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CM-LIFE.CoMw Check the Web site for a video on Get Acquainted Day
NEWSw Online radio booming with college students, 3A
w CMU patrolling campus billboards, 6A
w Students have until midnight to drop classes, 6A
SportSw Volleyball team travels to Florida to begin season, 2B
WEathErw Rain showersHigh 65/ Low 53
ashley miller/photo editorNew Bud Light cans are being distributed in different areas of the country to match local university colors, such as these for CMU. Several schools, including the University of Michigan, threatened lawsuits against the marketer, Anheuser-Busch.
By Lindsay KnakeMetro Editor
New tailgating procedures at Cen-tral Michigan University will include a limit of six beers or one plastic pint of alcohol per person and a ban on exter-nal speaker systems.
A committee made up of students, administrators, faculty and police performed a comprehensive review of the entire process, adjusted tailgating procedures and defined current poli-
cies through the spring and summer, said Senior Associate Athletic Director Derek van der Merwe.
In July, Director of Public Relations Steve Smith said the limitations on alcohol would be difficult to enforce. Athletics Director Dave Heeke said se-curity will be looking at what people bring into the lot.
“We hope students will be respon-sible,” Heeke said.
The student tailgating lot, 63, has more than doubled in space and ve-hicles will be broken up and dispersed throughout. To increase safety, cement barriers will maintain an emergency lane at all times.
Procedures limit alcohol amount, sound systemsta i l g at i n g
tailgating procedures
w Limit of six beers or one pint of alcohol per person.
w No external sound systems.
w Parking passes required.
w Countdown clock and siren to announce kick off.
By Connor SheridanStaff Reporter
Tailgating outside Kelly/Shorts Stadi-um is becoming a more regulated affair, and some participants are objecting.
One student is organizing a move-ment to gather Greeks and other stu-dents to move the tailgating to Main Street. Warren senior Joshua Thomas of Alpha Kappa Psi believes the policy changes are unnecessary.
He said it feels like the university is
confining what students can do, and that tailgating is a tradition it should not tamper with.
“We would probably still tailgate be-cause it’s a tradition, but we’d expand around (as well),” Thomas said.
Mount Pleasant sophomore Tay Jack-son’s efforts can be found on the Fa-cebook group, “Student Tailgating on Main St.”
The new tailgating policy includes a limit of six alcoholic beverages or one pint of alcoholic beverage per person. Sound systems beyond stock car radios are no not permitted.
The group currently has more than 400 members.
Increased safety one of the reasons for additions to policy
Main Street may be scene for those displeased with procedures
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“The Habitat requires anyone in the family that is 18 years or older to put in 250 equity hours on the building of the house,” Clark said. “Jason was nat-urally distraught because he wouldn’t be able to put his 250 hours in, and was worried his family would lose the house.”
But Jason Baird is part of the armed forces and
was deployed to Iraq, said Office Manager of Habitat Edwina Clark. And Amanda Baird has been putting her time in with the house, but finds it hard with two kids, said site supervisor Jamie Smith.
There have been about 45 to 50 people out to
i n t h e i r t i m e o f n e e d
Mount Pleasant resident Corey
Snow works on a new Habitat for Humanity house
in Rosebush. The house is being
built for Jason and Amanda Baird and
will be completed in November.
Neil Blake/
Senior photographer
Community comes together to help Rosebush family with homeROSEBUSH — The Mount Pleasant and
Central Michigan University communities are coming together to help a local soldier’s family.
Volunteers are teaming with the local Habitat for Humanity to build a house for Jason and Amanda Baird on Monroe Street in Rosebush and make up volunteer hours the family can-not maintain.
By Chelsea White | Staff Reporter
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By Joe MartinezStaff Reporter
Several Washington Court Apartments residents are unhappy with the revamped parking situation between Ojibway and Ottawa courts.
Arkansas graduate student Erin Hawks is one of them.
“It is completely nonsensi-cal,” she said.
Problems arrived when the complex’s residents began moving in after the courts were redesigned this sum-mer. It became apparent there were not enough spaces for the 64 residents.
Joan Schmidt, associate director of Residence Life, said the problem occurred when Calumet Court was re-assigned as a faculty and staff parking lot.
“We called parking services immediately when it became evident that there were not enough spaces available,” Schmidt said. “We need ad-equate parking available.”
Calumet reassignedIn response to the com-
plaints, Calumet Court was reassigned to the Washington Apartments, according to an e-mail obtained by Central Mich-igan Life from Parking Services Office Manager Kim Roshak.
But while Calumet Court was reassigned, the signs on the lot were not immediately changed, so faculty contin-
ued to park in the lot.“Currently, the sign is not
up, but Facilities Manage-ment has put a rush on the order for the sign and it should be up by no later than (today),” said CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley.
“We hope to have lot 56 open for faculty to park in no later than three weeks, and that should resolve all parking issues at Washington Court Apartments.”
Other issuesBut the lack of ticketing il-
legal parkers is another prob-lem for Hawks.
“I paid $150 to park my car at Washington Court for a year, and there are often not enough spaces available,” she said. “I risk being ticketed in non-approved parking areas on a daily basis simply be-cause the campus police are not actively enforcing the parking rules.
“These lazy students dis-obeying the rules and parking illegally should be charged more than $20 for breaking these rules.”
Schmidt said CMU Police has been reluctant to ticket those without the proper per-mits for Washington Court spaces because of the change in the Calumet Court lot and also because of the influx of residents moving in over the past few weeks.
“I am very concerned that not everyone is skilled in backing their automobiles and I fear that my car is going to be hit,” Hawks said.
Parking snafuangers residents
By Brad CanzeSenior Reporter
Notice something different on your can of Bud Light?
Anheuser-Busch recently began a “Fan Can” promo-tion, distributing limited-edition Bud Light beer cans patterned after different uni-versities’ colors.
Included in this are cans available in the area sur-rounding Central Michigan University patterned in ma-roon and gold — sort of.
“Those are national-level colors — those are not our colors,” said Athletics Direc-tor Dave Heeke. “They can be used for many universities that have red and yellow col-ors throughout the country.”
Madison Heights sopho-more Nicki Rowlett said al-though the cans are a novel idea, associating the univer-sity with drinking may not be
entirely responsible.“I saw them on Welcome
Weekend,” Rowlett said. “It’s cool that they have Central pride, but I don’t know if it’s the best thing to do with beer.”
Cmu: nO prOblems hereHeeke said the university
worked with the Licensing Resource Group, the com-pany that handles CMU’s licensing, to assure the cam-paign complied with univer-sity policy.
bud light “Fan Cans” leave bad taste in some mouths
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U-M threatened lawsuit againstAnheuser-Busch
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tOdayw Comedian bo burnham will perform at 8 p.m. in Finch Filedhouse.
saturdayw the Cmu gus macker Fes-tival, a three on three basketball tournament and festival, takes place from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the Indoor Athletic Complex.
w a Combat Workshop is at 1 p.m. at the Broadway Theatre, 216 E. Broadway St. as part of the Summer Workshop Series. Cost is $8.
w the manthletes and Quiet-drive will perform a free concert as part of the Gus Macker Festi-val at 7 p.m. at the Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
w a free screening of the movie “star trek” will play at 9:30 p.m. in Pearce Hall Room 128. The location may be subject to change. For more information contact program board at [email protected].
sundayw “summer dance party 2009,” featuring Herman’s Her-mits starring Peter Noone, takes place at 7 p.m. at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd.
w the Cmu gus macker Fes-tival, a three-on-three basketball tournament and festival, continues from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Indoor Athletic Complex.
w The student michigan education association, a pre-service teaching group, will hold a general meeting at 8 p.m. in Pearce Hall Room 128.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story clarifies incorrect informa-tion in an article published Aug. 26.
Central Michigan Univer-sity claims Campus Con-servatives owes $911.50 for services during the Oct. 14 speech by David Horowitz at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Au-ditorium.
The group was informed their registered student or-ganization status was re-voked due to the outstand-ing charges in an e-mail from Assistant Director of Student Life Tom Idema. A copy of the e-mail obtained by Central Michigan Life was dated Aug. 19, although Campus Conservatives president Bryant Greiner, a Hart junior, said he did not receive the e-mail until Aug. 21.
Not included in the bill were charges for uniformed police security, the group’s main point of contention. Greiner and Topinabee se-nior Dennis Lennox II, an alumni adviser, said they did not authorize the security.
“The original invoice for service rendered to Cam-pus Conservatives was for $1,100.34,” said Steve Smith, director of public relations. “There was some dispute about who requested the increased police security, whether it was Horowitz’s people or the Campus Con-servatives. After it went back and forth, the university de-cided to drop the charge.”
The security fee of $175.84 was absorbed by the CMU Police Department, Smith said. Also dropped were charges for a stool and two tables that were not used.
According to the univer-sity billing invoice for the event, payment by Campus
Conservatives is overdue for technical labor, usher labor, sound and lighting rental, podium rental and custodial services.
“They have received an invoice from the university at least twice that specifi-cally outlines each of these charges,” Smith said. “In ad-dition to that, they received two warnings back in May that a failure to pay their bill would result in loss of privi-leges.”
Smith said sending mul-tiple invoices and warnings before revoking a group’s RSO status is standard pro-tocol. Although Campus Conservatives requested a formal hearing, Smith said such a procedure would not be considered for a situation of nonpayment.
“It was stated very clearly in there that if they failed to pay the bill, their RSO status would be in jeopardy,” Smith said. “We’ve worked with them every step of the way. They didn’t want to pay the police charges, and the po-lice station absorbed those charges. We’re not even charging them late fees.”
In a statement sent Wednesday to Central Mich-igan Life, Campus Conser-vatives claimed it informed the university it would pay $857.50 for the services rendered at the event, but would not pay for services the group did not authorize.
The statement claimed the unauthorized services included the police secu-rity, one usher, a compact disc player, a liquid crys-tal display projector and screen, a throw rug, three microphones, a stool, fold-ing table and videotaping of Horowitz’s speech.
Smith said trained ushers are necessary for safety rea-sons at all events in Plachta Auditorium, but their pres-ence was reduced after hear-ing the grievances of the Campus Conservatives.
Group says it will only pay a portion
Campus Conservatives owes more than $900
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volunteer with more to come, Smith said. The Baird family waited more than a year to get a house.
“The Habitat felt Jason was definitely putting his hours in by serving our country,” Clark said. “We’ve been trying to recruit other local military veterans to volunteer to help build the house in honor of Jason’s departure.”
Construction began in late July and is expected to complete in November.
“So far, progress on the
house is going smoothly and is right on schedule,” Smith said.
Volunteer work includes help from the Michi-gan Works Association, a member of the American Legion, two construction contractors, a few Central Michigan student groups and Richard Clark, the con-struction chairman for the Habitat, Smith said.
“My job is to guide and instruct all of the volun-teers on the site,” Smith said. “It hasn’t been a diffi-cult process to find volun-teers for this project.”
The Habitat gets its fund-ing for equipment and ma-terials from donations they
received throughout the years, Clark said.
“We have been a small lo-cal affiliate for 20 years, so we’ve gotten many dona-tions through fundraising,” she said.
Michigan Works also is helping with the Rosebush house project.
“Through state stimulus money, Michigan Works hired 18 to 24 men to help work on the house,” Smith said.
The Habitat for Human-ity chapter at CMU helped a great deal with the Rose-bush project, and plans to continue, Smith said.
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Neil Blake/Senior photographerMount Pleasant residents Sean Anthony, left, and Andy Maness volunteer on a new Habitat for Humanity House in Rosebush. Friends since high school, Maness and Anthony graduated with their bachelors degrees in May from Central Michigan University and the University of Michigan, respectively.
Bo Burnham show moves to Finch
Comedian Bo Burnham will per-form Friday, but not at Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. Burnham will be performing in front of more people at Finch Fieldhouse at Cen-tral Michigan University because the original show, scheduled to Plachta Auditorium, sold out. Coor-dinator of Student Activities Damon Brown said the decision was made after they felt more people wanted to come to the free show. For a full story on the move, see cm-life.com.
Gus Macker Festival tournament
The Gus Macker Festival offers a variety of events for the whole family this weekend. The tourna-ment will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. in the Indoor Athletic Complex. Events are planned for the entire weekend, including Taste of Mount Pleasant today, music acts and en-tertainment tonight, canoe races in Rose Pond throughout the tour-nament, inflatables for kids, corn hole tournament, three-point and dunk contest, a concert Saturday and movies on the stadium board Saturday. For more information, visit macker.com. A free concert will take place 7 to 9 p.m. at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. The Manthletes & Quietdrive will be performing.
UREC swim lessons
University Recreation’s dead-line for swim sessions is Sept. 4. URec currently offers group swimming instruction, as well as one-on-one private lessons for all ages, ranging from 6 months to adults. Swim lessons are held in the Rose Arena pool, and taught by American Red Cross certified water safety instructors. For more information and course de-scriptions, visit urec.cmich.edu.
Free showing of Star Trek
CMU’s Program board will host a showing of the 2009 science fiction film Star Trek at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Pearce Hall Room 128.
The film is free to all CMU stu-dents.
Art exhibit still open
Students who want to ‘unleash their inner child’ have a good place to start on campus. Central Michi-gan University’s Multicultural Edu-cation Center is displaying artwork created by children between ages 2 and 5 who attend CMU’s Child De-velopment and Learning Lab. The display is open until Sept. 14, and will remain open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The display, on the lower level of the Bovee University Center, features a variety of pictures and clay sculptures crafted by children based on their general interests at the time of creation. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Bellows Street stabbing hearing adjourned
The preliminary hearing for the 23-year-old Mount Pleasant woman faced with four counts of assault was adjourned Thursday and will be moved to a later date. Sarah Snyder faces charges of such as intent to murder as the result of a stabbing in July. Other charges include assault to do great bodily harm less than murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to maim. If convicted she could face life in prison. The 17-year-old victim was taken to Central Michigan Community Hospital and treated for non-fatal injuries.
Fire drill today for Moore Hall
A mandatory fire drill will take place at 2:45 p.m. today in Moore Hall. Students and faculty are re-quired to leave the building when the alarm goes off.
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By Connor SheridanStaff Reporter
Bryan Wood, owner of Woody’s Barber Shop, 616 N. Mission St., may not have been a part of the family that built it.
But that does not mean Woody’s lost its local focus.
“It’s one of the longest-running businesses (in Mount Pleasant),” Wood said.
Wood purchased the busi-ness after working there for two years.
The barber shop originally opened as Graham’s Barber Shop in 1950, until the own-er’s son-in-law took over and it became Swieczer’s Barber Shop.
It did not leave the origi-nal family’s possessions until Wood purchased it in 2005. However, Wood still keeps close ties with the original owners and it remains a “fam-ily business.”
“I have a close relationship
with the original owners,” Wood said.
Still cuttingLike many businesses,
Woody’s felt some of the pressure of recent economic troubles, but not enough to discourage Wood.
“They might go a little lon-ger between (hair) cuts, but they still get it cut,” Wood said.
He said an average of 40 or so customers come in for a trim and some conversation each day.
The shop serves a diverse cli-entele composed of longtime Mount Pleasant residents, as well as many students.
“We do a lot of ROTC. They get cleaned up at least once a month for drills,” Wood said.
Wood said there is a con-siderable difference between a salon and a barber. Where salons mostly focus on lon-ger styles for women, barbers are trained to give a closer
cropped hair cut for men done to work with the specific customer’s hair.
The most popular hair cuts move in trends, like any other fashion.
“A lot of college students get fades, and a lot of older customers get a regular men’s
cut,” Wood said.Carla McDaid, a barber at
Woody’s, enjoys her employ-ment at the small-town staple.
“I’ve been here two and a half years ... it’s great,” Mc-Daid said.
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By Sarah SchuchUniversity Editor
Shake up a hat and pull out a name.
Things are transitioning quickly at Central Michigan University with at least 15 ad-ministrative positions search-ing for new leadership in an array of jumbled switches.
The most recent is Dan Vet-ter appointed as interim dean
of College of Business Admin-istration, effective Monday from his position as senior as-sociate dean of CBA.
Claudia Douglass became interim vice provost for aca-demic affairs Aug. 10. And Douglass’ former position of associate dean of the College of Science and Technology is still without an interim.
Although there are a lot of positions left without perma-nent replacements, Cali Clark, director of employment and compensation, said the move-ment is not necessarily unex-pected.
“This is more than normal, but that’s typical when a presi-dent leaves,” she said.
Interim provost Gary Sha-piro said the larger number of interims will not affect how the university operates. The focus of the university seldom changes, he said.
This being Shapiro’s second stint as interim Provost, he be-lieves CMU can move forward.
“We’re fortunate that we’ve been able to have people with administrative experience step into these positions,” he said.
Employment carouselRecent administration changes:w Edward Tolcher as interim vice president of Development and Alumni Relationsw Christopher Ingersoll as dean of the College of Health Professionsw Raymond Francis as interim associate dean of Education and Human Servicesw Cam Enarson as interim dean of the CMU medical schoolw Ian Davison temporarily heading the Office of Research and Sponsored Programsw Richard Cochran as associate dean of Librariesw Tom Trionf i as director of Health Servicesw Tim Boudreau as interim chairman of the Journalism Departmentw Toby Roth as interim director of Government Relations
Director: Movement ‘typical’ when a president leaves
CMU administration in a game of musical chairs
By Joe BorlikSenior Reporter
Technology is driving the music industry — people can stream music from a Web site or listen to any song at any time of day.
So what does this mean for traditional radio stations?
Broadcasting and cinematic arts instructor Jeff Smith said the future of radio will not be much different than it is today.
Smith, who has extensive ra-dio experience at commercial and non-commercial stations, is a huge fan of sites such as Pandora.com, which allow lis-teners access to free Internet radio and does not see this as a threat to radio stations.
“Technology is good for mu-sic,” he said. “What’s good for music should be good for radio.”
Part of the reason radio will not change too drastically, Smith said, is because radio stations offer local information, including weather and news.
“There will always be a mar-ket for radio, especially in cars,” he said. “You can’t get local in-formation from Pandora.”
ArtiStS need record compAnieS
Heather Polinsky, broadcast and cinematic arts assistant professor, said although stream-ing music and personalized radio sites could be the future of radio, there are some things which will stay the same.
One thing that will stay con-sistent is artists will always need record companies.
“You need to have somebody with a good marketing arm to get your name out,” she said.
Polinsky said radio stations will need to focus more on personal-ity and incorporating things such as interviews with the artists for its listeners, rather than offering strictly music like Pandora does.
“Radio can’t just be a music service,” she said. “They need to focus on more than just the music.”
Pandora, founded in 2000, also allows artists to upload and distribute their music.
Their music can be recom-mended to people based on musical preference, regardless of whether the artist is signed to a major label.
future of radio not much different
The shop serves a diverse clientele composed of longtime Mount Pleasant residents, as well as many students.
Brian Wood, owner and barber of Woody’s Barber Shop 616 N. Mission St., cuts Cana-dian Lakes resident Ralph Magid’s hair Thursday morning in the business. Wood, the owner and operator of the business, has cut hair at Woody’s for five years and has owned the business for three years.
photos by chris bacarElla/
staff photographer
Woody’s Barber Shop, located at 616 N. Mission St., has been in the same location for more than 40 years.
STILL ANORIGINAL
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Hometown barber shop attracts locals, students
By Joe BorlikSenior Reporter
Central Michigan University students who stay up all night in the computer labs may be in for a surprise this year.
The university’s two major computer labs, in Woldt and Grawn halls, are trimming hours this semester.
Grawn Hall’s computer lab,
previously open 24 hours with the exception of some week-end hours, will now be open 6 a.m. to midnight on weekdays and until 5 p.m. Friday. On weekends, it is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to midnight Sunday.
Woldt’s lab will remain open 24 hours a day Monday through Thursday, but will close at 5 p.m. Fridays and will have the same weekend hours as Grawn Hall’s com-puter lab.
The new lab hours resulted
from a unanimous decision by the Office of Information Technology, the College of Business Administration and the College of Science and Technology over the summer to save the university money.
“The hours are being re-duced because we don’t have the money to keep them open,” said Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Roger Rehm. “The changes had to be done. We’re running deficits.”
Rehm said the university budgets around $350,000 a year on the public labs and, within the past couple years, the labs have exceeded that cost by about $100,000.
Cutting Grawn Hall’s lab hours will save approximately $22,000 a year and, to fur-ther save money, Rehm said the labs will be closed during weeks where school is not in session and some staffing lev-els have been reduced.
Grawn, Woldt computer labs trimming hoursBudget deficit cited as reason
New lab hours
Grawn computer lab hoursw 6 a.m. to midnight Monday-Thursday w 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday w 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday w 2 p.m. to midnight Sunday Woldt computer lab hoursw 24 hours Monday-Thursday w 12 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday w 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday w 2 p.m. to midnight Sunday
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Friday, Aug. 28, 2008
The Speaker Series has brought many memorable figures to Cen-tral Michigan University from a multitude of backgrounds. Writer Salman Rushdie came last fall and spoke of the fatwa placed on him by Islamic leaders. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark spoke in 2007 of his
military experience. With the recent death of uncle
Edward Kennedy, Robert Kennedy Jr. is now left to be head of the family dynasty. His work on the en-vironment and his push for energy reform sets him aside from other Kennedys, a family deeply rooted in
American politics. Kennedy is a great speaker
to bring to CMU. As the school is attempting to reduce carbon emissions and create more ‘green’ buildings on campus, Kennedy can offer a lot of insight on what steps CMU should take. At the very least, he will inspire some students to change the world around them.
His topic of the environment and new sources of energy may be one of the most prevalent issues our genera-tion will have to face. President Barack Obama has said renewable energy is one of his to priorities; Kennedy will give students an insight on what they should expect in the near future.
Although the Speaker Series did well in securing Kennedy, Plachta Auditorium, at 1,200 seats, is not the venue of choice for his speech. It does not have adequate seating for a large audience. Many people are expected to attend this event
and inadequate seating could sour the speech for students.
When Demetri Martin came to CMU last spring, Rose Arena provided more than enough seat-ing and could be heard clearly by the students. The screens behind Martin also allowed students to see him from every angle no mat-ter where they were seated.
Rose Arena was provided for an entertainer; Kennedy is a speaker with an important message, and deserves the same platform Martin had. Hopefully the Speaker Series will move Kennedy and give him the space he needs.
CMU is doing a good service for students by continuing the Speaker Series. The series brought distin-guished individuals to campus and is continuing this tradition by hosting Kennedy.
Students are encouraged to attend Nov. 19 and listen to his ideas.
The Speaker Series, after a one-year hiatus, is coming back with a bang. Robert Kennedy Jr. will speak Nov. 19 in War-
riner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium about energy re-form and the environment. For students, this marks the return of speakers that can be inspirational and full of experiences worth sharing.
EDITORIAL | The speaker series returns to ignite imaginations - but it should move
Speech innovation
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As Central Michigan University is facing a tighter budget with each academic year, it is disheartening when students hear a significant amount of money is being spent on something that can wait.
The new FieldTurf for the Indoor Athletic Complex is going to cost CMU $400,000 to $500,000 — an eyesore when administration is saying money is drying up.
The turf should wait, and that sum of money should be invested on other needy areas.
The FieldTurf that will outfit the Indoor Athletics Complex is the same turf used in Kelly/Shorts Sta-dium. It cuts down on abrasions and injuries to athletes and will provide a safer environment during practices. To quote Athletics Director Dave Heeke, the FieldTurf is something “many schools do not have.”
But the FieldTurf, while nice, is not a need. Students continue to face rising tuition, wondering how they will pay for their classes. State appropriations have been on a steady downward spiral. Nearly half a million dollars to retrofit an area for athletes to practice is absurd amid such financial turmoil.
The need to redesign the Indoor Athletic Complex may be undeni-able. Injuries to our athletes during their practices should be minimized as much as possible. But the need to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars is an exaggeration the school cannot afford right now.
CMU has a variety of challenges to face and many priorities to main-tain. Upgrading the Indoor Athletic Complex is not the top priority.
If it is in desperate need of new equipment, the athletics depart-ment should look for cheaper alternatives. Other material may not be as preferable as FieldTurf, but choosing a cheaper, more af-fordable turf will show the athletics department has a certain amount of humility.
The best is always wanted for the school, but only when it is plausible. The FieldTurf is far from plausible. It simply adds another strain to the burdening CMU budget — a strain the Athletic Department could, and should, refrain from.
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“I don’t think it’s a good idea and it would just end up leading to bad
things.” Don Butterfield, Lapeer freshman
C M Y O u | How do you feel about concealed weapons on campus?
“I’d be fine with it. I think
everybody here is mature enough that it wouldn’t affect me or anyone else.”
Alex Piper, Novi sophomore
“I would feel safer walking
into a classroom where
you weren’t allowed to have
weapons. ”Vanessa Vogel
Houghton Lake junior
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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
Edward Moore Kennedy. A name that will no doubt go
down in the history books as one of the most influential politicians in American history.
Sadly, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) lost his battle against brain cancer late Tuesday at the age of 77.
And while I certainly disagreed with Senator Kennedy on most of his political stances, it would be a disgrace for me to not recog-nize the great things he did for this country.
He loved America. You could see that every time he stood up to say something in the Senate. He wanted to create a better country for everybody, and I think that’s the reason he stayed in the Sen-ate through his poor health. He wasn’t done serving his country.
At 19, he enlisted in the Army for two years, serving in the honor guard in Europe. When he returned home, he went on to get his law degree, and it was after this he began to get involved in politics.
As a senator, Kennedy quickly made a name for himself, cham-pioning immigration reform and civil rights. He was a leader in passing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. He fought hard, though unsuccessfully, to ban poll taxes, a major reason Af-rican American voters were being denied the right to vote in some Southern states.
One of Senator Kennedy’s most passionate areas of legisla-tion was the area of health care. He championed several major health care bills throughout his career in the Senate and, while this was an area where I often disagreed with him, it also was an area where he did a lot of good for America.
Specifically admirable was his work on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a program that offered uninsured children a means of health care coverage.
No child in America should go without health care coverage. This is something almost all Ameri-cans would agree with, and Sena-tor Kennedy’s work on SCHIP was one of the most admirable things he did in his career.
But it wasn’t the policies of Ted Kennedy that made me admire him. It was his personality. It was the way he got passionate and fiery about issues that he cared about.
It was his desire to serve his country. When he announced he would not seek the presidency in 1988, he made this desire distinctly clear: “I know this decision means I may never be president. But the pursuit of the presidency is not my life. Public service is.”
It’s that attitude that made Senator Kennedy a great man.
Senator Kennedy, you will be deeply missed.
You were a great speaker, a great senator, and a truly great American.
Nathan InksColumnist
Senate Bill 747 – the one that will remove college campuses from the list of prohibited locations for certi-fied concealed weapon holders – has generated quite the stir. Unfortu-nately, this stir is generated due to a multitude irrational or illogical preconceptions.
I’ll start by examining one of the most common reasons students don’t like concealed firearms in class: The presence of a firearm makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
It’s called hoplophobia – the ir-rational fear of firearms. Guess what kids, firearms don’t just discharge on their own. It’s an inanimate object like a baseball bat, pencil or bottle of beer. Someone actually has to operate the thing to make it go bang.
If we are going to use the argument, I could just as easily say I don’t feel safe
with people who can bench 2-3 times my body weight being on campus. Af-ter all, it wouldn’t take much for them to wreck me, now would it?
Sounds silly, doesn’t it? Yeah, well, it sounds silly when people get con-cerned just because a firearm might be holstered in close proximity. Here’s an-other thing to think about: If someone is actually concealing their firearm, couldn’t they just as easily bring it on to campus even if it wasn’t legal?
Of course this leads us into an-other common, emotionally based argument. More guns in public cre-ates more fear.
It does? Last I checked, the posses-sion of a firearm doesn’t make one anymore prone to go berserk. If some-one is going to go crazy, what prevents them from say using a pen or pencil? Maybe throwing someone into a run-ning band saw in a machining class?
In fact, if someone wants to go on a rampage in the first place, how is precluding those with CCW permits from carrying on campus going to stop them? Oh, wait, it’s not.
Then there is the argument that more guns don’t reduce crime. That myth was dispelled in 2001 when Michigan went to a “shall-issue” sys-tem (tinyurl.com/n52283). It also was dispelled on a national level in the FBI’s 1992 Uniform Crime Reports:
“Violent crime rates are highest overall in states with laws limiting or prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms for self-defense.”
I’ll feel safer if Senate Bill 474 is passed, knowing there may be some-one armed around me.
Jason Gillman Jr.Columnist
Senate bill 747 is for safety
Weapons on campus can save lives
Malorie Urda/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“I don’t think it’s a good idea. I
think CMU offers enough protection
as it is with campus police.”Catherine Bodak,
Grand Marais senior
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A bAd bill?This spreading of mu-
sic does pose problems, however. Web sites such as Pandora pay royalties to artists and many art-ists believe radio stations should do the same.
This notion prompted a bill awaiting the House floor’s approval that could devastate the radio indus-
try, Smith said.The Performance Rights
Act, a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, would require radio stations to pay an annual gross revenue for playing music and give the money to the artist and their label.
Radio stations across the nation are not happy about the idea of having to pay a fee to play music.
“If this bill passes, you can wave goodbye to ra-dio, as we know it,” Smith said.
Smith doubts the bill will pass. He said radio is likely to stay the same and Internet radio will contin-ue to allow artists get their voices heard.
“More and more people are realizing they don’t need a music studio to distribute music, but it’s hard for them to get on the radio,” he said. “When was the last time you heard a new independent artist on a Clear Channel radio sta-tion?”
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With these changes, he said the university will save about $80,000 annually.
UnhAppy lAb cAmpersSanford junior Casey
Smith regularly works nights in Grawn Hall’s computer lab and said many students are unhap-py about these changes.
Smith said he had to tell about 20 people to leave at midnight Monday.
He said during previous exam weeks, it is not un-
usual for there to be 30 stu-dents in the lab at 4 a.m.
“A lot of students are used to coming into Grawn to do their homework,” he said. “You can’t even find a computer during exam week.”
Marquette senior Dan-ielle Rubis came into Grawn Hall at around 11:15 p.m. Tuesday. She was shocked to learn the lab would soon be closing.
Rubis said she stays past midnight in Grawn Hall two or three times a week.
“It’s very disappointing,” she said. “If it was open, I’d be in here until three in the morning.”
Rehm said the current lab hours are not perma-nent and may be subject to change.
Within the next few weeks, Rehm said he hopes to establish an advisory committee of 12 to 18 stu-dents to discuss ways the university can provide stu-dents with the best service given the money available.
He hopes to start meet-ing with students by late September to dis-cuss possible alterna-tives. Students interested can contact Rehm at r [email protected].
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But some positions are be-ing passed around.
The College of Communi-cation and Fine Arts has been playing musical chairs with the administration when a national search brought Sal-ma Ghanem to CMU as dean of the college. Diane Krider, who moved up to interim
dean from associate dean of CCFA, did not go back to her former position, as she began a transitional leave of absence on Aug. 1, accord-ing to a document from Steve Smith, director of public rela-tions.
Al Wildey, interim associate dean of CCFA, now will remain in that position instead of re-turning to his previous title as
chairman of the Art Depart-ment, causing Larry Burditt, graphic design professor, to be appointed interim chair-man.
Although Shapiro was sur-prised by some the positions left open, he said he feels the university cannot lose sight of what is really important — helping students learn.
“Fate sometimes gives us surprises,” he said.
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“The injury rate increased last year, which demanded emer-gency response,” Heeke said.
In order to enter lot 63, ve-hicles must have parking pass-es, which can be purchased at the Athletic Ticket Office for $6 prior to game day and $10 on game day.
Heeke said there are between 350 and 400 passes available.
“We encourage students to buy them in advance,” he said.
Entry points look significant-ly different and tailgating will have a larger presence of se-curity personnel; state, county sheriff, city and campus police for crowd control, Heeke said.
Vehicles will enter and exit at two points in the lot, and stu-dents walking to tailgate will have to pass through five to six pedestrian checkpoints.
Security at the entrance checkpoints will look and see what students and vehicles are carrying into the lot, said CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley.
Vehicles must remain in the lot until the start of the third quarter to halt a continual flow in and out of the lot. Heeke said there also will be a quicker push to get students out of the lot once the games begin.
stUdent responsibilityIn enforcing the new proce-
dures, Yeagley hopes students will understand what is expect-ed of them.
“Part of our plan is making sure everyone knows the rules before they get there,” he said.
If police see violations, peo-ple are subject to being asked to leave, he said.
“Our hope is that people make good decisions. I don’t anticipate in any way these rules making more problems,” Yeagley said.
In addition to heightened se-curity, Heeke said the commit-tee looked at ways to maintain and improve the game day en-vironment.
In tents spread throughout the lot, there will be four food vendors stationed through-out lot 63 at CMU’s first home football game Sept. 19 against Alcorn State, including ARAMARK and three local vendors.
There also will be a count-down clock to kickoff and a siren to signal the start of the game.
“We didn’t want to lose the atmosphere,” Heeke said. “We have one of the best game day atmospheres in the (Mid-American Conference).”
Increased family parking will be available in lots 73, 72, 71, 70 and 61, van der Merwe said. Student overflow will be in lot 59 near Broomfield Road.
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Its description for “Student Tailgating on Main St.” nar-rates the group’s efforts as being focused toward trying to bring the pregame atmo-sphere back to the students.
“My vision for the group is like how Michigan State does it — all apartments and student housing areas sur-rounding campus just grill out then move to the game.” Jackson said in an e-mail.
Jackson said this is likely a better alternative to the practices followed before.
“The old CMU system was obviously out of hand and I’m guessing was too much of a liability for the school. So why even still promote a tailgate when
students could spread it out around all the areas of hous-ing and not concentrate a riot in one parking lot?” Jackson said.
For some students, the changes do not seem to be all that restrictive.
“The only thing that seemed different to me was (that there can be) no external sound systems,” Port Huron junior and Alpha Phi Omega mem-ber Robert VanBuskirk said.
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“There was concern from the university, and any time some-one infers an association with the university ... they have to be licensed,” Heeke said. “They are not allowed to use any marks or concepts that would tie the uni-versity to the campaign.”
John Bicknell, vice president of sales for the Anheuser-Busch division of Fabiano Brothers, the local distributor of Bud Light, said Fabiano has no intentions of associating the university with the campaign.
“It’s important to know that we have no intentions of tying this in to Central Michigan Uni-
versity in any way,” Bicknell said. “There will be no correlation be-tween these cans and Central Michigan University and any of our signage in any way.”
Bicknell said this is not the first time Fabiano has carried university-colored beer cans.
“We’ve had green and white cans, for example, for St. Patrick’s Day,” Bicknell said. “They’ve had black and orange for Halloween. They change graphics, and do these promotions quite often.”
Bicknell said the cans are being distributed in very limited quan-tities, and will be on the market for approximately one month.
‘no WAy’s And blUeAlthough CMU and Michigan
State University are not protest-ing the “Fan Cans,” the Universi-ty of Michigan was not so willing
to play ball with the promotion.“We learned about the cam-
paign that Anheuser-Busch was going to have and, when we learned about it, we objected to the use of University of Michigan colors on their cans,” said Uni-versity of Michigan Public Affairs Director Kelly Cunningham.
Heeke said he has no knowl-edge of any resistence at CMU.
“I’m not aware of any legal concerns or maneuvers,” Heeke said. “I’m just aware that we are very protective of our marks and logos. All of us are concerned with alcohol consumption and how it is presented to young people making decisions, and that’s something we take very seriously.”
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By Jared BuchholzStaff Reporter
Many buildings on cam-pus are looking to clean the clutter on bulletin boards to keep them effective.
The boards in Charles V. Park Library will be cleared on the first and 15th of ev-ery month.
“The bulletin boards are meant to be an information source for the students but, when you have so many postings that it becomes difficult to get that infor-mation, something needs to be done,” said Laquodra Simmons, access services specialist for the Library’s Security and Circulation, responsible for remov-ing all postings from the Charles V. Park Library’s boards.
Bulletin boards in the Bo-vee University Center will be cleared every Saturday, according to a nearby sign.
In almost every build-ing on campus, informa-tion posted on the boards has the potential to reach a large portion of the student population. These vital in-formation sources have been a favorite for college students to get the word out about the promotion of private sales or campus or-ganizations.
Without the need for the technical knowledge re-quired by online postings, nor the cost of a classified ad, many students see this as the way to get their par-ticular memo out, said Di-ane Thomas, coordinator of Access Services.
But the removal of infor-mation may cause concern for some students.
“I see both sides of the is-sue,” said Marrin Phillips, an Ohio junior. “We need to make sure everyone gets
their use out of the boards, so taking the postings down makes sense. But, on the other hand, some postings shouldn’t be taken down. Flyers for events that haven’t happened yet should be al-lowed to stay up.”
The drawback of these boards seems to be the availability of space. Though the boards vary in size, each posting takes up approximately one square foot. With so many students posting on the boards, the space quickly disappears and becomes cluttered, Simmons said.
It is left to individual buildings to decide on their board policies, but most buildings have similar poli-cies, Thomas said.
The boards are open to public use. When a post-ing is taken down, there is nothing preventing the poster from reposting on the board, Simmons said.
Bulletin: Boards will clear
photos by AshLey MiLLer/photo editorChina freshmen Sookie Hu, left, and Frances Liang glance at the bulletin board Thursday afternoon while walking through Charles V. Park Library. The bulletin board will be cleaned on the first and 15th of each month because of overcrowding flyers.
By Joey HamoodStaff Reporter
Midnight Saturday is the deadline for students to drop a class for a full refund.
The first week of classes is always an adjusting period but, for Central Michigan University students, the uni-versity provides assistance, such as academic advising on campus and programs online.
Lynne L’Hommedieu, the academic adviser for the Towers Success Center, stayed busy throughout the first week of school, assist-ing students during walk-in appointments for academic advising, as about 400 came through the office.
“Students drop cours-es in every subject,” L’Hommedieu said. “The biggest problem I see with schedules is students only having 10 minutes or so be-tween classes.”
In order to be successful during the beginning of a school year, students must
learn to be flexible, which may include dropping class-es that do not work for them or adding new ones.
L’Hommedieu also said it is common for stu-dents to switch majors. Another reason to drop classes is instructor issues.
Brian Garner, a Farming-ton Hills sophomore, fol-lowed his instincts last year and dropped a class because he disliked his professor.
“I dropped my physics of
sports class because of the teacher,” Garner said. “It didn’t seem like he knew the material at all.”
There are often times where students do not need classes they are signed up for or they want to take a class which requires a pre-requisite they have not yet fulfilled.
Michelle Howard, Assis-tant Dean and Director of Academic Advising and As-sistance, said a program called enforced prerequi-sites on the CMU Portal can help students during online registration.
“There is an element in place to help monitor pre-requisites,” Howard said. “For example, if a student wanted to take MTH 132 (Calculus I), the system checks if the student has tak-en the prerequisite, which is MTH 130 (Pre-Calculus Mathematics).”
Other than issues with time, professors or require-ments, students might drop out of a course because it is too overwhelming, she said.
The deadline for dropping a class without a refund is Oct. 30.
Drop your classes by midnight Saturday to get a full refund
By Maryellen TigheStaff Reporter
The corner of Preston and Mission streets will remain vacant while the owners de-termine the best use for the property.
“We have some other things sort of on hold for that whole development,” said Jerome Fine, general counsel of Bobenal Invest-ments, Inc.
The former location of Pizza King, The Store and The Hip Hop Shop, 714 E. Preston St., was destroyed because of arson in Septem-ber 2007.
Since then, the property, owned by Bobenal Invest-ments Inc. of East Lansing, has remained vacant and undeveloped.
“Originally, coming out of the fire, we had discussed, designed and even obtained city approval for a multi-story mixed use building,” Fine said.
The business was set ablaze when former manag-er Evan Thomas Desjardins
poured gasoline and set the business on fire Sept. 16, 2007. Desjardins was found guilty of setting fire to the business, as well as steal-ing $30,000 and was sent to prison in June 2008.
Bobenal was planning on a building with retail on the first floor and residential on the second and third floors. This plan was sent back to the drawing board after the economic downturn, Fine said.
“Another pizza shop would be really cool, a locally-owned pizza shop,” said Jeff Grasso, a Woodhaven junior.
He felt something simi-lar to Pizza King would be a good decision.
Many other students also felt another food shop would be the best choice for the corner.
“Probably another food place, a non-chain though, something that is local,” said West Bloomfield junior Katie Roshirt.
Chris Lozen has other ideas.
“If you put a Sonic there, you would probably bank,” the Clinton Township junior said.
Bobenal still thinks this is an excellent location, Fine said, and the company is just wait-ing for the economy to resolve itself for development.
Economy putting plans for Preston, Mission on hold
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“originally, coming out of the fire, we had discussed, designed and even obtained city approval for a multi-story mixed use building.”
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By Joe BorlikSenior Reporter
Warren senior Josh Thom-as met so many people Wednesday, he lost count.
“I’ve met a ton of people,” he said. “I think at least 30, but I’ve lost track.”
Thomas was representing Alpha Kappa Psi on Wednes-day at Central Michigan University’s 31st annual Get Acquainted Day. He was do-ing exactly what the event was intended to do – get acquainted with his fellow students.
Sponsored by Minority Student Services as part of Welcome Week, the event featured more than 50 tables representing various regis-tered student organizations and local businesses and or-ganizations.
The roughly 2,000 people at the event did not just stand around – students could enjoy a giant inflat-able boxing ring, free food, hoops to shoot basketball, video games, dancing and a golf cage.
Mount Pleasant junior Brit-tany Theisen got a tattoo of a butterfly on her shoulder at a temporary tattoo booth.
“It looks great, from what I can see,” she said.
meet And greetCMU Police Chief Bill Yea-
gley also was on the scene with other fellow CMU po-lice officers.
Yeagley said the event was a great opportunity to get to know people on a first-name basis.
“I’m really excited the students are back,” he said. ”We like people to know that we’re here, what we offer and that we’re willing to help.”
Lester Booker Jr., interim assistant director for Minor-ity Student Services, worked for most the summer put-ting the event together.
“This is always a fun time and I was grateful we had a nice day,” Booker said. “It keeps getting bigger and bigger each year.”
Kent Arnsbarger created a smooth and relaxing atmo-sphere by playing Caribbean Island music from Trinidad on his steel drums.
Arnsbarger said he found
out about the event from his booking agent and did not know what the event was until he arrived.
“This is a perfect beautiful day,” he said. “This is how college life is supposed to be. I miss it.”
Detroit freshman Breanne Roseman crawled through a giant inflatable rat race.
“It was intense,” she said. “I had to crawl through most of it but it was a lot of fun.”
Students get acquainted Wednesday afternoon
photos by Chris bACAreLLA/stAFF photogrApherBay City freshmen Taylor Schultz and Corinne Boyd sit for a caricature portrait Wednesday afternoon during Get Acquainted Day held in Warriner Mall. Corby Blem, senior specialist clerk of Student Employment Services at Central Michigan University, drew the caricature.
Iota Phi Theta fraternity visited from Michigan State University to perform a stomp
routine on stage for Get Acquainted Day on Wednesday afternoon in Warriner Mall.
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By David MrozinskiStaff Reporter
Chelsea Simons is par-ticipating in the Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw tour for the eighth year next week.
The Pleasant Lake sopho-more’s dad first introduced her to the bike tour and, now, she cannot get enough of it.
“I like doing this bicycle tour because it promotes (events) being safer for the environment, as opposed to driving cars around all the time,” Simons said. “I feel that more students should get involved with this event.”
Central Michigan Univer-sity will host more than 500 bicyclists on Sept. 2 as part of the 39th annual DALMAC tour.
Riders will depart Wednes-day from Michigan State University and will arrive at Rose Arena later that day for their first overnight stop. More than 2,000 bicyclists are expected to take part in the event this year.
Although one route brings riders through Mount Pleasant, Simons in-stead will take the journey on the four-day west route, which stops in Vestaburg,
Lake City, Boyne City and its final destination, Macki-naw City.
A "nice plAce” to stopThere are five routes a rid-
er can choose from which range in mileage from 303 to 414 miles, one of those routes stopping on CMU’s campus, said Katie Donnel-ly, DALMAC media relations coordinator.
“The bicyclists have been coming to CMU for many years. It’s been a nice place for the riders to stop and camp,” she said.
The intention of the event is to encourage a bicycle friendly environment in Michigan and to show how bicycles and cars can ma-neuver state roads together.
“There are many ben-efits to bicycling,” said Joe Roggenbuck, a Harbor Beach sophomore. “It pro-vides some solutions to se-
rious problems in the world, health being one of the big-ger ones.”
Roggenbuck has partici-pated in bicycle tours in the past, but is not riding in the DALMAC this year.
This event was founded in 1971 by former State Sen. Dick Allen in hopes of pro-viding healthy activity for people, according to DAL-MAC’s Web site.
Each rider pays a fee de-pending on what route they take. The fee includes breakfast and dinner, camp-ing, support vehicles, a car to haul their gear and map books, Donnelly said.
Proceeds from this event go to The DALMAC Fund, which funds bicycle-relat-ed organizations, includ-ing Mount Pleasant-based Special Olympics Michigan, according to the Web site.
DALMAC bike tour planting its kickstand next week at Rose
By Todd BetzoldStaff Reporter
Retiring old sewer bonds in Union Township will save the township money.
The Charter Township of Union Board of Trustees ap-proved the sale of the bonds at its meeting Wednesday.
“We had seven bids and did very well,” said Pub-lic Works Coordinator Kim Smith. “This will save the township $937,813 over the life of the bonds.”
Supervisor John Barker said the sale is like refi-nancing a mortgage. The township refinanced some
of its old debt at current in-terest rates.
The savings will be seen over the life of the bonds, which run from 2010 to 2021.
“We’re paying a lot less interest,” he said.
The deal will be put in place Thursday, Barker said.
“The county was great to work with. They pushed it right through,” Smith said.
The Board unanimous-ly approved the Bamber Road Park Street Light Agreement, which will bring three streetlights on Lincoln Road at the new Isabella County Depart-ment of Human Services building, 1475 S. Bamber Road.
“It’s $100 per light, and the cost of the power to run it
will be added to the taxes on a yearly basis,” Smith said.
The Board also approved the use of an attorney and appraiser in a property tax appeal filed against the township in the Michigan Tax Tribunal by GFII/Blue-grass. The fees will cost the township $9,000.
“It’s in the best interest of the township to bring them back,” said Assessor Pat DePriest.
The Board also approved the recommendation of ap-pointing Jennifer Turner to the east Downtown Devel-opment Authority board.
“I’m looking to get on board and stepping up to the plate and getting in-volved in local govern-ment,” Turner said.
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Youthful Influencephotos by Neil Blake/staff photographer
Head Coach Tom Anagnost starts his first full season as the head of the soccer program. The team includes 10 freshmen.
By Matt Valinski | Staff Reporter
Anagnost starts first full season as soccer coach with 10 freshmen
Soccer to host St. Bonaventure; travel to Indiana
Coach Tom Anagnost helped the soccer team to a 12-5-3 record last season.
Tom Anagnost said he knew he would need more players if the soccer team was going to compete every year for a Mid-American Con-ference Championship.
After taking over as interim coach on Sept. 26, 2008, Anagnost guided the Chippewas to wins in six of their next seven games. However, CMU ended the regular sea-son with a 1-2-3 record before Eastern Michigan elimi-nated it in the MAC tournament.
Lack of depth was hurting the team, Anagnost said. Whether it was fatigue or injury, the two games every week-end since late September took its toll on the Chippewas.
Anagnost said he saw it and recognized he would need to add more talent to the team.
“We need (the team) bigger just to make it more com-petitive for them,” he said, “There is always going to be health issues, but it is all about managing the team. The weekends take a toll on these women.”
No recruitiNg setbacksAnagnost did not drop the in-
terim title until Jan. 20. Although not being the official head coach until January provided difficul-ties in recruiting this year’s class, Anagnost said it did not provide setbacks.
Freshmen Ashley Mejilla and Skylar Sabbag committed in De-cember while Anagnost was un-der the interim label.
By the end of the summer, ten freshmen were on the team, in-
cluding Laura Twidle, who joined the team in January after signing in 2008.
Twidle was able to practice with the team during the winter and spring, and Anagnost said the amount of work she put in shows up in her game.
“It has worked out really well for her,” he said. “She got to partici-pate with us during the spring and winter. She has gotten stronger, mentally tougher. She is impact-ful for us; she can really play.”
The key for Anagnost is he said he does not feel like he is just putting a body on the field. In-stead, it is a player he can trust.
“All of them have the ability to contribute in many positive ways,” he said. “They can all in-sure you on the field in their first season.”
Freshman starter Bailey Bran-don said the entire class believes in its ability and realizes each player was recruited to play and not just sit the bench.
“People look at our roster and say, ‘Wow, look at all those fresh-man, they are inexperienced and won’t come in and compete right away,’” Brandon said. “But what is special about our group is that we do have a lot of people who can impact the game immedi-ately in a positive way.”
RecRuiting elsewheReAnagnost made sure the Chip-
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The soccer team will play two teams returning last year’s entire starting line-ups this weekend.
The Chippewas will play St. Bonaventure at 5 p.m. today at the CMU Soccer Complex and 2 p.m. Sun-
day at Indiana in Armstrong Stadium.
Not only is St. Bonaven-ture, a western New York -based team, returning all its starters, it is returning every player from last year’s roster. The Bonnies also added three freshmen after one of the school’s best sea-sons last year, winning 11 games.
“They are well-coached,” said CMU coach Tom Anag-nost. “They are a disciplined team, and they make it dif-ficult for you.”
St. Bonaventure also won last year’s game against CMU, 1-0, at the St. Bo-naventure Invitational on Sept. 5, 2008.
“I’m mainly just focused on our team and making sure we’re ready to play who-ever,” said senior Amanda Waugh. “I’m not going in (against) St. Bonaventure any different then I would go into any game, except for the fact that they beat us last year and I don’t think they deserved to.”
St. Bonaventure is coming
off a double-o v e r t i m e 2-1 win over S y r a c u s e to start the season. Ju-nior Court-ney Bosse scored both goals.
Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Conference selections Anna Cunningham, Marilyn War-go and Bosse will be looked upon to lead the team of-fensively, all having more than ten goals in-
dividually in their careers. CMU is coming off a 4-0
season-opening win against IPFW Saturday and a 2-1 win Aug. 12 in exhibition against Pittsburgh. In both games, Anagnost gave sig-nificant playing time to his younger players and uti-lized the entire team.
“The first two games, we had a lot of younger players play,” Anagnost said. “They feel comfortable, confi-dent and it is going to be a
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Defense,anyone?
Dave JonesSenior Reporter
I refuse to beg simply because that is not in my nature. So
instead, I’ll ask very politely ... please.
Please give us an improved defense this season.
It’s my last football season here — last semester, period — and I’d like to leave this univer-sity covering a winner.
And if it has to come back to this tired, old, broken-down cliché, then that’s what it has to come down to: defense wins championships.
Defense wins Mid-American Conference Championships, and that is exactly what this team missed out on last season with its defense ranked near the very bottom of the nation.
In their attempt to win their third consecutive MAC title, CMU came up short in the final two regular season games, one against nationally ranked Ball State and the other in a 56-52 shootout at Eastern Michigan.
In that game, the CMU secondary let the Eagles and quarterback Andy Schmitt complete an NCAA-record 58 passes for 516 yards and five touchdowns.
CMU missed out on the MAC Championship game after los-ing those final two games and finished the season with a 24-21 loss to Florida Atlantic in the Motor City Bowl.
Of the 119 teams in Divi-sion-I, Central came away from that season with the No. 104 ranked defense in the country. Its pass defense finished 118th. But at the team’s media day on Aug. 20, Coach Butch Jones refused to call this season a re-demption for 2008.
Because the past is the past, so let it stay there. Why lament on the what happened a year ago when you can just as easily move forward?
A new DAyNot all bad came from that
side of the ball last season.The team returns senior de-
fensive end Frank Zombo, who led the MAC with nine sacks last season and made a blip on the national radar, finishing 30th in the country.
Junior outside linebacker Nick Bellore, who had a team-best 148 tackles last season, and junior inside linebacker Matt Berning, who finished with 70 tackles, moved to more natural positions.
Senior Josh Gordy will return to cornerback after missing the final two games, and senior cornerback Eric Fraser, who led the team with two inter-ceptions in nine games played, also returns from injury.
Freshman D.J Scott also is expected to get a significant number of snaps in the sec-ondary after an impressive showing at spring practice and training camp.
The team has already forgot-ten about last season, the first step towards getting everyone else to start forgetting about it as well.
And they can make that hap-pen with a return to the MAC Championship. The defense should be able to hold its own.
Now they just have to do it.
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pewas were looking every-where for their talent.
With the incoming class, the coaching staff made notice of new areas of the U.S.
Samantha Brenz is from Cypress, Texas, Brielle Heit-man is from Mahwah, N.J., and Skylar Sabbag is from Swampscott, Mass. They all joined the team as the only members from their home state.
“The previous head coach (Tony DiTucci) only re-cruited New York outside of Michigan,” Anagnost said. “So we definitely don’t want to limit ourselves.”
Sabbag said the coaching
staff at Central made her be-lieve this is where she could learn the game and improve herself.
“I was heavily recruited for a long time, and the coach made me feel very comfort-able.” she said. “I felt, per-sonally, that he really want-ed me, so I should come to this place where someone will work with me and make me the best.”
Brandon said the fresh-men quickly realized how expectations for Division I soccer are different than high school or premiere level.
“We all come from the top of the top,” she said. “So we come to an environment where you are pushed to
your limits and, suddenly, your best isn’t the best any-more. We have teammates, coaches, everyone asking you to get better and it is a big adjustment because be-fore, our best was always good enough.”
However, Brandon said the freshmen are quick to point to their leaders on the team as the reason they are able to make such an impact on the game.
“It is important to say that we have amazing leaders in front of us,” Brandon said. “Our upperclassmen do the best job of leading I’ve ever seen. They make it easy and they make us better.”
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unique experience for them at home.”
The game includes two of the top five teams in the nation for team grade point average last year.
CMU was first in the na-tion with a 3.7 GPA and St. Bonaventure was in a tie for fourth with a 3.54 GPA.
hoosieR stAte bounDOn Sunday, the Chip-
pewas play their first-ever match against Indiana.
In the past seven years, the Hoosiers are 21-5-1
in non-conference home matches.
“They are really good at home,” Anagnost said. “It is going to be a great ex-perience for our players, and we have played tough teams already, especially in the spring.”
Indiana won its season opener, 2-0, against Wright State while outshooting the Raiders 14-5.
Waugh said she is famil-iar with Indiana’s roster af-ter playing with sophomore midfielder Devon Beach and senior defender Christie Ko-tynski over the summer.
“I know the level of that team,” she said. “They are probably going to be our best competition of the year, and it is fun playing big teams. Every time we have played big teams in non-conference play, we have done really well.”
CMU has had success against some major confer-ence teams in the past few years, including beating Oklahoma on the road last year and, three years ago, beating Michigan State and Nebraska on the road.
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The volleyball team will compete today in what coach Erik Olsen calls one of the toughest season-opening in-vitationals in school history.
The team starts a stretch of three games in two days at the Florida State Invita-tional in Tallahassee, Fla.
“We have one of the most competitive opening week-ends in my time at Central Michigan,” Olson said. “We wanted to play some good teams early and, with our young group, it will be inter-esting to see if we can play our best ball early.”
Central starts with North Dakota State at noon today. The team then plays the host Seminoles in their sea-son opener at 7 p.m.
“I’m excited to get out of our own gym and start com-peting against other teams,” said junior outside hitter Lauren Krupsky. “We want to let everyone know who Central Michigan is.”
The Chippewas have com-petition at every position. Krupsky is close to locking up the No. 1 outside hitter position, but there are other players competing for the second spot.
“If someone is struggling, then we always have some-one else we can put in,” Krupsky said. “It pushes the people who are starting to keep playing hard because
they know there is someone waiting behind them. And it (teaches) those people who may not be starting to stay ready so they can make the most of an opportunity when they have a chance to get on the court.”
Olson said he decided on his starting roster, but will not hesitate to change the personnel midway through the invitational.
“We will go with who are strongest players are at that moment,” Olson said.
Sophomore middle block-er Kaitlyn Schultz recovered from a groin injury earlier this month and said she will be looking to start this week-end in Florida.
RoAD conceRnsWith six true freshmen on
the roster, Olson said there is a concern about the team’s consistency on the road.
“You never know what your freshmen are going to look like on the road,” Olson said.
The team wraps up the invitational at 2 p.m. Satur-day against Florida A&M. As a team captain, Krupsky is rallying the team for its first road trip.
“The message has been ‘no fear.’ It doesn’t matter who we play,” Krupsky said. “We are out there to domi-nate and be our best.”
The team was chosen in the coaches poll to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference West Division.
CMU’s first home game is Oct. 2 against Ball State.
file photoCMU opens the season today in Talllahassee competing in the FSU Invitational.
Volleyball faces trioin FloridaOlson calls weekend stretch one of the toughest
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By Jacob Lougheed Staff Reporter
Sophomore Paulina Lee is a mid-fielder for the Field Hock-ey team. Lee tied for the team’s fourth ranked scorer last sea-son, but she feels she also could be a soccer player.
Jake Lougheed: do you have any pregame rituals?
Paulina Lee: Not really, nothing quirky at all. My thing is when I am walking over to our games, I listen to my iPod and pump my mu-sic. Then, when I get into the locker room, we are dancing and singing and playing lots of loud music. Then, from there, I switch to pretty much focusing and warming up ... making sure I am getting low to the ground and getting ev-erything done that I need to be doing.
JL: You mentioned your iPod. What is your number one pump-up song?
PL: I have no idea. I don’t have a specific song. I just play (about) thirty seconds
of a bunch of different songs from techno to rap to really girly pop.
JL: Other than field hockey, what do you like to do?
PL: There isn’t very much of it. I like to sleep and eat but, other than that, I am in Alpha Kappa Psi, which I just joined this past spring. So I am pretty
involved with that, w h i c h r e a l l y h e l p s with me b u s i -n e s s -wise with
my major.
JL: What are your plans for after you leave CMU?
PL: That’s a good question (laughs). I am not really too sure at this moment. I was going to go into hospitality, and I did my internship this summer up north at Boyne Resort. Now, I am just going to be marketing or advertis-ing so, now, I think it will be
cool to do marketing for a big sports brand like Nike, Under Armour or Puma.
JL: With which of those brands do you tie yourself to?
PL: Nike is number one, and number two would be Under Armour. I am mad that we switched our stuff to Adi-das because all our stuff this past year was Under Armour, so we can’t wear it anymore.
JL: I know that you haven’t been here very long, being a sophomore, but what has been your favorite class at CMU so far?
PL: I would have to say my TAI 170 (Fundamentals of Interpretative Reading) because I had four other teammates in that class with me, and I met a lot of other people in that class. It gave us a chance to relax and have
fun, it was a night class and I got a (University Program course) out of the way, so it was fun.
JL: What are your favorite Web pages and how many times do you get on them on average?
PL: My home page is CNN, because I feel like I live in a bubble in college, and that is my way to see what is going on in the world. Then, there is obviously Facebook, but I am not constantly on Face-book. Honestly, I only turn my computer on a couple days a week. Otherwise, I am just on a computer at the computer lab to print things out.
JL: So you would not con-sider yourself a “Facebook stalker?”
PL: If I am really bored, then yeah, I will be (laughs). I just get bored with Facebook. I mean, I reply to the wall posts and I add photos if I feel like it but, after that, I’m done.
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Previous relationshipcritical with new hire
By John EvansStaff Reporter
New throws coach John Ridgeway gets to work with All-American Greg Pilling upon coming to CMU.
Ridgeway is a former shot put thrower at the Universi-ty of North Carolina. He was a two-year letter winner at UNC and earned all-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 2000-01.
Director and coach Wil-lie Randolph had a previous relationship with Ridgeway before hiring him, some-thing he said is important for any program.
During his tenure at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, Randolph’s throws coach, Glen Jenkins, was close friends with Ridgeway.
Ridgeway brings 10 years of coaching experience to CMU.
“I have definitely looked and seen what his creden-tials are, not only as a coach but as a person as well,” Ran-dolph said. “He brings a lot to the table that we are ex-cited about and we’re look-ing to continue that great tradition of throwers. He’s somebody who can come in right away and do that.”
After leaving UL-Monroe, Ridgeway joined the Univer-sity of Central Florida’s track coaching staff, specializing in throws and horizontal jumps.
“Randolph contacted me about the position, and I was very impressed with the interview process and I felt comfortable at CMU,” Ridgeway said. “We had some mutual acquaintances, and we were excited to learn more about each other. Ev-erything I heard about him was positive.”
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File photoCoach Tom Borrelli and the wrestling team host the MAC Championships March 6 and March 7, 2010.
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Wrestling coach Tom Bor-relli will get to match wits with his son this season.
Jason Borrelli, a former CMU assistant in his second year as coach at Stanford, will come to Mount Pleas-ant when the two teams face each other Jan. 17.
“( Jason) has a lot of alle-giance to this program and I am excited he can bring his team here,” Borrelli said. “Being a head coach, and all the way across the country from me, it is going to be a real neat experience.”
The wres-tling team also will face four oppo-nents who finished in the national Top 25 last season in dual match-es.
The 2009-10 schedule will have the Chippewas open Nov. 15 in Rose Arena against Tennessee-Chatta-nooga, a defending confer-ence champion. Michigan State also will make the trip to Mount Pleasant on Dec. 12.
“Anytime you can have an in-state rivalry in your own gym, it is going to be excit-ing,” Borrelli said. “I am sure we will be able to pack the gym.”
NatioNal DualsThe team also was invited
to compete at the National Duals tournament.
“It is pretty prestigious event,” Borrelli said. “We are very honored to be back and we are looking forward to seeing that level of com-petition again.”
CMU will send its team to the Midlands tourna-ment Dec. 29-30. Junior 174-pounder Mike Miller finished second at Midlands last season.
“Anytime I can wrestle the best kids in the nation, I am excited,” Miller said. “Win or lose, I am going to learn and get better. If I am just wres-tling kids I can beat the snot out of, what is the point?”
iN coNfereNceThe Chippewas will look
to reclaim the Mid-Ameri-can Conference Champion-ship after a disappointing second-place finish to Kent State last season. The first MAC match is against East-ern Michigan on Jan. 21 in Ypsilanti.
Central will travel to Kent State in its last regular sea-son dual Feb. 21.
“I think the regular season championship will come down to that dual meet,” Borrelli said.
CMU hosts the MAC Championships this year, March 6-7. The NCAA tour-nament is March 18-20 in Omaha, Neb.
“We have a really great op-portunity this year to go in front of our home fans and have them watch us win the
MAC,” Miller said. “I am sure it is going to be really excit-ing.”
The team had two All-Americans last season in Miller and freshman Scotti Sentes.
Four opponents in last year’s Top 25 on schedule
Mike Miller
2009-10 Wrestling Schedule