Bernhard Café and Market.
Judy Gipper, director of Dining Services, said she learned di�erent ways each year to get WMU students, sta� and facility involved.
“�is is a healthy menu, and tasty, so the students love it. We are promoting sustain-ability and contributing to a stronger Michigan economy,” Gipper said.
�e menu will include cheddar cheese stout soup, redskin potato salad, garden
‘Keeping it Fresh’ in the cafés
WMU ranked in the top 25 LGBT friendly universities
gay, bisexual and transgen-der) and allies while using surveys to uncover student opinions regarding the ex-tent of diversity and level of acceptance.
Sarah Stangl, coordinator of LGBT Student Services, said that being ranked is a marker in recognition for how far the university has come over the years.
“Just being visible and being out there and collabo-rating with other organiza-tions and departments is de�nitely helping,” she said. “A lot of people dismiss the information because they don’t identify as LGBT but
lections, Director of Archives and Regional History, Sha-ron Carlson, said. What used to be the �rst gym in WMU functions now as a branch of Waldo Library. �is is the only area open to the pub-lic; the rest of the building is
closed for safety reasons, she said.
�e director commented about the future plans to move the archives to another location.
“We have been in a plan-ning process for several years, and we have some prelimi-nary designs,” the director said. “�e most likely loca-
tion would be near the Col-lege of Health and Human Services, but there are other locations that have been considered. As more funds are raised the �nal location would be determined.”
David Brose, Chairper-
son of Friends of Historic East Campus, said that in November 2010 the univer-sity received some propos-als to restore East Campus; however no decision has been made yet.
He does not know how expensive the repair would be for East Campus and all its buildings.
However, it will be a chal-lenge since they are located in a historic district and the Historic Preservation Com-mission is involved with the restoration of East Campus; therefore they are consid-ered as national historic heritage, he said.
Courtesy Photog/Western HeraldOne of the study areas at the Archive and Regional His-tory in East Hall
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Historic Preservationof WMU East Campus
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greens with cherry vinai-grette, barbecue pulled pork on a Kaiser roll, roasted chicken quarters with peach salsa, Ope’s black bean patty, autumn baked apple crisp, and assorted Ope’s Cookies.
Chef Paul Choker, as-sistant director of Dining Services, met directly with
farmers in early May and de-cided which foods to provide. �ese local producers need months to gather the quanti-ties of food necessary for this one upcoming event.
“Not only are we making
Western Dining Services bet-ter, but we are helping com-panies like Barefoot advertise and get excited about being a part of WMU.” Choker said.
Some of these contribut-ing vendors have gone further
to provide food year-round for campus cafeterias. Bear-Foot Farms from Paw Paw, Michigan provides organic produce including toma-toes, onions, peppers meats and potatoes. Export Ope’s o�ers sandwiches and cook-ies and these are sold at �e Bernhard Café and Market, Schneider Café, and Bella Vita Café.
Jim Chiang, manager at Hunan Gardens, has been involved with the commu-nity for almost twenty years. �eir team contributes food to Schneider Hall Café. Since 2001, they have had a $2,000 scholarship towards the computer information systems major.
“Students give us an idea of what products should be available. �ey help give us feedback and are a part of what makes our company grow,” Chiang said.
By Kelly MasonSta� Reporter we love our allies. We need
our allies.”OUTspoken is a student
organization that supports LGBTQ and ally students. It is also one of the largest LGBT student organizations at WMU and in the state of Michigan. OUTspoken meets on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. in the Bernhard Center.
“�e utopian goal is to not have an o�ce anymore, for it to not be necessary,” Stangl said.
�e purposes of OUTspo-ken are to advocate the well-being of LGBT individuals and to educate others at WMU and in the Kalamazoo community
on LGBT issues. “It’s been a lot of
work. I’ve been in this posi-tion since January 2007 and I’ve worked really hard on a lot of the changes we’ve made. �e important thing to remember is that it doesn’t mean we’re done,” she said. “But it does mean that we’re getting there.”
Other Michigan colleges that made the list are Univer-sity of Michigan-Ann Arbor at No. 25, Eastern Michigan University at No. 18, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology was rated at No. 1.
Courtesy Photog/Western HeraldThe Bernhard Center Cafe is closed on Sundays
By Marcell RiveraSta� Reporter
In the midst of a long stretch of road games, regardless of the sport, it tends to be di�cult for any team to play with absolute consistency.
Combine that variable with an 0-4-0 start, and you have the mak-ings for a pretty low level of team morale.
In the case of WMU men’s soc-cer, though, a poor start to the season—at least from a statistical standpoint—and a long stretch of road games have done nothing to damper the team’s spirit.
�ough the team is still in search of its �rst win—they lost another close game to a solid IPFW squad on Friday—Broncos head coach Stu Riddle cannot help but acknowledge his team’s strong work ethic.
“I am very proud of the lads af-ter tonight,” he said in a statement following the loss to IPFW. “We are going through a tough time right now and we gave everything we had, unfortunate to lose. Again we hit the crossbar twice and missed a penalty kick at the end to tie it, but we know that our luck will turn if we keep working hard.”
�ough the Broncos led their op-
ponent in shots by a staggering 19-15 margin—including a 14-6 advantage in the second half—the team was not able to capitalize.
Friday’s game marks the second time this season in which the Bron-cos have come from a sizable �rst half de�cit to make things interest-ing in the second half. Last week, the team came from an 0-2 hole to send the game into double overtime, though it was to no avail.
In Friday’s game, the team was down 0-2 yet again, when WMU sophomore mid�elder Derek Schrauben scored his second career goal o� of a de�ected shot o� the
foot of KaiMendes. However, as Rid-dle eluded to, missed opportunities late ended up being the di�erence.
�e Broncos had an excellent op-portunity to tie the game late when junior forward Shane Lyons was giv-en a penalty kick; however, a great play by IPFW’s goalie sealed the loss for WMU.
For this squad, the statistics cer-tainly re�ect the record. �e team has been outscored 12-4 on the year, and outshot by a gaping 66-51 mar-gin. �e team continues to be led
Home cooking is just what the West-ern Michigan University (1-1, 0-0) football team needed a�er the lightning shortened debacle at the University of Michigan last week, and home cooking is just what they got at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo on Sat-urday Night.
�e Broncos thoroughly dominated the Nicholls State University Colonels (1-1, 0-0), 38-7, in front of a packed student section and an overall crowd of more than 19,000 on Bill Brown’s 80th birthday.
“�ey were outstanding ever since the pre-game,” said WMU head coach Bill Cubit. “We’re gonna need them next week too. We gotta get that thing packed. �ey were vocal, they were encour-aging. It was the best I’ve ever seen since I’ve been
here. �e noise level behind us was outstanding and I know our kids felt great about it.”
�e student section and crowd needs to be even more packed this coming Saturday when the hated Central Michigan University Chippewas invade Waldo Stadium to begin Mid-American Confer-ence play in the “Battle for the Cannon” game.
“We’re not gonna really enjoy this one too much,” said Broncos junior quarterback Alex Carder. “I mean I’m already thinking about Cen-
tral. I’m happy to have a win, but we need to focus on our rival now.”
�e game played out precisely as the Coach Cubit could’ve hoped for. �e defense pitched a shutout, the o�ense rushed for over 200 yards, the only score came on a �uky bounce-interception that was returned for a touchdown, and for the second straight week the starters didn’t get to play
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7in Brief
Nicholls State is sent home
Road games do not dampen team’s spirit
Women’s soccer team defeated, 1-0
By Matt BuckSta� Reporter
By Adam RobertsSports Editor
By Matt BuckSta� Reporter
By Chris WillisSta� Reporter
See FootballPage 8
See SoccerPage 8
WMU wins, 38-7
Throwback’s the New Craze
�e latest craze in college football teams is not a tradi-tional aspect to the glamour of the game. Could the center point of college foot-ball teams be switching from athletic performance to the style of on team uniforms? As such, they would come to light as being a throwback for U of M’s �rst night game. It might be safe to say that in the near future WMU will be displaying a throw-back. When asked if WMU’s football team could have a throwback jersey day in the near future, Mat Kanan, director of media relations for WMU, said, “We are de�nitely taking steps and discussing in the near future for a throwback jersey day, and we are looking to play a team in our conference that the football team has history with, so both teams can have throwback jerseys on that day.”
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Hockey World DevastatedOver the course of last week, the hockey world took a devastating blow when an elite team known as the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv of the KHL hockey league lost 43 of the 45 members on board a �ight in Russia. �is incident took place on Sept. 7, just before the start of the season. According to a press release, the International Ice Hockey Federations President Rene Fasel said it is “the darkest day in the history of our sport.” WMU hockey coach Andy Mur-ray said of the incident, “I coached some of the men on that �ight and played junior hockey with Brad Mccrim-mon and this is just simply a tragedy for the hockey world and especially a tragedy for any sports world.
Men’s Lacrosse
We see much coverage of football, baseball, hockey, and basketball. So why not lacrosse? Lacrosse could be in the rankings as a sport that is climbing up in the ranks for popularity. In regards to WMU lacrosse, they could in fact in the near future be considered a team sport instead of being a club sports team. �e men’s lacrosse club team has had impressive results. Team Captains Chris Ostrowski and Matt Holden who are team captains for the men’s lacrosse club team had much to say when asked what held the team back from becom-ing a recognized sports team. “�ere is much debate for funding and for each sport that is part of WMU. �ey have an equal counter-part, meaning that for most men’s sports there must be a women’s sport to comple-ment the men’s sport.“Most people feel that when wanting to try lacrosse we would not allow them to do so and we have our team set,” they said. “�at’s not our image at all.”
— Compiled from Western Herald sta� and wire report
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Katrina Murphy/Western HeraldBronco sophomore running back Brian Fields (20) holds on to the ball, despite having two NSU defenders on his tail. Fields completed the play with a touchdown, his �rst of the night.
�e volleyball team takes title of tourna-ment champions. During last weekends competition the lady broncos would extend their season *-1 overall for their stellar e�orts in the tournament. �e tournament featured George Mason, Appli-cation State, and More-head State in a winner take all competition for the record books. As the �rst game was under way it was a lop-sided a�air. As the lady broncos took George Mason in three straight sets for the match. In the next match against Appalachian State the suspense was just beginning. As WMU’s volleyball team played four of �ve sets to take the win as the tourna-
ment proceeded. In the third and �nal match the suspense was at its peak, as WMU took on the host team of the tournament Morehead State in a thrilling �ve games. �e lady bron-cos would come back from a 2-1 de�cit in a superb performance to win in a �ve set match. According to a press release the �nal over-all game stats where quite astonishing. Lena Oliver had a dominat-ing performance with a season high of 39 digs and added three as-sists. Turnage tied for the match high with 19 kills, hit.469, and had 12 blocks. Ali Gossen posted a double-double of 16 kills and 15 digs. Leading the volleyball team to take the cham-pionship and win at the Morehead State Uni-versity.
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women’s soccer season is in full swing, and so far, the storyline has been a tail of ups and downs.The team is 3-3-0 on the season, after starting out the year with big wins against North Dakota and South Dakota State, following a very close loss to a Marquette team that’s ranked twelfth in the nation.From an individual standpoint, the Broncos have been one of the most successful teams in the Mid Ameri-can Conference early on.Last week, WMU junior forward Anina Cicerone was named MAC Offensive Player of the Week fol-lowing the first multi-goal game of her collegiate career in a 2-1 victory over Tulsa.Cicerone is the second consecu-tive Bronco to be named Offensive Player of the Week, after senior forward Stephanie Skowneski also received the award for her impres-sive performance in the NIT tourna-ment.The team’s most recent match was
yet another close game that ended with the same result; that is, a 0-1 loss against the Michigan Wol-verines. And, like WMU’s men’s team, the women’s team outshot the Wolverines squad by an impressive 22-17 margin.Suzie Grech, the team’s head coach, thought that the final score didn’t necessarily reflect what occurred on the field.“I thought we outplayed Michigan,” she said in a statement following the loss. “We had some amazing chances that couldn’t find the back of the net. It is a very frustrating loss, but I am very proud of how the girls played.”On paper, it seems as though the Broncos have outplayed most of the teams they’ve faced. The squad has outshot opponents by a staggering 79-56 advantage, and has outscored opponents 8-6.Skowneski and Cicerone lead the team in scoring, as they have each scored three goals on the year. Skowneski also leads the team in assists, with two..
Volleyball takes the win
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play the fourth quarter. �e di�erence is this week it was by the coaches choice not the weather’s.
“It was a funny kind of interception just like last week,” said senior receiver Jordan White of the lone Colonel touch-down. “He actually tipped it up from me and bobbled it to himself. “It was a di�erent kind of interception.”
Sophomore linebacker, Johnnie Simon, recorded his ca-reer interception and led the Brown and Gold with mime tackles.
“I was supposed to blitz on that play really,” Simon said. “But I knew I was gonna get to the quarterback so I got into
the passing lane and jumped to the ball. I just go to the ball every play.”
�e defense didn’t allow a point and Nicholls netted 60 total yards through the air. �e Broncos weren’t concerned with the stats of the evening, just that a victory was recorded and the team can move on to its rival at full strength.
“I �ink we put on a good show tonight for the most part,” White said. “Hopefully there will be more of that to come in coming weeks.”
�e “Battle for the Cannon” against the hated Chips will kick-o� this Saturday at noon at Waldo Stadium in Kalama-zoo. �e Broncos need an excellent turnout from the students and the fan base as a whole to beat the arch-rivals.
Coach Cubit is 1-5 in his career against CMU and hasn’t beaten them since his �rst season at head coach at WMU in the 2005 season.possession and began a torrid drive right
back down the �eld.WMU had a second and goal when
Carder’s pass was tipped due to pressure from a missed blocking assignment and Michigan linebacker Brandon Herron caught the lame-duck ball and returned the interception 94-yards for the score.
�e interception return is the longest ever in Michigan history.
“You know we were going in for anoth-er score to make it 14-7 and we’re on the four or �ve [yard line], and that tipped ball unfortunately got picked and returned for a touchdown,” White said. “It’s those �ne lines like that can really change a game, especially when you’re playing a team like this.”
�e 14-point swing play gave the Wol-verines the 14-7 lead instead of the Bron-cos, and the momentum had clearly shi�-ed in favor of the home team.
It was not the weather that doomed WMU, but rather the same mental mis-takes that plagued the Broncos a year ago. �e �rst three WMU possessions could have easily resulted in 17 points and a 10-point lead, but instead the Broncos trailed by seven.
U of M eventually led 20-10 at the half.
�e Wolverines added two more touchdowns in the shortened and subse-quent �nal third quarter.
WMU forced Michigan to a three-and-out to begin the second half and a�er the punt came the �rst 26-minute rain delay.
When play resumed, the Broncos be-gan to drive with a pair of third-down conversions. �en Michigan safety Jor-dan Kovacs crushed Carder’s blind side and forced a [sack] fumble that Brandon
Herron eventually recovered and returned for his second defensive touchdown.
“On the sack/fumble up that point of the game [Alex] had picked up everything,” said WMU head coach Bill Cu-bit. “�at was the only one he didn’t and I know he feels bad about it. Overall I’m encouraged by how the kids played to-day. �ere’s a lot of stu� to build on and we had it. If we’d have taken advantage of our opportunities you guys might still be sitting up in the press box and we’d be playing till one in the morning. ”
A�er a penalty �lled three-and-out drive for the Bron-cos, U of M sealed the deal on a pair of 40-plus-yard rushes resulting in the �nal touchdown of the game.
Michigan running back Fitzgerald Toussaint ran up the middle for a 43-yard gain, and then, a�er a Denard Robin-son incompletion, Michael Shaw gashed the Broncos’ de-fense for an untouched 44-yard touchdown scamper.
“In the second half we gave up some big runs which were discouraging,” Cubit said. “When you give up too many long runs it’s always gonna be di�cult.”
Wide receiver Jordan White �nished the shortened game with 12 catches for 119 yards and was only four catches away from the all-time WMU record held by Greg Jennings.
‘It’s kind of what you expect,” Cubit said of White. “He’s a great player and even a better leader. �at tells you what I think of him.”
Overall WMU performed well in Ann Arbor and if they can clean up the turnovers, the sky is the limit this season. �e o�ense is healthy and clicking and this defense appears to be “ball-hawking.”
“We gotta pick up the pieces and move on,” Cubit said. “We don’t feel great about the loss but we had a real good shot at it and our kids are resilient. We’re gonna go home next week and get back at it.”
�e Broncos open their home schedule this Saturday night at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo against Nicholls State University for CommUniverCity Night.
Kicko� will be at 7 p.m.Last season the Broncos defeated Nicholls 49-14.
Lyons, who leads the Broncos in nearly every statistical category.
�ough the team is struggling a bit, they have been fairly disciplined in their play. �e Broncos have only committed sixty-one fouls on the year, while having sev-enty-six committed by opponents.
One silver lining, though, is that the Broncos are going to get a home stretch this coming weekend. �e team will play Wright State on Friday, before facing Valparaiso on Sunday. �ey will certainly be looking to improve on their goals per game, which is currently at one.
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